Donte Stallworth to Face Jail Time in Drunk Driving Death

In addition, he will follow the jail term will be followed by two years of house arrest and eight years' probation. Stallworth will probably be able to continue to play in the NFL, as people under house arrest are usually permitted to go to work or school. It will be up to the NFL and to his probation officer, however.

Donte Stallworth will have to blow some of his cash on a limo driver, however, his driver's license has been suspended for life. Finally, the judge ordered Stallworth to pay $10,000 in fines and perform 1,000 hours of community service.

Blood tests showed Stallworth had a blood alcohol level of 0.126, well above Florida's legal limit of 0.08, when he hit and killed 59-year-old construction worker Mario Reyes on March 14. HE had been drinking at a club before the accident. Reyes had been walking across the MacArthur Causeway after finishing his shift as a crane operator.

Stallworth, 28, had faced up to 15 years in prison but pleaded guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence. In a way, it hardly seems a fair sentence for the death of an innocent person. However, State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said Stallworth had no prior traffic violations or criminal convictions, and that Reyes's family had agreed to the terms of his sentence.