Sportsnight reporting Andy Reids son in car accident, other involved in roadrage

[QB Eagles]

The Daily News has a lot more, including this tidbit:

While the Reids are known for their religious faith, this was not Garrett's first dustup with the law.

On July 2, 2004, Garrett, then 21, was arrested in Lower Merion Township on charges of retail theft, according to law-enforcement sources, although the resolution of that case was unclear last night.

And on April 9, 2002, sources said, Garrett was arrested in Utah for possessing narcotics. He paid a $643 fine and was ordered to attend drug-counseling classes.

Garrett Reid attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, during the 2001-02 academic year, university spokesman Michael Smart said yesterday. Smart declined to say why Reid had left.

[Diomedes]

from the same article:

About 2:25 p.m., after leaving classes at Montgomery County Community College, Garrett Reid crashed his black Jeep Liberty into a red Taurus on Germantown Pike near Arch Road, Plymouth Township Deputy Police Chief Joseph F. Lawrence said.

Garrett had been driving "at a high rate of speed when he failed to stop at the red light at Arch Road," the Plymouth Township Police Department said in a news release.

A law-enforcement source confirmed yesterday that when Plymouth Township Police arrived at the scene of the crash, hypodermic needles were found in Garrett's SUV. No drugs were in the vehicle, the source said.

Garrett was taken to Mercy Suburban Hospital for bloodwork for toxicology tests, Lawrence added.

It could take a week to 10 days to get the results of the blood tests back, said Lawrence. If the tests come back negative, Garrett could face nothing more than a traffic citation, he said. "We'll wait until all the results are back before we make any kind of decision," Lawrence said.

The Taurus driver, a 55-year-old Mount Carmel, Pa., woman, who police declined to identify, was taken by helicopter to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in critical condition, Lawrence said. Her head and neck injuries proved to be less serious than first thought, and she was released from the hospital several hours later, Lawrence said.

According to court records, Garrett Reid has a pile of speeding tickets. In 2001, he was stopped for driving 74 mph in a 55-mph zone in Chester County. And twice in 2004, he got tickets for driving more than 5 mph above the speed limit in Montgomery County.

Also on Tuesday, police took Britt Reid in for questioning when he showed up at the scene of his older brother's car accident, Lawrence said.

Police had reports that Britt allegedly had been involved in a road-rage incident in West Conshohocken earlier in the day. Britt allegedly got into a verbal altercation with another driver, who told police that Britt displayed a gun before driving away. The dispute never escalated into physical contact.

The other driver, a carpenter whose name police declined to release, copied Reid's tag numbers and alerted police.

Montgomery County First Assistant District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said no charges have been filed against either of the Reid brothers, pending receipt of detailed police reports.

After the crash, investigators filed search warrants for Reid's home and the SUV that Britt was driving, NBC 10 reported. Police recovered two weapons - one from the SUV and a platinum handgun from the Reid home, NBC 10 reported.

Law-enforcement sources said that neither Andy Reid nor his two oldest sons have permits to carry weapons or guns registered in their names.

[MDS]

So Andy's sons are a bunch of morons and he has no time to police them because he's a head coach in the NFL? Or he's just a bad parent.

[ice grillin you]

can police really search an entire home because a kid got in a car accident?

[Cerevant]

No, they can search the entire home because one kid was spotted with a gun, and the other was in possession of needles.

[ice grillin you]

allegedly spotted with a gun

as for the needles ill ask this

because a kid had some hyperdermic needles in his car is grounds to search his entire house

are they his?
does he have a relative or friend that takes insulin?
did he go to a costume party as a doctor last weekend?

if he has a history of drug use...or hes a known heroin dealer then perhpas i can see it

in this situation...admittedly not knowing all the facts...it seems like a stretch to me

[Diomedes]

No, they can search the entire home because one kid was spotted with a gun, and the other was in possession of needles.

yep

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

So, Garrett's on the juice, and Britt covers up his obvious sexual identity problems stemming from having the name "Britt" by packing illegal heat.

This all makes sense, considering Andy probably sees his kids about 45 minutes a week on average.

[Diomedes]

allegedly spotted with a gun

a gun was recovered from the SUV

as for the needles ill ask this
because a kid had some hyperdermic needles in his car is grounds to search his entire house
are they his?
does he have a relative or friend that takes insulin?
did he go to a costume party as a doctor last weekend?
if he has a history of drug use...or hes a known heroin dealer then perhpas i can see it
in this situation...admittedly not knowing all the facts...it seems like a stretch to me

I can sympathize with you..but the gun, the erratic driving, etc...I can't say I'm against the search warrant.

[Geowhizzer]

Probable cause.

[ice grillin you]

so youre saying possesion of a gun and/or erratic driving is grounds to search someones entire home....i call bullshtein...

erratic driving = sobriety test

unregistered gun possesion = charge them with unregistered gun possesion

hyperdermic needles = possible drug test and search the rest of the car for illegal substances

[Cerevant]

allegedly spotted with a gun

He doesn't have to be guilty to get a warrant - they just have to have probable cause.

if he has a history of drug use...or hes a known heroin dealer then perhpas i can see it

The Daily News has a lot more, including this tidbit:

Garrett was arrested in Utah for possessing narcotics. He paid a $643 fine and was ordered to attend drug-counseling classes.

[Diomedes]

well, what about erratic driving resulting in injury to a third party+gun in car+needles in car? 

I'm all for protecting privacy, but how far you gotta go for a search to be warranted if that ain't enough?

[Rome]

can police really search an entire home because a kid got in a car accident?

The pigs can do whatever the farg they want, IGY. 

[Rome]

"I was surprised to hear anything about guns or drugs," said neighbor Millie Weisz, who lives in the same Lower Merion Township cul-de-sac as the Reids, off Conshohocken State Road near Philadelphia Country Club. "They are very religious."

I don't know why but I laughed like hell when I read that.