Missouri governor reduces former Chiefs assistant Britt Reid’s sentence for DWI

Britt Reid, a son of Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid and a former assistant coach with the team, had his sentence reduced by order of the Missouri governor for driving intoxicated in a 2021 crash that hurt two young children.

Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri on Friday commuted Reid’s sentence for driving while intoxicated, reducing it from three years in prison to house arrest until 2025, according to The Associated Press.

Reid’s blood-alcohol level was well over the legal limit when he struck two vehicles on the side of an interstate ramp on Feb. 4, 2021. A 5-year-old girl suffered life-threatening injuries and a 4-year-old sustained non-life-threatening injuries, according to the police report. Reid pled guilty on Sept. 12, 2022.

Six people, including Reid, were hurt in the crash.

Parson’s order puts Reid under house arrest until Oct. 31, 2025, according to the AP. The new sentence also requires probation, behavioral counseling, community service and other conditions.

“I really regret what I did,” Reid said in court during his 2022 trial. “I made a huge mistake. I apologize to the family. I didn’t mean to hurt anyone.”

Tom Porto, the attorney representing one of the children who was injured, said the family opposed Reid’s initial plea deal.

“The five victims of this crime are outraged the prosecuting attorney is not seeking the maximum sentence allowable by law,” Porto said in a statement in 2022. “The defendant is a prior offender whose actions caused a 5-year-old girl to be in a coma and seriously injured three others.”

In November 2021, the Chiefs reached a financial agreement with the girl’s family to cover medical expenses and more, the terms of which were confidential. Porto said the 5-year-old girl suffered “permanent brain damage” in the crash.

Kansas City did not renew Reid’s contract after it expired in 2021. Reid, 38, had been with the Chiefs since 2013, first joining his father’s staff as a defensive quality control coach and working his way up to linebackers coach in 2019.

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