Indianapolis Colts assistant coach Robert Mathis is planning on pleading guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated in late 2017.
The former Colts defensive end was arrested Oct. 24 that year in Carmel on a misdemeanor charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and endangering a person, per Fox 59.
Police stopped Mathis near Bishop Circle and Windemere Blvd. after they say he was going the wrong way down a one-way street and failed to signal a turn.
The officer who stopped Mathis noted his speech was slow and thick. Mathis told the officer he’d had a shot of Cognac and had taken a sleeping aid. He later told another officer he’d had two shots of Crown Royal with the sleeping aid.
Mathis’ blood-alcohol content was 0.052, which is below Indiana’s legal limit of 0.08. However, police can arrest a person under the legal limit if they believe the driver is too impaired to continue operating the vehicle under Indiana law.
A change of plea hearing is set for March 12.
