One of the most shocking aspects of the Sheldon Richardson arrest was police said he had a 12-year-old child in the backseat of his car when he was allegedly driving 143 miles per hour and was possibly high.
But the St. Charles (Mo.) County Prosecutor’s Office did not charge the Jets defensive lineman with child endangerment. Instead, the only charges Richardson is facing are resisting arrest and traffic violations, all misdemeanors.
The arresting officer suggested Richardson be charged with a felony count of endangering the welfare of a child, but Tim Lohmar, the prosecuting attorney in the case, said after looking at the evidence he did not feel he could get a conviction on that charge.