Warfield pleads no contest to DUI

Associated Press

OLATHE, Kan. -- Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Eric Warfield pleaded no contest Wednesday to a felony charge of driving under the influence.

The charge was a felony because Warfield, 28, has two prior DUI convictions. A plea agreement with Johnson County prosecutors calls for him to serve 10 days in jail and 80 days of house arrest and pay a $1,500 fine.

In exchange for the no-contest plea, prosecutors dropped misdemeanor counts of driving with a suspended license and having no proof of insurance. Formal sentencing was set for March 3.

The charge stemmed from a traffic stop on Sept. 20, 2004 in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park. Police said Warfield had a blood alcohol level of .189 percent, more than double the state's .08 percent threshold for a DUI charge.