Former Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Lonnie Phelps was sentenced to probation this week … over allegations he drunkenly crashed his SUV right into a restaurant final 12 months.
Courtroom data, obtained by TMZ Sports activities, present Phelps submitted a no-contest plea to 1 cost of misdemeanor DUI in a Florida courtroom on Tuesday … some seven months after officers say he was wasted when he slammed his automobile into Crimson Shoe Island Bistro in Key West.
Paperwork present Phelps was ordered to spend the following 12 months on probation. He additionally had his license suspended for six months — and he’ll need to carry out 50 hours of group service in addition to enroll in DUI college.
Phelps additionally should pay almost $1,000 in fines and courtroom prices … and he’ll need to shell out restitution to the sufferer within the case at a later date.
The docs state if Phelps — who’s additionally been barred from consuming alcohol or unlawful medication throughout his probation — fulfills all the situations of his plea settlement … he will likely be eligible for early probation termination in six months.
Phelps was first hit with the cost in the summertime of 2024 — after he was arrested for his alleged position within the crash on June 19.
The 24-year-old — an undrafted free agent out of Kansas — was launched by the Browns shortly after the incident … and he has not but been signed with one other NFL group.
