Another judge has been assigned to preside over the criminal case against former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez after Jennifer Prinz Harrison signed an order of transfer on Tuesday, according to the IndyStar.
Sanchez, 38, has pleaded not guilty to all charges — including level 5 felony battery resulting in serious bodily injury charge and three misdemeanor charges, battery resulting in injury, public intoxication, and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle — after he was stabbed during an altercation with Perry Tole, a 69-year-old truck driver, at The Westin Indianapolis hotel on Oct. 4.
Harrison recused herself and requested that the Marion County Clerk’s office randomly assign Sanchez’s case to another major felony court in the county. She did not elaborate on her reasoning for the request.
Marion County Judge James Osborn, who took over the case, rescheduled Sanchez’s first pretrial conference for Oct. 22, with a second pretrial hearing taking place in December, and his jury trial set for Dec. 11, according to court documents, which state Sanchez can attend remotely.
Harrison has come under fire from the law enforcement and families of crime victims who felt her punishments were too lenient, Indy Star reported.
Timeline of the Mark Sanchez stabbing and arrest
Friday Night
- Mark Sanchez, 38, is in Indianapolis to serve as a Fox Sports analyst for the Raiders-Colts game on Sunday. He’s observed acting “erratically,” doing “wind sprints” in the alley behind Loughmiller’s Pub and Eatery in the downtown.
Just after midnight
- A grease truck driver picking up cooking oil from a nearby hotel parks his truck in the loading dock, blocking the alley where Sanchez is doing sprints.
- Sanchez approaches the driver to try to get him to move and eventually gets into an altercation where he body-slams him toward the wall and then to the ground.
- The driver sprayed Sanchez with mace or pepper spray, but the former NFL quarterback continues attacking him.
- The driver pulls a knife and stabs Sanchez two or three times in the chest, believing, “This guy is trying to kill me.”
- Sanchez turns around and heads up the alley.
12:30 a.m.
- Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers respond to a report of a person shot. They locate Sanchez in Loughmiller’s Pub.
- It’s later reported that Sanchez is uncooperative with responding officers. He tells the detective he can only remember “grabbing for a window” and nothing else about the incident.
- Sanchez is rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
- The driver also suffered “significant injuries,” including lacerations to his cheek and jaw, with a cut that allegedly went through his cheek and hit his tongue.
Saturday
- Sanchez undergoes surgery for stab wounds to the chest, and is stable.
- He is arrested at the hospital and charged with misdemeanor counts of battery resulting in injury, public intoxication, and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle.
Sunday
- Sanchez is discharged from the hospital Sunday morning and transferred directly to central booking at Marion County Jail, where he reportedly posts his $300 cash bond.
Monday
Sanchez, an analyst for Fox Sports, was stabbed multiple times after he allegedly attacked Tole — who was parked in the hotel’s loading dock when Sanchez confronted him, according to court documents.
Tole told police that he thought Sanchez was “trying to kill” him and that he pepper-sprayed ex-NFLer and stabbed him two or three times with his (Tole’s) knife.
After the alleged attack, Sanchez was seen staggering along the street clutching his wound after being stabbed in the side, as seen in video footage obtained by The Post.
Sanchez spoke publicly for the first time since the incident after he was booked and processed at the Marion County Jail on Sunday.
“Right now, I’m just focused on the recovery,” Sanchez told a CBS4 Indy reporter as he was leaving the jail. “And I just wanted to thank the first responders, Eskenazi Hospital. . . . I just want to thank Dr. [Lindsey] Mossler, the surgeon. She saved my life, so I’m grateful for that. Sorry I can’t answer all your questions.”
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When asked if he’s feeling any better, Sanchez replied, “I’m recovering slowly. A long process.”
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
