Ex-NFL player enters plea on southern IN charges

Published: May 18, 2011 at 9:17 PM EDT|Updated: May 25, 2011 at 9:17 PM EDT

Posted by Charles Gazaway - email

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN (WAVE) - A former NFL player has taken a plea deal in Clark County on drug and weapons charges.

Chris Terry, a ten year veteran of the NFL, was arrested in November 2010 in Clarksville.

Attorney Larry Wilder tells us that as part of a plea deal, Terry pleaded guilty May 17 to misdemeanor possession of a handgun without a permit and misdemeanor possession of cocaine.

As a result, Terry was sentenced to probation and will spend no time behind bars.

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