The troubled pasts of Britt and Garrett Reid, sons of Chiefs coach Andy Reid
As the Kansas City Chiefs depart for Tampa, Fla., for Super Bowl LV in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, outdoors linebackers coach Britt Reid, son of head coach Andy Reid, is embroiled in additional critical issues as a result of of his involvement in a automobile crash Thursday night time in Kansas City, Mo., that left a 5-year-old child with life-threatening injuries.
The incident is refocusing consideration on occasions involving two of Andy Reid’s 5 kids.
Losing a son
Reid, who gained his first Super Bowl final season with the Chiefs and coached for 14 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, misplaced a son in 2012. Garrett Reid, 29, an unofficial power and conditioning coach for the Eagles, died Aug. 5, 2012, of an accidental overdose of heroin.
His physique was discovered throughout Eagles coaching camp at a Lehigh University dorm room. His demise shocked many as a result of it appeared he had been turning a nook together with his drug-abuse battle.
Garrett Reid served jail time
Previously, Garrett Reid was sentenced to almost two years in jail as a result of of his involvement in a high-speed crash in 2007 that injured one other driver. He admitted being underneath the affect of heroin, and police discovered greater than 200 drugs in his automotive. He additionally tried to smuggle drugs inside throughout his time in jail.
Reid advised a probation officer that he “liked being a drug dealer,” however he finally stopped his prison habits, in response to an announcement learn by a decide at court docket.
Britt Reid served jail time
Britt Reid, then 22, was sentenced to jail for a 2007 incident the place he pointed a gun at a driver in a road-rage dispute. A decide sentenced him to 23 months in jail and 5 years’ probation on firearms and drug expenses.
The decide who sentenced each of Reid’s sons likened the household’s house to “a drug emporium” and that “this is a family in crisis.”
This story initially appeared in Los Angeles Times.
