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Former Colts fullback Roosevelt Potts found guilty in domestic stabbing in Fishers

Posted at 5:01 PM, Sep 05, 2017
and last updated 2017-09-05 17:01:19-04

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- A Hamilton County judge found former Indianapolis Colts fullback Roosevelt Potts guilty of domestic battery following a one-day bench trial on Tuesday.

Potts was charged in August 2016 with domestic battery by means of a deadly weapon and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon for allegedly slashing a woman with a knife in his home in Fishers.

Fishers police arrived to Potts’ home to find him sitting on the curb outside. Inside the residence, police found a woman with two large slashes on her right shoulder blade.

On Tuesday, Hamilton County Judge William Hughes ruled Potts was guilty of domestic battery by means of a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony with a sentencing range of 1-6 years and an advisory sentence of three years.

 

A sentencing hearing was scheduled for Sept. 28 at 2:00 p.m.

Potts played for the Indianapolis Colts from 1993-1997, followed by brief stints with the Miami Dolphins and the Baltimore Ravens.

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