Breaking News: Patrick Mahomes’ father sentenced to jail stint, probation and ‘intense supervision’ for DUI

The father of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was sentenced on Tuesday in his criminal trial for driving under the influence of alcohol in February.

Patrick Mahomes Sr. will have to spend 10 days in jail followed by a five-year probation period, and will be subject to “intense supervision” for the first year of his probation, according to KCTV in Kansas City. He will also have his driver’s license suspended for a year, be required to continue AA courses and will have a breathalyzer ignition device installed in his car.

He was pulled over by police on Feb. 24 and a breathalyzer test resulted in him submitting blood with an alcohol content of 0.23. He was arrested that day, then pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated on Aug. 27 in Texas. He has been criminally charged with DWI on three occasions, with his two prior charges occurring Sept. 12, 2008, in South Dakota and on Feb. 26, 2019, in Smith County, Texas.

Now the NFL quarterback’s father is hopeful that he can continue to go to his son’s games this season, but couldn’t say whether he would be able to leave his county in Texas to travel to Chiefs games.

“It’s kind of a tradition; I normally go to all the football games. I know he enjoys me being there, so hopefully things will work out and I’ll be able to continue what I’ve been doing,” Mahomes said in an interview after sentencing. “Hopefully it will enlighten someone else to take these measures and make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

Mahomes Sr. was a pro athlete himself, as a pitcher for six different MLB teams from 1992-2003. He was famously part of the 2000 New York Mets that reached the World Series.

His sentencing comes shortly after Mahomes’ mother, Randi Mahomes, made multiple social media posts indicating that her father, the quarterback’s grandfather, was hospitalized.