Patrick Mahomes Sr. will be able to go to the Super Bowl because his bond terms do not prevent him from traveling out of state, DailyMail.com can confirm.
The quarterback’s father, 53, was arrested by Tyler police on Saturday night for misdemeanor DWI. It was the third or more time he had been arrested for driving under the influence, making the offense a misdemeanor rather than a misdemeanor.
Mahomes Sr. was held in the Smith County Jail on $10,000 bond. The 6-foot-4 former professional baseball pitcher slept in jail overnight and was released Sunday.
The father of the millionaire Chiefs quarterback got his prison sentence paid for by Ace Bail Bonds — a third-party bond service that people in counties across Texas can use.
Mahomes Sr. was arrested during a traffic stop on Saturday evening at 8:30 p.m.
Patrick Mahomes, father of Patrick Mahomes, watches a football game in 2018
Patrick Mahomes (right) and his father, who has been arrested for DWI
An officer spotted his vehicle traveling westbound in the 1100 block of W. Gentry and stopped him. He was subsequently arrested and booked into jail for the DWI.
According to bond documents seen by DailyMail.com, Mahomes Sr. traveling freely despite his arrest for misdemeanor crime. As part of his agreement, he is not allowed to drink alcohol or use illegal drugs.
He is also required to report to the Smith County probation office Monday morning to meet with an officer and receive further instructions.
Mahomes Sr. will also have to repair an ignition switch on his car so that he cannot start the vehicle without first undergoing a breathalyzer test.
The quarterback’s father will also have to submit to random alcohol and drug testing during his time in band. He was also reminded that he had to obey the law.
His bond was reviewed and signed by Judge James Meredith on February 4.
The Tyler Police Department said in a statement: “On February 3, 2024, around 8:30 p.m., a Tyler Police Department officer initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling westbound in the 1100 block of W. Gentry Pkwy. Evidence obtained during the stop led to the arrest of the driver, identified as Patrick Mahomes Sr.
“He was booked into the Smith County Jail for Driving While Intoxicated, 3rd or More, a 3rd degree felony.”
The Smith County District Attorney’s Office told DailyMail.com that Mahomes Sr.’s case. is not yet in their system, but that a hearing before a judge is expected in due course.
They said there is no timeline for this — and that his trial could take place after his son’s Super Bowl appearance with the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 11.
In misdemeanor arrests in Texas, it is not uncommon for the terms of the bond to include the defendant not being allowed to leave the state before his court appearance.
Patrick Mahomes Sr. has been arrested for driving under the influence – just a week before his son’s fourth Super Bowl appearance
Mahomes Sr. has been arrested for drunken driving a total of six times: twice in 2012, twice in 2018, once in 2019 and now once in 2024, according to public booking records.
On his 2018 DWI charge, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 40 days in jail on weekends in 2019 and 2020.
After two DWI convictions in Texas, the third DWI offense is classified as a third-degree felony. The maximum fine is $10,000, and the maximum prison sentence is ten years in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison.
This isn’t the Mahomes family’s first run-in with the law. The Chiefs quarterback’s younger brother, Jackson, was arrested on a warrant for aggravated sexual battery and booked into prison in Kansas in 2023.
In January this year, three offenses of serious sexual offenses were dropped. A fourth charge – misdemeanor battery – remains, and Jackson Mahomes pleaded not guilty to that charge.
Jackson Mahomes’ attorney Brandan Davies said in a statement that his client “did nothing wrong.” We were confident that the truth about the case would eventually come to light.”
The original indictment charged Jackson Mahomes, a 23-year-old social media influencer, with crimes that occurred on February 25 at Aspens Restaurant and Lounge in Overland Park, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City.
Investigators said Mahomes shoved a waiter who was trying to enter a room where he was with the restaurant’s owner, Aspen Vaughn.
After the waiter left, Mahomes grabbed Vaughn by the throat and forcibly kissed her three times without her consent, prosecutors alleged.