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Ex-Detroit Lions CB Alex Brown sentenced to 4 months for crash that injured teammate

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Former Detroit Lions cornerback Alex Brown was sentenced to four months in Wayne County jail for a charge of operating a vehicle with a high blood-alcohol content for his role in a 2021 crash that injured a teammate.

Brown entered a nolo contendre plea on Jan. 23, Wayne County Circuit Court records show, and was sentenced March 31. He also received two years of probation and paid $778 in court costs and fines, and had two counts of reckless driving causing serious impairment and one count of operating under the influence causing serious injury dismissed.