Ex-QB Mark Sanchez now facing felony charge for altercation

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Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez is now facing a felony battery charge for what authorities said Monday was a fight over a parking dispute, in addition to the misdemeanor charges that the Fox Sports analyst was already facing from the weekend incident in Indianapolis.

Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears announced the new charge of battery involving serious bodily injury, which carries a potential sentence of one to six years in prison, during a news conference with Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Chris Bailey. Mears said the investigation is ongoing and that additional charges are possible.

"We are literally talking about people fighting over a parking…