Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Joshua Brent, center, and his attorney George Miller, obscured at right, leave court in Dallas, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. A judge ordered Brent to wear an electronic monitor pending his trial on an intoxication manslaughter charge in the one-car crash that killed a teammate. State District Judge Fred Tinsley also lowered Brent's bond from $500,000 to $100,000. (AP Photo/David Woo, Pool)
Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Joshua Brent, center, and his attorney George Miller, obscured at right, leave court in Dallas, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. A judge ordered Brent to wear an electronic monitor pending his trial on an intoxication manslaughter charge in the one-car crash that killed a teammate. State District Judge Fred Tinsley also lowered Brent's bond from $500,000 to $100,000. (AP Photo/David Woo, Pool)
Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Joshua Brent sits in Dallas County 195th District Court on Tuesday, Dec.18, 2012 for a bond reduction hearing. Brent is charged with intoxication manslaughter after a Dec. 8 crash that resulted in the death of his passenger, fellow teammate Jerry Brown. A judge has ordered Brent to wear an electronic monitor while free on bond. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Pool)
Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Joshua Brent, center, and his attorney George Miller, right, leave court in Dallas, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. A judge ordered Brent to wear an electronic monitor pending his trial on an intoxication manslaughter charge in the one-car crash that killed a teammate. State District Judge Fred Tinsley also lowered Brent's bond from $500,000 to $100,000. (AP Photo/David Woo, Pool)
DALLAS (AP) ? Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent had a blood-alcohol content of 0.189, more than twice the legal limit, after the car crash that killed teammate and friend Jerry Brown, according to documents released by police Thursday.
The 24-year-old Brent was tested after the crash in the early hours of Dec. 8 and the Texas legal limit for drivers is 0.08 percent. One report said Brent was intoxicated, driving over the speed limit and swerving out of one lane when he struck a curb in Irving, a suburb of Dallas, causing the car to flip over.
The crash report also says Brent was driving with an expired and suspended driver's license obtained in Illinois, where he pleaded guilty three years ago to driving under the influence, a misdemeanor.
Brown was pronounced dead at a Dallas hospital. Brent was arrested and indicted Wednesday on one count of intoxication manslaughter. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted, though he could also receive probation. Brent is free on $100,000 bond and required to wear an alcohol monitor. His attorney, George Milner, did not return a phone message Thursday.
Authorities say they also found an unopened bottle of Cognac liquor in searching Brent's Mercedes sedan, along with "multiple receipts" and his iPad and cellphone. Brent and Brown reportedly spent at least part of Friday night at the club Privae Dallas. The iPad and cellphone found in the Mercedes have information "from the events prior to and during the crash that will aid this investigation," other warrants said.
The 25-year-old Brown was on the Cowboys practice squad and played with Brent at the University of Illinois. The two men have been described as close friends. Brent has been placed on the NFL reserve/non-football illness list and won't play again this season.
No court dates in his case have been scheduled.
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