EXCLUSIVE: Mark Sanchez discharged from hospital; arrives at Marion County Jail

INDIANAPOLIS — Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez was discharged from an Indianapolis hospital Sunday morning, where he was spotted walking into the Marion County Community Justice Campus in exclusive video captured by FOX59/CBS4.

Sanchez had been in the hospital since the morning of Oct. 4, when he was allegedly stabbed by a truck driver

in downtown Indianapolis. Sanchez was in town to call last weekend’s Colts-Raiders game for FOX Sports.

Upon his release from the hospital on Sunday, Sanchez was taken to the Marion County Jail, where he was formally booked. FOX59/CBS4 obtained his booking photo, shared below.

Sanchez was booked into jail on the following charges:

• Battery resulting in bodily injury — a Class A Misdemeanor
• Unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle — a Class B Misdemeanor
• Public intoxication that endangers the life of another — a Class B Misdemeanor
• Battery resulting is serious bodily injury — a Level 5 Felony

Originally, Sanchez was only charged with three misdemeanors. In an Oct. 6 press conference, however, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears confirmed that he was tacking a Level 5 Felony charge onto Sanchez’s ledger.

Mears indicated that he added an extra charge to Sanchez’s record because court documents reported that Sanchez was allegedly the aggressor in the fight in which he stabbed. Mears added that the man Sanchez allegedly fought sustained serious injuries during the encounter, which also played a role in the decision to bring additional charges against Sanchez.

FOX59/CBS4 obtained the following photos of other party involved in the fight with Sanchez:

A lawsuit filed last week identified the man Sanchez allegedly fought as 69-year-old Perry Tole. In the lawsuit, which named Sanchez and Fox Corporation as defendants, Tole and his attorneys alleged that Fox Sports “knew or should have known about Defendant Sanchez’s unfitness as an employee, propensity for drinking and/or harmful conduct.”

In his press conference, Mears indicated that a suspect like Sanchez would typically be subjected to an investigative blood draw. As of Oct. 6, Mears could not confirm if Sanchez had undergone a blood draw or if the results of such testing were available.

According to court records released Oct. 5, Tole told police Sanchez smelled of alcohol during their encounter. Those documents also indicate that the fight between Sanchez and Tole broke out near Loughmiller’s Pub and Eatery. One of the pub’s employees actually rendered medical aid to Sanchez after he was allegedly stabbed by Tole.

Court records report that police first became aware of the fight between Sanchez and Tole around 12:35 a.m. on Oct. 4. At that time, officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department found Sanchez suffering from several stab wounds to his upper torso outside Loughmiller’s Pub on West Washington Street.

Upon further investigation, police found Tole — who reportedly had multiple cuts on his face — in a nearby alley. Tole told investigators that he was in the area when the fight occurred because he was collecting used cooking oil for Restaurant Technologies, a company he works for.

Told added that he had parked his truck in an alley just off Maryland Street between the Westin and Marriott hotels in downtown Indianapolis.

Tole told investigators that, sometime after he parked his truck, Sanchez approached it. After approaching the truck, Sanchez allegedly climbed inside it.

Once Sanchez climbed in Tole’s truck, Tole attempted to call his supervisor. Sanchez allegedly prevented him from doing so.

Per court records, surveillance video showed Sanchez and Tole circling the truck before a struggle broke out. Tole told police he used pepper spray to try to repel Sanchez during the scuffle.

When Sanchez continued advancing through the pepper spray, Tole stabbed him several times in self-defense, according to court records.

During their investigation, police recovered the knife Tole allegedly used during the fight.

The court documents released on Oct. 5 indicated that police attempted to interview Sanchez at an Indianapolis hospital. He told police he could only remember “grabbing for a window.” Sanchez told police he could not recall who allegedly attacked him or where the incident supposedly took place.

It is unclear if police have been able to interview Sanchez in the days since Oct. 5.

Surveillance video obtained by TMZ showed Sanchez walking around downtown Indianapolis before the fight happened. That video also captured a bloodied Sanchez leaving the area after the fight occurred.

On Oct. 5, a court set Sanchez’s jail bond at $300. Somebody then posted bond on Sanchez’s behalf that same day.

On Oct. 6, noted Indianapolis defense attorney James Voyles appeared in court on Sanchez’s behalf. Voyles has worked with notable athletes like Sanchez in the past. According to The Indiana Lawyer, Voyles represented boxer Mike Tyson during a 1990s rape case.

Sanchez’s team filed a petition to allow him to travel outside of Indiana as his criminal case is litigated. That petition was granted by Indiana’s court system.

Sanchez played quarterback at USC from 2005-08. The New York Jets selected him fifth overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.

The next event scheduled in Sanchez’s court case is set for Nov. 5. It’s a pretrial conference that will be held at 1 p.m.

The release of Sanchez’s being booked into jail on Sunday may have come as a surprise to some. On Oct. 5, a source with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office told FOX59/CBS4 that Sanchez was “processed” by deputies while he was at the hospital. That was supposed to mean that Sanchez didn’t need to be taken to the Marion County Jail to be booked and have a mugshot taken.

That information, however, was given to FOX59/CBS4 before Mears added the Level 5 Felony charge to Sanchez’s record.

The maximum penalty for a Level 5 Felony in Indiana is a six-year prison sentence and a fine of up to $10,000.