Mark Sanchez charged with Level 5 felony after Indianapolis stabbing

Former NFL quarterback and Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez was stabbed in the chest early Saturday after an altercation with a 69-year-old delivery truck driver in an alley behind downtown Indianapolis hotels, and prosecutors have upgraded charges against Sanchez as the investigation continues. Sanchez, 38, was taken to a hospital with multiple stab wounds and later arrested there; he initially faced three misdemeanor counts and on Monday was charged with a Level 5 felony count of battery causing serious bodily injury, prosecutors said.

According to a probable cause affidavit and surveillance reviewed by investigators, the confrontation began about 12:30 a.m. when Sanchez approached a box truck that was backed into a hotel loading dock. The driver, identified in filings as Perry Tole, told police Sanchez accosted him, opened the truck door and repeatedly advanced even after the driver used pepper spray, the affidavit says. Tole told detectives he believed he was in danger and stabbed Sanchez two or three times in what he described as an act of self-defense. Video footage and witness accounts cited by authorities show a fight near a dumpster and along the alley before Sanchez...