Brandon Spikes Facing 4 Charges in Connection with Hit-and-Run, Abandoned Car

Massachusetts State Police have issued a citation charging Brandon Spikes with four motor vehicle offenses, according to WHDH.com, including "leaving the scene of a personal injury crash, operating a motor vehicle negligently to endanger, speeding, and failure to stay within marked lanes."

According to Laurel J. Sweet of the Boston Herald, authorities discovered a car belonging to the New England Patriots linebacker deserted in Foxborough, Massachusetts:

The Patriots released Spikes on June 8 after news of the pending investigation broke.

On June 9, the police released a statement regarding the investigation, according to Mike Reiss of ESPN.com: 

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Our investigation into the possible connection between the recovery of a damaged Maybach sedan and the damage inflicted on an SUV early Sunday on Route 495 in Foxborough is progressing.

We have made substantial progress as we continue to work to determine: 1.) whether the Maybach was the car that struck the Nissan Murano and 2.) the identity of the person who was driving the Maybach at that time. Further investigative steps will be undertaken today.

The ongoing investigation will determine whether criminal charges are warranted related to the incidents. That investigation is being conducted by Troop H of the Massachusetts State Police with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section.

We have nothing further to announce at this time. We will update when appropriate to do so.

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According to a tweet from Michael McCann of Sports Illustrated, "Under Massachusetts law, fleeing scene of hit and run where there are human injuries carries up to 2 years in jail."

Gail Waterhouse of Fox 25 in Boston reported that the state police found a 2011 Mercedes-Benz Maybach that was registered to Spikes on a highway median with damage to the front end. Police say the driver of the automobile told an OnStar representative that he or she hit a deer, but the police were unable to locate any deer in the surrounding area.

Waterhouse also provided additional information about the hit-and-run accident:

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Additionally, at around the same time in the same area of 495 north, a 2009 Nissan Murano was reported hit. [Mass. State Police Spokesperson David Procopio] said the occupants reported being rear-ended by a car they did not see. Police took the SUV's three occupants, a 51-year-old man, a 32-year-old woman, and a 12-year-old boy, all of Billerica, to the hospital to be examined and treated.

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"We have not established at this point that the Mercedes struck the [Nissan]," Procopio said, per Jennifer Smith of the Boston Globe.

Police have yet to determine who was driving the Maybach.