Browns defensive end Armonty Bryant pleaded guilty Wednesday to a reduced charge stemming from a traffic stop on Christmas morning, but he isn’t out of hot water with the NFL.
Bryant pleaded guilty to attempted drug possession, a first-degree misdemeanor, in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, according to court records. The charge was amended after Bryant was indicted in February on two counts of felony drug possession and pleaded not guilty.
Bryant, 26, has already been suspended for the first four regular-season games of 2016 for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs and faces additional discipline.
“This will be reviewed under our policies,” an NFL spokesman wrote in an email Wednesday about Bryant pleading guilty to attempted drug possession.
In March, Browns head of football operation Sashi Brown said the team would let the processes with the legal system and league play out before deciding whether it would keep Bryant.
Bryant was sentenced to 68 days of probation, which is scheduled to end Oct. 3. He received a suspended jail sentence of 180 days and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
A passenger in the car of former Browns safety De’Ante Saunders, Bryant was found to be in possession of Oxycodone and Adderall on Dec. 25.
Bryant started two of the 14 games in which he appeared last season and finished second on the team with 5.5 sacks.
Nate Ulrich can be reached at nulrich@thebeaconjournal.com.