Former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez is now facing felony charges as prosecutors upgraded the accusation against him Monday following his alleged fight with a 69-year-old grease truck driver.

After seeing the extent of the victim’s injuries, and factoring in the man’s age, Sanchez’s charges were upgraded from several misdemeanors to a Level 5 felony battery of causing serious injury, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears told a press conference on Monday morning.

“This is by no means the end of this investigation,” Mears said. 3

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Sanchez, who was in Indianapolis to cover Sunday’s Colts-Raiders game for Fox Sports, was stabbed several times in the chest and rushed to the hospital in a critical condition following the incident at around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday.

His condition

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