Jets' Sheldon Richardson pleads not guilty to July road-race charges

New York Jets defensive end Sheldon Richardson pleaded not guilty Monday to resisting arrest and other traffic violation charges stemming from an alleged road race, Joe Holleman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Richardson, a St. Louis native and former star at the University of Missouri, was represented by attorney Matthew D. Fry at Monday's arraignment. A trial has been scheduled for Oct. 5.

Richardson was arrested July 31 after allegedly being clocked going 143 mph while trying to avoid police. A 12-year-old male relative and two adult men were also in Richardson's car at the time of his arrest, according to police.

Officers said they found a loaded semi-automatic handgun under a floor mat on the driver's side of the vehicle and detected a "very strong odor of burned marijuana."

Prosecutors said they did not have enough evidence to file drug possession or child endangerment charges against Richardson.