Photo by Foxboro Police Cheryl Richards’ Acura hit a metal grate at the Patriots practice bubble before stopping, said police.
A deranged woman who claimed she had to see a former Patriots [team stats] linebacker steered her car through a wooden security gate at Gillette Stadium yesterday, police said, plowed through a metal grate and drove 40 yards down the Pats’ practice field before stopping, the bent grate atop her vehicle. Cheryl Richards, 41, is being held for observation at Caritas Norwood Hospital following her arrest for a list of motor vehicle violations and crimes, Foxboro police said. Patriots spokesman Stacey James said the woman crashed her car through the door about 10:20 a.m., minutes before the Dana Farber Cancer Institute was set to kick off a blood drive on the turf field inside the practice bubble. James said 20 people were there when the car, identified by police as a 2003 Accura sedan, slammed through the metal door. Foxboro police Sgt. Michael Grace said the folks inside were “thankfully” on the other side of the building. James said blood donors who attended needed to preregister for the event, adding that Richards was not registered. He said donors had a chance to win goody baskets as well as autographed team memorabilia and tickets to an upcoming game. But he said no Patriots were there. Police said they were equally baffled by the events. “A vehicle showed up at the security shack on Washington Street on Route 1 in Foxboro and tried to gain entrance,” Grace said. “She was denied, but got back into her car and drove right through the gate.” Richards sped around the back of the stadium on Patriot Place Road toward the Dana Farber practice bubble. “She drove through the metal door of the dome where equipment is usually sent through, ripping it off the structure,” Grace said. Though the metal door blanketed Richards’ car, she still managed to drive “onto the turf all the way into the middle of the practice field,” according to police. Richards claimed she wanted to see Chris Slade, who was a Patriots linebacker until 2000. He played his last season of pro ball with the Carolina Panthers in 2001. Slade’s relation to Richards has yet to be determined. “I don’t think she knows him,” a cop said. Richards’ apartment door has a fall wreath under the peephole and a Patriots pennant taped above it. Her voicemail recording says, “Thanks for calling and have a blessed day. And remember Proverb 3:5-6 says, ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding, and all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your path straight.”’
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