Former NFL player Titus Young sentenced to probation in battery case

Former NFL player Titus Young was sentenced to five years probation Tuesday and ordered to spend a year at a mental health facility in Escondido for attacking his former attorney.

Ex-Detroit Lions receiver Titus Young arrested in battery case Ex-Detroit Lions receiver Titus Young arrested in battery case Shultz ordered Young to spend a year at the Crosby Center in Escondido and gave him credit for the 99 days Young has been treated there already.

In May 2013, Young was arrested in Riverside County on suspicion of driving under the influence, then was arrested again about 14 hours later after he allegedly jumped a fence at a tow yard to retrieve his impounded Ford Mustang, county law enforcement authorities said at the time.