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Former Patriots LB Brandon Spikes Signs With Bills

BOSTON (CBS) – Brandon Spikes' reunion with the Patriots never came to fruition after he fled from the scene of a crash on Interstate 495 last summer.

But the hard-hitting linebacker will get a chance at redemption with one of New England's AFC East rivals as he signed with Rex Ryan's Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

Spikes was released by the Patriots in June 2015 a day after his Mercedes was found abandoned on the median strip on I-495 in the early morning hours.

The linebacker, who played in New England from 2010-13 and in Buffalo in 2014, claimed initially that he hit a deer. No deer was found in the area, but around the same time another driver reported being rear-ended.

Spikes pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident several weeks after the crash.

He served a four-game suspension to start last season, though Spikes never signed with a team until Sunday.

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