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Clarett Due In Court To Face OVI Charge

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published January 5, 2016 at 6:55 AM EST
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Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett is scheduled to appear in a Morrow County courtroom Thursday to face an OVI charge. The Ohio Highway Patrol cited the 32-year-old on Sunday on I-71 during a traffic stop. Troopers were responding to reports of an erratic driver. Troopers say he refused to undergo field-sobriety and blood-alcohol tests. Clarett was sent to prison in 2006 on robbery and other charges. He has struggled with drug and alcohol problems since leaving OSU.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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