Clarett Arrested after Highway Chase

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Maurice Clarett was arrested early Wednesday after a highway chase that ended with police using Mace on the former Ohio State running back and finding four loaded guns in his sport utility vehicle.Officers used Mace to subdue Clarett after a stun gun was ineffective because the former Fiesta Bowl star was wearing a bullet-resistant vest, Sgt. Michael Woods said."It took several officers to get him handcuffed," Woods said. "Even after he was placed in the paddy wagon, he was still kicking at the doors and being a problem for the officers."Police planned to charge him with carrying concealed weapons and other counts, Woods said. He was taken to police headquarters to be interviewed, then was moved to the Franklin County Jail.Wearing tan jail-issue clothes, he talked on the telephone in the booking area, separated from reporters by a window. He was to be held at the jail at least until an arraignment Thursday morning, unless his attorneys work out an agreement for his release, police said.Clarett made an illegal U-turn on the city's east side and failed to stop when officers, in a cruiser with lights flashing, tried to pull him over, Woods said.Police pursued Clarett onto eastbound Interstate 70 when he darted across the median and began heading west. Clarett drove over a spike strip that was placed on the highway, flattening the driver's side tires of the SUV.Clarett exited the highway and pulled into a restaurant parking lot, where officers removed him from the SUV after he failed to obey numerous orders to exit the vehicle, Woods said.After Clarett was placed in a police van, officers discovered a loaded rifle and three loaded handguns in the front of his vehicle.Woods said he did not know where Clarett got the guns or why he had them, and that federal authorities plan to trace their ownership.The 22-year-old Clarett is currently awaiting trial on two counts of aggravated robbery, four counts of robbery and one count of carrying a concealed weapon in a separate case. Authorities said he was identified by witnesses as the person who flashed a gun and robbed two people of a cell phone in an alley behind the Opium Lounge in Columbus in the early hours of Jan. 1.Messages seeking comment were left Wednesday morning for Clarett's attorneys in that case, Nick Mango and Michael Hoague.Clarett scored the winning touchdown in the second overtime of the Fiesta Bowl against Miami to lead Ohio State to the 2002 national championship, the school's first since 1968. But that was the last game the freshman played for Ohio State.He sat out the 2003 season after being charged with misdemeanor falsification on a police report, then dropped out of school. He sued to be included in the 2004 NFL draft and lost in court.A surprise third-round pick in the 2005 draft, he was cut by the Denver Broncos during the preseason.</div>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot...t.ap/index.htmlIt just keeps on getting worse for Maurice. This guy has to turn his life around.
     
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    Pathetic.
     
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    Now I'm really glad that the Broncos cut him.But it is really pathetic. If he had just waited a few more years for the draft, either A) he would be having a great college career transfering into a great NFL career or [​IMG] he would be a good rookie right now.
     
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    Man I feel bad for this kid he really needs someone to help him his life in on a downward sprial.
     
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    What a fuckin dumbass, he needs help, a lot of help.......
     
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    <span style="color:#6600CC">I dont have an ounce of pity for this fucker. He's a thug. A piece of shit of society.</span>
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TCOF @ Aug 9 2006, 09:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Now I'm really glad that the Broncos cut him.But it is really pathetic. If he had just waited a few more years for the draft, either A) he would be having a great college career transfering into a great NFL career or [​IMG] he would be a good rookie right now.</div>I'm glad the Broncos spent a 3rd round pick on him...
     
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    <span style="color:#6600CC">Weird how he was picked up in the vincinity of the home of the people he assulted and were called to testify against him....but his attorney says he doesn't believe Clarett has bad intentions. [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] </span>
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bleed Green @ Aug 9 2006, 02:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Man I feel bad for this kid he really needs someone to help him his life in on a downward sprial.</div>Why would you sympathize for this fucking retard? He makes his own decisions on how to run life and look where it got him.
     
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    I hope they show THAT chase on cops! :drool:
     
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    Not that I feel sorry for him or anything, but it's pretty sad to see how his career and his life has turned out.
     
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    Clarett gets 5 million bail.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Bond set at $5 million for Clarett on weapons chargeAssociated PressCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- Maurice Clarett's bond on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon was set at $5 million Thursday, a day after the former Ohio State running back was arrested following a chase with police and four loaded guns were found in his sport utility vehicle.Prosecutors had asked Franklin County Municipal Judge Andrea Peeples for a bond for Clarett of at least $1 million."We feel he's a threat to the community," assistant prosecutor Chris Brown said.Clarett, wearing a jail-issue tan jumpsuit, stood motionless and expressionless against the wall next to his lawyer during the arraignment. He did not say anything and was not asked anything by the judge.Clarett's attorney, Nick Mango, said the $5 million bond was excessive. He would not speculate on why the guns were in the SUV Clarett was driving."We're very confident that there was no intent to harm anyone," he said.Peeples said she set the bond so high because Clarett fled police. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Aug. 18.Clarett's latest run-in with the law began when police noticed an SUV driving erratically in the early morning hours Wednesday. A highway chase ensued, ending when police spiked Clarett's tires, sending his vehicle limping into a restaurant parking lot.Officers said they could not easily subdue Clarett because the bulletproof vest he was wearing thwarted their stun guns. It took several police using pepper spray to get the 6-foot, 245-pounder into handcuffs.He continued to struggle even as he was taken away, kicking at the doors of the transport vehicle, police said. Officers also secured a cloth mask over Clarett's mouth after they say he spat at them.On Wednesday, prosecutors asked a judge to keep him in jail and revoke his bond on an earlier robbery charge.They said they were concerned that Clarett was driving with the guns only a few blocks from the home of a woman who was set to testify against him next week in an alleged robbery outside a Columbus bar.His bond in that case was raised to $1.1 million Wednesday after he was jailed on the new weapon and traffic charges, and Mango said that amount would likely be too high for Clarett to pay, meaning he would stay in jail for the duration of the robbery trial, which starts Monday.Police said more charges are possible, and federal agents said they are eyeing whether Clarett violated federal gun laws that prohibit having a firearm while under indictment.As a freshman, Clarett scored the winning touchdown in the second overtime of the Fiesta Bowl against Miami to lead Ohio State to the 2002 national championship, the school's first since 1968.Clarett was suspended for the 2003 season, the year after he led the Buckeyes to a national championship, because he was charged with falsifying a police report.He dropped out of school, then sued unsuccessfully to be included in the 2004 NFL draft. He was a surprise third-round pick in the 2005 draft but was cut by the Denver Broncos during the preseason.He plans to play for the Mahoning Valley Hitmen, one of five teams in the Eastern Indoor Football League. The team, based in Youngstown, is to begin play in January.Copyright 2006 by Associated Press</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2545493
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Aug 10 2006, 07:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bleed Green @ Aug 9 2006, 02:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Man I feel bad for this kid he really needs someone to help him his life in on a downward sprial.</div>Why would you sympathize for this fucking retard? He makes his own decisions on how to run life and look where it got him.</div>He has made bad choices, but he has also never really had anyone there for him. He needs/needed someone to reach out to him and help him get his life back under control. Read the article he has up on espn.com gives a fell of a lot more insight. He was recieving death threats.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (His Greatness @ Aug 11 2006, 07:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>C A R R E R O V E R</div>His CAREER never started, lol.He's a dumbass plain and simple. Screw that crap about nobody there to reach out to him. That's bullshit. Everyone makes their own decisions and he's made the wrong ones.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CWebb4 @ Aug 11 2006, 11:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (His Greatness @ Aug 11 2006, 07:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>C A R R E R O V E R</div>His CAREER never started, lol.He's a dumbass plain and simple. Screw that crap about nobody there to reach out to him. That's bullshit. Everyone makes their own decisions and he's made the wrong ones.</div>I meant potentially, the dude was an awesome back coming out of college, so any plausible job for him now is pretty slim
     
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    yeah i watched this on sports center yesterday.. That is some crazy shit. This guy coulda been great in the NFL.. and now he pretty much ruined not only his NFL career but his life.. very sad.
     
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    Clarett ordered to seek Mental Health Evaluation<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Evaluation ordered; bond on robbery charge revokedAssociated PressCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- Maurice Clarett was ordered to have a mental health evaluation following a bizarre and violent encounter with police in which the former Ohio State football star was caught with four guns after a highway chase.The judge delayed a trial set to begin Monday on previous charges in which the player is accused of holding up two people outside a bar on New Year's Day.Judge David Fais ordered the evaluation against the wishes of Clarett and his attorneys, citing the events surrounding the arrest early Wednesday."I clearly understand everything and I don't why we have to drag this thing out," said Clarett, who scoffed, smiled and rolled his head back when Fais announced his ruling.Clarett said he was ready to go to trial.Fais said he was concerned by Clarett's attorneys saying in published reports that they were worried about his mental health."It's my job. I have to ensure that your rights are protected," Fais said.Fais also revoked Clarett's $1.1 million bond on the charges, meaning that Clarett figures to remain in jail until the new trial date of Sept. 18.Clarett's latest run-in with the law began when police noticed a vehicle driving erratically, beginning a chase that ended with police spiking the SUV's tires. Officers said they could not easily subdue Clarett because he was wearing a bulletproof vest that thwarted their stun guns.After several police using pepper spray finally got him into handcuffs, the 6-foot, 245-pounder continued to struggle, kicking at the doors of the transport vehicle. Officers also secured a cloth mask over Clarett's mouth after they say he spat at them.Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2546878
     
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    ^^---- WOW... what the hell is going on with clarett... i feel so bad for him.. but again.. its his fault. Im thinkin this is all coming from stress.. not sure..
     

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