VINDICATOR STAFF/WIRE REPORTS
TOLEDO — Former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett of Youngstown has been transferred to a prison where he could spend the remainder of his sentence.
Clarett will be in a single cell at the Toledo Correctional Institution, but he will not be isolated from other inmates, said Andrea Dean, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
The close-security prison only has single cells, and Clarett will be able to exercise and eat with other inmates, she said Thursday.
A judge sentenced Clarett in September to at least 31/2 years in prison on charges of aggravated robbery and carrying a concealed weapon.
Authorities said he flashed a gun and robbed two people early Jan. 1 outside a Columbus bar. The concealed weapon charge was from his Aug. 9 arrest after a highway chase with police who found four loaded guns in his sport utility vehicle.
As a freshman tailback, Clarett helped lead Ohio State to the national championship in 2002.
He then dropped out of Ohio State and lost a U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the NFL's requirement that players wait three years after high school before turning pro. The Denver Broncos made Clarett a surprise third-round pick in the NFL's 2005 draft, but cut him during the preseason after he refused a signing bonus.
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Friday, December 15, 2006
VINDICATOR STAFF/WIRE REPORTS
TOLEDO — Former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett of Youngstown has been transferred to a prison where he could spend the remainder of his sentence.
Clarett will be in a single cell at the Toledo Correctional Institution, but he will not be isolated from other inmates, said Andrea Dean, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
The close-security prison only has single cells, and Clarett will be able to exercise and eat with other inmates, she said Thursday.
A judge sentenced Clarett in September to at least 31/2 years in prison on charges of aggravated robbery and carrying a concealed weapon.
Authorities said he flashed a gun and robbed two people early Jan. 1 outside a Columbus bar. The concealed weapon charge was from his Aug. 9 arrest after a highway chase with police who found four loaded guns in his sport utility vehicle.
As a freshman tailback, Clarett helped lead Ohio State to the national championship in 2002.
He then dropped out of Ohio State and lost a U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the NFL's requirement that players wait three years after high school before turning pro. The Denver Broncos made Clarett a surprise third-round pick in the NFL's 2005 draft, but cut him during the preseason after he refused a signing bonus.
COPYRIGHT 2006 ASSOCIATED PRESS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN, OR REDISTRIBUTED.
Friday, December 15, 2006
Former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett of Youngstown has been transferred to a prison where he could spend the...
