Clarett Being Clarett

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Former Ohio State RB Clarett arrested for concealed weapon

August 9, 2006

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ticker) - Maurice Clarett cannot stay out of trouble.

The former Ohio State star running back was arrested in Columbus early Wednesday for carrying a concealed weapon in his sport-utility vehicle after leading police on a high-speed chase.

Clarett was spotted "weaving back and forth on Brice Road" in the state capital, officer Betty Schwab said. Officers attempted to pull him over, but he refused to stop and "took off" eastbound on Interstate 70, where police kept track of him with a helicopter.

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Clarett made a U-turn on the median and headed westbound before police successfully spiked his tires. After the Youngstown native pulled into a parking lot, officers pulled up behind him and ordered him out of his vehicle, but he was non-compliant.

"They tried to tase him ... but found out he was wearing a bulletproof vest," Schwab said.

After finally subduing him, officers found four guns in his vehicle, including "an assault weapon on the floorboard, passenger side."

According to the arrest report, Clarett had a loaded 9-millimeter handgun concealed under his legs on the driver's seat of his silver 2002 Hyundai, a fourth-degree felony. He also was charged with failing to maintain a continuous lane for his erratic driving.

Clarett was in Franklin County Jail late Wednesday morning and will be arraigned on Thursday.

On February 10, Clarett was indicted on two counts of aggravated robbery and a concealed weapon charge stemming from a January 1 incident in which he allegedly held up two people at gunpoint in an alley behind a bar.

Clarett, 22, led Ohio State to a national championship during his freshman year by rushing for 1,266 yards and 16 touchdowns. He scored the winning TD in double overtime in the championship game victory against Miami but never again played for the Buckeyes.

In September 2003, Clarett was charged with misdemeanor falsification for reporting that more than $10,000 in clothing and equipment were stolen from a car that he had borrowed. Later that month, Clarett was suspended for a game for receiving special benefits from a family friend and misleading investigators.

In January 2004, Clarett pleaded guilty to failing to aid a law enforcement officer.

Clarett challenged an NFL ruling that a player had to wait three years after his high school class had graduated to play in the NFL and was granted eligibility for the draft. However, the decision was appealed and overturned.

Once eligible for the NFL, Clarett did not last long. He was a surprise third-round pick by the Denver Broncos in 2005 but was released after battling a groin injury in the preseason and failed to hook up with another team.

[GreenTiger_OriginalAcct]

He was just getting ready for his tryout with the Bengals...

[UNT_playmaker]

Very sad.....

[LongJim]

The kid is obviously either mentally or chemically ill.

After reading the ESPN piece, I feel sorry for him.

[untgirl04]

PTI had an interesting piece on him yesterday. I think there really is something seriously wrong with the kid. Sad, but I think taking away football for him has made him lose his direction in life (if he ever really had one). Hopefully someone can help him get back on track.

[GangGreen]

"They tried to tase him ... but found out he was wearing a bulletproof vest," Schwab said.

After finally subduing him, officers found four guns in his vehicle, including "an assault weapon on the floorboard, passenger side."

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Don't send him to jail, send him to fight Al-Qaeda!

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The Great Joe Bob (A Regional Tragedy)

He was a panhandle prince…ahhh

Schoolboy football king

They told him "Hi" in the halls

'Cause he could run them balls

But it was rumored (down deep) he was mean

He dated high-tone girls

With frosty pom-pom curls

But he never gave out his ring

He was the best of the best

He met the grid-iron test

An there ain't nothin…as American

An clean

Chorus:

He was the pride of the backfield

Ahhh the hero of his day

Yeah he carried the ball for the red and blue

They won District Triple-A

An his name made all the papers

As the best they'd ever had

Yeah so nobody understood it

When the Great Joe Bob went bad

First he lost his scholarship

To Texas Tech

For drinking during training

An breaking the coach's neck

Then he got suspended (ahhh) for acting obscene

Around the Cum-Laudy, Cum-Laudy

Daughter of the Dean

So…

He took up with a waitress

Named Loose Ruby Cole

While she was a-hoppin' tables

Down at the Hi-D-Ho

An he met her on the sly

When her daddy weren't around

Yeah but he stopped making yardage

When he started messin 'round

(chorus)

Yeah it spread like a country wildfire

That something big had gone all strange

Joe Bob the Greatest Halfback

Was actin half-deranged…ahhh

He'd been seen out with this woman

Gettin drunk and havin fun

Yeah he growed his hair, then gived up prayer

An said, "Football days is done"

Then…

He and old Loose Ruby

Robbed a Pinkie's Liquor Store

An had a run-in with the law

When they's runnin out the door

An Joe Bob's fate was sealed

For the next century

Yeah he traded in the pigskin

For the penitentiary

(chorus)

--Terry Allen