Clarett Lead Police On High Speed Chase & More

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Clarett arrested after dramatic highway chase; When police ran into Maurice Clarett this time, officers said he was driving erratically and carrying an arsenal that included three semi-automatic handguns and an AK-47-type assault rifle in the front seat - all loaded.


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A highway chase ensued, then ended in the early hours Wednesday when police spiked the former Ohio State (http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/team/86061) star running back's tires. Even then, officers said they could not easily subdue him because the bullet-proof vest he was wearing thwarted their stun guns.

It took several police and pepper spray to get the 6-foot, 245-pounder into handcuffs. The struggle continued as he kicked at the doors of the transport vehicle that took him away. But Clarett's latest bizarre run-in with the law took perhaps its most troubling turn hours later, when prosecutors asked a judge to keep him in jail and revoke his bond on an earlier robbery charge.

One reason: He was driving a few blocks from the home of a woman who was set to testify against him next week, Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien said.

Sgt. Michael Woods said Clarett wove in and out of lanes, did a U-turn on a freeway and refused to leave the SUV after a spike stick flattened its tires. The 22-year-old Clarett had a semiautomatic handgun under his legs on the driver's seat, police said, and an assault rifle on the passenger seat. Two other semiautomatic handguns were in the vehicle, including one in a holster in a backpack.
"We don't have any idea why he had them or what, if anything, he was going to do with them," Woods said. "But if you've got four guns in your car you're up to no good." Officers said they also found a partially full bottle of vodka following the arrest, but no breath test was given because there was no indication he was intoxicated, Woods said. On the console, a police photo shows, was a compact disc of children's songs recorded by prison inmates... (WTF?):question:
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[ConspiracyBuff]

Dude thinks he's 50 cent or suttin. 5 guns a vest and all.

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Clarett's call came two hours before arrest

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On possibly his last night as a free man, Maurice Clarett was calling on the telephone. I hadn't seen him or heard from him in a year, not since the Denver Broncos kicked him to the curb, but I was on his list Tuesday night. Along with Jim Tressel and LeBron James and some arena football coach. His list of thank-yous.

I looked at the clock when he called, and it was just past 11 p.m. ET. He told me he was driving somewhere, and along the way his cell phone cut in and out. He wasn't loud or belligerent. Instead he seemed melancholy and possibly drunk.

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Clarett was arrested near the home of a witness set to testify against him in a separate robbery case, the Franklin County prosecutor said.



He started in with his news: He was a daddy. His girlfriend, Ashley, had given birth to a baby girl on July 17 and he claimed it had changed his life. "F--- Ohio State, f--- winning the national championship, it's more cool having her,'' he was saying. He said he'd cry a lot when he held her, and that just the other day in his mom's house, he'd cried four times holding her the same afternoon. He said he'd do anything for that little girl, that he'd go to jail for 30 years for this little girl. It wasn't clear what he meant, although it's starting to get clearer now...

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What a loser. He had his whole life ahead of him.

[BEST45CAL]

He was probably trying to get him some street cred.
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[ConspiracyBuff]

I think he gets the opposite, pulled over for a U-Turn with 4 guns on the passenger seat, uhhh not too brilliant. Oh and the high speed chase.

[BEST45CAL]

Jeez...this guy could have had it all. What a waste.