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07-13-2008, 04:12 AM
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Former Bengal Thurman sought by police for assault warrant
Associated Press
Updated: July 11, 2008, 11:28 PM ET
SANDUSKY, Ohio -- Northern Ohio authorities were seeking former
Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman on Friday on a felonious
assault warrant.
The 25-year-old Thurman, of Cincinnati, was indicted last week by an
Erie County grand jury on the charge, accusing him of punching a 19-
year-old North Royalton man, the Erie County Sheriff's Department said
in a statement.
Police said Thurman punched the man in the face, breaking his jaw, on
May 27 at Kalahari Waterpark Resort in Sandusky after they argued
about a place in line.
Thurman's agent Safarrah Lawson said he had been unable to speak to
his client and could not comment on the charges. A message seeking
comment was left late Friday with Thurman's lawyer, John Michels.
Thurman was suspended indefinitely by the NFL in June after violating
the league's substance abuse policy.
Thurman sat out the last two seasons after skipping a drug test and
getting arrested for drunken driving. He had been reinstated by the
league in April, but the Bengals released him in May after he skipped
a series of voluntary workouts.
He was a second-round pick in 2005 out of Georgia.
Former Bengal Thurman sought by police for assault warrant
Associated Press
Updated: July 11, 2008, 11:28 PM ET
SANDUSKY, Ohio -- Northern Ohio authorities were seeking former
Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman on Friday on a felonious
assault warrant.
The 25-year-old Thurman, of Cincinnati, was indicted last week by an
Erie County grand jury on the charge, accusing him of punching a 19-
year-old North Royalton man, the Erie County Sheriff's Department said
in a statement.
Police said Thurman punched the man in the face, breaking his jaw, on
May 27 at Kalahari Waterpark Resort in Sandusky after they argued
about a place in line.
Thurman's agent Safarrah Lawson said he had been unable to speak to
his client and could not comment on the charges. A message seeking
comment was left late Friday with Thurman's lawyer, John Michels.
Thurman was suspended indefinitely by the NFL in June after violating
the league's substance abuse policy.
Thurman sat out the last two seasons after skipping a drug test and
getting arrested for drunken driving. He had been reinstated by the
league in April, but the Bengals released him in May after he skipped
a series of voluntary workouts.
He was a second-round pick in 2005 out of Georgia.