Police seek former Bengals linebacker Thurman

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SANDUSKY, Ohio -- Northern Ohio authorities were seeking former Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman on Friday on a felonious assault warrant. fficeffice" />>>
The 25-year-old Thurman, of ffice:smarttags" />Cincinnati, was indicted last week by an Erie County grand jury on the charge, accusing him of punching a 19-year-old lace w:st="on">North Royaltonlace> 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 lace w:st="on">Sanduskylace> 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.



When will the NFL stop letting people like this into the league? Give them millions of dollars to play a game, then all they do is piss it away.

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