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POLICE ARRESTED HIM
IN HAMILTON COUNTY
LAST NIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, I'M
ANDREA MOREHEAD.
AND I'M JOHN STEHR.
IRSAY PAID A 22-
THOUSAND-500 DOLLAR
CASH BOND TO GET
OUT OF JAIL AFTER
OFFICERS ARRESTED
HIM IN CARMEL A
CHARGE OF OPERATING
WHILE INTOXICATED.
HE ALSO FACES A
DRUG POSSESSION
CHARGE -- AFTER
POLICE SAY THEY
FOUND PRESCRIPTION
PILLS IN THE CAR.
THE COLTS JUST
RELEASED A
STATEMENT SAYING
THEY FULLY SUPPORT
IRSAY, BUT ARE NOT
COMMENTING FURTHER
UNTIL FORMAL
CHARGES HAVE BEEN
FILED.
IRSAY JUST TWEETED:
"DEEPEST THX TO
FAMILY, FRIENDS, FANS,
COLLEAGUES FOR THE
MESSAGES OF
SUPPORT, THOUGHTS
AND PRAYERS.
IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL U
HOW MUCH THIS
MEANS."
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER RICH VAN
WYK HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING THE CASE.
AND JOINS US NOW
FROM HAMILTON
COUNTY, ON THE
SERIOUS CHARGES
IRSAY IS FACING.
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JIM IRSAY LOOKED
GAUNT, WORN OUT;
WEARY AFTER A NIGHT
AND HALF A DAY IN THE
HAMILTON COUNTY
LOCK UP.
SOT JIM IRSAY
IRSAY WAS IN
HANDCUFFS AROUND 3
AM WHEN CARMEL
POLICE WALKED HIM
INTO THE JAIL.
THEY SAY THE 54 YEAR
OLD OWNER FAILED
NUMEROUS FIELD
SOBRIETY TESTS.
AN OFFICER PULLED
HIM OVER JUST BEFORE
MIDNIGHT OFF 131ST
STREET INSIDE THE
UPSCALE VILLAGE OF
WEST CLAY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
ACCORDING POLICE
IRSAY WAS DRIVING
SLOWLY, AND STOPPED
IN ROAD WAY. INSIDE
HIS CAR
INVESTIGATORS FOUND
NUMEROUS
PRESCRIPTION PILLS
BUT NOW
CORRESPONDING PILL
BOTTLES.
IRSAY IS PRELIMINARY
CHARGED WITH
OPERATING A VEHICLE
WHILE INTOXICATED
AND FOUR FELONY
COUNTS OF
POSSESSION OF A
CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
10:467 SOT HOW MUCH
TROUBLE IS HE IN?
JOHN TOMPKINS IN A
LOT OF TROUBLE. HE'S
FACING FELONY
COUNTS AND A
SUBSTANTIAL TIME
WITHOUT A DRIVER'S
LICENSE.
AN EXPERIENCED
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
JOHN TOMPKINS SAYS
IF CONVICTED, ITS
UNLIKELY IRSAY
WOULD BE SENT TO
JAIL.
A BIG ISSUE WILL BE
WHETHER THE COLT'S
OWNER HAD VALID
PRESCRIPTION FOR THE
MEDICATIONS.
12:52 IF HE DOES NOT
HAVE PRESCRIPTIONS
FOR THESE PILLS, IT IS
A SIGNIFICANT BIGGER
ISSUE. ONE WHAT'S HE
DOING WITH THEM.
AND TWO WHERE THEY
COME FROM.
IRSAY WHO
REPORTEDLY HAS A
NET WORTH OF BILLION
DOLLARS IS FREE ON A
22 AND A HALF
THOUSAND DOLLAR
BOND.
THANKS RICH
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