Iowa suspends LB Reggie Spearman after OWI arrest
Iowa LB Reggie Spearman was suspended after he was arrested for OWI early Saturday morning.
Spearman's suspension was announced Saturday. According to the school, he's suspended for at least a game. Iowa was off on Saturday. He was pulled over while operating a moped at 12:01 a.m.
From the Cedar Rapids Gazette:
At 12:01 Saturday morning, Iowa City Police pulled Spearman over on his moped for an expired registration and no safety flag, according to the complaint. Officers noted “watery, bloodshot eyes, smelled of ingested alcohol, and was wearing two bar wristbands.”
Spearman admitted to consuming alcohol and offered “to just walk home.” The complaint states that Spearman exhibited “measurable impairment” on field sobriety tests and failed a preliminary breath test with a BrAC of .087 percent. Spearman refused an evidentiary breath test.
"I was disappointed to hear of the charges against Reggie,” Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said in a statement. “Reggie will face a minimum one game suspension, as well as other consequences within the program. We will work with authorities in gathering all the facts. Reggie will go through the UI Student Athlete Code of Conduct process and we will move forward from there.”
Spearman has started all seven of Iowa's games this season and has 34 tackles.
For more Iowa news, visit HawkeyeReport.com.
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