Ex-American football star Clarett now running from police

0 Comments | AFP, January, 2006

COLUMBUS, United States (AFP) — Former American football collegiate star running back Maurice Clarett is finally something he never became in the National Football League - a wanted man.

Clarett and two other men are wanted by police after attempting to rob two people outside a bar shortly after New Year's Day began here in the city where Clarett became a star at Ohio State University.

Three men, including Clarett, sped away in a white van and have been charged with two counts of aggravated robbery.

"A warrant has been filed for his arrest. He is at-large and we are trying to locate him," Columbus police sergeant Shaun Laird said. "We hope he does the right thing, calls us and turns himself in.

Clarett, 22, approached two people and demanded property...