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Report: Oklahoma Football Player Isaiah Thomas Charged With Misdemeanor DWI

Sooner defensive lineman was arrested on June 13 and blew a .07 BAC.

John E. Hoover

Report: Oklahoma Football Player Isaiah Thomas Charged With Misdemeanor DWI
Report: Oklahoma Football Player Isaiah Thomas Charged With Misdemeanor DWI /

Oklahoma senior Isaiah Thomas has been charged with a misdemeanor count of driving while impaired, according to a Cleveland County District Court affidavit obtained by the Norman Transcript.

Thomas was arrested on June 13 at 2:08 a.m., after police witnessed his car traveling in the wrong direction on a one-way street.

The report states that Thomas had an odor of alcohol and had red, watery eyes.

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According to the affidavit, Thomas admitted to the officer that he had consumed alcohol before driving.

Norman Police dispatch informed the officer that Thomas had an outstanding municipal warrant out of Norman. At that point, the officer asked Thomas to take an alcohol-impairment test, which showed signs of impairment.

The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office booked Thomas into the jail at 2:59 a.m. A bail bondsman posted $2,000 bond about eight hours later, per the Transcript.

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The Transcript reported that warrant request was based on a state charge of driving while intoxicated or impaired.

According to the affidavit, Thomas, 22, submitted to a breathalyzer test and registered a blood alcohol content of 0.07 percent.

Thomas’ prior warrant was for failing to appear on a previous petty larceny charge and was booked overnight into the Cleveland County Detention Center.

The OU Athletics Department has said it is aware of the arrest and will handle it internally. 

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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