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Ohio State Safety Marcus Hooker Pleads Guilty to OVI

Marcus Hooker pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle under the influence during his arraignment at the Franklin County Municipal Court on Monday.

Per court records, the Ohio State safety was fined $375 and his driver's license has been suspended with limited driving privileges for one year. He was sentenced to three days in jail, but that sentence has been suspended.

Hooker was charged with OVI on March 13 when Columbus Police found him asleep behind the wheel of his car in a McDonald's drive-thru. Body camera video obtained by NBC4 showed that police officers had to break open the passenger-side rear window of his car in order to remove him from the vehicle – which was still in drive – after their efforts to wake him were unsuccessful.