Roger Lewis has OVI charge dropped
Roger Lewis of the New York Giants against the Cincinnati Bengals at MetLife Stadium on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. Credit: Jim McIsaac
Roger Lewis Jr. will start this week’s Giants training camp with a relatively clean legal slate.
The second-year receiver arrested in early June for operating a vehicle while impaired (OVI) had that charge dropped, a clerk at the Licking County (Ohio) Municipal Court told Newsday on Monday. Lewis did have to pay fines totaling $175 for traffic violations the night he was arrested.
While police found a small amount of marijuana in his car after they pulled him over around 4 a.m. on June 4, he was never charged with any drug-related crimes.
Lewis, who made last year’s Giants team as an undrafted free agent and caught seven passes for 97 yards and two TDs, will be competing for a roster spot at the back end of the wide receiver depth chart during training camp. Players report on Thursday and the first team practice will be held on Friday.
Tom Rock began covering sports for Newsday in 1996 and became its NFL columnist in 2022. He previously was Newsday's Giants beat writer beginning in 2008.
