Remember Rover, the short-time morning show host at WCKG? Well he got in trouble a few months ago in his hometown of Cleveland, and it's not looking good for him. From this morning's Tom Taylor column...
The charges all relate to a July 4 holiday weekend arrest. About 3:40am in the morning, after some partying, an off-duty police officer asked Shane (“Rover”) French to stop shooting off illegal fireworks on his boat. The WMMS (100.7) morning jock allegedly starting shooting fireworks at the cop, then objected when the cop stepped on something he’d been using as an ignition source. They tangled. French and another man were arrested (July 8 NOW), and now WKYC TV reports a grand jury’s returned indictments on 13 counts. Those include attempted felonious assault, vandalism, resisting arrest and inducing panic. French’s companion got the same 13 counts. On Clear Channel’s rock WMMS, Rover later said “the allegations are absolutely absurd, ridiculous, and not based in fact whatsoever.” He asked listeners to “resist the temptation” to form an opinion “until all the facts are out there.” We'll see how Clear Channel handles the heightened legal situation.
