Marshall, who appeared Wednesday before Butler County Common Pleas Judge Michael Sage, also is charged with a fifth-degree felony in Warren County for allegedly altering a prescription for Tylenol III in May at a Mason pharmacy.
Marshall, a Mason High School graduate, told Sage he was sorry and wanted a chance to graduate from a college he has been attending in Kentucky.
“I know I shouldn’t have been drinking, especially getting behind the wheel,” Marshall said, adding he is now attending a private Baptist college in the middle of a dry county. It was the first time he had consumed alcohol in a long time, he added.
He said coming to Ohio without notifying probation officials in Kentucky and consuming alcohol was a “mistake.”
“It is a work in progress,” Marshall told the judge. “I know I have made a few mistakes ...(There will be) no more problems this time.”
Assistant Prosecutor Jason Phillabaum asked Sage to impose a prison sentence, noting alcohol consumption was an underlying cause in his 2008 conviction.
In May 2008, Marshall, who anticipated playing as an offensive lineman for the RedHawks, had twice entered a woman’s room at a Miami dormitory.
On the second entry into the woman’s dorm room, Marshall flopped down on top of her and placed a pillow over her face before leaving the room after the two struggled.
Marshall said he had been binge drinking at an Oxford bar and at a friend’s house and had wandered into the wrong room by mistake. Following his jury conviction, Marshall was sentenced to 120 days under house arrest, 200 hours of community service, drug and alcohol treatment, and was placed on one year of supervised probation and four years general probation. That probation was transferred to Kentucky when he enrolled in school there.
“I attempted to address this issue ... give you an opportunity to be a stand up guy,” Sage said to Marshall. “In my mind, you blew it.”
The judge noted in addition to further legal troubles, Marshall has completed little of his required community service.
Marshall’s case in Warren County is set for a two-day trial to begin Sept. 20, according to court records.
Contact this reporter at (513) 820-2168 or lpack@coxohio.com.
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