Veteran Colts WR formally charged weeks after suspected DUI arrest

Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Keenan Allen has been formally charged with two misdemeanors more than two weeks after he was arrested for suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OVWI).

Allen faces a Class A misdemeanor charge of operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent (ACE) of 0.15 or more, according to the Indianapolis Star, part of the USA TODAY network. The receiver also faces a Class C misdemeanor charge of OVWI – Indiana state law's terminology for what is more commonly known as a DUI.

A Class A misdemeanor is the most severe level of a misdemeanor charge, and a person found guilty of such a charge "shall be imprisoned for a fixed term of not more than one (1) year; in addition, he may be fined not more than five thousand dollars," according to Indiana state law. Class C misdemeanors can result in a prison sentence of fewer than 60 days and a fine of fewer than $500.

An officer of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department detained Allen, 34, at 1:22 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30 after the Colts wide receiver submitted to a portable breath test that showed an ACE of .224, according to a probable…

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