Ohio State redshirt senior Jake Stoneburner and redshirt junior Jack Mewhort have been suspended from the football team until recent legal issues are resolved.
Stoneburner and Mewhort were arrested early Saturday morning for allegedly urinating in public and running from police.
Mark Collins, a Columbus-based attorney, said the football players learned of their suspension Sunday, and would be barred from the Woody Hayes Athletic Center until their case is resolved.
?I?m going to try to work the next week or so to resolve this to everyone?s satisfaction to get these two young men, get this taken care of and get them moving forward and get them back on the team hopefully,? Collins told The Lantern.
The arraignment is scheduled for June 11 at the Delaware County Municipal Court.
Representatives from the Department of Athletics, including coach Urban Meyer, did not immediately respond Sunday night to The Lantern?s request for comment regarding the suspensions.
Shawnee Hills Police arrested Stoneburner and Mewhort for ?obstructing official business? at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday by the Bogey Inn near Dublin, Ohio.
Police said they spotted Stoneburner, Mewhort and a third person unaffiliated with the OSU football program, Austin Barnard, urinating in between buildings. When they attempted to confront the three individuals, police said they ran away.
Two of the suspects were found trying to hide in between vehicles in a parking lot being used for this past weekend?s Memorial Tournament. The third person fled into the woods, but was ultimately caught by police after threatening to use a police dog.
Adam Widman, assistant director of communications for the Department of Athletics, on Saturday said Stoneburner?s arrest was being investigated.
Widman did not respond to The Lantern?s request for comment regarding Mewhort?s arrest.
Obstructing official business is defined by Ohio Revised Code 2921.31 as ?No person, without privilege to do so and with purpose to prevent, obstruct or delay the performance by a public official of any authorized act within the public official?s official capacity, shall do any act that hampers or impedes a public official in the performance of the public official?s lawful duties.?
Stoneburner is expected to be the starting tight end for the 2012 Buckeyes, and is listed in the No. 1 spot on Meyer?s preliminary depth chart.
In 2011, Stoneburner caught 14 passes for 193 yards and had seven touchdown catches. Stoneburner was highly recruited out of Dublin Coffman High School along with former Buckeyes teammate offensive lineman Mike Adams. He has caught 37 passes so far in his career at OSU.
Meyer listed Stoneburner after this year?s Spring Game on April 21 as one of his ?top offensive playmakers.?
Similarly, Mewhort, who was also a highly recruited prospect out of St. John?s Jesuit High School and Academy in Toledo, Ohio, is also expected to start on the offensive line for the Buckeyes.
Stoneburner and Mewhort are the second and third football player to be arrested since Meyer took over as head coach upon the conclusion of the Gator Bowl.
Redshirt junior cornerback Dominic Clarke was arrested and charged on Jan. 12 for drunk driving. Meyer removed Clarke from the team later that week.
Stoneburner and Mewhort did not respond for requests to comment Sunday.
Kristen Mitchell and Pat Brennan contributed to this article.
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