“He was no longer employed by us at the time of this event,” said Kevin Roach, news director for WKEF/WRGT. “We will not comment any further.”
Simpson was taken into custody around 1:25 a.m. in the 100 block of Byers Road, jail records show.
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Simpson, who has a previous OVI conviction from a 2014 crash in Greene County, was listed as an inmate in the Montgomery County Jail at 9:15 a.m.
Simpson had been with the stations since April 2016, according to his LinkedIn profile. He previously worked at WHIO.
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