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Greg Ellingson may be opening a new chapter on his career, but the Edmonton Eskimos receiver hasn’t completely been able to turn the page on his time in Ottawa.

The 30-year-old native of Florida was a member of the Redblacks when he was arrested during a RIDE check in central Ottawa at 2:37 a.m. on Dec. 1 – the week following their 27-16 loss to the Calgary Stampeders in the 106th Grey Cup.

He was charged with failing to provide a breath sample into a roadside screening device.

A three-day trial is scheduled to begin May 27, 2020.

“We are aware that there was a charge laid and right now it is going through the legal process,” read a statement from the Eskimos. “We are going to let that process take its course and refrain from comment at this time.”

Short for Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere, RIDE is a sobriety testing program used by police in Ontario.

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