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Flyers' Medvedev faces drug, DUI charges

Flyers defenseman Evgeny Medvedev was charged last week with driving under the influence, possession of a controlled substance and use or possession of drug paraphernalia.

Medvedev, 33, is charged with having a blood alcohol content of more than .16 percent - more than double the legal limit for drivers - when he was stopped by Lower Moreland police last month, according to court documents.

Medvedev is a Russian national who signed a one-year contract with the Flyers last May.

Police said he was driving on Byberry Road in Lower Moreland Township early one morning last month when he was stopped by police.