By DENNIS WASZAK Jr.
Associated Press Sports
updated
11:01 a.m. CT, Mon., Aug 17, 2009
CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) -New York Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis was suspended without pay Monday for the team's regular-season opener and fined $100,000 by the
NFL
for violating the league's substance abuse policy.
The 31-year-old Ellis was arrested in November and charged with possession of marijuana, speeding and driving without insurance after being pulled over by police in Hanover, N.J., a few miles from the team's training facility in Florham Park.
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