A former longtime Indiana senator says he recently spoke with State Sen. Michael Bohacek who was arrested back in January on OWI charges. Jim Merritt, who spent 30 years in the state senate with the last 16 of those served as caucus chair, said Bohacek called him a few days ago to talk about what happened and to apologize. He told the “Kendall and Casey Show” on WIBC that Bohacek is taking the matter seriously. “I sent him a text, he reached out and called me and said he was embarrassed,” Merritt said Wednesday. “He understands it’s very serious, unlike a lot of people in the statehouse who have these situations and he apologized to his caucus.” It’s still unclear when Bohacek apologized to the caucus, but Merritt said it happened “shortly after” Bohacek was arrested. Bohacek, a Re

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