SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.- Seattle Seahawks tight end Jerramy Stevens was accused of driving under the influence and possession of marijuana after police stopped his car in downtown Scottsdale early Tuesday.
A Scottsdale patrol officer noticed the car traveling erratically and made the stop about 2:15 a.m.
Stevens, an unrestricted free agent after five seasons with Seattle, told the officer he had “four of five margaritas” at Salty Seniorita, a downtown Scottsdale bar. According to the police report, the officer smelled alcohol and noticed Stevens’ eyes were “bloodshot and watery and half-closed. Spoke with slow, slurred speech.”
As he got out of the vehicle, the report said, Stevens “dropped his cell phone and wallet on the ground, bent down to pick them up, then stutter-stepped to walk” toward the officer.
A second officer arrived and began a field sobriety test, but after Stevens “almost fell down” during the “walk-and-turn” test, the player declined to participate in any further testing.
Police said they found a “leafy green substance” believed to be marijuana in Stevens’ pocket.
Stevens refused a breathalyzer test and declined to give a blood sample until police obtained a warrant about 5 a.m., the report said. Stevens was booked and posted bail. The blood test results haven’t yet been released.
The 6-foot-7, 265-pound Stevens, a first-round draft pick by the Seahawks and the 28th selection overall in 2002. has had other run-ins with the law.
In June 2003, he pleaded guilty to reckless driving in a plea deal after being stopped in the Seattle suburb of Medina on investigation of drunken driving. He got a two-day jail sentence for that offense. He received another five days in jail for violating his probation after he drove into a nursing home in 2000 in a hit-and-run case. Stevens was a student at Washington at the time of that incident.
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