Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith was arrested on suspicion of a DUI late on Sunday night. Smith has asked for reserved judgment until more facts come out. Police say Smith was driving erratically and going 96 mph in a 60 mph zone. When he was pulled over, Smith refused a breathalyzer test and was allegedly verbally abusive and uncooperative with the officers.
Here’s more details from the police report, per Brady Henderson at ESPN.
“According to the arrest report, the state trooper “detected a strong odor of intoxicants and observed the driver had bloodshot, watery eyes.” Smith told the state trooper he had some wine earlier in the night but had stopped drinking 90 minutes before he was pulled over. Smith declined to take a preliminary breath test and a judge issued a search warrant for a blood draw. Smith was taken to a hospital where he became agitated before the blood draw, even with the Seahawks’ director of team security present to try to calm Smith down, according to the report. Restraints were used to complete the process, troopers wrote.”
King County is awaiting results for Smith’s test from the WSP crime lab before deciding whether or not to press charges.
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