Jeramy Stevens Had Some Blood in His Alcohol Stream

[Hostile]

Police: Player's blood-alcohol level was 0.204

Shea Drefs

The Arizona Republic
Mar. 23, 2007 03:15 PM


Blood-alcohol test results released Friday show Jerramy Stevens of the Seattle Seahawks was nearly three times over the state's legal limit when arrested March 13 in Scottsdale on suspicion of drunken driving.

Stevens' blood-alcohol content was 0.204 percent, which places Stevens in the extreme DUI category, Scottsdale police Sgt. Mark Clark said. Arizona's legal limit is 0.08 percent. In Arizona, extreme DUI's are 0.15 or more and can bring a 30-day jail sentence.

Stevens, who is scheduled to appear in court April 2, reportedly told officers he had “four or five” margaritas before he was stopped around 2:30 a.m. for driving erratically along Indian School Road near 84th Street.

Officers reported that he was visibly intoxicated, describing his eyes as “bloodshot, watery and half-closed.”

Police drew Stevens' blood with a search warrant when he reportedly refused to take a breathalyzer test.

The Bellevue, Wash. resident, 27, was arrested on charges of DUI and possession of marijuana after police reportedly found drugs in his back pocket. He was released on bail after police booked him into the Scottsdale City Jail.

Stevens played tight end for the Seahawks for five years. But on Tuesday, news accounts reported that Stevens will not return next season.

“I would say it is probably time for a change of scenery and move on from that situation,” team president Tim Ruskell said in a written statement Friday. “We signed Marcus Pollard. We now have four tight ends, so I think we are in good shape.”

The Scottsdale arrest was not the first incident on the free agent's record.

In 2003, he faced DUI charges after police in Seattle reportedly found half-empty champagne bottles in his car during a traffic stop.

Two years earlier, Stevens faced hit-and-run charges after allegedly crashing his vehicle into a Seattle retirement home.

In 2001, he was accused of drugging and raping a 19-year-old girl at the University of Washington. The charges were dropped.

Stevens was also accused in 1998 of hitting a man with a baseball bat, breaking his jaw.

Stevens is scheduled to appear in court April 2 for the Scottsdale arrest.

 

[big dog cowboy]

The 3 strikes rule can't get started soon enough. This guy is a poster child for how a NFL player is not supposed to conduct himself. Pathetic. Hopefully he is smart enough to know he needs help and gets it.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

wow, his alcohol level was nearly double mine, but I'm not 260 or however much he weighs

 

[speedkilz88]

Is there a specific percentage where alcohol poisoning happens in the body? That sounds ridiculously high.

 

[EastDallasCowboy]

According to the medical report from when I was hit by a car (I was a pedestrian), I had a 0.6 BAC.

No lie.

Now it was an error, a costly error....cost me quite a bit of money suing the sum***** that ran over me so he could steal a keg of beer (funny story, if you ever wanna hear it). The idiot doctor misplaced the decimal and it should have been 0.06. I had to explain to the my attorney that 0.6 was near fatal, but i digress.

0.2 is quite a bit, but remember that it depends on his tolerance. When I got my DUI at 20, I had a 0.24 but passed the field test. Only reason I got cited was because I was a minor. The nice officer wrote me the ticket and had me call someone to pick me up before he actually breathalyzed me on account of passing the field test. But again, I degress.

Stevens is a punk. No sadness from me.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Is there a specific percentage where alcohol poisoning happens in the body? That sounds ridiculously high.

it's probably around 1%

 

[smarta5150]

Thats whats I looked like last night.

 

[EastDallasCowboy]

Is there a specific percentage where alcohol poisoning happens in the body? That sounds ridiculously high.

Operating strictly from memory, heavy lethargy starts in the 0.3 range, passing out should occur in the 0.4 range, and by 0.6 most people should be dead.

But that's strictly from memory. And if I recall, there was a gentleman in some European country that got arrested a year or so ago for DWI with a 0.7 and was still operating the vehicle...albiet not well.

Intoxication is an inexact science, if you're a heavy drinker you can be vigilant with the same BAC that would kill a 16 year old cheerleader.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Operating strictly from memory, heavy lethargy starts in the 0.3 range, passing out should occur in the 0.4 range, and by 0.6 most people should be dead.

But that's strictly from memory. And if I recall, there was a gentleman in some European country that got arrested a year or so ago for DWI with a 0.7 and was still operating the vehicle...albiet not well.

Intoxication is an inexact science, if you're a heavy drinker you can be vigilant with the same BAC that would kill a 16 year old cheerleader.

I was just guessing, but intoxication is also about body weight, if you're a big guy, you can drink a hell of alot and keep on going, moreso than if you were anorexic, it has something to do w/ how long it takes the alcohol to pass through your blood stream, so if you're bigger, it takes longer, the opposite for if you're smaller

 

[EastDallasCowboy]

Percentages remain the same regardless of weight

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Percentages remain the same regardless of weight

I'm pretty sure size plays a role here

 

[EastDallasCowboy]

Size/weight affect the quantity you can consume, but not your relative tolerance.

If you had a 90lb chick and 300lb man that had never drank a drop previous, they would in theory become intoxicated at the same percentage. The fat man may drink 3x the drinks, but percentages being equal they'd be equally intoxicated.

BAC is blood alohol content, which is the percentage of your blood that is alcohol. 0.2 means 0.2% of his blood was alcohol. Minus the unpredictablity of tolerance, 0.2% of blood being alcohol will be equal across all spheres.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Size/weight affect the quantity you can consume, but not your relative tolerance.

If you had a 90lb chick and 300lb man that had never drank a drop previous, they would in theory become intoxicated at the same percentage. The fat man may drink 3x the drinks, but percentages being equal they'd be equally intoxicated.

BAC is blood alohol content, which is the percentage of your blood that is alcohol. 0.2 means 0.2% of his blood was alcohol. Minus the unpredictablity of tolerance, 0.2% of blood being alcohol will be equal across all spheres.

you're probably right, I'm just trying to remember what my counselor told me about alcohol in high school lol

 

[notherbob]

My guess is that he and Pacman are going to be in Roger Goodell's gunsights next week.

Just as he became a free agent he also became an even bigger fool. What a moron.

He just doesn't know how to call for help but my guess is also that there is an NFL-mandated rehab in his future...now as to whether he will actually rehab is another question.

I feel sorry for him as I would anyone else who is blowing what he is, but he's still an idiot until proven otherwise at this point. Some players are like watching multiple slow motion train wrecks happening all the time. It's getting ridiculous.

 

[Hailmary]

I'm pretty sure size plays a role here

A bit off topic, but speaking of size and a person's drinking ability, Andre the Giant was reported to having 119 beers in one sitting. 119 beers in a 6 hr span!

 

[locked&loaded]

you're probably right, I'm just trying to remember what my counselor told me about alcohol in high school lol

ya i just had that class lastyear.they said size plays a role.

 

[silverbear]

you're probably right, I'm just trying to remember what my counselor told me about alcohol in high school lol

He told you to pass it over... gave you a bad time about hoggin' it all for yourself...

I guess it's true what they say about alcohol killing brain cells...

 

[mwj473]

Size/weight affect the quantity you can consume, but not your relative tolerance.

If you had a 90lb chick and 300lb man that had never drank a drop previous, they would in theory become intoxicated at the same percentage. The fat man may drink 3x the drinks, but percentages being equal they'd be equally intoxicated.

BAC is blood alohol content, which is the percentage of your blood that is alcohol. 0.2 means 0.2% of his blood was alcohol. Minus the unpredictablity of tolerance, 0.2% of blood being alcohol will be equal across all spheres.

I understand what you are saying & it makes sense, but doesn't everyone have 13 pints of blood in them? Doesn't both the 90 lb girl & the 300 lb man have the same amount of blood in them, weight should not matter. If the man & woman both drink a beer & have the same volume of blood in them, shouldn't thier BAC be the same? It is blood alcohol content, not weight alcohol content, correct?

 

[cowboyed]

He is also moored in sots bay
The last time he gave blood as a live donor the recipient got up drunk
They can use his blood to sterilize the instruments

You got me started with that blood in the alcohol stream hostile...

 

[burmafrd]

I guess you could say he was truly pickled.