Seahawks’ Geno Smith told police he ‘couldn’t fit in patrol car during January arrest on suspicion of DUI’

Seahawks’ Geno Smith told police he ‘couldn’t fit in patrol car during January arrest on suspicion of DUI’ Geno Smith was arrested in January on suspicion of driving under the influence Smith learned that he would not be facing criminal charges per multiple outlets DailyMail. com provides all the latest international sports news By Patrick Djordjevic For Dailymail. Com and Reuters Updated: 20:29, 5 August 2023 e-mail 1 View comments Footage of Geno Smith’s January arrest has been obtained, showing police cuffing the Seahawks quarterback before he insisted he could not fit in the back of the patrol car.

The six-foot-four signal-caller was arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence in King County. Over 18 months after his arrest on suspicion of driving while under the influence, Smith learned that he won’t face criminal charges, multiple outlets reported Thursday. The arrest report indicated Smith was pulled over for allegedly driving 96 mph in a 60-mph zone and weaving across several lanes of traffic.

The King County (WA) Prosecuting Attorney’s Office told multiple outlets that Smith’s blood test results for alcohol and THC both came back below the state’s legal limits of . 08 for alcohol and 5. 0 for THC.

Smith’s results were . 038 and 2. 6, respectively, ESPN reported.

The Seattle Seahawks’ quarterback Geno Smith will not face charges over the January incident Smith was alleged to be driving erratically in his Bentley but returned a legal BAC reading In his first season as the starter in Seattle, Smith guided the Hawks to an NFC wild card game Video obtained by TMZ showed Smith sitting down halfway in the patrol car before become frustrated. ‘Are you guys being serious right now or what?’ Smith said. ‘How am I gonna fit in this car? Explain to me how I’m gonna fit in this car?’ ‘I can’t fit in here,’ he continued.

‘I don’t know what you want me to tell you, I’m six-foot-four, if y’all can’t get a car that can fit me, I don’t know understand what y’all telling me. ‘ Authorities blamed the lag in test results on a backlog of cases at the State Patrol Crime Lab. The 32-year-old Smith, who is coming off career highs of 4,282 passing yards, 30 touchdown passes and a league-best 69.

8 percent completion rate, was arrested Jan. 10, 2022. Smith, the league’s Comeback Player of the Year, reached an agreement with the Seahawks in March on a three-year contract worth a base of $75 million and incentives worth another $30 million.

The Seahawks are his fourth NFL team in nine seasons, following four years with the Jets and one each with the Giants and Chargers. He won the starting job in Seattle after Russell Wilson was traded to the Denver Broncos in the offseason before the 2022 campaign. Smith has thrown for 11,199 yards and 64 touchdowns and 48 interceptions in 62 career games.

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