Raiders defensive finish Charles Snowden didn’t know what state he was in throughout his DUI arrest final month in Nevada, based on video the 8 Information Now Investigators obtained on Wednesday.
Snowden, 30, informed the Las Vegas Metro police he was “trying to get home” and that he was in Florida on the time of his Dec. 10. arrest, as seen in physique cam footage.
“Hey sir, do you know where you are?” one officer mentioned.
“Trying to get home,” Snowden, who was sporting a Santa hat with “Raiders” on it, replied.
Snowden mentioned he was coming from Washington earlier than the officer requested if he knew what state he was in.
“Florida,” Snowden mentioned, nodding his head.
“Do you know what city?” requested the officer.
Snowden shook his head “no.”
One officer was heard saying Snowden was “too drunk to stand” whereas one other officer handcuffed him and put him behind a police automobile.
Snowden’s blood-alcohol degree was greater than double the authorized restrict when officers discovered him asleep and unresponsive within the driver’s seat of a operating SUV, based on police paperwork.
Snowden’s 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee was propped up on a purchasing cart in a car parking zone, as seen in police physique cam footage.
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Snowden was within the driver’s seat of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that “had almost rolled off a four-foot retaining wall,” based on a police report the 8 Information Now Investigators first obtained. The automobile’s engine was operating, and the gear was in impartial.
“The driver would wake up for a few seconds, look around but not seem to see the officers and fall back asleep,” police mentioned, including that after 10 minutes, Snowden unbuckled his seat belt, turned the automobile off and received out of the automobile.
“No one witnessed him driving, though,” one officer was heard saying after banging on the automobile window. “He’s freaking drunk or I’m assuming he’s drunk. What do you think, he’s having a medical episode?”
One other officer not seen within the physique cam footage was heard speaking, however it’s unclear what was mentioned.
“It’s not open though and we didn’t’ see him driving so what do we do? … I mean as far as arresting him we didn’t witness him driving but you could articulate that he would have to drive to get to this point.”
Police responded to the automobile after receiving a report a few “suspicious vehicle.”
“Mr. Snowden will be entering a not guilty plea and we will respond in court, which is the appropriate forum,” Snowden’s attorneys David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld mentioned in an announcement.
“The Raiders are aware of the incident involving Charles Snowden and have been in contact with the NFL and local authorities,” a workforce spokesperson mentioned in a separate assertion. “The club will not comment further as this is a legal matter.”
An arraignment was scheduled for April.
