Richard Sherman charged with DUI from 2024 arrest
Richard Sherman charged with DUI from 2024 arrest
In February of 2024, former Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman was arrested on suspicion of DUI and booked into King County Jail. The Super Bowl XLVIII champion declined to take a breathalyzer test and instead opted to have his blood drawn.
Well, the results of his bloodwork have finally come back from the Washington State Patrol's crime lab, and this is one test Sherman did not want to fail. In Washington, the legal limit is 0.08 and Sherman's blood alcohol level came back as 0.11. As a result, the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has officially charged Sherman with driving under the influence, which is a gross misdemeanor in Washington.
This is Richard Sherman's second run-in with the law, with the first being a domestic incident in 2021. In that situation, Sherman was also arrested for driving under the influence, but it was ultimately plead down to two misdemeanor offenses, including first-degree negligent driving and speeding in a construction zone.
In Washington, the statute of limitations for charging a suspect with a gross misdemeanor - such as driving under the influence - is two years. Since the Sherman is still well within that range, he is still subject to legal jeopardy. Part of his plea deal from 2022 included two years of court supervision and being forced to attend a DUI victim's panel.
I am not a lawyer or a legal expert, but seeing as though February 2024 is also within the two year window the court sentenced him to be under, I cannot imagine the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office is going to be all that sympathetic towards Sherman for his second incident involving drinking and driving.
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