New Orleans Hornets guard Jarrett Jack was arrested in Gwinnett County early Sunday on charges of DUI, speeding and failure to maintain his lane, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Jack, 27, who has an Atlanta address, was stopped in a black Mercedes-Benz shortly after 4 a.m. for speeding on U.S. 78 westbound near McGee Road, Snellville police said. He was driving 66 in a 45 mph zone, police said.
“The officer paced the vehicle, verifying that it was speeding, and observed the vehicle cross the center line and the fog line,” Snellville Police Chief Roy Whitehead wrote in an email. “He stopped the vehicle and smelled an odor of alcoholic beverage coming from the driver, Jarrett Matthew Jack. He conducted field sobriety tests, which Mr. Jack failed.”
Because the police department’s Intoxilyzer was not working, Jack was given the test at the Gwinnett County Jail, according to Whitehead. Jack registered a .079 at 5:38 a.m., 90 minutes after the traffic stop, according to Whitehead.
“In general, alcohol dissipates from the system at approximately .02 grams per hour,” Whitehead wrote. “Therefore, he would have been over the limit of .08 at the time of the driving infraction.”
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