LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas officers found Raiders football player Charles Snowden “passed out” behind the wheel of a Jeep Cherokee, its engine running as it balanced atop a retaining wall, before his arrest on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, according to a police report.
Blood tests showed Snowden's blood-alcohol content was about .19%, or more than twice the legal limit, according to a report by a police forensic scientist. The legal limit for drivers in Nevada is 0.08%.
The NFL, the Raiders and Snowden’s attorneys acknowledged Thursday the 26-year-old first-year defensive end was arrested early Tuesday after Las Vegas police responded shortly before midnight Monday to a report of a “suspicious” vehicle near a busy intersection southwest of the Las Vegas Strip. He was later released.
A Las Vegas justice of the peace on Thursday revised the case schedule to set Snowden's arraignment for next Tuesday.
Snowden's attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, acknowledged the arrest but declined to describe the circumstances. The Raiders said they were in contact with the NFL.
“The club will not comment further as this is a legal matter,” a team statement said.
“Mr. Snowden will be entering a not guilty plea and we will respond in court, which is the appropriate forum,” his attorneys said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear if the arrest would affect Snowden’s status with the team. He has played every game this season, including in Sunday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Florida. The Raiders next host the Atlanta Falcons in Las Vegas on Monday.
NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy confirmed league officials were in contact with the Raiders. League policy allows Commissioner Roger Goodell to impose a three-game suspension without pay for a first offense of the league's alcohol abuse policy.
“Subject unable to respond because he was passed out,” a responding officer wrote in an arrest report that noted the SUV was running, with the doors locked. “The vehicle had almost rolled off a four-foot retaining wall.”
The officer noted it took about 10 minutes for the driver to awaken and get out of the vehicle. The report said paramedics were summoned “because the driver could not stay awake or answer questions.”
The report did not say if Snowden told officers during his arrest where he had been or where he was headed.
The Raiders have had several players arrested on charges of driving under the influence since the team moved from Oakland to Las Vegas in 2020.
The team and the community were scarred by the arrest and conviction of former first-round draft pick Henry Ruggs, a wide receiver, after a fiery high-speed crash that killed a woman and her dog on a city street in November 2021. Ruggs, now 25, was sentenced in 2023 to three to 10 years in state prison following his guilty plea to felony DUI and other charges.
The Raiders released reserve defensive safety Roderic Teamer in November 2023 after his arrest in Las Vegas on misdemeanor driving under the influence and speeding charges. Records show Teamer pleaded no contest in July to reckless driving, paid $1,000 in fines and fees, and other charges against him were dismissed.
AP Sports Writer Mark Anderson contributed to this report.
FILE - Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Charles Snowden walks off the field following an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Oct 13, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker, File)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A major ice storm created treacherous driving conditions across Iowa and eastern Nebraska this weekend and prompted temporary closures of Interstate 80 after numerous cars and trucks slid off the road.
Many events were canceled across the region when the storm hit Friday evening, and businesses announced plans to open late Saturday as officials urged people to stay home if possible. Temperatures rose high enough in the afternoon to melt the ice in most places, however.
“Luckily some warmer air is moving in behind this to make it temporary,” said Dave Cousins, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's office in Davenport, Iowa.
At least one person died in a crash caused by the icy roads in eastern Nebraska. The Washington County Sheriff's office said a 57-year-old woman died after she lost control of her pickup on Highway 30 near Arlington and hit an oncoming truck. The other driver sustained minor injuries.
Elsewhere a storm and wind gusts of up to 60 mph (96 kph) prompted the first tornado warning in San Francisco and caused some damage. Parts of neighboring San Mateo County were also included in the warning, which went out at 5:51 a.m. to about 1 million people in the area and was lifted about 20 minutes later.
Later Saturday a tornado touched down near a shopping mall in Scotts Valley, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) south of San Francisco, overturning cars and toppling trees and utility poles, the National Weather Service said.
“Based on video, photos, firsthand accounts, and radar signatures a tornado occurred (at) 1:40 PM,” the service said, adding that a team will investigate and provide a ranking.
Images uploaded to social media showed at least two vehicles on their side or hood and trees and power lines on the ground.
Witnesses reported that the touchdown happened near a Target store and “threw multiple cars off the road,” the Scotts Valley Police Department said in a statement. It asked people to avoid the area.
The storm toppled some trees onto cars and streets and damaged some roofs in San Francisco, which has not seen a tornado since 2005, according to the Weather Service. The damage was being assessed to determine if the city was indeed hit by a tornado.
“This was the first ever warning for a possible tornado in San Francisco. I would guess there wasn’t a clear signature on radar for a warning in 2005,” said Roger Gass, a meteorologist in the Weather Service's Monterey, California. He said he was not there in 2005.
The fast-moving storm prompted warnings for residents to take shelter, but few people have basements in the area.
“The biggest thing that we tell people in the city is to put as many walls between you and the outside as possible,” Meteorologist Dalton Behringer said.
In upstate New York, people were digging out after heavy snow fell. More than 33 inches (84 centimeters) was reported near Orchard Park, where residents are used to dealing with lake-effect snow this time of year.
And in Nevada, up to 3 feet (91 centimeters) of snow was forecast for Sierra Nevada mountaintops, with a winter storm warning in effect through 10 p.m. More than a foot (30 cm) fell at some Lake Tahoe ski resorts, and a 112-mph (181-kph) gust of wind was recorded at the Mammoth Mountain resort south of Yosemite National Park, according to the National Weather Service’s Reno office.
Interstate 80 was closed along an 80-mile (130-kilometer) stretch from Applegate, California, to the Nevada line just west of Reno, where rain was falling and a winter weather advisory was in effect through the afternoon. The California Highway Patrol reopened the road in the afternoon for passenger vehicles with chains or four-wheel drive and snow tires, though it remained closed to semitrailer trucks.
In western Washington, tens of thousands of people lost electricity Saturday, local news outlets reported, amid a system that brought rain and gusty winds.
Associated Press reporters Julie Walker in New York, Becky Bohrer in Juneau, Alaska, and Scott Sonner in Reno, Nevada, contributed.
Water from the San Francisco Bay spills onto the Embarcadero in San Francisco on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, as a result of high tides and storm-driven waves. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Water from the San Francisco Bay spills onto the Embarcadero in San Francisco on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, as a result of high tides and storm-driven waves. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Water from the San Francisco Bay spills onto the Embarcadero as a result of high tides and storm-driven waves on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Workers remove a large tree that fell into a mobile home in Seaside, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Workers remove a large tree that fell into a mobile home in Seaside, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Ice accumulates on a road sign in North Liberty, Iowa on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP)
Ice accumulates on Trees, grass, and corn stalks in North Liberty, Iowa on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP)
Ice coats blades of grass in North Liberty, Iowa on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP)
Motorists make their way along Interstate 380 in North Liberty, Iowa, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP)
A cyclist looks at a large tree that took out power lines as it fell across Sylan Road in Monterey, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Power lines damaged from a fallen tree are seen across Sylan Road in Monterey, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
A car is damaged by a fallen tree in Monterey, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
A large tree branch lays across a street in Seaside, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
People observe the New York skyline from Top of the Rock's Skylift, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A man spreads salt on 42nd Street near Pacific Street after freezing rain coated surfaces with ice in Omaha, Neb. on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
A car gets stuck trying to go up an icy Pacific Street during freezing rain in Omaha, Neb. on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
Headlights from a stranded motorist highlight freezing rain that coated surfaces in Omaha, Neb. on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
A truck is damaged after a large tree fell across a street in Seaside, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
A large tree branch crashed into a garage near Coe Avenue in Seaside, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
A man clears downed trees near his house in Seaside, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
This image, provided by the Livermore Police Dept. shows flooding near the intersection of Murrieta Blvd. and Stanley Blvd. during a storm Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024 in Livermore, Calif. (Livermore Police Dept. via AP)
