REDMOND — Former Seahawk cornerback Jeremy Lane was handed a 364-day suspended sentence in King County Court in Redmond Friday after having plead guilty to reckless driving in March.
Lane plead guilty to a reduced charge in relation to an incident in January when he was arrested on suspicion of DUI.
Lane also received a $5,000 fine with $4,650 suspended.
The sentence is suspended for 24 months with the standard DUI conditions that include not committing any future law violations. Lane is also required to complete two days of work crew within 60 days (Lane was given the option to complete 20 hours of community service but Lane opted for two days o a work crew) and also has to complete an alcohol/drug evaluation and follow-up treatment and a victim’s impact panel.
Lane was arrested on Jan. 16 after being initially stopped for going 80 miles an hour on eastbound I-90 with a police report stating that the arresting officer “immediately smelled an odor of marijuana” when Lane rolled down his window. The report stated he then exhibited signs of impairment on each of the three field sobriety tests he was given.
Lane later admitted to having smoke marijuana three hours earlier. He was also found to have a blood alcohol content of .039.
The report stated that it was the “suspected and admitted marijuana usage in conjunction with alcohol consumption” that led to Lane’s arrest and that Lane expressed concern over being arrested because he didn’t want people thinking he was drunk, quoting Lane as saying “this time I was more high than anything.”
Lane started six games in 2017 during a season in which he was traded for a day to the Houston Texans before being returned to Seattle when he failed his physical. Along the way he also lost his starting job as the team’s right cornerback to rookie Shaquill Griffin, and then as nickelback to Justin Coleman.
Lane had two years remaining on a four-year, $23 million contact he signed before the 2016 season but the Seahawks released him on March 9, saving $11 million against the cap over the next two years.
He has yet to sign with a new team.
