Do you think you can drink, then beat THIS BA%-new state record

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04-20-2007, 11:41 AM
dk_alaskan

Do you think you can drink, then beat THIS BA%-new state record

http://www.komotv.com/news/7109811.html

By KOMO StaffThe former Seattle police officer who was caught driving with a 0.47 blood alcohol level earlier this month was arrested at her home Thursday afternoon, Trooper Jeff Merrill said.

Merrill said the state patrol and King County prosecutors sought and obtained a $250,000 warrant for Deanna F. Jarrett's arrest on Thursday morning, stating she was an imminent threat to public safety.

Troopers served the warrant at Jarrett's house at 4 p.m. Merrill said she was uncooperative and forced troopers to remove an air conditioning unit to gain access into the house.

When Jarrett finally surrendered, Merill said she was belligerent and intoxicated.

She was booked into the King County Jail.

Court documents show that Deana Francine Jarrett was formerly known as Deana Francine Karst, a former Seattle police officer who sued the city for sexual harassment back in 1996.

Jarrett was jailed earlier this month after being caught with a record-high blood alcohol level, but was released on $500 bail.

Redmond police pulled Jarrett over on April 10 on suspicion of DUI. She refused a breathalyzer test and was booked into jail and released the next day.

Later that day, at 3:48 p.m., Jarrett rear-ended another car in the eastbound lanes of State Route 520 at Redmond Way. Police said she tried to convince the driver not to call police then drove away, only to run into a second car.

State troopers caught up to Jarrett and found her car littered with open vodka and beer containers. Troopers said Jarrett couldn't even stand up.

"She was unable to exit the car on her own," said Trooper Jeff Merrill. "She couldn't walk. She was just too intoxicated."

Troopers said Jarrett couldn't even manage to take a field sobriety test. They did get her to blow into a portable breathalyzer.

"It only takes a small puff of air," Merrill said.

Troopers said the number was one they'd never seen before - 0.47, which is six times the legal limit of 0.08. Troopers said that number is a new record high.

"We simply don't get people that impaired," Merrill said. "It takes years and years of continual drinking to build up a tolerance to be able to withstand that sort of intoxication level."

Sources tell KOMO News that Jarrett's blood alcohol level proved to be even higher when she was given a blood test at Evergreen Hospital.
04-20-2007, 11:44 AM
The Dad

That is truly sad.
04-20-2007, 11:54 AM
dk_alaskan

i can't even begin to fathom what her liver and kidney's are like, probably like a hard slab of over cooked meat. for her sake and everyone she involves with her actions, I hope she gets the help she needs before scerosis(sp?) and death sets in.
04-20-2007, 12:20 PM
rideit

On average, how many ounces of alcohol would that be for a 170# person?
04-20-2007, 12:26 PM
dk_alaskan

you would be dead if you were an avg. person with a BA% that high. The level at which most "average" drinkers would be dead at is roughly .4
04-20-2007, 12:49 PM
VTskibum

I hope there's a law that prevents her stupid ass from getting anywhere near a donor list (recipient).
04-20-2007, 01:46 PM
Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo

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Originally Posted by dk_alaskan

you would be dead if you were an avg. person with a BA% that high. The level at which most "average" drinkers would be dead at is roughly .4

Alcoholics can get pretty high up there. My dad once saw a career alcoholic come into the emergency room with a BA above .5(.55 I think). When asked how much he drank over the course of the last 12 hours he said "a few cases and some bottles of vodka". My dad couldn't believe the guy could even answer.
04-20-2007, 02:21 PM
Brock Landers

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Originally Posted by rideit

On average, how many ounces of alcohol would that be for a 170# person?

I think something like 24 shots of roughly 80 proof, but youd have to ingest at roughly the same time. Otherwise, as time passes, the number goes down (unless of course you keep boozing).
04-20-2007, 03:15 PM
dk_alaskan

^^^the rough avg of drinks burned per hour is 1.5-2. this is NOT an exact science and depends on food ingested, amount, type of, etc. along with the metabolic rate of the person, height, weight etc. Then you have to throw in some more variable: are they male or female are they white or other-not a racist thing, but white European men are about the only ethnic group that has enough of a certain enzyme that breaks down alcohol to process it quickly and more completely passing it through the system at an accelerated rate.

One more thing to think about also is if you are thinking about how many drinks can i have before i drive is the ba level of .08 in most states is just an arbitrary number in most courts eyes. Even if you have a ba of <.08, you can still be arrested and convicted of driving under the influence if you are found to be impaired.
04-20-2007, 03:17 PM
The Dad

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Originally Posted by dk_alaskan

white European men are about the only ethnic group that has enough of a certian enzyme that breaks down alcohol to process it quickly and more completly passing it through the system at an acceleratd rate.

So who knows -- maybe there is a biological basis for imperialism after all.
04-20-2007, 03:24 PM
ptavv

Unless it's a blood test I wouldn't really consider it to be the end all be all of accuracy.

It's quite possible if she was that intoxicated and uncooporative that the reading they took isn't reliable.
04-20-2007, 03:26 PM
dk_alaskan

i am pretty sure they took a backup breath test, if not an actual blood test with a reading that high.
04-20-2007, 04:03 PM
ptavv

There's absolutely nothing to back that up.

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Troopers said Jarrett couldn't even manage to take a field sobriety test. They did get her to blow into a portable breathalyzer.

"It only takes a small puff of air," Merrill said.

Troopers said the number was one they'd never seen before - 0.47, which is six times the legal limit of 0.08. Troopers said that number is a new record high.
04-20-2007, 04:21 PM
cold_smoke

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There's absolutely nothing to back that up.

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Troopers said Jarrett couldn't even manage to take a field sobriety test. They did get her to blow into a portable breathalyzer.

"It only takes a small puff of air," Merrill said.

Troopers said the number was one they'd never seen before - 0.47, which is six times the legal limit of 0.08. Troopers said that number is a new record high.

ummm, perhaps you should read the whole article?
last line...

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Sources tell KOMO News that Jarrett's blood alcohol level proved to be even higher when she was given a blood test at Evergreen Hospital.

Perhaps the most suprising part of the article:

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former Seattle police officer who was caught driving with a 0.47 blood alcohol level earlier this month was arrested at her home Thursday afternoon, Trooper Jeff Merrill said.