Adrian Peterson Admitted To Boozing At Poker Game Hours Before DWI Arrest, Cops Say

Police in Sugar Land, Texas say Adrian Peterson fessed as much as throwing again photographs of a vodka combine at a poker sport early Sunday morning … simply hours earlier than he was arrested for DWI.

The officer who took Peterson into custody over the weekend wrote in court paperwork, obtained by TMZ Sports, that the previous NFL working again made the admission whereas the 2 have been at a Sugar Land fuel station at round 9:23 AM.

The officer alleged within the docs he encountered Peterson asleep on the wheel of a working black Mercedes SUV that was subsequent to some pumps … and he claimed as soon as he awakened the unconscious ex-Minnesota Vikings star, he reeked of booze and had blood shot, shiny eyes in addition to a slurred speech.

The cop claimed Peterson informed him he had been enjoying playing cards in Houston simply earlier than their encounter … and said he consumed “approximately 2 to 3 shots of a vodka mix” roughly “2 or 3 hours ago.”

A witness who was on the poker sport and photographed the soccer legend throughout one of many fingers informed us he noticed Peterson “drinking like a fish.” An further witness mentioned Peterson was on the sport for hours, and went forwards and backwards from the poker sport to his automobile to select up cash to position extra bets.

At the fuel station, Peterson’s arresting officer claimed he mentioned “from a scale of 0 being completely sober to 10 being intoxicated to the point of blacking out … Peterson stated he was a 2.”

Peterson allegedly went on to bomb the sphere sobriety exams … and as soon as he was thrown into cuffs for DWI, the docs state a pistol was found contained in the entrance passenger facet glove field of his automobile.

Peterson was ultimately hauled off to jail and booked on one depend of DWI and one depend of illegal carrying of a weapon. Cops say they’re nonetheless awaiting the outcomes of his blood take a look at.