Bucs WR Jerramy Stevens — best remembered by many NFL fans for providing bulletin board material to the Steelers prior to Super Bowl XL — wasn’t a a participant in Tampa Bay’s dramatic, 18-17 victory over St. Louis earlier today. Saturday night, Stevens was held out of the lineup after being arrested Saturday night, with details provided by the Tampa Tribune’s Anwar S. Richardson:
A Tampa police officer stopped Stevens’ 2006 Ford pickup shortly after 7 p.m. at North Westshore Boulevard and West Cypress Street after hearing loud music coming from the truck, according to a Tampa Police Department news release. After smelling marijuana coming from inside, the officer searched the truck and found 38 grams of marijuana.
Stevens, 30, was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to sell and possession of marijuana “ both felonies “ and possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor. He was released from jail shortly after midnight today after posting $4,500 bail.