A simple warrant service should have
taken only a few minutes. Officers
arrived expecting to arrest a woman
wanted on a felony warrant. But the
moment they announced why they were
there, everything changed. Suddenly, she
claimed to be having a medical
emergency, refused every command, and
turned a routine arrest into a standoff
that officers say they'd seen before.
What happened next wasn't about the
warrant anymore.
It was about whether the situation was
real or just another performance.
>> Okay. I was about to say that I seen you
driving around a couple times the other
day.
Uh yes, ma'am. And then do you have a uh
do you have a driver's license on you?
>> Yes.
It's my birthday and I'm having a bad
day, so I'm just going to go see my
sister.
>> I get it. I get it.
40 count, I don't want to run my number.
>> Uh can you give me your license? I have
seizures.
>> Yeah.
>> Thank you.
I got my license. I got my license.
The beginning of December, 3 weeks later
I got my insurance. So.
>> Okay.
Um
And then have you had anything to drink
tonight? I can smell a slight odor of
alcohol.
>> No, my sister and my girlfriend were
here.
>> Okay.
>> Why?
I don't know.
I'm not.
I smell it. Where do you smell it? No,
way way way earlier.
>> Okay.
>> That's right.
>> Um
Are you 100% positive because I can
smell
>> I can go to my car.
>> I can smell the odor of alcohol.
>> The only reason I would drink is
earlier.
>> Well, I mean
>> And then you were just drinking earlier.
>> Well, yeah. Unless they Unless they just
spilled it all over the place. If they
took it with them, then it shouldn't
have smelled like it.
And you're chewing gum.
>> I always chew gum.
I've been at my house since last night.
>> Okay. All right. You want to turn it off
real quick. We're going to do some field
sobriety tests, okay?
>> Um, can you please give me your license?
>> Yep, that's fine. Um, I mean, I'm seeing
a bottle of alcohol right here.
>> That's what that's for.
>> Okay. Well, whose purse is this?
>> Gabby's.
>> Not yours?
>> No.
>> Okay.
>> I picked her up earlier and then her
husband came and got her and she left
all this [ __ ] this and her blanket in
the back.
>> Okay. Um, go ahead and spit that gum out
for me, okay?
>> All right.
>> What's the full name?
You logged this as a DUI?
All right. Hang tight at the back of the
vehicle for me, okay?
>> Can you turn them on, please?
>> Yeah, I'm about to turn them on.
>> Yeah, thank you.
>> Approximately, how long ago was your
last drink?
>> Uh,
about 2 hours ago.
>> Okay.
All right.
>> And I only had it like three or four
shots.
>> Okay. Okay.
Um,
here's where I'm at, okay? Initially,
you told me you haven't had anything to
drink.
And then you told me you had
>> me to be honest, so I'm being honest.
>> I know, I know, I and I'm being upfront
with you, too, okay?
So, first you told me you had nothing to
drink, right?
And then you told me you had two shots
approximately 2 hours ago.
And now you're telling me you've had
three or four shots a couple hours ago.
>> Yeah, it was a couple hours ago.
>> So, is that your final answer?
>> Yes. Yes, sir.
Me and my girlfriend just got in a
really bad fight at my house, so I left
her there and I just wanted to go to my
sister's on her
birthday.
>> Okay, I understand. I understand, but I
got to make sure you're safe to drive,
okay? Cuz I saw you kind of swaying back
and forth in your lane a little bit and
I can smell the odor of alcohol in
there. Just because it's somebody else's
purse, it's an open container of alcohol
in a motor vehicle. You understand where
I'm getting at?
>> I knew she left her purse in there. I
didn't know there was any alcohol in
there. I swear to God.
>> Okay. Well, it's one of those things
where you need to be aware of that,
okay?
All right. So, if you just want to step
to the front of my vehicle, okay? That
way you're facing away from the light,
all right?
All right. Well, you can you can face
me.
>> Oh, okay.
>> Um
have you had any concussions or anything
like that lately?
>> Mm-mm.
>> Uh do you wear contacts?
>> No.
>> Okay.
>> No glasses, no nothing.
>> Okay. So,
I'm going to move my fingers side to
side. You're going to follow my finger
with your eyes and your eyes only, you
understand?
All right. This one's going to go above
your head, okay? Just look up.
>> I've never seen that one before.
>> Do what?
>> I've never seen that one before.
>> So, just yeah, just just follow with
your eyes, okay? You'll probably see it
in the book and straight up like that,
but you don't move your head, okay?
Okay.
All right. So, let's get uh
>> Oh.
>> I know it's cold. Um
>> It is cold.
>> All right. So, let's get over here where
it's a little bit flatter and um for
this next test, okay?
>> Oh, for the sobriety walk?
>> Yeah. Okay.
All right. We can just do it right here,
okay?
>> Okay.
>> All right. So, here's the deal. Uh she
want to face this way, it's a little bit
flatter going that way, you know? Um
>> One foot in front of the other?
>> So, here. I'm going to tell you what to
do, okay? So, you you put your hands at
your side.
Okay, you're going to put your right
heel in front of your left toe like
this, okay? And then you're going to
remain like this for the remainder of
the instructions, okay?
All right. So, don't start until I tell
you to start, okay?
>> I have no [ __ ] balance.
>> It's okay. Um just do the best you can,
okay? So, don't start until I tell you
to start. So, from this position,
you're going to keep your hands at your
side. You're going to take a series of
nine steps forward heel to toe. It's
going to look like this, okay?
One,
two,
three,
four.
You're going to You're going to look at
your feet the entire time. You're going
to count your steps out loud, okay?
>> Okay.
>> Uh I did four steps. You're going to do
nine. On that ninth step, you're going
to take a series a small series of steps
around that lead foot
and take a series of nine steps back
doing the same thing. Eyes on your feet,
hands by your side, counting your steps
out loud, heel to toe, okay? You're just
going to imagine straight line going
straight up from your toe, okay? Do you
understand [snorts] everything I told
you to do? Okay. You may begin.
>> Nine.
>> You can turn around.
>> Take a small series of steps around that
lead foot.
>> I have bad balance.
This is making me have bad balance.
>> Okay.
All right, for this last test, okay,
you're going to keep your feet together
just like this, okay? Hands by your
side.
Okay? All right, now I'm going to
explain to you what to do, okay? Don't
start until I've told you to start. All
right.
Okay, so you're going to take whichever
foot you choose, you're going to put it
approximately 6 in off the ground
straight in front of you, okay? That
leg's going to stay straight, your
foot's going to stay parallel to the
ground. Again, you're going to be
looking at your foot, hands by your
side. That foot's going to be stuck out
straight like this, and you're going to
begin counting. 1 1,000, 2 1,000, 3
1,000 until I tell you to stop, okay?
All right.
You may begin.
You may begin.
You may begin. Yeah, you can you can
start.
>> This foot got on 1,000.
>> Okay.
All right, you can All right, let's go
let's go back over here, okay?
>> And on the second one, I stopped on one.
>> All right, here's the deal.
I think that you are a little bit too
intoxicated to the okay?
>> Yes.
>> And now I'm going to have to take you on
into town, me,
>> Can I call my mom and let her know
what's going on?
>> You we can call your mom and let her
know what's going on, okay?
>> Okay.
I'm going to grab my phone.
>> Grab your phone. Is there anything in
the vehicle I need to be worried about?
Any Any weed or anything like that?
>> I have been sober for almost 2 years
except for alcohol.
>> Okay.
I thought you were calling your mom.
>> I am. My mom's phone's off. I have to
call my girlfriend.
>> Okay.
>> Can I have somebody come get the car
though?
>> Do you have somebody who can come get
it?
>> My mom is uh
>> If she can answer.
>> Yeah.
>> All right, come on. Step on out.
>> Okay, I'm going to call one
>> You I like I like you to call it one
more time, okay?
But, I'm freezing out here.
>> I am, too. But,
Almost forgot my phone.
>> All right, come on. We got to go.
>> Okay.
>> I'll let you
I'll let you text when we get to the
jail, okay?
>> Can I just call one more time, please?
>> All right, one more time. You got one
more time.
And then we're done.
>> It is cold, huh?
>> It is cold.
>> This is my ex-boyfriend. He's the one
that got the car for me, so he can
Hey, I'm going to jail because I I've
been drinking and I got pulled over. Can
you come and get my car?
Yeah, can you come you my car?
What? I tried to make it there in the
sky, but
Well, I only have like four or five
dollars on me right now.
And this was like two hours ago.
711
>> Buttercup
>> And Buttercup, like I'll put the left
tire and I'll put the right where they
go through the little shed thing.
>> Yeah.
>> You want me to put the keys in the gas
uh
Sandy
>> Okay, we'll just
leave the keys in the gas cap, okay?
>> You want me to leave it in the gas cap,
okay?
>> Is that okay with you?
>> No.
>> I cancelled I cancelled the
No, you're fine. Just leave it there. I
cancelled the tow truck as long as you
can come get it, okay?
>> Yeah, he's got on his way right now.
>> All right, put the keys in the gas cap
and let's go.
>> This [ __ ] sucks, Travis.
[ __ ] Travis.
>> All right, let's get in the car. Let's
go. We got to go.
>> I know. I'm going to pop the gas thing.
Will you turn that light off? It's so
much better.
He's getting a hold of my mom and
letting her know.
>> Okay, we got to go. All right.
>> All right, I got to go there. He's going
to come and get me now.
All right, put your hands
>> Just put your
Put your phone on the back of the car,
okay? And then put your hands behind
your back.
Do you have anything on you that's going
to poke, prod, stab me, anything like
that? Nothing on you?
>> Ooh.
>> You have anything on
>> You can put the back and you can put the
front.
>> No, I'm good, too.
All right.
Come back to my car, okay?
>> Okay, be here in like 20 minutes.
>> What's the forecast for 10:15 one time?
That's for us.
>> I'm going to need a doctor to confirm
that 29 is
valid.
>> Hey Robert, we're going to clear your
guy.
>> Nice to hear.
>> Do what?
>> We're going to medically clear him.
>> Okay.
>> What was she here for?
>> DUI.
>> DUI.
>> Hey, woah, woah, woah.
>> Same department. Same department.
Surprised you're not up at old BZ's
house.
I see your car up there all the time.
It's a small town.
All right, here you can hop on out,
okay?
>> Let me get my hair out of my face.
>> We're going to go around the corner and
have a seat in this chair, okay?
Got 11?
What all were you drinking?
>> Uh
I drank uh coffee and soda.
Me and my girlfriend shared a half pint.
So, you know, it's not very much.
Especially if it's birthday.
>> You have a temporary license.
For a while it's going to be a paper
license for a while.
Yeah. Yeah, you you're in your paper li-
I we'll go over all that inside, okay?
What for?
>> Driving on suspended driving on a
license and driving on suspended.
>> And then what?
>> Driving on suspended license.
>> Uh wait a minute.
>> And
that was like
two years ago. It was two years ago
before I went to rehab.
What?
I don't know.
Sounds like they're putting homeboy
through the ringer in there.
I don't know. They They just brought
somebody in right as I was
No.
No. We'll hold on to them for you.
Year and a half?
The precise charge.
She did what?
Thank you.
I like that guy.
What's up?
Which one?
>> What began as a routine felony warrant
service quickly turned into a prolonged
standoff.
Jennifer repeatedly claimed medical
emergencies, refused lawful commands,
and resisted deputies from the moment
officers attempted to arrest her until
they reached the county jail.