Cuz I can't smell alcohol, so >> You're wrong. >> Well, prove me wrong then. Do the test. >> Don't Don't do that. >> Okay, sir. >> After speaking with another officer on scene, you are going to end up one of y'all's tonight, okay? >> Why? >> I I Put your phone down. >> No, hold on. >> Turn around. Turn around, put your hands on the car and spread out. >> Okay. >> All right. So, it was using the commission of a crime, so it's one of them pound lot. >> A crime? What crime? >> DUI. >> DUI? >> Yes. >> I'm not under the influence. >> Okay. >> [ __ ] >> A guy blows a zero on the breathalyzer. He passes every single field sobriety test, and the cops arrest him for DUI anyway. This is the case that went all the way to a courtroom and completely blew up in the officer's face. >> Uh Did you have anything you shouldn't have tonight? Drugs, not alcohol, anything? I know, but I'm I'm not a victim or I am a victim. >> On October 6th in a quiet neighborhood in Grayson, Kentucky, personal trainer Nathan Stevens was driving down his own street when a 17-year-old kid backed out of a driveway and hit him, not the other way around. Nathan didn't even see him coming. >> What's going on, man? I'm good. What happened? >> What's your name? Nate. >> I'm over here. Uh I was just driving. He pulled in and he I guess he didn't see me and backed up and hit me. This was surprising, but I I was leaving here. I about pulled in there to back up and then I couldn't see him in my mirror. By the time I seen him, it was hit over here, so >> Okay. So, were you coming up this way? >> Yeah, I just live up the street. >> Okay. >> So >> Yeah, I'll have your license on your registration and insurance. >> So far, totally normal traffic stop energy. Nate hands over his info, cooperates, no red flags anywhere. Then, out of nowhere, Officer Bell brings up something completely unrelated. >> Somebody drove driving by, seen it, said you left and come back. >> I don't know about that. I just went and a drink. but >> You know when you're involved in an accident, you got to stay there, right? >> Oh, okay. I mean, he I mean, I figured he hit me. >> Is there anything you've taken you shouldn't have today? >> No. I'm a health nut, brother. >> Huh? >> I'm a I'm a health nut. >> Okay. So, you don't do drugs, alcohol, nothing like that? All right. Do you care to do a few tests for me? >> Um I'm not going to, but no, I don't. >> Okay. So, you're not going to do any tests for me? >> For what? >> I want to make sure you're not under the influence. >> I'm definitely not. >> All right. I mean, so here's how it's going to work, okay? >> Then, without warning, Officer Bell shifts gears. Pay close attention to Nathan and let us know in the comments if you agree with the actions Officer Bell takes. >> You're acting [snorts] very erratic. You're stumbling over yourself. We have seen an accident. Okay? >> Mhm. >> So, this is what I call an investigation. >> Okay. >> Okay? >> I mean, I'll breath, like I'll do whatever. I mean, I'm not hiding anything from you, fellas. You know >> You just told me you wouldn't, so I mean, are you or >> I mean, I I'm I I don't like this. >> Okay. >> I'm not answering no questions, sir. >> So, are you going to do these tests or not? >> What are the tests? >> I'll explain them, but are you willing to do them? >> Um sir, I am I don't speak to cops without my lawyer. >> Oh, boy. >> The second Nate mentions a lawyer, the whole tone of this stop changes. Suddenly, it's not about a fender bender anymore. It's about control. >> You're going to sit right there on the tailgate. >> Yes, sir. >> So, are you going to do these tests or not? >> What are the tests? >> I'll explain them, but I need to know if you're willing to do them. >> Um sir, no. >> Okay. Cuz I can answer my alcohol, so >> You're wrong. >> Well, prove me wrong, then. Do the test. Don't Don't do that. >> Okay, sir. >> All right. >> Listen. >> Sir, I don't do that. >> If you're not going to do the test, this to go one of two ways, brother. >> Am I going to do a breathalyzer? Is that what's going on? I'll take the damn breathalyzer. >> going to be a series of them. Okay. Series of them. >> I'm not doing these tests. I'm not I'm not doing them. With all due respect. >> Okay. >> You can't help but chuckle at that scene. Nate straight up leans over and blows his breath at the officer, daring him to prove there's alcohol on it. >> I get [snorts] what you're trying to do. >> What's that? >> Um nothing. What? >> No, what's that? >> Nothing. >> You know my job better than me. Let's play that. What am I trying to do? >> Yes, sir. >> Huh? >> I'm trying to conduct an investigation. >> You're right. Yes, sir. >> Okay. >> And if anything, get your sergeant. >> I am the sergeant. >> He is the sergeant. Get your boss. >> Well, this this ain't going >> Get Jeff Get Jeff May. >> Jeff May is our >> The sheriff don't have nothing to do with this. >> So, another thing, I know you've been watching a lot of YouTube. That's not how it works. I don't have to get you anymore than my sergeant that's here. If you want to speak to anybody else, you get through Monday through Friday through normal business hours at the police department. >> You do. >> Yes, sir. Okay. >> Yes, sir. >> Look, brother, I swear to God I'm not trying to make y'all look >> Stop, brother. It's officer. >> Officer. Um I literally didn't just try to go home. And and I'm >> And I'm trying to conduct an investigation, which you are not allowing me to >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. >> Okay. >> Yes, sir. >> What happens next should have ended this whole thing right there on the spot. >> If I get a PBT, will you blow into it? >> Yeah, absolutely. >> Okay. No, not yet. I'll get it dismissed, all right, brother. Participating in any other kind of testing? >> Sir? >> Are you going to participate in any other kind of testing? >> No, sir. >> What's your name? Belcher, right here. >> Okay. What's your name? >> Sergeant Hall. >> Okay. >> That's a claim that's going to come back to bite Officer Belcher, but right now, on the street, Nate doesn't have a lawyer to fall back on. So, the supervisor makes him an offer. >> I'll do it. >> I don't think so. >> You did leave the scene of an accident. >> Yeah. >> Okay, so >> So, if I do them, are we good? Like >> And if you're not impaired, you'll pass them. >> Brother, I swear to god I'm >> fine. >> Okay. >> But if not, then we have to >> Okay, then let's do it. I don't give a [ __ ] Okay. All right. >> It's that easy. All right, you turn around, just put your back against the truck. Just uh lean off of it for me. >> Yep. >> So, try that for me. >> Yep. >> You don't lean off the truck. >> Yeah, lean off the truck. Just keep your back there. So, tip his finger. Follow >> Their eyes are not impaired. We can go ahead. >> This is actually the one field sobriety test that's genuinely scientific. A drunk person's eyes physically can't track smoothly. And on this body cam footage, Nate's eyes track completely, perfectly normal. >> Shaking, I'm nervous. >> Okay. >> But >> to finish these if you're willing to. >> You're sitting here trying to say I'm impaired, though. That that I was actually >> to finish my observation. >> There's your observation. >> I've got two more clues I need to look for if you're willing to do it. >> I really don't want to cuz dude, I'm not impaired. I have no reason to do these tests. >> Do you have proof of insurance or registration? >> yes, sir. >> If you're into real body cam cases where the footage tells a very different story than the police report, make sure you subscribe to the channel. We've got more cases like this coming, so you definitely don't want to miss them. Now, let's get back to Nate's story. Two tests left and make note how Nate does because how it gets reported later will surprise you. >> I mean, what do I got to do, brother? I'll do them like I don't What what do I got to do? >> Well, there's two more observations. One's called a walk and turn and one's one leg stand. Are you willing to do that? >> Sure. >> Okay. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. Spin around. Correct? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. >> Okay. All right. Do you want to do the last one? >> With the foot staying? >> Yeah. >> Let's do it. Come >> All right. And here's what makes this so wild. In Officer Bell's written report, he claims Nate couldn't keep his balance, stepped off the line, and used his arms to balance. None of that happened. You saw it yourself. >> What you're going to do is you're going to lift that foot 6 in off the ground, about the height of a pop can. >> My right foot? >> Whichever foot you want. >> Okay. >> You're going to keep that toe pointed parallel with the ground. I want you to look at your toe. I want you to count to 30. >> Like this? >> You're going to count till I tell you to stop, okay? I'm going to keep you straight out in front of you. Once again, we'll keep our hands down at our side. >> Like this? >> Okay. >> 30? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Or till I tell you to stop. >> Okay. >> Okay? >> Ready? >> Ready? >> Ready. >> Go. >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 >> He nails it all the way to 30. No wobble, no arms out, nothing. Every single test passed. And for one brief moment, it actually looks like this whole thing is finally over. >> Yep. >> So, you didn't have anything to >> Brother, what do you think? >> I've told you the same thing. >> I know what I think. I want to know what you think. >> I'll tell you what it is, though. >> Okay. >> And I want you guys to know this whenever you guys are done. >> It'll be on the citation I'm going to give you. >> Good. >> Um >> Citation for what? >> I'll explain all that when I give it to you. >> Okay. Okay. Um Was it that hard? And then we got to wait for the >> I'm not trying to be a dick here. I got [ __ ] to do. >> Then, without warning, Officer Bell says something that changes everything. And that one sentence is about to blow this entire case wide open. >> Explain that. But here's the thing. Based off if you didn't do any kind of observation test, I had enough to arrest you and place you under arrest for DUI. >> Okay. >> Okay. So you would have been going to jail. >> You would have got sued. >> That's qualified immunity. I wouldn't get sued, but okay. >> Here's the thing. That's not actually how qualified immunity works. It doesn't just wave a magic wand over an illegal arrest. >> Uh You know, again, I don't want to go over there and I don't want to write you a ticket. I want to finish getting their information. >> What's the ticket for? >> Uh I'll explain it to you when I give it to you. >> it now? >> No, I won't. I'll explain it to you when I give it to you. All right. You want to wait here. >> Yeah. >> Um and I'll be right back with you. >> Yeah. >> I'll have you down to the city building down here called the police department. You'll go in there and you'll talk to our office clerk in there. She'll be able to get you a copy of the report. Just give us about 3 or 4 days, okay? >> Okay. >> Uh other than that, y'all are good to go. I'm going to you know, issue some citations and he'll be good to go. >> Sounds good. >> All right. All right. I'll get him out of here. >> What Officer Bell does next will make your jaw drop. He covers his body cam, disconnects the sound, leaving us all guessing on what could have been discussed. >> So remember I told you something about a citation? Okay, here it is. But also, after speaking with another officer on scene, you are going to end up going to jail tonight, okay? >> Why? >> All right. All right. Put your phone down. >> No. Hold on. >> Turn around. >> Turn around. Put your hands out. Turn around. >> Okay. >> I'm going to I'm going to take you out. >> Why? Why am I going to jail? >> Don't tense up. >> Why though? >> I'll explain that in a minute. >> It's a completely fair question. Why? But he is just left wondering. >> All right. Carol, I'm going to jail. Yeah. I don't know why. >> Quit trying to pull away from me. >> You know what? That's your body cam going to work now. >> Okay. Anything on you that can poke, stick, stab me? Okay. Okay. >> Can I use my phone, please, sir? >> No. >> That's it. Okay. I do want to call my wife. Okay. I never seen a phone in my wallet or anything. >> This is the part that really gets people. Not only is Nate being falsely arrested, Officer Bell just noted a signal 40, which is code for having his truck towed. >> All right, sir. So, what's going to happen is uh you're obviously going to jail tonight. Uh we're impounding your truck. So, it'll be at the Grayson impound. Uh what's your address? >> I can't I can't have my cousin I can't I really live at the end of the street. >> No, it was used in the commission of crime, so it's going to the impound lot. >> A crime? What crime? >> DUI. >> DUI? >> Yes. >> I'm not under the influence. >> Okay. >> [ __ ] Is that really why you guys are arresting me for? >> One of the reasons. >> This is the first time anyone actually says the word DUI out loud to Nate's face. And by this point, the truck he owns is being hauled off while he's sitting in the back of a cruiser, and he still hasn't done one single thing wrong. >> Like I >> [snorts and clears throat] >> What did I blow on the test? >> There was many more than that. >> Okay. I'll Test me. >> By the end of this night, Nathan Stephens, a self-professed health nut who doesn't drink, doesn't do drugs, and blew an actual zero, is sitting in the back of a police car on his way to spend the night in jail. But, it doesn't end here. You're still watching and not subscribed to the channel yet. Hit that subscribe button so you don't miss the next case. Awesome. Now, let's get back to the story. As a result of the DUI arrest, Nate was taken to King's Daughters Hospital for a blood draw. Kentucky law requires the officer to read him his implied consent rights first. >> All right, man. I was going to I was going to read you this. >> [clears throat] >> I will be requesting you submit to test your breath, blood, or urine, or any combination of these tests. >> My breath? >> Based on information that I previously already, I now request you submit to test your blood. >> How do I blow it? So, you don't want a blood test? >> No, should I speak to a lawyer? >> Okay. Is that fair enough? >> Nate wanted to speak with his lawyer before answering any questions. Once again, Officer Bell refused, adding another mark to a growing list of failures that would eventually help unravel both the case and Bell's own career. >> The Commonwealth case of Nathaniel Stevens, 25-T-1902 on for refusal hearing, is the Commonwealth ready? >> Yes, your honor. >> Is the defendant ready? >> Yes, sir. >> Call your first witness. >> Commonwealth calls Officer Michael Bell, Michael Bell. >> Would you raise your right hand, please? You swear and affirm testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? >> Yes, your honor. >> Thank you. State your name for the record, please. >> It's Officer Michael Bell. >> How are you employed? >> The Grayson, Kentucky Police Department. >> Were you employed at last year on October 6th of last year, >> Yes, sir. 2015? >> Yes, sir. >> And did you have the occasion to come into contact with Nathaniel Stevens? >> Yes, sir. >> And was he placed under arrest for allegedly driving under the influence? >> Yes, sir. >> This is where it all starts to fall apart. >> Your witness. >> Thank you. The original call to dispatch was for a non-injury accident, wasn't it? >> Yes, sir. >> Nate's lawyer starts with the most basic fact of all. This started as a non-injury accident where Nate was the victim. >> The call was that Mr. Stevens was the victim of the accident. >> [clears throat] >> Uh the call came in there was a two-vehicle non-injury accident. While myself and Sergeant Rogers were responding, we was notified that the one of the vehicles had left the scene. >> Okay. And did you later learn that it was a 17-year-old kid who backed out of his driveway and hit Nathan? >> Yes, sir. >> During the entire encounter, there was no indication he was under the influence until a couple of things happened. So, I'll keep it very brief. Just >> Yeah, if you think I think I'll let you have a little leeway there. >> Thank you. Thank you, Marvin. >> And this is where Officer Bell suddenly can't remember details he wrote down himself in his own police report just weeks earlier. >> You claimed you smelled alcohol, correct? >> I don't believe so. Let me double-check if I uh testified to that. Yes, I could smell strong odor of alcoholic beverage, but the there was no signs of alcohol from the individual. >> So, when you told him that you smelled alcohol, he looked at you and went, "I didn't know." >> Not that I can recall. I mean, I don't I don't want to say yes. >> Then the lawyer forces Bell to admit something huge. >> And when you got pretty close to him and said, "If you make another aggressive movement toward me, I'm going to put you under arrest." >> I did say that, yes, sir. >> Was it an aggressive movement to breathe so that you could actually >> I just I don't understand what this line of questioning is for a refusal. I I still don't have caught on to, you know, I've given him a little leeway to try to get to a point. >> I'm going to let him ask the question. Go ahead. >> So, whenever he what he did end up blowing on me, but it could be taken to see if he was trying to spit or anything above that could be taken as an aggressive manner. >> But he didn't say try to spit on you. He said, "Basically, I haven't been drinking." And you called that an aggressive maneuver, >> I just simply exhaled. >> But it could have been taken as someone attempting to spit on you. >> Did you take it as him trying to spit on you? >> At first, yes, but then he did exhale the air. >> Next up, the breathalyzer result Officer Bell already knew about said out loud under oath in front of the judge. >> Specifically asked him, "Will you take the PBT?" He said, "Yes." >> Yes. >> And when he took the PBT, it was 0.000, correct? >> It did not determine the presence of alcohol. >> Okay. There was absolutely no indication of the presence of alcohol. >> Yes. >> At that point, did you explain the consequences of him declining to take that test when he took the PBT? >> No, sir. I just asked him to submit to it. >> Okay. So, did he his hesitation all along appear to be lack of explanation, lack of understanding, rather than lack of cooperation? >> Uh it was a passive I mean, he was very questionable about it, but I mean, I explained it the same as I would do any other traffic stop. >> And his behavior and the fact that there was nothing in the PBT was consistent with no alcohol consumption, would you agree? >> Yes. >> So, at this point, in open court, the arresting officer has just confirmed under oath that there was zero evidence of alcohol impairment, and it only gets worse from here. >> And he And he tried to call me, didn't he? >> I don't know who he tried to call you or not. >> Well, on the video, you say if you call him, he'll be a witness and he can't represent you. >> I said if he comes down here, he'll be a witness. >> And when the judge personally steps in to press him on it, Officer Bell has nowhere left to go. >> The point he was detained for the investigative purposes of the >> Answer the question. >> What was your question? >> He tried to call me, and you told him he comes down here, he's a witness that can't represent you. You told him that day. >> Yes, sir. >> Are you trying to tell people they can't call their lawyer? >> No, sir. But, on a traffic >> Under what authority do you have to tell somebody if they try to call a lawyer, you can't call him, he can't represent you? >> On the point of a traffic stop here detained until that you're afforded an opportunity if we go through any kind of chemical testing. >> So, back with the testing again, he said he didn't want to take a test without his lawyer present. >> Mhm. >> And you previously told him if his lawyer is present, he can't represent him. What did he do that insinuated in any way he was under the influence? >> This extended pause is the moment the entire case collapses on Bell because he simply cannot name a single real thing Nate did that suggested impairment, not one. >> He was pacing. He wasn't being very cooperative with the investigation. All signs that could lead to somebody being under the influence of a narcotic or some type of intoxicant. >> Nate wasn't pacing. He wasn't fidgeting. He was sitting on the tailgate of a truck, calm, the entire time. Bell's own body camera proves his own testimony wrong. >> How was he not cooperative? He did everything you asked him to after you explained what you wanted him to do. He did he call me when you told him that I couldn't represent him in the courtroom? I mean, if I'm willing. How was he uncooperative? >> He was very confrontational. Was back and forth on wanting submit to test. >> But after you told him what the test was, he did it. Except for the I don't know. The final test he did. >> He did it, yes. >> However, the camera where you trying to call the prosecutor asking for legal advice? >> No, sir. I was speaking with the sergeant on scene. >> No alcohol, no drugs, no pacing, no uncooperative behavior. At this point, Nate's lawyer has systematically dismantled literally every single justification for this arrest, one by one, using Officer Bell's own words against him. >> Specifically, when you asked him to continue doing test, if I do these te- these tests and I pass, am I good? And what did you say to do? You recall that question? >> No, sir. >> Do you recall hearing Officer Hall say, "If you're not clear, you're not leaving." >> I don't recall that, sir. >> All right. >> Cool. I will set aside the refusal. >> And in the end, the judge agrees. Nate's refusal gets thrown out entirely because Officer Bell denied him access to his lawyer in the first place. Once the prosecutor actually sat down and watched the body camera footage, it all became clear and they dropped the DUI charge against Nate completely. Nate's name is officially cleared. As for Officer Bell, he's no longer with the Grayson Police Department. He resigned before the criminal cases involving his conduct had been resolved. However, he reportedly joined the Paintsville Police Department where he was sworn in on March 16th, 2026. Paintsville officials said they had not received complete information regarding Bell's background during the hiring process and by late May 2026, Bell was no longer employed by Paintsville either. Sergeant Hall, who was by Officer Bell's side the entire time during the investigation and did absolutely nothing to stop it, he's still a sergeant with the Grayson Police Department. Nate's lawyer says a civil lawsuit could be next and if it happens, we've got you covered for the update. Let us know in the comments, do you Do you Officer Bell should still be allowed to wear the badge anywhere? And if you want to see more real body cam cases where the footage tells the full story, hit that subscribe button and turn on notifications. We'll see you in the next one.