Baby, please. Baby, please. Go get me. Please, baby. >> Ma'am, freeze that back there. All right, put your hands right here. All right, relax. >> On March 19th, 2022, [music] in Monroe County, Florida, multiple callers flooded the radio reporting a white [music] Dodge pickup swerving violently across the Overseas Highway, crossing double yellow lines, >> [music] >> and sideswiping a van before disappearing into the night. Deputies tracked down the [music] truck minutes later, and the moment they made contact with the driver, a routine traffic stop spiraled into something none of them saw coming. >> Stay in the car, boss. Stay in THE CAR. HANDS OUT THE DOOR. >> I'M SORRY. >> Hands out the door. >> I'M SORRY. >> HANDS OUT! COME ON OUT FOR ME. >> ARE YOU HAVING an issue? >> Yes, I'm having an issue. >> Okay, what is it? >> Come on back for me. Anybody else in the car? >> No, just me. Are you okay? >> I'm perfectly fine. Are you okay? >> I'm fine. I'm just asking about you. I mean it >> Okay, don't be worrying about me. I'm worried about you. Why are you all over the road? >> I had no idea I was all over the road. >> You didn't? >> No. >> Have we had anything to drink today? >> I I had a drink before I left the bar before tonight, but it's that's it. >> Okay. >> Just one. >> Just one? >> Yes. >> Just one [music] drink. That's how this always starts. Calm, casual, practiced, but everything about her says otherwise. Her eyes are bloodshot. Her breath strong enough to turn heads before she even speaks. And just minutes ago, she sideswiped a van, drifted into oncoming traffic, and took off like none of it mattered. >> You can put your hands down now. >> Okay. >> All right. Where are you from? >> Here. >> Do you have your ID on you? >> It's in the car. >> All right. >> Would you like me to go get it? >> No, You can give me a second. I'll wait till my partner gets here. >> Your Your name is? >> Deputy Daniels. So, how much did we have to drink today? >> One One drink before I left Bloody Mary before I left out of the bar tonight. >> All right. >> I was at um Hogfish. >> All right. So, why are we all over the road? >> I had no idea. I mean, I have new tires, but I don't know if anything other than that >> Okay, I I I was following You got called in by several people. I was >> Several Several >> got called in by several people. And while I was behind you, you're all You're going over the right side, you're going over the left side. >> I mean, you can If you want to drive my truck with my tires and my new tires that kind of look funky. >> Do you know who lives here? >> Yes, my friend. >> You live here? >> Yes, I live here. >> What's the address here? >> 21810 Overseas Highway. >> 2810? >> 21810 >> 4113 I think it'd be 21810 Overseas. >> Is there an issue? >> Yeah, it's here with the >> Is there anything I need to know or not? >> 4113 reference the other vehicle that somebody hit. Did we have RP on that? >> Hit? >> Deputy Schlebinosky isn't guessing. He watched it unfold in real time. The swerving, the crossed yellow lines, the near head-on. That's not [music] one drink. It's not even close. He knows exactly what he's looking at. A DUI clear as day. But it's not going to be that simple because Heather isn't done yet. >> Where were you headed to? >> Right here. This is where I live. >> That's where you live? >> Yes. >> You don't live in Key West? >> No, I live in Stock Island, Key West. I I Right there. That's where my truck is parked. >> you live? In the Stock Island, Key West or here? >> Right there. That's where my parked is truck. >> Can you Can you Can you stay Can you stay with her? >> Can you please tell me what you need? Otherwise, you have to let me go. >> No, I ain't got to do nothing. >> Excuse me? >> Okay. I ain't got to do nothing. You're going to stay until we're done WITH YOU. >> I NO MORE. >> YOU KEEP TALKING. THAT'S IT. WE'RE DONE. >> AND ARE YOU SURE? ARE YOU SURE? >> Where is your driver's license? Where is your ID? >> All right. >> One number one >> Where is your No. No. Where is your ID? >> one number one >> Where is your ID? >> All right. All right. >> You tell me. You tell me. >> Ma'am. >> I was married >> I'm going to ask >> to my motorcop >> I want >> for 15 years. I I don't I don't have anything to do with I No. No. No. No. No. No. >> will not You ask I will not explain you what's going on, okay? >> Please tell me. Please tell me. Please tell because he's been an >> Okay. >> tell me. >> So, then talk to me, okay? >> Thank you. >> You have been called as a reckless driver that you are unable to maintain lane. That's That's That's >> So, can So, can you please tell me what I have done? >> If you're going to be interrupting me, okay? You're not going to know why you're being pulled over, okay? >> [music] >> You're being called as a reckless driver. >> All right. You You don't want to know, right? >> motorcop for 15 years. So, please tell me what you need from me so I can go. >> Okay. >> What do you need? I got to go. >> Right now you are a suspect in a hit-and-run case, okay? We are investigating. You are the paying >> Hit-and-run? >> Heather says she was married to a motorcop, which means she doesn't just understand the system. She has lived around it. She knows what detained [music] really means. Cooperate or let the situation spiral. Every outburst adds weight. Every refusal builds the case. And yet, here she is, screaming, kicking, and calling out for Pablo like none of it applies to her. >> So, you are the one who called us. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, okay. Tell me what's going on. >> That lady or this I I I she's a lady. She hit me when I was pulling out of uh Shirley Boulevard and then she kept going she took off. So, I turned around and chased her. And then she she did a loop, came back on US1, and I called the deputy or I called the sheriff's department. And the sheriff's department put said put your hazards on. I stay a safe distance to >> I I asked them to let you know it was me actually. I asked them to let you know to put the hazards on. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> That's where we're at. So, then I followed her. This gentleman passed me cuz I was only going 35 to stay your distance from me. And I thought maybe he was involved or she hit him. >> So, this is the one you said that might be together with the lady. Okay, I got it. >> And here's the thing about Peter Gomez. He wasn't even supposed to be [music] part of this story. Wrong place, wrong time, wrong intersection. Still, he follows her, calls it in, and does everything right. His night ends with a cracked taillight. Heather's, on the other hand, ends in handcuffs at the Key West Detention Center. >> We're trying to figure it out, okay? What you mean? >> Heather. >> All right. We're trying to figure out your >> One moment. >> No, no. No, you're staying right there. >> Yes, I am. >> No, you stay right there, please. >> Excuse me? >> You're detained right now. >> I need my phone. I need my phone. I need my phone. >> No, you need to stay. No, not right now. >> Excuse me? Not right now? >> Mhm. >> Mhm. What did you >> Deputy Martin Reyes. >> Martin Reyes? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Please call Deputy Key West Police Officer >> Who? Who do you want me to call? >> Brad Brett. >> Okay. We are not in Key West today uh jurisdiction. >> I know that. >> Okay. >> But I was when you left. >> Mhm. No. >> You. You. >> Why you got to be rude? I'm not being rude to you. >> Yes, you are. >> Why am I being rude to you? >> You know what you're doing. >> Yes. >> Yes, you trying to crash in this car. >> you do. >> Okay. >> 15 years. >> Okay. 15 years what? >> Robert >> Mhm. Robert >> Sunderman >> Who's that? >> Key West PD >> Okay. Once again, we are not in Key West. >> I know. Neither were you when you followed me. >> I just got here. I don't know what you're talking about. >> Oh, I don't know. Did you pull me over? >> No, it was me who pulled you over. >> That was you pulled me over. Where were you when you pulled me over? >> Right behind you. >> Where? >> Right behind you. >> Where? >> Right behind you. >> Where? >> Right out here. >> You think I don't know? >> I think you know. >> You think I don't know? Where was I? Give me my phone and I'll tell you. >> Nope. >> Where was I? >> Well, why? Cuz of your friend behind you? >> You need to stay right there. You're going to be placing handcuffs. Do you understand? And ma'am, you're going to be putting handcuffs if you don't relax. >> Please, please call >> We're not calling anybody. >> Please call >> We are not calling anybody. >> Pablo Rodriguez >> You're an adult, okay? >> PD >> He's not going to be able to do anything for you, okay? >> Why are you doing this? >> Because you're detained right now. And if you keep trying to walk away, you're going to be handcuffed. >> I detained? >> Because we're conducting a criminal investigation, okay? >> For what? >> For crash hit-and-run. >> Who did that? >> You. How much How much do we really have to >> I did not do anything. I had one Bloody Mary at the roundabout before I took out one Bloody Mary, one. One. Yes, just one. >> Listen. Let him finish his investigation. >> Who? >> And then we'll move. That's Detective Naski, the one that was talking to you 5 minutes ago, okay? Let him do his thing, he'll come talk to you and then we'll go from there. >> Give me my phone >> not going to get a phone. >> be cooperating. >> Ma'am, you're not going back to that vehicle, okay? [music] >> I want to talk to Detective Pablo Rodriguez of the Key West PD and I want to do it right now or I'm going to Bozeman >> You need to relax. Calm down. >> Then call him. >> I'm not calling him. I'm not calling him. >> relax until you tell me that you're going to call him. >> We're not calling anybody. >> her ex-husband's badge >> still carries weight here. It doesn't. There's no [music] connection to rely on and no amount of yelling is going to change [music] what's already been reported. At this point, the only person who can stop this from escalating is Heather herself, >> [snorts] >> but she's not there yet. >> Okay, you're an adult. >> I want my phone. Please call Pablo. Please I didn't do anything. I haven't hurt anybody. >> You You fell on You failed to obey my >> What you're doing to me is unfair and it's unjust and it's not right. I haven't DONE ANYTHING. LINDA! LINDA! LINDA! >> HEY, HAVE A SEAT. RELAX. >> I am relaxed. >> HAVE A SEAT. >> LINDA! If you will call YOU DO NOT CALL PABLO I will call the >> You need to have a seat. >> You're going to have a problem. >> You're hurting me. YOU'RE HURTING ME. YOU'RE HURTING ME. YOU'RE HURTING ME. I'M VERY >> YOU NEED TO FOLLOW OUR ORDERS. SIT DOWN AND STAY STILL. >> PABLO! PABLO! >> EVERY CHOICE Heather has made tonight has only dug the hole deeper. And yet here she is still going. >> Heather >> No! >> STAY WHERE YOU ARE. >> NO! GET MY DOG! GET MY DOG! PLEASE GET MY DOG! GET MY DOG! >> YOU KEEP KICKING my door. You keep KICKING >> CAN YOU PLEASE GET MY DOG? [screaming] >> OKAY. >> CAN YOU PLEASE GET MY DOG? AND IF YOU HOGTIE ME, THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY. YOU WANT TO HOGTIE ME? You want to hogtie me? Get me hell to pay. >> Call Hogtie me. Go ahead. You think that's a good idea? >> Absolutely. >> Do it. Do it. Do it. Call tiny FOR KNOWING DOING NOTHING GOOD FOR NO REASON, YOU >> YOU'RE A PJ COP. >> OH, compared to you. You think you're so just cuz you have a badge. >> [laughter] >> Baby, please. Baby, please let go and please baby, please. Baby, please. Baby, please. Baby, please. Please, baby. Baby, please. BABY! >> [screaming] >> BABY, PLEASE. BABY, PLEASE. I CAN'T BREATHE. I HAVE A HEART CONDITION, YOU I HAVE A HEART CONDITION, YOU STUPID I CAN'T. I'M STUCK, YOU STUPID >> OH, WOW. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S AN EXTRA CHARGE. [screaming] All right, this is ridiculous. Did Did she bite you? >> I have a heart condition, YOU STUPID >> JUST stay easy. >> Thank you for FINALLY LETTING ME GO. >> I WANT TO THINK it over, okay? You're not going to bite me, right? >> Everything is going to Just this is all under surveillance. Your phone is So you know what this is. You're all getting watched. And when they see what you've done to me, you're >> I haven't done anything. >> Oh, then you better be careful. You better be careful. >> Oh, it hurts me. Ow! Ow! Ow! Stop! What? >> Yeah, you can still bite though. >> Bite? Bite? How How have you treated me since I've been here? >> Oh, I think I've treated you bad yet. >> No, you haven't. But, you'll have to ask. Ask the officers who know me how you've treated me. Ask Ask them. Ask them because I am not going to forget >> At this point, the officers have tried everything. Talking, de-escalation, even giving her time to settle. None of it is working. So, Heather is transported to the Key West Detention Center. Usually, this is where things start to calm down. Reality sets in. People begin to collect themselves. But, Heather >> [music] >> isn't there yet. >> Let go of Look, Heather. I'M GOING TO >> [screaming] >> OW! OW! OW, YOU >> [screaming] [screaming] >> LOOK AT ME. YOU ARE STUPID >> WHAT KIND OF BITE, GRIM? >> I I weigh 120 Heather, you stupid [ __ ] You're going to You're going to get hurt like that. I weigh 120 lb. >> You're not biting. >> I'm going to try to bite you. >> Oh, yeah? I watched you >> Can you Can you Can you please help me in a way that is actually helpful? Because you're making Everything that you're doing is is video surveillance right now. The fact that you're making me So, because I'm so I Is your also felt. I am the former wife of a police officer who's You And you're going to pay. >> Okay, we're >> You're paying You're all of you are going TO PAY. IT HURTS. PLEASE STOP HURTING MY ARMS. PLEASE, IT HURTS. DO YOU SEE THE BRUISES ON ME? LOOK, I ALREADY HAVE BRUISES. THAT That one right here. Do you understand? I think you do. I think you do. I think you understand. over myself because >> Sergeant, did she bite you? >> No, she got her saliva on me, but she didn't >> Are we charging her with it? >> Uh Can you? She didn't bite me, no. >> Okay. >> She got her wrist on me, but >> So, I'm going to put it in that she tried >> bite you. You didn't do anything to me. >> I don't know, you told me. >> Then why don't say that? >> Oh, that's a Are you going to search your car? If you refuse to take a test I have requested of you, or if the chemical test I have requested of you, your driving privilege will be suspended for a period of 1 year for your first offense. >> Close the door. >> [music] >> I have refused nothing. >> Okay, listen. I just have to read this. Or 18 months if your driving privilege has been previously suspended. Or if you have been previously fined under statute 327.35215 for refusing to submit to a lawful test of your breath, urine, or blood. >> I gave I gave my urine and blood 3 days ago. Keep going. >> If you refuse to take the test I have he has requested of you, and if your driving privilege has been previously suspended, or if you have been previously fined under statute 327.3525 >> None of which, because I'm a lawyer. >> to a chemical lawful test of breath, urine, or blood, you will be committing a misdemeanor in addition to any of other penalties which can be imposed by law. Refusal to submit to the test he has requested is admissible into evidence in any criminal proceeding. Do you understand what I just read to you? >> No, keep going. >> What don't you understand? >> I I I have done I haven't done anything against the law. >> ask you if you did anything against the law. I asked you if you understood what I just read. >> No, because there is a ringing sound and it's ringing in my ears and I don't know what it is. Can I please please get out? >> You're not going to >> There's a ringing sound and it's ringing from over there. >> Yeah, it's coming from in that room. >> Yes, it's driving Can you please stop? I take medication for this. I have a heart condition. Can you please let me out? Please, it's called MVP. Can you please let me out? Please, I just What can you just let me free? Please. >> don't you understand about what I read to you so I can explain it to you? >> I don't understand how it applies to me because it does not apply to me. Can you please let me free? >> He's asking you to take a breath test. >> I'm not going to do that because I'm not Can you Can you let me out now? >> Can you let me finish, please? If you refuse, your license will be suspended for a period of 1 year. If you've previously refused, it will be suspended for a period of 18 months. Do you understand that? >> I understand that. >> Okay. >> Please let me out. >> Do you still refuse to submit to submit to the test after knowing that? >> Yes. >> Okay, thank you. >> Please let me >> Thank you. >> This stop is part of a much larger pattern. >> [music] >> Impaired drivers kill thousands of Americans every year. Often on short, familiar roads like this one. Heather left that night facing five charges. DUI, DUI with property damage, hit-and-run, resisting an officer, and assault on a detention sergeant. Deputy Schlebanowski brought the situation under control >> [music] >> and ensured everyone made it through the night safely. If you've ever thought you were fine to drive, this is one of those nights worth watching closely.