Arm straight down your side. >> The very tip of the pen right here where my finger is. Can you see that? >> Yep. >> Actually, let me kill my light. >> You can take my car, please, sir. >> It's out of my hands. Okay. So, let's go ahead and walk back. >> But you're the one arresting me, right? >> Yes, I am the one arresting you. But the decision to make the arrest is already out of my hands. So, let's walk back. >> Why? Cuz >> when a driver is spotted sitting in the middle of a busy intersection past the stop bar, it's usually a sign of one of two things. extreme confusion or extreme impairment. For this exchange student from Switzerland, her Halloween night is about to become a legal nightmare. But it's not just the potential DUI that has her panicked. It's the five different license suspensions she's already racked up. >> I was just picking up my friend from Northport. >> Okay. Where you headed to? >> Uh I was seeing Northport. I was trying um Thank you. You got your registration checked real quick? >> Um, >> your fake cut had scared me when I walked up. Forgot tomorrow's Halloween. >> Pardon? >> I said your fake cut had scared me when I walked up. Forgot tomorrow's Halloween. I'm like, "Oh, >> I know, right?" >> So, reason I got stopped. Few things. When you're sitting at the light back here to make the left, >> you're all the way out in the intersection. >> Oh, okay. >> Like you were past the crosswalk that you were you were on Toledo Blade for making the left. >> Okay. >> Um that the tags on the car is the car registered to you? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. The tags on the car expired back in March. >> Yes, sir. >> Or April, I'm sorry. Um and your license is suspended. >> Yes, sir. >> Did you know your license was suspended? >> I apologize about that. >> Okay. >> Um >> do you have insurance on the car? >> Yes, I do. >> Okay. Who's it for? Uh, it was uh um uh the uh state form. >> Okay. Can you either pull it up on your phone or do you have a copy of it or anything in the court? >> Um yeah, I can look it up. >> Okay, that's fine. >> So, you were on your way to pick her up? >> Yes. And I would have gone back to Sarasota, but >> Okay. So, where's the club ran from? >> Where's the club ran? >> Oh, that was from the other night. That was from like Friday, I think, or something. >> Yeah, I got you. So, work on your insurance. I'm going to see why your license is no good and we'll go with it from there. Okay. >> You able to find it? >> I'm trying to hold it. >> We had a couple documents in exchange. I can't find it >> because you have an insurance suspension and you have like four other suspensions for fail to pay traffic. >> You know you got you know you got to pay tickets. >> Huh? >> I said you know you got to pay the tickets. >> I I Well, I did pay them all the ones that I applied for. I'm sorry. All right, do me a favor. Hop out real quick. >> Let's have a conversation. All right, we'll come right back over here so we don't get hit. All right, so listen, tonight's not my first night doing this, >> okay? >> Where are y'all really coming from tonight? Cuz your eyes are bloodshot and bossy. Your speech is slightly >> I'm just very tired. That's all. >> There's alcohol coming off. Okay. Check your eyes. Do a couple exercise. Okay. Cool with that. >> All right. Just take like two steps back. >> Okay. >> You wear glasses, contacts, anything cut? >> Uh, I wear contacts. >> Okay. Um, are they in right now? >> Yes. Right. >> Are they permanent? Are they Are they hard or soft? >> Uh, I always take them out every night. >> Okay. So, they're soft. Can you stand with your feet and heels together like this? >> Yes. >> Arms straight down your side. the very tip of the pen right here where my finger is. Can you see that? >> Yep. >> Actually, let me kill my light. >> At this point, the officer is building a massive case. Beyond the physical signs of intoxication, bloodshot eyes, and speech hesitation, the suspect is driving on a license suspended for insurance issues and unpaid tickets. In many states, this alone is enough to impound the vehicle and take the driver to jail. Now, the officer moves into field sobriety exercises to determine if she's safe to be on the road at all. >> So, we're not I'm not blinding you. Figure it is a little rude for you staring into that bright ass light. It's okay. >> So, right here, tip of my pen is okay. >> With your left pointer finger, I want you to reach up, touch the tip of the pen, and put it back down your side. >> Okay, that's your right. >> Oh, my left. >> Okay. So, we're in a we're in agreeance where the tip of the pen is, right? >> Yeah. >> Okay. I'm going to move it back and forth in front of your face a few times. I want you to keep your head straight and just follow back and forth with your eyes. Make sense? >> Yep. Keep your keep your head straight. Just look back and forth. >> Oh, okay. >> Make sure you keep your head straight. All right, let me go back for a second. So, how how comfortable is it to walk in those boots? >> Uh, do they're okay, I guess. Do you think you could walk a straight line in those boots or do you want to take the boots off and put slides or something else on or do it barefoot? It's up to you. >> I I can try to walk a straight line in those boots. >> Okay. So, just take like four or five steps back. >> Yep. >> So, and then right here, obviously, you see this fog line right here? >> Yep. >> What I want you to do is put your right foot in front of your left touching heel to toe like this. >> Like this. >> Yes. >> You're right in front of your left. >> Yes. >> Yes. So, just stay like that while I explain the rest exercise. Okay? When I tell you to, and only when I tell you to, you're going to take nine heel to toe steps down the fog line. On your ninth step, you're going to leave your front foot planted on the ground and you're going to turn yourself around. I take you a series of small steps. I'm going to demonstrate all this to you as well. Okay? And then you're going to take nine heel to steps back down the line. Make sense so far? So, when I tell you to begin, it'll look like this. Okay? Your right foot's in front of your left, touching heel to toe. I'll tell you to begin. You're going to go one, two, three. I'm going to three just to show you. You're going to go all the way to nine. Okay. Ninth step. Front foot stays on the ground. Turn yourself around by taking a series of small steps. And then nine heel toe steps back. One, two, three. Again, so on and so forth all the way to nine. Make sense so far? >> Y. The whole time you're performing the exercise, I want you to look at your feet. Count out loud on every step. Make sure you touch heel to toe on each step. >> Ninth step, turn around the way I showed you by taking those series of small steps. >> Yeah. >> And then do nine steps back the same manner you took the press. Okay. >> Make sense? >> Yep. >> One last thing. Once I tell you to begin the exercise, don't stop it until it's complete. >> Okay. >> Can you just occupy this lane, please? >> All right. Any questions? >> And um could I do it without the shoes, too, or no? Is this >> Do you Do you want to try it with the shoes or >> I just I I don't know. I just prefer it without because they're red crooked. I just don't want you >> if you if you want to take the shoes off, you can take the shoes off. >> Just be sure. All right. So, you still understand all the instructions to it? Okay. So, go ahead and get back with your right foot in front of your left touching heel to toe. If you have no questions, you can go ahead and begin. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 >> one two like that. >> How did How did I explain that? >> You turn like that. >> Like turn like that. >> Yeah. >> All right. 1 2 3 4 5 6 >> Okay, you can turn back around. All right, let's just You You good? You're good. >> All right. Actually, let's come right here. It's a little more level cuz it's a pretty good side. >> Sorry. Yeah. >> Okay. Do you have any knee, ankle, hip problems, anything like that? >> Um, no. Not at all. I just >> Yeah. >> Okay. This is so sweet. >> I got you. Like we did on the first one. Stand with your feet and heels together. Arm straight down to your side. >> For this one, when I tell you to, you're going to pick either foot of your choosing, your left or your right. It's completely up to you. Whatever you feel more comfortable with. Okay. >> You're going to pick that foot up approximately 6 in off the ground. It's about the height of a Coke can for reference. Okay. >> And you're going to keep your toe pointed forward. So, the bottom of your foot will be parallel to the ground. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> You're going to look at >> like that or >> like this. >> Okay. >> With your toe pointed forward. Okay. >> You're going to look at the tip of your elevated foot and count out loud 1,00 1 1 2 100 3 so on and so forth till I tell you to stop. Make sense so far? >> 1,00 from 1. >> Yeah. You're 100,00 1 100 until I tell you to stop. Okay. >> It'll look like this. I'll demonstrate for you. Okay. So, your feet and heels are together. When I tell you to begin, you're going to go 1 100 1 2 1 100 34 105 so on and so. Make sense? >> Yes. >> Okay. The whole time you're performing the exercise, remember to look at your feet or look at your foot. Count out loud in thousands. Leave your arms at your side. Make sure you leave both legs straight with your foot approximately 6 in off the ground with your toe point apart. Make sense? >> Yep. >> Okay. You have any questions? >> No, sir. >> All right. If you have no questions, you can go uh give me one second. One second. One second. One second. >> All right. If you have no questions, you can go ahead and begin. 100 1,002 100 3 100 4 100 5 106 100 78 108 10 9 10 11234 156 178 1 1920 12123 1 124 12 has 25 26 26 2027 2028 202 >> Okay, we'll come right back over here a little bit. So, we're out of lane. All right, same thing. Stand with your feet and heels together, arms straight down to your side. What's your highest level education? >> Uh, I did a bachelor's degree in economics. >> Okay. So, is it safe to assume you're familiar with the English alphabet from the letter A to Z? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Do you think when I when I tell you to do you think you could recite the English alphabet from the letter A to Z in a non-riythmic tone? So not singing the alphabet song, just saying A B. >> Can you do that? >> Y. >> So with your feet and heels together, arms down to your side. I want you to tilt your head slightly back, close your eyes, and recite the alphabet from the letter A to Z. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V um Z XC. Sorry. >> Okay. >> I'm from Switzerland. I difference. I'm sorry. >> How long you been in America? >> Uh for three years now. >> Okay. Did you come over like initially on student visa and saved kind of? Uh >> I have a green card. >> Okay. I got you. >> Uh, so staying with your feet and heels together. >> Yes. >> What I want you to do is put make a fist and bring your arms up like this. Point your pointer fingers out. >> All right. Can we agree that this is the tip of your finger? >> Yep. >> This is the pad of your finger. This is the tip of your finger. Can we agree with that? >> Yes, sir. >> Then can we agree that this is the tip of your nose? This is the bridge of your nose. These are the sides of your nose. This is the top of your lip. >> Y. >> So we're in agreeance where the tip of your finger and tip of your nose are. Correct? >> Yep. >> Okay. So, leaving your arms like that or your point your fingers out. I just want you to hold your arms down your side. When I tell you to, I'm going to tell you left or right. Whatever side I tell you, I want you to take the tip of that finger, touch the tip of your nose, and then bring it right back down your side. Okay? So, if I say left, you'll take the tip of your finger to tip of your nose, right back down your side. Right, tip of your finger, tip of your nose, right back down. Okay? Make sense? Y. >> Okay. Any questions about that? No, sir. >> So, tilt your head slightly back. >> Close your eyes. Left, right, left, right, right, left. Okay, one last thing. Staying with your feet and heels together, arms down to your side. Do you think if I give you a number to start on, you can count backwards to another number? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. So, want you to tilt your head slightly back, close your eyes, and I want you to start on the number 46 and count backwards to the number 29. >> Right now, >> yeah. 46 45 443 42 31 40 39 38 39 3 um 39 38 37 36 76 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 >> What number do you remember what number I told you to start? Top one. You said start at 38 and then uh start at 49 and I forgot what the second one was. Okay. I just didn't do me a favor. Put your hands behind your back. Put your palms together like you're praying. >> You're under arrest for DUI. >> DUI. >> But I'm not drunk. >> Okay. I'll explain all teammate. Just look that code. I'm going to take your watch off. Okay. But I did everything that you asked me to. Right. >> You did everything that I asked you to. But all those exercises you performed, >> yeah, >> I look for indicators of impairment. Okay. And tonight you have exhibited enough indicators of impairment to believe you are not safe to operate the movie. Okay. >> But I was just I literally I I just didn't remember. >> I'm going to lock these so they don't get any title. It >> It wasn't just a number. Okay. >> Please, sir. I can't have a DUI. Please. Okay, >> I'll do everything. I literally I promise, sir. I'm from Switzerland. I can't have a UI, please. >> I don't want to get out of I I don't want to get >> Wait until I have a white thing. >> I don't I understand. I won't do that. Please, sir. >> But you >> I will I literally stop >> You're not You're not even supposed to be driving in the first place. You have five different suspensions on your license. >> You have an insurance suspension and three fail to pay traffic tickets. >> I have somebody pick up me, please. We're We're past that. >> But I will not have anybody. Please don't charge me for the VI. I promise I'll have somebody pick me up. Please. I I literally I I'll leave my car here like you said you would. >> We can't leave it car here. And I never said we do. >> Oh, I mean I No, but I mean like I have the car. >> Well, the car can't be driven anyway cuz you know how it turns off. >> Yeah, exactly. But like I I'll have to please take the DUI off. Please, sir. >> I promise have somebody pick me up. >> It's out of my hands. That should have been done before you left. Wherever you left. Okay. You can't be driving like this. It's how people die. >> I I understand, sir. But I wasn't drinking or like I I wasn't thinking I would cause an accident or anything. >> On a on a scale of 0 to 10. Zero being stone cold sober. 10 being the most drunk you've ever been in your life. Where would you put yourself? >> You are going to jail for DUI. >> Please, sir. Please. >> It's It's out of my hands. >> I wish I I'll pick myself up. Please, sir. I don't want to go out of the US. Please. >> It's >> Please, sir. That's It's going to ruin my whole life. >> That That does a DUI does not mean that you're going to up and be deported. >> Yes. Because I'm from Switzerland. I don't I'm on a green card. I'm >> Wait. I'm on a green card. I'm not on a >> Please, sir. I promise I'll have myself pick me up. You can take my car. Please, sir. >> It's out of my handsome. Okay. So, let's go ahead and walk. >> But you're the one arresting me, right? >> Yes, I am the one arresting you. But the decision to make the arrest is already out of my hands. Let's walk. >> Why? >> Cuz everything we've done tonight is on video. Everything. The car. Both of us were We're videoing everything. We're not >> I have a camera here. I have >> But you can still make your decision about who why you're going to arrest me for what. >> And and here's the thing. Just because you get arrested doesn't mean you get convicted of this. Okay? So, take a breath. Okay? This isn't the end of it. Okay? You still have a day in court. You'll still be able to to fight this if he's going to give you an opportunity. I promise somebody what's going to happen. Listen, let me let me explain this to you. So, when we get down to the jail, I'm going to give you the opportunity to blow to submit to a breath test to blow in a breathalyzer. That is your opportunity to show me prove me wrong. Prove me that you are not drunk. Uh, and you are safe to operate a vehicle. But, >> sir, it's going to ruin my life. Korea, please. Sir, >> do you do you have a pair of shorts or something in here that we can put on to cover you up a little bit? Put that on her. >> Please, sir. Please. I'll take everything off. Please don't charge her. But I don't want to go to jail. Please, sir. >> I don't I don't want you to take everything off. >> Please, sir, you're not tonight. Please. >> I I'm going to >> I promise I'll have somebody pick me up and drive me home. I promise. >> I'm going to show you a little bit of decency and cover you up real quick. >> You don't >> You don't want to go into jail looking like that. >> Please. Please, >> ma'am. There's nothing we can do. It is completely out of our hands. Okay. Yeah, but you didn't make a decision about arresting me. I promise I'll have somebody drive me home. I promise. >> We didn't do this. You put yourself in this situation. We are just a consequence of your decisions tonight. Okay. I I'm I'm happy that you're going to jail and that you're not in a body bag or that you didn't kill a family driving up the road. >> I really don't want to kill myself. I don't want to be in this situation. I really don't want to be dead. >> I really don't want to be in this situation. No one wants to be in this situation, but you need to take this as a learning experience. >> No. >> Okay. Three. >> No. Please, sir. >> Let's walk back over now. This way. This way. >> Ma'am, there's nothing we can do. Okay. >> No. >> Come on. Please. >> Don't Don't make this any >> Don't By not by not going, you're just going to make it worse >> because the pulling away and everything is another charge. Okay. >> So, let's let's just be an adult. I can't because the thing is if I'm from Switzerland, I can't happen to you. I promise you. >> I'm going to ask you one more time to walk to my car and then I'm going to I'm going to make you go to my car. Okay. So, please let's just be an adult about this and go to my car. >> But the thing is if I'm going to say please go to my car. >> Why? >> Okay. That does not charge. >> I there's I there's nothing I can change it to. >> Like we said, you're being charged with it. You You're not convicted of anything. Okay. We don't convict people. You can get an attorney. You can go through court. You can do everything that you need to do to still stay here. Okay? This isn't the end of this. Okay? I promise you that. Have you ever been in trouble before? >> Yes. >> For what? >> Well, I've been uh in a bad situation where um I've been in a car where like there was apparently cocaine like found, but I wasn't like I was just in the car. I didn't know about it. >> Okay. >> But your car your car is going to be searched. Is there cocaine in the car tonight? So I did not have anything in it. I I was in charge of it. I was got away. You were just there. >> Yes. Exactly. So I didn't get charged with anything. >> So you kind of know how the system works. Just because you get in trouble tonight doesn't mean that this is going to still be you in trouble in a week or two weeks or 3 weeks, right? There, you know, there's a process to this. But tonight you are going to go to jail. Okay. There is no way that we can get around that. >> I know. Everyone pick me up. >> We're we're way beyond that. Where'd you leave your bracelet? So, you were at a bar or a club tonight. What's the yellow bracelet? >> That was from Friday. That was already a lost. That was a couple nights ago. >> So, you were just at a Halloween party tonight. I believe you. >> I promise that that bracelet was from two nights ago, right? >> Okay. I I believe you. I'm I'm not saying that's not true at all. >> It's very clear you were at a Halloween party tonight. Yes. >> I There's no There's no >> That's why we covered you because you are going to go to jail. >> Okay. >> Is there nothing we can do about like at least like have somebody pick me up or something? >> Nope. >> I can't. cannot be. But I'm from Switzerland. I cannot be >> and I'm from New Hampshire. And if I were driving drunk tonight, I would go to jail, too. >> I know, but if I have a DUI, I cannot have you live here. >> Okay. Like I said, you're not being convicted. You still have your day in court. Okay. He's going to give you an opportunity to to blow into a machine and it'll tell us whether or not you're driving drunk tonight. Right. >> Sure. >> Yes, sir. But I can we not just please make an exception or something? >> No, you need We need to go with them. Okay. So, I'm going to ask you one more time. Please walk over to my car and then we'll >> What happened to my car? >> It's going to be towed. It can't be driven regardless. Do you have a pair a different pair of shoes? >> No. >> You don't have sandals or anything? No. Okay. >> What What is going to happen with my stuff? Like my money and everything? >> Do you have a purse, a small purse that I can put money in? >> Um, you can take a small bag. That's all makeup. I don't want >> I'm going to We'll take your phone and here if this bag's small enough. There's nothing in this bag, right? >> I have my phone over there. >> I'm going to get your phone for you. That way you have it. Okay. >> Sir, can you help a session? Please. I promise I would never pass this. I'm sorry. So, let's >> I know. I understand about the drinking stuff, but >> Come on. Come on. >> What about my phone? My >> We're going to grab >> I'm getting everything for you. Okay. >> Are you going to pull up the window or >> Yes. Yeah. I'm going to make sure I'm not going to leave your car here. Okay. Your car is going to be just fine. I'll put your watch in there, too. Okay. >> My money. >> Yes. I see the the cash right here. Yeah. >> A 10 and a $20 bill. Open container. Red phone. >> Okay. It's We're past We're past that. No one wants to go. >> I don't have any mom or dad here. >> They're all in Switzerland, sir. I have nobody call when I get to the station. >> They will let you get numbers of friends and everything out of your phone. >> I don't have anybody. >> You were just at a friend's house. >> You have to know >> the numbers. >> Well, you will be any numbers you have in your phone. You'll be able to get out and we'll get there. So, please have a seat. >> Sir, please. >> Please. I'm I'm not going to ask you again. Please have a seat. >> I I understand, but please can you give me a second, please? >> We are past that. I need you to sit in the car. >> What would I have to do to >> Nothing. The only the only thing that you could do to not go to jail tonight is not drive drunk. That's the only thing that would stop you from not going to jail tonight is not driving. >> I I wasn't trying to. I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to. >> I understand you weren't trying to, but you were. So, >> but I wasn't driving drunk at all. >> Okay. Please have a seat. >> There's nothing I can do, sir. >> No, ma'am. Fortunately, there's not. >> Even if somebody picks me up. >> Mhm. We're We're past that. Can you please put your knees in front of >> Did she Did you see her with a wallet or anything? >> No. What she was wearing? What she was wearing when she got out? >> No, I I get that. But >> yeah, she gave me her license. Uh >> I don't see a wallet. We're just trying to make sure that we take stuff like that. Here are some cash up front. I put that in that purse. >> Yeah. Did you call? There's a open one there and there's an open one in the garbage pail behind you. >> Okay. Fireball. >> Yeah. >> Um Yeah. I called for town. >> Yeah. D I got gas and I was coming up. I was sitting She was all the way over the stop bar over the crosswalk. She was in the middle of Toledo Blade. >> Stop. stop to make a left turn. >> And then the tags expired in April and her license is five times suspended. >> Yeah. So, let's open the mail container. They're going to look through that mail. Okay. >> Yeah. I don't know where she pulled her license out of, but >> I couldn't tell you. But she suspended for not paying that much tickets and FR. >> Yeah, she was going to jail regardless. >> But >> okay, take a picture of those open containers. >> Did you already look under the seat and everything? >> Yeah, I look under the seat. >> Oh, she put it right here. >> Oh, right there. Take Yeah, put the key in there. >> Just take the car key. >> Yeah, that's what I'm doing. I haven't gone through that yet, obviously. Let >> me grab my phone and take pictures. I guess I'll throw these keys in that purse, too. I don't know who what they go to, but do you still have opass or you drop them off? >> I dropped them off. I was at the WP. I was in dispatch. >> Step next to you, sir. Yeah, I thought maybe she was coming from CL, but I was just throwing. I don't know where to go. All right, here's her property. I'll do the Toshi. >> I appreciate it. You have a printer? >> Yeah. Okay. All right. All right. >> She's got a knack for it and stuff. >> She likes to hit [ __ ] The reason she's going to jail tonight might be that >> any hope of fighting the charges vanished when officers searched the vehicle. Under the seat and in the trash, they discovered open containers of Fireball whiskey. Between the expired tags, the five suspensions, and the failed sobriety tests, this was an openand-shut case. She was charged with DUI and driving on a suspended