I applied the brakes the best I could, the roads were wet, it was raining that day, and so I impacted the rear of the new Toyota. >> Hello, ma'am. Are you okay? I'm so sorry. >> It's okay. >> My brakes locked up. >> Okay. >> Are you good? >> like, "Oh my goodness, wait." Yeah, I'm okay. >> I did have my personal phone in my hand. I was looking at inappropriate pictures. >> Um you said you were looking at inappropriate material on your personal phone. >> Mhm. >> So, I know we're adults. And I I have an idea what you're saying, but can you be a little bit more descriptive or forthcoming? >> Uh it was like material pictures of and whatnot. >> Okay, so no videos, it was just pictures. >> Um there was videos on the site, however, I hadn't clicked on any that I can at least remember. >> Okay, so what if I pull up and show you what I saw, you could tell me if that was a picture you were looking at or possibly a video? >> Yes. >> Okay. So, this is kind of the image we got when we kind of slow down as your phone is coming down. And you can see it looks like some kind of she's bent over. >> Yeah, so those are those are just images. Just images. The reason for that is I have I mean, there's no excuse, it was my fault. I'm not trying to put any excuses >> And you And you were looking at that on your >> personal phone. >> That is correct. >> With that I was looking at inappropriate pictures. Um 2024 has been roughest year to date uh in my 20 years of existence on this earth. Um so, >> [clears throat] >> since then I've been dealing with a lot not only both in the work life um of you know, doing this job. I love doing this job and you know, look forward to doing it every day. Not everyone's happy necessarily with their app. All right, all right. But, that's understandable. It's work. All right, so then let's go into when you meet up with Sergeant Walls, and then you tell him, "Yeah, I ended the phone call, and then I was scrolling through some text messages with a group chat and sector three guys." So, that would also been a lie. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. But, you know, the actual allegation against you or policy violation in the department is truth. >> Oh, darn it. >> An internal investigation revealed that Deputy Tristan McCumber violated multiple department policies, including dishonesty, misuse of personal electronic device, and failure to wear a seatbelt. He eventually resigned from the Lake County Sheriff's Office while facing almost certain termination.