please like subscribe and consider supporting our Channel sharing this video serves a compelling public interest because it is intended to illustrate the consequences of driving under the influence and discourage others doing so defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty [Laughter] [Applause] I ver bag [Applause] deployment on May 6 2023 around the 40 a.m. patrolman BR O'Keefe with the homo Township Police Department observed a rended 2021 Volkswagen Atlas being driven in an erratic manner on Route 30 for northbound near shank road before a nearly colliding head-on with his patrol car and subsequently striking a guard to the opposite side of the road he activated his emergency lights and made contact with the driver who was later identified as Kayla as he made contact he noticed that the airbags had deployed and he cut the front side airbag with a knife before Kayla exited the vehicle Kayla exited the vehicle and he asked her to explain what happened you okay yeah I'm okay can I open the door yeah okay yeah I don't know how to open this okay just hold on one sec no I'm okay yeah affirmative sorry um just working on getting her out of the car she's saying she's okay I'm just I'm coming home from Asbury okay yeah I'm okay are you able to uh unbuckle your seat belt yeah no I'm unbuckled you're unbuckled okay I'm going to uh cut this okay so that you can get out okay just turn your head away okay okay all right just do go ahead and hop out okay okay what happened I'm just coming home from asbery yeah you almost hit me head on head on yeah oh as he was speaking with Kayla he observed indicators of impairment Kayla admitted to consuming alcohol earlier that evening in Asbury Park an ambulance was initially called but Sergeant Christopher churny informed patroman nokee that he would cancel it because Kayla claimed that she was not injured and declined further medical attention yeah when you're coming down this way oh what happened there was a truck behind me so I was just trying to be on my side of the road okay here take a step towards me yeah yeah yeah yeah let me see your hands are you hurt no no no I'm okay okay cuz you hit the guard rail no I was driving really slow actually I only had you know like one or two drinks I I was driving really slow she's saying she's okay but um just have him uh stop out so she can r or we at uh running test I live just down the street I live in you have your uh is your driver's license in the car this is a rental car so I have my rental you know information but I have my driver's license as well okay all right um here come to me sure and just turn and face your car okay all right based on his suspicion of impairment betran no key asked Kayla to perform field sobriety exercises patroman nokee started with the horizontal gaze nagas hgn test the next exercise was the walk and turn test and Kayla failed to walk in a straight line and touch Heel To Toe on each step the final exercise was the one like stand test and Kayla failed to raise her foot in the proper fashion while using her arms for balance uh what's your highest level education uh I have an associates degree and away is English your primary language y okay just put your feet together and put your arms down by your sides you see the tip of this pen mhm I want you to follow the tip of the pen with your eyes and your eyes only don't move your head you understand m [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] she didn't strike me I you no no no no we hit the guard rail [Applause] sorry take a couple of steps back just take like three steps backwards keep going keep going keep going okay do you have your car back a little bit if you don't mind yeah um do you have any injuries to your legs feet hips knees anything like that that affect your ability to walk in Balance yeah okay take a couple more steps back uh backward backward keep going yeah you can walk normally just walk this way that way you don't I don't want you to fall over all right that's good that's good um turn your face me all right take your right foot put it in front of your left foot heel of your uh right foot touch in the toe of your left foot okay and keep your arms down by your sides I want you to stay like that until I tell you to do anything else okay when I tell you when I tell you to you're going to take nine Heel To Toe steps forward you're going to count each step out loud you're going to keep your arms down by your sides look down in your feet as you do so you're going to walk like you're on an imag an imaginary line okay once you've reached the ninth step you're going to take a series of small turns and take n steps back in the same manner I'm going to demonstrate for you now you're going to be in this position you're going to take one two three I took three but you're going to take nine you're going to take a series of small steps and take nine back one 2 three okay again I took three but you're going to take nine do you understand that test yes you can begin one two 3 4 5 6 7 8 [Applause] 9 1 2 3 4 turn and face me just uh put your feet together keep your arms going by your sides I want you to stay in that position till I tell you do anything else okay um are you injured from doing that last test yeah okay when I tell you to you're going to raise one foot of your choice approximately six inches off the ground keeping that foot parallel uh with the ground and it keeps uh your arms down by your sides look at your raised foot and count alloud by the thousands 1,001 1,002 13 you'll continue to do that until I tell you to stop um I'm going to demonstrate that test for you now so you can see what that looks like you're going to be in this position and I'm going to raise my right foot 1000001 10002 100034 10005 10006 178 1009 110 2011 2012 13 2014 2015 you're going to keep going till I tell you to stop is there anything you do you have any questions do you understand that test I'm okay you can begin 100123 2004 2005 2006 20078 2009 2010 20112 13345 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 20212 20234 stop5 are you hurt yeah okay and one more time just roll up your sleeves so I can just make sure you don't have any injuries okay all right just stay here for a second okay um want me to wait for the rig to get here oh she's not injured right yeah she's saying she's not injured if she's not injured she's not claiming she's injured you don't see any injury you don't need okay did you cancel that or tell them to hold I will okay sorry based on the traffic accident her indicators of impairment and her inability to adequately perform the field sobriety exercises Kaya was placed under arrest for driving Under the Influence poman no transported her to the homble Township Police Department for further processing what's person name Kayla Kayla put hands am I being arrested yeah you're under arrest for DWI for [Applause] [Music] DWI these Puffs hurting you [Music] no you have anything on your person that's going to poke stick or hurt in anyway I no knives needles anything like [Music] that that's just glasses proba that back in Pocket just lipstick that's all it's in there okay back in there the those jeans on have pockets right they're not real Pockets yeah yeah in the front and in the back is there anything in them no nothing in the back no turn walk [Applause] watch your head get in turning face [Music] away I got to try to find her license real quick be no almost and then I watched her hit the guard oh yeah so I was I was no what do she need from her car phone right here comes back to EI Holdings might be a rental yeah it sorry it is a rental I I just have a first name which is KLA what that I just have her first name which is Kayla so I got her uh see phone in there right here um did you see Insurance anything oh yeah I didn't I didn't even check thank you shoulds yeah Department of Business regulation who's it come back to or who's a rental Caleb after that experience just watch this car what you call there's like insurance I was coming over the [Applause] [Applause] hill I think that's going to be your insurance Cor [Applause] okay so sorry I put that out all jacked up I just that I was on the phone with somebody uh with a family member it scared the crap out of me are you okay yeah I'm [Applause] okay sorry you're good you want someone else on the box you good no no no no no no I'm good I'm good yep thank you minut [Applause] hey uh I just want to let you know yeah I'm okay sorry about that I said yeah I'm okay sorry about that oh that's all right I got to go I said a PR I got to go I got to go all right bye H love you bye love you too I'll be with you you too where's the uh the hell Township hold on one second 87 8 mod 1031 female 41 starting mileage 1305 uh it's going to go to the hell Township Impound Lot it'll be impounded there for 12 hours and you will be able to get the car out afterwards after what after after 12 hours from now you'll be able to get the car out all right I uh I appreciate you saying that hold on one second good Ser there's another set of keys looks like might be a house key or keying with a key you need stand by on the keys there's um a key fob and what looks like a key to to your house you need those right saying yeah it has a pink wristlet on it correct s yeah that's it thank you um yeah listen everyone everyone makes mistakes but they could have been a lot worse if I wasn't paying attention but thankfully you weren't going that fast you're not hurt we'll we'll talk about it when we when we get inside okay just it's hard to talk with this thing in the way TI I understand I don't want to be father we'll we'll talk more when we get inside okay you just have to you know if you're ever on Shore you have to catch an Uber you know no I thought I was okay my friend I was not sorry Head Quarters on 103 1 352 is my ending open the S port oh at police HQ but Tran nokee read her the standard statement for motor vehicle operators but she refused to submit breath samples for testing after he finished processing her she was released to a sober adult pending her court appearance that she signed the potential sharl warning form on her behalf [Music] just got to reach over here take that off do me a favor just hop on out take a step over here see that door at the right sign just walk to that door Walk This Way into that Open Door over there just turn around so I can take those off are you lefty or you right ready have a seat on the bench on this side here just so you're aware um I do have a body camera on just so you're away just I don't want you to have to worry about there's one for you to uh call it's just just okay um I got your phone from the car and your purse um once we're done here is there anyone who can come pick you up no cuz you would stay here for 12 hours so we would prefer you we prefer that you try to C call someone okay I can try but all right we we'll we'll talk about that when we get there okay I'll be right back is there anything um illegal in here move the vehicle off into doctor stand okay all right Kay just a couple things I got to go over with you I just have to read to okay I'm going to have you initial at each line all right so I'm going to have you just initial each but I'm going to read it to you first okay you have the right to remain silent refuse to answer any questions anything you say may be used against you in a court of law you have the right to consult with an attorney at any time have present before during questioning if you cannot afford an attorney one will be provided if you so desire prior in questioning a decision to wave these rights is not final and you may withdraw your waiver whenever you wish either before or during questioning I acknowledge I've been advised of each constitutional right as listed above and I understand these rights and the last part is having these rights in mind I wish to wave or give up these rights and make a knowing and voluntary statement that part is optional I just need you an initial at each line sign here and if you wish sign there I don't want to wave okay I okay okay Kayla something that I have to read word for word take about a minute just sit tight and listen carefully okay the police officer shall read the following you have been arrested for driving while intoxicated njsa 39450 the law requires you to submit samples of your breath for the purpose of testing to determine alcohol content a record of the taking of the breath samples including the test results will be made upon your request a copy of that record will be made available to you after You' provided samples of your breath for testing you have the right at your own expense to have a person or physician of your own selection take independent samples your breath blood or urine for independent testing if you ref if you refuse to provide samples of your breath you will be issued a separate summons for the refusal a court may find you guilty of both refusal and driving while intoxicated if a court finds you guilty of the refusal you will be subject to various penalties including license rication of up to 20 years a fine of up to $2,000 installation of an ignition interlock and referral to an intoxicated driver Resource Center these penalties may be in addition to penalties imposed by the court for any other offense of which you are found guilty you have no legal right to have an attorney physician or anyone else present for the purpose of taking the breast samples you have no legal right to refuse to give or delay giving samples of your breath any response from you that is ambiguous or conditional in any respect to my request that you provide bread samples will be treated as a refusal to submit to breath testing even if you agree even if you agree to take the test but then do not follow my instructions do not properly perform the test or do not provide sufficient breast samples I will charge you with ref refusal to submit to breath testing I repeat the law requires you to submit samples of your breath for testing will you submit samples of your breath no not even sure if I'm suppos to read the second part but I'm going to just read it anyway um if I'm supposed to read this part all right so it a little bit I'll just have you call try to call somebody we'll go from there I really am sorry for all of this this is not did I do I understand we all make mistakes but got to be careful you have a kid yeah you got to keep them in mind I'm not going to lecture you you're an adult but no they're dead tonight they're not with me oh no I know but I'm just saying just you know you got to be careful thankfully you're okay like a bail or like how does that work no there's no bail you get some tickets and you'll be released is that like um off the insurance or not until it's gone to court so I've um called the rental company tomorrow let them know you've been involved in an action um um sorry um just go from there um I just say contact the attorney and attorney I should say hey what was the time that the sge called a 41 in the desk entry and then I just just need what time I got into headquarters if you don't have that I'll take the time that a record was called okay for hey what was the time of the call it was 240 thank you yep by hey you use yeah can you hear me you use both for refusal right what do you do so you do the penalties along with the EMP consent okay all right I got to go thank you bye how many uh tattoos do you have Kayla sorry how many tattoos do you have six so you have one on your left hand or your right hand so uh one two three four five six seven what's on the left hand I stay [Applause] connected my and that's your left [Applause] wrist anything else on your left on your left arm no how about your right arm back my neck and what's on your neck uh my ex's name Dwayne J wri Dwayne J Wright M so that's three what are the others uh yingyang on my left [Applause] another one um left foot is I think it's Nanny n n n i e like angel wings on the n n n n i e mm okay all right that's that's good enough you married single divorced single you born in New Jersey no [Applause] massachusett what's your current job I am a accounting generalist for [Applause] what's the name of the town in Massachusetts wber wood wood wber w o v u [Applause] r this car warming up before they use [Applause] the all right I'm going to have you make some phone calls to try to get in touch with someone that way we don't want to have to hold you um if we don't have to so try to get in touch with somebody whoever comes to pick you up just make sure they haven't had any alcohol otherwise they can pick you up and they have to be willing to sign for you and you cannot um drink or you can't drive until you're sober otherwise that person could also get in trouble if you find yourself in trouble uh again does that make sense yeah so just for the next 12 hours or so that we be responsible so just try to get somebody I'll be right back okay okay once you're done I do need the phone back that's all okay all [Applause] right yep I'll right I'll write down the address [Applause] [Applause] address is right here okay okay thank for here um she's going to sign for you I just got to talk to her real quick okay love you um I'm going to take this back so about your car um what you're going to do is this happen at about 2:4 I come here about uh 3:00 tomorrow 3 300 p.m. um obviously sober to our address here um let me write down our direct number and you come here you get the car out and they'll just take you next door to have the car uh removed all right there is a fee call them when you when you call tomorrow just call to find out what the fee is going to be all right do you know what it is about it's about I think it's 2:15 and it's got to be cash or check so um yeah so I'll be right back and then uh you ship okay [Music] hey how you doing I'm Brian I'm good I'm sorry nice to meet you Megan uh Megan so unfortunately we had to place her under arrest for DWI tonight she needs someone to sign for her she can't drive uh till it's 2:30 tomorrow is is when we encounter her she she I don't know if she tolds you but so I was driving down Highway 34 and she almost hit me head on and then almost hit a curb I I got out of the way spun around I had to stop her um she was apologetic she didn't I don't think she really think she was drunk she refused the breath test so I charge her with that as well um she'll have a court date she tell her to get an attorney she comes here tomorrow about 3:00 to get the car the car will be next door she just got to pay the impound p uh impound sorry Sor impound fee it's about 225 okay um there's a phone number with her as well um this is is just there is liability with this if she does drive you could be charged so if you want to read it real quick if you're comfortable with that if you want to just print your information here and then just sign here if you don't want to you would just sign here but if you do just fill out your information and sign here to pick her up okay oh boy it's always something right she's such a sweet girl she she's super nice she was apologetic but you know she said she's like I I should have stayed at my friend's house and like yeah you should have ubered yeah or called me yeah I live next door yeah oh yeah I mean thankfully she's paying attent thankfully I was paying attention and thankfully she wasn't hurt so yeah thank you of course yes thank you for that Jesus and I will get you that form in just one second okay and then uh I'll walk her out okay [Applause] did you backf in the complaint yes thank you thank you did you can you print it out oh thank [Music] you thank you [Applause] I just want you to print man can you just print just copy God this thing sucks no I didn't F I didn't sign [Applause] let's try this again [Applause] Megan here's uh the form and I'll have her out in uh one second okay just make sure you thank Megan um I'm going to put all your belongings in your purse your uh license the registration and insurance for the car and which obviously I know you need to return the car uh the keys and uh the summonses okay the date is on the bottom it's on the 17th at 8:30 here at home town hall okay I'm going to put this in here car keys in there uh car keys are here but the house keys everything like that is in here when you come and pick up the car tomorrow you will get the you will get the keys okay is a dri uh yes well you may want there's a couple Toe Companies on there they're local may want to call them because the airbags went off so you're going to have to you know maybe when you get to the to yard you'll see if it's drivable we were able to back it into the parking lot that was over there before the tow truck came and got it so it is drivable but you're going to have to remove the it's right before the church that's where it was by the Lawn Doctor that's right there okay so but you probably just have to cut out the uh airbag so you can see both ways okay okay you were good to go Brian your yep [Music] [Applause] the trolman O'Keefe issued her the following traffic tickets operating Under the Influence refusal to submit to breath testing consent to take samples of breath reckless driving careless driving failure to keep right on Highway with single Lanes failure to keep to right side of road unsafe Lane change obstructing passage of other vehicles and delaying traffic be safe