I believe. Come here. Hands outside the window. Show me hands. Show me hands. Both hands. I want to see both hands. PUT YOUR HANDS OUTSIDE THE WINDOW. KEEP YOUR HANDS UP IN THE AIR. Open the door. Do it now. Hands up in the air. You know what that means. In May 2025, Palm Bay police are called to the scene of a hit-and-run. All right, what happened? Uh it's kind of a hit-and-run with a drunk driver. Okay. Um I don't know if he's drunk. You got You witnessed it or Yeah, both of them witnessed it. I I saw the end of it when she was trying to get him to pull over. Yeah, but he >> He wouldn't pull over. I said, "Put the car in park. Stop." Yeah. And that's when I looked over and that was the center car and told him to use his siren and everything. And the police What did the guy look like? Um I was going to say he witnessed the whole thing. He's got it on video. Where is Where is your damage at, by the way? Um it's just a scrape back here. I mean, like This? Uh no. This one here. This This piece right here. And honestly, if I didn't move out of the way, he would have ran my whole rear cuz he was hauling You text that to me? Yes, sir. What's your number? Like he was hauling ass. >> Uh actually email. Oh. Uh Edwin dot Letz, L E T Z at Palm Bay F L dot gov. All right, is this the one photo of the guy driving? Uh I have a video as well of us trying to get him to pull over. I'll send all that to you. Okay. Can I have a video of his license plate? >> Yeah, I got it. Oh, okay. Let's start Start with what happened. So, when I first seen him on the road, I was pulling out of um it was a doctor's office that I was at. And he was on the other side and I'm only telling you this because this is why I think he's drunk because he's swerving. He's swerving like crazy behind me, right? He almost hits a Toyota something at another intersection where the Toyota did kind of cut him off. So, I was like, "Okay, whatever. It's not my business at this point." I'm pulling up to the light and I'm watching him cuz he's driving all types of crazy. And so, I'm watching him in his rearview mirror, he's not slowing down. Like he's going so fast. So, I actually have to pull over into I'm trying to pull over into the other lane. I only have so much room. And so, he still gets a good scrape. Is he like a side swipe area of your car? No, so this is like this is like the the corner of his car and that's only cuz I moved. You moved left? Yes. >> So, he's coming up behind you? >> cuz he's coming behind me and that's the only space I have. Um so, he's his front hits here because I'm now freaking out. And that's like I said, that's only cuz the angle I was at. Cuz I saw him coming in hot and I'm like I I don't want my car but or else it would have been all this would have been rammed in. Like yeah, he was that was fast. It was really fast. And what happened after the crash? Um so, after the crash, I got out of the car cuz I wanted to check if he really did hit me. You know, I'm not going to make a scene or anything if nothing was done. So, I got out of the car and I look at it and I'm like, "Yo, you just hit my car." You know, at this point I'm like I don't even care that much. >> window down? No. The only The only time his window ever went down was because he saw that he wouldn't pull over. He had already come over because he had backed up and just sat there. And then so, he saw me like, "Hello, like you just hit my car." And then so, he came over, started to try to get him to pull over, wasn't pulling over, he was about to run, so that's when he intervened. And that's when he finally put the window down, but he still ended up running anyway. So, I have a I do have a video of him pulling off and everything. >> that from him this time. >> Okay. Grab your ID for the time being, and I'll take care of the rest. You guys guys got IDs? Uh-huh. All right, what did you guys see? Um so, I saw exactly what she just told you. Um oh, sorry about that. Um Or he was pulling off already? He he was coming down this way. She tried to to merge into the other lane with little what little room she could. I heard the brakes squeal. That's when I looked over, and he came up and tapped her on the back. Squeal as in like he suddenly stopped? Yeah, like quickly. And uh so, I went over there, and I was like, "Hey, dude, you need to pull in here." You talked to him face to face? >> Yeah. Yeah, and then he came over, and uh we didn't get in front of the car or anything. Obviously, we're on the side, the driver's side. And uh he rolled his window down, and that's when he saw like a a vest, I guess, and we were telling him, "Look, you just hit it. It's a hit-and-run. You're going to jail if you run." And uh he just mumbled started mumbling, and drove off that way. Anything that uh you personally observed that other than the fact that his driving that he might be drunk? Well, I mean, uh we told him to put the window down. I've never seen a police officer not know where his front window is. He put the back down. >> like kind of fumbling? Yes. He He I mean, when you're driving, you know where your buttons are, but you're He didn't know he was putting down the wrong window. So, he did it was like he cracked it, and then fixed it, or he rolled it all the way down? >> all the way down. I said, "Put the [ __ ] window down." And then when he put the window down, that's when I saw the center console, looked over further to see if there was a weapon, and there sits the uh bulletproof sits his vest On the passenger seat? No, on the floor, which is unusual, cuz I don't know about but I always hung mine up and Yeah. All right. I mean, I I can tell you already that, you know, I don't know what agency it is yet, but I'm working to find, but before I got here, it is a government It is a government, yeah. So, I'm just trying to figure out all the confidential tags, they're they just tell us that they're distributed. They don't tell us to what agency, so we have to make a bunch of phone calls to figure out who it is. I've seen you before, but I don't know where. >> I got that, all right. Yeah, yeah. Just so you have it. Okay. You just see Hey, dude, you dude, it's a hit-and-run. You're going to jail. Dude, you left the scene. You're going to jail. You're a police officer already. Hey, hey, dude, stop. All right, let me let me send that that video out real quick. Police get a copy of the video of the driver who committed the hit-and-run. Stop, stop, right. I mean, were you LEO? Baltimore City SWAT team. Uh I mean, obviously uh you're even if you tap, you're going to get out What's that? I said, even if you tap somebody, you're going to get out and at least talk to them and figure out >> Exactly. You don't ever leave the scene of anything. Yep. So, like I said, I'm I'm sure there's more to the story. But, we'll find out. >> Something was Yeah, I I don't know what, but I really don't want to know. Uh I do. Okay. I put up with this 30 years in Baltimore City. I've seen everything I want to see. Yeah, I was I was actually a paramedic with the SWAT team when I was, but Yeah. It's doing Are you guys both in the same truck? No. Okay. My truck's there. No, no, no. I just was for the report. plates were good, so they're good. Yeah, yeah. I was more curious if you guys were riding together, saw it together. But you both went over essentially. I don't know if you can hear it, but I heard the whole thing. I heard something and that's when I realized you know, he must have hit her and then I saw her get out, come around. That's when I realized that's what happened. And then I see him trying to like wedge it around trying to and that's when I went over cuz I knew I could see there, but I had no idea he was going for until Yeah. Well, be safe, brother. >> Yep, we'll see what happens. Be safe, man. Yeah. You're good to go. Thank you. Thank you. All right, can't give your ID back, it's suspended. Are you joking me? Yeah, there's a couple of uh suspensions I'm doing, no insurance on there. But give me a second, I'll give you a case I'm not doing anything right, take your anything like that. No, it's fine. I just I don't know why that I don't I don't know what else to do. I'm not sure, but let me let me get you a case number so you have it. And then uh Yeah, that's fine. What's a good contact number for you? Um the I don't know if you have it on file. Uh what number you called in on? Yes, that's the one. That's my >> And everything you told me about the you know, him swerving behind you Yes. >> driving away, he had swerved out of the way at last minute, he tapped you. Yes. >> the truth, ultra not the truth of God? Yes. All right. Yes. Give me a minute and I'll probably call you in a with an update once I I know who was driving. Okay. Uh obviously we got the guy on video, so Right. Well, and I'm I'm worried about anybody else on the road, you know what I mean? Cuz he was just driving he had already almost hit somebody, so I don't know. Yeah. Give me a minute. You're not injured in any way, are you? >> No. No, I'm fine. I'm fine. I just I really just wanted it to be taken care of. Yeah, I mean obviously at the end of the day, no matter what, there's some issues. Right. Exactly. That's my only thing, but I'm fine. All right. That's lucky. Officers identify the driver as retired Indian River County Sheriff's Office Captain and current airport police officer Patrick White. He's quickly located and police close in on him. I'm a police officer. Put your hands outside the window. Show me your hands. >> Hands outside the window. Show me hands. Show me hands. Both hands. I want to see both hands. PUT YOUR HANDS OUTSIDE THE WINDOW. Keep your hands outside the window. Do not put them back in the car. out the window. You want to give commands? Come Come around this way. Come around this way. Reach outside and open the door. Keep your hands up where I can see them. Reach outside and unlock the door. Keep your hands where I can see them. Unlock the door. Open it. Keep your hands up in the air. Keep your hands up in the air. Open the door. Do it now. Put your hands on the door. Open it up and come out. Keep your hands up in the air. Keep your hands up in the air. You're in a heated Hands up in the air. You know what that means. Turn around. Face away from me. Turn around. Get your hands up in the air. You hear me? Face away from me. Face away. Face away. Hands up in the air. You want to just uh approach I'm going to approach. You guys stay here. >> Face sideways. Walk back towards the side of my vehicle. Get your hands up in the air. Stop. Stop. Stop. Turn around. He's signal two. Yep. With the With your left hand, grab the top of your shirt in the back and lift it up. No, top of your shirt. Top of the shirt. Top of your shirt. Grab. Pull it up. Turn around slowly. Turn around slowly. Keep your hands up. Turn around slowly. Turn around slowly. Where you are, turn around. Keep your hands up in the air. I don't see anything. Turn them around. Turn them around. Turn them around. Face away. Face away. I'm going to go to your left so I can no crossfire. Put your hands behind your back. You got cuffs? You got cuffs? Here. Here. Here. She's got it. She's got it. She's got it. You guys 10-8. Gabe, you guys 10-8. Well, let's uh before we put him anywhere else. All right. Right in front of the car. Sir, do you know why uh we're doing any of this? No. Okay. My name's Edwin Lutz. I'm uh one of the crash investigators. Your vehicle and you were involved in a crash earlier at Malabar and Babcock, okay? Uh obviously uh there's also some concerns, which is why we uh got you out of the car in the manner we did. Few things. Anytime I investigate a crash and there's a concern about its severity, I got to let you know a couple things. Police read Patrick his Miranda rights. All right, let's try to start off on a different foot. What's your first name? Patrick. Last name? White. And you live on Weber Road still? Yep. Okay. What uh what happened? I'm a I'm I'm a wreck. You what? I'm a wreck. You're a wreck. Okay. Fair enough, we've all been there and uh obviously I'm going to try to help you out in the manner I can. I just got obviously like everybody else got a job to do, okay? So Do you remember being in the crash? Yeah. You do? Do you remember the witnesses coming up to you and telling you you're in a crash and all that? Yeah. Any reason you didn't stay? I don't know. I'm Okay. Have you drank alcohol today? I drank a whole bottle of whiskey last night. How much? Enough. A lot. A lot. Okay. I appreciate your honesty. Um you going to be cool if I take the cuffs off? Yeah, I'm That's good. I got All right, man, come here. Dude, I'm So What's that? I'm a wreck. I'm You're retired from Indian River, you working for Melbourne Airport? Like I said, I emphasize with you, man. I'm I'm everybody's you know, we've all been there at certain times in their career. I I know you did uh I think 26 years in in your liver? 27. 27. I'm a wreck. I am god damn it. Have you uh have you been drinking a lot of alcohol lately? Like has it >> drank for months. What uh what were you drinking today? Like whiskey? Like what what are we talking? Drank a whole bunch. God damn it. God damn it. >> So you drank a whole bunch. Do you know if it was uh like was it liquor? Yeah. Okay. All right. If I gave you a scale from zero to 10, zero being your stone cold sober, 10 being falling down drunk, how would you rate yourself? Probably like zero. I I just You what? I'm a wreck. All right. I'm uh going to do some some test with you, okay? Can you just take a step off the car if you're able? Can you put your feet together, your arms at your side for me, the best you can? Can you see the finger? What I'm going to have you do is track and follow the finger. The finger's going to go back and forth in front of your vision. All I want you to do is follow the finger and not move your head. Do you understand what I told you? Yeah. All right. Just follow the tip of the finger for me, okay? Try not to rotate your head around. Try not to rotate your head. >> Keep your eyes open and look up there. I'm going to try not to let anything go. Take your right right hand and just hold it there. Just hold it there. That's right. Just grab your uh fingers right here. Yep, just hold it there. Lay on the bed. Try not to move your head. Okay. You're done. Do you not want to do the remaining tests, then? I'm not sure. Excuse me? I'm not sure. You're done. I respect that. I can kind of tell. Um And at the end of the day, I do have a job to do. Okay. Uh It's up to you. If you want to complete the remaining remaining tests, we can complete them, see how you do. If you you don't, I'm going to tell you that I'm going to make the determination now based on the evidence I have, and potentially could be used against you in court if you don't do the remaining tests, okay? So, it's up to you. It is what it is. I'm not It is what it is. Okay. So, you not want to do the remaining tests? No. Okay. Front? What's that? Front? Yes. Thumbs out. I'll make you a little more comfortable since you're cooperative, okay? Instead of having you be on your back, but there's probable cause that you left the scene of a motor vehicle crash, driving your motor vehicle under the influence, caused property damage as a result. You're under arrest, okay? I'm going to ask you to take a breath test. Will you take that test? Yeah. All right. I'll get you a station and we'll do the test and go from there, okay? I'm just going to pat you down. Anything on you? Knives, guns? No. All Hold this just a little bit. What is that? Officer searched Patrick for weapons. All right, come this way for me, please. Let's go inside. Go ahead and have a seat for me, okay? I'm going to go around for the seat belt. Yep. I'm just going to put your seat belt on, okay? Lift up your arms. It's watching anybody. To the station. Want to do the uh 10-32 for me? Huh? It's uh I can get the It's I can get the 61 done. He's going to have to get medically cleared, though. He's also going to need an ambulance for transport. He's LEL. I I I I stopped. I'm just going to walk inside. I want to wash my hands. Yeah. Oh, that makes sense. Yeah, I want to wash my hands. Do you have soap? All right, come this way. Patrick White's blood alcohol level found to be more than four times the legal limit. He's facing DUI and hit-and-run charges and has been fired from his job at the Melbourne Orlando International Airport.