Um, I have a gun. >> Where? >> Um, >> if you've only had a little bit of that. What's in there? >> Why are you kidding me? Hold on. Hold on. No, I'm not trying to like pull it out on you. They're a little loose. >> Well, just don't I'm trying to be super cool with you. >> I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I easily explained to you where the gun [music] was at and then you guys pulled me. Do we have any police today? >> On the night of April 7th, 2025, a 23-year-old woman stood on the side of a road in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, next to a car that had just crashed into a curb. An officer from the Rio Rancho Police Department was standing in front of her with a body cam rolling, asking her to perform a series of standardized field sobriety tests. She said no, not because she didn't understand the request, not because she was too impaired to comprehend what was being asked. She said no because of something that had happened to her 3 months earlier. Something she had clearly spent a lot of time thinking about. She looked at the officer and said the words that would define this entire story. >> Hi. Are you okay? >> Yeah. No. Um, my car just stopped working. >> Uh, why are you on the curb? >> Because my car stopped working. >> That doesn't make any sense to me. How much have you had to drink tonight? >> Nothing. I have nothing. >> Why'd you step out? Are you injured? No. >> Why >> don't you step out the car and come back over here? >> Okay. >> Do you have any weapons on you? >> Um I have a gun. >> Where? >> Um it's my mom's. >> Well, stop. >> Hold on. >> No, no, hold on. >> Not >> Yeah, I I can >> That's what You need an ambulance. Go ahead and turn around for me. I want to check your back. That's all. I'm just checking. You said you got a gun. >> Okay. No weapons on you. >> It's over there. >> Why don't you uh take her to the curb here? >> Come over here. Go. But hey, what's your name? >> Here. >> Why did you give me your keys? >> Um cuz the car and I'm not trying to get like shot. >> Why did you get shot? >> Cuz cops and >> and what >> and everything with the everything that's going on. >> I don't know what's going on. >> The shootings and all that [ __ ] >> I'm just trying >> hand it to >> Do you need an ambulance? >> No. >> Are you sure? >> Positive. >> Okay. Where are you coming from? >> Nothing. I'm just trying to go from work to my mom's house. >> Okay. >> Why don't you do me a favor? Why don't you just >> My car ran out of the gas. It just >> Yeah, I don't think so. Uh, which one of you guys wants the 47? >> Okay. >> Cool. Go talk to her over there. >> Hey, come come over here with me. >> Um, >> where's that where's that gun at? >> Hey. >> Um, hold on. I'm sorry. I'm not going to >> No, just just tell me. >> Where's it at? >> Wait, wait, wait. I I I I get it. I get it. I get it. Hold on. Um I just >> Okay, go take her over there now. >> Hold on. Now >> it's >> Take her over there. >> It's not like >> Go over there with her. >> Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Why are you following me? Hold on. Hold on. No, I'm not trying to like pull it out on you. >> Don't worry about it. We'll do the gun later. Hey, look. This isn't for discussion. >> Hold on. No. 3 months earlier on December 27th, 2024, she had stood on a different street in the same city in front of a different officer from the same department and performed the exact same sobriety tests. She had failed them. She had been arrested. She had been charged with Dwey. And now standing in front of a new officer with a new body cam on a new night. She had decided that the sobriety tests were the problem. They were not the problem. [music] The drinking was the problem. The driving was the problem. >> No, you guys are pulling it. I'm just trying to show you where >> What's your name? >> If I had it on me. >> You don't have it on you. Clar search. What's your name? >> It's over here. >> What is your name? >> What's your name? >> What is it? >> Mandy. >> Okay. Mandy, >> have your license on you? >> Yes. >> Let me pull it out. Hold on. No. You know what? You grab it. >> I'm not going to pull it out of your back pocket. >> Grab it. >> Just get the license out >> because I was trying to tell you guys where the gun was and then you guys told me pull it out of my pocket. No. Because I didn't want you to go in the car with the gun. >> Pull it. Pull it. >> Thank you. Right there. That is That's where it's at. >> Here. Listen to me. >> No, because you guys pulled me when I was trying to easily explain to you where the gun was at and then you guys pulled me. >> Do we have any tonight? >> So, >> I'm trying to be reasonable. How much did you drink tonight, Mandy? >> Not that much. >> I drank a beat box and I was just trying to go home. >> Okay, you're not going to go home right now. Let's We got to figure what h figure out what happened. Okay. >> Okay. Stay over here. >> Yeah. Thank you. Here. Go to the stand. >> I'm fine right here. >> We got to run you through some tests. Make sure that you're safe to drive. >> No, I'm not safe to drive. >> Okay. Well, come over here. >> Which is why I stopped right here. >> Okay. Well, we're going to conduct some tests. >> Yeah, those tests aren't going to go well. >> You guys either. >> So, why don't you think the tests are going to go well? >> Huh? >> Why don't you think the tests are going to go well? Because first of all, you guys pulled me out from my vehicle before I even showed you guys where the gun was. And then you guys accused me of having the gun on me before I even showed you where the gun was. >> Why don't you calm down real quick? >> I'm not down >> because I didn't even have the gun on me before you guys accused me. >> You grabbed me. >> We're not talking about the gun anymore. Calm down. >> Grabbed me from my vehicle. >> I didn't ask you to step out. He stepped out, remember? >> Yeah, but I was trying to be How >> about grabbing you? >> I was trying to >> A 22-year-old woman finished her shift at a pizza store in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. She had been drinking during her shift, not after work, not at a bar, not at a party, at work, behind the counter of a pizza restaurant. And when her shift ended, instead of calling someone to pick her up, instead of ordering a ride share, instead of doing any of the hundred things a person can do when they know they've been drinking, she got in her car and started driving home. >> All right. So, go and step right here onto this uh pathway right here. So, what I'm going to have you do is we're going to run through some tests. All right. >> Okay. So, what I need you to do is go ahead and stand like this. I'm not going to pass the test. >> Toe to toe, heel to hill like this. I can pass the test. >> Why do you say that? >> Because I already have a pending DUI on this car. Are you trying to tell me that you're drunk right now? >> No, I'm not drunk. >> Okay, then why don't you want to take the test? >> Because I already have a pending DUI, so it's >> Okay. Well, let's take the test real quick. >> It's not worth it. No. >> Are you freezing to take the test? >> I'm cold. I want to go home. That's just it. So, if you guys want to arrest me, it's okay. >> Hey, Mandy, here's the deal. >> I have nothing in there. >> Hey, listen to me real quick. >> All I ask >> Stop talking. >> All I ask is that you guys return my mom's gun to Stop talking. Here's the deal. Okay, you've been you admitted to drinking. >> Okay, so we need to make sure you're not impaired and operate a motor vehicle. >> No, I'm impaired. Yes, I'm drunk. >> Are you going to take his test? >> I'm drunk. No, no, I'm not. >> I am drunk. Can you guys turn my mom? >> Hold on. Wait, wait, wait. Can you guys >> Can you No, you guys don't have to being rough. >> What the No, this is rough >> compared to the first time. Yes. This ising rough. >> This is rough. >> This ising rough. You guys areing [ __ ] >> Hey, calm down. >> This ising rough. >> You're the one that not complying. >> No, because the first time that I got arrested, this is rough. >> You guys are [ __ ] >> No, compared to the first guy who arrested me, he sat down and talked to me. You guys are being >> tried talking to me, but you're not listening. >> No, I even told you guys. >> Watch your step. There's a lot of >> No, arrest me. I'm you guys. You guys out there. >> I hope you guys get sued like a mother cuz my mom is going to sue you guys. >> Yeah. >> Do you have anything on your person? >> I did have a gun. Can you guys uh >> Do you have anything on you? >> Certainly. Well, you're hot, so you can Yeah. Wash it a little bit more. >> Close the back of my hand. I want to check the insuming pants. You understand? >> Hold on. >> Can I give you your number? >> Ow. Son of a [ __ ] Hold on. Um, can I give you >> sit back? Sit back real quick. >> Yeah. >> Let's just finish uh the whole scene and everything and then at the end I'll let you get a coffee. >> I just hit a curb. I didn't hit anyone. I didn't hit nothing else. >> All right. Can you sit back a little bit? >> Please. >> Yeah. Let Let us take care of everything and then >> No, it has to be. >> Okay. You want to be assessed by EMS? You want to get checked by the firefighters? >> I mean, my hand's got a fracture to it, but >> What do you mean your hand has a fracture to it? >> Um, I had a fracture a couple days ago. >> You had a fracture a couple days ago. >> Hey, from >> the crash. Are you injured? Do you want to check out? >> I have a crash. I hit a curb. >> That's a crash. >> It's a curb. >> It's still a crash. >> I've done that even sober. >> I do that even sober. >> Okay. So, so you're good, man. Yeah, I'm fine. But like, wait, >> do me a favor. Open your mouth real quick. Can you open your mouth real quick? >> No, no, no. So, um, >> hey, do you have to get in your mouth that could injure you? >> Lift your guns up. >> Okay, cool. >> But the Wait, wait, wait, wait. The firearm that I have in my car is my >> paint that evidence. >> No, it's cuz um I have a stalker. Yeah, I get it. I didn't say I didn't do anything, but it's my mom. Can you guys >> No. >> Call my mom. >> No. Here's the deal. You cannot be drunk in possession of a firearm. That's another charge. So, you're going to get charged with that, too. >> What? >> I'm tell I'm going to be doing a crash report. >> I didn't crash into anything. >> I just hit a curb. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> I hit a curb. >> Did I hit a wall? >> Did I hit a house? >> Well, due to due to the circumstances, still considered a crash. All right. >> Yeah, I have a report. [laughter] >> I I had a car. >> Can you just tell a person I didn't have a house? >> Can you just tell them what happened, please? >> Rio Rancho police officer Chavez spotted her. The signs were immediate. The kind of driving that tells an experienced officer everything they need to know before they even turn on their lights. He initiated a traffic stop. She pulled over. When Officer Chavez approached her window, the smell of alcohol was unmistakable. She was slurring. She was unsteady. And she was friendly. [music] Very friendly. >> Yeah. Um, well, the reason I stopped is cuz you're driving with no lights on. Is there a reason why? >> Oh my god. I'm sorry. Where are you coming from? >> Work. >> Yeah. Where do you work? >> Uh, Little Caesars. >> Little Caesars. And then where you heading? >> Um, sometimes I forget to turn my lights on. I'm very sorry. >> Can you please? Um, and where are you heading to? >> Home. Okay. Just got to work. >> Yeah. I'm so sorry. Here's my license. 10 for Can you start a 47? >> Awesome. And then your registration and insurance, please. >> Is it okay for me? >> Yeah, go for it. >> Okay. >> As you can see, I've never finished it. As you can see, I did not finish. >> You didn't eat. Would you leave? >> I'm just I never seen those. I don't know what those are. >> I'm scared. I'm sorry. I've never been pulled over before. Um >> Yeah. ation and insurance. >> Um, >> so that little one right there in the front. >> This one? >> That little one. >> Okay. I'm sorry. >> I've never been pulled over. I'm sorry. It's freaking out. >> This one's expired, but we can work with that one. Okay. How about your registration? >> Um, >> no. I was just trying to get home. >> It was a very long day. It was very busy. >> Okay. Um, thank you for noticing the beatbox. that I showed you. Okay. >> Um, this is all I have. I'm going to be honest. You can look through it. It's okay. >> Well, you you can look at fine. >> She flirted with Officer Chavez, the way a person flirts when they believe that being likable is a legal defense. She was playful. She was complimentary. She treated the traffic stop less like a law enforcement encounter and more like a conversation at a bar, which given that she had spent the evening drinking at work, might have felt natural to her. >> Sorry. >> Okay. What's your first name? >> Mandana. >> Mandana. Okay. Go ahead and step out here. I'm just going to do a couple tests on you just to make sure we're okay to drive. Okay. Do you have a jacket in the car? >> No. >> No. Okay. We're going to We'll walk over here and get out of the wind. >> You've never been pulled over before? Never? >> No. >> Okay. >> Let's walk over here facing me. Okay. >> Okay. Put your hands down. This is >> No one's here to hurt you. Okay. Um, >> do you have any type of physical injuries? Um, I have a a scoliosis. >> You have scoliosis. Okay. Do you have any type of traumatic brain injuries? >> Um, I have PTSD, anxiety, all that. >> Okay. But but no brain injury. >> Nothing like >> contacts in your eyes? >> No. >> Anything in your mouth? >> No. >> Show me. >> And you said 22 years old, right? >> Yes. >> Put your hands down. No one No one's going to hurt you. >> Just relax. No one's going to hurt you. I've >> been pulled over. I'm sorry. Okay. >> Okay. I'm going to do an eye test on you first. Okay. You see you don't have contacts in your eyes, right? >> No, I do wear glasses. I just accidentally left them working. >> Okay. Feet together just like that. Hands down to your sides. Okay. Can you see my finger? >> Yeah. >> What I want you to do is just follow my finger with just your eyes. >> Okay. >> Keep your head really still for me. >> Keep your head still. He asked if she would be willing to perform field sobriety tests. She said yes. This was the decision she would spend the next 3 months regretting. Not the drinking, not the driving, but the [music] tests. Because the tests are what proved she was impaired. The tests are what gave the officer probable cause to arrest her. Stay out here with it with your eyes. >> I'm sorry. >> I'm sorry. It's cold. Almost done. It's been a while. There we go. Okay, that scoliosis, what does it affect on you? >> Um, does my spinness just like the crookedness? >> Let Let me ask you this. If I ask you to do a couple tests, if you That's >> fine. >> Okay, just just listen. What I'm going to have you do is just walking heel to toe like this in a straight line and then standing on one leg like this for 30 seconds. Can you do that? Um, I don't have great balance to begin with. >> Okay. But does >> but I will try my best. I promise. >> Does the scoliosis affect that? >> A little bit. Yeah, because my spine curves to a point. So, it will >> offbalance. >> So, will the scoliosis affect your balance? >> Yeah, >> it does. >> Yes. >> Okay. That's all I need to know. >> Okay. I don't want I don't want to make you do something. What's that? >> Do you need to call my doctor? No, I'm not going to call your doctor at 10:30 at night. Okay. >> I don't want to make you do something that you can't do. >> Okay. That's not fair to you. Okay. Um, did you graduate high school? >> No. >> What grade did you get to? >> Uh, I got to 10th grade. >> You got to 10th grade? Okay. Do you have any problems counting? >> Uh, kind of. >> What What problems do you have counting? >> I'm very slow. I was in a GED. Every test designed to measure impairment confirmed what the officer already knew from the smell of alcohol, the slurred speech, and the swerving that had caught his attention in the first place. Handcuffs went on. She was arrested for driving under the influence. First offense, she was transported to the station. >> Did you get your GED? >> No. >> I was very, very low. My teacher left and we all had to drop out kind of. >> Let me ask you this. If I ask you to count backwards from the number 72 and stop at 51, can you do that? >> No. I'll be honest. No. Um, I never got that far. I'm going be honest. >> So, you couldn't count backwards from 72 to 51? >> I couldn't even calculate pluses and stuff like that. I'm going be honest. >> Okay. Let me ask you this. Can Do you know your ABCs? >> Yeah. >> I would assume you would know your ABCs, right? A A through Z. >> Yeah. >> Okay. What I want you to do is I want you to say the alphabet in the correct order going forward. Okay? >> But I want you to start at the letter I and then stop at the letter Q for me. >> Okay? >> Can you do that? >> Um, >> so think about it. Start at I and then stop at Q. >> I stop at Q. >> Yep. >> I J K L M N Oh my god. I'm not joking. I'm sorry. >> Why not? >> Huh? >> Why not? >> I'm just not. I >> get your PBT. >> I couldn't. I'm sorry. At this point, >> I'll be honest. I'm pretty drunk. Just Just arrest me. >> You're pretty drunk. >> Yeah. Just arrest me, please. >> Okay. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Cuz you you told me that you've only had >> Yeah, I What's in that? >> Yeah, I'm a very lightweight. >> I I understand that. Okay. >> Can we please just arrest me, please? >> Hold on. Hold on. cuz I'm so panic right now. >> Okay, hold on. Calm down. >> Let's do the rest of you. >> Totally calm down. >> I'm not good with all of that. I dropped out for a reason. I can't just arrest me. >> Can Can you hold on a second and let me explain how this goes? Let me just explain how this goes. >> Okay. If you've only had a little bit of that what's in there, you might not be over the legal limit. >> Okay. Okay. That's what I'm trying to get to with this. >> Okay. >> Okay. I'm trying to not arrest you. Okay. >> I know. I get it. >> Okay. >> All right. I'm going to use this on you. >> That's okay. >> Okay. Take take a deep breath in and then blow into the tube until I tell you to stop. >> Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Good. Good. Okay. Let me ask you this. Can you touch each one of your fingertips, tip of your thumb, like this? Can you do that? Yes. Okay. Perfect. I'm going to demonstrate a test to you and then I want you to do it. It's super important that you pay attention to what I'm telling you to do. >> In the 91 days between December 27th, 2024 and April 7th, 2025, she had time to reflect, time to learn, time to decide that the next time she drank, she would not drive. That is the lesson that a Dwey is supposed to teach. But somewhere in those 91 days, she arrived at a different conclusion entirely. Just this way. Just stand there for me. Okay. Just step forward a little bit. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> How how accurate? >> They're pretty good. They're usually like >> Yeah. Mine's always like within one. Mine's been broke. >> Well, yeah. Usually 012 between there will be >> anything you broke. >> No, but you can check. >> There's a little You know the cap on that one? >> The little like same cap on that one. There's a cap on the center. That's >> all right. >> Turn license. >> You might want to tighten these. They're >> What's that? >> They're a little loose. >> We just don't I'm trying to be super cool with you. >> I'm sorry. I'm sorry. >> Okay. Come on over here. >> Who do Who do you live with at home, young lady? >> Um my boyfriend. >> Your boyfriend? And at at Ridge? >> Okay. Okay. We're going to go over to this side right over here. >> Right. Right over here. Keep going over this way. >> Right there. >> Okay. Have a seat right there. >> Where's your phone at? >> Huh? >> It's in the car. I'll grab it for you. Do >> you want your wallet to go with you? Uh, >> I just want to call my boyfriend, please. My mom. >> Okay. for like the insurance. >> Okay. Can you do me a favor? >> Yeah. >> That seat belt that's right to your right there. >> Can you put that on? >> Yeah, of course. >> My god. >> Just pull it over. And then this the the clicker is right underneath your your your butt cheek right there. There you go. Pick it up. Perfect. Sweet. Throw it in there and we'll be good. >> [ __ ] >> Oh my god. I'm so sorry. >> Here's your phone. You can use it. >> I'm going to take you down to the Rear Rancho Police Department. >> Do you know where that's at? >> It's actually [snorts] kind of close to your house. >> It's It's right by 528 Northern >> and and then you'll be with me for about 45 minutes down there. After I finish the paperwork and stuff, I'll bring you down to the county jail right down right by 528 in Enchant Hills. And then and then they'll explain to you how to get out. >> So, >> okay. >> Who do I call like is it like a >> someone who can bail me out? >> There's there's no there's not a bond. So, when I get you down there, >> so can I call both my mom and >> you call review of warrant? >> In her mind, the chain of events was simple. She did the tests. She failed the test. She got arrested. Therefore, the solution was equally simple. Don't do the tests. If she had not agreed to perform the walk and turn and the one leg stand and the eye test, the officer would not have had the evidence he needed. She would have driven home. She would have been fine. This is the logic of a person who looks at a fire and blames the smoke detector. >> Yes, please. >> Okay. >> We're going to go towards this gray door right over there. Gray >> underneath the awning. Yep. >> Right over here. Yep. Come right here. We're going to go to our right right here. [snorts] Make a right there. Want to go in through that door that's on your left. Straight ahead. >> My left. >> Yep. >> Yep. Go to your left and then make another left and go right over there. >> Okay. going to have a seat right there, please. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, what I'm about to tell you is very important. So, I need you to listen to me. Okay. >> All right. >> First of all, you're under arrest for DWI. >> Okay. >> The New Mexico Pank Sin Act requires you to submit to a breath test to determine the alcohol content of your blood. After you take our test, you have the right to choose an additional independent test. >> Okay? If you choose to take this additional independent test, you have the right to a reasonable opportunity to arrange for a physician, a licensed nurse, lab tech, or technologist who is employed by a hospital or a physician of your own choice to perform an additional chemical test. The cost of this additional test will be paid for by the law enforcement agency. >> All right. >> Do you agree to take our test? Our test is going to be the breath test. >> I'll agree to take your hands test cuz I drink a lot. I'm not gonna lie. I did. [snorts] >> I'm sorry. >> Um, what's going to happen to my ring? >> Uh, we'll take all that stuff off when I get you back here. >> Sounds good. Cuz I did drink a lot. I'm not going to lie. I already told you before. Like I did drink. >> How long have you been working over at Little Caesars? >> Um, literally like two weeks. >> Two weeks. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Okay, go a second for me. Going over here. Deep breath in >> and then blow. Blow until I tell you to stop. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Good. Good. Good. Good. Okay. You have a seat. >> I'm not going to pass. I'm already telling you. >> What's up? >> I'm not going to pass it. >> She was transported to the Rio Rancho Police Department and at the station, she was asked to provide a breath sample. She complied with the breath test. Apparently, the strategy only extended to the field sobriety tests, not the breathalyzer. The machine returned a reading of 26. Then a second reading confirmed it. 26. The legal limit in New Mexico is 08. She was more than three times over. >> You'll be in here for about 30 35 minutes. >> Okay. You can use your phone all you want. That's the uh bathroom. >> Okay. >> Remember, you're in jail. You're not at the held. >> No. >> Okay. So, give me like 30 35 minutes to finish paperwork, then I'll get you down there. >> So, I can use them now. >> Do whatever you want. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> A few moments later. >> [snorts] >> Can you go that way? >> Yes. >> Okay. I got to go. Bye. >> Okay. >> Go over there and put your shoes on. >> All right. >> Okay. Go and stand up. Can I do your in front again? [snorts] >> When I get you down there, we're going to have to put him into the >> That's fine. >> into the back before you go into the uh facility. Okay. Okay. Got that. >> When you watch the two body cam recordings side by side, the similarities are so precise that they stop being coincidental and start being diagnostic. The same posture, the same sway, the same tilt of the head when she speaks, the same playful tone, the same attempt to turn a criminal encounter into a social one. Okay, this way around. Okay, just do this. You're >> handsome. >> Seriously. Okay, relax there >> and then do this. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Walk this way. We're going to go towards that door that's underneath the awning right there. >> Awning. Okay. >> Mhm. >> Yep. >> I know. be joking. But >> no, the >> right here. >> The ladies on this side are nice. >> Come in here. Go to your right >> and then you stand right there. >> You are hands. >> Your eyes are green. >> They are. >> Yep. >> You are hands. >> I appreciate that. >> I'm sorry to blush. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. This is bad. >> She got arrested because she drank and she drove. And no amount of refusal, no amount of flirting, and no amount of learning the wrong lesson [music] will change the fact that the body cam was rolling both times. Same city, same cops, same woman, different curb.