on November 1st 2022 Columbia County
dispatch received a 9-1-1 call reporting
a bicyclist had been struck by a vehicle
in Lodi Wisconsin
the caller witnessed the incident and
saw the Striking vehicle flee the scene
they were able to provide deputies with
a description of the vehicle in the
direction they went
a side view mirror was also found under
the bicyclist from the suspect's vehicle
moments later a Lodi police officer
located a vehicle they believed was
involved in the crash and notified
Columbia County deputies
the driver was identified as 43 year old
Marie Pinkston when she pulled over
driver
passing Mercedes I'm like oh that's
weird
the first thing she said was I thought I
hit a person so I'm being temporary
hi Marie
can I talk to you out here yes
affirmative
so tell me what happened please
[ __ ] my kids up from school
[Applause]
and I did hit something
where was this at right by my house I
thought I hit a sign and I'm like well
[ __ ] I just [ __ ] my car up
okay were you when this happened were
you on the road I was on the road
you know
so I just came from Rockford Illinois
because I picked my father-in-law up
last night so they could see him check
the treating okay
and I dropped him off I even got a
speeding ticket because I was going fast
I was going fast because I didn't want
to be late to pick them up
oh my God is the person okay ah
I I don't know that right now
um potentially not
um so okay so you left your house on Jay
and you were going I stopped home after
oh my God
this is a lot for me right now
I didn't mean to hurt anybody okay
so I came from Rockford I even got a
speeding ticket because I didn't want to
be late to pick them up yes I got the
tickets
and so I stopped at home
and then got my car to pick them up
and I was driving down the road I
dropped my phone I picked it up
I did hit something I thought I hit a
sign
because I there was nobody I didn't see
nobody I'm like oh [ __ ] I just hit
something of
and then you went to the schools grabbed
your kids yes and then how'd you end up
over here so we were gonna stop at the
gas station I forgot they had all the
candy from treating so I'm like well
let's go to the gas station they're like
stop there and then they said well you
know we don't need candy we have I'm
like okay fine what's gone then
okay so so you thought you had a sign
why didn't you stop the truck though
because I was going to be late to pick
my kids up
I've never been late to pick my kids up
and that's why I told the officer that
pulled me over
[Applause]
hello
I just like a person I just want my kids
to go somewhere if I'm going to jail
yeah yeah if somebody can come get the
kids that would be good am I going to
jail we gotta talk about a bunch of
things and figure a few things out
I just hit a person exam Maria is your
first name correct yes will you please
make sure the guy's okay or the person
that I hate
the ambulance did you see the ambulance
go by no just a few minutes ago take him
to the hospital I didn't see nothing
yeah I don't I don't know right now oh
my God
is there any way you can find out if the
person's okay
um so I think they're doing okay
ambulance okay yeah while speaking with
Marie the deputy detected an odor of
intoxicants coming from her person right
so today you came back from Rockford
with yourself yes
I was running late I got pulled over I
got a ticket
okay so I stopped at home to let my dog
out
kids up and I hit something you know I
thought it was a road signs
um how much alcohol have you had today
no no not at all no okay as I'm talking
to you I'm smelling something I drank
some last night okay how much did you
have last night oh I don't know we were
trick-or-treating I was drinking I got
pretty drunk last night in Rockford for
that or up here no up here
in by the school when was the last time
you had a drink
foreign
how much do you think you had to drink
that's what you just said
I got drunk I didn't get pretty drunk I
mean
you've had no alcohol today no
do any recreational drugs marijuana no I
just drove for hours
the reason I ask is I'm talking to you
I'm sorry I did I had a meeting with my
kids school this morning at 8 15 and
then I had to rush from there to pick my
father-in-law up in Waunakee
I thought you picked him up in Rockford
no I picked them up last night in
Rockford okay and I brought him here for
all for trick or treat and he stayed the
night so then I I got up and he had a
meeting with all his IEP teachers
and then I left there I went to Waunakee
to pick up my father-in-law my husband
took him
to work with them so I picked him up and
we went to Rockford
today yes so you went yesterday again
today yes so you dropped him off in
Rockford or yes
he lives in Rockford okay so how much
alcohol did you have today none okay
could you just you're kind of confusing
me with your story because it's good
I drank last night at trick or treat so
I went and picked my father-in-law up
last night I drove four hours to pick
him up I brought him here he stayed the
night
he lives two hours away so it's a
four-hour trip
so I picked him up I brought him here
he stayed the night we went
truck-a-treating
we had a couple drinks last night a few
drinks
me more than them but
then I woke up I had a meeting with his
teachers his IDP teachers
at 8 15.
so when I left there it was like 10
o'clock then I had to go to Waunakee
because my husband took his father to
work with them
he couldn't take him home so I took him
home
that was four hours I got pulled over
her what time
Danny I just had a human being
okay
okay I'm Gonna Let You Go okay I'm
probably going to jail is someone gonna
bail me out of jail
okay
I just hit him okay I know this is
serious I told you I hit a sign but I
hit a person
serious
I hurt somebody
so
Marie the first thing we need to do is
we need to make sure that you're not
impaired did I smell something coming
from your breath soon okay
okay so what I'll ask you to do is just
leave your phone in the car for now
we're gonna walk back here and we're
gonna do some field sobriety tests okay
just just leave your phone in the car so
it's not continuously ringing and
distracting
I'm not comfortable with that
I'm not leaving myself
what do you mean I gotta be able to
constantly yeah
and we're just going to be right up here
in front of this other car
s
all right let me call my husband real
quick okay hang on a second Marie
why do you need to call your husband
because he told me to no longer have
contact he said get a lawyer okay so
sobriety testing that does not require a
lawyer okay I need you to perform those
tests that's going to allow me to
evaluate whether you're actually
impaired or not or if it's just a stale
odor from last night's drinking okay
okay all right no I don't know
if this is correct okay well here we go
let's let's go to the front of that
truck let's talk there we already
covered you drank last night you haven't
had anything today
um you said you didn't take any illegal
drugs
um
do you have any medical or physical
conditions that affect your walking
balance coordination no you see me
walking right now just questions I have
to ask okay have you ever done field
sobriety testing before no so what we're
gonna do is there's a a few tests we're
gonna do that allows me to evaluate
those physical ability to operate them
so because of the light what I'm going
to have you do is just stand right here
where it's flat
okay what I'd like you to do stand with
your arms together
sorry your feet together and your arms
down at your sides you'll see the tip of
my finger okay I'm gonna move my finger
back and forth a bunch of times I want
you to follow with your eyes only just
keep your head still if you understand
I'll keep your head straight in your
head
keep your exhale please
foreign
so in that same position
what I'm gonna have you do and don't do
anything until I tell you to begin
I'm going to ask you to tip your head
back and close your eyes when you no not
today yet when I say begin in that same
position with your arms over sides that
tip back eyes closed I want you to keep
your eyes closed and your head to the
back after I say start for 30 seconds
okay when you think 30 seconds has
passed I want you to say stop
just don't count out loud that's all I
ask okay all right go ahead and tip your
head back and close your eyes and start
okay stop okay and how long was that
30 seconds
and how did you get to that one
Mississippi two Mississippi three
Mississippi I'm sorry I've got it
another way nope that's just I just want
to know you did it so the same thing
just put your feet together keep your
arms at your sides
I'm gonna have you follow the tip of my
finger again so what I'm gonna do is I'm
gonna move my finger and two circles
around your face and I'm gonna move my
finger towards your nose I'm not going
to touch your nose though okay just
follow my finger with your eyes as it
moves closer to your face okay do you
understand yep follow your fingers
follow my finger and then I'm not going
to touch your face okay
I'll try to keep try to keep your head
still
yeah I can't say that
okay
so from the position you're in
I'll just stay right where you're at
sorry
take one more step to your left just so
it's the flatter part of the road
they'll make sure nobody gets close so
what I'd like you to do it from where
you're standing straight down the
roadway imagine that there's a straight
line did you do that
nope just stay where you're at
take your left foot place it on that
line that you're imagining place your
right foot directly in front of it Heel
To Toe keep your arms at your sides and
stand in that position while I explain
this task do not begin until I ask you
to do to start okay go ahead and put
your feet in this position right in
front of left
right foot in front of left please
I like that first
so stay in that position don't start
until I ask you to begin so from this
position I'm going to ask you to take
nine you have to toe steps forward on
that imaginary straight line turn around
how I show you take nine feel to toe
steps back so I don't walk into traffic
I'm going to take three steps to
demonstrate
so from the starting position your first
step is one
two
three and so on until you reach nine
steps when you reach that ninth step
leave your front front foot on the
ground
like a series of small steps until
you're facing the other way and continue
one two
on that straight line when you do this
you're going to look at your feet count
your steps out loud keep your arms at
your sides
do not stop walking till you completed
the test take nine feel to those steps
forward turn around how I showed you and
take nine hit the toe steps back do you
understand the instructions uh I think
so okay do you have any questions okay
go ahead and begin
fun
two
this is like an incline
can I go this way
well that's going to put us in the
middle of the road no but it's like okay
let's let's do it let's step right step
right here and start there
two three
four five six
seven
eight nine
and then but is that what you said just
turn around how I showed you
go ahead and step back up here they'll
make they'll make sure we don't get hit
I have to say that they're watching
so the next thing I'm gonna have you do
and don't start until I tell you to
begin just stand with your feet together
and your arms to the sides when I tell
you to begin what I would like you to do
is raise one foot whichever one you're
more comfortable with about six inches
off the ground
wait can you say yep wait till I say to
begin raise your foot about six inches
off the ground Point your toe keep your
legs straight keep your arms at your
sides and look at your foot and count
one thousand one one thousand two one
thousand three and so on okay continue
doing that until I tell you to stop okay
okay yep if you want to face that way
that's fine
I'm not comfortable with this
go ahead and begin
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out loud please look at your phone
two three four five six seven eight nine
ten keep going keep going
it's not easy
I don't think that's gonna help that's
even more planted come come right back
up here
16 17 18.
okay I'm not doing that until I talk to
my husband
oh he's like not so clean on please
so I've done everything you asked me to
do are you are you willing to take a PPT
yes if he tells me I can okay well
you're an adult I am an adult
few decisions yep all right I'd like you
to just let me know yes or no now
do you let me talk to him I'll let you
know well I'm not gonna
delay things see this is why why can't
you let me talk to him and ask because
you're an adult I am an adult
okay
let me talk to my husband I need you to
face my truck please place your hands
behind your back
I do believe you are impaired right now
so you're being placed under arrest for
operating on attack skating causing
injury and operating while intoxicated
with your children in a car right
this is why you don't like police
because we're doing our job you hit
somebody they're seriously injured and
you didn't stop
I didn't know I hit somebody well it's a
beautiful clear day
there's set back for my trusses
do you have anything on your person I
need to be concerned with
I'm gonna have you sit here in the back
of my car
can I talk to someone why are you like
restricting me because you're under
arrest record
we can pass along whenever you need to
to him
big step so step on the yeah you're
downhill
I'll help you yep turn to your other way
s apart in my reach for a second in
addition your operating privileges will
also be suspended if a detectable amount
of rooster to controlled substances in
your blood will you submit to an
evidentiary chemical test of your blood
as a result of the accident the
bicyclist suffered a concussion and
fractures to their lower back
seat on the benchos off when they get
out here
just because I haven't told you yet
um
well how can I get charged with
something until you get the test results
back well the hit and run doesn't
require okay
Marie was charged with felony counts of
Hit and Run causing bodily harm and
injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle
she was released on a 500 signature bond
with conditions of maintaining absolute
sobriety and no possession consumption
of alcohol
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thank you