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around 11:55 p.m. on August 4th 2024 officers with the Edgewater Police Department were dispatched to the scene of a three-car crash on River Road in the vicinity of Hillyard Avenue patrolman John Hansen arrived on scene around 11:57 made contact with the driver of the 2015 Infinity QX60 he observed that the Infiniti had sustained severe front end damage and there was airbag deployment inside the vehicle the driver was identified as Lauren and she told patrolman Hansen that she was headed home and that she had just left volume up karaoke in Edgewater if you could just please find my phone oh is this your bag yeah I me one of them one of them do your course me in there or I don't even know it's like just makeup happen here's your phone case I didn't think I was I'm so sorry your phone's right there where where right there thank you so much he's right I got to help him I'm so sorry where you coming from I've never been in trouble in my life that's okay where are you coming from a couple blocks away I was just going home yeah where where was a couple blocks literally I don't know it's only like three blocks away I came from we at a restaurant no no I'm so sorry you have any medical conditions no no how much have you drink tonight no I do have um extreme anxiety okay and I do have a couple prescriptions in there yeah what kind of prescriptions patrolman Hansen asked her if she had consumed any alcohol earlier that evening she admitted to consuming three beers before operating a motor vehicle based on his suspicion of impairment Lauren was asked to perform field sobriety exercises how much of that have you had tonight no only one in the day only one in the day so how much have you had to drink today um maybe three beers three beers and what time was that at maybe 6 7:00 6 7:00 and where where were where did you say you were before I was at the um karaoke place karaoke place and you weren't drinking there yeah that's where I was drinking that's where you were drinking do you know what time it is yeah I know it's uh way after that way after that yeah okay did you hit your head at all I can't believe this I'm just going to cry in my eyes out I just don't even know I've never like I have a clean driving that's fine can you follow me over here yes 100% I have a clean driving record sry okay just I have never I have never stop up here I have not real quick I really thought I was F driving no yeah you're clearly not never ever ever ever ever okay ma'am ma'am focus on me can you put your phone down I'm going to run you through some field ofar testing okay anything wrong with your eyes do you wear glasses or anything yes you wear glasses I'm contacts okay do you have them in now yes you have your contacts in okay yes can you do me a favor can you turn off the front lights anything wrong with your legs no no no surgery never in my life have I ever ever ever ever ever patrolman Hansen started with the horizontal gaze mogus hgm test during the hgm test he observed the lack of smooth Pursuit distinct and sustained nagos at maximum deviation and the onset of nagus prior to 45 de the second exercise was the walk and turn test during the walk and turn test Lauren failed to touch Heel To Toe on each step took an incorrect number of steps and failed to turn the final exercise was the oneel leg stand test and Lauren failed to raise her foot in the proper fashion and used her arms for balance drove drunk what you did tonight I'm so so sorry yeah okay I didn't mean to if I knew I did I wouldn't have yeah so you had a couple beers what did you drink tonight I only had three too people like the um okay I don't even know what they're all right what I what I want you to do I just want you to focus on my finger okay tip of my finger all right I'm going to move it from your left to right and you're not not going to move your head you're going to keep it you're going to follow with your eyes and your eyes only do you understand okay same thing but my finger is going to go up Okay cool so the next test you're just going to keep your hands at your sides okay you're going to put your left foot on an imaginary line you could call myself on again just focus on me okay you can call him after are you going to focus on me or no yeah so I need you to put your foot on know you could use that straight line right there you can put your right foot in front of it you're going to keep your hands at your sides you're going to stay in that position till I tell you to begin do you understand do not start until I tell you to begin heel the toe can you do heal the toe for me yes can you put your Heel To Toe like I am mhm you're going to take nine Heel To Toe steps I'm taking three as a demonstration do not start till I tell you to begin so your right foot in front of your left like I am do do you see my feet mhm okay one two three I did three you're going to do nine when you get to the ninth step you're going to make a series of small steps okay all right and then you're going to do nine again and you're going to count out loud do you understand my instructions y you may begin 1 2 3 4 5 10 7 9 are you continuing the test you said nine huh you said nine right I said nine and then you're going to make a series of small steps turning around do nine additional steps I'm okay one last test for me okay hands hands at your sides okay you're going to raise your foot any foot of your choosing when I tell you to begin raise your foot you're going to count out loud when I tell you to begin hands at your sides yeah okay when I tell you to begin you're going to raise it up with your heel parallel to the floor okay you're going to count out loud 1001 10002 10003 till I tell you to stop do you understand mhm you may begin 1002 1003 1004 1005 keep going I didn't tell you to stop keep going 1006 sorry 1789 2010 2011 okay all right so right now I believe you do be impaired based on the motor vehicle accident her admission to consuming alcohol earlier and her inability to adequately perform the field sobriety exercises Lauren was placed under arrest the driver of the Jeep Grand Cherokee was transported to Palisade Medical Center for further evaluation after Lauren was placed under arrest her vehicle was impounded for a 12-hour hold according to John's law patrolman Hansen transported Lauren to the Edgewater Police Department for further processing okay so you're under arrest for driving Under the Influence my oh my God I can't believe it's problem all right so we're going to go in the back back of my car I can't call my husband nope you're under arrest right now anything in the car that needs I can't take yeah we'll look for it yeah well I'll let you I'll let you call him okay just you got to give me a second I never in my life been around okay well unfortunately tonight you are I'm sorry all right just real quick this is on camera everything's on camera there's nothing in there I'm so sorry this hurts can you please help me this the right the right one can you help me it hurts okay Lean Forward ow ow can you please help me with the right one what's wrong with it it hurts really bad this one right here I am not running away from you I get you sir it's just protocol right I get it I can't believe this I've never in my life okay here you can take your arm out do me a favor put your arms in front of you okay okay your arms in front I've never in my life had a in sorry so sorry real quick you're being you're being right okay well if I ever thought I was too Dr to drive I would have never Dr I'm so sor so you've been Cooperative with me I'm going to keep these in front so it's a little more comfortable I'll never I'm so sorry I would have never ever J if I thought I was just relax for me for a minute all right I'm going to turn on the air 49 headquarters re I didn't look at it I clear signs of impairment she failed every yeah I saw I saw it from where I was standing so ma'am I didn't I didn't see anything in your eyes that that indicated you might be injured but are you hurt no I'm just so sorry I never done anything like I get mistakes happen right but you're not hurt there's an ambulance do you need to be looked after please you need medical attention please okay what's wrong so I can tell them what's wrong so I can tell them I don't know you don't know I just need my husband please you need your husband do you need an ambulance please let me get my husband please we'll let you get your husband but right now I'm asking if you need medical attention I don't need medical I'm sorry all right any luck these are ke house keys I left the car key right up there um he has her ID oh you got the ID yeah she has like a little wall she came from I think this karaoke spot no way that's all she got that's the one she got yeah that Co yeah Dam kid can't catch a break [Music] hello you good bro yeah I just got to I'm going to back it up and get the bumper off so I can put it can't catch a [ __ ] brake with your car yeah no it's my friend's car but this is definitely socks for him I sold it to him but I just paid for the insurance for now because he has transferred over you hit into that car yeah she he he was at the light red light stopped where all the where all the debris is he was sto there she hit him so hard he said he smacked her she just pulled up there she was probably right in front of him okay yeah trifect it she hit you yeah I wasn't in the car thank god oh you weren't no he's in the car he's in the hospital he's in going theit we we don't need a toll for this right no no take care of the car he just told me to come take care of the car cuz it's drivable I'll drive but the funny thing is it is under my truns too so should the other officer grab your ID yeah yeah okay did he ask you what happened yeah I mean yeah I told him what happened you told him okay I just want to make sure he he knows before you go okay all right um what's wrong with your ribs yeah just my back like here starting to feel it then my is is getting worse all right did he get get your phone number no no no no no we're going to be following up just to see what's going on with you um what is it what's going on it's okay listen listen you yeah it's in the par seat I have let it no listen ma'am ma'am listen is this the only thing you need out of the car your keys I promise you I've never been in trouble before that's fine that's okay listen we just got to finish some stuff up okay you're going to be okay listen ma' what's your name Lauren all right Lauren so my name's officer Hansen we're going to take you back to headquarters okay we're going to do some paperwork and then we're going to call your husband and he can come pick you up all right okay yeah when we get back just I just I want to advise you I just want to advise you your rights to remain silent okay everything's being recorded just I advise your rights to remain silent um so Quint wasn't in the car was the other one yeah was the guy got his name and phone number just in case he has a p so I don't know if he has broken ribs or anything I got his DL and everything and the insurance for that car appar that lady is itching to get out of here yeah she's got some chest pain but that's about it I'm going to write her a case card I'm going to get her going all right I'm just going to back should I just go back you you're ready to go right I'm good to go yeah yeah 100% yeah you're good Evan do you need him you need the ambulance I need him he's good to go okay [Music] oh we'll call him when we get back there for you okay all right just do me a favor and relax case number is going to be 2024 01 card's over here no it's in your Jesus [Music] some quars one female under I'm going to start transport mileage is going to be 13 746 I never been in trouble in my life re one female 13746 time 06 justff telling is being called Top Gun deferred never I not that person I would it over I'm so sorry please don't once we get back I'll let you call him okay you can call whoever you want to call we just got to start the paperwork and you'll be going you'll be going home I am 43 I'll be following 49 it's fine mistakes happen 3 43 following 170 17 I'm so sorry okay ma'am I'm just going to advise you again you have the right to remain silent okay anything you say will be used against you in court so I advise you to remain silent I don't know [Music] what oh [Music] go I've never been the back police I've never had don't me never iage I'm so sorry SC [Music] yeah I have your purse ma'am yes ma'am I have your I have your purse it's up here I have the keys to your house it looks like all right 9 and qu any mileage 13748 can you open the S P I don't know what to [Music] doest just relax right for right now okay I never ever been in trouble ever I I never would never welcome to infocop 6.3 I'm so sorry officer listen we got to do some paperwork and then we'll let you call I get it I'm not I'm not that person I'm so sorry you need help getting out I'm so sorry I would never drove if I thought I wasn't able to drive I'm so sorry you don't know I'm not that person at the station she was read the standard statement for motor vehicle operators and she agreed to submit breath samples I'm not I ever can you help me with your arm let's get it out of the yeah okay can you step out for me you need help you got it I'm so sorry let me take this one off you don't understand never that officer okay just take a breath how about this while we're we're speaking can you just start your jewelry please what jewel take that okay I'm so sorry it's okay you know you don't have to apologize okay yes I do I would never ever ever i' never I'm [ __ ] almost 40 years old I never ever got any trouble in my life I would never do this if I thought I never I'm so sorry years old and I never got C my life I would never I would never ever ever go [Music] to I have a clean record like I I can't believe it I can't believe this I'm sorry that I can't her Alka test results indicated a BAC of 0.21% comma which was more than double the legal limit of 0.08% after they were finished proc Us in Lauren she was released to her mother pending her court appearance after she signed the potential liability warning on Lauren's behalf patrolman Hansen issued Lauren the following citations operating Under the Influence reckless driving and careless driving operate motor vehicle causing property damage my didn't call out okay so I'm sorry I'm not all right let's go into the processing room we just got we're going to start the paperwork okay so we can get you out of here all right if she's doing that you can I'm going to start the computer then camera