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dispatched to 300 in Riverside Avenue after Tricom central dispatch received a cellular telephone crash notification officer Patel first arrived on scene and noticed that a 2016 niece on Juke had sustained severe FR 10 damages after crashing into the front ledge of the electric substation building he made contact with the driver of the Nissan who was identified as Maria I'm in South Alan you in South algen yeah okay you're not hurt though right no I'm fine okay try got 305 happy 20 don't turn your car on I'm not going to tell you again I I didn't she's in South Al right now huh she's in South Alan right now show 1095 information in a minute you okay yeah what happened I don't know you don't know what happened no okay fine are you injured at all no not at all not at all how' you end up over here I don't know okay but there's guy him so he's GNA ask but just 43 he's daing he saw Tesla traveling also leftest found on that same street so they might have been picked up by that you okay yeah all right what's your name Maria yeah okay what do you want H hold off in that for a second uh your driver's license how about some insurance for the car is it it's like it's on my phone it's on your phone yeah want it uh we'll get to that in a little bit all you still living on yep okay how did this all happen we Christmas party we Christmas party okay you realize you got in a crash right yep okay how did the crash happen bur Christmas par okay where was that at um it was started in Glen Allen okay and ended in more Brey in where Brey more Brewery more Brewery more bre St okay do you know where you're at right now no you have no idea where you're at I I don't know where I am in where you headed where are you headed to like where are you trying to get to right now my house where's that at in South Elgen in South Elgen okay um were you where is the last place you were at in mury in St Charles okay what time did you get there I couldn't tell you I'm sorry all right what time did the work Christmas party start I couldn't tell you okay um okay Maria how much did you have to drink tonight not much how much is not much Maria told officer Patel that she was in South algen even though she was in St Charles Sergeant Bradley Schumacher arrived on scene shortly afterwards and began his DUI investigation as he was speaking with Maria Sergeant Shumacher detected the odor of alcohol and observed other indicators of impairment when Maria was asked where she was coming from she told Sergeant shimaka that she had left a work Christmas party and that she was headed home she stated that she had been at more Brewery in St Charles which does not exist however there is a more Brewing Company Brewery in Bartlett Illinois uh two white claws two white claws yeah that's it that's it okay that's it about what time did you drink those you I went to like two other places after that so I was like they fine okay um let me ask you this what's your uh what's your highest level education give me one second here do you want this mind you want it do you want it no uh what's your uh what's your highest level education Mar part of college part of college okay do you know the English alphabet yeah okay um can you do me a fav can you uh turn my radio you can hear me can you uh can you recite the English alphabet for me from the letter d as in David to W is in William so starting at D and ending at w when Sergeant Schumacher asked her if she had anything to drink she admitted to consuming to White Claus earlier that evening she was asked to recite the alphabet from W to D but she was unable to do so she was subsequently unable to count backwards from 58 to 37 as well since she had been involved in a car crash Sergeant Shumacher waited for First Responders with the St Charles Fire Department to come on scene and evaluate Maria she ultimately declined transport to the hospital after she was cleared by First Responders Sergeant Shumacher asked Maria to perform field sobriety exercises w d mhm starting at D and ending at w wxy Z WXYZ okay I'm so sorry it's not wrong no no you're okay you're okay just relax we're just talking do you know how to count in English do you know how to count in English 1 2 hang don't do anything yet do you know how to count in English yes okay um I want you to count backwards from 58 to 37 so starting at 58 and ending at 37 58 57 56 56 55 54 53 52 51 550 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 32 60 61 62 sweet are we still you going why you go step on out okay we're going to chat out I don't like this I don't like this game it's not a game I don't like okay um I'm sorry I'm so sorry I'm so I don't like this game you're okay okay um [Music] here's I don't like this I don't like this let me ask you this I don't like this do you do you feel like you're injured at all as a result of hitting no I don't I just don't like the situation I'm in okay why don't you like the situation you're in I [ __ ] up okay um well here's what happened what happened well you got in an accident yeah know that my cousin is coming to get okay um so here's here's the first thing we're going to do um you're saying you're not injured at all your airbags deployed I want this doesn't mean you have to go to the hospital but I want the the paramedics just to check you out sure I'm fine I'm fine fine I'm fine let's do that I'm fine um just to make sure that that you're okay um that doesn't that doesn't mean you have to go anywhere we're can I call someone come get me huh we we'll get to that in a little bit okay I don't like this so let's uh hang on so listen listen to me we're just going to the paramics are right down the street we're just going to have have them come check you out that doesn't mean you have to go anywhere you can sit down sit down it's fine that's fine that's fine okay so where where again were you at in St Charles I couldn't tell you you couldn't tell [Music] me we'll do with that in a second I still want you falling over why don't you I don't want I just want to call someone come be here hang just just in a second we got some other stuff to take care of before we do that so why don't you just have a seat know I [ __ ] up I'm sorry okay why do you say you [ __ ] up cuz I'm a dumbass how so cuz I'm a dumbass okay what what makes you what makes you a dumbass can we just stop okay can we just take a breath I'm I'm breathing I'm a dumbass okay why don't you why don't you sit down phone my phone we'll find your phone in a little bit why don't you just sit down okay my phone please close the door um we're going to we're going to keep it open the ambulance will be here in just a second CL this door let's let's just keep them open for a sec oh co D try to call someone in a minute just relax I can't I need to call someone no I'm sorry I'm panicking I'm sorry there's no reason to panic Maria there's no reason to panic I'm I'm panicking just just hang out your can need to call someone just hang out just a second 1385 134 check 1719 1719 a plot in this area for a Spanish speaker disconnected we're going to have our always feels the longest when you like want it now walk over there we go can I close the window the door just they're pulling up in just a second they're going to come they're going to come talk to you listen we're we're going to get you into the ambulance can I close any door is that we shut that door we're going to shut that door for you okay thank you a little bit warmer all right yeah can you we're going to keep this one open cuz I got to I got to see you [Music] he sir how are you um so some intoxication may have played a role in this uh we're still looking into that uh in the meantime before I continue on with that we just want to make sure that she's medically okay she said she's not injured uh the airbags deployed but just want to cross that off before we move forward with our stuff is she Cooperative she's she's a little antsy but she's Cooperative fine she say she's not injured uh I'm fine I'm really fine hi what's your name Maria okay Maria so I believe you fine yeah but we just have to the reason I asked for that yeah car not TR that's why it says start yeah but if we end up going around and watching pictures and everything so I just figure we hold off well that's why an ambulance coming we're going to get you in the bath no no I'm not going to want bath gam okay yeah are you is anything hurting no I'm not going in the back of the ambulance you don't understand I'm not doing that no no I'm not doing that okay I'm not so Mar I I understand whole things you do whatever you want I'm not going in the back said you wanted to get out of the cold though I no I I guess that no understand understand me I'm not going the back of the ambulance okay you do whatever you want okay I'm not going back of that's the only not going for what reason I want to know what what else she did seen forever and wanted to bring me into an ambulance and I freaked out that's the only reason like I have no problem more breweries than barland and then one in a Huntley oh that's a real thing yeah Jesus she could have come down 64 and smacked she's going south how the hell she get end up here though she going bar Tech any drugs or alcohol no I like it so there's a more Brewery Bart Bartlet and Huntley well she said in St Charles more in St Charles that's probably one of the previous ones no there is never previous a more more is only two ples that's it St Charles never had it take any medications on a daily basis any you're not hurting anywhere no she's not I just ran her know what what I heard though no maybe that uh bavia oh did you roll up on this I did yeah I like I saw that when I was coming from the P yeah no uh someone called oh oh no the autom phone and then I was coming from rers VI I see that I'm like oh yeah this vehicle is not moving with the lights on when I pulled up I thought for sure no one's in the car yeah I called it up there's a single vehicle accident with the driver airb deployment want to get going aimless for [Music] nothing do a refusal the hospital where do you work Maria Char where do you work what's that okay that's what that's what the Christmas party was for yeah it was in janova and South there gotcha do you have a good time at least yeah good good [Music] something else too you're being doesn't mean you're going to hospital yeah you think so huh oh sideswiped do you uh I go start checking around maybe cars on the street how old are you are at bro and you repeat your address that last night I was outside the car for like 3 minutes and even the gloves on my hands I was like pain six experience between the two of Happ he that fire Aroma a big D on fire earlier today where at look super excited about yeah no it's not I'm sorry okay so one last time did you want to handle this huh no you can hand it you keep saying you can hand it you want to handle it no no no you it's one of those days just need you to do a crash repord I can probably log in and do it and maybe a hit and run report ifel can find that part so you [Music] knowy I'm going to give this back to you thank you phone number um my phone my cell phone yep and you said no medical history no there's definitely a side swipe or something got bigger than that to take off the here maybe not where she come through don't yeah huh that's a tire tire track sh hit that like that hit it over [Music] I think you should be seen by an amulance first name and Prince your first and last name in this flight stage your name initial right here in this blank and sign just wait at the ambulance probably going to clear you I wonder where they went cuz they came they're from the East side but I saw them come from the West oh my God car in park I can't see yes can you take the key are the keys out there's no keys okay it's in park I can like put in dry no you're good just like that you're good all right you don't door no we're going to be getting out here in just a second okay can I just close the door I'm a cold just for the reason let's uh let's have you step out and can get this ball rolling okay we're going to go talk over here Ser yeah we're just going to chat over here okay all right you're okay right over I want talk I know well the the more Cooperative you are no 100% hey come here come here no no no no no no wrong way wrong way sorry sorry sorry Sor sorry my bad come up here we're going to go right here stand right here face me right here all right let's work through this okay yep uh just real quick uh were you involved in this crash no you weren't I mean did you no who who was involved in it I mean guess yes me I guess okay no one else was involved with me you were the you were the only one in the car and you were driving when the trash happened is that correct okay um so Maria kind of walk me through this I understand that you had to work Christmas party today that was in a couple different locations okay where was this work Christmas party at it was between janova and uh I guess sou area okay like different places in those towns okay what types of places were these that you went to toy bar like just no like little bar TI with pie okay how many bars did you go to would you say in total two two and what ones were those Hills and whatever bar in St Charles Hills and whatever bar in St Charles okay um what time did you get to the first bar about God 6 o' 5:00 um and what time would you say you left that bar and came to the one in St Charles recently I just got there okay um do you know without looking at the clock do you know about what time it is right now no okay if you had to guess what time do you think it is 212 7 7 p.m. or a.m. no p.m. okay I got you okay um what bar in St Charles were you atav I'm sorry are you familiar with the St Charles Area okay but you were at a bar in St Charles okay what time did you get to that one we left St Charles we left South oan at 4:30 4:45 5:00 okay and what time did you leave the bar in St Charles now okay so just before this crash happened now okay um and and uh how much uh at in total tonight how much alcohol did you have to drink two white claws two white claws yes okay what time did you drink those two white claws anytime between 4:00 and now anytime between 4:00 and now that's all I've drinking all night for white claws um like what size were the white claws normal normal like cans standard four size did you uh did you finish those two yeah okay well that's it okay um have you anything to eat tonight well we had our like Christmas party okay and it was like a standard meal okay okay um what time was that meal at 4:30 3:00 something like that um do you know what town you're in right now no okay where are you heading to South Ocean going home South Al going home okay uh before this crash were you following directions were you just going home because you did you know how to get go home okay uh how did this crash happen I want to go home okay how did the crash happen I want to go home okay um do you have any medical conditions any other medical conditions okay um any other drugs or substances today nothing perfect so what we're going to do is we're just going to we're try to get you warm here in just a minute we're just going to do a couple exercises okay uh totally fine if you're cool with that yeah just I got you so if you just just cooperate with me I understand you're cold I'm told to um just cooperate with me and we'll get through this okay any eye problems or have normalities nothing you wear contacts I have contacts yes okay hard lens or soft lens soft lens soft lenses and those are in right now yeah okay um what I want you to do is I want you to stand with your heels and Toes together nope nope come forward come up in front of this line there right there okay heels and Toes together try to stand straight up and put your arms down to your sides like this just like that okay stay just like that all right the first feel sobriety exercise was the horizontal Gaye nagus hgn test during the hgn test Sergeant Schumacher observed the lack of smooth Pursuit and distinct sustained nystagmus at maximum deviation and the onset of nystagmus prior to 45° the second exercise was the walk and turn test during the walk and turn test Maria did not touch Heel To Toe on each step turned him properly and failed to keep her arms at her sides the third exercise was the one leg stand test during the one leg stand test Maria failed to raise her foot in the proper fashion and put her foot down before the test was complete you're going to keep your head still and you're going to follow the movement of my stimulus with your eyes only you're going to keep following my stimulus with your eyes only until I tell you to stop my stimulus is going to be my right index finger do you understand the instructions your right answer got it okay so you're just going to watch my right finger you're not going to move your head you're just going to follow my finger with your eyes and your eyes okay I'm sorry I'm try to face down open your eyes up I'm not blinding you just look at the tip of my finger okay you're just going to follow my finger with your eyes and your eyes only [Applause] keep your head straight sorry you're okay nope look at my finger just your eyes here look at my finger and follow my finger with just your eyes almost done with this one just keep fall just your [Music] eyes almost done all keep your eyes open I'm trying guys sry you're okay I'm going to have you move in here in just a second watch my finger we're about done we're going to go straight up one more time straight up okay Maria any physical problems or disabilities no nothing that would affect you walking in a straight line or raising one foot Perfect all right um what I'm going to ask you to do step back to your cuz this is a nice level surface right here this part of the step right in front of this crack here step right there right where my light's at okay take one more step forward stop I'm going to ask you to imagine a straight line in front of you extending all the way out as far as it can go that way and straight back to your feet a nice straight line you got that M okay um what I'm going to ask you to do is I'm going ask you to put your left foot on that line I'm 1385 there you go now place your right foot on the line ahead of your left foot with the the heel of your right foot against the toe of your left foot and put your arms down to your sides can I get a ambulance for an I'm going demonstrate that your left foot on the line right foot on the linee of your left foot with the heel of your right foot against the toe of your left foot and your arms to your sides okay and it is maintain this position until I've completed the instructions do not start to walk until I tell you to do you understand the instructions so far what's that got it got it okay when I say begin take nine Heel To Toe steps on the line turn around and take nine Heel To Toe steps back on the line make your turn by keeping your front foot on the line and turn by taking a series of small steps with the other foot I'm going to demonstrate that for you okay so you're in that starting position we're still trying to determine what left foot on the line right foot on line your left foot with the heel of your right foot against toe your left foot your arms to your sides I'm going to demonstrate three steps you're going to take nine so nine heel toe steps on the line one two three keeping your front foot on the line you're going to turn by taking a series of small steps with the opposite foot and you're going to take nine he toas back on the line one two three all the way to nine sorry I'm cold you're okay so nine that way and nine back that's correct all right keep your arms at your sides at all times watch your feet at all times and count your steps out loud once you start walking don't stop until you've completed the test do you understand the instructions okay nine forward nine backwards get get in that starting position left foot on the line right foot ahead of your left foot arms to your sides put your right foot ahead your left foot begin and count your first step as one n there n heeps forward and N he all right yes ma'am got 21 28 okay go ahead and step back over here and face me we got one more to do all right go and step back up in front of the crack here right where my light's at up here up here up here further you by the where my my lights at right there stop okay place your heels and Toes together and your arms at your sides just like I am here okay do not start the test until I tell you to do you understand yep when I tell you to raise either foot approximately 6 in off of the ground keeping your raised foot parallel to the ground you must keep both legs straight and your arms to your sides hold that position while you count off allowed in the following manner 1001 1002 13 and so on until I tell you to stop I'm going to demonstrate for you okay you're in that starting position you're going to choose either foot you're going to raise it approximately 6 in off of the ground keeping your raised foot parallel to the ground and your legs straight arms to your sides hold that position you're going to count out loud like this 1,1 1,2 13 1004 1005 and so on until I tell you to stop keep your arms to your sides at all times and watch your raised foot do you understand the instructions yes can one of you guys give me 30 if you don't mind you have a watch or something I'm cold you have a watch sorry can we get like a blanket or something work phone has a timer on it right should hang on one second okay can I go Zoom my car we're about done okay I'm sorry I'm cold okay this get just counting up yeah okay all right go ahead and get in the starting position heels and toys other arms to your sides okay sorry when I say begin you're going to begin okay yeah one second here okay go ahead and begin no this is the one where you raise your foot up oh this is one I'm sorry I'm sorry okay go ahead and stop uh Maria uh on a scale between 0 and 10 with zero being not intoxicated at all you haven't had a single drink and 10 being the most intoxicated you ever been uh where would you put yourself right now I don't know six six okay uh do you think it's safe for you to have been operating a vehicle tonight you do think it was safe for you to be driving based on the motor vehicle crash Herm mission to consuming alcohol and her inability to adequately perform the field sobriety exercises Sergeant Shu mocker placed Maria under arrest for driving Under the Influence after she was handcuffed Maria was placed in the patrol car and transported by Officer wrencher to the St Charles Police Department for further processing okay well I disagree um I need you I need you to cooperate with me right now okay you're going to place your hands behind your back you're being placed under arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol okay cold we're going to get you warm in just a second you got a minute thank you I'm not resisting we're just trying to get your wrist okay make sure it's not too tight for you whatever you want yeah I'm sorry I'm okay we're going to get you warm in 15 seconds here okay those aren't too tight are they where's that c at yeah that's my yeah oh stop where's it CAU it and like I don't know what on my neck so I don't know on your neck okay yeah can can let me go and I'll let go hang can we put it in the pocket bra it's underne it's like just unzip the front so I can grab it yeah just no no she's good where zip the front so I can grab the rest of the St can we uncp this yeah I just we're going to go get you warmed up there okay turn around who can assist with transporting who want to stay with the cost I can take the 1050 my hands are so cold can you drive br [Applause] 95 with one for 55 start the next to please watch your step am I get in yep in just a second you have anything in your pockets no I no P anything all right hang one okay watch your Stu a lot back how's that feel no trying hold on there you go all right I'm just going to put the seat belt on you and you're nice and warm okay can you un I'm not going to go anywhere it's a short drive okay so just sit back here sit back can you take my hood off I can take your hood off thank you all right sit back okay you have my my wallet right here thanks CH you coming yeah I'm driving right back with you want I don't know if you want to grab those other phones and put it in hey madis um no we're good to search for the DUI um but no impound because of the damage okay um so we don't even need a tow sheet oh she just pick it up for the crash um wherever it goes we'll give her the toe company uh do you see any other phones in here okay I thought I saw a phone in side pocket there is one I swear I saw one on the back seat but I might have been mistaken huh got bring what oh here there's a phone back there yes phone we'll bring the bag um it will bring the pur this purse and that should be good this no it's just no no impound cuz it's disabled and we'll just uh told do the crash you could just grab some you want decent pictures what we call this I'm going to go look for more than that I a hit run if it's just if she hit another car on the way here no uh would yeah obviously but this snow I there's a good chance these branches up here here did that depending on how far out they stuck like that's a pretty long one depending on how long far out that stuck they may very well have caused these these scrapes here yeah um but who knows I think Patel went to look and if you want to measle around too we'll see if anybody else reports anything we call this um I would say it's chipped but not like structurally or anything so yeah I mean I would say it's damag but City that's City yeah 300 North Riverside the whatever Electric Plant um yeah ually grab picture i' appreciate it got it cool all right I'll see you back [Music] there back on 1354 I'm going to be transporting 1 female 1095 back to the PD for booking starting rile is going to be 7190 7109 1331 Dr certified in 10 to 15 [Music] on [Music] [Music] [Music] I [Music] [Music] all drag down 1354 on 23 with ending ending my be 71092 71092 I'll be 106 booking for at the St Charles Police Department Maria agreed to provide breath samples her breathalyzer test results indicated a back level of 0. to 38% which was nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08% after they finished processing Maria she was later released to a friend pending her court appearance [Music] [Music] all right Maria Maria come on swing your feet out for me I'm going to help you out yep I'm going to get you out of those as soon as you get your feet out nope you're not stuck yeah I am nope I got you nope you're in handcuffs swing your feet out I can't I can't you can just swing your feet out I'll help you out ow can you yep as soon as we get inside yeah no okay here right over this bench I take them off okay y right over here yep come on oh it's caught on your jacket no why isn't this coming off hold on I know pension hold on hold on stop rotating so I can get this one off there you go all right take your coat off for me okay we have a SE spinch right here okay oh careful you all right yeah ear are buzzing Maria was charged with the following driving Under the Influence alcohol 6 to5 ilcs 511 50182 driving Under the Influence BAC .08 or more 625 I cs51 to 5001 A1 improper lane usage 6 to 5 ilc S5 11 to 7009a failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident 625 ilcs 511s to 6001a expired registration 625 iil CS 5/3 to 413f all right while you're in here I'm going to keep this loose so it doesn't pinch your hand okay but I got to keep you connected to the bench I'm fine my ears are just buzzing I'm sorry yeah cuz you're cold you'll warm up shortly okay that's nice and loose okay mhm [Music]