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quickly all right did I see anybody I'm trying to remember now my unforunately not on right now around 10:49 p.m. on July 22nd 2024 officers with the little silver Police Department were dispatched to the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving a white 2017 Mercedes G that had struck a pole on Mitchell place near Oaks Road Sergeant Steven seir with the little silver Police Department arrived on scene around 10:51 p.m. he observed that the Mercedes had sustained severe front end damages and there was airbag deployment inside the vehicle he made contact with the residents who lived near the crash scene and they informed him that the driver of the vehicle had fled the scene [Music] is got an extra flashlight mine [ __ ] just died and just take more I have like five and I don't know where any of them are um I just going to keep looking for this chick yeah she might have went that way cuz the guy said at this house here said he came out the front door and didn't see anybody yeah I'll keep looking around but yeah the lady on uh she was up here she said she had somebody run across D so I don't know all right I'll I'll thanks hey Che all right yes see even get a phone on for the person their parents on anybody y cuz looking to see what they have yeah they crush this pole here no that's it's actually okay um I'll give you the poll number on the phone you Bravo Tango 540 Lima Bravo actually you know what yeah hit uh JCP now or who wants this pole uh you hit oh it's cracked it's going to be need replace yeah thanks yeah it's going to have to be replaced it's got to be replaced yeah it's it's like splintered down the middle here I bet you if these if it wasn't being held up it' be it fall this guy uh we hit that at a pretty good oh yeah and you know what there are no skit marks in the no SK marks no skit marks on the lawn uh crazy yeah he came there a turn turn back after he all the way down here else him right into the [Music] PO come down here oh yeah realize I think they' ventured your car right what they ventured your cars here a few times right yeah yeah occasionally they never they never got it cuz we you know they the keys weren't in yeah smart enough I you I don't know if you were here a couple years ago when there two Range Rovers drove down here and then they went over to the rson country club and stole a car and then but I was like oh my gosh two rain throws were zipping down our road not realizing it doesn't end the way they wanted to yeah they they crash them all the time they don't care this this is as small as is I mean to to crack a phone for guys you can't imagine noise hiding 10 F running watch your 20 excuse me 42 i p she's running in the bush running in the bushes 410 Rumson Road ma'am get get over here now get over here now I'm sorry 410 rson road I'll be out with her I got what's going on I'm sorry I don't know come over here I [ __ ] up my life take take a seat on the front of my bumper and we'll talk will never you oh my god what what's going on put here put your bag down I'm I'm a mom okay and I'm going for a divorce okay and I [ __ ] up my life really bad okay what all right just try and catch your breath here okay what's your name what you all right no I [ __ ] up my life really bad okay are you injured I'll start with that no I'm not injured I just ruined my life you crashed the car I ruined my life ma'am stand up for me and I only left because nobody was injured okay are you injured no let start with that I made I told nobody was injured and I said I made sure I said no injur so I'm going to go cuz I don't want the car to explode okay and he's said okay go all right you want to stand up for me yeah you're not hurt no I'm not hurt okay I just I'm I know that this is the end of my life what's what's the end of your life because because I where's my car and I just started walking aimlessly in circles thinking how this is ruin my life I how am I going to take care of my kids how old are you 20 I'm not old I'm 42 years old okay and how old are your kids I have two kids that live with me full time patrolman Andrew White was patrolling the surrounding streets looking for the suspect and he eventually Lo located the suspect in front of a residence in Rumson Road Sergeant skar also headed over as patrolman White made contact with the suspect the woman was identified as Melissa and she told the officers that she was going through a divorce and that she had been with her friend earlier that evening she denied consuming any alcohol after the crash but admitted to consuming alcohol earlier that evening based on their suspicion of impairment Melissa was asked to perform feel sobriety exercises yeah take a breath think are you okay have a seat on the Little Rock Wall there have a seat on the Little Rock Wall right there you want to start the bus oh my my in like five minutes hey course we're out with that driver can you just have rson stand by with the vehicle until the toe gets there please no nobody else come what's your name let's start with that oh my God what's your name um so ruin my whole entire life you didn't ruin anything how what's your name Melissa Melissa okay where you from I'm from middl town okay okay I can't believe okay what are you Monday night where were you coming from tonight my life you where you coming from tonight where are you coming from tonight I was I was dropping my friend open red thing and then I was going to pick up my kids in Long Ranch and I was on the phone I was it okay and I don't take that way ever and it was instead of being a straight 35 to my house it was a b wasn't paying attention on the phone and I wasn't paying attention and I was feeding okay and the matter of probably 5 minutes I ruin by you didn't ruin anything it's a car accident okay it's a car you have insurance okay then that's covered right right no do you work no you don't work I'm going through a divorce okay I don't work right now okay where were you be before you dropped your friend off in redb my friend's house in Redbank you were at her her house or his house um my girlfriend's house okay what's her name who's also going through a divorce Marissa and my ex is a Long Branch and I've been on the pH with him the whole time which probably was a mistake that's why I was not paying attention were you at you at you at your friend Marissa's house where where in Redbank does she live um the street that is like I think it's Front Street okay and then I was on the phone with my ex and I was saying he's like oh where's your kids in Long Branch yep and he was like at his house yep and he was like oh you should I I don't want to take them can I pick them up pick them up and I was like oh but I'm like so close to home I could just go straight down 35 to middl Town M and he's like oh well pick them up cuz I have work and I so I was like talking to him speeding down going away I don't know mhm I'm like and I'm like in my hun I'm like this is my life I can't believe this is my life on a Monday night like this is not how I thought my life would be we just got divorced we sold our house in middle toown and I live in a townhous he moved to the long bran okay and um it's like a really bad time in my life okay and I always feared this because I heard this happening to people when they got divorced and now what happened did things like when people get divorced bad things happen I feel like they just that's not up not being smart okay how much did you have to drink at your friend's house um I had two drinks but I also had a lot to eat I had a chicken fingers french fries Caesar salad okay what you have to drink how much I have to drink what what oh I had two mixed drinks that she made okay and you want you were at her house you guys out at the bar or restaurants or anything just her house drinking just her house and then you were going to Long Branch to pick my kidss up which I never go that way I always go down 35 and of course I was going there and I put it in my GPS but as I was in my GPS like he was like arguing with me on the phone so I wasn't paying attention Okay and I fear like I honestly was he on the phone when you hit the pole like he was like calling me okay so do you know what happened yeah what happened I wasn't I was speeding and I wasn't paying attention and then what happened and then I like I obviously and but I made sure I did not hit anybody nobody was injured and I you made sure how' you make sure because I talked to the neighbor and I said which neighbor some guy was out there and I said oh my God I'm I talked to him for a long really long time he like I'm feeling he probably call the cops because why didn't you call the cops because I thought he would yeah why didn't you stay there then because I said oh my God my life is over I can't where were you running to nowhere I wasn't walking anywh I was still on my M I wasn't even are you hurt no I don't think so are you I'm like in shock okay I don't think I'm besides like shooken up the neighbor I said nobody's hurt right nobody else hit my I didn't hit anybody and I don't think anybody got hurt no one his house was far back and I said I told him I said you you're going to call the cops I said I'm I feel so bad I'm so sorry I did this I'm so thankful I didn't hit anybody nobody got hurt he said yeah nobody got hurt and he said he was going to call the cop and I said I just need to breathe I just need to walk and then he just let me walk he should be doing uh SFS oh my God I'm sorry do me a favor stand up stand up for me okay I'm going to like a test yeah have a seat on my bumper right here oh my God I can't really okay you wear glasses or contacts no let me just see the flash sorry man my heart's ping take a take a breath uh yeah please okay take a breath besides for the couple of drinks right do you take any medication no none at all no you take anything else tonight that affect your driving no any other substances any drugs any marijuana nothing nothing Sergeant s started with a the horizontal gaze Mis diagnos hgm test the second exercise was the walk and turn test and it was administered by patrolman white during the walk and turn test Melissa failed to touch Heel To Toe on each step and turned improperly the final exercise was the one leg stand test and Melissa failed to raise her foot in the proper fashion and put her foot down before the test was complete okay easy enough no uh you on no medication at all no okay well see my pen here mm what color is it it is L okay do you wear contacts or glasses no okay with your eyes and your eyes only I want you to follow my pen all right do not move your head just your eyes do you understand my instructions yeah perfect just share your eyes ma'am okay now your head my heart's like beating on it's okay it's okay I take it all in consideration I keep looking at pen yep here keep looking at just the pen Sor not my eyes just the pen all right I last one okay we're going to go up one more time all after you hit the pole and ran away right I ran away you left you left okay did you drink anything else no no nothing else oh no okay was there any alcohol in the car no I even told the the guy at the the guy that came out that lived there said you're going to take you're going to call I said thank God no one got hurt I'm okay I I need to call you going nowhere I was call my I like oh my God I was just talking to him and talking to him I said you're never going to believe I have I said I don't I can't even explain this a Monday night I just was talking to my ex and I said he's like here trying I was like please help me tell me what to do I don't even know what to do me the the owner of the house he's going to just explain some next thing I was just talking to my ex and and the owner of the house like what going to call month for me you can stay right there all right I'm going to run you through a couple tests all right so I actually didn't even drink that much I so the the first test I'm going to run you through all right it's called the walking turn all right so what I want you to do right now all right I want you to picture's a straight imaginary line in front of you all right I want you to take your left foot put that L put that foot on the line okay take your right heel and touch it to your left toes with your hands down at your side you can get into that position now do you understand all right you can get into that starting position and if this makes any account I put two drinks but I'm getting a divorce life is dying ma'am do you understand the instructions I'm sorry I do then you can get into a starting position okay right here like this do you want me to re explain it um no I'm going to stand like this and I'm going to get in the left position and put my hand my fingers are like this my fingers down here like that you're going to have your left foot on the line with your right heel touching your left toes okay Left Foot Right heel right heel touching your left toes with your hands down at your side you can get into that starting position and then I just keep walking forward from one into other ma'am just see how my feet are my hand hands are my right heel is touching my left toes you understand yeah all right you can get into that starting position and then just keep walking just wait for further instruction okay all right I'm sorry you can you can get my wife is just like flashing before me okay so again your right heel is going to touch your left toes yeah oh sry yeah I'm [ __ ] I'm already [ __ ] it up I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm [ __ ] it up my r is going to touch my left toes hands down hands down at your side yeah okay okay I'm sorry I'm sorry nope don't don't sorry yet just get into that starting position for me all right I'm sorry right heel touching your left toes hands down at your side all right do not begin until I tell you to okay I'm so sorry when I tell you to you will take nine Heel To Toe steps like so okay head will be down count out loud one 2 3 hands down at your side the whole time on your ninth step I'm doing three for an example you will do nine can you get back into the starting position please on your ninth step you will take your right foot off of the line and take a few Shuffle steps and continue back counting out loud one two and so on okay can you get back into the starting position please my life is just like like flashing before my eyes Okay do nine I followed your instructions I'm sorry while again while you're walking Heel To Toe your head will be looking down arms down at your side counting out loud okay do you understand the instructions would you like me to show you again no I'm okay you sure yes I think so okay when you're ready you can begin the test okay this is my life or death here okay I do nine so this is one 2 3 4 5 6 7 eight n and now you want turn to the left or the right whichever oh my God my life is take take your back foot off and spin around do I spin to the very left and then I do n again yep I'm so sorry one 2 three 4 5 6 7 8 9 I'm sorry my life or death is in this position it's killing me okay The Next Step anything anything me the next step all right is going to be another test all right it's going to be a 6-in hold all right and I'm going to demonstrate it for you okay do not begin until I tell you to all right I'm going to put you in a starting position okay like the like the previous test don't start until instructed okay right now I want you to start by putting your heels together and your toes together with your hands down at your side do not move until I tell you to do you understand yeah okay this test is going to be a 6-in heel raise you can pick either foot okay of your choosing all right while looking down you're going to take your heel and place it approximately 6 in or a soda can off the ground while looking down with your hands on each side and count out loud 1,1 1,002 1000003 and so on until I tell you stop do you understand the instructions yes I do okay now so I use my whichever dominant foot whichever foot you are comfortable with do you understand the instructions yes I do do you wish for any instructions to be repeated no you may begin the test I show you on left hand I TR use my left right whichever you prefer 1001 1 1 2 13 1004 1005 1006 17 1008 1009 10010 1001 102 134 just you can continue yep 1045 oh my God I'm so nervous okay let me start again6 1789 you're good you can put it down thank you this is my life okay like I'm like I'm just nervous okay just do me a favor real quick just turn around put based on the motor vehicle accident her admission to operating the motor vehicle her admission to consuming alcohol earlier and her inability to adequately perform the field sobriety exercises Melissa was placed under arrest after she was placed under arrest her vehicle was in pounded for a 12-hour hold according to John's law patrolman white transported Melissa to the little silver Police Department for further processing put your hands on my just put your hands on the bumper for me just turn around please oh my God put your hands on the bumper ma'am just turn around please that's you're thinking just turn around please all right oh my God put your hands on your back anything in your pockets your pocket do you have anything no am I being drunk I'm just very nervous and you're under arrest for oh my god this is my like did I I fail the test yeah but I have nothing in my pocket oh my God I can't believe this my life right now did I I failed the T do or is it because you have nothing in your pockets I I don't okay grab your first over there did you drop anything along the way um not that I know headquarters time stamp female 41 oh my God I I swear to God I only had two DRS okay we're just going to take a walk back to my car here oh my God this are your keys in here are they still on the car oh my God my keys are in my face give me one second but did I failed the test we'll explain it all for you all right you take a seat slide up in there my god this is my this is my gear my GE or my light now just give me one second okay I'll turn the AR on and we'll be right back no key I don't see it all right might still be in the car I didn't see you in the car put the light on here CU she hit the pull so hard that the onof button for the Mercedes it's just crushed is on the floor nice yeah I didn't I don't see a key in there you want me to have me show update rson it's going to be John Wall I mean it's I'll be there total anyway but I'm going to swing over to the car okay okay um and I'm going to f out I'll out the do you have one yep all right sounds good headquarters 54 going to be transporting one fale 41 from my current location 103 starting mileage is going to be 86651 camera's on yes ma'am I'm sorry to bother you but um are you going to give me a breath yeah so we'll go everything at the station all right because can I just I don't know if I'm allowed to like say anything but can you give me a breath ler chest we can um because I we'll go over all that when we get back to our Police Department I think I'm more like nervous than than like drunk right right now I do just want to make you aware of your rights all right you do have the right to remain silent everything you can everything you say can be you have the right to an attorney if you cannot afford one one will be appointed to you you your rights do you understand your right yeah okay I feel like I would like do better with the breath than like the test so since you're aware of your rights okay we will will give you the opportunity to either take a breathalizer test or refuse it okay you have that right did I like fail like miserably on the [Music] test did I like do really bad on the oh am I causing a problem I'm sorry am I causing a problem no man you're fun at the station she was read the standard statement for motor vehicle operators and she agreed to submit breath samples her Alco test results indicated a back of 0.16% comma which was double the legal limit of 0.08% am I closing a scene no nobody's back here there's no scene it's just you and I back here right now okay where are your shoes are they back at the I don't know okay all right let's just take a step out okay let's get you inside we oh my God I'm sorry all right we're going to Take a Walk This Way okay did I like fa right up the ramp here are your shoes back with your car I didn't hurt anyone just are your shoes back at your car I took my shoes off yeah okay we're going to go up those steps Monday night 4 two can you just look for her shoes in the area of the crash it do my my life is over we're going to walk down to the end of this hallway yeah 24 to the left here the craziest thing is and then right in here we're going to take a seat on the bed breathalizer cuz I actually only had two drinks I just can't function because I'm I'm like my life is my see your I actually would rather breath cuz I feel like I can't even think to have after they were finished processing Melissa she was released to a sober adult pending her cord appearance after he signed the potential liability warning on Melissa's behalf patrolman white issued Melissa the following citations operating Under the Influence careless driving leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report accident test done and I'd rather have a best because I don't even think I'm that done I just can't function the test okay I don't know if that's right I just my life is just married and have a husband have [Music]