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7:41 p.m. on December 17th 2023 officer Aaron subbert with the Verona Police Department observed the driver of a 2007 Ford Focus making a wide turn while turning onto Lakeside Avenue after driving eastbound on Bloomfield Avenue the driver was also using a wireless device officer subbert made a u-turn proceeded Southbound on Lakeside Avenue and observed the driver failing to stay within the lane boundary he activated his emergency lights to initiate a traffic stop and the driver pulled over on Lakeside Avenue near Cunningham Drive oh okay I'm sorry to hear that here let me come the other you can close this window I'm going to come the other side so I can hear [Applause] you you said your boyfriend's sick yeah he's sick I'm sorry I was rashing over there okay where do he live uh Verona um Verona um Tavern he lives at the Verona Tavern no he lives at [Applause] [Applause] need your license as well thank you I'm sorry just one more time where' you say your boyfriend lived by Vera he lives at the Verona in by Verona I'm sorry one more time yes okay uh do you know where you are now what's that yeah and you're heading to the Cal Diner is this the route you usually take to get to this Cal Diner you want stre you're on right [Applause] now mhm okay where you where are you coming from mhm I'm sorry one more time the traffic I can't hear you I usually take okay I was mhm okay where were you coming from ver you're coming from the Verona end okay so you're leaving the Verona in and you're trying to get to Caldwell mhm okay coming from okay do you have anything to drink today a little bit what' you have to drink just one [Applause] shot okay okay when was the last time you got any [Applause] sleep I don't know okay you have anything else to take today you any medications no okay just look at me real quick you any medications for anything no medications you have smoke have weed all no nothing I don't do anything so it's just the one shot one you're being honest with me was just one shot just one shot okay cuz I'm talking to you you're you're speaking very slowly I I know I know okay I know I understand I do all right just s in the cro check out your information I'll bear it with you okay um you said you were texting your boyfriend okay the driver was identified as 29-year-old Ashley and officer subbert told her that she was using a wireless device and swerving across Lanes Ashley told the officer that her boyfriend was sick and that she was headed towards the Caldwell Diner even though she was going in the opposite direction she was asked where her boyfriend lives and she initially responded by saying that he lived at the Verona Tavern before stating that he lived at the Verona Inn the Verona Inn is actually a bar in Verona New Jersey Ashley admitted to consuming one shot at the Verona Inn before driving but she would later admit to having to shots at the bar offer officer subbert asked Ashley for her documents and Officer Clark arrived on scene to assist as he returned to his patrol [Applause] car going the Cal wall interesting why like no dry a us right you what I mean you don't need a if it's flat I mean it's I know yeah I'll how you doing I'm Officer Clark I'm Officer Clark I'm just waiting for officer stt how are you good thank you can you do me a favor can you just shut the car off for me really quick thank you I appreciate that how you doing tonight I'm good how are you good thank you [Applause] [Applause] oh [Music] sh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] I'll be right back [Applause] okay I just had to shut the car off she's trying to call someone I mean I don't know what she's trying to talk to but what you say no that's why I grabb the dragon I'm going to go put my phone in there I don't need to sing gag so I'm going to be [Music] um realistically like in front of the car is probably going to be fine sure it's wet but [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] I got the lights do you [Applause] all right man so just because of what I observed when you were driving and the fact you had consume some alcohol today we're just going to do some tests real quick to make sure you're go get a drive okay all right so you might you can put your window up to keep your uh your car dry we your step out oh is the car off okay do you want to put your phone in there so it stays dry okay I'm just going to step to the sidewalk over here hey need to talk she's right here he wants turn on the sidewalk here based on the officer's suspicion of impairment Ashley was asked to exit the vehicle and perform field sobriety exercises after Lieutenant sheeper arrived on scene the first exercise was the horizontal gaze nystagmus hgn test during the hgn test officer subbert observed the lack of smooth Pursuit distinct and sustained nystagmus at maximum deviation and the onset of nystagmus prior to 45 de the second exercise was the walk and turn test during the walk and turn test Ashley failed to touch Heel To Toe on each step took an incorrect number of steps and failed to turn the final exercise was the one leg stand test and Ashley failed to raise her foot in the proper fashion while displaying a lack of balance so it was just the one shot right just the one shot okay uh what's your highest level of Education your highest level of Education you go to high school or college college for like one semester okay did you finish High School yes sa have a high school diploma yes okay you going to understand the English language yes okay do you have any problems with your eyes no any ongoing medical conditions I should be aware of okay do you wear glasses or contacts no um okay are you diabetic no no okay all right so um just take one more step forward so we're off the crack so I want you to stand there with your feet together Hands by your side okay do you see the tip of my pen right in front of you okay can you touch the tip of my pen with the tip of your finger perfect so what we're going to do I want you to follow the pen with your eyes and your eyes only okay don't move your head it's going to go side to side ready [Applause] okay I top my pen don't move your head see you to my pen yes okay see sub the pan yes sorry one more time follow top my pen try and keep your eyes open okay my eyes are I they're squinting I know Keep Your Hands by your side sorry my eyes are just I'm S I understand I'm following [Applause] it okay same thing we're just going to go up and down okay okay um no I understand I feel you I this way put the jacket on I'm just very cold do you have a jacket in the car you want to throw on do you want to throw it on sorry okay so all right step in the road right here so stand here close to the curb okay okay um next is going to be a walk turn test okay do you have any issues uh with your back any injuries with your legs your back I have back issues but it's okay what kind of issues does that affect your ability to walk it should be fine I'm just asking I didn't want to take everything into consideration fine okay but does that affect your ability to walk in any way shape or form it should be fine I I understand but I should be fine by that I understand you should be fine it's if you have and you can walk it's great I just want to know will it affect even if it's a small way will it affect your ability to walk at all I hope not I don't know honestly I hope not okay I don't usually have to do this so I hope not okay so take one step to your left right here out towards me one step to your left okay so I'm going to get you in the starting position I want you to stay in the starting position while I explain the instructions of the test okay yeah sure so starting position I want you to imagine a line going straight out from your feet to straight out in front of you going to walk like that my to my feet right I'll explain it to you okay so imagine there's an imaginary line starting from your feet going straight out in front of you okay I would like you to put your left foot on the imaginary line and then put your right foot in front of your left foot on the line touching hold the toe okay and I want you to keep your hands by your side all right this is I'm by your side this is the starting position I want you to stay in that position while I explain the instructions okay okay so from the starting position you're going to take nine Heel To Toe steps forward it's going to look like this one two three do you mind getting back in the starting position for me yeah I I could even do this if I didn't take a shot okay well this is the this is the uh better off the line over here do you want to do this line yes okay that's fine usually it's a little slippery when you touch water this okay so put your left foot on the white line and put your right foot in front of your left foot on the line touching hold the toe so let's go back with your left foot put your left foot on the line and then your right foot you're going to put in front of your left foot on the line touch and heel the toe just like that okay that's the starting position I want you to stay in that position while explain the instructions don't begin until I tell you to okay I can't even do okay keep trying to get back in the starting position for me so when I tell you to begin not yet when I tell you to begin you're going to take nine Heel To Toe steps along the line like this one two three I did three you're going to take nine on your ninth step you're going to keep your lead foot planted and with your back foot you're going to take a series of short steps to turn around once you turn around you're going to take nine returning steps along the line heel the toe one two three I did three you're going to do nine do you understand I'm sorry do you understand yeah okay so while you're doing these I would like you to keep your uh Arms by your side I would like you to count your steps out loud and if at any point you fall off the line just pick up back where you left off okay okay all right you can begin okay you can stop you come back here [Music] it's okay we just have one more test we do it over here okay very sorry I don't usually drink I really don't okay it happens do you want to be honest about how much you had to drink I about two shots Two Shots yeah I'm sorry I I'm very sorry I I understand we just have one more test okay sure okay so just like before you going stand feet together Arms by your side yep there's going to be a balance set again no issues with your legs are back aside from the chip okay all right I'm asking you you have any other injuries no I just just a chip okay so don't start until I tell you to begin but when I tell you to begin you're going to lift one foot up either one of your choice approximately 6 in off the ground and then you're going to count 1 1,000 2 1,000 3 1,000 and so on until I tell you to stop okay okay so it's going to look like this when I tell you to begin you're going to pick one foot up roim 6 in off the ground you're count 1 1,000 2 1000 3 1000 and so on until I tell you to stop while you're doing this I would like you to keep your arms by your side okay I would like you to count out loud and I would like you to keep your foot straight or your leg straight okay and if at any point you touch the ground just pick it back up and start uh from where you left off does that make sense you understand absolutely okay all right whenever you're ready you can begin Can You Keep Your Arms by your side put your foot out in front of you like you're instructed so you want me to explain one more time do you want me to explain it one more time yes please okay so when I tell you to begin you're going to keep your arms by your side you're going to lift one foot approximately six inches off the ground in front of you okay you look at me while I'm demonstrating it okay and you're going to count 1 1,000 2 1,000 3 1,000 and so on until they tell you to stop while you do it I want you to count out loud I want you to watch your foot your raised foot I want you to keep your raised leg straight do you understand the instructions yes okay not yet one all right you can begin Keep Your Arms by your side keep your arms down by your side can you turn out loud for me keep your fo in front of you all right you can stop based on her erratic driving the odor of alcohol her admission to consuming alcohol before driving and her inability to adequately complete the field sobriety exercises officer subber placed Ashley under arrest for driving Under the Influence her vehicle was impounded for a mandatory 12-hour hold under John's law she was transported to the Verona Police Department for further processing your back for me absolutely sorry no problem H I'm very sorry it's okay at the end of the day this is just a traffic violation I got it I got it I'm sorry do you need anything from your car right now no I'm just you want your phone I got you do you want your phone my phone so listen your keys is there anything on your key ring that I need to take off for you do you have house keys or anything like that on there no I think uh my keys are in my car actually yeah no I know they in your car is there anything on your key ring that you need so you can get home okay no problem so unfortunately part of this you're going to have to kill your car my house is I think are under my passenger seat okay do you have a wallet or anything in there you want us to grab for you no I think my wallet is in my pocket in your pocket okay all right you can just walk this way to my car and we're going to step off right here where it's flat where the driveway is just keep [Applause] going what side you want uh this side hold on Searcher and take the lighter off yeah I'm sorry s right here very sorry it's okay all right stand face in my car don't move get you in and out as quick as you can you got something that can pick you up yeah but I just feel very sorry I'm sorry all right it is what it is um do you have anything in your pockets that's going to poke me or prick me no no okay I'm just going to take the lighter off okay go for here step over to your [Music] right I'm just put belongs up here okay your phone and wallet at [Music] least nothing your waistband right no okay you have a hood on okay you can take a seat seat all right just lean back as best you can face that way just put the seat belt on you all right house ke are in here looks like we have your purse we're going to take the whole purse with you with us okay so you can have when you get out that's fine okay thank you going to take a whole purse that's okay yeah I'm just making sure she doesn't um yeah go through this in completely in there I don't know that's actually anything yeah it's in there I [Music] [Applause] [Music] w [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] is [Music] I'm Romeo 6 94 0 63 75 57 942 [Music] [Music] LT she's got a whole bag of like uh like raw weed and Edibles just going to photograph or you want to take away us no just photograph it all [Applause] [Music] right time you take it and give it to her inste just leaving it in the car I mean yeah it's all in the bag yeah yeah just take it and all right we photograph it want want yeah thr in the car real quick [Music] the hell is this I'm assuming that's what the Le bag was for huh I don't know what this is though look like a Tom and a vitamin yeah or a p or all right mine stay all [Music] right five dispatch got transporting one adult female in custody from this location headquarters starting miles 881 [Music] 84.5 two going to be with the vehicle what's that so we're going to our headquarters real quick we just have to process you we'll give you some summonses for the uh the motor vehicle violations I observed you'll get a court date and then we'll let you call somebody to come pick you up [Music] [Music] what's that uh yes you can be charged for uh driving Under the Influence okay again it's just a traffic summons but it does have some big penalty to it and uh a couple other motor vehicle violations I observed okay nothing criminal it's all traffic but you will have a core date can you just write down the miles for me on the toad vehicle 60291 give it to Al cler [Music] it is what it is [Music] [Music] for 5 or 91 on the ramp ending miles 881 85.3 at the Verona Police Department Ashley was read the standard statement for motor vehicle operators and agreed to submit breath samples for testing her Alco test results indicated a back of 0.22% which was almost triple the legal limit of 0.08% after the officers were finished with their paperwork Ashley eventually released to a friend he signed the potential Sher Lighty warning form on Ashley's behalf she was issued the following summonses operating Under the Influence reckless driving careless driving use of handheld wireless telephones traffic on Mark Lanes improper turn and open container of alcohol or unsealed cannabis in motor vehicle okay this thank you all right one more time just face the other side from me you can yeah all right way right right here right right [Music] here all right you can follow my partner over here through this door all right watch back step up to the left up these stairs and we're going to make it right in this door right here do you mind we're leaving gab for a second so you start you're stand right here so we just have another female com and to search you real quick okay and we'll get the process going okay I'm very sorry to have to make you guys do this I really am honestly it is what it is you know you're not the first you won't be the last I know everyone makes mistakes I get it I just feel very I really don't yeah know do you let your boyfriend know you're going to be a little late cour records indicate that on June 13th 2024 Ashley was found guilty of operating under the influence and the careless driving citation was downgraded to obstructing traffic as a result of being found guilty Ashley's had to use an admission interlock device for 3 months spent 12 hours at an intoxicated driver resource center and pay a total of $880 in fines the other five citations were dismissed as part of a plea agreement my phone is wherever it is I have no clue honestly but I feel very bad though this is not me I feel very bad believe I feel very bad but unfortunately is what it is right now you guys do what you do I got itust I got it we'll get you out here as soon as possible yeah is I got it