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um
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sir
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you
good evening sir you're the driver the
mini cooper yes okay
are you doing okay yes okay nothing
hurts right now any injuries
no i'm fine okay when you get a second
serve would you be able to just get your
driver's license registration insurance
paperwork for the vehicle sure
thank you very much
you know i think she still has all of
that
okay all right she she has all your
information you guys are just going to
shoot
my driver's license my insurance and my
registration
all right sir thank you so much
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47 47
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i didn't smell it but if you want to go
talk to him for a second
thank you guys very much did you already
get through it okay
did he get uh like any information for
you guys you
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take care of them thank you very much
yeah
did you say did you see anything did you
oh she was the only one
okay okay thank you thank you for
stopping
i just got in an accident i have triple
a insurance
in august
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i don't even know if i have that stuff
here i can't even think right now it's
okay take your time man it's not
okay it's not okay i work every day i
need my car
this is not okay front end
let's see
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oh what is this that's your registration
okay
there's one thank you man you're welcome
what is this uh that looks like a police
report
uh did i give you insurance paper no
just your registration maybe the other
officer
i know i didn't give him anything yet
okay this is what i have
in here but i do have insurance with
triple a
okay i'm i'm about to insure for triple
h
okay are you able to just maybe like
pull up the policy number on your phone
or something like that or call them oh
it should be sorry that's okay uh
it should my policy number which should
be
ready to turn okay and uh was it like a
solid green
it was green it was green ready for me
to go like do you remember if it was
like
it was solid green it wasn't like an
arrow or anything no okay it was green
so i'm making my turn here and
this young man he just came and kept
going
and uh i hit him and he hit me
yeah all right what do you need for me
so i can get your driver's license and
then all your
your registration and your insurance for
your vehicle please
he said that um
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how are you doing this evening are you
okay hey okay
can you walk me through what happened uh
yeah uh i was
driving down this way okay and i was
making my left turn
and uh there was a car apparently
speeding uh successfully
that i didn't anticipate so when i made
my
turn
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okay and this car that was speeding
excessively like was it this far or a
different car
i think it was just you think it was yes
okay do you have any injuries sir
do i yes sir no no okay
all right sir i'll get you your stuff
back in just a second okay
so ma'am you said that you saw the
accident okay do you mind if i get some
information from you what's your first
name
megan m-e-g-a-n
ein
august 4th
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uh
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excuse me can i get my glasses yeah
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oh they're right here sir they're right
there underneath the armrest you you're
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welcome
is the vehicle still running sir
i don't think so i can check it for you
sir
yeah yeah i hear that yeah it's just a
little concerning to me as well
you don't mind if i turn the vehicle up
okay yeah it was still on
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so
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whatever
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man
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uh
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i wasn't able to write down
his insurance so the case number that
the officer will provide to you
will have all of your information all of
his information
as far as the insurance and everything
like that will all be on the report so
all you'll need to do when you call your
insurance is give them the case number
that the officer is going to give you um
and then they'll be able to pull the
report and handle everything from there
okay
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are you are you for us or for triple a
okay yeah you're gonna be there
okay okay there he is right there
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so he's he's with the triple a tow so
he's gonna take this one he's taking
this oh yeah
are they about to haul my car away yes
sir they are
so should i take my stuff out of there
yes if there's anything in there that
you that you need to get out
um thank you yeah
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did you give you the the paperwork for
the vehicle to the other officer
oh yeah okay i just want to make sure i
don't want to be
asking you again no no no no i'm sure i
did
but i don't think he gave me my stuff
back
hey jordan yeah did you take her
registration insurance
i wrote it down but i gave it back to
you okay okay thank you thank you
yeah i just wanna you know get it from
you again and you know waste your time
with that so
i can't see right now anyways can i get
a good phone number for you ma'am
all right so the crash happens like what
what does he do after the crash
i i got out of my car to really go yell
at him
but i seemed that his bag was out and i
just
i just asked him are you okay and then i
just said i need your information
yeah and yeah i'm upset
you know i work every day i'm a
housekeeper
yeah i work every day now how do i go to
work
yeah i understand that
i when i walked up i was like i think
this man's drunk
that's kind of like what i got but who
am i to say that
you know he's an old guy but he could be
it looked like it so so we do have
somebody coming out to check that out
with them did he tell you anything
about like what to do or like anything
that happened
no no he didn't say nothing i i think i
scared him
i didn't mean to scare him but it's just
out of being upset
yeah like didn't you see me it was my
turn
you know what are you doing
you know i know my car's not the best
looking car but it made me go to work
it gets you from point a to point b so
and like i was telling the officer on
august 4th i just got hit
this guy this whole end on
doctor uh what is martin luther king
street on the way to work morning
the guy that hit me i chased him down
and i shouldn't have
he had no insurance no license he said
he just bought the car
and then he goes what are you doing here
and i said i'm waiting for the police
i need a report yeah and the guy goes i
can't stay i've been drinking
i'm just like and you have no insurance
no nothing
wow it's crazy more the more
while i'm telling my my partner over
here from work
i said is this a sign for me to get
another car
you know yes maybe it's a sign for
something i mean
you know what i can't drive this around
right
but no he i just felt like he looked
like he was
i don't know you know he just got hit
he's old i don't
you know he could be in shock too so i'm
not
yeah and everybody acts differently so
i'm not sure if he's been drinking but
what is an old guy doing out this lane
who knows
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i feel bad for him but i feel worse for
me yeah
he wasn't paying attention he was a
painted teacher
so do you understand you guys have
triple a on the way
yeah perfect all right what do people do
when they when this happens where do
they get their car towed
they tow it to their home or what do
they do
it just depends i mean a lot of times
when we have tow trucks come out they'll
tow them to the yard
and then the insurance company will take
over from there they turn to what you
are
they're their home the the tow company
the tow companies yard
so like wherever the the tow company is
based out of wherever they're located
they have a yard that they can store
vehicles and that's a lot of times where
they take them but some people want them
taken to their house or they have a
friend who
has a shop or whatever so
but give me a second and i'll go to my
car and i'll get you a card with the
case number okay
okay thank you
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and mr cernan whenever you get a chance
the only thing the tow truck driver will
need is just the key to the vehicle
okay
shall i give that to you now that's
perfectly fine
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okay
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there you go thank you very much sir
basically let me see if there's
something out there
watch yourself
he was he was he was coming around
pretty fast
because when i was making my turn
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and i saw him coming i was like oh no
he's gonna come
you know he's he was coming pretty fast
and i was trying to get out of his way
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making a slow turn do you know what i'm
saying right
is he okay i believe so yeah
i believe so
thank you thank you i hope you have a
better night okay absolutely
so you guys are okay he's going to take
the car obviously all that sun through
aaa you got the case number and
everything yeah okay you gave me the
card no or the other
the other officer did you got it in my
wallet okay thank you
all right
so you guys are you guys are good to
take off if you want to wait till he
loads up your car you can if you want to
take off now you can do that too
whatever you want
i'll wait for him to load it up all
right it's still mine even though
i know i know i'm so sorry
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the officer that just showed up is going
to make that determination
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where do you guys work at uh lavender
ranch i don't even know what that is
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i love that place
oh my goodness
you all right man yeah i think it's all
smashing the corners
well i guess i don't have to use the
club anymore because nobody's going to
want to steal it like that
right yeah
and if you ever do if you ever do invest
in another club
get the kind that goes under the pedal
under the pedal
that one's better yeah because those
steering wheels it's just a piece of
metal
with styrofoam and they can take bolt
cutters in
two seconds they get that club off there
yep that
thick thing really
yeah but the one that goes under the
pedal
they can't yeah i know which one you're
talking about it goes from
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either yeah either the brake or the gas
pedal yeah but yeah it goes under and
then you pull it up and it locks up
behind the pedal
i might even do it behind both the gas
and the brake i don't know but yeah the
one that goes under the pedal if you're
going to use a club those are the ones
yeah because they'll take like those big
bolt cutters that they'll use to like
cut locks and stuff off
and they'll just cut the steering wheel
oh yeah
wow if they really want the car yeah
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i i did tell you that i just got in
august
and you know what like a week before
that i had just
i was on my way to work and i was like
man there's a bunch of banged up cars
around here what's going
on everybody drives with no insurance
i'm glad i had some absolutely that's
well that's why we have the uninsured
motor it's two or two
yeah and i have that thank god i have
yeah me too
even though it's an old car but
now
who knows what i'm gonna do we'll see
i'm gonna go back to my car you guys
have a wonderful evening okay you're
gonna take off right now
thank you okay thank you all right
you're welcome
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oh david
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me about the wreck hello happened i was
coming home from monty's
i was coming home down central street
there was this
car that was coming somewhat fast
but i thought i could make it and i
turned
and the car sped up and i made a right
turn
into this medium
so we were coming on griegos or
something
yeah i was coming on diego's
headed headed this way
and i made a turn this way and i
saw this car but i didn't think it was
going to be
coming that fast i thought i could make
it and then it sped up
and i made a really quick turn and when
it sped up really quick i ended up going
into the media
so it looks like you collided with the
other cargo yes
well the officers on scene are concerned
they want me to make sure that you
haven't been drinking tonight
um let's get out of the center median
and
go over here to this other side on the
sidewalk
yeah it's totally fine there's lots of
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policemen
any alcohol to drink tonight no nothing
at all
yes how long have you been at monty's
couple a couple hours
just catching up on work and the people
there they're all still there they can
vouch for me
okay uh medications
how are you feeling physically since you
had the crash i mean i know that you
have other physical disabilities that
you have to walk with the cane but how
are you feeling
post crash well i'm i'm feeling fine
physically
i'm feeling uh uh very
nervous emotionally given the fact that
i've recently had a dwi
uh and now i total the car yeah
so i'm i'm stressed out okay
that's fair that's what happens in
crafting
um can i have you stand right there
sure and face away from those flashing
lights
all right as best you can i want you to
stand with your feet as close as
possible
without causing your you can use your
king
to uh maintain your balance i just there
you go just like that
if you can hold your glasses in your
hand put them in your pocket or whatever
i'm just going to check your eyes sure
so i want you to look at my pen right
here
i'm going to move my pen from side to
side follow with your eyes keeping your
head still okay
sure
try to keep your head still please
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don't turn your head
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go up and down
okay clearly i can't have you walk in
balance so let's try a couple of other
things
you know your alphabet correct yes i'd
like you to recite the alphabet starting
on the
letter j j stopping on the letter q
forward on the letter j stopping on
letter q
j k l m n
o p q
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starting
69 to 52
69 68 67
6 65
64 63 61
60
59 58 57
56 55 54
53 52.
hurry your hands do you have trouble
trouble with your hands either one of
them where you can touch your fingers
together like this no i can do that fine
okay
the hand of your choice you can use your
cane with the opposite hand it doesn't
matter
it's only one-handed go ahead and keep
your hands down so i can make sure that
you're paying attention what i'm telling
you
okay so hand of your choice look at my
hand
you're gonna start by touching your
thumb to your pinky finger and you're
gonna count touching each finger just
like this
one two
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yes i sometimes have
officers saying oh you failed because
you touched the pad
instead of the tip i just want you to
touch
your fingers together and that's not tip
to tip
it's just touching your fingers just
like i showed you
so it's not specific on tip of your
fingers or anything like that it's one
two
three four four three four
do that three times okay tell me when
you're ready
whenever you're ready
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one two three two
one one two three four
four three two one
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you know i'm 100 straight forward with
everybody
okay you told me you hadn't been
drinking but i can smell it
okay so
yeah i mean it's crystal clear to me
that you've been drinking okay
had some drinks tonight i i did
i had one boy at the
monty's club
robert who is the uh
host there can
back that up you can back up when i got
there
what i had to drink
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um
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so you have to wear handcuffs but i will
place them up front
okay that way you can maintain your
balance i don't want you to uh
hurt yourself i don't want you to fall
down or anything
um i need you to put your hands straight
out front of you
let me ask you a question does uh
whether or not i remain arrested remain
on
you depend on the results of my breath
test
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the results of your breath test are so
low
that the
combination of the alcohol and the
medications isn't something that i need
to take into account
into the factor then that's correct
but i need i want to know one what your
breast score is
and then we'll take it from there
you do take cat gabapentin gabapentin
mixed with alcohol
can in certain people it does have a
negative effect
any anything in your pockets david
you don't have any pocket knives or
anything like that
um are you still living are you still
living alone
yes are you still over at your house
down the street
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well that's that's not
that's not what my job is know my job
isn't to
run lives i know my job is to enforce
the law
but i think that when you take my breath
test you will see
that i am well below
right over here to my car and what i'm
hoping is
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let me uh i'm gonna go off okay because
i'm not contacting
okay dude listen to me i'm gonna explain
something to you that's very important
right now you're under arrest or driving
while intoxicated
the new mexico apply consent requires
you to submit to a breath test
to determine the alcohol content of your
blood
after you take our test you have the
right to choose an additional
independent test if you choose to take
this
additional independent test you have the
right to a reasonable opportunity
to arrange for a physician a licensed
nurse a laboratory technician
or technologist who is employed by a
hospital
or a physician of your own choice to
perform this additional chemical test
cost of the additional chemical test is
paid for by the albuquerque police
department
do you understand everything i've
explained to you so far
yes do you agree to take a breath
alcohol test
yes
uh here's your mouthpiece
brand spanking new no one's ever used it
before you okay
you have to sew your mouth on this part
of the mouthpiece hooked up to this hose
up here you have to go strong enough and
hard enough for the machine to make a
tone
tone has to remain constant until i tell
you to stop
it takes on the average of five to seven
seconds for that to happen so it's very
similar to blowing up the board
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uh
so
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uh
take a big deep breath sitting out
around the mouthpiece
blow strong and steady until i tell you
to stop
there you okay just like that
don't stop you have to blow one
continuous breath
good that's good
do that one more time in about two
minutes
first breath towards the 0.16
you can sit down that takes a few
minutes
okay
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okay david go ahead and stand up for me
against her
one more time again take a deep breath
will continuously
stop
don't stop until i tell you keep blowing
good that's good okay
one six
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actually you know what we'll just have
you sit down on this element where you
have a
place for you're not just sitting free
you can actually
sit lean against the wall that way it
doesn't hurt your back or anything
so you can sit in there we'll leave the
cell door open but then you have a place
where you
can lean against the wall okay
david all your personal property that
you had with you that your emotion of a
vehicle i mean
you had there looked like a laptop or a
tablet or something
ipad and all your papers and documents
and stuff
um what i need to know is do you want
us as a police department i can have one
of my guys come over from the dwi unit
and take all of your stuff to your house
put it inside your house and then lock
the door and bring your keys back
but i mean i don't want to have to put
it all into evidence and then you have
to go and get it out
sure that would be fine okay
so
good and stand up for me let me i just
need to double check your pockets again
i know you had
your cell phone stuck in your wallet
but i mean otherwise it's going to be a
great big great big hassle for you
because you will have to go
oh yeah i've
uh got sunday oh well then
okay so everything here's what you got
on your personal property so we'll make
sure this goes with you
okay but all the other two bags there's
three bags i think and another cane
we will send that i'll give one of my
guys
that i work with and have him
show me which one of the keys it is
and have him go to your house that
put your stuff inside your house and
we'll bring the keys back make sure it's
locked up
that way you don't have any hassles
about getting your stuff back thank you
you