on April 26 2024 Princeton New Jersey police responded to a vehicle crash upon arriving the officer saw the driver appear to be intoxicated here are the events that occurred he says he's fine yeah there's a cat there's a cat in there front or back license your license on the front seat can we grab it here I found the cast right here yeah just scared look right here empty open beer can right there on the bottom right bottom right yeah down here can see it I asked him to grab his license that can right there y it's a okay it's a beer can want you go stand up there with him and listen to you woke up at 2:00 in the morning fell asleep at 2 2: I woke up at 9:00 woke up at 9:00 and you know sense all right so one more time so how did the crash happen which way were you driving okay so where are we headed and uh close my eyes and woke up right so you closed your eyes and then you woke up and what you had already hit or I was I was literally right about and I just kind of so you don't remember like swerving out of your lane or anything like that I just I just Clos my eyes and I open them okay the registration the insurance is that in the court uh I borrow it for this one night not your court a much is there looks like there's an open GE on the floor on the passenger side front that's my friends is that what was a beer can uh I think tell me about it what do you mean your friend it's your friend your friend in the car with you no he I dropped off okay so what he was drinking in the car or I I think you haven't added anything to drink tonight at all I have not so no I don't think sit tight just one sec trying to smell your breath what's that I said you're trying to smell your breath no no I'm just you just what what's that yeah c yeah it's in the back of the trunk guess they're just scared but seems okay I can't again I can't see anything so was it originally in the cage or no no it was just in the passeng seat kind of move to the back and eyes you said you were coming back from where from uh so I'm sorry I I didn't hear what you were saying where where were you coming from Road yep okay I had sh dri okay what were you doing at TR you droing what a friend what was doing before you dropping a friend would you do tonight got out of work what [Applause] time yep I know so got out of work you drove your friend the Trenton you drove your friend then you drove what was the reason why you were coming to your mom's house to sleep over and wake up for another shift wake up for another shift an early shift early shift all right well you're literally 5 minutes down the road it's EAS to walk okay thank you so listen I know you said you haven't had Anthony drank tonight but they're bu container in the car and because of the nature of the crash you know time and night things like that you know do have a few concerns so what I'd like to do is just give you some like basic purple tests right of course what your highest level of Education um College college all right so you're comfortable with the English alphabet yes of course all right can you recite the English alphabet from the letter c to the letter T and then I want you to stop you understand yes all right go ah do you remember where I asked you to stopon do you remember what letter I asked you to stop at or t t okay where did you just stop G stopped the G all right we're going to try that one more time I want you to recite the alphabet from the letter c to the letter T and I want yeah right C to T C you understand TS go ahead c e e f g h i j k l m n o t okay all right next thing I want you to do is I want you to uh count for me okay so I want you to do is I want you to count backwards from the number 67 to the number 49 49 and I want you to stop do you understand yes okay go ahead 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 do you remember where I asked you to stop I I don't you don't remember right I asked you to stop at 49 how much heav you had to drink tonight swear to God nothing at all I'm just really tired pulling doubles all night tired we day you didn't even have be earlier tonight nothing my roommate not my roomate my um okay all right good fight for for you said your friend that you were dropping off work with you you guys got out at the same time and he needed a ride home yeah and you're saying that that can of alcohol was your friends yes you had nothing to drink I had nothing [Applause] [Music] [Applause] e e [Applause] all right Casey so here's the deal I'm going straight up with you I think you're lying to me about how much well first of all you said you haven't had anything so I think if you're going to be honest with me that's just not true all right and to be probably honest with you I think you've had feel all right do small an alcohol beverage on you name Tak some the verbal tests and then just in each other crash itself you have the open car so do you want to change your story to me at all no you're sitting tight on haven't had a thing to drink all right so we're going to do a few more tests all right so first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to check your eyes all right before I start do you have any issues or metal conditions with your eyes that I need to be aware of all right so like I said first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to check your eyes all right you see the tip of my pen here sir I want you to follow the tip of my pen with your eyes and your eyes only do not move your head do you understand sir you're not looking at my P right now the tip of my P right up here this one move your head all right keep your head still don't anticipate it for last one keep following have move over here okay we're basic coordination test all right before we begin that if you have any injuries that I need to be aware of okay all right so the first thing we're going to do is we're going to do the walk and turn what's that you your wallet in there right yeah just your wall just headphones headphones okay all right so yeah the first test we're going to do is the walk and turn okay the first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to get you in a starting position all right I want you to put your right foot in front of your left foot tou you y to tell I want you to maintain that position where your arms down at your side while I'll explain the rest of the test to you all right do not begin the remainder of the test until I tell you to you understand all right when I tell you to begin you're going to take nine heel steps forward on your ninth step you're going to leave your front foot planted and use a series of small steps where your opposite foot turn and take nine heel toe steps back it's going to look something like this one two three on your ninth step you're going to leave your front foot planted use a series of small steps with your opposite foot turn and take N St back all right one two for the purpose of my demonstration I only took three steps you're going to be taking nine while you're walking I remember I want you to remember to look down at your feet while you're walking touch Heel To Toe with each step count each step out loud keep your arms down at your side and do not stop until you've completed the test do you understand yes okay go ahead four five got this FR correct okay good turn around face man all right so the starting position for the next S one you stand with your feet together arms on your side stand just like that while I swing test you you understand yes don't start the test until I tell you to all right so the next test is one leg stand when I tell you to begin you're going to ra either your right or your left foot whichever you choose approximately 6 in off the ground you're going to keep the foot of the uh your raised foot parallel to the ground you're going to look down at your toe you're going to keep your arms down to your side both legs straight and you're going to count out loud like [Applause] this1 1002 you understand okay you may again 20012 get that for flat point the toe out point the toe [Applause] outs down by all right gooder back and rest driving while toxic light oh I'm sorry buddy is there anything else in the car you need cat's in the car cat Mom's here she can take the cat right on and we can walk him down the search okay head down this switch watch Step right there this see you got anything that's going to poke or stick me do you have anything that's going to poke or stick me you have anything on you down stop any trailers and then we'll have to so as far as this this going be considered open right now right proper packaging and everything is it it's not it's not like it's proper packaging right grinder all right so just see is having like an open Geer in the car okay we're going to put that back in the we'll give it to M okay is that okay yeah you uh see see if Mom could uh come up here and then we could we could uh Che the documentation hey so just hold up a couple minutes just because uh there's a c there yeah yeah that's what keep y [Applause] SE yeah yeah yeah Mom's going to C okay I mean this way put the seat belt over this is room [Applause] do the search now yeah just one second we're going to have Mom get the uh the cat out of there first us so but we're going to escort her to do it that way she doesn't remove anything else okay and then uh we'll have you do the search got I'll be right there with you okay and uh make sure let's uh get insurance from to um we're going to get the whatever alcohol bottle it is just make sure you know where was where was what it is right we're not going toak right he also thater was f one of going to probably come back for dle yeah yeah that canite first first let's get Mom the cat so that's not running around walls there I'm put this in the front okay all right man' be careful okay check in the back right it should be in the corner for those tra trailers sou think we should try down right here you got it yeah oh the don't okay poor guy that's probably a better option than one due to the circles probably taking in that little it's a litter pan but I don't know if there's a car like a carrier it's a lit I mean that's a litter pan but poor guy you and this is your car right this car he has a we also need the uh Insurance okay in this corner put than you is here for the cat or no hold the cat right here yes we don't need your license your license in the car yes where is your license at in my back it was in there already all right all right all right your hand back come you're okay where's the back where I I'll be back okay yeah put it the you got the car uh yeah I put in my okay where did he Park [Applause] okay we don't need your license no no no you're okay that's what I was saying so we're going to hold on the documents for now okay we'll call you in a little bit yeah we'll call you to pick him up okay okay I need to pick it up yeah yeah maybe like a hour or two at the police station we'll call you well we'll try to make it happen as quickly as we can well is your husband is he around sorry no no yeah he can pick them up okay okay because I need to go to work that's fine thank you all right thank you have a good day you like to hold that yeah make sure you know where the where the beer is what do you need the the bag of food [Applause] that yep put FR your yeah right [Applause] back you want is this Mom's wallet is this what she was looking for she got what she was looking for okay that [Applause] console Senter console ni [Music] [Music] sorry console's good [Music] [Applause] sorry yeah business card on you yes put the number on one of those and give it to a [Applause] driver thank [Music] case number is going to be 24- 1332 13302 so it's probably going to be about an hour do you want to come to the station wait uh he can call me he can call you you're you're going to be awake yeah I think so you supposed to do okay I'm not going to say one hour there can we get your phone number yeah sure so give her take like an hour or so all right what's your phone number sir he have a phone number I'm pretty sure he had it okay I'll just write it down in case not remember yeah yeah I call him but he know Instagram okay what's your phone number yeah a little bit him up yeah him he if he he work ask him his phone work yeah we goty try call him he answer okay we'll call you from the Department phone if anything all right so just be on the lookout for that osar 9 993 beginning transport back to Headquarters 1 M starting mileage 816 1 7 8161 here sh 51 51 206 are Beed is going to be hard shut down between Paul ropson and Cleveland 37 is down at Baron Mountain diverting tractor trailers uh to mount Elm and uh we're just basically putting Northbound tra trailers between n r and a holding pattern for the time PS I se assessing it right now receip want a ni put out for that yes that would be great thank you rece 206 hard closure between 12 Cleveland and 37 is down at Mountain they diverting traffic on to Mountain Avenue for for South traffic I'll put that 993 to Joe Port one after an unseen investigation that included a field sobriety test police determined that the driver was indeed Under the Influence he was arrested and charged with DUI please share your thoughts on this arrest and don't forget to like share and subsscribe [Music]