in the early morning hours of July 2nd 2023 sakaka police observed a vehicle stopped in the left-hand turn lane of a traffic light officers knocked on the driver's side window to wake him up after shining their flashlights and his face did not yield any results here is what occurred do hey how you doing T cus police put your car in park put your car in park hey yo put your car in park put it in park put the gear in park put the gear in park perfect how you feeling good brother okay see police officer Gonzalez has been recording my body cam okay what happened we're home man that's it uh-huh you know where you are yeah H Where Are You by Hogan you where hog by Hogan by hok by Hoboken you know what town you're in yeah home you know you're not in Hoboken home where's home like two lefts away in uh sea caucus you live in Sea caucus where in Sea caucus do you live got black away black away can you roll out window a little bit more okay you understand what's going on right now yes sir what happened I'm going home that's it no you understand what's going on though you understand why I'm here talking to you of course brother what happened uh want vle stop huh vehicle stop not more vehicle stop you weren't driving you brother I'm going straight home you're going straight home where you coming from uh Union City you come from Union City yes sir what were you doing uh driving straight home you were just driving straight home yes sir do you understand why why I'm talking to you though right now do you understand what happened what happened right going straight I said go home huh straight home that's it you want to St right home that's it yeah but but you answer me my question uh you weren't driving your car okay I didn't stop you you already stopped yes sir okay do you understand that yes sir do you understand what you were doing yes I want stop I go St home no you're not understanding you not understanding what I'm saying reason reason why I'm here is because you fell asleep yes sir so soon no you didn't say any of that okay I just woke you up right now yes sir I went straight home that's it okay you you're repeating yourself all right huh two blocks away that's it two blocks away or anything exchange okay your speech a little slurred okay did you drink anything I had a couple drinks you got a couple of drinks okay perfect right I'm going to ask you to step out of the car for me the car leave your car and park right just step out the car we're going to go right here in the sidewalk come in to sidewalk how much did you have to drink tonight 39 I'll be a couple a couple what's a couple about how much two okay why you looking away from me I'm talking to you right look towards me okay what's a couple uh like two like two yeah okay all right okay all right just got to get the uh fronts what's a couple of drinks like two about two yeah all right and um you think key hands in your pocket for me I'm sorry I'm not asking you for anything at the time okay what are you doing have you I guess you've done this already in the past you have yeah I do work for un CPD what's that I do work for un CPD I I never asked you that I know why would you bring it up I'm telling you okay but what has what does it have to do with uh you being checked like this before nothing I guess you want me to take some type of preference or something that you mention that like I said you're being recorded right now also okay I know about that okay all right do me fa take your head offing job take your head off okay okay I'm going to ask you to do okay you have any medical conditions you wear glasses contacts you have a glass eye no no okay I'm going to ask you to do okay look look at me look at my pen okay all right and you just follow my pen without moving your head all right just your eyes okay don't move your head look straight and just move your eyes again look straight okay just move your eyes okay you had a couple of drinks huh about how many that you could remember to three 20 three 20 three okay put your head back on okay do you have any uh physical ailments with your legs or anything you have any problems wooden leg nothing all good okay going to ask you to perform a series of tests okay all right first one's going to be okay the nine steps walk and turn okay all right I want to demonstrate for you okay and keep your hand to the side like this okay going to go like this Heel To Toe all right okay you're going to put your left foot in front of your right right okay one two 3 four all the way to nine okay when you get to the nine steps you're going to take a series of small steps like this turn back around same thing right foot in front of left okay one 2 3 four okay they have to touch Heel To Toe okay you're going to take nine steps forward and nine steps back okay whenever you're ready keep your hands to the side go ahead you may begin 3 4 5 6 okay come over here come over here all right what I'm going to ask you to do okay right the one leg stand okay and stand like this hands to the side like this exactly like how you did with the with the nine steps okay you're going to hold your foot up okay all right like this you're going to say you're going to count 1 1,000 2 1,000 3 1,000 okay 600 is up which equals about but the size of a dollar bill okay the length of a dollar bill okay 6 in off the ground like this okay 1 1,000 21,000 all the way to 30 I'll tell you when to begin okay either either leg is fine towards me towards me towards me towards me all right you may begin count out loud 1 100 to 1,000 3 1,000 4 1,000 5 1,000 6,000 6,000 7,000 8 1,000 9 1,000 10 1,000 okay that's fine that's fine all right just turn around for me and then just put your arms back like this all right turn around real quick and just put your arms out like that do that for me that right okay that's fine all right put your hands together like this put your hands together okay you being arrested right now for suspicious OB driving under the influence of alcohol okay after failing his field sobriety test and his blood alcohol content at nearly twice the legal limit police subsequently arrested and issued garus a summons Mauricio garus pleaded guilty and his license was suspended for one year as a result he was ordered to pay $890 in fines and court costs and his vehicle must be equipped with an ignition interlock device for 2 years Mauricio garus remains employed by the Union City Police Department