No, but I've recently been tested for autism, so I have trouble and ADHD, so I have trouble sitting still. I'm fine. I was trying to swerve out of the way of it, which I know I'm not supposed to do, but Thank you for the sympathy. There's none. So, I'm asking if you have any understand? Okay. We're not going to get belligerent now. She's here to pick you up. That's really funny. Thank you. I know she's here. I'm not going home after this. Okay. It's 2022. On May 27th, 2023, officers in Ohio responded to a single motor vehicle accident involving a green Audi crashing into a guardrail. You guys okay? You okay? No, there was a deer crossing the street. Okay. You the only one in the car? Yeah, I just called my mother to come pick me up. Okay. You all right? You want an ambulance to come check you out or anything like that? No, I'm I'm fine. There was a deer that just ran right across the road. Okay. All right. You the owner of the car? No, it's my stepfather. Okay. I'm fine. I was trying to swerve out of the way of it, which I know I'm not supposed to do, but Did you turn off the obviously? I didn't want to hit it. Yeah. I mean, I feel like it might have been worse if I hit it. All right. You have your driver's license? Yeah, I do. I'm sorry. And proof of insurance for the vehicle? Um it's probably in the glove box. I can look for it. Yeah, if you don't mind. Yeah. on my way. What's that? What did you say? I just said you're on your way. That's my stepfather. Who are you calling from? What do you mean? Where are you coming from? I'm going home. Where are you coming from? I didn't ask where you're going. My father's house to my stepfather's house. Okay. You sure you're okay? You don't want to get an to check you out or anything? I'm fine. Okay. Where are you coming from? My dad's house to my mom's house. Okay. Did you have any drinks at your dad's house? No? Okay. Cuz you smell like alcohol, okay? I'm getting some alcohol coming out of your breath, okay? Okay, where where were you drinking at then? With a friend. With a friend? How many drinks you have? Two. Okay. All right. Um I'm going to ask you to perform some SFSTs, okay? Field sobriety test. Can I wait for my mother to show up? What's that? Can I wait for my mom to come? For what purpose, ma'am? Just to do that. Uh well, I'm going to need to run them through through you now, okay? We're not going to wait for mom. The suspect requests for her mother to arrive before she's willing to perform field sobriety tests for the officer. All right. So, what I want you to do is come on up here for me. Why does my mom have to come? You're an adult. We don't have to wait for your mom. Why? Because you're an adult. We don't have to. But could you? No. We're not going to stand out here all night. Why? So, you can do them or not. But if you don't do them, we're just going to arrest you. Because you smell like And my officer here Keep her over here. However, the officers tell the suspect she's an adult and her mother does not need to be present for the FSTs. Keep her over here for a second. I'm going to move her so there's no gravel or nothing. What are you looking at? Your car. Well, yeah. That's not good right now. Yeah. All right, Lauren, come on over here by my car for me. I would like to wait for my mother. We're not We're not Sorry, we're not going to wait for your mother, okay? So, what I'm going to ask you is we're just going to do a some three small little tests here and then we'll make a determination on what we're going to do, okay? We'll let your mom know everything once she gets here what's going on, okay? All right. So, I need The suspect eventually agrees to perform the FSTs for the officers. All right, feet together. All right, so what I need you to do stand on this line, face me, okay? Okay. All right, feet together, hands down at your side. All right, mind taking your hat off for me? Um where do I put that? Just hold it down hold it down at your side right there, okay? Hands down at your side. Okay? You You wearing contacts right now or anything? No. Okay. You have any issues with your eyes? Any astigmatisms, anything like that? No, but I don't wear glasses. Okay. All right. All right. So, what I want you to do, see the tip of my pen here? Mhm. Just with your eyes and your eyes only, I want you to follow with the tip of the pen, okay? Don't move your head side to side or anything like that, okay? You look at the tip of the pen here. Tip of the pen. Like where your finger is? Yep. All right. Okay. With your eyes and your eyes only, okay? Don't move your head. Sorry, you did not make that clear. Any prosthetics, anything like that? No, but I've recently been tested for autism, so I have trouble and ADHD, so I have trouble standing still. I'm starting high school in the fall, so I cannot really Okay. During the tests, the suspect tells officer she was recently tested for autism and ADHD, explaining she has trouble standing still. not really Okay. All right. So, whenever you're ready, go ahead and begin. Thank you for the sympathy. There's none. I could never do that for you. Okay. Try your best, and you got it. Also, count out loud, remember, okay? Yeah, I heard you, but I I'm telling you already I can't do that. Okay. So, you you want to skip this one? Is that what you're asking? What else do you want me to do? Okay. All right. Like this one is physically impossible for certain people. I understand. That's why I'm asking you if you have any understand? Okay. We're not going to get belligerent now, all right? I'm not having a problem. I just think this is Okay. one that you cannot ask everybody do. Okay. All right. Well, state and country says that these are tests that are being able to perform by any normal human being, okay? in the middle of nowhere. Okay. Do you want to do the last one? It's a walk and turn. Do you want to do that or do you want to refuse to take that one? What do you want me to do with that one? Well, I'm asking if you'd like to do it. What does it require? Okay. It require I'm going to I'll show you if you want to take that one, okay? freezing my ass off right now, me not walking, like It's 9 steps. Like what do you want from me right now? I'm asking you if you'd like to perform the last the last test. someone who's not so hostile to ask me what I want to do right now. Cuz you said I'm hostile now. So, if you don't want to take this last test, that's fine. Something was in the road. It was an animal that I did not want to hit. And now I'm I I'm being asked to do something that I And we didn't have my mother to show up to do because I'm honestly having a panic attack. show up, okay? If you don't want to do this last test, that is fine. However, we are going to have to arrest you for the OVI. You just said my mom's not going to show up? We we don't care if your mom shows up. You're an adult. We're not waiting for your mom. What do you want me to do then? All right. All right, let me see your hat and your phone here. Okay. Keep this for the tow company. Let me see your phone, please. All right, Alana. Put your hands behind your back for me, okay? All right. What are you doing? And now you're being placed under arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol, okay? I didn't refuse last test. I did not refuse last test. Well, you're given a chance to blow into our breathalyzer back at the station if you'd like. Uh this officer here is going to read you some paperwork and we'll go over some stuff. So, who's calling my mother to tell her is suspended. She'll be 21. We're going to let you make a phone call. We'll talk to mom, let her know what's going on, okay? The suspect was arrested for suspected OVI and placed into a patrol car. Do I have to be handcuffed for this? You're under arrest right now, so yes, unfortunately you do. I'm sorry. As officers placed the suspect into a patrol car, the suspect's mother arrived at the scene to speak with the officers. Hi. Hi mom. Hi. All right, so um Okay. She's fine. Um obviously she's had some drinks tonight. Oh my god. So um she's been tested, a field tested here for for field sobriety, which she she did not pass. So right now she's under arrest for OVI. Um She's going back to the station now to do some little some paperwork, but she'll be released tonight as long as uh you can come by and pick her up. It's like right down the road. So what's going to happen now? She'll have a court date come Tuesday. Um you know, she's not going to go to jail or anything like that. You know, she'll be released to you tonight. Um What about her car? Where is she? have a tow truck coming. She just Yeah, she she's she's in that car now. the car right there going back to the station. We have some paperwork and stuff to do. Okay. Where's the station? So You can follow me. It it's right down the road. Okay. And then uh it's about a half hour, 45 minutes of paperwork, and then she'll go with you. Okay. Okay. Yeah, just just follow me, okay? The suspect's mother agrees to follow officers to the police station. That was not an answer to my question. What can we answer for you? What's happening right now? Where's my mother? Your mother's in the lobby. Can she come back here? She cannot. Why? Because you are under arrest. Why? Because you had too many drinks tonight and crashed your car. But there was deer in the road. Doesn't matter if there's a deer in the road. You still have to make drinks and crash your car. So, if I didn't hit the object, you would have been fine. Like if I Yeah, if you didn't without drinking, you would have been fine. So, what would have done then? Um You would have just got your car towed and went home. But, because my car wasn't working, actually. That's why I said you would have got your car towed and went home. But, because you're drinking and you're drunk, you're under arrest. Great. What is a good phone number for you? What do you want? Mine or my mother's? Yours. I don't have a phone. You do have a phone. I don't have a I'm I'm in possession of your phone. But, I think it's under my mother's phone plan. Why are you being like this? I'm not being like I understand you're upset, okay? But, you have to own up to what you did tonight, okay? You made a little mistake, okay? What did I do? You were drinking and you crashed your vehicle. We already been over this. You don't think you should have just let me go? you just answer my questions so we can get you out of here and you can go be with mommy, okay? I'm not going to go be with anything. I'm going to be on the streets tonight. Do you think she's going to let me go home? She's here to pick you up. That's really funny. Thank you. I know she's here. But, I'm not going home after this. Okay. That's really something that you and mom can talk about. You're 22. So, can I have your phone number? At the police station, the suspect refused to provide a breath sample. The suspect was charged with OVI, OVI refusal to submit to chemical tests, and failure to control. In court, the suspect pleaded not guilty. At this time, the case is still undergoing court proceedings.