what began as a reckless driving report quickly spiraled into an intense confrontation culminating in the arrest of 60-year-old Deborah Bennett Odum and a bizarre altercation in jail I'm Tyler and this is your daily dose of [Music] crime 6101 we'll be pulling into the parking lot of ocean Gardens on Saturday September the 23rd of 2023 the Monroe County Sheriff's Office responded to reports of a reckless motorist swerving along us one near mile marker 82 deputies spotted a red Range Rover SUV matching the description and then pulled it over around 3:15 p.m. hello hello sorry for what are you okay uhuh all right we we got a call about your driving that you were having problems staying in the lane so and I thought it was weird that you kind of like put your turn signal on and you took a while to figure out where you're going and then when you made the left you made this really wide turn you okay you sure okay you have your license registration proof of insurance got right what's the matter why you crying do you still live in Key West you sure you what's the matter you sure you're okay is there anything I can do for you no okay is everything you have your Li your registration and proof of insurance 611 uh the registration Pro of insurance do you have all that I got your license I just need your insurance of course and registration just trying to get home okay where were you coming from looks like you were doing some shopping on the mainland huh no no oh okay I just saw the bags and my husband he broke his leg what what do you want to make okay I just want to make sure you're okay to drive that's all what what what do you want for me like I said I just wanted to make sure that you are okay to drive and go home I tell you what do me a favor turn the car off for me all right wait right here kind of get yourself together a little bit all right I'll be right back with you just wait here okay all right it's going to be a few more minutes I have a little problems with the computer okay you doing a little bit better like like why are you pulling me out well I didn't really I was following you because we got a call about your driving and um people were saying I mean from from the 100 mile marker they were calling about a red yes and so when you pulled in here you made a very I'm not I'm not going to do that you're not going to do what put your car in park put your car in park no car in park now why ma'am put your car in park why step out all the way in park step out of the car for me cuz you were about to take off on me and you are now lawfully detained so please step out of the vehicle that are you kidding me I'm not kidding you I step out no no no so either listen step out of the car I'm giving you a lawful order to step out of the car then I want to record everything we're recording too I will record recording we record everything that's fine but you need to step out of the car step out pleas you just let me record everything no first you step out of the car then you record anything ma'am here no well you're either really yes really yes so we've given you several lawful orders for you to step out of the car you're refusing those orders and I'm telling you to get out of the car right now she's telling me to get out of the car right now yes for what because I'm conducting a DUI investigation that's why DUI yes seriously seriously we're not joking we've had way too busy of a day to joke with you about this okay okay okay your phone is still attached yeah it's better to oh here tell you what don't you stand over here we'll close the door so you what you don't understand is that I just left uh you're you're you guys are just really orang okay you say so um so I I I I ma'am come over here please no no no you don't understand well then explain it to me explain it I i' I've got all the time to hear it so here we are I have breast cancer I just had my I just had my third treatment of breast cancer and these people have stop me okay so you think that's cool well uh based on the fact that several people called in that they were concerned about your driving and how you almost hit them I I understand okay so my next question to you is based on the fact that given that I can smell alcohol in your breath okay you're swaying while you stand I'm going to ask if you want to consent to some few sobriety exercises of course I would but okay but uh behind the wheel they found Odum whose Behavior immediately raised suspicion according to the deputy she smelled of alcohol appeared intoxicated and was exhibiting erratic Behavior you just lost what it just is something with my followers okay your followers all right I got you so with that being said would you be willing to of course I I problem okay so do me a favor I need you to put the phone down no I can't they they want to know what's happening okay so understand something that um you're not going to be able to do these exercises with your phone in your hand okay well like I have breast cancer I have breast cancer and you and you too like really okay so are you going to do these exercises yes or no of course I'll do anything you want me to then I need you to put the phone down okay will you hold it I'm not going to hold it for you ma'am no ma'am you can put it on your seat if you want okay that's fine and it can stay right there I'm so sorry okay I'm so sorry I I don't mean to put you in a a no we're going to do some exercises first ma'am so here do me a favor just do me a favor yeah they're they're recording with then okay so what what just stand with your feet together your arms out to your side that's all I need you to do right now like arms at your sides there you go feet together okay do you feel comfortable doing this in your Sho in those shoes yes ma'am okay so now what I'm going do is I'm going to check your eyes okay so what I want you to do I haven't run her yet I'm so sorry I'm so sorry listen don't worry about it listen we just got to get through this okay yeah it's good okay so feet together arms at your sides okay do you have blindness in either eye I don't know you don't know okay do you wear contact lenses or any corrective lenses uh contact uh contacts are you have them in now no you don't have your contacts in now no I couldn't afford them okay um so like I said what I'm going to ask you to do other than what you've already told us about your your health conditions are you or injured in any other way no no ma'am okay do you have any problems standing on one leg or no ma'am okay so here's what I'm to do I'm going to hold this pen up what I want you to do is use your right index finger and touch the tip of the pen for me okay now look at the pen for me what I'm going to ask you to do is to look at the pen with your eyes and your eyes only do you understand don't move your head you trying to hold my arm up and it's that's okay look at the pen and the pen yes ma'am all right you sure are you sure you want keep your shoes on well will you have to stand with your feet together yes ma'am I'm I'm giving you the option if you want to take off your shoes you can yes ma'am okay but your feet have to be together together that's is are you kidding me this is together it's going to be don't move your head don't look at me we'll start over it's okay just look at the pen you got it pen and Pen only pen do not move your head ready it's okay we'll do this as many times as you need okay I understand thank you so much all right ready yes hands at your side thank you [Music] I'll switch over are you able to follow with just your eyes and not your head yes ma'am okay cuz you keep turning your head I apologize it's okay you don't have to apologize I'm just making sure okay I'm gonna try like this okay do you mind if I tuck your hair behind your ear no see that's just right in front of your eyes it's just so embarrassing okay ready yes B we're going to the next let me go get the [Music] sheet it's okay take a deep breath do you go by Debbie Deborah Deb whatever what is your de Deb okay um so we're going to do please don't um do on this okay you think it's level enough I don't I don't know come on guys don't do this to me FR always pleas well like I said we we don't really have a choice in the matter okay if I could do this somewhere else I would I can't we got to do this I can I can just find a place tonight to sleep unfortunately at this point in time I I would get fired if I didn't continue with what I need to do okay okay understand do you want to check it and see yeah can we can we call the uh can we call the sheriff can we call BR me please no I'm I know him can we call him please um well I please Ramy I know him okay well I don't know I mean it's yeah are you would you be able to walk and turn with those shoes what are you talking about okay so I'm going to ask you to do a series of exercises called the walk and turn okay and we're going to use this line here so so in front of everybody out there like this this makes you happy it doesn't make me happy at all what do you me do but listen I'm just concerned that what do you mean do okay well Deb if you would just take a breath I know that you're upset I would be upset too but I didn't do anything wrong okay we have to to do a series of exercises where it the question that we have is would you feel more comfortable doing them Barefoot or in your shoes do you have why would I be why would I no do you have a pair of flip-flops why would I be baref okay you don't have to be barefoot dear God those you know they're sandals so why don't we just call Rick and let's just let's just talk to him and let's just just please please I don't I don't understand how the sheriff is going to help you out of this situation because I've known him for 10 years and like and like he knows I'm not a [ __ ] well nobody has called you that nor do we think that okay can I just sit down and just let's go over here I can't sit down really well let's go over here Deb please let's go over here and let's let's just get this done and over with well I want to just record I just want to record okay well we're getting to the point off and listen I have to take this away from you so are we refusing to do the rest of these exercises no of course then let's finish them then let's finish I love you guys like I don't want anything I don't want to be in this position either okay I don't I also put please put the phone down I want to record all you guys we're recording too she she she don't want to be like she got [ __ ] I know you did not listen all right we're done you got my license yes oh oh here we go yep yep we go oh here we go no not up cuz this is not going to end well for you are you kidding me no we are not kidding you give me give me my phone can you give me my phone 6101 work 5 we'll have one in custody give me my phone your phone's going with us give me my phone no give me my phone your phone will go with you do you want to take this I'll take it okay no are me certifi she she she chose that like she has got some kind of on with him so oh we'll just really really like you're you th threatening me no I'm Walk Place stop are you going to walk with me or are we going to have to carry you to stop my God damn it can I not turn it off we're going to take care of all that is there anything other than your phone that you want you're hurting me you're hurting me you're hurting me you're hurting me you're hurting me you're hurting me you're hurting [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] me me me hurting me you're hurting me you're hurting me you're hurting me are you going to walk are you no I'm not going to walk you stop you're hurting me the ground I would prefer not take me battery really we can oh yeah all right sit in the car on the ground you can go to the back of my patrol car you watching this thank you baby record it record it no please record we are record it that red light on her car too you you say that you say are you trying to trip me now you're stupid thank you oh my God stop we're going the walk stop walk walk nope want to go your leg nope no no see all right oh look what you did with my driver's license look what you did with my driver's license W oh they see what you did be help I'll be more than happy happy do you want to check no I want you they're Double C okay no no don't touch me don't touch me you call Rick rby call him call him his name is Ram Z Ramsey oh but you're so stupidy stupid you didn't say that before you're stupid Colin to call him no reason call him 611 no need toite just add call him no it's Saturday call him you can call him from jail since you know him so well oh I do know I'm we okay God you're so sick you're so sick you're sick you're sick we have an ambulance coming so they're going to help you out okay okay just guess why honey what can I can you please just so I can breathe so what we're going to do is we're going to turn you on our side oh [Music] was there another unit coming God from where oh God please help me please help me please help me here I will help you up come on Roll On Your Side Roll On Your Side Deb I'll have her on her back but not on her stomach come on Deb I know Deb I'm not going to let you go on your stomach you're going to kill me now if you go on your stomach we're going to have a [Music] problem but she she's not you're hurting me you're me heyb hey ma'am ma'am ma'am ma'am well we had her well she now needs to be checked by MX we had her seated she didn't want that so then we put her in she hurt me she hit me she hit me the face she what's your name what's your name sheit me the fight sheit me the fight she hit me the okay stop it stop it she hit me the all right all she hit me list I'll fire rest okay said in the face you okay where where where where she hit me I can't I can't okay okay calm down okay calm down she told me if I said anything okay all right calm down all right please I'm going to sit you up if you promise that you're not going to act all all right okay ready never Hur you all right ready one two three she hurt me okay she hurt me she hit me with face she told me she said I was a cut she called me a gun okay okay she got me a gun all right are you H anywhere no I'm just embarrassed okay okay okay that's understandable that's understandable all right so let's let's calm down so we can talk okay okay let's talk calm down so we can talk all right my name is Deputy Matthews okay my first name is Mary okay know okay off the your face she hurt me she hurt me okay cuz she said I used to her boyfri okay and she hurt me she hit me in face okay do you want to get checked out by medical to have them look at you to see if you have any injuries or anything littlear you just embarrassed okay so no injuries you just a little embarrassed I'm sorry okay she was claiming she couldn't breathe earlier liar okay listen talk to me no she's a liar okay talk to meing Liar okay talk to me what's your first de de de okay I'm here let's talk okay can I can I stand you up of course you can okay I'm going to stand you up all right okay ready we cannot just help someone get to wipe the nose off my face yeah yeah we'll get you some tissue embarass that okay okay no I'm sorry you think that it's not cool it's not cool for her to do what she did okay okay she followed me she followed me with the I have proof of it I have proof of it okay no worries no worries her not her she was she was okay okay no problem so embarrassing oh my God we're going to get you some help okay no we're too embarrassing I know I know it's all right but I got you up right we got you up off the ground right yes way okay go ahead watch your head watch your head okay watch your head ma'am all right we're just going to buckle you in okay yes ma'am do you want me to put my my P your what behind me what my you me put my my my forarms behind me your hands yes ma'am we have to give him behind you okay okay okay sge you want to leave it here you want to strap her in no strap her in for sure yeah I'm going reach over you okay [Music] can you please just like help me just do this please please please please um we've got her phone already I mean we we really I mean we really we were but we weren't fighting I wouldn't say it was fighting she was just being my dis it's okay she she was more um like like not she was just she was not cooperating she was just trying to pull away it was more she was resisting than actively fighting um it was a reckless oh okay so it was a it was it was a reckless with several several like more than one caller um she say she works at the hospital I can't get out what hospital I'm sure her ID is in there but she says she works at the hospital I don't know Fisher or my no we've got her ID oh I don't know but she said she works at the hospital she lives in Q West so it could be but she also said she was yelling at Patron saying I teach your children I teach your children I know I'm just yeah no no I'm glad so do you want this or no you don't need this you just want her phone and this or I would say I mean is that an actual this is uh her cards so want to search the vehicle no this is her I don't know we want to put that in the seat no right here that's fine no you can turn lean forward this way mhm I'll do I'll do whatever you saying I mean I mean that we would not be in this situation if you had from the get-go really cuz you hadn't been in the situation you okay you you oh you've been inocent your whole life so is it your watch that's hurting no you're hurting me you're hurting my arming please just just get just un let me no you're not going anywhere except to jail I lied you're going to the BTO room and then you're going to jail and did you just tell me I'm going to jail yeah you will be okay she just said I'm going to jail who are you talking to my my podcast your podcast how do you have your podcast streaming like to know it's interesting yeah cuz they say you she said hold on I would never hurt you I really look forward to you watching this body cam footage of yourself Deb yeah because I really looking forward to you watching yourself watching yourself okay I do too actually is that is that does that make you feel good no it doesn't this whole situation does not make me feel good in the Le no it does not yeah so here's what I'm going to do is I'm going to take your watch off because your watch is having issues with well the jail is not going to accept you with jewelry but we will not take I will not take your other stuff off until we get to the station to the BTO room why is this yeah well hold you're not getting out come on babe like I'm not trying to do anything to you you I'm not trying to hurt you in any way Shake Your Horn oh my God are you kidding me no this is not a joke okay far from it so how am I supposed to get out to use the to use how am I supposed to use the phone stupid you use the phone when you get to the jail off of my you're hurting me you're hurting me you're hting man you're Hing man you're hurting man I'm seriously standing right here you're hurting me you're hi you need to turn over you need to turn over you're hurting me you're hurting me stupid turn over this is the target box yeah apparently I'm choking her hey ma'am ma' ma' [Music] things right there again something [Music] happen she's choking me she's choking me she's choking me there's a back there recording you right now and they see I am nowhere near you you're Ching me you 6211 I'll be back in route to the BTO we had a little okay okay so if you swing your legs out I have you I'm not going to let you fall that is the last thing we want to happen okay you already let me fall well that was careful here just take a just take a step to the side just well I need to close the door would you take a step back I want my I want my purse your purse will go with you to the jail I promise all right Walk This Way follow this gentleman let go please we're not going to we're not going to do this again we are not going to do this again no we good no we're good come on sit thank you stop stop no stop it if you bite me going to get another charge okay stop relax get off of me Deb Rel get off of me relax Deb get off of me relax get off of me relax you're choking nobody's choking you're choking me no one's choking you de relax stop you're choking me relax oh God damn it you're choking me you yeah yeah I have it in the you stupid okay okay perfect appreciate the help as deputies work to detain her odm resisted attempting to unbuckle her seat belt while inside of the patrol car her refusal to cooperate continued once she arrived at Plantation key jail where the situation escalated dramatically Odum reportedly bid a Corrections Deputy during an intake process and also kicked another deputy according to the arrest report H I don't know the code to get in I don't know the code they only tell the special people the code and I'm not one of those it's our telephone number okay can you you're welcome pleas please stop tapping me like you're my [ __ ] friend stop can you open your mouth real quick just got to make sure not can you open your mouth real quick I have just did the top can you can you open please what another try she did bite me she did yeah I did not try to bite you it's okay if you want I try really I tried to bite you well I saw you oh I see we're all in together okay can you please open your mouth for me I just got to make sure you a got nothing in there the you said you were going to be cooperative when we got and that you were going to supply I'm listen ma' can I just get to wipe the wrist I will if you turn around I'm going to do it for you I told you I would that's one way to get it done yeah can you go and get tissues for yeah thank you me so if you want to make this go as fast as humanly possible blow I'm going to need you to open your mouth for me blow you don't want to blow no okay you just want me to wipe yeah thank you thank you I appreciate that so now that that's over can you please open your mouth for me so I can make sure you don't have can you please open your mouth and shut the I me we can sit here and sit here and sit here I can sit here all night I don't give a the faster we get this over the FAS to the bathroom no okay don't really give okay so are you going to do this or not not do what you agree to um I want to call Rick Ramsey I want to call him Ramsey Ram Ramsey yeah Ramsey stupid okay okay I know his name I know his name too okay I give $2,000 to yeah that's good okay you're dumb thanks get the out of here you're okay ma'am for me to start this process she's stupid and she's like like she cannot be uh that's fine this what you call what do you call it she can't be uh un this is your time to prove her wrong no she's if you want to prove that I need you to open your mouth that's it so we can and so I can start this and we can we just need to see if there's anything in your mouth ma'am there's nothing in my mouth I got to check but can he check can he just look quick check her mouth okay she got in it she got in it there just a little piece of gum but okay I just got to make sure you don't have that little piece of gum in your mouth I don't have anything in my mouth can I see please I want her away from me she's she's ail she's a [ __ ] you yeah you're good she's a okay so bring I'm going to take your I'm so I left my job Debbie sit down Sit why you sit down I don't need to why you sit down have a seat all why you sit down okay have a seat why don't you sit down deie I'm not going to ask please have a seat why you sit down okay listen I don't want to have to handcuff you again if I have to I you don't want to listen to me I have to handcuff you okay she's stupid all right so just have a seat okay come on thank you excuse me no stop oh we are not doing this we are not doing this the there's nothing in there you yes there is there's nothing in there you idiot that's it we're done I got you thank you there's nothing in there God damn it yeah there's nothing in there where the keys go now God damn it done right yeah okay stop it you're stupid stop God damn it stop we about stop you be okay right thanks ma' it's a watch it's an actual watch sorry she was calling me that's what okay did I not sorry we just had to fight her again what's up no I know cuz you can't hear her um she had the key in her pocket I know so I I don't and then she snatched it with her watch and we just had to fight her and I hurt my elbow but it's okay I'll be fine she's now starting with the whole thing with we're hurting her now okaying me no we're good cuz we have cr 160 here all right all right bye stop stop quit hurting me stop West time 6211 what was the inquest 10 1531 1531 1531 1531 stop hurting me you're hurting me you're hurting me Mary stop just take a step back so God damn it you're hurting me uh I request I request full right now it went fly oh she's stepping on it left foot watch yourself oh you want another charge do you want another charge what for battery on Le if you kick me or bite me again you're going to be on the floor do you understand me you think do you understand no you did bite her do you understand me yes or no did I never B you do you understand what I'm saying to you just get me out of here I'm trying to do possible yeah it only work so fast yeah well my my lawyer said give me give me everything you could so I I did so get I already got these two can we get like you out here oh wow you're so you're so you're United wow a black person and a white person United but you don't give a about her you stupid you hate her you hate her cuz she's black you can't stand it cuz she gets everything that you think wait I got one more thing oh yeah de yeah one more thing oh yeah Debra yeah de oh she get everything oh she shouldn't get everything she shouldn't she if you refuse to take the test I have sit down you didn't tell me to sit down if you refuse to sit down you know to stay seated you don't have to list I'm supposed to I have requested of you your driving privilege will be suspended for a period of one first refusal you think about your friend years think how she likes you talk about her privil has been previously call you call her like 3 I heard what you said about her oh she's black she's black she get refusing to submit to a lawful test of your breath urine or blood stupid she additionally if you refuse to take the test I have request oh look at you D I'm so bad I'm so bad find de 3 you do for refusal to submit to a lawful test of your breath urine or blood committing a Mis in addition paper you're a pie gotta go again listen anymore I requested that the driver submit to a breath test for purpose of determining its alcohol content I informed the driver that the refusal to submit to such test we all know what you said about her result in the suspension of her driving why don't you show why don't you show her why you show her my phone why don't you show her my phone what you said about months or you said said she luy she 215 floor statute for refusing to submit to a breath urine or blood test if oh I also informed the driver that he or she no commits a misdemeanor nobody cares the law cares um you're to submit to a lawful test as requested you want to hurt me so bad hurt meurt me has been previously care about you said when you said she was her job because she was black suck that sort of sucked that's thank you sir thank you sir you know what you said was true I cannot wait for you to watch yourself on body cam I cannot wait you are going to sit there and you're going to be appalled by your behavior no I'm really not cuz everything I said you said you said you cannot believe that she had her job because she was black you said it on body cam so I plan on showing it to everybody I hope you do yes thank you you're going have to all stuff out later okay yeah you're testing that I just read all that [ __ ] while she was talking about we heard you yeah oh you said her and her I'm trying to figure out who I don't like her CU she's her alike she's second real quick though can I can you tell me that word again that I was it was constitutional or was it the word before that I have to look up cuz I'm trying to learn something from it don't remember it we can go car I know come on same all right ready you stay away from me well I'm driving you so you ever had take the things off I can't you got to have the bracelets on down I can't wa him come on dud what [Applause] the you want to get inside but you haven't given that right but you haven't given that right in over hey I have one you're why she got my okay you make you feel good make you feel good being bu and her cuz she's black make you feel good make you feel good cuz you don't you know you're not worthy not worthy of yeah you ain't worth it you ain't worth it her she's 10 times better than you 10 times oh I know it oh yeah she is you're a pie God Dam oh d d God damn it you're hurting me I'll be out here in 10 minutes just stop worri stop so I only Monroe County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Adam lindhard later clarified that the bite did not break the skin but it was enough to Warrant additional charges ultimately Odum refused a breathalyzer test which only complicated the investigation she was charged with DUI and battery on a law enforcement officer her bond was set at $10,000 and records show that she was released from jail the following evening Sheriff Rick Ramsey commented on the incident stating this kind of behavior not only endangers the public but puts our deputies at unnecessary risk we take these actions seriously and will ensure Justice is served odm's actions and behavior could have had far more severe consequences but thankfully no deputies or civilians sustained any life-threatening injuries