What you gonna do, tough guy? What you going to do, tough guy? Yeah, I bet. I said I was not agreement with Okay. Well, the test he's asking you to perform now is completely settling. You already disrespected me and let me finish. Failed to get a test. I already did. Okay, fine. Yeah, Thursday, July 25th, 2024, Fruitland Park, Florida. Police officers conduct a traffic stop near State Road 25 and South Grace Airport after receiving a call reporting a man who had consumed a significant amount of alcohol and then got into a car with his young son. A patrol unit identified the suspect's vehicle pulling out of a business located at 3323 US Highway. Officers followed him briefly and observed the vehicle drifting into the bike lane on three separate occasions. The officers knew they had to stop him immediately and take action before it was too late. I'm Tyler and this is your daily dose of crime. Then I decided not to drive. I waited till the time was You waited like 15 minutes. It's been like 45 minutes. It has not been 45 minutes. I sat in that parking lot the entire time. It does not matter. Your kid is in the child in the back seat with no seat belt on and you were driving intoxicating. You just told him to put him seat bel. No. Please don't do me like that. You're driving with your child in the car. Yes, you are. Your words are slurred. If you think 45 minutes have passed, you're wrong. Please. It was 45. No. Step out of the car. Right there. Trying to ruin my whole life. Mom, watch the kid. Put your hands on my hood. Last name. Come here, buddy. Come stand up here with me. Put your hands on my stay right there. The driver, identified as Anthony Michael Paige, had already been warned in the parking lot that he should wait 45 minutes for the alcohol to wear off. And despite it all, he ignored the warning and drove off as soon as he believed the officers were out of sight. His son was standing without a seat belt in the back seat, and the vehicle's movements were clearly erratic. But was he truly unaware of the danger? So, I know we just talked to you in that parking lot. How long did you say that last? It was 30, 40 minutes. Okay. I just trying to make right here. It was a nice turn. That's fine. So, I was just trying to make Okay. Well, I was I sat in that parking lot. I had two drinks. According to the bar, you had two beers and two shots. That is too much for you to be driving with the child in the car. Okay. And it definitely was not 35 minutes because I sat there and watched you drive off. And then from there to here, I watched you cross this bike lane three times. I don't agree with that, but okay. That's what you say. Okay. Are you willing to participate in field test to see if you were allowed to drive? I would like to walk home. Well, you we're past that point. We told you to walk home from the bar. I did, but I waited the time till I was sober enough to drive. You're only You're only allowed two beers. You can drive. But you had two beers and two shots according to the bar. They had a receipt to show me. So, you think I'm drunk? Are you willing to participate in field guilty exercise? True. Do I have to? Do I have to? I mean, it's it's your legal right, but I'm sure I'll try. Bas based off of I'm not drunk. I know I'm not drunk. Okay, stay sit tight. Be right back. He claimed that he had only consumed two beers and waited the proper amount of time, but the officer called him out on his lie, pointing out that the store receipt told a different story. He had consumed enough alcohol to impair his ability to drive and he was required to take a DUI test to confirm the facts. You see this line right here? Yes, ma'am. Put your feet on this line like this together. Arms down by your side. All right. Yes, ma'am. Do you see the tip of my pen? All right. I want you to follow the tip of my pen with your eyes and your eyes only, keeping your head completely straight forward. Okay. Sorry. Keep your head straight. Some are going to do the same thing. Okay, you still see the tip of my pen. The summer are going to go up. Follow it with your eyes and your eyes only. Okay. I feel fine. That was easy. I wish I would have not stressed out so much about me drinking a little bit. I really drank a little bit. What they said I drink. I gave one of the drinks like half back to I don't understand why you're drinking. The suspect completed the first part of the sobriety test without any visible issues, saying that he felt fine and once again insisting that he had only had a little to drink, but the officer simply took notes and continued with the test. He had not cleared it yet. The smell of alcohol on his breath and the way he had been driving told a different story. Thought you allowed at least a drink or two. No. All right. No one. The next thing I'm going to ask you to do is put your feet one foot on the line and one foot in front of you like this. On the line, one foot. Hands down by your side. Okay. Stay like that until I tell you to begin. Okay. All right. So, I'm going to demonstrate for per for. So, starting here, you're going to take nine heel to steps forward. Okay. So, for my demonstration purposes only, I'm going to do three steps. Keeping your hands down by your side, you're going to do one, two, three. You're going to continue all the way to nine. Once you get to nine, you're going to take a series of small steps and turn around like so. I did have surgery on my right knee, but I'm going to do my best. So, small steps turning around and then nine heels to steps back. One. So, I turn nine steps and turn around. Yep. So, you do nine heel toe steps towards this way. Heel toe. Yep. And then you do a series of small steps like I just showed you and do nine back. Okay, counting out loud. I'm not going to tell you when to stop. Okay, keep your hands down by your side. You can begin. I'm sorry for whatever thing I did out here. I love that kid more than you could ever imagine. My everything and I was fair to drive. That's the only reason I drive cuz I felt like I had sobered up enough to drive. You told me feel like you're getting up to drive in you can. Right. During the second part of the test, he began showing obvious signs of impairment. His legs were shaking, his steps were off balance, and he struggled to maintain equilibrium. Little by little, his actual condition became more obvious. Despite his excuses, he would still have to face the consequences. He didn't seem to realize the risk that he had exposed his child to. Same thing. Put your feet together like this. Arms down by your side. Okay, this time we're going to demonstrate the one leg stand. Okay, you can choose either foot, whether it be right or left. Right. Okay, hold on. Keep standing with your feet toes and feet together. Keep toes and heels together. Side by side. All right. Like this. Arms down by your side. Okay. So, in a minute, I'm going to tell you to choose one leg. Okay. You're going to lift that leg about six inches off the ground. Okay. about a size of a a beer like a beer can or a soda can. Okay. All right. So, for demonstration purposes only, I'm going to stand here and do six inches off the ground like this. You're going to look at your stand as far as your widebody frame is. You're going to keep your legs like your feet together for a moment. And you're going to raise one foot six inches off the ground like this. And you're going to count out loud 1 1,00 N I did not tell you to start. Hold on. 1 1,00 2 100 3 100 You're going to continue until I tell you to stop. Do you want to stand? Yep. All right. Do you want to re raise your right or your left foot? Don't matter. Whatever you want. Well, you have to you have to choose your left or your right. I have to. All right. Um, lift your left. I don't know. Okay. I've never done this before. All right. Do you understand the instructions I have explained to you? Counting out loud. Keep it up. Six inches. Six inches off the ground. Kind of above you kind of. Yeah, I got it. Okay. You may begin. Oh, hold on. Tell me when you say I put my hands on my bag. Your hands down by your side. You may get count out loud. For this one, you're going to put your pointer finger out on both hands like this. Keep them down by your side, making a fist with the rest of your hand like this. Hold one finger up. I'm sorry. This is a little confusing. Can you please explain? Hold one finger up like this and then put it down by your side like this on both sides. Okay? Stay like that until I tell you to begin. Okay? So, when I tell you to begin, you're going to tilt your head back. Close your eyes. Keep them closed and keep your head tilted back until I tell you to stop. Okay? So, I'm going to either say left or right. You take the tip of your finger. Touch the tip of your nose. Okay? I just guess that. All right. Do you understand? Yes, ma'am. All right. Go ahead and tilt your head back. Close your eyes. Left. return down to your side. For the rest of them, I'm not going to tell you to return your fingers. Just return them back after you touch your nose. Okay? So, once you touch your nose, bring it back down to your side. Bigger, right? Return your hand. Remember to return your hand after you touch your finger or touch your nose. Oh, right after right after you touch it. Just put it back down. I didn't know. I thought you Sorry. Let's try again. All right, tilt your head back. Keep your eyes closed. Left. I'm not drunk. I wish you would realize. I just I had a cold beers cuz I thought you were allowed to drink cold beers, my dog. Police officer. This one's going to be kind of the similar. You're going to tilt your head back and close your eyes when I tell you it begin. And then you're going to you're going to estimate the time the passing of 30 seconds. Estimated pass. Passing of 30 seconds. That's easy. Okay. All right. Start. Yeah, I get it. And I can do it that easy. All right, give me one second. Nope. Hold on. Oh, you got to tell me when I rub this. I'm sorry, sir. I know you're pissed at me. I know you. All right. Ready? Okay. And begin now. Right out of time. Right. Yeah. I'm not up, bro. I wish we did it. Give me another chance. I put my car I likes they hate me. I just got a lot of surpris for a minute. It's not what I said. I bitten off a lot of that, right? But I didn't do I I mean I have it on my head as well. Sorry, Jack. How was his issue? How was his issue? HG. Oh, sorry. Stopped counting several times. Sorry, I was scribbling. Sorry. I know. You have more DUI experience than I do. I mean, I think I have enough, but what do you You think you have enough? I'm going to figure out what to do. Paige completed the last parts of the test without any mistakes and even laughed and appeared confident in front of the officers, convinced that he was fine. However, officers observed two behaviors that clearly indicated otherwise. He had difficulty listening and showed poor coordination. For these reasons, Paige would be placed in handcuffs and taken to jail for further testing. But things would not go as smoothly there. Yep. Nope. Not. But what are we going to do with this one? We have to call him. Okay. I mean, he lives right there, but I don't know if he has anyone. We find out what y'all can hold on to this ring. Yeah. You know, I'm not 1032. All right, go ahead and put your hands on my back. My wife is at work at Harbor Chase Villages. Can you please get her? Why am I being arrested? By the way, in child engagement. In child. What? Why? He had his seat belt on. You searched him already. I've patted him down. He had his seat belt. Son, can I please talk to him, please? We're going to search you first. Stand right here. Nope. He's over here. Is there anything on you that you're not supposed to have? I don't think so. No, I got any better containing container. Chew that. just talking. Why did you say I feel you got a number for you? Like yes, you said it's Harbor Chase Villages. I have a phone. I just don't have Have a seat. Yes, ma'am. I love you, son. Everything's going to be okay. Okay. All right. Promise. You promise you're going to be okay. You're going mom. Thank you. Sorry for Harvard Chase. I'm I'm I mean I plan I have wife S. What's your wife's name? Nicole Sant. Nicole Santino. Nicole Selent. Selent Harvard Chase Village. She's a med nurse. Nicole Selentana. Takes care of all y'all. She works with y'all. [Music] What you going to do, tough guy? What you going to do, tough guy? In the car. Yeah, I bet. Tough guy. [ __ ] with son. I was asking him his name and date of birth so I can You hate me anyways. I already seen you, bro. What's his last name? That's what it is. His last name is Helen Tano. Okay. Why are you being such a You are. You're a grown ass man just like me and you acting like Except I don't drive drunk. Especially not. Okay. Okay. I didn't drive drunk though. That's what you're saying. I just passed to say otherwise. Well, that's some [ __ ] You know I ain't drunk. You know I know I know you are drunk. You really think I'm drunk? Really? Ohly. Cat. Yes. Can you spell his last name for me? Absolutely. If it helps my child visit. Yeah, because DCF's going to come pay you guys a visit. Oh, I already do. We're not doing nothing wrong. Then you have nothing to worry about. All right. You know what? You guys be hard. Can we take it a break, bro? Please. Just give me his last name. I'm going to close the door and hopefully I don't have to talk to you anymore. That's really mean. That's not nice. Okay. Okay. You just called me a [ __ ] and a [ __ ] Do you think I want to have any words with you? No. Okay, then. I'm sorry. I My kids I see him scream like a cry. Yeah, he's uh Sergeant Howard said we're going to wait and see if mom can come pick it up. An open bottle of alcohol. But does it does it come as evidence or does it get in the car? I don't want to take Is it cold? Yeah. Is it cold? No, it's a it's an open like cinnamon marshmallow thing. It's not cold. It was on the floor. Paige apologized to his son while getting into the patrol car, but as soon as the officer opened the door again, he began yelling and repeatedly cursing at the officer, showing a sudden shift to aggressive behavior. He dropped the act and revealed his true attitude and kept on shouting and insisting he wasn't drunk. Was he trying to make things worse for himself? All right, sit tight. I'll be right there. As per time, please. She requested me to come out to do a breath test. I'm a certified breath test operator with the state of Florida. Okay. Um, so what I'm going to do is I'm going to check your mouth real quick. Do you use chew? I asked for speak to representative. Okay. Well, they're not required for this part. Well, I I refuse. I was like speak to already past tense, so I'm not doing twice. Okay. Well, these Well, I already said what I said, sir. Okay. I mean that. Okay. Okay. Thank you. I have rights, too. Okay. I understand that. Don't press them, please. I'm I'm not pressing. All right. Thank you. We're good. I just have to check your mouth to make sure you don't have any foreign object. Okay. Do you wear dentures? Nope. Okay, I know the deal, bro. I'm first here, bro. I've been here, bro. I stayed out of trouble 10 years till this lady to me for having two beers. I don't want nothing new with you. Neither would you, dude. If you're in my situation, you don't understand. You just think you're top of the game cuz you got badge in the gun. I can have a bad iron stupidness. We're iron. So you are you guys are actually very important to be honest with you. I don't want to put down you. That's not something I want to ever do cuz you're all important people. But this is not important. I'm not I was trying to get home to be with you. You got to be think. At the jail, Paige refused to take a second DUI test and declined to answer further questions without a lawyer present. His behavior was in sharp contrast to how he had acted only an hour earlier during the first test. What seemed like a joke to him before now began to hit hard. You already took a test. You know I panic. You let dude talk you into it. You said it on the not stupid. Talk to my lawyer. Get out of Till then. Oh, [ __ ] I do, dog. I try to broke his shoes. Dang it. My kids, you okay? Sweetheart. I'm not talking [ __ ] Okay. Okay. Don't call me sweetheart. I'm sorry. And your son is with his mother. That's all I want to hear. Thank you so much. I just want to say thank you. You can I care at all if I say anything? Thank you for putting my kids with this great family that lives. I take care of and do everything. Thank you so much, man. I'm refusing because what you the test you did was that's why I'm refusing. Okay, you make that clear. You understand? That's how I feel. Okay. I'm letting you know I wasn't there. I understand. I work on the other side. How I feel. I mean, you can I'm a good listener. So, if you want to vent, you can vent. I'm not venting. I was just like a fact. I said I was not agreement with what you did. Well, the test he's asking you to perform now is completely separate. He already disrespected me and failed me a test I already did. Okay, fine. Yeah, whatever, dude. See you in court, [Music] bro. So ridiculous. Made my kid hurt. This is good. [Music] That's [ __ ] don't care about me. Kill him, bro. I don't care. I care about that kid that I raised in mind. I have three sons with your son. Three of them. Two of them are in right now. One of them. I'm saying I got childhood. You couldn't even tell me your son's birthday. Hey, Ken. 71818. You just had Okay. So, why did you not tell me that when we You didn't ask me. Yes, we did. Well, maybe I was flustered for you scrambling would be 71 18 four and a half. I tell you 21 1813 9 20 Any one of my sons would be [ __ ] amazing. Is he four or is he five? He's six. The suspect continued to show disrespect toward officers, blaming them for ruining his son's image of him. His behavior was hostile and he refused to acknowledge any wrongdoing, taking no responsibility for what had happened. That math is not making sense. Yeah, that's math. Not math. He was born in 18. Which one are you talking about? If he was born in 18, he's not 213 2015. 7 18. Yeah, that math's not m He just turned seven, didn't he? No, he didn't just turn six. You're lying. I just said six before and you're trying to [ __ ] You just said my six, but I said six. Are you, bro? Are you then? 71 1818. Do the math. I'm doing the math. If you would give me a second. Why am I sorry, sir? I thought you knew math. My bad. That's why I'm a cop. I'm not a I understand. I'm an idiot, but I was not wrong, bro. I was in there for two cents to grab my car. They said they were watching my child when I was people I know. I live here. I've been here for [ __ ] eight years. I know everyone in the whole bar. They're all [ __ ] last name. Your your last name is Paige. Yes, sir. Do I have a bond, man? Hey, man. One more thing I like to say. I didn't mean to rude you. Okay. I'm sorry. I just had a lot of going on that you had maybe just did your job. Okay. And I don't think I agree with you. That's it. Okay. What's his birthday? 9:1587. 9:15. I just want to say I didn't mean to be rude to you. Okay. 87. I know you make all the [ __ ] rules of my future life. I get that. But like be easy, yo. Like, chill. Anthony Michael Paige, age 36, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and child neglect. He now faces up to one year in prison or possible probation depending on the severity of the offense and his prior criminal record.