I had a glass of vodka that was there that wasn't for cars that was for people did you know you did that I can't just walk home no no you're under arrest why can't I drive my car because you're drunk on June 1st 2022 in The Quiet City of Eau Claire Wisconsin a bizarre incident unfolded in the early hours of a Tuesday morning it was around 5 30 a.m when local authorities were alerted to A peculiar situation a vehicle with a blown tire was reportedly driving on a pedestrian Trail raising concerns for the safety of both pedestrians and the driver responding to the call the police arrived at the scene they discovered that the vehicle had not only ventured onto The Pedestrian Trail but it also crossed the iconic Phoenix Park Footbridge fortunately the Footbridge remained unharmed but the same couldn't be said for the vehicle itself the officers found the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop [Applause] here's some stuff news appeared to be driving on a flat tire it looks like he drove over some stuff yeah I'm trying to get back to my hotel room I'm from Minneapolis okay to drive over a bridge a little bit ago no because that's how this whole thing started was some sort of driving on the bridge flat tire the fly Tire didn't have Nutella over there okay where'd you hit I don't know it was like a rock or something okay you haven't have ID on you um no I don't accept my aunties but I can give you my name okay is there a Wisconsin or Minnesota Minnesota do you have anything extra with your name on it no I don't is this your vehicle it's my aunties okay what's your name Amanda Maria flour side how do you spell that l-a-r-s-c-h-e-i-d you don't remember wheelchair Mike no that's my dad sorry it doesn't ring a bell what's your birthday Amanda 9 23.93 your license valid no revoked suspended what is it okay do you happen to have valid license if you have anything with your name on it all right what's your name bud hey that's probably first name how much you guys had to drink tonight how long ago a long time ago okay all right it's too tired for me hey Amanda okay all right I wouldn't be doing my job if I need to make sure you're okay to be driving so I'd like to do some field testing make sure you're good to go okay have you step out of the car for me yeah how long has been since your last drink like three hours ago three hours ago okay do you have anything in your mouth right now no okay good I see you've got no shoes on do you want to put some shoes on no it's fine okay let's head up here on the sidewalk okay you have any problems with your eyes no I in the dark it hurts in the dark Earth but now it's daylight and you can see me okay yeah okay can you stand like this feet together arms down your sides okay can you see the tip my finger okay yep okay I'll be going back and forth like this wanna do this I want you to follow tip my finger with your eyes and your eyes only don't move your head you have any questions about that no okay okay all right let's imagine a straight line out in front of you okay what I want you to do is put your right foot in front of your left foot touching heel toe or I'm out on the magners along the imaginary straight line first I want you to stand like this right foot in front of the left foot touching Heel To Toe okay switch me down put your right foot in front of your left all right wait right there all right when I tell you to and not yet it's hard to balance with my leg Okay so stand like that all right three all the way in nine if you have any questions about that no okay this side gives out sometimes okay do the best you can more you're supposed to do nine down and nine back it's like it really messed up all right next test I'm gonna have you do is gonna be raising one foot so if you think if your right one hurts you think you can stand on your left yep okay looks like you're gonna race this one okay whenever you are ready it hurts really bad okay how much alcohol have you had tonight one drink thank you I think you've had more than one drink no it isn't okay in the past it's then you're almost six o'clock in the morning at this point what time do you start drinking like around 10 10 p.m yeah okay so between 10 p.m and 6 a.m you've had one drink yes okay what else with all that going on do you feel safe to be driving all right you think you're above or below the legal limit for alcohol above above how far above You Think You Are not that much not that much okay you pretty clearly ran over some stuff and we have you on video driving over The Pedestrian Footbridge that wasn't for cars that was for people did you know you did that okay do you know what streets you're on right now I don't know where I am I'm from Minneapolis okay all right you know what the legal limit is in Wisconsin same as it is in Minnesota 0.08 okay I know you said you think a little bit about that what do you think you'd be at right now way under that you think you'd be under a 0.08 yeah okay all zeros there yep okay taking a big breath out through the tube so go on keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going you can't go anymore okay you said it's been how many hours since your last drink like six six hours into last chance okay and this is your Auntie's car yes okay she know you hit stuff no it's probably tell her probably gonna be pissed probably gonna be pissed yeah I would agree she have insurance on the car yes she does not through who um I don't know who's in her insurance is she just will make a driver today okay what's her name Jennifer Randall Jennifer Randall do you know if Jennifer be awake and sober right now yeah okay you have her phone number this is my phone okay she's awake and silver then we can have her come get you okay right now that's where you're at pvt was okay so you are going to be under 1.110 no secrets okay what's that mean I mean you are under arrest [Applause] not necessarily okay that's right if you have somebody sober to come pick you up and just turn you over to that person okay okay I can't just walk home no no you're under arrest he has a carrier's got it okay do you have anything on you right now no but do you have any pockets in this no okay yeah what's gonna happen is if you got any priority of your eyes no in the state or any other state no okay bunch of paperwork to go through processing Etc like that as long as we can get a hold of your responsible party you'll be released to that person you can call and text and make those arrangements okay if not then you have to wait in jail until you sober up all right so come this way over a broken Tire yeah you that's what I started this that and the whole driving over pedestrian foot Bridge thing all right yep call your aunts first because that vehicle is going to need to be towed so I need to know if she has a preference on that or if we just get it out of here hold on yeah I'm going to jail can you talk to them here you go hi Britt is your name hi Brett this is officer then with the Eau Claire Police Department I believe you're her aunt is she driving her car okay uh so your car has been damaged uh she's been driving under the influence uh she actually drove over the Footbridge in Phoenix Park uh the one meant for pedestrians we're not entirely sure what she struck but the front wheel passenger side wheel is completely down to the rim black back passenger wheel appears to be blown as well it's still intact but there's a bulge in it so I imagine that one's been popped as well so the other thing is um with this kind of an arrest she does not have to go to jail if you'd be willing to pick her up and assign for her and take responsibility for her she could be released to you this is a ridiculous what's ridiculous you guys taking me to jail for nothing first of all you're not going to jail your aunt's coming to pick you up then why can't I drive my car because you're drunk I'm not drunk okay I swear you guys are all clearance I have nothing else to do you drove drunk over a pedestrian Footbridge hit stuff and kept driving if you think that's nothing better to do then that's your own opinion well you're not in Minneapolis Oh I'll go back good no we just take drunk driving seriously if you're gonna be a jerk you'll just go to jail okay me to jail all right we want to take you home to your aunt so be cool when that can happen okay you're gonna go over in the squad car can I have my purse you can go over there first oh wait pyramid I don't give a [ __ ] bring them in jail I don't really care well we've got about a half hour to an hour of paperwork here and then processing and then we'll be releasing you to your aunt release me to myself no to your aunt my room is back to Minneapolis no I can't do that no because Minneapolis don't do dumb [ __ ] like this you guys have nothing to do with your life time my phone uh not right now you guys want to go through it Detective oh [ __ ] I know my rights I don't even have to talk to you guys oh clear please Carmen you guys thought you could keep my dad in jail but he couldn't hunt because he was in a wheelchair come keep telling jail either and me and my [ __ ] purse you're gonna be released in like an hour an hour yep there's nothing better to do once you get the people that were idle while beating each other's ass and arresting people because they're drying out flat tires you have my phone not right now why you called my aunt can I have it not right now I'm not gonna go through it I'm not gonna go through it though I need to [ __ ] cigarette now mine comes against me she's gonna be mad guess what I'm gonna [ __ ] house on the great home go back to Minneapolis where they don't [ __ ] with you I've gone to prison five years I know all this hi my phone not right now what the [ __ ] do you need it for you're gonna search for us to go through it so what do you need it for I'm not going through your phone [ __ ] touch my phone unless I see you hold the defender telling you you can go through it you have no probable cause to touch my phone what's up the other officer yeah uh he's staying with your car what that's got to get towed when you have something like what doesn't matter as long as you get affected nothing better to do with their life boy I have to get out of there so we can charge her with more [ __ ] who does it you've either been arrested for an offense that involves driving or operating a motor vehicle while you're under the influence of alcohol or drugs or both yeah or you are the operator of a vehicle that was involved in an accident that caused the death of great bodily harm to or substantial bodily harm to a person or you are suspected of driving or being on duty time with respect to a commercial motor vehicle after consuming an intoxicating beverage this law enforcement agency now wants to test one or more one or more samples of your breath blood or urine to determine the concentration of alcohol or drugs in your system not gonna happen if any Test shows more alcohol in your system then the law permits while driving your operating privilege will be suspended if you refuse to take any tests that this agency requests your operating privilege will be revoked and you'll be subject to other penalties the test results important see the test results or the fact that your fuse testing can be used against you in court if you take all the requested tests you may choose to take further tests you may take the alternative test that this law enforcement agency provides free of charge you may also have a test conducted by a qualified person of your choice at your expense you however will have to make your own arrangements for that test will you submit to an evidentiary chemical test of your blood yes or no no okay while doing on the breathizer no I'm missing taking me to jail I'm going to Minneapolis I don't give a [ __ ] I'm shouted to the PD for release you need anything else okay have a what okay that's what Bree said sweet thank you for years you just have nothing to do with your life and I'm not coming to court you know how many times I drank and drove him many apples and nobody touched me to my fingerprints and take a picture of my face and if you put me in jail hold clear morning doing better than that driver yeah arrested for OWI so I mean she was driving it as is so I mean you can't make it worse yeah that's fine I'll uh I'll just back it up and then I'll get up in front of it or whatever you want me to block anything or just bet get out of your way you don't even have to stay if you don't want to I'll load her up and I'm not too worried about traffic here all right sounds good yep we're gonna take some sauce why are we still standing here I told you we have about an hour of processing to do and then you'll be released I want to go to one side nope do my fingerprint nope I want my [ __ ] part I can't answer it because I'm in the Bank of the squad car for some [ __ ] off my hand what's up I don't want this song no they have to be on why because I'm gonna run because you're under arrest all right I got one more thing to read you here Amanda can you hear me [Applause] Amanda you awake Amanda hey you awake yep all right I need to read you a Miranda warning all right can you hear me okay now yeah all right before we ask you any questions you must understand your rights you have the right to remain silent anything you say Canon will be used against you in court you have the right to talk to a lawyer before questioning and to have the lawyer with you during questioning you understand needs the rights that I read to you Amanda do you understand the rights that I read to you yeah did you listen did you hear all of them no all right with those rights in mind are you willing to talk to me now no okay let's sit for OWI first which is civil in the state of Wisconsin I'll go to jail because of that you don't go to jail and you want to go to jail unless um we cannot find you a responsible party and then that's the only option until you're sober so it sounds like your aunt was gonna be your response okay let's get your aunt started we're gonna [ __ ] leave her house you don't want to be released to your aunt I need you to uh call her on your phone here okay give her a call and tell her she needs to come to the Eau Claire Police Department I'm calling her I can't unlock my phone I don't even know how to I like this phone 's car [ __ ] it he is my kid in my hotel [Music] I mean take away from this is that you have a mandatory court date of July 5th at 1 30 P.M you do have to show up to that if you do not a warrant might be issued for your arrest and then we have to go through this all over again um in addition to that mandatory court date you're receiving several citations the first one is the actual operating while intoxicated or well under the influence citation um like I said in the state of Wisconsin the first offense is civil so you're getting a citation for that the next citation is for operating without a valid license the next citation is for operating a motor vehicle without proper tires because one of your tires was um just the rim it wasn't actually a tire anymore the fourth and final citation is for driving on a sidewalk okay you're also going to get a copy of the big long thing that I read to you that that's the informing the accused form it talks about the chemical tests that I requested and that you refused because you refused it the blood test what oh no uh well you already refused it so we're kind of past that point at this point all right um because you refused it I'm submitting what's up well because you refuse the blood test that I that I read and requested I'm submitting a notice of intent to revoke your operating privilege uh you're already revoked in the state of Minnesota this would be for the state of Wisconsin do you have any questions about any of that nope okay can you take this handcuffs off they gotta stay on a little bit longer oh my [ __ ] God all right I just have to have her sign the responsibility agreement and then I will go through the wrong door what's up oh that's fine I'll get her attention there you go give me one minute so I I'm not sure what's been explained to you so far um essentially since this is first offense for her it's a civil matter in the state of Wisconsin um so if we can find a responsible party who's sober willing to take responsibility for her will release her without her having to go to jail okay are you willing to be that responsible party so Jerry's Towing towed the vehicle so you'll just have to give him a call and go pick it up I have no shoes I know I noticed that when you got in my car I they might be where are my shoes they might be in the car still I'm not sure all right you have your phone with you yep all right go ahead and step on out all right I don't even know this is all your paperwork Amanda that I explained to you again court date is going to be July 5th at 1 30. yes if you guys like blocking people up yeah yep have a better day 28 year old Amanda larshead was arrested for first offense of operating while intoxicated and was also sided with operating without a license operating with improper tires and driving on a sidewalk