on November 15 2023 officers from the monoman Falls Police Department saw a driver that was on his phone swerving within its Lane and almost struck a curb I pulling him over I'm pulling this car over hey he's like on his [ __ ] phone Good Hope Pilgrim Wisconsin 791 young John [Applause] 29000 hey how you doing sir all I Falls reason why I stopped you saw a little swerving saw you playing on your phone or something like that scrolling through it so that's the reason why I stopped you you spray something little air spray yeah I was smoking huh that was smoking smoking what cigarettes cigarettes okay all right you have your license on you sir appreciate it [Applause] appreciate it all right still live on Rock Point yes okay do you have insurance for the vehicle I do do you have the paperwork for it it's on my phone you want to go ahead and pull it up so you can find [Applause] it just smoke a cigarettes just cigarettes got I got you uh I'm going to have you go ahead and step out for me okay why am I stepping out huh why am I stepping out cuz I can smell the odor of marijuana I'm going to search the vehicle so I'm going have you step out for me appr any step back TOS the front of my vehicle you don't have anything on you right any weapons knives or such nothing no okay you want do me a favor uh let have you stand over here in front of the squad go NOP right where you're right here right in the middle I'm going have you stick your hands out to the side appreciate it nothing on you no okay you care if I search and make sure no goad okay close Okay that's what it feels like coming from work or no coming from friend's house friend's house okay W right [Applause] there is other glove yeah no problem key to the vehicle relax now you can take your wallet back phone and heavy hang tight right here with my partner like I said cuz I can smell the odor marijuana I'm going search the vehicle okay aay tight aay tight you still in the bumper if you like or you can sit on yeah we have you stand over here just just people driving on Main Road Io Io you come oh your wife was she following you or no no uh my nephew saw me I got you [Applause] [Applause] o oh got 10 seconds is got old banana back here yeah phone right now pluging your wife okay um you can I'll have you call her back in a little bit um just cuz you admitted to me that you were smoking while you're driving I just want to run through a couple Fields real quick just to make sure that you're okay to operate operate is that okay sure okay um so I'm going to do is have you step here back in front of my squad you uh look at me uh have you ever gone through this before um if you take your glasses off are you able to see at least like 2 to 3 feet in front of you okaying all right so basically this first I'm just to check your eyes Okay uh besides the glass uh besides the glasses there any other issues with hi can I help you that's my wife just stay over there for now just stay over there for now stay over there for now it's fine it's fine just stay over there for now they got we just doing a test huh we're just doing a testy test it's okay I'll be man we can't have you stand in the middle of the road though there's a lot of tra there's a lot of traffic and it's dark if we need anything we'll come get you thank you sorry no worries um so you're able to see like my finger in front of you about or foot in front of you okay so basically this I'm just going to track your eyes I'm going to have you follow your eyes with my fing follow follow my finger with your eyes got and then keep your head still got okay almost done all right then last one one more one more I no it's all right got to only way I can be able to see your eyes gotta all right relax all right all right shake it out a little bit okay uh for this next one we call a heel to toe it's a walk and turn um I'm sure you probably seen online before so basically the situation I'm going to put you in the starting stance okay it's going to be now I got on some ofies now these are some uh recovery shoes after you play basketball or gotcha okay um it might be like a little okay it's up to you do you want to use those would you rather take them off I don't want to be on the ground but I got you okay do you have any uh knee problems nothing that stops you from being able to walk a straight line turn around and come back yeah okay so from this situation it's going to be nine heel to step nine Heel To Toe steps going forward nine heel to those steps coming back both feet just like yeah I'm going to I'm going to explain it to you okay and then I'll demonstrate it and then I'll have you perform it okay so for the first step is we have to put you what's called in the starting position okay so before imagine a straight line in front of you okay so we're basically going to imagine a straight line in front of your vehicle and then we're going to walk that straight line turn around then come back okay so for the starting position is going to be like this you're going to put your left foot on the line then you're going to put your right foot in front it's going to be heel to toe and for this demonstration this is what the starting position is so I'm going to have you get in this position now no I'm not all right and then you can put your hands on the outside of your pants perfect and then what we're going to do is a walk and turn it's going to be nine heel toe steps going forward and it's going to be short stoppy steps and you're to come back okay it's going to be one two 3 four five you're going to go all the way to nine but for demon ation of stopping at five and you're going to do a short choppy steps you're turn around you're going to go one 2 3 four five so on and so forth all the way to nine nine yeah do you have any questions before you start this no try can I try well you only get one chance to try it's cold I'm shivering out I got you so do you have any questions before you demonstrate before you perform it I don't okay understand you want to go ahead and get back in that starting position with your foot in front of the other and then counting alloud you start one these shoes I got to take them off you want to take them off that's you want to take them off that's [Applause] [Applause] [ __ ] 2 3 4 5 6 7 okay all right if you relax you w put your shoes back on all right uh for this last one uh you're can to pick either foot to stand on you need to do a onelegged stand and what you're going to do is be right or left for demonstration purposes I'm going to use my left and what you're going to do is you're going to lift the opposite leg up about 6 in off the ground and you're going to keep your foot parallel with the ground so it look something like that okay okay before you start let me demonstrate it I'll explain it demonstrate it and then I'll allow you to do it okay so it's going to look like this while you're looking at your you're going to count out 1 1000 2 1000 3 1000 4 1000 and you continue doing that until until we tell you to stop okay you have any questions before you start uh same thing I want to ask before you have any issues standing on one leg at all okay would you like take off your shoes a TI partner you got time yep yep one before we start any questions no okay good ready you start like this yep you just put one foot up parallel to the ground 1,000 2 1,000 3 1,000 4 1,000 5 1,000 6 1,000 7 1,000 8 1,000 9 1,000 10 1,000 11 1000 12 1000 13 1,000 14 1,000 15 1,000 16 1,000 17 1,000 18 1000 19 1000 okay all right you keep going try again yeah keep going sh okay 3 good all right you can relax you can relax now it's all good okay all right [Applause] um have you do me a favor just go ahead uh stand up here and just relax I'll be back in a second okay all right okay stand [Applause] by question so just admission to smoking while driving is that enough to charge or no cuz I feel like I don't have it in the eyes and it's like on the border with The Walking turning it's on the border with the like the balance cuz it could be like one of those things that he just started smoking so it didn't like really kick in all the way right so ah I don't know I don't yeah it's I don't feel good about it but it's like he did admit to me I was smoking cu the first he like I was smoking cigarettes I was actually I smoking weed so I don't know that yeah he did a like you said I don't have enough cues enough I mean it's like right on that cuff I don't feel comfortable with itely have enough for everything else ma'am please hold up thank you yeah so I'll probably just go with the drugs yeah all right couple questions and I appreciate your honesty when I first came up yeah told me you were smoking weed there's some stuff in the vehicle there's like a bag such does that belong to you yes okay um there's [Music] also there's also a gun in the car this is my wife's gun your wife's gun registered to her she drives the car too so I prefer she probably left it in there but I prefer she have it with her when she's driving okay does she have a CCW still carry but you don't I don't and I didn't know if she left it in the car got did you know one there today yes no no no I wouldn't I would have had to get it okay cuz I know I'm I don't I don't have to you're not a convicted felon or anything I am I don't know it was like over 15 20 years ago since I've been in trouble gocha so I don't I work go home I got you okay um have you ever been charged for marijuana before no never had a charge for it all right so I'm going look into the gun but right now it's a definite for the weed so you're going have to come me a break bro it's worst case I I have to check your record worst case scenario it would just be a ticket for that and then I'll have to do a little bit more digging for the gun being inside the car I if she can bring you the paperwork I could have her bringing the paperwork I I get I get the paperwork deal but the problem is that there a gun in the car you're not a CCW and you're telling me you are convicted of a felon or felony so h i mean I got you I believe you I believe it but this is this is this is the facts I have and that's what I have to work with so I'm going to try to keep you in the loop as much as possible but the weed is definitely you're to come with us back to the station if we're just going to hit you with the weed worst case scenario it's a ticket we call wife she comes pick you up if anything changes we will let you know but right now that's where we're at okay um as for operating while being impaired I'm not doing anything with that okay I don't feel like I had enough Clues to say that you were fully impaired for it so but the weed at 5:00 in the morning I hear you I hear you so like I said before TR to keep in the loop about everything but right now you have to come with us for the marijuana okay worst case scenario you get a tiet you go home anything changes I will let you know okay if you got to make phone calls we will make phone calls but right now I had to have you come with me okay I get her the keys to my car I will give we will give her the keys for it we'll get her the vehicle and then I have to grab some stuff out of the vehicle like the weed and other such can I talk to her first so me can you as soon as we talk to her as soon as we get you in the back of my squad I'll let you talk to her before we leave okay here go just put your hands out to the side for [Applause] me all want that appreciate your cooperation I know it's probably real stressful right now man' I will talk to you in a second okay left your gun in the car don't let him B the vehicle K from over not not I understand but there's still stuff inside that vehicle and it's eony e find your paperwork I don't need they them running I running I know they probably [Music] [Applause] will all just go ahead face back towards the Squad and then your wallet's in your pocket right okay I'm go stick that on the wood uh the hood I'll put your phone up there as well where's your wallet in my pocket my back pocket back pocket I need to keep just give her my keys that's all I want her to have okay is there anything in the vehicle that you need besides wallet and phone okay all right I'm going have you step on the side over here oh she'll be able to drop car as soon as soon as we get everything situated here I'll have her come over and you can talk to her okay little tight squeeze sorry reach in real quick of course this pie [ __ ] sorry I'm not trying to get your personal space for some reason this thing isn't working is that okay sure all right right I'll get over here shortly okay so it is my G okay and I I accidentally left it in there but I could go and try to find the paperwork you could pull it up you'll see it's mine I I I I believe you on that such but the problem is that he's doesn't have a CCW no he does it's inside the vehicle while he's operating the vehicle it's beneath his feet uh but he also has marijuana inside the vehicle too so that's what right now we're taking them on the marijuana and then I'm looking into the gun situation so you could look it up it's I I hear you um could be a couple tickets uh if anything changes I already told M we can give you a phone call let you know if anything changes did you turn his car off I did turn it off yes I had the keys I'm going to get the keys to you um do you have an ID or anything yeah come on you appreciate it just so I can document it that I gave it to you appreciate it and then before he left he didn't want to speak with you if it's up to you if you want to y'all go to the car so I can say what I need to say go y'all go that way oh yeah go that [Applause] way yes ma'am that's some [ __ ] he know better and I'm pissed that's why he want to speak I'm going to oh let's get through your ID real quick come on sorry sh I just got to put it I got to document it Jesus [Applause] is thank you ma'am I I really I don't play that game if you don't mind me asking the relationship my hband okay I just didn't take his name gotcha and so what did you pull him over for uh swerving and then I saw that he was messing around on his phone cuz I was right behind him look like he was scrolling through it or something and that's why I figured that's probably why he swerved over okay's ready I what do I need to bring you from my build uh truthfully we really need anything he told me it's registered in your name you're the one it is it's just you know what I I it's my fault cuz I left it in there and I meant to bring it out uh that right there is my now the other Stu that ain't none of my fa okay and is that you guys split that car like 50/50 or what driving this vehicle no I drive my own vehicle so who who predominantly drives this vehicle he does but we were together and that's why it was in there when I go somewhere I take my gun with me you know okay and so what happened is somebody hit my mom's car yesterday okay so he had me blocked in so I took his car and that's how I end up being in there because you know somebody they hit it and kept going gotta and and she lives in Milwaukee so I was like and then you use this vehicle to go there yep okay and he wasn't with you no okay so it's my fault where do you usually keep it I usually keep it in the house but I keep it under the seat under the seat yep okay and which I really wanted to get a uh thing to put it right here like a holster where it kind of locks into the car yep I either keep it under the seat or the glove compartment so okay all right um let's walk across I'll let you talk to him real quick so right now he's going to come with us to monom Falls Police Department the street yeah [Applause] uhuh uh he's in the back I'll roll down the [Applause] window I got I'mma go and um look for that paperwork real quick I think it's I don't know where it's at but he he can run it he'll see that this mine I I got it I'll give you our business card just in case you have any questions you can give us a call okay so you let him out today uh I had to go back and check some records and kind of go from there if anything changes we will let you know okay okay but like I said as a definite he's coming back with us to the police department here let me put my name on there we're coming back to our my Police Department up the street up the street we got to do like a whole booking process and then I have to look into some like history or anything like that to see uh if you qualify for tickets if not could be a Mis the meter and it might be like a payment and then it's possibility could get out not get out I don't know I don't want to give you any more information kind of that let's kind of get back and see where we're at okay okay game plan is to hopefully get them out but we will let you know we will keep you in the loop okay that's what he been very Cooperative I'm officer ran and if you have any questions or concerns you just call our business office the 8700 number okay okay and you're taking the vehicle okay if you want to try to get off the road at least get over here and then situate cuz I know everybody came in their own vehicle here but I'm going go get my stuff watch my car car then I'm come back and my car give me a chance here I come hold on [Applause] walk all right thanks for your help ma'am that was in my own little world dude even paying attention when you rolled up oh next to you yeah well cuz I like I smelt it in the air and I'm like I ran the plate clean first I thought it was bad cuz the sticker's off I believe and then they did like a slight just hit the white line uhhuh and then bounce back and then I just saw him like scrolling on his phone so no I didn't even open the door and it's like ah as soon as I walked up you can see this cloud of like white stuff and I was like you sprayed something oh yeah this air freshener I'm like uhhuh why oh I smoking smoking what cigarettes okay now I standing I was like nothing else yeah I was you was what whoops yeah I don't think no clues it's like I don't and that's my thing it was like eyes no but it was like walking turn was like uh but it's the thing is I don't feel comfortable about doing it I'm not going [Applause] to you're good you can come um and it might be in love I mean love in uh com because when I bought it and I know my CCW is there's stuff kind of everywhere in there my searching and I know my CCW is expired okay but it it okay well it will be it call me I got call me well just little advice I'd probably go ahead and get that if you're going to carry that gun I'd make sure I know I know I just I was telling me and my sister get it updated yeah I got to get get it updated I had bad time to okay if you have any questions for us you can call or for me you can call that business number um if anything changes to where we have to take him out to the jail or something like that we will let you know okay where's oh that's out of wsh right out of Wai yes if anything changes we will let you know okay all appreciate your assistance [Applause] ma'am good to go yep the suspect was a convicted felon and prohibited from owning or carrying a firearm the driver was arrested charged with felon in possession of a firearm carrying concealed weapon and possession of marijuana and paraphernalia he was transported out to the wakashaw county jail