on February 27th 2023 officers from the pepen police department responded to an apartment to the report of a driver who hit a dumpster in the parking lot I'm recording now so she's in your apartment you said let's go up there and talk to her she was really falling when she got here too what's that that she was balling yeah she was trying her ass off watch an he going to warm up anytime soon no be nice y you don't need me anymore right no you need me anymore what's that do you need me anymore nobody's seen anything so hey Michelle got to talk to you yeah what happened V what well your car is in the snow bank there's tracks leading from the dumpster to your car it's your blue car in the snowbank right no that's my car right there right here in the snow bank Michelle yeah but dude listen just for a second can I explain this is how far they plow up up but the tracks from the dumpster go there back and come here so you hit the dumpster I you hit the dumpster and went into Sue's car okay so you're going to have to pay damages and I suspect you've probably been drinking tonight but dude listen listen Okay can just let me finish before you say anything but because it's been over an hour we in it's private property yeah but if you are continuing this how many o Have you had how many times have you had drunk driving arrest one how many just one two two okay so here you know what happens when you start building them up you need you know what I'm going to tell you right you need to quit drinking but I don't Michelle okay let me did somebody drive your car and put it here can I shut my door yeah shut your door you want yeah I don't want her getting out she's in there so here's the deal okay I'm giving you a lecture because I Pro I can't arrest you for drunk driving because of where this location is yeah but you are going to have to pay for Su damages I am going to do a crash report you crashed into her car her car is damaged from the dumpster that's a crash okay do you understand that I understand that Jesse I do but if you didn't do it and your car is there's a little ding on the front of your car right this y okay I'm just telling you I'm I mean right in the middle of right on the edge of the hood trusting it is right there see it there's a pimple just a little pimple right okay I see it right see it now yep that's from the dumpster but okay go ahead ahead well are you going to deny cuz I'd right you know how I feel he'll lie to me Jesse I know I know honest goodness so start from the beginning what happened do you know what happened I I was out tonight I came home I pulled in I honest goodness you know what time it happened what time did you get home what time is it now uh it is 8:45 it's okay almost 9 let me check my phone I can tell you exactly when I got home okay do let's do that okay yeah huh probably get my phone ridiculous I was trying to think talk to when we go outside trying think what else so I can charge or what I don't know when the exact time would be cuz um let's see just let me think I can tell you what time I just need to look the time on my phone um 8:30 maybe 8 8:30 I got home okay so like 15 minutes ago this happened is what you're telling me yeah I am okay because so how much have you had to drink since you got home I haven't okay so you haven't had anything to drink while you were here no okay where where were you drinking at before um me and Cindy were at um um in main Rock okay at what is it six string okay we at six string how long were you there let me see just an estimate I don't need exactly I need to look at my phone cuz I was with a friend of mine I don't need exact times just um we were there from maybe 7:30 to 8:30 when we got got home I mean I literally we left her place we I mean we left the bar went to her house trapped her off I came home okay how much have you had to drink today me yeah how much you had to drink okay I had one Bloody Mary at um no one Bloody Mary at two another bloody Mary at maybe four I quit drinking Bloody Marys and we went into string and I had a couple beers um we had fish tacos at um 63 that bar right on 63 that has the um food and stuff not the chicken place the other one 60 anyways and then we came went from there having fish tacos at umans may help you lose some weans may cause serious side effects including Keto acidos we had fish tacos at [ __ ] it had to have been okay so what you're what you're telling me is you started drinking at noon today with bloodies right you had one two three bloodies and then you switched to beer yeah okay how many beers did you have just guess two beers okay and then you drove home so you're telling me you've had five drinks since noon 10: a.m. 10:00 a.m. so now your first one was at 10: thought you said noon we have Bloody Marys at okay let's go 11 that was in between the time um yeah and we had a I had a bloody Mary and then we went up to Ellsworth had a bloody mary we drove a little further had fish tacos up in Ellsworth and came home stopped in made Rock on the way and continued home to here okay all right do you got I need you to see your driver's license and insurance on the car yep we'll be back in a second no I got it right now we're going to stand right yeah you check I was talking to him quick hold on Tron come on SO issue I got is this did not happen she there's no way she was here at 8:30 they said it's been an hour right but she said she yeah she said she hasn't drank here though yeah she must have been drinking at she must must have been 7:30 yeah but it doesn't matter she said she hasn't had anything to drink since she got here which means right which means whatever I I know I got I got that I'm just concerned about the private property this is private property all right but she admitted to driving I mean I know I'm just thinking how am I gonna yeah I I I don't like maybe cases no I know yeah I'm just I mean it's a cut and dry to me like she drove drove into the park into a car that caused damage yeah caruse damage def that's the other thing yep all right yes you got your driver's license my license all right add that to cccp I guess my insurance I really it's probably in the car no you don't carry your insurance card in your car which is required I'm sure you do I what you got to talk I am I my insurance is okay I've never gotten the online one no wait I've never gotten through the mail one but I have the online one all right um Jesus and that's what I carry with me but now where's here it is okay so here's my insurance um thank you um let's see okay give me a break cuz I'm not smart with my phone it'll take me a minute to do this cuz I am just not smart with my phone um wait a minute looking for insurance yeah I know I I'm looking I'm I'm just to let Tron know what we're doing yeah I'm looking for my insurance card and it's um um okay let me check cuz I just got a notice the other day to pay it all right I need actually still need that license cuz I got stuff I got to do it's all in the C it's yeah but I can't pull your right stuff into my mock right stay with sorry I get can I say something yeah I have some some some real issues with anxiety and panic I need to just sit home and head okay okay yeah go ahead I'll be back I just have some real well this is a problem this drinking and driving you know that I do but I wasn't and that's okay you wasn't what's no what tell me what were you gonna say you weren't what I just need to figure this out I can't all right I'll be back in a second I don't want to have I don't want to have a a fullon anxiety attack or blowout on this [ __ ] because I understand what you're saying and I want to show you what I have to show you I just don't want to um okay have a seat just relax for a little bit okay I just I'll be back in a minute relax we got [Applause] sh [Applause] how we doing good I got a picture of insurance policy for you I got a picture of her insurance policy for you okay perfect okay I'll talk to you later I'll okay so what we got to do now all right so we got to do some field sobriety do yeah and we can do it in the apartment because I right that easier find whatever you want yep so but I just want to understand and I'm not driving my vehicle right now I'm not in my vehicle there's no keys in my car so what's the point of the field sobriety are you saying you weren't driving the car no I'm asking you what's the point because you had a accident you crashed into the dumpster and hit another car Michelle so that is drunk driving it's like going in the ditch and walking home you had I you know what I believe you but I need to go out there and see what apparent damage I caused we can do that afterwards we'll do that afterwards no we can do it now then I'll do the field sobriety outside in the park lot in front of everybody I'm trying to be nice to you Michelle do it outside in the Park Lot okay I'm trying to be nice to you so you don't have to be standing out there going I don't understand that but Jesse honest goodness we'll show you let me put my shoes on put your shes apparently did cuz I don't know what you're talking about and I think I have a right to know what you're talking I was we told you we show you okay let's do it let's go see put your shoes back on I am can I get she's going to get her other shoes those are slippers I'm sorry which might cause me to be a little off and I don't want that I'm getting real shoes um let's go with these work shoes that are freaking should be okay what's that work shoes they should be okay yep does it is it okay if I put a jacket on H can I put a jacket on okay here we go let's do it all right okay I'll follow you you tell me yep follow Jesse yep I'll follow Jesse you tell me what to do all [Applause] right okay so apparently I push that from there into here correct okay and see where you drove oh yeah I know where I par all right yeah know where I park yep so that's why we got to go through this Michelle let see let's go up in front of the squad car trst you want to walk her up there I got to turn the camera on all right so M shelle yeah come stand right about here stand right here I want you to come here yes please to make sure I'm doing cuz we got to face the squad so turn around okay I'm just trying to get my zip up yep tell me when you're ready okay I'm ready all right so first thing I have to do and don't start the test until I tell you to okay you go first I go second yeah I'm going to explain it yep okay so you're going to just walk Heel To Toe like that and you're count your steps you're going to take nine steps okay turn around the short choppy steps come back and do nine steps back okay okay now you can you can start okay [Applause] good you do need to know what whoops I'm sorry you do need to know that I take um um a lot of different medications and I have taken them for the night okay okay so okay you can stop Michelle okay come back here and honestly I can you stand on one leg probably not probably not do you want to do you want to try yes I do but let me just say I do I and I can give you my medication list you take a lot of meds and I take them at bedtime and I have taken them so um right I I got Not Be steady on my feet okay I'm just telling you that okay okay so you just stand just like so okay 1001 100002 and your count till you think you're 23 okay can I ask you a question can I hold on to you till I get my balance you can't just until I get my balance I can't let you do that that's not the way they we remember the state has very particular tests and if you can't do it just tell me and we'll stop cuz I don't want you falling down no I it's not about falling down know but if you getting steady on my feet because that's part of the reason that I okay and and what you're telling me is been recorded So it's so it'll be on the report that you got you took your meds tonight and you're concerned about that I've already taken them okay so I'm going to I'm going to try my best okay yep if you can't no I can do it okay okay this fo up for how long count to try and get to 30 here we go here we go ready yep oh straight out like this Michelle like I did there you go you can stop Michelle no I can do it I just yeah but you've already failed because you've put your foot down numerous times so I okay you don't understand Jesse I understand you take meds and I understand that they may affect your balance okay and I'm repeating this so it's going to be recorded okay okay so here's the last thing I need you to do just see my finger yep just follow tip of my finger with your eyes don't move your head just with your eyes Okay y okay don't move your head please all right okay way out here oh hold your head still Michelle fine y all right one more six okay Michelle I'm going have to place under arrest for operating a motor vehicle intoxicated so um I'm going get my PBT I'm not in my vehicle I'm not driving anywhere Michelle we understand that okay all right Michelle nobody when I know all right I'm going to show you okay it's not showing anything right okay I just have one thing to say y I was in my home in my bedroom not bothering anybody how come you can come take me out of my home cuz you crashed into somebody else's property and caused them damage who says the evidence shows that Michelle don't ARG don't be I don't want you try if you continue you're you're going to be lying to me just you're better off not saying stuff okay Michelle all right give me a sample this one can't convict you this is just a blow hard blow hard blow hard blow hard good and what' you get what's up and what' you get just letting it go up we'll see okay I want another one you want me to go get mine go ahead yep I'll go get mine no I'm just I'm just showing you Michelle just you don't know you don't know I'll be back huh 153 yeah a 15 yeah y you want to read her that yep and if she consents I can transport if you want so you don't have to go all the way up there yeah cuz it's a third of fence yeah so so she I don't even got to issue a ticket yeah right third offense I don't got I probably should issue I think I still got issue an O ticket right okay yeah let's do that that'd be great yeah I can take thank you you're not even letting me get my identification what's that Jessie hold on talk to me when you get in the car Michelle all I want to do is get my purse with my identification in I got your you got my driver's Li yep can I not go get my purse give me one minute please yes let me finish he just wants you to sit in the car show you're warm just sit in the and [Music] handcuff okay okay so what do you need out of your purse Michelle what Michelle yes talk to me what do you need out of your purse I want my purse first of all cuz it's my comfort it's my safety I want my ID okay I want the money cash in there that I have in there in case I need it okay I want to tell my neighbor what's going on so she can watch my puppy chelie what fud hold on a second Michelle give me one second I got to ask you one question so Michelle can you are you listen to me Michelle speak so I can hear you you're talking into the screen I'm just trying to not have a panic attack or an anxiety attack but I can't but you can't but you talking to the screen I can't hear you okay listen to me did you not know you hit the the car is that a fact that you did not know that happened okay you cuz if you did then you that was a hit and run but you did not know correct okay thank you cuz that would okay so let me do I'm not shady [ __ ] 63 all right Michelle he's going to what you get your purse and then he tr's going to take you up for that blood test okay and then two Durant Y and then what and then you you'll probably have to bond out cuz it's third a fence so that so it's good to take your purse and your phone and that stuff so you can call somebody then and who did you want to who door do I need to knock on to get somebody to check on your dog for you I know which one cuz we can get that ball rolling number six but I'd like to okay the one neighbor has yeah she has her daughter she's got dog number six Michelle step out probably just tell her that she's going to have to watch her yeah okay so after I do all this you can bond out yeah who's going to bring me home you're going to have to figure that out if you yeah you need a so you need a sober party to come and get you which I can do the breath laser again cuz I can Michelle you're at5 you're not sober right now okay I'm just telling you we at5 okay good I was not in my vehicle I was in my home I was alone in my home by myself hold on no he said I could get a purse get a purse I forgot [ __ ] talking being at home in their own at home seriously how do you get a ticket for being at home in your own house did you crashed your car Michelle stop it Michelle you need to stop cuz you're pushing my limits right now am I you know you're wrong at you know you're wrong at home in my own house you know you're wrong wrong don't do this you know you're wrong lock my back door we can get in yep I'm taking my purse you can get water at the jail can't have a bottle of water no you can did you read her rights huh did you read her her rights no I haven't yet cuz yeah but just I know just so she can may I use the bathroom if I leave the door open it's right here you can watch me go I don't want to watch you go I know you don't want to but here this is my house keys you take them get it down shut the door partway okay can you undo my pants cuz this is really difficult you can get them can't you yes I don't know cuz otherwise I'm going to have to make you wait till you get to the jail with a female corrections officer let's go Michelle can you help my pants you got them part way up yep all right come on help me with my pants I can't get them y ready no in the back yeah in the back underwe I'm working on it underwe first I thought you had your underwear up no I don't I don't sorry underwear first if you could that [ __ ] up yeah all right okay better no not quit then pants Maybe all right no I can't hold on hold on here okay just I see what's going there all right huh the other side please sorry your shirt was covering them I know I know all right all right all right I'm going put your keys in your first can you just pull my underwear up more please it's [ __ ] so right down I can't even yeah I don't care Jesse your on my pants no they're lower than that yeah thank you trying to get them put your keys in here jeez there yeah better still okay can I talk to my neighbor H about my puppy for wait a minute I need this this is my money this is this one's what she needs all right this is all okay wait a minute I might need more money can I go in my room and get more cash if I need it watch watch me just here think you can bond out at third can you I can she or I think she's got of a Silber person right yeah then I yeah you can do a signature you can just sign out or yeah or you'll have to wait and see the judge in the morning the judge the judge will be in the morning okay I can I have cash in my room I don't he's saying that the jail don't let you bond out I don't know the jail rules he works for Sheriff's Department he knows the jail rules better than I do I'll we'll talk to the jail on the way out okay but what I'm saying is she doesn't she doesn't she's got enough money if she there's not a cash bond for there's not a cash Bond okay it's just a release to a responsible party that can blow zeros so somebody who's sober got to come get you or you have to wait until you are below a0 02 yourself and then and then they'll let you out yep and then you'll have to call for a ride from there yeah and you're not you're not going to be at 02 tell morning oh yeah so you got to call somebody so call someone sober to come get you and then they can come and soon as the booking process is done and you don't got to sit in jail tonight that's what he's trying to tell you there's no money cuz we have to go to the hospital first and then we have to get you booked in I just want to make sure if I need money it you don't need money okay can I talk to my neighbor about Jesse's going to do that we're going to get going so we can get you in and out of jail so which neighbor we got to go you're wasting time I'm not wasting I know you're not doing it Michelle I'm just trying to take care of my [ __ ] you know you got my keys yep yep can I just all right can I tell it for a minute you can stand right here number six Michelle six Michelle was arrested and found guilty of operating while intoxicated third offense she was sentenced to 55 days in jail in order to pay fines of $1800