On December 7th, Downer's Grove police respond to a vehicle that drifted off the roadway. After failed sobriety tests and non-stop arguing from her friends, officers take the driver into custody, ending her night with nothing but regret. >> Hello. How are you? >> Hi. >> What uh what happened? >> Well, I looked at the wrong way. >> What do you mean you looked at the wrong way? >> Yeah, I thought it was this way, but it wasn't. It's cuz the mess were confusing me. I gotcha. So, how did you get on this side of the road? Cuz >> I was trying to go to the 7-Eleven, but I thought this was the entrance cuz it was like clear, so I'm like, "Oh, this is the entrance." >> So, what? You thought this was like a drive? >> Yeah. Like I said, go in. Yeah. >> Okay. >> I went in, but then I got stuck. >> How How did you What I'm confused about is how how you got like right here cuz obviously like this is westbound and you're facing eastbound. No, I was supposed to turn this way, but on accident I didn't I came in in the orange. >> So, which which way were you driving? >> That way, but I was supposed to turn this way, but Okay. So, you know the light? >> Yeah. >> So, I was over there. >> Uhhuh. >> And I'm like, "Oh, so I'm supposed to go to 7-Eleven." So, I came this way thinking there was a um a entrance. >> Who's in the back of the car? Me? >> I'm over here eating my phone. >> Oh, that's my friend. >> That's just your friend. Okay. You're not like driving Uber or anything like that? No. Yeah, that's a thing. I didn't mean to and then I got stuck. >> Yeah, I I can see that. Did you Did you call a tow truck or anything like that? >> A tow truck, but >> Okay. Call them already or cuz you're definitely going to need We're not going to be able to push this out. Like you're sunk down deep. I don't know. Maybe. >> Well, should I call him? >> So, where where are you coming from tonight? >> Oh, no. We're right here in Don's Grove. Um a hotel. >> I'm just trying to get some snacks. >> What hotel you staying at? Um the um >> you can have that disreg >> the double tree. >> Yeah. >> So like right across the street. >> Yeah. We literally just came here to go get some snacks and then this happened. >> So what? You turned out from the light and turned in here. >> Okay. So I was at that light. >> Yeah. >> And then I was trying to turn this way. >> Okay. >> But I didn't know. Um I don't know. I thought it wasing um to turn this way. So I came So from that side I came this way and then I went like that and that's when I got stuck. Um, how much have you had to drink tonight? >> I had a few drinks, but not so much. >> How How much is a few drinks? >> At least like seven drinks. >> Seven drinks. >> Okay. You know the alphabet? >> Duh. >> Okay. Would you be able to say the alphabet starting at E and then stop at W for me? >> A B C E D F A B C D E F U W. >> You ask me for alphabet. >> Yeah. I asked you if you could say the alphabet starting at E and then stop at W. >> W. >> A B CDE E F U W. >> Do you understand what I'm asking you to do? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Do you do you know numbers? You know how to count? >> Yeah, I know how to count. >> Okay. Would you be able to count down starting at 59 and count down and stop at 37? >> Yeah. 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 49 5 50 49 48 47 46 45 46 40 45 46 44 43 42 51 >> You said from um >> Here's what I want to do really quick. Okay, I'm going to have you look right here at the tip of my pen. I'm going move from side to side. I want you to follow with your eyes and your eyes only. Don't move your head for me. Okay. So, look right here for me. Okay. So, you said you said you had about seven drinks. How long ago was that? >> Like like an hour ago. >> An hour ago. Okay. Do you know what time it is now? >> Like around 2 3:00 a.m. >> One more time. >> 2 or 3:00 a.m. >> Two. Kind of close. Okay. Okay. >> Yeah. Cuz I was I was not supposed to leave the um there. But >> Okay. Is Is your friend staying here at the hotel with you or >> No, that's my hotel. Yeah, my friend is there. Oh, she's staying there with you. >> No, we're also >> in the hotel room. >> Yeah, they're there. >> Okay. Do you have anybody else like staying at the hotel room with you? >> No. >> No, it's just the two of you. >> No, it's us and then my other friend >> and then your other friend under his name. >> It's not uh not any of these people walking up. Is it >> Wait, where? >> Uh there's two people walking up right now. I'm just trying to figure out like did you call anybody and tell someone? >> I told them. Yeah, we got pulled over, but I don't think they they're coming. >> What is it? Is it them? No, it's not them. Um, let's do this. Why don't you go ahead and step out for me? Okay. You can go ahead and turn the car off. >> Hey. >> Hey. >> You want to get arrested? What is that? >> Trying to run her over. Did you not see? >> You're right. You are illegally crossing the road. >> I got to worry about my friend. >> It doesn't matter. Step over here on the road for me. >> There. You be getting the tickets. >> So, and you're hitting their car. Go ahead and step out here for me. Okay. >> Oh, who you think you are? You can just go slamming on cars. >> Okay, ma'am. You want to just come sit right here for me? So, you're coming from the hotel. Okay. Um, you said you had a couple drinks. What I want to do is I want to make sure that you're safe to drive. Okay. >> If anything, I'll call my friend. He's so bringing his license. >> Okay. Well, either way, either way, we're going to have to call a tow truck to tow your car out cuz your wheel is actually sunk down like into a rut. >> My friend I have a tow truck that um I have a friend that has a tow truck. He's 45 minutes away. >> I should just pay him. >> Okay, here's what we're going to do. We're going to walk around right here. Um, we're going to walk into the 7-Eleven real quick and I'm going to have you do a couple uh star and field sobriety tests. Okay, just go ahead and follow me because I don't want to do them in the roadway here where we could possibly get hit. Okay. No, no, no. I don't want to be in the roadway where we could possibly get hit. Okay. That's why I'd much rather walk right here into this 7-Eleven. Okay. Go ahead and stay right here on the right of me. Okay. I don't want you in the roadway. >> This is why I want to take you to the 7-Eleven cuz it's a little bit warmer, a little bit safer. Okay. Uh well, we're going to have to arrange for a tow truck to come out here one way or another cuz it's >> Okay. Well, we'll we'll deal with that here in a second. Okay. We're just going to walk right up here into the 7-Eleven. Okay. >> All right. Okay. Why don't you just come stand right here in front of me? Okay. Just hang out right there for one second. Okay. >> Hey, sir. >> We're just going to use your lobby here for like 5 minutes. I just got to run it through a couple standard food soiety tests. It's snowing like crazy out there. If you don't mind, that'll be really quick and then I'll get out of your hair. Okay. Thank you. >> Yeah, I can do that. All right. Here's what I'm going to have you do. I want you to stand right there. I want you just face my direction. Okay. Um just go ahead and put your feet together and your arms down your sides. I'm going to run you through a couple things. Okay. First off, do you have any injuries or anything like that? You're not hurt. Do you have any recent head trauma? Like no concussions or anything like that? Okay. >> Do you wear contacts or glasses? >> I'm wearing contacts right now. You're wearing contacts right now. Okay. Okay. Any injuries? >> Those are not for like um I'm not blind or those are like for like I want my eyes >> like reading. >> Yeah, because I want them to look like different. >> Okay, I got you. Okay. Here's what I'm have you do. Okay. Same thing we kind of did outside. Maybe stare right here at the tip of this pad. I'm going to move from side to side. I want you to follow your eyes and your eyes only. Don't move your head for me. Okay. Stare right here for me. Okay. All right. Next thing we're going to do, um, space is kind of limited, okay? So, I'm going to do my best to kind of show you how this is going to work. Okay. Um, what I'm going to have you do is just back up just a couple steps for me. Yep. Right about there. Okay. What I'm going to have you do is I want you to go ahead and put your left foot down and your right foot right in front of your left. Just like this. Standing heel to toe. Okay. So, look just like this. I'm going to try and demonstrate it the best I can for you given our limited space. Okay. So, you're going to get just like this. Arms out your sides. Left foot down. your right foot directly in front of it touching heel to toe. Just like that. Okay. You're going to hold that position till I tell you to start. Don't start until I tell you to do so. Okay. >> Don't start. >> No, no, no. You're going to hold that position. Just don't start the test until I tell you to start. Does that make sense? >> So, you're just going to hold that starting position till I tell you to start. Okay. Do you understand the test I just explained to you? Okay. Do you remember the starting position? >> Do you remember the starting position? >> Okay. It's your right foot in front of your left foot touching heel to toe. >> This one? >> Yep. So, that's your right foot. Okay. Keep your arms down your sides. Whenever you feel ready, you can go at him again. Okay. Okay. Uh, next test we're going to do. Okay. Um, go ahead and you can just stand right there for me. Keep your arms out your sides, your feet together, just like this. I'm going to go and explain the test. Okay. For this test, do you have any injuries to your knees or anything like that? No bad knees or foot or anything like that? So, um, this is going to be the one leg stand us. Okay, you're going to raise whichever foot you feel most comfortable with. I'm going to go ahead and raise my left foot. Okay, you're going to raise that foot approximately 6 in off the ground, pointing your toe upwards. You're going to keep your arms down your sides and you're stare down at your toe and you're going to count out loud. Hold on, I'll I'll show you. Okay, your arms down your sides just like this. You're going to raise that foot approximately 6 in off the ground, pointing your toe upwards, whichever foot you want. >> Okay, I know your friends are out there. They keep looking in here, right? Let's just try and get through this so we can get things moving along. Right. You understand the test I just explained to you? >> You said, "Oh, it's 1,000." >> You're going to count out loud. 1 1,000 2 1, right? >> One more time. >> Count down. >> No, no, no. Just count up just like Yeah. 1 1,00 2 1,00 3 100 >> pointing your toe outward, right? >> And staring down at your toe. 100 >> staring down at your toe,000 from how many >> exactly how I explained to do it. >> I forgot. >> Forgot. All right, we can go out and be done. Hang out here with this officer just for one second. I'll be right back with you. Okay. >> No. >> Yeah, you don't got no charges, man. You can be in a different day. You can get out tomorrow. I know that my car >> I know you dumb ass. I told you. >> What happens if I run? >> Huh? >> What happens if I run? >> What happens if you run to get some more charges? >> Are you going to cash him? >> All right, let's find out. >> He looks fast. Don't do it. >> No, he looks Wait, no. Actually, no. He don't. >> Can you guys like just help me like do track in high school? >> I'm right here. I just go like right here. I'm like 2020. >> Are you guys Dupage? >> No. >> They have license. >> Huh? >> This is my girlfriend. She has a license. >> You think can I just go home like >> the hotel? You mean >> a hotel? Yeah. Well, that's my home for now. >> What's up to this other offense? >> Can you just like be >> obviously at home? >> I know. I have never had no choices. Like I'm a good girl. I swear. >> That's a good >> Excuse me, guys. >> I was going to ask you something. >> Sure. What can I answer for you? Well, we got to get it out first. Okay. It's stuck. >> Like the front the front wheel well is stuck. >> No, you can go inside. Here's what we're going to do. All right. This the last part of the test. Okay. You guys step outside cuz you guys don't speak for her. >> That's fine. >> Were you driving the car? >> But that's my friend. >> Not her pushing the test. Okay. We're going to seal your lips around the tube. You give me a nice deep breath out. It's going to beep. I'm going to tell you when to stop. Okay. Whenever you're ready, go ahead and stick your uh mouth around the tube and go ahead and give me a nice deep breath out. >> You actually have to blow. >> Okay. The machine is very smart. So, it's going to know if you're not actually blowing or if you're sucking in. Okay. So, you got to give me a nice deep breath out. All right. >> When I'm like go just like that to do it. Okay. It's going to keep beeping. I'm going to tell you to keep going. I'll tell you when to stop. Okay. So, whenever you're ready, I'm going to step forward. So, your lips are on the tube. Give me a nice deep breath out. >> Keep going. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. More. Good. Go. >> What did it say? >> Do you know what the legal limit in the state of Illinois is? It's 08. Okay. This is going to show us what you're 08. >> 08 is the legal limit in the state of Illinois. So, you're at a 0.251. Okay. You understand what that means? You're more than double the legal limit. I know. That's why I was not trying to leave the the hotel, but it's right here. Like I was I was going to ask you something. >> If my cousin has a license, can she drive the car back to >> Here's what's going to happen. We have a tow truck coming to get the car away. >> I understand where the hotel is. Okay. We have a tow truck coming to get the car out. Okay. I'm going to have you take your purse off cuz I don't want you wearing it while we go. I am going to be placing you under arrest for DUI. Okay. >> Yes. Um so go ahead and let's take the purse off. That way uh you don't have it on you. Is there anything illegal in it? >> No. Okay, we'll we'll just let it leave. Okay, so I'm gonna go ahead and have you put your cameras by your back. You are right now. Okay. >> Yeah. Come on. We just have some paperwork to do. We're going to have to go back to the police department. You're not going to do county jail or anything like that unless you have some crazy criminal history. Okay. We're going to have a little bit of paperwork to do. You can get picked up from the police department. >> Okay. I'm going to go ahead and double lock these so that they don't lock up anymore. >> Why are you taking these? >> You're going to go back to the Downers Grove Police Department. That's where you're currently at. You're in down. >> Say it again. >> Why do you want to How are you How are you going to call them if you give them your phone? Do you know their phone number? >> Hold on. How are you going to call for a ride to get picked up on the police department? Hold on. Stop. Hold on one second. >> Can you do me a favor? Can you move my car in here so I don't have to hold the phone in? Thank you. >> Wait, you should be able to move it. >> Are you Are you fine with me telling them what's going on? >> Yeah, it's okay. So, here's what's happening. Okay, she is being placed under arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol. There is a tow truck coming to pull the car out cuz the car is stuck. The wheel is sunk down so that car is tweaking. >> Okay, regardless, the tow truck has >> there cuz it's his car. I I understand that you can't tow it there because she's being arrested for DUI. So, the car has to get towed back to the tow company. Okay. So, what's going to happen is she's going to get taken back to the police department. She has a little bit of paperwork that she's going to have to do. She'll get booked and released tonight. So, she'll be able to call someone. So, someone will have to come pick her up or she can call. >> One of the two. >> You got to call him though. You know, you know his number. >> I just told him. >> You're going to have to call him at the station. >> His phone number. So, you can have to know his number by hard >> or bring your phone with you. Unless >> I'll bring my phone with you. That's perfectly fine. Okay. Um, you'll get booked and released from the police department. It usually takes us like 3 4 hours. >> Okay. It'll be quicker than 3 or 4 hours. Okay. Have you ever been arrested before? >> No. >> I just told you it's not going to work. >> No, I don't want to get arrested at all. >> Unfortunately, you're already arrested. >> I'm not arrested. You just you couldn't let me go. You just want to be on both the way it works. Unfortunately, >> it's the first time I ever get arrested. Okay. Well, hopefully it's the last time, right? >> Yes, Ari. Right, Ari. >> You don't have anything illegal on you? >> You're illegal. >> It is dirt. >> Is there [crying] Is there anything Is there anything illegal in the car? >> I'm illegal. >> Is there arresting me? >> No. >> I'm illegal. >> You left me. >> Do you have anything illegal in your car? >> It was funny. Nothing's funny. >> All right, then. >> This you get. So, the other the other officer is pulling my car in the lot so I don't have to try and walk you over there and cuss cuz I don't want you to fall. All right. Once he pulls into the lot, then we'll >> I just want to wipe my tears. >> Say it again. >> I want to wipe my tears. >> Okay. Well, unfortunately, you're in handcuffs right now, so you can't wipe. >> I feel like a criminal. >> Well, you're not. >> I think you made a poor decision tonight, but I don't think you're a criminal. >> You made a poor decision. >> You should have listened to me, friend. But you don't listen to >> I was just trying to go get a juice 7-Eleven. That's all I was trying to do. What the [ __ ] >> They probably should have just walked to be honest. >> Across the street >> in this weather knowing there's a there's a winter storm. Come on now. >> [ __ ] Let's Who can walk in this weather? >> Barely. Well, who can drive in this weather? >> 2 in of snow. >> All right. >> Do you think you can do it? Let me know. >> I've been driving all night in 2 in of snow. >> There we go. All right, then. >> Like from like >> What does What does commission mean? >> No way. >> Exactly. So, you're not drinking for >> And this how you That's how you get free. >> Let's Let's not do that because that's going to get me in more trouble. No, I'll show my >> Well, let's not do that. >> Oh, that's your >> I don't want to have to put the cuffs on to a point where it hurts you and they're going to pull out the cuffs. >> Trust me, I've been a cuff and I got to >> let you use your phone when we get to the police department, but right now you're in >> my Stop. >> Don't pull out of the cuffs again cuz then I'm going to put them on to the point where it hurts so that you can't pull out of them and I don't want to do that. So, please don't try pulling out the cuffs. >> Hurry up. >> Cara, she's on the passenger driver's side, Craig. >> Can they come with me? >> No, they can't come with you. You have anything illegal on you? >> No. >> Nothing's going to poke or stab me or anything like that? >> Okay. >> I will zip this back up. I just want to make sure there's nothing in here illegal cuz you're still >> I'm illegal. I'm from Mexico. >> Okay, that doesn't matter. Is there any way for this to come off? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Like like unbuckling it to come off. >> Has a button. >> Where's the button? >> Call your friend, man. When you out, >> you going to be out in 4 hours again. >> Hey, come back. However, I'm illegal. >> Okay. Once again, that doesn't matter. >> Are you ready for this? >> I got nothing in your pocket. >> I'm going to hold on to your phone. Go ahead and have a seat for me. >> Go nice and slow. Don't go in. I don't want to get in. >> No, we don't have a choice. >> Nice and slow. >> All right, back up. >> No, no, no. >> You can record, but you can't get that close. Not too much. >> We do. Pull her out. What the can we do? >> I'm going to go ahead and reach around you to grab the seat belt if you go ahead and lean back for me. So, how do you feel? I paid for a hotel for me to get arrested. I paid $250, >> bro. Get me out right now, >> man. Don't steal this [ __ ] Some GTA [ __ ] >> All right, change of plans. We're going to switch out into my car cuz this is the other car. Okay, go ahead. Go ahead and step out for me. We're just going to step right here in the front uh car that's right here in front. Okay, nice and slow. Don't get hurt, okay? Cuz it is kind of slippery out here. Let me pull your jack up here for you real quick. Okay. >> All right. Go ahead and have a seat for me. Okay. >> Just Just right here. Just have a seat. There you go. Perfect. No, you're good. Just like that. Yep. All right. Once we get to the PD, I'll get the cuffs off you. Okay. Thank you. Complete. The suspect was charged with driving under the influence and reckless driving. Let us know your thoughts on this video in the comments and be sure to subscribe for more body cam footage daily.