Maybe I spilled it on my clothes. Okay, maybe that's what that spilled. I've never drank and drove my clothes. So, excuse me. Okay, so come somewhere. I don't mean tell me to shut up and be quiet when I'm trying cuz you're screaming and you're freaking them out. Do you hear them? Because they're not going to go with Sarah, the woman that we just call DCFS. On October 20th, 2023, officers were called to an intersection after receiving an anonymous tip about a person driving under the influence with three toddlers in the vehicle. The driver, later identified as Cynthia, was pulled over for an unreadable license plate. What was the real situation behind this alarming report? Officer the police department. The reason I'm pulling you over so your license plate there's dirt. You can't read the last three of them. Yeah, I know. I was going to swap. Yeah, I got pulled over. I need you to hang on the phone. Okay. Do you Do you have an ID on you? And then if you have insurance, I'll take that, too. Uh my mom says she has a copy of my insurance. Okay. Okay. Just have just have her send you that and then Can I please speak? Okay. Go ahead. I had my car searched by Ventburg Police Department and when that happened, they lost my insurance. Okay. Copy. And I've asked my mom to please send me a copy of it. Okay. But she has not been able to do that since then. She has a copy of it and she can she can send it. Yeah, that's perfect. Just have her text to you. Okay. And then I'll take your in your driver's license if you do that. Can I get out of the car to look for my pet bag? Why? What? Back seat or my I don't know if it's in my back seat or if it's in my trunk. I can just grab your name from you. Uh, how many little ones you got back here? Three. Three. You just want to sit tight for me. Okay. I'm sorry. What was the reason? So, I can't read the license plate when I'm behind you because stuff like that. I am I got pulled over again the other day for the light. The light that's below it was because Is there a light that's that's knocked out back here? I couldn't even tell. I'll take a look at it. Okay. Y, do you mind stepping out for me real quick? Um, yeah. She has the Okay, if I just grab your phone, take a picture. She has a copy of it right there. I can't see it. Um, and then there was another Yeah, I got it. I got it. Oh, yeah. I just need to see this as long as Okay. You mind stepping out for me real quick so we can talk back here. Okay. So, we had a caller say that you've been drinking and you got in your car and that you've been drinking. Okay. Is that true at all? Have you been drinking today, Mom? So, I'm going to be honest. I can see it in your eyes. Okay. Your eyes are are foggy. Mom, uh, can I talk to my mom before I talk to you? I'd rather you ask answer my questions right now while I'm trying to talk to you. Okay. We can talk to mom later. Yes, I was. You were drinking? Yes, because I was going to take my kids trick-or-treating and I was nervous and I didn't want to. Okay. And instead, I hung out with my friend Eva. Okay. What? How much did you drink? I didn't drink that much. How much is not that much? Like a half a pint. Half a pint of what? But it's above the legal limit. So I'm going to get my third DUI. Mom. Okay. Mom, my kids are crying. Okay. I'm going to talk back here where the kids will see. Okay. Do you want to come back here? We'll talk out here where the kids can't really see. Okay. Mom, please. Oh my god. Bro. Cynthia, do you want to talk back here where the kids can't see? When the officer spoke to the woman, she seemed hesitant to cooperate. The officer already senses that something's off when the driver seems more concerned about getting a copy of her insurance than about actually driving. They're going to know no matter what. They're traumatized already. Okay, we're trying to not I want to not traumatize. Okay, let's just walk back. Mom, I don't know what to do right now. Okay, Mom. I literally was just trying to go home because of a an argument at the hotel. Okay, can I ask you some questions? Can we talk to mom later? Does that sound like a plan? So you can ask my questions. I don't want to talk to her when I'm in jail. No, I want to talk to her the whole time I'm on the phone with you. That is my right. Okay, that's fine. Can you talk to me while you're talking while she's on the phone then? Does that sound like a plan? Yeah. Mom, can I please put you in my pocket? Okay. When did you stop drinking? Like an hour ago. Like an hour ago. And you had you said you had half a pint. Yeah. What were you drinking? But it was over the course of 2 hours. Okay. What What was it that you were drinking? Amsterdam. The vodka. Is that what you're talking about? Okay. I was going to visit a friend who was going to go with me to my kids trick-or- treat school party. I was drinking at home at first. So, here's what we're going to do. I'm going to give you some sobriety test. Okay. Some tests for you to perform. I'm literally really close to home. I don't even care if I just get a ride home. Okay. So, here's I'm not that intoxicated. Listen to me, please. Hold on. I'm talking. Okay. That's what the tests are for. Okay. It's to determine how intoxicated you actually are cuz alcohol affects everyone different ways. Okay? So depending on how you do these tests, it'll depend on if you drive home or not. Okay? At the end of the day, you have your kids in there, right? So that's going to mean anyway. So I'm going to even if I pass what it it's depending on how you perform on these tests. Okay. So are you we're going to do some tests. Okay. So you're going to keep following my stimulus with your eyes only until I tell you to stop. Do you understand the instructions? Yeah, I do have Can I please quote I am deaf in this ear, so it is hard for me to maintain my full balance. Even if I'm not intoxicated, it is hard for me to maintain my balance. Okay, go ahead and follow just to tip my finger. Okay, go ahead and blink a couple times. Okay. I'm sorry. I was just I thought you were not. Nope. You got to keep following it. So, we'll do it again. No problem. Okay. So, we're done with the first one. The second one's going to be the walking turn. Okay. So, for this one, do you have any physical problems with disability besides? For me being I'm deaf and I've never been good at it. I've literally never been good at it. Okay. Do you have any physical problems on all that's going to affect your No, but can I please put my phone in my out of my pocket? Why would you even put your kids in a car if you've had any alcohol? The officers decided to conduct a sobriety test to determine how intoxicated the woman actually was. It was concerning to think about the children's safety as they were clearly at risk due to her impaired driving. Okay. So, just like this, arms in your side still. So, you can look at I don't know how I'm doing it right now. Yeah, you can go ahead and I'm sorry. I see enough like Facebook videos to say. Oh, not until you're start. So, once you start walking, don't stop until you've completed the test. Do you understand the instructions? Okay. Begin and count your first step as one. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Okay, so we have one more test. So for this one, we're going to get in the same stance we were in for the first one. So, feet together means I can I'm at a slant. I know I'm at a slant cuz I can feel it. Okay. I don't know if I can do it facing this way, please. You'd rather do it again facing that way? Yes. Okay. You think this is You think this is flat, straight, and I'll get these sticks out of your way so you didn't walk on them? I don't need the sticks out of my way. No, I am I will anyway. The slant you want to do the walk and turn again? Is that what you're saying? Uh, no. I'm not saying I want to do the walk and turn again. I'm saying I can feel the slant when I'm walking this way. So, I would rather just stand this way. Okay. So, we can do we can walk there. We can have you walk again that way. That's what you want to do. You just was instructing me to stand. Yeah. But if you want if you think this is slanted and you're not and you want to do that I don't think I failed that test. Okay. Whatsoever. Okay. So, for this one, I'm going to have you first just like how you were. So, go ahead. If I'm deaf anywhere and I have a hard time maintaining balance and I can prove that in court, what does that do for affecting me? Okay. Because I do have a deaf ear and it is really hard for me to maintain my balance. Okay. So, do you have vertigo? I have um I can't remember the name of it. But you don't take meds for it or anything? I'm supposed to have a hearing aid, but I can't get a hearing aid unless I'm in Poria or Chicago. Okay. But I will do the best. Okay. Yeah. And that's and that's all that we ask. And some people do. I absolutely Yeah. Yep. I'm with Okay, you can go ahead and start 100,004 in off a little bit higher. 100600 I can like I literally can't. Okay. Thanks. Does it it just affect your balance? It does. It really does. And that's not fair. It's really not fair because I'm deaf. Hey. Do you want to try it again or are you done? I am going to try it again. Okay. 1,00 1,002 1,003 1,004 1,005 1,006 1007 1008 1009, 10,1,23. The woman's condition didn't seem like she would pass the test. However, she made a strong effort and continued to pretend that she had passed the test, but the reality was far from it. Her actions didn't match her claims, and the officers could see the truth. 2014 2015 2016201 2022 2023 2024 She done. Okay. If you just want to walk over. We'll walk back this way and I'll talk to you. Okay. You can grab yourself. Okay. So, you're going to be arrested. Okay. For DUI. Okay. Drinking under the influence. Driving under the influence. Sorry. Go ahead and I'll I'm just going to take this and put it on the ground. What did I fell? Uh the first actually all three of them. All three of them. Mhm. Yep. Wow. Okay. Do you have anything else on you? How did I tell all three of them? I can explain to you later, right? Do you have anything else on you? Any anything else besides your phone? No. I I I can't hear you. I'll talk to you in a second. Okay. Can I tell my kids by and everything is going to be okay, please? Right now, we're taking them. Right now, we're going to take a seat and then we can go from there. Okay. Can I please tell my kids it'll be okay? Well, we're just going to take a seat for right now. I don't want to traumatize them. Okay. Okay. Please just take a seat. Can I please tell my kids it'll be okay? Just Just give me a second. She said she tired. Even if anything, she had all nestagmas all day long. Oh, I know. Like, and don't tell me you're deaf. I literally, that was the first time that I've ever heard her say that. She had no problem. The first being super argumentative. Well, I can see. So, they were staying with the her one of her good friends at one point. Can I please tell them? What do you want to do with the kids? Can I please call someone? Stay in there. Can I please call someone? Can I please tell them it's gonna be okay? Stop. Stop yelling. They're freaking out. Am I not supposed to freak out? We're trying to figure something out for where they're supposed to go. I don't know. Your friend that they used to stay with. Can we call her? We are not in no good terms right now. Okay. What about your mom? She lives in Iowa, so I have to call their grandma. Okay. Okay. Can I please have my phone? I don't know her name. Yes. Get your phone for you and her number. Like, please let me figure something out. This is not okay. This is not okay. I was trying to leave a bad situation. It's just the wrong place. Okay. Um, just go ahead and step out. I'm going to do long time and I'll let you make a phone call. Turn around. I will. I will cooperate. I will not resist. That's fine. We're letting you make a phone call quick. We can figure out what we're going to do with the kids. I didn't think I saw it all. Like, it's crazy. They're freaking out. So, it's like waiting me out. It's I'm I have PTSD and I can't deal with that. Like, I didn't take my meds today. So, we do got to figure out because I think you have a prior conviction. The woman couldn't complete the test by walking two steps. How could she possibly maintain her balance standing on one leg? It's all beyond understanding. The officer should quickly close the matter. What kind of hope can there be from someone driving without caring for her children? The decision to take the woman into custody was commendable. She deserved it for DUI, right? So, do you do you know if you only have one or do you have two? I have one in Illinois and one in Iowa. And the one in Iowa, I pled not guilty. I'm trying to fight that because I wasn't guilty. So, you had one in Illinois and then you had one in Iowa. Do you remember? Was that like within the past like seven years? July 12th. of this year. Was that Illinois or Iowa? Iowa. Okay. Okay. And then the one in Illinois, has that been a few years? It has been over a year and a half for the Illinois one. Okay. And I've been doing a bunch of classes and bunch of stuff that's not relevant to right now. Did you have an Iowa license when that happened? No. Okay. No, but I wasn't the one driving all night. I got left stranded in my vehicle. Okay. And I had a designated driver the whole night until I got stranded. Okay, I got you. Mom. Hello. Hello. Yeah, I am under arrest. Um, I supposedly failed all the tests. I don't know why. Because I tried to tell them that I'm deaf. I tried to tell them that I can't balance. Well, they didn't. I don't know. I didn't think I didn't think that I failed. Okay. But according to them, I failed and they are telling me that there is a possibility of doing I'm sorry. What did you say? No. So, if you just cooperate and we go down to the PD, like we would give you like an NTA and everything like that, more than likely. We just got to figure out. Can you explain this to my mom? Can we Can we just verify though for the kids really quick because we got to find somewhere for the kids to go. I don't have anywhere for the kids to go. They don't talk to Sarah anymore. You have to figure out somewhere for the kids. I don't talk to Sarah anymore. Mom's saying she can come and get them, though. She lives 2 hours away. Okay. She lives 2 hours away. Stay with somebody at the PD until she gets here. Mom, I'm not going to have them go with She beats them. No. Hello. You looking to the police? I'm trying. Yeah. They don't want to go screaming. They don't want to go where they You're freaking your kids out. No, they don't want to go where they They're the ones driving drunk with kids in the car. Excuse me, I'm not drunk. You're putting their lives in jeopardy. I am not drunk. I need you to at least stop screaming. Excuse me, I'm not drunk. Okay, I can smell it on your breath. Great. Maybe I spilled it on my clothes. Okay, maybe that's what that spill is. I've never drank and drove my clothes. So, excuse me. Okay. So, you need to grow up and be here for your kids. Excuse me. We're trying to figure out the way. I'm a single mom of three kids. Okay, that's fine. And I do everything I can for them. Okay, we need to figure out a solution to bring them somewhere. I don't mean tell me to shut up and be quiet when I'm trying. The moment she starts crying over the kids as no one wants to see their kids traumatized. But you know what? The trauma began when you decided to get behind the wheel after drinking. You should have thought about that before, but here we are and now your kids are scared and you're asking for a pass. You've made their situation worse. Don't put your kids in a position where they're scared of you. You're screaming and you're freaking them out. Do you hear them? Because they're not going to go with Sarah, the woman that we just call DCFS and the DCFS. DCFS don't know that Sarah beats them. Which is the foster mom who took them the last time. You're going to call DCFS if you're not going to find out. That's the solution. My mom is going to figure it out. No. Go ahead and take a seat. I'm gonna close the door. Take a seat for me. I'm gonna close the door. So, I can't know what's going on with my mom. Okay. We'll let you know what she says. Cuz you just caused a whole more scene than I was talking to my mom. Right. Okay. I'm going to put the couch back on you. I I don't even need them, bro. I'm not going anywhere. Come back. Take a step out here so I can put the couch back on you. Nope. You got to step out cuz you have to go behind you. Oh my god. Seriously? Can I please find out? Can I please know what's going on with my mom, please? I'm trying to She pays my bills. Okay, take a seat. She pays my bills. I'm trying to ask if she can please go to my house. Okay. Why am I not allowed to know now? Because you were under arrest. Okay. I'm about to freak out. Okay. Kids are going to pee their pants. So, we need to figure out how to get back to TV. Yeah. What did my mom say? She's going to head down here. So, the kids are going to head down to the PD and and wait with somebody till she she said she's going to head this way and but take her about 2 hours. So, the kids are going to wait at the PD with an officer most likely or or with a social worker or something until um your mom can get. Okay. You want to step out for me some light? See, you ignoring me is asking go ahead and listen. You ignoring me is asking me to get you ignoring me. I was there over a little conversation that you're supposed to protect as my right. It's my right to know why am I not seat belted in your vehicle. Right. Walk in there. Right. So, you've you've been convicted of a DUI, right? At least once. Yeah. Okay. So, because of that, if you say you don't want to do any of these breath tests and you refuse them, your license gets suspended for 3 months. Okay. But if you do do it and you're over a 08, they get suspended for 1 year. Okay. Does that make sense? Yep. Okay. So, if I don't do it, if you don't do it, your license gets suspended for 3 years. 3 years. I thought you said 3 months. Nope. 3 years if you don't do it. If you do do it, Yeah. If you do do it and you're over 008, it only gets suspended for one year. We have to wait 20 minutes. Okay. It's on my leg. Okay. Okay. Do you want to step up here for me? So, Matt, right now, I'm I'm going to hold this. Okay. All you're going to do is blow into this like you're blowing up a balloon. Okay. So, real hard until I tell you to stop. Just It just keeps going. And it'll make a beep when you're done. Stop. Okay. So, just give me one second to get it going. Nope. I hold it. Just keep blowing. Blow. Blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow. Okay, you're good. You go ahead and take a seat. I can't know. No, you just got to take a seat. I'll show you. Okay, it gets printed off. So, just take a seat and I'll let you know what it is. Because your children are in the car, it's also going to be endangered in the life of the child. And it depends how many times you've gotten convicted of that. Have you gotten convicted of that at all? To endanger the life of or help a child once. Okay. Well, we we'll we'll figure it out and I'll let you know everything that goes on. I'm not going to leave you in the dark or anything. Okay. Okay. So, you can take a seat. So, all I have to do is work on paperwork. Um and then I'll get you out of here. Okay. What was my It was.169. That's over twice the legal limit. All the essential information was gathered inside the police station and a breathalyzer test was performed which revealed that the woman was twice over the legal limit for alcohol. She was then transferred to jail where she rightly belonged. If people can't care for their own children, how can they respect the law? However, the children were safely handed over to the proper authorities. She was charged with endangering the life of a child, driving under the influence, failure to secure a child under the age of eight properly, improper display of a license plate, and illegal transportation of alcoholic liquor. This whole scene was a reminder that alcohol and driving don't mix, and definitely not when kids are involved. It's a wake-up call for everyone. 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