She's literally foaming at the mouth. Hit me. Hit me. You I know she's fing her mouth now while she's screaming at me. So I'm going to work. I took your grandma, your panty, your daughter, your mama. That one was here. November the 19th, 2024. We join an officer from the Neapville, Illinois Police Department just after he's observed the driver of a white Chevy Malibu repeatedly wavering in and out of her lane of traffic. Let's listen in. Close your door first. Close your door. Oh. Hello, I'm Officer B with the Neighborville Police Department. The reason I stopped today was you were having a hard time keeping your lane back on Ogden. That's because I was trying to find where I was going. I'm going to Glendville Heights. Chicago Heights. Okay. Where you going? Glendel Heights. I'm going to Glend. Glendale Heights. Okay. Where you Where you coming from? Um Neighborville. Okay. Where at Neighborville? 59 and 88 kind of area. Okay. So you should Where were you like where were you coming from though? Like what were you at somebody's house at a business? I was at his wife's house and I was coming. Who's him? Oh, this guy right here. Yeah. Okay. My baby. Okay. Oh, I swear to God, you can check everything. The three of us were going to a hotel and I said, "We're just going home." Okay. All right. Do you guys have anything to How much do you have to drink tonight? Nothing. No, you had nothing to drink tonight. No. Okay. Do you have your license on you? Yeah. Thank you. Okay. Do you have insurance for the vehicle? Yeah. Okay. All right. Hang tight for me. I'll be right back with you. Okay. Let's go. She's uh she's a little lethargic and her speech is little slur. Um reason I stopped her was her language. [Music] Say that again. Go to the washroom. What was your first name, sir? John. John. Yeah. Okay, I'm going right to the washer. Is this your kid? Yeah, this is my There's a kid in the back seat, too. Hey. Hey. I'm not your Okay. Oh, okay. Who's he? That's my big. Okay. Yeah. No, nothing's wrong. Okay. I went I So, the other officer is the one that pulled you over? Yes, I know that. Okay. He's going to ask some questions. So, could you step out of the car for me? I'm just trying to talk to you in the back. Okay. Yes, sir. Just go ahead and talk to that girl. My daughter's here. Yep. She's sleeping. Yeah. Yeah. So, we're we're in trouble. Here's here's the problem I'm coming at right now. So, based on your driving. So, you It was not because of me. It's because of this [ __ ] Johnny driving. You're a passenger. You're passenger. Okay. And then uh did Johnny had some drinks today? No, nobody had any drinks. I literally went to Go ahead and take a seat. Uhhuh. You went Can I please go home? So So real quick, please. I'm on probation and I do not want to get in trouble. What are you on probation for? Um I was in North Dakota. Look it up. I swear to God. You can't look up North Dakota. That's why I'm asking you. I got I I'm a hospice aid for 28 years. Okay. Why are you on probation? because I got for this kid in the back seat. I screamed in North Georgia, "Where is mying baby? Where's my baby?" And I got I got um assaulting a peace officer. I swear to God, I'm not a bad person. All right. So, here's the thing. We're making sure that you're fit to drive. Yes. So, he has to ask questions and we need you to follow these instructions. Absolutely. Absolutely. So, we're going to go through that. Okay. Absolutely. So, yeah. So like I said, hi. Based on the the driving or stuff like that. Okay. So absolutely there's some indications that would show me that you know you had difficulty operating vehicle. I would never have Okay. Okay. So yeah. So and then when I came up to the vehicle Okay. Your speech was slurred a little. Yeah. Don't smoke the kids. You want to go smoke when they So just to make sure we're fit to drive, you're good. Absolutely. I have a three-year-old. Right. We're just going to run a few tests and we'll be over and done with. Absolutely, sir. Absolutely. Stay with just for a second. Absolutely. If you had nothing to drink, no drugs in your system, no. Absolutely, sir. I had I had a glass of white wine 4 hours ago. Ma'am, where you want to make sure because there is small challenge. Absolutely, sir. So, similar. So, we're going to we're going to come over here into the lighted area. Okay. Okay. So, we're going to use the washroom after this. Yeah. So, you can stand right there and you're going to face me. Okay. Okay. So, so for this test, just like you are, you're going to put your feet together. All right. You're going to have your hands at your side. All right. So, during this test, are you really seriously doing this to me? I'm a [ __ ] hospice worker foring 28 years taking care of your dying patients in Dwage County. So, let's do this. We check everyone the same way. Well, come on. May I use the washroom with my daughter sleeping and then you do this? Okay. Come on. Okay. So, I would never hurt anyone. So, let me explain this, Melissa. Okay. So, you're going to keep your head still and you're going to follow the movement of my finger with your eyes only. Okay? So, you're going to keep following my finger with your eyes only until I tell you to stop. Do you understand? Yes, sir. Okay. Don't move your head. All right. I'm freezing. With your eyes only. Move your head with your eyes. I'm freezing. I'm not moving your head. I'm freezing. Listen, you're moving your head. No, I'm not, dude. I'm not your eyes. I'm freezing. Don't touch me cuz if you touch me, I'm going to freak out. I would never. Just follow the tip of my Are you serious? I've been a hospice working for 28 years in J. Okay. Okay. Listen. Just follow my finger. [Music] Am I still in my head? Cuz you're your eyes open your head. Are you serious? I probably took care of your garment. I would never please use the washroom. It's so cold. You got You got to finish this test. Okay. Follow my finger. I don't know why you're doing this to me. Well, okay. I already explained that. Okay. You got to keep following my finger. Are you serious? I'm a healthc care provider. I will [ __ ] if what if you had a stroke and I looked at your arm and said, "Oh my god, dude got a blood cut." And he just stopped calling me. Your finger shaking. It's cold out. I know. I'm freezing. God, do you really think I'm a bad person? Let's do vertical. All right. God, I smell a cigarette. I'm not even cigarette. You think I'm a person? Do you smell that? Somebody smoke. You can relax. Yeah, you're smoking a blood in a cigarette. It's not me. I'm not saying it's your baby daddy smoking a cigarette right now. What? Well, that's disgusting. Well, good. Okay, Melissa. So, for this next test, all right, we're going to use this line that's right in front of us. Okay, sure. All right. So, really, really? Do you have any physical problems with your knees, hips? Yes, I have knee, hip, and ankle joint problems. I've been a hostage worker for 28 years. Do they prevent you from walking? No. Okay. Use your left foot. Yeah. You got to place down that line. Are you serious? Okay. Listen. Are you serious? Are youing serious? We are 100% serious. He has to run your thesis test. So, calm down and listen. So, put your left foot on the line. Put your right foot in front of the left foot touching heel to toe. and put your hands at your side and stay in that position until they're done giving you the instructions. So, I need you to stay in this position. All right, Melissa. Melissa, as my partner said, you're going to keep that left foot on the You're going to keep that left foot on the right line with your right foot ahead of your left foot. Okay? With your heel of your left foot touching the toe of your right foot. I haven't told you to start. I haven't told you. Oh, I didn't tell you to start. You guys are [ __ ] ridiculous. Iing have kids, man. I got three of them. I got one with diabetes. I got one more with diet issues. I got a three-year-old. You Melissa, were you checking anything tonight? No. No. Are you serious, Melissa? The faster we get through this test, the faster we'll be done. I am such a good I've been doing that. Everything that we're doing right now is What's your first name again, man? John. John, do me a favor. Just sit in the car so we don't have you moving around. When I say begin, you're going to take nine heel totoe steps on the line. Please don't take turn around and take nine heel to toe steps back on the line. One. Melissa, I haven't told you to start. Okay. I'm so sorry. What the one? Just stay there until he tells you to start. God, this is like impossible. So when you get to your ninth step, after that you're going to take nine heel to toe steps back on the line. Okay, Melissa, I need you to maintain that position as I ridiculous. I'm a good woman. Melissa, I need you to please maintain that position. So you're going to, as I said, you're going to keep your arms side at all times. Watch your feet at all times and count your steps out loud. I took care of [ __ ] cars as you don't stop until you have completed the test. Do you understand? Yes, sir. Okay, you begin. I can't do it. 5 6 7 8 9 10. Okay, I turn. Continue the test. Yeah, keep going. Hold on. Because you guys are making a lot more than Okay. All right. One last test. All right. So, I'm going to be honest with you, okay? Your tests are showing me a lot of information. Okay. And maybe I'm wrong and maybe it's just maybe it's just a bad day. So, what we have is a portable breath test. Okay. Oh my god. Are you serious? I'ming permission. Okay. So, would you be willing to submit a breath sample? No. Can I just please go to the bathroom and go home? No, we're we're past that. You can take me to the jail room. Take me to jail. My daughter is in there. My two-year-old's three. Three. What the? All right. So, listen, I'm going to give you one last chance. Are you willing to submit to a quarterly use the washroom? Not right now. Not right now. Can I make my pants? No. I I will not pay my pants. Okay. I drank and I will tell you the truth. Can I please go in? How much did you have to drink tonight? I had one crime vodka and one that was it. What about the wine you had earlier? I ate one. Okay. Where were you at drinking this wine? That's [ __ ] [ __ ] Can I please Wait. Can you please I'm not going to pee my pants when you came on me and they're my daughter's please. Where were you at? Can I please go pee? Are we not going to run you through? I swear to God. We like So, so when you got to Linda's at 10:00, can I please go pee? Listen, please just listen to us. We genuinely need you to cooperate with us right now so we can figure out what's going on. Can I please go pee? Please. He's got to finish talking to him. If the passenger just listened to me, the faster in the car, so you got to listen. How tall was the cranberry vodka? Barely anything. But tonight, please go to the bathroom, please. Okay. Please. My daughter's gone. Where's You have anything on your part? No. I swear to God in my life. No. Okay. All right. So, you just had alcohol tonight. No drugs. I swear. No, I don't do drugs. Okay. Okay. Listen. Last question and I'm going to give you one more opportunity. Listen. Listen to me. I'm going to give you one more opportunity. I'm not asking about the drugs. I don't do drugs. What do you mean I'm not asking about the drugs? I don't do drugs. Are you willing to submit to a horrible breath test? Yes or no? No, because Wait, because I'm scared that it might damage my situation with my child. What? Sir, I've never done drugs. That's fine. We're not here for drugs. I ask everybody. Can I go pee? Can I please go pee? Can you walk in with me? No. Oh, can I please go pee or do I have to pee here in front of you? No, we're going to go with us. So, I am unless you're under arrest for not do not fight. Do not fight. You're under arrest. You're under arrest on me, [ __ ] You [ __ ] Get the off of me. You heard. You heard me. Got it. You heard me. No, you miss. You me. You ever You're under the arrest. You're driving under the influence. I heard you. I hurt you. You go. [Music] You got her. You hit me. Hit me. You me. I'm right there. You hurt me. I'm right there. You [ __ ] If you kick it off, sir, you get an arresting. No. No. No. You're in a soul charge. No. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Sit down. Too late. Are you serious? Too late for that. Did you double lock him or no? [Music] You can send us another female. Send me a female [ __ ] me, sir? Yes, sir. Do you have a driver's license on you on what's going on? Yes, sir. Yes, I do. Yes, I do. So, you're the husband or just the Do you have a Are you guys married or not married? We're not married. Not married. You guys live together? No, we don't live together. You do not live together. I hurt my back. She's under arrest for driving under the influence. How much do you have to drink tonight? I'm not intoxicated at all. Also, you have veil driver's license. Yes, I do. She got arrested for DUI and she fought us getting in the car and when I pushed her in the car like pulled something. Yeah, I'm fine. Get my Get my baby. Get my baby. Get my baby. And she kicked myself. [Applause] talk over here. You have any guns on you? No guns on you. Remember remember um remember that phone call a week or two ago between me and my sergeant and you about the domestic? Okay. And you never showed up. I called you guys to detention and now I have a warrant for it. Oh wow. I warned you. So this is the warrant. Don't face that way. Put your hands behind your back. Who could we call for your child? Get my baby. Get my baby. Get J. Well, she's 95 for DUI. He's 95. 99 from us for domestic battery. Okay. in the process of placing her. Correct. In the process of taking her into custody, she fought with me and Martino. Um, we finally picked her up. She kept pushing back trying to get her in her car. She ends up kicking me to the knee. Um, and now she's extremely animated on the inside. Um, what's she under arrest for? DUI at this point. Um, she I I'm okay. I I felt like I don't know she pinched a nerve in my back or something like that. But okay, what's her first name? Please, please, sir. Please. My baby has never been without me in her whole life. And I know I look really bad right now. Wait, where's your baby right now? She's in the car. And can you take for my parents? Please don't take my baby. Okay. You promise you will help me? Can you please I don't want your baby. Can you please listen to my handcuffs are hurting me? Which one's hurting? She She gave us a little little tussle. But the worst part was the after she got in the car, she you know the the the bicycle kicks. I would never hurt anybody. I've done a hospice for 18 years. Look at me. I'm a hospice aid for 18 years. I swear to God. Okay. Thank you. Okay. All right. So, Melissa, did you get did you get this officer the name of your mom and dad? Yes. So, your your baby's going to be okay. You're not going to give them to his family, are you? No, we're going to give them to your parents. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. Lift your hand up a little bit. All right. Hold on a second. I've been a hospice worker for 18 years. I would never hurt you. Thank you for trusting me. Okay. Let me double lock it. Calm down. It's going to be all right. Calm down. Don't leave me. Okay. All right. All right. I got to close the door. Okay. Linda's coming. What do you want to do? I have. Okay. But for now, Linda's coming so she don't go to DCFS. So, Linda's coming to get her. Thank you. Hey. Hey. What's What's Linda? My daughter. Is Linda Is Linda mom for him? No. Oh, Linda's your mom. No, daddy's. Oh, your ex-wife. Okay. Wait, but that's for me. So, can your parents come pick her up? Yeah, because my daughter is able to get here that time. My daughter doesn't know anybody else. You come pick up your daughter. Okay. Am I going to get in trouble? in trouble. Let your dad get anywhere. Well, yeah, you are under arrest right now for jail. For what? But can I'm on probation, so can you just tell me? Okay, I'll accept it. Don'ting be an [ __ ] to me. Please just tell me what's going on. So So listen, I can't I can't ask you any questions or anything like that cuz you're in custody at this point. Okay. Um when you have any other questions when we get to the jail, we'll try to answer them. Okay. I just want to Can I get out of the jail right away? I have nobody to come and take me off. What's up? Yeah. Yeah, I have uh mom's phone number for her. Okay. So, she does she not want the kid going with this other guy's ex-wife? No, she does not. Okay. I didn't think so. You okay today? Having a bad day? Yeah. Nobody me out. So, can you tell me what to do? I have nobody me. I have no family. I people care about me. She have a daughter, right? So, do we want to use a transport van since it's here? We don't want to. Okay, let me just verify that with her. Hey, Melissa. Melissa. Okay, so here's the thing. All right. I'm not Are you going to be Are you going to be a cooperative? Yes. Okay. So, here's here's the thing. It's either you be transported in here or inside the van. Okay. I don't want to put you in the What the do you mean here inside the van? Yes, sir. I will be cooperative. Okay. All right. Shut the up. Where's my baby going to go? All right. You're coming to get your baby. Are you serious? He's all right. We're going to go to the jail. Vanessa. Yeah. Van, please. Why would you do that? I was involved in my place. Can you tell me where is going? Wait, I did it. I just went like this. You [ __ ] [ __ ] I weigh 130 lbs. You think they're going to charge you more damage? Are you going to me? You [ __ ] [ __ ] I didn't mean to. I'm saying someone who was by the cop for a long time. Kind of talking is not necessary. Wait. If this guy's an [ __ ] and I'm sorry, I am a [ __ ] face of Don't get all these cops. I want a woman officer. Look at all these men. Yeah. You get a female now. Now you're looking at a female. I am a female. Get a female now, please. Are you going to turn around and sit in the car and be an adult or am I going to put you in a van? You in this curb. Well, when we shut the door, if you start banging the kids, I'm coming out of this car to put you in the van. Is that understood? Yes, cuz I was looking for Razor. Get back in there. You shoot me again, [ __ ] I have a [ __ ] daughter. Don't get hit. You hit me. I dare you. I dare you. Okay. All right. Yeah. And if she starts doing that, we'll just take her out. I'm going to try to get there as quick as possible. Hopefully she does it now so we can just van. Am I good now? Take me. We are. We're going. I know you feel. Do you think I'm a bad person, sir? I'm not a bad person. Melissa, I don't think you're a bad person. I'm not. I'm not a hoser. I took your grandma. You're a [ __ ] auntie. your [ __ ] nana. Your mama. All right, Melissa, you just lost your chance of riding in the back of my car. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. The male suspect was charged with two counts of domestic battery, making physical contact, and one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm. One officer on scene would remark that the man did not know how to spell his child's name. As for our female suspect, she was charged with improper lane usage by crossing a lane boundary unsafeely. Aggravated battery, specific persons, DUI with a blood alcohol content of 008 or more, first offense. DUI with alcohol, first or second offense, resisting an officer, firefighter, or correctional employee, and endangering the health or life of a child. A breath test later found the suspect was driving with a BAC of.177, over twice the legal limit. Both suspects court cases are still ongoing as of midFebruary 2025. Watch. It's okay, Melissa. Sit down. There you go. I'm so sorry. Just go that way a little bit more. Okay. Thank you, man. I just got to move this up a little bit. Okay. [Music]