on Tuesday December 26th 2023 at around 700 p.m. Bernal Leo County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call reporting that a man driving a pickup had crashed into a homeowner's property fence off of Rio Rancho Boulevard Northeast in Los Ranchos New Mexico deputies responded and located the driver who was identified as 40-year-old John Paul Samuel in the front yard walking around with his dogs you guys okay yes sir hello hi I'm the property owner okay and this is driven through my cross through the fence gate here okay are you all right yes sir where were you headed to I just going home you headed home yes where do you live at right there I I my dog's even sick too can you put your uh could you put your dog hey come baby come [Music] here he's very friendly bro no can you put your dog back in the [Music] truck sir yes sir put your dog in the truck you don't live here do you come here here put your dog in the truck do you have any injuries go the yes I know I know the have a 40-year-old male conscious breathing uh no injuries at this time hey hold on I'm talking to you what what's going on where so where are you coming from I just don't want anybody to get sick and I want my dog can you shut the door of your truck let's do that bite okay it doesn't bite and I don't want you guys to think that I'm yeah okay is there your truck hey marus what's up man are you your truck okay who was in there with you yeah and this guy I get it like freak out but I I I don't I don't want to hurt I don't want to hurt no Marquez I'm here with you yeah I don't think anything no just him yeah just him just him just you in here you have any complaints any no sir I'm okay said he a no there wasn't a pole that was struck it was a residential fence want be what's going on tell me your name again John okay did uh was that the homeowner I did did you see anything just came out no I haven't I really just got here I haven't even interviewed home owner just came out he got all freaked out and I called my um home girl I called my home girl to come help me out look through your head man hold on put your head down I bonked my head from the dog this the dog he bonked my head let's get that checked out man over here no I'm fine no I know at least to clean it up man for real here hey he has a spr I'm okay you said it's from the dog though you guys want to just check it out real quick that to of the head I'm talk okay sounds good the second Deputy who was on scene was observing the damage when he looked into the truck and noticed an open bottle of Crown Royal I don't want to be assessed I just want to fix this and go home I got you okay I'm going to let them do their thing and then I gotta get I got to get some Pap a nonpatient okay cool I'm here with you bro I I don't want any problems okay cool yeah we we're just concerned about you you have to understand that we have to do our job and all these guys are here so they need to do their job too what's your name again Sam what is it last name Samuel what's your what's your first John Paul oh okay John Paul Samuel yes sir okay I'll need all of that okay I'm sorry guys you're man this is a whole lot of [ __ ] hey you're okay and so are your dogs that's what matters so that's what matters to us are you sure what's up are you sure yeah you're okay right you is it [Music] yes I don't do I don't I don't do this like this is go ahead go ahead what I'm feeling out here is just a not patient form and this is just saying that we came to assess you at this point in time you don't want to be assessed okay so if you decide later on you want to be assessed back okay so I just got to get some information real quick what's your date of birth I'm 40 years old sir what's a home address you know what day of the week it is yes sir what day of the week just humor me I know it's silly well I think that today is Saturday morning who's our president silly question Joe Joe Biden okay Jess Jess what Samuel refused to be checked out by paramedics along with refusing to do any standard field sobriety tests if you need us cross back okay thank you so much you got it you guys are awesome thank you awesome where are you coming from today I was just coming home from walking the dogs walking the dogs where were you walking them at we were over there at the dog park on the west side oh cool what happened here I just made a [ __ ] left turn and it got I just I don't know were you headed this way I'm headed home well so okay so but you were heading this way right got a driver's license jump off it's it's not on me right now sir who is at that he a while ago that was the that was Jessica you did you call her to come over here I told her to come and get the um my information and stuff and I don't have M but I can get it out you have those dogs in there with you no no where do those dogs come from they have them already they already that okay so it was just you no dog in the traffic nothing like that I'm just trying to go home my you know me BR what happened John how'd you end up over here F into the fence I wish I could tell you do you know where you're at yes where we at we're right here on ronos and I mean isn't that real grand right there yeah it's it's real Grand tell where you headed home where we coming from the dog park which one right they're off of the W side I'm not familiar with the side at the one dog park you're at the dog park um were you with that girl over there no so what you doing the dog that do just there hanging out who you hanging out with the dogs which dogs my dogs I'm just I'm asking if you're at the dog if you're if you're at the dog park and you headed home yes sir cuz you're hanging out at the dog park with your dogs where are your dogs at there with me okay where are they at now are those the dogs that got picked up just now those those Bulldogs I don't know I don't know I don't know you're trying to ask me questions that I don't have my lawyer present so I don't know what how to answer I'm just trying to figure out how this happened okay sir I to cooperate with you sir simple questions right I'm asking you complicated questions I'm like hey where are you at you said you at the dog park with your dogs I don't see I mean I saw those dogs are those are the dogs that you have I'm not it's not a trick question I'm not try trying to trick you into saying yes or no about your dogs okay so what what do you want me to well I'm trying to figure out what happened prior to you crashing where it led to you crashing I didn't crash okay so what happened then I don't know how to explain that I have to have my lawyer present in order to cancel that so you don't know how your truck ended up into that fence no okay do you remember returning down here that you ended up over here cuz if you're headed home I'm assuming you were driving down Ro Grand or you were driving up on Cheetos or you don't know I I I can't answer that question without my lawyer so you don't want to answer any questions no sir okay about what happened okay I I I I do not want to give you guys any [ __ ] problem just no I know John just don't don't I don't I don't want to fight you guys I don't you're not fighting I'm we're just talking okay all right have you been drinking tonight no sir huh no sir turn Face me no sir I have not been drinking why do you smell like alcohol I don't want to I argue with you I don't want to give you guys any problems right so have you been drinking no sir why do you smell like alcohol I don't smell like Al I don't know what to tell you okay do you want to answer any more questions no okay do you want to do some standardized I don't want to argue with you I don't want to give you any problems John face me don't want to argue with you why do you keep turning am I am I yell because you are we already been through this before Marquez that was last time this is today no I'm not going to I'm not going to do this I'm not going to make you feel like you need to uh bulk up on me or whatever I I I don't I've I want no problems with you bro I respect you I respect you as [ __ ] I appreciate that being respectful to you okay I'm not yelling at you I'm not harassing you I'm not doing anything other than asking some questions about what I just want to go home okay well I understand that but something happened on your as you were driving home right and if if you don't remember that's fine you could say hey I don't remember but listen to me John okay so look here's the deal man is is you smell like you smell like you've been drinking I'll be honest with you no okay there's an open Crown Royal bottle underneath your seat that's spilled okay M so I see that you crash you smell like alcohol how does that look huh you want to do some tests no no why not is there any reason why you want it's very cold and my you already know that my leg is [ __ ] like yours my leg doesn't stand up straight okay so is that the why you don't want to do some chest yes okay what if I you mind if I check your eyes no I I I I don't have my lawyer here and I can't do it because my leg hurts okay all right John so here do me a favor turn around okay I'm sorry I'm sorry sir it's okay you don't have to apologize man you can you can [Music] arrest I'm sorry too sir you don't have to apologize sir I'm sorry sir you can lock me out my I'm just making it locking them so they I know I'm not going to fight you either I'm not going to I know you're not I'm not going to I know you're not I'm not saying you're fighting me thank let's go have a seat in my truck what I have no choice John okay doesn't look good I know but what am I supposed to do have a seat watch your head man go ah go put your butt in there you go scoot over scoot scoot scoot sco your butt straighten up straighten up please help straighten up please help me face forward I'm okay I'm okay get I know I'm okay like that [Music] bro thank you for taking care of me you're welcome just marus okay you can sit up man you can like straighten up Mar sit straight up just take care of me so you're more comfortable look at me look at me no you have any in your mouth no open your mouth LIF your tongue okay so 195 you don't what I don't I don't do stuff like that stuff like what I'm just making sure you're not I'm not going to yeah I'm not going toose all right John close the door hold on it's cold I'll turn the heat on you got a Big Jack you got a bigger jacket than me yes sir listen to me okay John you're I'm about to tell you something important okay you are under s DWI driving while under the influence the new Mexican PL consent act requires you to submit to a breath test to determine the alcohol content of your blood after you take our test you have the right to choose an additional independent test if you choose to take this additional independent test you have the right to reasonable opportunity to arrange for a physician a licensed nurse or Laboratory technician or technologist who is employed by a hospital or physician of your own choice to perform an additional chemical test the cost of this additional test will be paid by the law enforcement agency which is at bero County Sheriff's Office yes sir do you agree to take our test no I cannot force you to take our test but if you refuse you will lose your the Mexico driver's license or non-resident operating privilege for one year if you are convicted in court of driving while under the influence you may also receive a greater sentence because you refuse to be tested do you understand that yes sir do you now agree to be tested no okay all right John so here's what we're g we're gonna go downtown real quick do some paperwork and then I'm might have to take you to the hospital to get cleared that especially cuz you got that cut and no they'll make a big deal out of that at the hey Marquez I'm not going to fight you bro you you I know you're not I know you're not you know I'm a [ __ ] dick but you know what I you never you haven't been a dick to me man you've never been a dick to me very fair with me and I respect you and I I please help me c well I mean I I know bro I know I know I know just let's just go let's go all right thank you do you have anything in trick you want me to get for you H do you have a cell phone or anything in there um I'm okay bro all right thank you ow straighten up man that's why I said straight up there you go while at the hospital Samuel at times became irritated with the deputy before later praising the deputy on how good he treats him my head does hurt a little bit I wasn't even driving my friend was driving okay I I didn't even drive the truck tonight bro I literally understood like the last time and why did you say you did you can't I I wasn't driving then why did you say you did what then why did you say you did why did I say that I never admitted that I was driving I wasn't driving obviously don't remember my well you know what I wasn't driving okay and you can't place me behind the wheel okay if I wasn't driving you know how it works man you know how you're not going to go and [ __ ] me like this marz you know how it works you're not going to [ __ ] me like this I do know how it works and I'm you're going to talk to my lawyer you're not going to get nothing out of me bring it down there's other people here okay there's other people well why are you acting like a [ __ ] dick now I'm not acting like a dick yeah you are okay you just don't like what you're hearing that's all no I keep it down all right you know I wasn't [ __ ] driving BR [Music] F and now you're [ __ ] pissed because you know that I wasn't [ __ ] driving bro you can't put me behind the wheel I'm not mad [ __ ] bat okay you you know I wasn't driving okay and you can't there's nothing to argue here well you can't place me behind the wheel all right then all right I know what I can argue with you I can argue I can argue that hey if you argue argue softer because I got critical patience and I'm trying to give report right I'm sorry man I don't care if you're arguing just I what did I tell [Applause] you why are you so good to me cuz I have to be man you want me to I got I can't change no I you don't you don't have to be this good to me okay have a seat thank you good man you know that thank you thank you good Jimmy look at him quiet you're going to get okay okay after being cleared Samuel was transported and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center on charges of aggravated DWI 7th offense driving while licensees revoked an open container [Applause] [Music] alcohol okay watch up oh God damn it's cold screw in scoot your button straighten up court records indicate Samuel has had five previous DWI convictions in New Mexico and is currently Behind Bars awaiting trial on