Place your ve hands out of the vehicle.
Do so now.
>> Any any weapons on him?
>> Give me Give me a signal.
[panting and gasps]
>> Do not move your head.
>> Okay. Only the eyes.
>> Only the only Ohos.
>> Okay. [laughter]
Okay. Okay.
>> On April 12th, 2025, deputies with the
Pickaway County Sheriff's Office
observed a vehicle driving erratically
along US Route 23 in Pickaway County,
Ohio. What began as a traffic stop
quickly changed and the driver chose not
to pull over.
>> Tornadoes are pulling in this slot here.
Down on [snorts] a felony stop
39
23 southbound across from southville.
Driver,
place your hands out of the vehicle.
Do so now.
Place your ve hands out of the vehicle.
Do so now.
>> Turn off the vehicle.
>> I'm on my way.
>> Turn off the vehicle.
Turn it off.
>> Around 10:43 p.m., a deputy watched the
silver Honda HRV nearly rear end another
vehicle before leaving the roadway
twice. The driver then moved along the
edge of the road while attempting to
pass traffic.
I copy on scene 43
to reap.
>> I'm just going to move on her. I think
I'm just going to pull her out.
>> I think she's just intoxicated.
Don't reach for anything. Let me see
your hands. Anybody else in the vehicle?
>> No.
>> Okay. I need you to step out. Step out.
Step out.
>> Step out.
>> Okay.
>> Step out. Put your hands in the money
back.
>> I don't know why.
I don't know why.
>> Police.
>> Yeah.
>> See?
>> Yeah. But is police? Got it. Why?
Why?
>> Moment.
>> Okay.
>> Okay.
>> Okay.
>> Okay. Why
>> key?
>> Why?
>> I don't understand.
>> Okay. get her concrete divider. It looks
like she's going to be she's got mine
only started.
>> But I'm Puerto Rican. What is the
problem?
>> No. No. Ablo and Glaz.
>> Okay.
>> No. See or no?
>> No. I understand.
>> Poco.
>> Yes.
>> Okay. All right.
>> I'm Puerto Rican.
>> Okay. Un momento. Okay.
>> Yeah. But why my my work?
What?
>> Okay. Give me Give me a second.
>> No. No. No.
>> No. No. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait.
Wait. Why you arrested?
>> Okay. No. No.
>> Excuse me.
>> No. I'm a Espanol.
>> Okay. But I understand.
>> Okay.
Momento and grab my elopo.
>> Yeah. And
>> but I understand yours. Why? Why you
arrested?
>> Let me shut this. Let me shut this door.
>> No. No. No. No. No. No, no, no, no, no.
Put your light on.
>> Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
>> Wait.
>> Deputies activated their lights and
sirens near 23,5001
US23. The Honda accelerated instead of
stopping. The vehicle continued
southbound, swerving between lanes as
deputies followed. Although the Honda
never exceeded the speed limit, its
movements continued creating hazards for
other drivers.
>> Yeah, I was on my way to the and she's
about to rear in somebody. I'm like, "Oh
my god." She I I swear she saw me and
she just kept trying to pass this car.
>> Speed bolted out. She was supposedly did
in the 80s.
>> Yeah. We didn't get high speed, but she
about sidewiped everything.
>> She sideswiped something.
>> Yeah.
>> You want him to run the dog on it?
>> Do you want to?
>> Sure.
>> Since since you're here,
>> I want to see this.
>> This has to be fresh. She got put out as
a reckless op.
>> Yeah. like a minute or two before you uh
found [snorts] it.
>> I mid to high passing cars in the
median.
>> Oh yeah, she was uh matching that
description.
So I was like, I think I I'm going to
have to stop a car. I think I got a two
Ford driver. A sergeant joined the
pursuit near Neville Street and moved
ahead of the Honda to prepare spike
strips. Before they could be deployed,
the driver suddenly turned into a
business parking lot. Deputies
immediately moved in and conducted a
felony traffic stop.
>> You want to step out?
>> 23.
>> Yeah.
>> 283.
>> Careful. Careful. Careful. Careful.
Careful.
>> I want you to fall.
>> Are you down on that 20? Okay. I should
take this off.
>> Yeah.
>> You want to be around that
>> ride down.
Do you have the keys for the car?
>> Yeah.
>> Any any weapons on him?
>> Give me Give me a signal.
[panting]
This is so dangerous.
>> Can you grab the keys for me, please?
you you will you grab them.
>> Thank you. Thank you. Um any weapons on
you at all? Any knives or anything? No.
Okay. All right. Just just relax. Okay.
>> I can tell you
>> listen. You you've been drinking tonight
and it was probably not the best
decision. Okay.
And then obviously all this happened as
well, so it doesn't help.
Let's try to take deep breath. Okay.
How about we walk over here? That way
we're not so close to the roadway. I'm
just going to have you have a seat on
this push bumper over here. Okay.
Here. You just do me a favor and just
have a seat right here.
Have a seat right here,
ma'am.
Thank you.
>> Sit down. Try to take a deep breath.
>> Negative.
Um, just make sure you just don't have
anything on you and then we're going to
go through those tests. Okay. You are
you familiar with field sobriety
testing?
>> What?
>> Are you familiar with field sobriety
testing? Standardized field sobriety
testing. Testing what?
>> So there's tests to see if you're
impaired or not.
>> Does that make sense to you?
>> No.
>> I am US you
the translator for me.
>> Okay.
>> Okay.
>> This is Deputy Emler. She is going to
check your person. Make sure you don't
have anything on you that you shouldn't
have on you.
Yeah.
>> Uh,
>> ma'am, it's in it's in your like this.
>> See? See?
>> Do you have your thing? I'll
>> have you translate.
>> Do you have anything that's going to
poke me or stick me
>> or hurt me?
No,
>> no.
>> That's it. No more.
>> I don't need that.
makeup.
>> I don't know why you're doing that.
>> No,
>> he's stopping.
>> I don't know why you're
>> here. I'll take it.
We got a brown bag
in there.
>> Wow. [snorts] The first time in my life.
The driver, Narita Garcia Cruz, was
taken into custody without further
incident. Deputies reported signs of
possible impairment, including the odor
of and glassy eyes. At the jail, Cruz
submitted to a breath test.
>> Yep. Feet together and then keep your
arms down at your sides or if you're
cold. I'm okay with you. You don't have
anything in your pockets, right?
>> What's Oh, those are your glasses. Okay.
You can keep your hands.
>> Okay. You can keep your hands in your
pockets if you'd like.
>> Okay. [snorts] So um I need you to tell
me if you understand these instructions.
So what I need you to do is using your
eyes and your eyes only I need you to
follow the tip of my pen. Okay? Do not
move your head at any time.
>> Your my head
>> do not move your head.
>> Okay.
>> This is only the eyes.
>> Only the only Ohos.
>> Okay.
>> Only the ooh a
>> do you understand that? Yeah.
>> Do you want me to translate?
>> Yeah.
She seems like she understands what just
>> I I understand.
>> Okay.
>> A little bit, but I understand.
>> Okay. Same. Same.
>> Follow the tip of the pen with your eyes
and your eyes. Oh my.
>> I know.
>> We're just going to do the cover us that
way. That way you understand
>> and that way there's no disputing it.
>> Huh? I understand.
You see a tip like that.
Draw it. Drive it.
>> Uh-huh.
>> Don't move your head.
>> Don't move your head.
>> I don't move my head. I see.
Uh-huh.
>> Okay. I have to have a clear and
distinct break. This is a break. Okay.
>> Yeah.
>> All right. You understand the
instructions? You don't have any
questions?
>> No questions.
>> No question.
>> Okay. All right.
>> Noas.
>> No. See,
>> I know this.
>> All right.
>> Okay.
>> Mhm. Mhm.
>> [music]
>> Mhm.
See
Yeah.
Heat.
Do you hear it?
for
[laughter]
for you.
>> I think I'm I'm good with probably just
HDM.
>> I have to read this form to you. Okay.
What it basically says is that I'm going
to ask that you submit to a chemical
test, meaning that I'm going to have you
um either give me a breath sample,
meaning you blow into a tube, or you
give me a urine sample. Um, in your
case, I think it's probably would be
easier just to have you provide a breath
sample if you're willing to to where you
just blow into a tube and that
determines your level of impairment,
your level of intoxication, how much uh
alcohol you've consumed tonight. Okay?
Um, obviously you can refuse that, but
your license will be suspended for a
year. Okay? So, I have to read you all
this information, but I just wanted you
to understand the gist of it. Okay? Um,
do you understand what I just said?
No,
>> a little bit.
>> Okay. All right.
>> Yes.
>> Okay. I know.
>> I know probably.
>> Okay. Thank you.
Um
>> I understand.
>> Okay.
>> But you speak a little bit slow. I
understand.
>> Okay. [laughter]
Sorry. Um let me grab a clipboard.
The test registered a 0.152 blood
alcohol concentration, nearly twice
Ohio's legal limit. Cruz was charged
with offenses related to impaired
driving and fleeing law enforcement and
was transported to the Pickaway County
Jail. Her vehicle was impounded and no
injuries were reported during the
pursuit. A traffic stop can change
quickly when a driver decides not to
stop, turning a routine encounter into a
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