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He blew a 0.30, then a 0.294, both higher than his career batting average. >> Get back in the car. >> All right. Don't touch me. Don't touch me. >> Don't touch me. Don't touch me. >> Don't touch me. >> On February 19th, 2021, just after 1:00 a.m. in Windermir, Florida, an officer sits on the shoulder of Conroy Windermir Road when a dark SUV drifts left, then right, then left again. He follows. The vehicle keeps drifting, crosses the center line, clips a curb, blows past a stop sign without [music] stopping. The driver is Johnny Damon, two-time World Series champion. When the lights go on, he doesn't pull over right away. When he finally does, he steps out of the car before the officer even reaches him. His wife, [music] Michelle Mangan Damon, gets out, too. Neither one listens to a word they're told. >> Hey, back in the car. >> What's happening? >> Get back in the car. Turn the car off. Turn the car off. >> Step it up, please. >> All right. Turn the car off. >> Sit back here. >> All right. >> What are you doing? >> I'm going home. >> Okay. Stand right here. >> Okay. >> Any weapons in the car? >> No. >> Okay. Keep your hand out of your pocket. >> Okay. >> Lean against your car. >> Okay. >> Okay. What's going on here? Why is she getting out? >> Um because we saw you following us and we're like, "Okay, >> it's a traffic stop. You don't get out of the car in a traffic stop." What? Traffic stop. >> Do you see the police lights? >> Yeah. >> Yeah, >> it just happened right there. >> Yeah, it's called a traffic stop. >> Okay. It just happened right there. >> I'll explain why I'm stopping in a sec, but first I'm going to have a backup officer come. How much I had to drink tonight? >> Um, a little bit. >> Just a little bit. >> Yeah. >> So, yeah. >> Couple reasons I'm stopping you. One, while I've been behind you, you've left your lane multiple times. Okay. Okay, while I've been behind you, you've left your lane multiple times and you actually struck the curb at one point on Main Street and then the stop sign back there, you stopped all the way past the stop bar, the white line on the ground. You have to stop behind it. >> Hey, shut your door. Stay in the car. Stay in the car. Stay there. Hey, stay there, sir. >> Sir, stay back over there. >> Listen to me. Um, step over there. >> Okay. Um, >> stay in the car. >> Okay. All I'm saying >> stay in the car. I'm saying this. >> Stay in the Get back in the car. >> Are you Are you kidding me? >> Stay back there. I'm telling her to go in the car. >> Stand over here. >> Hey, we are right there. >> Stand over here. >> We are right there. >> Get back in the car. >> All right. It's >> Get back and I'm going to talk. >> Get back in the car. >> All right. Don't touch me. Don't touch me. >> Don't touch me. Don't touch me. >> Don't touch me. >> No. Hey, stop. Stop. >> Fighting one, two, actually. Hey, hey, hey. We are We are at home. >> Stop. Turn around. Turn around. Turn around. >> We are. >> Turn around. >> We are at home. >> Turn around. >> Okay. We are at home right now. >> I don't know what you are doing. >> Face the car. >> Hey babe, walk home. Walk. >> Hey, secure her right now. >> No. Bat Leo. Hey babe. >> Battle Leo. Babe, walk home. Dad, >> just relax. >> Believe me. >> So, I got one female secure matter. >> No, female secure 133. >> Blue lives matter. >> Look at our Look at our license. >> Hey, what are you doing right now? >> Yeah, exactly. >> I see a couple drinks. It's completely okay if you have some drinks and then drive, but it's okay. My concern is you might be too uncared to drive. >> Oh. So, >> I'm 200 yard away from my house. >> Would you be willing to do >> I understand. >> Would you be willing to do some field sobriety exercises to make sure? >> I would be because I'm a big boy and >> I'll uh >> what we're going to do is when one more officer gets here, I'll take those cuffs off. I'll walk through the exercises and we'll go from there. Okay. >> Okay. >> So, just just sit down. Sound >> good. >> Do you have an ID in the car? Me? >> Yeah. >> Um I mean I guess we're in my process. Is it in the vehicle? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Okay. With your eyes and your eyes only without turning your head is to follow that red light. Okay. >> Okay. >> Remember to keep your head still. Okay. >> Okay. Trying. >> I understand. Just do your best to keep your head still. >> Okay. >> You're still centering your head. >> Yeah. Okay. I Yeah, when you went that way, I couldn't see the lake cuz you >> Just try to look as far as you can without turning your head. Okay. >> Yeah, I'm good, bro. >> I'm going to go up. Okay. >> Okay, it's all good, bro. I can run a 4.240 right now. I don't [ __ ] around. >> All right, awesome. >> Yeah, I don't run. >> Oh, I know. We just got two more exercises and we'll go on. All right. >> Okay. >> All right. So, when I tell you to begin, you're going to take nine heel totoe steps down the white line. >> I'll show you in a moment >> and take nine heel to toe steps back down the line. >> Okay. >> While you're walking, you're going to look down at your feet, keeping your arms down by your side and >> count your steps out loud. It'll look something like this. >> One, two, three, four. You can start whenever you're ready. >> All right. Sorry. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. Turn. One, two, three. Sorry. >> Five, six, seven, eight, nine. >> Sorry. Sorry. >> Just come back over here for me. >> All right. When I tell you to begin, which is not now, you're going to lift one foot left or right. It's your choice. >> With that foot approximately 6 in off the ground, parallel to the ground. In this case, I'm lifting my left foot. Okay. >> Do you understand those instructions? >> I do. >> 1001 1002 1003 It's kind of a tough position. 1001002 1003 1004. >> Okay. Put your arms out like this. >> Kind of like back. Kind of like you're flying like Superman. >> Yeah. >> And lean forward just a little bit. Now you're going to shut your eyes and count down from 60 to zero. 60 59 58 57 56 5 >> Keep counting for me. >> Okay. 56 55 54 >> 35 is a cast 3 52 5 >> Don't forget >> 49. >> There you go. >> Yeah. >> Keep going. Keep going. >> You good? >> Yep. I'm good. >> All right, man. See how this See how you're talking? Everything should have been a little bit different. Okay, just stay right here. Stay right here. Going >> back here. Relax. Okay. >> Right now, you're under arrest for this thing with violence. >> No, I'm not. >> No, I'm not. >> No, I have to go home to my children. >> You're under arrest. >> No, just just follow directions. >> No, I have to go home to my children. My children are No, I can't. I'm sorry. I can't. I can't. I'm sorry. I can't. Listen, I'm telling you, my kids, I have six children. At least come home with me and watch my children. Listen to me. Listen. Listen. >> Listen to me. My kids are >> You don't have a choice here. >> You have to. All right. No, you have to. No, you have to. Hold on, Johnny. >> I'm saying you have to come in and you have to come. >> Listen to me real quick. >> I'm just saying you have to come at least explain to my the lady that sleeps with me, the nanny. So, she's only 21 years old. >> If you sleep with her, I will discuss this with you. >> You have to We will We will sit down. >> I have to go home and then Okay, Michelle, sit down. Please. Put your feet. Put your feet in there. >> I have to explain this. >> I'm going to open up the window real quick. Let me open up this window. >> Make it easy. She's going to freak out like >> I'm going to go talk to her. Okay. >> We have to go to my house right now. >> Put your legs in there. You have to go to my house right now. >> I will. >> I don't know what my name or >> uh a little bit of both. >> Okay. >> I'm not violent. >> Okay. Well, >> I heard that. >> I mean, it is what it is. >> It is what it is. >> Step out of the car. >> No, I'm a mom. I'm a mom of six kids. >> Okay. >> So, >> we're just going to walk with this officer. >> We're just going to walk inside. Okay. >> We're going to come right back for you, bud. >> All right. >> All right. So, um can you put my jacket back on? Just step out. He'll come get you. Okay. >> Fair enough. >> So, first of all, I was a passenger >> and I should not be here. >> You're not being arrested for DUI, so it's okay. >> No, but that's what I'm saying. Like, I should be home with my kids right now. >> What happened? Did he try to get you? We're going to go around this car. Okay. >> No, I was in passenger. So, I'm like, why am I in here right now? >> Here for a reason. >> Right now, you're going to take a seat in here. Okay. Keep your cuffs behind you. Okay. >> All right. All right, we'll come check on you in a minute. >> Go and sit back, man. >> All right. And bro, I'm not going to attack you. >> I know. You got to keep the cuffs on, unfortunately. Okay. >> There you go. You got to keep the cuffs like that. All right. >> Okay, that's fine. >> Two breath samples came [music] back at 0.30 and 0.294, nearly four times the legal limit. Damon's DUI charge went to pre-trial diversion. He completed [music] it. The state dropped the charge. No proquay. The stop sign citation was dismissed outright. The resisting charge never made it past the prosecutor's desk. As for Michelle Mangan Damon, no confirmed disposition has been located in the public [music] record as of this posting. Individuals shown are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law where a conviction is noted. It [music] is based on publicly available court records and may be subject to appeal or modification. >> [music]
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