welcome back to the DUI Channel we are in Morris Illinois where on January 6 2020 at 6:20 p.m. a Morris police officer responded to an accident within City Limits at 8:25 East Washington Street on Route the officers were advised that the suspect had fed the scene on foot the suspect was soon located approximately. 3 mil away near the intersection of East Jackson Street in East Washington Street the officer then exited his Patrol vehicle to speak with the suspect as his investigation [Applause] begins it's going all right um what you got in your pocket there bud some some weed looks like a lot of weed um it's less 30 okay container proof yeah but it ain't sealed okay it's not sealed all you're going to thing up the phone let me talk to you bud all right but [Applause] okay what's your name man huh what's your name Thomas Thomas all right Thomas were you just driving a car and ran off from a traffic like a collision I was not you we weren't okay your match in description given to us I've been a little intoxicated so I have not been driving I've been walking okay my car about two hours we do a show up all right do you have your ID on you I do okay okay Braidwood all right what are you doing up here dude was going to Walmart and I was at my buddy's house was about two days ago ever since then I just been weed riding around seal I read the laws sealed container chof this this is not this is not sealed either how was that not seal this what do you mean no it's okay we seal tomatoes with those yeah do you know how canning works yeah my doing it for about 5 years okay yeah so you clearly don't cuz this is not sealed see how this topper here that's not seal but that's not about the top it's about the seal on it no it okay that's not the seal that's a cap that's the seal right there okay anything else in your pockets can I empty them yeah which one the original or the [Applause] three all right well two G of wax 205 two grams of wax okay one G wax five okay maybe is that is that why you ran is that why you ran dude ran what for your car what car I don't have my girlfriend has my car ADV it's inby right now hey quit B quit okay quit we have witnesses dude I am obviously Under the Influence I I don't of what of a little bit of alcohol and marijuana I know you cannot drive with either of them no which is why my girlfriend but we have a witness that said You smashed up the car and ran away match the description so here's here's the deal description here's the deal just be listen just be straight with us man no just be straight with me what's the description cuz I've done no wrong I've done absolutely no wrong I went by all laws you told me under forget about forget about that stuff right now we're talking about that's what I'm that's the only law that you guys say I've broken I have not driven a car what are you doing over here what am I doing over here I have a lot of friends over here I was barha well why is your car smashed up over there my car my my car is in Godly no it's not my car is in Godly Illinois at my girlfriend's house with my baby whatever you want I mean all right here's the deal your car is down there on Washington Street we're giving your description that matches you if you're real with us I mean we don't have to do leaving the scene of the accident okay all right but right now you've been leaving we have for leaving the scene of the accident you aditt to be I'm under the influence you're telling us that you're under the influence I've already been caught driving Under the Influence I would never risk my license like that again I have a child I have I need to have a car to take them to the doctors to take them to any pointments that they need well right now your car is not working I don't I don't to be honest I have no idea what you're talking about my car isn't Godly working perfectly fine Li backo I don't know check my license it comes back valid I just paid it today paid what today my SR22 is the only thing holding my license back3 is tell this valid I'm 100% valid what type of card do you have huh what type of car do you have uh do Charger 2010 SXT 3.5 L output okay it's my baby and last thing I want from does it look like it just crashed you just said you just said I you don't want to you don't have to you can if you want okay can't if I want no talking to him huh talking to him yeah I can do this I done nothing wrong what do you mean you've done stuff wrong well let's go do that's the only I have okay here's the deal we're going to do is I'm going to push you in the back of my car I'm going to detain you all right right now you're suspect suspected of well right now uh leaving the SC I wasn't driving he wasn't attached to the 28 stand by I got I got that I got your ID all right well I have nothing to hide sir okay do you want to get in willingly or am I going to have to handcuff you I'll get in willingly if you don't handcuff me but I've done nothing wrong sir your hands up search me what you got nothing to leave want me man I've done nothing [Applause] wrong I don't have to check you I'm just hold you man because the suspect offered to show up to the scene of the accident the officer transported him to be potentially identified as the driver of the vehicle by Witnesses on up I would love to see my car since you say oh we walk to your car I know by the of it you should have paint this that's him you mean that's him you can tell me you said by I don't know if you want to give him a chance to do fields or I want to see my car Le well ask uh Derek if you say that's my car I would like to see my car POS spent a lot of money on that car he's 55 so we got to do Fields right what's his name Thomas who's car belong to me and my girlfriend that's not dude if I can tell you right now it's my car or not why' you tell me it was stolen I told you my car was stolen how much sense does that make bald head man could put him on right now I guess talk to him see if he wants just cuz anybody I'm sorry somebody crashed your car but what the there's your car right there oh I would like to see the front of it I can tell you if it's my car right now the license PL comes back to you man I I don't know what to tell you bro I was not driving that car you can call my girlfriend okay I would like to see if it's my car though I can prove it's my car right now or not all it takes in one look at the front end I can tell you by the bottom right or by the bottom left you a going to be able to see the front no trust me I'll be able to tell smash into a car so I I trust me D all that does not go with paper chips the same paint chips are going to be the same I bought the car the whole in front bumper was missing paint chips well there's a lot more than just CHS missing now I would like to see my car if you say it's my car I would like to see I was not driving that thing okay well all these people say you were so all these people's that's here saying Court not yes it is it's a witness that's a witness they're Witnesses it's not here so they can tell me they see my faal descriptions they can see my color ethnicity they gave exactly no they said white pants they said white pants you know how many people in this world wear white pants that's white pants check my white pants see if there's anything in them go ahead the car comes back to you check them the car might come back to me that does not mean it was not stolen I was not driving that car check my pockets there's no reason for you to be yanking on me like that sir check my pockets I don't need to check there's nothing illegal on me the only thing I had on me was recreational marijuana do I have any marks look at that I see glass I see car smooshed I see everything you see one mark on me you got him one Mark put a flashlight on me put a flashlight on me not one Mark how say I crashed a car with not one Mark come on now how does that make sense in front of 825 East Washington bro I'm not I'm not going to disc cooperate with you you don't get a homie like that I promise you on my grandmother's grave I'm not look my hands are soft you do not have to hold me like that I promise you I'm not running nowhere I'm not doing nothing I'm a Cooper Al either do either I do this or you're in handcuffs what do you prefer am I not in handcuffs right now you're not handcuffs all right well I act like I am I won't move I promise just the the thought I feel like I am in handcuffs bro I'm going to cooperate bro I've I've done nothing wrong okay so if I run you through some feel briy test or one of us do okay you good with that do do whatever you got to do I did not crash I hope to God that's not my car I paid a lot of money for that car can we walk up that way and look I just want to look at the front end your front end is completely smashed into the rear the car tell trust me I can tell you from the front end if it's mine or not dude your front end's already smashed into the rear of that other car I can see that but I can also see a paint chip missing in there if that's the case dude I couldn't even tell you if that paint ship was missing or not all right whether it happened earlier or you know now earlier what do you mean you just said somebody hit this car just now that's the words that came out of your mouth was I'm not going I've done tell you can hook them right now for the um leaving the scene so and do the fields at the PD so it's secure he says if you want it does he no okay I would butless you want I mean I don't know how much time you want to stick over today I don't care I've done nothing wrong you have got there right about the same time we had a discussion so if you want it start your here all right I'll transport okay okay sure put me in the car now you sure I don't want to take anything from you not in my zone dude is your body cam active yes it is I'm just going to go ahead and said he would not read my Miranda rights he did not tell me what I've done wrong he did not tell me what he's arrest you under the arrest relen see in the accident no no no no don't don't tell me afterwards you're on body cancer you done you clearly watch a lot of NC or SVU or something after being arrested for leaving the scene of an accident the suspect was transported to the Morris Police Department for further processing come on out here I'll get him off you me my Marina race be arrested listen we already told you you have Miranda right you have not you told me that I have the right to remain silent that's it yeah that's it that's all you need right now no that's not all I need right now cuz that's against the law I need my full Miranda rights and I need to know why I'm being arrested that is I at the point of arrest listen that's I don't care it's not du why this has to do with a crash that you guys have no idea who did can I can I turn around turn around I would like no I would like to hear my Miranda rides you're not going to get them right now so you can't you can't recite them no I can you don't know what they are let go there a police offic [Applause] I'm TR listen we have a proed we have a what marks do I have we have a procedure what marks do I have I didn't say you had to have any marks you crash a car usually you get some marks right depends that's what you guys are accusing me of crashing a car what marks do I have do I have done anything about this every not everyone gets I don't know a single person in the world that crashes a car and gets no marks okay I don't know not a single person's a mark right here here yeah that's a watch you see that I wear a watch L do you want to do field sobriety tests do whatever you got to do do do you want to do field sobriety test I'm asking you I do I don't do whatever you got to do you tell me I'm not saying that I haven't drank I'm saying that I haven't drove I'll put this with the rest of your stuff your body cam is active right it's flashing red sir flashing red I have not been driving I have been drinking therefore the sobriety test has nothing to do with it at hand but I will do one just in case okay you said You' had a g before I've had this know right it's kind of simple okay I'm not doing the Z's backwards I can't I can't I don't do that man we don't do that okay that's a hard one that's a hard one as it is okay here's the deal if you're Cooperative with us we're Cooperative with you I'm been Cooperative you guys I didn't run I didn't nothing you guys asked me what I was doing I told you I was walking to my friend's house you guys said we had a crash nearby I said I'm sorry to hear that okay you guys say it's your car I said there's no way cuz my car isn't Godly you go was registered to your name all right call my girlfriend there is two owners on my vehicle there is two owners so therefore I cannot solely be responsible for that vehicle second of all I had no respons for their vehicle so if you call her and she said she was not driving it then obviously it was stolen you're we're not going to call her right now because we have you all what do you mean there's two owners on the vehicle we're not going to there's two owners on the why do we need to call her though because you're you're talking about a crashed vehicle then I'm telling you that I was not driving therefore there's another owner of the vehicle so therefore you should go towards the next owner of the vehicle to see if they was driving okay and if they was not driving have obviously we don't have any reason to believe female was driving that vehicle what makes you think a female you said the other owner your girlfriend right right isn't she a female yeah so I'm telling you we don't have any reason to believe that it was a female what reason do you have from the witnesses from the witnesses from the witnesses what I I in accord to law is hears saying unless they have proof they have evidence they have pictures they have something to show that I'm sure there's cameras all over that neighborhood tooo when there's cameras then we'll go from there well we're going to go from here right now okay you want to do these tests yes or no okay arms just your sides I'm not doing Z back I can't we already been through that we're not good okay arm just your sides I'm just arm just your sides like this I'm just going to check your eyes okay you got contacts in do you have contacts I do not but I do not have perfect vision okay you don't have to yeah you don't have to have good Vision what what's up with the uh I have a fry told you I have up Vision so I mean if you want to go from there you didn't tell me you you told me you didn't have good Vision but what's going on with the blood shot my are defected okay so therefore I mean do it your test and I'll go along and we will see what we go from that okay all right let's check it out yeah I see that um you have any injuries anything we move forward I have injuries all over we're not going to go from there we're going to go with the test that you came available let's go let's start let's start with the eyes it doesn't matter it does not matter okay all right what do you want me to do follow the pen with just my head or just my eyes just your eyes keep your head straight [Applause] okay all right okay stand on this line over here face me this one Yep this one yep just like that and face me [Applause] okay put your left foot on line right foot in front of it okay just like this arm just sides stay in that position okay touch do this let's do this let me see your knees what's that let me see your knees you're asking to see Mye a straight line so ask to see your knees mine you see how mine go into a 45° angle which means I have a walk with see your knees I'm not I don't have to show you my knees sir okay therefore all right let's go ahead with the test and I'm telling you on you side this camera I have a knee defect you can see in my knee defect is I just showed you that my knees do not go along with my legs okay all right so you said Left Foot Right Left Foot on line right foot in front of a touch and heel the toe hey go back in that position okay don't do anything until I tell you to touch heel or toe just like this get back in this position left foot on the line right foot in front of it arms sides okay don't move when I tell you to take nine heel toe steps down the line turn around take nine heel toe steps back make your turn by keeping your front foot on the line and use your other foot to turn yourself around with turn yourself around with yep I'm going to demonstrate with several small steps okay get back in that position that's that's part of the process man that's okay so one two three you're going to go all the way to nine a little listen forget about how I look over right listen you're so right so you want me to do this in 100% demonstration but over and you can't do it listen I just did it fine did you see how it did you see how I made several small turns or steps you made several wles else yes do you need me to explain it again I'm going to do it again one two 3 you're going to go all the way to nine several small steps like that one two three watch your foot at all times count your steps out loud keep your arms at your sides starting right so starting left get back in that position starting left one two three four arms at your sides five 6 S8 9 said turn around at your nine right turn around sure turn around 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 okay next test is balancing test balance it out okay okay got any problems besides those knees I've had a couple concussions from football but other no okay all right armed to your sides what is this got to do with the accusation of crashing a car listen if you I asked you if you don't want to do these you don't have to I I do whatever you want me to do but I'm in jail right now you're not you're not in jail for for any anything else but leaving the scene of an accident leaving the scene of an accident you don't know I was at okay okay arm juster sides feet together on my command I'm sorry don't do anything until I tell you to when I tell you to raise either foot approximately I don't really have any interest you're going to listen your toes pointed out keep your leg straight hold that position while you count you're going to have to repeat that I'm sorry well I was explaining to you I was talking to him two officers here I'm kind of confused on who to talk to I'm the one listen you got the yellow list so I'll go I'm the one who I'm the one who's speaking with you man okay go ahead pay attention to me yeah go ahead okay right don't do anything until I tell you to when I tell you to raise either foot approximately 6 in off the ground with your toe point out keep your leg straight hold that position while you count allow for 30 seconds in the following man hold my balance I'm going to demonstrate this knowing no no I answer this as a as a non Prejudice police officer okay you want me to lift one leg up that includes bad knee and then you want me to balance you have one bad knee or two I have do you want to see both my knees I'm asking I did I just told you I had bad knees well you said having one bad knee just a second ago I said I had bad knee okay so therefore don't twist my words so you want me to stand on one bad knee to balance my other bad knee if listen all right no let's go ahead this works out let's go ahead let's go ahead so you cannot use this against me I'm letting you that I have bad knees go forward you cannot complete this test because your bad knees I have done nothing wrong even with my bad knees even if I was drunk I feel like I would have up some of this AB test correct even with bad knees enough to crash in vehicle okay okay are we ready go ahead okay so get back in that position sir yes sir all right which foot you going to use right or left are you listening no you get to choose manose so you want you goad and tell me no up to you dude are you going to do the test or not I never said I was refusing going be part of this St me he's watching because if you don't have to be a part of you don't have to be a part of this you can either answer or he can walk away he can't walk away he's not going to walk away he's not going to walk awayz he's got a badge go ahead I like you sir don't touch go ahead okay all right keep your leg straight hold that position while you count low for 30 seconds in the following manner 1001 1002 1003 until I tell you to stop like this okay so I'm going to demonstrate it okay so watch 6 in off the ground 1001 1002 134 100 10056 1007 you don't know what the clues are or what not so so if I fall over that's when you fail no I I want to know or know there's pure restrictions on this test we don't do that we we do do that teacher gives you a test they tell you oh this percentage is when you pass this percentage is when you well this isn't about percentages there's certain things I look for what is it that I have to do if you're not going to do it that's fine I never said one you I don't have time I don't care if you have time there's your job so I want to know what my specifications are if I wobble a little bit I fall over what are my specifications you should have known these specifications before you drink uh okay therefore so are you going to do this or are you going to do this or not if anything public in okay are you going to do this or not yes I want go ahead listen 6 in off the ground watch your foot at all times arms your sides 1,1 1002 13 until I tell you to stop okay hold on hold on hold on one second I'm going to get my timer out here what about you going to get your timer he was going to time I was going to ask him but you don't like him right now so that's not that I life and they saying being very disrespectful okay I'm trying to be cool with you man you are and I ain't given you nothing but respect I've done everything you and he and what has he done he's just watching he's he's looking at me like a criminal listen meanwhile I told him I've done nothing wrong and I'm trying to prove to you done hey what's your name Thomas yes okay Thomas Thomas do you have any questions before we start this test you want me to demonstrate it again until you're done whether that be 1 million or that be 4 seconds yep okay so whenever you're ready either foot you choose okay arm just your sides look at your [Applause] [Applause] foot [Applause] all right go ahead and stop okay I'm just going to take you inside now we're going to finish the rest of the process okay process for what well you left the scene now I'm charging you with DUI now I'm charging with DUI why because because why before we go any further now is the time I'm going to read your Miranda Rights okay and then we can talk about it what can you prove from the sobriety itself let me read these let me read these real quick okay and then we can talk about it okay all right so you have the right to remain silent you already first of all you already arrested me I don't have but I didn't but I didn't question you anything your Miranda Rights are over you already arrested me you arrested me you put me in cuffs and you tooken me to the station but I didn't camera but I didn't question you about the incident since you've been yes you did yes you did you asked me multiple questions before we left the scene and he said would you like to go prove we left the he said would you like to go prove yourself can I can I let me finish on camera so they're anything you say can will be used against you in the court allow you have the right talk to a lawyer and have present with you will be in questioned if you cannot afford to hire lawyer one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish you can s at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements okay all right so you know I'm not going to put those on um we're just going to walk inside yep you coming yeah yeah MH on what's your first name you don't need [Applause] that get your hand off me bro no get your hand off me you want to go back and handcuff or not you guys told me he was going to do this peace put your hand on me I have plent of reason no reason you have a cop in front of me cop behind me reason push me Len there's no reason for he's not directing he's pushing he's being physically aggressive therefore he can take his hand off Co I'm hold than you too look he can take his hand off hey don't worry about him okay I am worried about him cuz I feel like he has something against me he's got nothing against you I'm asking you to take your hand off me and I'll be cooperative just please take your hand off me I'm not going nowhere I'm not doing nothing wrong take your hand off me here you got to disarm following the arrest the suspect Thomas was read the Illinois warning to Motors form and asked to provide a breath alcohol sample to which he refused in court the defendant was charged with failure to report accident to police improper traffic lane usage failure to reduce speed operation of uninsured motor vehicle leaving scene of property damage accident and driving under the influence of alcohol or DUI on May 16th 2020 5 months and 10 days after the arrest Thomas pled guilty to DUI in exchange for all the other charges to be disposed as Noah PRI this means that the prosecution chose to no longer pursue the these charges along with a $917 fine the defendant was ordered to pay a total of $2,727 this amount has been paid in full the defendant was send to 5 days in jail conditional discharge of 24 months a 10 DUI school attend a Victim Impact Panel and participate in a drug and alcohol evaluation of note the suspect ultimately did not report the vehicle stolen furthermore the suspect's girlfriend informed Morris police that Thomas told her that he crashed the vehicle which was consequently uninsured before fleeing the scene of the accident