welcome back folks to the DUI Channel we are in Normal Illinois where on January 2nd 2020 at 3 38 PM normal police were dispatched to Commerce Bank for the report of a possibly intoxicated customer who had just left and gotten into their silver Oldsmobile Alero upon arrival the vehicle stated in the call was located sitting in the middle of the road on Broadway the officer approached the vehicle as his investigation begins how you doing you roll down your window for me what what's that window messed up your windows messed up okay is everything okay okay you're kind of blocking the road here I just didn't know what was going on pull from the bank okay all right do you want to uh turn your car off real quick for me where you heading today back home Bloomington okay oh you can leave your seatbelt off for now I just want to talk to you real quick okay okay you can turn your car off if you wanted to you would just come from the bank oh oh oh oh maybe put it in park man put it in park okay you can step on out if you want just come from the bank all right yeah my girlfriend's son was gonna drive him home she was gonna drive me home my girlfriend's son where's he at walk that way what's that walk that way okay okay is everything okay okay you look a little bit off you had anything to drink today nothing to drink at all where were you coming from before this yeah yeah police station the police station which police station was that driver's license you're getting your car back okay all right man any kind of medical conditions anything like that man you just it looks like you're having a little trouble standing up and no I had an accident yesterday you had an accident yesterday okay you have not had anything to drink at all today man okay you mind if I just check your eyes real quick okay uh do me a favor real quick before I do any of that man I just want to pat you down real quick okay is that okay just for my own will be okay if you don't have anything sharp pointy nothing like that on you that's gonna stick Pokemon like that okay you all right man okay okay all right okay you can turn around for me man I appreciate that hey do you have any medical conditions at all nothing wrong with your eyes nothing like that methadone okay I'm gonna check your eyes real quick okay you do me a favor just hang put your feet together arms down at your sides real quick for me okay I'm gonna have you follow the tip of my finger can you see that okay yeah yeah follow the tip of my finger keep your head straight okay follow my finger with your eyes keep your head straight you see that okay man see that okay okay have you taken any drugs today at all no methadone yesterday methadone yesterday yes yes okay you just seem like you're you're having a hard time standing up man I mean no so what's going on I was in an accident day for yesterday and I just burning out last night so I'm still kind of dizzy for my okay you're still a little bit dizzy okay okay here's the thing man I probably want to have you checked out then okay you I'm gonna have an ambulance come over here and just check you out real quick make sure you're good to drive okay okay all right you have a license with you sir no they took my license they took your license well that's fine man hey you can step on out okay what's that where are you trying to go no no you could just stay here you you looking for your son your old lady well let's just go over here you can take a seat you can take a seat in my car okay you're not under arrest or anything right now man but I just want to make sure that you're you're okay to stand up we're going this side okay where's your old lady at the street walking down the street all right stay inside real quick so she's supposed to meet you here what do you need sir I have my phone you want me to grab it for you yes is it okay if I go in your car and get it okay you could just sit down man and just stay comfortable yeah so your old lady's supposed to meet you where were you heading then we would come right here to uh to get here my stepson's uh Wisconsin okay There You Go sir is this maybe them right here you want to if they do come over here just see in an idea what's his first name what was your first name sir dear Derek Derek metcom 963 can I just get one more officer to respond we've got a couple of his family members showing up yeah I don't smell any alcohol I'm not seeing this nystagmus but he's learning and whatnot hey what's going on partner I think we got rescue here they're coming up you see those guys right there those are our friends they're paramedics they're going to check you out okay all right how's it going well he got called in as a potential DUI I don't smell any alcohol um not really seeing any kind of nystagmus but I'm thinking there might be something else on board I don't know for sure but he's saying he got a car accident yesterday and that's what's causing it that's why I got you guys here just to yeah is he looking to get checked out or transported well this point is checked out okay how are we doing sir what's going on um he's been acting crazy if you can do it safely I just pulled out sure that's fine all right she's coming barely stand yeah no he's so he's a heroin user uh she's claimed that he hasn't had any today that he's only been doing methadone which could be I don't know it just depends on how much it took but yeah if he refuses we need to take him back to post for five yeah yeah okay because at this point I mean yeah he's definitely and then uh what we'll do is we'll have you run the DUI portion of it right and if there's PC obviously then we'll go get blood and urine yeah and then I'll do an email afterwards okay okay sounds good once the suspect declined medical treatment from normal fire department the officers on scene requested that the suspect participate in standardized field sobriety tests to which he complied you want to step on out man we're going to just I gotta run you through some tests just make sure you're good to drive okay yes sir okay okay we're going to go right over here to where it's nice uh nice level and flat okay okay let's just go right over here okay we're just gonna do some quick Fields right here just to make sure he's good and we'll see go from there okay if you want to come right here this would be perfect okay we'll just go right into that drive right there actually you know what we're going to wait till this officer blocks the road though okay yeah because it's nice and flat right there would you agree it's pretty flat level I appreciate your patience man do it right here I recommend going just a little bit further up where it Flats those off yeah are you want to come right over here sir we'll just do it right over here where it's nice and flat okay so it blocks this so you guys get all the reasons yes right around this side sir we're right over here okay we'll go right here how about this it's perfectly you agree this is pretty flat level free debris nothing there okay we're gonna do that so I do got to do uh read some stuff to you okay first of all I I know I asked you earlier but you don't have any kind of medical condition something like that that you're aware of nothing you look like a pretty fit healthy dude anything wrong with your legs nothing that would get you off balance physically no okay okay see you real quick here so what I want you to do for me real quick just take your hands out of your pockets for me I know it's a little bit cold we'll try to get this done quick feet together arms down at your sides just like I'm doing okay can you just stay like that for me while I read you the instructions okay put your arms down at your sides if you want okay so what first thing I'm going to do we're going to go through the whole thing I'm going to check your eyes first okay you didn't you said you didn't have any problems with your eyes you don't have any glass eye or anything like that would you mind taking your hood off for me real quick I appreciate that feet together arms down at your sides I'm gonna have you follow the tip of my finger okay can you see that okay well the tip of my finger keep your head straight okay you see my finger okay keep following it oh bro I see you what's that it's cold but I see it okay see the tip of my finger okay keep looking at that okay still see it okay up here all the tip of the okay see that okay they followed my finger up okay okay good deal so what I'm what's that doing it that stuff it's all just for you okay all right I'm gonna have you do the same thing man you could keep put your hood up if you okay yeah it's cold okay okay come on back over here right where it's nice and flat we're gonna do the same thing I'm gonna have you stand your feet together arms down at your sides okay I'm gonna read some more instructions to you on the next phase okay so put your right foot in front of your left foot okay right foot in front of the left foot just like this like I'm doing here with your right heel touching your left toe yep your right foot touch just like I'm like I'm doing okay okay do not begin until I tell you to okay do what you can to try to hold that position all right keep your arms down at your sides okay you got that okay all right keep your arms down at your sides at all times okay this is not even right there yeah I know it's not even all right you pick a spot where you think is even and we can do that right there that's nice and even for you okay so let's start again okay put your right foot in front of your left foot okay can you do that just like I'm doing here it's like that okay with your right heel touching your left toe yep yep keep your arms at your sides at all times watch your feet at all times and count your steps out loud when I say begin take nine Heel To Toe steps down the line turn around and take nine Heel To Toe steps back make your turn by keeping your front foot on the line and then use your other foot to turn oops okay to turn yourself around with several small steps okay stay right there can you can you get back in that position for me I'm going to show you exactly how to do it right now okay yep I'm gonna show you exactly how to do it all right I'm just going to step back a little bit here is exactly how it's going to look one two three four five six seven eight nine one two three four five six seven eight nine do you understand those do you understand those instructions okay do you need me to repeat anything for you nothing like that okay you can begin whenever you like foreign then you can when you're done you can just turn around and face me we've got one more thing to do okay so what I like you do again put your feet together heels and Toes touching arms down at your sides okay and just listen to my instructions okay don't do anything don't do anything until I tell you to when I tell you to I want you to raise either foot parallel to the ground approximately six inches off the ground keep both legs straight and hold that position while you count out loud in the following manner 1001 1002 1003 and so on until I tell you to stop okay yep just let me finish I want you to watch your raised foot while you're counting and keep your arms at your sides okay and I'll show you real quick so go ahead and get back in that position either foot you would like raise it up 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 and so on until I tell you to stop it's going to be 30 seconds pretty much okay are you ready yeah okay whenever you're ready make sure you raise your foot whichever foot you'd prefer raise it up off the ground okay and you can stop okay thanks okay all right you said you had not had anything to drink today nothing but methadone how much methadone 85 milligrams is that like a the dose you're supposed to be taking okay when did you take that this moment that's one of the lowest though since someone broke for 300. okay do you take any other kind of medication nothing okay you haven't taken any drugs today nothing like that nothing um okay so based on on things I'm seeing man I'm gonna have to play send the rest for for DUI okay so I want you to turn on face my partner and go from there okay I'll explain everything else to you here in a little bit okay yeah we'll let you do that Derek thank you real quick man let me just make sure what you got see what you got in here phone I'm gonna hold on to that okay do you want me to give anything to your uh your old lady there what's that you're good okay you don't have anything in here that's going to stick poke me though right what's that how long do you have to stay in there well we're gonna get you processed to take care of that this is the key to the the car oh car nope as long as we got everything from them yep okay let's go right this way no should be open huh thank you take a step back for me there Derek so Jordan hey there you go ahead sir just watch your head okay tight in there Derek yeah I know man sorry can you get your foot in there though there you go is that the furthest you can get in okay what sir um I believe is this your first one um I believe 300 but we can check for you okay good good yeah we're good all right following the arrest the suspect Derek was taken to the police station for further processing once completed the suspect was then transported to Carl Broman Medical Center where he willingly provided a voluntary blood sample the sample yielded a result of 3.6 nanograms per milliliter of THC this is less than the legal limit of five nanograms per milliliter of THC to drive in the state of Illinois while the suspect stated numerous times during the investigation that he had taken methadone the drug was not detected in the blood sample Derek was charged with driving under the influence of an intoxicating compound or DUI and unsafe backing on a roadway after over one year of litigation on February 9 2021 Derek pled guilty to the traffic violation while the DUI charge was dismissed He was ordered to pay 307 as of April 1st 2023 the entire amount is outstanding he was sentenced to paying fines costs and fees only