welcome back to the DUI Channel we are in Eustis Florida where on January 12 2020 at 10 24 PM a Eustis police officer observed a gold Toyota swerving between lanes several times near the intersection of North Bay Street and East McDonald Ave after following the vehicle more closely the driver ran a steady red light the officer then activated his emergency lights and initiated a stop outside Central Florida mowers as his investigation begins hello keep on rolling the window down a little bit more I'm also the assist Police Department the reason why I pulled Joe is he failed to come to stop at that stoplight you have your registration on you as well do you mind grabbing that for me you know what you're grabbing for me you know what she did for me right do you know what I need right I've asked you several times already and you already gave me your insurance yeah I asked you for your registration as well [Music] no sir [Music] okay all right sir I'm gonna ask you to stay put right here I'll be right back if you found your registration put it out the window all right sir sir all right so how much you've been drinking tonight not much are you sure what's that beer can in the center console for um [Music] where are you coming from [Music] okay we're at in Eustis okay all right sir stay put right back here I'll be right back okay don't mind coming over there and stand by that officer over there all right sir so I'm going to ask you a few questions okay um so if you don't mind looking at me I'm gonna ask you if you'd be willing to uh participate in some standard field sobriety exercises okay all right are you willing to do that for me good okay all right so for this exercise I'm gonna ask you first a couple exercises to do um so are you under the care of a doctor uh you know your dentist or anything no do you have any uh any hindrances to keep you from doing all these exercises for instance any leg problems no no um what about do you have any uh horns like um anything wrong with your eyes or anything like that I know not that you know but I mean I probably my eyes but I don't believe it all right well if you don't mind stand right on that line for me please okay right there all right stay right there I'll be right back I forgot something yes sir okay and arms down by your side like so okay okay You're Gonna Keep Your Head straight looking at me and you're gonna follow this stimulus or this pen or your eyes and your eyes only do not move your head do you understand all right so you're going to place your feet together like you're doing in our hands down by your side like so you're gonna keep your head straight and You're Gonna Keep Your Eyes on this pen and your eyes only okay do not move your head you want to take your glasses off okay no I need my glasses do you mind if you take your glasses off no I need my glasses you want to keep your glasses on okay [Music] remember to keep your head still and you're moving your eyes and your eyes only all right thank you remember keep your head still follow up your eyes and your eyes only foreign turn so for this exercise if you don't mind standing stand on this line then you gotta face me stand on that line and you're gonna face me okay all right before we get started do you agree that this is a flat surface all right well I don't know but I'm gonna walk what line am I talking about like where are we going you're just gonna stand facing me like so all right like Perfect all right okay all right so for this exercise you're going to place your left foot directly in front of you and your right foot and Direction my bed place your left foot on your Left Foot Right Foot and you're gonna place your right foot directly in front like so okay you're gonna maintain this position until I tell you to begin so go ahead and get in this position and then put your right foot in front of your left foot like I am doing arms down by your side okay you're going to maintain this position until I tell you to begin okay okay all right do you understand yeah when I tell you to be when I tell you to begin you're going to take nine Heel To Toe steps down the line basically nine Heel To Toe step straight you're gonna make a turn which I will demonstrate for you and you're gonna take nine Heel To Toe steps back do you understand all right all right so I'm going to demonstrate for you so for the purpose of this exercise it's gonna be like this okay yes heel to heal two three and so on until you reach nine this will be this will be your turn that I'm gonna demonstrate for you it's a series of small steps like so you're going to keep your left foot on the line and make a series of small steps like so come back to this position where the right foot is in front of the left foot all right and then take nine heal the toe steps back down the line do you understand okay you'll need to look at your feet count your steps out loud and Keep Your Arms by your side once you start okay do not stop walking this is a continuous exercise do you understand remember to stay in the instructional phase remember to stay in this stance that I told you to stand it okay you're not in the instructional stance remember right foot in front of your left foot feel the toe right or left it doesn't matter over the corner doesn't matter what I start with like I told you so place your left foot directly in front of your right foot like so you're going to take nine Heel To Toe steps back all right you basically you may begin yeah sure all right we're gonna turn around do it again yes foreign that you want either your right or your left okay approximately six inches off the ground do you understand all right all right I'll demonstrate for you in a second okay you're gonna keep that raised foot parallel and both legs straight do you understand okay and you did when I tell you when I tell you to begin you're going to keep your arms back inside look at your raised foot and count out loud out loud in this manner one thousand one one thousand two one thousand three until I tell you to stop you understand all right shovel yes I am so it's like so whichever light that you decide to raise one thousand one one thousand two one thousand three one thousand four one thousand five and keep going until I tell you to stop okay all right all right I didn't tell you to begin yet sir okay you ready yeah you may begin I didn't tell you to stop Oh I thought you said no I'm sorry all right you may stop I'm sorry I thought you said 1006. no I said until I tell you to stop all right I'm sorry I didn't understand okay always I asked if you understood you said you understood okay is called the finger to nose Okay Okay so this exercise you're gonna stand with your feet together you know make a fist with both hands and extend your index fingers like so all right are you listening are you watching me I'm watching all right get in the stance make your fist into a ball and put your index fingers out like so I need you to get in this position okay [Music] all right I'm Gonna Stand both both of your index fingers and turn your palms forward placing Your Hands by your side like this you understand yeah okay remain in this position until I explain the text do you understand okay when I say to begin you're gonna tilt your head back at a 45 degree angle and close your eyes okay I will give you the command either left or right when I say right you will bring your finger your right index finger up to your nose touch the tip of your nose and then put it back down okay do you understand yeah when I say bring your left uh index finger up and touch the tip of your finger to the tip of your nose and then you'll return it to your side like so okay do you understand all right so it's gonna look like this you're watching me yeah all right put your head back if I say right then raise right touch your nose put it back down okay do you understand and left left same thing touch your nose put it back down do you understand yeah okay so go ahead and tilt your head back let me begin left right tilt your head back keep eyes closed left oh head back eyes closed right right keep your head back foreign you can open your eyes and straighten your head you face this officer okay because this headsets aside from the heavy faces officer you know push your hands on so and then touch them from behind Okay so go ahead and face in together yeah go ahead and put your hands behind your back man sir you well impaired this one right here this one right here do you have anything on you that I need to know about nope okay I'm gonna set you up against this car I'm gonna search you okay while inventoring the vehicle a cooler with five unopened cans of natural light were found in the back seat a tumbler was also found in the center console with an odor of alcohol emitting from the container all right you're going to sit down the car foreign following the arrest the suspect Ricky was transported to the Eustis Police Department where he submitted a chemical breath alcohol sample of 0.188 this is over twice the legal limit of 0.08 breath alcohol content to drive in the state of Florida he was charged with driving Under the Influence second offense with enhanced penalties or DUI and failure to stop at a steady red signal on September 13 2021 the defendant pled Noah continary to the DUI charge and the sentence was formally adjudicated as guilty including a twenty one hundred dollar fine the defendant was ordered to pay a total of three thousand six hundred fifty six dollars and 82 cents as of April 15 2023 2526 dollars is outstanding he was sentenced to zero days in jail 12 months on probation subjected to vehicle empowerment for 10 days continue attendance at AAA meetings and attend and complete DUI school Ricky was further sentenced to its handy 12-hour defensive driving school for the failure to stop at a steady red signal offense on September 12 2022 two years seven months and 28 days after the offense the defendant's probation was officially terminated