welcome back to the DUI Channel we are in Iowa City Iowa where on January 1st 2020 at 108 a.m in Iowa City police officer observed a Toyota Corolla stop ahead of a white painted line at a red light the officer activated his emergency lights pulled the driver over near Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steak Burgers and approached the vehicle as his investigation begins hello let's option to accept the red light back there where you turned you stopped so far ahead of the white line that your back tires were on it so where you were stopped is where people were supposed to be Crossing which is why they were having to like walk around the hood of your car you got your license and insurance with you tonight in a current registration ID's in the window there man like in the window of your wallet unless that's not you why do you have somebody else's ID in your wallet I got you how much I'll call you tonight you got a coder jacket in the car something warmer at all okay why don't you jump out with me and grab your sweatshirt I want to make sure you're okay to drive then we'll try to figure out how we're gonna get you home where's home I got you what brings you to Iowa City tonight okay we're gonna go up on the sidewalks run out of the road okay yeah if you got to yeah cattle need a second okay I'll let you get that put on there oh yeah do you wear glasses or contacts no do you have any eye problems neurological problems hit your head recently you're taking any medications or drugs okay so everything works normal in your eyes and brains as far as you know yeah okay you stand with your feet together and arms at your sides like this you see the tip of my finger okay follow with your eyes don't move your head okay you can blank just keep your head still you can blink remember just keep your head still okay same thing here we're going up and down okay you can relax you don't understand like that anymore are you still okay with the temperature yeah the rest of this takes less than five minutes but I can get you inside somewhere if I had to or are you okay standing outside for a few minutes okay uh disabled or injured uh like I got a few minutes okay do you walk balance and stand normally or do you limp or uh I don't live right now I haven't played rugby in a few months because sure she was okay for walking in okay do you see the line on the pavement there okay I'm gonna give you some directions on how to stand don't start walking until I tell you to but for right now go ahead and place your left foot on the line place your right foot in front of your lap touching heel to toe and keep your arms at your sides like this remain in that position while I give you directions don't start yet okay when I tell you to start take nine Heel To Toe steps down the street turn around and take nine Heel To Toe steps back yep I'll demonstrate just like this one two three all the way to nine on the ninth step Turn Around by leaving your front foot on the line and turn with several small steps on your other foot like this and then nine Heel To Toe steps back one two three all the way to nine my right foot just the front foot stays on the line on number nine whichever one's in front and then you turn with several small steps with the other foot while you're walking keep your arms at your sides look at your feet while you walk and count out loud and don't stop the test once you started it you can start whenever you're ready okay starting to see your face in the ear you don't have to turn twice just stand with your feet together and arms at your sides like this and listen to the directions okay okay when I tell you to start stand on the leg of your choice I don't care which leg you stand on whichever one is more comfortable or easier so if you have a problem with one of your knees maybe you wouldn't stand on that leg but it's up to you raise the other leg so the bottom of your foot is six inches off the ground in parallel to the ground like mine is keep both legs straight both arms resting at your sides and count like this one thousand one one thousand two one thousand three until I tell you to stop while you're counting keep your arms at your sides look at the foot you're holding up and count out loud once you start counting don't stop until I tell you to stop questions about the directions at all okay give me one second whenever you're ready you can start 1002 1003 2004 7 2008 2009 4010 4011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018. you can go ahead and stop all right we're gonna walk over here by my rig here uh what time is it if you were gonna guess uh best estimate one or two see if you stand up here one or two o'clock when was the last time you had any alcohol at all uh uh save uh 12 okay um so like right at midnight because it's New Year's or when was your first drink tonight uh I'd say about eight eight o'clock just stand right there uh how many drinks you have what kind of drinks were they uh just wish okay do you know what size uh just a 12 ounce cans this regular ones okay do you have anything in your mouth like gum or candy no I see real quick okay take a breath test for me yeah okay A little real hard to tell you to stop part of that harder than that keep going keep going keep going until there's a click keep going all right when I was you guys were stopping and you were down here were you taking your wristbands off no that's kind of what it looked like and I've seen that a lot apparently my Pen's about up so your limit you're under 21 right yeah your limit for alcohol is .020 you are at 0.107 which is over the limit for a person who's over 21. uh so you're under arrest for OWI if you turn around for me please I appreciate you being decent man I'm sorry you got yourself in this spot uh since you're being arrested you have the right to remain silent anything you say can will be used against you in court you have the right to the advice and president of attorney if you can't afford to hire an attorney one will be appointed represent you no charge and you can decide at any time to exercise your rights and not answering questions or make any statements you understand you got anything dangerous Sonia I gotta check real quick here and I'll get you in my car where it's warmer um I'm gonna grab your wallet and I bet you have a cell phone you need is that accurate did you lose it or you just don't know right now okay someone back here for me and have a seat where it's warm give me just a minute to get that stuff and I'll be right back with you okay uh go ahead and have a seat there is some concealing going on when they were stopping so I think it was he was taking his wristbands off but I think they're just yeah okay so would you toss between your legs nothing what was in the what was in the little cup holder there no weed or anything yeah your car man jump out with that officer please I need to put this window up you can throw those keys in the ignition for me before you do that yeah put this window up too you got to turn the key whose car is this this is his keys are going with him then you've been drinking you ain't driving I'm 100 fine haven't had any alcohol at all I've maybe had one how old are you I'm 20 . jump out there with him you got an idea let me yeah let me take a gander at it you mind if I yeah go hold on that while we're chatting don't let me forget to give it back to you just constant it's worse don't worry about it good morning is ncisely working yet when was the last time you had any alcohol uh maybe two hours ago I don't know an hour you do now a little long City breath I'll tell you stop a lot harder harder than that keep going until I tell you to stop keep going until there's a click okay [Music] look at that point drunk so no you can't have the car what is it I need his keys yep I need his keys I'm gonna lock the car yeah okay so that I don't have to tow his car yeah all right you got your phone is it all charged up yeah all right you're gonna be able to figure out a ride or something maybe I'm not sure yeah you want to lock the doors for him yeah it should just be that one uh am I able to talk to him real quick he's he's going what questions do you have nothing else just gonna see if he's all right you know he's never been arrested before I don't think so yeah I mean is there is that a bar or is that like some close that I can go sit at or there's so you guys don't have a restaurant you can drop me out real quick or something like a McDonald's or something 24 hours I don't know if McDonald's will do it um you got Uber or something I don't know any of that I don't know how to work any of that okay do you the city city hall is 410 East Washington all right all right uh if you're just waiting for a ride you can wait in the lobby there okay where's that at that is this is Washington Street right here all right if you go down like four bucks you can't miss it okay all right uh you know what I'll just give you a ride there it'll be quicker all right just work on getting a ride um they're probably not going to let you sleep there or anything no I don't know okay stop in the back following the arrest the suspect was transported to the Iowa City police station for further processing after a 20-minute observation period the officer asked the suspect to provide an evidentiary breath sample once again below a long steady breath up until I tell you to stop whenever you're ready and just keep going it'll run you all the way out of air probably just keep going until there's a click Okay click there you go thank you it'll print and everything the breath test yield today result of 0.114 breath alcohol content the suspect Marco was charged with operating while Under the Influence first offense or OWI in court the defendant pled guilty on April 16 2020. he was given a 1 410 dollar fine with the option of being reduced for an unspecified amount of community service Marco declined this option and along with a 447.50 surcharge He was ordered to pay a total of one thousand eight hundred fifty Seven dollars and fifty cents this amount has been being full the defendant was sentenced to two days in jail with the option of attending a 48-hour OWI course for two days jail credited this option was declined also and on September 26 2022 one day short of exactly 1 000 days after his arrest Marco served two days in the Johnson County Sheriff's Office jail