welcome back folks to the DUI Channel we are in Rock Island Illinois where on January 1st 2020 at 2 18 a.m a Rock Island officer observed a Pontiac traveling without any activated headlights or tail lights while on routine Patrol the officer initiated the traffic stop in the area of 24th Street and First Ave with a Rock Island Arsenal PD Patrol unit providing cover the vehicle came to a stop just before the Arsenal Bridge as the investigation began true what's up boss hey man reason I stopped you okay you started driving without your headlights on okay oh it's automatic my bad it's automatic yes it's it's a automatic because this is your vehicle what's up it's pretty straight see an effective date but then I have an expiration date on it [Music] effective day I'm not seeing the expiration down oh this card expires 60 days after that's what it says there okay um that's my aunt I can call it right now oh the car was in her name okay and um the carpet on my name probably um it's it's insurance on it but you got to have a valid card with you though man this is right it says here expires 60 days after the date below can you hold that sir yeah you got my cell phone call myself I think somebody stole myself on somebody stole your cell phone it was um somebody somebody had my coat and they took it okay I'm gonna shoot your insurance up here okay I'm gonna check your license real quick I'll be back all right pretty good he was driving with no headlights on I'm about to do feel sobriety um I don't know how close you are you might want to back up a little bit because I need some space here all right the insurance is under both of you guys hello sir uh I'm covering my hand right now right the um I just put the car in my name alone I just put the car in my name like two weeks ago or a winter or something like that that insurance is good because I paid their insurance okay all right I'm sorry about that but I'm calling her right now this is my my my my my aunt name is I can tell you I just put this card on my name like yeah my aunt like 70 years old okay okay I got registration already what I'm saying is I just switched this car okay right me and my aunt got the same name we got the same address okay what I'm saying is the insurance is good but I know that it's like two in the morning where I don't know if you can call the insurance but everything is good I'm trying to call my aunt right now I don't know I know okay if I have to go to court it's cool and I pay I'll pay um what is it uh you know what is it the um you know the the the court the court fee yeah I have insurance on here sir I promise I do because I don't know why it's not popping up on the game what is this right here sir I I don't know what's going on yeah this is this was expired too that's what I'm trying 2018. please right now okay hey I just need you to unlock me I gotta back up for sfst so yeah there you go thank you that's it yeah sure yeah if I need to do a toe I'll call you back thanks because hold on hold on hey cuz Hey look at it I just got pulled over by the police right because can you hear me hey call yo okay this is my cousin on the phone right he worked for the city rocket hey I just got pulled over by the um what are what is you please Rock Island police they said my you know your insurance you know the cars used to be in your mom name right okay he trying to see what is he trying to have the insurance card is expiring he said their insurance card is expired and I'm I'm calling your mom right now to um you know pretty much just see why what's going on that's what my God but I don't know look right call you I'm calling I'm calling your mom right because Mom right now let's see what's going on uh because I just switched the car over in my name like a week ago but the insurance is still good until the 16th of January huh talk to the police officer because regardless of what you guys are saying I need a piece of paper in front of me with a valid date on it what I'm saying you guys don't have it okay right honestly I don't need to talk to anybody else I'm just just take the actual insurance the court what I'm what I'm saying is they're like this is my aunt she's 70 years old she said me I've been paying her insurance for cuz listen to me put me up man what's up okay okay you know my car bringing your mom name for over a year right okay okay he's saying their insurance I got in my name is Santa expired but it's not expired but he don't want to I don't know if he want to call the insurance and figure this out what I'm saying is I've been calling your mom which is my auntie to figure out why this insurance you know what I'm saying and in her name but I don't know what's going on right now listen to me okay call your mom and tell her that I'm on the Arsenal bridge and they I don't know what's going on right now I'm trying to think what's going on right now sir like am I finna get a ticket for the insurance yeah you you you're going to get a couple tickets why is that for no headlights okay okay I'm sorry this is automatic this this this is a car like I don't okay okay I'm sorry about that but they're supposed to come on this is uh I know what I'm saying this car all right I'm just going to be straight up with you okay bigger issue okay all right I could tell you you've been drinking no yes yes okay speech is slurred yep I could smell it even though you're chewing gum I can smell it I don't know okay I'm actually right now do you want to participate participate in filter brighter testing I feel varieties that's killed sobriety testing do you want to participate okay what is that name I'ma just I'm gonna give you a few tests to ensure your safe to drive okay right now I have a reasonable suspicion to believe that you're under influence of alcohol okay no I'm not on there as far as a surprise yourself okay do you want to participate in filter bread what do I have to do for that you do three tests out here on the road and if you do well enough on the test you'll be let go here tonight okay what's the test sir it's a walking turn test okay one legged stand okay so that's three tests that you'll do okay do you want to participate in the field surprise I'm saying whatever but I mean I'm not dropped so I don't know I don't understand what you're saying like I would do the test but I'm saying so I just do these tests and then what and we'll we'll go from there but I have to have a verbal consent that you want to do filter Bradley testing what's a vertical verbal means you say out loud to me that you want to participate in future brighter I mean I don't have no problem with doing it all right just go ahead and turn the call and stuff out for me so can you please tell me what the test is again you say uh it's three tests and test your eyes you're gonna do a walking turn test and you're gonna stand on one leg okay that's three tests okay [Applause] I'm on the um Arsenal Bridge with you because the lights weren't turned on on the car so we got pulled over commercial he said that this is coming back has expired right but he just paid their insurance okay I'm ready all right he doesn't want to talk to you so that doesn't matter right now okay all right you could come we're on the Arsenal okay let me let me tell you something if he comes up here he's going to go to jail he worked for the City of Rock I don't care okay never mind just forget it okay all right now okay all right I'm ready to take the uh the test sir okay I'm gonna have fun for me okay take a seatbelt off and step out for me all right so just three tests right I just want to make sure we're on the same page yeah what is the test touch your eyes I'm gonna do a one can turn test what is the eyes more I'll explain it all to you when you get out of the car okay no that's not gonna that's not what I'm saying he said my eye is testing what else because I need to know what's going on the eyes test I don't know what that means I'll explain it to you once you get out of the car okay what else is going on you're gonna do a walking turn test and you're gonna stand on one leg okay those are three tests so I passed these tests then what happened if you do well enough on the test and uh and I don't have enough indicators I'll let you get back in the car and you'll be able to drive sir cooperate I'm not drunk but when you say I I don't I don't know what that means when you say it I'm telling you I'll explain it to you when you get out here okay I don't know what that means I'll I'll read you the instructions when you get out here word for word I'll read you the instructions okay I why I got pulled over I need to tell my family because you said my lights was off yep you're driving with no lights on and I'll stop you here okay okay so I'm gonna do like a um I need to tell my family because okay this this is the deal okay we gotta hang that phone up okay if you're gonna do my test all right all right all right all right I'm gonna have you walk back here towards my squad car just walk straight toward the lights for me all right okay but it's it's a um I got one of those 2008 cars okay well it's pretty much like a um you know it's it's kind of cold out here so we'll yeah you use up Dakota I'll I'll go quick okay [Applause] just hang out right there for me huh okay that's what I need to do all right the stand facing my car thank you yep facing my car right here in front okay all right I need you to stand heels and Toes together just like this arms down to your side you gotta take your hands out of your pockets for this test okay I love it all right this is this is the start position just stay just like that until I get into reading instruction all right all right you have any eye problems or anything like that you wear contacts nothing like that I work right you don't wear glasses nothing I got good division all right so can you see my fingers just fine look at my fingers can you see them just fine for sure okay okay all right keep your head still and follow follow my fingers with your eyes only okay don't move your head I'm not do you understand these instructions yes sir okay okay just follow my fingers with your eyes don't don't move your head all right okay hey boss you got you gotta keep your head straight forward all right okay don't move my head yeah don't move your head all right straight down with my head sir I'm just following your instructions it's really cold out here I just want you to know I'm going fast so I can okay okay I just want you to know this cold out here I'm just free it's like negative something I only weigh like 150 pounds all right so that's that's all for that test okay we'll hurry up and knock these other two tests out real quick all right all right turn this way right here for me okay face your car all right stop right there all right so what I need you to do we're going to pretend there's an imaginary line right here okay straight line I need you to place your left foot on that imaginary line and place your right foot in front of it touching Heel To Toe just like this okay yep okay all right put your right foot in front of your left all right heel to toe I stay just like that gotta take your hands out of these Pockets also I'm cold sir okay we'll help them get through this faster we can all right I'm sorry so keep your hands down to your side and this is no I'm not I'm not gonna feel it I'm saying I'm not drunk but I'm saying what I'm saying is it's a hot it's freezing out here okay just let me get through the instructions and we'll we'll have a dialogue all right so on the Dodger side this is a start position okay stay in that position until I get done giving you an instruction do you understand that so far okay so when I say begin you're gonna take nine Heel To Toe steps down this imaginary line all right down this line yep don't start yet don't start until I tell you to do so all right so when I say start you're gonna take nine here to toe steps down that line all right on your ninth step you're gonna leave your front foot on the line you're gonna take a series of small steps to turn yourself around when you get turned around your first step is going to be won again and you're going to take nine more steps all right all right all right so it's gonna look like this one two three and so on up to nine you're gonna leave your front foot on the line take a series of small steps like this okay to turn yourself around when you get turned around your first step is going to be one again okay one two three and so on up until you get to nine okay all right so don't start yet don't start yet keep your arms at your side at all times watch your feet count your steps out loud and don't start walking once you start the test okay do you understand we bought a river right yeah but did you understand my instructions okay count nine and ten then turn around and then uh count to nine again and then turn around again yeah just do just do the test like I instructed you to do okay let's let's call it okay where you want me to start you can go ahead and start whenever you're in okay what two three four five six seven eight nine turn around right you say nine turn around right yep completed how I told you okay sir I'll follow you it's cold out here it's cold I'm talking about I only weigh 150. one two three four five six seven eight nine you said turn around right you say turn around I'm just saying you gotta just do whatever the instructions that I gave you okay you say turn around now what I do now because you say you say walk around this way nine come back okay so what do you want me to do now that's it yeah okay did I give you any other instructions after that no okay so that that's the end of the test okay okay all right so the next test face me this is the last test all right can you feel my hands I I can't I'm not gonna feel your hands boss turn toward me real quick no no no hey get over there and face me okay all right so this is gonna be the one leg stand test okay you gotta put your arms down at your side and heels and Toes together just like this this is the start position okay when I say begin you're gonna raise either foot left or right whichever one you choose okay about six inches off the ground keep your foot level to the ground Point your toe out okay keep your legs straight watch your toe and count out loud in the following manner one thousand one one thousand two one thousand three one thousand four one thousand five and so on and so on until I tell you to stop of course it's gonna be approximately 30 seconds okay okay all right so at any point in time if your foot touches ground just pick it back up and continue counting where you left off okay all right any any questions no okay do you understand right he said because it's 30 right yeah okay okay all right that's cold all right you can begin one you gotta get your hands out of your pockets boss one two three arms down your side for me five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen Seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty it's cold 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30. all right okay I'm gonna just be honest with you okay do you want to provide a breath sample a what a bread sample on a portable breath tester it's a roadside breath tester that I can get a gauge about where how much alcohol that you have okay on your breath okay it's a portable bread tester it'll test the amount of alcohol that's in your breath from your lungs I don't understand why you said why you say that because right now I mean I'm a pastor if you feel like I'm I'm I'm I'm okay right now I'm cold out here so okay I got you right now I have like I have enough probable cause to arrest you okay for driving under influence of alcohol okay do you want to provide a breast sample what does that mean you want to blow in my room style machine to see what your blood your breath alcohol content is I mean why do you say you have another the recipe you I have enough indicators on my test okay do you want to provide a breath sample man thank you to do that's what I'm trying to figure out okay so you had enough indicators on my test that let me know that you is it's very 40 degrees out here okay but still it lets the test to give me a good gauge of a person that's under the influence of alcohol okay Okay so do you want to provide a breath sample for me I mean that's what I have to do I mean I don't know that's what I have to do I mean it's yes or no it's consent I can't I can't force you to do it I don't understand what's going on okay you got you it's either yes or no okay I don't know what other way to explain I'm asking you questions because you the police officer and I'm I'm the civilian I don't I'm I'm asking you like I just did everything you want me to do okay and you had enough indicators on my test that is very indicative of a person under the influence of alcohol okay so I'm asking you now do you want to provide a breath sample to gauge where your alcohol content is okay what I'm what I'm asking you as a police officer okay you want you asking me to provide a birth sample and I saying like what did I do to to so pretty much to you're asking me to do this right like I'm saying I'm freezing to death and I and I'm taking that into account but I also know that I have reason to believe that you are under the influence of alcohol okay um you have a breaths sampleized yeah I got one in the car you wanna you wanna do it I'm saying what I'm I'm trying to figure out is I didn't perish some tests he gave enough indicators on it that I have probable cause for an arrest I rest for what driving under the influence of alcohol okay you you can do this you can do the breathwise you sure I'm saying like I don't know what you said like I'm not a vote I'm not I'm not a um you know what I'm saying I'm about to I don't know what's going on right now I'm trying to figure this out all right hey just hang out right there for me I'll be right back all right [Music] I do my favorite boss just walk back here toward my car I promise it don't get in there [Music] get out of the car get out of the car oh he's playing [Applause] an hour my family has a female passenger in there Trevor jumped in the vehicle as I was getting the PPT foreign following the escape a warrant was issued for the rest of the suspect Christopher on September 24th 2020 after nearly nine months the defendant was finally served with litigation beginning in mid-october of that year Christopher was charged with several traffic violations including the class A misdemeanor driving Under the Influence or DUI on June 4th 2021 the defendant entered a plea deal that would dismiss all outstanding charges except for the obstruction of justice charge this resulted in a class IV felony conviction which is the lowest level felony in Illinois the defendant was ordered to pay 1284 dollars which included a 500 fine this amount has been paid in full the suspect did not receive jail time and was sentenced to pay costs only