welcome back folks to the DUI Channel we are Normal Illinois where on January 16 2020 at 1 59 a.m a normal police officer in an unmarked Patrol vehicle traveling westbound on Vernon Ave observed a gray Hyundai sedan traveling above these posted speed limit in the opposite direction the patrolman conducted a U-turn to follow the vehicle when the officer caught up to the vehicle and observed the tires crossing over the solid yaw lines he activated his emergency lights once pulled over the officer approached the vehicle as his investigation begins hello awesome normal police I got a body came around hey do you know why it's happening tonight I do not hey partner these double yellow lines man you've been all over them all the way down Vernon here however yeah oh I'm so sorry no problem where are you trying to get to I was just going home okay do you have your driver's license on you proof insurance card I actually need to give you this one because that's I'm still waiting on the real one to come in I just had my birthday a couple days ago gotcha gotcha okay let me I know it's on here give me one second no problem yeah no problem at all there's two blue ones I always get confused while you're pulling that up you had anything to drink tonight a little bit yes a little bit how much you had maybe three maybe four okay over the course since like eight o'clock though no okay so several hours yeah it's okay it's no problem yeah all these blue apps always run together for me password man all right while you're pulling that up I'll be right back I Gotta Throw a coat off excellent it's your 22 2020. excellent good to go okay so you said you had what about four hours or four or five years in the last several hours something like that yeah something like that uh do you feel as if you're safe to drive right now yeah everything's good to go okay do you don't mind if I do a real quick test check your eyes make sure everything's good to go get these off if you don't mind uh go ahead and take off your seatbelt also I'm just gonna have you swing your uh your whole body around you're not getting out of the car or anything like that okay all right medical uh issues or abnormalities with your eyes and need to be worried about glaucoma uh stigmatism okay not a big deal I actually think I have a double stigmatism I don't think it's a double but okay you see a silver part of my pen yes all right all I want you to do is just follow with your eyes your eyes only so your head's going to remain completely still and your eyes are just going to go side to side okay all right see it okay all right here we go I'm sorry hold on seven by four ten four they're making sure you're not beating me up on the side of the road right now I gotcha all right all right hang out right here for just a few minutes okay I'll be right back all right it's all good oh here we go uh I'm just going to try and do it right up here yeah hey Alex I'm gonna have you step by the car for me for just a moment okay it won't take too long do you have a jacket on I do or do you have another jacket inside the car I don't think so you want to take a peek yeah but I don't think I do have another one okay ah no you can leave it on Partner oh yeah you're gonna throw the five in there yep all right I'll tell you what if you don't have one it's not a big deal let's go right up here and talk to him for just a second okay so right up here on the sidewalk okay so uh not a huge deal I just want to run through some uh standardized field sobriety testing real fast it won't take too long it's 25 degrees outside I have a police department a mile away if you're okay with it I'm okay right now I think uh it takes off it's not gonna take a super long time no it takes less than five minutes okay um but I just want to extend that courtesy out yeah you won't be under arrest nothing like that my partner will stay with your car I'd be more than happy to take you to the police department we can do it in a nice warm clean area or we can do it right here on the side of the road I'm Gonna Leave the toys completely up to you but as you can tell I talked to you at the window for five seconds I had to come back put hat and clothes on right because it's 25 degrees out yeah so I you every opportunity to do the best you can it's up to you if you want to do it right here you want to go back I think I'm okay right here you're okay right here okay is it is it possible like if I if something if it does take a little bit longer can we switch absolutely you you let me know and I'll take you down the street and we'll go it's a it's just a nice clean room it's warm it's you know just but yeah uh yeah if you let me know I think I'm okay right now but I will let you know okay well I'd like for you dude turn around face me heels and Toes together all right that I tested I was just doing just a second ago is a little bit longer one okay okay okay is it heels and Toes together yeah heels and Toes together just like that partner uh usually I have people keep their hands outside their pocket no no why don't you keep them in there yeah dude I know man my hands are cold uh go ahead and take your eyeglasses off for me but keep them in your hand because I want you to put them right back on okay okay all right see a tip my pin same thing as last same thing just eyes and eyes only okay all right one two three food it goes foreign thing just straight up near three one two okay would you agree for more more or less is a flat level surface free from debris I mean it's got a little bit of an angle but nothing too nothing too crazy oh please put those back on if you have any issues with your knees or ankles your lower back yeah same thing something physical right all right can you just imagine a straight line just running right down the middle of the sidewalk just imagine it okay all right on that imaginary straight line just put your left foot onto that line with your right foot in front of your left foot touching Heel To Toe yep all right stop arms down at your sides hold that position for the duration of my instructions don't start the test and so I tell you again do you understand yeah I'm gonna give you a series of instructions I'll demonstrate it in front of you and then I'll ask you any additional questions before we begin whenever I tell you to I want you to 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 I have concussion issues okay so all right a balance a little bit off but I'll I'll do my best all right uh I'm gonna start over I want you to 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 turn by taking a series of small steps with the other foot keep your arms down your sides at all times watch your feet at all times and count your steps out loud okay once you begin don't stop to complete the test let me demonstrate it okay all right left foot on the line with your right foot in front of your left foot one two three one two three okay I took three steps for demonstration purposes only you're going to take nine do you understand nine steps yes do you have any questions before you begin you said when I turn I do it with one foot only with your front foot on the line taking a series of small steps with the other foot the other foot to turn around yes okay it's a safe turn okay all right if you have no further questions go ahead and begin one two three four five six seven eight nine one two three four five six seven eight nine all right just turn around face me okay yeah heels and Toes together again with your arms not your sides okay this one's called a one leg stand and it's exactly what it sounds like so balance which is my problem usually so whenever I tell you to I want you to raise either foot approximately six inches off the ground keeping your raised foot parallel to the ground you must keep both legs straight with your arms down your sides hold that position while you count out loud in the following manner one thousand one one thousand two one thousand three one thousand four all the way until I tell you to stop keep your arms down at your sides at all times so watch your raised foot once again let me demonstrate it okay all right can you see me okay yep uh I'll tell you what why don't you turn this way turn this way yeah there you go is that a little bit better the slant's a little weird why don't we get we can come on the road how about this it's one thing to walk down it's another thing I can kind of feel it whenever I'm standing there yeah is that a little bit better yeah it is okay either foot approximately six inches off the ground okay one thousand one one thousand two one thousand three one thousand four one thousand five all the way until I tell you to stop okay if you have any questions at all before you begin nope no nothing at all all right all right I'll begin whenever you start good 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009. remember to watch your raised foot oh I have to watch it yep sorry let's start over just keep going okay One Thousand Eleven one thousand twelve 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 and stop you said you had about four and how long couple hours yeah okay uh you're showing some indicators all right what I'd like to do real fast I just want to provide a portable breathalyzer test I just want to see make sure everything's good to go okay you blow under but you're driving away I'm not I started writing a warning for you you're not even getting a ticket I started writing a warning but I'm just going to let you go right as quick as possible because but it's cold out here uh why don't you stand right here in front of my car okay all right there we go all right this thing's super easy I'm telling you man yeah I've been out here all night that's why I said we're gonna go back uh anyways see how that straw is as big as McDonald's straw right you just take a really deep breath and you just blow into it until I say stop okay you're gonna hear your breath go through and out you just want to make a sound okay deep breath and blow keep going keep going harder he's here you here now there you go oh clicks on there huh yeah gotcha all right you're at a .10 okay do you know what that means partner I don't what What's the statutory limit in state of Illinois not sure 0.08 okay so you're over the legal limit okay so you got to be placed under arrest for driving on the influence okay okay hands behind your back okay partner anybody I know my hands are cold so I'm gonna try and make this to make this as easy as possible okay is there anything on me I need to be worried about is there anything inside your car I need to be worried about it's not okay on your car okay do you want me to go with a gravel that would be great okay all right we're gonna have a seat right here in the front of my car okay I got him uh you know what I'm gonna have you stand right here for just a moment okay okay yeah it's all that reflective tape all over my my box up there yeah I've driven off of that thing on my car more times than you want to know that's why I did that go ahead and have a c partner okay stuff around here I know it's a it's a tight fit it's hard you're not you're only gonna be in here for just a couple minutes um this isn't the end of everything but but we got some more stuff we got to do back to the police department okay oh these are his uh come on dude I'm telling you following the arrest the suspect Alexander was transported to the normal Police Department for further DUI processing on Route both the officer and suspect heard a sound later identified as a suspect's possessions falling off the roof of the patrol car what was that thing on the roof like you talked about I did not okay then I don't know what it was nope that's in my bag I dropped his cell phone on top of my car somewhere between the traffic stop and the floor away maybe just maybe just after all right [Music] after an exhaustive search the suspect's possessions were later found without damage upon arrival to the police station the suspect was read the Illinois warning to motorists and consented to a chemical breath alcohol test all those things are still available to you as an option thank you very much can you look that over real fast make sure it's good to go excellent um anyways you still have all those things available it's just if you refuse it you automatically lose it for a year okay so uh we'll get to that point here in just a few minutes you and I got to kind of hang out for about 15 20 minutes round about I've already started the clock so you know we're already ahead of schedule and uh then I'll ask for a sample okay at any time you need to ask any questions you ask right away okay all right deep breath and blow keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going perfect you're good go ahead and have a seat uh it's designed yeah so the reason it feels like that is it's designed to get a deep breath or a deep Long sample so Azure the volume goes up all right you're at a .098 so you're still about the same as you were out on scene um but yeah whenever your volume goes up it clicks as soon as it starts going down a little bit the results of the test yielded 0.098 breath alcohol content the suspect was charged with improper traffic lane usage driving under the influence of alcohol or DUI and driving while blood alcohol content is above 0.08 percent while the former two charges were dismissed on October 22nd 2020 the court withheld judgment on the second DUI charge following 24 months of court ordered supervision on October 24 2022 the defendant met all conditions of supervision and the disposition was formally dismissed He was ordered to pay two thousand eighty eight dollars and fifty cents in penalties this amount has been paid in full along with supervision the defendant was further ordered to participate in alcoholism treatment Alexander did not receive any jail time in the sentencing