I'm going to ask you these questions again. How much have you had to drink tonight? >> One >> One single glass? >> One glass of wine. >> What kind of wine? >> Pinot Grigio. >> Okay. Do you drink often? >> No, ma'am. >> You don't drink often. Let me check one more thing, okay? >> Around 2:30 a.m. on September 11th, 2022, Officer Tory Teets of the Athens-Clarke County Police Department was on patrol in downtown Athens. The area was heavily populated due to post football game activity, time when impaired driving incidents are statistically more common. While traveling on East Clayton Street, Officer Teets noticed two vehicles stopped in front of the Lazy Eight Chopper convenience store with their hazard lights activated, partially blocking the roadway. >> Walk over here. I need someone to handle the signal four. This is signal one right here. >> Do you all need a report via? >> Where's her ID at? >> Yeah. >> Where's your wallet? >> I just want to make sure >> Signal one. Watch her for me. I'm just going to log this 20 28. She's signal one. Hey, four central. This is going to be a signal four. The driver's signal one. I don't have a 28. Romeo November Lima 4261, the suspect vehicle. Walk over here with me. All right. You're saying you've had one glass of wine. Okay, will you move your hair out of your face? Negative. Okay, I'm going to check your eyes to make sure you're safe to drive, okay? What I'm going to have you do is follow the clicking portion. See that? With the tip of my pen only moving your eyes. Don't move your head, okay? I'm going to have you have your hands down by your side. Do you have any brain injuries? >> No, ma'am. >> Any head injuries from tonight? >> No. >> Do you wear contacts? >> No, ma'am. >> Okay. So, follow the tip of my pen with your eyes and your eyes only, okay? All right, don't move your head. All right, would you be willing to do field sobriety test? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. So, what I'm going to do is you can put your put your stuff in that car. Hey, 4207 >> As Officer Teets approached the vehicles, she determined that they had been involved in a minor rear-end collision, commonly referred to as a fender bender. She made contact with the driver of the vehicle that struck the car in front. The driver was identified as 21-year-old Remington. While speaking with Remington, Officer Teets immediately detected the odor of alcoholic beverage coming from her person and observed behavioral indicators commonly associated with alcohol impairment. >> All right, what I'm going to have you do is I'm going to use this line right here, okay? I'm going to have you keep your hands down by your side, okay? And when I tell you to begin, okay? What I'm going to need you to do I'll give you instructions. So, first I need you to put your right foot or your left foot Sorry, your right foot directly in front of your left foot. Yeah. So, and hold that spot until I tell you to begin, okay? When I tell you to begin, you're going to do nine steps forward doing a series of small steps. You're going to turn and make nine steps back, okay? >> Nine forward, nine back. >> I'll demonstrate for you, okay? Count out loud whenever you're doing it. Keep your arms down by your side, and when you do your steps, do heel to toe, which I'll demonstrate for you. Do you understand so far? Do you have any leg injuries? Okay. So, what you're going to do, watch me, okay? You're going to do one two three until you get to nine, leaving your left foot placed down. You're going to series of small steps to turn like so. One two three until you get to nine, okay? Do you understand that? You can begin. Okay, what I'm going to have you do now is you're going to pick whichever leg a little bit forward. Get out of the road. You're going to pick whichever leg is easiest for you. I'm left-footed, so I'll show you with my left foot as my left foot planted. You're going to pick your opposite foot up approximately 6 in from the ground, keeping your toes pointed and your heel your the base of your foot parallel to the ground. So, like I'm going to demonstrate, you'll pick it up. So, I'm going to use my left foot, you'll pick up the opposite foot, and you're going to hold your arms down by your side, and you're going to count 1,001, 1,002, 1,003 until I tell you to stop with your toe pointed forward and your foot parallel. Is that You understand that so far? I'm 10-6. >> All right. >> 1,001 1,002 1,003 1,004 1,005 1,006 1,007 >> All right, so I'm going to ask you these questions again. How much have you had to drink tonight? >> One. >> One single glass? >> One glass of wine. >> What kind of wine? >> Pinot Grigio. >> Okay. Do you drink often? >> No, ma'am. >> You don't drink often. Let me check one more thing, okay? I'll pick it up. I'm sorry. All right, follow the tip of my finger. Okay. How often do you drink when you do drink? >> When I I mean, it depends. >> Okay. So, how often do you drink? >> Maybe once a week, twice a week at max. >> Okay. You're saying you've had one glass of Pinot Grigio. Where are you coming from? >> My home. >> Based on the totality of the circumstances, including the traffic collision, the odor of alcohol, Remington's admission to drinking, and her difficulty producing identification, Officer Teets suspected impairment and asked Remington to perform standardized field sobriety exercises. During the test, Officer Teets observed a lack of smooth pursuit in both eyes, distinct and sustained nystagmus at maximum deviation, and the onset of nystagmus prior to 45°. >> All right, you think you're safe to drive for that? Okay. So, based on everything you are not safe to drive and you're being arrested for driving under the influence. >> I told you I had one glass of wine. >> You've had more than a glass of wine. >> I I sipped still. >> You've had more than more than one glass of wine based on everything. So, what I'm looking for in your eyes Listen to me. What I'm looking for in your eyes is following a stagmus and it's only present once you've had alcohol, right? Based on your eyes, your weight, you're not safe to drive at this point. >> But I tracked you. >> You tracked me, but what I'm looking for is not based on if you can track me or not, it's based on what I'm looking for. >> What are you looking for? >> I'm looking for nystagmus. >> And what where did I miss? >> You have nystagmus. >> And what is that? >> It's an involuntary jerking in your eye that you have once you've been under the influence of alcohol. >> But I tracked your eyeballs. >> You didn't track my eyeballs, you tracked my pen. >> Exactly. >> Okay, how old are you? >> I'm 21. >> Okay, I want to read you this real quick. The state of Georgia has conditioned a privilege to drive upon the highways of the state upon your submission to state administered chemical test of your blood, breath, urine, or other bodily substances for the purpose of determining if you're under the influence of alcohol or drugs. If you refuse this testing, your Georgia driver's license or privilege to drive on the highways of this state will be suspended for a minimum period of 1 year. Your refusal to submit to blood or urine testing may be offered into evidence against you at trial. If you submit to the testing and results indicate an alcohol concentration of 0.08 g or more, your Georgia driver's license or privilege to drive on the highways of this state may be suspended for a minimum period of 1 year. After first submitting to the requested state test, you are entitled to additional chemical tests of your blood, breath, urine, or other bodily substances at your own expense with qualified personnel of your own choosing. Will you submit to the state administered chemical test of your breath? >> I mean I like I don't know what to say. Like >> It's a yes or no question. >> I need a lawyer. Like >> It's a yes or no question. >> I need a lawyer. >> If you don't answer yes or no, I'm going to assume it's a no. >> I mean yes, but I need a lawyer. >> Okay, you can get a lawyer. That's fine. >> one. >> But it's a yes or no question, right? Right now, will you do a breathalyzer? >> Yeah, but give me a lawyer. Like I'm not doing anything until I have a lawyer. >> Okay, so I'm going to take that as a no. Okay. >> No, I I didn't >> Did I ever look at you? >> a lawyer will be later. Right now, you are by yourself. So, it's a yes or no to do it by yourself. >> But I I'm not going to submit to you by myself without a lawyer. >> Okay, that's fine. I don't care. Let's go. Uh we're going to need a next in line. Her friend's drunk. She can't be driving. Will you watch her for 1 second while I get her phone? And she told me that you've been drinking, so you can't be driving. >> No, I I told you >> Right. So, call someone to come pick you up. We're going to have to tow her car. Huh? >> No, I need a lawyer. I'm not giving you anything until >> That's fine. That's fine. You don't have to. >> I just asked for her phone number and she's >> Do you Do you have a phone number? >> I No, I have a phone number, but I'm not giving anything until I have a lawyer because I'm >> Okay. That's fine. You're not okay. >> I'm I'm >> You're being arrested for driving under the influence. You just hit a car. That's why we're getting out with you. Did we by chance get his tag? >> Yeah. >> We did? >> Yeah. >> Will you put it in the call as the victim's vehicle? All right, let's go. All right, get back on the sidewalk for me, please. If you want to be in handcuffs, too. Will you walk in front of her and just escort her back to the substation, please? Or to the car. Hey, let him go first. Let him go first. Come on. >> DUI investigations rely on the totality of circumstances, and this case demonstrates how officers systematically build probable cause before making an arrest decision. >> Hey, it's 284. I'm calling from my cell phone. Can you log the number, please, and this call? Hey, it's 284. Can you log this number, please, in my call? Hey, can you hear me? Okay. Is it listed as signal four that I'm on right now or Go ahead. It's going to be a signal one. If you can change that. 10-4, have her phone and her ID. All right, thank you. >> Officer unable to perform this test satisfactorily, further reinforcing the officer's observations of impairment. Remington was issued the following summons. She's charged with DUI, following too closely.