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Bank Red Bank okay and you said you had two drinks tonight yeah okay all right are you sicker injured at all right now no you wear glasses or contacts no no okay all right you should to check your eyes okay what I want you to do is I want you to keep your uh head straight okay and follow my finger with your eyes only you understand those instructions around 10:27 p.m. on September 22nd 2023 officer Eric vck with the Middletown Township Police Department was assigned to the mammoth County DWI Strike Force checkpoint at 75 State Route 35 North he observed a white Jeep driving slowly towards him and he instructed her to stop before requesting her documents as he was speaking with the driver who was later identified as Vanessa Riser Officer Van chock noticed that her eyes were bloodshot and watery and she had droopy eyelids he also detected the odor of alcohol she told the officer that she was coming from a friends and admitted to consuming to drinks based on his suspicion of impairment Officer Van shock asked Vanessa to recite the alphabet from D Tot but Vanessa started at the letter e and mumbled at the end of the test at this point Officer Van chock directed Vanessa to the side parking lot for a secondary inspection he asked Vanessa where she was coming from again and she stated that she was coming from Red Bank she also confirmed the officer's account of her admitting to consuming to drinks earlier that evening all I want do based on their suspicion of impairment Vanessa was asked to perform field sobriety exercises the first exercise was the horizontal gaze nystagmus hgn test during the hgn test officer van shock observed the lack of smooth Pursuit distinct and sustained nystagmus at maximum deviation and the onset of nagus prior to 45° he did not observe vertical gaze nagus the second exercise was the walk and turn test during the walk and turn test Vaness Lessa failed to touch Heel To Toe on each step and turned improperly the third exercise was the one leg stand test and Vanessa failed to raise her foot in the proper fashion and put her foot down before the test was complete okay fing just going to go up all right okay just follow up keep your head straight towards me okay oh don't move my head don't move your head just follow on my finger okay all right I I want to do two tests okay but you're wearing you're wearing heels do you have other shoes in the car or do you want to take your heels off I'll take my heels off okay go ahead yeah go yeah that's I'm giving you the option you just put them down there we're just going to step right over here okay just want you to stand right here ma'am and face that way okay all right right there's good okay what I want you to do okay I want you to put your right foot in front of your left foot heel to toe just like this my right foot in front of my left leg yep go ahead and do that arms at your side okay don't start to test until I tell you to okay do you understand that right when I tell you to you're going to take nine Heel To Toe steps down an imaginary straight line okay just like this one two 3 don't start yet okay when you get to your ninth step you're going to keep your front foot planted and you're going to take a series of small steps around just like this and then nine Heel To Toe steps back towards where you started okay yep while taking the steps I want you to keep your arms at your side maintain eye contact with your feet and count each step allowed okay do you have any questions before you begin no whenever you're ready go ahead 1 2 around 1 2 3 okay good great okay next thing what we do put both your feet together just like this arms to your side okay when I tell you to you're going to lift either foot of your choice 6 in off the ground you're going to keep your foot parallel with the ground and maintain eye contact with your feet and C out 1 1000 2 1000 3 1000 and so on and so forth until I tell you to stop okay so it should be just like this all right one more thing 000 2 1000 3 1000 and so on and so forth until I tell you to stop all right do you have any questions about it before you begin kind of I'm not to do okay when I tell you to you're going to lift either foot of your choice 6 in off the ground you're going to keep your foot parallel with the ground and maintain I contact with your feet you're going to count allow 1 1000 2 1000 3 1000 and so on and so forth until I tell you to stop I'll demonstrate it again okay 1 1000 2 1000 3 1000 and so on and so forth until I tell you to stop okay okay okay all right whenever you're ready go ahead 1 1,000 2 1000 3 1000 4 1000 5 1000 6 1000 7 1000 keep going 8 1000 9 1000 10 1000 okay that's good all right all right based on her indicators of impairment the odor of alcohol her admission to consuming alcohol before driving and her inability to adequately complete the field sobriety exercises patrolman Paris placed Vanessa under arrest for allegedly driving Under the Influence after she was handcuffed she was searched by Sergeant Meyer with the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office the vehicle that she had been driving was impounded for a mandatory 12-hour hold under John's law she was transported to the Middletown Township Police Department for further processing I just you put your hands behind your back for me okay [Music] this officer is just going to search you here okay you have anything on you that's going to stick me P me anything up here okay give you a place under arrest for drive on toxicated okay I pull my car up those [Music] passenger side walk right this way ma'am I'm going to get your shoes I'll bring them with us okay go right in here okay you put your butt in first okay just watch your head watch your head just like your phone yeah that's I was just grabbing that right now hey can you do a toes slip I have it in my I have it in my car you need one did you already grab her shoes I did they're on your Prim all right thanks to B I have your phone here okay your car is going to be locked up it has to be towed um I just want to call my lawyer yeah that's fine we'll do that when we get in headquarters okay call now no R can you do the toe for one they're count the dispatcher taking care of it yeah I don't have a do yeah so I can get her in there all right thanks yeah yeah all right thanks I'm out of here was yours on I'll turn it okay all right it's going to be 75 35 31 368 to field come field I'll be on 103 female 41 167 607 you me clear County approximately 15 minutes ago someone in complaint for 121 New Road there a group of few riding bikes in the middle of the roadway heading from the element School towards the library all dressing put your Clos 3 360 County clear from that stop now be going another one for on the way [Music] [Music] 31 368 field come 368 ring headquarters ending 167 611 [Music] [Music] all right man just your feet out first I don't need those what I don't need shoes oh well I don't want you to not have shoes for the rest of the night no I don't I'm not saying you want them right now but I just don't going to walk out of here shoeless though face that waterall the left there hey how's it g I'm offer Shack middle please just let you know I'm recording on a camera on my chest okay just step right in here we'll talk real quick all right just take a over there um Vanessa is your mother yeah you have a driver's license on you I do actually have um she was arrested for drivve while intoxicated tonight okay um she got some tickets for me her car was towed um she just needs to come here after 10:30 tomorrow morning come right to where you the window and we'll give uh we'll give her a release slip and tell her where the car was towed to okay okay um you're signing her out tonight you're not going to let her drive another vehicle tonight okay right of course and uh that's kind of it so so I bring her back here 10:30 at the Middletown Township Police Department Vanessa was read the standard statement for motor vehicle operators and she responded by asking for a lawyer to separate times this was considered a refusal after the officers were finished with their paperwork Vanessa was eventually released to a sober adult after he signed the potential sh warning form on Vanessa's behalf she was issued the following summonses operating Under the Influence consent to take samples of breath re driving and failure to possess driver insurance card Vanessa happens to be the ex fian of Lis rues who is currently married to r h NJ star Teresa Juda Vanessa's case is still pending in court as of October 3rd 2024 to pick up her correct and yeah and we'll tell you where the where the where it is okay you can just sign right there yep okay and she'll be out she'll be out two minutes I'm just finishing up so all right all right way back in the lobby you have any questions for me tonight no okay all right thanks for coming in so quick yep thank you coming through should walk straight this way we're going go through the second door on the left here all right you're all good to go okay thanks for coming in thank you