Please like, subscribe, and consider supporting our channel. Sharing this video serves a compelling public interest because it is intended to illustrate the consequences of driving under the influence and discourage others doing so. Defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty. >> Why were you driving all slow down the street? >> Um what 30 40 40 mph? >> You were not going 40 mph at all. >> No? >> No. >> Okay. >> So, what is that? Like I said, I asked you if you were drinking or not, you said no. >> No. No. I literally like I I have my kids like I literally I like I I'm cautious of all of it, so. >> Okay, yeah, I see you. I mean, your kids aren't with you. >> Yeah. >> So, where what's the plan now? Where where are you going? >> I'm going home. >> You're going home? >> literally, yeah, I just picked up food. >> Okay, cuz we need we need to figure out why you know what I mean? There's no there's no no way that you were driving that slow and everything is okay. >> No, yeah, I literally like I I'm just like literally What are you looking for? What are you looking for? >> Nothing. Literally what? >> I literally like I'm just looking for my kids. >> Where are your kids? >> At home. >> Around 5:59 p.m. on September 12th, 2022, Officer Steven Arnold with the Ewing Township Police Department responded to a call. An erratic driver driving a red 2012 Mazda in the vicinity of Parkway Avenue and Lower Ferry Road. Officer Arnold began patrolling the area and observed a vehicle matching the witness description slowly driving eastbound near Pennington Road Route 31. He activated his emergency lights to initiate a traffic stop, but the driver did not immediately pull over. After a short pursuit, the vehicle finally stopped on Steinway Avenue near Pennington Road. He advised dispatch of his location and made contact with the driver, who was identified as 35-year-old Jasvir Alec. >> Can't stop the car. Stay Stay in the car. Stay in the car. What's going on, dear? >> Um not sure. >> Are you okay? >> Yeah. >> Where uh where are you going? >> Um to home. >> Your home? >> Yeah. >> Do you have your license, registration, insurance, please? >> Yes, I do. >> Why didn't you stop when I tried to stop you all the way back there? >> like I just literally like >> Literally what? >> I literally just uh with everything in that car. >> Oh, yeah? >> okay? >> So, what is this? >> It's okay. >> This is your medical paperwork. >> Okay. >> Do you have any medical issues? >> Yeah. Yeah, I have um diabetes. >> Diabetes? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Anything else? >> That's it. >> All right. You have your license, registration, insurance? Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Where you coming from? >> Uh Yoing. Literally right here in >> This is Yoing. Where you coming from? >> Um I just literally >> 10-4. I got her stopped Steinway 31. Did you just grab food? >> Yeah. >> From where? >> Um the the Villa Rosa um >> Villa Rosa? >> Yeah. The a home >> And where are you going now? >> I'm going home. >> Back to Princeton? >> No. Um I literally going to the home in the woods. Like >> Okay, you have your registration and your insurance for the vehicle? >> Yeah. >> And you also could do me a favor and just turn the turn the car off for me, please? >> The >> So, who you're going to Hawthorne? >> Officer Arnold noticed that Jasmina has seemed incoherent, and she exhibited several indicators of impairment. When he finally retrieved her license, registration, and insurance, he asked her to stay in the vehicle as he returned to his patrol car. A few minutes later, he asked Jasmina to exit the vehicle while Lieutenant William Lardieri arrived on scene to assist. Based upon their suspicion of impairment, Jasmina was offered an opportunity to participate in field sobriety exercises. >> That's where you live at now? >> Yeah. >> How long you live there? >> Um about 20 years or so. >> 20-some years, you know you got to get your license changed, right? >> Yeah, I know. >> And who's the owner of the car? >> Um Arman Alex. >> Who is that? >> Um my dad. >> That's your dad? >> Yeah. >> You Have you been drinking anything today or anything? >> Um no. >> You sure? >> Yeah. >> You You seem like a little bit off. >> Yeah. >> You any other type of drug? You said I don't smell any alcohol coming from you, but uh you're really not answering my questions, and you're not You don't seem You seem very nervous. >> Um I'm not really nervous at all. >> No? >> Yeah. >> Cuz you're stuttering a little bit, and >> Are you guys >> Yeah. >> Huh? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Well, we'll see. >> So why why are we stuttering a little bit? >> Um I'm sure. Are you okay? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Are you okay? >> Yeah. Huh. >> All right. You just hang in the vehicle for me, okay? >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> All right. So you just stop bagging and hold on to it. So where what why were you driving all slow down the street? >> Um what 30 40 40 mph? >> You were not going 40 mph at all. >> No. >> No. >> Okay. >> So what is that? Like I said, I asked you if you were drinking and I you said no. >> No. No. I literally like I I have my kids like I literally I like I I'm conscious of all of it. So >> Okay, yeah. I see you I mean your kids aren't with you. >> Yeah. >> So where what's the plan now? Where where are you going? >> No. I'm going home. >> You're going home? >> And I literally yeah. I just pick up >> Okay, cuz we need we need to figure out why you know what I mean? There's no there's no no way that you were driving that slow and everything is okay. >> No, yeah. I literally like I I'm just like literally What are you looking for? What are you looking for? >> Nothing. Literally what? >> I literally like I'm just looking for my kids. >> Where are your kids? >> Uh at home. >> Who are your kids with? >> My my brother. >> Your brother? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> And that's really it. Are you Are you on cuff? >> Yep. >> Okay. All right. >> Yes, I am. So, listen, you can't I can't let you drive while I need you to step out of the vehicle for a minute, okay? >> Right now? >> Yep, please. >> I'm sorry. >> That's fine. >> have. >> That's fine. We're just going to step right on back here, okay? >> That's fine. You got anything to drink tonight? >> No. >> No? Are you on any medications besides your >> No. No, I have um my uh prescription drugs. >> What's your prescription drugs? >> Um uh Valium. >> You take too much of it tonight? >> No. >> What else are you on other than Valium? Okay. >> Yeah. >> You're supposed to be driving on it? >> No, I I don't really just take it for the night. >> You take it for the night time. So, you you haven't taken it at all? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Give me a second. I want you to come back here. And as you can see, so that's You got to sit right here. >> If you could just cut your lights down. >> Yeah, yeah. >> Um >> Is that the only drug you're on? And it's for >> Lieutenant Lark Deary started with the horizontal gaze nystagmus HGN test. During the HGN test, he observed a lack of smooth pursuit, but he was unable to complete the rest of the test because she was uncooperative. The second exercise was the walk and turn test, and it was administered by Officer Arnold. During the walk and turn test, Jasmina initially did the test incorrectly by walking backwards. When Officer Arnold afforded her another opportunity to complete the test, she did not walk heel-to-toe as instructed and took 10 steps instead of nine. The third exercise was the one-leg stand test and Jasmina was unable to raise her foot in the proper fashion or maintain her balance. The final exercise was the lack of convergence slow test and it was administered by Lieutenant Lardier. During the low test, Lieutenant Lardier noticed that her eyes were unable to converge. >> And you And you haven't had any drink tonight with it or anything like that? And what do you What do you take it at uh >> At night time. >> At night time? Okay. What's going on? Do you have Hold on. Do you have any medical emergencies or anything like that? >> Um besides my son's father, that's it. >> Besides what? >> My son's father, that's it. >> No, no, no. Medical emergencies. >> No. >> Okay. Do you have Do you have any brain injuries? Anything wrong with your eyes? No? Okay. What I'm going to do I I want to do something uh real quick. Uh a couple tests just to make sure you're okay to drive or make sure this isn't medical or anything like that. Okay. Why don't you face me? >> Sorry. I literally have a couple of my whole towel. >> Why Why don't you face me? Okay. Now, I'm going to need you to focus and pay attention. Okay. What I'm going to need you to do is I'm going to put my pen up and you're going to follow the tip of my pen with your eyes only. Don't move your head. Just as I go, just yet. Okay. You understand that? Okay. See the tip of my pen? Only Only with your >> Okay. >> Only with your eyes. Okay. Ready? Only with your eyes. All right. You got to follow the tip of my pen. Okay? >> Okay. >> You see it? All right. Very simple instructions. Keep your head level. Just look up with your eyes. Just open them up nice and wide. Just follow my pen. Don't move your head. Keep following. It's going to be a few seconds. All right? Follow my pen. You okay? You're not You're not seeming to really understand instructions. You're making me think maybe you took too much of your clon- >> I literally have clon- >> Okay. No, you're You're doing it right. Okay? Okay? Follow the tip of my pen. You're moving your head again. Remember what I said, don't remove your head. Follow it Follow it all the way out. Okay. Okay. Are you Are you under Are you able to understand English, write English, and all that stuff? Okay. Okay. You what? >> I'm buzzing. >> Buzzing, okay. Cool. Um going to need you really to do this for me, okay? So I can check your eyes, all right? >> Just follow the pen. >> Just follow it. Right here, see the tip? As I move, you just glide your eyes with it, okay? Just the tip. Just your eyes. Just your eyes. See my pen? >> Yep. >> All right, we're going to move on to something else. You're having some major difficulties with that, okay? Now you're just going to look at the center of my pen and I'm going to raise it up and down. Very simple. Just follow it. Keep your head level and follow, okay? I'm just Don't mean to be rude. What's so funny? >> I'm I'm so I'm sorry. >> Okay. Okay. Uh even though she wasn't following, I'm definitely getting nystagmus, which is equal. So if you want to run her through the other uh field sobriety test, do uh one leg stand and and all that stuff. >> All right. She's still right here on the on the curb. >> Yeah, your camera is Yeah, ma'am, follow the officer up there. >> 4630. >> Hop up here, please. >> Me here? >> Come right over here. And face me, okay? >> Face you? >> Yep, please. Stand right here. Stand right in the center of the Perfect. Stand with your feet together and your hands at your sides, okay? I'm going to walk you through the field sobriety test, okay? Do you have any medical issues, anything wrong with your >> Just diabetes >> Nothing like that? >> Just diabetes and I have like issues with my knee. >> Okay, so what you're going to do is you're going to start like this, okay? And I'm just going to walk you through the test. All right. So, from from Just look at me, okay? From this point, take your right foot and put it in front of your your leg. Yep. There you go. So, you can do that now with your hands at your sides. Go ahead, you can you can do that now. Just put your put your right foot in front of your left foot, just like this. All right. So, from this position, this is the starting position of the test. You can stay You can go back in that position. Okay? So, this is the starting position for the test. What you're going to do is you're going to take nine like this. >> Just like >> Okay, and I'm going to demonstrate for you, okay? So, you're going to take nine heel-to-toe steps. On your ninth step, we'll counting out loud. So, on your ninth step, you're going to keep your foot on the ground, and with your other foot, you're going to do small continuous steps and turn around, okay? I'm going to demonstrate for you. I'm going to demonstrate for you. So, you can get back into this position and I'll demonstrate for you, okay? Ready? So, from this position, you're going to take nine heel-to-toe steps. One, two, three. Okay? And then when you get to nine, I did three, you're going to do nine, you're going to take small continuous steps like this, turn around, and do it back. One, two, three. Okay? Do you understand these tests? You sure you don't need me to go over it again? Okay, get in the starting position, please. >> Okay, got it. Okay, so nine, one, two, 3. >> Okay. Come on back. You come on back. >> Okay. >> All right. [snorts] So, you did the test wrong. You went backwards. >> Okay. >> So, you're you Do you understand the test? >> Yeah, I would have It was like supposed to be going backwards, right? >> No, forwards. >> Forwards, okay. >> Yep. So, you're going to start like this. Okay. You're in the start position. >> Yep. >> Right? Hands to your sides. Right foot in front of your left. And you're going to take nine steps forward. Heel to toe. Okay? Counting all the way to nine. >> Okay. >> All right. I'll demonstrate it one more time for you, okay? >> No, you don't have to. Yeah. So, okay. I'm going >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >> Okay, do you feel you completed the test? >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. You can stop. You can turn around. Just turn to face me, okay? For this next test, what you're going to do is have both start both feet together, okay? And your hands to your sides. Okay? You're whichever leg you choose, you're going to raise one of the legs of your of your choosing 6 in off the ground. Okay? Keeping your toe pointed up. And you're going to count out loud. 1 1,000, 2 1,000, 3 1,000. You're going to count >> So, just like the same thing as >> I'm going to demonstrate for you. You're going to count until I tell you to stop, okay? So, just like this. 1 1,000, 2 1,000, 3 1,000, 4 1,000, 5 1,000, 6 1,000. Okay? And you're going to keep going on until I tell you to stop. >> All right. >> Okay? Do you understand this test? >> 1 2 3 4 >> Do you understand the test? >> Yeah. >> Okay, dear. >> All right. So, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 >> Okay. So, remember >> I'm sorry. Give me a favor. Can you move up a little bit more cuz you're so far >> All right. So, remember it's hands to your sides. Whatever leg you choose, you're going to put in the air about 6 in off the ground. And you're going to count 1 1,000, 2 1,000, 3 1,000 until I tell you to stop, okay? Do you feel that you're ready to begin the test? Okay, so your leg has to be lifted off the ground, okay? >> All right. So, I I have like literally like my leg problem. >> What's what's your leg problem? >> Right here. >> Your >> My right leg. >> Okay. Can you stand on your right leg and lift your left leg? >> I have my issues with that. >> Okay, are you able to stand on your right leg and then lift your left leg or not? >> No. Um I'm having issues with my leg. >> Good enough. >> All right. All right. Yeah. >> Yeah? >> Yep. >> Based on her slurred speech, the odor of alcohol on her person, and her inability to adequately complete the field sobriety exercises, Officer Arnold placed Jasmina under arrest for driving under the influence. Lieutenant Lordari searched her vehicle and found an open bottle of vodka on the glove box. The vehicle was impounded for a mandatory 12-hour hold under John's Law. Officer Arnold subsequently transported Jasmina to the Ewing Township Police Department for processing. >> All right, man. Listen, you can just put place your hands behind your back. Okay? Turn your hand this way to you. Turn it in. Like you're praying. Nope, I don't want to want to hurt your wrist, other way. There you go. Okay. First suspected DUI. Okay, turn turn your wrist this way. I don't want it to hurt other way. Other way. Come on. Nope, other way. Turn your hand in just There you go. See? I don't want it I don't want it to hurt you. Too too loose is is rough on the wrist. Okay? So, you see? Turn your hand Put your hand down. Straight down. I'm trying to Stop. Don't bend your wrist. I want your hand to go straight down. There you go. See how you're nice and loose now? See all the room in there? I'm just going to double lock them so they don't tell you anything when you get there, okay? You're being placed under arrest for suspected DUI. You want to walk right over here to the car. >> um can I just let my kids know? >> I will do We'll do everything at the station, okay? And I'll explain everything to you. >> Okay. >> And >> Um I just like I need to let my kids >> We are I'll call them as soon as we get to the station. All right. Listen, do you have anything else on you in your pockets, anything like that? Hold on, I got I got I got to just pat you down real quick. Be sure you don't nothing else on you, right? >> Yeah. >> Okay. You just face the car for me. Just want to make sure you don't have anything around your waist, right? Yep, we'll let them know. All right, you're good to hop on in. >> Yeah, if they need to just let my brother >> Yep, we will. Just put a seatbelt on you, okay? Is it Is it Is it Apple? >> It's well, I class of 10. I I it's is I'm thinking >> You already >> on both. I found this. But um so, it's very well assumed next both. Um >> Cuz that's I mean, it To me, she's not like Tony just talking to her it didn't seem like she was so intoxicated couldn't smell anything and that's why I didn't come out just because if it was not that it was something else. What you going to have to do now is you're going to just take her back run her like through a normal DUI you got her got her on the box if she refuses if she refuses it ends there if she takes her test and she's under a point zero eight then I I'll step in so I'll hang with her for a bit yeah yeah I'm yeah cuz I'm here yeah get back time stamp 20 minutes I may be the only guy too that could run the box I don't know if anybody else is certified So I'll take her back in Start the 20 minutes I'll calm down we'll put her on the box and then like I said if she blows point zero eight or more or refuses we're good for straight DUI if not I'll do my I'll see if she'll do the breathalyzer Okay Thank you sir Sir 230 on Yeah Transport one adult female under arrest Good station starting mileage is 47999 >> 10-4 1819 Can you send me the >> 10-4 Yes I would I would tell you everything okay >> 1819 SA43 8531 >> 170, I have his number, his contact info. He has a video though, if you wanted to see that. He's at Bridgewood and Sandwind. >> Dispatch, we're we're developing his info. We're good based on the 911 call, what he observed and provided to you. Dispatch. >> Say Say that again. >> [music] >> Yep, I'll explain everything. And I have your wallet, and your phone, driver's license, registration, and insurance, okay? >> 230, I'm clear. Landing transport at 36 48002. >> 10-4. >> All right. >> 170, I'm be with the tower and with that car. You can keep me on this phone. me on the down for. >> All right. Just need to get over here. Like I said, I'll explain everything to you. Okay? You need some help? >> Yeah. Sorry. >> You able to slide up for me? >> Yeah. >> You able to inch a little bit? Pull your foot out. >> Good. >> There you go. Just slide. >> Thank you. >> Yep. Can you take another plate for her, Colby? Thank you. >> You got it. It's Alpha 83 Delta November Uniform. 10-4. >> Let you call your right over this way. As soon as we get in there, okay? We'll get situated. I'll let you talk to your family. Right over here. Okay? I want to drop her Come on. Right over here. Good. Keep going. And you're just going for me. Right here? >> At police HQ, Officer Arnold read Jasmina the Miranda rights as well as the standard statement for motor vehicle operators. And she initially agreed to submit breath samples. Following a 20-minute observation period, Officer Robert Berkenau began to administer the breath test. Jasmina failed to provide adequate breath samples despite six separate attempts. So, she was ultimately charged with the refusal. After Jasmina was processed, she was released to a family member after they signed the potential should lady warning form on her behalf. Officer Arnold issued her the following summonses: operating under the influence, refusal to submit to chemical test, reckless driving, careless driving, and open container [clears throat] of alcohol. >> Just face the wall. Face the wall. Look at Look at the wall. Turn the other way. Yep, so I can take the handcuffs off. You okay? Just stay right there for a second, okay? >> 06310-4324 >> Okay. >> Get out of the >> Oh, there you go. All right. >> Over there? >> Nope. You're going to come right over here. Come right here. And you just have a seat right here. Okay? I'm just going to put these on Would you want to wear it on this one? >> Yeah. >> I'm not going to put it on tight, and like I said, I'm going to explain everything to you. All right? >> Okay. >> And I'm going to try to get you out of here as fast as I can. >> Yes. >> All right? >> All right.