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 ma' can you tell me what's going on he's we both have been drinking tonight he's acting [ __ ] AR he got out of the car tried to claim that I was going to kill him that's not the case I work for the state of Florida I'm not going to do that uh what's his relation to you um we're friends from when we lived back in Connecticut together okay he's down visiting mother he got out of the car I tried to tell him to get back in the car I picked up his Kasa thing that he dropped in the median around a :0 to a.m. on May 18th 2023 Deputy Thomas Newton 3 with the pelis County Sheriff's Office responded to a disorderly conduct call near North Keane Road in coastal place in denan Florida the Coler had advised dispatch that a female subject in a black Dodge Charger was threatening to run him over as Deputy Newton arrived on scene he noticed that a 2020 to Dodge Charger matching the witness description was parked in the shoulder and a visibly impaired female was sitting in the driver's seat the driver was identified as 35-year-old female Melissa at chelski immediately as he approached her vehicle Melissa showed Deputy Newton her badge indicating that she was a corrections officer with the state of Florida I just tried to tell him to get back in the car cuz I want to [ __ ] bring him back to his mothers simple as that I live C of Florida trying what are you doing out in visiting him cuz he's down visiting from Connecticut he's down visiting from Connecticut well he lives in New York now but okay and this is his property oh okay I just wanted to bring him back to his mother we went out to hang out have a good time he decided to get an attitude because some [ __ ] that happened at the bar I don't know I'm not trying to lose my job over this stink odor all right you guys together do not okay I I actually live in New York but I'm down see my mother mother's oh so you're just staying over there with your mom yes sir she came down to visit you yes sir okay and your guys's relation is well we us to have a romantic relationship is this your s this is your oh thank you we used to have romantic relationship we don't anymore okay so we were just together tonight and she told me if I didn't get out she was going to kill me so okay let me see this video dude see what you're talking about here e Melissa advised the deputy that she was the inara from another town in Florida and that the male complainant was visiting from New York she also told the deputy that she had gotten into an argument with him before they were called to the scene the male complainant told the deputy that they had previously been in a romantic relationship no additional charges resulted from this incident however Deputy Newton did suspect that Melissa was impaired so he asked her to exit the vehicle to perform some field sobriety exercises after providing the deputy with some additional information Melissa agreed to do the field sobriety exercises well man' you mind sipping out for me absolutely okay we're just going to walk this way in front of my car so you guys were out downtown Den in or absolutely we were just out having a good time he's down visiting I met him originally in Connecticut he currently lives in New York not a big deal we were out somebody pissed him off at the bar we were arguing about it in the car he told me to pull over I pulled over as was requested so I don't want no problems I work for the state of Florida got you so this my life depends like my job depends on this I got you and he just got AR started calling and I was like just get back in the car like you're going to call the scene and he's like I'm calling the cop it's like you're trying to kill me I was like not even really what I'm trying to do so I he what she said find Talking him right now too so we're going to get that store situated um right now I'm going to check your eyes okay can you see your feet together just like this all right side you can set the bait down if you want abely um just for a record I was recently diagnosed the first exercise was the horizontal Gaye nagus test and Deputy Newton observed a lack of smooth Pursuit distinct and sustained nystagmus at maximum deviation and the onset of nystagmus prior to 45° the second exercise was the walk and turn test during the walk and turn test Melissa took n steps instructed but she used her arms for balanced and turned improperly the third field sobriety exercise was the one leg stand test during the one leg stand test Melissa failed to raise her foot in the prop fashion while displaying a lack of balance I'm just making that clear for you I got you you walked here fine are you are you not able to walk or anything well I'm fine my back is my upper back in Jurassic areas is sore okay but I am under the influence of nioxin which is also in the car okay here for sure it's in the car right so feet together just like that okay do you see the top of this P yes I do okay so I'm going to do a few passes okay I just want you to keep your eyes focused on the top of this P keep your head still okay you understand yes sir my back's going me I'm sorry do you need to take a rest we'll do this in phases um I'm just looking for different signs okay so I was testing for full track in there oh you're fine um next step is on the testing for The Sting suain the Stag maximum deviation okay so a lot of fancy words but what I'm going to do is I'm going to bring this pen up to a certain point okay and you're just going to keep your head still you can focus on the top of this pen okay am I allowed to hold on no I actually want you standing just like my upper back is [ __ ] K me I apologize for language okay you're good you're good see top of this pan right here yes I do right underneath my finger keep your eyes focused on that and keep your head still okay e you can hold on to that rest a little bit okay next I'm going to test her next I'm going to test onet in sement prior to 45 de okay all right so when again a lot of fancy words but I'm I'm going to bring your eyes out to a certain point all right so just keep your eyes focused on this pen keep your head still okay when you're ready um lean off with that it's it's hard it's my thoracic is [ __ ] I got you I got it's just a part of the no I understand you see the top of this Fen yes sir okay because for vertical G same thing see the top of this pen yes sir okay we're going to bring your eyes up twice okay so still ask you some questions here okay um real quick um so um given what I've seen in your eyes okay you're the odor of alcohol coming from your breath okay just my contact you I'm not going to Li about that no no no I understand so right now I have so right now I have reason to believe that your normal faculties m v and but I want you to I want to give you the opportunity to dispel my alarm if that's the case so what I'm asking you to do not telling you but what I'm asking you to do is to submit to some Fiel sear AIO exercises so basically I'm going to read you some health questions and then followed by that there's me two tests okay and depending on your condition uh you said you can walk fine or whatever but um there's alternative tests my walking could be impaired just because of my spinal Rion I got I we'll try it out and we'll see how we still how it goes and then we'll just talk through it okay if you really think that listen I I my back's preventing me from you know whatever um but then I I'll work with you okay absolutely okay um so do you agree to proceed I do may I take my foot off that's all whatever makes you comfortable okay um are you sick or injured I think uh we we talked about the injured part I have I was diagnosed what was that um I just got diagnosed with two days ago okay are you diabetic and do you take insulin okay no for both okay are you epileptic you take the lamp no no for each do you have any physical defects um just my range of motion because of my back um describe r of motion um what what range of motion of what it's it's on a day-to-day basis just I do have um are you under the care of a drct r dentist I am okay yes sir okay um I have to ask you have glass eye is that do you have do you have a glass eye no okay and are you wearing any conts all right I just have to correct my back I'm sorry okay all right so this ground right here would you say that it's dry it's not wet or slipp or anything like that okay um is this slot enough for you are you going to fall to the side because of the condition of the road all I request is that I'm able to Che my okay so I just want to make sure the conditions are fair so would you say this is dry paved and not sloped in any okay all right um so where this Spotlight is we're going to walk over here okay so put your feet together just like this right here can I take my yeah absolutely you can put them right there okay so what I want you to do um so we're going to do the walking turn test okay we're going to try it out okay all right so what I want you to do is I want you to place your left foot on the line okay I want you place your right foot ahead of your left foot with the heal of your right foot touching the front of your your left Hands by your side maintain that position till I'm done with the instructions you understand yes sir okay when I tell you to begin you're going to take nine heel to steps down the line in the following manner counting your steps out loud 1 2 3 when you get to your ninth step you're going to keep your front foot in the line you're going to take a series of small steps with your rear foot as such and then you're going to take nine heel toe steps back counting your steps out loud one 2 3 so nine steps nine heel toe steps down proper turn nine heel toe steps back okay what is the proper turn one more time so you keep your front foot on the line and you take a series of small steps with your right foot okay okay s my back is fing me that's the only reason I asked do do you do you need me to explain the instructions again so main foot on the ground turn around so you're going to count nine heel toe steps which whichever foot you land on you're keeping your front foot on that line and you're using your rear foot to take a series of small steps to turn around got it I I apologize again cuz my back is no I want to make sure you don't have any questions and you understand a lot a lot of people don't ever want to clarify but no you're fine that's what I'm here for okay do you hold on real quick do you understand what I explained you have any questions at all no I don't okay all right you may begin you may begin when you're ready 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 left and back with mine yep one 4 5 6 7 8 9 there you go okay how you feeling good my back's you actually did yeah I'm good okay it's just my upper back s of like my hand so I just want to confirm you felt there right there you didn't feel like okay okay good all right next is going to be the one leg stand test okay so these instruction these instructions are easy um so listen um you're basically while I explain the instructions you're going to have your feet together Your Hands by your side just like this maintain this position I'm done with the instructions you understand yes sir okay so when I tell you to begin you're going to raise one foot either foot doesn't matter which foot I'm going to raise my right foot for this demonstration okay all right so Hands by my side I'm I'm going to raise my right foot approximately 6 in above the ground my right leg's straight my bottom leg is straight my hands are by my side I'm looking at my toe and I'm counting 1 1000 2 1,000 3 1,000 until I tell you to stop okay so you're not counting to 30 or 40 or whatever you're counting until I tell you to stop it's a times exercise you're not counting to a certain limit okay so again both legs are straight the one that's race is approximately 6 in above the ground hands are by your side looking at your toe 1 1,00 2 2 1,000 3 1,000 okay until I tell you to stop okay absolutely um do you have any questions whatsoever about this exercise no sir okay when you're ready you may begin begin whenever you're you want okay yes sir 1 10000 2 1,00 3 1,00 4 1,00 5 1000 6 10000 I'm sorry my back is telling 61,000 71,000 81 1,000 9 1,000 8 8 1,000 9 1000 10 1,000 11 100000 12 1,000 you're good how do you feel I feel good you feel good mine is my back killing me I'm sorry I apologize for that now I want to confirm you're your back I know your back hurts but was it preventing you from a little bit just because I have um tingling in my hand and my fingertips are would that affect your balancing or does it just hurt cuz if it hurts I understand it hurts but as long as it's not as long as it's not affecting your balancing that's what I'm concerned with but I'm sorry about the pain I can't do anything no it's just it's distracting at this point okay so are you fair that I are you okay if I use that as a as a test that's fine well I want to make sure because I want to be fair with you on law enforcement you have a job to do so I understand that okay cuz there are other tests but if you're fine with the walkin turn and the the one like stand if that's what you need to use I'm look with it okay all right let's walk this way grab your shoes based on her admission to consuming alcohol in the hours prior and her inability to adequately perform the field sobriety exercises Deputy Newton determined that Melissa was impaired by alcohol and placed her under arrest for driving Under the Influence after Melissa was placed under arrest her vehicle was surged and deputies located a prescription medication in her vehicle her vehicle was impounded by clear water Towing and Melissa was transported without incident to the central breath testing CBT facility at the vellis county jail all right so I'm going to ask you questions regarding what happened before okay but so the questions I'm going to ask could could elicit in criminating response because of that you know you know this I have to read your Miranda okay so I'm going to read your Miranda I'm going to ask you questions you can agree at any time to not talk to me you don't even have to talk to me but I'm just going to read you anyways because this is just for matter okay AB all right you have the right to reignment anything you say can against law talk pres you while be in question if you cannot afford a hire lawyer won't be appointed repres question if you wish you can decide and end times exercise rights and answer any questions or make any statements each of these rights is that now these right in mind do you wish to St no okay so just confirming you don't want 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