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Could you please step out the vehicle? Around 1:52 a.m. I'm on February 7, 2025. Officer Ronaldi with the Hoboken Police Department observed the driver of a 2023 Subaru Drive past a construction roadblock, sideswipe a parked construction vehicle, and strike a fire hydrant in front of 460 New York Streetments. He immediately instructed the driver to stop the vehicle and asked for her information. The driver would eventually be identified as 23-year-old Basma and Officer Kibitlooki observed indicators of impairment as he was speaking with her. Is your friend okay? Miss, you all right? Yes. for dinner. All right. I'm offices with the Hobok Police Department. How are you today? I'm sorry. Okay. Okay. Where's your license and trans registration? You have it on you? Yes, I got you. Where is it? Pull it on. Stop. Stop. Stop reaching for stuff. Talk to me. Where is it? I'm so sorry. It's the end. In my phone. It's in my phone. Your license in your phone? Hold on. Relax. Take a seat. Just just chill out for a second. Yeah, I got you. Where you coming from? We're coming from a broken. Okay. Any specific reason you decided to squeeze through a construction area and then destroying your entire car while driving? Honestly, I'm just trying to figure out how to get home. I'm so sorry. All right, let's work on getting your license, insurance, and registration. Okay. I'm so sorry. You guys pass. Sorry. That's your friend. That's my friend. Just want to wait for her, too. It's cuz she's not. There you go. This is my phone, guys. That's your phone. Yeah, this is my phone, guys. All right. Where's your ID? Where's your ID, please? Yeah. Here it goes, guys. My Awesome. Thank you. regulations, church, registration, everything like that. Yeah. Sorry. And then as I'm sitting there looking for the car cuz I didn't see anything on this side all I'm so sorry. I'm I'm I don't even know where to go. Go. Everything is left. What are you looking for now, man? What are you looking for now? I'm sorry. What are you looking for now? I'm just looking for my registration, insurance. Okay. Probably on the back seat. Yeah, that's a huh. [Music] Sorry. All right, ma'am. I'm officer. It's fine. We'll we'll be able to run your license plate and everything. So, that's fine. We'll be able to find it. So, I'm officer Rivera. Okay. I'm going to be conducting a field sobriety test on you. Okay. So, I'm going to have you step over here with me. You can come walk with me. Thank you so much. No problem. I have everything. Okay, that's fine. Just watch you step here. Yeah. Okay. Have you had anything to drink today? Just a little bit, but not too much. Okay. When's the last time you had a drink? About 2 hours ago. Okay. And a little bit, not too much is what exactly? Like what did what did you drink? I only had one drink. Okay. Yeah. I'm one drink of what? Um the custom amigos. Okay. Yeah. All right. No problem. So much. I'm going to be conducting a field sobriety test on you. Okay. So, it's going to be a series of exams. Okay. The first thing I'm going to do is going to be an eye test. Do you wear contacts or glasses? No. Okay. Do you have any medical conditions that would prevent you from doing this? Okay. So, while I'm explaining of what I'm going to do, how I'm going to need you to stand is with your feet together like this and your hands to your side and just remain like that. Okay. Okay. No problem. Based on his suspicion of impairment, officer Cynthia Rivera was called on scene to administer field sobriety exercises. Officer Rivera started with the horizontal gaze nestagmus HGN test. The second exercise was the walk and turn testments. During the walk and turn test, Basma did not touch heel to two on each step while taking an incorrect number of steps. The final exercise was the one leg stand test and Basma failed to raise her foot in the proper fashion and put her foot down before the test was complete. Okay. Okay. So, what I'm going to have you do is with your eyes and your eyes only, I'm going to have you do you see the tip of this pen? I'm going to have you follow the tip of this pen with your eyes and your eyes only. Do you understand that? Yes, of course. Okay. [Music] the tip of the pen. Yeah, the next test that I'm going to do is going to be a walk and turn test. Okay, so how I'm going to have you stand, I'm actually going to have you walk over here. It's a little more lit. So, for this exam, you can come over here with me. For this exam, we're going to be utilizing this this line here. Okay? So, this sidewalk line, we're going to be utilizing that. All right? You can face this way. So, stand here. Okay? And face me. Okay? Turn around and face me. Okay? I'm going to show you how I want you to stand while I do this. Okay? All I'm going to need you to do is listen to my instructions and don't move until I tell you to move. Okay? Okay. So, how I'm going to have you stand right now is I'm going to have you put your left foot on the line and your right foot directly in front of it and keep your hands to your side. Okay? Heel to toe here. You're going to have the heel of your right foot in front of the the toe of your uh left foot. Okay? You're going to stand like that with your hands to your side and you're going to remain like this until I tell you to begin. Okay? Do you understand that? Yes. Okay. So, what you're going to be doing here, all right, you're going to be doing a walk and turn test. You're going to be taking nine steps forward and nine steps back. I'm going to show you how to do this, but I'm only going to be taking three steps. Do you understand? Okay. Okay. So, how it's going to look is you're going to take nine steps forward. When you get to your ninth step, you're going to take a series of small steps and come back nine steps back. Okay. It's going to look like this. Like I said, I'm going to be doing three. You're doing nine. Do you understand that? Okay. While you're doing it, I'm going to want you to count out loud. Keep your hands to your side. And keep your hands to your side. Do not raise your hands more than 6 in um parallel. You're going to be facing You're going to stay in this position, okay? You're going to be facing down at your feet. You're going to be staring at them. You're going to count out one 2 3 until you get to nine. Take your small series of steps back. 1 2 3 get to nine. Same thing. Do you understand that? All right. I'm going to show you. Do not do anything. I'm going to show you what you have to do. I'm doing three, you're doing nine. Okay? So, it's gonna look like this. One, two, three. A small series of steps to get back. One, two, three. And the test is complete. Okay. I demonstrated three. You're going to be doing nine. Do you understand that? Okay. Okay. Do you understand? Yes, ma'am. Okay. You may begin. Okay. One, two, three. One. Two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. Okay. Okay. You're complete. Okay. Okay. So, the next test I'm going to be doing is going to be a balancing test. Okay. Did you have any surgeries or any type of medical conditions that'll prevent you from doing a balancing test right now? No. Okay. So, you're going to stand exactly how you're standing right now. I do not want you to move until I tell you to begin. Okay. So, what you're going to be doing here is you're going to be standing in the way that you are. When I tell you to begin, you can raise whichever foot you want. Either your left or your right foot does not matter to me. Whatever foot you feel the most comfortable with, that's the one you're going to raise. That foot, don't do anything. Now, that foot you're going to raise approximately 6 in from the ground. Okay? Parallel to the ground. So, you're going to it's going to look something like this. You're going to keep your hands to your side and you're going to count out 1,00 1,002 1003 until I tell you to stop. Okay? While you're doing that, count out loud. Do not raise your hands more than six inches off the ground. Okay? You're going to keep your hands to your side. It's 100 1,002 1003. Just keep counting until I tell you to stop. Okay? If you place your foot down, just immediately pick it back up and continue counting from where you left off. Okay? Give me one second. Do not begin yet. You have your phone. Put on a stopwatch. Thank you. All right. Are you ready? Yeah. Okay. You may begin. Ready. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Oh, sorry. 23 24 25 26 27 I'm so sorry 28 29 26 sorry 28 29 30 31 Okay, you can stop. You can stop. That's okay. You can stop. She going to be too. All right, ma'am. Um do you realize that you got into an accident? Yeah. That you did you strike your head or anything like that at all? Were you wearing your seat belt? No, it was just the left lane. The guy took the right lane and he just hit the he took the red lane. Okay, that's all that happened. All right, no problem. Well, I feel that you are under the influence of something based on the motor vehicle accident, her indicators of impairment, and her inability to satisfactorily complete the field sobriety exercises. Basma was placed under arrest for driving under the influence. After she was placed under arrest, the vehicle was impounded for a tour hold according to J's lawments. Basma was transported to the Port Authority Police Department station in Weihawen for further processing while her passenger was taken to the hospital for further evaluation. An intoxicating substance. So, I'm going to be placing you under arrest. Okay. For DUI currently. All right. So, just please place your hands behind your back for me. Are you the registered owner of that vehicle? Is that your car? No. No, no. It's not my car. Whose car is it? It's the um It's a rental. It's a rental. Yeah. Under whose name? Like who rented it? It's in Stat Island. But who rented it? Okay. But who rented the vehicle? Did you rent the vehicle or somebody rented it for you? They rented it for me? Whose day? The the insurance company. Okay. But why do you have a rental? Like what happened? Do you have a car? Something happened to your car? Something was actually Okay. Okay. Okay. I'm going to have to where um which one is yours? Here, we're going to go this way. Okay. You put her in. Okay. No, she says she's good. She says she didn't strike her head during the accident or anything like that. No, the accident was okay. You don't remember me asking what's going on right now? So, you're being arrested for driving while under the influence? Oh my gosh. [Music] Okay, watch your head. I'm just going to place your seat belt on. Okay, I'm going to reach over. Can you please my mom? Can I What? Can you please my mom? Is that who's in the passenger seat? Your mom. So, what do you mean drive your mom? You want to check your mom? Where is your mom? I want to talk to my mom. Oh, talk to your mom. Okay, we'll Yeah, we'll give you a phone call. You're taking her right to Port Authority, sir. All right. We have her ID, right? Did uh Marvin take a picture or send me a picture of it. Take a picture. Yeah, take a picture. Just send it to my 11. It's um in the car so I can start typing it out. All right. Thank you. You stand right here. Okay. So, you don't have any you don't have any recollection of hitting stuff in this car just now. Okay. Cynthia, just leave a note on on the construction truck that the car was struck with and then um after I after I cleared the toe, I'll do a quick sweep up newer cuz it was already damaged. It came here damaged. Does she remember them hitting anything else? Huh? Does she remember them? She doesn't remember them hitting anything. She said she's all right. Yeah. H many looks like multiple things. [Music] 12. Do I still want it coming for this individually? What did you make? My phone. Yeah. I didn't My phone is too close. [ __ ] you guys. Oh, you're not driving this car. I'm not. No. No. So, you don't have to. That doesn't matter cuz you weren't driving. You were in the passenger. I was just saying that like he just wants to make sure that I could drive the car. No, we have ID to identify you. I have a picture. You have a picture of your ID? All right. Show that to me cuz I already have your ID. I just want to confirm it. You have to? Yeah. I don't She doesn't have her ID on her. She's looking for it on her phone right now. She gave me her info. So, I'm just going to Let's Let's verify who she is. She's involved in a motor vehicle accident. Let's confirm who she is. If she has does she have an ID on file? What state? Do you have a do you have a driver's license? Right. Yes. What state? Okay. Yep. Let's let's go 997 95 any kind of pain rel No. Well, when we first got here though, she was completely out of that's why we originally called for an ambulance. She ask you said you said you don't you're not you're not in any pain or anything, right? You're accept where she live. You have somebody that come that company you up. I could call just leave you on the phone. Latino should be appropriate and they'll be transported to worst case scenario. Sorry. I said we're not just going to leave you here and we'll have somebody pick you up. Thank you. Uber. Do you have Uber on your phone or anything like that? Um I do not. You don't nothing at all. Not even lift. I do not. She lives in Jersey City. Where are they going back to? Were you guys on your way back home? City. Where do you live? Jersey City. I live in like deeper Jersey City, but she lives in like Heights Jersey City. Where in Jersey City do you live? by Snider name. I just want to confirm his ID. It's going to be Is anybody at our house that can uh Is anybody going to be Wait, listen. Where's my friend? Um, is anybody going to be at your house? No. Negative. I just need to confirm an ID. I'm sorry. I'm cold. I'm Yeah, I'm sorry. Do you have anybody at home that's going to be at your apartment that you live in in Jersey? I live in a house. My dad. Your dad's there? Can you call your dad? There's a car at the stop sign. Okay. New Jersey Xray Charlie. Bravo 30. My partner's attempted to wake up. She was afraid to call her dad. Her dad on our way there. is to make sure somebody's home or to figure out where we just want to make sure that you get home safe. That's that's our biggest issue right now. So, the thing is given everything that's happened already tonight, we're not going to leave you here by somebody picks you up or we're going to have to bring you to the hospital. [Music] with that. Can I send the car? You have mine, huh? No, I have mine. Did we complete the search of the uh Okay. What's the other call going out? Anybody else live at home besides your dad? My mom, but she's no. Let's call her, too. No, she's old. She's no use. Okay, let's call your father again, then. Watch that phone once or twice. Just do me a favor. Put it on speaker. Thank you. It might be on do not disturb, so just call it two or three times. It might go through. Is it going through this time? Mhm. Okay. We're going to need somebody 109. All right. 32 days and we're going to be uh continue these Can I send a car? Can I sit in the car? I believe Are we done searching? Yes. I'm just cold and we got the ambulance in now. [Music] Yeah. I mean, you want to grab all your stuff? Yeah. Let's go. Let's just Let's just spend this time grabbing the stuff you need. That's fine. What's yours, sir? I'll follow you. We just got a single side and then I'll call you. It was accepted by John. I got 15 minutes long. Oh, you have one under your left, too. So, Dallas, we're going to we're actually going to take you to the hospital if somebody's answering. All right. You were involved in an accident. You're a little intoxicated. So, just for It's just for your wellbeing. Okay. You're not in any trouble. All right. I appreciate that. So come come follow me. We're going to transport you in one of our cars though. Okay. We have everything you need. You sure? Charger. What's the water? My family. Like I told you, the car tote or whatever you need in the car. Is that your water bottle? I would bring it with you. What's that on the seat? Cuz uh this is just like I love you. Follow that officer right there. Okay. All right. Standing by for the toe. [Music] [ __ ] Is she just parked right there? No, cuz then I can't get her out. 109 20 airport authority and the mileage 53520 20 Good. What's up? This is the police station. Your mom. My mom. Is that who you were with? I'm sorry. Oh, they got their machine over here. Yeah, it's in my phone. Um, give me one sec. All right. velments at the station. Basma was read the standard statement for motor vehicle operators and agreed to submit breath samples. Basma was eventually released pending her court appearance and issued the following citations operating under the influence. Reckless driving um statement formed they probably going to be the uh handcuff. Yeah. to the bench. Just cover to the bench. It's going to be the idea.