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Ma'am, you uh didn't follow in that one direction when your body cameras are on. Yes, ma'am. Yes. Okay. So, you asked me to take nine steps forward, nine steps back. I did all of those perfectly. Yes. The eye test you test you failed and because I felt nervous like I don't know you and I don't look at anybody in the eyes. Let's walk over to your car. Around 2:40 a.m. on January 1920 at 24, Officer Michael Turner with the Guttenberg Police Department observed a 2009 Ford speeding about 60 m in a 35 mph zone on River Road near the intersection with Lydia Drive. He started pursuing the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop at 60th Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard. He exited his patrol car and made contact with the driver of the vehicle who was identified as 26year old Libasha. The driver admitted to consuming two drinks at a bar in Brooklyn earlier that evening. Based on his suspicion of impairment, she was asked to exit the vehicle and perform field sobriety exercises after officer Jasmine Arazzo and Sergeant Alexander Ramadanavik arrived on scene to assist. Hey ma'am. Hi. How are you? I'm officer turn of the government police department. Got to let you know my body cams reporting. Okay. The reason I stopped you is how fast you're going on River Road. Sorry. Okay. Sorry. You have your license, registration, insurance, please. Okay. Take your time. Thank you very much. No issues with your license. No issues with your license at all. No. Okay. I ask everyone. Give me one second. Be right back. That horse is for the cat. It's owner operator. Ma'am, can you just wait in the vehicle, please? Ma'am, can you just just wait in the car for me? Okay. Just just wait in the driver's seat. My voice that okay? Okay, ma'am. Where's Where are you coming from? Where are you coming from? New York. Where? New York. Where in New York? Brooklyn. Okay. Were you at a restaurant or bar or friend's house? Um bar. A bar. Okay. Did you have anything to drink when you were there? Two beers. You had two beers. Okay. Do you normally take any kind of um medication or did you take any kind of narcotics or anything tonight? Not whatsoever. Two beers. Okay. Okay. How you how you say your first name? Liva. Liva. Okay. Liva. Give me two seconds. Just give me one second. Right back. Told you I was going to get you one. Yeah. Okay. Sitting on River Road by the park. You see a river road by the park and she flies by me probably about 60 mph, maybe even faster. Okay, by the time I catch up to her halfway up, she failed to stop till she got here. Eyes extremely red. Um, she actually got out of the car at one point and walked around saying, "Hey, one of my doors open." I was like, "She's right in the car." And she's like, "No, I think my doors are open." She stayed. She's coming from New York City, Brooklyn. And she had two beers there. Is everything okay? Good one. Ma'am, can you do me a favor? Just step out real quick. Okay. If you want to, Sure. That's fine. She's going to change her shoes and she's going to step out. Dear headlights in headlights in headlights gloves in your pockets. I have them in my bag. No. We're just going to go over to the sidewalk over here. Okay. Okay. I'm sorry. What's your first name again? Liva. Liva. Okay. My name is Mike. I'm officer Turner. Okay. This is my partner, Officer Razo. That's my sergeant, Sergeant Ramadan. Okay. The way that you were driving, just very fast, very erratic. Okay. I just asked you if you drank anything. You said you drank two beers. Would you consent to doing a field sobriety test? Uh, sure. I just wanted to get home and all that. I'm just No, I understand that. But the way you were driving, your eyes are very red, very watery right now. I want to make sure you're okay to drive. Oh, they're not watery. I want to make sure you're Yeah, definitely okay. I live like right up there. Where's And where's up there? What's that? Where you live? I live at my parents house, but my friend like I stay over him too. Like George, he lives on. Okay. Okay. Like even while I'm just speaking to you now, you're slurring your speech, right? There's a lot of things an accent. Okay. Okay. Do you consent to doing you consent to doing test? You're okay doing them? Okay, we're going to do them right over here. It's It's more flat. Okay, cool. No problem. So, it's three tests that I would put you through. The first one is I get to check your eyes. The second one's a walking test and the third one's a balancing test. No problem. Okay, cool. The first question that's it. So, I'm totally fine. If you think you're good and you're going to pass the test, then you're going to be out of here. Okay. Okay, cool. Um, first question I have you, are you diabetic at all? No. Do you take insulin at all? No. Okay. What I want you to do is put your feet together, put your hands at your side, just like this. Okay. Just like that. Okay. I know it's a little chilly out. You have a jacket in the car you want to wear. The first field sobbriety exercise was the horizontal gaze nestagmus HGN test. During the HGN test, officer Turner observed force and six indicators of impairment. The second exercise was the walk and turn test. During the walk and turn test, Leba did not touch heel to two on each step and turned improperly. The final exercise was the one leg stand test. During the one leg stand test, Lia failed to raise her foot in the proper fashion. It's okay. Let's just Okay, we'll get this done. Okay, feet together, hands at your sides. I want you to stay like this for the entire test. Okay, what I want you to do is look at this blue light with your eyes and eyes only. Follow this blue light. Keep your head still. Okay. Try and keep your head as still as you can. She's in my eyes. Okay. Yep. Try and keep your head still. Right here. Heat up Okay, I'm almost done. I'm going to go up. Okay, you keep your head still. Your eyes. Okay, the test is done. Okay, next test we're going to do is a walking and balancing test. Uh, I'm going to put you in the starting position. I'm going to explain it to you and then you're going to do the test. We're going to go this way. So, if you want to stand right here, face this way. Okay, I want you to imagine a straight line right in front of you. Okay, on that line, I want you to put your left foot on it. You can do that now. Put your right foot in front of your left foot, heel touching toe. Put your hands at your sides. Stay just like this until I tell you to start the test. Okay. Anytime that it's okay. Anytime that you fall out of the position, just go right back to it. Okay. Okay. I just want to balance like my whole Sure. Do you feel like this is a flat enough spot for you? Not at all. Yeah, I do. Okay. Do you think that curb right there would be a flatter spot for you? Let's see. Sure. Can I just um grab my jacket? Do you want to grab your jacket? That's fine. Sure. Yes. I guess I was while I was standing standing there. So you're in front of her head. But yeah, I got I got four out of six on each. Okay, let's see if the side work sidewalk works better. Okay. Do you think this is better for you? Yes. Okay. If you want to just move a little bit more center. Perfect. Okay. So imagine there's a straight line right in front of you. Put your left foot on that line. Right foot in front of your left foot. Heel touching your toe. Put your hands at your sides. Stay just like this. At any It's okay. At any point that you pull out of that position, just go back to that position. Okay. I'm just Is it okay if I just Okay. Like this. Is that okay? It's got to stay your size. If you want to zipper your jacket up, so you Yeah. Okay. When I tell you to begin the test, you're going to take nine heel totoe steps on this imaginary line. Okay? During those steps, you're going to count your steps out loud and keep your hands at your sides. Left your right foot in front of your left foot. Oh, yep. Just like that. Right. Okay. Yes. Okay. I'm just going to sit. Oh, good. All right. So, Oh, not yet. Not yet. I got to explain all the instructions first. Okay. But I need you to stay in that position now. Okay. So, your left foot and then your right foot in front of your left foot. So, left and then right. Yep. Left foot and then your right foot. Just like that. No problem. Your right foot in front of your left foot. Okay. Hands at your sides. Okay. You're going to take nine heel totoe steps on the imaginary line. During those steps, you're going to count them out loud. So, it's going to be 1 2 3. Keep your hands at your sides. You're going to look at your feet as you're walking. You're not going to stop walking at any point. Okay. When you get to your ninth step, you're going to keep your front foot down. Take your back foot to turn around. I'm going to demonstrate for you so it's easier. What do you mean by front foot? I'm going to demonstrate. I'm going to demonstrate. Okay. Hold on. Just I need you to stay in That's how the test is running. You have to stay in the starting position. Sorry. Okay. It's okay. Just put your right foot in front of your left foot and your hands at your sides. Okay. When you get to your knife step, you're going to turn around and take nine more heel to toe steps the exact same way. Counting out loud. Hands at your sides, looking at your feet. I'm going to demonstrate. So, just watch me. You have to stay in the position. Your left foot's going to be in the line just like this, right? Your right foot's going to be in front of it just like how you have it there. It's going to be just like this. One, two, three. I took three steps. When you get to your ninth step, you're going to keep your front foot planted and take your back foot, take small choppy steps to turn around. Just like this. Okay? Then you start again. 1 2 3. Okay. Nine steps. You turn nine steps. Okay. Don't stop walking at any time until you think the test is up. You have to count left. Okay. So, nine steps. You count. So, I start with my so my left and then right foot starts right. So, you put your right foot. Put your right foot in front. Okay. And then you're going to start like that. Okay. So, left is first one. I would assume so. Yes. Okay. One 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Okay. So, this is first one. Mhm. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Okay, then. All right. Last last test we're going to do. Okay. It's called the one leg stand test. Put your feet together just like you have them. Your hands at your sides. Okay. When I tell you to start, you pick up whatever leg you choose 6 in off the ground just like this. Look at your foot. You count out loud until I tell you to stop. So, it's going to be 1 2 3 until I tell you to stop. Keep your legs straight, your hands at your sides. If anytime you put your foot down during the test, just pick it right back up. So, do I count or you You're going to count until I tell you to stop. Okay, no problem. Okay, ready? Hold on one second. Did you understand the instruction? Yes. I hold my foot up in the air until he tells me to stop and I'm going to count till he tells me to stop. Good. Make sure you keep your legs straight and your hands at your sides the entire time. Okay. Legs straight and hands at your sides. Leg up and hands on my side. When you're ready, you can begin the test. Okay. I'm sorry. That's okay. Okay. And someone over ready. Yep. Go ahead. 1 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10 13 16 17 18 19 20. Sorry. That's okay. Keep pick your foot back up. Keep going. Go ahead. Keep going. 3 2 1 Okay, you could stop in. Okay. All right. All right. Come on over here, [Music] man. Just stand right here for me. Okay. based on her excessive speeding, the odor of alcohol, her admission to consuming alcohol earlier that evening, and her inability to satisfactorially complete the field sobriety exercises. Lia was placed under arrest for driving under the influence. Her vehicle was impounded for a 12-hour hold according to John's law. Another officer transported Lia to the Guttenberg Police Department for further processing. Stand right here. Put your hands up on the hood for me. Okay. You're being placed under arrest for DWI. Right here, please. You want to pick up your jacket? All right. Is there anything inside the car? Wait, why am I being placed under DWI if I had two years? How can I How can I prove that you only had How can I prove that you only had two beers? You failed the field sobriety tests. How? Okay. I did the nine steps and I found my foot up. You failed all the tests, man. You uh didn't follow that one direction. When your body cameras are on. Yes, ma'am. Yes. Okay. So, you asked me to take nine steps forward, nine steps back. I did all of those perfectly. Yes. the eye test you the eye test you failed and then because I felt nervous like I don't know you and I don't look at anybody in the eyes. Let's walk over to your car. Okay. Okay. Just wait till I hear your Yes, ma'am. That's correct. Any comment right now? So, let me pick you back up. Okay. So, uh you said your phone 20 minutes. Did you turn it off? See it? Did you turn it off? Oh, it's dead. It died. Yeah. Really? Yes. Dead. Okay. person in her back seat, I believe. I got to double check. There is a ring here. I'm going to put it right in the center console. My body camera. Um, can we bring it? Yeah, it looks expensive. Yes. Sure. Can you put it there? There's that. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Applause] She wants this. Mhm. And um the keys to the car there. What's on there? The one house key. Yeah. Just separate them. Sure. I'll put all our stuff in the purse. No other keys anywhere? Not that I saw. She's super bombed. Yeah. And I'll tell you that only because she swears she did that so well. Yes. Hey, can I borrow your Can I borrow your flashlight? Mine just died. Thanks, buddy. Yeah. No, without a doubt. Heat. Heat. That should be good. Okay. Sounds good. Me inside. That's something headquarters mirror. Starting mileage 68 1 0 6 8 1 0 at 250 That's what 315 32 pack. You said it was end zone. Yeah. Heat. Can you provide me their address? 365 at the back lot. Sending mileage 6811 6811 301 Lots of stuff going down the [Music] step properties in the Yeah. Liba was read the standard statement for motor vehicle operators at the station, but she refused to submit breath samples. Lieba was issued the following citations. operating under the influence. Refusal to submit to chemical test. Reckless driving. Careless driving. An unsafe operation of a vehicle. I know. [Music]