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 hello hey hey L with police Megan Megan Megan hey hey Megan Megan Megan hey hey around 1:51 a.m. December 9th 2023 officers with the Lakewood Police Department were dispatched to a report of a driver asleep behind the wheel of a drive-thru at the Taco Bell located at 15,500 Detroit Avenue by the time they arrived the vehicle was gone officers continued searching for a vehicle matching this description but they initially did not find any Vehicles matching the description later that evening around to 16 a.m. officers were once again dispatched to the same Taco Bell with a report of a female driver passed out behind the wheel officer Daniel Cooper located a white 2021 Chevy Traverse matching the witness description in the parking lot of the same Taco Bell Megan Megan hey Megan look at me look at me Megan Megan look at me look at me I'm officer Cooper what's going on Megan Megan Megan stay with me what's going on right now you're passed out in the Taco Bell Drive what's going on NOP turn the car off turn the car off turn the Megan turn the car off turn the car off press the button and turn no press don't know press the button to turn the car off what's going on tonight um I'm sorry they [Music] didn't I planned on us getting their home and didn't say safe I don't understand a little bit of any part of what you just said so we got a call do you're passed out in the Drive-Thru right now and so I come here and I see you slumped over at the wheel yeah this is the second time we got called second time yes the first time you weren't here so the second time when I got here I the second time I called the first time you called the first time on yourself yeah I said my guys yeah oh now I'm being called okay I think you're confusing what's going on I'm sorry have you been drinking at all tonight no are you sure 100% so what have you been doing tonight then I was making sure everybody's okay who's who's everybody no no don't turn the car on leave it off what were you doing what's what's been going on tonight cuz this is like I said the second time we've been called to you pass down the drive-thru but this time we actually found you and when I pulled up you were slumped over completely passed out so what explain to me what's going on officer Cooper made contact with the driver and noticed that she was slumped over the steering wheel the driver later identified as Megan seemed incoherent since he detected the odor of alcohol he asked Megan if she had been drinking Megan admitted to consuming alcohol before operating a motor vehicle where is my boyfriend I don't know he's not here yeah he's not here do you have a driver's license on you yeah [Music] sorry Megan do you have your insurance with you um insance I'm [Music] sorry what are you drinking tonight M what were you drinking tonight um I don't drink very much no no can you do me a favor yes you know your alphabet yeah okay can you state it don't sing it just state it like the alphabet yes the alphabet like a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p okay keep going q r s TV WX y n z okay can I can I see the insurance yeah okay where were you at tonight um we were at a friend's house actually okay what were you guys doing at that friend's house um we were hanging out what the hell seriously I'm sorry what okay here's the thing so I can it smells like you've been drinking tonight so just what were you drinking what were you doing at friend's house um honestly we had not a lot of drinks okay but you had some is that correct yeah okay so I might what I going have you if you could just unbuckle your seat belt okay unbuckle your seat belt okay going go ah and step out the class for me could you head lastest check right around the corner 186 Detroit fem said that she lives above the bar said's head was smashed into a CLE so that she didn't see anything this is just what she thought she heard so I play five okay 20 a copy 117 Lake iead as well just a few minutes but she was pass time okay come on go and step out don't don't turn this car on step out of the car okay you're just not following directions very well right now so okay we're going to go over here around this time the other officers arrived on scene to assist en Megan was offered an opportunity to perform field sobriety exercises the first field sobriety exercise involved the horizontal Gaye nagus hgn test during the hgn test officer Cooper observed the lack of smooth Pursuit distinct and sustained NI stmas at maximum deviation and the onset of nagus prior to 45° the second exercise was the walk and turn test and Megan failed to touch Heel To Toe on each step and turned incorrectly the final exercise was the one leg stand test during the one leg stand test Megan swayed while balancing and put her foot down if it's all right with you I'm going to run you through just a few tests just to make sure okay is that all right yeah okay just one second we have to just cut the lights is there is there anything wrong with your head any recent head injuries do you wear glasses do you wear contacts no let's move over this okay yeah yeah let's go over here go ahead and take your hands out of your pockets for me just let's over this way I okay so face me what don't I have you do is just put your feet together arms at your sides and then just keep your head stra and then can you see my finger what I need you to do is just focus on it with your eyes your eyes only and do not move your head does that make sense fing just my finger your eyes your eyes give take GL off okay that works better that way just don't move your head Focus your eyes with your and your eyes up just keep your head only follow with your eyes okay got it okay perfect with your eyes only okay perfect F your finger my eyes with your eyes only got it yep got it okay you okay same thing okay okay [Music] same I know it's right now now again just with your eyes [Music] nextest do is going to be the walking so get you the starting position okay all right so you don't have any issues with any balance of your legs I mean I don't know no no I'm asking you the question you have any ISS balance or anything not usually okay all right so would you agree this is pretty flat right here it's fine I I just got to ask just make sure I want to make it s for you I know I'm freezing I understand all right okay what so now you know arms sides so we going you to put your left foot on the line left just imagine there's line just imagine there's a line going out put your left foot on that line got it and put your right foot in front got it heel the toe I'm not just heel the toe arms at your side put that right foot front put your right foot in front of your left foot you over the top all right position you okay so what I have you do shoes are I don't know that's just in I'm sorry I didn't see M was sighted and released care of the hospitalit I want to give you you know fast Advantage you can right now I it but like I said you back to St position left fr the line right in front front he the toe arms at your sides he the toe with it make sure that right here there you go so right front it the to Arms Sid don't move go okay don't move don't move I tell you start okay essenti you do is make ni small on the line turn around come back I'll demonstrate it for you okay look something like this so you're going to go one 2 3 I'm only doing three you'll do nine and your ninth step you leave your lead foot on the line with your other foot make a small series of steps turn around okay I'm not done get back in the position starting position right yep left foot on the line right foot he the toe in front remember got it I know heal heal the toe I know you're not heal the toe right now no I'm not ready to start no but you have to stay in the starting position until I tell you so real quick we'll readjust no NOP nope don't start okay left foot on that line Sorry left foot on the line that's wrong way that's have reversed left foot and then right foot in front of it stay right there nope right there okay so I'll restart real quick so like I said I got to explain it to you okay no I got it okay well I'm just going to finish okay so you're do 1 2 3 like I said all the way to 9 then leave your lead front the line so your small steps turn around and then nine back so again I'm only doing three you'll do nine now during the test I need you to watch your feet while you're walking count your steps out loud once you start do not stop and count your steps out loud for me okay it you readying okay I understand like I said keep your arms at your side all right and you can start one 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 okay got to do the turn now okay and then nine heels tow back 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 okay so going to do one more test okay got it it's going to be the one legged St test okay that's fine okay so we going to put your feet together arms at your sides now don't move until I tell you to it's so windy though you think that's going to affect it right now no okay maybe I will be blown over but okay well we'll try our best right now okay so arms at your sides feet together don't move until I tell you to okay so I'm going to have you do is you're going to pick up one leg it's your choice either leg with your foot approximately 6 in off the ground with your foot parallel to the ground it's going to with leg straight it's going to look something like this what I'm going to have you do is I'm going to have you look down at your foot and you're going to count out loud 1001 1002 100003 and so on until I tell you to stop okay okay do you understand these instructions y okay wait wait are you ready oh my God it's so like it's against me okay are you ready I don't know this is kind of windy but all right okay go ahead 1,00 1 1002 1 keep your arms at your side 1004 make that foot parall just keep going oh boy6 1007 10089 okay you going stop based on the witness report the odor of alcohol her indicators of impairment in her inability to complete the field sobriety test Megan was placed under arrest for operating a vehicle impaired OB okay so go and turn around for me put trans your back you're going under rest for oi I'm that guy he just yes went over that curb like like really bad like that wasn't I was like yeah that was crazy cuz he was watching us instead of watching what he was doing nice yes but based on what I just observed you're you're intoxicated okay so you're under arrest you can't you can't obviously be intoxicated to drive a vehicle so we got a call earlier that you were passed out in the line I came somebody called probably an employee or somebody in line and then you left do you do you live in why did you come back here he left and then came and they came back because I I'm so stupid if you would have just came like left so stupid you none of this would be happening because I looked and you were G gone you live where do you live I live yeah so you were I checked all the way down there and you were gone so I don't know what made you no who do you live with do you live with somebody yeah they can come pick you up at the jail but we have to go through a bunch of other paperwork before before you can go home you can go home okay but it's going to take probably another hour or so okay nothing that's going to poke me in here or anything nothing you're not okay yeah like I said so you went home and decided to come back yeah to Taco Bell cuz I'm starving yeah well I mean I know it's so stupid like I said you would have just stayed home we wouldn't be in this situation cuz I'm so sorry we were out looking for you earlier and there was uh you know you weren't you were G here it's right here yeah I mean don't be sorry to me I mean what's this gum in here um what is that I don't even know what that is that's like a candy wrapper oh it's like a dove wrapper it's who do you live with um my boyfriend and he he can come get you sure I'm sorry I you don't have any more pockets in here no these are leggings so no no okay pockets just me no we got to go do some more paperwork at the station and then he can come get you okay all sorry sorry is there anything in your car that you might need um like phone by chance there a phone in there thean effect okay I'll grab your phone I'll grab your phone once we put you in the car grab your phone all right okay yeah I am I don't even check I just what's your name Megan take backward yep she she definitely went home and was parked in her driveway cuz I drove and did not see yep she must have been home and then decided to come back and look where she's at now and then when they called me I was all the way at 117 M I'm like okay well came know day yeah well when I came there was another car next to I thought oh maybe like they're talking and then that car went and I was like hope they're not talking yeah yeah this this comes back to North so must be different yeah she I mean she that's why I asked her I'm like do you live she obviously went home cuz like I said I went all the way down and she she was I mean she was gone [Music] you guys after Megan was placed under arrest she was searched by Officer Johnson and her vehicle was towed officer Cooper transported Megan to the jail for further processing before she was taken inside officer Cooper was able to call her aunt who agreed to pick up Megan after they released her while they were waiting to escort her into the jail Megan told officer Cooper that she had the sisters who had also gotten doers I did everything you said and you arrested me yeah cuz you weren't based on my observations you're under the influence and you're not safe to drive I know but I did everything you said and you still arrested me yeah Megan so you don't live in anymore is that correct no no so what's what's that I grew up there gotcha what's that updated address now is that an apartment or is that a house no that's a house okay is that an up or down situation like no it's at home okay perfect yeah what's the good phone number for you got what's a good email address for you Meg it's gotcha now where are you currently working you want the address if you know it by chance um it's sorry being flaged down in lwood conre church on Detroit you just send unit no emergency so uh do you have a separate work fund that you answer at work or is usually just got yourself no it's okay what do you do it I got you I'm sorry it's okay A little concerned cuz cuz you were passed out like you were out out yeah I'm sorry I'm really sorry it's okay you don't have to apologize to me for anything it's not okay this is stupid I mean not stupid but you know this is so stupid what's going to happen to me so right now you're rest for OVI you're going to be taken back to the jail okay we have to do some paperwork and if someone can come pick you up they can come pick you up and you can go home tonight okay and then you'll get a court date and you just got to show up at court all right all right what does that mean for court what does that mean what do you mean what does it mean for court I mean what do I have to do for court like when I have to go to court what does that mean you have to show up to court because you were under arrest for I understand that but like what am I coming to court with you're going to court so that way you're can have a hearing for what happened for tonight for what yeah for yeah all right yeah it's a mandatory so you have to show up no I will show up but okay I just want to understand so I got to I got to read you something okay okay it's your Miranda Rights Okay okay2 so before we ask any questions you must understand your rights you have the right to remain silent anything you say can be used against you in court you have the right to talk to attorney for advice before we ask you any questions and have him or her with you during questioning if you cannot afford attorney one will be appointed for you before any questioning if you wish if you decide to answer any questions now without an attorney present you will have the right to stop answering any time you have the right to stop answering questions at any time until you talk to an attorney further you have the right to have an attorney present during any questioning do you understand your rights as I have read them to you I agreed hey if you want get B I'm with 72 right here hi call boyfri we we can do that back at the jail okay that sound good are you going to call him we can have it set up where you get call him okay okay what happens to my car as getting to like OA yeah to cuffers now I got to read you one more thing it's a waiver of Rights okay so I have read this statement of my rights and understand what my rights are I'm willing to make a statement Andor answer questions I do not want to have an attorney at this time I understand and know what I'm doing no promises or threats have been made to me and no pressure or coercion of any kind has been used against me so you're willing to answer questions right now disagree this okay that's fine okay I mean shouldn't I disagree to that it's it's your choice I can't tell you what to do I know tell me I I can't tell you what to do shouldn't I disagree to that you already said disagree so we're just going go with that cuz I can't tell you what to do you got to make a decision on your own so you already told me disagree we all right out yeah back the jail we can call your boyfriend okay to the jail yes we're going to the jail I'm going to jail yes that is correct wow all right where's your keys at Megan um I don't know wait maybe in my fanny back yeah key fob is in your fanny pack sure do I have that on me 72 traff sorry yes I do can I get the info on that play back trying to get my computer turned back on Megan where's your Avon on 2012 board may they check that I'm sure you know if you left it in the car somewhere got be a deal well it's in the car obviously well that's just what're trying to figure that out right now it's in the it has it has to be you're in the F pack 92000 23y old 540 blue how do you open your trunk um the button to the left when you're sitting in the passenger seat okay to the left there's a button the driver seat or passenger seat driver's seat okay okay oh my God there's that I'mma close your window now okay all right Kelsey you set a button to the left of the should be able to open it [Music] I'm going be twoy right up to the RTA 117 205 is going to follow me I'm just going to pull forward first 25 23 have that I'm 23 starting out 75 0.6 [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] right oh okay backing quick question yeah is there another phone number may we could call someone else maybe nearby my whole family is okay so literally my whole family is in no one you have any friends nearby yeah do you have to know um phone numbers do you have my phone yeah I do if it if you give me permission to go in yeah you can okay so you give me consent to go on your phone and find a phone number yes what's the report number 4068 468 what's your um um it's 8823 sorry 8823 okay okay and who who can I call in your contacts oh my God so can I ask you something what's up who am I calling like why am I calling someone you're calling some you want to be picked up tonight after we're all done yes okay so that's what we're calling we're calling to make sure that we can get someone up here that's sober to come pick you up and take you home oh my God so who's someone that we could call um all right we call my aunt okay what where do she live she you think she'll be able to come um she'll come for me okay if I call her yeah I'll give her a call right now I'll speaker she it's it's raining okay you think she'll be able to come though yep okay if she answer oh my God nobody's answering is there anyone else you can think of at the moment I have no one in my life is there a different do you want me what's your you want me to try to call your boyfriend from your phone maybe sure yeah what what's he going to be in your phone um it's babe it's okay wa follow you back so okay hello is this yes hi this is Officer Cooper with lakid Police Department right now okay so right now Megan is under arrest and I was wondering if you'd be able to come up to the station to pick her up when we're all done with all the paperwork sure okay do you know where we're at no I don't okay um if you sorry I was sleeping it's okay I'm sorry for waking you up no it's okay um you could just give me like an address what are you got so long since I've been we're on Detroit you're on Detroit between like where like like the we're at 12650 Detroit which if you go to Alam it's right across from Alam okay Detroit yep M all right thank you yep it might be a bit just you know because we got to do some paperwork but yeah if you come up as soon as possible that'd be great I appreciate it thank you okay all right thanks bye bye so something like we got coming up okay and right now we're just waiting on someone else right now in the jail okay and after that we'll be golden can you make one more phone call for what um I'm just a little bit disturbed that my boyfriend is not answering to me at all well to be fair we called him on my phone uhhuh yeah so um that that's probably one reason why oh I didn't call him from uh yours so he might not have a I'm sure yeah well I am sorry to waste your time tonight no don't be it is pouring out now right now it is you right you're really good at your job I'm good at my job well you led me on to believe that I was doing a great job what what do you mean by that yeah I did exactly what you said and then you arrested me after that's what you told me to do and then you arrested me so you're good at your job good for you you okay yeah I'm a little uncomfortable but it's fine okay probably deserve it what feels uncomfortable my arms behind my back oh okay well unfortunately that's it's fine okay I get it I'm good I'm not good but like I'm fine you know what's [ __ ] up what I have two sisters they live in they're from here mhm they equally between the two of them have we'll be five and six DUIs seriously they're very much like I I'm like oh my God how can you guys do this I've never I'm so stupid I'm just so stupid so is my aunt coming for me mhm yeah she's coming all the way from yeah that's where she lives yeah I feel bad I think it's very nice for her to do that it is so nice but well she picked up too which is good you know unfortunately we weren't able to reach anyone else right now but yeah my own boyfriend who I live with like where is he scared it's always family that you always lean back on all right so what's going to happen to me here so what's going to happen is we going to go in there we got a little bit more paperwork to do and stuff like that okay there's going be a little bit of stuff I got to explained to you okay and then from there we'll issue your citation everything and give you some other paperwork and you'll be good to go with your a if she's here and that's that can you give me like good behavior um right now you're just going to jail right now and hopefully being released tonight we don't really I don't make the decision on stuff like that plus that would that's a little I think that count more towards like prison but we're not we're just right now dealing with the arrest tonight if that makes any sense none it doesn't make sense yeah it does oh okay okay I was kidding I got you okay so I'm going to prison no we going to right now we're booking you in the jail oh we going to jail jail yeah we're going we're at the jail right now okay so then from there we'll worry about what's next like when she comes here am I going to be able to leave we'll be a to leave with her yeah okay yeah that's fine she get here do I have to like be with anybody else um if she gets here before that we won't have to be back there at all oh can you please try to not put me with anybody crazy I'm sorry what did you say I mean can you please try not to put me with anybody crazy because oh like I said like I said right now oh right now all that's happening yeah is um we just got to get you like I said if your aunt comes she's coming yeah we don't have to put you back there at all okay okay thank you so that's nothing for you to worry about okay thank you m and then what she'll take me home yeah and then how do I get my car so that'll be something you got to go to court for all right okay yep gotta so I'll have to go to court yes it's a mandatory court appearance okay so I'll get okay I just want to know all the steps so I know exactly what to do yeah like I said we'll explain more in a bit right now we're just focus on the step we're at sometimes it's a little easier that way you know just give you the information while we're going fine you know what I'm saying yep perfect thank you mhm [Music] H come after back no you're good that's all right buddy it's all right hey don't worry I didn't give him too much [ __ ] for you know it's funny what's funny you guys were called to marry arts in Lakewood okay okay one day yeah for that psychopath who was like whatever and I was standing outside smoking a cigarette and I talked to you and your partner was that you yeah I was say I remember being had gone one time yeah it's funny it's kind of funny you remember me from that I do because I remember you guys look very young ah I gotta I mean you guys were young you're young that is true I mean I'm young too but like you're young as a cop yeah anyway you were at that mards call it's funny you can not e okay Megan we're going to get back there okay what we're going to go back to the jail right now we got some stuff to do remember all right all right Jesus I mean here it doesn't say oh it does say has reopened yeah and we got her on the way come pick her up so she's coming from nor probably about 10 minutes before we got back here so like I said hopefully okay M we're going to go and step out now Megan agreed to submit breath samples for testing after the BMV 2255 form was read to her the intoxilizer machine was operated by Officer Alan crem and her results indicated a back of 0 point to 14% for