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 hi how you doing tonight Hi how are you a and Princeton police just say know I'm we a body camera recording your license registration Pro Insurance absolutely note the Princeton Police Department decided to blur her face before releasing this video it was not our decision around 1:00 a.m. on February 12th 2023 patrolman MC Dermot of the Princeton Police Department observed 2017 subar Drive the wrong way and hit the curb as the officer followed the vehicle he observed the vehicle being driven erratically so he proceeded to stop the vehicle the vehicle came to a stop on westcot Lane the driver 36-year-old Sasha Petman appeared to have slurred speech and did not realize why she was being stopped she told patroman mcdermit that she had left work at her restaurant earlier that evening and admitted to having consumed alcohol at The Alchemist and barer Restaurant and Pub and be afterwards thank you any idea why I'm stopping you um no would you mind telling you please sure couple different reasons so where I originally saw you Spring Street that's a one way Road you're going to the one wrong way down a one way I'm sorry I came out of the parking garage I was unaware I just started working at was one way okay all right so and then I'm falling behind you you went over the double yellow lines times he also hit the curb as you were making the turn onto Baran off for Paul Robison with that traffic light so a couple different things going on a couple times sorry I realiz okay no problem have you had anything to drink tonight I smell a little bit of alcohol coming from the car I had a single drink I came home from well rather I came from work to another bar I went to wither spoon grill for work and then I went to the amb how long were you at the amb let's see I left work at 10:00 uhhuh um and I must have left there within the last 5 minutes so two drinks within the last 3 hours okay you told me one drink originally now it's two how many how many drinks two total two total okay um do you have your registration card and a valid insurance card cuz this one's old give me one second yeah how long have you worked in town um I actually just started working here a month ago um I was staying home with my two kids I got you my parents live this way so I could pass my parents house see if my kids were there I'm sorry this one is for that's your registration okay perfect um is there any way I can pull my insurance up on my phone that that would be valid for you yeah that would work you had another card in there is that the good one or I think you had it earlier I'm not sure I don't think it was in these PHS no that's okay I just okay you had a couple dings on this did you hit anything or is this old oh that is old um I actually have someone coming to fix it um believe it or not a deer ran into my car cuz they waited and on Province Line Road and it happens all the time that is just a warrantee I'm sure I can pull my insurance up for you on my phone is that all you need just the insurance yeah go ahead and try pull that up for me all right everything's good with your license no issue there absolutely no problems whatsoever let me just get you the insurance okay just in the car I'll be right back and see I see alert [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] 64 D want stopping out here for 450 trucks re uh just location time on Westcott just off the be all right man' here's your registration card thank you um I'm trying to pull up just my insurance is it okay if I have it only on a uh like E Record yeah that's fine I told you as long as you have it on your phone that's fine but I'll tell you what for now why don't you put those forms down okay um so here's my concern of course you admitted having a couple alcoholic beverages okay I I smell the U of an alcoholic beverage coming from you you're the only person in the car right yep I'm not going to lie to you okay and I appreciate that I appreciate you being up front but obviously part of our job is DWI enforcement right so I want to make sure that you're okay all right and based on your operation and everything I you know and your admission to drinking I have a couple concerns how about this my parents live a block away on Westerly Road I only go to them is that AC hold on one second just hear me out here course so what's your highest level of Education I have a graduate degree I actually have three of them all right so what I'm going to do is I'm going to issue you a couple verbal tests just to check and make sure you're okay of course all right so you have a graduate degree I guess it'd be safe to say that you're familiar with the English alphabet right I would hope so so I would think so right I would really hope so what I want you to do is I want you to recite from the letter c to the letter T and then I want you to stop do you understand of course just slowly how whatever speed you're comfortable with C to T C to T yep C c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t very good all right so see to how You' be comfortable counting then too right of course so all right so what I want you to do is I want you to count backwards from 67 to 49 and then I want you to stop 67 66 65 64 63 it's okay pay attention 62 61 60 49 is the last yes 59 58 57 uh 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 okay all right so we're going to hang out for a minute all right I'm waiting on a supervisor to come out here once he gets out here I'm going to have you step out of the car we're going to do some uh physical tests they're called of course all right again not anything to worry about I just want to make sure you're okay to drive all right absolutely I run a restaurant I understand we we do the same thing okay um I'm just going to put my ha lights on is that you don't need them I have the emergency lights on it's okay I'll tell you what you can roll up the window stay warm for a minute I'll be right back thank you very much [Applause] [Music] [Applause] let 38 hours for [Applause] um so she came out the wrong way on Spring nice then following behind her making a couple wide turns over the double yellows and then she actually clipped the uh curb as she made the right turn off of Paul Robison okay so uh she admitted that she said she had two drinks but she said she's been at the a& B since she left work at 10 okay one right so 3 hours um issued her the verbals uh she didn't make any mistakes but speech is pretty slurred okay so and she's pretty slow and deliver it but I told her she could do it at whatever speed so okay [Applause] yes yes sir I'm just going to char license [Applause] [Applause] all right Sasha go ahead and uh step out of the car for me okay is it okay if I keep it running that's fine uh actually you know what for now why don't you turn it off cuz it's going to be a couple minutes no problem thank you I appreciate that you got shoes on and everything I do of okay since Sasha appeared to be Intoxicated The trolman mcdermit radioed for his supervisor to come on scene so that they could administer field sobriety tests Sergeant novice arrived shortly afterwards the first exercise involved the horizontal Gaye nystagmus hgn test during this test patroman McDermot observed a lack of smooth Pursuit distinct and sustained night stmas at maximum deviation and the onset of n stmas prior to 45° the second test involved reciting the alphabet and the third test involved counting backwards which she was able to complete satisfactorily the fourth exercise was the walk and turn test and Sasha did not seem to understand the officer's instructions and failed to adequately complete the test the final exercise was the one leg stand test and Sasha displayed a lack of balance during this exercise all right so I'm going to have you step right back to the back of the car here why don't you put those my keys please you can put them in your pocket that's fine okay all right I want you to stand with your back at the uh back of your car facing me okay all right so like I said you admitted to having a couple alcohol drinks tonight I smell it coming off you you didn't make mistakes on the test but your speech was pretty slurred so I just want to make sure you're good to drive of course you keep your hands out of your pockets it's okay just down by your side just tell do I got you all right so the first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to check your eyes okay before we begin do you have any issues or metal conditions for your eyes that I need to be aware of um so I want you to stand with your feet together arms on your side okay and I want you to stand just like that until tell you otherwise okay okay all right so like I said I'm going to be checking your eyes so you see I'm sorry GL wor no worries I do it all the time do you see the tip of my pen here yes I want you to follow the tip of my pen with your eyes and your eyes only okay do not move your head do you understand I do all right [Applause] try to keep your head still okay just a little bit longer okay MH [Music] all right last one keep looking at the pen okay mhm seems yourage for a second it's all right doing good okay all right all right so next thing we're going to do is we're going to do a couple basic balance and coordination tests all right um you're comfortable in those shoes I am yes I worked in them just always double check of course no worries uh do you have any like injuries or illnesses that affect your balance and coordination things like that good okay all right so I'm going to demonstrate and provide you with the instructions for all the tests I want you to listen carefully okay and follow exactly what I'm telling you to do do not begin any of the tests until I tell you to you understand I'm just gonna buckle my that's fine until it's chilly out I get it all right I'm ready okay all right so the first thing I'm going to do we're going to do the walking turn okay so I want you to put your right foot in front of your left foot standing Heel To Toe all right I want you to keep your arms St at your side and I want you to maintain that position we explain the rest of the test to you do you understand I do okay so when I tell you to begin mhm you're going to take nine steps forward on your ninth step n you're going to leave your front foot planted and you use a series of small steps with your opposite foot to turn and take nine Heel To Toe steps back so nine turn nine yeah all right and again I'm going to demonstrate okay so it's going to look some maintain that starting position for me okay so it's going to look something like this one two three for the purpose of the demonstration I'm only taking three steps you're going to be taking nine okay on the ninth step you're going to leave your front foot down use a series of small steps to turn and take nine heel toe steps back all right sure heel toe all the way turn heel toe two three again I'm only taking three you're going to be taking nine now while you're walking I want you to look down at your feet while you're walking touch Heel To Toe with the step count on your step out loud keep your arms down at your sides count nine turn count nine yes and do not stop until you've completed the test can you get back in that starting position for me please is this that starting position no the starting position then I explain to you okay so I'm starting with One Foot In Front correct okay you understood all the instructions one is first step or is that the first step I just want to make sure so you're going from the starting position right which is that right foot in front of the left foot touching heel to TA from there do you do you understand all the instructions I just want to make sure that my left foot stepping forward is step one yes and I explain all the and yes I do understand all the instructions okay all right go ahead and start one two 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 turn careful one 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 turn okay just back up against the court for me okay so the next T you okay okay all right if you want to stand new work shets I get it you said you were good though right you working them all night I am it's Valentine's weekend we're we're so if you can uh stand up off the car for me I want you to stand with your feet together I'm on your side and stand just like that while I explain the next test to you okay you understand I do okay do you mind if I my hands oh sorry I'll tell you no I'll tell you what it's okay stay warm all right sorry it's cold all right but when you're doing the test I'm going to have you take those hands out okay that's fine all right so the next thing we're going to do is the one leg stand okay when I tell you to begin you're going to raise either your right or your left foot whichever you're comfortable with approximately 6 in off the ground you're going to keep keep that foot parallel to the ground you're going to keep both legs like that so I promise you I'm going to explain everything exactly how I want you to do it if you just let me finish of course I okay I promise you're going to understand okay so like I said when I tell you to begin you're going to raise either your right or left leg whichever you're comfortable width approximately 6 in off the ground you're going to keep that foot parallel to the ground you're going to look down at the toe of the raised foot you're going to keep both legs straight and you're going to count out loud just like me all right I'll demonstrate 1001 1002 13 1004 1005 and as follows until I tell you to stop okay do you understand I do okay so first thing keep those hands out of those Pockets I want you to keep them down at your side for the entirety of the test okay okay you ready to go yes all right you can start 10001 1002 1003 keep that toe par4 there you go 1005 1006 1007 1008 my apologies 1009 go ahead and pick it up and keep trying of course 1001 do you mind if I do the other leg I apologize I'm I'm right legged I just chose the wrong L um no tell you what do me a favor can you just uh turn around place your hands behind your back for me please okay good thank you just the C do you have a like a purse and everything in the car that you want want me to grab for you I do yes than okay where uh where is it um passenger seat okay all right so I'm going to have you step back to my car back here okay okay you're okay you don't have to back up you can turn around okay just like this okay I'm going to walk right here all right do you have any way I can do it with my right leg as the dominant leg so there were you made several mistakes okay so again I told you you could do whichever raise whichever leg you chose I I I chose the wrong leg I apologize I got you well that wasn't the only factor that went understand I really do so you've been placed under arrest for dwir okay we have to go through a process that we do with everyone all right and then uh eventually hopefully within about an hour or two you'll be able to call a friend or a family member to come pick you up okay so it's not like you're going to spend the night in jail you understand I do is there any way I can be tested by a breathalyzer for that that's what we're going to do back at the station okay okay so I have to leave my car here yes so we'll have your car locked it it actually part I need to grab some stuff for my kids I will grab whatever you need out of there okay very reasonable School Stuff Etc I know you understand so I'm going to have you stand right here and then I have to search you like we do everyone else right do you have anything in your pockets that poke me or anything like that just maybe like a ticket for the parking here and that's it that's literally it and my jacket is the only Pockets that I have okay no it's this my keys um and the pants are just stocking so they have no pockets all right um so basic what's going to happen is we we are going to tell the car all right um do you have you don't have a house key or anything on here right okay no I live in a place where we don't need a house key okay all right that's good all right so I'm going to leave this right here F okay all right I'm going to have you step back this way from the yes yeah cuz I'm going to need to tell my husband and my my children so I need my phone in my first place that's where I'm going or I was to go so we're going to grabb your purse and what else um my phone if it is not in my Pur place okay I'm going to grab it right now okay and you'll immediately know if it's in my purse got thank you I'm going to have you walk around the back here turn just cuz I don't want you walking through Mulch and mud and all that stuff is there any way I can possibly redo this with the other foot come here come here come here I understand if it's not possible I no it's not so and like I said to be honest with you there's a phrase that we use it's called the to everything right so it wasn't just the one leg stand you made mistakes on the walkin turn your speech is slurred you smell like alcohol okay the operation in the vehicle was poor so it wasn't any yeah so here's what you're going to do you're going to sit sit up a little bit try to stay off your hands I left them sorry a little bit looser than we typically would okay so I have to reach across you to se all you in and make sure you're okay all right so if you can just lean back temporarily I know they're not comfortable but we live we no it's your job iy we're right around the corner okay I'm sorry I'm not trying to reach across here give me a second um yes [Applause] one more scoot your back back a little bit there you go there things are always easier with the light that's very true you okay I am thank you [Applause] yep thanks GE [Applause] sa s did you need anything other in your purse um as long as my phone is in my purse um I'll Chey that's it though right just your purse and your phone uh phone keys and that's it got your key well your keys keys are going to go with the car that's fine as long as they're together that's you won't lose anything you have phone that's the only other thing I worried about everything else said you'll be able to get your back in 12 hours okay so all right can you tell me where it's going to be we will as soon as we have like a list we have to go off of okay okay so we over next yep exactly okay no worries thank you yep person in the back yeah thanks I'll see if I yeah [Music] Oscar 64 93 going to be transporting one adult female back to headquarters starting my ledge 31120 point9 [Applause] he I give you the keys right yeah okay and door one please you can close it thank you you got a sec your stuff what's up it on the other side D you need the ticket number right yeah all right all right Sasha get you out of there all right so swing out this way for me just watch your step watch your head short I know I'm thank you no worries all right just tell me where I'm going yep I got you I'm going to have you step around the back here okay okay and you got a big step here so be careful don't worry watch yourself watch the bike too put a lot of obstacles in what all right we're going to have you sit on the first stool in here okay so just to kind of explain sorry I don't don't wor so just to kind of explain what's going to happen from here uhhuh so we have to do a 20 minute period where we watch you that's why your hands have to kind of stay behind your back policy uh with driving while intoxicated cases okay I'm sorry I still last end you said it was policy it's it's policy for DWI cases okay so you stay with your hands behind your back I know it's a little uncomfortable but hopefully 20 minutes or so then we'll go in that's it's called the Ala test all right that's the machine you're referring to we'll do the process with that and then uh at that point hopefully we'll be done with everything on our end and you can call a family member or a friend to come pick you up okay so that's why I said about an hour so give her take for my car what do I do to that we will give you all that information we'll know who who has it and we'll make sure you have everything you need to get it back so go to a dealership or a body shop or some can pick it up from yep exactly okay as long as it's easily accessible I really don't mind work based on her earlier traffic infractions erratic driving patterns and her inability to perform all the field sobriety exercises Sasha was arrested for driving Under the Influence she was transported to Princeton police HQ where she agreed to take a breathalizer test her Alco test results indicated a back of 0.16% which is double the legal limit after Sasha was processed at police HQ she was released to her husband he signed the potential shared lightly warning form on her behalf she was issued the following summonses driving while intoxicated reckless driving careless driving failure to keep right and driving the wrong way on a oneway street it is it is and most of them they're all local so okay wonderful you want me to call your husband and start getting them Fe or no my two kids are home he cannot leave them so um if I need it's going to be my parents but I don't want to call them yet cuz they're 75 so I want to wait until they need to come and they live perfect guys doing the but I don't want to wait time