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She feels a little a little boozy, which is why she was driving as fast as she was. >> Just want to get home and check. >> You want you want to talk to you? Medics are on the way. So, I should go talk to you. >> Around 1:33 a.m. on January 9th, 2024. Corporal Gonzalez with the Tampa Police Department observed a black 2021 Audi speeding about 60 mph down a city street in the vicinity. He initiated a traffic stop and the driver pulled over in the vicinity of Enamp Street and E Kennedy Boulevard. This was in front of Likes Gas Light Square Park. Corporal Gonzalez made contact with the driver who was identified as 24year-old Tatiana Vera. So, uh, >> yep. Uh, speeding really fast. Uh, 60 mph and 50 down this road. Uh, failing to maintain a single lane weaving and just like smell. >> Yeah. Odor, bloodshot, water. >> Mhm. >> Tatiana. >> Yeah. >> That's how you say it. Okay. So, uh, when did you get diagnosed with diabetes? >> Oh, when I was 11. when you're 11. >> It's a genetic thing. >> It's a what? >> A genotic thing. Oh, >> okay. >> Yeah, my grandpa had it. >> Um, how often you take insulin? >> Like five times a day. >> Oh, five times a day. >> Yeah, if I eat. Oh, >> okay. Um, how you been insulin? Since you were 11? >> Mhm. >> Okay. Um, you don't know if you're high or low right now? >> Feels more high. Feels more high than low. >> Okay. Uh, where are you coming from? >> Okay. Where's your friend? >> She lives in um High Park. >> Oh, okay. High Park. >> Mhm. >> Uh, which way did you get here? Do you remember? >> This street. >> Okay. >> I don't know my roads. I've lived here all life. I've been road I've been racing. >> Yeah. Okay. Um, and uh, you were just at your friend's house. Do you guys go anywhere? >> You can go anywhere. >> Okay. Look pretty nice to be I don't get that dressed up to go to my friend's house. >> I'm in a gym jumpsuit. >> No. >> Come on. >> Oh, you wear that to the gym? >> Yes. >> Okay. Uh, >> I don't go out like this with no makeup, I'll tell you that. >> Um, how long were you at your friend's house? You okay? >> Yes, of course. Like 2 hours >> for 2 hours. Then you you didn't eat anything? >> I haven't ate since like 9:00 in the morning. >> Since 9:00 a.m. >> I'm an irresponsible diabetic. This is my first time. >> Okay. Um, have you drank anything? >> Since Since when? >> Like 4 days ago. Oh, you haven't drank anything for 4 days. Okay. Like water or you trick >> question? >> No. >> That was without food and water since I thought you were talking about alcohol. But um >> Oh, you thought I was talking about alcohol. >> Yeah, of course. >> Why, of course. As officer Gonzalez was speaking with her, he detected the odor of alcohol and observed indicators of impairment. Officer David Fu was then called to the scene to initiate a DUI investigation. She told the officer Fu that she was coming from her friend's place earlier that evening. Based on his suspicion of impairment, Tatiana was asked to perform field sobriety exercises. >> Come on, guys. Really? >> You think I don't I haven't drink water. >> I That's why I'm asking you to make sure you're okay. You're telling me you have a medical episode. >> Um >> I mean I don't drink juice or any type of carbonated sodas. I can't. I'm a diabetic. >> Okay. >> You check my prayer. I have insulin. >> No, I I believe you. Uh when's the last time you checked your blood sugar? >> I don't check my blood sugar >> ever. >> No. >> Okay. >> I'm very irresponsible. You can call my [ __ ] mom. I'm not going to lie. >> When's the last time you took insulin? >> You don't check insulin. >> When's the last time you took insulin? >> Maybe like 9:00 in the morning. >> 9:00 in the morning. Okay. >> Cuz I haven't ate since then. So, why do I need it? >> I was just wondering. That's I'm asking. Uh, there's a 10:30 coming. >> Yeah. Start venting. Oh. Um, so, uh, real quick, I just want to check your eyes, make sure you're good to be driving. Okay. >> Uh, can can you kill your phone? >> Um, here. Let's go to like where it's more smooth, of course. >> Okay. So, with your feet together and your hands by your side, do you wear glasses or contacts? >> No, but I need them. >> But you need my uh terrible contact. >> Um, do you have any uh other medical issues with your eyes? Officer Fu started with the horizontal gaze nestagmas HGN test. During the HGN test, Officer Fu observed 66 indicators of impairment and vertical nestagmas. The second exercise was the walk and turn test. During the walk and turn test, Tatiana did not touch heel to toe on each step, turned improperly, and took an incorrect number of steps. The final exercise was the one leg stand test and Tatiana failed to raise her foot in the proper fashion. >> Do you see a uh doctor or a dentist regularly for anything other than checkups or your diabetes? >> No, I need to. >> Okay. Any prescription medication besides insulin? >> Uh do you have any like injuries or recent injuries or disabilities or >> No. Okay. You have that. Do you have epilepsy? Not that I know of. >> I'm sorry. >> Not that I know of. >> Have you ever been diagnosed with epilepsy? >> No. >> Okay. >> Uh, so with your feet together, just like that, and then your hands by your side, you see the tip of my pen. >> What color is it? >> Red. >> So, what I want you to do is I want you to follow this red light with your eyes. I'm going to move it back and forth several times. I want you to follow it with your eyes without moving your head. Correct. >> Okay. So, keeping your hands by your side and your feet together. Okay. Heat up here. Heat up here. How long you going to do this for? >> Couple more times. >> Yeah. Oh, the last one. Keep keep your head still. Just got to keep looking out. Okay. So, >> these medic these guys are here to check you out. Make sure you're okay. >> Thank you. I appreciate it. 66. Okay. All right. As soon as they're done, you can pick it back up. Oh, your address here. Uh, you got address on your license current? I'm so sorry for speaking. I just really want I mean, >> we have to treat it. >> Yeah. All right. All right. We appreciate you guys. Thank you. Okay. Come on over here, Todd. Let me talk to just behind his car. Uh honestly, if you want to step there so you don't step in the water. Like there's a little space over here if you can step. I don't want you to step in a puddle. We're going to go right aggressive. >> No, no, no. >> I just want to talk to you behind this car. >> Right over here. >> Okay. So, the next exercise we do, it's a walk and turn. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, see the straight white line. Uh, so facing that way. What I want you to do is I want you to put your left foot on that line. >> So, are you comfortable in those sandals? >> Or, uh, if you want to do it barefoot, I'm okay with that, too. Whatever makes you more comfortable. >> I'm fine with this. >> You're fine like this. Okay. So, very under pressure, but >> Okay. So, your left foot on that line, then your right foot in front of your left foot touching heel to toe. >> Okay. >> Uh, so your right foot in front of your left foot touching heel to toe, hands by your side. Uh, here hold your phone. I don't want you to drop it. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I'll put I'm going to put right on top of this card. Good work. So, hands by your side. So, I want you to stay just like this. I'm going to explain the entire exercise, and I want you to move or start until I tell you. Okay? So, when I tell you to start, what you're going to do is you're going to take nine heel to toe steps down this line. You're going to Then you're going to do a turn. I'll demonstrate how to do it. Then, you're going to take nine heel to toe steps back the entire time. >> Back and forward. >> Yeah, I'll demonstrate it. >> I'm like already wobbling now. You like >> Well, I'll demonstrate it for you. So the entire time you're going to keep your hands by your side. >> Nervous, but like you guys are making me nervous as well. I already moved my shoulders this time. >> So the entire time you're going to keep your hands by your side. You're going to look at your feet as you walk and you're going to count each step out loud. And when you start walking, you don't stop until you've completed the exercise. >> You said nine. >> Nine. I'll demonstrate it for you. >> You don't need to demonstrate. >> No. No. I'm going to demonstrate it for you. You're going to go 1 2 3 so on so forth till you reach nine. When you reach nine, your front foot stays planted. Your back foot comes off the line with a series of small steps. You turn around and then you take nine steps the exact same way. 1 2 3 so on so forth until you get to nine. Okay. Do you have any questions about the exercise? >> Okay. Hang on. Hang on. Okay. You don't have any questions? You understand it? >> Okay. You You understand the exercise? >> Hello? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. I can't hear you. So, okay. If you don't have any questions and you can begin. So, hands by your side. Okay. So, come over here for me. So, with your hands by your side and feet together, facing my car. >> Oh my god. Stop. But the next exercise we do it's a one leg stand. >> Okay. So with your feet together, I'm put you in a starting position just like you did for the last >> want to arrest me, huh? >> So this is our third test. >> That's why. Yep. That's This is the standard field exercises. >> Okay. What's the next one? >> So stand right here for me like right in front of me facing my car. >> Okay. Yep. Just facing my car. >> Okay. >> With your feet together and your hands by your side. I want you to stand just like that. I'm going to explain the entire exercise and I don't want you to move or start until I tell you to begin. Okay. >> Okay. Yes. >> Yeah. This is just >> Okay. So, when I tell you to begin, what you're going to do is you're going to pick a foot. It doesn't matter which foot, your left foot or your right foot. You're going to raise it 6 in off the ground. It's about the height of a Coke can. You're going to keep your foot parallel to the ground. Okay? Okay. So, your toes is not pointed down. It's not pointed up. Your foot is parallel to the ground. You're going to have both legs straight with your hands by your side. You're going to look at whatever foot you have raised and you're going to count out loud. 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10002 That's so I don't even have balance like that. >> Uh I'm I'll demonstrate it for you. Okay? And you keep counting until I tell you to stop. >> I don't even know how to ride a bike. So like that's [ __ ] up. >> Okay. Um so I'll demonstrate it for you. Watch them. Okay. 100,00 1,002 1003 1004 1005 so on so forth till I tell you to stop. Hands by your side looking at your raised foot. Your foot's parallel to the ground. Both legs straight. Okay. Do you have any questions about the exercise? >> No. >> Okay. Okay. If you don't have any questions, you can begin. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 count >> until I tell you to stop. >> Sorry. 13. 14 15 16 17 18 >> Okay. Okay, you can stop. So, uh, do me a favor real quick. >> Based on her erratic driving, her indicators of impairment, the odor of alcohol, and her inability to adequately perform the field sobriety exercises, Tatiana was placed under arrest for driving under the influence. >> Put your hands behind your back. I'll explain the >> Are you serious? >> Yeah. Hang on one second. >> Are you serious? >> Hey, stop pulling away. >> Don't get Don't get in any more trouble. What? >> Okay. So, you under arrest for DUI. Okay. >> For what though? >> For for DUI. >> Um, you're definitely impaired. Hang on. Relax. I need you to rise your hands. 62 one time. Oh man, this is falling off. I don't I don't want to lose it. >> What? I don't want it to I don't want you to lose it. We got a rock change cuz you have really really small. >> Are you guys serious? It's like I go to school and I pay for my own tuition. I pay for that score, too. >> Stop. Stop moving around. >> Somebody hands. What school you go to? >> Criminal College. >> Okay. This time my car. >> Can I call my mom? >> When you jail, they'll allow you to make a phone call. All right, let's see here. Just watch your head as you go. Heat. Heat. That's her. >> I can I can >> It'll go It'll go with her. >> Okay. So, >> you just grabbing your stuff? >> Yeah. I'm just grabbing. >> You have that bracelet? >> It's on top of your car. >> This is my Look at that. I can't recommen you to drive the car. Good thing you have a phone. Her phone. >> Not yet. You know where her phone's at? >> You guys know where her phone's at? >> Oh. Oh, it's on it's on your trunk. >> I forgot she had in her hand. Okay. You all good, sir? >> Yeah, good. >> Okay. Thank you. What's up? >> Oh, couple. Oh, man. I He's got the keys. You got the key. >> Who's what? >> What? >> Oh, those are just passengers. Nothing crazy. Same. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. My car. There we go. Well, I'm going to take the uh Well, here you want to just do the whole person. That's the perfect take. We lost something up there. All right. >> Oh. You don't get vre cuz she has med. She has like insulin in here. >> I think I think they have to take it at least. So same. All right. Try this again. There's no jewelry. All right. 682 10:35 adult female CBT beginning 140 617 I'm just going to get my lawyers involved, right? >> What's that? >> Am I in one of my lawyers involved? Uh what? >> When you go to court? Sure. >> What? >> Yes. Like not right now, but when >> Where's my car going? >> So, your car has to get towed. >> So, um how's it going to get out of jail? So, when you're arrested for DUI in the state of Florida, you have to stay in jail for 8 hours as a sobering up period. >> I'm sorry. >> Uh, so in in Florida, when you're arrested for DUI, you have to spend 8 hours in jail as like a sobering up period. >> That can't build out >> for Well, you can after 8 hours. >> That's true. Okay, Tiana, can you hear me? >> Yeah. >> So, whenever we go in here, I'm going to ask that you provide a sample of your breath. Is that something you're willing to do? >> No. >> Okay. I just got to read this to you. All right. Okay. I am officer F of the Tampa Police Department and I am now requesting that you submit to a lawful test of your breath for the purpose of determining its alcohol content. If you refuse to take the test I have requested of you, your driving privilege will be suspended for a period of 1 year for first refusal or 18 months if your driving privilege has been previously suspended. Or if you've been previously fined under Florida statute 32735215 for refusing to submit to a lawful test of your breath, urine or blood. Additionally, if you refuse to take the test I have requested of you and if your driving privilege has been previously suspended or if you've been previously fined under for statute 32735215 for a refusal to submit to a lawful test of your breath, urine or blood, you will be committing a misdemeanor in addition to any other penalties which can be imposed by law. Refusing to submit to testing is admissible as evidence in a criminal proceeding. Do you understand what I just read to you? >> Yes, I do. Um, I just don't understand. How long is a misdemeanor? >> Uh, well, um, it's, uh, a misdemeanor technically is just classified as any, uh, any criminal. So, it's a, have you ever been arrested for DUI before? >> I've never been arrested, period. >> Okay. So, what that mean, a misdemeanor is anything punishable by less than a year in jail. But what that means, what's that is saying is if you have refused in the past, your second refusal refused. >> Okay? So your second one would be a a misdemeanor. So if you've never >> refused, >> that's what I'm saying. If you have never refused, then that wouldn't apply. That part of it wouldn't apply to you. The rest would license suspended for >> But would it be in jail for a long time if I have my lawyer involved? >> Okay. Well, >> here. Hang on. Let me uh let me read this to you since you ever come out an attorney. Your right to remain silent. >> Cool. Okay. Your right to remain silent has nothing to do with taking the approved chemical test for the purpose of determining the alcohol and or drug content of your blood. Also, your right to have a lawyer present before you make any statement and during any questioning has nothing to do with approved chemical tests for the purpose of determining the alcohol and or drug content of your blood. Your right not to answer any questions has nothing to do with approved chemical tests. Um, so are you still refusing to take the breath test with all that in mind? >> I mean like what is the different like consequences? >> Okay. So if you refuse your license will be suspended for a year. If your license has previously been suspended then then that's 18 months. um your and it can be used against you in court if you've been previously refused for a year even if I'm flying >> if you refuse. Yes. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. I can't get up. >> What's that? I don't know if I make up to take a right. Tatiana was transported by officer Fu to the Hillsbor County Sheriff's Office for further processing. At the jail, she refused to submit to a breath test. She was charged with a DUI316.1931A and eventually released on a $500 bond pending her court appearance. Put it right to this door.