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Point Pleasant Police Department observed the driver of a black 2021 niece on Rogue cross over the double yellow lines on Route 88 while headed Eastbound in the vicinity of Herbertsville Road as he began following the vehicle he noticed that the vehicle crossed the double yellow line again near benedi Street before stopping past the line at a red light and making an erratic left turn onto Bay Avenue Northbound he initiated a traffic stop on Bay Avenue northbound near the 900 block after the vehicle pulled over he officer Copa then made contact with the driver to ask for her documents and she was identified as Rebecca there you thank you and you have registration yep 12 with there you go thank you all right so the insurance is good that one's good till 25 the insurance changed as of literally today is this not the current one no that's the current one it sa me like $37 per month gotcha well I'm saying it expires in 2025 so you're good yes yes we're good as a 71 okay yeah you I you said it expires in what 2 215 a.m. it my old policy expires 74 okay all right where you guys heading off to I'm trying to drop him off and then go home okay and were you picking him up somewhere or Idle Hour yes picked them up at the Idle Hour okay were you over there yourself or you just you just picked them up no he called me said I need a ride okay and where were you coming from my house Rebecca told officer copello that she was coming from the idol R restaurant and bar 2,600 Route 88 after picking up her passenger and that she was headed home as he was speaking with Rebecca he detected the odor of alcohol and observed other indicators of impairment around this time officer Matthew Ayo arrived on scene to assist when she was asked how much she had to drink Rebecca initially denied consuming any alcohol before subsequently admitting to consuming some earlier officer Copa asked Rebecca to recite the alphabet from D to T and then count backwards from 33 to 13 she recited the alphabet correctly but counted back to 11 instead of 13 based on his suspicion of impairment Rebecca was asked to exit the vehicle and perform field sobriety exercises pulled you over you were swerving a little bit oh all right uh have you been drinking today at all I have not no no no alcohol tonight I have my legs waxed and that's it okay all right um you know when you passed me on 88 you were over the center line and crossed it a few more times when I was behind you you know when you stopped at 88 at Bay Bay Avenue you were pretty far in front of the stop line you know obviously it's late at night got a lot of intoxicated drivers out there you sure you haven't had anything to drink tonight I had some to drink at like 5:50 p.m. or at 1:50 p.m. or a.m. okay and what' you have to drink I had a beer at that time okay just one beer yes nothing more okay um so so I feel safe for you driving I want you to get safe I want going on the road to be safe I'm just going to have you do a couple verbal tests okay okay what's your highest level education I technically am a high school graduate but I did technical school after that okay so you know how to reinw write the English language the alphabet you know how to count okay so for this first one what I want you to do I want you to recite the alphabet from d as in dog to t as in Tom without singing it do you understand that yeah okay you can do that d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t okay and now I'm just going to have you count backwards from 33 to 13 do you understand that yes okay you can do that 33 am I alled do that or no yeah start at 33 and 13 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 15 13 12 11 Okay so are you sure it was just the one beer at 5:50 p.m. yeah okay cuz you're you're slurring your words a little bit um you didn't stop where I told you to stop at 13 yeah you kept going till 11: all right so what I'm going to do I'm just going to have you step out the car real quick okay the first exercise was the horizontal gaze nagus hgn test during the hgn test officer copella observed the lack of smooth Pursuit distinct and sustained nystagmus at maximum deviation and the onset of nystagmus prior to 45° he did not observe vertical nagus the second exercise was the one leg stand test and Rebecca failed to raise her foot in the proper fashion and put her foot down before the test was complete the final exercise was the walk and turn test during the walk and turn test Rebecca failed to touch Heel To Toe on each step did not count a allowed and took an incorrect number of steps one out for testing all right I'm just going to have you stand right behind your car okay all right three I'll be out with that's good right there just take a half a step to your left just don't want you to be too close to the shoulder all right so um just going to run you through a few tests like I said I want you to be safe out there driving I want everyone else to be safe out there driving you know uh when I was talking to you like I said a little bit of slurring you know I know you said you have one but you I want to make sure you're okay um you have any issues with your [Music] eyeses I have I I do have glasses and prescription contacts okay other than the prescription any other issues okay so he's going to turn these lights off they're a little bright all right what I want you to do do me a favor just stand with your feet together and your hands down by your side just like that okay just stay like that while I do these next couple tests so do you see the tip of my pen yeah can you touch it okay you can put your hand down are we yeah you can put it down you're fine all right so what I want you to do I want you to follow the tip of my pen M with your eyes and your eyes only don't move your head okay so I'm going to move it you're going to keep your head perfectly straight and you're just going to look at the tip of your pen with tip of the pen with your eyes okay okay all right keep keep your head [Music] straight for for [Music] hey Del coming [Music] all right keep looking at the [Music] only okay so uh do you have any issues with your balance any injuries glasses I wear contact okay anything as far as like you know being able to lift the leg walk in a straight line okay um and you haven't taken any drugs today any prescription non prescription okay I can show you all the prescription drugs I'm on all right so I'm just going to run you through a few more tests okay so for these tests I'm going to explain everything all right I'm going to demonstrate everything if you have any questions ask me all right and don't start anything until I tell you to start okay okay okay do you understand that all right so while I explain the test I'm going to have you stand just like that that's perfect Fe together hands down by your side all right so for this test you're going to raise one foot of your choice approximately 6 in off the ground with your toe pointed outwards so your foot's going to be parallel to the ground okay you're going to keep your legs straight so don't bend your knee okay with your foot out you're going to look down at your toe and you're going to count 1 1,000 2 1,000 3 1,000 4 1,000 you're going to keep going until I to stop okay do you understand that y all right so you're going to keep your hands down by your side the whole time like I said foot out straight while you're looking down at your toe you're going to count 1 1,000 2 1,000 just like that okay all right no questions no questions no okay you're good to go keep going 1 you got to lift your foot if you can 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 are you able to lift your foot above the ground yeah so I'll I'll explain it one more time okay so with your feet together hands down by your side all right you're going to lift one foot of your choice approximately 6 in off of the ground so off the ground like this toe pointed out leg straight while looking down at your toe you're going to count 1 1,000 2 1,000 3 1,000 4 1,000 you're going to keep going till I tell you to stop okay you understand yeah okay you can start keep going 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1,00 6 1,00 7 1,00 8 1,00 9 1,00 okay so for this next test what I want you to do I'm going to have you stand with your right foot in front of your left foot heel to toe hands down by your side you can do that now yep just like I am okay so you're going to stay in this position while I explain the test same as before I'm going to explain it I'm going to demonstrate it I'll give you an opportunity to ask questions and then I'll tell you to start all right don't start until I tell you okay all right so for this test I'm just going to turn this way see with your right foot in front of your left and your hands down by your side you're going to take nine Heel To Toe steps in a straight line counting each step out loud one 2 3 4 five all the way to nine on your ninth step you're going to keep your front foot planted take a series of pivot steps turning around like such and you're going to take nine more steps back to your starting position in a straight line counting each one I last okay two three four 5 all the way to nine you understand that all right so like I said right foot in front of your left hands down by your side you can start like that okay let's let's get let's get your right foot in front of your left first and then we'll start so you stand how I am yep can I do a Barefoot or if you want to do Barefoot absolutely all right so we'll just take a quick pause real quick we'll reset all right so what I want you to do right foot in front of your left Heel To Toe hands down by your side all right do you want me to explain the test again okay eight steps or n steps I'll explain it one more time so while I explain it if you can right foot in front of you left heel the toe are you able to stand like that all right so I'm going to turn this way so you can see a little better all right hands down by your side you're going to take nine Heel To Toe steps in a straight line counting each step out loud one 2 3 four 5 all the way to nine on your ninth step you're going to keep your front foot planted take a series of pivot steps you're going to take nine return steps back to your starting position one two three four all the way to nine all right any questions all right you can start okay all right so obviously i' asked you before how much you drank today um when I talked to you you said you had the one beer at 5:00 55 I think we both know that's probably not what going on picking him up because said him up well regardless based off my observations everything that I've seen today unfortunately going to be too impaired to be driving based on her erratic driving the odor of alcohol her admission to consuming alcohol before driving and her inability to adequately complete the field sobriety EX exercises patrolman Mao placed Rebecca under arrest for driving Under the Influence her vehicle was impounded by JC and daughters Towing for a mandatory 12-hour hold under John's law she was transported to the hwat Kong Police Department for further processing so you're going to be arrested for grab W toxic all right so just do me favor turn around put your hands behind your back sorry you just loosen up a little bit this uh gentleman in the car does he need to ride anywhere um probably yeah because I was supposed to be figure it out all right take care of for it headquarters sorry I'm sorry did you say stand by yeah sir I me light P down you don't have anything in your pockets it's going to hurt me anything like that no everything in do you need anything wallet phone my phone is in my car okay all right we'll get your wallet we'll get your phone you throw your shoes back on all good can you s me police info we're just going to walk this way back to my vehic can I getu out of my we'll take care of it for you just going to walk this way you just want your phone ma'am uh my bone my purse I don't 12 course female 41 all right man just so you know everything in the car is going to be audio and Visually recorded okay all right he's just going to reach over I'm going to reach over we put the seat belt on hey Matt [Music] all right anything else in the car you're going to need do you need a house keys off your key ring my key ring has my car keys my house okay so your vehicle is going to be impounded that's a state law all right we do that anytime anyone gets arrested for driving while intoxicated right so we'll leave the car key with the car and then we'll take the rest the keys off the ring okay all [Music] right where you guys at where's that in okay um do you have someone no nobody no friends family swing by pick you up what's [Music] that okay yeah all good [Music] four headquarters coming 103 female 41 starting mileage 90824 [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] four [Music] quarters sally port ending 9826 all right just give me one moment I'll get get you out of the car get the handcuffs off [Music] you closet [Music] [Music] all right man you can step up just going to walk around the rear keep going straight through that door [Music] right straight through that doorway all right that's fine there you just stay there a [Music] minute I'm going take the handcuffs off just listen up a little bit all right man you can have [Music] seat for [Music] [Music] [Music] all right ma'am so I just have some paperwork I have to get through um so first I'm just going to read you your rights you have the right to remain silent and not answer any questions any statement or confession must be freely and voluntarily given you have the right to talk to an attorney or lawyer of your choice or anyone else prior to making any statements if you are without funds you were entitled to a court appointed attorney if at any time during this interview you do not wish to answer any questions you are privileged to remain silent I can make no threats or promises to induce you to make a statement this must be of your own free will any statement can be and will be used against you in a court of law do you understand all right so I don't know if you ever been in this situation before so just so you know this is all traffic it's not criminal so even though you were arrested for driving ball intoxicated it's not a criminal offense it's just a traffic offense um generally takes about 2 hours and then you get a ride home and you know then go to court it's about it but as far as staying the night or going to jail that's not how this works do you have anybody who would be able to come pick you up in about an hour or two someone sober okay that's the only thing in New Jersey when anyone gets arrested for driving while intoxicated we have to tow your vehicle and we have to make sure you get a ride out of here by some somebody that you know that's the only two things all right so right now I'm just going to read you the standard statement for motor vehicle operators you've been arrested for driving one intoxicated njsa 39450 the law requires you to submit samples of your breath for the purpose of testing to determine alcohol content a record of the taking of the breath samples including the test results will be made upon your request a copy of that record will be made available to you after you've provided samples of your breath for testing you have the right at your own expense to have a person or physician of your own selection take independent samples of your breath blood or urine for independent testing if you refuse to provide samples of your breath you will be issued a separate summons for the refusal any Court a court may find you guilty of both refusal and driving well intoxicated if a court finds you guilty of the refusal you'll be subject to various penalties including license revocation up to 20 years a fine of up to $2,000 installation of an initi interlock and referral to an intoxicated driver Resource Center these penalties may be in addition to penalties imposed by the court for any other offense of which you were found guilty you have no legal right to have an attorney physician or anyone else present for the purpose of taking the breath sample you have no legal right to refuse to give or delay giving samples of your breath any response from you that is ambiguous or conditional in any respect to my requests that you provide breath samples will be treated as a refusal to submit to breath testing even if you agree to take the test but then not follow my instructions to not properly perform the test or to not provide sufficient breath samples I will charge you with the refusal to submit to breath testing I repeat the law requires you to submit samples of your breath for testing will you submit the samples of your breath yes I I just need like a okay four quarters start 20 minute so this machine takes a little bit to warm up once we do that like I said probably an hour hour and a half maybe and then we'll call get a ride and then we'll get you out of here all right 3 to 12 your to will be there shortly just pass [Music] me thank you sh yeah [Music] is all right man has more questions I have to ask uh what do you do for work I'm my office manager doctor's office are you sick no are you under the care of a doctor I don't provider you know the last time you saw them um are you taking any medicine yes uh what are they and what are they for say one more time and that's for allergies 10 yes for allergies anything else and what's that for anything else passy and what else got over and what's that for okay anything else okay do you have diabetes no so no insulin no are you injured no and what kind of alcohol did you drink todaya anything else no and about how many one to two and where was that three the headquarters I'm checking buters um MJ I MJS that's down in bath brick Oh brick okay and you know about how much time in between each drink I got to SJ at 10 p.m. I left Idle Hour at 1 p.m. I was contacted by a friend at 1100 p.m. to pick them up from M hour that's where I was okay and do you know about how much time in between your drinks would you say if you were a guess to two hours okay and when's the last time you ate uh 6:30 p.m. and what was that an AM PR okay for [Music] and you're still over it yes okay and what's a good phone number for you okay my in my car we're going to get that for you we're going to get your phone and your purse and your house keys for for for for for for for d is clear I'll be coming evidence [Music] hey it's also going country for for I for St is [Music] yeah I know I know is there anyone in the building [Music] yeah no rush yeah when someone's uh available to come in here when the 4 minutes is up I just got to take my stuff off thank [Music] you [Music] for for [Music] I get my phone back anything yeah yeah of course yeah your personal property another officer is bringing it in right now when you're released you'll get all your items back the only thing is you won't be able to get to your vehicle until 2:00 p.m. today so we hold it for 12 hours but yeah your your phone your wallet your purse all that we have that for you holiday doesn't affect that at all that is a good question that is a good question our toe guy is local so they it go to so right now it's at uh tow by us it's a local yard on Bay Avenue not far from where I stopped you um he is a local guy he may be able to help you out being that it's a holiday weekend um that that's a good question I'm sorry I don't have that information for you but uh give us a call in the in the afternoon um you know like I said 2:00 you'll be able to get it but give us a call maybe like noon and ask them about it and they might be able to help you okay all right hey he got to download everything what' you get there other than the uh saw the tier Sixers in the back uh those were yeah I thought so hello thank you you just notate something else uh bu okay [Music] anybody cam operation of Alat test yeah we got your Pur we got everything I'll get that back to you when you're uh when you're out of here you said you K the number you don't need to look it up okay they're not okay um you can come up here you can use the phone where way so you're at The Point Pleasant burrow Police Department on Bridge Avenue uh what's the phone number Pleasant please yeah Point Pleasant burrow the number just try [Music] again hey sorry make sure right M good yeah oh yeah hang on appreciate it tell her before I up I'm out shut up great they on we'll see if I who' you call my parents parents okay you think they're coming or I don't know they're prob all right let say if you want we can wait and see or if you want we can call somebody else if you think they're coming we'll wait as soon as you get a ride that's as soon as you get out of here um can I try to call them back again sure why not hi you hung up on me or is somebody is somebody going to come get me out okay bye come get me okay that's all I got it sorry no you're fine all right you can have a [Music] seat just give me one sec hey so I'm going to ask her about the uh pills that you found um she I was telling him she's got like three prescriptions for various things okay so I guess we'll see if she produces a prescription or whatever right and we can always have to charge it today that's the way they've been doing it right like even if not will send it out make sure verify that that's what it is have to assume yeah then charge her up the result cool I'm just going to grab real quick [Music] mhm [Music] okay all right so Rebeca I just have a little bit more paperwork I got to do and while we're waiting um I'm just going to ask you couple more questions we found these in your purse these pills is that what they are yep I have a okay I have I don't know what else is in there but I have for okay so that's is it different from the yes they're separate I take as needed okay so it looks like there's two or five all right so which one's which the white guys or the Xanax or the honestly I think the point the MP9 is the and the white pill or the Zanax okay okay I [Music] need and I'm sorry how do you spell that do you know okay 40 Mig one tablet by mouth okay and the other one Xanax you said Xanax I have two prescriptions 25 and 5 as needed okay sorry you said 0.25 and point five 0 5 all right so it shouldn't be an issue there's nothing really prohibiting I mean I'll look into it but the Xanax um we're going to hang on to this for now um I'm going to give you my email address all right I'll have you email me your prescription it's totally ail email Walgreens on yeah whenever you can yeah just so you know I mean if you have a prescription all good two prescriptions based on an needed that's fine yeah um if you don't have a prescription may may run into some issues but if you got one I have two prescriptions perfect fantastic so just get that over to me whenever you can it's just as needed B yeah yeah you know whenever we have pills loose without a prescription we have to go this route um so I'm going to put my email on this paperwork for you I'll give it to you you'll have it and then whenever you can do you need the prescription from the pharmacy or the prescription from the doctor what exactly just any paperwork that says you have it I mean I I know the doctor's notes are usually difficult to read and I don't know if you hang on to those but something from Walgreens something from the doctor anything that says your prescribe to it okay that's fine and how far are your parents so 15 15 okay minut all right no problem [Music] oh all right Rebecca while I'm finishing my paperwork I'm just going to cell real quick all right it's just the just I I got to have eyes on you but I got to go run back and get some paperwork done so it's going to be easier if I just put you in a Cell all right you'll be by yourself all right it's not it's not built for Comfort but but it's just going to be until your parents arrive um can I go to the bathroom before I do that uh there's a toilet in the cell or if you'd like you can use this restroom here I'll let you Scout both of them out whatever one looks better to you can can I like have slight dignity yeah you want to go in there you can take a look if not slight dignity unfortunately you know they we are on a Cell Block no no you don't you don't have to do that is it is okay okay you're good for [Music] is is [Music] just got to ask you a couple questions have you ever attempted suicide no do you feel like you want to harm yourself now no any medication for depression are you in the care of a psychologist or psychiatrist has notification ever been received from a third party about a suicide attempt no anybody solely depended on you for care no okay all right it's only going to be 10 minutes or so we just going to have to come this way um can you do me a favor can you take your bracelets off this is a permanent one permanent okay yeah um these ones I can take off that'd be great no other jewelry no necklaces or anything take it off this is my dominant hand four we'll make sure everything gets back to here don't worry all right you come this way you have a belt on no okay all right once your parents are here I'll grab you and we'll get you out of here okay y all right thank you 41 sell for [Music] hey body C hi hey do man better if I wasn't here I know sorry to get you out here we appreciate you coming out okay um just have a little bit of paperwork do you have your ID on you yeah thanks so much and miss py what's a good phone number for you all right so this paperwork here this is a potential liability warning uh basically what this is um you're just going to be in charge of her essentially for tonight if she were to get into a vehicle and get into an accident anything like that the liability could end up on you so just as long as long as she's not driving her her vehicle is imp pounded so as long as she doesn't have access to a vehicle that's that's all we ask of you so I just need a signature here okay on the X and I'll get you a copy thanks so much just give me a couple minutes and I'll release her okay thank you [Music] anybody 41 in a self release all right so here's your property back if you want to take a look make sure you have everything got cell phone wallet in there there like $2 in cash yeah $2 um Apple uh earbuds you had your Apple watch in there my license is yeah license everything is in this little side guy I put your bracelets in there get your license registration Insurance all in there all right your keys are on the bottom in there Where's My Car your car that is at tow by us I wrote everything down here all right that's the tow yard 2: p.m. give us a call they open tomorrow yeah that's I would call us and just verify all right unfortunately you know holiday weekend I I can't control that but like I said give us a call around noon what's the best number cuz clearly you're not going to be here yeah give us a call around noon and just say hey look my toe my vehicle toad last night are they going to be open and you know see if they can help you out they may be able to get him get him up there because he is local um and this is my email for the prescription right when are you able to take screenshots or yeah wherever you whever you want to send it okay I mean like I could do that right now for you you don't have to do it at this moment there's no rush yeah as long as we can I feel confident that you have a prescription and like I said if you don't you know we'll run into that issue down the future but uh I'm not in any rush for it I don't need to as long as you take like screenshots for screenshot will be fine then you just upload that or whatever and email that to me that'd be great um just need a signature right there and my keys are in here yeah your keys are in the bottom there I think if you want to double check you can do that to make sure you leave with what you came with okay all right so this is your copy all right all that information is on the bottom all right I did have to issue you four summonses today uh basically gave you the minimum minum reason I pulled you over failure to maintain Lane driv them all intoxicated careless and Reckless all right it's going to be a court date of the 5th of August 9:00 a.m. any issues there's a number on the back give them a call all right and that is for you all right this this is going to be for your mom out this way right here make a left let's go to get this door hang on okay straight through make left left right [Music] here at The Point Pleasant Police Department Rebecca was read the standard statement for motor vehicle operators and agreed to submit breath samples for testing her Alco test results indicated a back of 0.1 198% which was more than double the legal limit of 0.0 % after the officers were finished with their paperwork Rebecca eventually released to her mother after she signed the potential Shar lady warning form on Rebecca's behalf she was issued the following summonses operating Under the Influence reckless driving careless driving and traffic on Mark [Music] Lanes make a right straight through that door yeah y all right ma'am and you're good to go all right and ma'am I just have this paperwor for you me ma'am or her ma'am your mother right guys okay all right guys you have a good night all right than you drive safe anybody can