Milligle at
Venita 28 out of Georgia. Charlie
November. Correction, Charlie. Mike
Tango 3048. Central. I also watch the
tag. I'll get it to you in a second.
It's on a white Mercedes. We're pulling
into the softball complex. I'll take one
more.
So that 28 is Charlie Mike India 3048.
I'm sorry.
Good evening. I'm officer Davis with
Athens Park County Police Department.
Okay. So, my real my ID is normally
supposed to be in my here.
You're good. Okay. So, my house is right
up here to the left. Do you want to
follow me there? No, I don't need your
ID. Do you have any sort of ID on you?
I can just do a name and date of birth.
I promise you. No, you're fine. I trust
that you've got a license. Do you want
my hands? No, you're fine. Okay. I'm
just trying to make sure. You're fine.
Go ahead. It's not supposed to be in
here. Gotcha. What's your name? Rachel.
R A C H E L. Yes, sir. Ferguson. F E R.
Tell me you're ready. F E R GU. S O N.
Mhm. What's your birthday, ma'am? 0115
2003.
All right. Um, do you have any idea why
I pulled you over?
Probably cuz my phone. I'm watching my
maps. No, you've been all over the road.
You went up on the curb back before
River Bend. You've gone over the double
yellow twice since I've been behind you.
Um, yes, sir. Where are you coming from?
Um, I was picking her up actually from
downtown. Okay. But you weren't
downtown. No, sir. Okay. Well, hey, how
about this? I can kind of smell alcohol
coming from the vehicle. Um, do you mind
stepping out of the vehicle real quick?
Just because if she's coming from
downtown, I'm assuming downtown
drinking. That's what everyone's doing
downtown on a Saturday night.
Um, we're going to step around over
there out the road.
So, you haven't had anything to drink?
No, sir. Not at all. No, sir. I came
from my house. Okay. You don't have
anything to drink at your house? No,
sir. Nothing at all at your house. No,
sir. I came from First Scythe County.
So, what am I smelling coming from you
that smells like alcohol then? Yeah. I
picked her up from downtown 54. Um,
she was downtown from home. I came from
home. I was with my mom downtown. Not
downtown from Will Hunter on South
Millage softball complex. So, run me
through that again. I'm sorry. I had
someone talking in my ear. Okay. So, I
came from Forythe. Mhm. I was with my
mom. My mom was in a fight with my aunt.
Mhm. I came from Scythe. Um, Lizzy,
that's that's who's in the passenger
seat. Okay. She came from down downtown
Athens. Um, I picked her up, taken her
home, retreat right there. Right there.
Okay. But you haven't had anything to
drink? No, sir. All right. You mind
doing a few tests then just so I can
double check and make sure? All right.
Cool. You have Let me turn off my lights
real quick so they're not messing with
my eyes or yours.
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If you just want to turn and face this
way. I got my blue lights off. Um, do
you have any issues with your eyes? Wear
glasses, contacts, anything like that? I
do wear glasses and contacts. I don't
have them in right now. Fine right now.
I mean, you were driving. I can see I
can see SSB, but I can't see my finger.
I don't have my contacts in, but I can
see your finger. Yeah. Okay, perfect.
All right. So, what I'm going to have
you do is just keep your head still and
follow my fingertip with just your eyes.
All right. Adjust your eyes, please.
as far as
This last one we're going to go
up. All right. Um, like I said, I came
from First Scythe County. Gotcha. And
you haven't had anything to drink? No,
sir. Any reason your eyes would be
indicating to me that you have? My
passenger has, but no, I came I came a
hour and a half away.
I'm just going home to the retreat
literally right up here to the left.
Do you think it'd be a good idea to have
someone come and pick you up and take
you the rest of the way? No, but she was
in need. I had to pick her up. I came
from an hour half away from my mom. I
got you. But you shouldn't be driving.
Sir.
Yes, ma'am.
All right. Two more tests if you don't
mind. Yeah, of course. You good to walk
in those shoes? Yeah. Okay. All right.
What I'm going have you do, perfect
start like that. Take your right foot
and put it toe to heel in front of your
left foot. Keep your hands down by your
side. Stay in this position until I tell
you to start. All right. What you're
going to do, you're in this starting
position. You're going to take a series
of nine heel totoe steps. Well, if you
wouldn't mind getting back in the
starting position, please. Yeah, of
course. Thank you. Um, you're going to
take a series of nine heel totoe steps
along a straight imaginary line in front
of you, counting each step out loud.
It's going to look like one, two, three,
all the way to your ninth step. When you
reach your ninth step, you're going to
take a series of small steps around that
lead foot. And you're going to come back
on that same straight imaginary line
with nine heel totoe steps, counting
each step out loud. One, two, three.
Along your way. All right. Do you
understand the instructions? Two.
Three. All
right. I am Thank you.
I take it as chair counts. 254 central.
Excuse me. I'm sorry. I said I take it
as chair counts. Cheer counts. I don't
know what that means. Okay. Come out
with a Rachel Ferguson 115 of
03.
Um, last test. You still good to stand
in those shoes? Yes, sir. Perfect. You
can pick a foot. Any foot doesn't matter
to me. I just ask that you tell me which
one you're going to do before you start.
Don't start real quick. Keep your feet
together, hands down by your side until
I tell you to start. When I tell you to
start, pick a foot. Either one. Raise it
6 to 8 in off the ground. Toe pointed
up, looking down at your toe, and you're
going to count out loud. 1,00 1,002
1,003 1,004. All the way until I tell
you to stop. Any questions? Yes, sir.
All right. Go ahead and start when you
feel ready. 1,00 1,002
1,003
1,004 100,
105 100,
106
1007
1008
2009, 2010. Go ahead.
2011
2012
2013
2014 2018 All right, that's good enough.
2016
That's good enough. All right, Miss
Ferguson, do me a favor. Turn around.
Put your hands behind your back. Yes,
sir. At this point, you're being placed
under arrest for driving under the
influence of alcohol.
I got you. I got you.
Hey 84, would you mind doing a search
real quick for me here? We're going to
step over here to this vehicle. I'm
going have this female officer come over
and search you. Anything on you that we
need to know about? No, sir. All right.
We're going to search the vehicle. Is
there any I'm going to find any level of
intoxicants in there? Any alcohol, any
drugs, anything? Okay. All right.
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What's your name? Rachel Ferguson.
Rachel. Okay. I got to search
you. Do you have a regular bra on sports
bra? No bra. Regular bra. Regular. Okay.
I'm going to have you walk back here.
Okay. Of course. Up here at this. I got
to search the back first.
Just relax. Okay. Make sure you don't
have anything stuck in your pants.
People, you'd be surprised what people
keep. People face me. Can I have a
conversation real quick? Yeah. Just face
me so I can hear searching real quick.
Yeah, of course. Conversation with me or
your friend? My friend. Okay.
Who you
call? So, I'll have your friend come
over here. Just take a seat. I need I
need her. I need to talk to her real
quick. Okay. She can talk to you while
you're staying in the car. Okay, that's
fine. Hey, 54, unlock your car.
Come here. Oh, thank you.
That's fine. That's fine. 54.
54. Lizzy, we lock your car. Lizzy,
She lives at the retreat, so worst case,
I can just take her. Um, if you want to
have a conversation. Am I allowed to?
Yeah. The She'll lock the door. Yeah,
you'll have to get the courtesy ride.
That's fine. It's just right there. I
asked her. I said, "Where are y'all
coming from?" She was like, she was at
home. I was downtown. She came to pick
me up. Hey, Lizzy said that. Yeah. And I
said, "Do you have ID on me on you?" She
handed me her ID. I said, "Where's your
face?" She's like, "Oh, I was downtown,
but I wasn't drinking." I was like,
"Well, okay."
21. I can smell it coming from her
person. I saw you.
I like her. I like her lips. I'm not
going
Yeah. the softball field.
Yeah, I told them that and they're like,
"Where the hell are you?"
Um, there's no address on that now.
Did you you still have her ID? No, I got
back to She's good. Okay.
Is there anything in the car that you
need? No.
You get your
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first suspect under age 21.
All right, Miss Ferguson, I'm going to
have to read you something. I'm going to
need an answer from you. Yes, sir.
The state of Georgia has conditioned
your privilege to drive upon the
highways of this state upon your
submission to state administered
chemical tests of your blood, breath,
urine, or other bodily substances for
the purposes of determining if you are
under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
If you refuse this testing, your Georgia
driver's license or privilege to drive
on the highways of this state will be
suspended for a minimum period of 1
year. Your refusal to submit to blood or
urine testing may be offered into
evidence against you at trial. If you
submit to testing and the results
indicate an alcohol concentration of
0.02 grams or more, your Georgia
driver's license or privilege to drive
on the highways of this state may be
suspended for a minimum period of 1
year. After first submitting to the
requested state test, you are entitled
to additional chemical tests of your
blood, breath, urine, or other bodily
substances at your own expense and from
qualified personnel of your own
choosing. Will you submit to the state
administered chemical test of your
breath? Yes, sir. Yes. Yes, sir. Okay.
What out of the vehicle do you want to
bring with you? Phone, wallet, purse.
She's got it all. She's She's taking it
all with her. Do you not You don't want
to take your phone because when we get
to the jail, if you need to get phone
numbers out of your phone,
if I can take my phone, that's fine. But
if you're not allow it, then that's No,
we can take your phone. That's the
purpose. You don't want to bring your
purse or anything like that? My phone,
that's fine. Thank you. Just your phone.
Okay. Okay. Let me talk to you for a
second.
So, for whatever reason, she has asked
this girl to remove her purse and take
it with her. I told her to put it back
in the car. Don't know what's in it, but
I didn't search it. Search it, but
that's what I'm saying. Yeah. I have her
phone right here. Do I Perfect. She's
going to take that. She's going to take
that with her. Okay. Um, would you mind
doing a secondary search of the vehicle
just to make sure there's no intoxicants
in there? I've got a next in line on the
way. Need to see if someone can run
intox. We're going from there. Okay. Are
you ready?
254 to central.
Can you see if there's any Intox
operators on east or downtown?
Thank
you. Perfect.
I'm going to take her home.
Is one of them waiting with the car?
Lizzie, did you give him my phone? I've
got your phone, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Worst
case, I can come back. The retreat's
just two minutes down the road. So, if
you
Hey,
Deon, can you sit with the car until I
get back?
Yeah. And then when I come back,
Clear. I'll meet him downtown. Starting
mileage
38969. One female.
849 for passenger.
Dispatch has been updated.
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Dispatch has been updated.
Miss Ferguson, what is your local
address?
Sorry, that's my old one. Athens. Yep, I
got it. Thank
you. Is that an apartment complex? Yes,
sir. Okay. Which apartment complex is
that?
Gotcha. Which apartment? What What
complex is that? It's the retreat. Yes,
sir. It's retreat.
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Okay. Are there going to be some things
like this from the east side of town?
Copy. They cannot identify him.
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Go and step
out. Walk around here in front of my
vehicle real quick.
Just stand right here for me. I got to
roll up your
window. No, walk over
here. I'm just going to grab your jacket
while we're going down the stairs. I
don't want you
falling.
Let's go right
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now. You have a seat right there in that
chair. Thank you.
You got her for a second. Run to my car.
Yeah. All right. Appreciate
you. 254 central. I'm out of downtown
substation. I'll get your mileage in a
second.
Hello, Miss Ferguson. Is it? Yes, sir.
I'm a Sergeant Dval. Yes, sir. Okay. So,
I'm just setting up this machine right
here. So, this is the Intox machine. Uh
once it's set up with all the
information I need and everything such
as case number, your information, stuff
like that, it's going to go through a
series of processes and everything. And
we're going to have two test, two blows.
Essentially, just like blowing up a
balloon, there's a little tip here,
plastic. I'll show you how to you blow
into it. I need at least about a liter
of air. Uh there's a little bar there on
the screen that lets me know if you gave
me enough. And also, don't suck, blow
around, do anything like that cuz it
that's fine. All I need is a liter. I
can tell you right now on my bad day, I
do close to five. Sometimes I can't
catch my breath because of medicine.
That's okay. Okay. So, uh, also right
here, here's a little mini copy of my
certification from the state of Georgia
GBI to run this machine. Okay. I was
required to show you so you can see
[Applause]
it.
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Let's review
[Applause]
and
done. Your date of birth is 115 of 03,
correct? And you identify as female?
Yes, sir. Okay.
Probably it's probably off radio
10 4 I'll be off radio.
M Ferguson if you don't mind standing
up. Ma'am, do you have a telephone or
anything on you? No, sir. Where's her
cell phone at and everything? In my car.
Okay. Just make sure we don't have any
electronic devices in here. No, sir. All
right. If you don't mind coming over
here, you can sit right there for
me. As you see, this is a fresh impact.
Yes, sir. Little
mouthpiece. All
[Applause]
right. So, it takes a few minutes uh
between the tests. We'll have one that's
going to be coming up here in a second.
So, when you're ready, you'll just put
your lips around this little nub right
here and blow into that. Like I said,
right here on the screen, I'll have
everything saying flow rate and etc.,
etc., we'll do the first test. It goes
through its processes, checks itself,
double checks itself, make sure
everything's going good. Then we'll do
one more and then we'll print out the
results and I'll give you a copy of your
results for yourself. All right? So, you
don't mind? Take a deep, deep breath for
me. Blow in there for
me. Keep blowing. Keep blowing up. You
stopped just
short. Keep going. Keep going. There we
go. That's all I need. Thank
you. See, that wasn't too bad. That's
got anxiety like no other.
Oh, I mean, you're in handcuffs town or
anything. It's one of those things that
happens.
Seem like it's not want to take that
amount. Let's try to do that one more
time. Deep breath for
me. Keep blowing. Keep blowing. Keep
blowing. Keep blowing. Keep blowing.
Keep blowing. Keep blowing. There we
go. There we go.
Do you have any questions or anything
like that? Yes, sir. We're going through
this.
Okay. So, like I said, once it goes
through here, it's clearing itself out.
It's going to test itself. Once it does
that, we'll get back on this little bee
here. As you see, it goes along, do our
second test, and then we'll get copies
of everything. and I'll explain all the
results to you. Okay?
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State
Hate.
What all our charges?
Dismissal.
Dismissed. Yeah. Only goes up to state
if uh there've been previous DUIs or
it's fasttrack, something like that.
and they'll notify you
then. Just hurry up and wait. Usual
government
Is that your ankle popping? It is.
Ooh. It sounds bad, but it really isn't.
That's That's bad. It really isn't. I
was a cheerleader all my life. It really
isn't. Oh, so that's why. Okay, that
makes Were you a flyer? I was I was
I had a few friends that were
cheerleaders. Really? Yeah. Where at? Uh
here at UG actually and of course back
in high school and then back in Georgia
Southern. Okay. So, so I bartended at
Moonshine, if you know where that's at.
That's server of Clayton, right? Yes.
Have not I don't hang out in downtown
anymore. Our owner of the bar actually
just opened a bar up at Statesboro.
What's your barer's name? JRod. Oh,
killer. I know JRod. So, he's JRod's
been around. He's as old as I am. Yeah,
he's awesome. He just opened a bar up in
Statesboro. It's called fifth quarter.
All
right. Deep breath for me.
Blow out. Yep. Yeah. And blow into the
zoo. Keep blowing. Keep blowing. Keep
blowing. There you go. Keep blowing
again. Nope. Nope. He accepted that
one. All
right. Yep. Uh, I saw him just the other
day walking out about I haven't talked
to him in gosh know how long. I got He's
awesome. He's friends. So, he's actually
he's buying a place in Statesboro. So,
he'll be moving there and he'll come up
here every once in a while cuz he owns
part of the bar here. Mhm. 85 and
Moonshine. But is there a fifth quarter
in part of I thought there's a fifth
quarter up here as well? Is there fifth
quarter just in Statesboro? Just
Statesboro. But we are opening up a new
bar here. But okay, nobody wants to know
about it, but we are. Yeah. I wonder why
he's uh moving down to Statesboro.
There's not much down there. Well, so
he's one of the like co-owners of of the
Statesboro bar. So like he's one of the
main owners. He'll need to be on site.
So that's supposed to be like his bar.
Mhm. So he's been taking control of
everything and like proud of him, but I
will miss him a lot. I love him. But
it'll be sad. Yeah, he'll still come up
here. I wonder where it is cuz I know
the school down there started buying up
all the property where there was bars.
Yes, sir. Uh because back in my day, it
used to be uh pretty crazy down there.
Where'd you go to college? George
Southern. Okay.
Anything? Graduating 08. 08.
I'm old. Yep. I am old. You're not old.
No. Yeah. Trust me, you are not old.
Trust me. You were born the same year I
graduated high school. So, okay. You are
not old. My mom My mother had me at 19.
You are not old. Oh, well, you are not
old.
That That definitely doesn't make you
feel old when you say I'm your mom's
age. You are not old. I promise you. All
right. So, you'll get a copy of one of
these. Yes, sir.
Everything is freezing in here. Oh, well
it's because we wear all this armor. I
know that and everything. So, we keep it
nice and cold because we would sweat to
death if otherwise.
[Applause]
All
right. Yeah. If you're I'll tell you
right now, my left knee's got enough
scar tissue. When they first came out
with those little machines, you want to
see my right knee? Cuz Yeah. At the
airport, they used to always set off the
machine there. Really? Yep. Okay. I've
had surgery on my right knee before.
Okay. I mean, where is this little book?
So, do you have a sister that cheers?
No, I had cousins. I had several cousins
that cheered. They should have been
volleyball players. They're as tall as I
am. Okay. Everything. Uh couple
girlfriends, exes, etc., etc. buddies. I
had a buddy that Except me. I have an ex
that went to Stace Road. I thank God
that I got away from that. Thank God.
He was like a high school lover that I
thought I was going to marry and I am
definitely not. There you
go. Puppy love. It was puppy love, but
it's something else. He got a he got a
buzz cut and everything and it is not
cute. Oh. All right. So, we took two
samples. state takes the lowest of the
two. Your first sample was 0.173. Okay.
I don't know anything about this, so
you're going to have to explain it to
me. Okay. So, the limit for someone's 21
on up is 08. Okay. All right. And your
second sample
was.161. Okay. The one I'm circling up
here. So, you were double the limit.
Okay. Right there. Okay. Okay.
[Applause]
So, this will be your copy. I'll hand it
over to Officer Davis here. He'll get a
copy for himself that's going to be
attached to the report as well or
anything. And so, you'll be see all
that. All right. Do you have any further
questions besides that? I do not. Okay.
And you had surgery on your right knee,
but not both ankles pop like that? They
do. Oh. Oh, they do.
Oh, I see. When you get older, you're
gonna be telling the weather. You're
going well up. That's I think it's going
to be my back that doesn't order. Oh,
yeah. If you took some tumbles if you're
a flyer. So, here's her copy, Zach right
there. So, I'll just
You say 016 or
161? So B R A C E
I've already written it for 21. Doesn't
matter. Well, yeah. You just per say
what it is now. It's easy
enough. So there you go. So he's going
to take you from here, Miss Ferguson.
Yes, sir. Okay. He's already explained
to you the charges. I'm a little bit.
Okay. Well, he'll do that in a
second. You ready to go? All right,
Ferguson, if you don't mind standing up.
It's been pleasant to meet you. You've
been nice. Yes, sir. And come on this
way.
Appreciate you. No
problem. And have a better night, Miss
Bergson. Go back around here to my
vehicle.
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Which one's yours?
I'm sorry. Which what? Aren't we getting
back in the car? We are. Yes, ma'am. The
one all the way down there on the left.
Last
one. Just going to hold you while we
step over these curtains.
We're going to go around the other side.
There's more room.
I'm going to reach across you and seat
belt you in. I'm trying to lean back. I
promise. You're fine. I try not to lean
too far in.
[Applause]
So, I have a question.
Yes, ma'am. Hypothetically, if one of my
friends got a felony about two weeks
ago,
did he come here?
No. So,
um, give me two seconds to type this in.
So, the only reason we came here is
because that machine that you just blew
into, um, the only one we have in the
county that belongs to us is there.
Um, so we had to come here to get that
test done.
Um where we're going next, we're
actually in route to the uh county jail.
Um that's where everyone goes.
Um from that point forward, I don't have
all the answers for how the process will
work for you. The jail and the court
system is handled through the sheriff's
office. Yes, sir.
Um what are you doing, person?
Um, your charges at this point are
um driving under the influence of
alcohol. Um, I did it for your age,
which the, uh, legal limit for your age,
being under the age of 21, is 0.02 gram
per or it's not grams, but 0.02 BAC.
Um, and I'm sure he explained to you
that you were.16, which is actually
eight times the legal limit that you're
allotted.
Um, and you're also being cited for
failure to maintain
lane. All of that stuff from this point
forward will be handled in the
courtroom. Um, you will go in, I'll
explain the the process at the jail when
we get there. Um, how long you have to
sit there is handled through the
sheriff's office. Like I said, that's
their job. been. It's not something I
ever deal with.
254 central route 600.
Starting mileage 38973.
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Dispatch has been updated.
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Dispatch has been updated.
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You're on. You're on speaker. Hey. Um, I
don't know if you want this or not, but
there was a fake ID in her bag. No,
that's not worried about it. Okay. Yeah.
All righty, Dan. All right. I appreciate
you. And then there there was also in
the back seat um it was just the rapper,
but it was for Crown Royal. Okay. I'm
not
but it was not like an actual bottle.
Gotcha. All right. Well, I appreciate
it.
Do you need a supplement or anything?
No.
All right.
All right. I appreciate you. Yep. Bye.
Bye.
I'm sorry.
Yes, sir. What you got? One female. All
right. Come over.
Are you close to
your
go on the other one?
94 miles gray shoes
[Music]
Clear. I'm just going to reach across
you here and under your seat belt.
Have you ever been arrested in Clark
County before? I have not. Okay. Um, so
we're going to go through this door.
We're going to wait here. Depending on
how busy they are. Um, depending on how
busy they are. They have to have a
female deputy come to search you. Um,
they'll open this door. Just at that
point, you'll just start listening to
them. They'll have you step over here to
this wall. Um, they will search you
again. they will take the cuffs off and
tell you how to put your hands on the
wall and things like that. Um, and then
from there, you'll just listen to them.
Yes, sir. Um, like I said, I'm not fully
sure on the process for which, uh, from
here how it goes with you bonding,
seeing a judge, and things along those
lines. Um, but then we'll make sure that
all of that is
I don't have it around either. So,
Yes,
ma'am. Are you focusing? Yes, ma'am.
[Applause]
I don't think
[Applause]
appreciate you.
[Applause]
Everything good with our paperwork? Go
ahead and remove your sneakers and
stuff.
Thank you,
Miss Ferguson. Have a better evening.
Red water.
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