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No, not tonight. All right. How much did you have to smoke tonight? Um, tonight we didn't smoke tonight. Well, it reeks in the car. How many How many drinks did you have today? My 769. We didn't really have that many drinks. We drank the whole 242mm. On August 23rd, 24, Officer Edwin Rosario with the Orlando Police Department observed a Honda Civicments failed to signal before turning left from Gore Street onto Division Avenue. He activated his emergency lights to initiate a traffic stop and the driver pulled over in the vicinity of division avenue in Anderson after swervingments. He made contact with the driver who was identified as 25year-old Bonita. As he was speaking with Bonita and her passenger, he detected the odor of burnt cannabis. He left. How long ago was that? At like 4 p.m. like two shots before we left. Where are you coming from? We're leaving from a friend's house. Where are you going? We're going to live at the same place. Where's that? Down the street. I don't know. Mland. Okay. And they live here in Orlando or somewhere else. Your friends. Do you have your driver's license on you? You have that place. So, you said I signaled one time, but I didn't. You didn't signal before you made a complete left turn. Okay. Okay. Also, uh are you sure you weren't at a bar or anything like that? No. Uh what's that wristband for? This wristband was from brunch. From where? Brunch. Brunch. Like 2:00 p.m. Okay. How long you been out for? We just finished out from 2:00 to 4:00 for brunch and we went and we went out to our friends. No, we were at C. You're at Cowboys. Castleberry. Castleberry. Yeah. You know where Castleberry is? It's kind of opposite. Castleberry. It's like it's like parallel. That's interesting. Castleberry is the like the city of Castleberry. Castleberry. Yeah, Castleberry is over there. Yeah. All right. Do me a favor. Try to crawl for me. Okay. Yeah. is over here. Is this vehicle? Yes, this is my Bonita told officer Rosario that they were heading home from a friend's house, but she was unable to explain why she was wearing a wristband. She denied smoking recently, but admitted to consuming alcohol earlier in the afternoons. She and her friend continued to offer contradictory accounts of where they were coming from and where they were headed. After additional officers arrived on scene, Bonita was asked to exit the vehicle and perform field sobriety exercises. All right, do me a favor. Just unbuckle your seat belt. All right, just you stay right there. Okay, he said he pulled me over for No, we just get out of the car. One second. One second. Just hang tight for me. Okay, I wait. All right, so here's the reason. I pulled you over cuz you didn't signal before you made a left turn. Second. No, it's me. He's he is me. Yeah. No. Yes. He said that I turned my signal, but he said I didn't turn it as Who is he? Oh, you you mean me? Yeah. Yeah. I I'm telling you it's I have a dash cam as well, ma'am. Okay. Also, the car reeks of freshly burned cannabis. All right. You're you're you're not making sense. You're slurring your speech. I'm not slaying my speech. And it's not that I'm not making sense. That is not that is not the case here. And and you're being argumentative. And I don't understand why. Stop being argumentative, sir. I answered every question. I did not stuttered. And you're saying that I'm stuttered when I did not. You said you said you're not making sense. But here, do me a favor. Put your hands and you also said that I did not make sense. Ma'am, put your hands on the steering wheel for me. So, hand tight for me. No. Excuse me. Okay. What What are you saying? No. I just don't feel comfortable with you opening up my door. Let's Well, here's the thing, ma'am. So, I have probable cause and there is a there's a marijuana blunt right here. You told me you weren't smoking. All right. I smell the odor of cannabis in the car and I am investigating why your your driving behavior. So, I am now now hear me out, ma'am. Ask. I I am not asking because I have probable cause. Now, I am ordering you out of the vehicle and you are subject to arrest if you refuse to get out the car. All right? So, I'm asking you politely, please exit the vehicle. I have probable cause. I'm not requesting consent. Oh, please exit the vehicle. Come over here. What's your name? Benita. Benita. All right. Now, we're out of the car and I'm trying to have the conversation with you. All right. Yeah, I'm going. All right. I suspect the urine paired either by the alcohol or by how much you smoked. Okay. I'm just asking you a couple questions. When's the last time you went to sleep? Last time I went to sleep last night. Last night. Okay. When's the last time you ate something? I went to What was that? Had something to eat. I had something to eat at like 4:30 p.m. to 5:30. How's your overall medical help uh health? Are you under the care of a physician? Of a physician? No, I didn't need any medical assistance. Okay. Uh, do you take any medications? Do you wear contacts? Uh, do you have uh TBI, traumatic brain injury? No. Have do you have resting nestagmas? No. Do you have uh contacts? Do you wear contacts or glasses? No. Um, all right. So on a scale of zero to 10 with zero being you had nothing in your body, no no marijuana, no alcohol, no nothing to 10, the most intoxicated, impaired you've ever been in your life. Where do you think you are right now? A two. Okay. So on a scale of 0 to 10, you're about two on an impairment scale roughly, right? Yeah. But I didn't I didn't um I didn't smoke for the last 24 hours. That's okay. When's the last time you drank? Last time I drank this afternoon when I told you I went to brunch. All right. How many drinks did you have? This afternoon. I had two. Two. Okay. Um and that was from a club or a bar. Where was that from? From brunch. Okay. And you were just where? Down at a friend's house. Where? Where? Where? Where? Where was your friend's house? I could give you the address, but I don't have the Do you know the city was in? I don't remember the street. I don't remember the street. Do you know what city it was in? Orlando. Orlando. Okay. And you're going home to where? Mainland. Mland. What's in Where is Castleberry? Like what is that? I'm not from Florida, but Castleberry is right next to Mland Re. Okay. But you're not coming from there, though, right? You're going to there? I'm going to Mainland. Okay. All right. So, based on what I'm seeing, I'm going to ask you to submit to some standardized field sobriety exercises. Are you willing to do those? Yeah. Okay. Do you just stay this way? I need space. You want Oh, lights. Yeah. Can you reverse? Can you reverse my car? Just reverse it. Yeah. Yeah. So, you don't have like your your shoes. Are those pretty comfortable for you? Not the most, but would you like to take them off or you good with them on? Can you walk in them normally? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Can you do me a favor? Just come over here. Hey, whose car is that? Officer Rosario started with the horizontal gazestagimus HGN testments. During the walk and turn test, Bonita failed to touch heel to two on each step, turned improperly, and took an incorrect number of steps and the onset of nestagmas prior to 45°. He also observed vertical gaze nestagmas. The second exercise was the walk and turn testments. During the walk and turn test, Bonita failed to touch heel to two on each step turned improperly and took an incorrect number of steps. The final exercise was the one leg stand test. During the one leg stand test, Bonita failed to raise her foot in the proper fashion and used her arms for balance. One sec. Hey, can you turn your front lights off? Like your your Can you stand in front of me? In front of me facing me. All right. So this is called a stimulus. All right. I want you to put your feet together, hands on to your side. Just like that. Stay off that little lump there. There you go. Feet together, hands on to your side. All right. This is a stimulus. Can you just put your finger there? All right. And put your finger down. All right. And with your eyes and your eyes only, do not move your head. I want you to follow this stimulus. Okay. Not sure. continue to walk in flight. [Music] Do me a favor. Just uh go here, face that way. All right. Can you do me a favor and imagine a line a line about the width of your foot from here all the way down to your car? Can you imagine a line about the width of your foot? Yep. All right. Can you put your left foot on that line? The width like that the same line like this. Yeah. Yeah. Can you imagine that line? Step here. No, I'm I'm just asking. Can you imagine that? Yeah. Yeah. All right. Can you put your left foot on that your left foot on that line? And your right foot heel to toe just like this. Oh, heel the toe. Yeah. And put your hands on to your side and hold that position till I'm done explaining. Do you understand? All right. So, when I tell you you're going to take nine heel toe steps, you're going to plant your lead foot, take a series of small steps, and take nine heel toe steps back. I'm going to demonstrate. I'm going to demonstrate three. And you're going to do nine. Do you understand? So, right here, you're going to start off in the starting position. One, two, three. So, so forth all the way up to nine. So, I'll start that over for you again. Okay. So, I'm in No, no. Wait till I'm done explaining. All right. So, I'm in the starting position. All right. I'm going to I'm going to do three. You're going to do nine. Do you understand? All right. One, two, three. All the way up to nine. Take a series of small steps. 1 2 3 all the way up to nine. Once you start, do not stop. Count every step aloud. Please go back to the starting position. Count every step allowed and look down the whole time. Do you understand? All right. You may begin. Yeah. five. All right. Do me a favor. So, those shoes are still pretty comfortable for you, right? You're pretty good in them. You're walking just fine. Ground's pretty flat. All right. Next is going to be the one leg stand. You take any foot of your choosing. Your left, your right, your right or left, it doesn't matter. It's up to you. Watch my demonstration. All right. You're going to take your foot, raise it approximately 6 in off the ground and about the about the length of a soda can. And you're going to count 1,00 1,002 until I tell you to stop. Watch my demonstration. 1,00 1,002 1003 and so on and so forth until I tell you to stop. You could use any foot of your choosing. All right. Okay. Does that make sense to you? I want you to look down at your foot and count every step aloud once you raise that foot. Do you understand? Step or raise. Seconds raise. You count 1,00 1,002 1,003 until I tell you to stop. Okay. Just one second. Get my timer set. There you're good. All right. Whenever you're ready. Any foot of your choosing. Whenever you're ready. Approximately 6 in off the ground. Wait. Do me a favor. Turn around. velments based on her traffic infractions, the odor of burnt cannabis, and her inability to adequately perform the field sobriety exercises. Officer Rosario placed Bonita under arrest for driving under the influence. A search of her vehicle incident to arrest yielded an open container of white claw. Hello, you're being placed on the rest of driving under influence. Okay. What's that? How am I under control? How uh by whatever you took that impaired you today. Put your hands together like you're praying. I'm going to make this a little more comfortable for you. [Music] Yes. Whose car is that? That's my car. It's your car. Okay. Your friend, she's looks like she's been partying, too. So, um your your vehicle will be towed. Okay. Can't I can't get it. Do you have a silver person? Yeah. I could be here within 30 minutes. All right. Where's your phone? It's in my car. It's where it's in my car. I passed the test. So, what reason? I didn't say I never said pass or fail. All right. Just your place under it for driving under the influence. All right. Uh, do you have a purse and your phone in the car? Yes, I do have a phone and a phone and a person, too. I understand that. But they were out drinking and partying, too. So, I'm not going to have another person. We're not out partying. So, like like you said, that's fine. So, you want your purse and your phone? Yeah. All right. Who are you going to call to come get your car? I will know once I have it. 312. Yeah, I'm not getting out of the cuff. So, how do you want to work this out? You're holding it in front of me. So, how do you want me to work it out? You're holding it in front of me. What am I allowed to do? What am I not allowed to do? What do you want me to do when you hold it in front of me? Ma'am, here's the deal. You have to allow him to unlock the phone so that you can make your phone call. Otherwise, he's going to tow your car. So if you don't want your car to be towed, please cooperate with him. It's not a problem. And it's not a problem to cooperate. I accidentally asked him how to cooperate because he put in front of the phone and he also hooked me. That's fine. He could ask for that. He doesn't have to be like that. What's your pass? Like none of this has to be like that. I don't know why you guys trying to be extra complicated. [Music] Thank you. Thank you. Where I cast and pick it up here. Yes. Yes. On Division and Anderson. Division Anderson. Division Street and Anderson or Division Avenue. And the reason that I was asking is because we have to do a toshi to release liability to whoever you call and we have to put their name. I just don't understand whatever I can do. You know what I mean? Can you uh state 121 again, please? Thank you. Bravo. Everyone else. If you want um you get out the car, ma'am. She's good to get out. [Music] Yeah. There's no white Where is three? Where you go? Attack. Uh, do you have like a paper bag? You give me real quick cuz my trunk's locked in by myself. Do you need assistance in calling someone 11? Thank you. I'm going back. Thank you. Fox shots off. Can you change this to signal one? All right. Whiskey shot. Okay, we need you to actually call someone. You need to dial the number and get someone on the phone. What's that? weird noise. If not, I could do do the dispo um and then email it. You're going to do it through the if if Yeah. You don't have to hear. Yeah. But I mean if if what'll happen is I'll say I'll do the dispo, let them give them the case number and let them know I'm emailing it to them and then just wait until the liility. Oh, I'm saying if they don't Yeah. Yeah. I'll do this Washington. I can What? [Music] Can you put him on speaker so I can talk to him? No, I just got on the phone. Okay, baby. This is This is the thing. We're We're not on your We're not on your time. Okay. Show the car. All right. We're done. Excuse me. I just You're about to catch a charge. Let's go. Ma'am. Ma'am, I literally You're about to get charged resisting. You're about to get charged with resisting. Ma'am, Ma'am, you're about to get charged with resisting. I'm literally in my home and then I go home. Ma'am, you're about to get charged with resisting. Stop. I'm not evening. I'm not even resisting. I'm not even just take a seat in the car. Take a seat in the car. No. She literally in the car. Get in the car right now or you're going to get charged. If I have to put my hands on you, you're going to catch another charge. Put your hands on me. Then get in the car. Look at me. I'm not even in the car. You don't even have to be like that. I'm not even one of those where you have to put your [ __ ] energy on and you still do. Can't sit here talking with the way she is. I didn't search her. Heat. Heat. How are you? Good. Stand right here, please. [Music] Still 16. Okay. Nope. Seven. Right. Where are we going? The jail. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Would you like me to turn your phone off so you save battery when you need to make a phone call? Yeah, I think it's going to die anyway. You can leave it on. Well, I had turned it off. Um, they will allow you an opportunity at the jail to get your phone numbers out. Yeah. Okay. [Music] Fox draw 12. I'll be 51 BRC. Copy. Starting miles. Yes. 103 822. It is 301. N delta five uniform delta OBP in South Street white Kia Seno one [Music] Finally got the OBG and Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Fox 12 97 at BRC starting ending mile is starting. [Applause] [Music] velopments. Bonita was transported to the Orange County UI testing center for further processing, but she refused to submit breath samples after a 20inut observation. Bonita was subsequently transported to the Orange County Jail where she was charged with a DI316 pine 193 and eventually released pending her court appearance after posting bond. India uniform zero November Sierra long and since you care about you.