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On July 9th, 2025, officers in Washington were dispatched to a coffee shop after witness followed a hit-and-run driver who had just struck a pedestrian and fled. As first responders treated the victim at the scene, police tracked down the suspect's SUV, finding it with a shredded tire and two young children inside. Here's what the officers did next. All right, internet. I'm Frank Slope. I'm a 24-year veteran of the Sheriff's Office out here in Arizona. We're going to be doing some body cam breakdown today. So, Real Body Cams is the page that we found this. We really like them. We've used them before. Their stuff is good. And I absolutely have no doubt this one's going to be just as great. Today, we're going to be doing some body cam bingo. So, we've got brand new cards. These cards right here are body cam bingo cards. Today, we're using card number two. Uh these cards are available on our website. You got a QR code. You can go there. It's pinned right up the top. They are great. They're made of cardstock. You get a dry-erase pen. You can play along with us to any video you watch on the internet, but mainly with mine. So, let's take a look. Hi. Hi. Who's the driver of the car? Yeah, I am. Okay, what's going on? >> Perfect. I didn't So, I I just looked down for a second and I hit the curb and I thought that my tire could make it here to work. And then the And then he just told me that I hit somebody. Okay. So. Which Which car are you driving? This one right here. >> This one? Okay. Yeah, this one. I just looked down for 2 seconds. Don't look down for 2 seconds. Sorry. And you didn't notice? >> It's time to call Tom right now, so he's probably not awake yet, but Okay, you didn't notice this? I could We always destroyed. Who's going to that? You probably want to deal with this. Can you just Just come over here. Did you witness it? Yes, me and the Okay, what did you see? So, me and the sailor were like right behind. He stayed with the guy out there. Yeah. But, uh all of a sudden the car this car swerved up on and it clipped the guy, took his shoe off, threw him up against like the fence up there. >> Woah. And he was laying there, the sailor stayed with him and I followed her. Did she look like she knew what happened? Oh, you There's no way you could tell. The tire blew out. I mean, there was a huge amount of noise, swerved back onto the road and just Just kept going. Made no attempt to stop. No. Okay. >> Go grab a box of cereal right now and read the ingredients. Refined sugars, red 40, seed oils, and a bunch of words you can't pronounce. That's not real food, it's a science experiment. Big food has engineered these cereals with cheap synthetic junk to drive cravings so they can make more money. Lovebird cereal contains just seven ingredients and they're all listed right here, directly on front of the box. 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So, I could not tell if it was a strike or he jumped, but then when we got up there, his shoe was off, his I definitely looked like a guy. So, left the roadway, hit him up on the side. If your shoe came off, you probably got hit by a car. So, as you're sitting here, you may think that your shoes are on. But, if you get hit by a car, people fly out of their shoes when hit by vehicles very very frequently. Um it's something that being an accident reconstructionist, there are all sorts of formulas um that are used in a vehicle pedestrian collision sequence. Um especially when there are shoes that are left on site. Um especially that if they haven't been um you know, been moved by other traffic or fire department or someone walks up and says, "Oh, let me get the shoe." But, if the shoes are are left right where they are when the subject came out of them, um would there's actually um reconstruction equations that we can use um to help us determine the speed of the vehicle to which hit that subject based on um where the vehicle ends up, where the subject ends up, where their their shoes are. Um so, it's all part of a of a very in-depth uh investigation involving um the minutia of mathematics um and measurements that happen at the scene. She was hauling ass out of here, right? So, we were behind there for about like 5, 10 minutes and he was kind of swerving, but not like obnoxious or crazy. He ran on the guardrail, the you know, the da da da da da. He ran on the on the highway. Uh-huh. And then turned off the highway, came down this way, was swerving, was in this lane, but swerving over. Okay. And then Yeah, like it it looked like that he just kind of like intent he intentionally hit him. No, no, he didn't. >> Like It It looked like it. Yeah. He ran up on the curb, though. So, he's got significant lane trouble, like a DUI. Yes. Washington state is a very different state than Arizona in just about every way. Every way possible. But, one of the things that's similar is that when you are impaired by any substance and you are involved in a collision that results in serious injury or death of someone, including, you know, being hit by a car, those charges are felonies and ultimately you're probably going to go to prison for it. So, this is definitely a serious It's a serious investigation. You could see by the amount of resources that are allocated to this, the officers, the firefighters, witnesses that are being interviewed. This is a pretty big investigation and I'm glad that they're taking it as seriously as it needs to be. >> Is this the mark mark from the car that hit you? I don't know. You don't know? Sure looks like it. Um I know you already gave everybody your name and stuff. I'm going to ask for it again. Uh the person in the car >> walking in pajama pants. >> The person's in custody. Okay. So, there's that. I don't know the story about that cuz I'm not there. But, can I get your information? Were you walking this way? Yes. Just trying to get to trying to get downtown. Yeah. Well, I'm thankful these witnesses saw it on the highway and stayed. And how about an address for you? I mean, I don't really have one right now. Me and my girlfriend broke up, so I don't really have a place And that's why you're in pajama pants. Where you living? Okay. As of last night. This guy's having a bad day cuz he's walking down the street in pajama pants [clears throat] and that shouldn't be socially acceptable. But, along with having pajama pants on outside, his girlfriend breaks up with him the night before. He spends the night sleeping outside somewhere and now he's walking down the street in the aforementioned pajama pants and a lady drives up on the curb and hits him. Apparently breaks his foot um and then drives away. Like this guy should not buy a lotto ticket. Like he's his luck just isn't there. He'd just be throwing that money away. I am Officer Jennings from Bremerton Police. Can you hop off the phone for me? I'm Hey Tom, this is Ali. Um I got into a little situation. Um I have a bunch of cops at my coffee stand right now. Okay. Can you hop off the phone? >> you could please call me back, that'd be awesome. Um Sorry, that was the chief of your P, the Bremerton P. Okay. Cool. I guarantee he doesn't care. Yes. Okay. I think calling I think calling the chief is a supervisory request. We're going to circle that one. >> take your hands out of your pockets while I talk to you real quick? Okay. So, what happened today? I was just driving and I looked down for a second and I hit the curb and I didn't know I hit anybody. I didn't see anybody. I wasn't looking over there. Okay. Were you driving with like a flat tire or anything? Mhm. Were you on your You said you were on your phone? No, I just looked down for a second. >> Mhm. What were you looking down at? I think I dropped something. I can't even remember now. Mhm. Okay. Of course. >> you dropped something and that made you look down? Yeah, I just looked down for a second. Okay. And where were you at when this happened? Right where right before um I think Jack in the Box, you know, right before Jack in the Box. I don't know where that is. >> Okay. And so I didn't know that I hit anybody. Okay. Have you had any alcohol to drink today? Nope. I don't drink. >> Last night? I don't drink. Do you take any medicine or drugs or anything like that? Nope. Okay. Um so other than the dropping, was there anything else going on with the car? Um I got rear-ended the other day, but there's nothing wrong with it. >> Okay. And you don't take any medicine or drugs or anything like that? Nope. Okay. Cuz you seem kind of slow. >> perform some voluntary field sobriety tests to make sure that you're okay to drive today. Uh yeah. Okay. Um we can step Why don't we step uh like like uh right over here? Can we can we um get a hold of the chief of the Bremerton PD first? Why's that? No. Why's that? Because I would like to talk to him. I want him to be here. He told me to call in if something like this happens. >> Okay, well the chief doesn't typically respond. Do you have a supervisor? He's a sergeant right now. He's typically in charge of the city until admin people come in, but the chief doesn't typically respond to scenes like this. So the chief at some point has an interaction with this young lady. Um he I'm sure small town chief provides his number to members of their community. But when she says the chief told me to call if something like this happens, I don't think the chief meant [snorts] vehicular assault while DUI while having minors in your car. Like I don't think that's what the chief meant. So that's also probably why the chief didn't answer. Like the the chief probably doesn't want to take this phone call of "Hey, um I'm high as a giraffe's neck and I have my kids in the car and I drove up on the curb and I hit a guy. Uh and then I left the scene and drove to work. Uh can you get me out of this? Like I don't think that's the phone call that the chief's looking for to start his day on this morning." So I think she she might not understand what that request meant, but it's it's going to fall on deaf ears, I'm sure. And ultimately we need to kind of deal with what's going on here first, okay? Um so, can you stand? I can. I'm I don't want to do any field sobriety tests right now because I literally just woke up to try to get here Okay. >> my coffee stand and I'm really tired. Okay. Yesterday was my opening day and I've just been dealing with a lot. Yeah. So. Including hitting someone with your car. I don't want to perform my share of field sobriety tests. >> Not right now. I'll take the blow test if you want me to. Okay. I'm just really shaky. I understand. Well, I mean >> It's what happens when you hit someone. You know, field sobriety tests don't necessarily are affected by like nervousness and things like that. I mean, it's a factor, right? If you're if you're Oh, they absolutely affect my nervousness. Okay. I know, I'm saying nervous. >> My legs are shaking right now, so that would make me that wouldn't be fair. And do you you don't take any medicine or drugs or anything like that? >> No, sir. Okay, cuz you're the way you're kind of talking to me and like >> Yep. is that I'm tired and I just opened a 650 square foot kitchen and I'm dealing with a lot of stuff. Okay. 650 square feet? >> history of any kind of drug use or anything like that? >> No. Okay, and you said you'd be willing to submit to a preliminary breath test? Yep. Okay. Can you stay here for a sec? Uh you are not free to leave yet, okay? Um so, she refused SFSTs, but she said she'd agree to a breath test, but looking like her demeanor makes me think more like drug related like I was you you were supposed to open up at 4:30 a.m. and I just woke up and rolled out of bed. Okay, as you can see, uh this is a new tube, okay? So, do you have any foreign substances in your mouth right now? Like what? Anything foreign. Like gum. >> Gum. Pennies. Okay, can you open your mouth [clears throat] for me? >> As he asks her uh to check her oral cavity uh for any foreign sub- substances, what he's also doing is he's doing an inspection of her oral cavity for things like if she was smoking regular flower marijuana, there could be mar- the debris of marijuana if she was smoking it from a blunt, um raised taste buds or irritated portions of the inside of the mouth or the tongue, um looking at her lips in case there's something like like a methamphetamine or a crack um where when you smoke it, the pipe heats up and it it actually singes your lips. There's all sorts of of signs and symptoms that we look for um during the inspection of an oral cavity far more than just seeing if there's anything in your mouth like gum um before taking a breath test. Okay, deep breath in. And blow. She's had a DUI before. When's the last time you used cannabis? Uh tonight. Last night before I went to sleep. Last night You didn't use any this morning? No. Okay, cuz you're kind of acting like I understand you're saying you're nervous, but with the leg tremors, your general demeanor, you got the white tongue. Where am I with her? I'm thirsty. Okay. I like her. And you didn't use any this morning. You're saying the last time you used cannabis was last night. Before I go to sleep. Okay. And when did you realize that you hit you went up over the curb? When did What about your rear tire? I didn't know it was like that. I I was just trying to make it to work. And then trying to make it >> somebody as soon as he pulled in here. What kind of can- do you uh smoke cannabis? Like, what what do you What kind of cannabis do you do? I just have a pen. You have a vape pen? Yeah. Or like a dab. THC vape pen. >> vape pen. Little vape pen? Do you happen to know the concentration of that or anything like that? No. That's a good question. I wonder if this guy's a DRE. Right before I go to sleep, I just take a little vape and What? I love it when people that are impaired by drugs want to take the blow test because they know that they don't have any alcohol in their body. Like that's great. You just smoked a giant crystal of methamphetamine and you are absolutely super high. But you're like, "Sure, I'll take that blow test." Well, yeah, that's a test for alcohol. And of course it's going to show that there's no alcohol there. That's not the substance that's impairing you. Same exact situation here. She's like, "I'll take that test." Well, of course, cuz she's smoking a THC vape pen where the percentage of THC is probably who knows, 50, 60, 70%. She is absolutely still high from smoking several hours before. And she's like, "Yeah, I'll take that test." Well, I love that this is a traffic cop. I love that he is he's recognizing things that are are very common with cannabis impairment and that he goes down the road of obtaining a warrant and getting a blood draw to be able to prosecute this case. This guy's definitely doing it right. >> And who else was in the car with you at the time? Um my daughter and my daughter's best friend. Oh. Just the two kids, but no no one So two kids in there? They were They were in this car. Okay. Okay, ma'am. Uh right now you're under arrest. Okay, I have reason to believe that your driving was impaired by your uh drug drug usage. Okay. Go and put that other hand on top of your head. On top of my head? Yep. Or not. There we go. Okay, but just please be careful because my uh um I have really really, bad children. Okay. Can you give my daughter a hug? All right, we'll deal with that in just a second, okay? Unbelievable. It's a green vehicle. Just hang out over there for a minute, okay? Can you grab my keys out of my pocket? No, don't do that. Step back, please. Thank you. There we go. That's what I like. I will deal with that in just a sec. Okay? Yep, I appreciate it. Uh hold it right there. That's her car, right? Yeah. Okay. Let's go and step over here. That needed to happen. >> Before I talk to you any further, I'll make sure I read you your rights, but right going right now Okay. Um do you have anything on you that I need to know about? Anything that's going to poke, stab, stick, or hurt me? I just think that I have my keys in my pocket. >> Just your keys? Okay. Can you widen your stance for me? Okay. Nice. Go and take a seat. Watch your head when you get in, ma'am. There we go. Okay. I like it. So, two little kiddos were in the car with her. Unbelievable. Hello, kiddos. How are you? Fine. Is that your mom? That's my mom. Your mom and your friend. Got it. Okay. We just got really scared. Yeah, cuz we watched our mom hit a guy with a car. Did you see what happened? We didn't really see her. So, here, and I can speak only for Arizona, but here it is a felony to hit someone with your car and then leave the scene. It is also a felony to commit the the act of DUI, commit the offense of DUI, while you have children under the age of 15 in the vehicle. So, she has compounding felonies, not only for being involved in a in a collision that resulted in serious injury um while impaired, but then she left the scene, and then she had kids in the car. So, she is and all of these are serious felonies here in the state of Arizona, and I would imagine they're also serious in the state of Washington. So, she's looking at she is going to go to prison. Um as long as the prosecutors hold up their end of the bargain, but if these law enforcement officers, these police officers that are doing this investigation have anything to say about it, she's going to go away. I thought we ran over like a giant raccoon or something, cuz I just And then I just felt swerve >> Kind of the same thing. back into Wait, and then the rest of the drive here I knew I knew that we hit a curb. I knew that. And then when we were driving and it was bumpy, I knew that the tire was flat. Okay. Well, okay. Sounds good. Thank you, guys. You need to go to prison. All right. This is a telephonic search warrant hearing. This is Judge Adams. So, things between Washington and Arizona are very different. Um we did telephonic search warrants uh in the '90s for for DUI investigations. Um here we have something that's faster. It's called e-warrant or electronic warrant. Um we do it all through a secured portal. It's all online. Um it's more It's faster. It's more efficient for both the judicial staff and for um law enforcement officers. So, we do we do things a little bit more efficiently here in Arizona. Um I I don't know if they redacted it. Um in Arizona, if this same collision sequence and investigation happened here, I would not even ask for the suspect's consent um because at any time they can redact that consent, I would do exactly what this officer did. I would just author a warrant, have a superior court judge say yes, you have probable cause. We do our own blood test. We don't have to take them anywhere. [clears throat] Again, it's more efficient here. So we wouldn't have to take someone to a hospital. We could just take her to the station, draw her blood there, and get the evidence that we need to successfully prosecute the case. So that's how things happen here. There are other states that are are very close to how we do things. We think it's pretty efficient here and it definitely leads to the successful prosecution of cases like this. And what are you looking to seize? Two vials of blood to test for alcohol all level and or detect the presence of and or level of any drugs. Here's a blood kit. Okay, ma'am. Let me get you unbuckled here, okay? Okay, go and step out. Watch your head when you get out. Okay, we're going to go right Here in the state of Arizona, we're the first state in the nation to have law enforcement phlebotomists. I went through the third certification class in the state of Arizona back in 2003 and I've been a state qualified phlebotomist since then. So during the course of an investigation like this, we're doing our own blood draws. It makes everything easy. It's it's a seamless investigation where I can testify that I drew the blood, then I can testify that I impounded it, and then our our property and evidence staff transport it to the lab. The lab tests it and sends a report back. So we don't have to worry about doing anything, having to get records from a hospital or or else. We do it all in-house. It really makes things great. So, if you're in a state, you're a law enforcement officer, you're in a state that doesn't have a law enforcement phlebotomy program, look it look into it because it's great. It is a It's a great skill set and investigations like this, it makes things super easy. How many vials are we filling? Two. And out you go. >> take a seat. Watch your head when you're getting in. Watch your head. We'll go to jail. The suspect was charged with vehicular assault and reckless endangerment. >> Body cam bingo, we only got one. I figured when you ask for the chief of police, we'll call that a supervisor request. So, even though it's your supervisor's supervisor supervisor, but that's the only one we got on this one. So, well, better luck next time. What you could have the best luck with is clicking the button here and subscribing. That lets you know when we put out new videos so you can play body cam bingo as often as you want. Keep in touch.
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