hands down to your side and make sure
you touch Heel To Toe okay once you
begin the test don't stop okay okay you
understand all that once I get to the
end do I stop or no just keep going
you're going to go do nine small series
of steps and then nine back same way
okay you can begin whenever you're
ready count out loud
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on January the 10th 2024 at
approximately 8:33 p.m. officers with
the Columbus Division of police were
dispatched on a call about a possible
intoxicated driver who is involved in a
vehicle accident hi uh I'm reporting a
uh drunk driver at the intersection of
Gemini and um Lyra
Drive you what kind of vehicle is it uh
it's a it's an Audi SUV what color it's
white why do you think they're drunk
what's that and so why do you why do you
think they're drunk uh because she was
just riding on the WR side of the road
and pulled her car up onto uh the uh
like corner like beach it basically and
she's can't stand up and all like all
over the
place
13 can you run a Washington tag Charles
Frank Robert 2045 hello ladies and gent
definely I'm yeah 100% I'm the one that
white shirt yes a um I'm the one that
called keys okay thank you um she was
coming this way um can I talk to you in
a minute in your how are you involved uh
I'm not well I got flagged down over
here so I I have coming let me go talk
to her real quick do you are you okay
with standing by for a little longer she
definely you need okay her and other guy
okay cuz we're going to want to speak
with you okay give me a few minutes hey
honey how are you hi you feeling all
right your lights on I don't know if you
if that was intentional I don't want
your batter no I just picked up my
friend on the bottom of my car you got
from
where copy thank you I'm sorry what how
did what happen how' you end up on the
side i h don't freaking know they said
that I was with some or they like you
weren't with anybody and I was like yeah
I was with my guy friends like no I'm
like like were there people in the car
with you there one person they said I
didn't see anybody are where's that one
person is it one of these guys here or
they still in the car before way before
yeah oh way before okay so were you
coming from somewhere what happened just
the mall just the mall okay were you
with somebody or alone I was with
somebody until I got the off okay okay I
understand were you in a specific store
coming from a specific store or no I say
East just at e oh at East how'd you end
up here this is a different day oh no
I'm talking about today oh today no I
just went from work to my house to here
for dinner okay you already had dinner
or you on the way to dinner I already
had it nice where'd you go anything
fancy Cheesecake Factory hell yeah I
love Cheesecake Factory it was good but
I usually I don't know I liked it a lot
better but I've had it like every single
time it went out and I'm like okay have
something different so were you driving
on one of these roads before you ended
up here how I'm just trying to piece
together how this end honest cuz I never
come display okay okay um I couldn't
even tell you where we are right now to
be honest okay but we're at Gemini and
Lyra which is Polaris yeah okay yeah I
don't know where that even is so do you
remember which way you were
going nope you don't remember anything I
mean I remember I was going home but I
was just following my GPS I don't
remember where I came from okay where's
home for you um how far away probably 20
minutes okay is it like what Westerville
or no it's
um I say it's like maybe 10 minutes from
Polaris okay so yeah we're in Polaris so
about 10 minutes from here is is that
what you're saying okay okay I'm still a
little confused how how you ended up
here I know I don't I really don't know
okay
yeah hello hi she's not sure where she's
at um and she's
not I just don't know how to get home
from here she's not sure how she got
here either but I also just moved here
from Washington I moved from across the
country she said she was at Cheesecake
Factory and she was trying to go home
but she's not sure which way she was
traveling cuz she was following her GPS
when she ended up on in the middle of
the sidewalk so which I don't know how
did you uh eat at Cheesecake Factory you
work there
or no
let me ask you this do you are you a
diabetic or take medication for anything
I take
um did you take that
today and you've had nothing to
drink so it sounds like from what
Witnesses are saying you were in the
wrong wrong side of the
road do you remember any of that no
that's what's weird like you can even
drug test me orever whatever alcohol
test me I swear to God
okay well what I want to do is run you
through some tests just to make sure
you're okay to drive okay that's fine
are you fine to do that yeah I promise I
do you need medical attention no you
don't need a Medicare for anything
didn't bump your head or anything like
that no okay that's why I'm like I don't
understand are you should owner of the
car or does it belong to somebody else
it's mine okay thank
you what we'll do is you see that wagon
down there Cruiser oh you're yes we're
going to go in front of there and I'm
going run you through some tests make
sure you're clear we'll take all right
you cool with that all
right all right you see the tip of my
pen mhm what I want you to do is follow
it with your eyes and your eyes only do
not move your head okay
okay
okay all right you see where my
flashlight is
shining all right this is called the
walk and turn test all right what you're
going to do is you're going to imagine a
straight I was head you're not yet oh
what you're going to do is you're going
to imagine a straight line from where
you're standing to the front of the
cruiser okay okay what you're going to
do is put your left foot on that line
right foot in front of your left foot
touching heel to toe and hands down to
your side I just need you to hold this
position like I'm doing until I'm done
instructing okay I'll tell you when to
begin the test instruction phase right
now is just that for you to hold this
position right here right foot in front
of your left foot touching Heel To
Toe hands down your side hold that
position till I'm done instructing okay
don't start until I tell you to okay
what you're going to do is you're going
to make nine Heel To Toe steps down and
nine back it's going to look like this
okay one two three so on and so forth
till you get to nine okay once you get
to nine small series of steps and you're
going to do nine more okay one 2 3 I did
three you're going to do nine okay okay
so nine down nine back while you're
doing this I need need you to make sure
that you look at your foot okay mhm make
sure you count out loud one 2 3 nice
hands down to your side and make sure
you touch Heel To Toe okay once you
begin the test don't stop okay okay you
understand all that once I get to the
end do I stop or no just keep going
you're going to go do nine y small
series of steps and then nine back same
way okay you can begin whenever you're
ready count out loud three four 5 6 6 7
8
9
1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 all right so this last test it's
called the one leg stand okay for
demonstration purposes I'm going to
stand on my right leg and raise my left
leg okay it's it's almost like that okay
so what you're going to do the opposite
leg you're going to raise it
approximately 6 in off the ground
parallel to the ground okay and you're
going to count 1,1 1,2 13 so on and so
forth till I tell you to okay just stop
all right let me see your uh watch real
quick take off
sorry I could but my fingers are frozen
so ma' while you're doing this the
opposite leg make sure you look at the
tip of your foot
okay you count 1,1 1,002 hands down to
your side 6 in off the ground parallel
to the ground 1001 1002 1003 do you
understand all that I know you're cold
but your hands are not have to be to
your side okay hands are
freezing you can begin whenever you're
ready count out loud 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
two 3 4 5 6 okay seven we're going to
walk to the front of my real quick okay
did I pass all of them what's that did I
pass all of them I I'll let you know
here in a little bit okay all right now
face me again okay what I want you to do
on this test all right hands down to
your side what I want you to do is this
is a time test I want you to close your
eyes and tilt your head back okay okay
and in your
head
yeah when I tell you to begin tilt your
head back close your eyes and I want you
in your head to estimate 30 seconds okay
okay when you're done estimating 30
seconds put your head back up and tell
me that you're finished okay okay all
right okay silver San another silver
walking this is the last test okay I'm
done this is the last one if I was like
drunk like not passing how many tests
are there
here one there's usually three tests
okay all right so we're going to do one
more test all right what you're going to
do is follow the pen one more time okay
I'm going to do a couple circles around
your face and then just follow the pen
okay
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one more
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time turn around P you're going to be
place under arrest okay for operating a
vehicle owner and the influence all
right can you recogize me we'll we'll do
all that okay I literally have not Dr
infl just listen to me man like I said
just comply with us we're going to get
you home tonight okay okay to I'll
explain what we're going to do
okay do you mind if I take this watch
off cuz I don't want to hurt your WR
it's I didn't alcohol no no it's it's uh
drug related her pupils are the size of
Texas yeah I thought so that was my impr
I was just stalling and I was waiting
for you to get
here it's not she may hadn drink or
something not smelling
anything here
she's on top of okay so I'm going to do
what I normally do and just hopefully we
go to St an get a urine drop and call
did you find a gun I didn't go through
the car okay but now that she is 3 33 on
35 I can Inc count it and I'll look
through the car and we get that way this
she says she has a firearm in the car
but if you do your own she's not under
an ALS which means that gun cannot be
held against her all no she can still
um you would have to call Gun crimes on
that on that one uh but if if she's
under arrest for
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uh you would have to articulate a lot
and you would have to present paperwork
to them they can either probably a DI or
prop hand or something like
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that there's the gun
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nothing's in the
chamber it sucks there you go
first name what's your first name
Britney okay Britney I'm going to read
you your rights real quick okay all
right before we ask you any questions
you must understand your rights you have
the right to remain silent anything you
say can be used against you in court you
have the right to talk to a lawyer for
advice before we ask you any
questions uh you have the right to have
a lawyer with you during questioning if
you're unable to pay a lawyer a lawyer
will be appointed for you prior to any
questioning if you
desire if you wish to answer questions
now without a lawyer present you have
the right to stop answering at any time
you also have the right to stop
answering at any time until you talk to
a lawyer
okay can you write down the time
all right Britney this is called the BMV
2255 okay I can put this on your lap you
can follow along if you want okay what
I'm reading this to you right here
okay say she's taking pictures on her
City phone okay consequences of test and
refusal you are now under arrest for
operating a vehicle under the influence
of alcohol a drug or a combination of
them operating a vehicle while under the
influence of a listed controlled
substance or listed metabolite of a
controlled substance operating a vehicle
after underage alcohol consumption or
having physical control of a vehicle
while Under the
Influence if you refuse to take any
chemical test required by law your high
driving privileges will be suspended
immediately and you have to pay a fee to
have the Privileges
reinstated if you have a prior
conviction of OVI or operating a vehicle
while under the influence of a listed
controlled substance or listed metaboli
of control substance under state or
Municipal law within the preceding 20
years you now are under arrest for State
OVI and if you refuse to take a chemical
test you will face increased penalties
if you subsequently are convicted of
State
OVI if you take any chemical test
required by law and found to be at or
over the prohibited amount of alcohol a
controlled substance or metabolite of a
controlled substance in your whole blood
blood serm or plasma breath or urine by
law your H privileges will be suspended
immediately and you have to pay a fee to
have the Privileges
reinstated and what if it's not if you
take a chemical test you may have an
independent chemical test taken at your
own expense you do what if you take a
chemical test you may have an
independent chemical test taken at your
own expense okay so I have to get one
for you guys what's that i' have to get
two no it's just on your own if you want
to get one on your
own with that being said I'm going to
offer you to take a urine test are you
willing to take a urine
test it's a yes or
no take Ur test I mean if I don't I go
to
right I I don't here or there like I
told you before when you're out there
you can fly we're going to get you home
or wherever you're trying to go you're
not going to go to jail
tonight unless something crazy happens
where you're fighting us at the hospital
or something the hospital that's where
we would do the UR
so you're
to you don't I I can't tell you that you
have to it's up to you if I don't I get
a y That's the what I just read to you
are the the consequences of testing
refusing which
one
yep my arm literally might
beeding which one this one
so what we're going to do we're going to
take you to the hospital okay s an is
not too far away from here we'll get you
involved with a nurse that way you can
drop urine for us all
right your vehicle is going to be
impounded keep your rights in mind where
is the gun in the car I think it was
already located but where is it in my
purse in your purse
okay huh need yeah so just bear with us
for a minute okay can you leave the door
open we cannot I'm
sorry all right so before I call Gun
crimes where was it located in her
little purse which is located on the
driver's seat okay uh nothing in the
chamber three in the mag it's a MAG in
the gun mag SE in the gun it's it was a
um but it's a shield SMI and shield
they're going to ask me what kind it is
okay you guys ever clean that thing it
gets
cleaned just want to have a seat for a
I can help this whole thing right yeah
just
yep there's
that so if it's caused by my sleeping
medicine but I'm prescrib it I can't get
charge right I can't answer that um
prescribe to it prescribe to it and
allow to drive
on yeah I mean that's something
that you have to take if it tells you
you're allowed to drive on it I mean it
is what it is but I don't know what
prescription you're talking about and
all that so I don't answer that question
I guess this is you this is me
yep all righty go stand up for I'm going
to get you out of these handcuffs all
right
um when you're done I'm I'm going to
stand in there with you but when you're
done don't T the
toilet do you have to pee right now no
can you pee right now I
try um do you need some water or
anything not
help ioset water
okay I guess or I can get you a bottle
of water that's fine do you think you
could pee in a cup right now I guess
that's a better question proba not I
don't want to pee let me go get you some
water real quick
okay all right so what happens if I
can't pee or don't
pee if you don't pee or can't
pee we would have to put it down as a
refusal it what
happens uh the test and consequences is
that I read to you the 2255 form I would
read the bottom section and basically
it's how long your driver's license
would be suspended for based on a
refusal or test
results so my get
supended I just do that thing like get
out of here I have to
work well we're still not taking you
home after this I know
okay I got a 15 minute drive do their
thing it's going to be a couple
hours I just so I'm not going to be able
to pee I can say that right now my
anxiety is not going let
me so you're refusing to test I'm not
refusing I'm just not going to be able
to I don't want to sit here for 2 hours
trying to I have to be up 4:30 in the
morning and go to
work I mean we're willing to sit here as
long as you'd like or I know not going
to see I mean we are under a time frame
but I mean if you need 10 minutes to no
it's 9:00 I'd rather leave I'm not like
it's not going to happen I just want you
to this is on body cam I just want you
to know that if you do not give us a
urine sample it's going to be down as a
refusal and I get my license
supended is that what you want to do
yeah
okay yeah go St on that black line for
me your feart
know thank
you to go all these M this $3,000 of the
jewelry dis
years please don't lose this what do
ma'am we'll have you put on back in go
upstairs
okay we're going to do this first and
then we'll get you to the bathroom
upney all right so we're going to take
you downstairs we're going to call your
boyfriend and have him come pick you up
okay we just got to put you in handcuff
so we get
downstairs
policy take this up first m
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basement TR guess there's a timer now
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this
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I couldn't find the alarm you asked
for so off the bedroom
I couldn't find the alarm you asked
for can you wake up day or can you come
get
me I drove
it says your Li's location are both like
right on top of me so you guys have to
be right here we will get out to the
door the street here and be a
to say what we'll got to the street here
he'll be able to find you
Britney was charged with operating a
vehicle impaired and failed to control
her refusal to provide a urine sample
caused her license to be suspended for a
period of one year she hired an attorney
and agreed to plead the OVI down to
Reckless operation she was given a $100
fine in ordered to complete a training
class in lie of spending 3 days in jail
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