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hello Sheriff's
Office hi there we got body cameras
everything's being recorded hi um what
are you guys doing
here
get
uhoh I I think I know what's going so uh
what's going on guys uh
oh
I'm meeting my friend your
friend okay and how long have you been
parked here
now my car has been parked for a
while that's her car this is your
car that's my car no miss you in the
white top this is your car well this is
my car yeah and what's your first
name Mercedes your first name is
Mercedes okay Mercedes
gotcha and how are you doing tonight
Mercedes good okay had any alcohol
drinks tonight Mercedes you
sure
yeah okay I may not be the smartest guy
in the world but we got little shop
things sitting next to us our beaches
nope a little little red
cup oh and I assume this is probably is
this vomit you're on the
ground we just pulled up here yeah I no
like I like legit you I know I know you
did cuz someone called us cuz they said
that there's a strange car outside their
house and they've never seen him before
and and stuff like that so oh what did
you hit your car looks all scratched
up this is an old car I bought this from
my mom's friends car can I get out uh if
you feel like you need to sure do you
have your driver's license with you yes
can I take a look at that please
yeah
my my this isn't I'm a young lady
mhm hey Paul
passenger yeah where they're coming from
where they're going why they're here you
right yeah that'd be so great thanks so
much do you still live on Lawrence raid
uh Lawrence Road Mercedes yep okay you
my what's that you want my yep your your
registration insurance would probably be
good too yeah so Mercedes uh where you
guys coming from
tonight else where does she live uh Glen
Haven Glenn Haven huh
like I mean I don't know her exact BR
okay how old are you Mercedes uh 20
you're
20
okay so can you tell me why there's a
empty white claw can in the back
there lots of the above that I have I
take um people I
oh I don't understand what you're trying
to say you're slurring your words pretty
heavily I just said I took I take I am
okay do you mind taking the key out the
ignition for me that way but when we're
not killing the car and I don't want you
to drive off on me thank you thank you
thank you thank you I
had I'm not going to can't even yeah
okay so let's let's make start let's
start let's start over for a second here
so how much alcohol have you had tonight
so I think it's safe to say you've had
some I holy [ __ ]
yeah take me what let's just have the
conversation first how how much have you
had to drink just like one or two
wets a couple shots what are you Dr so
I'm young though I'm so small okay I
can't take I I did I I'm not here to let
the cops I am not down for that I
took I wrong I
took like I'm I'm trying to like break
it down to what I had took two shots
earlier today and I had been drinking
what you just saw yeah the little cup
there what was inside of it just a sh a
sh uh of what though like a a vodka this
okay is that so did you end up getting
sick is that did you puke a little bit
on the ground no what's that's why when
you start that
was this sounds I don't want well I just
want are you sick do you need an
ambulance or something I'm fine I'm fine
so what's all this liquid
here this okay um we're also it's not
okay let's just one thing at a time yeah
so Merc where is all this from Merc I'm
like literally this is making me just
honestly have anxiety I am very young
yep you are probably probably a little
too young to have alcohol right I'm I
mean I'm just about to turn 21 I'm close
close we're not there yet there go yeah
but I mean did you not I I didn't not
not while driving anyway so is this is
this did you pour something out or this
did you puke a little bit no no like no
I'm I'm the most honest like I'm not
what is this though what is it it's
fresh came from your
car do you not know if you don't know
that's one I know I I here to lie to you
I really am not I'm I'm going to be here
and honest all about it I'm not here
[ __ ] I literally do not give a [ __ ]
about lying to you okay I don't give a
what my trouble is I will what so what
happened your car it looks like it got
so it got all dinged up and you're
missing mirr I've my car has been dinged
up a bit okay be before this none of
this is from tonight you didn't you
didn't did you crash your car tonight no
didn't run off the road you're the are
you s that was so sorry well I'm asking
cuz you got all these all these scratch
you're missing a mirror up there no this
has this has been for a few months about
no this has months months if you want to
I can show
you I I'm admitting that I'm okay that's
your
what oh my god dude what is it this this
I backed into in my my literally my
own my own
I you know my own back like I
have okay if you want to look on my own
uh uh oh there's more liquid pour out
over here what's all this for over here
okay I'm saying this so if you're going
to call out all my no I just want I want
to know what the liquid what's all the
liquid see on the ground how it's
wet right there okay I have people in my
car I don't I can't explain everything
okay well looks like it was just one
person yeah
one
person pass only I'm only one on that
side so I can't explain everything on
okay did you drive here yourself or did
she drive you um I drove
from [ __ ] what can uh Megan no just talk
to me no nobody's in here okay I drove
from I don't know the road that's why I
was asking Megan do you know where
you're at right now
uh I I plan to drive at blue
the blue
gr do you know do you know do you know
where you're at right now is what I'm
saying uh do you know how to get home
from here
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[ __ ] what's a good phone number for you
Mercedes 360 M
three uh
you guys are making me really I'm just
curious if I know you guys are making me
feel I feel stupid
as I try
to thank you oh I didn't say anything I
know thank you okay what's your what's
your good phone number for your
Mercedes
305 5919
it's my dad that's your dad do you not
have a phone no I do what's your phone
number it's the phone number
that I'm sorry I'm
just I my [ __ ] friends don't deserve
this God damn it what's your phone
number Mercedes to it's 510 I'm so sorry
dude I'm so sorry just focus on one
thing at a time right what's a what's a
good phone Mercedes it's 510
4306 please don't there you go [ __ ]
get we in trouble dude she was
not
talk please don't she's not we're
not [ __ ] why are you please give me I'm
so so she she's not we're not we're just
talking conversation so she okay so
Mercedes dude
Mercedes you need to have just just
focus on me right now
me me and everything
mer she's not in any trouble she L just
started a okay what what I had drinks
yes yes I'm not here to lie that's like
what I am I don't know I know have my
dad come pick me up I will park my car
that's fine fine I'm what did you drink
tonight how
much um I'm not here to let you a c I
will can I tell you that honestly tell
me hon that's the type of person I am
this is what makes me feel
so she's not she's not in trouble right
now okay I I was the one that was
driving for one yeah what is it that
what is it that you had to drink can I
show you I'm not I don't have any guns I
don't have any what what one thing at a
time also I know
that's
um I had um a little bit sh of vodka of
the ex ex brand Platinum okay okay um I
for like our house mhm not our house but
we were like like in her lot we a little
bit was stupid because we
went know I'm so stupid um we went the
wood was literally right around the
corner to the lake which is
a a place people pull off
they pulled off there
um so Merc would would you be willing to
perform some voluntary field tobet test
prove me you're okay to drive um um if
that means that I'm probably not okay to
drive okay would you be willing to take
the voluntary test but then I'm going to
like be
like this has nothing to do with that
I'm drun I it's you guys are G be aniy
and I'm [ __ ] I'm such an adult and like
I
cannot this is embarrassing as [ __ ] dude
I barely drinking
I
Megan she's okay can I hold this when I
do this this is so stupid I don't even
give a about that you guys so so would
you volunt Field 100 I just [ __ ] want
why I have just literally this is so
stupid I don't give both of parents are
literally they don't I don't give okay
so like I said let's focus on one thing
at a time right now just conversation
between me and you we can worry about
all the other stuff in just a few
moments all right so right now I got ask
you would you be willing to perform some
voluntary field Sprite tests prove to me
that you're okay at
drive so because I just drove that am I
going to charge well I I don't know why
I want to make sure everything's going
to be okay so if you feel like you're
okay to drive this no well hold up am I
going to get are you going to tell me
that I'm a gred I want I want to I'm not
I don't need you to test me I'm not so
so I'm going yes or no would you be you
don't want to do the test okay fair
enough would you be willing to to blow
into prary breath test it's a PBT it's
not a Mone Court I'm drunk I'm drunk I'm
drunk can I admit that to you guys you
can admit absolutely was in this yes yes
yes can I just get myself in trouble
right there I'm not here to let a cops
like what do you I'm So Young I'm such a
kid I'm not scared
of where sh dad is her home is right
there I'm investigation you know where
you're at right now yes
we no well not this we're I know we're
in Glen even I know like she yeah there
301
investigation are you going to make me
feel insane we're in yeah we're yeah is
you just made me feel insane asking me
that's what I yeah I feel
insan that's your job I
know where can I of my friend this is
mine this is hers okay okay this is mine
and this is hers so I I just need to get
separated my Mercedes right here
remember one thing at time she does not
so would you be willing for to blow into
a preliminary breath test which is the
PBT because I'm drunk It's GNA okay so
no sfsts and no not willing to do the
test the PBT P test am I going to get
brought to jail F either way
huh yeah so okay well if you're not
willing to do any those tests I
understand that like I said they are
voluntary so at this time I do believe
that you are currently under the
influence of alcohol is a problem so you
can't be operating your vehicle careful
I don't want you to
fall my turn listen at this time you are
being placed under arrest for suspicion
DUI okay so I need you to turn around
back for me can you please tell her that
can you she will be advised oh my
God you
for okay just a moment
yeah hey
baby please no take her yeah we we'll
let her talk obviously her over there
did you give her my kid no not yet just
a second kiss
please I'm not yo I'm not somebody I
want
to I'm not about dis
I we been doing some driv
me is my Park get Toad or well it's
currently parked in an okay spot so I
think we could probably leave it here
but we should maybe call someone to come
and get
it give me a favor really quick I just
I'm going I will I'm just going to read
you your rights before we talk any
further that way you understand them and
then we can continue our conversation so
just listen to what I have to say for a
moment so at this time you do have the
right to remain silent anything you say
can use coure of law you have the right
at this time to talk to a lawyer and
have him present with you while you're
being questioned you can afford to hire
a lawyer one will be appointed to
represent you before question if you
wish you decide at any time to exercise
these rights not answer any questions or
make any stat do you understand your
right
Mercedes yes
okay so Mercedes I understand that it's
cold out here and you're wearing a tank
top is there a jacket in here I can get
for
you
um Can can I get can I get your cell
phone here for you you want your cell
phone and maybe your wallet oh my cell
phone yeah that would be nice if I had
point I am so drunk I'm not going to lie
I'm not I'm not going to [ __ ] lie I
always say what can I get out of the car
for you before we and you leave cuz we
going to have phone I'm um you want your
phone do you want your wallet with
you my phone yep I will grab your phone
I'll grab your phone right here can we W
up to my friend that's going to get well
she Liv right here can can somebody drop
her off hang on hang on do you want your
wallet or a purse is there anything else
that you need so you got I have your
phone and I have your ID this is this
fine I'm really trying to be so I
understand but I want to help you to get
everything that you might need out of
here is that okay got your you got your
driver license and your phone what else
do you open up my the center console
yeah okay take a hor dude I swear I just
need my what okay so you have what what
do you have do you want your wallet I
need to just show a proof that's what
you have right I have your your your ID
right here your phone you don't want
your wall my phone and my 8 okay that's
all I wanted okay sounds good I thought
okay okay so we're going to I can walk
over to the right Mercedes to the
right Mercedes can you do me
like like baby oh my God this like the
best let's take a step back here really
quick
okay she can have a conversation let's
just go over here I can have
a careful I don't want you to follow no
I I know I'm drunk but dude like I don't
me dude oh my I
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just
person not the most comfortable seats
it's I've been on before you so cute
careful you guys know that I'm drunk
okay now sit back a little further there
you go thank you got it hey I know
you your feet in she's rotate your feet
in okay I'm going to put your seat belts
on sorry lean back for mean
back sorry okay all right hey wait can I
ask you one one question
sure
um oh you guys are calling my I mean I
am a kid I live with my parents so yeah
you guys calling so you're currently
over the age of 18 makes adult I am an
adult your decisions and your
responsibilities are up to you however
you are under the age of 21 so you can't
be having alcohol either only what I'm
curious about so what's going to be
going on so currently we're going to go
down to the jail which is where we have
a testing machine a BAC machine which
tells us how much alcohol you've had um
if you decide to blow into that machine
it'll tell it'll give us a result if you
are in fact believed to be over the uh
over the state limit of BAC you will be
boed into the jail until you are sober
once you are sober they will release you
can you only I just want to blow my nose
my nose is literally dripping okay are
you able to wipe it on your knee cuz I
can't take your handcuffs off fine yep
there you go thank you perfect okay well
I'm going to close this door then and
we're going to do some stuff here and
then we're going to get going okay just
a few
moments D you getting a physical control
you well you know I mean physical
control is 100% there are the cars
running the keys inition she's sitting
in the driver's seat but she did admit
the drive have the keys uh I had her
turn the car off they're they're going
to find the keys oh I know where they're
at they're in the they're in the
driver's door um through control all day
long and my camera's still on um she
commits to driving though very clearly
so I mean I think we could probably do
DUI as well um I don't see any issue
with that how do you how do you feel
about that so that'd be fine but she
told me she drove here at 9: we've been
here since 9: Dron but she's so she's
maybe trying to just save her she did at
one point say
oh like maybe trying to cover over her
just a second she's freaking
out yes I know that was I would do you
have a question or do you need something
no I just so they have my car yep and
we're she so your friend here she going
to drive it she's going to take care of
your car it looks like she's looking for
the key she'll secure it yeah all right
mhm at the end of the day I don't think
it really matters um I agree whatever
they do on the back end is what they're
going to do on the back end it's a good
thing she end up leaving here and
someone oh absolutely she is oh so head
her PV she's a 24 she's this one4 oh
jeez she's girl so so how old is she
she's
2 good well she's also like a quarter of
her weight and size so she for all I
know this scout could have sniffed a
beer and now we they were at the
shooting range at Northport oh God doing
what shooting I thought it was close um
yeah and then they came here at 9:00
sitting
here okay
so all right are you able to see see
this part through which is making sure
she she called for a ride make sure the
windows get locked she's okay with it
staying here we don't have to to it it's
but it sounds like I'll verify though
but I mean it's currently parked in
private property and and everything so
off the roadway yep um she's got the
keys here if she's going to take off I
would regardless have her take her
friend's wallet out of here so this car
if it if it gets damaged or something
like that it burglarize her she's not
losing her stuff I'll verify everything
with her really quick before I take off
but and you got did you get this plate
already
Yes uh is that your ride yeah my mom's
piing me up she knows where you're at
yeah okay we're not in Glenn
Haven no um I told her the mountain gr
perfect um the she admitted to driving
is is
that you were you just Ling me trying to
cover for her no I me she drove here a
while ago but we've been sitting here
here for a while so so it wasn't you who
drove here at 9:00 you said no no I
drove my car here at 9: but after that
we drove there and came back to me and
then drove back and we were sitting here
for a while
um while we were sitting here for a
while I was trying to tell her not to
drive basically can can what's all this
liquid on either side of the car he uh
he ah yeah sorry no that's fair enough I
just wanted to know if it was vomit or
are dumping something not RIT just you
got to go you got to go right yeah so do
you want to um close her window for her
and then grab any valuables that she
might yes those are her car keys yep it
looks like she does have her wallet is
still in the center console she doesn't
want she doesn't want to take you with
her but I would recommend that you at
least take it with you because it it if
it's going to be left here overnight I
Murphy's lost something's going to
happen I don't want her stff to get
taken okay um is she going with you guys
she's going she's currently going to go
down to the Lo count jail yeah
yep yeah then I'll just talk
to she's good cool all right
um I had dispatch
on okay uh verify the car think okay
with her and then we'll get going sounds
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good hey Mercedes are you guys it I was
so hang on a second so your car
obviously obviously you can't drive your
car and they she can't drive your car
either so is it okay if it remains here
or do we need to have a to
there no okay so you're here I can get
somebody to get it in a few hours okay
it sounds so it sounds like she's
leaving her car here too because she's
currently not safe to drive she's what
no okay why did you take your seat belt
off I need you to keep that on oh sorry
it says it's a seat belt so we don't
crash
reasonable can you it's just what what's
that what do you need can you just just
un it a little bit why is that I mean
I've I've been in these like once before
and for a good like 20 minutes do you
need to scratch your nose again or what
what is it no they're
just are they tight I'm not yeah I'm not
used to this are they are they too tight
not a just not used to being okay if
it's just you're not used to it I'm not
going to change anything about that but
if you feel like your hand is losing
feeling because it's too tight I can
loosen May a hair but it's kind of tight
it's kind of tight the right one or the
left one the left one can you this one
or the other one this one this one this
one's like okay okay I'm also not like
lift your hand up please don't treat me
like
um what like your what I think I'm
treating tell you respectfully no no no
no you are you 100% off just
not thank you there we go okay I I
get okay so we're going to take off if
you're okay with your vehicle staying
here uh it'll leave here your friend's
going to lock in she's going to grab
your valuables you understand is that
okay with you can you tell me is that
okay with you that she takes your
valuables and locks the car yeah what
what's going to happen to me tonight I'm
getting yeah so like I told you about 5
minutes ago we're going to go down to
the Wacom County jaill we're going to
take a BAC test which is a blood alcohol
content test make sure that you are if
you're we're going to check your pretty
much your mou alcohol and make sure
you're not uh DC yeah correct have you
been arrested for dii before no okay no
never okay I have can I I I I already
told you guys I'm not here to Li yeah we
can talk when we're driving okay so just
a moment all right what's up I think
she's just so drunk she got
here they came here at 9:00 went to the
party she drove back and they my girl
drove back your girl drove back she
sitting there trying to to
drive
pass that's when we rolled up so that's
when our RP was like they were here
earlier about an hour ago like 9 that
they dropped off and she picked her okay
so our
passenger but she admits to our my in
custody currently driving yep our in my
in custody says she was driving as well
Teri once they got here the second time
they did not drink anymore like she so
they stop drinking probably at the at
the party then part and those an yeah
and the the over ground a little bit
instead you want checking for
me okay um so yeah so we got her pretty
much cool and are you okay with sitting
here and taking care of the stuff yep
ride make sure she doesn't leave yeah
this is a solid solid juice so cool dude
I'll confirm with the RPL message when
they got here the sounds good and since
it is a the case you mind grabbing the
RPS info yeah just for timelines and
stuff y appreciate it man thank
you step on
out I
am
okay go and stand over there walk that
way okay we're going to walk straight
toward this big door
here yep just right
here won't let me get me and [ __ ] out of
doesn't
happen
keep
going all the way through the next
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door stand right right there is fine so
these are your results okay so the legal
the stuff you want to know is in the
dark darker bold colors okay so the
legal limit is
0.2 or 02 for you hold on wait the
window the darker is what is my P right
the the dark one is what you blew so the
the Leal limit is point 02 for you okay
so you are2 oh I'm past all of them yeah
yeah you're probably like I drank yes 4
6 8 10 you're about 10 times over the
legal L I think I and I
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have