Stay in the car. Stay in the car. Yes,
sir.
Are you okay? Yes, I'm okay. Um, my
friend was driving. She got in a car
accident. So, my friend told me to come
pick up the car and drive it
away. And I don't know what to do. I'm
on the phone with him. He just told me
to drive. Okay. Where's so that he could
fix it? He's at home. Where's his home
at? Our home is actually really close,
but he did and I'm not. Where did you
pick this car up at? This is his car.
Where did you pick the car up at? I just
came and got it. Well, she started
driving it from our house. Something
happened and I came. Okay. Hang up the
phone and come out here and talk to him.
Okay. Okay.
Okay. Okay. Um, so, okay. I am I want to
let you know I am completely sober. I
think Let me make sure I'm hung up. I
think she was drinking. This is not her
car, but it she has permission from the
person who owns the car to drive it. So,
she started driving it. She got it in
some kind of up
situation. So, we drove, me and my best
friend, we drove over here to come get
her. So, she was driving the vehicle
when all this happened. Yes. Okay. And
then she parked in a parking lot. Yeah,
cuz we've been investigating the crash
now for like 20 minutes, 15 minutes. I
honestly I'm not sure cuz I really Okay.
have no idea what actually happened.
Okay.
Hello. Hey. What happened?
I don't know. Okay. I really don't know.
I was just going home. Okay. And let me
ask you first. Is this your car? This is
not my car. Whose car is it? It's my
friend's car. Okay. Were you driving the
vehicle when all this damage happened?
No. Who was? Um, someone else is driving
the car. Okay. Why did you tell me that
you were driving it? I was not driving
the car. Why would you say that? I
wasn't driving. I didn't I didn't say
that before that. Listen to what I'm
asking you. Okay. Is this your friend?
Uh, I just met here tonight. Okay. Why
would she tell me that? I'm not driving
the car. No. You're not listening to
what I'm saying. I don't know why she
would tell me. Why would she tell me
that? Why would she lie? She came to
pick up the car. I did that. Right. But
I have not been driving the car. Okay.
Whose car is this? This is my friend's
car. Who's your friend? His name is
James. James? What is James? Just down
the street over here in Cabo.
Okay. So, can we get a hold of James? I
could try calling him. I don't know if
he's awake right now.
Why? Why would James let you drive his
car? Uh, I
was Give me one second.
Where did you just grab the car from?
Okay, so my friend and I are completely
sober. Can you please answer the
questions that I asked? Yeah, I'm sorry.
I don't need the all the other things
answered. Okay. Where I simple super
simple question. Right next to the
Deian. Thank you.
Um I He gave me the type of
car right here. He's on the
phone. I have him on the phone. Okay.
Can I speak to him? Yeah, of
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course. Here you go. Hello. Hello. So,
is this James? Yes, sir. Hi, James.
What's What's going on tonight? Just I
have We were drinking and I didn't think
she was that messed up, so I had to give
her my car to go home cuz I thought I
was too drunk. Okay. I was in my Uber,
but she said she was sober enough or
whatever the heck. So, I gave her my car
and I just bought that car.
Yeah, cuz she's showing me the title of
it now. Yeah, I just bought that damn
thing. So, what's your name? I gave her
the car to drive home or whatever. And
now all this happened, man. But I was
drinking. So I was trying to be
responsible, let her drive home,
whatever. And then this happened. Okay.
How long ago did you let this And and
what's the lady's name that you gave the
vehicle to? Uh Paloma. Palomao. Yeah,
that's what she's telling me. 30 days
ago, bro. I just bought the car. Okay.
So, how long ago did you give this
vehicle to her?
Um um probably like about an hour ago
max I would say. Okay. Okay. And and
where do you live at?
Uh Vista Deolas right here in Calon.
Okay. So So she left Vista Decolinas.
Yeah. Came down here. And that make that
makes sense that she went she was going
westbound and then made the right turn
onto Unser and crashed into the light.
And now we have her here. Yes, sir.
Okay. Okay. Yeah, I'm at home, but I'm
We were drinking. Like I said, Friday
was We're gonna We're going to send an
officer to you. All right. We'll be
there in a minute.
Thanks.
Okay.
So, James lend you the vehicle earlier.
Yes. Earlier. Okay. And explain to me
how the crash happened. First of all,
let me let me ask you this. Yes. Who was
in the vehicle with you? Um, some other
girl that we were with at the house. And
where's she at? I don't know. We crashed
into the light. We pulled into the
credit union. Okay. Right next to the
Dion. Okay. And I just stayed in the
car. I called him and I said, "We just
literally crashed into the light pole."
Okay. I stayed in the car. He was like,
"Okay, well that's fine." He called um
Katie. They came over here to pick up
the car. Okay. But I was like, "The car
is not drivable. Like you cannot drive
the car." Okay. So, we attempted to
drive the car back to the house and then
that's when we got pulled over. Okay.
Okay. Were you wearing your seatelt when
the crash happened? Yes, I was wearing
my seat belt. Okay. And he gave you the
keys? He gave me the keys? Yes. He gave
you the keys. And where were you where
were you driving to? I live off of um
high desert over there by Rio Rancho.
Off high desert uncertain cherry. Okay.
Where? And the keys on the the Yeah,
they're like in the center console.
Yeah. Okay. Let me ask you this. When
you crashed the vehicle,
why didn't you call the police?
I don't I was freaking out because this
is not my car and I was not even
comfortable driving this car. I was
asking for an Uber to get home, but he
was like, "You know what? you guys can
drive the car. You guys get home cuz we
had barely drank. So, we took the car
and I was like, "Okay, we're f we're
fine." But, and then we were like, I
don't know. The parking brake was on. We
couldn't figure it's I don't even know
how to figure this car out. So, I was
like, I don't know how to get the
parking brake off. Explain this to me.
So, you're driving and you you were
driving westbound here. Yeah, she was
driving westbound this way. She was
driving or you were driving? She was
driving. Who's she? I don't know her
name. I had just gone to his house. We
had gone to Campo like in I don't know I
think it's off Rio Grand. We got home
like around 10. You tell me the truth.
No, no, no. So he had picked me up
around 8.
Can you listen to what I'm saying to
you? I I can listen to a part of it, but
I'm not going to listen to a lot of it
because I think you're lying to me. And
if you're going to keep lying to me, I'm
not going to listen. Okay. I'm not lying
to you. Yes, you are lying to me. So why
would he give you the keys? and say here
when you're hold this tell me this
doesn't make sense he gives you the keys
and says Paloma you can drive my car
home okay I just bought it I trust you
well yeah he sells cars for Okay so you
take the car and before you get in the
car you tell this person that you have
no idea who this is why don't you
drive the car crashes the car parks it
over there by the credit union and then
and she takes off and then she takes
off.
How how how what relationship are you to
James? James is my roommate. This is her
name is Poma, but this is the first
night I've ever met her. Um so I live
with James. She called James. They about
some crash, whatever. I have no idea
what happened. Okay. We drive my car.
Okay. Who Who went over there to get
James?
Varant. What's What number is it?
171 121
171 121 171.
Damn it.
What do you mean? Tell him to bring
James over there.
So around 8:00 p.m. he had invited me to
go out. We went to get I heard all the
story. I I don't care about what
happened to 80 or 80.
You know what I mean? Right. No,
everything is what's going on right now.
I understand that. Yes. Yeah. So, who's
this girl that was in the vehicle with
you? I don't know. I just went to their
house right after we had gone to get
some drinks.
And when you got there to pick the
vehicle
up, let me guess, she was the only one
there.
Um, yes, but she was in the passenger
seat.
So, this other girl just left us
walking. So, she should be Where would
she go? I don't know. Which way did she
go walking towards the pediatric center?
That's That's the only No, I just I know
we got in the car. She pulled in through
to you know that entrance to go into
Dion. We pulled in parked in on the
credit union and that's that's all I
know. I at that point I called James and
I told him, "We got in a car accident.
She hit the light post and I'm right
here." So he was like, "You know what?
I'm on my way. I have Katie driving or
whoever the hell was driving and this is
where we're at now.
I wanted the only reason he wanted me to
drive it. I I personally didn't want to
drive it because it looked pretty up.
It's pretty destroyed. Yeah. Yeah. It's
like I didn't feel safe with that. But
we live right here and he's a mechanic
and he's like I want to fix it myself. I
don't want my insurance to go up. Yada
yada yada. And he's all like just drive
it to the house and I'll fix it there.
kind of like So, for future reference,
don't get yourself involved with
criminal activity like this again. Okay.
I'm sorry. Okay. Honestly, don't I know
you're trying to help somebody out, but
this is obviously a crime scene that we
have right now, and you just inserted
yourself because you're trying to help
somebody
out. Okay. I believe this young lady was
driving the
vehicle. And um we'll see if we can
prove it. If we can't, then we'll see.
But I will definitely go pull the
videotapes at the credit
union to see if you get out of that
vehicle or not and where you get out of
the vehicle
at this other lady. Maybe she did. It
just doesn't sound feasible that that
happened.
Yeah, it sounds feasible. I understand.
So, let me ask you this. When James gets
here, I'm going to ask James. So,
James, you gave the keys to Paloma,
right? And James is going to say yes.
Was there anybody else with
Paloma? And James is going to
say he's going to say yes. He was up.
So, I don't know. I tried getting him.
He's not that effed up because when I
talked to him on the phone, he's he
might be drinking, but he was responding
very quickly and very sharply when I was
speaking to him. So, I don't
intrunk. If he was blackout drunk or he
couldn't stand up, I could see that.
But, he's answering the questions pretty
quickly and he's going to sober up when
somebody destroys his BMW.
Um, so hopefully when James gets here,
James tells me that I gave the keys to
Paloma and yes, there was somebody else
with
her because I'm sorry, but I don't
believe you. Okay, I understand. I don't
because it's not it's not the
investigation the way it's going right
now, it isn't matching up right at all.
It does it makes no sense. It I mean,
usually they tell us it was Jose and he
ran that way.
when we get to a crash. I've had that
happen like literally hundreds of times.
Mhm. Okay. And you're kind of along the
same pattern here where you're saying,
"It's some other girl. I have no idea
who she is." And she just took off
running and she was going to drive me
home. I have no idea who this lady is,
but she's going to drive me
home. Does that sound Does that sound
normal? It does. It's crazy. No, I I
understand. Why would you have somebody
that you don't even know drive you home?
Well, I had originally asked for an Uber
home because I mean, we were all
drinking, right? So, I was like, I don't
really I would not feel comfortable
driving this car. I don't even know how
to control this car myself. So,
hi, James. I'm Officer Ross. Nice to
meet you.
So, let me just tell you what what I
have here. Okay, I was on patrol here
and I roll up on this traffic light back
here and it's blinking red. I noticed
that one of the traffic lights is down.
Okay, just by looking at everything, I
was able to determine that the vehicle
was making a right turn off cabon to go
northbound on hit the pole and then the
vehicle fled and we we've been looking
for it for like the last 15 minutes
really. And so Okay. So then I start
driving around in here. I see your
vehicle driving down the road here,
pushing the left front tire. It's all
It's jacked up. That control arm is
broken. It's it's it's bad. Okay. Um so
then I stop him here. Um let me ask you
this. When you gave the keys to Paloma,
correct? Cuz that's what you told me on
the phone. Yes, sir. I did. Yes, sir.
When you gave the keys to Paloma, did
you see her exit the house? Yes. Okay.
Yes. I walked her to the car. She seemed
fine. You walked her to the car? Yeah,
she seemed fine. I asked her multiple
times. I said, "Hey, are you sure that I
Cuz I kept telling her I'll get her an
Uber." Okay. Cuz I do this all the time.
I do it all the time. She was saying
something. Yeah. I do it all the time.
Like cuz I'll drink at my house, you
know? It's just what we do. And I'll
drink at my house all the time and it's
not a problem for me to pay 15, 20, 30
bucks, whatever it is. And I told her,
"Are you sure?" But I'm talking to this
girl, right? So she's like, "No, it's
fine. Blah blah blah blah blah." I don't
know if she wanted to drive the car or
what. I said, "Are you sure that you can
drive?" I called her P. I was like, "Are
you sure that you can drive?" She says,
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. I'll bring it
back. I'm going to go I'll park it at my
house, but I'll drive my car back or cuz
she has work at 3." Okay. And she's
like, "I'll drive my car to work, but
I'll come back home and I'll drop it off
in the morning first thing." And I was
like, "All right, sure. Are you sure
that you can drive?" She's like, "Yes,
yes, yes, yes, yes." Gave me a kiss. And
then I'm already going to bed cuz I have
a little puppy. So, I'm going to put my
puppy to bed. Boom, boom, boom. And then
I get a call and she's all like
sporadic. Okay. So, Okay. And that
that's that's really all I need to know
right there. When you were outside, did
you see her get in the vehicle? Yes, I
did. And was there any other person with
her? Uh, no. Just by herself? Yeah. You
gave her the key. She starts the car up
and you see her go. Yep. Okay. Yeah. But
can you just get his his information for
me? Yeah. Thank you. And and I'll let
you come look at the car in a second.
Just give this off. And when we if we
tow it to a place, uh, I can get it
tomorrow. Correct. Yeah. I I we Wait.
Well, because see, I I just bought the
vehicle and I didn't sign the title the
title. The title's in there. We'll give
you the title. Okay. Um, we have a tow
truck coming right now cuz obviously the
middle road. I'll pay the fine or the
issues or all that. Yeah. Okay. Okay.
Okay. So, I got the whole story from
James. James likes you. James thinks
you're great. Okay. James told me the
truth on what
happened. Okay. So,
Explain to me what happened.
So, we went to go get some drinks
earlier. We went to his
house. We before we went to his house,
we went to the gas station, got some Red
Bull and Monster. We went to his
house. Um, we started playing Jenga. I
hadn't seen him seen him in. I don't
need to know all that. Explain to me
when you left the house what exactly
happened. So, we left his house. I got
in the car. We started driving this way.
We couldn't figure out how to turn off
the brake. He just told me that he
walked you out of the house with and
gave you the key. He watched you get in
the driver's seat and drive away from
his house. You, nobody else, no, you
know, no fantasy other lady.
you you had possession of the vehicle.
You were driving it. Nobody else was in
the vehicle. That's what James just told
me. James has no reason to lie to me.
You have a reason to lie to me. Okay.
So, stop lying to me.
Okay. So, then I drove the
car, reached the stop light. Um, I
couldn't turn off the parking brake.
Okay. So, I couldn't stop. Okay. And you
crashed into the light. When I crashed
into Okay. And then you drove it over
there. Did you see all the police
lights? A little little little
No, you guys. No, I know. But did you
see
them? Cuz I I got there pretty quick, I
think. Mhm. And I was just driving in
the area and noticed it. Okay. Okay. And
then you call them and she comes over to
drive the car. Okay. Did you get hurt
during the crash? I didn't. Were you
wearing your seat belt? Yes, I did.
How much have you had to drink tonight?
I haven't had much to drink. What's
What's I had a shot at Campos and then
we came back to the house. What kind of
shot did you have? I don't remember. It
was like um a flight or something at
Campo. Okay. So, let me ask you this. If
you if you had just the one shot, you
should be okay. Why wouldn't you call
the police? I couldn't figure out how to
turn off the parking brake. I've never
chosen I know, but I asked you why. Why
wouldn't you call the police?
And this is in my car. He take the car
and I was like, I don't even know how to
drive this car. So, I drove the car.
Okay. Let me ask you this. Do you have
any type of physical injuries? No. I
feel fine. Traumatic brain injuries? No.
Contact in your eyes? No. Anything in
your mouth? No. Show me. And how how old
are you? I'm 22. 22? Yeah.
Okay. Um, take take this off and put it
Yeah. And put it on the hood of that be
police vehicle.
That's up to the toe. Okay. If they can
work it out, we obviously can't leave it
here. Okay.
All right. Doing a sabra test. Yes, I
need to do so testing on you. Okay. Put
your feet together like this. He toe to
toe. Hands down your sides. All right.
Can you see my finger? Yeah. Just follow
my finger with just your eyes. Okay.
Keep your head super still for me.
What
heat? Come
on over here and go and stand right
here. These this line is I don't like
the line. It's no good. Okay. Put your
feet together like this. Heel the heel
toe toe. Hands down your side of your
pants. Leave your hands there throughout
the entire test. Okay. All right. What I
want you to do is I want you to imagine
a straight line right out in front of
your left foot right here. Imagine that
line about the width of a piece of duct
tape. Okay.
Leaving your left foot on that straight
line right there. What I want you to do
is go ahead and put your right foot in
front of a heel to toe like I'm saying.
Stay in that position. Don't move until
I tell you to start the test. Do you
understand that? When I tell you to
start the test, I want you to take nine
heel to toe steps while looking down at
your feet and counting out loud. It's
going to look like this. One, two,
three. I've taken three. You're going to
take nine. Okay. Once you get on your
nine step, leave your lead foot planted.
Pivot around that lead foot exactly like
I'm doing. Short steps. Get yourself
turned back around. Okay. And then I
want you to do another nine heel to toe
steps. Okay. While looking down your
feet, counting out loud again. Okay.
Okay. Go and get back in that position
for me. Right foot in front of your left
foot heel to toe. Stay. Stay there.
After you do that turn, like I said
again, nine steps, heel to toe. Watch as
I demonstrate. One, two, three. Once
again, I've taken three. You're going to
take nine in both directions. It's
important that once you start the test,
you don't stop. Okay? Do you understand
those instructions? Turn back into the
You understand the instructions? So,
you're at zero. Zero. So, your first
step with your left foot's going to be
number one. Okay. Go ahead.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Okay, feet together
again. Heel to heel toe to toe. Oh,
sorry. Next test I want you to do is
pick a foot of your choice, right or
left, whatever you feel more comfortable
with. When I tell you to, you're going
to lift up that foot approximately 6 in
off the ground and point your toe so
that the bottom of your foot is parallel
to the ground. Can you see how my foot
is? Yeah. Okay, my legs are fully
straight and extended. This the position
I want you in. I want you to look down
at your toe and count out loud for me.
1,00 1 1,002 1,003 until I tell you to
stop. During this test, important you
keep your hands on your sides again,
touching the sides of your pants. Do you
understand those instructions?
You said count to 10. Until I tell you
to stop, it's actually going to be 30
seconds. And I'm going to time it on my
watch. Okay. Do you understand? Yes,
sir. Go ahead.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 9
301 32
Okay, go and
stop. Did you graduate high school?
GD. Okay. All right. What I want you to
do is I want you to count backwards for
me from the number 72. Count backwards
and then stop at the number 51 for me.
72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60
59 58 57
56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 47
46 45 44 43. Do you remember what number
I told you to stop at? 72. Or you told
me to start at 72, right? I don't know.
Okay. Now, I want to say the alphabet in
the correct order going forward, but I
want you to start the letter I and then
stop at the letter Q for me.
I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P,
Q. You said Q, right?
Okay. Um, you definitely have more than
just one
shot. That's why you crash the
car. The whole thing
just smells of impairment. Well, I feel
like I've done pretty good on this whole
test. You've done very
average. But when we look at the entire
situation into a whole, you're drinking
and driving.
That's what you're doing. That's why you
didn't call the
police. That's why you had the sober
driver that come get the vehicle.
I haven't taken more than one drink. I
took one drink at the bar and it's not
No way.
But I've passed the full test.
The tests aren't designed to pass or
fail. They're designed to show what is
the likelihood of you being over an
08. The likelihood is very
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high. So, you have just haven't had just
the one shot. If you'd have probably had
the one shot, you wouldn't hit the pole.
No, but I can't turn off the parking
brake on the
car. And I didn't know how to turn the
parking brake on the car. Like I when I
pulled out I was like it had alerted me
to take off the parking brake and I had
tried several times but it like just
pressing the button it wouldn't take it
off. Okay. Okay. All right. Put your
hands to your back right
now. You're going to be placed under
arrest right now for DW. Relax. Relax.
121. There's the 417.
Did you run the other girl, too? That
young lady right there. Is that her
right there? Yeah. Okay.
Okay. He is, too. I'll do the trash for
you. No, I could do it. Are you sure?
Yeah, it's easy cuz I pulled the case
over there already. So, if you want to
do it then? Yeah, it doesn't matter.
But, but cuz I just do it underneath the
same case number.
If you don't care. Yeah, do it. That's
fine. Do you want me to? Yeah. Okay. Did
you hear you saw or you know what
happened? Yeah. Yeah. Turning right and
just up and over and hit the thing. Um,
do you have any weapons on your person
at all? Looks like the only thing you
have is the cell phone. Yes. Do you have
any weapons in your purse?
Nothing. Do you have anything that you
shouldn't have in your purse? Okay, just
use the Okay, come on over
here. Yeah.
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Do you know something else? Possibly.
Is there any way I can text my phone?
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'll let you use your
phone. What? See right there.
[Applause]
Okay, come over
here. Come here and go to your
right and make another right right
there.
want to go into the door that's open on
your left. Right
[Applause]
there right there. Focus. Stop right
there. Let me
see. Come on over here.
Okay, seat right
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there. Okay, pulling about tell you is
very important. So, I need you to listen
to me.
First of all, you're under arrest for
DWI. The New Mexico Applied Consent Act
requires you to submit to a breath test
to determine the alcohol content of your
blood. After you take our test, you have
the right to choose an additional
independent test. If you choose to take
this additional independent test, you
have the right to a reasonable
opportunity to arrange for a physician,
a licensed nurse, lab tech, or
technologist who is employed by a
hospital or a physician of your own
choice to perform an additional chemical
test. The cost of this additional test
will be paid for by the law enforcement
agency. Do you agree to take our test?
Our test is going to be the breath test.
No. Okay. I cannot force you to take our
test, but if you refuse, you will lose
your New Mexico driver's license or
non-resident upper code for one year. If
you are convicted in court of driving
under the influence, you may also
receive a greater sentence because you
refuse to be tested. Do you understand
that? And with that in mind, are you
going to do the breath test?
Okay, come on over
here. Go and grab your phone.
a seat right there and take your shoes
off. Come on over here. You'll be here
for a pretty You can grab your phone.
You can use your phone.
I'm saying books here. No, you're going
to be here for like 30 minutes.
You have your phone, right? Yeah. Okay.
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Yeah. Hey. Hey.
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