14 almost
23. We're just west of the light on the
bridge.
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Hello, Officer Cotin Lake Police
Department.
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Reason I stopped you is you don't have
any lights on. Okay.
Do your lights work on your car? Any
reason why they're turned off?
Can you turn them on for me?
Is everything okay? Miss
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Okay. Where where you coming from?
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I'm sorry.
 Calls.
 The calls.
Okay. Uh, what have you been doing
tonight? You had anything to drink or
anything like that?
What's that?
I can't hear you.
3 hours ago.
 3 hours ago you had a shot.
Okay. Any drugs, anything like that? Any
prescription medication you've been
taking recently? Okay. Are you Are you
just really nervous right now or Okay.
You're You're not in any kind of major
trouble. It was just cuz your lights
were out. Okay.
 All right. Do you have
your ID and proof of insurance on you?
Okay.
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Where's your ID at?
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I have insurance.
You do have insurance? Okay. Do you mind
pulling that up for me?
Go ahead and get that pulled up. You can
roll your window up and I'll be right
back. Okay.
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Hey, I've just been double triple
checking because she had a couple of
warrants, but it's all North Homestead
Department of Want only.
 Okay.
 Um just
for like failure to appear and stuff
like that. But she just she was driving
with no lights and she just seems like
really slow, like not responsive. I
asked her,
 okay,
 if she had anything to
drink. She said she had a shot a couple
hours ago.
 Is she valid?
 Yeah, she's
valid. But I I was going to give her
ABCs to make sure she's good to drive
because she just got
 I don't know if
it's just extremely nervous or if she
either was combination of alcohol,
drugs, or something like that.
 Okay.
 Um
I saw like a little airplane shot style
bottle in the back passenger seat, but I
didn't see anything in the front.
 Saw
what?
 Like a airplane shot size bottle.
Um,
but I'm not going to write her for the
for the lights being out, but she was
just I was like, "Any reason why your
lights are out?" She just sort of like
just stared blankly.
 So, let's go talk
to her for a sec.
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Okay. Hey, Lauren, can you hear me?
Okay.
Um,
do you know your English alphabet?
Can you say your ABC's for me without
singing?
What's that? Can you Can you say your
ABCs without singing for me?
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I'm sorry. Sorry, I couldn't hear you.
Could you repeat it?
You just got to speak up cuz of the
traffic.
Can Can you hear me, miss?
 Yes.
 Okay. Is
are you feeling okay?
 Yes. A B C D E F G
H I J K N
Q R S T
Okay. And where did you say you were
coming from tonight?
McCall's.
What's McCall's?
What's that?
Okay.
I'm sorry. You're just trailing off.
It's just harder for me to hear you.
Okay. I'm I'm just trying to hear what
you're saying. I'm not saying you're in
trouble, but can you speak up for me a
little?
 I said I came from a cause.
Yeah.
 I'm going home.
 Okay. Where's
home?
 Manor.
 In Manor.
 Okay. Well, you
know you're driving west right now into
Rocky River.
Okay.
Did you know that?
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It's an afterparty you were going to.
Okay.
All right. And you said you didn't have
any kind of anything to drink
recently?
No. Okay. And and you haven't had any
drugs or anything like that in your
system?
 Okay.
All right.
Well, where's where's the afterparty at?
I don't care.
Okay. Well, I just want to make sure
you're safe to drive. Okay.
Um
would you mind just stepping out real
quick? I just want to run you through
some tests to make sure you're safe to
drive.
Okay.
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Probably not. You should just take me.
What's that?
 I probably can't drive
right now.
 You can't drive right now?
No.
 Okay. Why not?
Cuz I can't.
 Okay. Why Why can't you
drive? Have you had too much to drink?
Okay. Hey, what'd you drink?
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Let's let's let me step out of the car.
I just don't want to get hit by traffic.
Can you just come out and run and we'll
talk? All right.
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Watch the door. Come on over here. I
want to get out of the street. Okay.
Okay.
Over here. Let's step onto the sidewalk.
Okay. So, you said you're not safe to
drive tonight?
 No.
 Okay. Okay. What did
you have to drink?
Jameson.
 Jameson.
Okay. How long ago?
Probably like 3 hours ago.
 3 hours ago.
Okay. How much Jameson did you drink?
Just a drink with Coke.
 How big was one
drink with Coke?
Like a shot and a side of Coke.
 A shot
with a side of Coke.
 Yes.
 Okay.
And you don't feel safe to drive right
now?
 No.
 Okay. Well, I'd like to just
try to run you through the test just to
cross
 take a test.
 You don't want to
take any test?
 No. I'm going to fail.
Like I don't know.
 Okay.
 I've been
drinking.
 You've been drinking? Okay.
So, just to be clear, you're you're
going to refuse the field tests. Okay.
All right. Well, then what I'd like you
to do, can you take your hands out of
your pockets for me?
Can you just turn around for me?
So, you'll be under arrest for OVI.
Okay.
You haven't had any kind of drugs or
anything like that with the Jameson.
All right.
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What's that?
Do you have anything on me that's going
to on you that's going to poke me, stick
me, or stab me? No. No weapons on you?
Any drugs? Anything in your car? No.
Okay.
 Cigarettes.
 Cigarettes. Okay. All
right. Let's come over here.
I'm just going to patch you down for
weapons real quick. Okay.
Can you hold it for a sec?
I'm going to put all your property in a
bag. Okay, miss.
It's all property.
 What's that?
 All my
property.
 Yeah. Anything you got on you,
it's going to go with you. I'm just
putting in the bag. Okay.
What's that?
 When you when you get up,
there's something in that side of the
pocket.
 Is this just like a gummy?
 Yeah.
What kind of gummy?
 Is it like a weed
gummy or something like that?
 Yeah.
 Weed
gummy.
 Okay. Did you have any of these
tonight?
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just taking all the cash out of your
pocket. Okay, that's going to go with
you.
Do you have any other uh pockets on
underneath the shirt?
 No.
 Okay.
Okay.
Watch the door here.
All right. What I want you to do is step
right here and then spin towards me.
Yep. Watch your head. There you go.
Watch your foot.
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She looks like she had something. It
looked like she might have puked on
herself.
 Yeah, she had spittle on the
left side of her mouth when I went up
and talked to her.
 Yeah. um kind of like
a pile of food in the front seat. So
yeah. So I don't know if that's dropping
food on herself or if that's puke.
That's why I was like sometimes though
if you throw the gloves on it might be a
good idea just to
 Yeah. Not to
 Yeah. In
case she soiled herself.
You said she didn't have lights on when
you stopped her.
 She had no lights on.
Yeah. And when I uh
 initially stopped
her.
 Initially stopped her. She was kind
of
slow to react or say anything at all.
Right.
She soon out of it.
 Yeah.
 All right. Um,
yeah. Just read these to her. This one
and then that one. And then I'll You can
sit in the car if you want and then I'll
just Yep. Sign as a witness. Okay.
Sorry. Okay. Lauren, can you hear me?
Okay. Okay.
Lauren, 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
an attorney for advice before we ask you
any questions and to have him or her
with you during questioning. If you
cannot afford an attorney, one will be
appointed for you before any questioning
if you wish. If you decide to answer
questions now without an attorney
present, you will have the right to stop
answering at any time. You also have the
right to stop answering any time until
you talk to an attorney. Further, you
have the right to have an attorney
present during any questioning. Do you
understand these rights as they've been
read to you? You do? Okay.
And um I also have this here called the
waiver of rights. Um so what this says
is that I have read this statement of my
rights. Understand what my rights are.
I am willing to make a statement andor
answer questions. I don't want an
attorney at this time. I understand and
I know what I'm doing. No promises or
threats have been made to me and no
pressure or coercion of any kind has
been used against me. Would you agree
with that?
No, you don't want to wave your rights.
Okay. So, do you want to answer any
questions?
You do.
Okay.
 All right. Let me sign as the
witness and you can go through all that.
Yeah.
 Just just to be clear, Lauren, you
do want to answer questions.
 Pertaining
to what?
 What's that?
 Pertaining to
what?
 Pertaining to what happened here
tonight. So, I'm just going to ask you
some questions
right now about what happened.
 Yeah.
 Do
you want to answer answer questions
right now?
 Yeah.
 You do?
 Okay. All
right. So, where were you driving
tonight?
 I was going home to Menor.
 You
were going home to Menor. Okay. I know I
asked you this before, but I have to ask
again. Have you been drinking?
Not since earlier.
 I'm sorry.
 Not since
earlier. Not since earlier.
Okay. What were you drinking?
 I had one
shot.
One shot.
 Yes.
 Okay. How much?
I don't know what one shot is, but I had
one shot.
 It was just a shot glass.
Okay. And you said that was Jameson?
Yes.
Do you remember what time it was that
you had that shot?
earlier like six hot.
 You said six.
 Mhm.
Okay. And where was that shot at? Where
did you take the shot?
Did you hear me?
 I said, "Where did I
take a shot?"
 Yeah. So, where were you
drinking at?
 We had a staff party. A
staff party. Where at?
 At malls.
 At
where?
 Macall.
 Macalls.
Please don't report anything like that
though.
 I'm sorry. What was that?
I
 I didn't hear you. What' you say?
Nothing.
You
 You said don't report anything. What
do you mean?
How do you how do you feel from the
ingestion of alcohol?
How do you feel from drinking right now?
Okay, I'm relaxed.
 Okay,
 I want to go
home.
But I understand. So,
 what's that?
I couldn't hear you.
Can you repeat that, Lauren? I didn't
hear you.
Okay.
Are you taking any medication currently?
No.
This question is going to sound weird. I
just have to ask it. Are you lame?
I know it sounds weird.
 What are you
talking about?
 It's It's has to do with
like speaking.
Lame
 or
 you say I think I think it means
um like uh something wrong with your
legs or something.
 Yeah. Sorry. Any
mobility issue, not speaking. I'm sorry.
It's like a brain issue. No.
No. Okay.
Hey, Lauren.
Hey, Lauren.
Hey, Lauren. Can you hear me?
 Yeah.
 Do
you have anybody that would be able to
come pick you up by chance?
 No, I just
want to go home.
 Okay.
I get an Uber or pay for it.
It's hard for me.
What's that?
 It's hard. It's
uncomfortable.
What's What's hard?
It's just uncomfortable.
Uncomfortable.
Well, we'll we'll be at the station in
just a minute. We'll get you out of
those handcuffs. Okay.
I'm not aggressive and you tie my hands
behind my back. This [ __ ] hurts.
I'm sorry. It's just It's just the
policy, ma'am.
You've been very cooperative and we're
going to get those off you as soon as we
get in the station here. Okay. I'm going
to try to expedite this process as
quickly as I can. All right. We're just
waiting for the jailer to come and grab
us and then we'll get you in there and
get the cuffs off. Okay. Warn.
 Okay.
Can you take these things off the back
of me though?
As soon as we get in here, Lauren, I'll
get them off you. Okay.
All right. Let's get you out.
Watch your step here.
Can you step up? You okay?
 I'm trying
to. My hands are tied back in my back.
This [ __ ] hurts.
Okay.
 You okay?
What's wrong?
Talk to me. What are you feeling?
embarrassed.
 Embarrassed. I hear you. I
know. But this is just a ticket. You
just slip off slip it off in jail. Okay.
I know it's frustrating. It's not
comfortable, but it's not the end of the
world.
All right.
But the quicker we get through this, the
quicker I can get these cuffs off you so
you can be a little bit more
comfortable. Okay.
Watch the door here.
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