on June 25th 2022 Dunwoody police officers responded to an accident scene where a driver had lost control of his vehicle and struck a concrete barrier I think it just goes anyways upon arrival officers encountered a disoriented man who struggled to explain the events leading up to the crash his slurred speech and the odor of alcohol on his breast gave officers probable cause to suspect DUI something okay do you remember hitting anything no wife on I okay we just trying to figure out are are you okay I know man what happened because of the simple fact that my wife broke a car months ago I just got her out of the shop okay so what happened to it today um they tell me I hear something okay have you been drinking you been any kind of drugs or what's what's going on I don't no Dr at all drug at all what about drink a little bit I was working playground you working at the playground okay okay got your IDE on you man they got it who's got it okay we we'll get that all right so you're coming from the playground where you going to home where's home at home S springs what's your address okay despite the officer's attempts to gather information the driver remained evasive refusing to disclose whether he had been drinking have you been drinking Ma so we know you've been drinking how much you've been drinking we just want to make sure you're not going to die we don't know you what what's your name I want I don't want to die man we don't want you to die let's start got custody of my daughter also man it's my wife okay excuse me I'm sorry hello got check your car FR oh he said they have it he's he's U you want to use go grab it yes all I like him where he is can I yeah what can I get my we'll get it in one second but I need to talk to you right now and you my I need my we'll get there just a minute get it can I talk to you for a second everybody to go get it okay so we got to talk to you first okay can I talk to you for a second the middle piece center m in the middle going get it so so here do me a favor real quick man get off the phone real quick okay we got to talk to you first yeah you you smell we can smell like alcohol we smell alcohol that's why we're trying to figure it out look no no one's dead or dying right what's your name Daniel Donnie yes sir okay I'm Eric Donnie how much you got to drink one two what we all know we see SP your to smell like a please please I just got I got you look no one got hurt no one got run over I don't I don't want to I don't want to D this is a traffic accident right traffic accident traffic accident right that's that's where we're at I just got I got you so were you celebrating is that what happened you be honest with me I'll be straight with you but you know I I can tell that so what have you had up until this point on yeah I'm looking for honesty okay we get it for you I'm going to do one thing all right you focus up for a second no yeah it's not in the glove box nothing I tell you he he going to keep looking for you right real quick okay so let's do this did did did you hit your head Donnie focus on me did you hit your head or anything you seem all right but I got to ask that's why I'm asking you don't remember that part did you lose Consciousness or anything a field sobriety test was administered which the driver failed okay do that keep your heads still and I want you to look at the tip of my finger with your eyeballs on I'm just looking at the damages on my car man a lot my wife just when I do a traffic accident it's covered by insurance but you got to let me do the process okay so do fa look the tip my finger just with your eyes keep your head still okay all right are you okay yeah I I got to go through the test you with me you're doing great just just focus up again I I'll focus on just TI my finger I got you I got you listen to me listen to me I got you what I'm fine okay I'm just tired you got to let me go through my steps so I can do your traffic accident that way the insurance covers your rent right obviously you don't want to pay for that out of pocket so let me do what I got to do okay let's start again just keep you were doing great yeah we'll cover the crash for ready Are you seriously doing this right now like yeah you really got to do this no we don't got to do it I'm fine I'm fine OB so that's my job is to go through the steps I got you I got to go through the steps well this is how it works if if we we got to don't shake hands I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry so look if I got to keep stopping and starting it's just going to take longer can we get it done no we get you on your way all right Focus up again I got to start that part over you with me you want to face that way so you're not watching all the horrific scene you can stay seated just sit down just sit down sit sit right there we'll face your away from all right better that way you're not you're not looking at uh all that Dage no problem no problem okay focus up again me go up same thing all right we done with the I thing I'd like to do the walking turn you think you can walk I'm sorry sir it it can whatever you need me to do okay well that's what i' like it's fine with me you want to do the eye test don't matter we got that part done you want to walk I can walk walk pocket most definitely you can leave it all right come over here let's uh you don't want you on off let me find the I don't want tell you what let's do this I'm just I'm tired back up a little bit to where your butt's touching that part okay stay right there stand up all right put your feet together Keep Your Hands by your side move this for you now stay like that I'm going to show you what I want you to do before I even start to ask you to I got to this is how I got to do this the whole process okay so when I tell you to begin what I want you to do and we're going to start here focus on him left foot I want you to imagine a straight Line's coming out from from your left foot okay take your right foot right now and put it in front of it touching just like foot put your right foot in front of your left foot touching just like I'm doing you you can look at me you see what I'm doing watch you do that and hang out right there okay okay don't do nothing else so when I tell you to do it I want you to take a series of nine steps touching Heel To Toe I'm going to show you ready we go one 2 three I did three you're going to do nine so am I keeping my hands by my side or am I yep okay so listen come come come come when you get to nine leave your front foot planted leave your front foot planted take a series of small steps turning around don't start yet remember I said you got to wait till I tell you to you we don't fall when I tell you to that's when we begin so after you take the series of nine steps out and you turn with your lead foot plant on the ground you're going to take nine steps back touching Heel To Toe with your hands by your side and looking down just like me ready that was one two three so I did three you're going to do how many nine nine perfect and what are you going to do when you're walking Keep Your Hands by your side look down and count out loud hold I tell you to the beginning you got the whole thing's a process this is a divided attention test the whole goal is to see if you were safe to operate a motor vehicle that's what we're doing you're doing great so far I know you are that's why we're trying to get it through okay so can you put your left foot on that line right foot in front of it all right so are you ready do you have any questions I don't want you to be confused about the testing I just want to go home all right so when you're ready go ahead and begin all right nine steps yep 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 one splits time exactly like I told you time remember what I told you sh time or W so that's why I asked you before if you have any questions cuz I can only explain it to you before the test begins once it begins it's on you you remember what I told you no I do not I'm sorry so to the best of your ability I'm spin okay and I'm going walk back 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 should I walk backwards one 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and my daughter did this for the color yes my daughter okay one more test last one okay so stand right there put your feet together you can face me Hands by your side you're going to stay right there until I tell you do anything else just like before okay so I'm going to turn sideways so you can see what I'm do it so when I tell you to begin I want you to pick one foot and pick it up off the ground about 6 in then be perfect but it's going to look like this with your hands by your side you're going to look and count down 1,1 1,2 13 keep on Counting like that Hands by your side looking straight down with though because you have something weighing you down the wind is blowing so do you think this helps me of course it does this is pulling me down Donnie it help me at all it helps you I can Ace this drunk as a skunk my am so hands down your side picking one foot off the ground you pick doesn't matter when I tell you to begin I want you to pick it up look down and count 1001 1002 1003 hold on you got wait till again I got to make sure you understand the whole test completely okay that's why we do it sounds redundant I get it you're trying to be a superstar even trying to be a hot rod even in school I I rush through all my okay so you can't rush through this one because you got to as part of the test is to see if you can listen so after you do that you keep on Counting 1001 10002 1000003 keep on Counting you have any questions none at all okay you got a your phone on you I'm grab it real quick we got have got side P clock for me yep what you need stopwatch yep my car look and then you stand at his six all right ready again he's by your side leave him there pick him one fo off the ground about 6 in down perfect pointing your toe out hold on I'm I'm just going over it with you again since we had a lapse you you want to start I'll no no no I was explaining it again cuz we had a little laps there okay are you ready do you have any questions okay when you're ready go ahead I'll start timer on you [Music] enough huh that's high enough oh yeah1 when informed of his arrest The Man became belligerent and resisted officers okay that's good enough right now you going to place under ARR why am I getting arrested I just told you am I stop stop resisting resisting stop resisting am I getting arrested hey why am I getting arrested hey why am I getting arrested Johny remember what I told you about get arrested why am I getting arrested yo why am I getting arrested I'm a United States citizen I PID taxes I I pay taxes I pay taxes why am I getting arrested we're good why am I getting arrested you got it me yo why am I getting arrested hey he's uh he's holding his uh why am I getting arrested why am I getting arrested why am I getting arrested let's go I am a taxpayer citizen I would get his his listen fing why am I getting arrested he's on your side he's on your side I am a taxpaying citizen we're already here why am I getting arrested all right I am a taxpaying citizen why am I getting arrested get me off the ground hey you want to get paper spray or not I give you I'll pay you guys I'll pay you guys I'll pay you guys my tax money pay you guys why am I getting treated like this he holding his hands hey get your why am I getting why am I getting Tre like this okay Donnie why am I getting treated you're okay I'm okay why am I getting treated like this cuz you're resisting that's why you're good buddy I'm not like this because I'm ding at this point he grab his pants grab his pants P him up I don't have an answer for that PC yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo Yoo please please please please we going turn it over to you please please please please please can y quick will y being gentle please please I am as calm he he about to break my wrist he's about to break my wrist please who's he just holding the handcuffs Donnie I'm watching it please please please please please please cash can take it all out let's empty his pockets listen yeah I'm listening can you please be just Johny my left voice please please we are as calm as a cucumber bud can you me up can you give me all right got can you please we going to roll you up to your side okay roll roll thei right what's the matter please please please please please listen listen listen listen sit up for me sit up for me all right listen listen listen what's going on man you going to break my wrist please who who's breaking your wrist I'm not holding your wrist you got them on you got them on yeah the reason they wrong like put you can put them on you can put them on different please get me off the ground all right please please it don't matter just get them just just put them on the right way just put them on the right way just put them on the right way I'm not going to resist please can you please just just put them on the right way please just put them on the right we're way past thate just put them on the right way all right my man you I I want to another resist it never what do you mean you did no I was never resisted yes you did need figure out how to get this okay how to get this on hold on hold on please please please please please bro you going to break my wrist break nothing we got you right you ready all right let's go don't resist if now you going to go back to the ground okay bro I just don't want you to break my no don't resist stop stop not trying to resist bro bring this on back hey yo can you give all my [ __ ] to my girl give give give it all to my wife take where's she BMW give all of my stuff to her please money in the cash phone take take her everything take it to her please can you give it to her right now please I been they you the whole come on come on come on pleas we got you hold on hold on please please please can you give it to her he's about to break my wrist though bro I'm not going to resist man I'm good I got you is that good right there I got you man is that better just give just give all my just give all my stuff to her please we're good good bro look at my face I know we don't get a picture of that we got we got AMR right here got some road rash yeah amr's right here let's give it out brother just give it out to her we're going to put you in the car first come on come on come on come on come don't resist come the car resistant just down man okay just walk to the car just calm down please bro this away just Cal y'all got to calm down man y act like y'all ain't had a wrist in so long what just walk with us I got you I got you I got you I got you I got you I got you I got you bro hey all right we going bring it back here hold on all the way n no hold on bro put me in the car man come on bro just put me in the car bro [ __ ] ass man the [ __ ] I slam me up got my [ __ ] all scarred up give my [ __ ] to my girl son you want just to to the last day guess clean it up don't even worry about it cuz we going to Su the [ __ ] out y'all oh all right yo hey get my [ __ ] hold on hold on get my [ __ ] it's right there on the ground get my stuff it's right there on the ground I'm grab a bag keep your chain with you okay got it don't be about ho now we have I been straight with you no youen I haven't what I lied about I could have bent over and let you put me in a coat you slam me on the ground like a [ __ ] ass [ __ ] so I hope your daughter get ass by that's not nice choice you could have kept a St with me if I was going to jail you could have said that uh I don't know if you missed the part where I said I could have been R from you well you tried tried it's all good bro following his arrest a search of the vehicle uncovered pills a small amount of marijuana and Firearms the registered owner the driver's wife arrived at the scene and took possession of the firearms are they brand new how they feel watch that's get money hey that's a cool looking old so I saw have the cor Dr on it yeah they call back I'm sure they saw us um when they got off the'll be okay this your car okay um wow well and he's drunk really drunk and then when they went to put him under arrest for the DUI he fought with him and that's why he ended up on the ground so um I mean it's got to go it obviously can't drive with everything messed up the way it is so he's got a couple of firearms in there is he a bond agent is that what he does yeah he do a lot of different things those just registered to me too they are okay um dang my car oh my oh my God yeah so the both the guns are registered to you do you then we can just leave them with you instead of taking them with us yeah if you can get that yeah pull that up please so you want EMS take a look at him for yeah just for that little scratch on the head hey she said she's got the paperwork for both the pistol and the rifle they're both registered to her okay so if she can show that and they just go with her instead of with where's EMS I need EMS don't you listen to me we're going to bring you to the hospital don't you listen to me where's EMS I need EMS hey are you listening to me we're about to pull you out and we're going to move your handcuffs back to the back of you okay all right you already struggled with us once I want you to be clear on something you listen to me no you don't you don't I'm going to say it I'm going to say it again anyway take I'm going to say it again anyway before I even get out you ain't even I'm say it again anyway I've been through this several times you don't have to worry about it I got you I'm not going to play with you promise so here's what I want you already got your hands in front of you that mean you I want you to put your feet in the seat that way yeah put your feet all the way up in the seat that way put them all the way up in the seat there's no way I should be yeah now you're going in put them in the seat all the way that way guys they'll probably try to break into the door put your feet all the way up theat the way all the way up all the way across all the way across show there you go my man red no no no don't worry about that don't worry about that don't worry about that all right put your feet straight up straight up straight up can't get turn head to the right you okay okay well like I said we're going to take you to north side but I got to put these on you before we go over there okay all right so just keep your feet still for me I bring this up a little bit that good okay give me one second [Music] okay all right the driver was first treated for minor injuries at a local hospital before being booked on a multitude of charges including DUI obstruction of law enforcement providing false information drug possession and possession of a firearm by a convict felon he was then transported to deob County Jail hey my man come on wake up for me we're here okay come on let's slide out this way it's a lot easier okay all right you good all right we'll scoot over this way we don't get hit by the door all right all right let's walk this way I'm going to go right over here in between these first two red poles next to the Red Box oh [ __ ] don't worry these cffs are about to come off for you okay right here what's that I'm going right here once we yeah we're good right here once we get inside we're going to go take a right stand right out there at that table and then when he tells me I'll take the cffs off you okay sound good all right