on September 27th 2023 officers observed an intoxicated woman speed and crash into another vehicle then she immediately fled the scene the woman parked her car at a random apartment complex and then started walking away pretending like she just wasn't involved in a hit and run man come here what you need dire for I know I think need are you all right yes yes sir where you coming from oh I'm just going from the part store from a Part Store okay where's your car at my car is at home at home where's home uh in person right there do you have any ID on you no I don't no no um I might have a picture of it of your ID yeah all right let me I'm just put that on the computer quick you want to sit over here real quick on my hood for one second what WR um are you sure you weren't involved in a crash or anything like that no we're just trying to make sure okay there's a Sil your car is it are you the register owner of the vehicle what V your whatever car you own the one the one you said is parked over I I own two vehicles yeah that blue truck that sparkk over there blue SUV I I own a blue SUV yes yeah is it over there I I own the blue Explorer is that it no my car is not look like that is that it the plate what's the that's my plate yes you mean your car is not crashed like that no well yeah both of my vehicles well the Ford Ranger he's got 200,000 miles on it so were just involved in the accident what accident before you say anything further I just want to let you know there was a cop that saw it happening so you the accident you were just in a minute ago few few few a few minutes ago I've been walking I haven't even been driving before you were walking you are driving [Music] we already know so so you don't have to you don't have to lie and get yourself in further trouble so all right my name is Deputy B morning County sh office we're not going to shake unfortunately you know we oh co all that sorry no it's just it's just life in general type of thing I'm a mechanic it's just how I how I operate you okay I I have no beef against you that's not one so this is it all right I'm going to tell you what I know okay and instead of trying to pretend that I don't know stuff and get you and trying to cat you in a lie I'll just go ahead and tell you what tell you what I know all right that blue vehicle um it that that blue for explore explorer was involved in an accident where it left the scene of the accident uh we we we know this not just because the person that the CATE um told us we also had a cop who witnessed the old thing all right and they did see you drive into that community and you got up and he can identify you as the driver of s vehicle this is what I know for a fact we're going to do the crash report and we'll um and we'll take take care of that I mean I know I know why I know why you left in in the scene but that's that's a conversation for you I can I can assure you that it's if you're talking about a blue Ford Explorer I own a blue Ford Explorer and a white Ford Ranger okay and I I completely own and take responsibility I let other people drive my vehicles and all the time like I said there's no how we told you there's no need for you to lie lying they will make you I'm not telling you anything but besides the fact that I own that vehicle okay and that you you you you D look it's okay you don't have to tell me you were the driver I know you were you're going to get a ticket for f i just say I on the vehicle let's yeah oh do I have space actually I probably have space I can go you can go and grab your phone back you go and come with me she was then taken to the scene of the crash all right real quick sir listen real quick real quick real quick yeah I know I know who you are I have your car you drove right by me in the parking lot you literally pulled out and almost crashed into the light blue car and then on the wrong side of the road almost crashed into that gentleman right there and then hit the other car three people saw you you want to lie about it we'll go that route because I could charge you with fleeing and alloing cuz I went after you and you sped up and you took off I don't want to do that we just want to deal with the crash understand I'm going to don't say word don't say don't say word I don't say word I don't want to talk I'm going to let you talk to the deputy that's actually going to investigate this don't talk to me he's going to talk to you okay yes I understand I I just want you to understand where I'm coming from okay H talk uh he's going to be here okay like said she still had her car keys take the vehicle doesn't seem like we have any actual eyewitnesses of the actual crash oh yeah cuz they so did you actually see the actual crash I didn't see the crash I was on seword she came down and she almost CIT me because I didn't have a stop sign she came and she like drifted the corner and I almost go it and then came up and then I saw him chasing I'm like what the hell's going on did you see her in the car I didn't see her in the car you could identify her as being in the car yeah and okay like I recognized her cuz like she had the window down when she want P so yeah okay all right if you can you just hang out for a minute sure what he was driving no he driv okay did you already give him your license and all that stuff yeah he gave he gave him everything already okay any injury or any pain or anything at all from the crash at all nothing no bag no neck no nothing okay did did we get the actual W actually happen at uh epti and solo epti and S was fing he was on epti he was on solo trying to turn onto epti to go home okay was he fing east or west west cuz yeah and then um she came up behind him rear ended him and she continued all right ma'am listen um it just just because you are sitting in the back of this car I'm going to let you know did you did you do this or no okay you do have the right to you do have the right to women silence anything you say canot be used against court of law you have the right to talk entertained listen just listen to me all you have the right to talk to a lawyer and have them present with you while you are being questioned if you cannot afford toire a la lawyer one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish you can decide at any time to your decide is right and not answer any question or make any statement I want to give you a little spill in Florida we have this thing called traffic crash traffic crash our privilege where you can you can talk to to me about what happened in the accident and then it will be like we'll just worry about the crash and then whatever else whatever else comes later we'll F we'll figure it out on own like I say I'm not gonna lie to you I'm not going to try to catch you in a lie but this is what I know all right that blue Fort that sparkle over there was involved in an accident versus that car have you SE have you seen it yet no I okay can you step out of the vehicle yes all right was involving an just stay right here just stay right here was involved in an accident with that car the gentleman say he was on SOL Ro trying to make it left and turn and got re handed by that blue vehicle the blue vehicle the blue vehicle then left the scene he followed search vehicle got picture of the tag that's how we know that's how we know it was that vehicle that was involved in that okay in the I understand I believe you I mean now the next thing is Sergeant Billy Jake he's a deputy with the mar County sh office he witnessed the entire thing happening he also followed to look for that blue Ford and he and he positively identify you as the driver of SE V of SE vehicle um is there anything you can say about that I I don't understand you w driving you you don't remember I was not driving okay all right so I don't need any statement for from you to confirm to confirm you are driving I have I have the statement of the surgeon I understand which is good good enough we going to do we're going to do the crash report and you'll be listed as the driver of the vehicle all right you are not free to leave because I'm I'm still doing the crash investigation and obviously also I'm not going to lie to you or sugarco it leaving the sin of an accident is an actual crime okay I understand that I would never I would never leave or do anything if if if I do something get back you can get back sitting I'm going to do my crash report I just wanted to advise you be be be before I do anything else we want to know what's going to happen since it was a hit and run and she going she she's going she's going to go to jail okay but again even though she's going to jail if she does not have her insurance your insurance going to have to take care of the damages no no matter what unless you have uninsured motorist in which case I mean you still cover it but it would be less it would be less you can go after her civil at that point we can go uh yeah that's all you can sue her you can sue her yeah okay I don't know that she has I don't know if she has any money but how can we do that all of her information is on you okay all right she probably said that she has Geico so I mean we don't know that she doesn't have insurance it's possible she does um it's also possible she doesn't yeah's up did she say how why I think there was some stuff going on with her um okay but as I mean as long he's okay that's what we just want to know is okay cuz once we received the call we were like what happened we didn't know we thought it was that's pretty that's a good hit yeah if you if he starts to feel pain or anything let us know so we can add to the report cuz then that'll that's a whole another charge that's why we're telling him cuz a friend of ours also got a crash and they said no no no initially no and then once the adrenaline once the adrenaline goes down and everything you'll start to feel start dizzy and everything but if he goes to the doctor or the hospital or anything make sure you let us know this so that we can add to report okay can I get a oh I think he said his number yeah his name it looks okay from back here from back yeah from back there it looks okay can I help yes if you have the keys so so so so that it doesn't pull on your transmission you know you know how hard that that can I told you I leave him in the truck so all right so this is the thing a yeah you can go and step out but but just but just we we'll stand here for second okay I'm just very worried about my truck all right your truck will be fine it's getting to is it run well I don't know do you have the keys we can figure that out for you I I don't have the keys I have the keys to my other truck look why all right so okay all I couldn't find your insurance in the system so you have 10 days to provide me with that information otherwise I'm going to add it yeah okay yeah yeah yeah I'll send where do I send it you're going to get it you're going to get it a citation for not having insurance if you do have insurance that citation will be dismissed once you provide proof to the clerk's office but within the next 10 days I need that information you can call the sheriff's office give them that case number they will refer you to me and then I I I'll get it okay so call the sheriff's office with this number and then just give them my insurance information and then that that will go to you yes got right now my crash investigation is o over and like I told you before in the living the SC of the accident is a criminal act and unfortunately we will arrest you for we will arrest you for that offense okay I understand that that would if that that's what I did that that would be yeah yeah should go Bas on witness is and everything that's that's what we determined happen okay all right so I'm going to I'm going to and we'll and we'll give you that look so you all yeah you all get yeah we're doing it right now cuz we are done with the with the investigation and look this is what what I'm going to say to you right um I know why you you left the SC of the accident I can see the can of w claw in the center conso I can smell the aqu coming from your breath so you proba you probably wanted to to avoid a to avoid to avoid a a DUI um she has a knife at appendix yeah yeah on the Bel yeah you can go can't gra that that's pretty tight on there yeah you you do it man' than you that too yeah if you have that yeah you have anything else on you no it's a 4 key yeah I have a lighter yeah we going to try that key to see if the door is is open and nothing nothing hidden anywhere what am I being detained for you're being arrested for leaving the scene of a crash without providing any information to D if that opens the door of your cars we put we leave your knife and your lighter in the car in the car for you okay so that we don't have is there anything in the car that you need that you want to take with you your phone is in there where's your phone at no the phone should be in my car there you need okay anything special her uh wallet with driver's license was on the floorboard of the uh driver's seat her stuff was in the driver all right the