You want me to do a PBT? I on May 28th, 2023 in Pulk County, Wisconsin, Deputy Peterson was dispatched when a reporting party called about a man, Donald, asking them to get help for his wife Paula after having gotten in a motor accident. Given the intensity of the situation, there was only one clear culprit by the end. My my my wife got an accident. anywhere in her body. Okay. I had to walk up. Okay. All right. Well, we got to go help her. But first, I got to know who you are. My name is Donald. Donald, you have an ID on you, sir. No, I don't. Yes. Can we go get her? Yep. One second. She's freezing. She's freezing. 912 County. Can we go get her? Can we go get her, please? She's freezing, please. Sir, I got to patch you down for weapons. You have anything on you? No. No. No. No. No. Don't reach. Don't reach for anything. Don't reach for anything. What are you doing right now? I'm grabbing my wallet. Okay. You said you didn't have your ID on you. I didn't think I did. I just got down here swapped. I got you. It's It's everything's m Okay. Is your ID in there? Can we go get We are going to get her, sir, but I need to know who you freezing her off. I I I been joking with these guys and I just want to get She's freezing her ass off. Come, please. Be calm. Okay, here's your ID back, sir. I just need I just need to patch you down. Okay. Yes, sir. So, you have nothing on you? All right. I'm going to get you in the back of the car here. Okay. Yep. You're going to show me where she is, but you need to get in the back. Okay. I got to be honest with you. Uh, were you driving or her? Go ahead and drive. Okay. I do smell alcohol on you. Okay. Okay, you're going to show me where 912 County patted the subject down. I got him secure in the back of my vehicle. He's going to show me where his wife is. We're going. Were you and your wife drinking tonight? Yeah, we were. Okay. Where where are we at here? Are we close? I'm going. But she at the walk. I don't want to miss her either. Keep going. Oh, it's on that. Okay. Is that her? Is that her? That's her. Okay. That's her. Okay. That's her. Yep. That's her. Yep. I've located the female subject on 270th Avenue 61st Street. Stand by for 27. Hello, ma'am. My name is Deputy Peterson, the P County Sheriff's Office. What's going on tonight? I ran off the road. Okay. At the swamp. Do you need medical attention? I'm like really sick of cold. Okay. 912 County. Are you able to get EMS over here? Okay, ma'am. Do you have obvious injury? Possible hypothermia. Do you have an ID, ma'am? I'm going to get you in the warm car here, okay? But do you have an ID on you? And I I want to pat you down real quick. Okay. I know this is Do you have any weapons on you, ma'am? Okay. Here. This is wet. I don't know if you want that on you. And then do you mind if I see your purse or do you want to just show me your ID and I'm going to get you in here? Here, I'll crank the heat up for you. I'm going to I'm going to I'm going to crank the heat up. You got You got a blanket or something? I don't have a blanket, but I'm going to crank the heat up. Please. Yep. I'm going to get that going. I know. Please. Come on, man. Get your leg up. All right. Here's All right. This is as warm as it goes right there. I got you. I can't breathe. You can't breathe. Hey. Hey. What's her name so I can tell EMS? Paula. Paula. You can advise EMS. She's having difficulty breathing at this time. Ma'am, do you take inhalers or any medication? No. Okay. Hey, what's coming? 1023. Can you tell me what's going on? I can't breathe. You can't breathe? How can I help? Okay, she's right here. They're both in the back there. Uh, she's having difficulty breathing. She seems hypothermic. Their vehicles up the road. They ran up the roadway. They both been drinking. He told me she was driving. But is the car off this way, ma'am? I want to find your vehicle and then let EMS meet us there. 912 County. I've located the vehicle. It is in a pond. It's off 270th A and Lamont Lane. [Applause] Straight down. Straight down. Straight down. Uh, do you guys want to call for the toe? Okay. EMS is coming here. EMS is in route. I I called EMS the second I seen it. Coming straight. Not seeing the Yeah. Yeah. I don't know how else that makes sense. Just didn't go with the curb. How you guys doing back there? She's having a really tough She's getting hard. Is she still awake? No, she's she's cognitive. Okay. Okay. Is this too hot? How's the Oh, she's fine. Yes, sir. Do you want medical at all? I see you got all over your mouth. Yeah, I I I might have to do Okay. Did you Did you bang your face off the off the dash or something? No. Yeah. When I his mouse all I asked him if he banged his head off the dash, he goes, "Yeah, the drivers or or the passengers." So, passengers. Well, first he said drivers and then he said passengers. I don't know. That's too bad cuz his whole mouth is Yeah, cuz his mouth's pretty messed up. Like, it's almost like they didn't deploy. But maybe. Later, when EMS arrived and secured Paula, Deputy Swanson would question her about the crash and she confirmed it was Donald who was driving. Additionally, once the car was towed out of the pond, the driver's seat was discovered to be pulled all the way to the back, matching Donald's height, as Paula was only 5t tall. Can I get some water, please? I don't have any water on me at all. But So, what happened? I don't know. She was driving and drove off on the lake. I don't know. What were you doing? I was in the was almost passed out. Okay. So, you're saying she was driving though? She's saying you she or she's saying you were driving that. All right. All right, Donald. Yes, sir. So, with everything that happened, I think you were the one that was driving. That's what we're led to believe. Okay. I wasn't driving. Okay. Well, at this time, I'm asking if you're willing to perform some field sobriety tests for me. I I refuse. You refuse? Yeah. I wasn't driving, so I don't do it. Okay. But I'm sure you're going to take wind, right? You got a bunch of stuff going on here. So, but right now, we're I'm just seeing if you're willing to do a field sobriety test for me. Yeah, I I Okay. What you say? Okay. Ask him if he'll swivel around. You can check size. Turn around. Face me a little bit. Did you bite your tongue, too? You want to follow my [Music] finger. Definitely hit you on there. Yeah. Um going to refuse to do all the tests. Got the owner of alcohol visual indicators as well. Tell him he's under arrest for OWI. And then I want to hop out here. All right. I know you said you went to a field society test. Yeah. But are you willing to do a PBT? I I refuse everything. Okay. All right. At this time, you are under arrest. One for OWI and also probation. I was a driver. Okay. You said that, but also probation is placing a hold on you. Okay. back into probation. Yeah, I wasn't driving. Okay. Well, either way, you're under arrest right now. All right. You want to get checked on now? I'm good. stolen. We're going to grab these on and then we'll uh get you back in there. water. I save my and then walk for two miles and try to get that was a long walk because she was freezing. I didn't know what the hell was going on. You feel okay? Yeah. SC. Yeah. How are you? Based on talking to both of you, I believe you were the one driving. I was the driver. We're going to go to this car. Okay. You got myself right here. Oh my god. That's crazy. Let me get this on you. Upon arrest, Donald was transported to a medical center for a withdrawal after a warrant was issued and his alcohol content level was discovered to be three times the limit. He was then transported and booked into Pulk County Jail. Initially, Donald had managed to dodge all charges in court. However, after it was discovered he was out of probation for felonies in two different counties, things quickly changed. In May the next year, Donald was held on a jury trial and found guilty of OWI 6th offense, operating above the prohibited alcohol content level and owi and prohibited alcohol content level causing injury to more than one individual. He was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in state prison, 3 years extended supervision upon release, and had his DOT license revoked for an entire lifetime. Please consider showing your support by liking this video if you want to see more of these cases with a proper legal analysis. Make sure to subscribe to stay informed about future cases like these. And if you overall enjoyed this video, check out the next video here.