hey
excuse me i don't exactly have the right
shoes on to be doing uh i don't have
women's shoes
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why because i like them and they're
comfortable for one reason but i really
didn't plan on standing on one leg with
them on okay
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on february 12 2022 it was panicked
along a new mexico interstate as a semi
truck with a trailer filled with meat
was going the wrong way on interstate 40
for 13 miles
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local sheriff's deputies and new mexico
state police were able to pull over the
semi-truck without a crash they
identified the driver as richard stratch
okay well richard you didn't have a
strong flight when you were driving down
the road
and you drove for miles
okay richard
okay richard well do me a favor
sure it might be
richard do me a favor and step over here
so i can talk to you by my police unit
okay thank you sir
he said he was coming from ohio to
deliver a load of meat to california 584
i'll be at 10 6 fields on the driver
um
so yeah man how how long were you
driving on the opposite side of the road
immediately as soon as i see that was on
the wrong side
itself is responsible for not properly
uh putting signs
i mean there had to be a song so your
name is richard right richard hold on
hold on brother is your name richard
richard stay right there for me okay
don't move
nope
okay
all right so richard but you said you
have a thyroid problem right
did you take any medication today at all
what did you take uh uh
geez i have vitamins i i have any any i
have about maybe 20 different
all right well richard i'm gonna be
honest with you i gotta conceal some
sobriety tests to make sure that you're
okay to drive okay so what i want you to
do okay is i want you to stand heel the
heel toe to toe just like i'm doing yes
sir just like i'm doing toe to toe heel
to heel toe toe perfect keep your hands
down at your side okay
all right sir do you see the tip of my
finger right here yeah sure what i want
you to do is i want you to follow it
with your eyes and your eyes only okay
don't move your head do you understand
what i'm telling you eyes only okay
you gotta follow the finger okay
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you're not staring at the finger brother
it's way over here i can see it
perfectly
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okay and that's not my finger is right
i'm lucky okay
all right so i'm going to do the same
thing and i'm just going to go up okay
okay just follow my finger
all
right okay that's fine
i'm not looking my finger is not there
anymore brother oh i can't all right
all right okay
okay
all right so we're going to continue on
with the test okay what i want you to do
is i want you to turn around and face
this way towards your truck okay
i want you to place your right heel in
front of your left toe do that now for
me okay right here in front of your left
toe right heel left oh yes sir just like
i'm doing okay i want you to keep your
hands down at your side at all times
okay don't move from this position
it's it's not that hard sir do you see
how i'm doing this
okay sir so i'm gonna explain the test
to you and then i'm gonna demonstrate it
for you all right so make sure you
follow my instructions keep your hands
down at your side like i first asked
okay so like i said i want you to keep
your right heel in front of your left
toe okay when i tell you
just like you're doing okay when i tell
you to begin all right you're going to
take nine consecutive heel to toe steps
on an imaginary straight line just like
in front of you okay just straight in
front of you
okay it's gonna look something like this
okay
one
two
three i just took three steps sir you're
gonna be taking nine when you get to
that ninth step you're gonna plant your
lead foot you're gonna take a sequence
of small steps just like i'm doing until
you're turned back around on the line
and you're gonna take nine more
consecutive steps okay it's gonna look
like this one
two
three
again i just took three steps you're
gonna take nine all right some things to
remember while taking the test okay
i want you to count out loud every
single step that you're taking i want
you to stare down at your feet i want
you to keep your hands down at your side
and for any reason if you accidentally
step off the line just
get correct yourself and continue on
with the test okay don't stop the test
when you're completely finished with it
i just gave you a lot of instructions
sir
so before you begin do you have any
questions or do you know what you're
supposed to do i got intended in this
one
okay
i hear you sir but you right now you're
not even
you're not standing in the corrected
position so stand with your hands at
your side
okay sir
again you have any questions before you
begin the test
all right sir whenever you're ready go
ahead and begin
no this is not a scene out of reno 9-1-1
mr stratch is wearing women's high heels
step bump step bump bump
later in the video we'll get to why he
chose heals
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all right sir so go ahead and stand for
me right where i'm at right here sir
right here sir where are my lights
pointing okay
come stand where you're where i'm where
i'm directing you okay so the next step
you're gonna face me for this okay face
me sir all right so when i tell you to
okay you're gonna lift the foot of your
choosing off the ground approximately
six inches all right when you do that i
want you to keep both of your legs
straight keep your hands down at your
side
yes sir
yes sir it's gonna look something like
that okay one thousand one one thousand
two one thousand three one thousand four
one thousand five okay let me let me
explain the instructions okay let me
explain the instructions stop talking
over me all right keep your hands down
at your side you're going to stare down
at your feet you're going to count just
like i did 1001 1002 1003 etc until the
uh until the test is completed all right
the test is a 30 second time test so if
you get past 30 or you don't get to 30
don't worry just keep going i'll tell
you when to stop okay you said you had a
issue with that leg so do me a favor and
just stand okay then why don't you
okay so
with that in mind sir just stand on your
other leg okay don't use that leg to
stand on so i just gave you some more
instructions sir do you have any other
questions before you begin the test
okay like i said keep your hands in at
your side stare down at your feet keep
your foot parallel keep your straight
keep your feet straight your foot down
to the ground keep your hands down your
side any questions before you begin sir
whenever you're ready go ahead okay
let's let's go
okay
okay
that is not easy
is this supposed to be easy
remember the instructions like i told
you sir keep your hands down at your
side count out loud one thousand one one
thousand shoes
and stare down at your feet you're
staring at me stare at your feet
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all right sir do me a favor just do me a
favor and stop okay
all right walk through my unit please
walk towards my unit please that thing
with the big lights right there that's a
police unit yeah
what year is this 1000. yes sir do me a
favor give me this hand okay
so right now you're being detained for
the uh
investigation into the possible driving
under the influence okay because you're
showing you're showing
it's not a pass or a fail you're just
showing signs of impairment okay so i'm
just worried that you're too impaired to
be driving right now okay
have you ever been arrested have you
ever been arrested for dui
have you ever been arrested for dui
richard
richard have you ever been arrested for
dui before no okay do me a favor comes
uh that were you doing
well i'm investigating to see what's
going on okay
so do me a favor have a seat all right
oh yeah yeah don't worry about that
we'll take care of all your vehicle
do me a favor and pop in there okay
where am i going i'll explain all that
too let me come home just do me a favor
and pop in there okay lift your leg one
two three there you go buddy
wow
what did how did i feel that
uh
i know
i know i messed up sorry
it's all right
excuse me i have a question
um
that was crazy though
i don't even know how that happened that
was crazy
yeah i repent but you know for you know
i knew i should have just gone to sleep
today
oh
please do just can you honor this
please
no no i know i should have gone to sleep
you know and that's my own fault i
shouldn't have gone to sleep back there
and and i'm going to too
i mean
i have a question um
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i don't know what i did wrong
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wouldn't know
i honestly uh
i won't know but i would like to join
all right richard i gotta read you
something okay
yeah
i you're gonna read me my right that's
exactly what i'm gonna read okay
why are you mad at me i'm not mad at you
brother i don't have anything against
you yeah but what did i do wrong you're
showing uh obvious insides of obvious
signs of impairment like i said
well what
excuse me i don't exactly have the right
shoes on to be doing i i have women's
shoes on
why because i like them and they're
comfortable for one reason but i really
didn't plan on standing on one leg with
them on okay all right and for the
second thing is i have arthritis
extremely bad
and and my tendons in my legs hurt
extremely bad
so the second thing is
i could sure use a drink of water okay
i'll try to get
i have no idea what's wrong with my eyes
i have been hearing that
from my legs
and then look at my eyes
what do they do they look similar i
don't know if i haven't looked at your
eyes okay please look at my license and
look at my voice
if you don't want it okay well
oh
william sam charles
all right sir you listen to me richard
yes sir okay
i want to make sure you can hear this
okay so richard listen to me i'm about
to tell you something important
including a right you have okay
you're under arrest today for the
suspicioning of driving under the
influence
yep i'm requesting that you consent to
have your blood draw and tested to
determine the alcohol and or drug
content of your blood you have a right
to refuse to consent to my request if
you refuse to consent you cannot face
criminal penalties for your refusal do
you understand that right yes okay
however refusing consent has other
consequences in accordance with the new
mexico implied consent and state law
okay
those consequences may include losing a
new mexico driver's license or
non-resident operating cleavage for one
year okay additionally the fact that you
refuse consent may be used as evidence
against you in a court of law do you
understand these consequences
no you don't understand no i would need
an attorney to explain what exactly what
close meant to be honest that's why i i
read them as as i understand this okay
so additionally if you consent to have
your blood drawn and tested you have the
right to choose an additional
independent test if you choose to take
this additional independent test you
have the right to reasonable opportunity
to arrange for a physician a licensed
nurse or laboratory technician or
technologist who is employed by a
hospital or physician of your own choice
to perform an additional chemical test
the cost of this additional test will be
paid for by the new mexico state police
okay knowing your right to refuse
consent the possible consequences and
your right to an
independent test do you give consent to
have your blood drawn and tested
i cannot honestly answer that without
talking to an attorney sir
it's a yes or no question
no
what's that no
so no you do not consent
okay that's all i have to ask you
oh
god
yeah well yeah
oh
wow
hey
hey
um
hey richard yeah where are you coming
from man i'm i'm coming from when i left
pennsylvania i headed deadhead to
ohio okay i'm on my way to california
okay ohio to california how long yeah
i've been driving for over 30 years
oh uh i left uh up jeez
uh i'm probably right about 10 hours i
was going to shut it down too i was
going to shut it down
back there at the at the
at the car
so uh what would you call it uh
what's that truck stop back there i got
fuel at it uh i can't remember okay
that's fine um what do you what do you
call it uh it's um meat there's gotta be
kept at 35 degrees okay it's me okay
yeah
it's it's due
monday okay i'm not worried about the
meat man the company do you own the
truck no i don't own the truck but if i
ask why why am i
how could i be arrested for suspicion of
something that
i didn't do anything wrong i mean
i do realize that it's a good thing that
because when i was driving i couldn't i
could not give numerous miles i know
that but i was trying to get back over
to the right side you one of those
emergency pullovers isn't there supposed
to be one every mile i can't question
you because i didn't read you your
rights
the only thing i wanted to ask you about
is where you're coming from where you're
going i'm going i'm going to petaluma
california i mean you've already
admitted to me you're driving the wrong
way actually well actually i could i was
going to go to moriarty
at the leases
okay because my hours are just about up
now okay well so you came from ohio
you're going to california you're
hauling me yeah that's all i got do you
want your seatbelt okay no i don't care
about you
no please no
i think we got enough restrictions how
am i gonna get are you going to tone my
truck yeah
and how much is that going to cause i
have no clue okay how am i going to get
back to this truck you you got more
problems with that oh really we'll get
you we'll be staying in jail for a long
time i don't know what would you guess a
okay when's that gonna be monday monday
morning oh my god brilliant
oh come on
hey
hmm
oh wow i'm not going to sleep at all
tonight
this is going to be terrible
no you could take it that's that looks
like it's in the cat so i'll get all
right from there
correct
you're going to hold me until monday
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but i don't know when they open and then
where is this truck
towing place
oh yeah all right i know but you know
i'm kind of responsible for this
straight year
and it's kind of not my fault i mean i
understand yeah it went well you know
why i drove on the wrong side of the
road was because my buddy dave roadhog
told me the same thing happened to him
right
i can't recall the circumstances but you
know what he did he kept driving on the
wrong side of the road until he got to
the ghetto ground
i mean that was
honestly
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truck stop
you know what i did i stopped at that
rest area back there but there wasn't
any good parking i said i can't stop
here so i i went to the next best area
and then
and the packing was no good
yeah i otherwise i would have shut it
down
well i'll tell you what i i i would like
to take a right back through there and
figure out exactly how all that happened
myself because i remember
i remember putting the turn signal on to
get back over in the left lane and their
mother traffic wasn't having none of it
at all they
jeez
oh well how how far is the towing place
from the police place
yeah usually you're pretty good around
here forgoing
yeah because you know what guess what
you know what i i don't know anybody
around here
no how am i gonna get around
i don't have any money either
hey i don't have no money
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all right cause i don't like
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um
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crazy
wow
um yeah where are we at here
the south 244
okay
i didn't catch the exit number damn
oh holy crap
trails west 344
oh my god these handcuffs are really
horrible all right man i'll help you out
with them when we get there okay oh well
yeah i appreciate thanks
everybody
um
do they have a taxi service around here
anybody
oh yeah can you imagine walking
i never had any problems with cops
before i mean don't get me wrong you
know
i don't have anything against you you
know what i mean
i've never met you in my life i've never
even been to the state of pennsylvania
uh it's it's not too bad except it's
cold and damp all the time
cold and damn all the time
yeah this is cold dry right yeah
that damn weather though is just it's
brutal brutally
oh
what do you got here new mexico i like
the mexico mexico is always good for me
uh first time i was here back in 78
1978 with completely different worlds
yeah
stretch's semi was towed to an area tow
yard and is unclear if the meat got
delivered