on January 14th 2024 officers in Florida received a call from a man reporting his mother was attempting to drive to her hotel after drinking at a local restaurant here's what the officers did next police this is Bri okay you're at the Columbia Restaurant what's going on there uh yes uh my mother needs to not be driving her car it's a silver SUV with kayak holders on top she is pulling out and trying to drive off uh she is extremely intoxicated this is your mother uh yes oh okay is she leaving now in the vehicle uh she just stepped out of the car okay uh uh yeah she is trying to drive off and where is your mother now is she driven off yet uh she's still in the driver's seat in the car in front of me um hopefully just nagging at my dad instead of trying to drive off how are you that's great how are you good good what's going on today I don't know what's up with you did you is there anybody else in a car with you my husband your husband okay is your son around here he's over there he's the one on the phone okay so ma'am just so you know uh somebody called and said that you were intoxicated right behind the the wheel of the vehicle so I'm just want to make sure everything's okay okay is everything okay I'm worried about him actually you're worried about him okay were you were you drinking I had a drink you drink wait let's be real okay I'm not going to lie is your husband did your husband drink also more me more you than him no you misheard that you said Fidelis yes you misheard that misheard what are you saying more you no that's twice you misheard that listen man' please have your driver's license am I driver you're not in charge here I want you to understand that that's the number one thing you should understand okay as nice as I am Fidel as nice as I am as professional you can address me as Dr Brightman I don't care I know you don't give a [ __ ] about anybody but yourself I want your driver's license oh my god listen don't get behind the vehicle where's your IDE my license where is it where is it can I get it or not I want to know where it is first it's in my purse wonderful where's your purse at it's in the car where in the car you asked for my car I gave you my license number come over here and have a seat in a curve for me okay oh sure dude thank you ma'am oh my God just have a seat there for how you doing sir oh my God man just have a seat he won't let me go my car to get my license he wants my license I told him my driver's license number he don't want I'm doing everything asked both of them ma'am where's your driver's license again I told you it was is in your purse in the car where in the car can I get it or not no I don't want you to get it you told me to get it I asked you for it I didn't say go get it man your purse is around your neck that's a different purse so do you know where her purse is it's in okay would you mind getting her ID for me can I tell you my driver's license number you actually got my name address and serial number we actually have your serial number you guys drinking a little bit today yes sir we were in uh both of you were yes sir okay somebody was concerned she was driving well intoxicated so we're just making sure she's not notice my hands notice my hand please don't shoot me I already had a son a nephew killed by police does she have any mental health issues or she's just drunk she's got I know whatantics means she's taking medic Med is L okay is this vehicle registered to her or you is the vehicle register to her or you it's registered to her her okay all right well if you can't find it that's fine or is that it what she says that look like a driver's license right there so ma' where you guys coming from what do you mean coming from the restaurant right here trying to go back to my hotel here where are you guys from what do you mean friend where do I live yeah Hudson hson where are you from McAn I'm from I'm local me too nice to meet you McAn I'm Dr Brighton okay I'm Sergeant McMullen have a seat please so very could you just please have why what would you do to me if I don't I'm not going to do anything to you ma' Ma'am because you keep walking away I'm going to tell you one more time to have a seat or I'm going to make you have a seat you understand me you understand you do not tell us what to do we tell you what to do do you get that now get back over here and have a seat where I'm not in the right spot corre I'm not in the right spot I'm not in the right spot everybody I'm on the ground crawling but I'm not in the right spot man you understand you're making this way for you MC Mullen I'm doing everything wrong sir did you call okay I'm Sergeant Fidelis how are you today okay so basically you call us cuz you think she's intoxicated while she's going to drive right is there anything did anything else happen besides that uh she's a dramatic individual okay getting emotional as goes on M we're trying to go to the hotel I was going to drive and then she refused she wanted to drive I'm scared I am so scared I've already had people of my family killed by the police please not one but two I am scared of you or MC Mullen could you please refer to me as sergeant McMullen if you would like to be referred as Doctor yes Sergeant MCM you know what mental health issue specific she has mental health nothing really diagnosed okay uh just lots of different medication J pig to a few different how many drinks did you guys witness are drinking at the where you guys are here here at four or five at Le like beer or hard liquor or what liquor lior sir do you mind if I just get your driver's license just so I can document that we spoke to you and sure you're not in trouble or nothing okay okay we just want to make sure that she's safe and all that we don't want to I'm her husband she us not like that no she's just been drinking a little bit H I could smell alcohol on her yeah we were in there celebrating she's not like this no she's not this aggressive normally no no how many how many drinks you think she had sir uh three four hard liquor or or beer alcohol they had in there I don't know I was outside most of the time cuz I got a HP problem now okay just stand by for me there's no weapons in the car right yes sir there's no weapons no weapons okay thank you so much just hang out there for me a little bit okay not little help I didn't say that you did I just you did say I had mental health problems you did say that I asked if you did me that's all oh okay no question answer no sir I initially wanted to drive oh my God drive and oh my God so I should drive because I'm not under the influence I don't know about that like might I'll stay here and let ma'am pleas please just face this way if you could just scooted over a little bit so we're not blocking the sidewalk for people sorry I'm scared I've already had people in my family killed you've said that I want to make sure everyone sees me you said that 10 times already he did tell me I can't stand up I really need to stand up I have fibromyalgia I have a lot of things I need to stand up he said I cannot stand up I'm not let to stand what is your first name ma' does it matter doctor you can address me as Doctor what was your last name again do you care yes so I can address you properly just like you address me as sergeant McMullen I'm going to address you as Serge or Dr Dr what b b okay thank that works I appreciate that if you are having issues with your hips by sitting on the ground can I please if you listen to me I will tell you what I want you to do okay where the dictionary can you stop talking and listen I'm at your mercy of course ma'am if you want to stand up you can go ahead and lean against the back of this car but do not what asked no can you hear me out I'm going to get I'm going to set ground rules because you're all over the place I'm asking you to sit you can put your you can lean up against the back of the car all right but you cannot walk around you cannot go towards the driver's seat anything like that like you did previously I asked you if I could lean against that card you told me no well now I'm telling you yes okay so go ahead and lean against appreciate that would you like help up no okay not for me [Music] okay ma'am I do ma'am I don't trust any of you my nephew was killed my father was killed all of them were killed by you cops all I asked was to stand up they told me no and I begged them they said yes' if you could turn around and just face us could you turn around and face us is that an order I'm asking you is that an order okay if you would like to stand like that that's fine thank you you're just embarrassing yourself no you're the one yes please record [Music] it I'm waiting I'm waiting why are you having a bad day we're trying to help all I said was can I go back to my hotel 6 minutes away Uber me can I take over and they said no they said no chill out they said I'm not allowed to go to my hotel I asked for an Uber they said no they said no they said no I'm not allow to go to my hotel I can drive cuz my son who was drunk with his trans I can chill her off Wai for off another officer oh my God I appreciate it they all need you need to chill man they're firing me up no fire me up stop it you think it's better to drive give me right to the hotel I just want to leave I don't want this just be patient what okay let me go back let me go back oh yeah everybody's happy now now hello my name is Officer kolic how are you today I'm better now that he let me lay down thank you what's your name can I sit up permission absolutely you sure I'm you're fine and again your name my name is officer kolic cic will you help me out or no sure I can help you up just ask it absolutely take you your zipper oh do it come down it is yeah sometimes when I uh pull my pants tight I hate it when I know so what's your name I don't know that that matters oh they all know me they know all about me I just want to address You by first name you can call me Alex if you like oh that's my husband's name okay you can call me Dr B okay okay Dr B I earned that title very much okay hello well nice to meet you Dr B so my job here is to make sure okay is there any reason you're shaking my hand so hard I was trained and that's what you do I'm sorry especially as a woman okay that's all right sorry so I didn't mean to offend you in anyway that's all right so so my job here is to make sure that you're good to drive and that you're not impaired okay all right so I'm going to ask you some medical questions okay do you have do you have any physical cholic okay do you have any physical defects of course I do it doesn't everyone okay what kind of physical defects do you fibromyalgia I have humic migraines you have a problem with that I don't have a problem with that good I'm so glad because that would be a problem would gets the 88 go ahead so how does that affect you I have leg pains okay does that affect your ability to sit walk and stand no no no the problem with my standing is I was told I'm not allowed to stand by these people here not him so much them okay so I can't stand I got you I'm scared I'm very scared I've had two family members killed by police officers I'm very scared listen I promise you I'm a very friendly guy okay I don't know he's fine I don't know about him or him do you have any mental defects who doesn't do you have any specific ones no okay I just told you I have hopic migraines all right what are we doing what are we really doing here sir what are we really doing here well I'm trying to make sure that you're good to drive if I don't drive over me to my hotel that's 6 minutes away I already offered that as a solution no one was willing to accept that well can you can you let me finish my Spiel sure thank you so much okay are you diabetic no you don't take insulin no okay do you wear prescription glasses or contacts yes okay so what I like to do is I like to perform an eye exam okay sure okay you can either remain sitting or you can stand it's whatever you're more comfortable with I'm not comfortable at all sir okay can all of them go away yeah they can back off right now I'm conducting a DUI investigation okay the field sobriety exercises which I'm performing are voluntary okay this is not voluntary okay I can't force you to participate okay if you elect not to participate I will ultimately make a decision based on the signs of impairment that I see presently okay you understand so all I'm asking for is your cooperation to Ru to rule out the possibility that you're impaired I'm not driving I'm willing to go Uber I don't understand the problem here but you were driving I was not okay I was not so are you will did y'all pull me over on the street did you ma'am are you willing to perform these exercises for me this is your opportunity to dispel my belief stand up yes you can stand up are you sure please stand are you even willing to give me a hand I'll give you a hand thank you sir okay sorry all I'm asking Uber back to my hotel you won't let me drive let me Uber what's the problem are you going to let me finish my exercises okay excuse me I am not driving are you going to let me finish my exercises why do you need to do that when I'm not driving this is the last driving this is the last time I'm going to ask you okay I'm going to ask you a question this is the last time I'm going to ask you are you willing to participate in the exercises I have a question I'm going to sit back down I'm going hold my hands back up okay he scares me he really scares me you can stand up ma'am I'm not asking you anymore I'm telling you I'm asking can I Uber back to my hotel ma'am you are under arrest right now okay stand up stand up stand up you are under arrest for DUI I'm not even driving Alex just relax I'm not even driving all I want to do is get over to the hotel just relax put this hand you need no I didn't even leave the resturant they're arresting me for DUI I did not drive anywhere I asked going get another I asked for an Uber to H they refused I ask for Uber help help help help help help help help help help no he is allowed to use his phone all I did is ask for no to the hotel we'll worry about that in a second oh my God in heaven all right we're going to walk over to my car ma'am okay I'm scared I'm scared there's no reason to be scared SC you killed my father and my nephew so let me explain something I'm scared I'm scared if I have to drag you to if I have to drag you to my car care beat me if I have to drag to the car you're going to get an additional charge for resisting do you understand oh my God oh my God oh my god5 adult female do you understand I sure kill me my oh my God oh my God help help relax all right real quick before I put you in the car do you have any weapons on your person uh I don't know what you call weapon anything that would poke stick harm me in any way I'm going to tell you what I'm a teacher a pencil can stab you okay do you have a pencil on me that you intend to stab me with no okay can you get your arm away from my breast stop get your arm away from oh the I have a problem with my right arm please I have a problem my hurt it please put it in front of me it hurts it hurts my right arm has an injury please please you're I've explained this to you multiple times you are now receiving an additional charge for resisting okay Alex hting hurting my right shoulder I'm trying to tell you my right shoulder has the sports ENT Oh my Jesus I have to do it this way cuz it hurts it hurts it hurts oh Jesus name if you were able to act civilized we wouldn't had to do that I was not civilized Alex okay all right now having the you're right in mind that you've been arrested for DUI I'm requesting a lawful sample of your breath so I can determine your alcohol content are you willing to provide me that breath sample as long as you understand I was not driving okay are you willing to provide me the are you as long as that's under the statement I was not driving are you willing to provide me the breast sample it's a yes or no yes or no no the answer is as long as you document I was not driving okay I'm going to read you something that's called implied consent okay because you're refusing to answer my simple question ma'am you need to stop flaming around understand no I'm signing to my husband he's de not I've been talking to him the entire time I'm now requesting that you submit a lawful test of your breath for the purpose of determining its alcohol content will you take the test you refuse to answer meest your breath understand I was not driving don't even bother don't even bother I was not driving I was not driving I was not driving was not driving I was sitting on the to test request of you your driving supended for period of one year for the first refusal or for 18 months if your driving appr hasped or you've been previously fined under statute 32735 215 D has been previously suspended or you've been previously fined under statute 327 35215 for refusal submit to a lawful test your breath urine of blood you'll be committing a misdemeanor in addition to any other penalties which can be imposed by law refusal submit to the test request is admissible into evidence in any criminal proceeding do you still refuse to take the test do you still refuse to take understand anything I heard I don't understand anything I heard I don't understand anything because I don't understand anything I heard because you're an that's why oh my God I wasn't even driving I wasn't even driving I wasn't even driving I wasn't even driving man can you get them I'm going to help you in okay just watch your head watch your step slide one leg in first make sure he has my purse y we got all your stuff for one leg in okay I'm helping you in watch your head leg one foot in Alex one leg in ma'am one leg in one leg in get in the car or we're going to make get in the car okay yes I know you will you I've already had not only people killed by police swing your leg again oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God I can't do I can't I can't please Jesus in heaven I it hurts it's going to cause a problem oh my God oh my God help help help help I'm claustrophobic I am claustrophobic please help oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God help help help help I can't breathe I can't breath I can't bre I can't please just open the door a little bit please I can't breathe I there's no air I can't breathe I can't breathe please please please please please please oh oh [ __ ] that hurt oh me running oh oh those handcuffs hurt what the hell oh but we didn't get a great search so I asked for the Uber they wouldn't let me go they wouldn't let me take him Uber home well I just I like address people by the first my name's officer Roy officer Roy I'm do can you fix my glasses so SC all watch yourself I don't want to hit you with the door okay all right we're going to Walk This Way okay bth I did everything they said everything everything the suspect was charged with DUI and resisting an officer without violence the suspect was issued a $1,000 bond which she later posted in court the suspect's charge of DUI was reduced to reckless driving the suspect initially pleaded not guilty to both charges later amending her plea to no contest to resisting an officer without violence and pleading guilty to reckless driving the suspect was found guilty of both charges and was sentenced to 50 hours of community service alongside attending a DUI school the suspect was ordered to pay $543 in fines in $50 in cour cost [Music]