POLICE, SHUT OFF YOUR CAR NOW!
SOMEONE'S BLOCKING HER CAR. HEY, do me a
favor. I'm Officer Dorado, UCF Police
Department. Please step outside the
vehicle.
Come out.
Step out.
>> Come out.
Good. Okay, you're good. Just go right
here for us. Right here? Right there.
Change in your back.
You're being temporarily detained, okay?
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Hey, miss. I'm Officer Sanchez with the
UCF Police Department. Real quick, are
you injured in any way? No. No, do you
need me to call FD for you? No. No?
Okay.
You have anything on you? Any weapons,
knives, guns, bombs?
Anything like that?
Okay.
Francesca, just to keep you updated,
right now we're just doing a crash
investigation. We're going to start
interviewing the people that witnessed
the crash, and then we'll get to you,
okay?
Yeah, we heard it revving. We're like,
"What's going on?" Yeah.
>> All four of you witnessed? Yes, sir.
Okay. We at least witnessed this little
scene. Okay, so you So, tell me about
what happened.
So, we were walking over there and we
saw her I mean, we we mainly heard, but
we kind of saw her go over that curb
right there. You can see her car is
actually on the
>> The one right there?
Yes, sir. Okay. And then, she just like
kept going in a circle very slowly and
then just hit this. So, then we came
over cuz we wanted to make sure she
didn't have like a seizure or anything
like that. So, we came over and I was
calling 911 and she I knocked on the
window and was like, "Can you roll your
window down? Like, can you turn off your
car? Like, are you okay?" Like And she
would just kept going and then she'd rev
her car. And I was like, "Okay." And so,
we like
tried to get her out and then she kept
revving her car. Then then backed up,
we're like like she can't go anywhere,
her tire is popped, but like we don't
want to be next to it in case she like
>> as you guys pulled up, she was turning
her car trying to get out.
>> Okay. So, you guys watched her hit this
pole?
>> Yes. Yes. We walked We were walking this
way towards Lake Claire, and we had like
walked through the parking lot and then
crossed the street. Okay. And we saw
when we were crossing the street, we saw
her
like hit the curb, and we heard her.
>> Okay. And then we were right in front of
this building here
>> Mhm. and we saw her hit the pole and
heard it, and they were upstairs looking
down at us, and we were like, "Did you
see that, too?"
>> Okay. So, Would you guys be willing to
write a written statement kind of just
essentially with what you told me? Yeah.
Perfect.
Sir, do you mind going over here for me?
Okay. So, you were here inside of this
building right here? On the third floor.
Third floor, okay. Did you witness her
hitting the pole at all, or did you just
they waved you down and said, "Hey, did
you just see that?" No, I see it. You
watched it happen as well?
So, roll into it?
Okay.
And you were And then
I hear it like they they were talking,
and I say, "Yo, somebody there?" Mhm.
And they say, "Yeah, there's somebody
there."
Got it. And which which one of these
third floor rooms is yours?
No, that one. Like we were on the
balcony. Okay, the second floor balcony?
>> Right here? No, no, the third one. Third
floor, and you guys were watching from
there here, and you watched her go over
that, and then slowly come over here,
and then hit this pole? Yes. Okay,
perfect.
Um just keep any tape for me if you
don't mind.
Is that Francesca? Yeah. I'm Officer
Tembrado with the UCF Police Department.
So, I'm going to be doing the traffic
crash investigation. With that in mind,
there's a couple things I want to ask
you, okay? Um
Do you remember hitting anything?
At all.
Nothing at all.
Okay. Is this your car or is it like
mom's car, dad's car?
>> It's your car? Okay.
Um
Do you know how many things you hit
tonight?
I didn't hit anything. Didn't hit
anything? Okay.
Okay.
Um well,
are you aware now that you hit
something?
I didn't hit anything.
So, even right now you still don't think
you hit anything?
At all.
Okay. Okay. Were you wearing your
seatbelt this whole night? I was. Okay.
Okay.
In approximately how fast do you think
you were driving in this parking lot?
Probably 55.
You were driving 55 mph in this parking
lot?
Okay.
Do you know where you're at right now?
No. No? Okay. You're on the UCF main
campus in Orlando, Florida. Um and you
were involved in a traffic accident,
multiple traffic accidents, based off of
the damage on your vehicle as well as
the damage that's scattered throughout
this parking lot.
So, you've hit multiple curbs, okay, and
then you've also hit a light pole right
here.
Okay, so I'm I'm letting you know that
now. You said you didn't hit anything.
You did.
Okay, then there's substantial damage
all over your vehicle. Right. Okay. Um
are you aware that you have no front
driver's side tire?
No. No? Okay.
Have you had anything to drink tonight?
No. You had nothing to drink tonight?
>> At all.
Anything to smoke tonight? No. Anything
to inject tonight? No. Okay. Do you
typically Do you do any drugs at all?
No. Are you on any prescription
medication? No. Okay.
Where were you coming from tonight?
The beach. The beach? Okay, what beach?
Cocoa Beach, very nice beach. Okay, and
then where were you heading to?
Home.
And you said you haven't had anything to
drink tonight? At all. Okay. You haven't
had anything to smoke tonight? I don't.
Okay. So, I'm going to let you know that
again, this is for my traffic crash
investigation, right? Um
based off of everything, you are found
at fault for this crash, okay?
Uh I have no assessment of the damage
yet cuz I haven't done a full workup of
all of the different things that you've
hit. And I'm just finding out now that
there might be more stuff that you hit,
okay?
Has anybody asked you if you need a
medical attention?
No. No? Okay. Um so again, you're going
to be found at fault for this traffic
crash, okay? So, what you're what's
going to happen is the email that you
provided to me, I'm going to do my
traffic crash investigation, you're
going to get a form, okay? It's going to
have all of your information. It's going
to get sent to the email that you just
provided me with.
Are you a student here on campus? I'm
not. Are you a student anywhere? I'm
not. Okay.
Okay. And how old are you? I'm 26. 26?
Okay.
Okay.
Um again, right? So, just to reiterate,
you are going to be found at fault for
this traffic crash. Um
I I don't know the extent of the damages
right now. It's a normal.
I'm sorry? It's a normal.
What do you mean it's normal? Because
you said I'm on
a crash Correct. for this accident.
Correct.
>> I'm not understanding what the incident.
So, you've hit multiple different curbs.
What's the multiple different curbs?
The multiple different curbs is what
you're trying to say? Okay, so for
starters,
there is still part of your vehicle
laying over there from the curb you hit.
Okay?
I haven't done
>> I I I haven't found the exact amount
yet. Okay. Okay. Also, the light pole
that you hit
>> Right. that your car is parked up
against.
>> What's the light pole? Where's the light
pole?
>> Where's the light pole? Take a look to
your left. Okay. It's right there. Okay.
Okay. So, there's multiple different
things you hit. I'm going to do a full
workup to see if there's anything else
that's been hit based off of cameras and
everything else, okay? So, once that is
done,
um the traffic crash accident form
itself, you can get the
>> accident? What do you mean, what's the
accident? What's the accident?
What do you mean, where's the accident?
The accident you've been in.
What's the accident you've been in?
You hit multiple curbs.
>> Where's the curbs? Okay, I'm not going
to explain it to you multiple times.
Okay.
>> Okay, I've already said it to you three
times.
>> That's it. Okay? That's it. You were
involved in a crash, you hit multiple
curbs, there are parts of your vehicle
right there.
You also hit the
>> I don't need you explaining explaining
yourself anymore.
Okay. All right, well I've concluded my
traffic crash investigation, okay?
Another officer is going to come over
here and speak to you about something
completely different, okay?
>> That's correct.
Officer Torrado.
Just to confirm, when you walked up to
her driver's side,
she was still
revving her engine, right?
>> Yeah.
Tried it twice.
So, mace baseball bat Mace baseball bat
>> bat was tucked right there by the
driver's seat. I saw it when I was
trying to grab her out. I couldn't. Not
from my side, at least. No registration.
Is that her ID right there? Where?
No, that's her ID's from Delta.
Pocket knife.
Yeah, there's a pocket knife, a couple
of them.
>> the spray at? In here. In the center
console?
>> In the center console. I can't find her
ID anywhere, though.
>> was found in the center console or the
glove compartment?
>> No. There's a bag back here.
She said her I'm searching her bag.
There's a vape.
It's a nicotine vape, though.
She gave me consent to search the car,
anyways.
Hey, Francesca. Hi.
>> I'm back.
>> Okay, so I got to explain a couple of
things, right? At this point, the crash
investigation has concluded, right?
>> What crash? There was a crash. Where?
Right now, your car is in in a pole.
Your front right your front tire left
tire Okay, is anybody injured? No, no
one's injured. You were the only one who
was in the car.
>> That's it. Perfect. That's it.
>> So, there was a crash that occurred.
Right.
>> Right? And that's what I saw when I was
when I when I showed up.
>> Where's the injured? There is no
injured.
>> Okay, that's good. There is a crash that
occurred between your vehicle that you
were in and a light There's nobody
injured, right? Are you injured? I'm
not. Then no one's injured. I'm asking.
I'm telling. Okay.
So, the crash investigation has
concluded, right? At this point we are
switching the hats. I'm going to be
responsible for a criminal
investigation.
Potent the under reasonable suspicion
that you may be operating a vehicle
under the influence of alcohol,
chemical, or controlled substance, okay?
Because of that, I got to read your
Miranda warnings, all right? So, I'm
going to read this out. Every time I
finish a statement, I'm just going to
ask if you understand, yes or no, okay?
Just respond with a yes and then we'll
go from there, okay?
Right? All right. You have the right to
remain silent.
Yes, you understand?
I need an audible yes or no.
>> I'm silent.
Okay, so I'm going to keep reading these
Third. Third, right? I need you to
Anything you say will be used um in
court as evidence against you. You're
entitled to talk to an attorney now and
have them present uh now or at any time
during questioning. I haven't finished
yet. Okay. If you cannot afford to hire
an attorney, one will be appointed for
you without cost. Do you desire to
consult with an attorney first or have
one during this interview? Where's the
attorney?
Again, I'm just reading your Miranda
warnings, okay? Okay, so your questions
is not valid. Okay. If at any time
herein you wish to remain silent, have
an attorney, all questioning will be
stopped. Has anyone at any time
threatened, coerced, or promised you
anything in order to induce you to make
a statement right now?
Francesca?
It said I got the right to remain
silent, right? You're right, but this is
this is not That's it. Francesca That's
it.
That's it.
>> Francesca, I just need you to listen to
understand, right? I'm not asking you
any incriminating questions right now.
I'm asking if you understand what I'm
telling you.
Do you understand what I have been
telling you? I'm asking if you
understand what I'm telling you.
>> to remain silent. You're right, but I
need to understand
Okay.
>> So, do you understand these rights?
Again, not asking any incriminating
questions.
>> I don't need a lawyer to ask you your
Miranda
>> don't need a lawyer to ask you your
Miranda rights.
>> the lawyer.
>> All right, perfect. So, I'm assuming at
this time because you've been saying
that you want to call a lawyer, you want
to induct your
um
your right
>> the lawyer. You're right. Um you're
inducting your single right. Got it.
Your Amendment 5 rights.
>> However, I need to continue with my
investigation, right?
>> Exactly. As long as the lawyer is in
presence right now. Perfect. In
presence? In presence.
>> In presence.
>> Presence. Presence.
Got it. So, I am going to continue with
my investigation, right? I will not be
asking you any incriminating questions.
>> answer any questions without my lawyer
being present right now.
>> Perfect. I'm not asking you any
questions.
>> Okay. I am going to ask you if if you
are willing to conduct standardized
field sobriety exercises.
>> I do not consent.
>> You do not consent. Perfect. So, I do
need to inform you Hold on.
>> consent.
>> You don't have to consent, but I do need
to inform you of your adverse
>> You don't have to consent. But, I do
need to inform you
>> not consent.
>> Perfect. I need to inform you of your
adverse
I
>> I need you to listen to understand and
not just listen to talk, okay?
>> consent. Okay.
So, I need to advise you of your adverse
consequences. I'm still going to advise
you as you say that you do not consent.
>> I'm over here trapped. Look, you see my
both hands? Yes. Okay, I'm trapped. I
can't move nowhere. So, I do not consent
with any lawyers being present
>> Perfect.
>> to any ask
or questions that you have. I'm not
asking you any
>> is present, I'm going to ask your
questions.
>> Perfect. Francesca, I'm not asking you
any incriminating questions.
>> That's it, baby. Perfect. So,
>> have to ask me any questions at all. Any
incriminating or no incriminating.
As long as my
lawyer is not questioned
I'm not questioning a lawyer, I am. So,
adverse consequences basically mean that
I'm going to have to take the totality
of the circumstances to include the
traffic crash investigation and my
interaction with you.
And I have to take that all to make my
decision whether or not you're going to
be arrested for DUI tonight, right? With
that being said, are you willing to
perform standard that's field sobriety
exercises?
It's a yes or no.
I do not consent. Perfect.
Step out of the
Yep, step out of the Step out of the
Step out of the car. Step out of the
car. One second. Okay, okay, okay, okay.
One step at a time. One
Step out of
One step One step at a time, all right?
One step at a time. You're good. You're
good.
All right, you're good. Okay. Thank you.
So, now we're going to escort you Yep.
One
One.
Can you open my door real quick? Just
see if there's anything inside.
You got to come right here and face
this, okay? Look away from this light so
you don't hurt your eyes, please.
You good? Nope. Nope.
You're good. Perfect. Okay, so
Francesca, you're going to now sit in
here for us, please and thank you. All
right.
We appreciate you being cooperative,
okay? All right, perfect. And just so I
can keep you updated, you are under
arrest for DUI tonight. All righty.
Can you make a left Face left?
Face the left. Thank you.
There we go. All right.