am I able to drive home no honey you are drunk as a skunk on Christmas I can't tell if she hit that truck or not there's rust underneath it but it's beat up okay and there is damage on that side of her vehicle and the whole reason I'm going just because my alol because you drove to work inebriated it's Monday in Michigan City Indiana where police say a nurse allegedly hit multiple vehicles on her to work while drunk so I can't tell if she hit that truck or not there's rust underne it it's beat up okay and there's damage on that side of her vehicle okay the witness uh was a volunteer firefighter or firefighter off dut they got his stuff I know she for sure hit her car right there and then possibly the road right there so I got all those plates and then her truck is down there by the white Durango like what is she drunk I haven't talked to her yet but I guess somebody motioned that the thing but she works here she's in her francisc uniform they yeah so again had to call the shakes before she got here so I mean you know I don't know but I haven't talked to her at all they wheel her in in a wheelchair I've just been trying to see if she's hit anything else in so uh that's as far as I got so far officers investigate the area where one of the victims is waiting thank you did you see you didn't see anything she just out the only person that saw anything was a guy this guy who called and followed her into here and then uh he followed her in here yeah so they were at the light and then he said she was driving weird so he's like okay so they came into Franciscan Way and she came around made the left hit the curb there he said he doesn't know if she that truck and then he watched her go all the way across the parking lot hit this car stop here back up pull around and then like keep like backing like this in the parking spot I'm okay yeah so that's what's what car this uh truck the white truck yeah oh and there's damage on both sides of the front consistent a witness told officers the suspect later identified as 52-year-old Candace van wardenburg was allegedly driving recklessly when they followed her into the hospital parking lot where she was later Tak inside on a wheelchair one officer heads into the hospital to check on the suspect bro hello are you Candace yes okay is it okay if I speak with you off I can wait till the nurse is done no okay um we were just coming about coming to talk to you about what happened in the parking that officers find Candace in a hospital bed where she's just out of view of the body camera police said she was admitted as a patient instead of clocking in for her 12-hour shift soon enough she gets a chance to explain herself trying to figure out what happened I didn't even realize that happened okay yeah what happened I was dizzy okay um that's why they okay were you coming here to be seen or were you coming here for your shift or I was coming in here for my shift okay and I didn't know I okay I was like almost passing out okay okay so what's your last memory like what your what's your memory like my memory was my husband called me and he said you seem a okay and I drove in and I thought I could come in but then I got out of my truck and I was no no I I got dizzy I was when when your memory started to get fuzzy when on the drive here before you left for work or what was that I got fuzzy actually I was kind of having a squint coming in Candice Tells the officer she was dizzy before the incident when a doctor steps in to evaluate her for a possible stroke you know what time though you know what time here's where we're at you you kind of got the dizziness and all that stuff going on events tonight part of our job is to make sure you have enough stroll to to treat that buting medicine we consider that that's very time sensitive one don't want to delay it but at the same time we have to know when you were normal last other otherwise there's a risk if we give it to you in correctly I get that I felt I felt bad probably like an hour before I got here okay an hour before you got here's what time is she got okay what time did you start feeling bad what were you feeling that made you feel bad I had to start squinting okay okay so I had to look like this okay do you mind if I call your husband talk to him no okay all right because I want to does he know you're any being seen right now no he doesn't okay I'm gonna give him call he thought I was okay because I was told he told you you weren't acting right yeah okay so I'm going to call him okay EXC [Music] I'm in trouble why would you be in trouble we're just trying to figure out why cars got hit also [Music] even when I pulled into the parking lot I didn't feel right and that's why they they caught me like almost laying down on my on my I I got out of the truck and I was just I couldn't I didn't even think I could walk into in here yeah but it's not long until the officer gets to the bottom of what's really going on here I've been off for for six months because I broke and dislocated my shoulder and I just came back last week okay I worked three days last week and then this was supposed to be my my next week and okay were you drinking at all I drank this morning this morning just to get myself to go back to sleep yeah I got up like at 3:00 this morning what were you drinking then hm what were you drinking then oh it was just trues the trules yeah I drank a couple of those so I could go back to sleep and come to work tonight okay it's not like a habit or anything I mean that was the last time you done it okay Candace admits to drinking the morning before her shift moments later we get our first glimpse of the suspect by the way as you're watching these body cams on this channel what does it prove maybe just how scary and unpredictable the world can be I think that's a fair assessment and look when you think about it one of the scariest things that can happen to you in life something that comes out of nowhere is if you get 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there a rest we do have a rest yeah yeah she [Music] can right the 52-year-old takes a bathroom break before the officer makes a phone call revealing some important information uh pbd came back 31 yeah okay that's what I'm going do yep take aort no [Music] worries can you just do a dual sign off with me real quick Co oh I know yeah so okay glad to know uh yeah for uh staff so for a a staff member no no no no she she was coming here for work so uh yeah the officer reveals an unusually high BAC on a portable test when he decides to try for a more accurate blood test let's see how that goes Candace I'm gonna read you I I read it to you earlier but I'm gonna just read it to you again just so you understand all right so I probably will cause to believe that you have operated a vehicle while intoxicated I'm must now offer you the opportunity to submit to a chemical test and inform you that your refusal to submit to a chemical test will result in the suspension of your driving privileges for one year if you have at least one previous conviction for operating while intoxicated your refusal to submit to a chemical test will result in the suspension for two years so then do you I I don't refuse okay so um the two chemical tests are either through blood or through Breath Right and the doctor has already taken your blood and has an alcohol content that he could tell me about and that's what I'm asking you if I have consent to learn about or know about that alcohol content um what does that mean though that the doctor will tell me how much alcohol was in your blood at the time of the blood drop so do you consent to him telling me that I guess yeah okay yes or no can I so so I'm going to tie it to this implied consent okay so the the repercussions in here um you can either refuse and I don't want to refuse I mean I want to obey whatever it's not obeying it's not about obeying or disobeying it's about either consenting to it or not consenting to it if I don't consent then if you don't consent your license is going to be suspended for a year and I'm going to file for a subpoena for your medical records no I'm still going to do that I consent okay yeah so that's all in body cam yeah um so then if you guys want to tell me what it is and so as I told you your up is 46 oh that's what I told you earlier oh I didn't he I I'm sorry I didn't he okay we told I told you a couple times earlier so that's it's really elevated okay okay that's why we that's why from us we don't need to do any additional testing here happen tonight okay okay and we'll get out of here short I need to take your IV out okay so I'm going let the nurse get you cleaned up and then am I able to drive no no honey you are drunk as a skunk on Christmas day we're going to get out of here short okay okay we got to figure out I'm going to get all my stuff wrapped up and then I'll come back here if you need another clean set of clothes see if the nurses can help you out and get um I mean did you soil those no are those soiled no [Music] okay okay so you said jesz 416 46 yeah oh my God that is the highest I've seen M times oh my the highest 4 the blood test reveals a BAC of 416 that's over five times the legal limit to drive next the officer decides it's time to take Candice to jail okay no worries are you able to get us out the door yeah okay we can walk out to the yeah yeah are you taking me to jail if we're being peaceful about it yeah [Music] hereit just I'll have wait right here and then I'm going to okay we just right there take that yeah I have to K might have you turn off all right whatever is do you want to take that off your wrist just had a okay that's fine so just be a little my driver's license okay I don't need your driver's license I just need your hands can I put this in her bag again yeah when you're done oh my gosh it's just me nobody needs to know all right okay put your hands on your this is part of their job I know they have to do their J for their saf they [Music] never and I appreciate it because of the fact my husband wasn't okay and I respect Candace is cuffed before the officer escorts her into the patrol car uh yeah we're going wait till she gets a pad one second we're till she gets a pad I'm going put a pad down on the seat come sry have to call my I [Music] Wasing we'll worry about that once you get if you have good friends that want to call you you know by all means I can do that I can't what you that's however you guys do it whatever that's between you guys I mean my answer is going to be you get to call it jail so I mean okay I'm G to get I'm going to take care of all that I'm going to take care all that so I got it y I'm not trying to be rude I don't come in and I don't when I'm in your space I'm extremely just used to doing that when I I know I got it okay I'll for you bye you be safe out there there thank you all right thank you think um yeah than just sit back how you're comt yeah noise just sit back normal can you sit back normal with your hands the way they are or they're they they're not the most comy I know once in route the 52-year-old has some questions for the police how much is bail us um I have no idea I don't know what it is is on the you said you never been in trouble for o before no I've never been in trouble at [Music] all the reason I'm going is because my because you drove to work inated yeah yeah I mean I don't you know what you did I don't know like I can't believe that was still [Music] that it was continuing to go up so that's weird I [Music] Candace I think it's call whatever you want but you're going to have to take at some point in your life you know mining yours interaction is going to end tonight it'll end here in about an hour um but 416 on your way to work sounds like a a drinking problem I get it I deal with people like right I'm not I J not to judge you it is not I don't judge you just need to be a yeah I mean I'm here and beray you you know what it is recognize you got a problem address it if you don't want to address it and continue to do these types of things you know what so I wonder if this is going to end my career now how you down [Music] though what's jail like is it is it bad uh it's not good I've never heard a single good review about it I'm not trying to be shitty that is just the am I going to get hurt I don't think you'll get hurt before long the officer decides to be frank with Candice I'm going to guess that you are a chronic alcoholic I'm going to guess that you drink to the point of being a KNE breeded every day not only do you do that which is fine to each their own but when you do that and you get behind the wheel of a vehicle and you're operating thousands of pounds of steel on public highways I'm going to kill somebody you are 100% going to kill somebody or myself yeah and I have seen too many innocent people give up their lives because of decisions like that so I I don't know I'm not you know I'm not going to offer any sort of Mercy not my judge and jury I and I'm an intelligent person I know better Candice is facing charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident