on April 6th 2023 an officer observed a vehicle traveling the wrong direction on a one-way Street then pulling into a driveway the vehicle then exited the driveway and began traveling in the correct direction and the officer initiated a traffic stop how you doing tonight I'm officer g m Police Department you got a driver's license insurance C I can see yes okay is there a reason why you were driving the wrong way on the street back there uh I was droing my friend off okay I was just I'm sorry I I shouldn't have my friend's in the car and she lives right across that part so I was just pull into the driveway and I'll give you what okay where you coming from tonight um I picked her up and I'm just going right down okay where are you coming from though I was I I live on Street MH and I picked her up at uh the ice house and I was taking her back to that house at I don't know the exact digit of her address but it was on it's on this exact same boulev street I guess and I'm going right there to uh I don't know the name of or the exact number but it's on West North Sherman Avenue okay and 410 you have a driver's I Insurance C can see what's your name Elizabeth Elizabeth is there a reason why you didn't pull over when I turn my lights on I tried to just pull into offsite dist streer here okay so just pulling into a random driveway uh well no I'm sorry who lives here well my boyfriend lives right on the street so this is a random driveway no let me grab my just so who lives at this house this do you have your driver's license with you yes yes yes yes yes Elizabeth how much alcohol have you had tonight I haven't I haven't that's not true at all please don't lie to me no okay this car WS a boost I've been I picked up my my friends from the Ice House mhm and I I brought them right back okay to their house there gotcha okay so how much alcohol have you had tonight I haven't not any that's not true at all please don't lie to me okay I can tell that you've been in a bar I can tell by the stamp on your hand I can tell that you've had alcohol how much alcohol have you had tonight um I I don't know you don't know no okay you no idea how much you've had no when was your first drink tonight I don't know okay I I picked my friends up mhm just right from their house and I'm just literally going on the exact same street okay do you have a driver's I yes yes yes yes yes yes I'm sorry I'm trying to find it okay so what what were you drinking tonight I'm what kind of alcohol I literally I okay I'll be so honest I walked I I'm going to law school next year I can't get any in any trouble I I was at the Ice House the whole time mhm and then I went to they my friend I walked back to my friend's house which my I parked my house at that street that was on this same exact street and I just picked up my H my car to drive exactly down the same street to my boyfriend and I should have walked but I I I play on the basketball team here I can't get in any trouble I'm going to was you la next year I can't I literally can't afford to get in trouble and I'm just ex it's the exact same street did you ever have an insurance card do you have insurance card yes I do and I have a I know I have a photo of it 100% but I my dad sent me a photo of it but I can show you one to but I I it's so so it's I can see it from here I okay but you can't see it from all the way down there where you started can you I no I mean I guess I should have w i I know I should have walked but I I'm really not I'm I I haven't hardly drank and I should have either way no matter what and under any circumstan I should have walked and I had people that were drinking that were in my car okay here's my here's my um you can just take this if you want cuz this is I'm going home for Easter this weekend to go and I just walk I I and with that I was picking I was grabbing my house from there the house right down there I was driving my car going down the street I I shouldn't have done anything but I can't I'm going to was you a lot please so um please you said your name was Elizabeth correct yes okay do you know your alphabet A B C just yes or no do you know so if I were to ask you to say a section of your alphabet starting at the letter e and ending at the letter U would you be able to do that for me yes go ahead e f g h i j k l m n o p [Music] e c e f g h a b c d e f g h l a b c c d e f g h l k l m n o p q r s t u v WX Y and Z do you know how to count you can count from 1 to 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 n yes so you can count from 1 to 100 can you count backwards from 100 to one yes okay so if I were to ask you to count from starting at the number 68 and ending at the number 53 would you be able to do that yeah 68 67 66 65 64 6 6 3 63 61 61 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 47 45 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 36 35 34 33 32 31 I can keep going do you remember where I asked you stop yes but I'm where where did I ask you to stop at you asked me to start at 55 and I I'm just so nervous it I really haven't drank that much I'm just so nervous because I'm really I I got into this great law school and I'm really nervous and I literally was trying to go drive just one street okay if you had to estimate how much alcohol you had tonight I I guarantee I have not hardly had any I'm just so so so so so nervous and I I promise please please please sit tight for just please no please wait wait wait what please wait I have stuff I need to do sit tight for a minute okay please please Elizabeth I'm going to ask you a step from the vehicle before I do so do you have any physical ailments I need to know about no no problem standing or walking or anything like that okay cop it out for me okay come over here by my [Applause] vehicle please please I I'm going to law school next year so you have expressed to me that you haven't that had that much to drink so we're we're going to check and make sure that that's accurate okay so if you go stand right there for me okay okay stand right there where my light is okay put your feet on my light turn and face me feet together arms down as your side just like this okay do you have any contacts in your eyes no okay you see the tip of my finger I did recently have lasic eye surgery but how recently uh like a year okay so all right feet together arms on side okay I'm going to check your eyes right now can you see the tip of my finger right here yes okay what I'm going to do is I'm going to move my finger back and forth across your face okay okay what I want you to do is I want you to follow with your eyes and only your eyes do not move your head you understand that okay yes you understand that PE together arms AR side okay want stand right here for me okay face that direction please okay I'm going to have you do some walking right now but what I want you to do right now is just listen to my instructions okay don't do anything else until I tell you to do that okay what I want you to do right now is put your right foot in front of your left touch and heel the toe just like this okay okay want you stand like that while I give you instructions for this test do not start till I tell you to start okay okay all right when I tell you to begin once you take nine heel to toes steps forward in straight line after you complete complet those nine steps you're going to turn around by standing on your front foot making several small steps around with your other foot and you're going to return nine heel to steps in a straight line I'll give you a demonstration what it's going to look like okay go ahead get like this for me feet feet together like this okay when I tell you to begin nine heeler toes steps forward one two three all the way to nine I only took three steps for the demonstration you're going to take nine after you complete those nine steps you're going to turn standing on front foot making several small steps around just like this and returning nine heeler toe steps a straight line one two 3 again all the way to nine I only took three steps for the demonstration you're going to take nine steps got it okay throughout the entire test I want your arms down to your side okay I want you to watch your feet while walking okay I want you to count your steps out loud okay once you begin walking do not stop okay you understand all that okay get back like this for me okay one okay 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 nine and I'm going to take the small step surrounding is this fine one 2 3 4 5 6 78 nine and I'm going to take these small steps surrounding back to Face Forward go ahead step back here where my light is it face me okay go ahead face me all right again I want you to just listen for my instructions right now but I want you to stand with your feet together arms down your side while I give you the instructions okay this next test I have is called a one leg stand all right either leg you feel comfortable standing on it's it's your choice okay okay when I tell you to begin you're going to raise either leg you choose 6 in off the ground you're going to point your toes so that foot is parallel with the ground just like this you're going to stand in this position and hold it while you count out loud in the following manner 1001 1002 1003 1004 and so on until I tell you to stop okay it's 30 second test I'm going to tell you when to start I'm going to tell you when to stop okay okay throughout the entire test again I want your arms down to your side I want you to watch your raised foot okay if for any reason you put your foot down I want you to pick it back up and continue okay okay you understand all that yes okay give me just a second let me get my timer ready okay I will let you know when you can go okay okay okay all right you may begin do you want me to count out loud yes ma'am one 2 Three 6 in four 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 all right Miss L you can stop 25 you're fine go ahead and put your foot down for me 27 relax relax you can put your foot down 30 okay okay come on back here by my vehicle one more time can I sit here got one more thing I'm going to ask for you to do is do you mind how I call my parents I do at this moment yes okay you do mind yes I do okay so last thing I'm going to ask from you is to give a breath sample okay so what I'm going to have you do is seal your lips around this tube exhale with a long deep steady breath like you're blowing up a balloon I'll tell you when to stop blowing okay but I'm not allowed to call my parents not right now no I'm not no why not because you're an adult and I'm conducting investigation here okay okay so would you like to would you like to submit a breath sample did I not pass the they're not pass fail tests they are tests that are designed to show indicators of alcohol impairment I have plenty of indicators that to believe that you're impaired by alcohol okay if you'd like to prove me if you'd like to prove me wrong this is your best shot right here otherwise I have enough evidence to place you under rest for DUI and I plan on doing so okay so do you wish to take the breath sample or no no no okay wait go ahead and place your hands behind your back for meit wait wait wait wait wait wait wait can ask you wait wait you can't don't turn into me please don't turn me don't can I can I explain the situation please please wait wait wait can I can I wait please I'm so I've heard the situation you're getting into law school you're a basketball player wait wait can can can you explain what's going to happen to me we're going to go to MCD County Jail I'm going to have some pap paperwork to do after I get done with that paperwork you'll be able to postp on and get out tonight as long as you stay Cooperative okay and then what happens you'll have court dates and things on down the road okay so and then what after that wait wait I'm so close I can see I can see but as as we discussed before yeah you can see where you were going but from where we started you definitely couldn't so do you have anything in the vehicle that you need cell phone wallet purse anything like that can I grab my phone is your phone in there yes okay we'll get your phone what kind of phone is it can I grab my wallet where yeah okay can I can I grab it he's going to have to do that cuz Keys huh we'll take care of the vehicle okay pleas okay so come on back here for me okay I'm going to go around here okay come on back here come on back here come on back here I'm I'm just really scared okay relaxer I will once we get in the vehicle okay so go ahead and I'm so scared please let's just walk let's walk let's walk okay let's walk let's walk there we go okay I'm so close okay can you turn your head that way for me please yes so what's what am I being arrested for driving Under the Influence alcohol am I going to be what you happen with that I'll explain it to you in a little bit okay yes ma' I'm so sorry I'm literally I can see right there that rear view that light yeah that's exactly where going and I was going straight my car already parked on the street and I was a dumbass and I DED my car to drive down the street my friends and my boyfriend but I wasn't please please don't let this [ __ ] out my whole career please please just let me go straight to my boyfriend please I can't do that ma'am please Central 113 76 mcj one adult fale I should have walked I should walk it was just cold please let me just go there please please please let's could f up everything 4 61.4 46014 this corner this corner this is my boyfriend's house right there so what's going to happen now like I said we're going to go to the mcdonut county jail I'm going to have some paperwork we're going to do some processing about an hour an hour and a half as long as you stay Cooperative you be able to post bond I know know what's going to happen because my parents going to be pissed so like I said I'm just asking I I know I I understand that like I said we're going to go up to the jail I'm going to have some paper work to do you're going to get processed into the mcdonut county jail from there you'll be able to post bond tonight like I said as long as you stay Cooperative you're doing a good job so far huh and I get out you can do it yourself if you have a credit card I do what it's in my car I have your wallet here oh okay so yeah you can post bond and be able to get out tonight like I said as long as you stay Cooperative okay you're you're doing a good job so far [ __ ] my law school taking a [ __ ] my school that I don't know about that ma'am well what just happen after I get after I my bail you'll be released you'll have a court date to attend and then you'll go from there this is step one for what what do you mean for what what's the court date for court date for your charge of driving under influence alcohol and so then what do I do I need a lawyer do that'll be up to you what that'll be up to you can I just is3 you know that I can't answer because like I said this is step one in an extremely long process there's a whole lot that can happen from now until the end of you know of of the court case so I can't guarantee that it'll be on a record or not on a record okay I any mileage on your 4062.2 4062.2 yes you do yep I can't answer that like I said this is step one an extremely long process did you get your SE okay you stepping out if you go ahead and walk toward that officer right there for me please on May 1st 2023 the suspect entered a guilty plea to an amended charge of reckless driving