I not been do because I taste the drinks at work but I'm not tasted drinks at work yes but it's not to the point where to have a full drink why are you arresting me I'm not because you're on January 21st 2021 an officer noticed a vehicle driving recklessly and speeding on the road which posed a danger to other motorists in response the officer decided to pull the vehicle over to initiate a traffic stop hi there hi I get your license Insurance pleas of course where you coming from tonight my work where do you work at the Avenue okay are you bartender or no I'm a server okay I'm just two back from home okay my home how much did you have a drink tonight oh I was you didn't have anything to drink at all it work okay all right uh any reason you're driving so fast tonight I got you a 58 and 35 No I'm so sorry okay did you like spill alcohol in yourself or something cuz I'm just smelling some some alcohol no I was making some Z to for okay okay all right that's why that's why I'm asking I'm smelling on bar okay I'm I no I'm so sorry that's fine all right I'll be right back with you okay okay yes sir so there's no raising your speed tonight no sir okay I'm so sorry home [Applause] okay upon approaching the vehicle the officer began an investigation with the female driver inside the officer asked her a series of questions to assess the situation and gather information about her driving behavior and any potential violations based on her responses and overall demeanor this initial interaction was crucial for determining whether further action was needed uh all right so if you can can you just step out of the car for me just real quick I just want to do a quick check of your eyes and just to make sure you're good okay you want to turn my vehicle off you can leave it on that's fine or you can turn it off your option just right back here okay right in front of my car all right all right you can turn around and face me okay all right see you have some glasses there can you take those glasses off of me or put them on top of your head whichever it's okay so how bad is your vision not too bad do you have blindness in either eye huh you have blindness in either eye just watch with your eyes your eyes only try not to move your head at all okay okay try not to move your headed on okay TR not to lean against the car either okay oh sorry yeah just stand up and put your feet together like this okay your arms down by your side see how my feet on you should do that for me okay watch with your eyes on you okay the officer informed the female that they detected a strong smell of alcohol coming from her vehicle which indicated a potential violation the officer emphasized that this evidence suggested she was likely driving Under the Influence this statement clarified the seriousness of the situation and provided the basis for further investigation as her behavior and the odor raised significant concerns about her sobriety while driving try not to move your head okay just watch with your eyes on I'm shaking a little cuz it's cold I'm so sorry can I put my hands inside my jacket yeah that's fine if your hands are cold that's fine okay just keep watching with your eyes only though okay you can you kind of like you gives your smiling your eyes will kind of squitten a little bit and you can't I don't mind your smiling it's just because you're doing that so much it's kind of right is there another officer here M yeah we get a lot of backups on traffic stops just obviously traffic stops can be pretty dangerous so we get a lot of backups no I worse and worse in the city go up okay I can't keep watching okay keep watching as it go up okay if it goes outside you f the vision you just look up as far okay sorry one more time okay keep watching okay I am I see you all right just have a few more questions for you okay fine um I just have to grab a piece of paper real quick okay put my glasses on yeah that's fine that's fine I'm just going to grab the piece of paper all right and I just have some questions for you okay just give me one moment you can stay right here okay can you grab my clipboard out of there okay [Applause] I want to get specific how tall are you 56 I think it says but I'm technically 55 okay I'll just go 55 much see right now 150 all right uh CL your hair from all right what about your eye color okay yeah we're just after I get done asking some questions I'm just going to get you to do the walking turn okay it further evaluate whether or not okay all right what about your eye right your vehicle yes sir mhm it's registered to you yes sir all right some medical questions for you are you sick or injured no physical def are you diabetic no no you seen a doctor or dentist what are you seen a doctor or a dentist uh um not really anything specific no other than you know like General checkups no they take any medications no how would you rate your overall health good fair or poor Fair all right so I reach stage my evaluation I'm going to request you to participate into additional fields of right Des walk and turn the one leg stand that's so F all right you're fine doing that yeah okay's right here my legs are really cold right now like can I just like can I do this real quick so cold right now what happens is I have to get you I'm going to get you in the starting position that's fine then from there I'm explain the test to you and make sure you understand after performing the horizontal gaze nagas test the officer began explaining the next steps of the field sobriety tests including giving detailed instructions for the walk and turn test the female listened to the instructions and agreed to perform the test which is designed to assess balance coordination and the ability ility to follow directions in order to help the officer evaluate potential impairment stand it then I'm give you the opportunity to do the test okay we're going to walk right over here okay which side would you like me I'm going to get you start on this side over here okay so like I said you like me to have my hands I'm going to have to have your hands by your side okay all right um thankfully you're not going to have to use your hands for the test I know I'm just so cold right now so what I'm going to get you to do is this okay I'm going to get you in the starting position so what I want you to do is place your left foot on that line for me all right why you place your right foot in front heel touching toe okay left foot on the line right foot in front Okay so would you like me to start no I'm just going to get you in the starting position okay but I need you to place your left foot on the line for me okay and your right foot in front heel touching toe and your arms down by your side okay don't do anything else until I tell you to begin do you understand I'm so cold right now sir okay all right is it because your hands or I'm just I'm cold in general I've been cold since I love work okay well like I said I'm going to try to get through this as as quick as possible I also want you to be able to understand everything and make sure you're able to do it correctly okay all right but I'm I just want to explain the test to you but before I do that I get you in the starting position okay left foot on the line Right Foot In Front heel touching toe your arms down by your side don't do anything else until I tell you to begin do you understand can I put my hand like this that's fine yep I just want them down by your side not not like this or anything else okay all right so when I do tell you to begin I want you to take nine Heel To Toe steps on the line watching your feet counting each step out loud it's going to look just like this okay one two three and so on to you reach nine once you reach nine once you leave your front foot on the line take your back foot off of the line turn around in a series of steps it looks like this okay can you get back in that starting position for me I'm sorry I'm cold s that's fine did you understand everything I explained to you so far completely understand I'm just I'm freezing right now once you turn around I want you to take a second set of nine heel toe steps back down the line okay okay one two three and so on till you reach a second set of nine once you reach that second set of nine you can step off the line and you finish the test okay whenever you're doing this I want you to watch your feet count each step you take out loud make sure your arms are down by your side make sure each step you take this heel to toe and once you begin the test it don't stop until you've completed the test okay you have any questions about those instructions no sir okay did you understand the instructions completely yes sir okay let me just flip this over then we can get started okay can you go back in that starting position for me yes sir sorry if my hands are cold my hands are warm then I'm warm okay all right are you ready yes sir all right you may begin all right 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 would you like me to go to 10 this exactly as I explained okay 10 11 I forgot one ooh sorry two three 4 5 6 7 8 during this exchange the female admitted that she hadn't consumed much alcohol stating that she only drank for the taste this confession added context to the officer's observations during the field sobriety tests the officer remained unconvinced by the female's claims prompting her to suggest a search of her vehicle to prove her innocence okay we're going move on to the next test okay yes sir so you can disregard the line for this test I'm just going to have you stand about here and you can face towards me okay all right so what I want you to do is Place both feet together like this your arms down by your side okay I don't want you to do anything else until I tell you to begin do you understand when I do tell you to begin I want you to choose one foot either foot of your choice okay you're going to raise that foot F 6 in off the ground which about the size of a coat pan okay keep your leg straight and your toe pointed want you to watch your foot count it out in the following manner 1,1 1,2 1003 and so on so I'll tell you to stop okay you're having to drop your foot like this which I don't want you to do but if you do want you to raise that same foot back up continue counting where you left off 1004 1 raise it back no you have to raise it straight just like I'm doing okay leg straight toe pointed okay can't be back like you just did all right all right whenever you do this try not to hop try not to sway and try not to use your arms for balance okay can I put my hands in here no they have to be down by your side okay all right any other questions did you understand everything okay let me get my timer started okay yeah that's fine just one second all right are you ready second okay yes all right whenever you're ready you raise the foot and start counting as soon as you raise your foot I'll start the timer okay okay 1 1000 look at your foot for 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1,000 9 1000 10 1,000 11 1,000 12 1,000 13, 14,000 15,000 sorry I'm so bad with this it's okay just keep going okay you can stop no I can keep going no the time's up okay it's only for 30 seconds which elaps okay all right just going to move over here I just have a few more questions for you okay that's right try over here all right I have a few more questions for you okay but before I can ask you those questions I have to read you your rights okay that's okay uh all right are you ready yes sir all right you have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law you have the right to talk to the lawyer and have him or her present with you while you're being questioned if you cannot afford to hire a lawy you won't be appointed represen you for any questioning if you wish you can decide any time exercise these rights not answer any questions or make any statements do you understand each of these rights is I explaining it to you yes sir what is going on right now like said I'm going to ask you some questions which may be incriminating in nature so I read you your rights first okay having these rights in mind are you willing to talk to me yes all right so um I know before I asked you you know where you were coming from you told me you were coming from work correct all right you work at the Avenue um as a uh waitress yes server server sorry a server okay um and you said that you were getting trained on on bar the bar yes um like I said I could smell an odor an alcoholic beverage I have not been Dr tonight sir so how come I'm smelling it coming from your breath I not been drink cuz I tasted drinks at work but I've not drinking tasted drinks that work yes but it's not to the point where to have a full drink it is a straw sip I understand what you're saying but I I really don't don't believe that okay from the signs of impairment see I don't believe it's just a few sips or I have not had more than a drink I have not had a drink at work because my my kitchen manager just got fired from drunk driving and killing a person we are not H allowed to have a drink there okay I I swear so you're sticking with that you only had some sips of some drinks taste testing yes and why are your eyes so bloodshot watery glass I'm smoking okay so you saying what kind of what are you smoking like marijuana oh I smoking marijuana yes sir okay you also understand you can't be impaired by marijuana and drive a vehicle as well correct all right so I'm saying I'm still smelling the aooc coming from your bre and you're also slurring and mumbling your speech okay also know multiple signs of impairment uh along with uh uh mmus in your eyes which is indic of you drinking alcohol or having another type of drug in your system okay so I'm trying to figure out if you only had a few sips of the alcohol what else did you take besides marijuana I have not taken anything sir so you don't take anything for like depression anxiety no sir nothing like that no sir okay so then that leads me back to the alcohol part how much did you actually drink I am not I swear I promise I am not you're not being honest with me and I work on honesty okay so I know you're being decep in some way either you I am being honest with you after conducting a thorough search they discovered drugs inside the vehicle as a result the officer arrested the female placed her in the patrol car and transported her to the station for further investigation I promise her I have only tasted drinks tonight I have not had a drink it is how often did you taste drinks tonight I tasted about eight drinks but it was how much of it did you taste that much from a straw again I just don't believe that unless it was a lot more than that okay let me ask you this do you feel right now with the marijuana and the alcohol you're ingested that do you feel like you're impaired no I two blocks from my house if you would like me to leave my vehicle here I can walk to my house you can see my house from here if you would like me I understand that um let me ask you this on a scale of 1 to 10 one being perfectly sober didn't smoke anything 10 being fall down drunk extremely high where would you be on that scale two okay so if you're a two you obviously feel some impairment okay so I asked you before if you felt impaired at all you said no but now you're saying two that made you feel I don't well I guess that Tech wouldn't you're are correct sir do you feel like you should have been driving tonight yes I feel like I was fine to dve if I was anything other than fine I would have called an ubert cuz I'm that close to my to my house I mean cuz I after my kitchen manager her name was K I don't know if you were involved with anything like that um but Kay she killed a person about a month ago here water well I mean we're St Pete so we don't really deal with you know traffic fatalities in Clear Water totally insan but ever since then I am and my mom too she would rather me call her than I kind of I kind of wish you I kind of wish you would have tonight with what you drank and smoked okay so I'm going to get you to do I want you to face the light for me okay that's fine where put your hands behind your back for me all right are you arresting me sir sir please don't are you arresting me yes you're being placed under arrest for DUI okay why can I call my mother you'll be able to call her in a little bit okay can I please call my mom you're not going to be able to call her right now okay where can I call her once you get the pel's kind of jail you be able to make that call okay please call her right now you're not going to be able to call her right now are you able to se for me yeah okay we just have to make sure you don't have anything at all in your pockets okay sir why are you arresting me I'm not because you're intoxicated at all I never said you're intoxicated I said that you're impaired okay cannot be impaired in operative viic all right I'm not impaired yes you are there multiple times of impairment okay you can just shove that in my pocket if you want can I please call my mom once you get to penel SC jail you'll be able to going to take it's going to be a little while how long is that going to take sir I need to call my mom okay no I really need to call for what reason do you need to call your mom because I need to let her know what's happening and you'll be able to do that okay you please to do that right now not right this moment okay can you pleas walk back here okay have a seat for me okay not muting it's not muting okay there we go let to go still trying to switch over later the female was brought before the court where she faced multiple charges including driving Under the Influence DUI violating traffic regulations and possession of illegal drugs the court proceedings would determine her legal responsibility for these offenses and she would likely face serious penalties if convicted such as fines imprisonment or a 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