this is so embarrassing I'm so drunk it's okay you got me do you you got me I'm drunk do you want to do the test no sir on June 22nd 2022 at approximately 11:02 p.m. officers responded to a motor vehicle crash and observed a vehicle had run into a residence the unoccupied vehicle was identified as a vehicle that had recently fled from an attempted traffic stop the driver was located a short time later at his nearby residents hey I'm sorry please just here are you okay I was just trying to find my way home I I know I did bad I you can go you can go ahead and sit down you driving the car that hit the house on South 24th Street yes I was just trying to go home are you okay I shouldn't have do you need an ambulance or anything I don't think I need an ambulance but I got hurt because I didn't I didn't pay this batch 125 all be out with the driver I I'm the one who was driving responsibly I just want to make sure everybody's safe okay I just wanted to be home it was me okay have you been drinking or yes I just wanted to be home but I I was irresponsible okay how much you think you had to drink drinks 10 four I just wanted to be hi are you Mom or girlfriend okay all right's going on I drank too much and I drive home and I crashed into somebody's house de well I'm glad that you're being honest with me now because there's nothing else for me to do but be honest okay I just wanted to be home and un asleep it's my birthday are you hurt anywhere my feet hurt but other than that you didn't hit your head or anything did I just hope I didn't hurt anybody else uh at this point time I'm not sure I don't have that information yet okay all right so we're going to obviously have to take him okay um I just wanted to have fun God damn it I just wanted to go home safe and sound but I had to be a dumbass you said you've had just four drinks I have I tried to have fun and have fun on my birthday but I shouldn't have Dr drank home on my home have you ever had a DUI before or anything no it's all right the important thing is everybody's okay all right I'm so sorry okay I just want to home are you able to walk okay without falling you think yes ma'am okay 125 75 headed your way 7 okay I'm just going to hold on to you thank you hey bud hello officer Holland center of the police department okay it's nice to meet you sir nice to meet you so I'm the one that tried to stop the car back there I wasn't aware of such but I was driving recklessly okay and obviously the traffic crash and all that okay I don't I can't say anything other than it's my fault so okay but obviously it was your car and stuff right do you remember do you remember me trying to stop you back there I didn't see anything because I was trying so hard to get home without being stopped but regardless I mean that causes me being Reckless regardless okay gotcha um I didn't notice you though that that's okay um so I'm going to run you through a couple field sobriety tests okay I'm not sober I understand I just I still have to run you through a couple test all right yes sir yeah we didn't see that's okay we're we're not worried about about that buddy can we back your car up and use your car as a camera I can do whatever you want let's go over here buddy okay yes sir we're just going to go right over here in front of the car over on the other side of the road yeah just right over here all right are you okay at all do you need medical attention I don't need medical attention that was a pretty hard hit I feel I don't feel well in my feet okay do you want me to call an ambulance for you no mostly because I don't feel like I need a cath or anything of that sort but my feet do hurt I don't think they're going to put a catheter in you then if you if if I could sit down that would be nice well we're going to do some tests okay I won't pass any of them that's okay I understand I just wanted to come home I understand okay I'm going to do a couple quick tests all right yes sir all right so can you stand with your feet together and your arms down at your side yes all right sir can you see the tip of my finger okay yes sir all right what I want you to do is I want you to follow the tip of my finger Sir with your eyes and your eyes only all right all right you ready yes [Music] I'm not sober sir I mean I want to pass your test because I want to be a good to citizen but I'm not sober I had a couple drinks I tried to have fun tonight but I had to drive myself home I'm trying my hardest to Pastor test okay You' think military training would do anything for me [Music] I can't have you crying because then I can't see your eyes I'm so sorry you're all right man get it together real quick all right take a deep breath a too take a deep breath man all right you ready all right I'm just going to finish the last portion of it it's going to go up all right m all right so the next test is called the walk and turn test go over here real quick yes sir on the sidewalk it's a little bit more even for you so can you stand right where my light is and face me all right what I want you to do is I want you to put your can you imagine a straight line right here yes sir all right cool what I want you to do is I want you to put your left foot on that straight line all right and I want you put your right foot in front touch and heel the toe all right sir and stay in this position until I tell you to begin keep your arms down to your side all right Sor right if for any reason you step off just get back in line all right yes sir so here's what I want you to do when I tell you to begin you're going to take nine this is so embarrassing I'm so drunk it's okay you got me do you want you got me I'm drunk do you want to do the test no sir I I adhere to the test I'm drunk I just don't want to be made a fool of okay so you don't want to do the test no sir I'm drunk can you put your B your back yes sir thank you I respect you and what you have to do thank you I'm sorry that I made your job difficult tonight you're right let's go over here in front of my car man yes sir all right man I'm going to read you what's called the warning to motorist all right yes sir so do you have any questions about what I read to you no okay so what I'm going to ask now is having been read all those I'm going to ask for a breath sample all right yes sir so are you willing to give a breath sample yes sir I'm positive I won't T excuse me okay but I okay so we're going to start the 20 minute observation period right now it's 2351 hello are you ready yep 20 minute observation was at 23:51 so we're 21 minutes he de while she's getting that ready buddy so there's going to be a little tube that uh she'll hold on to and you'll just put your you'll put your lips around it and you'll blow really hard like you're blowing up a balloon so it'll kind of look like this just keep blowing you can't like stop you can't do like yes sir it's got to just one big constant breath calibrating yep you're smart guy you you understand I hate that part of boot camp oh yeah I have a lot of anxiety too it's like yeah shut it off for you guys right so Serv this is a new packaging okay it's not been opened right now it's um doing what's called purging so it's checking this tube checking the air around it making sure that there's nothing that's contaminating it okay I don't want to sound pushy but will you guys be able to get me my glasses after this I think they're looking for them out there okay thank you I'm sorry you're good man there's some stuff that fell out of the car so they're looking for it we told them though I just want to be able to see that so right now it's doing a blank check okay just checking the system and all of it okay all right man so I need you just step up here okay you can't really see so you okay it's okay can you see this right here unless close so just wrap your lips around it okay and blow like you're blowing up a balloon keep blowing keep blowing keep blowing harder harder harder harder harder harder harder there you go keep going keep going good all right you have a seat I didn't feel it before but my okay all right so the legal limit in Illinois is 008 and you're at a63 yeah so it doesn't take much to get to 8 but technically you are double so doesn't sorry hey man you're good no [Music] problem we almost got there yeah as you submitted to testing conducted pursuant to section 11-50 1.2 which disclose an alcohol concentration of1 163 which is 08 or more uh your driving privileges will be suspended for a minimum of 6 months all right so because I took your driver's license this is your new driver's license okay yes sir so you have 46 your license is valid until 46 days okay on the 46th day they're going to be suspended okay there's information up here on how to contest it okay you you can have a hearing regardless of if I show up to court or not on this this is totally different this is this is with the Secretary of State okay you'll have criminal stuff but you also have stuff to get your driver's license valid okay all right buddy I got some stuff I got to read to you all right yes sir so these are your what's called your mirander rights yes sir can you if I show you this piece of paper can you read this sentence out loud for for me yes sir I will for you so the one in blue right there the one you marked yep oh that's upside down my bad there you go the above statement of my rights has been read and explained to me and I fully understand what my rights are do you agree with that statement yes sir okay and then my department has me ask a lot of cool questions some of these are pretty silly so yeah just bear with me all right yes sir what is the date it is the 20 well 23rd of 2022 that was easy cuz your birthday my birthday happy birthday have you been drinking yes sir all right man round question if yes what um whiskey how much all right are they always this Cooperative try they always this cooperative no I know and that's the thing that I feel for you guys ever get this lucky it's like you just have to be nice that's all what were you doing the last three hours uh just drinking with friends and then I was going to go home are you under the influence of alcohol and or drugs now currently yes so let's talk about the time when you and I first saw each other do you remember that I do know 12 and 12th and State I was trying desperately to go home without I saw that so do you remember seeing me at 12th in state and then you immediately I believe turned on to 13th Street every every time I saw car headlight I igned it and hit a corner yes sir do you remember so I originally trying not to I was having I was trying to have plausible deniability yeah towards any head literally every time you saw headlights it was just my headlights hit in the corner that was it You' take the Corner yes sir and then and then at 14th of Jefferson is when I first tried to light you up you remember that and then you sped off East on Jefferson I assume that's probably correct do you remember seeing the cop lights behind you the little red and blues no sir I was not paying attention and then at one point you were South on 19th Street that's where I lost you I was just trying to get home do you remember Crossing 18th Street I can't tell do okay but but I that I was trying to get away how did you hit the house uh I legitimately don't remember I just remember it being so hard that I thought get out of the car get out of the car and go so you remember hitting a house I remember crashing I don't remember what I crashed into I couldn't see my glasses flew off of my face how did you get how did you get back home um I just kept running my like familiar surroundings in my home that was when somebody turned on their flashlights in my face and I knew I was like well no no hope for me now at least right so you didn't have anything to drink after the crash no sir you were on your way home no I had Dr I had plenty to drink beforehand but after that that's it I didn't drink any in my car I was just trying to get home all right let's go out here yes sir just take a left and have a seat up here buddy here in those yeah youing him yeah there you go buddy thank you nice I just got here give that to you why surely he would have put a reason not even a reason is there any reason do you know about the refusal he was in a cor yeah he needs to seen by doctor make sure that he's not got any private injuries that we don't see even if he refuses if he refuses then we have to have him sign the refusal form and then we'll bring him right back we just have to do that for liability for us it's nothing against what if I call what if I call the ambulance and review that won't work unfortunately they want it to be a doctor there's a paper that he needs to fill out the doctor has to sign all right buddy stand up yes sir back yeah garage I'm just going to leave his property here for right now what's his be his Le charge EG fing okay appreciate it have do it for liability let's go buddy yes sir uh we'll just leave that right there we'll be back yes sir are gu I [Applause] apologize they're making you go to the hospital so this is silly but have a seat the suspect was charged charged with aggravated DUI aggravated fleeing operating uninsured motor vehicle suspended vehicle registration disregard stop sign and leaving the scene on October 19th 2022 the suspect pled guilty to aggravated DUI all other charges were dismissed he was sentenced to 24 months probation for days in jail must pay $3,484 in fines and fees he must also pay $455 and 38 sense in restitution