On February 17th, 2023, at approximately 10:04 a.m., police conducted a traffic stop after witnessing a vehicle failing to stop behind the stop line on two occasions. How are we doing, Officer? Bedwell Mcome Police Department. The reason I stopped is down there at that stop line there at Adams and uh MacArthur. You actually went way past the stop line. You did it again right here. You said I went past the stop line. Yep. I'm sorry. Sorry. Okay. Do you have your driver's license proof of insurance on you? I do. Can I get it? Yes, you can. You girls having a fun night tonight? Yeah, I do. It's my birthday. Oh, happy birthday. Thank you. How old are you turning? 20. 20. That's awesome. This is my driver's license. Yes. Okay. You prove the insurance. You don't charge terms. Um, give me one second. Can I find it? Mhm. I'm sorry. I got a lot of papers. I can tell um this right here I'm with and you're on the spot. Okay. It's expired. You said it's expired. Yeah. Okay. Okay. I was taking it though you probably had reup insurance. Probably just don't have the new one. Okay. Yes. All right. All right. How much have you had to drink tonight? Man, I can smell a lot of alcohol coming from inside the vehicle. I'm sorry. Say one. How much have you had to drink tonight? Um, I wasn't drinking, but they was. You haven't had any alcohol at all tonight. Um, I had one shot, but other than that, no. No. No. You're not 21. [snorts] Do me a favor. Can you look straight at me? See my finger here? Yes. I want you to follow my finger with your eyes and your eyes only. Okay. Okay. All right. I'll be right back. She's got she smells pretty bad alcohol and she's got pretty bad nestagmas. And today and and today is her birthday, she said, but it's actually the 26th is her birthday, so yeah. All right. See you, buddy. If you need something, let me know. All right. Appreciate you. All right, man. You got a code or anything? Oh, you ever got a code on? You want to jump out here and talk to me real quick, please? I'm sorry. Who? You want to come on out here real quick and talk to me? Yeah. Okay. All right. Let's go down here real quick. Okay. So, I smell a pretty heavy amount of alcohol coming off of you or from the car. Okay. And you also produce nice stagmus. So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to run you through what's called standardized field sobriety. Okay. Okay. It's going to see if you're safe to operate a motor vehicle in the state of Illinois tonight. Okay. You're at least going to be probably, you know, zero tolerance. Okay. All right. Go ahead. Face me. Put your hands to the side like this. Step towards me a little bit. There you go. Get you out of traffic. All right. Yeah, it is. We're gonna try to make this quick. Okay. I'm gonna take your hat off and I'm put it over here. Okay. Don't ask about my weave. What's that? All right. Can you take your hair and just kind of part it out for me? You said part it out like Yeah. So I can see your eyes. There you go. Perfect. Okay. Do you have any eye problems or abnormalities? Um I've contacts. Okay. How's your general health? Um, it's so good. I've been um dying. All right. You have contacts in right now, do you? Yes. Are they soft or hard? They soft. They're soft. Okay. I want you to put your feet together. Keep your hands at your sides. Just like this. I know it's cold. Do me a favor. Can you tuck your hair behind your ear? Thank you. Thank you. Mhm. Okay. I want you to keep your head still. Follow the move of my stimulus with your eyes only. Keep following my stimulus with your eyes only till you're told to stop. Do you understand? Mhm. Okay. Right. We're going to be using my finger as my stimulus. Okay. Good to continue. Yes. Okay. Keep your head still. Just follow your eyes and your eyes only. Okay. Yeah. I'm sorry. It's cold. I know. Just keep your head still for me. Keep your hands No, keep your hands out your pocket, please. Go ahead. Stand right where you are. All right. You see the two on my license plate? The two? Yes. Okay. I want you to face right towards I want you to imagine a straight line from that two to you. Okay. All right. Do you have physical problems, drift disabilities? Okay, place your left foot on that line. Now place your right foot on that line ahead of your left foot touching heel to toe. Place your arms to your side. Oh no, don't don't start yet. Let's go back to where we were. Okay, let's try it again. Place your left foot on that line. Now place your right foot on that line ahead of your left foot touching heel to toe. Don't start yet. Please go back. You have to You have to listen to instructions. Okay, place your left foot on that line. Now place your right foot on that line ahead of your left foot touching heel to toe. No, don't start yet. Please. You said heel toe. Yeah. I want you to stand just like this. Okay. Do not start. Okay. Mhm. Place your arms at your sides. It's going to look just like this. Okay. All right. Maintain this position until you complete the instructions. Do not start to walk until I tell you to. Do you understand? Yes. Okay. When I say begin, take nine heel toe steps on the line. Turn around. Take nine heel toe steps back in the line. Make your turn by keeping your front foot on the line and turn by taking several small steps around the other foot. It's going to look like this. One, two, three. I'm only taking three for demonstration purposes. You're going to take nine. A series of small steps. One, two, three. Again, I only took three for demonstration purposes. How many are you going to take? Nine. That's correct. As you're walking, keep your arms at your sides at all times. Watch your foot and count your steps out loud. Once you start walking, do not stop until you complete the test. Do you understand? Yes. Begin and count your first step as one. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 nine. Time correct. I cannot explain the instructions to you. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 All right, go ahead. Stand in place front of my car for me. Nope. No, no. Right here. Right here. Right where you are. face front of my car. All right, stand right there for me. Place your feet together, arms at your sides, do not do anything else that I tell you to. Do you understand? Yes. When I tell you to raise either foot left or right, approximately 6 in off the ground. Keep your race foot parallel to the ground. Keep both legs straight. Count out loud in the following manner. 100,00 1,002 1003 until you're told to stop. It'll look like this. 1,00 1,002 100,004 until you're told to stop. Do you understand? Yes. As you're counting, keep your arms at your sides at all times and watch your raised foot. And that's supposed to go to 10, correct? You're going to go until I tell you to stop. Okay. Okay. And make sure you keep your arms at your sides at all times and watch your raised foot. Okay. Do you understand? Yes. Okay. Give me a second here. You may begin. 1,00200 3 Watch your foot. Four 100,000 1012 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Okay, watch. Come with me real quick. Go with me, ma'am. It's getting here where it's warm. Okay. Go ahead. Have a seat for me. I thought you said today is your birthday. You said who? I thought you said today was your birthday. I'm celebrating my birthday to the 26th. Are you? [laughter] I like that. I like that. I have one more test for you. Okay. Okay. This is called a preliminary breath test. Who? I'm sorry. It's called a preliminary breath test. PBP. What you're going to do is you're going to suck in a bunch of air into your lungs. You're going to put your mouth around this and you're going to blow like this. A long steady stream until I tell you to stop. Okay. Okay. All right. Hold on real quick. You want me to hold to it? No, you can't touch it. Deep breath in and math around. Blow hard. Harder. Harder. Harder. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Stop. Do you know what the legal drinking living is in Illinois? No. I'm sorry. It's 08. 08. Okay. Yep. Okay. You're a 159. Okay. All right. Good. I'll be right. Stay right there for me. Good. Hop out for me, ma'am. Put your hands behind your back. You all right there, bug boy. Okay. You're under arrest for driving influence. Get your sleeve pulled up here. 170 105. So fellas, unfortunately the state doesn't tell somebody yell my cop. They got an insurance. I'm here. We have to tell it. I understand guys. I promise I get it. All right. We're not turning. Can I come home? Uh, it's actually state mandate. We have Hey, don't be on. You've been cool this whole time. Are they allowed to walk? Absolutely. Do you have any cigarettes or lighter on you? No, I don't. Curtis, have you ran the passages yet? No, I have not. 173. You want to grab center 170, can you log a PBT of 0.159 passenger 27? I don't have nothing. Do you want your wallet or anything? Yeah, it's my wallet in the car. Okay. My wallet in the car. What's this, ma'am? Hey, call. Tell the car to call my mama. Please quit yelling, ma'am. I don't have nothing in my pocket. Well, what's this hard piece then I'm feeling? It's probably gum. Gum. I bought gum. That's fine. I still have the jacket. Go ahead. It's inside my parking. Do they not want to give them? Okay. If they don't, they can just leave. You facing this way. Okay. Kennedy Kennedy. Kennedy, how you did she did she know her number? Let tell me it. I'll write it down. It's 312. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. What is it, though? 312. Okay, I got you. What you want to go? I got arrested. Anything else? Tell her to call my sister. Okay. Yeah. Are they Are they want to provide? I'm going to put your makeup and stuff back in your car. Okay. And your cell phone and your wallets in your car? Yes. Can I gra Can I get in there to grab them for you? Okay. 100 bucks. 100 bucks to get her out. 100 bucks. You get her out. Yeah, we can. Can we do that tonight or? Yep. Yep. Right now. Right now. Uh, it'll be Give me like an hour, guys, before she's ready. Yeah. Yep. I can't go over there. Hey. Hey, guys. I'm asking you to hop out. All right. And I'm trying to be cooperative with you. Do you have her cell phone and wallet? No. She said her cell phone's in here somewhere. She needs to call her mom. There it is. Can you tell her I'm going to call her? Yeah, I'll tell her. But she she wanted her cell phone. Can they take Can they take the car without um Yeah. Hey, we have to get you out, guys. Can you just work with us, please? Where do you know where her wallet's at? Okay. Let me call my auntie because she alone trying to car. Okay. Can you not touch Sir? Okay, sir. I will cop out. Please let me do this on my own, sir. Thank you. Thank you. I don't I don't need your help. I appate. If they got if they have a license, if they don't have No, unfortunately, it's state law for DUI. The car does have to be impounded for 12 hours. Can I get your name? Uh, yeah. My name's Officer Bedwell, bad number 170. I don't see her. Do you Do you guys know where her wallet's at? She can out cuz they're trying to arrest her for a DUI. We going to go get her. I'm going to go get her. I know. I'm on the phone with her mother right now. I'm just trying to find um I'm just trying to find her wallet for her. They telling me I can't talk to her. So, I'll let you talk to her real quick if you want to talk to her. I don't know. I was trying to cuz her mother's on the phone. He told me I couldn't. Hey. Hey, hold on. Hold on. Hey, guys. Guys, guys, back up. Back up for a second. Okay, I I'll let you talk to her real quick. Uh, do you know where her purse or wallet's at? What I'm I have majority of her stuff. This is her phone right here. Yep. Um, this is her keys. Okay. Do you just want to take her keys with you if you're going to go up and get her? Okay, that'd be perfect. Um, I think I know where her wallet is. Okay. Oh, there it is. I got it. You got it? Yep. All right. Go ahead and hop out for me, ma'am. I appreciate it. Her phone and her wallet. I got her phone and wallet. Okay. Did you want to talk to her real quick, man? Yes. Her mother is on the phone. I want to talk to her. Okay. We just got to do it real quick. We're not going to be too long. Okay. Yeah. Next is going to take you there, mama. No problem. Now, she obviously she's going to be real upset. Let's try try to get her more out. I got I'm not trying to give you a hard time. No, you guys. She's going to get her right out. Okay, that's perfect. All right. You told me just one one at a time here. You told me an hour. Back up a little bit, man. Please. Hey, guys. Yes. I'm sorry, sir. What are you getting? Where are you taking me to? Uh, Madon High Jail. It's right here in jail. What's the charges? Driving under the influence. Driving under the influence even though I got drunk. Well, ma'am, I have enough to test and they said I'm I'm drunk and I'm not. Well, you have your Okay. Well, hey, we I'm going to take her cuz we're not going to argue. Okay, that's understandable. But I just want you saying that's state law cuz I know like if somebody's in a car that can drive No, it's state law. It has to be impounded. When did that change? That's been that's Nits has had that for over 20 years. Can I call my mother when I get there? Yeah, after we get done. Yeah, that's up. Okay. All right. Go ahead. Back up, ma'am. I'm going to go ahead and take her. Okay. Please back up, ma'am. We're done. Okay. Thank you. I was trying to figure out my Can I keep my phone? I got your phone. They got your phone. I'm going to take her. I'll go ahead. They got I got your key. It's really slick right here. So, let me help you out when you get out. Okay. Okay. Watch your footing. I don't want you to fall. You okay? You got it? Yeah. Can you get my foot off? It's cold. Yeah. We're going to be going right in here to the heat. Put on the wall. You got a wallet? Yep. Can you please ma'am? We're going to walk right in here and you're going to be right in the heat. Okay. DUI. DUI. On May 1st, 2023, the suspect plead guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol. She was sentenced to 2 years supervision and ordered to pay $2,192.50 in fines and fees.