[Music] [ __ ] I'll break your goddamn neck. Now you're in a whole heap of [ __ ] At around 2:48 a.m. on January 23rd, 2023, a Ramsay police officer spotted a tree trimming truck stranded in a ditch along Varialite Street in Ramsey, Minnesota. Can one of you guys start up here? I think I got a dub. Hey, open the door. Open the window. What's going on? Not much. Do you know where you are? Yeah. Where? On the side of the road. What happened? I slid. You slid? Yeah. When did that happen? I don't know what time. You don't know what time? No. Okay. Anything to drink tonight? That's today. No. Not today. No. When was the last time you had a drink? Uh, the day before. What do you mean the day before? Uh, yesterday was Today was Sunday. Saturday. So, Saturday? Yeah. Okay. How So, you don't know when this happened? No, I don't know what time it was. I fell asleep. Our coverage is made possible because of sponsors like Morgan and Morgan. 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Remember, not all law firms are the same, and Morgan is the biggest for a reason. They win a lot. You can start your claim now by going to forthepeople.com/midwest crime or find the link in the video description. All right. You got an ID on you? No. You got a name? Daniel James Fletcher. Daniel James Fletcher. And you gave me the date of birth. 78. 78. Is the vehicle yours? No, I borrowed it. Okay. From who? I'll buy your mind that we're up here. You see how from our side of it just a kind of a strange deal. Yeah. How long you been out here? Few hours. Few hours just kind of hanging out or what the heck? Okay. You got any weapons on you or in the vehicle? No. Okay. Looks like it's a tree tree trimming company. What's that about? Out of shore view. Out of shore view. Where are you from? Here. What's where's that? St. Cloud. Okay. So, you're in you you're in St. Cloud. Yeah. Okay. Where about where we come from? Uh down there. Uh Rapids. Coming from so you go coming from Sock Rapids. Going to St. Cloud. Yeah. I got you. What time did you leave? Can you do me a favor? Can you get out that way or can you come out this way? Yeah. You got a tree. Hey, I can get out. You can Have you tried getting out at all? No, I can't. So, how long you figure you've been here? You said few hours. Few hours. Boy, you buried it here, man. Are you hurt at all? No. You You don't have any weapons on you? No knives, pocket knives, nothing like that. You don't carry that? All right. Will you come over here for me? All right. So, do you know what time it is? No. What time What time are you driving at? What time did you leave? You said sock Rapids. Yeah. I don't even remember. Okay. Okay. You've had nothing to drink. No, not today. Okay. When was the last time you did drink? Saturday. Saturday. What day is it today? Uh, should probably be if it's after midnight, Monday morning. Monday morning. What was your What was your plan today? go home. I'm exactly going down to the cities, but heading down to the cities. You said you were trying to go to St. Cloud. Yeah, I was in St. Cloud already. I was in Sock Rapids. I was going back to St. Cloud and then going back to the city. Okay. And you're in St. Cloud now? Yeah. Okay. Do you use any prescription drugs? Yeah. What kind of prescription drugs you use? Uh, well, what does that for? Uh, anxiety, depression. Okay. You use any narcotics? Yeah, I have. When was the last time you think? Last uh Saturday. Saturday? Yeah. Okay. Cuz this whole thing seems kind of strange to me. You know what I'm saying? Like most people just don't sit in a vehicle. I don't think I got you. Yeah, but like most time you just you What time did you go in it? I don't know. Okay. What if I told you you're not in St. Cloud? You're about 40 miles south of there. Oh, is that confusing to you as well? Yeah. Right. So, not knowing you, I I got to try and put this whole story together. You know what I'm saying? And that just doesn't happen. Where am I? Where do you think you are? I don't know. I was in uh Sock Rapids before that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You didn't use any meth. You said use meth Saturday. Yeah. Okay. Do you have Is there any meth in the truck? No, it's all gone. No, you don't have any on you neither. Okay. You think you were impaired while you were driving or you felt pretty good when you were doing it or how'd you end up in the ditch? I sl I don't know. I I just remember sliding. Just remember sliding. I probably fell asleep. Okay. Who Who's the tree service? Your buddy. Buddy of yours. All right. Well, I want to run you through some tests to make sure that that you were sober while you were in the vehicle. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Cuz I got a I have a duty to make sure that everybody's sober. Sergeant, can you turn off your lights for me? Okay. Are you injured at all? No. No. Do you have any problem walking or bearing weight on your legs? You got no issues like that? It's cold. Yeah. I don't blame you. Do you have any issues with your hips, your back, or your neck? Nothing. No. Do you have any recent head injuries or surgeries? No. Do you wear contacts or glasses? Uh, reading glasses. Okay. I know that I've been through it all. Okay. So, you know what I'm kind of doing here, but you know, I have to ask these questions. So if I stick out the tip of my finger, you can see that. Okay. Yeah. Okay. So for this test, I want you all I want you to do is I want you to follow this tip of my finger right here with your eyes and your eyes only. I just don't want you to move your head. Does that make sense? Okay. I'm going to go up this time and I want you to keep your head on the same level for me. Okay. All right. Next test. What I want you to do is you do me a favor. Step like right out to here for me. All right. So, this test is we're going to face my squad there. So, this test is going to require you to balance on one foot. Is that something you can normally do? Okay. So, for this test, you can take your When I tell you to, I want you to take your hands outside your pocket. I'll let you keep you can keep them warm for now. When I tell you to, choosing either foot, keep your hands down at your side. I want you to pick whatever foot you choose 6 in off the ground. I want you to point your toe at the ground. I want you to stare at it and count out loud. 1,002 1,003 and so on until I tell you to stop. Okay? If you put your foot down, I want you to pick it back up. Continue to stare at it and keep counting until I tell you to stop. Okay? So, hands down at your side, choosing any foot 6 in off the ground. Stare at it and count. Just don't start yet. Don't start yet. Is there Do you have any questions about that test? I I've had a felon. I know what you're doing. And no, I'm not intoxicated. So, okay. Not intoxicated. Not Not on alcohol. No, I'm intoxicated on anything. I am sober. It's totally sober. Okay. You have questions about that one? No. Okay. Go ahead and start that one then. 5 six. Yep. Yep. Keep going until I tell you. I couldn't. My ankle was [ __ ] locking. Your ankle? Yeah. Okay. You didn't are too big. You didn't mention it before. No. Okay. Do you want to stop that one? Yeah. Okay. Okay. All right. Another test. So, left foot. But I want you, you want to use this line here. Would that help you for this one? You're good. Okay. I want you to put your right foot right in front of your left. Heel to toe. Can you do that now? So, do that now. Heel to toe. Now, keep your hands outside your pockets. Okay. Now, don't move from there until I tell you to. Okay. Whatever. Just give me whatever you're going to give me. Just get it. Okay. You're going to do it anyhow. So, I played this game, mother. I'll break your damn neck. You're under arrest. I got his hand here. We're fighting this one. Hey, put your other hand behind your back. I am. Don't grab me. I'm not. I thought you were moving. One of you. Okay, now you're in a whole heap of the All right, man. I would You know who you with? I got 11 on top. You dumb mother. Yeah, not this time, brother. You got anything on you? Yeah, you're right. They're my pants. You dumb punk. Three and 31. We have a mail in custody. Can you start the Northstar? So, you're you're under arrest for DWI. No, I'm not. Your wife's going to be dead. You just Why are you spitting on me? I will spit on you. Well, stop it. I It's a free world. I can do what the I want at this point. You cannot, sir. Of course, I can't. Do you have any other weapons on you? Yeah, I got a 9 mill in this in my boot. Don't you kick at me. You have a gun on you? No. Okay. I got I got to check the front of you. Can we be civil about this? Yeah. You going to check that other I think I got Why' you do that, man? I do what I want. I don't give a Well, that's not how life works. It is how it works. I'm sure those cuffs are tighter than thick. Can I loosen them up for you so we can be civil? Yeah. Hey. Yes. Listen, I'm I'm going to be good to you. Okay. But I need it back because I'm not here to play games. We either both of us aren't. Okay. Yes. You got to remember all we did was stop to check on you. You're in the ditch against the tree. All right. All right, man. We're going to go sit in the back of my squad. My cigarette. What's that? My cigarette. There's no favors at this point right now. Given if the situation would have been different, you bet. regret it. You don't get to treat people like this, man. Watch. When you go home tonight, your family's going to be dead. Take the cuff off me like a man and I'll show you what it's like. Okay. It still does work. It works when I want it, too. Stop. Stop. All right. You stop, bro. Now you got a fourth case on, idiot. God, why did you spit in my face? You're going to bud. Quit kicking. I'm loosening up. Let go. I'm okay. I'm not taking the chance of you spitting on my face again. Your face was there. You should have been there when I spit. You were looking right at me. Squad. Take me to the hospital. I probably ate probably about 80 grand in 3 weeks. In 3 weeks? Yeah. Okay. We slip this over your head. I know how I don't want you I don't want you spitting again. I know how works. Shut the Understand. You understand me. Do not spit at me again yourself. That's why you get spit on. You dumb punk. Okay. So that's why you spit on me. So this is just like that. Perfect. All right. Roll this way. He's got a scrape on his head. Yeah. Start line. I don't know. For 3 weeks. So, no. Scrape that one. Um I don't want to run dub. I mean, did you I have enough right now to even if he refuses. His fields were terrible. Said he used meth on Saturday. Okay. Do you want to grab blood while we're down there? There's a warrant and bring to mercy you're saying. Mhm. Yeah. I mean, I would for sure do that. Well, let's send to us. Yeah. I'd like to just start knocking out that report or start knocking out the warrant. Mhm. Can we get him in a different squad and go down there and get checked out and when I can just hammer out that warrant so he's already getting Yep. Does that make Does that make sense? Mhm. Mine. You good? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. He didn't get on my face. It came close. Okay. Your camera's upside down, Jared. You're good. Good. Yeah, good. I'm fine. I didn't mean for you to have to run through the job. I was just running at him. Oh, no. I I wanted to. He I could He was good. Unless you wanted it. No, that's fine. I just don't want to be like the guy that passes one off, but I was just running him quick. I wasn't quite sure how I was going to get him out of the squad because I think I was going to sink in the snow. That was Nope. That's I I took it upon myself. I'll start at the tow sheet. I want to search that thing, too. Uh, oh yeah, but I'm not going to search until they pull it out. I'll I'll start that search warrant. Okay. Do you want? Yeah. I just want to do that. I want to get him down there and get looked at and we'll just do this as quick as we can. So, I can go down there and issue it. Okay. If you want to just bring him down there, get looked at, and do all that. I'm just going to start on that. Yeah. Cool with that. Yeah. He's going to kill my wife. He did say your wife was on him. All right. Here's what we're going to do. I'm going to pull this down so you can see. How's that? Can you see? All right, we're going to have you get out of this car and I'm going to bring you into my car and then we're going to go down to Mercy. Okay. All right, Ted. What's that? Killing. I can't hear you right now. I'm killing you all. You dumb mother. I'm going to go over to the other side. Why are you killing us? Cuz I kid. Okay. I hate [ __ ] pigs. Don't put the seat belt on me. He said he's got a felony. He need already But not that was in 2003. Dumb. Okay. All right. Not sure why you want to threaten me. I didn't do anything. I'll be transporting this male to Mercy and 31 or 35 will be with me. He's uncooperative. We'll be going out there for blood. Mercy know we're in route with one. Um we'll probably have to go in through the ambulance area with him. Um he's got a cut on his head. He was fighting with us and spit on us. So, we need him looked at a bump on his head and then we're writing a search warrant for blood. I didn't hear you. My radio was going. So, every of the family members that was involved in this law enforcement is going to one family member is going to be dead. Okay. I think Well, what do we do? It doesn't matter what you did. It's what I decide. It's what you decide. Okay. Danny, what's your middle name? James. Jamestown, Minnesota, you dumb H. Did you have somebody else's ID on you? Yeah, I stole it from my dead cousin. You dumb. Oh, all right. Hey, pipes. He's claiming he stole that ID from his dead cousin. So, you're James Daniel. Daniel James Fletcher. How many times do I got to say, "Dude, you got He says he's Daniel James Fletcher." You stole that all from your dead cousin. Yeah. Judging by the picture, they're saying that the picture doesn't look like you for Daniel. No. No, it doesn't. A master disguise. Giant's mouth. I'm just trying to figure out who you are. I told you. I told you the same person go. You're Daniel. Daniel James flesh is shut the up. It's your last DWI. 2003. When? 2003. I told you that. 2003. You didn't tell me that. You told my partner. Well, then do your job. Listen to the radio when they're making a call. Well, he didn't say that. He doesn't give that information over the the radio. Then key. All right. I don't know why you're so angry at me. You know, I've told you before. Shut the up. Just going to make it worse on yourself cuz I will get out of these cups and I will choke you to death and make your eyes pop out of your head like a cartoon character. You're dying. Well, nobody wants that. Sit up. Can you get up on the bed? No. You got to take me off. There's not a lot we can do. You're threatening to kill us so we're not taking the handcuffs off. You already got me cuffed to the bed. He's mine blanking now, Rob. Yeah. I don't know why I wasn't blinking. Was running. So, we'll just him and I are just going to hang out and wait. So, all right. You guys help? Yeah. Not a problem. Call Perfect. Thanks, guys. You guys look alike. Yes, we do. Why did you spill his ID? Yeah. What' you say your birthday was again one more time? He's admitting to identity. Did you tell you guys the same thing? Mhm. Okay. What's your social? What's Timothy's social? Wait, say that again. Social. Makes sense. He only knows his dead cousin social but not his own. Oh, yeah. I thought you know your cousin. Yeah. Yeah. Can you sit up a little bit? Thank you. Uh, you want just wait? Well, we asked you to sit up. I was getting ready to. Don't. That's See, that's assault. Pressing charges. I want witnesses. I want the cameras. I want everything. You got them. Yep. They're on. All right. All right. This set you back now. How much method did you just eat? said that I ate two g. Two g. I'm not from here. Where we're from, we don't eat it. You do it everywhere. The best way is just chew it. Just put it in your mouth. Chew it like it's a rock candy. Chewing it. I did say chew it. But he chewed the two g. Yes. But he likes to shoot it. I've been injected it for since New Year's Eve straight. I'm telling you I want help and if it's not granted to me, you guys are going to regret it. I'm telling you I need it and I want help and I deserve it. Do you um I hear you laugh and it's not funny. Do you take any um alcohol? Of course I do. What do you usually use? Grams and grams and grams. He's going to do it for you. Um, so the partner found him in the truck in the ditch in the snow bankank. Okay. They end up wrestling with them. Once we got there, then he spit in my face. Then we had to wrestle them back to the ground. That's where we got the abrasions. I don't know if the abrasions were from when we wrestled them the second time or when they wrestled with them before I got there. Okay. That's just where the fractions came from. Okay. So, we just wanted that looked at while we're waiting for the horn to draw his blood for DWI. November 2023. Fletcher was convicted of all counts with the judge noting his previous felony DWI from 2003. Fletcher was given a 7-year sentence for the DWI and two consecutive sentences of 12 months and one day for assault and threats of violence. His 9-year total prison sentence includes a lifetime firearm ban, and Fletcher will be on probation for 5 years after his