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I just checked the tank to make sure
nobody was hiding in there yeah I Che
big old traffic Park up there no someone
saw somebody running down the street so
down oh down Oaks yeah uh
Mitchell
yeah probably went that way I came
around the back door and circled around
I didn't see anything like as soon as
you heard it uh pretty much yeah pretty
quickly all right Steve you need
anything got an extra flashlight mine
just died and just take mine I have like
five and I don't know where any of them
are um I'm just going to keep looking
for this chick yeah she might have went
that way cuz the guy said at this house
here said he came out the front door
didn't see anybody yeah I'll keep
looking around
but yeah the lady on uh she was up here
she said she had somebody run across her
her freaking driveway so I don't know
all right I'll I'll just keep circling
let me know if you need
anything ma'am get get over here
now get over here
now 410 rson road I'll be out with
her I
got what's going on I'm sorry I don't
know come over here I up my life take
take a seat on the front of my bumper
and we'll talk will never you come
on oh my God what what's going on put
here put your bag
down I'm a mom okay and I'm going for a
divorce okay and I up my life really bad
okay what all right just try and catch
your breath here okay
what's your
name what you all right no I my life
really bad okay are you injured let's
start with that no I'm not injured I
just ruined my life you crashed the car
I ruined my life ma'am stand up for me
and I only left because nobody was
injured okay are you injured no let's
start with that I made I told stand up
nobody is is injured and I said I made
sure I said nobody's injured so I'm
going to go cuz I don't want the part to
explode okay I he's like I go all right
you want to stand up for me yeah you're
not hurt no I'm not hurt okay I just I'm
I know that this is the end of my life
what's what's the end of your life
because because I where's my car
and I just started walking
aimlessly in circles thinking how this
has ruined my life my how am I going to
take care of my kids how old are you 20
I'm not old I'm 42 years old okay and
how old are your kids I have two kids
that live with me full
times are you okay have a seat on the
Little Rock Wall there have a seat on
the Little Rock Wall right there you
want to start a bus
no oh my God my life in like 5 minutes
hey course we're out with that driver
can you just have rson stand by with the
vehicle until the toe gets there
please no nobody else what's your name
let's start with that oh my God what's
your
name um Melissa
Melissa okay where you from I'm from
middl town okay I can't believe okay
what you Monday night where were you
coming from tonight my life you where
you coming from tonight minutes where
are you coming from tonight I was I was
dropping my friend open red thing and
then I was going to pick up my kids in
La branch and I was on the
phone I it okay and I don't take that
way ever and it was instead of being a
straight 35 to my house it was a Ben
wasn't paying attention on the phone and
I wasn't paying attention and I was just
feeding okay and in the matter of
probably 5 minutes I Ru by you didn't
ruin anything it's a car accident okay
it's a car you have
insurance okay then that's covered right
right do you work no you don't work I'm
going through a divorce okay I don't
work right now okay where were you be
before you dropped your friend off in
redb my friend's house in Red Bank you
were at her her house or his house um my
girlfriend okay what's her name who's
also going through a divorce Marissa and
my ex is a Long Branch and I've been on
the pH with him the whole time which
Robie wasn't thefe that's why I was not
paying attention were you at you at you
at your friend Marissa's house where
where in Redbank does she live
um the street that is like I think it's
Front Street okay and and then I was on
the phone with my ex and I was saying
he's like oh where's your kids in Long
Branch yep and he was like at his house
yep and he was like oh you should I I
don't want to take them tonight pick
them up pick them up and I like oh but
I'm like so close to home I could just
go straight down 35 to middl Town M and
he's like oh well pick them up cuz I
have work and I so I was like talking to
him speeding down going away I don't
know mhm I'm like and I'm like in my
head I'm like this is my life I can't
believe this is my life on a Monday
night like this is not how my life with
me we just got divorced we sold our
house in midd toown and I live in a
townhouse he moved to the Long Branch
okay and um it's like a really bad time
in my life okay and I always feared this
because I heard this happening to people
when they got divorc and now what what
happened
did heard things like when people get
divorced bad things happen I feel like
they just that's not true end up not
being a smart okay how much did you have
to drink at your friend's house um I had
to two drink but I also had a lot to eat
I had chicken fingers french fries
Caesar salad okay what you have to drink
how much I have to drink what oh I had
two mixed drinks that she made okay all
right and you went you were at her house
you guys out at the bar or restaurants
or anything it's just her house drinking
just her house and then you were going
to Long Branch to pick my kids your KS
which I never go that way it we go down
35 and of course I was going there and I
put it in my GPS but as I was in my GPS
like he was like arguing with me on the
phone so I wasn't paying attention Okay
and I fear like I honestly was he on the
phone when you hit the poll like he was
like calling me okay so do you know what
happened yeah what
happened I wasn't I was speeding and I
wasn't paying attention and then what
happened and then I like I obviously and
but I made sure I did not hit anybody
nobody was injured and I you made sure
how' you make sure because I talked to
the neighbor and I said which neighbor
some guy was out there and I said oh my
God I'm I talked to him for a long
really long time he like I'm feel like
he probably call the cops because why
didn't you call the cops because I
thought he would yeah why didn't you
stay there then because I said oh my God
my life is over I can't where were you
running too nowhere I wasn't walking any
I was still on my pH I wasn't even are
you hurt no I don't think so are you I'm
like in shock okay I don't think I'm
besides like shooken up the neighbor I
said nobody's hurt right nobody else hit
my I didn't hit anybody and I don't
think anybody got hurt no one in his
house was far back and I said I told him
I said you you're going to call the cops
I said I'm I feel so bad I'm so sorry I
did this I'm so thankful I didn't hit
anybody nobody got hurt he said yeah
nobody got hurt and he said he was going
to call the cop and I said I just need
to breathe I just need to walk and then
he just let me walk he go should be
doing uh sfss oh my God I'm sorry do me
a favor stand up stand up for me okay
I'm going to take like a test yeah have
a seat on my bumper right here oh my God
I can't really do okay you wear glasses
or contacts no let me just see the FL
I'm sorry
man my heart's pounding that take a take
a
breath uh yeah please okay take a breath
okay besides for the couple of drinks
right do you take any medication no none
at all no you take anything else tonight
that affect your driving no any other
substances any drugs any no nothing no
nothing nothing yeah all
right easy enough no uh you on no
medication at all no okay well see my
pen here mm what color is it it is blue
okay do you wear contacts or glasses no
okay with your eyes and your eyes only I
want you to follow my pen all right do
not move your head just your eyes do you
understand my instructions yes perfect
just share her eyes ma'am okay now you
have
my heart's like beating on my it's okay
it's okay I take it all into
consideration I keep looking at the pen
yep okay keep looking at P just the pen
not my eyes just the pen all right
I last one okay we're going to go up
right one more
time all right after you hit the pole
and ran away
right myle you left you left okay did
you drink anything else no no nothing
else oh no okay was there any alcohol in
the car no I even told the the guy at
the the guy that came out that lived
there said you're going to take you're
going to call an1 I said thank God no
one got hurt I'm okay I I need to call
where you going nowhere I was calling my
ass I oh my God I was just talking to
him and talking to him I said you're
never going to believe it happened I
said I don't I can't even explain this
is a Monday night I just was talking to
my
and I said he's like here trying I was
like please help me tell me what to do I
don't even know what to do the the owner
of the house he's going to just explain
some next things I was just talking to
my ex and and all right ma'am like was
going to call you you can stay right
there all right I'm going to run you
through a couple tests all right so I
actually didn't even drink them I'm just
so the the first test I'm going to run
you through all right it's called The
Walking turn all right so what I want
you to do right now all right I want you
to picture straight imaginary line in
front of you all right I want you to
take your left foot put that line put
that foot on the line okay take your
right heel and touch it to your left
toes with your hands down at your side
you can get into that position now do
you understand all right you can get
into that starting position and if this
makes any account I cut two drinks but
I'm getting a divorce life is dying
ma'am do you understand the instructions
I do then you can get into the starting
position okay right here right this do
you want me to re explain it no I'm
gonna stand like this and I'm gonna get
in the left position and put my hand my
fingers are like this my fingers down
here like that you're gonna have your
left foot on the line with your right
heel touching your left toes okay Left
Foot Right heel right heel touching your
left toes okay with your hands down at
your side you can get into that starting
position and then I just keep walking
forward from one in the other ma'am just
see how my feet are my hands are my
right heel is touching my left toes do
you understand yeah all right you can
get into that starting position and then
just keep
walking just wait for further
instruction okay all right I'm sorry you
can you can get my life is just like
flashing before me okay so again your
right heel is going to touch your left
toes
yeah oh okay sorry yeah I'm already up
I'm sorry I'm sorry up my right heel is
going to touch my left toes hands down
hands down at your side yeah okay okay
I'm sorry I'm sorry NOP don't don't
start yet just get into that starting
position for me all right I'm sorry
right heel touching your left toes hands
down at your side all right do not begin
until I tell you to okay I'm so sorry
when I tell you to you will take nine
Heel To Toe steps like so okay head will
be down count out loud one 2 three hands
down at your side the whole time on your
ninth
step I'm doing three for an example you
will do nine can you get back into the
starting position please on your ninth
step you will take your right foot off
of the line and take a few Shuffle
steps and continue back counting out
loud one
two and so on okay can you get back into
a station please my life is just like
flashing before my eyes Ma just perform
the test first okay do nine
I followed your instructions I'm sorry
while again while you're walking heel to
TA your head will be looking down arms
down at your side counting out loud okay
do you understand the instructions would
you like me to show you again no I'm
okay you sure yes I think so okay when
you're ready you can begin the test okay
this is my life or death here okay I do
nine so this is 1 2 3 4
five 6 7 8 9 and now do want turn to the
left or the right whichever oh my God my
life is take take your back foot off and
spin around do I spin to the very
left and then I do nine again yep I'm so
sorry one two 3 4 5 6 S8
n I'm sorry my life or death is in this
position it's killing me okay The Next
Step anything anything The Next Step all
right is going to be another test all
right it's going to be a 6in hold all
right and I'm going to demonstrate it
for you okay do not begin until I tell
you to all right I'm going to put you in
a starting position okay like the like
the previous test don't start until
instructed okay right now I want you to
start by putting your heels together and
your to together with your hands down at
your side do not move until I tell you
to do you understand yeah okay this test
is going to be a 6in heel raise you can
pick either foot okay of you're choosing
all right while looking down you're
going to take your heel and place it
approximately 6 in or a soda can off the
ground while looking down with your
hands down at your side and count out
loud 1,1 1,2 1,003 and so on until I
tell you stop do you understand the
instructions yes I do okay now so I use
my whichever dominant foot whichever
foot you are comfortable with do you
understand the instructions yes I do do
you wish for any instructions to be
repeated no you may begin the
test should I I'm left handed should I
use my left foot whichever you
prefer 1,1 1,2 13 1,4 1,5 1006 17 1008
1009 100,0 1001 102
134 just you can continue yep
1045 oh my God I'm so nervous okay let
me start
again6
178 you're good ma'am you're good you
can put it down thank you this is my
life okay like I'm like I'm just nervous
okay just do me a favor real quick just
turn around put your hands on oh my just
put your hands on the bumper for me just
turn around please oh my God put your
hands on the
bumper ma'am just turn around please
that's why you're thinking just turn
around please all right my God put your
hands behind you back do you have
anything in your pockets do you have
anything in your
pockets do you have anything in your now
okay am I acting jump I'm just very
nervous you're under arrest for DWI okay
my God is my did I I is that your
earring that is on the floor yeah all
right I'll grab that for you but I
have is
my did I I failed the T I didn't do good
or is it because man we'll explain
everything inside you have nothing in
your pockets I I don't okay going to
grab your purse over there did you drop
anything along the way um not that I
know headquarters time stamp female 41
oh my God I even I I swear to God I only
had two CHS okay we're just going to
take a walk back to my car here oh my
God are your keys in here are they still
in the
car put my
car oh my God my keys are in my face
give me one second but did I failed the
test we'll explain it all for you all
right you can take a seat slide up in
there oh my god this is my life this is
my fear my fear my life right now just
give me one second okay I'll turn on and
we'll be right
back no cake I don't see it all right
might still be in the car I didn't see
you in the car put the light on here
did she hit the pull so hard that the
onof button for the Mercedes it's just
crushed is on the floor nice so yeah I
didn't don't see a key in there
are I feel
something you want me to have Melle
update Ron it's going to be John's W I
mean it's I'll be there toal anyway I'm
going to swing over to the car okay
um and I'm going to fill out I'll fill
out the toes slip do you have one yep
all right I'll meet you back at
headquarters sounds
good we don't have the key and she
doesn't know where it is
either I'll
just um so that's definitely snapped
yeah I already told jcpnl okay it's not
going to affect my thing I don't see any
live wires in it here
no um do you guys need anything in front
of the car I cut the airbag back I'm
just going to do a quick search cuz this
is a DWI
but I was it's like a brand new car I
know this is not that old no I'm trying
to see if she dropped it on the floor
somewhere who knows she was running
through backyards and
stuff they were tell mecking [ __ ] it
bro um
I'm
sure didn't get like yeah we came home
and all of a sudden you just see
somebody running like that's an odd
place to park for
car bro I died when they said that I was
like I
can't people are funny I'm going to grab
you a slip now all right you can start
doing your thing yeah
yes
ma'am yeah so we'll go everything at the
station all
right we can um we'll we'll go over all
that when we get back to our Police
Department
okay right right now I do just want to
make you aware of your rights all right
you do have the right to remain silent
everything you can everything you say
can and will be held against you in the
court of
law you have the right to an attorney if
you cannot afford one one will be
appointed to you do you understand your
rights
ma'am ma'am do you understand your
rights
okay I feel like I would like do better
with
the so since you're aware of your rights
okay we will give you the opportunity to
either take a breathalizer test or
refuse it okay you have that
right did I like fail like Vis on the
test if the key don't work in the front
I have a box in front
I
like headquarters 54 arriving mileage is
going to be
86652 86652 am problem I'm sorry aming
no ma' you're
fun anybody Clos here a scene no
nobody's back here there's no scene it's
just you and I back here right now okay
where are your shoes are they back at
the I don't know okay all right let's
just take a step out okay let's get you
inside we can
get oh my God
I'm
sorry all right we're going to Take a
Walk This Way okay yes did I like fail
right up the ramp
here are your shoes back with your car I
didn't hurt any
just are your shoes back at your car I
took my shoes off yeah
okay we're gonna go up those
steps like a Monday night a [ __ ]
loser 4 two can you just look for her
shoes in the area of the crash it
doesn't my my leg is over we're going to
walk down to the end of this
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hallway to the left
here the craziest thing is and then
right in here we're going to take a seat
on the bed have breathalizer cuz I
actually only had two drinks I just
function CU I'm I'm like my life is my
sum now I can't see your wrist I
actually would rather breath cuz I feel
like I can't think to have the test done
and I'd rather have a best because I
don't even think I'm that done I just
can't function the test okay I don't
know if that's right I just my life
is just married have a
husband my
oh
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