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Desert Law - Season 1 - Episode 09: Truth, Lies & Cacti
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00:10Summers are brutal with the heat.
00:12It'll melt your shoes, your skin, it'll tear you up for sure.
00:18If it's too hot outside, the bad guys don't want to go out and commit crimes.
00:22When the nighttime comes, the freaks come out.
00:26Put your pants off!
00:28When that's undone, people think they can hide the bad stuff in the dark.
00:31This is the I don't believe in Facebook.
00:34One team, one family.
00:36We always pull together.
00:39Get a bunch of back!
00:41What the f*** am I in handcuffs for?
00:44It's very dangerous.
00:46Backup isn't always closed.
00:50Not an emergency.
00:52You're gonna kill me.
00:54Assaults, robberies, shootings.
00:57It's lawless out here.
00:58It's gonna get hot tonight.
00:59A little bit of spice is always good.
01:01Stop having sex.
01:02Put your jeans on.
01:04Be in the wild, wild west, Tucson.
01:07It's the witching hour.
01:08Don't tap out on us yet, okay?
01:31Usual common practice for me, I like to just check license plates.
01:34You'll never know if, uh, you'll end up finding something weird.
01:39So, this guy's plate is showing suspended.
01:45So, that is definitely a violation.
01:47I'm just gonna pull him over right now.
01:49Now, he's just swerved into a parking lot.
02:00Hi, so I'm Deputy Poole with the, uh, Sheriff's Department.
02:03Always the way I'm talking to you right now is because, uh,
02:05license plate that you have on the back is telling me that the, uh, plate is suspended for some reason.
02:09Is it?
02:10Do you have your license, registration plate?
02:11Hopefully, I lost it, bro.
02:13Okay.
02:14How are you doing, buddy?
02:15Hey, doing all right.
02:17Sun's down.
02:17It's getting cooler.
02:18So, you know, it puts me in a good mood, okay?
02:21What is your name, sir?
02:24Any alcohol, any drugs, or anything else, man?
02:25All right.
02:29All right, we're just gonna walk right here.
02:31All right, might if I just pass you down real quick, make sure you don't have anything, okay?
02:33It's the wild west, man.
02:34I can never tell nowadays, okay?
02:36So, I'll have you just stand right here facing me, okay?
02:38So, important things to remember for this test, make sure you watch your foot at all times.
02:42Ready?
02:42Go ahead and begin.
02:45Watch your foot.
02:46Oh, my leg.
02:50Go ahead and stop.
02:52It's hard.
02:53It's hard to keep your balance right there, man.
02:56Close your eyes.
02:58And start.
03:00He performed very poorly on every sobriety test that I gave him.
03:03I observed that he's sweating profusely.
03:06His pupils are dilated.
03:07His eyes are watery, red, and bloodshot.
03:10With the impairment that I'm seeing tonight, I don't suspect is as a result of alcohol.
03:14I suspect it's because of drugs.
03:17Could you just remind me of your name one more time?
03:20Okay, what's the last four of your social?
03:22Honestly, I don't know my memory.
03:24How old are you?
03:2637.
03:27And you don't know your social?
03:29Not my memory.
03:30I'm sorry, man.
03:31All right.
03:32Go ahead and turn it up.
03:33Put your hands on your back for me.
03:37All right.
03:37You are lying to me.
03:40You know that?
03:42How come you're not telling me who you really are?
03:46So, yeah, let's just pretend that I know who you really are.
03:50Okay?
03:50So, in that reality, how come you don't want to tell me your real name?
03:54Because I have a warrant.
03:55Okay.
03:55Well, now let's be honest with each other, okay?
03:57What's your real first and last name?
04:00Okay.
04:01So, what's your warrant for?
04:06Okay.
04:07I knew you were lying to me from the get-go, man.
04:09Because you know the real was just in jail recently?
04:13Okay.
04:14Are you related?
04:15Okay.
04:17So, what was your reason for taking his identity?
04:20Were you trying to get out of trouble?
04:22You understand how serious of a crime it is to take somebody's identity to avoid jail time?
04:27Okay.
04:27Well, you know now.
04:29Okay.
04:29How much coke have you done today?
04:34Okay.
04:35You're sweating profusely right now.
04:37Your eyes and your performance and everything else is telling me something different, okay?
04:43Okay.
04:45Well, if you told me your real name, we probably would have had, like, a different outcome.
04:50You understand that?
04:52Okay.
04:52Any drugs, anything I'm going to find on you?
04:55Okay.
04:56How much weed have you smoked today?
04:57I haven't smoked today.
04:59Okay.
04:59But you just happen to have this in your pocket just for giggles then?
05:02It's a weed, babe.
05:05When I'm checking his license right now, it's telling me that his license status is even suspended too
05:10because of a previous DUI.
05:14At this point in time, okay, you are under arrest at least for, you know, failing to provide me a
05:17truthful name, okay?
05:18As well as assuming the identity of another person, okay?
05:21100%, yeah.
05:22That's what happens when you lie to cops.
05:23You go to jail.
05:25See, because, like, well, the biggest thing is you don't have that big a scar like your brother has right
05:29here.
05:31Yeah.
05:34Oh, I didn't know you guys.
05:35At any point, did you have any remorse at all?
05:37At any point, did you want to tell me the truth?
05:39Okay, so I'm also going to be charging you tonight for DUI as well, okay, in addition to the identity
05:45theft stuff, okay?
05:46So I'm going to have you sitting in that car over there.
05:49He turned what could have been just a simple misdemeanor now into a felony right now because he's lying to
05:54avoid jail time.
05:55He's assuming somebody else's identity, providing false information, in addition to discovering he has a warrant for his arrest, as
06:03well as his license status being suspended for DUI.
06:05And I suspect that he's under the influence of possibly cocaine.
06:11All right, oh, you all right?
06:14You're taking a nap?
06:16Okay.
06:17So your warrant's not even extraditable?
06:19No?
06:19No.
06:20So I just lied for nothing?
06:22Pretty much.
06:23How does that make you feel?
06:24Make me feel like a...
06:33In the span of one hour, one drug driver, removed from the road, charged with two felonies.
06:40I was just genuinely curious at what point in time he thought he was going to get away with everything.
06:47I've had many instances of identity theft before.
06:51We need to be on our toes, we need to be vigilant.
06:58The theft is rampant right now.
07:00You can't go in a store and not see somebody shoplifting.
07:04And we have to get serious about prosecuting these repeat offenders.
07:10Out here in the desert, we have a lot of low-light neighborhoods, not a lot of streetlights running through
07:15those neighborhoods.
07:16People think that they're able to move around completely unseen, undetected.
07:19The low-income areas, it's very constant where people are stealing and just trying to get ahead in life.
07:27Because when they start making those mistakes and committing those crimes, a theft, burglary, robbery, whatever it may be.
07:35As I kind of drive into the district, that's when I start looking for crime occurring.
07:51I don't know, what is the location of your emergency?
07:54A couple of weeks ago, a guy stole all my tools at my house.
07:57And you think that the person's back in the area?
08:11This guy told the dispatch that he had made a report about this guy that stole a bunch of tools
08:17from him.
08:17I guess the guy came back to either steal more stuff.
08:21Sounds like the guy that stole the stuff is a white male, wearing a black hat, black shirt and jeans.
08:29We're going to go check out the park and see if he's over there.
08:34Hey, come here.
08:36We'll talk to you for a minute.
08:38Everyone's male, black, all blue.
08:40Everything all right?
08:41I'm good, I'm just part of it.
08:42I'm waiting to go to my mom.
08:44I told her that she was on the way home.
08:45She said, just wait.
08:46I'm homeless.
08:47I just bet he got into town.
08:48Okay.
08:49But I don't know where her house is, and I'm waiting for her to come.
08:52You have your ID on your man?
08:53I don't.
08:54I hate that.
08:54Can I tell you for a minute?
08:55Want to call the police or something?
08:57Yeah, and they said that he might be doing some weird stuff, so we're just making sure.
09:00I'm doing some weird stuff?
09:01Yeah, we're just making sure.
09:01I can fuck.
09:02Okay.
09:0426.
09:06Do you have any favorites?
09:07Take your hands back in your back.
09:09Am I being arrested, first of all?
09:10No, you're not being arrested.
09:11So why am I being detained?
09:12Let go of your stuff.
09:12Why am I being detained?
09:14Because of the drug care failure in your hand, that's why.
09:16All right.
09:17See, but I'm not being arrested.
09:18Why am I being detained?
09:19This is against the law, right?
09:20Do you know that, right?
09:20Okay.
09:21You know it's against the law, right?
09:22It's not against the law.
09:23Absolutely, you do.
09:24All right.
09:24We'll sort all this out in just a second, man.
09:26I'm not doing anything against the law, and I ain't got no words or nothing, so y'all
09:31are being hella aggressive and way out of line about this, okay?
09:33And I know my rights, okay?
09:35You guys are treating me like I'm a criminal, dog.
09:37This is wrong, bro.
09:38So let's stop pushing on me.
09:40I'm not going nowhere, dog.
09:41You're hurting my hand, dog.
09:42I'm not doing nothing wrong.
09:43You're the one that's tensed up, man.
09:44Just relax.
09:45I'm not tensed up.
09:46You are tensed up.
09:47You won't feel my other hand.
09:49He's over here twisting my up and down.
09:50This is where I did get killed.
09:52You're all right.
09:52You're going to show up.
09:53I've been but y'all are the ones acting like I'm a criminal.
09:55You're being arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia?
09:58What was that?
09:58Trust passing and possession of drug paraphernalia.
10:00Hang tight, man.
10:06They're going to bring the original reportee over here so that they can see the subject that
10:11we have detained.
10:12We call this a show up.
10:14Just be sitting in a patrol vehicle so that they can have a clear visual.
10:17All of the suspect, and they can confirm for us whether or not that's the person that
10:22was stealing stuff.
10:27Yeah.
10:28Yeah.
10:29They did end up just getting their positive ID on our suspect, so that's always nice.
10:37You're beating the right now, and it's going, bro.
10:40I'll let this one, please.
10:44So the initial report referenced this outstanding suspect was that he had actually committed a
10:49theft about a week prior where he'd stolen approximately $1,000 worth of power tools from
10:54our victim here.
10:54That same victim spotted the suspect again in a nearby neighbor's yard attempting to steal
10:59a bike from that yard.
11:01When he tried to confront the guy, he ran off to the park here, which is where deputies were
11:04able to locate him.
11:19Knowing that you were able to fully service that member of the public that needed our assistance
11:24does give you a pretty fulfilled feeling and in a very, very quick manner.
11:28You know, it didn't have to take, you know, a week of investigation or, you know, months
11:34or something like that.
11:36It is a really great feeling.
11:37You don't always get to have it, though.
11:54Tonight's been quite quiet, but I've definitely seen how a quiet night can go from zero to
12:00a hundred in an instant.
12:03That car looks completely blacked out in there.
12:19He's a, that was the same guy's carster.
12:22Get back in the car now.
12:24Get back in the car.
12:31Turn the car off.
12:33Put your hands out the window.
12:37Why are you trying to get out the car?
12:39Why are you trying to get out the car?
12:41Why are you trying to get out the car?
12:41It's the only reason.
12:42Keep both your hands out the window.
12:46Sir, I swear to God I was not trying to jump out.
12:49I swear to God I was...
12:50Get out.
12:51Keep both your hands out the window.
12:53Get out.
12:55Sir, I have no weapons, no nothing to call me.
12:58Get out.
13:00Sir, I only jumped out because I just...
13:03You got, you got anything on you?
13:04Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing.
13:08Sir, I only jumped tall because I just scratched my damn car.
13:14All right, get over there and stand back there by my car.
13:17Hey, hey, hey, can I just look real quick?
13:23So let me explain to you why I pulled you over.
13:30As soon as you left that neighborhood back there and started flooring it,
13:32you were completely blacked out from the rear.
13:34And I've been trying to catch up to you since before I turned on to this first initial road.
13:38Were you even aware of that?
13:40I was not aware of that.
13:41Have you had anything to drink tonight?
13:43Beer.
13:43Just one beer?
13:44I had more than one beer.
13:46Okay, how many beers have you had?
13:48I had more than one beer.
13:49Okay, so my next question is, would you be willing to do some field sobriety tests?
13:53Absolutely not.
13:54No?
13:54Cool, put your hands behind your back, you're under arrest for DUI.
13:56Okay, you don't have to be rough.
14:00I, I, I, I, I'm complying, I'm complying.
14:12I guess his car got stuck when he pulls over.
14:15He goes to get out the car.
14:17Stuff like that is like indicators that you're either gonna get into a shooting or somebody's gonna run.
14:22He kind of turned his body towards me, which is why I drew my handgun and pointed it at him,
14:27and gave him commands to get back inside the car.
14:29I can tell he's heavily intoxicated, doesn't want to do field sobriety tests.
14:34So based off the driving behaviors, him not realizing the lights were off,
14:38him kind of swerving a little bit inside out of the lanes, his slurred speech,
14:42the strong odor of intoxicants from his breath,
14:44and the way he was immediately losing his balance as soon as I got him out the car,
14:49there's just uh, telltale signs that he's under the influence.
14:58He's got a freshly opened beer right there in the center console.
15:01I didn't get in the car because I hit that ramp and I was gonna worry about my car.
15:05Okay, but you do understand, it's no weapons, no drugs.
15:10Okay, but let me explain something to you.
15:12A completely blacked out car from the rear and as soon as I pull it over,
15:15the driver try and hops out.
15:16If you were a cop and you don't know if you have drugs or guns,
15:20you wouldn't think that's a little suspicious too?
15:24Come on, come on.
15:26I'm sure you've seen the videos on social media where the guy jumps out of the driver's seat
15:30and starts shooting at the car.
15:31I've seen both sides.
15:33Exactly, so now you understand, but...
15:35Honestly, I've seen both sides.
15:36Okay, but as soon as you were cool with me and I got you out the car,
15:39the gun went right back into the holster, right?
15:41Be good, be good, be good.
15:42All right.
15:43Damn, bro, I stand by the corner and I'm just guilty of trying to go get some .
15:51You're under arrest, okay?
15:52You're under arrest for aggravated DUI.
15:54The reason it is an aggravated DUI is because within the last seven years,
15:58you've had two prior arrests for DUI.
16:01You will be taken down to Pima Addict Detention Centre.
16:03We'll speak to a judge in the morning.
16:20The reason why,
16:35Can I hold on, where is your emergency?
16:36Hi, I'm traveling on West Valencia.
16:40I just got in a hand run.
16:41Someone crashed into me.
16:42Told me to pull over and you set off.
16:43He's in a truck.
16:45I'm following him, and he's speeding to try and escape from you.
16:49He's going way over 80, and the road is 45.
16:53Okay, well, I don't want to put yourself in any danger.
16:55Do you want to pull over?
16:56I want to make sure that I get this guy.
17:05So it's a vehicle hit and run.
17:08She's saying a U-Haul hit her, and it's taking off,
17:11but she's following it.
17:16There is a U-Haul.
17:23Heartful farmer behind the truck.
17:32Hi, what's going on?
17:34Do you have any weapons in the vehicle or anything?
17:36Do you have weapons?
17:38I just have my armor right now.
17:40Just don't grab for it, though.
17:41Oh, yeah.
17:41What is it?
17:43Sir, don't grab for it.
17:47Don't reach in for it.
17:48Just tell me where it's at.
17:49Oh, it's right here.
17:50Okay, don't reach for it.
17:51Why would you reach for a gun?
17:53I'm not.
17:53Okay, come stand over here.
17:55So why didn't you stop?
17:57For what?
17:57You hit that vehicle over there.
17:59That's why she's...
18:00So you didn't realize you hit a vehicle?
18:03Okay.
18:04Do me a favor.
18:04Go stand in front of my patrol car.
18:06Can you stand with him?
18:08Don't let him go back in the car.
18:09He has a gun right there on the thing.
18:10Just hold this for a second.
18:11I'm going to see what she has to say.
18:12Cool.
18:13And ask him, like, about the U-Haul stuff,
18:15because he's saying, like, he didn't know he hit her.
18:19Ma'am, so where did he hit you?
18:21In front of the Circle K that he rear-ended me,
18:23and I rolled out my window.
18:24I pulled over to the curb.
18:25I said, hey, can we talk about this on Circle K?
18:28And he was like, yeah, go, go, go.
18:29Oh, so he knew he hit you.
18:31He's dead.
18:31He did the dash.
18:32So she says that you said you were going to pull over,
18:35and then you took off.
18:36What's the deal?
18:37No, I didn't say any of that.
18:39Okay, how long have you had this U-Haul?
18:40Like, since yesterday.
18:42Okay.
18:43Your license is suspended.
18:45You're not even supposed to be driving.
18:47Why do you have your truck?
18:48Well, obviously, I'm moving.
18:49Okay.
18:50Well, I don't know that.
18:51I'm just asking you.
18:52Well, I wouldn't have a U-Haul to be joyriding in it.
18:55You'll be surprised what people do.
18:57So he's just going to get a citation for hit and run
19:01and then for driving off suspended.
19:03You guys, somebody?
19:04Is there a way to get my phone?
19:05I'll make a call.
19:06Yeah.
19:07Is there someone that you can call to come get it?
19:10Yeah, I could call somebody.
19:11Your friend?
19:12Yeah.
19:13Hold on.
19:13There's a gun in the car.
19:14Why are you letting you go back over there?
19:18Thanks, man.
19:19I'm trying to get in the car real bad.
19:21Who?
19:21You.
19:22I know.
19:23I'm trying to get away from you.
19:24Why?
19:24Because I don't like police.
19:26You don't like police?
19:26Not really.
19:28He pushed us.
19:29I almost rear-ended someone else.
19:30Like, it was almost a pileup.
19:31And he for sure said, like, he knew he pulled...
19:33Yeah, he waved at me and he pointed and I said,
19:35are you sure?
19:36And I was pulled in the side on the curb.
19:38And I said, are you sure?
19:39Let's go right here.
19:39And he said, yeah, yeah, go, go, go.
19:42He's gonna get sighted for a hit and run.
19:44The fact that he hit you and took off was just illegal, right?
19:46Yeah, that's crazy.
19:47All right, yeah.
19:48He doesn't have a valid driver's license,
19:50so I'm assuming that's probably why he took off.
19:54Still, you can't do that.
19:55You can't hit somebody.
19:57Her car didn't have any damage, just like the little scratches.
20:01I think she was more mad because of the principal.
20:15Not to sound cliche, but it is nice to help people.
20:18It is like something different every single day.
20:22I have two little girls.
20:25My youngest is very wild, so I can see her being a cop
20:30because she's so interested in it.
20:32She always asks me every day, what did you do at work, Mom?
20:35I would encourage her to do whatever she wants,
20:37whatever makes her happy.
20:39My significant other is also a cop,
20:41so she sees her mom and her dad.
20:55This is the sheriff's department.
20:56What's the emergency?
20:57I'm the manager of the AutoZone.
20:59Some guy just ran out with a big air pump.
21:02It's a big lime green box, so somebody sees him.
21:04He's wearing a baseball cap and a dark gray T-shirt.
21:10Okay, I got a call in place.
21:11They should be up there, surely.
21:15That's a theft.
21:17Somebody stole a compressor.
21:19It's gonna be a Hispanic male wearing a dark gray and light blue shirt
21:25with a baseball hat.
21:26He's carrying a green box.
21:30I was on the phone with the 1017.
21:33I have a subject here matching description.
21:35It looks like he changed.
21:43The suspect may have changed his clothes.
21:45We're not too sure.
21:49Oh, it looks like we found a backpack.
21:52Oh.
21:55It has to be that dude in the white.
21:57They changed.
21:58It has to be one of them.
22:02Hey, bud.
22:02Get him in there.
22:03Put your hands behind your back.
22:06All right, bud.
22:07So you're being detained, all right?
22:09Mm-hmm.
22:10You got any weapons on you?
22:11Oh, yeah, there's a knife for you.
22:12Right there.
22:12Just a knife?
22:13I'm gonna take it off you in 17 minutes with them, all right?
22:15Mm-hmm.
22:16Take a seat.
22:17Actually, let's go to this room.
22:22Anything in there that belongs to you?
22:24Anything in there that belongs to you?
22:25All right, what about that compressor?
22:28Where's that from?
22:29It's fine.
22:29It's fine.
22:33Oh, he has a warrant.
22:36He has a warrant for shoplifting.
22:37What a surprise.
22:40So two items of clothing were located in the bag.
22:42It was a black hat and a gray shirt,
22:44and those were the items that the reporter described
22:46that the suspect was wearing.
22:49So we got the compressor back, and they're taking it back.
22:52And he has warrants, so he's gonna go to jail.
23:00I like to catch thieves.
23:02You have the hardworking family who's paying
23:06using their last penny,
23:08and then you have these thieves who just come in and steal,
23:11and then prices go up, and I just have a thing.
23:14I don't like thieves.
23:28911, what's your emergency?
23:29This car was coming maybe 100, 120 miles per hour.
23:33It looked like a rocket just went by us.
23:38Oh, oh, look, look.
23:39Over there, over there.
23:40Whoa.
23:42Okay, so you don't see the vehicle anymore?
23:44It's in the bushes.
24:01We just got a call about a vehicle collision.
24:05They described a gray, older Ford or sedan
24:08going about 120 miles per hour,
24:10crashed into some bushes.
24:12So we're gonna head over there.
24:15First thing we wanna do is make sure
24:16that there's no significant injuries
24:18with a crash at speeds like that.
24:27Is this your car?
24:29Yes.
24:29You feel any injuries or anything, though?
24:32Just a couple of cactuses when I got up.
24:34Okay.
24:35What happened?
24:36So when I had stopped at that stop sign,
24:39Yeah.
24:39I came over here.
24:40I came around like 60 miles per hour,
24:43and I jumped over that bump right there.
24:45Okay.
24:45And I had spun this way,
24:47and then I overcorrected,
24:48and I got a tooth here.
24:51Gotcha.
24:53So how much have you had to drink tonight?
24:55I had a drink about two hours in.
24:57Do you remember what it was?
24:58It was a margarita house mix.
25:00Okay.
25:01I just wanna determine whether or not
25:03you're safe to be traveling on the roadways, man.
25:05I see your speed coming up here.
25:06It looks like you were going pretty quick
25:08to blow through that stop sign,
25:10lose control right there.
25:11You look really lucky.
25:12You don't look like you're injured at all to me,
25:13so that's great,
25:14but it definitely could have been worse, man.
25:16All right.
25:17I'm gonna walk you through some field sobriety tests.
25:18Yeah?
25:19Yeah? Are you all right?
25:20What's going on?
25:27He's having a rough night, sir.
25:29You got a lot going on here.
25:32I mean, if it helps, man, your lady's here
25:34after we get all done with this and stuff like that,
25:36I'll let you talk to her,
25:37and you guys can work on whatever you guys got going on, all right?
25:44All right.
25:45So I'm just gonna have you stand straight up if you can.
25:47I'm gonna have you put your feet together,
25:48arms down by your side.
25:49All right?
25:50I'm gonna have you stare at the tip of this pen, okay?
25:52You're gonna use your eyes,
25:53and your eyes will need you.
25:54Do not move your head, okay?
26:06Yeah, I'll 26.
26:10So you've been pretty calm for this whole thing, man?
26:12All right, so we're gonna be pretty calm with you as well,
26:14all right?
26:15Out here?
26:16At this time, you are gonna be placed under rest for DUI, okay?
26:19We're gonna put your coast in the front as long as you stay.
26:22Yeah, as long as you stay calm.
26:23We're gonna try to get this all completed out here
26:25so that you can be on your way tonight.
26:27Any weapons or anything on you, man?
26:29Any knives, bombs, grenades hidden somewhere?
26:32We always gotta ask.
26:34All right, you're good, man.
26:36No.
26:37Do you think you should have been driving
26:38with the amount of alcohol that you have consumed?
26:40No.
26:41On a scale of one to ten,
26:43with one being completely sober
26:44and ten being extremely impaired,
26:46where do you think you are?
26:48Four.
26:50Maybe five.
26:52There's another deputy here.
26:53He's a department qualified phlebotomist, okay?
26:55I'm gonna speak with him shortly on the next step,
26:58and this would be getting a blood draw from you.
27:01Will you consent to the test?
27:04Yes.
27:06My name's Deputy Castles, all right?
27:07I'm a qualified phlebotomist.
27:09I'm gonna try to get it done
27:10and get you on your way, okay, man?
27:15Okay, well, that's not for me to determine, man.
27:21Definitely got some of the telltale signs.
27:23Got a little bit of odor of intoxicants.
27:25An intoxicated person like this individual
27:28is going from calm, cool, collected
27:31to kind of getting really emotional,
27:33starting to cry a little bit.
27:34Sometimes maybe it's reality setting in.
27:41Okay, yeah, man, that's super lucky.
27:42Coming through there, how that thing dips down, man,
27:44he could've hit one of these power poles
27:47or something crazy.
27:49You're all set, man.
27:51Yeah, no worries, man.
28:02You know, miraculously was uninjured
28:04from that collision.
28:06From the looks of it
28:08and the damage to the roadways,
28:09it looks like he was going, you know,
28:11over 100 miles an hour.
28:14It looks like that's the second DUI case
28:16that he now has in less than two years.
28:19So hopefully he kind of has a bit of a wake-up call
28:22from that crash.
28:46I'm on the road right now, and there's this gentleman
28:52that almost got in a car accident.
28:54He's literally almost stopped in the middle of the intersection.
28:57Some vehicle's oncoming traffic was almost hit up.
29:01I'm going to get this.
29:02Okay.
29:03He took off with the driver's door open.
29:07You got to get somebody quick.
29:10Oh, he's getting on the freeway.
29:12He's got to get on the freeway.
29:14You got to get quick.
29:20I'm just running into an erratic driver.
29:23We don't know if he's intoxicated
29:25or having some type of medical episode.
29:27I'm really scared
29:28because he's just going without stopping.
29:30He's doing a U-turn.
29:31Oh, my God.
29:32You really have to get somebody out here quick
29:34because this could be dangerous.
29:37So we're going to see if we can locate him
29:39just to make sure there's not an emergency situation going on.
29:45We don't want a collision to occur.
29:49Our reporting party is following behind him.
29:52I think this will be our guy right here, actually.
29:56602.
29:56I'll be behind the vehicle at I-10 and outpost 262.
30:02He's continuing northbound.
30:04He doesn't seem to notice that I'm behind him.
30:07The pressure needs breaking now,
30:08pulling on the shoulder.
30:14Hey, sir.
30:16Hey, how's it going?
30:18Deputy Carter, Sheriff's Department.
30:20We're stopping out with you
30:21because you've been driving all over the road.
30:23You seem kind of confused on where you're going,
30:25and your vehicle doesn't have a license plate on it.
30:27No.
30:28It's the one I was getting.
30:30Okay.
30:30That one is.
30:31Is this your car?
30:32Yeah.
30:33You have a license on you?
30:34No.
30:36Okay.
30:38I got you.
30:39Go ahead and step out for me.
30:43Do you have a cane or a walk or anything?
30:46Just off to the side right here.
30:50How far from home are you?
30:51Can I see that real quick?
30:52Oh, you're about 10 minutes out?
30:53Where are you going?
30:56I can't have you walking down the freeway, man.
31:01No, I'm not going to have you stay with your car right now.
31:02I'm going to have you stay right here in front of the truck.
31:04Once everything's squared away,
31:05if you're good to go, man,
31:07we'll cut you loose, okay?
31:11Oh, Deputy's going to take you home, okay?
31:13I can't really take that home.
31:14Because you can't drive right now.
31:17All right, we can't let you get back on the road.
31:18You had too many close calls.
31:20All right, you almost caused a few accidents,
31:21so we can't let you drive right now.
31:24I got you.
31:25You can get in touch with your family,
31:27and when they can help you out,
31:29you can come get your car.
31:29It's going to still be right here, okay?
31:33We'll most likely be submitting some forms to the DMV
31:37to have his driving privileges reviewed
31:39and possibly have him retest
31:41to make sure that he's actually able to drive properly.
31:45He seemed completely oblivious to the multiple collisions
31:49that he almost was involved in.
31:57Working for Pima County is, it's pretty cool.
32:00I think my style of policing is definitely a reflection
32:04of my upbringing out here
32:06and seeing the different struggles.
32:09I think it's helped me a lot to develop a lot
32:12of long-lasting rapport with the community.
32:15I definitely don't try to be two different people,
32:18you know, inside and outside of work.
32:19Outside of work, you know, I'm spending time with my family,
32:23with friends and stuff, but, you know, when you come to work,
32:26you're still the same person.
32:369-1-1, where's your emergency?
32:38I'd like to report a four-wheeler driving erratically out here
32:42on Valencia Road by Casino del Sol.
32:44I think he's intoxicated.
32:46He doesn't have any lights, and he almost had me going against traffic.
32:49It's a dark-colored ATV.
32:51There was just a report of an ATV driver causing a bit of a scene,
32:56so we're just going to be checking to see if we can locate the vehicle.
33:02Hey, can I get your social from you?
33:04Don't give me that light, dude.
33:05My picture comes up every time I've been in county.
33:08Ain't my first brain with you guys.
33:09What's the next light that you're going to say?
33:12When was the last time I was in trouble?
33:14Like I told you, I came out of the desert.
33:15I wasn't on the road.
33:16If you look and you'll see my tracks, you'll know it.
33:19He's saying that he came from the desert area,
33:21that he wasn't driving on the roadways at all.
33:23So we're going to see right now if the reportee that called in that vehicle
33:27has any additional information that can help clear this up for us.
33:37Hey, this is Deputy Carter with the Sheriff's Department.
33:40We're just calling about that ATV you reported earlier.
33:42Were you able to see the driver at all?
33:51All right, sounds good, man. I appreciate it.
33:53All right, it sounds like it was more closer to probably a juvenile now.
33:56We've got a more clear description.
33:58A little bit of education, man.
33:59Any time you cross over a road to get to somewhere,
34:01Right.
34:02You're subject to the same laws, right?
34:03Right.
34:03You had to cross a man.
34:04Right there, where the light's at.
34:06Where the light pulls sitting at right there, that orange light,
34:08that's where I cross.
34:08If you're crossing over county roads, which you did to get here,
34:11Right.
34:12You're subject to the same laws.
34:13So I got to push it across the street then?
34:15I'm just letting you know what's up, right, man?
34:16We're not here messing with you.
34:17I got a real call saying that somebody was driving around.
34:19No, no.
34:19I came straight from my house to get something to eat,
34:21came across the road.
34:22That's fine.
34:22But somebody calls in, gives us this intersection,
34:24mentions the quad.
34:24Somebody on a bike going up and down, but it wasn't me.
34:26All right.
34:26So now you know that we're not messing with you, okay?
34:28We don't just pull up and talk to random quad guys, right, man?
34:30Right, right.
34:31All the pushback from you, though, is...
34:33The thing about it is, you guys see me every day on this thing.
34:36I never ride it on the road.
34:37I don't think we've ever talked.
34:39No, we haven't, because you're probably one of the new sheriffs
34:41that just got pushed.
34:41Nope.
34:42I've been here for years.
34:43I've been here since 86, bro.
34:44That's fine.
34:44I've been riding this desert since 86.
34:46I'm just saying, if we're always crossing paths,
34:48and I've never talked to you,
34:48that kind of lets you know that I'm not messing with you, right?
34:50Right.
34:50Okay.
34:52All right.
34:52I'll let you go on your way,
34:54but if you're going to be driving on roads out here,
34:56and we're going to be contacting you,
34:56then yeah, get your stuff sorted.
34:58We'll leave it at that, all right?
34:59All right, bro.
34:59Yep.
35:05So we sent him on his way.
35:07I'm sure he was glad about that.
35:08He wasn't too happy to be making contact with us in the first place,
35:11so it ended okay.
35:12I educated him on a few things in regards to him operating his quad on the roadways
35:17and letting him know he's subject to the same laws as everybody else.
35:22Just another night out here.
35:42I've been with the Pima County Sheriff's Department for a little over six years now.
35:46I love working midnights.
35:48You know, there's a lot of dangerous people that like to commit crimes at night,
35:53and that's the kind of people I like to go search after.
36:08Do you need fire police or medical police?
36:11Somebody just walked out with a bunch of stuff.
36:14Okay, do you remember what he was wearing?
36:16A navy blue shirt with a little white cloth.
36:20We got a report of a shoplifting.
36:22Just drive around, see if we can find the guy.
36:28now one four five we've got eyes on the uh west side of the family dollar in the uh ravine
36:35hey sheriff's partner brother let me talk to you
36:40what you doing you sleeping you got any weapons on you no no all right
36:49well we just had somebody do some thieving next door
36:53no that's fine man it might not be you but we're going to check it out just because
36:56he was last seen heading this direction you went running that way okay
37:07you said he's all man running right now yeah you know what he was wearing um he was in i
37:11think black
37:16do you mind if i just pat you down real quick
37:19okay all right you're good man have a seat
37:28yeah so i initially checked that the back of the family dollar working eastbound and then as i'm
37:34coming back he's just laying there with the back against concrete
37:38so i'm just going to trace back and see if there's something that's back there
37:42all right what is this
37:47let me go to the other side of this tree
37:50that's a lot of snacks there we go
37:55oh i could see the blue shirt with white spots as described by the clerk
37:59and this was laying exactly where i had seen him
38:02a common thing is to strip down after you do whatever crime you do right change your appearance
38:11you're trying to brand your butt
38:15let me see your shoes real quick
38:18i'll show you what they do
38:20all right
38:21i mean not born yesterday man
38:24right
38:26same shoes same sweatpants
38:28the only thing he did was he took his shirt off and just kind of used it as a bag
38:32to hold all this stuff
38:34the shoes matter because almost a hundred percent of the time when somebody commits a crime they don't have time
38:38to change their shoes
38:39nor does anybody really think about bringing in a second pair of shoes to change into
38:44i don't know why people decide they want to steal
38:47i'm not very good at it
38:48we usually end up catching them
39:06hey it's 682 on west will you make me at large please
39:08okay thank you
39:09being at large essentially means we can go
39:12from beats two and three which are our residential rural areas to beat one which
39:18is our more metro populated area where we border with the city a bit more
39:23there's just a lot more going on in beat one for the most part on most days
39:29the vehicle in front of us is showing some signs of impairment
39:32it's swerving a bit in its lane we're just gonna have to pull it over
39:44you made a pretty aggressive lane change having a little issue staying in your lane
39:50okay have you had anything to drink tonight ma'am
39:52nothing at all
39:53so where are you headed
39:55these children got stranded and they're asking for a ride
39:58all right just give me one second
40:00she seemed like she was honestly making up her story as she was going along
40:04i'm not smelling a strong odor coming from her
40:07but uh we'll perform a hgn and see what her eyes look like
40:13follow the tip of my finger with your eyes
40:18all right ma'am
40:20have you been drinking at all tonight
40:22i don't drink
40:22okay i understand you say you don't drink
40:26however some of the things i've observed is telling me different so
40:29i'm just really exhausted i take two people
40:32all right
40:32here took a half of the super pro and i'm really mental
40:36i promise you i don't drink i was at home midnight these children uh messaged me up the kids said
40:43do you mind giving us a ride
40:44okay should you be taking those and driving
40:47well i just took a tiny amount
40:50but should you be taking those and driving
40:53i'm just gonna have you sit back here for now
40:57it could be a drug dui
40:59or maybe this is a simple mistake either way she shouldn't be driving
41:04so we we have to address this i've never had to do it i've never been to jail you don't
41:09have
41:09a criminal history you don't seem like this is gonna be a ordinary thing for you
41:14right
41:15so because of that
41:17instead of giving me a dui i'm gonna request that the mvd
41:20redo your driving test to make sure you are okay to drive
41:24you said you have a fiance right can he come give you a ride perfect you can go ahead and
41:28step out
41:29okay
41:30i feel like she is potentially impaired however there are prescription drugs and she
41:35isn't abusing them bad as her driving behavior really was it wasn't necessarily dangerous
41:40and on top of charging her for dui we'd also be charging her with felony endangerment because she has
41:47a 15 year old and two other minors in the car and that's a real hammer for someone that seems
41:53like
41:53they just made a mistake when taking their meds she won't be getting arrested tonight and
41:59more importantly we will be getting her off the road safely
42:18so
42:20so
42:22you
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