Around 2:53 AM on January 14, 2023, Patrolman Thomas Herd of the Sparta Township Police Department was driving on Route 15 Northbound. He noticed a 2016 Hyundai Elantra parked on the shoulder around the 10.5 mile marker, and the driver appeared to be vomiting on the side of the road, so he proceeded to initiate a traffic stop. Upon approaching the driver, she admitted to him that she had been drinking earlier that night, and Patrolman Herd noticed an open container of Truly in her vehicle. She would later admit to having been drinking at the Mason Street Grille in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey.
Based on his suspicion of intoxication, Patrolman Herd radioed for another officer to come to the scene before he would administer the field sobriety exercises. Patrolman Paul Wenzel, Patrolman Erick Finley, and Patrolwoman Alyse Brown all responded to the scene. The first exercise was the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test, and Patrolman Herd observed a lack of smooth pursuit, distinct and sustained nystagmus at maximum deviation, and the onset of nystagmus prior to 45 degrees in both eyes (6/6). The second exercise involved the Walk and Turn test, and Stephanie was unable to walk in a straight line or count her steps out loud. The final exercise involved the One Leg Stand test, and Stephanie was unable to maintain her balance or count in the correct sequence.
Based on her admission to consuming alcohol and her inability to adequately perform the field sobriety exercises, Patrolman Herd placed Stephanie under arrest for driving under the influence. After she was placed under arrest, Patrolwoman Brown searched her for contraband, and she was transported by Patrolman Herd to Sparta Township Police Headquarters. At Police HQ, Patrolman Herd read her the Standard Statement for Operations of a Motor Vehicle, and she agreed to take the breathalyzer test. The breathalyzer test results indicated a BAC of 0.15%, nearly double the legal limit. After Stephanie was processed, she was released to a responsible party after they signed the Potential Liability Warning form on her behalf. She was issued the following summonses: Operating under the influence and careless driving
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No officer, I'm pregnant and feeling very sick….why didn't she say that 🤣
Vodka doesn’t have an odor
I thought that officer was very nice and professional. She didn't act like a total basket case and I felt his thankfulness after watching so many people, girls mostly, act like a whole messes!!
I think the husband wore that specific sweater on purpose LOL 😂😂 it's a good message tho!!
Your famous now 😮congratulations….. 🎉 have a safe life young lady, life is very short. Take very good care of it 😊
fatty fail
She drank too much Mountain Dew, nothing to worry about.
I gotta give respect to everyone involved, but especially that officer picked up her can off the side of the road and didn't litter. 👍
I’ve tried these test sober and i think I would fail. I guess bad balance. 😂
No sir, I got nervous for my pet lizard cuz he's old and couldn't bare it and got sick. Beyond that, I dont talk to cops.
The baby daddy definitely sunk her deeper in the pile of sh1t she's already in talking to the cop after 😂.
What a dumbass. She had a fiance all ready to give her a ride home.
She is truly heinous and revolting.
If she didn't do a good enough job incriminating herself, her fiance sure did. Neither one are very bright talking to the police. I hope they don't breed
This is why you don’t scream, be disrespectful & throw a fit. She didn’t get her car towed.
They didn’t fingerprint her.
The cop at around 22:10 is really sexy. 😍🖤💙🖤
Not the first drop on camera to do that
Those pants though. Hopefully those go out of style soon
What is her last name ?
This is the 2nd video in a row I watched where the drunk driver is polite, no excuses, and cooperating. Is there hope for America's future? Maybe! The ones that are extremely disturbing though, are the drunks who have positions of power like other cops, judges, legislators, etc..who demand special treatment..those people make me vomit.
I still love most NJ cops! Most of them are extremely respectful of you're respectful to them.
Creamy
Video bless you all who have a problem with alcohol. Use to work at a detox floor. Ya he damage drinking does with time is horrible. Eats at your brain.😢😢
It's ridiculous that they have to have 4 cops just for 1 person. I can see having 2 but 4 cops c'mon
During my addiction phase I'd puke my guts out into a bag while driving down the interstate at 75.
She was drunk, yes, but she was extremely cooperative and showed the officer the respect he deserved. She showed her good character which in many of these cases is less than desirable.
0:19 of course she’s not driving she’s standing on the side of the road 🤮 lmao she was driving 😅
OMG. The sweatshirt situation. LOL. I’d have died of embarrassment in the spot.
the cans making noise reminds me of when i was 16 y/o and i would say "bye mom" and have all the drinks clacking together as i walked out the door to a sleepover LMFAO
That ringtone should be a crime too
I like when cop takes her picture, he says, these stay in house, they don’t go anywhere! Oh but you throwing up will soon be all over YT 😂😂😂😂
I know Sparta well! Good cops👍🏻
Wow that's awkward timing, puking her guts out on the side of the road when she see the blues coming on.
The backwards sweater 😅
She was home-free until the cop got her to admit she was driving… she literally incriminated herself into in a DUI.
And that, my dears, is how a DUI traffic stop is supposed to go. Steph made a mistake, but she handled it well and caused no drama. Hopefully that is a first and a last time for her.
Just shocked they still have to do the tests with all the evidence right there. She was really respectful
What?!?!? They let her go?!?!?
Lol she screwed herself
I mean, we have all made horrible mistakes. Now though we have a way to get a ride. She was pretty honest. Im just glad she didn't kill anyone on the road, including herself. Please Y'all just get a ride. Its ok. I would love to start an UBER / LYFT/ CAB fund so some drivers and bars can just send a drunk person "home" without the shenanigans.
“Mixsch drinks”
I know some people claim this is a dialect thing, but you should be sobriety tested the second that slurry comes out of your mouth.
god bless these cops for working night shift. they are heros.
It's the daughter of Jaba the Hut and Honey BOO BOO.
If she was with friends nice friends.Didnt even help her .😢
SpongeBobs shoes 😂
They is so many ways she can beat this charge, just hope she’s smart enough to know how 😩
How can she be arrested if she was out of her car and not driving when the police showed up? So does that mean if you are driving and realize you are too wasted and pull over and stop you can still get arrested when they find you sleeping in your car or standing outside your car?
When the po asks if your doing alrite I would of said leave me alone you go tell on some one