Newton County Chief Deputy Arrested for DUI by Arkansas State Police Submitted Resignation

I've been drinking a little, yeah, okay, can I see your driver's license? So where do you come from? um, right above Missouri. Okay, how much have you drunk? Okay, is your vehicle turned off? Turn it off for me. Okay, go ahead and get out. Yo, okay, so you have a gun on you, it's off, it's off of you, is it in the vehicle? Yeah, okay, so you're the assistant, you're the boss. Okay, then you know better. I've had some bad moments. Alright. Understand that, but I mean you know we can't be driving if we've been drinking, yeah, and you know I caught you coming back on the road, you almost hit a sign and then I followed you for a while and you hit the yellow line twice you hit the white line twice is okay, okay, so I'll do some tests for you, do you know what this is all going to be like?

If you're disabled, there's nothing I can do for you, okay, okay, because it's not, uh, it wasn't my choice, whatever you did and you know my job will be on the line just like yours. , okay, you have gum in your mouth, okay, go ahead, spit it out for me, okay, come back here to my car okay, so how much have you had? You don't know, you don't remember. Well, take your hands out of your pockets. Alright. Go ahead and stop. Well, you're going to be fine, yeah, it's fine. Go ahead and defend me right here, okay, face my car, do you want to go through these tests or do you just want me to take you in, okay, I know it sucks, but like I said, it's not my choice, you can't give me I'm a man rest, you know, I can't, absolutely, I can't, it's on camera, I can't do anything about it, uh, I have family here on this road, I'm sure you do too, I smell, I mean, I could. you smell some odors and toxic substances, okay of course, you've admitted to me that you've had something to drink, it's on camera, you're driving, so it's up to you if you want to take tests or if you just want to go to jail.

Well, I understand it, but I'm sure you understood it too and decided to drive well, so what do you want to do? Well, we can't sit here all day. I know I'm honest, I'm at a stop just north. from 206 on 7 south, well they might be fine so again it's up to you but like I said we can't sit here all day so we can do some tests here, I can do pbt and we can see where you are. the law if you're below eight percent uh, I mean, it's still up to me, you know, between four percent and eight percent whether I want to take you to jail or not.

I drive badly if you're below eight percent. I can work with you if you have someone who can come get you we can go that route okay seriously I can't do that I can't without testing you yeah you know I have no discretion when it comes to dwi. No it's not, we have cameras, we have everything else, it's not like it used to be. I wish I could help you, but I don't have that discretion, so you want to take your chances. Can. Whether like I said, we can see where you are or you can go to jail, not have any additional evidence, you know it's up to you.

Now I guess I'll make a deal, okay, but do you have anyone around? and come get it in five to ten minutes, well, she'll know where you are right now, okay, which I mean, it's none of my business, but I'm just curious, but so yeah I have someone who can come get it again . I can't leave it here, okay, because if someone comes and breaks the window, it'll be my fault, so we can't do it, so I know right now when you're rejecting all tests, you're not going to do a test when we get there or nothing like that, no, no, okay, so do you have anyone you can call?

Okay, we'll go ahead and call them on the phone. It's okay, I know you. I don't want to, but like I said, I mean, I don't want to either, but unfortunately I have no choice. 15 years you are dating, I guess, yes, I wish, how long will it take? Ask how long. I'll take it, please, okay, yeah, that'll work fine, so we need to load up, we can sit here and wait until she comes, your wife is coming, okay, come out, you have something with you, something in your pockets. , nothing. Not at all, it's in your truck, okay, do me a favor, walk over here, go ahead, put your hands on my car, okay, we're going to go through this like we normally do, I just gotta follow the policy, man, yes I want. them to back me up I have to do what they want me to do, okay, go ahead and put your hands there, bring your feet towards me, don't put your hands on the car for me, bring your feet back, okay, so you don't do it.

Sit in the front, sit in the back of my car. Do you want to do that? Do you prefer to have it behind your back? Seriously, like I said, it's politics. Yeah, okay, you want me to follow the policy, I think that's by the way, but okay, yeah, um, yeah, let me get my pills up. Okay, what are they for? Okay, go ahead, go ahead, let's go up there. Okay, where should your bill be? okay with them here yeah, okay, okay, come on, we'll go that way, don't go to the press, it's not my fault, don't look at me like no, no, it's my fault, okay, that's very, Very patient, like I said, I do.

I don't want to do this to another law enforcement officer. I've always heard this happened. I never wanted it to happen to me. That's fine, but like I said, there's nothing I can do about it. Do you understand that no, I don't know, man, I know? I know it's small for you or some other guy here, you know, driving suspended, you know, without a job, whatever it is, I'd be doing the same thing. I lost my life a lot, I lost my career and I probably lost my life, well I hope not, I mean. I don't know how much you know how things are going there, but they have a good chance of being declared innocent by the judge.

He does it quite a bit. I don't know how I've never seen him in court. another officer with a DWI, but you know, in that court it's kind of hit and miss whether or not we're going to get a conviction for bw, I don't know if being charged with that is enough to get you fired. I don't know if you have to be condemned, a couple of things to figure out maybe I'm not sure, okay, I'm going to close this door, oh, okay, and I repeat, that's not typically me, no, no, I don't feel that way.

Drunk enough to know beat, you know yeah, well, like I said, you know you, I mean, I gave you the option if you wanted to take this and see where you are or just go down without proof, hello, hey, I am. 10 15 with a white man yeah, uh, like I said, just north of 206 here waiting for us, someone is coming to get their vehicle and then we're going to go to bed again, okay, I should be here for about 10 minutes maybe, but you I will let you know. When I get out, yeah, more on the couch, okay, I got you good, let me know, anything else happened, okay, thanks, so what do I do now?

What do you think? Well, law enforcement, oh, I mean, like I said. You know, I have just what was on camera, a little bit of your driving, so if you reject all the other evidence, that's the only evidence we have, so you're taking a risk. about what the judge wants to do, but here you know, I mean, obviously, I can't give you any legal advice, but you know you may have a chance to do it or if you took a laptop and you were low, then you know. Was there another chance you could take that on too?

So I feel like I'm low. To be honest with you, I don't drink much, but I know how it goes, you know in the past, over the course of a long time. an officer could just take him home, yeah I know I've heard about that but you know I mean just because that's what they used to do doesn't mean it was right, you know you're right we used to slap people too. because the dog in the back can't do that anymore well, he should do it too, but 122 124 yes 804 I understand you wonder if you want any of that um you have coffee up there, right?

Yeah here we go I'll tell you what if you open that back door I have water in there oh nothing back there I'm looking backstage five you're genuine uh okay ah so I'm trying to figure out what I do now what do you mean what do I do like a career? I mean, well, like I said, I mean, I don't know what your policy is on that, I don't even know if they were going to charge me with driving under the influence. I don't think that's enough to catch me. fired, I think you'd probably have to be convicted of driving under the influence, so I wouldn't even do it, I mean, it was on your mind, but you know, I probably wouldn't be too worried right now, you wouldn't be worried, I mean , I.

I'm worried, you know what I mean, he hasn't been fired yet, so what's going on? Okay, then you'll take me to Boone County. Yeah, I have my phones, your phone, yeah, it's up there in your truck, I guess you put it in then. on the dashboard when you got off yeah you know I have your phone you could grab it he's going to jail so would you mind grabbing it? No, I'll be fine, are you on it right now? Yes, very happy Wednesday, hey, I am. Sitting in the back of the

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car with Valentin, the other team, he says I'm drunk, so he pulled me over for drunk driving anyway.

Yeah, seriously, I met almost 206. Okay, well, I was heading south on seven here, I was actually going to the daisy queen, but I saw this tacoma in front of me go a little bit off the road, into the grass on the right side and come back under the highway and see them for a moment hit the yellow line on the white line on the yellow line on the white line, so I stopped them just north towards Texas and it's your

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, well, he He refused to do any testing so I don't know where he is, you know, until bac, so thanks, well, I'm just going. to say goodbye, I think, but I had an incident last night, so anyway, I guess he'll take me to Boone County.

Can you bomb me? Can you get me out of there? Okay, okay, thank you. Do you want to see how much time is left? The ride will be, I'm sitting here in this church, that rpm or whatever, oh, what was your computer the way you drive? I was going to go in and then come back, hit the yellow line twice on the white line twice, okay, hello. How has it gone better? I guess so, well, I have it in the back seat. I guess you guys will take the truck. Yes, who drives it? Do you have your driver's license?

I just have to drive it and make sure everyone knows who I am. I'm releasing the vehicle too, okay, do you want to talk to her, you can talk to him if you want, can you let me out? I mean well I don't want to do that and I'm not saying go run or do anything this is ridiculous and you're no better than jamie roston and all she wants to tell you is come get your stuff because if you care here then hmm I attend the

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open teleport please so oh still. you got your pills in what uh what time did you arrest him uh I don't have to check it was like 10 a little before 10 o'clock that's bad well that's what I told him I said man I said I've always heard about it This, so I hope it never happened to me.

Did you have a copy of my traffic? Yes, there is nothing I can do about it. I worked with him on that deal in Newton County. They're still not working on Western Grove, that guy I had. the baby in wasn't thanksgiving holiday last year, yeah i think it was thanksgiving cause i was headed to my mom and dad's house, oh yeah that sucks he's like man you can't, I'm just like I can't do it. anything, so it's all on camera, I mean I can't just let you go, let someone come pick you up, I mean we've been preached that over and over again, I said yes, I said well, he kept looking at me and said , No.

Don't look at me like that, so it's not my fault, it wasn't my choice, I know, well, not much, yes, but not enough. He turned down the bac and that's typical.