On December 11, 2021, at approximately 2:48 a.m., Officer Joseph Geil with the Pullman Police Department was dispatched to the Taco Bell restaurant at 425 NE Stadium Way in Pullman, Washington to reports of a female who had fallen asleep in the Taco Bell drive-thru. The woman was briefly woken up when the 911 caller had knocked on her window, but she soon went back to sleep. To mitigate against the possibility of harassment, the driver will be referred to as “the driver†or similar in the narrative that follows.
From the report of Officer Geil, lightly edited for brevity: “I arrived at Taco Bell and started walking toward the drive-thru and was pointed toward a silver 2001 Honda CRV. I approached the vehicle and observed its driver asleep in the driver’s seat with the vehicle running. I knocked several times and asked the driver to roll her window down. The driver woke up and appeared confused, and then appeared to wave me off.
I knocked on the driver’s window again, asking her to roll the window down. She opened the door. I observed that the vehicle was in neutral and told the driver to place the car in park. I was getting a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from her. I observed the driver’s eyes were red, watery, and bloodshot, and her face appeared droopy. She appeared to be having a hard time understanding my instructions. I observed an open case of beer in the back seat and an open beer can in the cup holder adjacent to her. The driver placed her hands on the steering wheel as if she was going to drive away. I reached in, placed the car in park, turned the vehicle off, and dropped the car keys by her feet. The driver’s pupils appeared dilated.
I asked the driver what was going on. She said she was trying to go home. I asked her to step outside of the vehicle. She said okay and then tried to shut the door on me. She began trying to start her car without her keys, placing her hands where the keys would be and making a turning motion near the ignition, and then placed her hands on the steering wheel as if to drive away. I told her again to step outside of the vehicle, asking her several times. She said that she was ready, then grabbed her keys and appeared to try to find the key to start the vehicle with. I told the driver that she was under arrest and grabbed her wrist and her right shoulder gently encouraging her outside her vehicle. WSU Sgt. Kurht assisted me in getting her outside of the vehicle. Once the driver was outside the vehicle she became compliant. I placed the driver into handcuffs and checked for a good fit.
WSU Sgt. Kuhrt asked the driver if he could park the car, she said yes. I asked how much she had to drink. She told me “Not much, honestly”. When asked why she fell asleep at the wheel at Taco Bell, she said it had been a hectic week with finals and she was tired. When asked about the beer in her cupholder she said it wasn’t hers. She then said it was hers from two days ago and then told me it wasn’t hers again or something to that effect. I asked the driver if she would be willing to perform some voluntary field sobriety tests to which she agreed. I took the driver out of handcuffs.
HGN: I observed lack of smooth pursuit in the driver’s left and right eyes. She moved her head several times throughout the test. At times she would stop looking at my stimulus, look at me, and look back at the stimulus.
WAT: The driver had issues with balance while in the starting position, and had trouble getting into the starting position. She used her arms for balance while walking and stopped walking during the test. On her 9th step, instead of turning she began walking slowly backwards.
OLS: The driver began walking forward while counting out loud. I stopped her, gave her the instructions again. During the test, Ofc. Emerson had to remind her to lift her foot at least six inches off the ground. Several times during the test she raised her eyes from her foot and look straight ahead. She swayed while balancing.
PBT: I asked the driver if she was willing to provide a breath sample. She agreed. The driver provided a PBT of .249% at approximately 3:09 a.m.
It was my opinion that the driver was impaired. I placed her under arrest for DUI and transported her to the Pullman Police Department.”
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Why are they asking her to keep her hands away from her face?
She is cute!
Great police work.
that cop is confusing as fuck, and on a normal day most people will fail that test not drunk lol
I’m just glad she didn’t fall asleep driving & kill someone! Also sucks she’s gonna be eating bologna sandwiches instead of chalupas!
She’s toasted ðŸ»
Pretty sad when you're so drunk you fall asleep in the Taco Bell drive thru!
I find her NOT GUILTY.
She's a kid.. I hope this was a lesson for her.. drinking and driving isn't worth it!
OMG, those cops were so mean to that lady!
Always coordinate your clothes with your activity.
Those FST's made me crack up… ROFLMAO, but seriously, 0.249? 3 times the limit and out on the road… And still no breath tests at bars, so folks can self test.. Call it the "Blow before you go" law.
She is delightfully articulate considering how spectacularly loaded she is.
Passes out at 2 am while reading menu at Taco Bell drive thru lane.
Stumbles out of car wearing Budweiser sweatshirt.
Has half empty can of Budweiser in drink console.
Cop: "Ma'am, have you been drinking tonight?" Woman: "No, I'm just sleepy."
Poor lady.
Little did the cops know….everyone lined up for Taco Ball is drunk 🤣🤣🤣
wonder if she will wear the BUDWEISER top ever again not a very good advert for them is she lol bless her
These cops must have nothing to do in college town. She doesn’t appear drunk to me. She doesn’t appear to be fidgety. She seems very coherent and honest. Do the stupid field sobriety walk of shame never blow in the to do your little games and let her go. I’m sure there’s somebody that’s Jones in for heroin within a block from you was about to commit a heinous crime to fulfill his mission. Saves that with all the crime going on in the judges letting everybody go I’m not sure why you’re picking up this young lady who is a college student obviously and is overwhelmed by a week of finals. Oh my God an open container from a couple days ago. Well that’s a felony isn’t it let’s throw the book at her and get her to pay massive fines and destroy her life before it even begins. Earning the hate!
@4:47 did some guy just ask the police for a job? Wtf?
The fact that she has on a Budweiser hoodie makes this even more hilarious
Damn their weapons storage at the jail didn't even lock… it's just a sliding door! That's dangerous af!
If She was a person of color they would have really slammed her
WOW ! LOL…guess she heard the call of the bell..THE TACO BELL 🌮🔔..
Is that a Budweiser sweatshirt?
She hid it well. Without a breath test I would not have guessed she was drunk. Followed the pen fairly well, did the footwalk fairly well and acted alert and on point. Before the reveal I would have assumed oxicodon or some downer.
Drunk driving ever heard of it?
nope
Drunk parking
Nice girl. She's about be fucked like never before. The system got you now, life as you knew is over.
There is no way on Earth she is 0.249%. She may be on something else but she is not that drunk
She's way too pretty to get in trouble! She can sleep with me I mean in my car….
Even the adderall won’t keep you awake when your BAC is almost .30, rookie move.
glad they helped that guy jump his car, always good to see the police helping someone in need
When you finish a 30 pack of budweiser in one day you get a free bud t-shirt!!! This buds for you! She's a real woman of genius!!! ðŸ‘ðŸºðŸ‘
Sweetest dui ever
Everyone else in that drive-thru line low-key freaking out when the cops show up, because they're all drunk and/or high, too.
Long ass line at taco bell😂😂
At 3:08 the arresting police officer stated it was September 11th but the video reads December 11th 2021…? Nobody is masked? WTH?
I love her outfit tho
the bud shirt probably didnt help her case
I wont lie, i woulda let her fine a$$ go
Probably should have checked the rest of the people in line waiting for waiting in that line for so long