DUI Driver Runs Over 2 People—Argues With Judge, Jailed

[00:00:00]I smoke before before I actually moved to court as well. Okay. But it was in your system when you were in court. Yes.

[00:00:06]Okay. Uh and then another thing I mentioned before earlier superintendent about this. During this time period, you were cleaning uh hotel rooms. Is that correct?

[00:00:15]>> Correct.

[00:00:16]>> That was your part of your job. Correct.

[00:00:17]Yes.

[00:00:17]>> Okay. And there was a a period of time that you were in rooms that you believed did have marijuana uh uh in it. Correct.

[00:00:24]>> Correct.

[00:00:25]>> Okay. Uh were you using the marijuana?

[00:00:27]>> Yes, sir.

[00:00:27]>> Okay. Uh were you around? what what you thought or believed to be marijuana.

[00:00:34]>> I wasn't around cuz that's why I'm not understanding wise either.

[00:00:37]>> Well, in the rooms, not people smoking, but people had been smoking in the room.

[00:00:41]>> It was when I preceded in a room, I leave by and let my manager know that I went back to do the room because I have drugs.

[00:00:48]>> That's what I'm saying. Since then, that's what you've been doing. You've been telling if if you go into a room that you you smell marijuana, you've been telling your your manager, I am not cleaning that room. Yes, sir.

[00:00:55]>> Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[00:00:58]I'm sorry.

[00:00:59]So, since then, you've been telling your manager if you go into a room that you smell marijuana that you can't be in that room. Correct. Clean. Okay. And you recently got another drug patch came back in.

[00:01:09]>> And it was clean. Me, too.

[00:01:11]>> Okay. So, uh you believe that the marijuana that was in your system from the first drug patch was carryover from when you were using before >> or or something to do with uh being in the rooms.

[00:01:23]>> In the rooms.

[00:01:25]>> How do you know that? Because it was >> Are you clairvoyant? Are you Did you do a scientific test or anything? How do you know that's what's causing it?

[00:01:35]>> Because when I was sleeping in the room, it was smoked out.

[00:01:38]>> All right. This is the second time you tested positive, right?

[00:01:43]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:01:44]>> Okay. Where are you getting your drugs from?

[00:01:45]>> I don't do drugs. I >> You tested positive twice.

[00:01:48]>> Think she means she doesn't do them now.

[00:01:50]She stopped.

[00:01:50]>> You tested positive twice. Where were you getting the drugs from?

[00:01:55]You're not about to give up a source, are you? Keep going. Stop smoking. Keep going. Okay. Well, when did when did you stop smoking anymore?

[00:02:03]>> I stopped smoking in March.

[00:02:06]>> Okay. All right.

[00:02:12]>> Go ahead. Okay. So, you stopped smoking in March.

[00:02:15]>> Yes.

[00:02:15]>> Okay. and and you're telling the court your testimony uh for what it's worth is that you smell genius in that march. In fact, uh when you came in here to court at that time, it it wasn't your system, >> right? Yes, sir. Okay. And you tested positive and I >> and I thankfully >> and you took responsibility for that and agreed that was okay.

[00:02:35]>> All right. Um wait, hold on. You you tested positive for the drug test May, which was after that first one, >> I think. Why aren't you Why aren't you >> working in a hotel?

[00:02:50]>> Why aren't you being hel Why aren't you holding Why Why aren't you being held accountable for that? Because it's somebody else's.

[00:02:58]>> We were That's when I was working in the hotel room.

[00:03:01]>> Okay.

[00:03:02]>> All right. Can you imagine? That's all anybody has to say. I walk past the hotel room and smell marijuana. I'm going to test positive and that's going to >> You know what? You just interrupted the court, which is an >> The rules really don't apply to you, do they?

[00:03:18]>> No, they don't because you interrupt people when they're trying to speak and that's not that we learned that when we were in the first grade that God was inappropriate.

[00:03:27]But it didn't take it doesn't take us long to know that being around drugs is uh uh can hold you accountable. You have a responsibility to stay away from it. And I would be making maybe getting a different job if it's because the people in the rooms are smoking marijuana. And let me ask you this, what hotel is it you work with that's so liberal in their rules where they let people use drugs?

[00:03:55]What hotel?

[00:03:56]>> Hampton End.

[00:03:57]>> Hampton End.

[00:03:58]>> Yes, sir.

[00:03:59]>> Okay. Have you told the owners about Oh, this is There's too much drugs here.

[00:04:03]>> I mean to tell the manager right away.

[00:04:06]>> Uh-huh. And >> are they here today to testify?

[00:04:11]>> No. Soon.

[00:04:11]>> Why not?

[00:04:13]>> You know, I just came recently as a hearing came up. Uh if you'd like to reset it for about a >> Yeah, I I'm going to make findings, but we can always hold another hearing.

[00:04:23]>> That's fine. Uh, and I'd like the manager I'd like to know what actions that they might be taking >> to prevent uh uh her story from happening. Uh, it just doesn't make any sense. But I can't imagine her story from happening. Uh, this doesn't make any sense. But I can't imagine the owners and the managers of the hotel just are flippant about it and say, "We don't care." uh and our and our employees are put in harm's way and we don't care. I don't think that's going to be the the story, but I know this is the second time you tested positive and that's two times too many.

[00:05:06]>> If I may, your honor, just a couple followup questions.

[00:05:09]>> Go ahead. Miss Hill, uh you indicated or testified to the court that you stopped using marijuana back in March of this year. Uh so your testimony would be back in November of 2025 you were using marijuana or a regular user of marijuana.

[00:05:25]So that would mean >> you have to speak up. She can't hear you when you mumble. You have to speak up.

[00:05:30]You're mumbling. You got to hear it.

[00:05:31]>> So that would mean back in November 20 2025, you were a regular user of marijuana.

[00:05:37]Correct.

[00:05:37]>> Correct. And that would mean that back in November of 2025 when the Bowmont Police Department encountered you in the parking lot of that HB and they alleged you nearly ran over two pedestrians. It was likely that you were using or on or under the effects of marijuana at the time. Correct.

[00:05:56]>> Um >> that's all the questions I have.

[00:06:01]>> Did you say yes?

[00:06:02]>> That's all the questions I have.

[00:06:04]>> Okay. No further on. Anything else? More questions. Go ahead.

[00:06:09]>> Your honor, uh, this is a situation where my client was a a marijuana user.

[00:06:14]Um, came here for court way before I was involved. Tested positive. Uh, so they did what the court does in the situations, doubled the bond, gave her a drug patch, she got out, her first drug patch did come back dirty, whether that was residual from carrying over from that before, uh, depending on how heavy >> or using or misusing drugs. I I'll ask you to those or if it was from the hotel or from Fusing, we don't know. But but there's a legitimate arguments there. Um if the second drug patch would have came back dirty, then there would be no arguments at all. Okay. There'd be absolutely zero arguments I can make and I wouldn't be standing under uh doing that. But the second one did come back uh clean. So she she has stopped using Wait, wait, wait. H how are you saying that that second one absolves her of the positive in the first one? Come on.

[00:07:04]>> It's saying that if she if she >> What science are you using?

[00:07:07]>> If she was a heavy drug user, your honor, at the time and and it was built up in her system, it would take some time to get out of the system. Um, but now it is clean and we see it clean.

[00:07:17]If the courts wants to uh test her, you know, by live UA right now, then then uh I'm sure it's going to show it's going to be clean. Uh, and that's going to be >> we're not going to we're not going to test people because they choose a time when they want to be tested. Uh, that's why we put a drug patch and that's unfortunately she had a drug patch on this one and tested positive while wearing the drug patch. This is the second time. She's going to be held accountable.

[00:07:46]But you're, as you always do, you you have good points.

[00:07:52]But you, if it were me, I I' smell marijuana. I run like the wind. If I had things to lose like you do, but >> or get another job where you're not around it. But you make the choices and you and you and if you're going to be around it and you're going to say it's their fault, uh, I'm sorry, you're going to have a problem proving that because when it's in your system, anybody could say without any other proof and substance that backs them up, it's just your word that I smelled marijuana. I so thus I'm going to use the um uh tiarra heel rule and once you smell marijuana it must be that marijuana in my system that's tested positive and that negates any allegation that the drug patch is showing misuse and that's not the way it is. It's not a get out of jail free card and and here's the thing about marijuana. It's not like many other drugs. Marijuana gives you uh an advanced warning. You can smell it from a long way off and you run like the wind. You don't go to the marijuana. You got to stay away from it and you have a lot to lose. That's But I'm going to rely on the scientific test that caught you a second time.

[00:09:21]>> I think that's uh your >> Anything else you want to add?

[00:09:23]>> Yeah, exactly. I think you made one of my points for me there, your honor. that if you uh understand that going into a place that has marijuana is going to cause your drug test to be bad uh that you stop doing that. That's what's happened since then that she's actually done that. She said that uh you know if I believe the le I would do this and that's what wait no she smelled her marijuana and yet she went to the room.

[00:09:44]>> I don't think understood that it would cause any kind of test or problems but but after the first time she understood it did and stopped doing that and so now she doesn't do that and the test shows that it backs up. This is the second exam. She's to She's tested positive again and we're going to help. It's double. Her bond is revoked. A warrant.

[00:10:02]You're taken into custody. It's a $16,000 bond. It's now $32,000. Plus, you must continue to have the drug patch as a condition of follow. What else are we going to do today? That's all I said today. That's all I have, Judge. All right. That is all.