Jessica Jordan

Name:
Jordan, Jessica Irene

Date of Booking:
03/12/2026

Reason(s) For Booking:
HIT AND RUN; DUTY OF DRIVER TO STOP AT OR RETURN TO SCENE OF ACCIDENT

Driving Under Influence of Alcohol

Central lane for turning

Officer’s Narrative:
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[NARRATIVE #1 on March 12, 2026]

On March 12, 2026 (Thursday) I, PFC Young, was dispatched to the area of Shorter Ave and S Sycamore St, Rome, GA 30165 in reference to a hit and run motor vehicle accident.

While en route, a Floyd County Police officer stopped out with the crash victim and advised the suspect vehicle had fled the scene. They advised it was a red Toyota Tacoma bearing license plate [REDACTED] and it was last seen turning northbound on N Division St. I observed that dispatch ran the license plate through GCIC/NCIC and it actually returned to a red Nissan Titan, which is similar.

Officer Bigelow observed that vehicle traveling East on Redmond Rd and initiated a traffic stop. See Officer Bigelow’s supplemental for further information. Before I arrived at the accident scene, Officer Bigelow advised that the driver was suspected to be intoxicated and requested my response. Sgt. Kasmar then responded to the initial accident scene. See Sgt. Kasmar’s accident report (2601583RPD) for more information.

Upon arrival with Officer Bigelow, he advised that the driver, who was identified as Jessica Jordan, was verbally combative and smelled strongly of alcohol. She was also slurring her speech. He advised that Jessica claimed to have been rear-ended though all the damage to her vehicle was to the front and the driver’s airbag was deployed. Officer Bigelow had already detained Jessica in handcuffs and secured her in his patrol vehicles’ back seat due to her behavior.

I opened the patrol vehicle door to speak with Jessica. As soon as I did, I smelled a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from Jessica. I observed that her eyes were bloodshot and extremely glossy. Due to being detained, I read Jessica her Miranda warning. I asked if she wished to speak with me and she said “maybe.” I told her I needed a yes or no and she again said “maybe.”

I asked Jessica if she had been drinking this morning. She said she “has been drinking this morning.” I asked how much and she advised “two shots.” I asked if she understood that she was in an accident and she seemed surprised by that. I asked Jessica if she was hurt and she said she was not. I asked Jessica if she would be willing to perform some field sobriety evaluations to ensure she was not too intoxicated to drive. Jessica said she was “not too intoxicated to drive” but that she would perform the field sobriety evaluations.

I noticed that Jessica had a knee brace visible on her left knee. I asked if she wore glasses or contacts and she advised glasses. She stated she could see me fine while we were speaking. I asked if she took any medications regularly and she said she did not. I then asked if she had any injuries or surgeries that would affect her ability to walk, stand, or balance and she said she did not.

Jessica kept telling me to take her handcuffs off. I told her I would do so if she cooperated in order to do the field sobriety evaluations. I cautioned her that Officer Bigelow already stated she was being uncooperative. Jessica rebutted that but did so extremely slurred and messed up her sentence, resulting in garbled speech. She then corrected and said she’s not being uncooperative and that she “lives in Rome, GA” for some reason. I told her to stand by while I went to find a good location for the field sobriety evaluations.

I went to the parking area behind 105 Redmond Rd. It was flat and had a good parking space line to use. I went back to Jessica and had her follow me to the area. After exiting the vehicle, Jessica followed me with an irregular, unsteady gait. She kept trying to walk behind me instead of in front. Once at the location, I removed Jessica’s handcuffs. I asked again to confirm she said she had two shots of alcohol and she affirmed. I asked what it was and she said it was tequila.

I asked how long ago she had consumed the shots and she said an hour ago. The collision occurred at approximately 7:51am. It was now 8:16am, indicating the drinks were consumed at approximately 7:16am. I asked Jessica where she was coming from, where she lived, and where she was headed. She responded home, West Rome, and work respectively. She had an attitude as if she was offended I asked. I noticed that Jessica had appeared to urinate on herself as her left thigh was wet through her pants.

After having completed the medical qualifier, I had Jessica stand on the parking line and place her heels together and toes apart with her hands by her sides, out of her pockets. I then explained the horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN) evaluation to Jessica. She stated she understood my instructions and had no questions. I then began the evaluation. I observed equal tracking and pupil size in both eyes. During the evaluation, Jessica exhibited:

• Lack of smooth pursuit in both eyes.

This resulted in 2 of 6 clues of impairment. However, it should be noted that failed to follow my instructions. As soon as the evaluation began, Jessica would start to follow my finger as directed and then just start looking past. Jessica failed to follow my finger numerous times, often having to be told to look at my finger tip and to stop looking at my face. Jessica constantly argued that she was watching my finger. She also kept moving her head despite being corrected numerous times.

I eventually had Jessica hold the sides of her face with her hands to prevent her from moving her head. She then continued to fail to follow my finger with her eyes as before. Jessica also swayed continuously during the evaluation. Because of Jessica’s inability or refusal to follow directions, I decided to terminate the HGN evaluation.

I then moved on to the Walk and Turn evaluation. I showed Jessica where to stand and had her assume the starting position. I explained and demonstrated the position and while doing so, Jessica began walking toward me without being instructed to do so. I asked again if Jessica had any issues that would prevent her from walking, standing, or balancing and she again said she did not.

I asked Jessica if she understood my instructions and demonstration. She said she did and had no questions. She then started the evaluation without being told to do so again. I stepped aside and told Jessica she could begin the evaluation. During the evaluation, Jessica:

• Could not balance during instruction
• Started too soon, without being instructed to do so
• Missed heel to toe
• Stepped off line
• Used arms for balance
• Turned improperly and lost balance
• Took wrong number of steps (10 steps / 7 steps)

This resulted in 7 of 8 clues of impairment. It should be noted that Jessica also failed to count her steps out loud as instructed.

I then explained and demonstrated the One Leg Stand evaluation. Jessica advised she understood my instructions and had no questions. I then began the evaluation. During the evaluation, Jessica:

• Put her foot down
• Used her arms for balance
• Swayed

This resulted in 3 of 4 clues of impairment. It should be noted that I had to remind Jessica to count out loud as instructed. She began counting on “5” and counted to “24” irregularly before stopping. Jessica would count fast and slow variably and did so in 23 seconds, when I stopped the evaluation, recorded by stop watch.

At this time, I told Jessica to turn around and place her hands behind her back. She promptly stated “nope, I will not” and seemed as if she was about to resist arrest. However, she did turn around and I placed her in handcuffs. I checked them for fit and double locked them. I advised Jessica she was under arrest for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

I then began to read her Georgia’s Implied Consent (DDS-354). While reading it, Jessica kept interrupting me. At the first mention of a state breath test, she stated “y’all ain’t taking no breath.” I continued to read the card and when I got to the second mention of a state test, Jessica again interrupted me saying “you ain’t take no breath. Hello?” I continued reading and asked Jessica if she would submit to a state administered test of her blood. Jessica promptly said “no. And you ain’t done a breathalyzer.” She then began asking if I could “do the button.”

I asked if she wanted a breathalyzer and she said yes. I asked if she wanted my portable test or the state test and she said “I don’t give a sh*t what you do.” I asked her if she didn’t just refuse the blood test and she said “I did not. Who refused the blood test? When have I ever?” I reminded her that she just said no to my request. She then asked if I have done the breathalyzer.

I went to my patrol vehicle and retrieved my department issue Intoximeter Alco-sensor (031814). I told Jessica to take a deep breath and blow it into the device. Jessica took a deep breath but then didn’t blow it into the device. She simply held her lips around the straw. I told Jessica to blow and blow harder. She stopped, looked at me, and stated “I don’t blow. Ask my husband.” I told her to try again but then she sucked on the straw. I told her she was going to have to blow and blow hard.

Jessica stated “I don’t blow harder than that.” I asked if she now didn’t want to do a breathalyzer and she simply stated “I need to get to work.” She then attempted a third time on the device but sucked on the straw again. I told her she had to blow it, again, and she said “I don’t do that” then sucked on the straw again.

I told Jessica to step to the front of my vehicle so I could pat her down and she refused. She remained verbally defiant and kept demanding for the handcuffs to be removed. She eventually complied and I searched her incident to arrest. I secured her in the back seat of my patrol vehicle. I then transported Jessica to Atrium Health Floyd for medical clearance. While there, she continued to be defiant and would not listen to orders, directions, or requests. She just kept demanding to use a phone and to have her handcuffs removed.

At the hospital, staff did not have a reason to draw any blood for lab work. Because of the hit and run in which an occupant was visibly injured, I decided to get a search warrant for a blood draw from Jessica. I called and spoke with PFC Brunson with the Rome Police Department Special Operations Unit. I explained what I needed and he assisted in generating a search warrant.

After being medically cleared for the jail, I returned Jessica to my patrol vehicle and transported her to the Atrium Health EMS Headquarters on Riverside Pkwy. Jessica had to ask twice to go to the bathroom. She urinated twice, which can be caused by alcohol consumption. While there, PFC Brunson was able to complete the search warrant and had it signed by Magistrate Judge McClellan. He met me at the EMS headquarters and paramedic [REDACTED] completed the blood draw. Jessica complied with this.

[REDACTED] drew the blood from Jessica’s right arm at 10:33am. He then completed the blood kit and handed it to me at 10:39am. The search warrant was completed and Jessica was provided with a copy. PFC Brunson then assisted in completing the return of the warrant. I returned Jessica to my patrol vehicle and transported her to the Floyd County Jail where she was booked without incident. I completed an administrative license suspension form for Jessica’s state blood test refusal. I served her with the form.

I will submit the blood kit into the Rome Police Department evidence room for blood alcohol testing.

Back seat cleared before and after each transport.

Later during the day, I was informed of a witness of the traffic accident with possible dash camera video. I called and spoke with the witness who identified himself as [WITNESS #1]. [WITNESS #1] advised that he was traveling eastbound on Shorter Ave when the collision occurred. I sent [WITNESS #1] an Axon Community Request to submit the video to me. In the video, I can observe what is believed [WITNESS #1] in his vehicle approach the accident scene. He continues straight passed the victim vehicle and comes to a stop at a red light at the intersection of Shorter Ave and N Elm St.

[WITNESS #1] pulls up beside a red Nissan Frontier bearing license plate [REDACTED] as it sits in the turn lane appearing to be waiting to turn left onto N Elm St. There is visible damage to the front of the truck and it appears to be smoking. The light turns green. However, the truck continues straight through the intersection and eventually begins traveling straight down the central turn lane until turning left on N Division St. Shortly after this is when Officer Bigelow located the truck traveling on Redmond Rd.

[End of Narrative]

[NARRATIVE #2 on March 12, 2026]

On 12 March 2026 at 7:51 AM, I PFC Bigelow was patrolling the area of Redmond Rd when a call came out about a hit and run motor vehicle accident. The hit and run vehicle was described as a red Tacoma with GA tag #[REDACTED] and front end damage, which NCIC/GCIC showed belonged to a Red Nissan Titan. An off-duty GSP officer was behind the hit and run vehicle and was providing dispatch with current locations. The vehicle was on N. Division and turned onto Redmond Rd.

I observed a red Nissan Titan with front end damage go past me toward Martha Berry Hwy. I turned around, got behind the vehicle and confirmed the tag was GA tag #[REDACTED] and initiated a traffic stop. The driver was initially in the inside lane, and moved to the outside lane. After continuing for approximately 1/8 mile, passing several parking lots, the driver stopped in the roadway, just before the parking lot to 101 Redmond Rd.

I observed that the driver had not put the vehicle in park, so I used my PA system to tell the driver to put the vehicle in park. I had to do so several times without the driver complying. The driver then placed the vehicle in reverse and reversed toward my patrol vehicle. I used my horn, and she finally came to a stop.

I exited my patrol vehicle, approached the driver side door, opened it, and told the driver (now known as Jessica Jordan) to step out of the car. She made no move to comply and immediately became argumentative. I grabbed her left wrist and warned her that if she did not step out of the car, I would forcibly remove her. I also explained to her that she had been in an accident in which someone had been injured, and then left the scene. She complied, and as she exited the vehicle, I smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from her person.

I placed Mrs. Jordan in handcuffs behind her back, checked for proper fit, and double locked the handcuffs. At this point, the off-duty GSP officer was out of his vehicle and had approached and showed me his credentials. When Mrs. Jordan saw the GSP Officer approach, she called his a racial slur. I brought Mrs. Jordan to the rear of her vehicle in order to be out of traffic, and momentarily left her in the care of the GSP Officer in order to see if there were any open alcohol containers in the vehicle in plain view. There were not.

I contacted PFC Young to conduct a DUI investigation. Due to the rain and traffic, I went to place Mrs. Jordan in the back seat of my patrol vehicle. She refused to get in despite numerous times of me telling her to, so I used my open palms to push the area of her waist until she was in the vehicle. She still refused to put her legs in the vehicle, so the GSP Officer pulled her in from the Driver side. Once PFC Young arrived on scene, he took over the investigation.

When I initially approached Mrs. Jordan’s vehicle, I observed that her driver side front air bag had deployed. Mrs. Jordan was insistent that she had been rear ended, and was not at fault for the accident. There was no damage to the rear of Mrs. Jordan’s vehicle. While she was speaking, I observed that Mrs. Jordan was slurring her speech.

Mrs. Jordan’s vehicle was towed by Bishop’s.

[End of Narrative]