Xavier McCarver

Name:
McCarver, Xavier Lamont

Date of Booking:
07/18/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
Alteration of License Plates/Operation of Vehicle with Altered or Improperly Transferred Plate

DRIVING W/O INSURANCE- NOT RPT

Driving Without License

HIT AND RUN; DUTY OF DRIVER TO STOP AT OR RETURN TO SCENE OF ACCIDENT

Driving Under Influence of Alcohol

Officer’s Narrative:
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On July 18th, 2025, at approximately 2123 hours, we arrived at Brown St and Maple Ave in response to a hit and run incident. Dispatch advised the driver was in a silver BMW and was trying to leave the scene.

Upon arrival, we made contact with Xavier McCarver, who was the one who committed the hit and run. He was trying to get back into his vehicle when Officer Cipriano had already taken McCarver into custody. Officer Cipriano stated that when he arrived on the scene, McCarver smelled of alcohol and was trying to get back into his vehicle to leave, and was uncooperative.

McCarver smelled strongly of an alcoholic beverage coming from his body and breath, and could barely stand on his own. McCarver advised us he had not been drinking alcohol and did not hit any vehicles. McCarver had bloodshot, watery eyes and slurred speech. He repeated over and over again that he had not been in an accident. He also stated there was no damage to his vehicle, and we had the wrong guy. His vehicle did have damage to the left side and two flat tires from the accident.

After running McCarver through NCIC, we found out that he was not licensed to drive, and the plates on the BMW did not match the vehicle he was driving. The plate on the BMW that came back was a Toyota Camry, not issued to him, and the VIN on the BMW he was driving came back to a different owner as well. The BMW also came back as uninsured.

Officer White had gone back to the scene of the accident, where he talked to the three victims whom McCarver had struck. [VICTIM #1] [REDACTED BY AGENCY] and [VICTIM #2] all gave statements that McCarver drove into the parking lot, striking their vehicles, then proceeded to hit a dumpster on his way out. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] followed him and positively identified McCarver as the one who was driving the silver BMW that ran into them.

McCarver was searched, handcuffed, and checked for fit and placed in the back of my patrol car. He was then transported to Floyd Medical to be cleared of injuries from the hit-and-run.

While at the hospital, McCarver was read implied consent, which he refused. I later completed an ALS form at the jail. McCarver was asked to participate in SFSTs, which he agreed to before we left the hospital.

Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus, HGN

During the HGN he could not keep his head still while following my finger. He showed the lack of smooth pursuit in both eyes. His eyes would change their focal point during the exam, when he was focused on my finger, I could see nystagmus at maximum deviation, however his head would then drift toward my finger, not allowing me to see sustained nystagmus. The onset of nystagmus prior to 45 degrees was present in both eyes.

I did not conduct walk and turn and one leg stand due to McCarver’s inability to stand or walk on his own. I found it unsafe for McCarver, to continue on with the testing.

McCarver was then handcuffed and transported to the Floyd County Jail, where he was booked for DUI, Driving unlicensed, Driving with no insurance, driving with an altered or improperly transferred plate, and Hit and run.

[End of Narrative]