Charli Reens

Name:
Reens, Charli Giana

Date of Booking:
12/28/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
DUI -DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL UNDER THE AGE OF 21

OPEN CONTAINER

LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT

FAILURE TO OBEY TRAFFIC SIGNAL OR LIGHT

Officer’s Narrative:
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On the date listed above, at around 0056 hours, I responded to 401 Mallery Street (ST Simons Beachwear) at the request of Officer Collins #143 in reference to an impaired driver.

Upon arrival, I spoke with Officer Collins. Officer Collins stated that a white Toyota Camry (GA Tag [REDACTED]) was involved in a hit-and-run accident where the vehicle struck another vehicle and then left the scene. The offending driver (Charli Reens) was brought back to the scene.

While speaking with Officer Collins, Charli stated she was coming from Brogan’s bar. She was attempting to turn left on Kings Way. She had the green light but not the green arrow, and made a turn while the other vehicle was crossing. Charli then continued driving, but her friends brought her back.

While speaking, Officer Collins detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from her breath; Charli was slurring her speech and was very emotional. Charlie did admit to having a drink an hour ago. Charli’s vehicle was found down the road, abandoned with front passenger damage, with her purse in the driver’s seat. During a search of the vehicle, an open container was found near the front seat.

As I spoke with Charli, she said she was leaving Brogens (Bar) and taking her friends home because they were “Drinking More” than she was. Charli went to Rafters (Bar) an hour earlier and had a Vodka Lime Soda (alcoholic beverage). As Charli left, she “was turning right outta here, and then we got into a crash”. As Charli spoke, I detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from her breath; her eyes were bloodshot. slurring her speech and unsteady on her feet.

With the information presented and admission of alcohol consumption before, I asked Charli if she would perform the Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST), and Charli agreed. Prior to having her perform any event of the SFSTs, I asked Charli if she had head, neck, back, hip, or knee injuries, and she said “no.” Charli performed the SFSTs while wearing shoes.

I asked Charli if she could see the stimulus, my right index finger, and she said, “Yes.” I instructed Charli to follow the tip of my finger solely with her eyes and to keep her head still while following my stimulus. After making sure Charli understood my instructions, I began testing. I confirmed that both pupils were of equal size and tracked equally. I observed no resting nystagmus.

Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus

During the testing, I observed the following six validated clues.

• Lack of smooth pursuit in the left and right eyes.
• Distinct and sustained Nystagmus at maximum deviation in left and right eyes.
• Onset of Nystagmus prior to 45 degrees in left and right eyes.

Charli would move her head in response to the stimulus and sway forward and side to side at approximately 2 inches.

Walk and Turn

The walk-and-turn test was explained and demonstrated. Charli sat on the ground and tried to tie her shoes. She started crying and asked her boyfriend to do it because it’s too hard for her, and he always does. Charli was unable to stand straight and almost fell to the ground. Walk and turn exercise was incomplete.

One Leg Stand

The one-leg stand test was explained and demonstrated, and Charli indicated that she understood my instructions when asked. During this phase, I observed the following validating clues.

• Swaying
• Puts Foot Down
• Unsteady on feet

Charli almost fell over, and the exercise was ended.

I asked Charli if she would blow into a Portable Breath Tester, and she agreed. Charli gave a breath sample, which showed a positive presence of alcohol on her breath. Based on the totality of the circumstances, I placed Charli under arrest, handcuffed her hands behind her back, double-locked, and searched for contraband, but none was located. I read the Georgia Implied Consent Notice for those under 21 requesting a breath test, and she agreed.

Charli was transported to the Glynn County Island Precint. I conducted the Intoxilyzer 9000 on Charli. After the breath test, Charli’s first measured BrAC was 0.211, above the legal limit in Georgia for under-21 drivers, which is 0.02. Charli’s second breath sample was insufficient and not read by the Intox machine. I read the Georgia Implied Consent Notice for those under 21 requesting a blood test, and she agreed.

While en route to the hospital, Charli became very combative and took off her handcuffs in the back of my patrol car. At the hospital, Charli was yelling at hospital staff on multiple occasions, hitting her head against the wall, and would randomly start crying before continuing to yell at staff and patients.

Charli then took off her glasses and threw them against the floor, breaking them, and then urinated on herself after not receiving her phone call. Charli then used her shoelaces, wrapping them around her left arm multiple times, turning her skin different colors, saying she was going to tie her shoes.

When the nurse came to draw her blood, Charli raised her arm and balled her fist at the staff, saying Stop cause she was scared of needles. The staff declined to take her blood as Charli refused. Charli was checked for her injuries and given a Jail clearance form.

Charli was transported to the Glynn County Sheriff’s office. Charli was released to deputies and issued her citations and DDS 1205

DUI Under 21 GE078148
Open Container GE078149
Leaving the Scene of an Accident GE078150
Failure to obey a traffic Signal GE078151

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