Mylene Jackson

Name:
Jackson, Mylene

Date of Booking:
2/14/2022

Reason(s) For Booking:
DUI LESS SAFE DRIVER

FAILURE TO OBEY TRAFFIC SIGNAL OR LIGHT

OPEN CONTAINER

Officer’s Narrative:
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On 02/14/2022 at approximately Glynn County Police Officer Duggan #167 contacted me via radio communications and advised that he was currently on scene of a motor vehicle collision and the at fault driver was suspected to be under the influence. At the time I was assigned to the Glynn County Police Department’ HEAT (Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic) and responded to the scene.

Upon arrival Ofc. Duggan pointed out he driver, Mylene Jackson, that was suspected to be under the influence and advised that he believed he smelled the odor of alcohol on her but she was currently wearing perfume that masked the odor. Ofc Duggan advised the driver was being evasive in her responses to him asking if she had been drinking and she was not very clear on what caused the accident. As I was speaking with Ofc. Duggan, Mylene made the spontaneous utterance that she ran the red light.

Ofc. Duggan further advised that she was unstable on her feet and nearly fell over and he located a large styrofoam Friendly Express cup in the car that contained ice and a red liquid that resembled and smelled like red wine, Mylene did advise that it was wine in the cup. Ofc. Duggan also advised that when he initially got out with her she was repeatedly pressing the gas pedal and was slow to process information and requests.

I began to speak with the driver and asked her what happened. Mylene began to tell me a long and repetitive story about how she had recently purchased the car and how the person who sold it to her claimed it only needed minor work but it was later determined that it needed more than anticipated and how the person who sold it to her practices voodoo. I attempted to redirect the conversation to the motor vehicle collision and suspected impairment.

As I spoke with Mylene I could smell the odor of a consumed alcoholic beverage on her breath and she spoke with delayed slurred speech. I asked how much alcohol she had consumed. Mylene stated that she had poured herself a drink of wine before leaving the house. I asked how much whine she had consumed. Mylene advised that the cup was full when she left her house. J&M was on scene prior to my arrival took custody of the vehicle at which time we relocated to the Nally parking lot to continue the DUI investigation.

Mylene was wearing glasses and I asked what she wears glasses for; nearsighted, farsighted, readers? Mylene replied all of them. I asked if she takes any medication. Mylene advised that she takes a large amount of medication but refused to tell me what medication she takes and advised that it was more than she could tell me. I asked if she had any physical issues. Mylene advised that she had a lot of issued from her husband trying to kill her in 2010 but refused to expand upon what her physical issues were. Mylene agreed to preform some field sobriety tests. All tests were conducted on a flat and level surface with no visible defects. Field sobriety tests were conducted as follows:

Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus:

The first task given was the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) task. I confirmed that her pupils were of equal size and were tracking equally. I observed no resting nystagmus. While having Mylene follow the provided stimulus, I observed a total of 2 clues (lack of smooth pursuit in the left eye, lack of smooth pursuit in the right eye).

During this test Mylene refused to follow the provided stimulus after being asked to do so multiple times. I was only able to observe two clues due to Mylene’s refusal to follow the instructions.

Based on my training and experience I believe that more clues would have been observed if I would have been able to continue the test but Mylene refused to continue the test long enough to look for nystagmus at maximum deviation and onset prior to 45 degrees.

During this test Mylene demonstrated poor balance and swayed from side to side.

Walk and Turn:

This test was demonstrated as I gave the instructions prior to asking Mylene to complete the test. Mylene advised that she had no questions before beginning.

During the instructional stage I observed one clue.

1) Mylene failed to maintain the starting position as instructed

During the performance stage I observed four more clues for a total of five clues observed during this test.

2) Mylene took an incorrect number of steps. Mylene took 14 steps on the initial series of steps and 15 steps on the second series of steps.

3) Mylene stopped during the test for an extended period of time after completing her turn

4) Mylene did not make heal to toe contact on any step.

5) Mylene stepped offline on her 10th step of the initial series of steps. Mylene also failed to count her steps out loud as instructed.

One Leg Stand:

This test was demonstrated as instructions were given before Mylene was asked to complete the test. After confirming she understood the instructions and I advised her to begin the test Mylene began to walk and I had to stop her and give her the instruction and demonstrate the test again.

During this test I observed two clues.

1) Mylene swayed from side to side throughout the test.

2) Mylene put her foot down seven times.

Mylene then nearly fell and I terminated the test for her safety. She also failed to count as instructed.

Preliminary Breath Test (PBT):

I retrieved my department issued PBT and provided Mylene the instructions. Mylene provided the requested sample of breath after multiple attempts, some of which she was sucking on the straw rather than blowing, and the PBT indicated a positive presence of alcohol (0.137).

A, B, C’s and 1, 2, 3’s:

I asked Mylene what her highest level of education was and if she knew her alphabet and how to count. She advised she had a GED and she does know her alphabet and how to count.

Mylene was asked to recite the alphabet starting with the letter “L” and to stop at the letter “X”. Mylene failed to do so as instructed and recited the requested as follows: “L, L, M, N, O, P, W, R, X, T, X, Z”. Mylene the stopped and asked what letter to start at and began again as follows “L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, S, U, V, W, X, I, Z.”

Mylene was then asked to count backward from 39 to 26. Mylene failed to do so as instructed and counted as follows: “39, 38, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, 31, 34, 33, 31, 30, 29, 30, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 24, 23, 22, 21, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 1 7, 16, and so fourth, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 13, 11, 20, 11, 9, 10, 9, 8, 6, 5, 4, 2, 2, 3, 1”

I then asked Mylene on a scale of 1-10, 1 being sober as Sunday morning going to church and 10 being fall down drunk how impaired did she feel. Mylene advised she “feels good” and ranked her self an “eight-seven”. Based on my training and experience and the above listed indicators of impairment I believed Mylene to be impaired to a level that made her unfit to safely operate a motor vehicle. She was advised he was under arrest for DUI. Mylene was placed in double locking handcuffs, searched, and placed in the rear seat of my patrol car.

Mylene was read Georgia Implied Consent Notice for Suspects Age 21 or Over from my green card. Mylene yelled and cried as I read implied consent and refused to answer and shook her head no to the requested sample of blood. Mylene was then transported to the Glynn County Detention Center where she was issued her citations for DUI Less Safe, Failure to Obey a Traffic Signal, and Open Container. Mylene was also served a DDS-1205 and then turned over to jail staff for booking. Mylene’s license and the DDS-1205 form was placed in the records basket to be sent to the Department of Driver Services.

Noting further at this time.