Warning: Video contains graphic language. Body camera footage has been released in the drunken driving arrest of Midland, Michigan County Sheriff Scott Stephenson. Full story - http://s.mlive.com/q5ORbJg

Super Drunk Driving Arrest of Midland County, Michigan Sheriff

"I'm a constitutional f**** officer! You can't take me to jail!"

"That doesn't have to read what it f**** reads!"

At approximately 4:00 pm on November 16, 2018 Kalkaska Sheriff's Deputy Ashley VanSloten was dispatched to a location on M-66 just south of Lund Road in Garfield Township, Michigan, after multiple calls were received reporting a vehicle stopped on the side of the road with an unresponsive male slumped over the steering wheel.

VanSloten handled the call and ultimately arrested Midland County Sheriff Scott Stephenson, who blew a .233 on a preliminary breathalyzer test. Despite his easily having met the requirements of  Michigan's "super drunk" statute - a real thing, coming into play at .17 - Stephenson tried every trick in the book to avoid jail: begging and pleading, cursing, speaking gibberish, suggesting the destruction and falsification of records, and imploring friends in high places to intervene on his behalf.

Ultimately, however, the sheriff's pleas fell on [mostly] deaf ears, and Stephenson was arrested and booked into jail for operating a vehicle while impaired.

As former Kalkaska County Sheriff Jerry Cannon says in this video, "It's not like the old days." That is, of course, incredibly true given what is happening right now in your life. You have the opportunity to literally replay this incident as you draw your own conclusions about it. Your court is now in session, and it's not like the old days. Which is a good thing.

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Shout out to Chris Little for bringing this story to my attention.

When Chris emailed me and let me know about Stephenson's arrest the story had already been covered by a number of news media outlets, all of whom had published two to seven minutes of body worn camera footage. I generally don't cover stories that have already been published elsewhere, and with that backdrop this video almost didn't happen. 

When I watched the available body cam footage, however, I noticed a lot of gaps in the time stamps. Working under the assumption that additional non-exempt footage existed, I started tangling with the Kalkaska County Sheriff's Office over the records. After two months of - frankly - obstruction, I recently received hours of exclusive additional material. The highlights from that content are in the video above.

Thanks again, Chris.

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'Super Drunk' Sheriff Tries to Avoid Arrest; "I'm a F**** Constitutional Officer!"

HOWARD COUNTY, ARKANSAS — As of the 2010 census, Dierks, Arkansas boasted a population of 1,133 people, down from 1,230 ten years prior. The small municipality had an equally cozy police force, consisting of three full time and two part-time officers.

In early-June 2018, the entire Dierks Police Department was temporarily suspended after the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards notified the city that their law enforcement agency of five had not met required range standards, nor completed a required racial profiling class. At the time, Chief James Brian White — who goes by his middle name — stated "We took a couple of days to do some in house training that we let ourselves get behind on, but it's been taken care of."

Less than two years later, Dierks Chief of Police Brian White resigned from his position after the Arkansas State Police arrested him in his own backyard.

On April 4, 2021 at 10:02 a.m., Arkansas State Police Trooper Darren Henley was requested by Howard County Sheriff’s Department to respond to a single vehicle collision at the intersection of Green Plains Road and US-278. Henley was told that the driver of the accident vehicle was the Chief of the Dierks Police Department, James White. While en route, Henley received an update: White had left the scene, driving the vehicle that was previously involved in the collision. Also known as his patrol vehicle.

Multiple police units followed White back to his house, where White drove behind his house and into the woods. Shortly thereafter, dispatch advised Trooper Henley that a "Deputy Quick" had the chief of police detained.

White's preliminary breath test sample returned a healthy .24% BAC, otherwise known as three times the per se limit. And Dierks Chief of Police James White was arrested for driving while intoxicated. At the Howard County Detention Facility, White submitted to additional requested testing. His final BAC result was .21%. Earlier today we called the Howard County Sheriff's Office seeking additional information and White's booking photo. If you are reading this, we are waiting for a return call. (Notably, White's booking photo is a public record, and our Arkansas business license provides us with a right to access it. Still waiting.)

While we are on the subject of DUI arrests, let's circle back to Keith Ingersoll, of "Drunk Driving the Rolls Royce" fame. When we left off, the question we posed was how a politically-connected multimillionaire was accepted into a diversion program that he was likely ineligible for.

First, some background: it may come as a surprise to learn that government agencies are generally not required to answer questions or produce information. The only thing agencies have to produce is nonexempt public records, in response to a request and the payment of any fees due.

And on the records front, it's unfortunately still early. Pretrial diversion put Ingersoll's prosecution on pause, which means that his 2020 DUI case is still open. Consequently, records that could explain Ingersoll's acceptance into diversion remain exempt.

But I did manage to confirm my suspicion. There is no way that he was eligible.

"In order to be eligible for either tier the defendant must meet the following general criteria:  *  *  *  #4. The defendant must not have been involved in a crash in the instant case."

If you are thinking "Maybe the State Attorney's Office defines "crash" in a weird way," you nailed it. They interpret the term more expansively than usual. They have also defined the term in relation to diversion eligibility.

Verbatim: A "crash" certainly includes... (c). Hitting someone else's vehicle.

I have a copy of the crash report associated with Ingersoll's arrest. Ingersoll was charged with one count DUI With Property Damage. There was definitely a crash.

It took some nagging, but SAO spokesperson Keisha Mulfort eventually told me that she would "reach out to the assigned ASA" and get back to me.

That was five weeks ago. Their silence is loud.

State Attorney Worrell:

Keith Ingersoll is a politically-connected multimillionaire who spent much of his DUI arrest informing officers that they were going to regret arresting him. The crash report associated with Ingersoll's arrest reflects thousands of dollars in property damage. Why was Keith Ingersoll accepted into a diversion program that he is ineligible for?

Not holding my breath.

But once the records are no longer exempt, they're mine. And they're yours.

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