Pulled Over For Suspected Dui 0.00 Breathalyzer

Location: Olympia, WA state.

Last night at approx 8:30 pm

Edit: Cited for RCW 46.61.502 driving or being in the actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and/or drugs

Last night I was pulled over for a headlight in my car being out. Just prior to getting pulled over I was crying (future divorce proceedings with kids). I had just gone to pickup a new bulb and I showed it to the officer. He asked me why I seemed nervous and was stuttering and why my eyes were all red and puffy. I told him about my divorce stuff and had been crying and I have had a speech impediment since I was three (I talk fast and stutter and it gets especially worse when I’m nervous).

He asks me if I’ve taken any drugs and I say no and tell him I’m actually in recovery and live in an Oxford house. That was probably stupid of me because he jumped all over that and kept trying to infer I had taken drugs for example he said “ok you were crying before u pulled you over and then what did you take?” I kept repeating I had taken nothing. I was trying to be nice (probably another mistake?) and agree to do a sobriety test and breathalyzer.

I do all of that and besides the balance on one leg part I did everything (I have had surgery in my ankles in the military and my balance just sucks in general) and I blow a 0.00. I’m getting frustrated here and ask him am if I’m being charged for anything since I’ve done everything he had asked of me. He says yes you’re being arrested for suspicion of a dui and I get handcuffed and put in the squad car. In his warrant request to the judge he says I’m suspected of drugs because of my red eye and my stutter (or something to the equivalent). I have him call someone from my Oxford house to pick up my car. He then reads me my rights and takes me to get my blood drawn.

Hours later we drive to the station and once there another officer who’s a certified phlebotomist draws my blood. Once that comes back he says as long as I have nothing else on my record I can go. I have no record at all, the most I’ve ever been in trouble for was a speeding ticket years ago. He then drops me off a mile from my house at the nearest hospital and gives me my citation to appear in court on Monday. (2/16)

I was pleasant the entire time and respectful and he was wearing a body cam which he told me he was wearing a few times during the stop. I told my Oxford house what happened and they did a UA on me (negative). I also get tested weekly at the outpatient recovery program I am ( I put myself in treatment ) in for recovery from alcohol, prescription opiates and Adderall.

I think I got everything correct but let me know if you want any more info, I am very naive and uneducated about the law (stupid on me, this whole event was so embarrassing I am going to find classes or something to learn my rights from now on.)

Is there anything I should prepare for on Monday? I feel like cuffing me was a little excessive but I don’t know if that’s just standard procedure?

Thank you so much to anyone who can offer me some guidance. I’m super upset, I’ve never been in trouble and my wife is having a field day with this and saying this is proof that I relapsed which I didn’t.