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Lucas County teen alleges deputy made her change wet pants on the side of the road

Lucas County teen alleges deputy made her change wet pants on the side of the road
KCCI 8 NEWS AT 6:00. STACEY: A LUCAS COUNTY TEENAGER WAS PULLED OVER AND GIVEAN BREATHALYZER. STEVE: BUT IT IS WHAT WENT ON DURING THAT TRAFFIC STOP THAT SHE AND HER GRANDMOTHER SAY SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. KCCI CHIEF INVESTIGAVETI REPORTER JAMES STRATTON EXPLAINS. REPORTER: KYLEA PARKER DOESN’T DENY SHE HAD ALCOHOL IN HER SYSTEM, AND WAS DRIVING LATE AT NIGHT. THE POLICE REPORT SHOWS SHE BLEW 0.034, WHICH IS ABOVE THE LEGAL LIMIT FOR ANY TEEN DRIVING A CAR. BUT, WITH WET PANTS ON WHEN SHE WAS ARRESTED, SHE ALLEGES THE OFFICER MADE HER CHANGE NEXT TO HER CAR OUT IN THE CD.OL AN EARLY FEBRUARY MORNING, KYLEA PARKER WAS DRIVING BACK HOME TO HER GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSINE WILLIAMSON WHEN HER GRANDMOTHER SAYS SHE WAS PULLED OVER BY A LUCAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. >>CAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM A FRIEN’'S HOUSE AND HAD BEEN DRINKING. RE PORTER: THE 17-YEAR-OLD WAS DRIVING, WITH ALCOHOL IN HER SYSTEM. >> DURING THE INTERACTION HE ASKED WE DID FIELD SOBRIETY DAN ME TO GET OUT AND WE DID FIELD SOBRIETY AND ALL OF THAT. REPORTER: A BREATHYLZER TTES TAKEN LATER SHOWS SHE BLEW A 0.034. >> I PREACHED ALL MY KI,DS DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE, NO MATTER YOUR AGE. REPORTER: BUT IT IS WHAT ELSE HAPPENED DURING THIS RURAL TRAFFIC STOP THAT HAS THE TWO OF THEM UPSET. PARKER HAD WET PANTS ON DURING THE TIME OF THE STOP. >> I HAD WELL DO TNEHE SPLITS IN SOME MUD AT MY FRIEND’S HOEUS AND THEN ALSO HAD STARTED MY PERIOD THAT DAY. REPORTER: AND SHE SAYS, WAS FORCED TO CHANGE THEM WHILONE THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WITH A LUCAS COUNTY DEPUTY PARKED BEHIND H.ER >> HE WALKED TOWARDS HIS CAR, BUT BECAUSOFE THE HEADLIGHTS, I COULDN’T SEE WHERE HIS HEAD WAS POSITIONS. STI OOD NEXT TO MY DRIVER DESI DOOR AND CHAEDNG THERE, TRIED TO HIDE FROM THE NEIGHBORS A LITTLE BIT. REPORTER: PARKER SAYS WHEN THE SUBJECT OF CHANGING HER PANTS CAME UP, SHE FIGURED SHE ANDHE T OFFICER WOULD HAVE GONE TO HER GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE, A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWA OY,R TO THE STATION ITSELF. >> HE COULD HAVE TAKEN ME TO THE STATION, OR MY HOUSE IS RIGHT THERE, OR NOT AT ALL. I DID NOT NDEE TO CHANGE I COULD AT ALL. >> I COULD SEE THE LIGHTS FLASHING ON THAT NIGHT. IT IS A BLOCK AND A HALF WHERE THEY PULLED HER OVER FROM MY HOME. REPORTER: COOPER SAYS SHE LOOKED INTO LEGAL ACTION AGAINST LUCAS COUNTY, BUT COULD NOT GET HER USUAL ATTORNEY TO TAKE THE CASE, SHE SAYS BECAUSE THERE’S NO VIDEO TO BACK IT UP. KCCI INVESTIGATES SENT MULTIPLE PUBLIC RECDSOR REQUESTS TO LUCAS COUNTY, WHO DENIED OUR FIRST REQUEST FOR POLICE REPORTSOR, VIDEO FOR THIS PARTICULAR CASE, BECAUSE THEY ARE CONFIDENTL ANOTHER RECORDS REQUEST SHOWS LUCAS COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE DASH CAMERAS IN ITSQU SAD CARS, NOR DO DEPUTIES WEAR BODY CAMES. SO, THERE IS NO VIDEO OF WHAT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. SHERIFF BRETT THARP DID CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRAFFIC STOP, AFTER MEETING WITH KYLEA AND HER GRANDMOTHER, ACCORDING TO THIS LETTER SENT TO KYLEA AND HER GRANDMOTR.HE IT SAYS I HAVE COMPLETED MY INVESTIGATION INTO YOUR COMPLAINT. I WILL TAKE THE NECESSY ACTIONS TO ENSURE COMPLAINCE WITH THIS OFFICE’S POLICY THOUGH, IT DOESN’T SAY WHAT THOSE ACTIONS ARE AGAINST THE DEPUTY IN THE CASE. WE CALLED LUCAS COUNTY SHERIFF BRETT THARP SEVEN TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS TO GET THA QU ESTIONS ANSWERED. HE NEVER RETURNED OUR CALL. KYLEA’S GRANDMOTHER WANTS TO SEE THE OFFICER DISMISSED, OR AT LEAST FIND OUT IF OR WHAT THE PUSHNIMENT WAS FROM THE INVESTIGATION. BECAUSE THEY WANT HIM TO BE LDHE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIONS THAT NIGHT. >> I WAS GOING TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE EITHER WAY, BUT THERE WERE AVOIDABLE HAPPENINGS. >> I NEVER DREAMED THIS WOULD HAPPEN, BUT IT DID. IN MY EYES, IT’S JUST NOT RIGHT. IT’S JUST NOT RIGHT. REPORT:ER PARKER AND HER GRANDMOTHER DON’T CONDONTHE E FACT THAT SHE WAS DRINKING A
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Lucas County teen alleges deputy made her change wet pants on the side of the road
A Lucas County 17-year-old was pulled over and given a breathalyzer test on Feb. 10, in the Lucas County town of Williamson. Kylea Parker and her family don't deny she had alcohol in her system when she was pulled over that night. However, they say she shouldn't have been forced to change her pants on the side of the road."I was on my way home from a friend's house," Parker told KCCI. "And I had been drinking."She was pulled over in the 100 block of West North Avenue in Williamson and given a field sobriety test, a breathalyzer test later showed she had a blood-alcohol level of .034. She was charged with possession of alcohol underage, according to a police report."I preach to my kids, you know, her dad, all of them," her grandmother, Pam Cooper, said. "You don't drink and drive, no matter what your age is."Parker had wet pants on during the time of the traffic stop, due to circumstances not related to the traffic stop. She says she was forced to change them, while on the side of the road, with a Lucas County Deputy parked behind her."He walked toward his car, but because of the headlights, I couldn't see where his head was positioned," Parker said.She said she stood next to her car and changed them."Tried to hide from the neighbors a little bit," she added, saying nearby neighbors were watching the traffic stop as well.Parker says when the subject of changing her pants came up, she figured she and the officer would have gone to her grandmother's house, which was a couple of blocks away, or the station itself."Could take me to the station, or I mean my house was right there. Or, not at all, I didn't need to change at all, really," she said.Parker's grandmother looked into legal action against Lucas County but said she could not get her usual attorney to take the case, due to there not being video of the traffic stop.KCCI Investigates sent multiple public records requests to Lucas County, who denied the first request for police reports, and video, due to them being confidential because Parker is a minor. Another request regarding body and dash cameras shows the county does not have them. So, there is no video of what allegedly happened that night.Sheriff Brett Tharp did conduct an investigation into the traffic stop after meeting with Parker and Cooper. A letter sent to the family says "I have completed my investigation into your complaint. I will take the necessary actions to ensure compliance with this office's policy."KCCI Investigates called Sheriff Tharp seven times over the last two months, but he never returned our call. KCCI Investigates also sent an email to the Lucas County Sheriff's Office's office assistant requesting comment from Tharp and the deputy involved, neither responded. Parker and her grandmother want to see the officer dismissed, or at least find out what the punishment was from the investigation."I was gonna be uncomfortable either way, but there were avoidable happenings," Parker said."I never dreamed this would happen, then it did," said Cooper. "In my eyes, it's just not right.Parker and her grandmother do not condone the fact she was drinking that night, but say the charge and forcing her to change her pants are two different problems.KCCI Investigated this story after a tip that it happened in Lucas County. If you have a story idea or a tip, email James.Stratton@hearst.com.More from James Stratton:

A Lucas County 17-year-old was pulled over and given a breathalyzer test on Feb. 10, in the Lucas County town of Williamson. Kylea Parker and her family don't deny she had alcohol in her system when she was pulled over that night. However, they say she shouldn't have been forced to change her pants on the side of the road.

"I was on my way home from a friend's house," Parker told KCCI. "And I had been drinking."

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She was pulled over in the 100 block of West North Avenue in Williamson and given a field sobriety test, a breathalyzer test later showed she had a blood-alcohol level of .034. She was charged with possession of alcohol underage, according to a police report.

"I preach to my kids, you know, her dad, all of them," her grandmother, Pam Cooper, said. "You don't drink and drive, no matter what your age is."

Parker had wet pants on during the time of the traffic stop, due to circumstances not related to the traffic stop. She says she was forced to change them, while on the side of the road, with a Lucas County Deputy parked behind her.

"He walked toward his car, but because of the headlights, I couldn't see where his head was positioned," Parker said.

She said she stood next to her car and changed them.

"Tried to hide from the neighbors a little bit," she added, saying nearby neighbors were watching the traffic stop as well.

Parker says when the subject of changing her pants came up, she figured she and the officer would have gone to her grandmother's house, which was a couple of blocks away, or the station itself.

"Could take me to the station, or I mean my house was right there. Or, not at all, I didn't need to change at all, really," she said.

Parker's grandmother looked into legal action against Lucas County but said she could not get her usual attorney to take the case, due to there not being video of the traffic stop.

KCCI Investigates sent multiple public records requests to Lucas County, who denied the first request for police reports, and video, due to them being confidential because Parker is a minor. Another request regarding body and dash cameras shows the county does not have them. So, there is no video of what allegedly happened that night.

Sheriff Brett Tharp did conduct an investigation into the traffic stop after meeting with Parker and Cooper. A letter sent to the family says "I have completed my investigation into your complaint. I will take the necessary actions to ensure compliance with this office's policy."

KCCI Investigates called Sheriff Tharp seven times over the last two months, but he never returned our call. KCCI Investigates also sent an email to the Lucas County Sheriff's Office's office assistant requesting comment from Tharp and the deputy involved, neither responded.

Parker and her grandmother want to see the officer dismissed, or at least find out what the punishment was from the investigation.

"I was gonna be uncomfortable either way, but there were avoidable happenings," Parker said.

"I never dreamed this would happen, then it did," said Cooper. "In my eyes, it's just not right.

Parker and her grandmother do not condone the fact she was drinking that night, but say the charge and forcing her to change her pants are two different problems.

KCCI Investigated this story after a tip that it happened in Lucas County. If you have a story idea or a tip, email James.Stratton@hearst.com.

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