On Sunday, Crossville police observed a Dodge Journey traveling West on Hwy 70. The vehicle had an expired tag so they initiated a traffic stop. Officers made contact with the driver identified to be Sarah Yu who rolled both windows down simultaneously and had very slow movements and an alcoholic odor was emitting from the vehicle. Officers also noticed a pink liquid in a bottle which she admitted was alcohol.

After the officer was suspicious of her driving under the influence, he asked Ms. Yu to exit the vehicle and take a Sobriety test. The officer observed that she stared with a blank look in her eyes during one of the tests and stopped in the middle of it. The officer asked her why she stopped mid-test and she started to argue that she didn’t think she should be undergoing the tests just for expired registration. Ms. Yu then stated that she was aware that she shouldn’t be driving and that she just needed to get home to her kids. She continued stating that she would not perform the tests. Ms. Yu was then put into handcuffs with double locks. While attempting to get her into the patrol unit, she actively resisted by pushing and shoving her body weight from side to side and pulling her arms away from officers. When they attempted to put her inside the patrol unit, she continued to jump out and wedge herself at the edge of the unit so that they were unable to put her in the unit. Officers attempted to get her legs into the unit and she continued to kick them back out.  An officer went in from the unit‘s driver’s side and grabbed Ms. Yu by her arms and pulled her into the unit. She was then safely placed into the unit and her safety belt was placed across her. She attempted to take her safety belt off after she was placed into custody.

An officer transported her to the Cumberland County Justice Center for intake and was granted a Search Warrant by a Judicial Commissioner for two vials of blood. She shoved herself back and started to actively push her body weight around in an attempt to not go to the patrol unit. While placing her in the patrol unit she started to actively push herself off and wedge herself in the corner where the door was located. Ms. Yu again had to be placed inside the unit. Once she was placed, she shoved and kicked at the center abdomen area of one of the officers, forcing him to stumble back several feet.

Ms. Yu was transported to the Cumberland Medical Center for a blood draw. Two vials of whole blood were extracted from Ms. Yu who uttered several times that she was aware that she should not have been driving, but that she would have made it home anyway.