THE
THE RECORD FOR THE MOST DUI CONVICTIONS IN THE STATE.
>> EVERYTHING IS BEING
RECORDED.
RECORDED.
RECORDED. >> Reporter: HE IS A REGULAR
PASSENGER HERE.
PASSENGER HERE. POLICE ARE CONSTANTLY
ARRESTING HIM FOR ALCOHOL
RELATED DISTURBANCES.
RELATED DISTURBANCES. >> I WENT TO JAIL.
MY FRIENDS CANNOT BELIEVE
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> THE BACK SEAT OF A PATROL
CAR SEEMS TO BE HIS SECOND
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. >>
HOME. >> WARRANT.
>> WARRANT. >> Reporter: UNFORTUNATELY,
HIS ACTUAL HOME IS HERE IN A
UNIT OWNED BY HIS MOTHER.
>> GETS ALL THESE GET OUT OF
FREE JAIL PASSES.
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
>> Reporter: WE SPOKE WITH
NEIGHBORS EARLIER THIS YEAR
BEFORE SOCIAL DISTANCING
RESTRICTIONS WERE IN PLACE.
>> EVERYTHING HE DOES IS
ESCALATING TOWARD A TRAGIC
ENDING.
ENDING.
ENDING. >> Reporter: THEY SAY SINCE HE
MOVED IN WITH HIS MOTHER,
THERE HAVE BEEN ESCALATING
FIGHTS WITH NEIGHBORS.
FIRST VERBAL AND THEN --
>> BACK OFF.
BACK OFF.
BACK OFF.
BACK OFF. >> Reporter: PHYSICAL THREATS
AND CONFRONTATIONS LIKE THIS
ONE HE RECORDED ON HIS CELL
PHONE DAYS AFTER HE GOT AN
ANTI-HARASSMENT ORDER THAT
REQUIRES HIM TO STAY 25 FEET
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. >>
AWAY. >> BASICALLY HE IS A REGULAR
380.
380.
380. REAL
380. REAL GOOD WITH THE LASER.
>> Reporter: HE STARTED
CARRYING HIS HANDGUN.
AND HIS WIFE DISCOVERED THE
TRUTH ABOUT HIS CRIMINAL
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. >> I GOOGLED IT.
MAN ARRESTED FOR 11 DUIS AND
THERE IS DEAN.
MY NEIGHBOR.
MY NEIGHBOR. >> THEN WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE
DEALING WITH.
DEALING WITH. >> Reporter: ONLY TWO PEOPLE
IN THE STATE HAVE 11 DUI
CONVICTIONS.
CONVICTIONS. ONE OF THOSE IS DEAN.
>> I AM AFRAID HE WILL KILL
SOMEONE.
SOMEONE.
SOMEONE. >> Reporter: HE SHOWS UP AT
COURT HEARINGS, URGING JUDGES
TO THROW THE BOOK AT HIM.
>> I AM DEAN'S SISTER.
>> Reporter: SHE RECALLS HIS
FIRST CAR IN THE 1970s.
NOT LONG AFTER HE FIXED IT UP,
HE CRASHED IT DRIVING DRUNK.
>> THIS BEHAVIOR ESCALATED FOR
THE LAST 40 YEARS.
IT IS NOT SAFE FOR THE
COMMUNITY FOR DEAN TO BE
WALKING THE STREETS.
>> Reporter: WITH COMPLAINTS
THREATENING PEOPLE WITH A
BASEBALL BAT, ONLY RESULTED IN
SHORT JAIL STINTS.
AND THEN IT FINALLY HAPPENED.
POLICE PULLED HIM OVER IN
NOVEMBER ON SUSPICION OF
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
>> DRINKING TODAY?
THREE BEERS.
THREE BEERS. SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN INTERLOCK.
>> Reporter: POLICE HAVE BEEN
CALLED BY THE GONZALES WHO
SEEN HIM DRINKING ALL DAY
BEFORE HE DROVE OFF.
>> Reporter: AFTER A FIELD
SOBRIETY TEST, AN OFFICER
DETERMINED IT --
>> I SAID I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
ARE IMPAIRED TO DRIVE.
>> IF THEY WOULD HAVE GAVE THE
BETHALIZER THAT WOULD HAVE PUT
HIM AWAY FOR LIFE.
>> Reporter: A MACHINE THAT
ESTIMATES ALCOHOL CONTENT CAN
ONLY BE USED IF AN OFFICER
FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE.
>> THE OFFICER SMELLED LIQUOR
ON HIS BREATH.
WHEN THE OFFICER WENT THROUGH
THE STEPS OF THE TEST HE DID
NOT FAIL THEM ALL.
>> Reporter: SO NO FELONY DUI.
OFFICERS ARRESTED HIM ON
SEVERAL OUTSTANDING
SEVERAL OUTSTANDING MISDEMEANORS.
MISDEMEANORS. WATCH HOW HE BEHAVES.
FIRST PASSED OUT AND THEN WHEN
HE COMES TOO --
>> I DIDN'T DO THIS TO YOU.
>> YES, YOU DID.
YES, YOU DID.
YOU PULLED ME OVER.
>> Reporter: IN COURT HE IS
SENTENCED ON FOUR
MISDEMEANORS.
MISDEMEANORS. HE IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASE
AND BACK ON THE STREETS IN
SEPTEMBER.
SEPTEMBER. >> THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
IS NOT WORKING FOR THE COMMON
CITIZEN.
CITIZEN.
CITIZEN. >> Reporter: HIS STORY HERE IS
A CASE STUDY IN HOW DIFFICULT
IT IS AND ALL THE HURDLES TO
PUTTING A SERIOUS REPEAT DUI
OFFENDER BEHIND BARS FOR LONG
TERM.
TERM.
TERM. LAWMAKERS DID TOUGHER UP
FELONY DUI LAWS BUT IT TAKES
THREE DUIS IN TEN YEARS TO GET
A FELONY DUI ON THE FOURTH DUI
ARREST.
ARREST.
ARREST. THERE IS 12,000 DRIVERS IN OUR
STATE WHO HAVE THREE FELONY
DUIS.
DUIS.
DUIS. CHRIS INGALLS.
CHRIS INGALLS. >> LET'S GO BACK TO THE LAST
DUI STUFF.
DUI STUFF. HE ADMITTED TO DRINKING BEER,
WHY ISN'T THAT ENOUGH FOR A
DUI?
DUI?
DUI? >>
DUI? >> Reporter: SOUNDS LIKE IT
SHOULD BE.
SHOULD BE. BUT REALLY, THERE IS NOT MUCH
ARGUMENT HE WAS DRINKING
ALCOHOL.
ALCOHOL.
ALCOHOL. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT HE
IMPAIRED BEHIND THE WHEEL.
THEY CAN DRINK A LOT