ICE Agent Arrested for DUI with Children in Truck: Bodycam Footage Revealed

DUI Arrest in the Florida Keys

• 🚨 A 42-year-old man, identified as Scott Thomas Deiseroth, was arrested for DUI and child endangerment in the Florida Keys.
• 🚗 Deputies stopped his truck after observing it driving erratically, all over the road.
• 👨‍✈️ Deiseroth identified himself as a federal agent with DHS (later confirmed to be ICE), attempting to leverage his status for special treatment.

Field Sobriety Tests and Resistance

• 🍻 Deputies detected the smell of alcohol and observed signs of impairment, including bloodshot, glassy eyes and stumbling.
• 🚶‍♂️ Deiseroth was asked to perform field sobriety tests, including the eye exam and the walk-and-turn exercise.
• 🗣️ He was initially resistant and argumentative, questioning the deputies' actions and requesting to speak to a supervisor.
• 👨‍⚖️ Despite his resistance, he eventually agreed to perform the exercises, though he struggled with coordination and balance.

Deputy's Personal Experience and Deiseroth's Background

• ⚖️ Deputy Jonathan Lane, who conducted the stop, revealed he had also been arrested for DUI two years prior, attempting to connect with Deiseroth.
• 🎖️ Deiseroth is an Army veteran, honorably discharged, and an ICE agent.
• 💔 He mentioned going through a divorce and expressed extreme concern about losing his children.

Children's Welfare and Mother's Involvement

• 👦👧 Two young sons, aged seven and nine, were in the truck with Deiseroth during the arrest.
• 🏠 The children were unharmed, and arrangements were made for their mother, who was in Miami, to pick them up.
• 🚓 Deiseroth became agitated in the back of the patrol car, banging his head and demanding to be cuffed in the front.

Legal Proceedings and ICE Statement

• ⚖️ Deiseroth was initially charged with felony DUI and child endangerment, but charges were later downgraded to misdemeanor DUI and resisting an officer.
• 📈 His blood alcohol level was reported as 0.17, more than double the legal limit.
• 🤝 ICE stated that the matter was under investigation and that all employees are held to the highest standard of conduct.
• 📝 Deiseroth's attorney filed a motion to lift pre-trial conditions, indicating he had been attending AA meetings and using a portable breath device daily.