Stories From the House Arrest Man

When Layla walked in, I had my spidey-senses in full alert. The Court had called me and insisted that she bring in her vehicle for us to check her breathalyzer for any “failed” breath tests.

Layla was also wearing a “SCRAM” device, which believe or not, checks an individual for any alcohol consumption by measuring any alcohol in their sweat. Yea, it can do that. Anyway, Layla had some suspicious readings on her “SCRAM” bracelet and the Court wanted to see if she has attempted to start her car while drinking.

Our breathalyzer will detect any amounts of alcohol, but the car can be started if the level of alcohol is lower than .025.

Layla walked into and immediately began telling me how thrilled she was to have “visitation” with her young child again.  She talked, and talked, and talked while I downloaded the information from her vehicle. Soon enough, her talking would change into tears when I asked her explain the unusually high alcohol reading of .132.

Layla has been a customer for many months, and she knows better than to bring products with alcohol into the vehicle. As an example, you can’t spray products with alcohol inside the car and expect to pass the test. I love a nice smelling woman, but if a young lady sprays “Body Wash” inside the car, the alcohol in the body wash will cause the breathalyzer to pick up tiny particles of that spray and cause the person to fail the test.

My belief was that Layla had been drinking, but Layla went with the old excuse that she had been sick, and used some medicine that had alcohol in it, like “NyQuil” and then, just to make sure she had all her lame excuses covered, she said that she sprayed some type of deodorizer inside the car. “Oops” she said.

Layla failed the test at 01:15 P.M. and then didn’t try to start the car again for almost two days.

Layla went to court today. My guess is that she’ll lose her visitation rights and perhaps have the breathalyzer removed from her car.