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IN TEXAS - AFTER OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO DENNY'S TO HELP WITH AN UNRULY CUSTOMER. (BACKTIME TO FULL NAT:) POLICE ENTER THE DENNY'S IN BAYTOWN TEXAS ON FEBRUARY 11TH... AND APPROACH THE MAN REPORTEDLY BANGING ON THE BAR AND ACTING INTOXICATED... <XXXXX BOYD CAM 1 - NEEDS VNR :11 WHAT GOING ON I'M LIKE SLAYED HERE I GOTTA GO TO SLEEP YOU GOOD? YEAH I'M GOOD OK STEP AWAY FOR A MINUTE :19 XXXXX> ááááIT IS VOLODYMYR ZHUKOVSKYY - TELLING POLICE HE IS JUST TIRED <XXXXX BODY CAM 1 - NEEDS VNR :35 I NEED TO GO TO SLEEP, I DIDN'T SLEEP FOR THIS WHOLE DAY, I'M ALWAYS WORKING I'M A TRUCK DRIVER MY TRUCK IS PARKED OUTSIDE :46 XXXXX> (1:33 - LOOKS IN EYES WITH FLASHLIGHT) POLICE QUESTION IF HE TOOK ANY DRUGS AND EXAMINE HIS EYES <XXXXX BODY CAM 1 - NEEDS VNR 1:53 WHAT DID YOU TAKE, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU TOOK I DIDN'T TAKE ANYTHING OFFICERS, I WAS WORKING THE WHOLE DAY TODAY 1:58 XXXXX> POLICE THEN ASK PERMISSION TO SEARCH HIM <XXXXX BODY CAM 2 - NEEDS VNR :02 MIND IF I CHECK YOUR POCKETS - TURN AROUND FACE THAT WAY REAL QUICK :05 XXXXX> THAT'S WHEN THE OFFICER SAYS HE FINDS A CRACK PIPE... <XXXXX BODY CAM 2 - NEEDS VNR :40 CRACK PIPE XXXXX> (KEEP SHOT ROLLING!) AND VOLODYMYR ZHUKOVSKYY IS PLACED IN HANDCUFFS <XXXX BODY CAM 2 - NEEDS VNR POT UP FULL NAT OF HANDCUFFS CLOSING :45 WHAT DID YOU LIE TO US FOR? :50 XXXXXX> áááPOLICE TELL US ZHUKOVSKYY WAS CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR FOR POSSESSION OF THE CRACK PIPE AND PAID A FINE. THEY DID áNOT FIND ANY DRUGS ON HIM. (KTRK 6:30 PKG HAS VIDEO OF I-10 & DENNYS AT :26 AND KTRK 5PM PKG AS VIDEO OF I-10 AT :37) áááPOLICE IN THE SAME TOWN DESCRIBE ANOTHER ENCOUNTER IN WITH ZHUKOVSKYY ON JUNE 3RD. POLICE SAY HE WAS HAULING CARS IN THE SAME AREA OF I- 10 WHEN HIS TRUCK OVERTURNED ZHUKOVSKYY DID NOT SERVE ANY JAIL TIME IN TEXAS WHERE WAS ONLY CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANO

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Newly-released body camera video showed the February encounter between police in Texas, and the suspect in last week’s crash in Randolph that killed seven motorcyclists.Volodymyr Zhukovskyy is charged in New Hampshire with seven counts of negligent homicide. The Ukranian national is also being held on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer.>> Download the FREE WMUR appThe unrelated encounter in Baytown, Texas, began when officers were called to a Denny’s restaurant on February 11 to help with a reported unruly customer.When officers arrived, they found Zhukovskyy near the counter, asked if he was good.“I need to go to sleep. I didn’t sleep for this whole day. I’m always working. I’m a truck driver. My truck is parked outside,” Zhukovskyy said in the body camera video.An officer asked him if he had taken any drugs and used a flashlight to look at his eyes.“I didn’t take anything, officers. I was working the whole day today,” he said.Police then asked permission to search him. The video showed an officer finding a crack pipe in Zhukovskyy’s pocket and he was placed into handcuffs.Zhukovskyy was charged with a misdemeanor for possession of the crack pipe and paid a fine, said Lt. Steve Dorris of the Baytown, TX police department. Officers did not find any drugs on him.>> Link: GoFundMe page to support victims' familiesThe department had another encounter with Zhukovskyy on June 3, when police said he was hauling cars on a nearby stretch of Interstate 10 and his truck overturned.Zhukovskyy told police he was avoiding a car. “There were no signs of intoxication noted in the report, so he wasn’t cited,” Lt. Dorris said.