In one of the oldest videos ever posted on Real World Police, today’s installment presents never-before-seen footage capturing the DUI arrest of former Granger Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Morehouse.
From the report of Trooper Brian Luedke, lightly edited for clarity and brevity:
At approximately 0803 hrs on July 23, 2013, I observed a white 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante traveling eastbound on I-82 in Yakima County. As the vehicle approached, I noticed the vehicle appeared to be traveling faster than the posted speed limit of 70 mph. I estimated the vehicle’s speed to be in excess of 80 mph. I activated my in-car radar unit and obtained a speed reading of 85 mph in the posted 70 mph zone. After obtaining the reading, I crossed the median and initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle for the speeding violation.
Upon catching up to the vehicle, it had already pulled over on the shoulder. I advised WSP Communications of the traffic stop and contacted the vehicle on the passenger side. I observed a female driver as the only occupant in the vehicle. I informed her that I had stopped her for the speed violation and requested her license and paperwork. She provided both, and the driver’s license identified her as Kathleen E. Morehouse. Morehouse admitted to speeding and stated she had just sneezed which caused her to step on the accelerator and make her vehicle speed up.
I recorded her information and re-contacted her vehicle to give her a verbal warning for speeding. After telling her she was getting a warning for speeding, it was difficult for me to hear as she was talking so I leaned my head inside the vehicle. When I did this, I could smell an odor of alcohol coming from inside the vehicle. I asked Morehouse to step out of her vehicle so I could administer field sobriety tests. Upon exit, Morehouse appeared to lose her balance and stumbled slightly.
Prior to administering SFST’s, Morehouse denied drinking and denied having any alcohol in the coffee that I observed in her vehicle. She went on to explain that she thought the cause of the alcohol odor was because she had a “port” in her chest due to hemophilia.
The first test offered to Morehouse was the HGN test. Morehouse was initially unable to follow the test instructions. After several unsuccessful attempts, I stopped the test and had her sit on the front bumper of my patrol vehicle.
Morehouse agreed to perform additional tests and was subsequently administered the alphabet test and the finger dexterity test. During the alphabet and finger dexterity test, Morehouse committed no errors. She was eventually able to complete the HGN test as well. During the test, I observed six of six clues and smelled a strong and obvious odor of alcohol on her breath. I also noticed her eyes were bloodshot and watery, her face was flushed, and she exhibited a slight side-to-side sway.
After the SFST’s were completed, I asked Morehouse to provide a PBT sample, she refused and told me she was a judge. She also said she often told people not to provide a PBT sample when she was an attorney. Morehouse admitted to drinking two margaritas the night before and also admitted to taking half of a hydrocodone at 0430 hrs that morning.
After Morehouse refused to provide the sample, I asked her to sit in the rear of my patrol vehicle so could contact Sgt. Cozzitorto and let him know I was conducting a DUI investigation involving a judge. As I was attempting to secure her in the vehicle, Morehouse tried to walk away from me and return to her vehicle. l instructed her she needed to stay in my vehicle but she refused and tried to walk past me. At that point, I took hold of her and began to place her under arrest. She attempted to pull away from me and tried to pull her hands to the front of her. While doing this, she told me she didn’t want me to be mad at her because she had a gun in the vehicle.
I instructed her to stop resisting several times and was eventually able to get her hands behind her back and place handcuffs on her. While placing handcuffs on her, I informed her she was under arrest and secured her in my patrol vehicle. I advised her of her Constitutional Rights and asked her if she understood her rights. She stated that she did. She was eventually transported to Sunnyside Police Dept for DUI processing.
Upon arrival to Sunnyside PD, Morehouse requested to speak to attorney. She was provided her cell phone which she used to contact several attorneys between 0853 hours and 0914 hours.
All paperwork in the DUI Arrest Report packet was completed as required. Morehouse stated she understood her rights and signed indicating the same. She also agreed to waive her rights and provided two breath samples with results of .253 and .248. Morehouse was eventually transported to her residence in Yakima and released to her sister.
Morehouse, better known publicly as Kathleen “Katy” Hitchcock, died August 25, 2019.
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Always ALWAYS treated differently….what a disgrace with so much FAVORITISM!
Her behavior is outrageous! Not only was she drunk as a skunk at 8:00 in the morning, she lied and lied and wanted special treatment. She absolutely should have been treated just the same as any public citizen would have been treated. AS A JUDGE SHE KNEW BETTER!!!
This trooper is the kind of law enforcement we need god bless this trooper he deserves a raise an a pramotion
She wasn't just barely buzzed she was hammered I am surprised she could handle herself as well as she seemed to in the video with that high of a BAC of .25 to .28 That is over three times the legal limit
Well, isn’t that special 😌
😠😡
Sadly you can tell just by looking at her that she's an alcoholic. That stuff ages you so fast.
That drunk at 0830. My jaw dropped when I saw that BAL. obviously she’s done this for how long. How many times was she working impaired. RIP
Rest in peace Judge it was a hell of a ride!
When you read the title and you just KNOW it’s gonna be good 🤣🤣🤣
Anyone else would have been charged with that firearm being in their possession while intoxicated.
She did not like being called a prisoner 😆
Remember this case well, as I'm from Washington state. Everyone was aware of this arrest, it spread until it became a joke on morning radio broadcasts.
I feel sorry for her. Apparently she had an exemplary track record. We've all not driven drunk, but all of us wishes we could go back and correct something from our past. People have no compassion anymore.
But that's expected. ðŸ¹ðŸŒ®
She got what she deserved. She can Judge people all day but do what she wants "illegally" and DANGEROUSLY and think because she's a JUDGE she can cut corners, be favored. Nope!
Judge privilege
these people that know better continue to be held to a much lower standard than you or i
These "Miranda" Rights need to be axed when someone's under arrest the moment that they are told that by a law enforcement official.
Go WSP!
Just an FYI, she passed away in 2019.
that trooper was very gracious with her. He gave her more latitude than most law enforcement would.
Thank you for your work, Real World Police. I will take it from here.
Such an old video. You must be desperate.
Only a dumb judge does voluntary field sobriety tests. Never talk to police. Stupid judge.
who has decent credit and drives a mitsubishi?
The rest of us would serve a lot more than 15 days with electronic surveillance and a 1k fine. She should have received a lot more than that.
HA HA🤣
A judge driving a Mitsubishi? Now I have seen it all
We should just let judges preside over their own cases. It’d be just like every other once trusted and respected institution in this country. Letting the fox guard the hen house is how we do it in the USA now. And we deserve it for being too lazy, dumbed down, and apathetic to do anything about it. This is what we get for expecting we could vote our way out of the mess we’re in; waiting for somebody to come along and save us. Even though 99% of our politicians are corrupt, we still believe that if we can just get this one guy to be governor, or attorney general, or president, then they’d get this country or state on the right track. 😂 Nobody is coming to save us. Only the compromised even make it into positions of power now. We could start by making corruption illegal. That’d be a GREAT start, but we can’t even do that. We constantly see, and sometimes point out the conflicts of interests throughout our system, but nobody ever seems to notice that we can’t do anything about it bc these people aren’t breaking the law. Corruption has been legalized in the USA. Look what’s happened to our public health institutions. The pharmaceutical companies own them, and it’s not against the law bc we also let pharmaceutical companies and their lobbyists write the fucking laws. 😂 So now we get medical tyranny. And yet people STILL don’t wake up. People remain lazy, apathetic, and ESPECIALLY dumbed down. And so it’ll only get worse. I almost enjoy it bc in a world where there are almost no real world consequences for people’s behavior, it looks like we’re getting what we deserve as a country. The entire population is now facing consequences for their behavior and decisions. As much as it sucks (and believe me, it’s just getting started) at least it’s what we deserve. Something about that feels good. We need to suffer for our sins. We obviously can’t learn the easy way, without pain. So maybe we’ll learn the hard way. I honestly don’t even have much hope for that.
Keeps sneezing on her hand… so gross.
Sober as a judge…
For those who don't know, the prescription she took, hydrocodone, is better known as Vicodin. Narcotic pain pill that doesn't mix with alcohol very well.
And quite frankly, if you are blowing a .25 at 8 o clock in the morning, you have a SERIOUS drinking problem. On a Wednesday morning, at that – it's not even a weekend!!!!
Is this how they treat all DWI’s ?? 😡
DUI at 830 AM, Nice
I guarantee that any police officer would not allow a "NORMAL CITIZEN " TO be transported without handcuffs, and using their cell phone all the way to the station. Sorry folks, but they are not treating her like everyone else.
This isn't her first time…just the first time she's been caught
Crazy how just 2013 footage really looks like the 1990's
She get married or something? You have her listed as Morehouse in the description instead of Hitchcock.
This reminds me of that body cam of AngryCops ripping a new hole into a drunk judge who loudly said he was a judge.
She still getting to much vip treatment
This Judge is a professional drunk. With a ,25 she handled herself pretty good. I'd be falling down.ðŸ‘☮ï¸
how do you blow a .253 at 9:00 am? yikes.
Not handcuffed and allowed to call her buddy ! Wow what a huge double standard!! This officer was very kind to her , unfortunately for us we’d be stuffed and tightly cuffed !
Professional courtesy demonstrated here. Rules are for thee but not for me.
She was functioning pretty well for blowing a 0.25 and a 0.248 and doing Vicodin. Definitely some pretty bad substance abuse issues if you ask me.
Why has the footage never been seen before? Was it quashed or no one actually cared enough til now to look for it? So, she died in 2019…do we know from what? Do we know what happened to her professionally? I found obits but no real info.
Look how shocked she was that she was forces to abide by the law she has enforced on many others. The privilege is sickening.
.248 and .250? This woman has a terrible problem (well, in 2013 she did).
The cop gave her ID back and was letting her go but she kept blabbing her piehole and as the saying goes…"The fish dies by its own mouth" .