On 11/16/2022 at 0657 hours, I was patrolling the area of 9255 Zoto's Dr., Douglas County,
Highlands Ranch, Colorado, when I observed a blue Honda CR-V with a Minnesota license
plate bearing GAC488 on the rear of the vehicle. There was a subject with his head down
seated in the driver seat of the vehicle and the vehicle was running. The vehicle was
packed with items in all areas of the vehicle. This was the only vehicle in the parking lot
and it was parked directly across from the Highlands Ranch Substation.
I am currently assigned to the homeless outreach team at the sheriff's office and I wanted
to contact the subject in the car to see if they were stranded or homeless due to the
amount of stuff in the vehicle. I approached the vehicle and observed a white male seated
in the driver seat. There was also a very large dog in the back seat. There was a black
cloth covering the driver side back window. As I approached the vehicle the male in the
driver seat looked at me and then looked away. I asked the male to roll down his window.
The male rolled it down approximately 4 inches. At this time I detected a strong odor of
burnt marijuana coming from the interior of the vehicle. I asked the male if he had just
been smoking marijuana in his vehicle due to the very strong odor of burnt marijuana.
The male (later verbally identified as Alexander Robert Graul dob 08/08/88) advised me that
he was a Uber and a Door Dash driver and that he had not been smoking marijuana. I
advised Alexander that it wasn't a good idea to be smoking marijuana around the food he
is delivery to people and he said "ok". I asked Alexander for his identification and he
refused to give it to me. I advised him that he was under the investigation for DUID and he
was required to provide it to me. Alexander said "I wasn't driving the car." I advised
Alexander about the Colorado law regarding control over the car. I asked Alexander if he
was living out of his car due to the amount of personal belonging items that were stacked
everywhere in it. Alexander said he was not. Alexander said he didn't know where his
drivers license was and he wasn't driving his car. I asked Alexander to verbally identify
himself and he did. I asked Alexander if he had a Colorado I.D. and he said no. I asked
Alexander if he resided somewhere in the area and he advised me that he wasn't
answering any more of my questions. I requested a cover unit at this time. During my
contact with Alexander, I observed the skin on his face to be an ashy color and he was
sweating under his eyes and cheeks. Alexander was wearing small eye glasses so I could
not get a good look at his eyes for clues at this time.
Once Deputy Carlin and Deputy Majernik arrived on-scene, I requested Alexander to exit
his vehicle. Once Alexander was outside his vehicle, I asked him if he would submit to
perform voluntary roadside maneuvers. Alexander refused the roadside maneuvers. I
asked Alexander if he had any medical problems. Alexander told me that he had bi-polar
and PTSD and that he takes medication for them. Alexander advised me that he did smoke
marijuana 8 hours prior to my contact with him. I advised Alexander that based off of my
investigation to this point, I was placing him into custody for DUID. Went I went to grab
Alexander's hands to place handcuffs on him, I noticed his hands were very sweaty. I
smelled a strong odor of burnt marijuana on his clothes that he was wearing. Alexander
was seated in the back seat of Deputy Carlin's marked patrol unit. I advised Alexander of
the Colorado Express Consent Law and told him his only option for a chemical test was
blood due to testing for drugs. Alexander agreed to the blood draw. Alexander was
transported by Deputy Carlin to UC Health for the blood draw. I read the authorization
form to Alexander and he signed and dated the form. Alexander dated the form for
11/16/2024. I did observe a white substance in the corner of both of Alexander's eyes now
that I was in close contact with him. Deputy Carlin transported Alexander to the Douglas
County Jail and I followed.
Once at the jail, Alexander told me that he moved to Colorado three months ago and has
been living out of his vehicle with his dog. Alexander said that he was going to move to
Arizona tomorrow and then head back to Minnesota in the Spring. Alexander stated that
he has been working for Amazon Express for the last 2 weeks making deliveries form his
vehicle. Alexander refused any assistance from the HEART team.

I did contact Ed Seal to see about video footage for that parking lot but he advised me that
HRSS camera's only cover a portion of that parking lot and where Alexander's car was
parked was not covered.
Deputy Bowman completed an inventory of Alexander's vehicle and had it towed to
Westside Towing. Deputy Bowman advised me that when he was conducting the inventory
search he located several empty marijuana containers and a few with marijuana in them, a
grinder, and glass smoking pipes. The items located were in the vehicles center console.
Please see Deputy Bowman's supplemental report for more information. Animal control
responded and took Alexander's dog to the Dumb Friends League.
A DUI report was completed.
“My body camera was recording at the time of this incident and may contain details and/or
statements that were not reflected in my report.”