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Although he doesn't seem to recognize the danger of having his daughter drive. >> i'm a very, very, very good man. i got a designated driver. >> after nearly ten minutes in the store, wiemer's ready to head back to his van. eddie doesn't try to stop him. >> our clerks are trained not to confront anyone in any situation. and at the time until the customer had gotten into his car, it didn't sound like something that anyone would possibly do. >> as weimer is saying good-byes, regular customer charles girardo walks in. >> when i walked in, he was telling the clerks, you're great guys. i love you. ...

He said, no, she's driving the van. i said, you got to be kidding me. >> it's not okay. she's the driver. believe it or not. >> i decided then i would stay and see what happened. >> girardot returns to his car keeping an eye on weimer and his daughter as weimer pumps his gas. even though the girl slides into the driver's seat, he still doesn't believe she'll actually stay there. either way, whether it's a drunk or underaged driver, he knows he'll have to call the police. >> i wanted to make sure nothing happened to the little girl. >> weimer finishes filling up, and then goes around to the pas...

October 8th, 2011, these cameras are rolling when 39-year-old shawn wiemer walks into the store with his 9-year-old daughter. when they approach the counter she asks for a candied apple. >> where do you see candied apples? >> can i get one of them? >> the clerk eddie notices that weimer's been drinking. >> i can smell his aroma that he was really, really drunk. >> weimer asks eddie for a pack of cigarettes, then pays for some gas, then he tells eddie that he's not the one getting back behind the wheel. it's his daughter who is driving him around. >> she drives us here. i swear to you. cross my...

And her dad is drunk. and he's in the passenger. >> girardot gets the daughter's age wrong but he gets the situation right. the van drives out of view of the gas station cameras, but girardeau days on its tail. >> i'm following it right now. we're coming up near the fire department. >> is the vehicle staying on the road? >> yes. she's driving pretty good. i'm telling you, i can't believe it. on the 911 call i chuckle a bit because i think there was some relief that she actually was driving pretty good. >> within five minutes, police have pulled the van over. sean weimer is placed under arrest....

Head back to his van. eddie doesn't try to stop him. >> our clerks are trained not to confront anyone in any situation. and at the time until the customer had gotten into his car, it didn't sound like something that anyone would possibly do. >> as weimer is saying good-byes, regular customer charles girardo walks in. >> when i walked in, he was telling the clerks, you're great guys. i love you. i could tell he was intoxicated. >> girardo and eddie watch as weimer exits. >> when he walked out, i went to pay. i asked the clerk, i said he's pretty intoxicated, isn't he? he said, yeah, you think? ...