Girl Steals a Car and Gets Arrested for DWI

Around 11:08 PM on April 13, 2022, Officer Al-Abed Taha, Officer Nader Awadallah, and Sergeant Shannon Tattoli with the North Bergen Police Department responded to the Delta gas station at 9280 Kennedy Boulevard on a report of an erratic driver who had stopped there. They made contact with the driver of a black 2021 Jeep, who was later identified as 20-year-old Dilayda Aksoy. She told the officers that she was waiting for her friend “Luis” and that she had stopped at the gas station in order to get a cigarette.

Dilayda was the not the registered owner of the vehicle, and she did not have her driver’s license with her. They also noticed that the key fob was not inside the vehicle. Due to a high frequency of motor vehicle thefts, the officers contacted the vehicle’s owner. The owner informed the officers that he had given “Luis” permission to drive his vehicle, but Dilayda did not have permission to drive his vehicle. While the officers did not detect the odor of alcohol, she still appeared to be impaired.

Based on the officers’ suspicion of impairment, Dilayda was asked to exit the vehicle and perform field sobriety exercises. Detective Bryan Suarez started with the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test. During the HGN test, Detective Suarez observed 6/6 indicators of impairment as well as vertical gaze nystagmus. The second exercise was the Walk and Turn test. During the Walk and Turn test, Dilayda did not touch heel-to-toe on each step, turned improperly, and took and did not take the correct number of steps. The final exercise was the One Leg Stand test. During the One Leg Stand test, Dilayda failed to raise her foot in the proper fashion and put her foot down before the test was complete.

Based on their suspicion of impairment and her inability to satisfactorily complete the field sobriety exercises, Dilayda was placed under arrest for driving under the influence. Officer Taha transported her to the North Bergen Police Department for further processing.

At the North Bergen Police Department, Dilayda was read the Standard Statement for Motor Vehicle Operators and agreed to submit breath samples for testing. Her Alcotest results indicated a BAC of 0.00%. Since they still suspected that Dilayda was impaired and she refused a DRE evaluation, she was transported to Hackensack Meridian Palisades Medical Center for a blood draw. Her blood test results would later confirm the presence of cocaine, methamphetamine, Alprazolam, and 7-aminoclonazepam.

Dilayda was issued the following summonses:

-Operating under the influence

-Consent to take samples of breath

-Reckless driving

-Careless driving

-Driving without a license

Court records indicate that on July 20, 2022, Dilayda was found guilty of operating under the influence. As a result of being found guilty, Dilayda had to spend 12 hours at an intoxicated driver resource center and pay a total of $690 in fines. The other 4 citations were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.

Dilayda’s prior arrests include the following:

-Theft (2C:20-3A) in Palisades Park, NJ on January 28, 2020

-Endangering a child (2C:24-4A(2)) in Edgewater, NJ on February 24, 2020

-Theft (2C:20-3A) in Fairview, NJ on July 10, 2020

-Receiving stolen property (2C:20-7A) in Passaic, NJ on October 15, 2020

-Theft (2C:20-3A) in Ridgefield, NJ on January 13, 2021

-Harassment (2C:33-4B) in Fort Lee, NJ on March 28, 2022

Following this incident, Dilayda was later arrested again for burglary and theft of a motor vehicle in Pompton Lakes, NJ on September 4, 2024.

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