More Dash Cam Video

by Jessica Taloney

Published: Thu, April 02, 2009 - 1:08 pm CST

Here's the transcription of the March 19, 2009 dash cam video involving a Loxley, Alabama police officer and Robert O'Ryan, a man who five days later was arrested for allegedly stalking Shawn Johnson, an Olympic gymnast and Dancing With The Stars Contestant. According to Los Angeles police, O'Ryan was spotted by a security guard trying to sneak into a "DWTS" rehearsal at CBS Studios.

(K9 Unit- Dogs Barking)

Officer: Come over here on the shoulder of the road so we don't get run over.

Officer: The reason I stopped you is because you seem to be having a difficult time staying in the lane.
O'Ryan: Okay. Okay (mumbles)
Officer: You haven't drank or anything like that have you?
O'Ryan: No sir. I only had coffee, tea, (inaudible)
Officer: Okay.

O'Ryan: I've been driving a little ways.
Officer: Alright, okay. You don't have any weapons, right?
O'Ryan: No sir.
Officer: No guns, knives?
O'Ryan: No.
Officer: Any firearms in the car?
O'Ryan: No

Officer: Okay. Walk back here and let's take care of this so we can get you out of here.
Officer: Just stand right over there in the grass.

Officer: That's good right there.
Officer: Right here sir.
Officer: You got your driver's license with you?
(inaudible)
Officer: Where have you been driving from?
O'Ryan: Florida.
Officer: Well, Florida is only half an hour away. What part of Florida have you been driving from?
O'Ryan: It's only a half hour away?
Officer: Yeah.
O'Ryan: Yeah. Jacksonville.
Officer: Oh, Okay. Yeah, it's only a half hour to the Florida state line. Florida is a big state.
O'Ryan: Okay, we just... We're... I just.. We're in?
Officer: Alabama.
O'Ryan: Alabama. Okay, yes.

Officer: Where are you headed with all this stuff?
O'Ryan: California.
Officer: Really? What part of California are you going to?
O'Ryan: Los Angeles
Officer: Why?
O'Ryan: Uh, I've got a friend (inaudible)
Officer: What now?
O'Ryan: I've got a friend I'm going to meet.
Officer: Yeah? Whose that?
O'Ryan: Shawn. Johnson.
Officer: Where in California?
O'Ryan: Los Angeles
Officer: In LA?
O'Ryan: Yeah, in LA.
Officer: But, why are you meeting him there?
O'Ryan: Uh, it's a she.
Officer: She.
O'Ryan: You know, I'm meeting her there. I've been communicating with her, and uh, basically I'm going to try to get her to uh marry me.
Officer: How long have you known her?
O'Ryan: Um, since August.
Officer: Yeah?
O'Ryan: Yep. Well, yeah, that's right. (inaudible)
Officer: That's what she'll say? Is that like what you're making up or what?
O'Ryan: I've got pictures with her, of her. I'm not making that up.
Officer: You say that's what she'll say. I was just curious is that when you met her?
O'Ryan: Basically, yeah.
Officer: Basically (inaudible) you didn't actually meet her?
O'Ryan: Well, (mumbles) I'm going out there to meet her face to face.
Officer: Okay, so you've never met her face to face.
O'Ryan: Correct.
Officer: Okay. So, you're going to marry somebody you've never met before?
O'Ryan: Well, uh, my plan right now is to uh, basically uh, let's see, basically spend as much time with her as possible, get to know her.
Officer: Yeah.
O'Ryan: Um, really, uh, I know it sounds a little bit crazy, but my uh, intuition, tells me that uh we're gonna have a beautiful relationship together.
Officer: Yeah.
O'Ryan: And, uh basically I'm taking a big risk by doing it.

Officer: What kind of work do you do?
O'Ryan: Um, I've got a degree in engineering, mechanical engineering.
Officer: Yeah?
O'Ryan: From uh (inaudible)

Officer: Has your driver's license been suspended before?
O'Ryan: No sir.
Officer: Never for anything?
O'Ryan: No.
Officer: Alright. Are you on probation?
O'Ryan: No.
Officer: Have you ever been arrested?
O'Ryan: Um, not, um, yes. (inaudible) juvenile.
Officer: A juvy?
O'Ryan: Yes.
Officer: How old are you now?
O'Ryan: 35.
Officer: Oh, okay. Have you been arrested as an adult?
O'Ryan: No sir.
Officer: Okay. Is this vehicle registered in your name?
O'Ryan: Yes.
Officer: I'm probably going to regret this, but will you open the registration and insurance on the car?
O'Ryan: Okay. I think it should still be in the glove box.
Officer: (laughs) Okay. Can you get to the glove box?
O'Ryan: Uh, yeah. I can. (inaudible) It might take me a little while.
Officer: Let's go see if we can get that.

Officer: Do you have an address that you're going be moving into when you get to California?
O'Ryan: No, but I have a uh, phone number. Uh, basically (pause) in the interest of keeping... Keeping her safe. Um, we decided that it would be best for me to not know exactly how to contact her until I got, until I get to California.
Officer: Keeping her safe? You're gonna marry her and there's reason for her to be safe from you?
O'Ryan: No, not, no, not from me. There's no danger from me.
Officer: Then why would you not need to know where she is?
O'Ryan: Um, um, basically so that no one else can get to where she is.
Officer: Like who? I mean is she in the federal witness protection progam? Or I mean what what's the deal with all of the secrecy?
O'Ryan: She's a uh, she's a, basically she's a celebrity.
Officer: Yeah? Who is she?
O'Ryan: Uh, Shawn Johnson. She's a uh, she was a Olympic gymnast.
Officer: Yeah?
O'Ryan: She's on TV now.
Officer: Yeah?
O'Ryan: (inaudible) I know how crazy (inaudible). Do you believe in ESP?
Officer: Ummmm, yeah sometimes I do.
O'Ryan: Well I got, I got fired from last job. I've been out of work for a while.
Officer: So, how are you financing this trip?
O'Ryan: How am I financing it? Well, I was a, as an engineer I was making pretty good money.
Officer: Yeah.

Officer: So you're basically taking your life savings and all your personal belongings and going all the way across the country to meet somebody for the first time that you're planning on marrying (inaudible)?
O'Ryan: I was living with, I was living with my mom.
Officer: Yeah.
O'Ryan: We were all having some health problems and she really helped out.
Officer: Yeah.

Officer: You said you don't have any guns, no weapons on you either, no guns or knives, right? No weapons at all?
O'Ryan: No sir.
Officer: Can you turn around for me please. I just want to make sure all this stuff in your pocket isn't actually... I'm sorry?
O'Ryan: Nail clippers?
Officer: Nail clippers? (inaudible) Come back here with me.
O'Ryan: (inaudible)
Officer: Let's get this done and get you out of here. (opens car door) Just have a seat right there in the front seat for me.

Officer: The citations that I have issued, both of those are zero tolerance violations.
O'Ryan: Okay.
Officer: You've got an expired license plate since 2006 and no proof of insurance. Do you have any questions.
O'Ryan: Um, no sir.
Officer: Alright.
O'Ryan: I'll be safe. Thank you.
Officer: Alright, you're welcome. Good luck and be careful.
O'Ryan: Okay.
Officer: Drive safely. Pay attention to what you're doing while you're driving down the highway.
O'Ryan: I will.
Officer: Good luck.
O'Ryan: Thank you.

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