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♪ whatcha want, whatcha want ♪
-Sheriff's office, stop! -♪ whatcha gonna do ♪
-Come on, man. We gotta go.
-♪ when sheriff john brown come for you ♪
-Honestly, whose dope was it? -Not mine.
-♪ bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do ♪
-Don't do it!
♪ bad boys, bad boys ♪
-What am I going to jail for?
♪ whatcha gonna do when they come for you? ♪
-Announcer: "cops" is filmed on location
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All suspects are innocent until proven guilty
In a court of law.
-Gomez: One reason why I like this job is 'cause
I can deal with a lot of different people
And I make it my goal to help them out as best as I can
And to handle the problem in any way that I can.
And to me, it's satisfying knowing that ultimately,
I did my best to make that person's life
Easier at least for the moment.
Now we're going to a call about a tow truck driver
Saying he's trying to tow a vehicle
And the owner of the vehicle pulled a gun out on him.
So we're gonna go make contact with both subjects.
Hey, boss, are you the tow truck driver?
Hey, guy, hey, real quick, boss.
Do me a favor, just put your hands on top of your head.
Turn around.
There you go, stand right there, all right?
-Officer: Don't reach for your gun.
-Gomez: Just don't make any movements for your gun, all right?
-Man: All right, all right.
-Gomez: Spread your feet
And put your hands on top of your head.
Spread your feet real quick, man.
-Man: No problem, man.
-Put him in cuffs right now until we figure everything out.
(handcuffs click)
-Sir, you're just being detained. -Man: I'm sorry?
-You're just being detained.
-Benzine: That didn't work.
You got his hands?
-Man: No, I didn't point my gun at him.
-Officer: We didn't say you did, man. -Man: Okay.
-Benzine: What's your name, buddy?
-Man: Jimmy. -Officer: Just relax.
-Gomez: Tow truck driver?
Let me pat you down real quick, all right, man?
Just face that way, okay?
-Truck driver: Not a problem, bro.
-Gomez: Put your hands together.
Relax, spread your feet, okay?
As wide as you can, okay?
Do you have anything in your pockets
That will stick me, poke me or make me bleed? -Nothing.
-No knives, no guns, nothing crazy? -Nothing.
-Gomez: What was he trying to do?
-He came outside angry. -Obviously.
-And I was gonna hook up with the vehicle, you know what I mean?
Then he went back inside, grabbed his gun,
He came outside, he was like,
"hey, you better drop that vehicle."
I'm like, "I ain't dropping nothing."
-Where did he have the gun at?
-He went inside and came back out.
-Was he like this or like this?
-Yeah, he was like in the middle. -So like this?
Like hanging low a little bit? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-So he was never like this? -No, no, no.
-So he never directly pointed it at you? - No, no, no.
-Just had it on the ground? -Yeah, it's just on the ground,
At my waist, purse type of thing.
-Gomez: How far out was he, if you had to guess?
-He was like in the red truck?
-Gomez: Yeah.
-Like in the bed and I was in my door.
-Okay then, so he said? -He said, "I'ma shoot you."
Yeah, he's gonna shoot me if I don't drop the vehicle.
I'm like, "dude, I ain't dropping anything,
I got paperwork and stuff for repo."
And he calmed down for a little bit.
-Okay.
-And I showed him the paperwork.
He's like, "nah, nah, nah, I paid it in full."
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-And then he went back over there,
He was doing something with his gun,
And then he put it on the holster.
-In the holster? -Yeah, he put it right there
And he started walking right here
And that's when you guys showed up.
-Okay. What do you want us to do, man?
-I would just take the vehicle, man, if that's cool, yeah.
-Gomez: Yeah, you just wanna take the vehicle?
-Yeah, I just wanna take the vehicle.
-Have you ever been arrested for anything, bro?
-Nah, hell no. -No tickets, no arrest, nothing?
-Nothing. -Alright. Give me a second, okay?
Let me talk to my partner, all right, man.
-Just hang tight for me. -All right, cool. Not a problem.
-Benzine: So I understand your frustration.
So he tried to take the car and then what happened?
-Well, what happened-- -so what were you doing?
So you were in your house
And then what caused you to come outside?
-I was in the house and my wife came in
And told me that somebody's working on my car.
-Benzine: Okay.
-And I came out and the gentleman was busy...
Lifting it up and wanting to tow it.
And it's automatic, and he's gonna damage the transmission
Because it's in park. But now it's not.
And it's full of tools and it's full of equipment in there.
-Okay. So your wife told you that,
You saw that he was lifting the car and then what?
-And then I came out and I said to him,
"hey, hey, you can't take this vehicle."
He says, "it's our vehicle."
I said, "it's not your vehicle."
I paid for this vehicle.
I paid 9,500 cash for it.
-Benzine: Did you have your firearm on your hip?
-Yes.
-Okay, do you always carry it on your hip?
-Not always.
-Okay. Thank you for explaining your side of the story.
-Alright.
-Do you wanna press charges for anything?
-I don't wanna press charges, man.
It's just, tell him to let me get the car and that's it.
-So I, again, real quick, man.
That's, that's a civil matter between you and him.
I can't tell him to, but we can stand by
So it doesn't get physical.
-Does that make sense? -Okay. If you wanna just tell him,
"hey, he just wants the vehicle"
And let's see how he reacts (laughs).
-Again. I'm just telling you, right?
We'll stand by, make sure no crime's been committed,
But that's a civil matter between
The company you work for and him.
You know what I mean? And we'll stand by.
Make sure gladly that nothing happens.
I just wanna make sure.
Do you wanna press charges on anything?
-Nah, I don't wanna press charges. Nothing happened, man.
-Gomez: Alright.
Hey, jimmy, this is brenda.
She works for the tow company, okay?
So this is who you want to talk to.
-How are you? -I'm good.
-Sorry to meet you on nights like this.
I know it's rough.
So they explained to you the repossession process
And what happened?
-Well, I wanted to talk you
Or, uh, or the driver.
-Uh-huh.
-I am willing to go and see charlie checkpoint tomorrow,
Because I paid them.
I paid them 9,500 under my account
And there was 2,700 outstanding.
-Brenda: Okay.
-They gave me an agreement to fix the vehicle.
That they're not gonna repossess it
Because it's a work vehicle.
That's what they told me.
Now they can repossess it?
And it's full of my equipment,
My machinery, my tools.
-Brenda]: All of that belongs to you. -I know, but--
-Everything that's inside vehicle belongs to you.
-But, come on.
You know, you know, I don't want my vehicle taken away.
-Absolutely. On the other hand, I own the tow company,
But I work for the bank.
They are my bosses.
They don't tell me details.
They send me the title,
They show us that they're the legal owner of the vehicle,
And they have the right to repossess the vehicle.
We'll keep the vehicle safe for you.
All your tools and everything will be there tomorrow.
-Gomez: Hey, jimmy,
If I take you outta the handcuffs,
Are you're gonna be cool? -Yes.
-You gonna give us any trouble? -Yeah, no, no.
-I don't wanna have to fight you, man. -No, no trouble.
-All right, man.
Spread your feet to me as wide as you can, okay?
Spread your feet, man.
-I'm not a quarrelsome person.
-I'm not saying you are.
I'm just wanna make sure that nothing happens, okay?
You just gotta call tomorrow,
See about getting the car back.
It's not worth possibly getting arrested,
Or worse, hurting yourself or getting hurt
Or hurting someone else over the vehicle
-All right, I understand. -Okay.
-We're giving the firearm back to the subject.
Because no crime's been committed
And he's legally allowed to have the gun.
Regard his second amendment right.
We're gonna return the firearm.
-Cull: One of many positive things about
Living and working in florida
Is the community is very pro-law enforcement,
And they're also very pro-military,
Which really helps with morale,
Knowing that you have the support of the community.
It's kind of a blessing to be able to
Work and live in this area.
On this vehicle, the driver failed to stop at a stop sign.
So I'm gonna go ahead and pull him over and inform him.
Hey, man, you were doing good
Until you didn't come to a complete stop
At old quarry field right there, in new warrington.
You got your id with you, buddy?
-Yeah. -All right. You got any id, sir?
-Can I reach in here?
-Yeah. Just don't get no guns out.
-No, I'm asking, man.
(passenger laughs)
-What's your first name, sir?
-Nathaniel: Nathaniel. -Cull: Nathaniel?
Anything in the car I need to know about?
Mind if I take a quick look?
Thank you.
If you don't mind, just face the vehicle
And I'll just pat you down for weapons right fast,
If you don't mind.
All right, you're fine.
Front of my car.
Alright, buddy.
Face away from me. Face the vehicle.
You got anything on you illegal?
-No weapons? Nothing? -No, sir.
-No. -Alright. You're good, man.
Go in front of the vehicle, if you don't mind.
He gave us consent to search the car.
So we're just gonna do a quick search.
-Passenger: Uh, sir?
-Officer: I mean, do you need it?
-Passenger: I don't know, 'cause it's starting to move.
(background conversation)
-Found some syringes
And some drug paraphernalia.
It looks, appears to be possibly some heroin.
Hey.
-Nathaniel: What did I do?
-Cull: Can I speak to you for a second? -Nathaniel: Yes, sir.
-Where'd y'all come from?
-Well, we had just dropped chris off at the motel
When we was leaving. Just then, when you seen us.
-Did you pick, pick him up or something?
-No, he was already in the car.
Chris went into the other room.
My nephew was like, "well, I'm gonna get in the front seat."
So I said, "go ahead, nephew." -that's your nephew?
-It's my nephew. -Okay. So I said,
"yeah, go ahead and get in the front seat, nephew."
-Well, did you know that there's, there's narcotics
In the front seat?
-Nathaniel: No, I didn't know that. -Okay.
-I didn't know that.
You just seen us when we pulled out.
-Okay. All right.
That was on him? -Officer: Yeah.
-Thank you. What do you think, cocaine?
I mean, it kinda looks like heroin.
-Officer: Too powdery to be cocaine.
-Yeah.
I'm gonna test it for heroin and then see if it reacts.
For heroin, it's supposed to be green.
Yeah, so it's turning green.
So it's positive for heroin.
Okay, buddy. So y'all just left a motel.
-Nephew: Yes.
-All right. What were y'all doing over there?
-We dropped, he ended up dropping off chris.
And chris ended up going back over here
Towards where he's at.
-Mm-hmm. -And he called--
He called over, he called me.
He asked me if I'd bring him something that he left
And I said, "yeah."
And that's what we were going to go do.
Just drop it off to him.
-Drop what off? -Whatever he left.
-Drop off to who, you were gonna drop what off?
What are you talking about?
-He said he left some things that was in the vehicle
And he needed us to bring it to him.
-You do realize that there was 6.7 grams of heroin
Right in front of you?
-No, sir. And that is not mine.
-Wow. -I do not do heroin at all
And I've never done this in my life.
-Never done it? You've never done heroin?
-No, sir. Look at my arms.
I ain't got no track marks.
No, that's not track marks.
I swear to god. I do not do drugs at all.
I smoke some weed here and there, but I don't do dope.
-What's the scale for?
-The scale. That was his. And that's--
-You had it on you though.
-That was one of the things I was bringing to him.
He left it in the room and I grabbed it,
Put it in my pocket and I said, "yeah," I said, "I got it."
-You know how that looks though,
You being in the front seat right there?
-And that makes it look like mine. And it's not, sir.
I'll tell you if it's mine. I own up to my stuff.
And especially that's my uncle.
I will own up to mine. I swear to god.
That's exactly what we were doing.
-All right, hang tight.
Did y'all take chris over to the quality inn?
-Yeah, that's where we dropped him off at.
-Cull: Okay. All right.
So you dropped him off there?
-Yes, sir.
-Then what happened when you dropped him off?
-Nathaniel: Nephew said he wanted to move to the front.
I said come on to the front.
-Okay, where did chris go?
-Nathaniel: Went back to the motel room and that was it.
-Cull: So how would your nephew
Get chris's scale in his pocket?
-That's what I don't understand is what I was just telling him.
It don't make no sense.
-So he's got a scale on him and he's got
6.7 grams of heroin right in front of him.
But y'all are gonna tell me that it's chris's.
-Somebody's gotta face up for it and it ain't gonna be me.
I just did 25 calendar years. I'm not gonna do no more.
I got a job, I work every day.
-Cull: That's good, I mean, that's, that's great.
-Got my own apartment.
I got my own car.
I pay my insurance.
-Alright, hang tight.
We're gonna get you outta here in a little bit, okay?
-Can I get a cigarette out of my car?
-Yeah, you can get a cigarette.
All right, dude.
So I talked to your uncle, man, and things,
Things, really, man, they're not adding up, man.
Based on the facts and circumstances right now,
You're gonna be going to jail for it.
Okay?
-'cause I'm in the passenger seat?
So it's being blamed on me?
-And it's easily accessible for you, man.
All right?
-And this was how many grams?
-6.7 grams.
-What?! -Okay, man?
-So I'm going to jail. -Going to jail.
Yes, sir. -I didn't do it.
-You'll have your every explanation
Be able to be made in court, okay?
In front of a judge. All right?
-Pfiffner: Training's a huge part of what we do out here.
And we train constantly
And it just helps also boost some morale upon the squad.
Having that trust that your partner's gonna be there
When you need the help.
Especially working in the nighttime.
There's only a couple of us.
So we have to watch each other's back out there.
Okay. Right now we're on the way to
A domestic violence call that we got.
Says that there's, we got a couple people calling in
Saying there's female in distress.
-Dispatch: We now have another pr
And the wife was screaming.
-Pfiffner: Hi there. -Man: Hello.
-What's up, man? -Man: What's up?
-Hey, just don't go in your car.
-Man: Yeah. I'm not going into the car.
-Okay, what's going on? -Nothing, just my dog got out.
Me and my wife are a little bit arguing. -Where's your wife at?
-Inside. You can go find her. Go.
-No. Hey, come on.
-What's up, bro?
-No, just hang out right here real quick
While we're trying to get things figured out, okay?
So come on over here to my car,
My partner's on the way and we'll get that.
-For what? I'm not under arrest or nothing.
I haven't done anything.
-No, we got called here for a domestic disturbance.
-I know, that's fine.
Go to the door and go talk to her.
-Okay, but I'm with you right now, okay? -Yeah, that's fine.
-So I need you to come over to my car. -Why can't I stand right here?
Why do I have to go over there? -Come on over to my car
'cause that's where I do my business, okay?
Do you have any weapons on you or anything?
-Nothing. -Okay. What's your name?
-My name's bo. -Bo? Okay.
My name's officer pfiffner.
We'll get everything figured out.
Just step right here. Right here.
Hang out right here.
Okay. So what's going on?
-Nothing, just a dog got out
Then we started fighting about that (bleep).
-Okay. -That's it, just arguments.
She's inside, though. You can go talk to her.
-Okay. You were arguing with your wife, dog got out.
What else happened?
-No. Then we're fighting.
And then there was another dude here that she knew
And there were just arguments and stuff.
-Okay. Like a neighbor or something?
-Yeah, just a neighbor. -Okay.
Now, once my partner gets here, they'll go talk to her.
Okay?
-(bleep). So I just sit here waiting, for nothing?
-Huh?
-So I just gotta sit here and wait?
-Well we're just gonna hang out, okay?
-I don't wanna hang out with you.
We're not (bleep) friends. It's like, I just wanna--
-Hey, why are you so amped up?
-'cause I'm upset right now, okay?
-Okay, I get you're upset.
But the police got called on this situation, okay?
-You're not gonna arrest me for being upset.
-No, I'm not gonna arrest you for being upset.
But you can be detained.
Okay? So it's up to you, but you need to, like,
Bring it down here.
Okay, take a seat.
-No it's like, you don't give anybody choices. -Take a seat.
No, I do give people choices--
-No, you're not. I'm just sitting down--
-But your attitude dictates the situation.
Okay. How long you been dating your girl?
-We've been married for, I don't know, almost eight years.
Seven years. -Seven years?
Okay. My partners are here.
So they're gonna go talk to her.
I know you got upset.
You were in a fight with your girl,
But at the same time, listen, we got calls here.
We had a couple people call in.
-I understand.
And I said that, talked with the police.
-I know, but also, at the same time
We just have to do our investigation.
-So as of right now, you tell me what you think.
He ended up coming because he saw a car here
That belongs to a different male.
And he ended up being in a jealous rage.
He does not live here.
That's not his place of residence.
He took her phone away from her.
-He did? -Yes.
-She followed him to take the phone.
She has a scratch on her leg 'cause she said she fell,
But he grabbed her from there
And started carrying her inside without her being,
Without her telling, he took her.
-Okay. He ain't saying anything.
He's just saying there's no 415 at all.
-So he still grabbed her.
He still carried her. -Okay, cool.
-And he did take her phone away.
-Okay, and what about witnesses?
-So they say that they just saw her run outside.
She was screaming and hollering about a phone.
And she said they did see a male pick her up
And carry her inside
And she was screaming, "help, help, help!"
-Okay. So it sounds like we'll have 415 at this point.
So battery on him and possibly coercion.
-Yeah. -Okay. Cool. All right.
We'll get him, he's already hooked up.
We'll get him in one of your cars and
I'll get it from there. Okay.
-Yeah. Sounds good. Thank you.
-Hey, bo.
I need you to place your hands behind your back. -Okay.
-Officer: Why did she have scratches on her?
-Bo: She fell. -Officer: She fell?
-Bo: Yeah, like, we were running and
She was yelling at me and chasing me
And she fell and-- -pfiffner: Hey, man,
At this point I'm gonna have you stand up, okay?
-Bo: Alright.
-I'm gonna take you over to one of these cars over here.
-All right, and we'll explain what's going on.
-Can you grab my-- -yeah, we'll grab it all.
Take a seat and I'll explain
Everything that's going on, okay? -Okay.
-Take a seat, yeah.
Okay. Kick your feet in. Okay.
So, bo, at this point, I'm gonna let you know
You are gonna be under arrest for
Battery and domestic violence, okay?
-I didn't-- I'll tell you exactly what happened.
-Okay.
-I got here. The dude was there.
I did, the dog was out before. Right before.
That's why I was here. -Okay.
-The dog was here. I got the dog inside.
As I, the car was pulling up.
I was like, "who is this guy, coming to my house?"
You know, I'm not trying to have her business out there.
Whatever's going on. -Okay. I understand that.
But at this point, hey, the police are involved.
We get called here for domestic, okay?
-But I didn't hit her.
-I know, but here's the thing:
You took her phone from her, okay?
-Yeah, I pay--
-And how about all the scratch marks that she has all on her?
-'cause she fell like three times!
I told you, she fell!
I'm not even joking. -How did she fall?
-She kept coming at me.
She tried to come in the truck when I was sitting in truck.
She kept trying to come jump in the truck.
She fell the last time. Right outside.
I picked her up and I helped her inside.
Like, I picked her up and she was pissed off.
She was pissed off, screaming, and I--
-Okay, but once again,
That constitutes unlawful use of force or violence.
-But she'll tell you that I wasn't.
-Okay. And then that's when we rolled up after.
-Yeah. And I was outside.
That's what I'm saying. And I know her very well.
She's not gonna make some (bleep) up.
-Pfiffner: Okay. All right. Hang out here.
Hey, jennifer, my name is officer pfiffner.
I know you were telling my partner
Kind of about what happened.
Can you just kind of give me a quick rundown?
How did you get these injuries on you? Like what was he doing?
-I fell.
No, I was trying to, he took my phone.
He came inside the house.
He saw my phone and took it and that's when I came out.
He got into his truck
And I was trying to take my phone away.
I fell from the truck.
-Okay. Well, so just so you know,
He is obviously gonna be going to jail tonight
For battery and domestic violence, okay?
I know this is kind of a stressful time
For you to be going through,
Especially going through the divorce
And you guys having a kid in common
And you're trying to work this stuff out, okay?
So we'll come back and talk to you here in a couple minutes.
Okay?
Okay. Hey, bo, final thing.
Obviously tonight,
You're gonna be going to jail for battery,
Domestic violence, and coercion, okay?
-What? Coercion?
-Yeah, coercion, okay?
-What's coercion?
-So a coercion is pretty much taking someone's phone.
Okay? Not letting them call 911. Okay?
Obviously hate--
-I didn't take her phone for calling 911--
-I know, okay? But those are the charges that'll all be reported.
-I just wanted to see her phone. It wasn't--
-Pfiffner: Okay. I gotcha.
-That has nothing to do with that at all.
-Everyone has their day in court and it'll go from there.
-(over radio): 132 and bush, I've got him at gun point.
-Dispatch: Okay, gunpoint, 132 and bush.
-Cover's code three. -Thanks, 10.
-(indistinct radio chatter)
-Okay, we'll still send a code three.
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