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Jamie welsh: There's one thing that is within your control
For the most part and that's the way you
React to certain situations.
Being able to just remain calm makes
Everything go a lot smoother.
And it allows other people to do the same
When they hear a calmer voice.
A lot of times, they emulate it, and then it
Makes our situations go a lot smoother.
Right now we're in pursuit of a vehicle that
Just stole a tv from walmart.
When employees went to confront him, they pulled a knife.
So right now it's a agg assault vehicle, with three occupants.
[sirens]
Officer (on speaker): You need to pull over now.
You have nowhere to go.
Jamie welsh: We'll take the passenger with the red shoes
Hanging out the passenger side.
Officer (on speaker): They only got one more tire--
Shawn kavadas: They only have one tire left.
They can't really drive very fast.
I mean, our speeds have been under 20 for probably
The last five minutes.
We have probably eight patrol cars here.
And now we're just waiting for them to either football
Or for them to give up.
Jamie welsh: I think he's got a 75- or 65-inch big screen tv.
Gonna slow down for sticks.
[sirens]
One car.
Ok, it looks like we got another good stick.
There is one car oncoming.
They are yielding.
[sirens]
Stay here. Stay here.
I am. I am.
Jamie welsh: Surprised they're not letting go of the tv.
Shawn kavadas: I know.
Three pull out.
Jamie welsh: Well we did get a good look at occupants.
Front passenger is going to be the female
And is our suspect in aggravated assault.
All right, 32.
We can call for you again if you're back as primary.
Officer (on speaker): 42, we'll--
[radio dispatch]
Driver rear.
No copy.
We still need the driver's rear tire.
That's the only tire still up.
[radio dispatch]
Ok.
We have a good stick.
I think I got it.
It's deflating.
Can you see this good, jamie?
Ok.
[sirens]
Football.
Right side.
Jamie welsh: Passenger?
Shawn kavadas: I'm going to let them get them.
Jamie welsh: Are we going to go?
We going?
Shawn kavadas: That's not suspect.
Jamie welsh: One of the passengers
Bailed southbound paseo and he was wearing a yellow shirt.
Shawn kavadas: Female's-- yeah.
Female's still in passenger seat.
She's the suspect with the knife.
[radio chatter]
Hands!
Let me see your hands!
Passenger, let me see your hands.
Officer: Driver!
Let me see your hands.
Officer: Hands out the window!
Officer: Put your hands out the door.
Do not step out until you're told to.
Officer: Hey, I don't have hands on passenger.
Passenger, let me see your hands!
Woman: I ain't letting you see [bleep]..
Officer: She ain't letting--
Woman: [yelling]
Officer: Refusing to show hands.
Officer: Passenger's non-compliant.
Won't show hands.
Officer: Walk back to us now.
Woman: I ain't walking back to [bleep]..
Officer: Don't approach her.
And don't put your hands on me because I [bleep] break 'em.
My tv.
Officer: I got it.
Officer: You got it?
Woman: Don't put your hands on me.
Officer: Taze her! Taze her!
[taser rattling]
Woman: Ow!
[groaning]
Officer: Hands!
Don't move!
Do not move!
Woman: [sobbing]
Officer: Roll over!
Officer: Put your hands on your back.
There's a deployment.
We're taking two into custody.
Woman: [continues sobbing]
Officer: What's your name, ma'am?
Hey, what's your name, ma'am?
Officer: If you guys just want to clear that real quick.
Officer: Go ahead and sit up for me.
There you go.
Just relax for us.
Try and take a deep breath, ok?
Woman: I don't really have nothing.
I'm going to grab plastics real quick.
Officer: Take a deep breath for me, ok?
Woman: I want an ambulance!
Officer: We'll get you an ambulance.
Ok?
Do you have any weapons on you?
Woman: I don't have [bleep].
Officer: Ok.
Woman: I don't have nothing. (sobbing) I don't have nothing.
All I had was my tv!
All I want to do is take my tv down.
Officer: Hey-- officer: Relax.
Officer: --Do you have that knife on you, hon?
Woman: What knife?
I have no knife!
Officer: Do you have any weapons?
Woman: I don't have no I have no weapons!
I don't have a knife!
I can feel the blood gush [bleep]..
[crying]
Officer: I don't see any blood on you right now.
You ready? We're going to stand up.
Come on. Here we go.
1, 2, 3.
There you go.
We're going to walk back here to this car, ok?
Woman: (sobbing) I want on my daughter.
Officer: Ok, ok.
We're going to walk this way.
Woman: I want my daughter.
Officer: We're sitting up here.
Officer: This is probably the knife that they used.
Officer: Is it?
Officer: Yeah, it was stashed in between the seats
On the driver's side.
Officer: Do they describe it at all?
Officer: I haven't gone through the call notes
To look at the knife described.
Officer: All right, we'll verify with them
And then we'll recover it.
[distant siren]
Jamie welsh: What's your name, sir?
Michael jamie welsh: Michael?
I'm going to switch your cuffs around since you've
Been cool with us, all right?
We're just going to have you continue keeping
A seat back here, all right? Michael: All right.
Thank you.
How old are you, sir?
Michael: 66.
Oh, you're too old for this stuff, man.
That's all right.
We wanted a tv for the kids.
Shawn kavadas: I get it. I get it, man.
Yeah.
Not even my girlfriend.
Just she's paid me to take her to the store get the tv.
Shawn kavadas: Ok.
Jamie welsh: Was it a 75 or 65 inch tv?
I done seen him pulling it out of the store.
Yeah?
And then she said--
Well, it was pretty comical watching you guys drive down
The road with the tv hanging out and I see somebody's tennis
Shoes with it.
[laughs] I couldn't even see you because I was on the--
I was driving, so.
All righty.
Well, at least you didn't drive too awfully crazy for us
Tonight.
No, no, no, no.
You were fairly safe.
I didn't put nobody at risk.
I did the speed limit.
Yeah.
I just didn't--
Well, we appreciate you.
For our sake, for not putting us in too awful--
I've done some serious driving though, huh?
Oh, yeah, yeah, right.
[laughs] yeah, but, but, but it's not a laughing matter.
- Yeah. - You know?
Well, it sounds like you're going
To be under arrest tonight, just given the circumstances.
Right.
We'll have detectives speak with you more about what all is
Going to be charged with, ok?
Michael: Ok.
Woman: Did I mean that?
Officer: So, as of right now, there's no one outstanding
And everyone's in custody, so.
Due to the taser, she's going to go to the hospital.
She's claiming she's pregnant, so obviously
We want to get her checked out.
She's probably going to have three or four charges
Including armed robbery.
Woman: This is heavy right here.
Woman: I know y'all going to take it.
Officer: What is this?
75?
Oh, 75 inch.
Steady.
There you go.
Push her 75-inch tv.
Officer: If it's got any dents, it's discounted.
David velez: I've got a nickname called u-turn.
I have a tendency to see a vehicle I like
And quickly turn around on them.
It's become popular around the guys I work with, but also
On the street.
The last guy pulled over and took to jail,
He was pretty upset with me, but he kept calling me u-turn
And told me that was my name, so it's kind
Of sticking with me ever since.
We have a female who punched someone
And then damaged some property.
And now she's running from the police.
This those are the storage units right here
That we believe she ran into.
[radio chatter]
Hey, did y'all see a female happen to run over here?
If you see a female, just yell out, ok?
Man: Yo, what's going on?
Got someone running from the cops.
[radio chatter]
Hey, she's right here.
There's a female right here.
Officer: Better come out now or we'll send this dog over.
[barking]
David velez: 334, can I get description of the female
Again?
[barking continues]
Woman: He beat me up.
Officer (on radio): 415, it is a white female.
David velez: Stand up.
Woman: He broke all my stuff in the house.
Officer (on radio): --Tank top, white shorts.
Officer (on radio): We got her.
David velez: What happened to your knee?
He-- he pushed me.
He was breaking my stuff and I was trying to stop him.
That's why I bit him.
David velez: And then you ran from the police?
I didn't. I didn't run from the police.
David velez: Ok. Ok.
We're going to go back over here.
I mean, they pulled in.
Yeah, I mean, what would you do?
I meant, you guys wouldn't listen to me.
He has bite marks.
I don't.
Ok, well, we'll go talk to the officer who came out with you
And we'll see what really happened.
Woman: He doesn't meth too.
Go do a piss test on him.
Run a piss test on him.
Do you have anything on you that's
Going to get you in trouble? - No.
Ok. Woman: Just a key.
David velez: Do you have a key? Woman: Can I smoke a cigarette?
Not right now.
All right, get in the car and sit down for a second.
I saw a piece of crystal meth, some yellow tablets.
Surprised why she had all that energy for running.
Ma'am?
Woman: There's no drugs in here.
Officer: There's no drugs in here?
Woman: No, definitely.
Officer: Ok.
Did he put them in there?
Woman: What?
What?
That's why he did--
He's so stupid.
David velez: What's your name again?
I'm sorry. - Lori.
Lori?
So why are we out with you today?
What's going on?
Ok, last night, he cheated on me.
Who's "he"?
Gary.
- Is your boyfriend? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I live with him. I live there.
Ok.
And then, anyway, so this morning
When he was getting ready to go to work, I got up and I left.
So he thinks I was out screwing somebody, which I wasn't.
I was at my mom's house.
And he said, and otherwise he said,
You're going to be set up.
He said, I'm going to get you good.
I'm going to get you good. - I'm sorry?
Say that-- - he's going to get me good.
Then what happened?
He kept breaking my stuff.
So I broke stuff. I broke his.
I did. - Ok.
And then what happened?
And then that's what happened.
And then he was choking me and when he did, I bit him twice.
What happened when the police arrived?
I ran because I was scared.
I mean, he has two bites on him.
Now see, that's where I kind of-- you're losing me a little
Bit.
Why run if you're the victim of this?
Because nobody ever believes.
Now, what if I told you when we searched your bag,
We found some things?
No you didn't.
I-- we didn't?
I-- I meant, because I didn't have anything.
I don't have drugs.
I can't afford them.
Ok.
So why would you have the drugs in your bag?
I don't know.
You don't remember or you don't know?
No, I remember.
I meant, unless he-- he told me he was going to get me good.
So he put the drugs in your bag--
- I guess so. - --Is what you're saying.
I guess so.
And then you ran from the police
Because it was also his fault. - No, I didn't know--
- Ok. - --The stuff was in there.
All right, well, hang tight for me.
Ok.
Thank you for your information.
Appreciate it.
So I got here.
I actually saw what I thought was
Her running out of the back.
But I didn't know if I had any charges.
I thought it was maybe just trespassing.
So I ended up making contact with the victim
Over there who has really significant bite
Marks on his arms.
And I said, hey, man, what happened?
What's going on?
And he said that she bit him.
He was trying to get her out of the house
So she started breaking items.
And she ended up biting his arms whenever he tried to barricade
Her from going back in.
And that was corroborated by a witness that was next door.
So then I ended up walking behind where I saw her go,
Called it out the responding deputies.
I think that's where y'all got her
Down there by the auto place.
That's where I saw her.
Right behind the storage units.
As soon as she turned around and saw me,
She darted in there with all them bags.
Can we see him real quick? Can I talk to him?
Yeah, sure. He's filling out a statement.
David velez: That key might belong to him.
Let's go find out.
Is this one of your keys, sir?
Gary: [muffled speech]
Officer: Is she's supposed to have it with her?
Gary: No. Officer: No?
Gary: She took my-- she didn't have--
She stole my van this morning.
Officer: She stole your van this morning?
And was gone with it all the time.
She left with it and she came back.
Officer: You had no idea she had your keys?
Gary: No, I didn't know she had these, no.
You sure you don't want an ambulance for your arm there?
That's pretty bad.
It is bad, but--
Officer: I've been bit before. It's not fun.
Officer: That can get infected pretty easily too.
And that's a clear bite mark, circle and everything.
Gary: I poured this on it. Officer: Ok.
Officer: What about the other arm?
You bit on that one too?
Gary: Yeah, I think so.
Officer: You want to press charges
For trying to steal your keys?
Gary: I think she's in enough trouble.
[chuckles] - ok, understand.
Well, I appreciate it, man.
If you keep filling out your statement,
And we'll get out of here, and get out of your way
In just a few minutes. Ok, man?
Gary: Sure. - Thank you.
Gary: Appreciate y'all coming.
Officer: Yep.
Lori: He wouldn't let me in.
And he kept pushing me and calling me a [bleep] bitch.
Officer: What happened to all the dishes in there?
He did that.
Don't even go there.
He did that.
Those are my dishes.
What if I can tell you that you're lying to me?
- Ok, go ahead. - Ok?
Because the neighbor said--
They weren't even in there.
A neighbor-- now, listen to what I'm saying now.
A neighbor said that she saw you bite him.
And he's got clear bite marks.
I did bite him.
He's got clear bite marks on his arm.
I did bite him.
You bit him because you wanted to get into the house
To get your purses.
My purse and my makeup.
Ok. Stay with me.
Lori: You know, because he's dea?
He's dea?
Lori: He used to be, yeah. - Ok.
Well, let's fast-forward here a little bit.
Lori: So that's why, yes,
So whenever you saw--
Lori: That's why I ran.
Because I know that you guys all stick together.
So when my partners caught you over there with all your purse,
And there's, what?
Viagra pills in that pill bottle or something like that?
Lori: Yeah, they're his. - They're his?
Yeah, he always carries his dope with him.
Officer: What color are they? - Yellow.
- They're yellow? - Yes.
Ok. They're inside the pill bottle?
Yes. He always carries them.
On top all the meth.
He-- that's how he carries it.
Ok, that's how he carries it?
Yes.
But you had it on you.
You had it on your person.
I didn't have it in there.
Do you think I would have gave them that purse
If I'd known it was in there?
I mean, you just said it was in there in your purse.
So you knew that you had possession.
See, you're just switching words on me.
- No. - Yes, you are.
You knew you had possession of a methamphetamine.
No I did not.
Why are you two switching around?
- I'm just saying-- - you're on his side.
--What you've told me.
Just because he's dea.
You're going to be charged with aggravated battery
For biting him and causing great bodily harm.
And he's over the age of 65.
Criminal mischief, and possession
Of a controlled substance without a prescription.
Lori: Yes, sir.
Ok.
Tom stilson: I've been a cop for about eight years.
And if there's one thing that I've learned
That's consistent in this job, it's that it's really an act
Played on human psychology.
How we interact with people can take a call that's at 110%
And lower it down to that dull roar and calm people down.
And it's all in how we carry ourselves
And how we communicate.
Officer (on radio): Across from 100.
Just around the corner.
Tom stilson: I got a stolen vehicle
Over at a local walmart.
We're going to get out there and assist units
That are already out there.
[radio chatter]
Officer: Back, back, back.
On your knees.
Tom stilson: I got you covered.
[cuffs closing]
Ok.
Officer: What's your first name?
Paul: Paul.
P-a-u-l. What did we do?
Officer: Huh?
Are you paul or derek?
Paul: No, that's my dad.
He's deceased.
I'm going to check him real quick.
And I'll grab her info.
Yeah, I'm just gonna--
I'm trying to find his id.
Tom stilson: Ok.
Paul, how old are you?
Paul: I'm 50.
You're 50?
So you're jason? Paul: Huh?
You're jason?
Paul: Jason paul.
Jason paul.
Ok, well, he asked you for your first name.
Paul: My fault, my bad.
Jason.
Jason paul.
Officer: Come on, man.
Officer: You're jason scott.
Paul: It's not scott.
It's paul.
I changed it. Paul.
Officer: Ok. Can you read?
Paul: Jason paul. - What does that say?
Paul: I know.
It hasn't been changed yet.
It's jason paul.
Ok.
So you're jason scott.
And how old are you?
I'm 50. '73.
Officer: We're going off your legal name,
Not what you want to be called, ok?
Paul: Yeah.
That was what I--
Officer: Come on, man.
You said "paul."
You spelled it for him.
Paul: It is.
Tom stilson: Who is she to you?
Girlfriend?
Paul: Girlfriend.
What's her name?
Paul: Uh, samantha.
Samantha.
Samantha what?
Samantha baker.
Baker?
Just hang tight.
He's got himself a little bit of an identity crisis.
We'll find out what this gal's story is.
Miss baker?
No!
Ok, you reacted pretty strongly when I said "baker."
Why baker?
Why is that?
Don't, I know bakers out in california.
Oh, ok.
I'm not a baker.
Ok.
So do you have an id or anything with your name on it
Whatsoever?
If I fingerprint scan you, are you going
To come back as anybody else?
I go by sam.
Ok.
How old are you?
I'm 35 years old.
How do you know him?
(crying) that's my fiance.
It's your fiance?
Tom stilson: Ok.
Gotcha. All right.
Anybody explain to you why you're being detained
Or anything like that?
I'm in a [bleep] stolen vehicle
That I didn't even know about.
Tom stilson: Ok, did we tell you that?
He told me that. Tom stilson: He told you that?
Ok. Got you.
All right.
Well, we're going to get things figured out.
We're going to go from there, ok?
So give us a minute.
All right?
So at this point, you're just being detained.
You're not going to jail.
So just hang tight for a second, ok?
(crying) k. Can I have my therapy dog?
Tom stilson: Huh?
Emotional support animal.
Tom stilson: I don't know if we're
Going to be able to fit him in the car with you,
But we can get him over here, ok?
So we're going to get it figured out.
Take a deep breath for me and just relax, ok?
I don't want you stressing, all right?
If anything, you'll be looking at a misdemeanor here.
Were you driving?
No, I wasn't.
Tom stilson: Ok, then if anything,
You might be looking at a misdemeanor, ok?
So just hang tight for me, ok? Watch your foot.
I'm going to close the door.
Just take a deep breath for me, ok?
Ok, car's stolen, man.
The van's not stolen, bro.
It was my dad's vehicle, then it went to my brother-in-law.
Tom stilson: What's your brother-in-law?
Who's your brother-in-law? - Jason.
Tom stilson: Ok. Jason?
Yes.
Tom stilson: How did you get that from jason?
Paul: My brother got it and let me use it.
Ok.
So it should be registered to jason?
Paul: Yeah.
And you could--
Tom stilson: You could call jason right now
And you could tell--
They have jason on the phone and he could be like, hey,
It's ok for him to use it?
If I had a phone to call him, I would.
Tom stilson: Ok.
Do you got a number for him?
I don't have his number.
Tom stilson: So how do you get a hold of him?
I go to his house.
Is that your phone over there?
Paul: Yeah, he has my phone, yes.
With a black case, blue phone.
Paul: Yes.
You asked me if I had his number.
I said, no. I have it--
Tom stilson: But, yo, [sighs]
I said, I don't have his number.
Tom stilson: My god! - You asked me.
No, you can't confuse me.
I know what you said.
Tom stilson: My brother in christ,
Everybody here is lying to me.
Like, you're sitting on a throne of lies
And she's wearing a crown of deceit, dude.
Like this is getting old.
You asked me--
You're not helping your situation, man.
You asked me if I had his number.
I don't have his number.
I have a phone.
Explain this to me.
Your vehicle starts with a screwdriver.
Paul: That's how you start it every time.
It's been like that for years.
You start it with a screw--
Tom stilson: I can say, I don't start
My car with a screwdriver.
Well, that's how, I know.
And it looks suspicious.
But, that's how my brother-in-law--
Tom stilson: [chuckles] I mean, it looks sus, dude.
I know it does.
My brother-in-law-- that's how you start to start the van up
Is with a screwdriver.
Ask my brother.
He'll tell you.
Officer: Are you scott ella? - Scott ella?
Officer: Yeah.
That was my-- my grandmother-- that was me a long time ago.
Officer: Did you go to prison for being scott?
Because that's what your fingerprints come off of.
Yes, I did.
I went to prison for, uh.
That was me who made a stupid mistake.
I use that name to try to get out of to get in trouble.
They charged me for it.
And gave me three years. Tom stilson: Ok.
That's right. Just hang tight.
I'm gonna close the door.
Watch your knee.
Hey, ashley?
Are you on probation?
I did go to court and I got released.
Tom stilson: Ok, all right. Officer: That's parole.
Tom stilson: There we go. So you'd have a parole officer.
That's what your warrant's for is you haven's checked in.
Officer: Yeah.
Tom stilson: So you violated conditions
Of your probation and parole.
I was running away from my abusive ex and I told her that.
He abused me.
He beat me, he freaking blacked out my eyes,
He shot a gun to my head twice.
Threw my kids--
Tom stilson: I'm glad you got away from him.
And I told her that.
And she said, that's fine.
Ok, but did she give you permission to leave the state?
Yes. She did.
She did?
She give you permission to ride inside of a stolen car?
No. Tom stilson: Ok.
I didn't know it was stolen.
Tom stilson: Ok.
It started with a screwdriver.
No, it's-- he told me it's been like that.
It's been like that his whole life.
That's his mom and dad's truck.
Tom stilson: You've got a warrant,
So you're going to go to jail on that, but with your dog,
We need to figure that out.
We're going to work through that before we ask you anything, ok?
I don't want your dog having to go
To the pound or anything like that,
Because you're going to get picked up.
(crying) I don't want him to go to pound.
Tom stilson: Yeah, no.
That's-- we're trying to avoid that, ok?
I don't have anyone out here.
Tom stilson: We'll let's see if we can work some magic, ok?
Just take a breather.
What did the ro tell you about this van?
Officer: He did not give him permission
To take the vehicle at all.
He saw glass on the ground.
And then he noticed his van was missing.
And after I told him who it was, he
Said that it was his brother who has
Robbed him before in the past.
So he told me that he's done it a bunch.
So he'll be going to jail tonight for tampering.
Tom stilson: Thank you.
All right.
So deputy hamp was saying you're not fully
Understanding kind of what's going on
And stuff like that, man.
No!
[laughs] no, I said I didn't steal the damn van!
Tom stilson: But here's the deal, ok?
You're going to go to jail for tampering with a motor
Vehicle, first degree.
Ok?
Because you're in possession of a stolen vehicle.
So you should be out of jail within a few hours.
You can get your dog.
Ok?
Hang tight.
Officer (on radio): 132 and bush.
I've got him at gunpoint.
Officer (on radio): Ok, gunpoint 132 and bush.
Coverage code 3.
Officer (on radio): Hang 10.
Officer (on radio): We have a 25/14 in transit on--
[radio chatter]
Officer (on radio): Ok, we'll still send a code 3.
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