-Huh! -Stop! Get on the ground!
♪ whatcha want, whatcha want ♪ -(sirens wailing)
-You're under arrest. -Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Time out. Stop, right there.
-Get out of the car.
-♪ when sheriff john brown comes for you? ♪
-Enjoy your stay, okay? -I will!
Damn right, I will.
-♪ bad boys, bad boys ♪
-♪ whatcha gonna do ♪ -find him. Where's he at?
-Get on the ground now. -Sir, yes, sir!
-Dude, you gotta stay out of trouble.
-I know. I'm trying, bro. -(laughs) yeah!
-Officer: Hit it, hit it, hit it!
-♪ when they come for you ♪ -(siren wailing)
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Detective trey mccullough: So we're going to stop these,
Looks like a group of about maybe five or six individuals
In this little residential neighborhood.
They're walking all in the roadway,
Kind of dancing, playing in the roadway
Where there's a sidewalk provided.
People are getting hit on bicycles, you know,
Just pedestrians walking.
So we're going to get out and just inform them,
You know, that they need to be walking on the sidewalk.
Come here. All of y'all. Come here.
Keep your hands where I can see them.
-Is there anything on you? -Nope.
-Turn around real quick.
Hey, what's up, bro? -I do got a pocket knife?
-Man: Hey, get him.
(officers yelling)
(yelling continues)
-Hey, I'm gonna go secure that backpack. Y'all got him?
Hey, give me your hand.
-I got his legs. I got his legs.
- Do not move. -Yes, sir.
-You hear me? -Get your other hand out.
(indistinct shouting)
-Put your right arm behind your back.
-Suspect: Okay.
-Y'all good? -Yeah. We're good.
(panting)
(handcuff clicking)
-I got a pocket knife in my pocket.
-Yeah. Backpack. You forgot.
-Suspect: That's not mine. -The one that was on your back.
-Suspect: I promise that's not mine.
That's, that's, that's one of theirs. I can't...
I promise it's not mine. Nothing in that bag is mine.
Only the (bleep) on me is mine.
-Well, the backpack was on you. -I live right there.
-Why are you carrying around a backpack?
-Because they handed me it just a minute ago
When they seen y'all.
-Don't take things from strangers.
-I'm sorry. I wasn't even with them, sir.
-You were. -I promise.
-Oh, man. -I don't know. That's the bb gun.
It's not even loaded. It don't work.
It's a bb gun, and it don't work.
-Detective: It's a bb what? -Suspect: Bb gun.
-Oh, gun, gun. -I'm 16.
The satchel was mine.
Everything on me was mine except for that backpack.
-So why were you holding it? -He handed it to me
When we was walking down, and he said, that's the crackers.
-Okay. Hold on. -Hey, look here.
You know, we saw you well before walking down eaton,
And, you know, you had the backpack on.
No, no, no... -Well, he just stopped me--
Stop talking. Stop talking.
-Peyton. Look here. -I stopped right there--
-You're still talking, and I'm talking.
-Yes, sir. -I need eyes and ears.
I don't need your mouth. -Peyton: Yes, sir.
-What I'm saying is you just put a bike back there.
-I left my bike-- -about ten minutes ago.
-Yes, sir. -With the backpack on your back.
-Yes, sir. -That was well before eaton.
-Yes, sir. -You heard?
-Yes, sir. -So now that I'm spitting facts,
It's your turn.
-Peyton: When I stopped right there by the fence,
They all three behind me, and he put something in my bag.
-Hey, peyton.
-What did he put in your backpack?
-A gun. -A gun?
-Yes, sir. -What color was the gun?
-Black. -Okay.
What else do he put in there? -That's it.
-And who put it in there? -Juan.
-So if I go ask juan,
He's gonna say I put my gun in... What's your name?
-Peyton. I'm not lying.
-Detective mccullough: How old are you, peyton?
-Peyton: I'm 16.
-Detective mccullough: Sixteen? -Peyton: Sixteen.
-Have you ever been arrested? -Peyton: No, sir.
-Why do you have two color... -Yeah.
-Why don't you go ahead and put your sister's sandals back on?
-Those my mama slides. I can barely hear right now.
For real. -Detective: Okay.
-I'm really thirsty.
-Probably out of shape. -That's because you're out of shape.
Don't run from the police. -Peyton: I'm not gonna run.
-Detective mccullough: You got ran down by 40-year-old men
Wearing 40 pound vests in summertime in florida.
He was carrying a black backpack.
And as we're gaining on him,
He takes the backpack and tosses it.
It looks like they went through the backpack,
And they found a bb gun,
Some hypodermic needles with a white powder substance,
Looks like some burglary tools, a torch,
A couple flashlights, a vape.
Those aren't good for you.
A camera to a house,
Some ammo and a bunch of needles,
And some, looks like some blunts.
And some, looks like some pizza hut
Jewelry chains over there.
But other than that, that's it.
He had all kind of stuff in there.
-Oh, my god.
I didn't know what to think right now.
-Detective mccullough: He's never been in trouble?
-No, I mean, he's got in trouble for...
It was... He was like ten years old when it happened.
-Mm-hmm. -It was for getting in a fight with a kid.
-Mm-hmm. -You know? And that's been almost six years, you know?
-He claims that kwan, whoever kwan is,
Put that gun in his backpack.
-And I tell him all the time, possession is nine-tenths of the law.
-Detective mccullough: So... -Stupid. And I told him
The only way, it's going to catch up to him finally,
So he'll stop, is he either goes to jail
Or he's going to go to prison or die.
-He's going... Hopefully, those two other options won't happen,
But he's going to go to jail today.
He-- -he needs to get his ass back in school
And do what he needs to do.
-It could have ended a lot worse, you know?
-Mother: Yeah.
-Marshall, your mother's here.
-We've got to stop hanging around these people.
-I know.
-You understand me. It's got to stop.
It's the only way it's going to change.
Please don't do this to me, alright?
(sniffling)
I love you, okay?
Please be good. Alright?
Just stop hanging around these people.
Why didn't you stop when they stopped you?
-'cause what he put in my bag, mom.
-Mother: If you knew that, then why didn't you stop
And tell them that it was his?
You running, they know it's not...
You know what I'm saying? That's stupid.
Okay. If they say, "here, hold this."
I love you, but you gotta stop, okay?
When you get out, I'm kicking your ass.
Thank you.
-Sgt. Beau daigle: So three people comply.
They get cut loose. -Yup.
-He resists and runs and has a gun on him.
-Yep. -He's going to jail.
-Detective mccullough: Yes, sir. That's it.
-Alright. Sounds good to me.
-When I was talking to your mom,
She seems like a good woman. Okay?
Like she's trying to do right, but,
But at the end of the day, like, you gotta help her out.
Like, you can't be out here running these streets
And thinking you're grown
And carrying a gun and all that, okay?
Because, like, obviously, you know what comes with this.
You know what I mean? It comes with this or death.
Right. There ain't...
There's two ways that the streets go by, okay?
And that ain't... That's not my opinion.
That's just facts. Okay?
-Deputy caden downing: I like working up here.
A lot of the people are known to us.
I was born and raised in this area,
So it's pretty easy for us to pick out some of these people
And know who they are.
Like this jeep right here,
He's got a previous history with us.
The last time we stopped and talked to him,
We got some camera hits of him pulling some stolen trailers
Out of niceville, which is the southern part of our county.
It's got a plate on the left side, but it's unreadable.
So we're gonna end up doing a traffic stop on this one.
347, 1050, unreadable.
It's gonna be a trailer being pulled
By a red jeep grand cherokee.
-Dispatch (over radio): 10-4, copy. -Oh.
What's up, dude? -Driver: I know...
-Deputy downing: What's going on with that tag, man?
It's all cut up and it's all up underneath of it and stuff.
Yeah. You good?
So, yeah. Stopped you because that thing right there,
Do you have any paperwork on that trailer at all?
-No, I just got it from my buddy. I'm picking up a lawn mower.
-Deputy downing: Which buddy did you get it from?
-Uh... What do you mean?
-Which buddy did you get it from?
-Uh, he's from up there. -Okay.
-Off old river road. -Okay.
Alright. You got license, registration, insurance.
-There's license.
-All the other stuff's in here? -Yeah. Everything's in here.
-Okay. Alright, give me a second.
I'll be right back, bro. Alright?
Thanks, buddy. -Yes, sir.
-You need a dog walk? -Deputy downing: Yes, sir.
-How many... Just two people?
-Two in the car? -Yeah. Okay.
-Come here. Check.
Here.
Check.
That's a sign?
Yeah. He alerted on that?
-He did. Okay. -Deputy miller: Yeah.
-So you got a positive alert on that one?
-Yes. -It might be jessica.
If it's jessica, she's got active warrants.
-Deputy miller: Yeah. -Deputy downing: Yeah.
What's up, jason?
Here, step out for me. Let me talk to you.
Put your cigarette down.
Put your phone on the seat. Turn around.
Put your hands behind your back. -Why?
-You just being detained right now, bro?
Basically what it is, dog alerted us to the car.
-Jason: Okay. -Deputy downing: I don't know.
-They tried to bite my arm.
-What, the dog did? -Yeah.
-No. -Yeah...
-Deputy miller: How do y'all two know each other?
-Jessica: Um... -Are y'all together?
-Jessica: Mutual friends. -Mutual friends?
-Yeah. -Come on.
-I know, I remember you.
-Deputy downing: Beverly.
Okay. -You look familiar.
-Deputy miller: Really? -Just...
-Just lean right up here against this...
Against this bumper. Just have a seat right there.
-Deputy miller: Yeah, I do, I remember.
Right now, you're not... Neither one of y'all are
In trouble or under arrest right now.
Y'all just detained, so you can't just walk away.
So did the traffic stop,
Got a positive alert with the k9 on this one?
We've had previous contacts with this guy a couple weeks ago
Stealing some trailers out of niceville.
The female that's in the passenger seat
Is a known gang member.
No way.
So there's a hidden compartment in the center console.
It's got a loaded nine mil taurus in there.
-Woman: January. -Probation in January.
-I think I signed in January.
I've only been on it a couple months.
-Lt. Heath hehl: What are you on probation for?
-Possession.
-Controlled substance? -Yes, sir.
-When does your probation expire?
-I just, I just got put on it, so I got three years.
-What's up with the gun? -Pistol that's in the...
Yeah, I forgot it was in there
When I told y'all there was nothing in there.
-Okay, so-- -I figured that's what
You were in there digging around.
As soon as I, as soon as I thought about it...
I just keep it tucked in there.
It's the safest place. Nobody's going to steal it.
-Do you know where you got it from?
-I bought it from somebody.
I didn't buy it from a store.
-Yeah.
How much you pay for it?
-Two hundred and fifty bucks.
-Two hundred and fifty bucks? -Maybe.
-You a convicted felon? -No.
-You ain't convicted on any of them. -No.
-What about her? -I don't know if she is.
I didn't know that she got caught with four pounds
Of (bleep) meth and a meth lab.
-How many times you been arrested?
-Six. -Deputy downing: Six?
But out of those, you have been convicted.
-Jason: Never. -Never. Not yet.
-Jason: Mm-hmm. Thank god.
-Not yet, right? -Yeah.
-So what we were looking at is because you got the firearm,
You can't have a firearm if you're a convicted felon.
-Mm-hmm. -I don't know if the gun is stolen.
So I'm gonna let you keep it.
-Okay. -Just understand where you're at. Right?
Like, the second time I stopped you with the trailer,
The first time I talked to you,
We had flock hits with your truck
Pulling stolen trailers, right,
First time I talked to you.
-That's not a stolen trailer. -That one's not.
Not yet. Right? So they said the tag doesn't belong to that trailer.
A different tag is supposed to be on it.
-Okay. -But it ain't stolen yet.
-Okay. -So just--
-I know he's had that trailer for a while.
-Other than that, dude, I'm about to cut you loose.
-Alright. Awesome. -So that way, you can get out of here.
But, dude, you got to stay out of trouble.
-I know. I'm trying, bro. -(laughing) yeah.
-Okay. Alright. Jessica.
So when's the last time you got arrested?
-When was that?
-Deputy miller: Probably the summer of last year.
-Summer. So you ain't been arrested since then?
-Jessica: No, sir. -Okay.
Are you a convicted felon?
-Yes.
-So when you get in somebody's car,
We got to make sure that we start asking questions
Because where y'all were at, luckily for him...
The gun in the car is not stolen yet.
-He has a gun in the car? -Yeah.
-What is it? -It's a pistol.
-Is it loaded? -Yeah.
-What? -Yeah, it's one in the chamber.
-I'm gonna kick his ass. -Hot to trot.
So that's what I'm saying, right?
Because you're a convicted felon.
What's that say with firearms and ammunition?
-Yeah. -You can't be around them.
-Yeah. -Right, so...
Here's the issue. We're gonna leave.
But if you are in this truck in the next ten, 15 minutes
And y'all circle back around, we'll stop you again,
And then I'm pulling you out, and then you're coming with me.
-Jessica: Okay. -Because now you have knowledge
Of the firearm being in there, right?
Because you're on probation and you're a convicted felon.
-Yes, sir. -The dope thing is gonna have to stop too.
I don't know how long it's been since dope's been in the car.
-As I was saying, I just got... He just was giving me a ride.
I don't even... That's not my car.
-So there's been dope in the car? -Yeah.
-Obviously, otherwise the dog wouldn't alert, right?
So with that being said, you're getting cut loose today.
-Okay. -But you can't go back in the truck.
-Jessica: Okay. -Might have to start walking.
-Deputy miller: Don't get, don't get picked up.
-I'm not... -Deputy miller: Don't pick her up.
Don't do it. Alright.
-Deputy downing: It's gonna be bad for her.
-I'm good? -Yeah, you're good, dude.
-I'm not gonna get arrested. Right?
-(indistinct) -deputy downing: I don't know. Don't pick her up.
Don't pick her up, and you won't.
-Deputy miller: Hopefully, she'll not catch rides with guns and cars anymore.
-Deputy downing: Maybe not. We'll see.
-Detective mccullough: I've been with jso
For a little over nine years now.
Started out in patrol, went to narcotics,
A couple taskforces, and now I'm at the gang unit.
Just like to go out and try to make the city a little safer
And get bad guys off the street.
We're patrolling the area that we're very familiar with
Called sin city,
And we noticed three males walking as we drove by.
One of the subjects took his right hand
And put it near his waistline, like as if clutching a firearm.
So we're going to get out and make contact with him
And see what they're up to.
Let's see, let's see. Are they going to run?
3705, got one running.
(indistinct radio chatter)
Black jacket. Blue jeans. Backpack.
- Y'all good? -Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
-Hey, you alright?
-(suspect speaking indistinctly) -move again!
-Shut up! -I dare you, move again.
-Shut up!
-I'm gonna cut the backpack off. -What's wrong with you? Huh?
-Suspect: Nothing. -Watch out! Hold on.
-Wait, wait. -I can't breathe, I swear to god.
-Yeah. You can. -My mama...
You on my neck, sir. -Go that way, buddy.
-Alright. -He's not on your neck.
-My hand's on your back. -Suspect: I know.
-What's he running for? -The backpack.
The backpack? -What's your name, boss?
-Suspect: Who, me?
-No. The other person in handcuffs.
-Good job, boys. Y'all ran a long way.
-Suspect: But look, what I'm trying to figure out,
How y'all just jump out on me.
We ain't do nothing. We didn't do nothing.
-Detective: We were trying... -Like, literally,
We didn't do nothing at all.
Y'all just jumped out on us for no reason.
(indistinct)
-Listen, we seen-- -we walking to the store.
-We seen you... We seen y'all
Walking to the store.
-Suspect: Yeah. -We've seen you clutching.
-Suspect: Who clutching? -Listen...
-I never clutched. I promise to you.
-When you walked to the store, you had the backpack on
In front of you.
-Sir. -Yes, you did.
-What do that mean, though? -I watched you.
-Is that clutching? -You--
-Is that clutching or backpack in front of me.
-Are you gonna let me explain? -I'm letting you explain. Come on.
-Your other buddy, he had a blick on him too, didn't he?
-I don't know. -Oh, you don't know? Yeah.
-You know why? -I don't know.
-'cause we seen it. -No, he's got a machine gun.
-There ain't no machine gun.
(overlapping conversations)
-Suspect: I promise to you... -It is a machine gun, sir.
-Suspect: It is. -That's a machine gun.
-Suspect: Damn.
-Detective mccullough: Alright. -I didn't know that.
(indistinct chatter)
(bleep)
-Suspect: I'm a runner. I'm a track star.
-I guess he ran. He had a gun on him.
Another gun off the street. That's good.
-Detective mccullough: How old are you? -Suspect: I'm 19.
-So can you legally have a firearm?
-No. -Okay.
-Clearly, you were in possession of one, right? -Yeah.
-Have you ever been arrested before?
-Yeah. -For what?
-(indistinct chatter) -let me guess, a gun?
-Yeah.
Let's just sit down. -Can you pull up my pants?
-Yeah. You ain't got nothing?
-No, I ain't got nothing.
-He did or didn't?
-Detective: He had a gun.
-Detective mccullough: Where was it at? In his waistband.
That's the one I seen. -Detective: Yeah.
-Detective mccullough: What kind of gun was that.
-Man, that's some bull(bleep). I don't got it.
-Hey, listen, listen... -I'm talking to my people.
I'm talking to my people 'cause like (bleep)
Y'all jumped out on us for no reason.
-Y'all are walking down the road with a gun.
-Suspect: Did we do anything illegal?
-You are not legally allowed to possess a firearm.
Neither is he. So yes.
That is... Last time I checked, that's illegal.
-Detective: He's got a laptop. -Detective mccullough: Yeah.
So this is the guys that we've seen at the store.
This backpack was on the individual
Over here in the yellow.
The guy in the black shirt clearly had a bulge
Coming out from his waistband, which appeared to be a firearm.
They committed a pedestrian infraction,
And we thought he was acting suspicious
By what he was doing with his hands in the backpack.
Looks like one firearm.
This is the first for me. I've never seen a glock with a foregrip.
-Detective: That's a p80.
Is that one of them handmade or homemade?
-So we're going to check and see if it's hot.
-Detective: It is. -Detective mccullough: It is.
-It's technically classified at one time as a ghost gun.
There's no serial number for it.
-So as you can see, there's no markings on the firearm.
That's (indistinct) -on the polymer portion,
Then sometimes on the actual slide.
Depending on what kind of slide, it will have a serial number.
-Detective mccullough: With a nine millimeter,
24 round extended magazine.
And again, this is the first with a foregrip. Y'all ever seen that?
-Detective: I've never seen a foregrip on a pistol.
-I haven't either. -That seems really dangerous.
-Can you kinda explain to me what happened with...
-Yeah. I exited my truck and made contact
With the subject, yeah, the black t-shirt
Believed to be armed with a handgun.
When I went to go hands-on, he tensed up
And took a step back and I felt the firearm in his waistband.
So I immediately just took him to the ground
Because I knew he was armed. -Good.
-Rolled him over and we removed a handgun from his waistband.
-Oh, this is it right here? -Detective major: Yep.
-This firearm also has a, like a clip on it, clearly,
Which is consistent with what we believe we've seen.
He had it in his shorts to keep it intact.
Good work, dude.
What happened today, man?
Like, clearly, we've seen you, like, walking.
And, you know, you could see the little clip in your waist,
You know, your waistband.
And what was weird,
Every car that would pass by, whether it was one of us
Or just a random thing, you would, like, look
And, like, kind of move your right hand
Towards your waistline.
And I get it, like, this is jacksonville.
This is not in the best of area.
But that was just a red flag to us.
-Yeah. -How old are you?
-Nineteen.
-Have you ever been to jail before?
-Juvenile? -For what? What kind of charges?
Like anything serious?
-No. -Gun charges?
-(bleep) I don't remember. It was like a long time ago.
-But, bro, you're 19. You got your whole life.
Like, obviously, you're gonna have to go to jail,
But, like, this is...
Like, let this be a lesson learned.
You know what I mean?
-I think I told you earlier,
You can't possess them until you're 24, right?
-Mm-hmm. -So even when you get old enough
To purchase some guns and all that,
Just because of what you did as a juvenile.
-Yes. -Detective mccullough: Alright.
Well, good luck to you, man.
-Any questions for us?
-No. -You're good?
Alright, man. Best of luck. Be safe, okay?
-Yeah.
-Y'all boys be safe, alright?
(suspect speaking indistinctly)
-Detective: Yeah, we'll get him to crank it up.
-Detective mccullough: There you go.
Good work today.
Got a couple of guns off the street from some guys
That didn't need to be in possession of them.
-Detective: Submit them to the firearms lab, get them tested,
See if they come back to any more crimes
That occurred here in duval.
-Detective mccullough: Yep.
-(over radio): 132 and bush, I've got him at gunpoint.
-Dispatch (over radio): Okay, gunpoint, 132 and bush.
-Cover's code 3. -Officer: Thanks, 10.
-(indistinct radio chatter)
-Dispatch: Okay, we'll still send a code 3.
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