1 00:00:01,867 --> 00:00:04,133 [Tense music] 2 00:00:08,667 --> 00:00:11,266 [Duran] Hey, put the knife down! 3 00:00:11,266 --> 00:00:12,533 [narrator] In California. 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:13,767 [Duran] Let me see the kid. 5 00:00:13,767 --> 00:00:14,834 [Tense music] 6 00:00:14,834 --> 00:00:17,567 [Duran] He has a large knife to the baby's throat. 7 00:00:17,567 --> 00:00:20,500 [narrator] A man takes his son hostage 8 00:00:20,667 --> 00:00:22,266 and torches the house. 9 00:00:22,266 --> 00:00:23,300 [Tense music] 10 00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:25,000 [Card] I'm not going to allow that child to die 11 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:25,867 without a fight. 12 00:00:25,867 --> 00:00:27,400 [Music] 13 00:00:27,967 --> 00:00:29,600 [narrator] And in Florida. 14 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:31,533 [Marceno] They came in like ninjas; 15 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:32,967 they came from the rooftop. 16 00:00:32,967 --> 00:00:33,834 [explosion] [Tense music] 17 00:00:34,266 --> 00:00:35,667 [Kontinos] It wasn't a smash and grab; 18 00:00:35,667 --> 00:00:37,700 it was calculated. 19 00:00:38,066 --> 00:00:40,166 You kind of wouldn't believe that it was real life. 20 00:00:40,166 --> 00:00:41,467 [Tense music] 21 00:00:41,467 --> 00:00:43,367 [Kontinos] Get on the [bleep] ground! 22 00:00:43,367 --> 00:00:45,900 [indistinctive chattering] [Tense music] 23 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:50,400 [officer] Get down! I'm getting in. 24 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:52,634 [Tense music] 25 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,567 [narrator] In California, 26 00:00:56,567 --> 00:00:59,500 in the northeast of Sacramento city, 27 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:01,700 is North Highlands. 28 00:01:02,467 --> 00:01:03,834 [Tense music] 29 00:01:04,767 --> 00:01:07,634 [Card] The crime here, it's a little high, 30 00:01:08,300 --> 00:01:10,834 a lot of shootings, a lot of car chases, 31 00:01:10,900 --> 00:01:13,033 things that kind of keep us on our toes. 32 00:01:13,100 --> 00:01:14,266 [Tense music] 33 00:01:14,266 --> 00:01:15,734 [Duran] The graveyard shift, 34 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,133 it's a love and hate relationship. 35 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,500 It's dark, and you're just on edge, 36 00:01:19,567 --> 00:01:22,000 but at the same time, there's that excitement 37 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,934 of all the crazy calls that are going on at night. 38 00:01:25,367 --> 00:01:27,433 [Tense music] 39 00:01:30,367 --> 00:01:32,734 [narrator] Deputy Duran and his partner, 40 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:37,400 Deputy Vicente Rivas, are investigating a 952 call. 41 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,500 [Tense music] 42 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:42,667 [Duran] 952 is an incomplete telephone call. 43 00:01:42,667 --> 00:01:44,834 It was a woman yelling or screaming or something, 44 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:46,300 and that was about it. 45 00:01:46,767 --> 00:01:47,867 [Tense music] 46 00:01:47,867 --> 00:01:50,166 I'm just quiet because I just want to hear everything 47 00:01:50,166 --> 00:01:51,667 And instead of knocking on the door, 48 00:01:51,667 --> 00:01:55,066 I decided to check the windows. 49 00:01:55,066 --> 00:01:56,967 [Tense music] 50 00:01:56,967 --> 00:01:58,600 [Duran] She's walking back and forth. 51 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:01,000 [Tense music] 52 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:04,333 [Duran] Her body language is showing she's nervous. 53 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,367 It heightened my senses a little bit, thinking, 54 00:02:06,367 --> 00:02:07,767 "Okay, what's really going on here?" 55 00:02:07,767 --> 00:02:09,033 [strong knocks at door] 56 00:02:09,100 --> 00:02:10,567 [Tense music] 57 00:02:10,567 --> 00:02:12,400 [Duran] 58 00:02:17,266 --> 00:02:21,000 [woman1] 59 00:02:23,367 --> 00:02:25,467 [Duran] 60 00:02:25,467 --> 00:02:33,667 [woman1] 61 00:02:33,667 --> 00:02:35,333 [Duran] 62 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,266 [woman1] 63 00:02:38,266 --> 00:02:40,467 [Duran] 64 00:02:40,467 --> 00:02:46,767 [woman1] 65 00:02:46,767 --> 00:02:48,100 [tense music] 66 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:50,567 [Duran] I'm feeling worried for these children. 67 00:02:50,567 --> 00:02:52,734 I don't have a sense of his motivation. 68 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,934 I was still trying to figure out what was going on. 69 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,667 [woman1] 70 00:02:59,667 --> 00:03:02,834 [Duran] 71 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:05,934 [woman] 72 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:06,900 [Tense music] 73 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:08,367 [Duran] As we're walking to the door, 74 00:03:08,367 --> 00:03:11,467 I noticed on her back she has a large red bruise. 75 00:03:11,467 --> 00:03:15,200 That told me that maybe there was a fight. 76 00:03:16,767 --> 00:03:18,333 [woman] 77 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:19,367 [Duran] 78 00:03:19,367 --> 00:03:21,467 [woman] 79 00:03:21,467 --> 00:03:22,867 [Duran] 80 00:03:22,867 --> 00:03:24,767 [woman] 81 00:03:24,767 --> 00:03:26,166 [Duran] I was a little confused 82 00:03:26,166 --> 00:03:29,033 because it was, you know, calm inside of the apartment. 83 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:30,867 You know I didn't hear anyone else inside there. 84 00:03:30,867 --> 00:03:34,467 [woman] 85 00:03:34,467 --> 00:03:38,133 Please, he's in there on the bed. 86 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,600 [Duran] There was a dresser barricading the door. 87 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:42,700 [Tense music] 88 00:03:43,166 --> 00:03:45,133 It felt like he was not going to want to come 89 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:46,100 and talk to law enforcement 90 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:48,834 if he barricaded himself inside there. 91 00:03:48,900 --> 00:03:54,033 [Duran] 92 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:55,500 [Rivas indistinctive] 93 00:03:56,867 --> 00:03:58,767 [Duran] 94 00:03:58,767 --> 00:04:03,834 [Rivas] 95 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:04,767 [Duran] 96 00:04:04,767 --> 00:04:06,133 [Tense music] 97 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,100 [Duran] He has his baby in his hands, 98 00:04:08,100 --> 00:04:11,367 and he has a large knife to the baby's throat. 99 00:04:11,367 --> 00:04:13,233 [Tense music] 100 00:04:13,300 --> 00:04:14,166 [Duran] 101 00:04:14,166 --> 00:04:15,634 [Falconer] 102 00:04:15,700 --> 00:04:17,100 [Duran] [Falconer] -[bleep] 103 00:04:17,100 --> 00:04:18,166 [Rivas] 104 00:04:18,166 --> 00:04:20,066 [Duran] At that point, it was a hostage situation. 105 00:04:20,066 --> 00:04:21,033 [Tense music] 106 00:04:21,100 --> 00:04:23,367 [Rivas] 107 00:04:23,367 --> 00:04:26,233 [narrator] Police take the mother to safety outside. 108 00:04:26,300 --> 00:04:27,934 [girl] [Rivas] -Get out. 109 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,100 [narrator] Where she's reunited with her daughter. 110 00:04:30,100 --> 00:04:31,100 [Tense music] 111 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:33,000 [Rivas] 112 00:04:33,767 --> 00:04:38,166 [Duran] 113 00:04:38,166 --> 00:04:40,367 [Tense music] 114 00:04:40,367 --> 00:04:42,700 [Duran] I'm feeling worried for the child. 115 00:04:43,767 --> 00:04:47,600 [Duran] 116 00:04:48,567 --> 00:04:49,567 [Falconer] 117 00:04:49,567 --> 00:04:50,900 [Duran] 118 00:04:51,567 --> 00:04:53,867 [Duran] The only plan I had in my head 119 00:04:53,867 --> 00:04:55,467 was just to keep him talking 120 00:04:55,467 --> 00:04:58,233 because I knew that if he was answering my questions, 121 00:04:58,300 --> 00:05:00,567 he wasn't going to go ahead and create his own plan. 122 00:05:00,567 --> 00:05:04,400 [Duran] 123 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:08,333 [sirens] 124 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,000 [narrator] Backup officers race to the scene. 125 00:05:11,867 --> 00:05:12,934 [Card] As a supervisor, 126 00:05:12,934 --> 00:05:16,033 this is one of those calls that I've always feared. 127 00:05:16,767 --> 00:05:18,467 If I make the wrong decision, 128 00:05:18,467 --> 00:05:22,000 it could result in the cost of someone's life. 129 00:05:22,967 --> 00:05:24,934 [Tense music] 130 00:05:25,367 --> 00:05:29,433 I'm walking in and hearing a very stressful dialog 131 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:32,266 between Deputy Duran and the subject. 132 00:05:32,266 --> 00:05:34,133 [clattering noises] 133 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:36,767 [Duran] [Falconer] -Shoot. 134 00:05:36,767 --> 00:05:38,166 [Duran] -Come here. [Falconer] -Shoot. 135 00:05:38,166 --> 00:05:39,834 [Duran] 136 00:05:39,900 --> 00:05:41,166 [Falconer] 137 00:05:41,166 --> 00:05:43,333 [Duran] 138 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:44,667 [Falconer] 139 00:05:44,667 --> 00:05:47,667 [Duran] 140 00:05:47,667 --> 00:05:48,667 [Tense music] 141 00:05:48,667 --> 00:05:51,133 [Card] Deputy Duran is doing an incredible job 142 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:52,667 of staying calm, 143 00:05:52,667 --> 00:05:55,467 working through the roller coaster of emotions 144 00:05:55,467 --> 00:05:57,033 from the suspect. 145 00:05:57,100 --> 00:05:58,300 [Duran] What can we do? 146 00:05:58,367 --> 00:05:59,467 [Falconer] 147 00:05:59,467 --> 00:06:04,400 [Duran] 148 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,667 [Card] I didn't want to use the lethal option 149 00:06:19,667 --> 00:06:22,533 because the baby's head and body 150 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,333 were shielding the suspect's head. 151 00:06:25,767 --> 00:06:28,100 [Tense music] 152 00:06:29,166 --> 00:06:31,734 [narrator] The situation is about to escalate. 153 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,166 [Tense music] 154 00:06:33,166 --> 00:06:34,867 [Card] I hear a flint start a strike 155 00:06:34,867 --> 00:06:36,367 along with an aerosol. 156 00:06:36,367 --> 00:06:38,266 [Tense music] 157 00:06:38,266 --> 00:06:40,000 [Duran] 158 00:06:46,900 --> 00:06:47,867 [Tense music] 159 00:06:47,867 --> 00:06:50,100 [narrator] The suspect has started a fire 160 00:06:50,100 --> 00:06:51,166 in the bedroom. 161 00:06:51,166 --> 00:06:53,767 [Duran] I couldn't believe that this was happening. 162 00:06:53,767 --> 00:06:56,233 [Duran] 163 00:07:04,467 --> 00:07:05,734 [Card] 164 00:07:05,734 --> 00:07:08,000 [Card] The smoke is building. We can see the flames growing. 165 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,667 We are losing our opportunities 166 00:07:09,667 --> 00:07:12,100 to help and save this child. 167 00:07:12,100 --> 00:07:13,233 [music] 168 00:07:13,233 --> 00:07:15,567 [narrator] Dispatch sends firefighters to the scene. 169 00:07:15,567 --> 00:07:17,700 [Intense music] 170 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,433 [Hodge] It's around 3 in the morning. 171 00:07:22,500 --> 00:07:23,433 We get called out... 172 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:24,400 [siren] 173 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,467 ...it says that there was a subject 174 00:07:26,467 --> 00:07:28,500 holding a knife to a kid's throat. 175 00:07:28,867 --> 00:07:30,900 [Lemon] This call in and of itself is... 176 00:07:31,166 --> 00:07:33,233 a once-in-a-lifetime type call. 177 00:07:33,300 --> 00:07:34,166 You sign up to be a firefighter 178 00:07:34,166 --> 00:07:35,767 to pull babies out of burning buildings 179 00:07:35,767 --> 00:07:36,700 and to rescue people 180 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:38,767 and to do those things that you see on TV. 181 00:07:38,767 --> 00:07:40,934 [siren] 182 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,634 [Intense music] 183 00:07:42,700 --> 00:07:48,166 [Card] 184 00:07:48,166 --> 00:07:49,233 [narrator] Outside, 185 00:07:49,233 --> 00:07:52,567 officers find a glass door leading to the bedroom 186 00:07:52,567 --> 00:07:55,266 where the suspect has started the fire. 187 00:07:55,266 --> 00:07:57,133 [Intense music] 188 00:07:57,367 --> 00:07:59,333 [Card] Deputy Oliver enters the apartment 189 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,000 with the fire extinguisher. 190 00:08:01,100 --> 00:08:04,133 However, I'm seeing a thick, dense smoke. 191 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:06,667 Our visibility into the apartment 192 00:08:06,667 --> 00:08:08,567 has gone down to zero. 193 00:08:08,567 --> 00:08:10,667 [officers] 194 00:08:10,667 --> 00:08:12,467 [music] 195 00:08:12,467 --> 00:08:14,100 [officer1] 196 00:08:14,100 --> 00:08:16,033 [Card] 197 00:08:16,867 --> 00:08:19,567 [Duran] I just knew that a fire spreads, 198 00:08:19,567 --> 00:08:20,667 and it spreads quick. 199 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:23,600 The fire department is on their way. 200 00:08:24,066 --> 00:08:26,934 They're not going to be able to start the evacuations; 201 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,033 we're going to have to do that 202 00:08:28,033 --> 00:08:29,867 because they're going to be battling that fire. 203 00:08:29,867 --> 00:08:34,734 [Duran] 204 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,367 [officers chattering] 205 00:08:36,367 --> 00:08:38,233 [Duran] 206 00:08:38,300 --> 00:08:40,467 [Card] 207 00:08:40,467 --> 00:08:41,967 [Duran] 208 00:08:41,967 --> 00:08:43,166 [Card] 209 00:08:43,166 --> 00:08:45,266 [Duran] 210 00:08:45,266 --> 00:08:46,333 [music] 211 00:08:46,333 --> 00:08:48,533 [Duran] It was frustrating, being pulled back 212 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,233 because you just want to go up there 213 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:53,033 and just start dealing with that situation. 214 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,166 [Card] We're unable to see or breathe. 215 00:08:55,166 --> 00:08:56,734 [Duran] 216 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,767 [Card] I have to make the decision to retreat 217 00:08:58,767 --> 00:09:00,233 and to back out. 218 00:09:02,266 --> 00:09:05,333 [officer] 219 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,467 [Card] 220 00:09:07,467 --> 00:09:09,500 [officers chattering] 221 00:09:10,867 --> 00:09:13,266 [officer] 222 00:09:13,266 --> 00:09:17,300 [Card] 223 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,567 [narrator] The suspect retreats into the bathroom 224 00:09:20,567 --> 00:09:22,133 with his young child. 225 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:24,000 [Card] [bleep]. 226 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,100 [narrator] But Deputy Card may have found a way inside. 227 00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:30,133 [Card] See what we have to do to break through 228 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:31,367 into the bathroom. 229 00:09:31,367 --> 00:09:32,367 [music] 230 00:09:32,367 --> 00:09:34,533 [Card] I looked at the setup to the apartment. 231 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:38,367 I saw that the bathroom was attached to a wall 232 00:09:38,367 --> 00:09:41,033 that separated one apartment from the next. 233 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,834 I'm going to make another entry. 234 00:09:43,900 --> 00:09:46,300 I'm going to make a door through the wall. 235 00:09:47,166 --> 00:09:48,433 [Tense music] 236 00:09:48,500 --> 00:09:50,433 It's not a matter of can I do it. 237 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:51,667 It's I'm going to do it, 238 00:09:51,667 --> 00:09:53,367 and I'm going to make it as big as I can 239 00:09:53,367 --> 00:09:55,567 because I'm not going to allow that child to die 240 00:09:55,567 --> 00:09:56,567 without a fight. 241 00:09:56,567 --> 00:09:57,900 [Intense music] [impacts] 242 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:02,567 [Tense music] 243 00:10:04,467 --> 00:10:07,500 [narrator] Firefighters arrive at the burning apartment. 244 00:10:07,967 --> 00:10:09,800 [music] 245 00:10:12,667 --> 00:10:13,967 [Hodge] You already know and 246 00:10:13,967 --> 00:10:17,233 expect that fire to double in size every minute. 247 00:10:19,066 --> 00:10:21,233 [Lemon] 248 00:10:21,667 --> 00:10:24,233 [Lemon] What struck me is seeing a glow that runs 249 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:26,266 the length of the entire apartment complex. 250 00:10:26,266 --> 00:10:27,467 I was like, okay, this is serious. 251 00:10:27,467 --> 00:10:29,166 This is going to be big. 252 00:10:29,166 --> 00:10:30,133 [Tense music] 253 00:10:30,133 --> 00:10:32,734 These apartments have a shared attic space. 254 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,166 This thing has the potential to run 255 00:10:34,166 --> 00:10:35,667 the entire group of apartments. 256 00:10:35,667 --> 00:10:36,700 [Tense music] 257 00:10:36,700 --> 00:10:38,266 [Card] Seeing the fire department running up... 258 00:10:38,266 --> 00:10:39,467 [Lemon] 259 00:10:39,467 --> 00:10:42,033 [Card] ...I start yelling, we need to breach the wall. 260 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:43,367 We need their help. 261 00:10:43,367 --> 00:10:44,300 [Tense music] 262 00:10:44,300 --> 00:10:46,266 [narrator] Card directs the firefighters 263 00:10:46,266 --> 00:10:48,433 through a vacant neighboring apartment. 264 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:50,767 [music] 265 00:10:50,767 --> 00:10:54,500 [Hodge] The apartment next door was a mirror image, 266 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,100 but we were potentially able to make access. 267 00:10:57,100 --> 00:11:01,233 Through the bathroom to where the subject was with the baby. 268 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:04,266 [Card] 269 00:11:04,266 --> 00:11:06,033 [Tense music] 270 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:09,367 [Lemon] As outside of the box as it may have been, 271 00:11:09,367 --> 00:11:12,033 I was excited that we've got something that we can do. 272 00:11:12,100 --> 00:11:13,934 [Tense music] 273 00:11:14,500 --> 00:11:17,166 [narrator] Fifteen minutes after the blaze started, 274 00:11:17,166 --> 00:11:19,767 firefighter Lemon uses a Halligan bar 275 00:11:19,767 --> 00:11:22,600 to try and break through the wall. 276 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:25,367 [Card] 277 00:11:25,367 --> 00:11:27,834 [Lemon] 278 00:11:27,900 --> 00:11:30,000 [Tense music] 279 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:33,367 [Card] 280 00:11:33,367 --> 00:11:35,867 [Rivas] [Lemon] -No, we can't see. 281 00:11:35,867 --> 00:11:38,367 [Hodge] I ended up cutting through the electrical, 282 00:11:38,367 --> 00:11:41,200 and so that killed all the lights in the apartment. 283 00:11:41,700 --> 00:11:43,367 [chainsaw] 284 00:11:43,367 --> 00:11:45,767 Quickly, the environment turns from a manageable environment 285 00:11:45,767 --> 00:11:50,133 to a dangerous, rapidly escalating environment. 286 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:51,467 [music] 287 00:11:51,467 --> 00:11:53,567 Smoke filled up the entire bathroom. 288 00:11:53,567 --> 00:11:56,467 I couldn't see much more than two or three feet 289 00:11:56,467 --> 00:11:57,233 in front of my face. 290 00:11:57,233 --> 00:11:59,634 The chainsaw starts to bog down, 291 00:11:59,700 --> 00:12:01,667 and then all of a sudden, it dies out. 292 00:12:01,667 --> 00:12:03,600 [chainsaw] 293 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:07,767 [Card] 294 00:12:07,767 --> 00:12:09,600 [Lemon] -Yeah. [Card] -Step out. 295 00:12:09,867 --> 00:12:13,734 [Rivas] -Can you see? [Lemon] -No, he can't see. 296 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,000 [Lemon] Combustion engines that we have for our chainsaws 297 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,033 it's going to require oxygen for it to work. 298 00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:20,100 We're losing oxygen in this environment 299 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:22,100 because it's been replaced by smoke. 300 00:12:22,100 --> 00:12:23,266 [music] 301 00:12:23,266 --> 00:12:24,467 [Hodge] It's not working. 302 00:12:24,467 --> 00:12:25,967 I'm able to go out, 303 00:12:25,967 --> 00:12:28,834 get it enough oxygen to restart the chainsaw. 304 00:12:28,900 --> 00:12:30,634 [music] 305 00:12:30,767 --> 00:12:33,233 [chainsaw] 306 00:12:34,700 --> 00:12:36,734 [Lemon] What's hard is, in these situations, 307 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,367 any hiccup or anything that slows down 308 00:12:39,367 --> 00:12:42,133 your progression seems like it takes forever 309 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,367 because time is what's mattering right now. 310 00:12:44,367 --> 00:12:46,033 [music] 311 00:12:46,166 --> 00:12:49,166 We're unsure how long they may still have. 312 00:12:49,166 --> 00:12:51,467 [music] [officers chattering] 313 00:12:51,467 --> 00:12:53,634 [Hodge] It took a lot in me to keep going, 314 00:12:53,700 --> 00:12:56,333 but I knew what was on the other side of that wall 315 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,433 and I knew that we were the only ones there 316 00:12:58,500 --> 00:12:59,467 that could make a change. 317 00:12:59,467 --> 00:13:01,800 [officers chattering] 318 00:13:02,367 --> 00:13:04,567 [narrator] After five intense minutes, 319 00:13:04,567 --> 00:13:06,667 the firefighters break through 320 00:13:06,667 --> 00:13:08,567 to where the suspect is hiding 321 00:13:08,567 --> 00:13:10,166 with his one-year-old child. 322 00:13:10,166 --> 00:13:12,400 [music] [officers chattering] 323 00:13:14,166 --> 00:13:16,233 [Lemon] This is where things have to slow down. 324 00:13:16,300 --> 00:13:19,200 [music] [officers chattering] 325 00:13:19,367 --> 00:13:21,166 We don't know where this assailant is. 326 00:13:21,166 --> 00:13:23,300 We don't know if he's waiting for us with a weapon. 327 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,634 You have to take that extra second 328 00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:27,000 and make sure that what you're doing 329 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,333 is the right decision. 330 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,433 [officers chattering] 331 00:13:31,467 --> 00:13:34,033 [Hodge] It's definitely an unsettling feeling walking 332 00:13:34,100 --> 00:13:35,867 or crawling into this environment. 333 00:13:35,867 --> 00:13:38,300 [officers chattering] [Tense music] 334 00:13:38,700 --> 00:13:40,867 [Hodge] It's been maybe 15 seconds 335 00:13:40,867 --> 00:13:43,367 that we've been able to let the smoke lift a bit in there 336 00:13:43,367 --> 00:13:46,967 and at that point, I was able to see an adult, 337 00:13:46,967 --> 00:13:47,800 and he wasn't moving. 338 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,300 [officers chattering] [Tense music] 339 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:54,266 [Lemon] I'm not sure if the assailant took refuge 340 00:13:54,266 --> 00:13:55,867 in the bathtub and turned the water on 341 00:13:55,867 --> 00:13:56,900 because of the heat. 342 00:13:56,900 --> 00:13:58,834 He felt like that might protect him a little bit. 343 00:13:58,900 --> 00:14:02,000 Either way, we don't know if he's got a knife in the tub 344 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,734 and he's waiting to lash out at us 345 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:05,433 as soon as we go to reach for him. 346 00:14:05,967 --> 00:14:07,900 [music] 347 00:14:08,166 --> 00:14:11,000 But we nudge him, he doesn't respond. 348 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:15,467 [Hodge] Now everything was game on to find that baby. 349 00:14:15,467 --> 00:14:18,033 [officers chattering] 350 00:14:18,100 --> 00:14:20,467 I'm able to notice a foot sticking out 351 00:14:20,467 --> 00:14:22,367 to the left side of the bath. 352 00:14:22,367 --> 00:14:23,467 [Tense music] 353 00:14:23,467 --> 00:14:27,100 It took me a few seconds to realize that was the baby. 354 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:35,233 [officers chattering] 355 00:14:35,300 --> 00:14:37,233 [Tense music] 356 00:14:39,467 --> 00:14:41,133 [music] 357 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:42,133 [Lemon] He grabs the child 358 00:14:42,133 --> 00:14:43,567 but immediately turns and hands it to me, 359 00:14:43,567 --> 00:14:46,433 and I hold this child for a matter of seconds. 360 00:14:46,867 --> 00:14:48,367 I'm not thinking good things. 361 00:14:48,367 --> 00:14:50,867 Nothing about the way this baby is acting 362 00:14:50,867 --> 00:14:53,166 is making me think that things are okay. 363 00:14:53,166 --> 00:14:55,133 [music] [officers chattering] 364 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:56,233 [Card] Through the smoke, 365 00:14:56,233 --> 00:14:59,734 we see two arms reach out with a lifeless child. 366 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,900 [officer] 367 00:15:03,367 --> 00:15:05,200 [Tense music] 368 00:15:06,367 --> 00:15:08,667 [Card] It was soot around its nostrils, 369 00:15:08,667 --> 00:15:10,567 which was an indicator 370 00:15:10,567 --> 00:15:13,033 that it had inhaled a lot of smoke. 371 00:15:13,100 --> 00:15:15,734 I knew this baby was in a serious state. 372 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:17,767 [Tense music] 373 00:15:17,767 --> 00:15:19,467 [Duran] The baby wasn't breathing. 374 00:15:19,467 --> 00:15:21,967 [officer1] -Baby's right here. [officer] -This way. This way. 375 00:15:21,967 --> 00:15:24,533 [Duran] I knew that baby needed to be taken 376 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:25,834 to the hospital immediately. 377 00:15:25,900 --> 00:15:28,000 [officers chattering] 378 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,600 [Tense music] 379 00:15:36,367 --> 00:15:37,867 [Duran] Firefighters and deputies 380 00:15:37,867 --> 00:15:41,133 ran that baby out to the street side. 381 00:15:41,567 --> 00:15:42,667 During that run, 382 00:15:42,667 --> 00:15:43,767 the baby still wasn't breathing. 383 00:15:43,767 --> 00:15:45,734 [officer] Medic! 384 00:15:47,567 --> 00:15:49,367 [Duran] The baby was passed off to me at the end 385 00:15:49,367 --> 00:15:52,233 and when I placed the baby on the gurney... 386 00:15:53,867 --> 00:15:55,500 the baby was breathing. 387 00:15:56,300 --> 00:15:58,767 I was just relieved. He could probably make it. 388 00:15:58,767 --> 00:16:00,266 [Sad music] 389 00:16:00,266 --> 00:16:02,433 [Hodge] Thankfully he was located in the bathtub 390 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:03,800 with the water running. 391 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:08,333 Potentially, the water helped him to avoid serious injuries. 392 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:09,867 [music] 393 00:16:09,867 --> 00:16:11,634 [Card] It was a huge sense of relief, 394 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:14,066 knowing at least for now the baby is alive 395 00:16:14,066 --> 00:16:16,600 and that we may have just saved the baby's life. 396 00:16:17,166 --> 00:16:18,667 [music] 397 00:16:18,667 --> 00:16:20,800 [Intense music] 398 00:16:22,567 --> 00:16:23,967 [Hodge] Half of our job is done. 399 00:16:23,967 --> 00:16:28,133 We still have the adult victim who is unconscious. 400 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,000 [officers chattering] [Tense music] 401 00:16:31,667 --> 00:16:34,867 I knew getting that adult victim up 402 00:16:34,867 --> 00:16:37,533 and out of the bathtub and over the toilet 403 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:39,100 and through the hole that we cut 404 00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:41,367 was going to be quite an extensive feat. 405 00:16:41,367 --> 00:16:43,400 [officers chattering] [Tense music] 406 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,767 [Lemon] 407 00:16:57,767 --> 00:16:59,734 [music] [officers chattering] 408 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,634 [Hodge] We were able to drag him from that empty apartment 409 00:17:03,700 --> 00:17:05,367 out to the patio. 410 00:17:05,367 --> 00:17:09,800 [Hodge] Dispatch, Hodge. Male victim, 411 00:17:10,266 --> 00:17:12,667 he's in the other side apartment now, first floor. 412 00:17:12,667 --> 00:17:14,900 [music] 413 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,367 [Hodge] Knowing that we were able to rescue 414 00:17:18,367 --> 00:17:20,967 not only the adult male but also the baby 415 00:17:20,967 --> 00:17:24,467 definitely had us on a high. It definitely gave us a sense 416 00:17:24,467 --> 00:17:26,934 of purpose of why we do this job. 417 00:17:27,367 --> 00:17:29,100 [music] 418 00:17:29,100 --> 00:17:30,667 [narrator] The suspect is identified 419 00:17:30,667 --> 00:17:32,500 as Brandon Falconer. 420 00:17:33,166 --> 00:17:35,066 He faces multiple charges, 421 00:17:35,066 --> 00:17:38,000 including attempted murder and arson. 422 00:17:38,467 --> 00:17:40,567 [music] 423 00:17:40,567 --> 00:17:42,767 After 18 days in the hospital, 424 00:17:42,767 --> 00:17:46,467 the one-year-old victim makes a full recovery. 425 00:17:46,467 --> 00:17:48,800 [music] 426 00:17:49,166 --> 00:17:51,467 [Hodge] After we made the rescue, 427 00:17:51,467 --> 00:17:55,467 we ended up staying on scene for another three 428 00:17:55,467 --> 00:17:58,867 or four hours at least. There was still a significant 429 00:17:58,867 --> 00:18:01,800 amount of fire that had to be mitigated. 430 00:18:02,467 --> 00:18:04,066 [Lemon] All said and done, it was confined, 431 00:18:04,066 --> 00:18:07,166 just as far as fire damage, to just those two apartments. 432 00:18:07,166 --> 00:18:10,066 But between like 10 to 15 apartments 433 00:18:10,066 --> 00:18:11,667 are completely still gated off. 434 00:18:11,667 --> 00:18:13,166 [music] 435 00:18:13,166 --> 00:18:15,000 [Duran] I'm very proud of our team. 436 00:18:15,567 --> 00:18:19,233 I was very proud to see that they were able 437 00:18:19,300 --> 00:18:23,033 to come together and work the way they did that night. 438 00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:24,266 [music] 439 00:18:24,266 --> 00:18:27,367 [Card] This is by far the most emotionally taxing call 440 00:18:27,367 --> 00:18:28,934 that I have ever been on. 441 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:29,967 [music] 442 00:18:29,967 --> 00:18:34,133 I often think about how the child is doing. 443 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,734 I was informed that the child is well. 444 00:18:38,300 --> 00:18:40,734 [Lemon] How often are people placed in that situation 445 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,467 where they have to make those split-second decisions 446 00:18:42,467 --> 00:18:43,567 and it's not the right one? 447 00:18:43,567 --> 00:18:45,734 But we were lucky enough in the situation 448 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,233 that it worked out. 449 00:18:47,967 --> 00:18:49,767 [Hodge] Since this scenario was so different, 450 00:18:49,767 --> 00:18:52,834 I think if all the pieces of this puzzle didn't align 451 00:18:52,900 --> 00:18:56,667 as they did, we wouldn't have two surviving people. 452 00:18:56,667 --> 00:18:59,266 I think we'd have two fatalities. 453 00:18:59,266 --> 00:19:01,934 Definitely a few more minutes in that environment, 454 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,367 with the smoke conditions, I don't think the baby 455 00:19:04,367 --> 00:19:07,333 would have had the outcome that he had. 456 00:19:08,266 --> 00:19:10,066 [Tense music] 457 00:19:10,066 --> 00:19:12,567 [narrator] On the west coast of Florida, 458 00:19:12,567 --> 00:19:14,967 south of Sarasota, 459 00:19:14,967 --> 00:19:17,066 is Lee County. 460 00:19:17,066 --> 00:19:19,533 [Tense music] 461 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,867 [Marceno] Lee County has everything you could want: 462 00:19:21,867 --> 00:19:24,367 beautiful beaches, palm trees, 463 00:19:24,367 --> 00:19:25,867 and amazing weather. 464 00:19:25,867 --> 00:19:27,266 [music] 465 00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:29,834 To our south, we have Miami, straight through to Tampa, 466 00:19:29,900 --> 00:19:34,000 and sometimes we will see people target our county 467 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,033 because, again, it's right between big cities, 468 00:19:37,266 --> 00:19:40,800 and they come over here, and will commit big crimes. 469 00:19:41,367 --> 00:19:43,433 [Tense music] 470 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:46,367 [phone ringing] 471 00:19:46,367 --> 00:19:48,367 [911] 472 00:19:48,367 --> 00:19:52,066 [victim] 473 00:19:52,066 --> 00:19:55,033 [911] 474 00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:57,133 [victim] 475 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:02,967 [Tense music] 476 00:20:02,967 --> 00:20:04,734 [Tense music] 477 00:20:06,367 --> 00:20:08,033 [rewinding tape] 478 00:20:09,300 --> 00:20:11,600 [Tense music] 479 00:20:14,767 --> 00:20:16,834 [narrator] Under cover of darkness, 480 00:20:16,900 --> 00:20:19,333 thieves break into a jewelry store. 481 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:24,066 Their target: over $80,000 worth of gold and jewels. 482 00:20:24,066 --> 00:20:25,500 [music] 483 00:20:25,567 --> 00:20:27,166 [Semiklose] I've never seen anything like it, 484 00:20:27,166 --> 00:20:28,734 caught on video. 485 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:30,467 [music] 486 00:20:30,467 --> 00:20:35,133 Two guys working together to do a jewelry heist, 487 00:20:36,767 --> 00:20:38,734 it's something out of the movies. 488 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,233 [Intense music] 489 00:20:43,767 --> 00:20:45,634 [Marceno] They knew how to get through a rooftop. 490 00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:48,166 They knew when they landed inside that business 491 00:20:48,166 --> 00:20:50,900 exactly where the safe was. 492 00:20:51,367 --> 00:20:53,300 [music] 493 00:20:54,266 --> 00:20:57,300 [Semiklose] They ripped the alarm system off the wall. 494 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:01,033 You can actually see the spark, electricity pop 495 00:21:01,166 --> 00:21:04,300 because the alarm system is still powered. 496 00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:06,800 [music] 497 00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:12,033 [tense music] 498 00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:14,834 [Semiklose] They know that they've set off the alarm. 499 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:18,433 They're waiting on the roof for law enforcement arrival 500 00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:21,500 or if the business owner comes to check out things. 501 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 [music] 502 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,266 [narrator] Forty-five minutes after the break-in, 503 00:21:28,266 --> 00:21:31,500 the owner is still oblivious to the robbery. 504 00:21:31,900 --> 00:21:34,133 [music] 505 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:38,333 Satisfied the coast is clear, the thieves creep back in. 506 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:39,600 [music] 507 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,467 [Semiklose] Commercial-grade safes have tamper alarms. 508 00:21:43,467 --> 00:21:46,233 These alarms are going to prevent access 509 00:21:46,300 --> 00:21:47,967 through the front door... 510 00:21:47,967 --> 00:21:49,533 [music] 511 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,433 so cutting the safe was a faster option. 512 00:21:53,367 --> 00:21:55,233 [intense music] 513 00:21:58,767 --> 00:22:01,166 The problem with breaking into a safe 514 00:22:01,166 --> 00:22:04,367 is the outside layer is hardened steel. 515 00:22:04,367 --> 00:22:05,266 [music] 516 00:22:05,266 --> 00:22:08,233 The second layer is an insulating layer, 517 00:22:08,300 --> 00:22:11,767 it's fire-resistant and almost like concrete. 518 00:22:11,767 --> 00:22:13,166 [music] 519 00:22:13,166 --> 00:22:16,967 Then the last layer is another layer of hardened steel. 520 00:22:16,967 --> 00:22:17,600 [music] 521 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,467 All these layers together, 522 00:22:19,467 --> 00:22:22,000 these are about four inches thick. 523 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 [music] 524 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,166 The burglars brought with them 525 00:22:26,166 --> 00:22:29,166 their own acetylene tank and oxygen tank. 526 00:22:29,166 --> 00:22:31,000 [music] 527 00:22:33,567 --> 00:22:35,834 [narrator] They connect a hose to the tanks, 528 00:22:35,900 --> 00:22:40,233 allowing the gases to mix and ignite the blowtorch. 529 00:22:40,767 --> 00:22:42,900 [music] 530 00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:48,467 [Semiklose] That torch isn't something 531 00:22:48,467 --> 00:22:50,300 that you just learn overnight. 532 00:22:50,367 --> 00:22:52,900 [Intense music] 533 00:22:55,767 --> 00:22:58,133 [Marceno] This is not a crime of opportunity; 534 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,266 they put a lot of time and effort 535 00:23:00,266 --> 00:23:02,533 into committing this burglary. 536 00:23:03,100 --> 00:23:05,166 [music] 537 00:23:05,166 --> 00:23:07,567 [Semiklose] Each person has their role. 538 00:23:07,567 --> 00:23:10,266 One burglar is cutting the safe... 539 00:23:10,266 --> 00:23:11,333 [music] 540 00:23:11,333 --> 00:23:14,166 the other guy takes the time to flood the floor 541 00:23:14,166 --> 00:23:16,000 to prevent any fires. 542 00:23:16,767 --> 00:23:18,433 They are professionals. 543 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:19,500 [music] 544 00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:22,333 [Marceno] These thieves did a lot of work 545 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:26,000 to make their perfect hit on this jewelry store. 546 00:23:26,567 --> 00:23:28,600 [music] 547 00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:31,133 [narrator] After 25 minutes, 548 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,834 the thieves break through the first layer of steel. 549 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:36,967 [hammer drill on] 550 00:23:36,967 --> 00:23:39,066 [Semiklose] They then use a hammer drill 551 00:23:39,066 --> 00:23:42,300 to hammer out the fire-resistant material. 552 00:23:42,967 --> 00:23:44,233 [music] 553 00:23:44,300 --> 00:23:45,867 [narrator] To crack the final layer, 554 00:23:45,867 --> 00:23:48,467 the burglars need intense heat 555 00:23:48,467 --> 00:23:50,033 [music] 556 00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:51,900 which is a problem. 557 00:23:52,767 --> 00:23:55,800 [Semiklose] Steel has a unique thermal property; 558 00:23:55,967 --> 00:23:58,634 gold does not have as high a melting point, 559 00:23:58,700 --> 00:24:01,266 so the likelihood that they're going to damage 560 00:24:01,266 --> 00:24:04,934 the gold as they're heating the steel wall is pretty high. 561 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:05,934 [music] 562 00:24:05,934 --> 00:24:07,634 [narrator] Pouring water onto the metal 563 00:24:07,700 --> 00:24:09,533 lowers the temperature 564 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,000 protecting the precious gold inside. 565 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000 [music] 566 00:24:14,567 --> 00:24:16,433 [Semiklose] They are going step by step; 567 00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:18,333 they're not rushed. 568 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:19,734 [music] 569 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,100 [Marceno] It hits you more to know that someone 570 00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:24,467 did their homework and they premeditated 571 00:24:24,467 --> 00:24:26,934 and planned in order to commit their crimes. 572 00:24:27,367 --> 00:24:29,000 [narrator] In less than an hour, 573 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,533 the thieves have breached the safe's thick walls, 574 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:35,567 but the store owner has finally woken up 575 00:24:35,567 --> 00:24:37,600 to raise the alarm. 576 00:24:38,467 --> 00:24:41,133 [victim] 577 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,467 [911] 578 00:24:44,467 --> 00:24:45,367 [victim] 579 00:24:45,367 --> 00:24:47,033 [Semiklose] The jewelry store 580 00:24:47,100 --> 00:24:49,433 actually had two security systems. 581 00:24:50,166 --> 00:24:52,734 [Tense music] [rewinding tape] 582 00:24:53,567 --> 00:24:55,100 [Tense music] 583 00:24:55,100 --> 00:24:57,433 They cut all the lines to the primary system, 584 00:24:57,500 --> 00:24:59,967 but the second system, the backup system, 585 00:24:59,967 --> 00:25:03,767 alerted the store owners to be able to see somebody 586 00:25:03,767 --> 00:25:06,133 breaking into the safe of their business. 587 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,867 [Tense music] 588 00:25:08,867 --> 00:25:14,433 [officer] 589 00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:16,166 [Tense music] 590 00:25:16,166 --> 00:25:18,000 [narrator] The burglars don't know it, 591 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,100 but as they raid the safe, the police are on their way. 592 00:25:22,667 --> 00:25:24,800 [music] [sirens] 593 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,333 [Semiklose] They're pulling gold chains out; 594 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,667 they're pulling out loose gemstones, 595 00:25:30,667 --> 00:25:33,634 gold bracelets, necklaces, pendants. 596 00:25:34,300 --> 00:25:36,433 They're loading it into their duffle bag. 597 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:37,667 [music] 598 00:25:37,667 --> 00:25:40,266 [Marceno] You don't know how quickly they are moving; 599 00:25:40,266 --> 00:25:41,567 timing is everything. 600 00:25:41,567 --> 00:25:43,667 Just one thing is off, 601 00:25:43,667 --> 00:25:45,000 and we can lose our suspects. 602 00:25:47,667 --> 00:25:51,200 [music] 603 00:25:58,867 --> 00:26:00,767 [narrator] With no lights or sirens, 604 00:26:00,767 --> 00:26:03,900 Deputy Kontinos races to the scene. 605 00:26:05,066 --> 00:26:06,467 [Kontinos] The element of surprise 606 00:26:06,467 --> 00:26:08,266 is definitely important. 607 00:26:08,266 --> 00:26:11,533 We don't want to alert them to our presence. 608 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,367 This kind of scale of crime and burglary 609 00:26:15,367 --> 00:26:17,934 doesn't happen very often, 610 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,834 especially ones that you catch in the act. 611 00:26:20,900 --> 00:26:23,367 [officerF] 612 00:26:23,367 --> 00:26:28,934 [officer] 613 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,467 [Kontinos] I am the second or third deputy that's arriving. 614 00:26:32,467 --> 00:26:35,300 I'm trying to analyze what's going on. 615 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:37,667 If they're on the roof right now, 616 00:26:37,667 --> 00:26:39,066 where are they going to jump down, 617 00:26:39,066 --> 00:26:40,467 and where are they going to go from there? 618 00:26:40,467 --> 00:26:43,233 [music] [officers chattering] 619 00:26:45,166 --> 00:26:48,767 It's definitely quiet, and it's very dark. 620 00:26:48,767 --> 00:26:53,166 As I'm searching the parking lot, it does feel very eerie. 621 00:26:53,166 --> 00:26:56,200 Myself and another deputy make our way around the back. 622 00:26:56,900 --> 00:26:59,000 [music] 623 00:27:02,100 --> 00:27:05,800 As we're approaching, I see one subject jump off the roof. 624 00:27:06,266 --> 00:27:08,066 [Kontinos] 625 00:27:08,066 --> 00:27:10,133 [Intense music] 626 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,734 It was happening very fast. 627 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,567 Let's go, let's go. 628 00:27:15,567 --> 00:27:18,400 [music] [rapid footsteps] 629 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:22,667 [officer] 630 00:27:22,667 --> 00:27:25,467 [Kontinos] 631 00:27:25,467 --> 00:27:28,834 [Kontinos] He does not have any stolen merchandise on him, 632 00:27:28,900 --> 00:27:31,000 but that's not really my concern. 633 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,867 [911] 634 00:27:32,867 --> 00:27:35,066 [Kontinos] The second subject is still on the roof. 635 00:27:35,066 --> 00:27:36,033 [Intense music] 636 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:39,133 [Kontinos] 637 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:43,767 [officer] 638 00:27:43,767 --> 00:27:48,467 [Burglar] -Quê? [officer] -I'm talking to you. 639 00:27:48,467 --> 00:27:49,767 [foreign dialogue] 640 00:27:49,767 --> 00:27:51,133 [Burglar] 641 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:52,567 [Kontinos] 642 00:27:52,567 --> 00:27:53,934 [Kontinos] He was uncooperative, 643 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,467 but there's multiple subjects, 644 00:27:55,467 --> 00:27:57,867 and at this point, we've only caught one. 645 00:27:57,867 --> 00:27:58,934 [music] 646 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,567 [Kontinos] 647 00:28:00,567 --> 00:28:02,767 [officer] 648 00:28:02,767 --> 00:28:04,333 [Tense music] 649 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:05,300 [narrator] Suddenly, 650 00:28:05,300 --> 00:28:07,767 the second suspect takes off running. 651 00:28:07,767 --> 00:28:08,934 [music] 652 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,166 [officer] 653 00:28:10,166 --> 00:28:16,300 [Kontinos] 654 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:33,600 [music] 655 00:28:35,266 --> 00:28:38,367 [sirens] [Tense music] 656 00:28:38,367 --> 00:28:40,266 [narrator] The suspect vanishes 657 00:28:40,266 --> 00:28:42,000 into a thick wooded area. 658 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,400 [officer] 659 00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:46,634 [Kontinos] 660 00:28:46,700 --> 00:28:48,634 [Kontinos] The most important part of foot pursuit 661 00:28:48,700 --> 00:28:51,567 is maintaining a visual on the suspect. 662 00:28:51,567 --> 00:28:53,433 [Kontinos] 663 00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:55,467 [Kontinos] Once he enters the woods, 664 00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:57,934 it's very hard to keep eyes on him. 665 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:05,600 The whole situation was very high risk at that time. 666 00:29:07,166 --> 00:29:11,834 [911] 667 00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:13,700 [music] 668 00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:17,033 [narrator] With the second suspect no longer in sight, 669 00:29:17,100 --> 00:29:19,500 officers call in air support. 670 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,166 [Tim] I've been part of the aviation unit 671 00:29:23,166 --> 00:29:24,233 for two years. 672 00:29:24,233 --> 00:29:26,867 Pretty much if you weren't sitting in a helicopter, 673 00:29:26,867 --> 00:29:28,900 it would feel like you're playing a video game. 674 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:31,166 I've played video games all my life; 675 00:29:31,166 --> 00:29:34,867 I'm a bit of a computer nerd, so it just kind of felt like 676 00:29:34,867 --> 00:29:37,600 this is what I was meant to do in this agency. 677 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:40,767 We have people that are here day, night, 678 00:29:40,767 --> 00:29:42,800 every day of the week, 24/7. 679 00:29:43,300 --> 00:29:44,867 Call that's in progress, 680 00:29:44,867 --> 00:29:47,100 that's always a more exciting call. 681 00:29:47,100 --> 00:29:49,033 [music] 682 00:29:49,667 --> 00:29:51,000 [officer] 683 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,367 [Tim] - 2-4-1, chopper 3. [officer] - 3, go ahead. 684 00:29:53,367 --> 00:29:55,600 [Tim] 685 00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:01,333 [Tim] My job is to operate the camera and work the radio, 686 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,100 relaying everything to units on the ground. 687 00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:05,900 [music] 688 00:30:06,066 --> 00:30:07,834 [officer] 689 00:30:07,900 --> 00:30:10,467 [Tim] 690 00:30:10,467 --> 00:30:14,400 [officer] 691 00:30:15,867 --> 00:30:19,300 [Marceno] Our helicopter is up with heat-seeking images. 692 00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:20,834 [Tim] 693 00:30:20,900 --> 00:30:22,166 [music] 694 00:30:22,166 --> 00:30:24,500 [Marceno] No matter where someone hides, 695 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:29,634 we can see in the pitch black exactly where that person is. 696 00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:31,467 [Intense music] 697 00:30:31,467 --> 00:30:32,800 [officer] 698 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,433 [music] 699 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:41,934 [Tim] 700 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,300 Finding someone on the camera is always a good feeling, 701 00:30:45,767 --> 00:30:48,233 especially when we find them that quickly. 702 00:30:48,767 --> 00:30:52,600 [officer] 703 00:30:53,767 --> 00:30:56,867 [Tim] 704 00:30:56,867 --> 00:30:59,467 [music] 705 00:30:59,467 --> 00:31:01,500 [Tim] This is southwest Florida 706 00:31:02,066 --> 00:31:03,834 we do have alligators. 707 00:31:03,900 --> 00:31:07,233 I have seen alligators in that water several times 708 00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:10,266 so he is definitely desperate to get away. 709 00:31:10,266 --> 00:31:11,367 [music] 710 00:31:11,367 --> 00:31:14,166 [Tim] 711 00:31:14,166 --> 00:31:16,166 [music] 712 00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:18,767 [officer] 713 00:31:18,767 --> 00:31:20,433 [Tim] 714 00:31:21,300 --> 00:31:24,066 The easiest way is probably going to be... 715 00:31:24,066 --> 00:31:26,367 oh there's a canal there too? 716 00:31:26,367 --> 00:31:27,867 [Tim] Due to where he was, 717 00:31:27,867 --> 00:31:31,133 it was not something that they were able to drive over to. 718 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:35,667 I was concerned that he was going to end up 719 00:31:35,667 --> 00:31:38,367 trying to hide deeper into the woods. 720 00:31:38,367 --> 00:31:40,767 [Tim] 721 00:31:40,767 --> 00:31:43,533 [911] 722 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,634 [Tim] Signal zero is an armed suspect. 723 00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:49,166 Seeing him walking, I couldn't see any weapons. 724 00:31:49,166 --> 00:31:50,867 Cameras can see in the dark, 725 00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:52,433 but they can't see through clothing, 726 00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:55,033 so if he's concealing something, 727 00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:56,867 it's always a concern. 728 00:31:56,867 --> 00:32:02,066 [Tim] 729 00:32:02,066 --> 00:32:06,166 [officer] 730 00:32:06,166 --> 00:32:13,066 [Tim] 731 00:32:13,066 --> 00:32:14,166 [music] 732 00:32:14,166 --> 00:32:17,300 [Tim] I am the only person that can see this subject. 733 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,700 If I lose vision of whoever that is, 734 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,000 my stress level immediately goes up. 735 00:32:26,266 --> 00:32:27,934 It's a lot of pressure. 736 00:32:28,967 --> 00:32:31,133 [Intense music] 737 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:39,266 [Tim] 738 00:32:39,266 --> 00:32:42,834 [officer] - Ok. 739 00:32:43,600 --> 00:33:11,300 [Tim] 740 00:33:11,567 --> 00:33:12,767 [Tense music] 741 00:33:12,767 --> 00:33:15,734 [Tim] There are no lights; there is nothing back there. 742 00:33:16,767 --> 00:33:19,634 It's pure dark, so giving them a countdown 743 00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:23,066 is the easiest way that just works in the dark. 744 00:33:23,066 --> 00:33:25,634 People can do it with their eyes closed. 745 00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:28,033 [Intense music] 746 00:33:30,100 --> 00:33:31,300 [Kontinos] Is he armed? 747 00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:33,767 Is he going to fight back, or is he just going to run? 748 00:33:33,767 --> 00:33:34,767 [music] 749 00:33:34,767 --> 00:33:36,967 What is he willing to do? 750 00:33:36,967 --> 00:33:38,367 [music] 751 00:33:38,367 --> 00:33:40,066 [Tim] This is crunch time. 752 00:33:40,066 --> 00:33:42,734 It's either going to go really bad, 753 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,567 or they're going to end up finding him. 754 00:33:44,567 --> 00:33:45,867 [music] 755 00:33:45,867 --> 00:33:48,133 [Tim] 756 00:33:48,767 --> 00:33:50,700 [music increases] 757 00:33:51,767 --> 00:33:56,467 [Tim] 758 00:33:56,467 --> 00:33:58,367 [music] 759 00:33:58,367 --> 00:34:00,066 [officer] 760 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,800 [melancholic music] 761 00:34:06,867 --> 00:34:08,867 [narrator] Police search the second suspect. 762 00:34:08,867 --> 00:34:14,433 He doesn't have the gold, but when they arrest him, 763 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:17,133 they uncover an important clue. 764 00:34:17,867 --> 00:34:19,667 [music] 765 00:34:19,667 --> 00:34:22,066 [Tim] 766 00:34:22,066 --> 00:34:26,367 [officer] 767 00:34:26,367 --> 00:34:28,834 [Tim] 768 00:34:29,767 --> 00:34:35,667 [911] 769 00:34:35,667 --> 00:34:37,033 [music] 770 00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:38,000 [Kontinos] The red shoes 771 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,867 were a valuable piece of information. 772 00:34:40,867 --> 00:34:43,533 As we were reviewing the security cam footage, 773 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,533 there were two suspects in all black, 774 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:48,900 and one of them had red shoes. 775 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,066 [music] 776 00:34:52,066 --> 00:34:53,667 [Kontinos] 777 00:34:53,667 --> 00:34:55,033 [officers] 778 00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:59,900 [Kontinos] 779 00:35:00,367 --> 00:35:02,233 [officers] 780 00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:06,000 [Tim] There is a third subject still out somewhere hiding. 781 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,467 [music] 782 00:35:07,467 --> 00:35:09,834 [narrator] Police believe this third suspect 783 00:35:09,900 --> 00:35:11,033 has the jewelry. 784 00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:12,300 [music] 785 00:35:12,300 --> 00:35:15,166 [Kontinos] The scene was still unraveling at that time. 786 00:35:15,166 --> 00:35:17,567 It wasn't going to be over till we got all three of them. 787 00:35:17,567 --> 00:35:19,000 [music] 788 00:35:19,867 --> 00:35:21,634 [Tense music] 789 00:35:21,700 --> 00:35:27,066 [narrator] The third suspect with red sneakers 790 00:35:27,066 --> 00:35:30,634 and the stolen jewelry has vanished. 791 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,033 [music] 792 00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:35,266 [Tim] He has a significant head start, 793 00:35:35,266 --> 00:35:38,333 given that we had been following the second subject. 794 00:35:38,567 --> 00:35:43,100 [Tim] 795 00:35:43,100 --> 00:35:44,800 [911] 796 00:35:45,700 --> 00:35:47,767 [Intense music] 797 00:35:47,767 --> 00:35:51,934 [Kontinos] I set my sights back on the business. 798 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,734 [music] 799 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,967 [narrator] Kontinos returns to the scene of the crime 800 00:35:55,967 --> 00:35:58,333 to track down the third suspect. 801 00:35:58,400 --> 00:35:59,600 [music] 802 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:01,567 [officer] -Sheriff's Office. [Kontinos] -Sheriff's Office. 803 00:36:01,567 --> 00:36:03,333 [music] 804 00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:09,200 Looks like I'm clear. 805 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,867 We got an opening in the roof here. 806 00:36:10,867 --> 00:36:12,567 [officer] Sheriff's Office. 807 00:36:12,567 --> 00:36:14,734 [music] 808 00:36:20,667 --> 00:36:22,867 [Kontinos] 809 00:36:22,867 --> 00:36:26,967 [music] 810 00:36:26,967 --> 00:36:30,166 [music] 811 00:36:30,166 --> 00:36:33,233 [Kontinos] I immediately smell smoke, 812 00:36:33,867 --> 00:36:38,000 a very distinct smell. It wasn't like a fire. 813 00:36:38,667 --> 00:36:41,367 It felt like some kind of synthetic material 814 00:36:41,367 --> 00:36:43,767 being burned, something like, very distinct smell. 815 00:36:43,767 --> 00:36:44,567 [music] 816 00:36:44,567 --> 00:36:48,667 It was very chaotic, very messy. 817 00:36:48,667 --> 00:36:51,166 There was water all over the ground. 818 00:36:51,166 --> 00:36:55,133 I saw the safe with a giant hole in it. 819 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,333 [music] 820 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,367 [narrator] The suspect is nowhere to be found, 821 00:37:00,367 --> 00:37:05,166 but Kontinos does locate a bag filled with jewelry. 822 00:37:05,166 --> 00:37:07,467 [music] 823 00:37:07,467 --> 00:37:10,734 [Kontinos] It looked like we did not catch them in the act; 824 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,367 we caught them at the very end. 825 00:37:13,367 --> 00:37:14,867 [music] 826 00:37:14,867 --> 00:37:16,266 It was very surreal, 827 00:37:16,266 --> 00:37:19,100 something that was so crazy you kind of wouldn't believe 828 00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:20,634 that it was real life. 829 00:37:20,700 --> 00:37:22,867 [music] 830 00:37:22,867 --> 00:37:24,533 [Kontinos] 831 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,066 [officer] Dispatch, 2-4-9. Up to 21. 832 00:37:27,066 --> 00:37:29,233 [Intense music] 833 00:37:29,300 --> 00:37:31,900 [Narrator] Then there's a breakthrough. 834 00:37:33,467 --> 00:37:38,467 [officer] 835 00:37:38,467 --> 00:37:40,233 [Intense music] 836 00:37:44,467 --> 00:37:46,467 [Tim] 837 00:37:46,467 --> 00:37:48,567 [laughs] 838 00:37:48,567 --> 00:37:51,834 [Tim] Knowing that their mode of transportation 839 00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:52,967 was still here, 840 00:37:52,967 --> 00:37:55,200 he's going to be around here somewhere. 841 00:37:56,166 --> 00:38:05,767 [Tim] 842 00:38:05,767 --> 00:38:07,800 [music] 843 00:38:21,567 --> 00:38:23,800 [music] 844 00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:32,934 [music] 845 00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:36,000 [music] 846 00:38:36,700 --> 00:38:38,667 [Tim] As we come around the container, 847 00:38:38,667 --> 00:38:40,734 I can see that he's laying down... 848 00:38:41,867 --> 00:38:43,634 [music] 849 00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:48,033 giving up and surrendering. 850 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,467 [Music] 851 00:38:50,467 --> 00:38:53,100 [Kontinos] Finding that third man definitely gave me a rush, 852 00:38:53,100 --> 00:38:55,600 definitely felt like an accomplishment for everyone. 853 00:38:56,767 --> 00:38:59,734 [officers] 854 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:00,867 [Tim] 855 00:39:00,867 --> 00:39:03,166 [officers] 856 00:39:03,166 --> 00:39:04,967 [music] 857 00:39:04,967 --> 00:39:07,000 [narrator] After questioning the suspects 858 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,100 and studying the video, 859 00:39:10,767 --> 00:39:14,934 police are confident they have all three suspects. 860 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,433 [Marceno] Suspect one, Carlos Acosta; 861 00:39:19,100 --> 00:39:22,433 suspect two, Juan Lava; 862 00:39:23,266 --> 00:39:26,734 and suspect three, Yabri Alfonso. 863 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:27,934 [music] 864 00:39:27,934 --> 00:39:30,667 The suspects are charged with burglary, grand theft, 865 00:39:30,667 --> 00:39:33,233 criminal mischief, and obstruction. 866 00:39:33,300 --> 00:39:34,233 [music] 867 00:39:34,233 --> 00:39:36,700 [Narrator] All three are awaiting trial. 868 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:38,533 [music] 869 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:40,467 Further investigations reveal the gang 870 00:39:40,467 --> 00:39:44,567 traveled more than 150 miles from Miami 871 00:39:44,567 --> 00:39:47,934 to target the Lee County jewelry store. 872 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:48,900 [Marceno] They come over here 873 00:39:48,900 --> 00:39:50,767 because they think if they can hit quick, 874 00:39:50,767 --> 00:39:53,266 get back on the highway, and get back across, 875 00:39:53,266 --> 00:39:56,000 their chances are less of being identified. 876 00:39:57,266 --> 00:39:59,133 [narrator] All of the Stolen jewelry 877 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,200 is recovered at the scene. 878 00:40:01,767 --> 00:40:06,166 The gang was set to walk away with nearly $90,000. 879 00:40:06,166 --> 00:40:07,767 [music] 880 00:40:07,767 --> 00:40:10,634 [Tim] This was probably one of the highest-value cases 881 00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:14,567 that I've worked. It just makes me feel even 882 00:40:14,567 --> 00:40:17,867 more satisfied in finding these people. 883 00:40:17,867 --> 00:40:19,767 [music] 884 00:40:19,767 --> 00:40:23,667 [Marceno] This was planned to almost perfection. 885 00:40:23,667 --> 00:40:27,634 What they failed at was doing it in Lee County, Florida. 886 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,800 We don't play games in Lee County. 887 00:40:31,266 --> 00:40:33,333 The message is clear to criminals: 888 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,333 we will catch you. 889 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,634 [Kontinos] This was absolutely the most exciting case 890 00:40:37,700 --> 00:40:38,834 I've been involved in. 891 00:40:38,900 --> 00:40:40,100 [music] 892 00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:42,066 [Officer] -Sheriff's office. [Kontinos] -Sheriff's office. 893 00:40:42,066 --> 00:40:44,767 [Kontinos] It's kind of what kids think of when 894 00:40:44,767 --> 00:40:49,266 they think of being a cop, catching jewelry thieves. 895 00:40:49,266 --> 00:40:52,533 That kid in me that wanted to be a cop, 896 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:55,367 it definitely played into that kind of fantasy. 897 00:40:55,367 --> 00:40:57,233 [Marceno] They came in like ninjas; 898 00:40:57,300 --> 00:40:58,266 they came from the rooftop. 899 00:40:58,266 --> 00:41:01,100 They were able to think that they could fly 900 00:41:01,100 --> 00:41:03,667 by the night and vanish. 901 00:41:03,667 --> 00:41:08,033 Well, the ninjas learned their lesson here in Lee County. 902 00:41:08,100 --> 00:41:09,634 [Tense music] 903 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:13,800 In Ohio... 904 00:41:14,567 --> 00:41:17,166 He's got a gun to the temple of her head. 905 00:41:17,166 --> 00:41:18,433 In Maryland... 906 00:41:19,567 --> 00:41:21,300 The suspects are going to fight or flee. 907 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,233 And in Indiana... 908 00:41:24,066 --> 00:41:25,333 That is one of the strangest moments 909 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:26,667 in my law enforcement career.