-Huh! ♪ bad boys
♪ whatcha want, whatcha want
-Sheriff's office, stop! -♪ whatcha gonna do
-Come on, man. We gotta go.
-♪ when sheriff john brown come for you ♪
-Honestly, whose dope was it? -Not mine.
-♪ bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do ♪
-Don't do it!
♪ bad boys, bad boys
-What am I going to jail for?
♪ whatcha gonna do when they come for you? ♪
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With the men and women of law enforcement.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty
In a court of law.
-Po ii preston quirt: I think it's good working with another person.
You kind of get that bond.
Kind of figure out the pros and cons
With both of each other,
So what works out on the field.
You also get that communication of pre-planning,
Which is very important with this job.
You know, you don't get
That when you're in the one-man unit.
It's also good backup, sometimes things go south very quick,
And it's good to have that second pair of hands.
-We are en route to a robbery.
We're looking for a hispanic male, wearing a white shirt,
Black shorts, he has tattoos, and he's bald.
He possibly stole a blue mountain bike,
And we are almost there.
(indistinct radio chatter)
-Quirt: He is riding his bike right there.
-Po ii nick morelli: Is he not stopping?
-Quirt: Are they stopping him?
-Morelli: Is he just gonna tackle him off his bike?
-Quirt: He's not stopping. We're northbound.
-Morelli: Cut him off.
-Quirt: Got him? -Morelli: Get me up to him.
-Quirt: Get on the ground. Get on the ground.
I got his head, I got his head.
I got head. I got head.
Get his feet.
(bleep)
-Go ahead, go ahead.
Get on your side. Get on your side.
I got his head.
-Suspect: I'm on my side. -Quirt: All right, you're good.
-My leg's burning.
-All right. Just try breathing. Just breathe, man.
All right, here we go.
Ready? One, two, three, get up.
We'll go right here.
-You got an id on you or anything? -No.
No? Drop everything you got in your hands.
Alright. I'll ask for your info.
You lie to me, you to go to jail. Okay?
You don't have any id or anything on you?
-No, sir.
-Quirt: Okay, what's your first name?
-Edward.
-Quirt: Edward? -Yes.
-Quirt: What are you biting on, your teeth?
-Yeah, I broke my jaw. That grind.
-Quirt: When did you break your jaw?
-Still haven't seen me. -Okay. All right. All right.
Just stay right there with him.
-Sgt. Robert johnson: What's on your mind? -Edward: You guys.
-Johnson: We're on your mind? -Edward: Yeah.
-Johnson: Why?
-Edward: I think you're gonna kill me, that's why.
-Johnson: 'cause we're gonna what? -Kill me.
-Johnson: Oh, that's not part of our plan.
-Are you sure?
-Yeah. Our plan's to, you know, figure out what went wrong,
And if you committed a crime, then we'll deal with it.
-How come I feel that way then?
-Well, I don't know.
-There's a reason. That's why.
-Quirt: So what happened today?
-I'm afraid of you guys, man. -What's up?
-You guys been watching me, following me.
-Quirt: We've been watching and following you?
-Threatening my life, yeah. -Quirt: Okay.
Where were you before we, before you were running from us?
Where were you? -You knew where I was at.
-Quirt: I don't know where you were at. That's why I'm asking you.
-You guys were right there deep. -Huh?
-You know was the (beep) I was at. -I don't.
I'd like you to ask me or tell me where you were at.
-Edward: I can't tell you. I can't tell you. -Why not?
-Because nobody's business where I'm at.
-Quirt: Where you were at? Okay.
Where were we coming from then before we stopped you over here?
-The store. -The store? What store is that?
-I can't remember. -All right. Look.
All right. Let's cut it.
Let's actually explain what's happening now. Okay.
You got caught. It is what it is.
Just tell the truth.
Where were you at? -Edward: At the store!
-What store? -That's none of your business.
I didn't commit a crime there. -Quirt: What were you doing at the store?
-Buying a beer. -Quirt: Buying a beer. Okay.
Where'd you get that bike?
-You guys know, man. -Quirt: We know?
-You already know. -Tell us what we know.
What do we know about the bike? -Edward: I don't know nothing.
-Quirt: You don't know nothing?
You're not gonna talk to me anymore?
-I wanna talk to a lawyer. -You wanna talk to a lawyer?
-Yeah. -Quirt: Okay. All right.
All right. Let's put it him in the back there.
-I guess he was acting suspicious
Over by the cellular store or something.
And the other unit was getting ready to go out on him.
I think he went in there
And stole a bike to get away from that.
-Quirt: Oh, okay. Yeah.
-So that's what all started all this.
-I asked him questions, he goes, "you know where I was at."
And I asked him about the bike, he goes, "you know what I did."
So, and then he said he needed a lawyer.
-All right, that's fine. We got an officer down there.
We'll do a show up and-- -sounds good.
-Then we'll get all that going.
-I think they have footage over there.
Security cam. So should be good.
-All right. Cool.
-Morelli: Hey, that's all you had on him for the weapons?
He said it's silver.
-Quirt: He said silver and sharp.
-Morelli: Said silver and sharp,
Those were the weapon he used to commit the robbery.
-Quirt: Spread your feet for me. -Officer: What you doing?
-Morelli: You gotta wait for 'em to show up.
-Edward: I want to go in the car, man.
-Quirt: You will. Just give us two or three minutes.
I know, man. I know it's hot.
-Why do you wanna kill me?
-Quirt: We're not, all right.
Like I said, wait to be in the car.
-All right. Set him up.
-All right. You're gonna come right over here.
-Edward: Who's this?
-Quirt: Just keep your feet spread for me.
-Edward: Who is this? -Quirt: My partner.
-Edward: Who's your partner?
-Right here. That's my partner right here in the cop car.
He was actually here a little bit ago.
A hundred percent.
Okay, let's get back in the car.
The victim wanted to come up, see if it was him
And it was a hundred percent accurate.
All right, let's go back in the car.
-Morelli: All right, let's go back in the car.
-Why did he come? That punk.
Why did he do that?
-Quirt: Let's go's, let's go in there.
-Edward: I asked you a question, man.
-Quirt: Get in the car. All right, man.
Today you're gonna be going to jail for robbery,
Burglary and your warrant, which is petty larceny.
-Robbery, burglary and what? -Quirt: And your warrant,
You have a warrant out for your petty larceny.
-What petty larceny? -I don't know when it happened,
But it's just coming up in our system that you have a warrant.
That's what you're going on. So you're going for those three.
-I never had a petty larceny.
-Well, our system says otherwise,
And that's what you're going for.
-Edward: I love you guys. You know why?
-Why?
-You can lie and (beep) be serious about it.
-Quirt: Oh, okay. Well, I'm not lying.
I'm being serious, but I'm not lying.
You're going to jail for robbery and burglary
And the officer will be taking you to jail.
-Edward: Karma's a bitch. -Quirt: All right, man.
-Deputy patrick walls: Well, I'm currently working at the harris station set team.
We do a little bit of everything.
So we write search warrants on outstanding subjects.
Sometimes we do what we like to call honey-dos,
Which are problems in the community.
We go out and do our best to solve those problems.
Make the quality of life for everybody in the area
A little bit better every day.
So we're headed for a store up here at the corner.
We're gonna do a quick offer up, buy-bust
On some baseballs that were stolen out of guy's truck.
I'm gonna be the eye watching my partner
Who's making the deal with the guy.
-Brian: What's up, brother?
Thanks for meeting, man. Good.
Was it art? Yeah, good to meet you, man.
-Art: Sorry about the mix-up, man. -Brian: It's all good, man.
They're all hard balls, right? -Art: Yeah, yeah.
-Brian: Hell yeah, man. -Walls: He'll take off his hat
And the rest of the units will come sliding in
And we'll get the guy in custody and we'll go from there.
-Brian: All right, man. I got the money in the car, I'll go grab it. Okay?
All right, man.
I love those balls, dude. That's awesome.
-Walls: We'll roll in.
-Dispatch: Is he alone?
-Walls: Negative, he's got a female in the car.
-Brian: He's bringing the balls now.
-Dispatch: Roll in right now.
-Brian: Just gotta find my wallet.
-Walls: He's around the south side of brian's car
With the black bucket full of the balls,
Standing there waiting for him to give him the money.
-Brian: How's your day going, man?
-Deputy dorien hardie: What's going on brother, man?
-Art: Not much, man, not much.
Trying to sell some balls.
-Hardie: Are you? -Art: Yeah.
-Hardie: You got anything that's gonna poke me? -Art: No, no.
-Hardie: You got any drugs?
-Art: Nah, man. I don't mess around with that, no sir.
-I'm gonna explain to you what's going on,
You're being detained right now.
-Art: Yes sir, no problem.
-Have seat you right here in my car.
Smoke that with the door open. -Okay. Thank you.
-Hardie: What's her name? -Erica. She's my friend, man.
My bad. She's giving me a ride.
-Why is she trying to take off though when she see the police?
-Art: Oh, I don't know. I don't know anything, you guys.
I don't think she meant it like that. She's cool though.
That's my girl's best friend, you know?
-Well, I found the initials that the victim said
He wrote on the balls.
So I'll have him id them, but these appear to be
The stolen balls that he identified.
-Is he coming back over here? -I gotta get ahold of him.
Last night, said that his vehicle was broken into
And he found the ad on offer up
With his exact bucket
And about the same amount of balls that were stolen
From his yard, or from his car.
And so he contacted us
And asked if we would do a, kind of a,
Kind of a sting or a buy
So that we could try to locate these balls
And get this guy in custody.
He was actually talking about doing it himself.
So we went ahead and we were able to contact this guy
And asked to meet up with him.
So he asked for 45,
We ended up settling for a price of $40.
Victim said this was worth about $120 to him.
We could get this victim his property back
And we get a thief off the streets.
-Hey erica, you have a felony warrant for your arrest.
-(indistinct) -well, you do.
Come up in kern county.
-Erica: Kern county? -Sgt. Brandi swan: Yes.
Did you used to live up there?
-Erica: Yeah. -Swan: You did? Okay.
We're gonna have you sit inside the car
And then wrap that up.
-Somebody take care of my dog?
-Well, let me just find out right now
If the kern county, who is where the warrant is out of,
Wants us to actually book you in
Or if they wanna come pick you up
Or if they want us to site release you.
Okay, I'll let you know all that
As soon as I get the information.
Stand by just one second.
We're just taking her into custody.
Would you have somebody to pick up your dog?
-Erica: Yeah, and my car, the car, please.
'cause my mom just barely got it off.
-But there would be somebody that can come?
-Yeah.
-Okay. Let us work on that for you. Okay?
-Thank you. -All right. Let me get some air conditioning.
-I explained to you why you're in custody, right?
I read you your rights.
You're in custody for possession of stolen property.
The baseballs are stolen.
-Art: Okay. But I didn't steal them.
Like why? I don't get it.
-Why don't you tell me about those baseballs?
-Art: I bought 'em from a yard sale, dog.
Like my cousins are having a yard sale and I bought 'em.
'cause I know I can make money off 'em.
-Okay. How much did you buy 'em for?
-Art: Five bucks. -Five bucks for that bucket of baseballs?
-Art: Yeah. -And you bought it from your cousin?
-Art: Yeah.
-All right. So when did you get the balls from your cousin?
So we can match with his story yours.
-Well, I don't know, a week ago?
-Brian: A week ago?
-Maybe? Yeah. Give or take. Yeah, about a week.
-What day do you think his yard sale was on?
You said it was a yard sale he was selling 'em at?
-Art: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He's just doing a little garage sale.
-Brian: So why are you buying a bucket of baseballs from him?
-I could sell 'em, my cousins play baseball.
I was gonna give them to my cousins originally.
-Brian: Why didn't you do that?
-(beep) I don't know, man. I just haven't bumped into 'em.
-Okay. Hey, what kind of criminal history do you have, man?
-Art: Gtas, evading.
-Okay.
-Sales. I don't (beep).
-So you got a history being possession of stolen property,
Right?
-Sometimes, yeah, but I don't (beep) around
With that no more.
-Brian: So here's the deal, man.
I positively identified those balls as being stolen.
There's no joke, man. -What does that have to do with me though?
-And the fact that you're saying you've had 'em for a week,
They were stolen less than a week ago.
So your story's not matching up.
So tell me straight up. All right.
You're lying to me about where you got this.
-Nah, trust me, man, I bought 'em, I bought 'em.
-Brian: From your cousin for $5?
-Yes, man. I bought 'em.
-Brian: That's not believable, man.
-How's it not believable?
-Brian: I've driven around here several times.
-I buy stolen (beep) there all the time, dude.
I don't get it.
-Well, you're in possession of stolen property, man.
So you're gonna take that ride, okay.
-Art: That's crazy.
-All right, man.
Hey, I'm remington again.
So if you need to talk to me,
Tell my partners you wanna talk to me
And I'll get back to you.
All right. Hang tight, man.
My victim, I spoke to him on the phone.
Without me saying anything,
He identified this handwriting on here.
He said you got lupe.
-Swan: He said there was hs on a lot of 'em.
-Yep. He said lupe's gonna be on it.
So we confirmed that these are his stolen baseballs.
So. Hey, I'm brian, deputy remington. How you doing?
-Good, you? -Coming from baseball right now? Yeah.
-Yeah. No, I'm actually going to baseball.
-You're going to baseball? These your baseballs?
-Yeah. -Brian: Yeah?
-I accidentally left them in the truck
And overnight somebody went in the truck
And took them from inside the cab.
-Brian: Oh, but you were able to remember that signature?
There's no doubt in anybody's mind
That these are your baseballs.
He's gonna go to jail and your help led us to that.
So I appreciate it.
Good work. Right.
-Dad: All right, thank you guys. Thank you. Appreciate it.
-Deputy chris cull: Before I worked for escambia county,
I drove a fire truck for the city of houston fire department
And wanted to try the other side of being a first responder.
So I decided to make the transition over to law enforcement.
And ever since I did, it's been an adventure
And I've enjoyed every minute of it.
We're gonna get out with this suspicious vehicle,
A male and a female.
Hey, how's it going, man? Sheriff's office.
Doing all right? -Driver: Yeah.
-Cull: Just sitting in here? -Driver: Yeah.
-Cull: Okay. Y'all staying here? -No.
-No, you're not staying here? You got any id on you, sir?
You got your id, ma'am?
13-26.
I'll get you vehicle 14 here shortly.
Thank you. Why don't y'all do me a favor.
Start with you, I want you to step out for me.
Face the car when you get out.
You got anything on you that could poke or stick me? -Driver: No.
-Cull: Anything?
All right, go ahead and stand in front of my car.
I'm just gonna do a open-air sniff
For the canine on this vehicle.
It's a high narcotics area.
-Driver: What is all this about anyway, just 'cause we're sitting here?
-Cull: Yeah.
Is there anything in the car that I need to know about?
-No, there ain't anything in the car.
-Cull: Anything?
-I swear to god, there ain't nothing in that car.
-Okay. Did you have anything in your purse or anything?
-No, sir.
-Have you had anything on you that would make a dog alert?
-Driver: No.
-Has there ever been anybody in the car recently?
-I got pulled over a couple weeks ago,
My son had some stuff on him, he went to jail.
And I've been pulled over since then.
And they did the same thing y'all did and let me go.
He said that odor would linger.
It was pensacola police. It was city police.
-Cull: Okay. Well what was it?
-It was heroin. -Cull: It's heroin?
-But it was on him. He went to jail. -Okay.
Since the dog alerted positively on the vehicle,
We're gonna just perform a search.
That's always a sign right there.
Obviously they use opiates.
I always have one on hand.
Looks like some syringes and a spoon and stuff like that.
Her? Okay.
-Might be possible heroin.
I'm gonna ask this again, do you have anything else on you?
-A couple things in there.
-I'm about to get extremely personal.
Listen to me.
I'm about to get extremely personal.
-I mean it, I don't.
-Deputy katie touchstone: Well, that would've been a great thing
To tell me when I asked you about anything illegal on you?
Pregnant, right?
You don't know if you're pregnant?
-Female suspect: I started bleeding.
-You started bleeding.
Do you see your belly?
So if you're pregnant, do you realize that that's gonna harm
The baby that you're growing?
Do you understand that?
Do you understand that's not good for the baby?
Am I getting through to you at all?
-Yes ma'am. -Okay.
-Cull: Fixing to test this, if I can get this bag open.
-Touchstone: I don't know if you're aware of what all came from where.
-Cull: No.
-The plastic baggie that contained everything
Came from the left side of the bra.
-Cull: From her chest?
-And the wad of cash that was not in the baggie,
That wad came from the right side.
-Cull: So I'm gonna be testing this for fentanyl.
Basically, you get some of this powder,
Which was suspected fentanyl
And you drop it in this test kit.
Break this ampule.
If it's purple, it'll be heroin.
If it's orange, it'll be, which it's turning,
It's turning orange.
So this gonna be fentanyl.
It's pretty serious.
You definitely don't want to breathe it in.
-She's squalling in the back of my car.
So if you would like to speak with her.
-Cull: She's bawling? -Yes.
-All right.
Hey, how's it going, ma'am?
All right. You doing all right?
Is it too hot in here? Too cold in here?
You don't have anything else on you do you?
'cause you're gonna be x-rayed at the jail
And I don't want you having to pick up another felony charge.
-Nothing. -You don't have nothing hidden anywhere?
Okay, 'cause they x-ray you and everything. Okay?
-I ain't got nothing. -Nothing on you. All right.
Just to let you know you're gonna be going to jail for possession of fentanyl,
Which is a controlled substance without prescription.
Okay?
What's your name again? -Driver: Eric.
-Eric? So what's y'alls relationship?
-Eric: She's just a friend.
-Just a friend? How long have you known her?
-Like two, three years.
-Cull: Y'all always come over here and hang out?
-No. -Cull: No?
-She asked me to give a ride to the store.
She needed some feminine products.
-To the store, did you she ask you to?
Oh, did she ask you to come here?
-Well, we just stopped here. -Stopped here?
-We were sitting here talking 'cause her daughter got arrested.
-Yeah. -Eric: And the baby got took.
Or her ex-husband took the baby.
-Well, so when I pulled up
I seen you had something in your hand,
Like you handed off maybe?
-No. The only thing I had was my phone, keys and my wallet.
-Cull: You didn't have anything?
-No. -Cull: Did you know she had anything on her?
-No, I did not. -Cull: You did not?
-No. -You didn't have anything and just give it to her?
Make her take the ride for you, did you?
-No. 'cause her boyfriend that's in jail right now,
Done that to her before.
-Yeah.
All right. Well she's gonna be going to jail.
Did she have anything on her or was it just paraphernalia?
-Yes, she did. She did. She had something on her.
You didn't know? -No.
-You had no clue.
-She told me that she didn't have nothing.
-Well, she lied.
The good thing that stuff didn't
Bust open this time and get all over y'all.
-Eric: What's that? -That fentanyl.
-Oh, I didn't even know she...
-Cull: That's some bad stuff. Y'all have got pretty sick.
It's a good thing, everybody gets to go home tonight.
She's not going to the hospital
And you're not going to the hospital either.
You're free to go. -Eric: All right. Thank you.
-(over radio): 132 and bush, I've got him at gun point.
-Dispatch: Okay, gunpoint, 132 and bush.
-Cover's code three. -Thanks, 10.
-(indistinct radio chatter)
-Okay, we'll still send a code three.
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