-Huh! ♪ bad boys ♪
-Stop! Ma'am, hands up! -♪ whatcha want, whatcha want ♪
-♪ whatcha gonna do ♪ -get on the ground!
♪ when sheriff john brown come for you ♪
-You are going to jail today. -(sobbing)
-♪ bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do ♪ -get out of the car!
-♪ whatcha gonna do when they come for you ♪
-No matter what, I'm going to jail. -Why is that?
-Because I'm a criminal, man.
-♪ whatcha gonna do when they come for you? ♪
-Announcer: "cops" is filmed on location
With the men and women of law enforcement.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty
In a court of law.
-Deputy phillip sin: Before law enforcement,
I worked at a local grocery store full-time.
I left there just because in the back of my head
I always wanted to pursue this career as law enforcement.
So, I first started off with the florida highway patrol
And then switched over to lee county sheriff's office.
It's just amazing, you know,
There's a lot of avenues to move up, move forward.
-(radio chatter)
-Radio dispatch: The suspect is now calling in.
We're still trying to get a better 10-20.
-Right now, we're going to an alleged stabbing.
The information given isn't really precise,
So, we're gonna have to find out
When we make contact with the caller.
-Deputy jacob: I will deck you.
Turn around, face away from me.
You in the gray, face away from me.
Keep your eyes on him.
-Sin: Don't move.
-Frank: I ain't.
-Sin: Detain him.
Face the ground and stop moving.
-Frank: Okay.
-Deputy jacob mcconnell: I got it.
-Frank: I won't resist.
-Alright, he's good.
-Three, three alpha county, in control. I'm not--
-Sin: Is he good?
-Victim standing at the back of his car
And he's got a major laceration to his neck.
-Sin: Let's go. -Mcconnell: Alright.
-Sin: Move. -Mcconnell: Secure him.
-Sin: Have you got this?
I don't know if that's part of it.
-Mcconnell: Don't get up, you understand me?
-I ain't did nothing.
-Mcconnell: Don't get up. None of y'all.
-Sin: You got gloves? -Mcconnell: Yeah.
-They got a neck tie on me.
They've been tracking my every move
And they've been beating me
And they've been drugging me at night.
I'm serious, ma'am or sir.
And I'm tired of it.
I ain't gonna take this no more.
And they've been calling me yella and everything else,
And I'm not. You hear me?
And my dad's part of the reason of this stuff too.
-Sin: Walk. Hey, is that your car, bro?
-Mcconnell: Yeah.
-Sin: You mind putting him in?
-Mcconnell: So, once you get him secured,
Can we id these three back here, please?
-(police sirens wailing)
-Sin: Hold on. Stop.
-I think we do have a suspect detained.
-Sin: How you doing? What happened?
-I was just standing there
And he walked up behind me, like he was messing with me.
And you know, like friends do and [bleep]--
-Sin: Can I get your phone?
-And all of a sudden, I just feel something in my neck
And I'm like, oh [bleep], he just cut my throat.
So, I started to chase him
And then I was like, nah, I ain't chasing him.
I'm just gonna go get my car and chase him down.
Chased him right over here.
-Paramedic: Let's get you in there to get bandaged.
-That's a decent cut. -Yeah.
Hang on. Wait now.
-I'll talk to her.
-Whose car is this? -Yeah, I'll talk to her.
C'mon. -Whose car is this?
-That's my wife's.
-Deputy: It will clean up.
-Sin: Where'd this happen?
-Burger king. My wife works at burger king.
I was waiting for her to get off, so.
-Sin: Okay. Is this wife here?
-Yeah. -Sin: Okay.
Are you the manager right now or? How you doing?
This is husband, right? -Yeah.
-Sin: Do you know what's going on?
-No, I was on the inside. -Oh, was inside.
But he was just there waiting for you to pick you up? -Yeah.
He didn't tell you anything? You didn't see anything?
-I didn't see anything,
I was in the office. -Sin: Okay.
Is this alarming to you? -Yeah.
-Okay. Alright, just hang tight over here real quick.
We'll fill you in as much as we can.
-Okay. -Okay?
I'll talk to the suspect.
-Deputy: It'll be okay.
-I not worried about it.
These guys don't really do this,
And then he just walked up behind me--
-Were you seated in the car?
-No, I was just standing there
And he walked up behind me, like he was messing with me
And I chased him right over here.
-Hey frank, what's going on, man?
Hey, can you hear me?
Frank?
Hey, what happened?
Did you know the other guy?
Frank, you were talking just fine, like, five seconds ago.
-Frank: I don't know what's going on.
-Sin: You don't know what's going on? -You do.
-Sin: Can you tell me what's going on?
Can you help me out as far as--
-Frank: Hey, y'all been following me everywhere.
Even the planes are flying over me, watching me.
-Sin: We, as in the-- -you know it.
-Sin: The sheriff's office has been following you?
-You know my grandfather's, uh, john quincy adams.
-Sin: Doesn't ring any bells.
-Yeah, it is. -Sin: So--
-Him and his son was the president of the united states.
That's, that was my, uh...
Lineage.
-Sin: What exactly happened? -Y'all have--
-Sin: What exactly happened? -Tried to destroy me.
-Sin: What happened in front of the restaurant?
-Uh, take away my rights and all my--
-Frank, frank-- -all my...
Even destroyed my...
Pride and everything else,
With all the raping and stuff going on with me.
-Sin: Okay, frank, I need to know
What happened in front of the restaurant.
-Frank: That's all I got to say.
-Sin: Alrighty.
Well.
-Hey, sin.
-Sin: Do you have the knife still? -Yeah, he...
He is a good witness to what transpired.
Volunteered some information, so.
-Alright, I'll talk to him in a second.
But that's the pocket? -Yeah, I asked him--
-Sin: Is it a box cutter?
-Yeah, I asked him,
I didn't ask him if he used it,
But I asked him if this is the only one that he had
That I wasn't gonna find a knife laying anywhere
That someone-- -that's probably what it is.
-He said this is his only knife. -Sin: Okay.
How you doing, sir?
So you saw what happened?
-The guy, the one you just arrested, he came over here,
He asked me could he lay down there and sleep.
I told him, "yeah."
And all of a sudden he started talking crazy,
He said all these people after him, the police is after him,
Everybody after him. -Sin: Right.
-He said some guys was standing over there by mcdonald's
And the dog was yapping.
Then he got up, he got up and walked and yelled
And started yelling whoever was over there
And went over there.
When he came back, he said, "I cut the guy's throat."
-Sin: That's what he said?
-That's what he told, that's what he said in front of us.
-Sin: So, he just wanted a place to stay?
-Yeah, just wanted a place to stay, to lay down.
We were all sitting here. He just left and went on...
-Sin: Okay. -Went on across there.
-Sin: Do you know how that,
How that box cutter came about here?
Did you see him throw it or anything or?
-Witness: I don't even know if he,
I guess he had it on him all the time.
-Okay. Sounds good.
So, he's gonna be transported to a local hospital.
-Yeah, okay.
You guys rolling out right now?
-Yeah. -Alright.
How you doing, ma'am?
Long story short,
Obviously you saw your husband bandaged up.
It's a decent cut, but he's gonna be okay.
-Wife: Yeah.
-He's been transported to the hospital obviously,
And he'll be taken care of over there, okay?
So, not to freak out or anything.
-Did you catch the guy?
-Sin: Yes, the guy's in custody so,
Most important thing
That your husband's gonna be alright. Alright?
-Wife: Thank you. -Sin: Alrighty.
-Po ii laron cooke: Patrol is where everything happens.
All your crimes take place out on the streets.
I think that's pretty exciting.
I want to get in on the action and to see it all
Because you have a direct impact to everyone's life
Every single day, whether you know it or not.
-(radio chatter)
-We're heading to a stolen truck.
It's last seen in the area of las vegas boulevard
And, and sahara.
Supposed to be occupied,
So we're gonna see if we can locate the vehicle.
Coming up on boulevard and fourth.
Should be him right there.
There he is.
-(engine accelerating)
-Control give us a red, we're gonna try to stop the vehicle.
-(radio chatter)
-Yes.
-(radio chatter)
-I'll come to your side. Open up your door.
I'll be verbal.
Driver, step outside!
Turn off the vehicle!
Keep your hands up! Keep your hands up!
Turn around, keep your hands up!
Walk backwards towards me, okay?
Keep coming! Keep coming!
Keep coming! Stop!
Take four steps to your left!
Four steps to your left, my man.
Keep going, keep going.
Bigger steps. Keep going.
Keep going.
Stop. Walk backwards.
Keep your hands up. Walk backwards.
Keep coming.
Is there anyone else in the car with you?
Occupant in the passenger seat!
If you're in the vehicle--
-No one's in the vehicle.
-Cooke: Come out with your hands up!
Hey, sergeant, I'll come around to you.
He said there's nobody else in the vehicle.
-Sergeant: We can go-- -yeah, we'll go around this way.
-Alright, cool.
-Cooke: Alright, this is what we'll do.
We'll go up, we'll clear it on the passenger side.
One go to the window, one goes to the driver's side door.
I'll stay on the sliding back door. Sound good?
-Sergeant: Clear. -Cooke: Clear?
Alright, come with me over here.
Alright, it's clear.
Thank you, guys.
-(radio chatter)
-Cooke: You wanna have a seat for me?
So, the u-haul truck, it was reported embezzled, alright?
Are you the-- -mark: Yes, I'm the owner.
-Cooke: You're the guy who picked up?
-Yes, go ahead and look in the front seat,
Where you see the cup-holder?
-Cooke: Yeah, yeah.
-Is my information that I actually rented the u-haul.
-Cooke: Okay. Do you have your id?
Is it in your back pocket?
-Yeah, I already gave it to him.
-Cooke: Oh, you already gave it to him?
-Already gave it to the officer.
Whoever called you made a humongous mistake.
-Cooke: Okay. -I just got off work.
I have no criminal history whatsoever.
-Cooke: Okay. Your name is on the paperwork
In the center console? -Yes sir, please go look.
-Cooke: Okay. Are you mark?
-Mark: Yes, that is me.
-At some point, the u-haul truck,
It was reported embezzled by u-haul.
Alright? -Mark: I'm not sure why.
I talked to him earlier today.
-Cooke: Okay and what--
-And told him that I needed extension
Because it was due tomorrow.
If you see it on the paperwork,
It shows that it's due tomorrow. I didn't steal.
-Cooke: Did you get this,
Was this the original paperwork that was given to you?
-That's the original paperwork, sir.
-Cooke: Alright, because I do see
That it's supposed to be turned-in tomorrow. -Right.
-So, I don't know why they reported it embezzled. -I don't have a clue.
-Cooke: Alright. -I did not do anything.
-Cooke: So, let me get ahold of someone at u-haul
And I'll figure out what's going on.
-Awesome. Could you please get me out the cuffs?
-Cooke: As of right now,
You gotta wait for a little bit, alright?
-Sgt. Zack hammond: What he's gonna do, sir,
Is he's gonna find out if u-haul
Wants to come pick up this truck, alright?
And he's gonna clarify the information
Of why they reported it embezzled, alright?
-Mark: Awesome.
-The vehicle was reported stolen a while back.
The owner was able to recover their truck a long time ago.
They never called us.
So, when they rented it out again,
It was still active as if it was stolen.
I'm gonna stand you up, alright?
So, we figured it out. Lift up, yeah.
So, what happened was, the person, the owner of the u-haul,
They reported this car stolen a while back.
They never took it out of the stolen vehicle system.
-Okay.
-Cooke: So, they rented it out again
With that plate still being registered as it's stolen.
-That's horrible. That has nothing to do with me, bro.
-Cooke: Right, but we don't know that.
You know what I'm saying?
Now, I know what it is now, but that's it.
-Guns and all this trauma.
-Cooke: It is what it is, at that point.
You know, that's just how it works.
-That's horrible, to say to someone that it is what it is,
And you just stop me for no reason.
I didn't do anything. -Well, let me tell you something, man.
Mark, these are commonly,
These are commonly embezzled.
This is not the first time it happened.
-Mark: I understand, sir.
-It happens at least once a night.
-Mark: This can't happen again.
-Cooke: But you're free to go, okay?
-Mark: I'm shaken up.
-I already taken out the stolen vehicle system.
It's not gonna be reported stolen.
You're not gonna have this happen to you again.
But if you want,
See if they can put you in something different,
And again, get your money back
And that way you can possibly get a free trip from this,
Because this is kind of messed up.
They failed to do that. -This is horrible.
This is horrible.
-Someone shouldn't be just pulled over
For something they didn't do,
But they failed to call us back.
So give them the-- take both of them,
Have the event number reference.
If they have a problem with that,
They can always call the police department
If they don't believe you
And then reference that event number.
All the details today are gonna be documented
From our cad system and they can go from there, alright?
So, I apologize again, it shouldn't happen to you, alright?
-Alright.
-So, it was reported stolen months ago.
These are commonly stolen. Well, they're mainly embezzled.
People rent them out and they never return them.
Somewhere through the communication,
They just rented the u-haul truck out again
With it still being reported stolen.
So, innocent guy basically rents the car,
Or the u-haul truck,
To just move something around, and
We pick it up,
And we have to treat it like it's a real situation
Because we don't know their situation.
It's our department policy
That we always treat all these cars as a felony stop.
We don't know if there's drugs, guns,
Or whatever's in there.
He, unfortunately, had to be the one placed in that spot.
-In that situation. -Cooke: Yep.
-Deputy jessica pinto: When I do a traffic stop,
I'm looking for a little bit more
Than just a civil citation.
I'm looking for somebody who's putting a tag
That doesn't belong on the vehicle they're driving,
Or maybe's driving on a suspended license.
Someone that might be hiding dope,
Or weapons inside the vehicle.
So, I'm looking for a little bit more
Than just running a stop sign,
And giving them that civil citation.
-(radio chatter)
-So, we got a car going westbound down 92.
No lights on in the middle of clearly nighttime.
So, we're gonna do a traffic stop on it
And see what's going on.
How's it going?
-Raul: Good. -Amber: Good.
-I'm deputy pinto
At the hillsborough county sheriff's office.
So, the reason we stopped you is
Because you're going down 92 with no headlights on.
-Raul: It's because they turn on by themself
And I just left my house. I live there.
-Well, when they're on automatic and it's dark out,
They automatically turn on, right?
-I could turn it on and you'll see.
-Pinto: Okay. -I can--
-Where's your house at?
-Right here on williams. Right here.
-Pinto: Back there?
-Raul: Yeah. -Pinto: Okay.
-I told him his lights were dim.
-Deputy surat: It's raul, right?
Alright, just hang tight for me, okay?
-Um...
You got plain smell all day on my side.
-Yeah. -Pinto: So, yeah.
-So, he's freaking out.
-Yeah, I'm gonna run her real quick.
So, I'll run him at the same time.
I'll bring it right back.
Because she's clutching the purse.
He's sweating bullets and you can tell he's nervous.
He can't even put complete thoughts together,
And she's,
She's not nervous but she's... Huh?
-You can tell she's under the influence of something.
-The passenger's had quite a few dope arrests,
With the most recent one being a couple months ago.
So, she's gripping the purse. If I had to guess,
It's probably gonna be somewhere over there.
So, is there anything other than weed in the car?
-No, he just got weed.
-Pinto: He just got weed? -Yeah.
-Pinto: Weed or spice?
-No, weed. -Pinto: Weed.
Alright, do me a favor, just leave everything where it is,
That way we don't have to worry
About you pulling anything out of anywhere
And there's no misconceptions.
Okay? -Okay.
-Pinto: So, even then,
She's like obsessed with grabbing the purse out.
So...
And that's gonna be spice.
So, that's definitely not marijuana.
-Yeah, there's a roach somewhere in here
That he told me about.
-Pinto: And there's a bubble,
Right under by her feet. -Perfect.
-Pinto: I got the roach too.
Oh, I thought that was him.
So again, we have the, we got the cut straw.
It's gonna have that white powder on the inside
That's pretty consistent with the pipe
That's gonna have the white powder and the crystal residue.
So, she's probably snorting and smoking it.
-Deputy: What's her name?
-Pinto: Amber.
-Amber?
-Pinto: Yeah. If it's empty, it's not anything.
-It's not.
-That's meth for sure.
Yeah, it's definitely meth crystals.
Make sure you check under those seats really good.
We got the spice that we found right in her purse.
The bubble that was right by her feet,
And the straw in her purse.
So far the only thing
That wasn't found directly in her possession
Is gonna be this bag of meth right here,
But it was thrown right behind her seat,
As if she could have just tossed it back behind.
So, it's gonna be pretty consistent with everything else
That's found on her person.
What's up, girl? What the heck?
-Where'd you find that?
-Pinto: You told me you weren't trying to go.
-Amber: I'm not trying to go, that's not mine.
- You were holding that purse when I walked up to your window.
-I understand. I didn't check.
-Pinto: Hop up for me.
I'm not gonna sit here and bs you, you know?
You know you're going because it's in your purse.
Like, there's no if, ands, or buts around that one.
-Amber: But that's not my purse.
-Pinto: So, it's not your actual purse,
But your purse for the night?
-Amber: I was just using it. Why can't we all, just like--
-Deputy: Why can't we just what?
-Take that, like?
-Deputy: Because you're not supposed to have it.
You know you're not supposed to have it.
-It wasn't my purse though. -Yes, it was in your purse.
-Pinto: And it's more than just spice though.
-Amber, we just had a conversation about you,
Explaining you don't smoke spice,
And all this other stuff. -I used to.
-Surat: Looks like you still do.
-No. -And looks like,
Maybe you smoke a little bit of meth.
-Are you gonna try and help me?
-That's where I put my bag, actually.
-What are you under the influence of right now?
-Raul: Nothing. Just the weed.
-Just 'cause you're being really-- just the weed?
How long has it been since you smoked weed?
-Raul: I told her since earlier.
-Pinto: Is this your boyfriend?
-Amber: We are like getting there.
-Pinto: Yeah.
So, obviously we're gonna still test it.
I'm pretty confident it's gonna come back,
Is what we've already talked about.
That's what you're gonna be charged with, okay?
-Amber: I understand. -What's that?
-Amber: I said, I understand.
-I just wanna tell you because I'm trying to,
You know, I'm trying to be straightforward with you.
-It's my third time
Being caught up with this type of [bleep].
-Well, why do you keep palling around with them?
-I don't know.
I really don't know.
I'm really ready to, I should just go back to st. Pete.
-Pinto: Yeah, I mean the, "it's not my purse,
It's not my pants, it's not my car."
That's not working for either one of y'all right now.
-Yeah, I thought that was his car.
-You said you got your last one dropped or whatever.
-Yeah.
-And now you're back-to-back on this one.
You know what that looks like, right?
-Amber: Yes. It looks bad. -It's gonna look pretty bad.
So, I guess you're gonna stop hanging out with these people?
-Yeah, I'm done. -Pinto: Alrighty.
It's your decision from here on out.
Scoot all the way in.
I'll come back here in a second, okay?
What'd he have?
-Deputy: Started searching the red bag.
-Pinto: Yeah. -And I pulled out his wallet,
Outta the red bag. -Pinto: Yeah.
-Oh, you got that?
-Pinto: That looks like crack.
Actually, that might be meth.
-Well, he claims
That she was trying to throw it back here
And I was like, "you can't tell me this is her bag,
There's men's perfume in there, and your wallet's in there."
And then he's got a bunch of marijuana.
-Pinto: Nice. Good.
What'd the rock pop for? Meth?
-Surat: Coke. -Pinto: Crack?
It was crack? -Surat: Yep.
-Pinto: Okay.
Okay. Raul, you're being charged
With possession of crack cocaine, okay?
Possession of methamphetamines.
-What?
-Pinto: And possession of marijuana, okay?
Those are gonna be your three charges.
-Because it was in my bag? My bag [bleep].
-Oh, so what was your bag? -No, it wasn't my bag.
-Okay. So, you see what I'm talking about?
-My wallet was right next to that bag
And she started grabbing all the things
And started throwing it to the back.
-Okay. You know you are hanging out
With people who are doing dope.
Whether you are doing-- -we were smoking spice.
-Well, that's dope. That's a felony charge. That is dope.
-Raul: Oh, is it?
-But here's my point, is that you are aware
That you are hanging out with people doing dope.
Whether you are doing it or not--
-I'm not doing it.
-You're taking the risk of driving these people around.
-Raul: I know, I know that.
-Pinto: All right?
-(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.
-(theme music playing)