-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 gabe hollow: I've been with the sheriff's office
For about three years now.
I originally joined the sheriff's office
'cause I wanted to follow in my father's footsteps.
He's been with the agency his entire career
And still actively in it.
And a lot of the times, we respond to the same calls
Because he's k9 and I'm patrol,
And it's just a unique experience.
So this car just ran a stop sign right in front of us.
I believe it matches the description of
A stolen vehicle we've been looking for.
East 32 lee county 65-1050, it's gonna be a signal 10.
It's a black in color mazda five,
We're gonna be on gordon ave coming up to a dead end.
Hey, get on the ground right now or you're getting tased!
Get on the ground or you're getting tased.
East 32 lee county, gordon ave.
Got two male subjects in the water right now.
Hey, come here right now,
Or you're getting tased in the water, get over here.
You too, right now!
Get over here right now!
Or you're getting tased. -I'm coming.
-Swim over to me right now!
Get over here! Get on the ground.
Roll over on your stomach.
Put your hands behind your back right now.
Get up here. Lay down right next to him.
East 32, I'm 10-4 give me a second, I got two detained.
Put your hands behind your back.
-(handcuffs closing)
-County, I've got two detained.
I've got one vehicle in a canal,
One subject's still at large,
Black male wearing black clothing. He was the driver.
Went status 10 towards the canal.
Get up.
Follow him, go to my car.
Douglas lane will be the next cross for that canal.
Both of y'all drop down to your knees right here.
On your faces.
On your face.
Come here.
Get on your face.
East 32 lee county, got the driver 10-12.
Hands behind your back.
-(handcuffs squeaking)
-Get up.
Drop down to your knees.
I'll walk you to your face.
Huh? That's all of them.
-(police radio chatter)
-All right. -You already pat them down?
-Yeah, they're all clean.
-Roll to me man, roll.
Put one in the back of your car.
This one, get up.
-Roll.
-Roll, oh, you're all wet.
-Oh yeah, they went in the water.
-Just put them by the back of your car
And I'll put-- you're gonna want them.
-Sit down right here. Go ahead sit down.
-Why were you sitting in the car. -I'm straight.
-Okay, why were you sitting in the car?
-(indistinct) -you all right?
-I'm straight. -Nothing's hurting?
-No, I'm good. -Okay.
-He was driving. -He was the driver?
-He's the driver. -Okay.
-If you walk down there you'll see where the car's at
On the left-hand side, it's like shrubs.
-I'm paying attention to you. I'm just watching them.
-Yeah, I got you, it's like shrubs so that's where
He ran down.
-Okay, so when we get done with this and we get them
Secure, we're gonna do an article search.
To make sure no weapons were thrown, no drugs were thrown.
-No, I got you.
-Nothing was thrown because that's just not normal
To run and come back.
-Hello? -Howard: Yeah.
-Is this howard? -Howard: Yeah.
-Hey, howard. This is deputy hallow
With the lee county sheriff's office.
-Howard: Okay, what's going on?
-So I got your son here in custody, he was with another
Two juveniles inside of a stolen vehicle.
They tried to run and crashed into a canal.
-Howard: Okay, you want, you need me to come pick him up?
-No, I need you to come over here so you can talk with your son.
But he's gonna be going to jail tonight.
Just either you, just you and mom come.
We don't need a huge scene here.
-Howard: Alrighty, we're on our way.
-All right, sounds good, sir.
So I'm getting ready
To turn into the race track 'cause there was a suspected 22 there.
They blew the stop sign right there so I flipped around.
Is he talking to me?
-We're gonna need at least two, possibly three
If you e want to keep them all separate.
-Sir, how are you doing? There was no injuries,
The vehicle is crashed into the canal, but that's because
They jumped out of it while it was still moving
And it rolled into the canal.
-Okay.
-Um, I'll let you guys talk to them, but you guys
Got to understand it's still an ongoing investigation.
All three will be going to jail tonight, okay.
-Okay.
-All right, so if you guys wanna come with me,
I'll bring you guys over there real quick.
Howard, come here.
-You could have just hurt yourself bad.
-Are you okay? -I'm good.
-Why did you do that?
-I don't know.
-You could be really dead right now, oh, my god.
-Hurt, anything.
-As soon as we heard this story, why would you?
-You ain't got no business doing this, you know better.
I can't blame them, 'cause you know better.
Right now all y'all could be dead in that canal in that car,
Couldn't get out of it. Or whatever.
All three of y'all, this is senseless,
And you know it's senseless.
-You not cold.
-We're gonna get him up out of here in a little bit
And we'll get him into some dry clothing.
-Okay, so what they gonna do?
They gonna be calling me tomorrow?
-Because he's a juvenile, he's gonna go down to
The juvenile assessment center, you'll get a phone call tonight
Whether or not he's gonna be released into your custody
Tonight, pending his court case for this offense.
If that is not the case, then he's gonna go straight in
To department of juvenile justice
Which is a 21-day sentence for the minimum.
-Seriously, my boy?
All right, homie, you with them. I love you but I can't
Do nothing for you when you be like this.
-Hollow: I'll call you when I know more, okay.
-Howard: Alrighty, thank you, appreciate it.
-Ask for me.
-Deputy jose gamboa: So, I've been a cop almost 10 years.
I was born and raised here in kern county.
I think it's always nice to work somewhere where
You've been born and raised.
You have the ability to try to change the things
That you see wrong as a kid.
So helping out the community,
Trying to make a difference out here is what motivates me.
-(police radio chatter)
-So we're heading out to a house where there's
Supposed to be stolen vehicle, a reported stolen vehicle.
It's occupied possibly by three subjects.
-(police radio chatter)
-(police car siren)
-Stop the car. Stop.
-Turn your car off.
-Five by two. -Turn it off.
-Step out. Face away from me,
Back up to the sound of my voice.
-Yes, sir.
-Interlace your fingers behind your head.
-Okay.
-Back up, back up, back up, back up, back up, back up.
Keep going, keep going, keep going and stop,
Go down to your knees.
-What is going on?
-Knees together, cross your ankles.
-Hey, female, crawl out this way.
Walk backwards towards our voice.
-Walk to left, walk left, walk left.
-(car door shutting)
-Step out, face away from me.
Back up to the sound of my voice.
Back up, back up, back up, back up.
-Are you in arriving?
If you want to just go all the way
To the far west and help evans.
-And stop, down to your knees.
-(indistinct radio)
-So stolen vehicle is this silverado right here.
They're using a screwdriver to turn on the truck.
The ignition is completely shattered.
They're pretty much taking everything away.
Is the catalytic converter removed?
-Yes. So we checked the other vehicle that was parked
Behind it and the catalytic converter were removed.
-Let's go look at that catalytic converter.
-It's hot. Like he literally just cut it off.
So watch your hands, bro.
-Yeah, so.
-So if you, if you touch it right here?
-Yeah. -It's warm, like hold onto it, it's warm.
-No, I can, I can just feel it.
They, they literally just cut these off.
-Yes. -This is the radio to that truck?
-Yeah, this, I believe this is also his.
-Oh, that's the amplifier? Okay.
-I'm sure these are the mats to the truck too, so.
-Okay. Can somebody just take photos of, of this?
-Okay. -I'm searching for like three hours.
-Is that the victim's? -Yep.
-So you guys reported this pickup truck earlier stolen?
-Yeah. Yeah.
-Okay. At what time was it stolen?
-We don't know, woke up about, he usually leaves.
He stayed the night with me last night on Halloween.
Left about five this morning to go to work.
And when we walked out, the truck was gone.
-Okay.
Where, where was it taken from?
-Front of my next-door neighbor's house.
-Okay.
Do you guys know, obviously you guys saw
The three subjects we detained, right? Or the two?
-Don't know, no, no. -Don't know none of those?
-No, we've been driving around
Because everyone on my facebook kept saying check oildale,
Check oildale, check, so we've been driving around.
This was actually the last place, we were about to
Turn back, and we passed this street and I looked
And I go, that's your truck.
-Okay. Obviously you guys are willing to
Press charges, testify in court.
-Oh hell, yeah.
-Okay. All right. You need anything from us?
-No, just, I'm so tired of these people stealing cars.
So if you can get 'em off, yeah.
One more person. So, yay, I'm glad we found it, so.
-One by one, one by one. -One by one. Yeah.
-Thank you.
All right. So you're in the passenger seat
Of the stolen vehicle. How did you get here?
Where do you live at?
-So unfortunately I'm right now living
At the vagabond right here.
-Okay.
-So yeah, he picked me up.
-He picked you up. And what did he pick you up in?
-The truck?
-What does, the truck that you were in,
The stolen truck? -I guess.
-How long ago was that? -Right now.
-What's right now? Like, an hour or two hours ago?
-Less, I don't know.
-Like 30 minutes ago.
Have you seen him in that truck before?
-No. I've only known him a very, very, very short time.
-Okay. Did you see that the radio was taken off?
-I mean, yeah. Yeah, I've seen a couple, yeah.
-Did that not give you like some sort of
Suspicion that it was possibly stolen?
-Um, yeah. -Okay. And did you not--
-I mean, like things looked a little off course.
-I appreciate your honesty and your cooperation, okay?
All right, just step out.
Come over here to this back.
Whose car is that, by the way? -That is my car.
-If you turn around over there,
You'll see some items that were located
In the trunk of your car. -Yes, I see it.
-And obviously there's a stolen truck right
In front of it that's missing a catalytic converter.
That's, they're pretty warm as if they were just cut off.
-Yes. -Those items were in the trunk of your car.
-Okay. -Any reason why?
-I...
-Be honest with me because if you're honest with me,
I can give you an opportunity.
-I put them in my car so they weren't-- -what'd you say?
-I said I had them put 'em in my car
So they weren't in his possession.
-When say him, who's him?
-My brother. -Who's your brother?
-Jordan. -Is that the driver of that stolen vehicle?
-Yes. -Okay. Who cut 'em off?
-Jordan did it. He said he was gonna
Give me money.
-Okay. How much were you gonna get for those
Catalytic converters?
-I have no clue.
-Okay. -Like I said--
-Is this your first time doing it getting caught?
-No, this is my first time being involved at all.
-Okay, -I've never done it before.
-Because obviously as you know catalytic converters are very common
In being stolen right now 'cause they're worth some money, right?
-Yes. -So do you know how much money you would get for those?
-I have no clue. He asked me for my help.
He's my little brother. I came over here and helped him.
-All right. Have a seat back there.
All right, jordan. So did you know the truck was stolen?
-No. Not really. Yes. No.
-What is that supposed to mean?
-I, all right. I found--
The dude sells fentanyl. He's a fentanyl dealer.
-Okay. So did you go get fentanyl
And then you saw the truck there
Or I, I don't know what that means.
What are you trying to tell me?
-I found, I found fentanyl in it, so I freaking,
I don't know, that's why I'm trying to talk to him
And ask him, you know.
-He reported the truck stolen. So I'm gonna ask you again.
Did you know that truck was stolen?
-I had a feeling it was gonna be reported stolen.
-How you turning on that truck?
-The ignition wasn't, the ignition was all [bleep] up from the get.
-Right. How you turning it on? -With my fingers?
-Your fingers? -Yeah.
-Or that screwdriver that was in that middle.
-Well, the screwdriver made it easier, but it was just--
-So at this point you're gonna go to jail
For possession of a stolen vehicle.
Felony vandalism and then stolen property.
Okay?
-I know, but he wants his-- I can get--
-And if at that point you wanna apologize, you can.
-I can get him his-- -alright.
-Get him all his stuff. Right? Like right now he knows--
-Okay, have a good one, man, good luck.
-He knows who I am.
-Deputy suraj montoute: My dad obviously was a major here.
And so for 30 years, that's all I knew was him being a cop.
And so I knew from a small age that
That's what I wanted to do.
So I started in the jail.
Best thing about that is it allows you to talk
To people and realize that
A, they're human and, b,
You're there for their, their safety and security.
-(police radio chatter)
-We're gonna stop this car in front of us.
I ran the tag and the registered owner appears to
Not have a valid driver's license.
So we're just gonna stop the driver,
See if the registered owner is the person that's driving
And kind of just go from there.
-(car door opening)
-Hello.
-How are you doing? -Good, how are you?
I'm deputy montoute at the sheriff's office.
Okay? The reason I stopped you is
Because the registered owner
Of this car doesn't have a valid license.
Okay. Are you the registered owner of the car?
Are you amy? -Yeah.
-Okay. Alright. What's the deal with your license?
-Sir, I'm here because I have license issues.
-Okay, so you're here from alabama, correct?
-Yes.
-Okay. Do you have a valid license in the state of alabama?
-No, I have to go back there too.
I have a lawyer to get it taken care of.
-Okay, so you don't have a valid license at all?
-Not right now, no, sir.
-Okay. Where, so where are you staying at?
-I don't have warrants. I'm not in trouble.
-You said you have warrants? -I don't have warrants.
-Oh, I thought you said I have warrants.
-I have license problems now.
I was driving from my store to there.
-That's fine listen, listen, it's okay it--
We can get it figured out.
It's okay as long as it ain't that that bad,
We can figure it out. Maybe just get you outta here
With a ticket. -I mean, it's bad.
-Okay, well, I'll figure all that out. Okay?
-I mean, it's not bad. I, I mean, yes, it's bad.
I don't have a license and I'm driving.
-I gotcha. Alright. -Okay?
-Do you have valid insurance?
-But I'm really, honestly being honest with you.
-I, and I appreciate you being honest with me.
That's, that's, honesty is the key.
Do you have valid insurance?
-Also, I have my notebook with you,
That's on the list tomorrow to call my insurance
And fix my insurance.
-Okay so you don't have valid insurance either?
-I don't know at this point.
-That's fine. -It could be expired.
-Okay, that's fine, like I said, we'll figure it out.
-But I came back here to fix all these things.
So if I end up going to jail for this,
I'm not going to be able to fix all these things.
I almost have the money saved.
-Okay, alright. Do me a favor, come on out.
Come back here and talk to me real quick.
Just go back to the front of my car.
-Deputy jessica pinto: Talk to me real quick.
Is there anything inside the car that
You're worried about? -No.
-Like is there anything that we might find
Inside the car that is gonna be more
Than just this misdemeanor? Like.
-No, but good luck going through that car.
-Are you okay with me?
-I'm from alabama. I mean, I'd really rather you not
'cause I really need to get my car fixed.
I'm really not lying.
-Well, right now you're stopped on the traffic stop
Either way.
So the yes or no's not gonna get you
Out here any faster or any, or any slower either way, so.
-I mean, no, but if you have to, if you want to,
I really don't care. I don't have illegal things.
-Well, we want to, that's why we're asking.
-Yeah.
-And we're telling you that right now you are driving
On a suspended license, which is the misdemeanor.
-She just gave consent. Go for it.
-Okay.
-(bag rustling)
-So inside of a prescription bottle that she has
For ritalin.
Which is gonna be like adderall.
It's gonna be the generic for adderall.
She's got a...
Little baggy with bars in it.
And that's probably gonna come back to be xanax bars.
So it's, it's schedule four.
She had it tucked inside
Of this pill bottle that's actually prescribed to her.
But this baggy, that's gonna be coming from the street.
That's not gonna be prescribed to you.
So I'm pretty sure that's gonna be,
That's gonna be xanny bars inside the ritalin container.
-Yep. -Looks like it to me.
-So we got her.
-Some people are actually prescribed xanax
But in a small cellophane wrapper is
Indicative of narcotics.
She's got a cease tag order
So we'll be taking the tag as well.
It's amy, right? -Yes.
-Okay. You're prescribed xanax?
-Yes. -Okay.
-Since I was 17.
-Okay. Where's your prescription at for the xanax?
-Um, in the bag?
-It's not, it's not in the car. -Yeah.
-It should be in the car.
-It was in a container with ritalin and it was
In a street bag.
I know you know what a street bag is.
-I know what a street bag is. -Okay.
-Yeah, I do. -Yeah, yeah.
I didn't wanna insult your intelligence.
-So why was it the way that it was?
If you're prescribed it, why was it in?
-Because I don't even have the bottle but I have the paperwork.
-But why was it in a street bag
If you're prescribed it, is what he's asking.
-Because I took them out of the bottle.
-Why is it in the cellophane street bag
That it was in?
-So I don't get it confused with the other ones.
-Xanax looks a lot different than
Ritalin and the other ones.
-Amy, I was born at night but I wasn't born last night.
-Yeah.
-But to be honest with you, look at me.
I'm a mess right now, I mean, I put it there because--
-That's fine. We're just looking for you to be honest.
-They're different xanax's
So, I mean, I don't-- -ritalin's not xanax.
-And they don't look the same.
-Ritalin is adderall.
-I could understand-- -and xanax is alprazolam.
-I can maybe understand if you had like yellow bars
And white bars, but you've got white bars
And then other pills like the ritalin that don't look like--
-The ones in alabama are white.
-But the xanax in the street bag is gonna be the problem.
When you're prescribed controlled substances,
It has to be in the prescription bottle
With your name on it, the doctor,
The prescription date, what it is.
-I thought that you could carry it on you as long as you're prescribed it.
-Nope.
-You can, but it has to be in the bottle
That it's in with your prescription on it.
-Correct.
-Because right now, how, you can't prove
That it's yours.
-I mean, I'm sure you don't wanna wait
For me to walk an hour, but I can prove that it's mine.
-What I'm saying is, you can't prove
At this very moment right now that it's yours.
-No, sir, I can't.
-And that's the problem that we're facing right now.
Is that you can't prove--
You can't prove at this very moment that it's yours.
Okay? You're gonna go to jail tonight
For possession of controlled substance.
All right? Come on back here.
-Back this way. Inside of the car though.
We don't wanna get hit, this way.
-So if you get prescribed more xanax, you need to carry it
In the proper container that has your name
And your prescription on it because it's a narcotic.
Okay? So if nothing else,
It's an educational teaching moment.
-(over radio): 132 and bush, I've got him at gunpoint.
-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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