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Shoplifters Thought Stealing At Walmart Was Just A Joke
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>> Are you telling us the correct name?
>> Oh, yeah. It is. Unless you guys want to call me. That's right. Surveill.
I'm right back.
>> From a simple shoplifting case to a tense [music] and chaotic confrontation, everything depends on how the suspect chooses to act. If they believe they are above the law and act with a sense of entitlement, officers have no choice but to step in and stop them. These were the moments when entitled shoplifterss thought they could [music] steal thousands without consequences. Where this is law and we keep making these videos to entertain you and hopefully bring a little enjoyment to your day. If you enjoy our content, don't forget to leave a like and subscribe to support the channel.
Starting with this organized shoplifting case, two suspects ended up with two very different fates.
>> That's from Five Below. That's the only thing I had >> from Five Below.
>> Yep. Five Below.
>> I don't need anything else. I'm really supportive. My family will be upset if they know what was going on.
>> On the 22nd of December 2025, officers were dispatched to the parking lot of Kohl's after receiving a report of an organized shoplifting incident. The suspects were believed to be two women inside the store and another woman waiting in a car outside with stolen merchandise, including items taken from another store earlier. Here's what happened next.
>> Step out the car.
I said >> I know. I just came up my layout.
>> What's your name?
>> Sh. Okay.
>> Can you make sure my hair?
>> Ju just tell me all the stuff you grabbed. Is that stuff all right there?
>> No, that's all. No, they didn't come from there. No, that didn't I didn't >> You didn't get one shot at this.
>> No, that's why I came back to the car. I didn't get one shot at it. That's why I came back to the car.
>> You brought stuff out. That's why we're here.
>> No, that's my bag right there. My black bag right there. I didn't get one shot at it.
Not one. I'm going to tell you the truth. Not going to get one shot of it.
>> Where your friends at?
>> They're in there.
>> Doing the same thing.
>> I don't know.
>> You don't know?
>> No, I came out. I didn't get not one shot of it.
>> Okay. You had anything on you that you shouldn't have?
>> Uh, right here. You see my hand?
>> Okay.
>> Yeah. Put that right now. You don't need it right now, do you?
>> No.
>> There they are. You shouldn't have.
>> No. Okay. The woman tried to deny any involvement in the theft at Kohl's, but after officers searched her bag, it was clear she could still be linked to merchandise stolen from another store.
>> Go ahead.
>> They have amazing video in that.
>> Okay.
>> Okay. Just be honest.
>> I'm just saying I tell you what I only took one thing, but it went from this store from Five Below.
>> Okay.
>> I had nothing in my bag. That's the only thing I had in my bag. That came from Five Below. That's the only thing I had.
You came for Five Below?
>> Yep. Five Below.
>> And I'm sure you didn't pay for that either, did you?
>> Yes, I did. Somebody else paid for it for me.
>> Okay. Well, all these clothes you didn't pay.
>> I didn't take none of them clothes. So, >> yeah, you did.
>> Okay.
>> All in the black bag. It's all on video.
So, now you're just going to go to jail for it. So, get a notice to appear.
>> I'm going to get a notice to appear.
>> Well, you weren't going to appear to you don't want to be honest with me. I'm >> No, I'll be honest. I'll be honest.
Please. Can I be honest?
>> You already tried. You already tried. I already tried to be honest with you.
>> And you said no. So, please my grandson's birthday.
>> I tried helping you out twice now and you still just want to lie to me.
>> I too.
>> I understand. Please. I don't want to go to jail.
>> It's my grandson's birthday. I can tell you what came from the store and what didn't, but I didn't all do it.
>> Okay.
>> I promise you I didn't. Please. My name is Kiki Williams.
>> Okay. You got an ID on Tiki?
>> No, I don't.
>> What you say? T I K I >> T I K I >> William >> Williams >> I can't hear you >> phone number >> I don't have a phone >> I got your phone in my pocket.
>> Yeah, it doesn't work.
>> Okay. Is this your car?
>> No.
>> Whose car is it?
>> It's my car.
>> It's your son's.
>> My phone.
>> She inside?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. She drove.
>> She drove.
>> She drove here.
>> She did.
>> Did she drive here?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. We're going to put you in this car.
>> How you doing, man?
>> What's up, man? Hey, we're going to put her in a >> shortly afterward. The other two suspects walked outside completely unaware that officers were already there. They immediately denied everything as if they had already planned exactly what they were going to say.
>> You guys belong to this car, right?
>> Yeah, that's why I was looking for my car as well.
>> Yeah. Well, >> we're looking for T.
>> Yeah. Well, she's in custody.
>> Why? What she doing?
>> But all the stuff that you guys handed to her, she walked out and stolen. So, she >> just tell me what they told me. I don't know anything. Okay, let's go back.
>> [ __ ] dropped this.
>> That's me.
>> Uhhuh.
>> I didn't drop that.
>> No, we didn't have that. We didn't have that.
>> We go back and look at the camera.
>> Yeah. So, right here. You guys end up going over there.
>> No, I No, it probably fell out that cart somewhere. But we I promise >> that cart that I just had.
>> That cart?
>> Yeah. But I promise >> here go my receipt. Okay. Ask you. Did you?
>> No, that's not.
>> You said you just came out that cart, huh?
>> Huh? Yeah.
>> You got here to say nothing was in that.
>> No, I didn't say that cart. I said I had a car it must have came out of.
>> That ain't paid for. This ain't paid for.
>> I'm sorry. Sorry. I'm going go back and change.
>> That's not paid for.
>> Look at my receipt.
>> What you buy?
>> This right here.
>> There's my receipt.
>> Okay. He's going to go through it all here in a minute.
>> Okay.
>> You just sit tight. All right.
>> He's Yeah. He about to pull off.
I just started making a paw on the ground.
>> These ain't paid for.
>> Come here. You ain't going nowhere.
>> I'm not.
>> So, what did you pay for? Let's just be honest.
>> I'm going to be honest with you, sir. I paid for this, though. I didn't know she was coming and do what she was doing.
>> But you didn't pay for all this.
>> This is my purse right here.
>> I understand you. This came this came out.
>> Officers escorted the two women back to the loss prevention office for questioning. They asked about their connection to the first woman, but as expected, she denied knowing her.
>> And the lady that was outside, what's her name? [snorts] I don't know her. I I I She's just a strangler off the street.
I just picked up by She go by.
See, that's all I know her from.
>> Yeah, that's [laughter] what I'm saying.
Cuz it says $12.99, but he couldn't find the lineup. So, I'm like, I know she scanned it.
>> We just didn't know what it was.
>> So, I'm going to jail.
>> Hold on. That's all I'm saying. All right.
>> Oh my god.
>> That don't touch anything else on there.
Okay.
>> That purse was left in that car. I didn't take that purse.
>> And why was it on the ground when we walked up? I told you it was that that left in that car. I didn't take that, sir. You going to >> That guy pushed that card away. You know, it must have in the car. It end up in the cart to on the ground.
>> It must have I didn't take that. I didn't You can It's going to show on the cameras. I didn't take that. It was already in the bottom of the car, sir. I wouldn't lie to you about >> But it was on the ground. It wasn't in the cart. It was on the ground. I picked it up off the ground right where you guys were >> because I wanted that on my cart because it wasn't mine. I didn't take it.
>> But you left the store with it.
>> I didn't know that. I That's I didn't know. That's why I was asking my friend, "What was that?" that was I didn't know.
>> So, you're saying that was in your cart when you left, but you didn't know that was in >> whatever I was. I'm sorry. I I know better. I know better.
>> They're going to do this thing, >> huh?
>> You've been arrested before?
>> Yeah, but I never like this >> before.
>> Um like, you know, like suspended license and stuff like that.
>> Miss Williams, you ever been arrested before >> for driving?
>> For driving without a license, suspend license, revoke, reckless. Well, I didn't know it was suspended. I had a ticket and I didn't go to court and I >> I had my SR22 had got suspended and I didn't know.
>> Officers kept questioning her to see whether she was finally telling the truth. But after all the lies she had already told, her desperate pleas for sympathy were hard to believe.
>> Sorry for this to make y'all child. I'm sorry. I know better than this. I have I have two little girls. I know better than this.
>> You'll never have to see my face again.
I learned my lesson. I'm so sorry. So, it looks like one of you two on the ground.
>> I did. I'm sorry. Sorry.
>> You did it. You threw it on the ground.
>> I just I'm sorry.
>> Okay. Like I said, they got cameras, man.
>> I'm not I'm sorry.
>> Calm yourself down. Remember what we said about truth.
>> I'm telling [laughter] you the truth.
>> Okay.
>> I sniff that. I didn't put nothing in my pocket or none of that.
>> Ma'am, you you are afraid to leave. If you want to go [laughter] right now, you >> take the stuff that you I'm calling now. Just make sure he don't come out here. Okay.
>> Okay. All right. All right.
>> So, what's going to jail? [laughter] >> I won't blame dad on the phone. I don't need anything else. I'm really supportive. My family will be upset if they knew what was going on. Like, I WOULDN'T LIE TO YOU GUYS. AND MY ADDRESS is there. Y'all can go to TJ Maxx and come to my house. I'm not lie. I didn't touch nothing at TJ Maxx.
>> All right. Since you uh have been pretty cooperative, I am going to cut you loose when notice to appear. But you you're going to have a mandatory court day.
>> Okay?
>> You understand?
>> If you don't go to court date, they're going to arrest one.
>> Yeah.
>> Agreed.
>> Back with the first woman, officers confirmed that she had given them a false name and they confronted her about it.
>> Williams, what's your actual name?
>> Shonda Walker. Y'all know my name.
>> Shauna Walker.
>> Y'all know my name real quick. I hope yall don't drive that up, but that's probably be cute.
>> Sha Walker, that's >> Diamond Fitzpatrick was released on a notice to appear for retail theft involving three items worth $100.99.
While Shawanda Walker was transported to jail and charged with retail theft and obstructing justice after officers discovered she had given a false name to hide an active no bond warrant for retail theft. A lie may seem like an easy way out, but it often makes the consequences far worse. Telling the truth from the start can prevent a bad situation from turning into multiple criminal charges. Next, this woman made everything far worse just for some food.
>> I'm not sucking that. They humiliated me. Please don't do this. I'm not doing no whole activities for food no more.
Here on my DNA, you a joke. You a pedophile and a blaster to a uniform. On the 23rd of August 2025, officers boarded [music] a bus after receiving a report that a woman who had allegedly stolen food from a Dollar General had fled onto it. As soon as they approached her, she denied the accusation and the situation quickly became tense.
>> Can you send us that Britain? We're going to have that girl. She's walking once, sir.
>> Come out here so I have a receipt.
>> Okay, come out here.
>> I'm not sick. They humiliated me. Please don't do this. I'm not doing no whole activities for food no more.
>> Listen, can you just come out here?
>> I ALREADY PAID FOR MY FOOD.
>> Just come out here so we can >> They're not going to keep punching on me, sir. I'm sitting right here. I didn't do nothing wrong. I'm not going to keep going through this. They keep calling the police, putting me out in the streets.
>> Okay.
>> I didn't do nothing wrong. I DIDN'T PAY THE LAW. HE'S NOT ABOUT TO KEEP TAKING food from me and giving me a >> If you paid for it, THAT'S NOT GETTING OFF THE BUS. The bus came.
>> No, we have to talk to you outside OF THE BUS. NOT TALKING TO YOU. I ALREADY been battered. I got better women.
Citra, >> dear, listen. I This is going to go two ways. You're going to get off the bus willingly. I'm going to put you in handcuffs and I'm going to force you off the bus.
>> Why do I have to get off the bus? Don't do the parts on me.
>> We're trying to investigate something.
>> Well, I just told you I PAID FOR MY PHONE >> and then put handcuffs on me ANYWAY CUZ I'M BLAST.
>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT. You >> Sorry. I'm sorry. You're okay. Come out here.
>> All right. You said you got a receipt.
>> Officers successfully persuaded the woman to step off the bus so the other passengers would not be affected.
However, [music] once outside, her uncooperative attitude only made the situation even more difficult.
>> Can you show me it?
>> I'm moving fast. I I pay for my food.
>> Okay.
>> They sometimes give us the receipt. I I I got everything in the bag.
>> Okay. So, where's the receipt? You said you have one.
>> I know that I have one. You just I don't know if I left one on the bus and I sat down. I just got off like y'all told me to get off.
>> I got you.
>> I don't know if I dropped anything. I'm not >> I'm just scared. They keep doing this.
>> I'm slinging and yelling, but every time I go to sleep, it's like they want me to stay up on drugs and every the people in that building. I go to sleep.
>> What building?
>> The number building. They called the police on me earlier and I don't got nowhere to >> We weren't out here with you earlier.
Okay.
>> They keep trying to MAKE ME GO TO JAIL.
I'M TIRED. I'M TIRED OF going to jail.
And they keep spending my social security income.
>> Okay. All right. That we just We're just trying.
>> I went to the store. I paid for my food.
I got my ID, my federal ID to get on the aircraft. I can't get on the aircraft because every time I go to the ATM, it say the funds are not available or or it won't say the uh blanket total amount on my card. But I swipe it in with the magnetic strip to pay for my food. I got $950 stolen from me. The man always let me come in and spend what I need. I put there >> Yeah. But I'm not I'm not going to do derogatory things to get food. So I give them what I give them and I leave out the store. My [ __ ] is back. Okay.
>> My my receipt probably was on the bus or when I >> The woman insisted that she had done nothing wrong. However, when officers asked her to go with them, she refused, raising the question of what she was so worried about.
>> How about how about we do this, dear?
How about you just get in the back of our car?
>> Um, >> can you take me to the shelter?
>> Look, look, we're going to go we're all three of us.
>> Look, cuz he's going to give you hearsay and then I'm going to go to jail.
Because y'all always put me in jail cuz I talk to y'all. If I don't talk to y'all, y'all don't put me in jail.
>> We're just trying to investigate. So >> I already He's They are womanizers.
>> Well, listen. If you did, >> THEY GET JOBS and they womanize people.
They make us do the stupidest thing.
>> We just We have to hear both sides of the story.
>> They just did this at the building with me with the police uniforms.
>> I was going to say we weren't out there, so we don't know that.
>> I'm not going to keep going through this. It's like you say, face your fears. Go back to your baby dad that punched your eye. Y'all just LET A MILITARY SERVANT punch me on the chapel stairs. I don't want to keep talking to them. Every time I put a wig on, they do this.
>> So, are you going to get in our car or not?
>> You told me to get off the bus when I was going to my house.
>> But now we have to go to the Dollar General and investigate.
>> You know what I'm going to do? cuz they don't want me to eat and get full-blown eggs. Just take it to them and tell him for me as a woman and like if I was your mom, she's not here for groceries anymore.
>> She repeatedly changed the subject, talking non-stop so the officers could not explain the situation. Not wanting the encounter to drag on any longer, the officers decided to take action.
>> Just put your >> Okay. No, I'm not.
>> What did I say wrong? I was being truthful. What did I say? I'll get in the car. I'll do whatever you say again.
Too late.
>> No, please tell me. Look. Can I put your hands?
>> Every time y'all do this, EVERY TIME Y'ALL LIE, Y'ALL ME. EVERY TIME.
Why do y'all do this? And I TRUST Y'ALL TO PROTECT ME AND MY KIDS. And then y'all traffic my kids in that building.
>> See how you looking? If they do this to you, >> look at what?
>> I'm not nothing to you, right? After I suck, got nothing for groceries. I didn't say anything like that.
>> Now you putting your 24 karat gold on my arms.
>> I want to sit here and say a prayer. You need to pray for me before you put me in inside of my >> See how you talk to me. That's what they just did to me and I gave you my voice.
>> I gave you my voice LIKE I GAVE YOU MY IN MY MOUTH.
>> YOU'RE ABOUT to catch another charge.
>> How am I catching any charge when I'm doing everything you told me to do? You told me to get off the bus. Sir, don't abuse me. This is what they do. They people, they traffic us.
>> They traffic us AND THEY USE YOUR UNIFORM TO PUT ME IN JAIL AND DO IT TO ANOTHER PERSON.
>> IS THERE a unit with a rap?
>> Why aren't you listening to me LIKE I'M YOUR SISTER?
>> WELL, NOW NOW you just caught action.
>> I didn't catch no charge. YOU GOT HANDCUFFS ON ME. You me I go to ANOTHER COUNTRY, YOU CUT MY HANDS OFF. YOU DO THE SAME STUFF all the time.
>> Her own resistance had led to the situation she was now in. Yet, she showed no signs of stopping. She repeatedly portrayed herself as the victim while her behavior became increasingly erratic.
>> Y break my arm. PUNCH ME LIKE THAT.
>> I SUCK on you. You could just stay on the ground.
Don't you do that [ __ ] >> You a [ __ ] my DNA. You a TOO A PEDOPHILE AND A MOLESTER TO A UNIFORM. NAH, DALLAS, you a mole from California. You are a molester.
>> This bastard, they paid me $100 to have sex with them and GET UP. Look how I hate this. I hate brown.
I hate brown sugar. I hate everything.
Russia, you see what they do about that?
After they give me money, after they give my social security number, look how he hurt me.
>> She did >> forcing this in me in a different way.
>> Well, that's extra >> and want me to value myself.
>> That's all right. I'm suing you for putting your body skin to skin on me for kicking my partner in the face.
>> I'm getting a civil rights attorney.
That ain't Holly Miller. Mill me Miller.
Judge Matthis. Judge Joe Brown. All right. H Judge Judy. Look how he pressing my ear. Theying me in a different way. They already got away with it. Now I want to eat. I hate y'all. I'm telling you now. You hate me all you want.
>> And the military going to take your badge and your uniform. YOU PUT YOUR HANDS ON ME. She clearly and intentionally kicked one of the officers. As a result, when the backup officers arrived, they had to use a stronger restraint method to bring her under control.
>> P O L I C E uniform people.
>> You see how they sodomize me? Sex premises. They traffic me that I'm Africanamean. I'm a black American academic writer. I'm not a >> This is what traffic got away with.
Hey, >> down just a little bit.
>> There you go. That's good.
>> See the black body bag.
I smoked up what they got me for psychologic treatment. And look how they doing me.
>> Hold her on her side.
>> LOOK HOW THEY [screaming] DOING ME. I WILL NEVER TRUST ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
Never again, Lord. Never again. There will never be another police unit. All this is going to be extinct like salmon.
I'm telling you, never again.
>> Look what they doing to me. Like I'm a dog.
>> LIKE I'M A DOG. CUZ I BROUGHT GROCERIES AND I DIDN'T WANT EGGS FOR it from me.
Do anything for y'all to for royal relief. Never again.
>> Never again.
Never.
>> I can't EVEN READ A BIBLE no more. THEY TOOK MY BIBLE.
>> THEY TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME. THANKS.
>> AFTERWARD, a group of officers returned to the store to notify the employees and gather additional information from their side.
>> And she said, "Hey, what's up, king and me?" And then to walk into our back room.
>> Did she take anything?
>> She took a bag full of cereal and stuff.
>> Okay.
>> But walked when she walked in our back room. I didn't even know she walked in our back room until my boss literally looked like she walked into the back room.
>> Okay. Do you want charges?
>> Yes.
>> Okay. Um, are you able to like total up how much she took? Um, my boss can't.
>> Well, we we didn't bring product with us.
>> Yeah. And they're ripped, so I'm not gonna >> CJ, I need you.
>> Okay.
>> So, what what got me is when she walked in and right before she walked out, all she said is, "I won't suck, too." And then she walked right out.
>> Fantastic. I think that's what everyone says.
>> Okay. And then, do you guys have video of it? Yeah. Okay.
>> Yes. But uh my b my boss told me that she won't be able to be back in until Monday and then she said that she's got to be the one to pull out that video.
>> Oh, you guys can't see the videos?
>> Nope.
>> They're going to arrest me as long as I'm drinking and sitting down. But the moment I wanted to eat and fill myself and nourish myself and take care of myself, now I'm tied down with with all this.
>> We happened to meet in that aisle and then we both thought it was strange actually. It's like, well, wait. It's like this lady's got a bag here actually in the aisle and then he even mentioned to me he's like yeah you find that odd too. I'm like yeah actually >> she already had the bag just >> Yeah because yeah cuz like I said I saw I first noticed though back there in the freezer aisle and like yeah she had a bag cuz she had some stuff and then she was putting it in a bag and I'm like that doesn't look right though actually.
It's like you know something told me it's like yeah this ain't right.
Yeah, because I Yeah, cuz she did mention too, it's like I need my bread, you know? I need my bread. Actually, >> in the end, the woman was charged with theft, resisting arrest, and assault on a police officer. A single bad decision can often be corrected, but refusing to take responsibility and escalating the situation through resistance [music] and violence can turn a minor offense into multiple criminal charges with far more lasting consequences. Worse yet, the next couple tried to portray themselves as victims to justify their actions.
>> Why? Don't touch me.
>> Don't touch me.
>> You left your wallet there.
>> It's in my bag. You snatched it from me >> and I was going to buy my stuff.
>> On the 19th of February 2026, officers approached two suspects believed to be involved in an earlier shoplifting incident at a jewel store. They immediately confronted them with the accusation, [music] causing the suspects to display several suspicious behaviors.
>> The jewel just called, so you took a bunch of stuff. Hang out and talk to us for a second.
>> Jewel just called, so you were stealing.
>> All right, you got IDs on you. Let me see your hands.
>> I don't have no ID.
>> ID.
>> You're not a look at the cameras and I'm going to find out. So if you're at this time to tell me you're right to >> What' you What' you take?
>> The guy was describing this stuff. I don't know why he grabbed it.
>> I just saw it.
>> All right. Well, you guys are Hey, you guys are being detained right now.
You're not You're not free to leave until we figure out what's going on.
>> We're good.
>> Yeah. All right. I'm going to go to Jul.
>> Hey, chill, bro. Stop pacing.
>> All right. Don't touch me.
>> All right. I'm here before.
>> Okay. Okay, go get fine. All right, until we figure things out, you're being detained for right now. I need Okay, I need you to put your hands behind your back to listen.
>> You are not free to walk around. That's why you're being placed in handcuffs.
>> Okay.
You got any weapons on you? No.
the other person.
>> We're going to pull this sleeve up a little bit. Okay.
>> Emergency. Okay.
>> Officers handcuffed the suspects as a precaution in case they attempted to flee. [music] They then asked each suspect to identify themselves.
>> What's your name?
>> Victor.
>> How do you spell Victor?
>> B A >> what?
>> B A Victor. Vector.
>> Hey, stop moving. Stop moving. I'll let you know when to go. I don't want to hurt you, but All right. They'll feel okay. They're not tight on you.
All right. What's your name?
Elizabeth.
>> All right. Let's go. We can move up over here.
>> Victor Vrea.
>> Victor Castanada.
>> V I C T O R.
>> V I C T O R C A S T A N E D A. Just right there have a middle initial N.
>> All right. Do you have anything in your sweater?
>> No, just my keys and then like keys.
That's it. Right here in the back of my pocket and my phone.
>> All right. These are your glasses.
>> The woman then tried to explain why she had left the store with merchandise without paying. However, her story was difficult to believe as officers quickly noticed inconsistencies [music] in the information she provided.
>> Wallet and I was like, I pay for the stuff. So, it's like, >> who took your wallet?
>> No, some black dude. He just like grabbed my purse and to snatched her from me and I was going to go by the stuff. I don't know why he I felt like he was following me for some reason, you know. And then I was trying to keep away from him. I didn't like that. I thought it was some black guy trying to rob from me.
>> All right. Do you guys have IDs or driver's license in the state of Illinois?
>> No, I don't. The black guy took my wallet.
>> Okay. I'm asking not if you have it in your possession. Have you ever obtained a driver's license or a state ID from the state of Illinois?
>> I I don't have I don't have one.
>> Okay. Do you have any >> not suspended my license?
>> Okay. But in Illinois?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> Born here.
>> Well, I just ran your name and it come back. No record. Are you telling us the correct name?
>> Oh, yes. Unless you guys want to deport me, that's fine. Be happy.
>> We're not asking for that reason.
>> No, but that's my name. I don't know what to tell you. Elizabeth F. Kayawa.
>> T A Y A H U A.
>> Yes.
>> Do you have anything on your person with your name on it?
>> Huh?
>> Do you have anything?
>> I just have my link card. That's it. I was up by my sto and he snatched it for me and I got panicked.
>> Okay. So, you said you left your wallet following me.
>> You left your wallet there?
>> It's in my bag. He snatched it from me.
>> And I was going to buy my stuff.
>> All right. So, you were shopping. You had a shopping cart?
>> Yeah, I had my stuff in my bag so I could go to the to the register and then the guy just >> Hang on. When you say stuff, >> the things that you meant to groceries I was going to buy.
>> You had them in your purse?
>> Yeah. It's a buy them with your name card.
>> Okay. Do you see where that could be misleading as you might want to try to leave them without purchasing though?
>> That wasn't the plan. Like I wasn't aware of something.
>> She claimed that her wallet had been stolen, leaving her unable to pay.
However, she showed little sign of concern about the alleged theft even as officers questioned her to verify what had happened.
>> Were you trying to go to the cash register? Were you trying to go to the self checkout?
>> You know what I mean? Like he I thought he was robbing me. I I got freaked out.
>> Your personal items will be returned to you. what we're investigating.
>> Find out when the big black guy comes in.
>> Elizabeth, hang on. We're trying to ask you a few questions to figure things out. Okay.
>> Your personal items will be returned to you, but the groceries that you were trying to pay, were you were you trying to go to a cash register line? Were you trying to go to the selfch checkout?
Where were you?
>> Checkout. I was trying to go to selfch checkout, but then I noticed the guy was following me and I panicked.
>> And then you tried leaving the store or >> Yeah, because I got scared. What would you do if a [ __ ] mother was following you? You know what I mean?
>> Okay.
>> I'm not, you know, I've been shot at before and everything. What the I got to look out for me if you guys can't.
>> Okay.
>> Come back over here.
>> No, I don't want to talk to you now.
>> All right. We need you to stay over here and stop moving, though. Okay.
>> You're not going to get very far in those.
>> I'm not trying to.
>> Okay.
>> They want to press charges. They seen you take stuff. So, you're going to have to come with us. Okay.
You want to come to my car?
>> Oh, you jail?
>> No, not jail. You're going to go to the lockup. You're probably get charged with retail theft. Probably get cut loose right afterwards.
>> You going to let me go today?
>> I don't know. This girl, man, I don't know what the [ __ ] they got.
Just going to buckle you in real quick.
I we're not saying that you are, but something's not coming back in our records. That's why we got to confirm a couple things. Okay.
>> And my my maiden, my last married name was Morales.
>> Okay.
>> In the end, the couple was charged with retail theft and obstructing justice.
Lying to police rarely makes a situation better. [music] When evidence and a person's statements do not match, the false story can create additional legal consequences beyond the original offense. Next, from a $64 shoplifting, these two teenage shoplifterss made everything dangerous for the officer.
>> Stop. Stop. Stop.
Hand behind your back. Hands behind your back right now.
Hand behind your back.
You good? Okay. Okay.
>> Yeah, fine.
On the 9th of November 2025, officers were dispatched to a Walmart after receiving a report of a shoplifting incident. The suspects were believed to be two men who had concealed multiple items inside their backpacks. After arriving at the scene, the officers carefully planned their approach and waited for the suspects to walk out of the store.
>> Right now, >> all right, they discarded the packaging for the shoes.
>> Hey, Billy, go on the other side.
There's going to be two black nails, all black that you're seeing stuff right now. Okay.
>> When you see us make a move, don't do that.
>> Yeah. Just keep eyes on Rodriguez, sir.
>> All right. They're still in shoes taking their sweet time.
>> Yeah. What kind of bags they got?
>> Um, it looks like Walmart bags. I can't tell.
>> Okay.
>> Having a tough This is a very tough area to watch people.
>> Yeah, I get that. Is there anybody else with you?
>> Um, my boss is here, but she's on the phone with her boss.
>> Okay, gotcha. Anybody on the cameras inside?
>> No, it's just me on the floor. Okay. All right. Well, we're just outside. There's three of us out here now. So, >> make sure they come in.
>> Yeah. If uh they switch and go to the grocery or the other door, the north door home moving or whatever it is.
>> If they do that, let us know.
>> Also, this is not the guy I was thinking that's doing all the boosting. That's another guy.
>> So, called Jenna. That's this guy.
>> Ryan Osborne.
>> Yeah, Ryan. I know the name Ryan Osborne, though.
>> All right. They're standing in front of the grocery selfch checkouts. So, this guy um usually does like selfch checkckout fraud.
>> Yeah.
>> Police records identified the two men as Ryan Osborne and Jaden Osborne, both of whom were already known to officers for similar criminal behavior. That was why the moment they spotted the police, they immediately made a desperate and unexpected move.
Black.
Hand behind your back. Hands behind your back right now.
Hand behind your back. Fel you good. You okay?
Give me a phone. All right. You >> okay, Billy?
>> All right, sit tight. Okay, >> and uh pretend >> just chill. Okay, >> this one.
>> Yeah, >> it's like dented.
>> Okay, just chill out here. Okay.
>> Yeah. Hey, >> you good here real quick?
>> Yeah.
>> Get him up.
Can y'all put my phone in my pocket?
Hold on. Where? My shoe. My shoe. I'll >> get your shoe.
>> I can't get my Hey, my officers. You >> Oh, I didn't get >> You didn't do nothing. Go around, man.
>> By running, the two men had effectively admitted their guilt. While one suspect was quickly taken into custody. The other managed to escape into the parking lot. Officers immediately launched a search, determined to track him down before he could get away. One of the males was hiding under a tire in the a semi-truck that's in the parking lot.
Another officer can come on over here.
We can take that one into custody as well.
>> Is this the license plate you know?
>> Hey, so when you guys come in, if you're coming off Allen Road, he's literally going to be south of Bob Evans in like that US Cellular. You'll see the the only semi-truck in the apartment. I'm walking over towards you right now.
Blackmail, all black.
HEY.
HEY. You're about TO GET TASED, BRO. GET ON GROUND. YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET TASED.
GET YOUR HANDS OFF. GET YOUR HANDS UP.
PUT ON YOU.
>> HEY, YOU AIN'T THAT FAST, DUDE. You ain't that fast. You kidding me?
>> Stupid.
>> You are not that fast, bro.
>> Yeah, man.
>> I got you.
>> Huh?
>> Are you good?
>> I'm talking. Are you injured?
>> Huh?
>> Are you good now? They made me.
>> Listen to me.
>> They made me.
>> I told them not to run.
>> I wasn't sure which one it was. I was like, I saw that one. Saw that one. Saw this one over there.
>> I got the thing.
>> Hey, listen to me. Do you have any weapons on you?
>> No, just cash.
>> Is there anything that's going to stick or hurt us? Something sharp?
>> No, just cash. You want to go take care of that? We'll take care of that for you.
>> Now, listen to me. Are you hurt?
>> No, but they made me.
>> All right, we're going to get to that.
Put your knees up to your chest. Okay, >> I can give you the name. All right, >> get your knees up to your chest. We're going to get you up.
>> Hold on. I got >> ready. I know. Then you then you really need to stand.
>> Okay, hold on.
>> Stand on up, dude.
>> Stand up, bro.
>> There you go.
>> What's your first car? Hold on.
>> What's your first name?
>> Hey, hold on.
>> What's your name, dude?
>> Okay, that's fine.
>> Back in the water.
>> Yeah, we'll get to that. Just breathe.
We'll get to that.
>> Officers then recovered the stolen merchandise and searched the suspect.
Surprisingly, they discovered that he could have easily paid for all of the stolen items instead of stealing them.
>> How much cash going to be on you?
You need your inhaler, bro.
>> How much?
>> 2,000.
>> $2,000?
>> Yeah, but they made me do it.
>> Give inhaler.
>> Here's your inhaler. You need that?
>> Oh, probably.
>> Hold on. Don't grab. Don't grab. Do not grab.
>> I'm just making sure you don't grab it.
>> Nobody's going to take your money. I promise. Okay.
>> It's all on camera.
>> Okay.
>> Watch. Look at me. It's going right back in your pocket.
>> All go back in your pocket.
>> So, the phones are going to stay with us, but that cash is in your pocket.
Okay.
>> Huh?
>> Both phones?
>> It's going right here.
>> Let's go sit right on here.
>> We're not stealing them. We're not taking them. Just sit down.
You got your inhaler?
>> Yeah, I got it. I give it to you.
>> You good for set B?
>> Yeah.
>> I'm car.
>> We'll get you some water.
What made the situation even worse was that it did not end there. In just a matter of minutes inside the store, the suspect's actions had already left one police officer injured.
>> Huh?
>> I feel like I just been to >> No, I didn't tell him. I just told him over here.
>> Sorry about your pants, bro. a little bit.
>> It's going to be cold. Okay.
>> Okay. All right.
>> Thumb there.
>> Yeah, it's fine.
>> Yeah, you probably split that.
>> It's like right in here.
>> All right, go ahead. We're going to keep for now.
>> Okay.
>> Okay, cool. You heard anywhere else?
>> Um, no. I don't Do I have a >> taser probing that you did it?
>> I I'm not sure. I guess I I wanted you to check into that.
>> Yeah, we'll uh check soon for sure. So, long story short, I got a code two ambulance coming for Billy. Um, he slipped here while chasing and smashed his knee on one of those EAS towers. So, he's going to need an X-ray on his knee.
I don't see any obvious signs of deformities, but um, we got an ice pack.
I've exposed it right now. So, I got a code two red color form at the moment.
So, it's going to be probably either small fracture to the knee, like the kneecap, or maybe like a tear, but I'm thinking it's more of a a fracture probably because he hit it pretty hard.
Uh, I end up tasing one suspect. Um, basically, we went to to stop them inside the vestibule with security and they turned, saw us, and we said, "Hey guys, stop." They turned, ran back in the store towards to get to the other exit. We paralleled them, got uh, one here. Back with the suspects, they were confirmed to be just 18 and 19 years old. Despite everything they had caused, neither showed any remorse or embarrassment. Instead, they remained calm, even casually drinking water.
>> Oh, you flexible a little bit.
>> Step up.
>> We got to count your money.
>> Count your money, right?
>> We have to make sure it's there because of the amount.
>> Take it out of your pocket. Let me count it real quick. So, lay that right in front of you and my partner here, too.
So, we'll give it right back to you.
>> Look, it's on body cam. We're not >> camera. I'm not stealing or nothing like that. I I wasn't That's not enough money, man. If you had like $10 million, think about it. Okay.
>> We have to make sure that you know that you have that amount so that when you go out, it's documented that that's the amount that went out with you money.
Okay.
>> All right. One, two, three, four, five. 2355 is what you got.
>> Exactly what you told us.
>> Put that in your pocket for us, please.
>> We just had to count it on camera so we knew you had it. There was no what you don't have. Okay.
>> You need it. If you need your puffer, just holler at it.
>> I'll show you guys what I recovered if you want to go grab it.
>> Well, it's like meat and cheese.
>> Okay.
>> I love it.
>> Meat.
Campbell. Campbell. Well, I can tell you this is $18 >> in America. And those are probably what, $1.99?
>> Um, like >> that's the stuff that he had.
>> Well, he had it next to him under the tire. And then he also had this backpack. I haven't gone through this yet.
>> In the end, Ryan Osborne and Jaden Osborne were each charged with burglary, aggravated battery to a peace officer, and resisting arrest. A simple shoplifting case became far more serious because the suspects chose to run from police. Trying to escape not only added more criminal charges, but also led to an officer being injured. One reckless decision can turn a minor crime into a felony with far greater consequences.
Next, this seasoned shoplifter even knew how to create the perfect opportunity to make her escape.
>> Okay, like surreal.
>> Roll over.
On July 6th, officers approached a woman at a Jewel Osco store because she was suspected of being associated with another woman who had failed to pay for merchandise while shopping there. She completely denied any wrongdoing when the accusation was made.
>> Hi, >> how's it going?
>> I'm doing fine.
>> Okay. Uh, well, the store asked me to stop you because they saw that you weren't paying for some of the items.
>> I did. I did. And I promise you I did.
She just came right there. I was right there paying. You can check the receipt.
I paid for everything. Okay. Can I see it?
>> Yes, ma'am. I mean, sir.
>> All right. And let's move over here.
>> And if all my stuff on my receipt was going to happen again, if they thought I was stealing.
>> Okay. Please check it.
>> Okay. And >> I have three letters.
>> Okay. I will.
>> I'm not going to arrest you. They just want you no trespass. Okay. That's it.
So, do you have your driver's license with you?
>> I don't drive.
>> Okay. Do you have an ID?
>> No, I don't. I'm with somebody else.
>> Okay. Yeah. I I already stopped your your other friend.
>> Who? Uh, I don't remember her name.
>> Oh, >> but you guys uh came here in a Mitsubishi.
>> So, I already talked to her. She's already been no trespass because she's already been seen stealing twice now.
>> What? From here?
>> Yes. She walked out with merchandise twice.
>> So, now I Oh, >> well, she put down a basket or she left she she left the basket.
>> No, this was my basket. I left it right there to go with some lime.
>> Well, she was pushing it around and then she left it there and then you picked it up. So, which leads us to believe you guys are together. Okay.
>> Moments later at the checkout area, store employees compared the receipt, completely shattering her denial.
>> Cuz I didn't put I didn't steal nothing.
Everything I put everything right there.
>> Okay. Well, back off her a little bit.
>> Please wait.
See, it came out for 178 to a cashier for payment. Everything I just ran came to 1332.
is 120 56.
>> Okay. They're going to remove the items they weren't paid for.
>> Everything.
>> All right. So, come with me for a second.
>> Okay.
>> You're going to sit in my car for a second while I go talk to your sister and get your driver's license or ID, whatever it is. Okay. And then you're going to be no trespass and then you're going to be let go.
>> Right over here.
>> My Where my sister?
>> She's parked over there. Come on. Like I said, >> no, my shoe. I'm not I dropped my shoe.
So, just have a seat for a second. I'm going to go get your ID.
>> Why I got to sit in the car?
>> Because I can't. I don't have enough people here to where >> Well, can you pop I don't She She gone.
>> Come on.
>> Let's just go back cuz she gone and I want my stuff. Can we just go back and get the car?
>> Just have a seat for 30 seconds. Okay, that's all I need you.
>> Why are you touching? There she go.
>> Okay, well, have a seat.
you.
>> She repeatedly stalled and avoided getting into the police vehicle. The situation quickly became more and more tense. Have a seat.
>> I don't I have to get in the car, sir.
Why are you acting so No, please. Okay, I'mma get in. Okay, >> have a seat right now. This is the last time I asked.
>> Okay, I am. Just I am. Can you let me go?
>> Put your shoes on.
>> I can't believe that.
>> Melinda. Sydney, >> this is it.
>> Sir, can you please stop? Sir, no I am.
Can you stop, sir? David.
>> Okay, sir. I am. Don't get Please don't do that to me, sir.
>> Okay, I'm I'mma do it. Just don't act so rough with me, sir.
>> [ __ ] >> Okay. Excuse me. Can y'all get my Okay, sir. I am. Please. I am, sir. Okay. You hit me in my mouth, sir. I'm not. Can y'all record? Okay, sir. I'mma get in. I promise you. Please. Okay. Get in.
>> Okay. I promise. I'm sorry. Can you calm down? I'm sorry.
>> I'm sorry. Let go.
>> Okay. Let go.
>> I'm sorry.
>> I'm sorry. Sir, can you stop?
>> Melinda, >> I said okay.
>> I'm not going to keep doing this with you.
>> Okay. I'mma get in. Just walk with me.
>> Let's go.
>> Don't touch me like that. Okay.
>> She clearly knew what she was doing.
Despite claiming she was going to the patrol car, she never took a single step toward it. At that point, she even began claiming she was ill to buy more time.
>> Just please, I'm complying with you. I just don't want to sit in the car. My sister right there with the ID. Please, sir.
>> She right there.
>> Have a seat.
>> Cuz I don't want you to make this work.
He's going to cut the air on for you.
You have >> My sister right there.
>> That's great. Have a seat in the car.
>> Surreal. Get him my ID. And I'm bleeding. He cut me with the cuffs.
>> Oh, you mean the cuffs that you grabbed and tried to RIP OFF?
>> NO, I I DIDN'T touch you, sir. They got it on camera.
>> I got it on camera. Have a seat inside the car.
>> Go ahead. Have a seat in the car. You'll cut the air on. I'll make sure he cuts the arrow on cuz I don't want this to escalate. Okay. Go ahead. Have >> Can you get her my ID, please?
>> All this because you stole.
>> I mean, steal.
>> You did that.
>> You didn't on the receipt.
>> It's not on the receipt. Have a seat inside the car.
>> Surreal, please. Sis, give him my ID. I am trying not to be rough with you. I >> I know you not. I'm not going to run, sir. I'm not running.
>> Sit down.
>> If you paid close attention throughout the entire confrontation, her eyes kept drifting toward the parking lot. She was clearly looking for an opportunity, waiting for the right moment to make her sudden move.
>> Surreal.
She is running southbound.
Hi.
>> What is it doing?
>> I'm not pulling off, bro.
No car. Turn it off.
>> I'm not putting off.
>> Okay, I would turn it off. Give me the key.
>> You're not pulling off no car, man.
>> Now you're in trouble. Roll over.
I want go this car.
>> He's good. He didn't do anything.
>> Okay. I don't want >> She was charged with retail theft, resisting a police officer, and providing false identification to law enforcement. Trying to escape responsibility may seem like a way out in the moment, but every lie, every act of resistance, and every attempt to delay only adds to the consequences.
Accepting accountability early is often the only way to prevent a minor mistake from turning into a much bigger problem.
Worse, this arrogant woman continued to beg for another chance, even after she had struggled with the officers.
>> Let me go, >> you [ __ ] >> I can do let me do come up here and work for you for free to do community service. On the 26th of May 2024, officers responded to a report from Walmart about a woman attempting to push a shopping cart full of merchandise through the garden center exit without paying before being stopped by an employee. When officers approached her, she immediately escalated the situation.
>> It's not.
>> I need my bag.
>> Don't I had surgery on my shoulder. Let me go.
>> Then walk.
>> Don't talk to me like that. and walk on your own.
>> You don't want me to cuss at you. You will not cuss at me.
>> Yes. Please keep on because I've got an officer that's in my family that's on his way.
>> Cool.
>> And he can tell you that you don't talk to me like that >> and you're not going to keep swinging me around.
>> Then walk.
>> I'm walking.
You're ping my arm.
Some glasses right there.
[laughter] >> Clearly, the woman attempted to use her rights to avoid further questioning about the alleged shoplifting. However, once she was brought to the loss prevention office, the situation became even more chaotic.
>> That's funny.
>> Let myself go.
>> You're under arrest.
>> It's teaching me.
>> Sit down.
>> If you don't abuse ME, YOU MIGHT DO IT TO EVERYBODY ELSE, but you will not.
>> You're going to do what Iing told you.
>> Let me You [ __ ] >> DO WHAT I TELL YOU.
>> CALL MY HUSBAND NOW.
>> STOP.
>> CALL MY HUSBAND.
>> Let's go put her in the car.
CALL MY HUSBAND. LET ME GO.
>> Let me go.
>> You are going to jail.
>> You cannot hit me like that.
>> Stop. Do you have anything on you?
>> Let me go.
>> No, you're going.
>> Yes or no?
>> I'm not going anywhere until I talk to my hotel.
>> Let me go.
>> Get in the car.
>> Take a seat. Kick your feet down.
I need my stuff.
>> I can't.
>> Nope. You get it after.
>> You can't take me to jail for not I was not completed.
>> Okay, we'll get you tended to in the jail.
>> Y'all can't take me for something that I didn't know. My kids are unattended.
>> You kept kids here?
>> My kids are unattended.
>> Where?
>> She then brought up her family members, which was something the officers took seriously if they were actually at the scene. They immediately stopped to check only to be disappointed when they realized it was just another [music] excuse from her.
>> How old are they?
>> You want to sit out here and get some air?
>> How old are your children?
>> I have so calm down.
>> I got an ambulance coming to check.
>> They said they never saw any kids with her.
>> Do you have kids here for real?
[clears throat] >> Are the kids at this store?
>> I'm a 16.
>> A 16-year-old. 053.
>> Can I Can I please go in and sit down for a second, >> please?
>> Just wait here. EMS is coming here. It be easier than walking in and walking out.
>> I know, but talk to the the man in there because I was not shoplifting and I don't understand how to >> Ma'am, >> can I please sit in my office and calm down and talk?
>> If you'll be calm and do what I tell you to do.
>> I was I was upset because I was not shot again. Although she continued to deny committing theft, her claims were difficult for the officers [music] to believe, especially after the employees checked the system and found that she had a previous history involving similar behavior. Have >> you been stopped here before?
>> If you want to have a seat, stopped for shoplifting.
>> You guys want to have a seat?
>> Um, I had a situation like 5 years ago where I had some people with me and we came to this room here, but it was sort of >> Oh, yes, ma'am. I knew that name was familiar. You dealt with me last time as well. You've lost a lot of weight since then.
>> Yeah, but it was it was um >> almost a felony.
>> No, it stopped there.
>> Prosecutor.
>> I understand. But it was it was thrown out. I didn't have to go to jail or anything like that because of the circumstances.
If you remember correctly, there was a group of people with me and the older lady that was in that was in here was able to prove that it was the um three um younger adults with me back then. We had to go to court and if I believe I remember correctly, he never showed up.
>> No, that's not true. I told you. She showed no signs of remorse whatsoever.
Instead, when the officers brought up her previous resistance and the way she had handled the situation, she once again tried to portray herself as the victim.
>> You lied to me. You tried to argue with me. You tried to fight everybody here.
You you you didn't try and fight me physically, granted, but you argued with me the whole time.
>> Why you recorded me?
>> No, he took he took a picture or left.
>> Um >> and the whole time we both knew what happened.
>> I wasn't fighting anybody. My arm was pinched and he let it loose. But I am asking you if there's anything I can do, let me do come up here and work for you for free to do community service. But my >> ma'am, I'm going to be honest with you, and I'm not trying to be rude, but I wouldn't trust you to work here.
>> I understand.
But there's got to be something else that we can do.
>> This is your second offense at this store, ma'am. You've been caught here before. But my the first one that you're referring to, I didn't have to go to court or anything because it wasn't the lady that was in here with you determined it was the others they were charged for.
>> Ma'am, you're the one in the system.
There's no others in the system. It's just you charged.
>> I'm just asking you is please, is there something else we can do? Ma'am, I I can't if I give you a break, I have to give everybody else a break and I I can't do that.
>> My next my next question is, are your children here or child? Cuz that's why we came back. You told me you had children here.
>> I don't I don't know. She's already left.
>> Okay. But she has her own car and if she [clears throat] can't find you, she's adult enough to get in her car and drive to wherever she's going to go. It's not a juvenile child. I don't want to leave like a 10-year-old here.
>> No, but they are um unattended tonight.
>> So, do you have younger children other than the 16-year-old at home?
>> Uh-huh. What's your address?
>> 925.
>> 925.
What? If you don't tell me the address, I'm going to charge you with cruel to children cuz I got to make sure your children are okay.
>> Alan, but her sister's with her. My daughter's >> So, there is people that take care of her.
>> Well, the 16-year-old, but by Madison County guidelines today.
>> Okay. So, what's the address that they are at or going to be at tonight?
Because you're not going to be out of jail until Tuesday.
>> Shortly after, she was placed in the patrol vehicle and transported to the police station. Throughout the entire ride, she continued to refuse to accept the outcome despite the fact that the surveillance footage clearly showed the evidence against her.
>> Believe a part of what I'm saying.
>> Uh, you know what? After watching the video, I'm going to be honest with you.
I don't believe any of it.
>> Sounds like uh Yeah, I don't I don't believe any of it.
>> So, you honestly think I would have walked >> Yes.
>> to my car?
>> I honestly think you attempted to shop >> the parking lot?
>> I do. I do.
>> With all my stuff not in a back.
>> Uh-huh. But that's just my opinion. But it it really doesn't matter what my opinion is. Walmart's prosecuting. So whether I think you did it or not is irrelevant.
>> I need to call my dad.
>> You will have a chance to use the phone in here.
>> No, not anymore. But she did. We had a little wrestling match in the handcuffs.
Oh my goodness.
>> Yeah, I can see that.
Um, >> you want to kill him?
>> If it's a copper head, I do.
>> Yeah. I mean, it's >> looks like it. It ain't black, so definitely ain't going to bite you now.
All right, you can come out now. We killed the snake.
>> You come on out.
>> Contact, >> ma'am.
>> I made contact with my papa. That's awkward.
>> Oh, you'll have a chance to call someone.
>> In the end, the woman was charged with felony shoplifting and obstruction. A person's actions are often judged not only by the mistake they make, but by how they respond afterward. Refusing to accept responsibility, creating excuses, and resisting the process can make the situation worse and add further consequences beyond the original offense. What do you think about cases like this? Share your thoughts in the comments, and don't forget to subscribe to watch more videos like this.
Strangely enough, the next thief [music] even helped the police look for the very person they were searching for. I >> mean, that's that's you.
>> It might be. Yeah, I don't have a jacket. I don't have a flurry jacket like that.
>> Those are the same P followed you and then you're saying you dropped it at the corner before you crossed the street.
>> Okay. All right, cool. Sounds good.
>> On the 10th of February, 2025, police received a report of a shoplifting incident. The suspect, a [music] woman, allegedly fled the scene while continuously dropping stolen items along the way. Every lead eventually pointed to a nearby motel. Here's what happened next.
>> Okay.
>> All right.
>> Okay. 10 minutes. Okay, Daddy. Okay, Daddy. unknown race, female, black jacket with a dog.
>> So, right now you're just being detained. Okay. I don't know if it's you or not, but there was reports of a theft at Safeway and >> the individual watched the female another person.
>> Yeah. By that description, they maybe >> Okay.
>> All right. Cool.
>> Yeah. We'll just give us You're wearing black jacket and you have a dog, so thank you.
>> All right. Yeah, sure. We're just hanging out right here.
>> Thank you.
>> Thanks.
>> Hey, Puckers. So, uh, who stays in 18?
Did you recently just see her walk?
>> No. With her dog, >> but I do know that she does wear a black jacket and she also has a small dog.
>> Okay.
>> Um, >> was she wearing a face covering?
>> I'm not sure about that one. Um the only other woman there's a lot of what dogs around here. Okay, so we have a couple of them. Um [clears throat] face mask.
>> Um so I'll I'll write down the numbers.
>> Okay.
>> That I do you have immediate access to like review the cameras?
>> Uh do you know what time it happened?
Like when she came?
>> Like 5 10 minutes ago.
>> Yeah, like right before he got here.
>> Okay. Uh >> the people at the motel were very cooperative in helping locate the suspect, especially one woman who was not involved in the case at all.
However, she listened closely to everything that was being discussed around her.
>> I was walking past and not expecting to see someone wearing a black jacket holding a dog. I was like, "Okay, >> there's that."
>> And he's like, "Well, I can think of a few people."
>> Yeah, I know.
>> They might have gone past here. Well, I don't know. I guess she saw them from here. I don't know.
>> Yeah, it sounds like >> they all kind of blend once you've been in the corner. They all kind of >> Yeah, since you went into a room.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, wow. Okay. Well, >> yeah. Those guys don't mess around.
>> Yeah. No, I know. I know.
>> I know. I've seen them.
>> Yeah. [laughter] Yeah. Depending on what managers working there, they're they're they get after it. So, >> I still remember like Oh, this is like 6 years ago back at WCO. Yeah.
>> Like I witnessed this guy get took down [clears throat] by crazy.
>> Not messing around with Winkco. It's like they have the craziest cameras too and like >> their security guys when they're on duty. It's like they handle business.
>> It's like a full time job for them.
Yeah.
>> I like going there because they have everything like packaged ready to go for us. Like they have the video, they have their statements. It's like, "All right, cool.
>> They know what they need."
>> Yeah.
>> It's important. Super important.
>> The Starbucks I I got Starbucks.
>> In reality, the woman helping police identify the suspect was actually the suspect themselves. Officers described her carefully to give her a chance to confess, but she did not admit anything.
[music] They then presented the evidence and formally accused her. Okay. I mean, that's that's you.
>> It might be, but I don't have a jacket.
I don't have a flurry jacket like that.
>> Those are the same pants, same shoes.
>> Okay.
>> Same dog.
>> Okay. Look. So, I didn't take anything out with me >> except for my Starbucks that I paid for.
>> They said that you took deli food.
>> No, no, no, no. I promised you that I didn't take deli food. All I had was my Starbucks and that's it. That is all. I have no reason cuz look, I know better.
Like I just said to you, I know better.
I know how it is there.
>> Okay. Well, our partner's watching video.
>> Yeah. No. Yeah, >> he has probable cause and you're going to be under arrest for theft.
>> Okay.
>> Okay.
>> Okay.
>> All right. Let's have you step out and >> go through the process here.
>> Is my dog.
>> Is your dog okay in here?
>> I don't know. That's up to them. It's not up to you. So, >> I just want to make sure. Oh, >> yeah.
>> Sorry. Is she your patient?
>> Yep. She'll be fine. All right. Stay right there.
>> Just put your hands behind your back forever.
>> Yeah.
>> So, my partner does have probable cause for that tree. Okay.
>> Those fit. Okay.
>> Yeah. Yeah, it's time here. Harass me.
>> Okay. So, right now you're under arrest for the theft. Okay. Um my partner's over there right now going to review video and all that and then he will come over here. So, yeah, she's under arrest for that theft. I'm just going to be upfront and honest with you right now.
If you don't have any outstanding warrants or anything like that, >> then um you'll likely just get a citation and be on your way. Um so, >> I don't have any.
>> You don't have any?
>> No, I do not.
>> Okay. Do you want to go to your car and then research and then we'll get your information and all that good stuff.
>> Immediately after, officers returned to the motel to confirm everything and verify the exact moment she had appeared there.
>> Oh, I see. Okay. All right.
>> Same dog is wearing a shirt.
>> Okay. Yeah.
>> So, she says her dad is living here or staying here.
>> What room?
>> He stays in number 16. Sorry. So that's kind of why I was confused because she's his dad is or her dad is right next to 18.
>> Her dad's next to 18.
>> So he's 16 and then the person I thought might have had the dog that fit the description was 18.
>> Okay. When did she What way did she come in from?
>> So she came from the security footage.
It seemed like she was coming in from that direction >> of her.
>> Where did she come from? The room up here. Oh, I didn't see her like come like this way, but um I can still review the footage because I I think she did come in through this way.
>> How far does their cameras go down? Does it go like all the way down to the rooms?
>> But we don't have any cameras that face directly to the ones.
>> So, you wouldn't have a camera that shows like room 16 where she might have entered. She didn't go in cuz um she doesn't have the key to the room and he's recently changed the locks because he said that people >> Well, he might have let her in.
>> No, he's not there.
>> Oh, okay.
>> Yeah. So, nobody's let her into the room and then she came in asking me if I would let her into the room.
>> Yeah.
>> Returning to the woman, she still seemed unwilling to be honest about what had happened. But under pressure from the officers, she was forced to admit the truth.
>> Okay. So, we established that you were at Safeway.
>> Yes. And your claim was that you got you got Starbucks. Is that correct?
>> I got Starbucks.
>> What'd you get at Starbucks?
>> Uh, white chocolate mocha.
>> White chocolate mocha. Did you get any food?
>> No, I was going to, but I she said the system wasn't working or whatever for the >> Okay. Did you go anywhere else in the store other than Starbucks or did you go just into the Starbucks?
>> No, I did. I went to the deli. You went to the deli >> and then I proceeded to the deli and then before I left, I dropped it because I knew that I shouldn't walk off with it. So, I dropped it.
>> Okay. What'd you grab at the deli?
>> Uh, Jojo's.
>> Jojo's?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. The the potato things.
>> Yeah. So, where did you drop it at?
Exactly.
>> By the by this corner. Not on the corner, but by the corner here.
>> Okay. So, you took the Jojo's from the store though. You exited all and then you dropped it.
>> But I dropped them on the property. Like I dropped them still in the park and like >> So, before you cross the street, correct?
>> Okay. But you walked out.
>> That's when she asked me to drop it and then I dropped it. I didn't hear anybody behind me.
>> Yeah.
>> And then when she asked me to drop it, I dropped it and then she just kept following me and I was like, "You asked me to drop it. It's there." Like, and then she left. She disappeared. So, I'm going to rush.
>> Right. So, again, just recap. Yes.
>> Jojo's.
>> Yes.
>> You walked out from the deli.
>> Yes.
>> Passed the exit.
>> Yes.
>> The manager followed you. And then you're saying you dropped it at the corner before you crossed the street.
>> Okay. All right. Cool. Sounds good. All right. Hang tight for me. Okay.
>> Thank you.
>> Yep.
>> It did not stop there. Officers also went back to verify the stolen item she had taken. And from that evidence, they confirmed that she was still being dishonest.
I have the jacket and bag over here at 22.
>> Yeah, it's all sitting right here.
>> Perfect. With the dog, the jacket, the bag that she was leaving with, her coffee sitting right there on the bottom, the bag.
>> Yeah, the Safeway bag that she had in her hand. And I don't know whose purse is warm.
>> I didn't see her with a purse.
really quick.
>> Yeah.
>> You've been really good.
>> Yeah.
>> You've been nice.
>> Yeah.
>> I appreciate that.
>> Yeah.
>> But we found your the jacket that you were wearing, your dog's coat, and then the reusable bag. And then there's also chicken tenders in there. Hot chicken tenders from Safeway.
>> Okay.
>> Did you take those as well?
>> No.
>> Cuz they're so hot to the touch. And they have the Safeway. Well, they're in your bag that's right here.
>> Okay. I dropped them at this at the stop sign there. I thought I'd drop everything. [laughter] >> Okay. Well, you had just told me the the Jojo's, nothing else.
>> Well, that's just it. I had >> Not that it really matters. It's still a theft three, but there's there's hot chicken tenders in in your bag or whatever. I was just curious what what's up with those?
>> I don't know.
>> You remember taking those two or what?
>> I don't honestly. All I was worried about was the fact that I dropped him at the corner. So, I don't know.
>> I don't think I have anything else.
>> In the end, the woman was charged with thirdderee theft. Her attempts to deny the obvious only deepened the case against her, showing how continued dishonesty can turn a minor incident into a more serious legal consequence.
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