When law enforcement responds to welfare calls involving intoxicated individuals, the situation can escalate from a helpful intervention to criminal charges when the individual resists assistance and becomes physically confrontational, demonstrating that the legal focus shifts from the original welfare concern to the conduct during the interaction.
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Woman Gets Kicked Out of Strip Club and Assaults Multiple Officers
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>> No.
>> You're good.
>> On November 1st, 2023, officers with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Department responded to a gentleman's club in reference to an intoxicated woman that needed help getting home after being kicked out from the club.
>> How you doing?
Yeah, lady drunk a little too much.
So, me and the cook we tried to uh we walked over here talking to her like beside the driver um driver side of the car. She was on the ground, scraps and all that stuff.
Stuff was all on the ground. We tried to get her up, put her in the car.
And she was like she good.
She said oh, she don't want to live anymore. She want to die.
Then the cook tried to help her and stuff. She ripped his shirt. They were wrestling from the driver side to the back of the vehicle.
She work here? Oh, she's a customer.
What's going on with her?
Drunk too much.
From here?
>> Yes.
>> What happened? I tried to make sure that she was safe.
>> It's a long way. It's a long way from home.
>> I got the car keys here.
>> You guys uh >> How you doing?
Hey.
Hey. What's going on?
You want to talk to me?
>> You got your phone, that's okay.
>> Huh?
She is >> How you doing?
>> I'm good. Just had a couple drinks.
>> All right. All right.
>> It's all right.
>> How much did you have to drink?
>> A little too much.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah, we're not going anywhere.
>> Yeah.
>> Where she Are you here with him?
>> I'm just sleeping.
>> She have a phone or >> I'm sleeping.
>> Uh >> And the phone is uh in the car.
Are you with Are you guys together or are you a couple now?
>> No.
>> What did she say?
>> Talk to Sarah.
No, I'm just talking about her.
>> What did you say?
>> Ma'am.
>> I talking to the police. Ma'am.
>> You just knocked it over.
>> Ma'am.
>> Just stay where you are. Just stay where you are. Just stay where you are, please.
>> I'm fine.
>> Hey, can you come over here, guys?
Hey.
>> It's all right, let me >> Can I look at your phone for me so I can call your family?
>> Why is no one helping her? I'd be happy to.
>> I know, but >> Why are you doing this?
>> You're good to go, ma'am.
>> All right. She's not >> She's not going to >> I got you, dog.
>> All right, man.
>> Ma'am, she's going to >> Come here.
>> Y'all have a good rest of your night.
>> Yeah, we're just going to >> No, I just told her. You want to try to get her to sit down?
>> No, I just want to have her stay with me.
>> Why do you want >> Huh? These guys don't want to stay. They have to go home.
>> Yeah.
>> What do you mean, why?
>> Yeah, I know why.
>> Yeah.
>> No, I'm just going to stay with her and just make sure she's okay.
>> You have a good night.
>> No.
>> Why not?
>> Because.
>> You didn't have fun?
>> I got to call her.
>> No, I don't want you to call.
>> I'll be outside.
>> I'm not being bigger.
>> No, but >> No, don't do that.
>> We have too much >> At this stage, deputies are still trying to solve what appears to be a welfare situation rather than a criminal one.
Witnesses have reported that the woman was highly intoxicated, had been removed from the club, and allegedly made statements about not wanting to live anymore. That's significant because officers have a legal duty to evaluate potential threats to a person's safety, especially when alcohol is involved.
Notice that nobody is talking about arresting her at this point. Instead, they're discussing transportation, contacting family members, and possibly getting medical help. The challenge, however, is that intoxication often affects judgment, cooperation, and decision-making. What would you do here?
Call a family member, seek medical attention, or simply try to sleep it off. Let us know in the comments.
>> Oh, don't do that. You had too much to drink. That's all.
>> Really?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> How do you know?
>> So, we Are we going to just hang out?
>> Just uh How do you know how much I had?
>> That's what they're going to tell me and that's what I see.
>> Oh, so it's like >> I can smell it, too.
>> Uh >> Ma'am.
>> Yeah.
>> What did you have to drink?
>> Uh what's it called? Green tea.
>> Green Oh, green shots?
Green tea's are good.
>> See?
Honey knows it.
>> Where do you live?
>> I have to >> Got to take you home.
>> I know, right?
>> Unless I can call your husband for you.
>> I don't want you to call my husband.
>> Sure. What's his name?
>> Gary. Don't call him.
>> It's like almost 6:00 in the morning.
>> seriously, don't call my husband.
>> Is this your car?
>> Yeah.
>> But, Gary, it's 6:00 in the morning.
Gary's going to want to know where his wife is at.
>> Seriously?
>> He is. My husband's not. Come on now.
>> Do you have your house keys on this?
On this key ring?
>> Are you kidding me?
>> I'm asking you a question. Do you have your house keys?
Do you have a way to get inside your house?
Hey.
>> No.
>> Come here.
I can't let you walk away from me. Come here.
Hey.
Come here.
Come here.
>> What do you mean?
>> Come here. Stop. Stop acting like a child. Stop it. We're not doing it.
>> Really?
>> We're not doing this.
>> Ouch.
>> Hey.
>> Hey, just let me go.
>> Come here before I put you in handcuffs and I take you to jail. Stop.
>> No.
>> This is the first major turning point in the encounter. Listen closely to what she says. She doesn't want to go home and she repeatedly objects to officers contacting her husband. That statement may seem small, but it adds an entirely new emotional layer to the situation.
Suddenly, this isn't just about alcohol anymore. There may be personal issues, relationship problems, embarrassment, or other factors influencing her decisions.
The deputies, meanwhile, are trying to find a safe resolution before the situation gets worse. Unfortunately, when an intoxicated person refuses every available option, officers often find themselves with very limited choices.
And as you're about to see, this encounter is about to shift from verbal negotiations to physical resistance.
>> No.
>> We're not doing this.
>> I'd rather have you just take >> Stop. I'm going to take you home and get you some help.
>> Stop. Come on.
>> No.
>> Come on. Please stop.
>> want to go home to him.
>> Please stop. Please stop.
>> really don't want to go home to him.
>> You want to go to the hospital?
>> I don't want to be Baker Acted.
>> You're not. I'm going to Marchman Act you in a second. If you don't If you don't help me help you, I'm going to Marchman Act you.
Okay?
So, are we going to find a way to get you home, or are we going to take you to the hospital?
>> You are not >> Let's just Marchman Act you. Come on.
Come on.
Come on. You're going with us.
I'm not playing these games with you.
It's 6:00 in the morning. Let's go.
>> Come on.
Come on. I'm going to get you a ride.
All right. We're not doing this.
We're not doing We're not doing this.
>> You straight?
>> We're not doing this. Come on.
What are we doing?
>> Come on.
>> Hey. Hey.
>> Hey.
>> Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey.
Relax.
>> She got her shirt.
She got it. I really could.
I'm freaking out. Worse than the biting now.
Come on.
Here you go.
>> All right. Relax. Relax.
You're making this worse.
>> Don't do that.
>> What we're witnessing now is a textbook example of how quickly a welfare check can escalate into a criminal investigation. According to the deputies, they're attempting to help and gain control of a rapidly deteriorating situation. According to the woman, she's being treated unfairly and doesn't understand why she's facing potential charges. Legally speaking, once physical resistance enters the equation, the focus often moves away from the original reason officers were called and toward the conduct occurring during the interaction itself. That's a critical distinction many people miss. Sometimes individuals aren't arrested because of why police arrived, they're arrested because of what happens after police arrive. Do you think this situation crossed that line?
>> We are >> No, you're you're making this worse.
>> Don't do this.
>> Woo.
Can you get down?
Yes.
>> You got it?
Yeah, she got scratched.
All right.
All right.
Let me get this.
Let's Let's pull this [ __ ] out.
>> You guys are [ __ ] >> We're trying to help you.
>> It is.
>> Let me see this [ __ ] >> You know why?
>> You want to do me a favor?
So I can get that [ __ ] >> Where the [ __ ] is >> Dude, I'm a I'm a ninja.
>> Really, [ __ ] >> Yeah.
Yeah, I called her a [ __ ] >> Why would you call her a [ __ ] >> She's been nothing but nice to you. Why you got to call her a [ __ ] >> Really?
>> Terrific.
Just relax for a minute. Just relax.
>> No.
Are you >> Will you stop clawing me?
>> There is >> You're going to go You're going to catch a charge instead of just going to the hospital if you don't stop. So, we're trying to help you out.
>> don't understand why you're saying I really get scratched or something.
Damn.
I don't >> Stop moving.
>> I need >> Turn your head the side.
>> Listen, we don't want to hurt you. Just relax.
>> Are you kidding me?
>> I see you about to step on >> Are you >> All right, so this one's going to come off.
>> You guys are dumb asses.
>> That's not very nice.
>> Really?
>> You know I'm not laying face down in the grass right now.
>> You're tripping.
>> Really?
>> No [ __ ] [ __ ] bush rat [ __ ] Woo, we love a bush in your face.
>> I'm not the one at the strip club. It seems like you're having a good time though.
>> Really? You have tripped and >> What you tripping for?
You're having a good time though.
>> Really? You >> You're tripping.
What you tripping for?
>> This is for the perfect >> No, she's not.
>> Really?
>> We're trying to help you.
>> No.
You're going to help me.
>> No, she's going to help you.
>> Yeah, watch my back.
She should have gone to jail, but >> Take this one off.
>> This one off.
>> I know how to do it. I know.
>> [ __ ] you.
Get off.
>> Just leave me over here.
>> Get off.
Get off.
>> Hey, relax.
>> No.
>> We're trying to put cuffs on you. WE WOULD PUT THE CUFFS ON YOU TO MAKE YOU MORE COMFORTABLE, but we CAN'T DO THAT.
>> YOU [ __ ] you, [ __ ] >> It's always me.
>> Get off.
Really?
You see this okay?
You Get off.
Get off.
OW.
>> [screaming] >> OW!
[ __ ] HURTS.
>> ARE THOSE SMALL HANDS?
>> [ __ ] HURTS.
You [ __ ] Ow!
I am not >> Wait a minute. I don't really want to touch you.
>> I am not fighting.
Get off of me.
>> You're a good girl.
>> Get off.
No.
>> Car cage. I think it's >> [ __ ] >> You want to Do you have kids?
>> Ow!
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> OW!
>> DO YOU HAVE KIDS or do YOU HAVE KIDS?
>> NO. NO.
>> YES.
>> It hurt.
>> It hurts.
>> What hurt?
>> It hurt.
>> Just relax. Just relax. Just relax. Just relax.
>> I am fighting.
>> Relax.
>> No.
>> You're good.
>> No. This is not good.
>> You are good.
>> It hurt.
>> We trying to We trying to help you out.
I just asked you Relax. Relax. Relax.
Relax.
>> This is a shackle. You put it on me.
>> Stop moving your hands.
>> Yes, we are. Come on.
Come on now. Relax.
Relax. Relax.
>> Let me relax.
>> Relax. Listen. Relax. You're good.
What's your What's your name?
>> Uh Are you a >> Hey, what's your first name?
>> You [ __ ] >> Okay.
>> No.
>> I would like to have a CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
>> I'M NOT GIVING you my name.
>> Okay. Relax.
>> My [ __ ] >> [screaming] >> hurts.
You [ __ ] >> Roll on the car.
>> You [ __ ] You [ __ ] >> Get your knees up.
>> My [ __ ] hurts.
>> Relax. Relax. Listen.
>> No.
>> We trying to help you.
>> You're not.
>> Okay.
>> That It hurt. It hurts. Don't Don't >> Sit up.
>> No.
No.
>> GEEZ.
>> YOU [ __ ] OW! YOU >> ARE YOU going to kick >> You [ __ ] kicked me in the tit. You stupid [ __ ] >> This is arguably the most damaging section of the entire encounter from a legal perspective. The accusations are no longer centered on intoxication or disorderly behavior. Instead, officers are discussing alleged physical contact, resistance, and potential assaults during the struggle. In many jurisdictions, battery on a law enforcement officer carries significantly more serious consequences than a simple disorderly conduct charge.
That's why attorneys often tell clients that arguing, insulting officers, or even being highly intoxicated usually isn't what creates the biggest legal problems. The biggest legal problems tend to arise when encounters become physical. The emotional temperature here has reached a boiling point, and neither side appears willing to back down.
>> You kicked me in my [ __ ] face.
>> Oh, really?
>> Yeah, really.
>> He's putting >> Oh. Yeah.
>> Why don't we sit on >> Hit me in the [ __ ] concrete.
[ __ ] you.
>> Actually, you want to hop >> [ __ ] you.
>> I don't care, man. Dude, relax.
>> Yes, dude.
Are you kidding me?
>> No, I'm not.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN RELAX?
>> RELAX.
>> I WAS RELAXED.
>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN. YOU DO realize that.
>> No [ __ ] you stupid [ __ ] >> in the car.
>> No [ __ ] you stupid [ __ ] >> Do you feel better saying that?
>> Uh >> Do you feel better >> You do?
>> I do.
I'm still getting paid either way.
>> Yeah, well, you did just [ __ ] kick me in the face.
>> She didn't kick Definitely didn't kick you.
>> Are you kidding me?
>> Just relax.
>> [snorts] >> Really?
Really?
You stupid [ __ ] You stupid [ __ ] >> Stop moving.
>> You just HIT ME UP.
>> [screaming] >> STOP, DUDE. NOW YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO JAIL.
>> I don't give a I have been going to jail, you stupid Yeah.
>> You're honestly >> Yeah.
Seriously?
You want to throw my face in the [ __ ] concrete, you stupid [ __ ] >> Stop moving.
>> Yeah.
>> Stop.
>> [ __ ] you.
Yeah.
[ __ ] you, [ __ ] You just hit me in the knee and in the head.
>> kicked me, so you can go to jail.
>> Yeah.
>> Sweet.
>> No [ __ ] you [ __ ] duck.
Yeah.
Does that make you feel better?
>> Yeah, actually.
>> Yeah, I know.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh.
Go ahead, put me in their car.
>> I'm going to have to >> Cuz she'll [ __ ] me up.
Cuz she's a [ __ ] dick.
>> Yeah, we're going to have to >> Yeah, can't throw me in the [ __ ] concrete, you stupid [ __ ] >> Go ahead.
Ooh.
>> You threw me in the concrete. You threw me in the concrete.
>> All right. All right.
>> Um >> Ready?
>> Yeah.
Go ahead.
>> Hold on.
>> Go ahead, [ __ ] >> One, two.
>> You threw me in the [ __ ] concrete.
>> right there, right there, behind you.
Stop.
>> No, cuz this is stupid.
Are you kidding me?
>> Come on.
I wish we had 4K resolution.
4K resolution.
I wish we had 4K resolution.
>> I am just so stupid.
>> The way you're acting is stupid. Act like you know what I'm talking about.
>> I would be if you [ __ ] let me go.
>> The hell would I let you go?
>> It's super hard.
>> Are you kidding me?
>> Get in.
>> No, I would be.
>> You got to sit up, or I'm You got to sit up.
>> Honey, I would be if you let me.
>> No.
Really?
All right.
>> I thought you did a good job.
>> I see now it will be 10:15 but there is no problem.
>> 26 >> Good job.
>> She when we were right here she was like that's me too. I was like I'm going to let that one slide.
>> She's drunk. I'm okay with a little bit.
>> Can we can we just go home?
And then dude she I had a hold of her and she pulled away from me and she from that grass over there ran and like falling ran into the bushes.
And then backed herself up. I'm like yeah we're we're not >> Do they want to press charges for anything inside the business?
>> No, they just want her >> Okay.
>> Well, we just have that Leo and sort of leave.
>> Who do we need to talk to?
You guys are >> pretty close.
>> Okay.
>> She got a little too much to drink.
>> Okay. But there was no fight or nothing?
>> No.
>> Okay.
>> This is Let me ask you something. Are you the manager?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> I mean it's not her >> gets to like that point who keeps serving them?
Cuz >> Well, they have to kick them out.
>> They got to kick them out?
>> Yeah.
>> Cuz what it's it's starting to be a problem where when they have too much to drink >> Yeah.
>> they keep serving them >> Okay.
>> and then it becomes our problem.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> It's it shouldn't have to gone this far.
You know what I mean? Like we're trying to get her some help and she just wanted to take it left but she just can't make no decision for herself. She had too much to drink.
>> Is she one of your bartenders?
>> I don't know if it's your bartenders or like y'all like I would talk to them.
>> Okay. Yeah, well >> make y'all look bad cuz every time we come here we have to report.
>> Yeah.
>> So I would just be mindful of that.
>> Okay. I mean I don't know about that bro. Our old jobs quite a few let me tell you.
>> This conversation between >> deputies and club staff reveals an interesting detail that often gets overlooked in cases involving extreme intoxication. One deputy openly questions why someone in this condition continued receiving alcohol before being removed from the establishment. While that doesn't excuse any behavior that happened later, it does raise broader questions about responsibility. At what point should staff stop serving visibly intoxicated patrons? Could earlier intervention have prevented everything we're watching unfold? These are questions that extend beyond this single arrest and touch on larger public safety concerns. It's a reminder that many incidents like this don't begin with police. They begin long before officers are ever called.
>> supervisor on shift today.
Do you have access to the video?
>> No, I have to make a report, go to my boss, and then he's the one that lets lets me do all that.
>> Got a camera right there.
>> Yeah. So, could you try to do that sometime this morning I'll send somebody over in the afternoon to get the video.
What what we're trying to get just to display everything that she's her behavior is whenever she started her poor behavior here to the point that which we got called and then whatever video might be outside. Where Where did this happen at?
Right here?
>> Okay.
>> If any of these cameras on this side here caught this, that's so we can add it to the state attorney's file, okay?
>> Do you have a card where I can give you a smoke break?
>> Uh not in this immediate form, but I'll get you one in just a second.
You ready?
>> No.
>> Come on. Let's go.
You would like to see the picture?
>> I don't understand why you guys are being like this. It's so stressful.
Why are you grabbing my leg?
>> want you to fall.
>> I'm not falling.
>> Okay, good.
>> Okay.
>> Thank you.
>> Oh, thank you. Why are you grabbing my boob?
>> That's not your boob.
>> That's your shoulder.
That was not my shoulder.
>> This car is much more comfortable.
>> All right.
I can still feel them.
>> There you go. Watch your head.
>> No [ __ ] Sherlock.
>> I got you. I got you.
>> Some people hit their head.
>> I know.
Let go. No.
>> Come on.
>> No.
Let go.
>> Girl, stop playing.
>> it.
>> Stop playing.
>> I [ __ ] got it.
>> Stop playing with me. Come on.
>> I'm not playing.
>> Oh, hold on. Hold All right. All right.
All right. All right. ALL RIGHT.
>> NO.
>> LET HER OUT.
>> Let me out. Let me out, please.
>> [crying] >> Remember that thing that was around >> Don't do that.
>> That thing >> Don't >> This Matthew >> Leave me back.
>> Do you remember that thing that was around >> You know what? [ __ ] you. Don't leave me back.
Don't leave me back. Please, don't leave me back. It hurts.
Don't leave me back, please.
>> So, listen.
>> I didn't do anything.
>> Okay, can you listen to me for a second so I can try to talk some sense into you?
>> Fine.
>> All right. That thing that was around your ankles that made the pressure on your ankles even worse, it's about to go back on if you don't stop kicking.
>> I >> So, what do you want? You want to stop kicking or do you want the hobble back on?
>> Yeah. I don't get them.
Get the [ __ ] wrist [ __ ] off of me.
>> to happen.
>> I What is wrong with you?
dumb [ __ ] >> All right. Sit back for me.
>> No.
>> Listen. Sit back. Sit back. Listen. Sit back.
>> I don't need No. I really WANT TO STRIKE. NO.
SERIOUSLY?
>> SERIOUSLY.
>> What is wrong with you?
>> What's wrong with you?
You ain't got no sense.
dumb ass So, I can talk to her a little.
>> And why the [ __ ] are we still sitting here? Can you get the [ __ ] wristband [ __ ] off of me, you dumb [ __ ] Oh my god.
I'm talking to you.
>> I'm behind you.
>> It has.
>> You don't see the difference?
>> You know what?
Seriously?
>> a little darker skin.
>> Shut up.
>> Nope.
>> And then he goes and puts that [ __ ] on me. And then you're okay with that. What the [ __ ] is wrong with you?
>> Well, look at that way.
>> It's wrong with you.
Stupid [ __ ] >> As this case comes to a close, it's clear that what began as a call for assistance evolved into something far more serious. Deputies initially responded to help an intoxicated woman who had reportedly been removed from a club and was allegedly making concerning statements about her well-being.
Throughout the encounter, officers attempted multiple approaches, including contacting family members, arranging transportation, and encouraging medical evaluation. However, according to the incident narrative captured on body camera footage, the situation escalated through repeated resistance, physical struggles, and confrontations with law enforcement. The result was a trip to jail and charges including two counts of battery on a police officer, resisting arrest with violence, and disorderly intoxication. Cases like this highlight the difficult balance between helping someone in crisis and enforcing the law when cooperation breaks down. Was this a preventable situation fueled by intoxication or did law enforcement ultimately have no other option? We'd love to hear your thoughts. If you found this case as shocking as we did, make sure to hit that like button, share your thoughts in the comments, and don't forget to subscribe for more jaw-dropping courtroom breakdowns.
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