I'll Make Your Life Miserable — Wife Arrested After Husband's Audio Recording

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:00]Hold on. There's three dogs here. Can I put them away?

[00:00:07]>> Is everything okay?

[00:00:09]>> Everything's okay.

[00:00:11]>> Put them Put them Put put them away.

[00:00:18]>> He's saying nothing.

[00:00:20]>> Okay. Well, put the dogs away and then I'll TALK ABOUT IT.

[00:00:29]WAIT, DAD. I have to get to the officer.

[00:00:32]>> Okay. What's going on?

[00:00:35]>> Get out of there.

[00:00:36]>> Yeah, he's not Dad. This is my home. I went to you all earlier. I was going to Dad, wait. I'm talking to the police.

[00:00:43]You're going to have to wait. Dad, I had to call my dad because it got bad. Said silence is the best. You know what? He has been recording me everything. I told him, I'm going to stay in my home and I'm going to make your life miserable.

[00:00:56]That's what I'm going to do.

[00:00:57]>> What are we talking about, man?

[00:00:58]>> This is him.

[00:00:58]>> Okay.

[00:01:00]>> Here. Come here. Come talk to me over here. Okay. Like right over here.

[00:01:03]>> Okay.

[00:01:03]>> I went to stop him from getting >> First off, I'm Officer Wiser.

[00:01:07]>> Wiser. Okay.

[00:01:08]>> All right. Good to meet you. What's your name?

[00:01:09]>> Wendy Curts.

[00:01:10]>> Curts. Okay. So, let's let's start from the start. What happened today?

[00:01:13]>> Last night I left.

[00:01:14]>> I left to go spend the night at a hotel because I just can't stay here on >> So, you guys were arguing last night?

[00:01:20]>> Yes, I left. And you left. Okay.

[00:01:21]>> Okay.

[00:01:22]>> I said silence. I'm going to come in. He was like, "Silence. Silence is the best."

[00:01:28]>> And I told you, officer, >> silence is his name or what?

[00:01:31]>> Silence is the best. Me for me to be silent.

[00:01:34]>> But he was cocky and he's recording me.

[00:01:37]And I said, I will stay in my house. I said, as far, this is what I said. As far as you as far as you >> thinking that I was going to come back the next day, the only reason I'm here is for that dog and that for the ma matter that I was going to pick up my my um >> my aunt's garage opener and I was going to pick up stuff and go to my aunt's.

[00:02:03]He's being cocky. He's recording me and I said, "If you think that I'm going to leave my house, I'm going to make your life miserable every single day that I'm here."

[00:02:11]>> Are you guys married? Yes, we are married. This is my house.

[00:02:14]>> So, it's yours and his or >> Yes, both of ours.

[00:02:16]>> Okay. All right. So, >> and then I So, I reached for the mouse and he pushes me. So, I I'm wrestling with him and all. Nothing has been said done to him and and I grabbed I went like this. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. No, no. I went to Oh, you get it. I went to grab him and he grabbed my shirt and all.

[00:02:37]>> He didn't He had to altercate the things, too. He didn't have to record me. I have repeatedly asked him, "Stop recording me."

[00:02:47]>> Okay?

[00:02:47]>> You don't have to record me. I'm done.

[00:02:50]>> Okay? So, >> I've asked for a divor. He I said, "Do you want to get a divorce?" He said, "Okay, file a divorce if that's what.

[00:02:57]But I'm staying in my home until that is done."

[00:03:00]>> Okay. So, >> and that's fine. Hold on. You keep looking like you want to go, but we got to wait till he comes up. So, is that >> And he's filing harass uh charges against me. So, I guess I'm going to be arrested and I'm going to file charges against him for >> What charges? What charges would he file?

[00:03:14]>> Because I because I hit him. He said I hit him and I grabbed him.

[00:03:20]Yeah, I grabbed him.

[00:03:22]>> So, >> because he was wrestling to get the mouse away from me cuz I'm trying to get the his computer out.

[00:03:29]>> Okay. So, why are you why are you trying to get his computer? You said it >> he's recording me. I don't want him recording me. I have asked him to stop.

[00:03:39]>> Yeah, I'm But it's not illegal to record something, you know.

[00:03:42]>> I'm done.

[00:03:43]>> So, what do you I'm I'm in my home. This is my home. I have to have a place to sleep.

[00:03:48]>> Yeah.

[00:03:49]>> You know, >> I get that. That's fine.

[00:03:50]>> So, how are we going to live in this situation?

[00:03:52]>> It's >> I don't know. But you can't be you. And I'm just talking to you right now. I'll say the same >> because I don't want our whole neighbor.

[00:03:59]>> No. No. And we can't. And also, if you didn't want everyone to know, you wouldn't have been yelling. You know what I'm saying? So, uh, but yeah, no, there's, you know, can't can't be physical. You know what I'm saying?

[00:04:12]Obviously, recording, >> you want to charge me what what's going to happen.

[00:04:17]>> I'll tell you this much. If there are charges to be filed, you know, if there are, which I don't know. I don't see any marks on you. If he doesn't have marks on you.

[00:04:23]>> Well, he might have marks some.

[00:04:24]>> Well, if he does, that that would be bad.

[00:04:25]>> Yeah. So, I'm going to jail. So, you might as well just take me I'll call my dad.

[00:04:29]>> No, wait. I'm just mad because this is my home. But I want you to take a breath and think about it and calm down before you >> This is my home that I worked hard. I moved from Florida to here to be with my grandma. I worked hard for this home to have it and all. And he's wanting to take all from me.

[00:04:47]>> It can't it can't happen like that. You can't just do that to go. If he files charges, I want to get my stuff and leave. I'm not staying here any longer.

[00:04:56]>> So, you let me finish. You didn't let me finish. I say if there are charges to be filed, you know, which there may not be because there's not any marks on you that I'm seeing. If he doesn't have marks on him, you know, that kind of thing, >> he's going to see and >> well, he can say it, but if we don't see it, then >> there is. I mean, and there might be because of my nails. I mean, it's fine.

[00:05:16]Whatever. Like, I have to I have to deal with the consequence of the of the actions I spoke. And if it's sitting until overnight or whatever until I get but I want my purse everything to be at my purse.

[00:05:27]>> Okay. Well, we're jumping way ahead of the gun here. There's a whole bunch of things that could have to happen and we may not even be doing that. You know, we don't even know that that's what's going to happen [snorts] here. So, you know, he's talking to him and you know, >> I car you don't have any guns in there, do you?

[00:05:44]>> Yeah. I just got to like stay over here kind of.

[00:05:46]>> I wouldn't shoot you. You're a good cop.

[00:05:49]Well, believe it or not, there are a few people out there that don't like us, so you know.

[00:05:55]>> Can I come in?

[00:05:56]>> Yes, sir. Thank you for asking.

[00:05:59]>> Um, what's going on?

[00:06:01]>> All right. Uh, last night, my wife and I got into an argument.

[00:06:05]>> This is your wife?

[00:06:06]>> Yes, that's Wendy. I'm Brian.

[00:06:07]>> Okay.

[00:06:08]>> And she said, "She's leaving. Uh, she's not going to tell me where she's going to go." And then she said, "Well, I'm getting on a plane." And then I can't get on a plane cuz of the dog. I've got text messages for all of it. Uh she then picked a hotel in Springdale and stayed there. Then she said she was coming over today to get her uh aunt's garage door opener from the car and was being bringing a police officer in order to get her as much of her stuff out of here as she could.

[00:06:34]>> Okay.

[00:06:35]>> Uh I was at my desk working. I have been recording audio when she's in there talking to me ever since this started because it has been very traumatic. So, uh, I turned it on.

[00:06:48]Arkansas is one party consent and it's also my home, but whatever. So, uh, I turned on the recording on the computer.

[00:06:55]She yelled at me to stop recording and I said, "I'm recording for my own protection." She then came over and grabbed my face, shook me in the thing.

[00:07:04]She ripped the keyboard off of the computer, threw it down, tried to take the mouse, and spun the monitors around.

[00:07:10]Uh, then said she was calling the police. I said, "That's fine. I'm going to call the police as well." and then started when I was on the police, she then called her and she's like, "Well, he's hitting me. He's pushing me." And I'm like, "I have been sitting at my desk. You can come to the bedroom and I can show you."

[00:07:24]>> Hold on. Yeah, that's we we'll get there in a second.

[00:07:26]>> Okay. So, I have sat there and then she said, "What are you going to do? Press charge of me. This is my home. I'll stay here." I said, "You can't physically attack me. This is after she said, "I'm going to make your life a living hell and I'm going to interrupt all your work calls since I work remotely." Um, and I said, "You can't physically attack me.

[00:07:48]That's not allowed." And she said, "Well, I have journals that prove all the stuff that you've done to me in the past." And I said, "Well, I don't think that's admissible in court. Anybody can write anything, but you can't attack me regardless of what you're" And she's like, "Well, I'm going to sit right here." And so I called the police and she's like, "Well, I'm going to call my dad." And I'm like, "Okay." And so that's when I called you guys and let you know and she kept Oh. Uh, she also tried to grab my phone and stop me from recording her when she was coming after me as well.

[00:08:14]>> Okay. So, is this your home as well?

[00:08:16]>> Yeah.

[00:08:17]>> You're both You're married. You both own the house?

[00:08:19]>> Yes.

[00:08:20]>> So, she's one of And these your children?

[00:08:22]>> Yes, I have.

[00:08:24]>> I have two I have I have two adult children.

[00:08:29]>> And who?

[00:08:29]>> And all three of us live here.

[00:08:31]>> Okay. All the >> or all five of us live. Sorry. All three of the kids live. Did Did everybody else witness what was going on?

[00:08:38]>> They may have heard it. I don't know what they actually saw because I believe she hadn't closed and locked the door pushing back.

[00:08:45]>> I cred some of the things that happened.

[00:08:48]>> Okay.

[00:08:48]>> Like how my mother was attacking him.

[00:08:51]>> Okay. Does um does she have any mental illnesses or anything like that or >> She does not have any that are >> diagnosed. I can tell you that last year uh we had a similar situation like this where she said, "I just want to leave and not want to have anything to do with this." Over a different fight where she was screaming at the kids. Uh and she said uh she's just going to leave. And then she said, "No, I'm going to stay. Same thing. I'm going to stay here and make your life a living hell." First she said, "I'm going to sleep in in Lori in my daughter's room and then we just won't talk to each other, be around each other." And I'm like, "Okay." And then she's like, "No, I'm going to make it."

[00:09:32]I'm like, "Okay." And then she's like, "I don't know why I'm so over addictive." So, we drove down to Springwood, but they won't admit you unless you're homicidal or or suicidal.

[00:09:42]Uh, and so then additional attempts that I have asked for seeking out counseling and stuff, none of them met her desire to do. I can't force anybody to do anything.

[00:09:54]>> Okay. Um, so when she put her hands on you, tell me tell me exactly what you did again. Okay. So, I was sitting in my desk chair. She grabbed both hands, grabbed both sides of my cheeks here, grabbed me forward. Um, and then, uh, she started to grab for the stuff. I put my arm up to stop her from grabbing for the stuff, turning off the only thing that's that's >> protecting me.

[00:10:19]>> Um, and then she kept trying to do that.

[00:10:22]She jumped back at the computer. She grabbed the keyboard, threw it down. I pushed her back away from the computer again because I also have actual work things going. Uh and then she got up.

[00:10:32]She spun the like she was trying to rip it down but couldn't. And spun the monitor down that way. Uh and I told her, "You can't touch that.

[00:10:43]Can't touch my work equipment. You can't." And uh then she walked back away and I said, "I'm going to call the police."

[00:10:51]>> Did it hurt when she did that? Yes, she definitely intended to cause physical violence. I mean physical pain. Sorry, not >> and where did it hurt?

[00:10:58]>> Right. Right through here and right here.

[00:11:01]>> And you said you were recording that.

[00:11:03]>> I audio, not there's no video, but yes, audio. [clears throat] >> Okay.

[00:11:07]>> And then I asked the kids when she kept trying to take the phones. I asked the kids if they could get their phones and record what was happening, but she had locked the door. So >> did you when you said [clears throat] you attempt she she went to get your phone at some point. You said, >> "Yeah, I can show you." So, what were you trying to do when you >> I was trying to record before she came to attack me again.

[00:11:28]>> Let me see.

[00:11:32]>> Get in HERE AND RECORD THIS, PLEASE.

[00:11:33]SHE'S TAKING MY >> WENDY, you need to be >> Hold on. Being taken, Gabriel.

[00:11:38]>> So, that that's where it stopped because she had >> she grabbed the phone out of my hands, grabbing it.

[00:11:46]>> Get in HERE AND RECORD THIS, PLEASE.

[00:11:48]SHE'S TAKING MY PHONE AND HITTING ME.

[00:11:49]NO, I'M NOT.

[00:11:50]>> SO, I move back over here to my desk.

[00:11:53]>> No, >> I did not touch you.

[00:11:55]>> See, and then she jumps in the desk again trying to change the recording.

[00:12:02]>> Please get away from my desk.

[00:12:06]>> Yes, please call them.

[00:12:07]>> I already told them that I'm coming here.

[00:12:10]>> I got >> You hit me. You grabbed my face.

[00:12:12]>> I grabbed you BECAUSE YOU'RE RECORDING ME. I TOLD YOU TO.

[00:12:14]>> BUT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GRAB ME regardless of what you're feeling.

[00:12:18]You are not allowed to grab I did not hit you. I sat there and you grabbed myself husband to stop recording me.

[00:12:25]>> So she's upset that I'm recording her, but I feel extremely unsafe with her >> and I broke the computer.

[00:12:31]>> Did So did you any of either one of you witness any of this?

[00:12:36]>> I got recording myself but outside the door.

[00:12:39]>> Okay. Did Did anybody see?

[00:12:42]>> The only thing I saw was what happened yesterday. I didn't see anything else.

[00:12:47]What happened yesterday?

[00:12:48]>> Just more screaming. Just I I have audio of that.

[00:12:55]>> You can't really hear. [snorts] But >> dad taught us this trick. Get the screwdriver if you remember how to do it.

[00:13:03]>> Take him.

[00:13:08]>> See, I because you're recording it.

[00:13:11]>> That was today.

[00:13:12]>> Yes.

[00:13:13]>> That's the same. That's when she kept taking the phone so I couldn't record from the phone and she had already disabled the computer.

[00:13:20]>> Can you guys email that to us if I get your email address?

[00:13:23]>> Yes.

[00:13:24]>> Okay.

[00:13:24]>> I'm trying to find >> All right. I'll be right back. Um, >> thank you.

[00:13:29]>> Everybody's good. Nobody else is hurt.

[00:13:31]Everybody's >> Okay, >> here's one of the ones from >> Let me ask you. I'm looking at your face right now.

[00:13:38]>> Yes.

[00:13:39]>> You have a red mark right there.

[00:13:41]>> That was from her grabbing me >> today.

[00:13:43]>> Today. this morning while I before I called you guys.

[00:13:46]>> And it's red right here. Is it the same thing?

[00:13:49]>> Yes. I told her she grabbed with both hands and pulled me in the chair by my cheeks.

[00:13:53]>> Can I get some pictures?

[00:13:55]>> That's back. I don't know if you >> um Let me see. Yeah, I don't like that.

[00:14:00]Let me get some better light >> here. Let me [bell] Yeah, that's better.

[00:14:17]So, I'm going to show you these pictures. This it looks like >> and I'm color blind, so I can't see red very well.

[00:14:24]>> I mean, I could see the red there and the red there. Okay.

[00:14:26]>> And let me I'm going to take this whole picture of you.

[00:14:33]Okay. I'll be right back. Okay.

[00:14:35]>> Thank you.

[00:14:37]>> All right. Here.

[00:14:40]what she says just that, you know, he they're having issues marriage wise, you know, and she wants to have the house. He's recording her.

[00:14:53]He's like deliberately trying to like egg her on the to get her to fight and stuff. I think, you know, basically what she's saying, we were fighting. I'm not >> She did say that she tried to uncip the mouse cuz he was and he pushed her and she pushed him or something.

[00:15:09]Did at any time did he hit you ever?

[00:15:12]>> He he has hit me and he has choked me. I have the >> He was grabbing me because I was going after his his mouth and he was grabbing me and I was like pushing him and I grabbed him like this and all and and around his neck area.

[00:15:30]>> Let's break down the legal framework that turned a difficult Arkansas family argument into a domestic battery arrest.

[00:15:36]Issue one, the underlying charge under Arkansas Code section 5-26-305, domestic battering in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor. Penalty up to one year in jail and a $2,500 fine. The crime requires purposeful or reckless physical injury to a family or household member. Issue two, what counts as physical injury under Arkansas law? The statute requires substantial pain, bruising, swelling, or a visible mark associated with physical trauma. Red marks on both cheeks from being grabbed and pulled forward in a chair satisfy the visible mark element under Arkansas case law. Issue three, the felony enhancement. The thirdderee charge elevates to a class D felony if the victim is pregnant or with prior domestic battery convictions within 5 years. Without those aggravators, this case stays at the misdemeanor level. The officer mentioned the local jail was overcrowded and may not hold the defendant on this charge alone. Issue four, the Arkansas 1 party consent recording law. Under Arkansas Code section 5-60-120, a participant in a conversation may lawfully record it without the other party's consent. The husband recording his own conversations in his own home was completely legal. The wife's repeated demands to stop recording had no legal force. And I told him stop and he was pushing me and all.

[00:17:01]>> Told him stop. Why did you tell him to stop?

[00:17:03]>> Because he was pushing me and away from the mouse.

[00:17:06]>> Why was he pushing me?

[00:17:07]>> Because I was trying to get rid of the mouse thing.

[00:17:11]>> Are you in any pain?

[00:17:13]>> I I have a tralular fracture right now.

[00:17:17]This >> and the pushing caused me to have a lot of that.

[00:17:22]>> Have you been staying here? Like is this your I know this is my domain. No, I notic this, too.

[00:17:26]>> Yeah. The la the the the uh last night I left because there was fighting going [snorts] on and I said, "I'm not staying here. It was best to leave."

[00:17:37]>> Why were you trying to click his mouse?

[00:17:39]>> Huh? Because he's I This was This was also like yesterday. He keeps on recording me and I've asked him to stop recording me. He's like, "I have laws and I can record whatever I want." And all you know what I like I told officer wiser what I should have done my best advice to myself I didn't take was because he was cocky and all and what he told me yesterday was I see you coming back tomorrow anyways I give you max three days okay that's what he said yesterday when I left around seven I don't know what that so I was like my aunt Aunt, which I don't own. I need to take this. This is my aunt's This is my aunt's. This belongs to my You want me to fall right off?

[00:18:29]>> No. Look, all this stuff is yours as much as it is his. You don't have to justify any of that to us.

[00:18:35]>> I said I'm going to pick up and I I can show you that recording.

[00:18:40]>> Well, no. Just tell me what happened to as far as him.

[00:18:45]>> I'm walking [clears throat] through what happened just now. You walked in. He's recording you. You don't like it? and I don't like it. And I yell and I yell at them. I said, "I this is my house and I will stay in my house."

[00:18:57]>> Okay.

[00:18:58]>> Issue five, the predominant aggressor analysis. The lead officer's reasoning shifted in real time. He initially said, "I don't believe she's the aggressor."

[00:19:09]After reviewing the audio recording and photographing the marks, he course corrected. Based on the recordings and the marks, she is the aggressor. Issue six. the quote state files charges not the victim doctrine. The officer explained that domestic violence prosecutions belong to the state. In every US jurisdiction, the prosecuting attorney files charges based on evidence, not at the victim's discretion. A spouse who later wants to drop charges typically cannot. Issue seven, the family witness corroboration.

[00:19:42]The adult daughter, Lauren, told officers she heard her mother attacking her father. Combined with the audio recording and visible marks, the case became evidence rich enough for an arrest with full prosecutorial confidence. Issue eight, the recording versus threats distinction. The wife threatened to quote, "Make your life miserable and interrupt every work call.

[00:20:03]Threats alone are not a basis for arrest in most cases, but threats combined with physical contact form a clear pattern of escalating conduct." Issue nine, the mental health versus criminal liability distinction. The husband mentioned undiagnosed signs of bipolar disorder and a failed Springwood admission attempt.

[00:20:22]>> And I will make your life a living hell in here. And I am going to be honest with that to you. I don't care. I mean, I have to be honest with you because he has made it so unbearable for me in there. And how am I to live with that?

[00:20:38]>> So when you touch when you grab >> around here >> like this is how she she did it to me. I was pushing.

[00:20:45]>> It was like this.

[00:20:47]>> He was trying to push.

[00:20:49]>> He was grabbing my arm and all >> because you were touching.

[00:20:53]>> Yeah. Right. Listen, he does he want to follow.

[00:20:58]>> Well, he doesn't have we file charges.

[00:21:00]It's not his choice.

[00:21:00]>> That's what I was trying to tell you up there that it's the state that does it if we do if there are charges.

[00:21:05]>> Let me talk to this. Do me a favor. Let come step out.

[00:21:08]>> I want to know something.

[00:21:11]Is there any council that you >> cure that we can sit down together him and I to figure out how we can live >> can provide that?

[00:21:23]>> Yeah, >> but come stand over here for me till we get this figured out.

[00:21:27]>> Oh, I can't sit because I don't have shoes.

[00:21:30]>> Where are your shoes?

[00:21:31]>> Inside.

[00:21:33]>> Well, let's I just >> Is there a reason?

[00:21:37]>> I just don't like anybody being in the car while I'm trying to figure out what's going on. Oh, okay.

[00:21:42]>> There's so yeah, there is like safety concerns is why so you you know >> I understand >> remember me saying I normally don't let people stay in the car. So that's why that's what he's talking about.

[00:21:52]>> Mental health concerns may inform sentencing and court-ordered evaluation, but they do not alter the question of guilt at the charging stage. Now, the grades. Officer Wiser, A+, patient interviewing, evidence-driven course correction, exceptional empathy throughout, backup officers, A, coordinated documentation, clear photographing of marks, professional handling of a complex domestic encounter. Daughter Lauren, A cooperated with police, provided witness testimony, demonstrated maturity in a heartbreaking situation. The husband B lawfully recorded, accurately reported events, but should have left the home earlier when threats began. The wife D returned to a contested home, escalated to physical contact, threatened her husband's livelihood and peace. Lesson one for couples. An Arkansas one party consent state allows you to record conversations you are part of.

[00:22:49]Documentation is often the strongest defense in a domestic dispute. Lesson two, domestic battery prosecutions belong to the state. Once charges are filed, the victim does not have the power to drop them. This protects victims under coercion. Lesson three, family witnesses are admissible at trial. What your children hear can become evidence for or against you.

[00:23:12]Lesson four, if you suspect a loved one is in mental health crisis, contact the SAMA National Helpline at 1-8006624357.

[00:23:21]Lesson five. If your relationship reaches physical altercation, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1 8007997233.

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[00:23:39]>> Stand over here. Why don't we get >> You can lean up against it or something.

[00:23:42]Maybe that'll help.

[00:23:46]Like I said, as he was pushing me, I was putting pressure on this, so I'm hurt in this scenario.

[00:23:51]>> All right. Well, don't take off or anything. We'll be right back.

[00:23:56]>> Yeah. He's got >> Hold on. Hold on one second. Just stay there.

[00:24:01]>> Oh, I thought you said you wanted >> Oh, no. You're fine. You're fine. He's got >> You want me to stand here?

[00:24:07]>> That's fine. He's got marks on his face and the kids kind of seem to collaborate collaborate with what he's saying and she uh >> there's a recording and where she says I heard him says I only grabbed him because he's recording me so she go >> you can >> we have been a very close-knit family up to this And I don't know what's really happening. And I just I want things to be better, but I don't know if I can stay here under this distress, but I want to know I need to call my dad if I'm going to be arrested or anything.

[00:24:54]>> We're going to go over that. We're just give us a second. Okay. And I understand you're upset.

[00:24:59]>> But one sec.

[00:25:03]>> I don't know if she's either.

[00:25:07]We take her take her to county.

[00:25:10]>> Yeah, it's domestic. I mean, he said he he was in physical pain when he grabbed her. When she grabbed you where you see on here, >> so based on the recording I'm seeing and marks on his face, which I got pictures of, it does seem that she's the aggressor. supposed.

[00:25:37]>> Do you want to?

[00:25:38]>> I don't.

[00:25:39]>> One of them is the left.

[00:25:40]>> So, what I meant was, do you want me to transport or you transport? Either way, you >> transport. I don't have a key.

[00:25:45]>> Oh, I didn't know that. I thought you Okay. So, >> let's go ahead and hook her up right there.

[00:25:51]>> So, I'll tell you um I'll tell you what.

[00:25:55]You've been cool with me. So, if you continue to be cool with me, I'll do you a favor. Okay. I normally don't do these kind of favors, but if you want to, you said you need to call your dad first.

[00:26:04]I'll let you call >> arrested.

[00:26:06]>> So, let me explain what'll happen with that. So, it's just going to be it's not like you're going to prison or anything.

[00:26:11]It's not that what it is. It's just you you'll go to the county, you know, and then you'll have a bond hearing and they'll set your bond and then you'll pay the bond and get out. I mean, that's literally what it is. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:26:21]>> What is the bond?

[00:26:22]>> Well, that's you'll have to go to the bond hearing for that. So, >> can I tell the bond?

[00:26:28]>> My aunt. My aunt. [snorts] >> No, you can tell your dad.

[00:26:31]>> Tell me if Hang on for now. Hang on for now. You will be able to do all that.

[00:26:35]Right now, I don't want a whole bunch of people coming here being yelling.

[00:26:38]>> No, they're not here. So, I understand.

[00:26:40]>> The dad's in Florida. Yeah, that's >> But yeah, you'll get an opportunity to call him. You know, >> being arrested.

[00:26:46]>> Yes, you are. So, go ahead. Let's go.

[00:26:48]>> So, if you could go ahead and turn around, >> I will let them come out in a second, but let's >> But first, we got to get this part first. Okay.

[00:27:02]>> All right. Actually, just like your >> Can you call my dad?

[00:27:06]>> We'll take care of you. Just one second.

[00:27:07]Okay.

[00:27:08]>> Here, just make your hand.

[00:27:09]>> Can I ask like you're praying but behind? Can >> I asked questions before?

[00:27:13]>> Can you what?

[00:27:14]>> We'll answer your questions in just a second.

[00:27:18]>> All right. And then I'm going to double lock these so they don't get tight on you. Okay.

[00:27:22]>> Yep.

[00:27:22]>> Cuz the way you got your hands there is going to make them tight. All right.

[00:27:26]Hold on one sec. I got to double lock this >> so they don't get tight. Okay.

[00:27:29]>> Where do I go?

[00:27:38]Can I come back in?

[00:27:39]>> Yes.

[00:27:44]>> Okay.

[00:27:46]Um, we are going to arrest her.

[00:27:48]>> Okay.

[00:27:48]>> Based on the fact that she grabbed you, you said you felt physical pain. Um, those recordings, I'm going to get you a witness statement and those recordings that you have, I'm going to get you an email address. I need you to send them to if possible.

[00:28:00]>> Okay. Just the ones from today or also the ones from last night.

[00:28:03]>> Today specifically.

[00:28:05]>> Um you could get you could give us last night so it kind of leads into today.

[00:28:09]Yeah, give us >> just And I can also send you the pictures of text messages where she said that she was leaving.

[00:28:17]Like I said, I don't know who I mean, there's audio thing, so I couldn't take it, but she you can see here where she was already she was down in Springdale and said she was going to give away my daughter's dog because she couldn't figure out how to get it on a plane. Um, and she sent this audio.

[00:28:44]>> Oh, okay.

[00:28:46]>> Okay.

[00:28:47]Then [snorts] she said, "Problem solved." Then she continuously kept uh calling, waking up the house. I had to unplug this phone. Uh she then later started using our Alexa devices to ring the whole house to wake people up. Um uh and I said, "It's 2 a.m. Please stop calling." She's like, "That speech's fine. Okay, answer the phone. Do you want a divorce?" Fine. If you don't answer, I assume your lack of care. Talk to me tonight is the answer. because I was advised to just either say okay or I understand and not engage or get into arguments.

[00:29:20]>> Okay, you're doing the right thing. Send that all to me. Uh I don't have time to look at it. I'm sorry. No, no, no, no, no. Don't apologize. I That's exactly what I need. I will look at it closer when I get it all. Then it'll help me analyze right now based on what I'm seeing, what you're telling me, what's going on there. We have enough to make the arrest.

[00:29:40]>> Okay. I don't want I don't want this for her, but I don't want her to hurt people.

[00:29:47]>> Unfortunately, because this is a domestic situation, we don't have a choice.

[00:29:50]>> I'm telling you that to be clear, I think this might be necessary for her to realize what she's [clears throat] wrong, but I don't want her to have to deal.

[00:30:02]>> And I want you [snorts] to know and and your daughter to know we are treating her very, very nicely. Okay? we're not we're going to be very nice with her cuz cuz I I get the feeling that maybe she there may be some mental health issues going on. So >> So again, it's it's not diagnosed, >> but I can tell you that she has shown signs of bipolar disorder before and she >> there are very several narcissistic behaviors that she does. Everything is about control for her. The the fight that started yesterday is my adult son, my my 19-year-old son, his girlfriend, who is also an adult, sent him risque pictures on his own phone that he pays for in his name. She took his phone, made uh made him let her read through it. She saw that. She said, "He's despicable.

[00:30:54]She's despicable." She said, "You have 30 days to get out of the house. This is your eviction notice." She made him go buy a storage locker to start putting stuff in my work. I'm uh the the lead of of engineers for a large healthcare company. Uh they just went through a mass layoff yesterday. [snorts] So I was busy with I mean it's been a very bad 24 hours. She uh so she did all of this. So when I was finally done by about 5:30, I was able to sit down [snorts] with her.

[00:31:21]I sat down in my daughter's room and I said, "I want to understand what's going on." Because she kept trying to talk while it was working. and she said um she basically decided what my opinion already was then got mad at me for it and I said no I said I'm not necessarily saying I disagree with uh everything you're doing but it's the way you're doing it screaming yelling running around the house screaming in their face taking people's you know property etc etc >> what was what was her name again just curious >> my daughter >> Lori >> Lori >> yes >> okay I was just going to tell her because she seemed sad I was just going to talk to We're doing that.

[00:31:57]>> Okay.

[00:31:57]>> Also, >> Laurian, >> here.

[00:32:00]>> I'll I'll put you in the back of my car.

[00:32:02]It's warmer in there.

[00:32:04]>> Can I get some shoes?

[00:32:06]>> Hey, Elsie.

[00:32:07]>> Can I have my purse?

[00:32:07]>> I'm going to see. Yeah, I'm going to take all that with you and your phone, too.

[00:32:10]>> About my other stuff.

[00:32:11]>> We'll take all this here.

[00:32:12]>> My phone.

[00:32:14]Will I be able to make a call? I don't I don't know.

[00:32:17]>> It's going to be okay. All right. Come [laughter] on. Let's >> My first time. Let's look. Hey, listen.

[00:32:24]>> It's nobody. It's It happened. Believe it or not, I'm a cop and I've [snorts] been arrested. It happens. Here, hold on one second. Hold on.

[00:32:30]>> Cuz I was not ever.

[00:32:32]>> Wait. I don't want your neighbors to see you like >> No. Okay. Okay.

[00:32:35]>> See them going by. I was trying to >> Can you call my aunt Marion?

[00:32:39]>> Not right now. We can't do it right now, but we can do it here in a minute. But for now, let's just go over here [snorts] >> and I'm going to have him grab some shoes for you. Okay.

[00:32:50][snorts] >> Will I be able to pay my bond is all I'm asking. You should be able to. Yes.

[00:32:55]>> With my credit card or anything?

[00:32:57]>> I think so. I think that's >> the charge. What is >> It'll probably just be domestic battery in the third. And from what I hear, the jail has been so crowded a lot of times.

[00:33:06]They're not keeping people on that charge anyway. So, we'll see. Do you want to wear your seatelt?

[00:33:11]>> Yeah.

[00:33:11]>> Cuz if so, it's underneath you there.

[00:33:15]>> I'm kidding. Oh my god. Huh? Wait.

[00:33:19]>> Not Not yet. Okay. Hold on one second.

[00:33:24]I'm going to set this stuff right up here. Okay.

[00:33:27]>> And then I got to make sure this is >> Can you tell me the process of everything?

[00:33:34]>> Yes, I will. Give me just one second.

[00:33:36]Okay. I'm going to go talk to him and then I'll be right back. All right. It's going to be okay. All right. It's You're not like a hardened criminal going to prison or anything. Okay. It'll be okay.

[00:33:47]>> Okay.

[00:33:55]Okay.

[00:33:58]All right. Let me turn this off.

[00:34:21]Can you check for me?

[00:34:23]>> Do what? I'm sorry.

[00:34:27]>> My phone fell down here. Hold on one second. I got it. There it is. Right there. Okay.

[00:34:36]>> Hold on cuz I can't hear you.

[00:34:40]Okay.

[00:34:46]>> Okay. What were you saying?

[00:34:47]>> I said the phone was ringing. I guess I >> There's no way of me being able to talk now.

[00:34:55]>> And I wouldn't ask them either. I don't think, you know, like I said, the more requests you do, the more annoyed they get. So, >> so stay on my quiet side.

[00:35:04]>> Yeah. And that's that's that was your advice. That's good advice, you know.

[00:35:08]So, do you need help getting out or >> No, my shoe fit.

[00:35:13]>> Can you slip these on or >> um >> without >> I think I can down there. Is that you going to pull that tongue up or >> cuz it's they're to give me slippers, right?

[00:35:27]>> Yeah. In like 2 minutes. That's fine.

[00:35:29]That's fine.

[00:35:29]>> Yeah. It'll be pretty quick. So, >> all I was wondering if that's what you wanted for me.

[00:35:34]>> No, I just want you to have these for when you get out. You know, >> um, my purse is open.

[00:35:38]>> Oh, yeah. It's okay.

[00:35:40]>> Yeah, it should be fine.

[00:35:41]>> Okay.

[00:35:42]>> Here, you can go up this side here so it doesn't hurt your foot to take a step.

[00:35:49]All right.