Busted for False Statement in a Crash and No FL Drivers License - Venice, Florida

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:01]Your registration's pretty expired, that's the reason for the stop. Do you have your license, registration, insurance on you? I do. And I know I literally go home tomorrow cuz I have to get my new one.

[00:00:11]What brings you down to Florida?

[00:00:13]Um just kind of visiting, checking it out.

[00:00:16]I'm not too sure what I want to do yet.

[00:00:20]How long you been down here?

[00:00:22]A couple months. Okay.

[00:00:25]What is being here? I'm not sure what an Idaho registration looks like. Sorry, I don't really know what I'm looking for.

[00:00:33]That won't be it, right? Certificate of liability insurance? That is something I need, though.

[00:00:41]I think this one's old. I know I have my updated one at home.

[00:00:49]So, these are your ID cards, perfect.

[00:00:53]Yeah, that one is I think that one's like a year.

[00:00:57]>> Yeah, do you have a more current one?

[00:00:58]Cuz we need current insurance. I don't know if I have it on me.

[00:01:03]Keep looking for the insurance and registration. Let me see if I can find something back in my car. Maybe I can run it and see if I can see any from there. Okay.

[00:01:15]Where are you staying down here in Florida?

[00:01:17]Uh I'm just staying with a friend over in some apartments. Okay. Yeah. Is it a permanent address? No. Do you have a job here? Yeah. Okay. What do you do here?

[00:01:27]Uh I work at Main Italy.

[00:01:29]Okay. Yeah. All right, give me a second.

[00:01:32]Find anything? Uh I don't know if this one's any different than the first one I gave you.

[00:01:37]Yeah, it looks like the same dates.

[00:01:39]Okay.

[00:01:39]>> So, yeah, expiration date right there, 2023.

[00:01:42]>> Okay, I know I have updated insurance, I just don't think I have it on me then.

[00:01:45]>> Okay, do you have it on a phone app, maybe?

[00:01:48]Uh no.

[00:01:50]I could maybe see if my dad could send me a picture, but That might help. Um we I to have an app because they can't be photoshopped.

[00:01:57]>> What do you mean an app? There's an app?

[00:01:59]So like if you have like a Progressive or State Farm insurance app, you can open it up. It has your ID cards in the app. That way we know they're not photoshopped or anything like that. Or like a PDF file if they send you an email. Usually they do that. Like the app does? Or Or the insurance company will send you a PDF file in an email with your insurance ID cards that look just like that. Okay.

[00:02:19]Um do you have a Florida driver's license? I don't. Okay. Why didn't you get one?

[00:02:24]I just don't really know what I'm doing yet. I decide for sure I think in October and then if I'm staying I was going to get a new one. Okay. So if anybody engages in employment in the state of Florida, you need to have a Florida driver's license. Oh, really?

[00:02:37]And it is a criminal offense. So I do have to read you your Miranda rights, okay? So just listen real quick, all right? You have You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to hire an attorney and have him or her present with you before and during any questioning.

[00:02:51]If you can't afford to hire an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you at no cost to you. You understand those rights? Okay.

[00:02:58]So you need to have the Florida state driver's license if you're engaging in employment or have kids in school. It's within 30 days. Okay. Okay? Okay.

[00:03:06]So where So your address right now is not permanent? Mhm. How long you been working at Made in Italy? Um I don't know.

[00:03:16]2 months. Okay.

[00:03:19]And you haven't gotten a Florida tag or anything like that for any other cars? Mhm.

[00:03:23]Okay.

[00:03:24]Keep looking for the insurance. See if you can get somebody to send a picture cuz that would help, okay? Okay.

[00:03:30]Dispatch, Marine 51, Marine 56. All right. I've got a Florida car there.

[00:03:34]Uh I just got kind of hit. Hey, um I got pulled over for my tabs and I was wondering if you have a picture of my insurance.

[00:03:42]I'll be right back.

[00:03:44]You're filing an insurance claim for the Uh the crash here?

[00:03:48]No. Okay.

[00:03:50]Did he send anything over? Yeah, he said going to send it. Okay.

[00:03:54]Can you step out of the car for me?

[00:04:05]It's not in an app or anything like that though. I don't think so.

[00:04:12]All right, turn around.

[00:04:15]I can place you under arrest for making false statements on a crash that I worked on months ago.

[00:04:20]It's the crash regarding the front right of your car there.

[00:04:27]You also still don't have the Florida license in the tag.

[00:04:34]7 Victor 2 white female 10-15.

[00:04:43]So, you reported that crash about 4 months ago. You said that someone struck you. You took a picture of their license plate over the course of the investigation and that vehicle was not involved in any sort of crash.

[00:04:52]So, we put marked it down for a potential fraud. You told me you didn't do any sort of insurance claim or anything, right? So, it doesn't amount to insurance fraud. However, it's false statements on a crash, which is a misdemeanor. What do you mean false statements? You told me that someone else struck your car over the course of the investigation. Nobody else struck the vehicle.

[00:05:11]>> so just like during it someone hit me and I got the license plate, but then they said that they went to their house and cuz they it was like a hit-and-run and they kept going. Just Just lean back for me.

[00:05:22]Just so I can get the seat belt. I don't want to have to So, explain to me what happened there.

[00:05:31]So, I was just driving and then someone hit me and they kept going, so I got a picture of their license plate and then I called and I showed them a picture of the license plate. They looked it up and then they went to their house and they said that they weren't involved in it.

[00:05:46]And so, then they pretty much said that I made it up.

[00:05:48]Okay. That was me. I did that investigation. That car wasn't involved in any sort of crash. You told me you were sure that that was the vehicle.

[00:05:54]Yeah, that's the picture I got of the license plate.

[00:05:56]>> So what So what actually happened?

[00:05:58]Dispatched 1016 1018 1074 That is what happened. That car was not involved in a crash. Ever. The one that you took a picture of. That's the car that I saw hit me and I even have black paint on my car from it. Okay.

[00:06:11]All right. Stand by for a sec.

[00:06:16]Idaho doesn't let you register online and mail anything out to you?

[00:06:21]This car? Yeah, because they I mean your registration expired February.

[00:06:26]That was almost a year ago.

[00:06:29]I'm not too sure.

[00:06:32]Okay.

[00:06:32]You still up in Idaho? Yeah.

[00:06:36]False statements made on a crash report 4 months ago.

[00:06:40]Doesn't amount to insurance fraud. You just told me she didn't make a claim or anything for it, but How does it look on your side of things? Yeah. Is this happening in Colorado? Yeah. Well, that's what I was looking for.

[00:06:49]Oh, okay.

[00:06:51]Um yeah, the damage is on the front right of the car there. Um I just need you to do a tow.

[00:06:56]And search it as well. Towing it? Okay.

[00:06:58]Um where she live?

[00:07:01]I live in Idaho too. She was with a friend. Where are you living at right now? What's your address?

[00:07:07]Are you in Florida? Yeah, I'm staying with my aunt.

[00:07:10]Do you have any firearms in the car? No.

[00:07:12]Okay. I saw a holster in the backseat.

[00:07:15]Who's that?

[00:07:16]Um I think it's for my taser my mom got me. There might be a taser and I know there's pepper spray. Okay. And no gun.

[00:07:22]I got to take your phone. I'm sorry.

[00:07:24]Why can't I have it? Anything else in your pocket? You can't have anything else in your pockets back here. No.

[00:07:28]Nothing else in your pockets? No. Okay.

[00:07:31]And just a question.

[00:07:33]>> Yep. Don't you have to have permission to go through my car?

[00:07:36]Because your car is being towed for liability purposes, we need to search it. So it's it's a vehicle it's not necessarily a search.

[00:07:44]Yeah.

[00:07:45]When do I Just curious, why can't I have my cell phone?

[00:07:49]Because you can't have anything on you back here. Oh.

[00:07:52]All right.

[00:07:53]Thank you.

[00:07:57]So, there's nothing else in your pockets, right? Yes. Okay.

[00:08:01]Yeah, so no insurance, Brooke. She didn't say she made a claim, but still false statements. So, it's not something I'm going to do an NTA for.

[00:08:09]She said She said She didn't want that. She reported it as a crash. This is like back in April.

[00:08:14]Uh-huh. And said somebody hit her and took a picture of the license plate. We said, "Are you sure this is the person that hit you?"

[00:08:20]She's like, "Yeah, 100% positive this is the person that hit me." Went out and found the vehicle and there was not a scratch on it anywhere.

[00:08:28]Yeah, so I I think she maybe like hit a gate or something somewhere hit somebody else's car and then reported that someone hit her.

[00:08:38]But then she's also been driving on an Idaho license since she insured it and made it in Italy for like 4 months too.

[00:08:45]That's criminal, too.

[00:08:51]You're not too far into it.

[00:08:52]I don't think I can finish it once I start it.

[00:08:56]You want me to call it in? So.

[00:09:00]Is there anything you want to go with you? Like a pocketbook, wallet, anything like that? Obviously, I'm taking your cell phone with you.

[00:09:06]Dispatch 2 10 38 10 74. When When would I be able to get stuff out of the car?

[00:09:13]The car is going to get towed. So, once you bond out, so if you have any money or cards that you want to use to bond out.

[00:09:19]>> Well, yeah, there's a few things. Could I grab them? I You can tell me where they are and I'm going to get them for you. Okay. I need >> Dispatch 2 10 36 10 74.

[00:09:27]I need It's like a black It looks like a black apron wrapped up. That's my serving >> Yep, I saw that. Okay, I need that.

[00:09:34]>> Yep. With that black book and then just my fanny pack. Okay. Is that the one with the money in it? Yeah. Okay. I'll grab that and your serving effort. Okay.

[00:09:47]I have no idea. It's all up to them.

[00:09:48]It's usually pretty cheap. It's especially for traffic stuff. Probably probably 50 bucks to be honest.

[00:09:58]And obviously you get that back when you go to court.

[00:10:01]What is this thing?

[00:10:03]Yeah, it's just a bond. It's a security promising that you'll go to court.

[00:10:06]That's essentially what it is.

[00:10:10]And then what about your license?

[00:10:13]You got to get a new license.

[00:10:16]So at least the license. The license is what's the issue.

[00:10:19]And obviously the the expired tags, yep.

[00:10:22]So I'm just curious, why why is the license like so important besides the expired tags?

[00:10:30]Florida wants you to have a Florida driver's license when you have children in school, um have a job in the state of Florida, or if you declare Florida your permanent residence. Any of those three. So you're not a permanent resident, obviously. You still claim to live in Idaho. But since you have a job here, they want you to have a Florida driver's license because they consider you living here if you work here.

[00:10:53]Sorry to pull you out here. I appreciate it.

[00:10:56]>> I don't mind.

[00:10:57]You know it's fine.

[00:11:04]She just backed Everything was backed up.

[00:11:06]And she claims to not have a plate on it. Mhm.

[00:11:10]She just got her tags.

[00:11:14]All right.

[00:11:21]That stuff is so long.

[00:11:23]You know?

[00:11:26]It could be 5. 5 brown envelopes.

[00:11:33]Want her shoes off?

[00:11:35]Nothing in your shoes, right? No. No.

[00:11:37]No, you're good. She was on her way to work.

[00:11:41]Okay.

[00:11:41]Thank you. You can go. Thank you. I appreciate it.

[00:11:44]Looks like my car.

[00:11:45]>> Yeah, right.

[00:11:47]Let me just grab the seat belt real quick again. So, lean back for me.

[00:11:55]That's it? Thank you, ma'am. Appreciate it. Thank you.