Woman Thinks She Can Outsmart Police After Shoplifting $900 In Perfume From Chanel

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]On October 25th, 2024, Millburn Police responded to the Louis Vuitton store at the local mall regarding an active shoplifting incident in progress.

[00:00:10]Officers arrived at the luxury retailer to confront an uncooperative suspect attempting to conceal merchandise. Here are the events that occurred.

[00:00:21]Excuse me, ladies. Can I just talk to you real quick? What's wrong? Can you step over, please?

[00:00:27]All right.

[00:00:28]Just to let you know everything's being recorded. Okay.

[00:00:30]>> Okay. You guys have any idea identification on you?

[00:00:33]>> No. What's the problem?

[00:00:34]>> Okay. So, we have a report of a shoplifting that occurred. When?

[00:00:37]>> Oh, no.

[00:00:38]>> All Let me give you a receipt. Y'all got the wrong person. You can check.

[00:00:45]>> I didn't Before before we go through that, before we go through that, do you have any identification?

[00:00:51]>> No. Okay.

[00:00:54]Is that some I didn't take. I didn't take anything. Shoplifting from where?

[00:00:58]Yeah. I'll advise you of the charges.

[00:01:00]Can you step outside right now? But I just want to know what I'm getting. I'm leaving. Nope. Nope. You're not leaving.

[00:01:05]>> Okay. You You are not leaving.

[00:01:07]>> right. All right. You're right. Okay.

[00:01:09]Put your bags down. Can you do it right here? First name, last name?

[00:01:13]What is it?

[00:01:20]First name, last name? I want to know what I'm getting. I didn't take anything.

[00:01:24]Right now, we're investigating a theft.

[00:01:26]From where?

[00:01:27]We have the right to know, right? I just gave you the Date of birth?

[00:01:31]Oh.

[00:01:37]Your social? I don't know my social.

[00:01:39]Your address?

[00:01:40]I didn't take anything. I'm clear. 686 is clear.

[00:01:43]688 and 698 are arriving on scene to finish the report. We're not leaving.

[00:01:47]698 and 699 are on scene with the fire department until they clear.

[00:01:53]Yeah, cuz I got a receipt.

[00:01:54]>> You Do you have a New Jersey DL? No.

[00:01:59]Latisha, that's L A K E I S H A. Yes.

[00:02:04]Last name Bell? Yes.

[00:02:06]What's your date of birth? 11 um 12 26 1988. What's your uh age? My age is uh 20 I mean I said 20 36.

[00:02:18]I'm about to be 36 35 you could say.

[00:02:25]12 26 86, right?

[00:02:28]>> Yes.

[00:02:30]No no no I I want you to try again. Oh let me get my phone.

[00:02:35]Oh what must I do for my bail?

[00:02:37]Advise them why they're being investigated.

[00:02:43]Oh Bravo 11 dispatch.

[00:02:55]We're going to have two females stopped right in front of the little bit shop.

[00:03:00]I'm going to give you name DOB and check it all around, please.

[00:03:10]So We have you on camera. Taking what? Some guys accused me. What do you got?

[00:03:15]Anything in your pocket?

[00:03:17]You like to do this?

[00:03:19]Nothing. Nothing? Nothing.

[00:03:21]>> You didn't take it? No. Cuz they said that you Well that's what they said. I didn't take anything. Ma'am please. I'm not going anywhere. Then stay over there.

[00:03:31]Last name is going to be Bell.

[00:03:34]That's Bravo Echo Lima Lima.

[00:03:37]First name's going to be Latisha. That's Lima Alpha Kilo Echo India Sierra Hotel Alpha.

[00:03:45]DOB is going to be 12 26 86.

[00:03:53]Ma'am you don't have a driver's license anywhere?

[00:03:57]>> No.

[00:03:59]Yeah, I gave I gave you back your social security and your and your work ID.

[00:04:04]All right? All right.

[00:04:06]Now what?

[00:04:07]Now what? Oh.

[00:04:08]12 Bravo 6 2 this address.

[00:04:10]>> said what? Do what? We're doing our our investigation.

[00:04:13]>> Y'all said y'all investigation.

[00:04:17]I'm not going anywhere. I'm right here.

[00:04:19]Standing right here.

[00:04:23]Name, date of birth, also have a social all the way.

[00:04:32]546 C, what's the street?

[00:04:35]Mravlag Tango Alpha Spell that for me.

[00:04:40]Hotel Alpha M R A V L A G >> Last name is White. R >> One word.

[00:04:47]6 7 1979 What did you say again?

[00:04:53]M R A V L A G 1680 Why you looking at me like that?

[00:04:59]>> No, I'm not looking at you. Oh, I can't tell you looking at the other side of my face.

[00:05:03]What town is that?

[00:05:05]Elizabeth, New Jersey I don't know.

[00:05:13]I don't know. I don't know.

[00:05:14]I'm not going Stay by the window. I'M NOT UNDER ARREST AND I'M NOT UNDER ARREST.

[00:05:22]I DON'T HAVE I'M NOT BEING DETAINED FOR THIS IS AN INVESTIGATION for the time. I don't care what you say. I'm not being investigated for nothing. If I'm not under arrest, I'm able to leave.

[00:05:33]Is that all righty? Should I take it?

[00:05:37]I'm going to take my bags. Can you grab my arm? No. No. No. No, she's not taking her bags. Stop. Not taking her bags.

[00:05:42]Stop.

[00:05:43]>> I'm not going Drop the bag. Drop the bags.

[00:05:45]>> bag. Drop the bags.

[00:05:46]>> Drop the >> the bag. It's not that hard.

[00:06:24]I'm being detained, right?

[00:06:25]You're being arrested. Oh, I'm being arrested? Absolutely. All right, cool.

[00:06:29]All right, search the bag.

[00:06:31]Search the bag.

[00:06:33]Is there anything on you that could poke or stick me? No.

[00:06:36]Yeah, don't touch this bag. This is my bag. You don't have the right to touch my bag. Well, WE DO, ACTUALLY.

[00:06:47]OH, WOW.

[00:06:48]LOOK AT THAT.

[00:06:51]DO YOU always keep your bag on your right?

[00:06:54]No.

[00:06:55]Can I give my assistant my bag? Y'all got the glasses. Give her my bag. Just make sure she comes back.

[00:07:01]Give her my bag.

[00:07:03]That's it. No, I need to take this bag off. For what? For what? You're being arrested.

[00:07:08]>> All right, give my bag to her.

[00:07:09]Yeah, I'm being arrested, but I can give my stuff to my sister.

[00:07:11]>> Not right now. Why not? Once we search it, she can get it. All right, then search it. Y'all got what y'all looking for, the glasses? That was fake. All that's fake, fool. I got receipts for all that.

[00:07:22]Ain't nothing in there. 411, we have one adult female on 411.

[00:07:28]It's my daughter's arm warmers. Okay.

[00:07:40]Let my arm go. WHY YOU HOLDING MY ARM?

[00:07:43]YOU'RE A MAN. YOU'RE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE DETAINING ME.

[00:07:45]THAT'S WHAT I'm trying to get you to I'm just He don't HAVE TO GRAB MY ARM THOUGH.

[00:07:51]HE'S GRABBING MY ARM.

[00:07:53]THAT'S ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS LET ME GO.

[00:07:55]THAT'S ALL. WHAT THE [ __ ] YOU BEING SO AGGRESSIVE FOR?

[00:07:58]HE'S BEING AGGRESSIVE THOUGH. IT'S NOT ME.

[00:08:06]It's all going with you.

[00:08:08]Everything's going to be searched. my money. LOOK, I CAN TAKE MY MONEY AND STUFF OUT OF MY THAT'S FINE.

[00:08:13]HE'S GRABBING MY ARM THOUGH. YOU'RE GRABBING MY ARM.

[00:08:16]HE'S GRABBING MY BUT HE'S GRABBING ME.

[00:08:19]I SAID I'M THIS WAS A Please give me my GIVE ME MY MONEY.

[00:08:25]GIVE ME MY MONEY.

[00:08:26]STOP. STOP RESISTING.

[00:08:28]Stop resisting.

[00:08:29]Stop resisting. Give me my money. Give me my hand back, please.

[00:08:33]Well, we're going to We'll give it to you. We're going to.

[00:08:35]You need to stop. I did stop.

[00:08:39]Let go. Let go. Let's go.

[00:08:41]Let's go. Give me my money. Let's go.

[00:08:44]Give me my arm.

[00:08:44]Give me my Give me my stuff off my back.

[00:08:46]I WANT TO GET MY PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION OFF MY BACK. STOP. STOP.

[00:08:51]STOP. I'm backing up.

[00:08:54]All right.

[00:08:59][ __ ] stop grabbing me and restraining me like I'm a man for. Y'all bugging.

[00:09:02]I'm not no man. You're not cooperating.

[00:09:04]I am cooperating. Y'ALL KEEP TELLING ME DON'T MOVE. I'M NOT MOVING.

[00:09:07]Can I please get my stuff out? I am. CAN I GET CAN I GET EXCUSE ME.

[00:09:12]Stop grabbing Yeah, I'm trying to get all my ass and my keys and all that stuff in this.

[00:09:21]Take my watch.

[00:09:27]Ma'am, do me do me a favor. What name?

[00:09:29]Ma'am, right here. Okay.

[00:09:30]Wait until we finish our investigation.

[00:09:32]>> is Latima Smith. That's my name.

[00:09:34]That's my real name.

[00:09:38]You have You gave my my officer your information.

[00:09:41]>> information already.

[00:09:43]Hey.

[00:09:45]It look like you run her You run her yet? Yes, he did.

[00:09:53]Well, we already have somebody in mind, so Well, I have nothing to do with it.

[00:09:58]Okay.

[00:10:02]Give him my card, please.

[00:10:04]They gave HIM MY POCKET DAMN, GIVE MY CARD. WHY DOES SHE have her phone?

[00:10:07]>> my I'm show HIM I'M I'M SHOWING HIM MY NAME. YEAH, but you still don't You still don't get that possession of your phone.

[00:10:26]This is your item, ma'am? This one here?

[00:10:28]>> Yeah, that is mine. This is This is mine. And we're just going to search your little purse, okay? All right.

[00:10:33]He searched it already, but It's okay.

[00:10:38]There's nothing ELSE IN THERE.

[00:10:54]ALL RIGHT.

[00:10:55]SO, RIGHT NOW, IS THERE ANYTHING ON YOU THAT we should be aware of?

[00:10:59]On me, like what? Like any any items or anything like >> I just He just searched me. There's There's nothing. This belongs to me.

[00:11:08]This is mine. I got you, ma'am. I got Look, ma'am. I just want to make sure, okay?

[00:11:12]>> Yeah, okay. Please give him my card.

[00:11:28]Please take my bag.

[00:11:29]Please take my bag. and I'm going to What did he say though? He just searched my bag. He just gave He did.

[00:11:44]Ma'am, can you do me a favor? Just Not on the side. He just searched my All right, give me my stuff. There's nothing in it for you. I think you can go. Thank you.

[00:11:57]He goes to the teller too.

[00:12:00]So, I can have my You can give it to me now. No, no, no, we don't have it. Well, go to the police.

[00:12:12]That's mine.

[00:12:13]Yeah, no, I didn't have that.

[00:12:15]That's yours.

[00:12:17]It's not in there.

[00:12:17]>> any credit cards in there? Yeah, no. My cards Can you give him my bag, please?

[00:12:48]I just gave you my ID. You're welcome.

[00:12:50]That's the only credit card in there?

[00:12:52]Yes, that's my card. Yes, it wasn't another one.

[00:12:58]Where's the card that 6452?

[00:13:02]Oh.

[00:13:03]Do you have the shopping cart?

[00:13:04]>> I don't have that.

[00:13:05]That's on my phone. The 6452 credit card? Yeah.

[00:13:09]Oh, it's on her Apple Pay. Is it Apple Pay?

[00:13:22]Sorry.

[00:13:22]>> Bravo 11-2 Bravo 5, can you respond at the mall, too.

[00:13:29]You can do that. You good?

[00:13:31]Yeah.

[00:13:35]Bravo 2, you got a 10-50 back? I need a 10-50.

[00:13:38]Yes, sir.

[00:13:39]All right, cool.

[00:13:42]Check out the lady with the Honda back to me.

[00:13:45]L 12 80 136954.

[00:13:54]RE The number that I just ran came back to something. I want to hold it, but Um y'all can scan my fingerprint when I get to the police station. I ain't going to run off.

[00:14:05]Y'all say I'm under arrest, right? Yep, you're under arrest.

[00:14:08]Um No, you're not under arrest.

[00:14:12]So, what did I do?

[00:14:13]Nothing.

[00:14:15]So, what's the problem?

[00:14:18]And then what?

[00:14:30]You turn on her again?

[00:14:32]Yeah. Actually, I didn't get anything back. Yeah.

[00:14:37]Well, she good.

[00:14:39]Y'all take me in?

[00:14:41]What y'all waiting on?

[00:14:44]Wait a minute.

[00:14:45]Wait a minute.

[00:14:54]You can take this back.

[00:14:56]Yes, thank you. You're welcome.

[00:14:59]Can I take my stuff, too?

[00:15:01]Just uh give us a second.

[00:15:02]>> Can I get it? Just give us a second.

[00:15:08]You're still on the phone.

[00:15:15]Okay, just give us a heads-up.

[00:15:17]Bravo 511, what's your location at the mall?

[00:15:23]We're at the high-end entrance. You'll see our cars right by green deck.

[00:15:33]We're right outside Louis Vuitton.

[00:15:46]This isn't Beverly.

[00:15:49]I know, isn't it?

[00:15:50]What's your name again? What's your name?

[00:15:52]What's your name?

[00:15:53]What's your name again? Okay. I'm going to take your name. All right, that's cool. And then okay, we'll It's another charge. I want to I don't have to give you my name though. Yes, you do. I don't.

[00:16:09]Shut the [ __ ] up. I got you on tape.

[00:16:11]Still waiting? Still waiting.

[00:16:18]Then can you explain to Remember that compliance is is the easiest way to go.

[00:16:22]I'm being harassed. I'm not going to comply. I don't have to give you my name. Just relax.

[00:16:28]Please. I am relaxing. They just doing too much. You see how they grabbing me up? This [ __ ] >> We're just doing our job.

[00:16:34]>> No, he's grabbing me up, twisting my arm back. Yes, I can do my job. You weren't listening to instructions.

[00:16:41]Every time we told you to stand up, you just kept walking. Uh who's phone is that? This is her phone. All right, can you and Kelly just take her out, wait for a van? Uh Yeah. Don't even put her in the back, just wait for a van to get there. So she can search her.

[00:16:58]Thank you.

[00:16:58]>> All good? Yeah, okay. All right, ma'am, you can take these. Okay, thank you.

[00:17:01]Thank you.

[00:17:02]>> You have a good day, ma'am. All right, thank you.

[00:17:04]Bye.

[00:17:05]Um where is the key at? In the back?

[00:17:08]In the center of the back.

[00:17:10]All right, good. This is your car. That wasn't even my vehicle.

[00:17:16]Yeah.

[00:17:19]Okay.

[00:17:21]>> All right, FD and uh clear everything up. Roadway's clear. Let's find you out.

[00:17:26]So, you're good? Yeah, we got everything. We got everything.

[00:17:40]They They saw her? Like they saw her take it or >> They saw She was behind the counter. They saw her move it behind the thing. They just saw her put in her pocket.

[00:17:49]>> Put in her pocket. Got it.

[00:17:50]>> she sat down for a little bit. They talked a little bit more and then she left. Okay. Thank you.

[00:18:16]Are you guys good?

[00:18:18]We're good, man. Thank you.

[00:18:28]Actually, let me just uh Let me just get your info real quick just in case you want to Yep.

[00:18:34]Let me just get your info real quick.

[00:18:35]Yeah.

[00:18:39]Yeah. Last name? Bratsch. B R A T S C H.

[00:18:44]Badge number is 697.

[00:18:46]All right. Thank you. Yep. You got it, bro.

[00:18:49]What? All right. 12 Bravo. Being arrested, yeah. That ID Pennsylvania 34 307 012 34 307 012 012 Excuse me. What's up? What's the next step? I go to headquarters and then I'm going to jail or No, no, no. You're going to get processed and then you're going to be released as long as you cooperate. I am cooperating. No, you got to you got to Go ahead. When y'all stopped me, I stopped, correct? Yeah. When you asked me something, I gave you I asked to search me, I let y'all search me.

[00:19:24]When once I went to GO IN MY BAG OR WHEN I START START PACING BACK AND FORTH, HE getting upset. Oh, stay still. I'm nervous. I'm going to move. I'm hot at the same time. I DON'T I GOT ME I SAID I'M STILL IN ALL RIGHT BACK. I GAVE Y'ALL WHAT Y'ALL WANT. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT. HE said this is my name. No, this is my name. Cuz once he seen the credit cards, I don't need a death. You get what I'm saying? Here this is my name. This is my card.

[00:19:46]That's it. Okay. All right. This this officer is going to search you, okay? No problem.

[00:19:51]I don't have nothing on me.

[00:19:53]You can search me. It's cool.

[00:19:54]All right, 10-4. That's what you're going to No, I gave her everything. They checked all that.

[00:20:00]All my stuff is paid for. It's cool.

[00:20:02]It's cool. It's cool. I ain't giving them no hassle. I'm letting them check me.

[00:20:07]I don't got nothing on my baby side, sorry.

[00:20:18]Now you're in my car. Cuz she got to pick me up, yeah, right.

[00:20:24]Will she be able to pick me up?

[00:20:39]This one.

[00:20:40]All right.

[00:20:52]Hey, what's your name? What's your first name? Fatima. Fatima, just be advised that you are being trespassed against a small court with two years or two years.

[00:21:02]You understand?

[00:21:04]No, y'all not taking no pictures.

[00:21:08]Get them get the get the picture from the printer. Okay.

[00:21:12]How you doing?

[00:21:13]We'll get all of them.

[00:21:14]Yeah, I'll get Hey, what's up?

[00:21:20]585-23.

[00:21:21]890, just one?

[00:21:24]All right. Take it.

[00:21:27]All right.

[00:21:32]Okay.

[00:21:34]I think you got it. Yeah, that's the picture from the printer. Yeah, he's still He's still black tonight. Okay, perfect.

[00:22:05]Take it. Take it.

[00:22:07]You got your phone?

[00:22:08]I don't want to get You can call her when you can. As soon as you get down here, you can call her. That's what I'm saying. I don't want to get the car.

[00:22:30]All right, ma'am. Just so you know, as you can see, the back seat of this car is clear. If you get If I put it in there, something in the back of this car, you'll be charged with it. I'm just telling you. How sexy I am. I'm going to go to the club. I'm just telling you.

[00:22:41]I'll check it again to make sure it ain't We will check it.

[00:22:45]Is my tone like I don't know, but it's not. Or is it Or is everyone just Hey, Dave, your phone's off.

[00:22:51]Yes, I know. I'm just letting you know I'm just letting you know. Where's your Where's your phone? He's got it. I got it in my pocket. All right, just put it in airplane airplane mode.

[00:23:04]Yeah.

[00:23:21]I need an interaction. The suspect was ultimately placed under arrest for shoplifting and hindering apprehension after officers discovered she had multiple active warrants from several other jurisdictions. Following processing by local authorities, she was turned over to the custody of the county sheriff's office where her warrant was out of. Please leave a comment. And of course, don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for new videos.