A late night traffic stop for driving without headlights took a strange turn the moment the driver stepped out of his car. He had an excuse for everything, the headlights, the missing license, the locked doors, but the officer's suspicions grew with every story and what began as a routine stop was about to become a major felony investigation. >> How you doing, boss? >> I'm all right. How are you? >> Good, man. I'm Deputy Rodriguez. Can I Can I search his office, boss? Reason for the stop, man, you're running with your lights off, man. What's going on with that? >> I'm not sure. I could have used new as soon as I seen I noticed them. >> Yeah. >> But I pulled over on the road. >> Okay. I got you. The vehicle yours or >> It's my friend's. >> It is? Okay. You live here? >> Yes, sir. In the back. It's an RV. >> What's the 2407 Delano? I got you. You got any idea anything on you, bro? >> No, I don't, but >> Okay. All right. You mind going back in the vehicle for me, man? >> I lost it, man. I lost it. I promise you I pulled over as soon as I seen the >> 2407 Delano, send me an officer. Okay. You can try the town. >> I don't have no idea. >> You don't have any idea anything like that, bro? >> have my dollars for dollars. >> Okay. >> That's it. >> I got you. Where are you coming from, bro? >> I was going to go down to see my friend on W Street, but I seen the lights and I turned back around. >> I got you. All right. You have any driver's license anything like that, bro? >> No, sir. >> Okay. You can't unlock your car back up, bro? >> No, it's not mine. >> It's not yours? >> It's my buddy's. It's not mine. >> How was you driving, bro? >> Cuz he was going to let me borrow it to go to my friend's house. But I seen the lights were off and I turned right around. >> Yeah, but you were just driving the car. How don't you have the keys to it? >> I left them in the They're in there. They're in there. Key fob, I left it in there. I'm sorry. >> Okay. All right. Well, that's definitely weird as [ __ ] bro. >> Yeah, I'm sure it opens. I'm just I don't know what he has in there. I don't know what's going on with it. I just I turned right around, man. Please. >> I got you. All right. No ID, anything like that? >> I don't, sir. >> All right. And what's your What's your name? >> It's Michael. >> Michael what? >> Moreno. >> Michael Moreno? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. I got you. You have any any uh weapons or anything? All right. Just turn around. I got to pat you down real quick, man. All right. Here. Let's do this real quick. Just for now. All right. Just for now. Just for now. All right. It doesn't mean you're going to jail, bro. >> Huh. Damn. >> It doesn't mean you're going to jail, bro. All right. It's just I got to figure out I got to figure out what's going on with you, man. >> I don't know what to figure out, man. >> You're acting all weird. >> That's it. That's what it is. Sorry. >> Acting all weird, saying you have no ID. You don't lock the car. You don't have access to the car no more. The car's not registered to you. >> I was the last one pulled over. >> What's the deal with it? >> All right. It's my buddy's car, man. I seen the lights were out. I turned around. I got pulled over. That's it. I was heading towards W Street. I noticed the lights were dim, so I turned around. >> Where's your buddy? >> He's in the shed. He's in the RV back there. >> What's his name? >> It's JJ. >> JJ? JJ? >> Yes, sir. >> All right. Do you have a valid DL, bro? >> Sir? >> Do you have a valid driver's license? Okay, so how about this? We're going to do this. I got to figure out who you are. All right, I know you said you're Michael Moreno, but without an ID I can't prove that. So, we're just going to stand in front of my car, man. I'm going to run your name, date of birth, see if you got a valid DL and all that stuff. And then we'll get with your buddy about this car, man. And if everything's good to go, that's it. No issues. All right? It's just you got to understand where I'm coming from, bro. All right? So, here. Come in front of my car. All right. Michael Moreno. Uh and what's your date of birth, bro? September 4th, '94? You have a middle name, Michael? No valid DL. Oh, yep. Multiple [ __ ] times. >> Let's see. Hold on. Just a minute. 18. Does he have a habitual status? >> Um I'll I'll get I'll get that, but I'm going to get in his pockets first. I need to find out who he is, so he literally jumped out of the car and he jumped out of the car, locked it, and I'm like, all right, bro, just get back in the car so I can figure out who you are. He's like, I can't get back in the car. I'm like, okay. >> Wait, is the car stolen? >> I don't know if it is. I haven't tried. >> Do you need to see the car? Are you going to take the keys from the driver? >> Oh, yeah. 100%. All right, Michael. Do you have anything in your pockets, bro? Anything illegal on you? >> My pocket knife is in the right. >> That's it? All right, just turn around for me, man. Here, face my car. It's not? Come on, bro. Why are you lying to me? >> I didn't know, man. I thought I heard it lock my car door. >> All right. Come on, Michael. You're going to sit in the back of my car for a little bit. What's up, bro? >> I got pulled over, man. >> Hey. So, you're lying to me about this vehicle, bro. I know that. You know that. >> Bro, about what? >> Your driver's license. >> I really don't have it on me, sir. I promise you I don't. >> I got you. All right. So, your driver's license, bro, in our system is showing that it's been suspended multiple times since 2018. >> I always get it reinstated, though. It's child support. I'll get behind a little bit. I'll pay the reinstatement fee. >> Okay. >> I get behind sometimes. >> Okay. And when was the last time you got suspended? >> A couple months ago the last time I got a letter, but I move around a lot lately. >> Okay. And did you get it reinstated after that last time when you got the letter? >> I'm pretty sure I did cuz I had a purge. I don't think they're going to pay me for it. I don't know. I don't remember, man. I probably did. If it's I'm in here, obviously. >> I got you, bro. Okay. All right. We'll still try to figure that out, okay? That's it. And who who's uh So, this this car, who who is it registered to? >> I just know it's my friend's and I was going to borrow it. >> Okay. And you don't have the keys to it? >> Yes, sir. >> No? >> they're in the car. I'm not sure. It's one of those that push-to-start cars. >> I got you. And you don't know uh what what's his name? JJ, you said? JJ? Okay. And you don't know if he owns the vehicle actually or >> I'm not 100% sure on that, sir. >> Okay. I got you. How long have you been knowing JJ for? >> I've known him for a long time. I've known him for a while, but I've known him for a month or so. >> Okay, got you. And he he's been letting you borrow that vehicle for a while? >> No, this is first time that I've had it. >> First time using it? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay, I got you. All right. So, I asked him about his DL. It's been suspended multiple times. He said that uh he's like child support and [ __ ] but he always get it reinstated. Uh I just need to check on David if it's like habitual uh or whatnot. But, he already admitted that he didn't pay the last time and that he knew he was driving with it. Uh and that's why he's going to 10-15. I'm still trying to figure out this car because it comes back with I think it comes back as a rental or something [ __ ] like that. The tag does it doesn't come back to a JJ. >> Does he have his ID? >> Uh he doesn't have one. I'll pull over you his uh >> Yeah. >> DL. So, he's got uh that's child support, but he's got got to pay the traffic ticket, maybe. >> Mhm. >> And that was on 2018. So, he's been suspended for 4 and 1/2 years. >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Uh >> You think he's got stuff in the car, though? >> Oh, 100% because so pulled him over, uh got in there, got out the car, closed behind it, and then uh I was just talking to him, trying to figure out who it was. He's like, "I don't have a DL or anything like that." He gave me his name, date of birth. And I said, "All right, do me a favor, just get back in the car uh till uh so I can run you and whatnot." He's like, "I can't get back in the car cuz it's locked." I'm like, "Dude, you were just driving this car." He's like, "Yeah, but I don't have the key." I'm like, "Okay, but it's not locked." He locked that up. >> Uh >> Uh I think he tried to lock it, but he didn't it didn't lock. Uh but, yeah, I think 100% he's got in that car. >> the key's in there and it won't lock with the key in the car. >> Yeah. Yeah, and the tag uh it doesn't come back to like an actual person. >> So, that is a lease. >> Okay. >> So, it could be see who it's registered to and it says it goes to a white Nissan. So, that's probably right. But, I'm sure there's nothing. >> Mhm. >> Hey, Streeter and his handler. >> He's like, "Give me the ball, Dad. Geez." Good boy, Streeter. Good boy, Bubba. Good boy, yeah. >> Good boy. Here. Out. >> Oh, there's a uh butane lighter in the console. >> Yeah. >> Uh, maybe down here? Trying to see. >> Out. >> Oh, here you go. There's your meth. >> Sweet. Perfect. >> Pretty good rock, too. And it's uh it was between All right, here are the ones here. It was but this was between the uh driver seat and the uh door. >> Okay. >> Here you go. >> Oh, he had a lot. >> Between the driver seat and the center console. >> Okay. Uh, so the both of them same location? >> No. Big rock between the driver seat and the door. >> Okay. >> Shoved underneath. The big baggy with a bunch of rocks was between the driver seat and center console. >> Got you. >> Um I don't know if I'll be getting any more out of there. >> No, I don't see anything. >> You got a case number already. Huh, you man. So, look at that. First prize. Apparently, there's another bag that's got more in it. There's more. Yeah. Hey Luis. On his scale in his baggy the large baggy that I found is 14 g and the the other one that's just the big rock is 3 g. So that's about 17 right there. Yeah, that's a lot more too. I don't know what it is, but >> He didn't have the windows down where he could have thrown the gun, did he? >> No, sir. >> Okay. >> Hey, where did he go exactly? Were you on him when he got out? >> I was I was on him the whole time. >> Okay. >> as he got out, I I got out and >> Okay. Well, he was just trying to distance himself from this >> No, no. He stayed He stayed right there. Like I got out >> IP 109. I pulled this [ __ ] over a week ago. All I find is a is a pipe. He pulls this [ __ ] over today, finds 17 g of meth. Luis, these two pills or acetaminophen and hydrocodone by tor straight, which is a schedule two controlled substance. So, you also have that. You may you may want to just uh see if he'll see if he'll talk about it since you already read him Miranda. >> Yeah. >> Um just see if he'll talk about it, but I mean, sole occupant 17 g of meth on either side of where you're sitting and there's no way you miss that. All right, instant blue. They're both boys. Okay, I'm going to I had to tear this bag open cuz of how tight he had it. >> I got a bunch of bags. >> We got it. Hold on. Let's get all these pieces. Um like I said, on his on his scale the big rock was 3 g. The other baggy was 14. So, 14 is trafficking in meth. So >> So, big rock three? >> Big rock approximately 3 g. The other one approximately 14. I would still weigh them again. >> Yeah, I'm I'm good. >> Um but you should be over your 14 g trafficking weight. So >> Yep. >> just put all this [ __ ] in there and you charge him with trafficking in meth and possession of drug paraphernalia. And um if for whatever reason you're not over 14 g, charge him with possession with intent to distribute. But you should be over the 14. So, just the trafficking and the uh paraphernalia. >> Okay. >> For the pipe and the um scales. >> The driver's web of lies unraveled the moment the canine partner arrived. After the dog gave a positive alert for the presence of narcotics, officers searched the vehicle. Tucked between the seats and in a black case, they found what he was really hiding. 17.7 g of methamphetamine, illegal prescription pills, digital scales, and a glass pipe. He was arrested and charged with trafficking in methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, possession of drug paraphernalia, and knowingly driving while license suspended. >> Mhm.