On August 7th, 2024, officers responded to a Red Lobster for a call of a theft of services after a group of four individuals left the establishment without paying their bill. Same as at the movie theater. The description of them all I got was that one of them was wearing a white t-shirt and the other was wearing a black t-shirt. The caller just hung up on them. You got their phone numbers? What's that? They didn't pay? All right, then. No, they're they're going back in now to pay though. Okay. They walked out of the restaurant out of the restaurant blaming themselves. I went right after them, officer. >> I was coming over here and I saw all of them running and then she kind of flagged us down and was >> All right, so you only want them to do is pay? Yeah. All right, let's go. Or you get locked up. Come on. >> to go take care of the rest. Good, I got it. Let me see your ID. I'm a minor. IDs? There was >> You have to identify yourself. You you committed a crime. There was a >> being arrested, but What? There was another one with a child. All right, let's just get this taken care of. Let's get it paid for. I mean, they shouldn't have did it, but it is what it is. Thank you, ma'am. You don't have an ID? I'm a minor. Minor? That's what you're going to go with? Okay. We'll play that game. Are you Is that your daughter? No, no. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. We'll we'll we'll take you in and your mother can get you. You want to play that game? >> [clears throat] >> You you You are a minor? Yes, she's a minor. She going with her mother? All right. All right. All right, well obviously she can't be doing that, so we'll have to take her in and her mother can come get her. Who is she to you? Uh she's my my friend's daughter. She's your daughter? No, my friend's daughter. >> Oh, all right. All right. You'll be coming with us. And you want to get You can get charged with endangering the welfare of a child. No, no, I know you can. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. She's here. Okay. I got to go with them. Sit here. Please. Because Is your mom here? Tell her to come and let me over with it. My mom's changing the babies. Where? You said where? She's coming. Okay. Tell me. Hey. How you doing? And JD allowed and I guess you don't want them in here no more, right? Excuse me? >> You want them in here no more or not? No. Okay. Have a seat, please. I'm not paying for it. What? I'm asking you to have a seat, please. You just ran out on the bill. I can't question you or ask you what happened cuz you're a minor, so I need your mother here. Why are you making this so difficult? Just tell your mother to come here. I know I I I I don't want to cuz I If you're with me, I have to take custody of you, then we got to sign a bunch of stuff, all right? So, I'm not trying to be I know your mom's here, so just Hey. Hey, 33, slow down. No emergencies. I was with the baby. She wasn't even I don't know if she got nervous and walked, but they were not We were not going to leave on the bill. Okay. Well, here's the problem. Here's the problem. No, no, here's the problem. She's a minor. She's not with her mother. If I took custody of her, I'd have to sign everything, so that's >> you take custody, she's with my She's with my sister. Because she just she just ran out of it on the bill. She just committed a crime. >> with an adult. She was with her sister. >> We don't have to argue. We don't have to argue. >> I'm not arguing with you. No, my my my volume is up. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. Okay. Okay. I'm just explaining everything to you guys. I'm sorry. I didn't want to be I didn't want to be rude. Okay. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. This is her ID. Do you have your ID? My license? For what? I wasn't even All right. All right. Okay, then. I just You just have to wait. Okay. Okay. Stop arguing with me. Who's arguing with you, officer? >> I'm telling you what's going on. >> Who's arguing with you? >> is a minor. Okay, she was with an adult. Okay, who committed a crime? She didn't >> So, I cannot let her go to her without her mother. >> She That's what it is. Yeah, okay. So, now So, now what happened, officer? >> Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. What happens is if she No, no, hold on. Hold on. I don't even need her fish. Listen, I just want to explain something to you. If she's with her and that she's getting accused of running out on the bill, it's all right. It's all right. It's just a misunderstanding. I have a camera on. I have a camera on. I just I'm trying to calm her down like you know your teacher does. I have a camera on. So, technically she's a minor, I have to release her to an adult, her mother, her guardian. And I don't want to have to do all the paperwork, so I just asked you to come over. That's it. That's real simple, all right? No fight. You just got to wait, all right? I got to check you and make sure you're not a You can take You guys are good. They not They they don't want you back in here, obviously, okay? So, if you come back in here, you'll be arrested. Okay. And like I said, I'm sorry. It's It's just that you know, she says she's a minor and I have I have I have a job I have to do, okay? All right, so you just don't want her in here, right? Huh? Just her, right? Well, yeah, cuz I mean, she left first with her child. She was with us at the table and then when I stepped away after I asked them repeatedly, "Do you need containers?" They went and said, "Well, we might be getting desserts." From the very beginning it was very sketchy. Okay, at the end of the day, she paid. You You planned to pay the whole time. Yeah, they paid. Of course, cuz I didn't want to do that. She was I mean, it's embarrassing. There was no need for that. >> All right, so you don't want her in here either? They're all through All of them should be, honestly. >> What? Like get her ID and tell her she's trespassed. Because she starts Okay, it's fine. It's up here. No, no, no. I'm I'm a little like cuz I had to run after them. I get it. I get it. I get it. We got it taken care of. Call your Call her back. I don't even know where her car is. Okay, we can go the other way. We'll We'll take care of it. We'll be right there. We'll go the other way. We'll go with the endangering the welfare of children. That's what we'll do. We'll play We'll play the game. We can play it, too. to pay with Well, I had my credit card. >> We can kick what Call your sister. No, that's not I don't have a sister. Who is that? That's my friend and that's her daughter. >> cool. Hang up, please. You know her car, I guess. You know where she parked. Just Just take it to us. Come on. No, I'm sorry. I don't drive, sir. You can see, but I don't have a Since she's walking to the She wants to walk to the car. Where are you? I I need She needs to identify herself. Yeah, cuz I know you know I'm not getting an exchange here. I think this is you right here. No, I don't even know. Okay. I need your ID, ma'am. We can do Yeah, your ID. No problem. Get my Get my my license. They don't want you back in there, okay? If you go back in there, you'll be arrested. >> Uh no problem. We're not going to make They're checking her, right? Yeah. You guys know, I mean, this is not a This is not what we do this with kids. It turns into like it can be could be endangering the welfare of a child. >> my license. Listen, I'm letting you know this is This is not You think it's nothing, but if Just say we stopped you and you pulled away, we would be charging you with endangering the welfare of a child. >> We were not doing that though. Okay, but if you don't pay for something, that's a crime. You do it with kids, it's it's endangering the welfare of a child. Okay, we don't have to do this. I just got to get your information. Don't go back there no more, okay? And I Where is your car? Sure. I mean, you guys have my my camera on you. Have you ever been arrested? Me? >> Yeah. Me? No. Negative. They're just asking me, I know. Probably cuz they can't find you. All right, you guys can sit sit tight. Don't worry. We'll sit with the Yeah, you got you a I'm getting You got a warrant. For what? I don't know. Yeah. No. Yes. For what though? >> Hold on. Let's Let's take care of it. What does it say? What is it? Let's take care of this out. I'm not going to hiccup here for the kids. >> No, it's okay. I'm like paying a warrant though. Don't worry about the car. What? Bring your car around. A warrant? >> Unless you have a back seat. What's that? I have a back seat, yeah. I don't want to put her in there. You can bring your car around. Let me go with her. I'll give you the the courtesy of putting you in the back of my car without putting the handcuffs on and taking you out of sight of your kids. Thank you, but damn, what I got to want to know what this was. Are you going to be able to Yeah, yeah, of course. Of course. Your kids don't go to school? My daughter's home schooled. My son's in daycare. >> Okay. Okay. He's in daycare. I mean, he's not like, you know, like real you know, daycare. Yeah, okay. Daycare. You got cash on you? I don't. >> Card? I do. My card? Yeah. >> Yeah. You got it. Of course. Come here. Pay it to appear, you didn't go to court. Court? Yeah. I just moved. That's why my address just changed, though, so I'm not >> All right. All right. And it's 700, 10%? 600 and 4. All right, so you got 600 bucks? Yeah, we'll pay it. Let's get you Damn, let me tell you though. Let me I'm sorry, kids. No, let me tell my daughter. All right. Pull it up here so they don't have to see this. >> No, let me tell my sister. Yeah, just tell them you got to take a ride with us. But then they can stay here and I'll pay and I could come right back out? Yeah, you want to do it like that or they can come to the police station. >> How? She don't drive. >> All right. Yeah, they can stay They can stay here. Yeah. They can stay here. Yeah. Maybe you can get somebody here to drive them to the >> call my mom. Let me call my [ __ ] mom. Listen, I don't like I'm just saying like I you know, decided to do this. It's like the bus stops here. Move them out. So, the kids don't hear. The kids don't have to see it. I have you back here in a a half hour. Daisy, you know what they're going to do? Tell her they could just take a Uber. She's right here, too. >> Yeah, she can take an Uber. She can take an Uber. Whatever she wants to do. However she wants to get to the police station. Uber, somebody come get the car. Yeah, yeah, okay. Mommy, be right back. Miss, do me a favor. Just I got stopped and I got a warrant. All right, you got your phone. You got your car. I got your license, yeah. We're going to need to You got your car? So, she have a car with her? You guys want to get to where you can call Uber? I'll have it back here in a half hour. Give me my license now. No, I have your license. Are you going to Do you have anything in there cuz I got to search that if we got to take it. All right. Just get you I just got to see. I'm not searching your bag. You can have it here. Ain't [ __ ] in here. I'm going to leave it here. >> I just need the car, so yeah, yeah. I don't want to search it. I'm just worried about a a weapon being in there. That's all I care about. Miss. Miss. Miss. Can he call? Can they call? Can he call? Can my father call and pay? He's got to come with a card. We we Oh, so she can come with a card and Anybody can come with a card. You can take the card. Is the card in her name? Is the card in your name? Is the card in her name or your name? Where you going? I'm going to call her Okay, all right. You have the card you need? Yeah, I have everything. You have this with your card? No, no, no. I I will not take that one back. Oh, so she'll come and pay with the with the with her card. With your card? Yeah. You guys take credit card? Yeah, only credit card or cash. Or cash. All right, come over here. Don't just close the Your mom's going to come with us. We'll see you We'll see you at the police station. I don't want to handcuff you in front of your kids. I do have I have to handcuff you, but I won't do it in front of your kids. Yes, over here, right here, right here. That's why I parked the car over here. They can't see. Like I'm going to put on You got to We got to take the phone with you. Take the phone. Give us the phone. >> [laughter] >> You're going to make the calls all the calls you want. All right. You got anything on you that's going to poke me? I'm just going to pat you with my back hands. You look I'm not going to touch you in any appropriate way. It's a No, we don't. No, they can't see. Smooth, right? You think I'm an [ __ ] but I'm just doing my job. I got two kids, too. I wouldn't want it, you know. That's [ __ ] happens. Good? Better? Natalie was transported to the police department and processed on her outstanding warrant. Her friend eventually posted the $600 bail, and she was released from custody shortly after.