On May 27th, 2025, watch how police officers respond to a serious and sensitive help text, one with no clear sender and no indication of when it was written. The uncertainty alone is enough to escalate the entire situation. Oh, what's up, man? What's up? So, we got a text from a girl saying that she's being held hostage. Oh, yeah, yeah. So, somebody just left this in our restroom. Just left or how long has it been? Maybe 20 minutes. 20 minutes? >> Yeah. Which who's the sergeant over there? Of here? Yeah. Cuz I sent it over to my district manager. He knows her personally, I think it is. Our sergeant, we have different sergeants on each shift. Well, ours is Osmond. Maybe. I'm not sure, but I think I want to say he sent her a picture. But yeah, they just left that in our restroom like 20 minutes ago. Was she in here? Yeah, they both It was I think it was two Door Dashers like picking up an order. And they came in, he picked up the order, was pacing like I just straight up thought they were high. Like just pacing around. Like She was in the bathroom for like 10 minutes. I was like, "What you doing?" Well, they leave in like no longer than 20 minutes. I just swept the lobby. They were together or just one person? It was two of them, guy and a girl. So, they were together Door Dashing. She was in the bathroom, left the pen 1259. and wrote that out. And that guy left in the restroom. But I don't know if it's a scam or what it would be. Cuz if you're actually being held hostage for a while, why are you using the phone number? Me and my partner were just talking about this. You know those docu-series that you see on Netflix and stuff and you're like people were held captive for years and stuff. That That's true. Oh, yeah. That happens. >> Yeah, that's what I was like, "I'm going to And so, we take this very, very seriously. We deal with insane people every day, all day. >> But you have to weigh Yeah. this like we definitely follow up with it. Like there's no We take this very seriously. This is something to [ __ ] around with. No, it's not something to [ __ ] around with. Yeah. You We will We will If we found out this is fake and we investigate it hard, we will put them in jail. Yeah, oh, 100% And make an example. But If it is, why would you put your [ __ ] phone number on there? You know what I mean? Yeah, this is pretty Do you have cameras that would have caught what she looks like when she came in? I can find out. >> Yeah, could you like screenshot it? I don't have them, but I could get them. Yeah? If I could see exactly what they look like. But they were both inside. Want to see what kind of car she was driving. Let me read this real quick. Yeah, you're good. Jersey Mike's. Let me hear this one real quick. The cops know. Don't approach the house. I'm pulling out of the street now. All right, duck off of it for now. Don't let them see you. Yeah, I was trying to look and see if I could narrow it down with I was trying to look and see if I could narrow it down with like online orders to see if they're picking something picking up an order. You know what I mean? Yeah. I could maybe narrow it down, get in contact with DoorDash, see okay, Who read this obviously, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's pretty detailed. That's That's why I was like I don't think they're You're you're pretty You know, we go with our gut in this job. Yeah, I was like I don't think they're I think straight up when she came in I thought she was high. Like she was not acting normal. Like I thought they were tweaking on And then >> look like tweak or did they just odd or they're just Like he was just pacing back and forth right here while she was in the bathroom. She was in the bathroom for like 20 minutes. She just looked nervous, shaking, like the whole thing. Like I was like oh, they're just high. Like they're just they're just DoorDashing it gets Right. drug money, whatever. And then like I said, it couldn't have been more than 20 25 minutes ago now cuz I had just swept the lobby, swept the bathrooms, cleaned up everything. So everything's clean, good. My girl in there you went to go to the restroom. She She came out shaking. She was like what I'm not going to name drop you in the report. I don't do that to people who work. I would say I was reached out by management of Jersey Mike's. Do you have a Do you have a still shot of what she looked like when she looked like My district manager is pulling everything. I'm trying Okay, cool. Yeah. I'm calling a unit here to go with me cuz I don't want them to be spooked. We were going to go over there and see if we've seen that vehicle, that Honda vehicle there. Right. I don't want to blow it. No. Yeah. So he ain't there yet. Is there a way I get like an update on this? Like if they figured >> Absolutely, yeah. I'm taking a number down, absolutely. Are you the one that called it? Yeah, uh somebody at the sandwich place is the one who called it Okay. Cuz I had a bunch of people in here. I was like, "I don't want to wait for this." So, I just sent him a picture like, "Send this in to whoever you know at Santa Rosa County." Like just call it in. Sure. But, you do it for 10 years and you get burnt out. Read this. It's a 20-minute time lapse. I'd say about 25 by this point. All right, this looks real. Yeah, it does. Why would you go into such detail and like So, they came in here. They were kind of He thought they were tweakers. Um but, they were kind of like She was spazzing out, worried, nervous. I'm just It says it's a car on there. I know what kind of car that is. Um it's like a mid-size SUV. The I will say the headlights and tail lights So, if I need to, I'll be I'll definitely follow up with you. I'll call you a little later. Yeah. We're going to follow up with it regardless. I'm just trying to think tactically the best way to do it without Spooking them. Spooking them, sounding an alarm. We're We're going to have to go. Yeah. I just don't want us to be pulling up and him take off cuz it sounds like kidnapping. And if I can put that this to them and we're pulling up and he takes off with her takes off, we're going to chase him. So, you know, it'll turn into a whole damn ordeal. Hello? Hey, how you doing? I'm doing good. Who is this? >> This is Deputy Haigler with Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office. Hi. Hey, kind of just real quick, I'm calling Do you know uh Rochelle? Is she related to you? She's my daughter. Um Is she okay? I'm I Yes, yes, ma'am. I'm investigating a bizarre circumstance that happened at a sandwich shop today that I was getting some information I was trying to reach out to her next of kin to get some information. Just bear with me, okay? Okay. And I want I'm going to read you this letter and I want you to I want I'm going to go through the whole letter that she left in the bathroom and I want you to give me some insight about it. It says, "Please help get me before May 30th." That's what it says. And I got her on video in the sandwich shop walking in with this guy, beelining it to the bathroom, leaving this note in the bathroom, and walking out with this guy. Is this I got some information from uh Taylor. I just spoke with Taylor that you just got off the phone with. And he kind of he kind of he kind of gave me some background information that kind of makes sense and you know, some past history of this stuff. So, I'm reaching out to you to help me understand this. Is this something that you would deem legit? I would. I mean He Mr. >> I I know he's abused her before. He's been in jail for domestic abuse with her. >> Right. He I believe he has he has He should have a record. He does. I remember speak I I was speaking with Mr. Taylor and he said he has held her hostage and bound her before and has very abusive with her in the past, which is very, very concerning to me because of this moment now. And she always goes back. Mhm. And I I mean, I know if she's left that, then it's probably gotten to the point where it's worse. Mhm. Why would she tell me to text your phone? Because I'm her mom. So, she doesn't have a phone? She has a phone, but he has control of her phone. Do you know He has made her drop all kinds of contact with me. I can't reach her. Now, he'll let her speak to my mom, text my mom. And it's like I've told my mom you don't know if it's her him. And so he did allow her to make a recorded message of her talking, but she was not allowed to actually call my mom, if that makes any sense. Yeah. I I I to me it made no As long as we heard her voice, then we knew she was still alive because we were going to put out a missing person's report on her and we had threatened that if we didn't hear from her within a certain amount of time, my mom was going to go down there and do it. And then she ended up leaving a recording instead of calling my mom and saying that he had gotten a concussion and they had to stay by his side and that's why she couldn't call my mom, but yet she was taking the time to make a recording. It just didn't make sense. My mom was just like, well, as long as I heard her voice, that's and And like I said to my mom, yeah, as long as we hear her voice, but we just got to pray that >> When When was that? A month and a half ago. And then I I think it was around her birthday time. I'm going to say that. I think it was about March 1st, maybe a little bit after. So it was longer than a month and a half ago, but she just recently um messaged my mom on Memorial Day Yeah, she did? >> and said um yes and said happy Memorial Day to my mom. Mhm. She doesn't message me. She's not allowed to have any contact with me. Why? >> Her boyfriend won't allow it because he thinks that I disrespected him and until I apologize to him, then I cannot talk to my daughter. So he controls her? >> Yes, he's very controlling. And what's his name? What's your boyfriend's name? To be honest with you, I don't know his real name. I think it's Jay I know his first name is Jayden. Actually, Taylor knows his full name. Yeah, he mentioned him. Jordan Yeah, okay, there you go, Jordan. But he goes by Jayden, too. And he's a wanna-be wrestler, and he goes by Jayden Steele. Yeah, so half the time I don't even know what his real name is because I think he goes by three different names. I think he would know. >> would she mention in the report she wants to go back home to her family and see her kids when her kids have been with Taylor for years, he said? >> Well, yeah, Taylor's got custody because um she uh Jordan had threatened to kill the kids and Taylor. And um so Taylor actually has restraining orders out on them. Any family member that she was close to he had threatened. I never got a restraining order cuz I just think he's full of But His parents help him? I think his parents do. And And Rochelle seems to think that like if she was to call the cops out in the bar that they're friends with the cops out in the bar and the the cops out in the bar cover everything up. No, we we're taking this pretty seriously. That's why we're reaching out before we take action. I just don't want I'm reaching out with this because I'm trying to uh see if this is legit or this is a hoax. If this is a hoax, somebody's going to go to jail. If this is real, this is going to be something big. So that's why I'm trying to cover all my bases now to do my homework before I move on this. You see what I'm saying? Is she medical medically diagnosed with anything? Um she's had a brain tumor. Um she's got a shunt in her head. Um to me it looked infected down her neck because it goes from her head down her neck into her stomach. And I kept telling her to get it checked. Really, other than that, I mean, she's not ever been diagnosed actually with like I I think she has like some kind of bipolarism going on or and stuff like that, but I honestly don't think this is a hoax. If she left that somewhere, I honestly believe that she's in trouble. On the other hand, it doesn't mean like in a couple days she wouldn't be back with them. Right, you can't rule that out, you know. Yeah. All right, well, thank you, ma'am. Sorry to bother you. I'm just reaching out doing my due diligence right now and just getting a lot of information to see if this is legit or not. We're going to No, I appreciate I do appreciate it. It makes sense now, you know, the whole story comes together when other people can interject their two cents, you know, and give me a lot of information. It makes sense now. So, um but I will call you if anything happens or whatever, okay? Okay, thank you very much. >> Yes, ma'am. Bye-bye. Bye. Jason has the shield. See him right there. Sergeant, were you the one knocking it out? >> Yep. Y'all stand back. Angle of cover. Sheriff's office, please come to the door. Keep banging on it. Wake him up. Sheriff's office, open the door. Sheriff's office. Sheriff's office. >> Sheriff's office, let me see your hands. Come out here. Hands, hands, put your hands up. >> hands up. Step out. Sheriff's office. Step out. >> SEE YOUR HANDS. SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SEARCH WARRANT. STEP OUTSIDE. LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS. FEED HIM TO ME. >> OUT. Come on out. Read him down the stairs. Feed him to me. >> a search warrant. Come on out. Search warrant. Step outside, ma'am. Hey, ma'am, how you doing? Step outside. >> Put him in handcuffs. >> Search warrant. Would you mind stepping outside, please? What did I do? Step out here. Step out here, ma'am. It's okay. Step down here. Do these feet them back. Feet them back. That way. It's okay. Stand right back here. We're just going to go on the sidewalk, okay? For a person. For a person. We'll tell you in a second. It's all legal. Just relax. You good right there. Rochelle, we're looking for Rach- Rochelle. Come here, Rochelle. This is her. Sir, right here. Take her away from them. This gentleman's got some paperwork for you. But it's this young lady right here. Okay. And she had indicated she was being held here against her will. we got. Come to me. So, that's why we're here. We're not going to need to search your whole house cuz that's what we needed to make sure we got a hold of. We just have to be I got him. One more. We could get Larry to sit on the porch, Sarge. Yeah, yeah. Go ahead and sit down right there, big dog, on the on the porch for me. I want you to just sit right there and and we're going to get all the the documentation. Is there a way that I can read everybody at the same time? Where's the girl at? By the road? Yes, she's on the far side. Okay, is there any way Hey Steven, can you bring him up here so I can read all the people the search warrant, please? All right. Um This thing is leaning up against this. I got to read y'all I got to read y'all this, okay? In the circuit court of the first judicial circuit of Florida in Santa Rosa County. Sarge Yeah. Just the warrant, right? Not the application. Yeah, just the warrant. Got you. And then we're going to bring them all inside. I want to clean this guy up before we go. >> He's obviously not Yes, we're going to bring him inside, okay? Hey, y'all want to go ahead and Okay. You want everybody inside or I'm going Just these three. Yeah. Yeah, I got you. Good. I'm sorry, man. I really really am. Um You can just have a seat. Um please keep your hands where we can see them just in case anything we don't want to Hey. We trust you, it's just one of those things. >> Sergeant Lee on this. He has experience doing this. I'm going to go interview her. Um and then I'll interview him last, okay? Didn't didn't say anything at all about it. Unfortunately, we got this information and I'm sure he explained it to you. Um I'm going to go interview her, then I'll come right back. Okay. Hi Rochelle. Is that how you say your name? Yes. I got your letter. Yeah. What's going on? Um Now, honestly goes a long way with me, okay? >> I >> Um So, I got a call to Jersey Mike's. >> Yes. About your letter. I have your letter in here. This is the search warrant for your safety. We are all concerned and I had a judge look it over and sign a search warrant to get you here out of harm's way. I need you to be honest with me. Okay. What is going on? So, me and Jordan we've been together for about 2 years. Mhm. I came back whenever we separated after the last time because he kept threatening he was going to go after my kids and their dad again. And I hoped that I could come and smooth everything over. >> That's Taylor, right? Yes. Okay. And whenever I came back he had agreed we were going to talk. Well, whenever that happened nothing went as planned and then he wouldn't let me go. For the past 6 months I've been trying to leave and get out of this house. And every time that I tell him I'm leaving you need to let me go and everything he he won't let me go. I get beat. I get slammed to the ground. My face has been beat up. I have medical equipment in my head that he's bashed over and over again. I spoke to your mother about your medical history and you also have a tumor? I've told him. Yes, I've told him I needed medical attention. Do you need be checked out now or not? Do you want to just do it just to rule out? The only thing that I I have right now is my hand is still healing up cuz he fractured something in my arm. >> How about I just you let them look you over real quick. But hey, hey say she wants medic she wants to be checked out. Just yeah, just tell the medics of your past what you're telling me. But I've been trying to leave and he beats my and his dad I've asked to help get me out of the house and his dad just lets him sit there and beat keeps me in the room. They won't let me out of here. I I literally marched and I remember it is March 18th because I took pictures of it. I his parents were out of town so I snuck out the back door. I hopped the fence. I ran down this back road. I got halfway down this road and he comes flying down the road in my [ __ ] car. Jordan. I'm sorry. He flies down the that back road in my car. I don't know what it's called. I'm sorry. And I got halfway to Tom Thumb. He almost runs me over. Beats my and forces me in the car. I told him just let me go. I don't care. Just keep my Has has he ever kidnapped you? That's pretty much kidnapping somebody. When you force somebody in a car that's telling you to let them go. >> trying to car, and I'm trying to get away. >> Yes, I have told him I don't want to be with you. I have I don't want on this property. Nobody on And every time you try to leave, he snatches you up, and you can't get out. >> No, I can't. Okay, well, you're Um Okay. She's been We're here on a search warrant. She's been held captive here by this guy. How long have you been held here? Um She's been beat by him over and over. She has a hand fracture. Can you just look her over just to make sure nothing's wrong? Then I'm going to um We're going to go 10-15 with him. >> [clears throat] >> You just hear that? Kidnapping and false imprisonment all day. He's 10-15. Yeah. I'll grab it all, Dalton. I'll take care of it. I'll get it. Okay. What's What is he asking? Where's he at right now? You going to try and interview him after you interview her? I'm going to go get her phone, see if I can get that phone. Okay. Sounds like she's scared. She has the marks on that phone. There's pictures, all that. It's all lining up. Talking aggravated assault. When did the last event happen? Last event? Oh, I didn't ask her that. I need to ask her. Okay, well, go get her her cell phone. You probably got the follower up there and and be with her, and we need to get a victim advocate, too. Last Just the old man in the back? Is there another deputy right in there? Uh I don't know. I haven't checked recently. Um last allegation of abuse was last uh Friday. He strangled her um couldn't where she couldn't breathe. Uh they were arguing over He was arguing with his buddies over wrestling moves or some wrestling and grabbed her by the throat where she couldn't breathe, slammed her down on the ground. She has pictures of her face swelled up like a damn cantaloupe, bruises around her neck. I'm going to get the phone from her. March 18th is when he took the knife to her throat. He stated multiple times that he would kill her. And then another incident I wrote down. So, he's going. Okay. For DV. All right, Jordan. What's up, man? Now I can finally talk to you, okay? Done a lot of talking tonight. All right. I'm going to read you the card just like everybody else, okay? I got to read you this before I ask you any incriminating questions, all right? Um you have the right to remain silent. With these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to me? Yeah, I'd like to know what's going on. Okay. Um so, she's alleging some serious allegations um about you beating her, um holding her captive, controlling her movements, beating her, injuring her, abusing her. Something Out of all these people I interviewed out here, now is the time to be totally honest with me because if you're not honest, this is Just listen. If you're not honest with me, from what I'm hearing, it's some pretty serious allegations. So, what's How is y'all's relationship? >> Up and down, rocky. Um she's She's got a lot of medical problems on top of like mental health issues, like like medications that that expired that she doesn't have anymore. Definitely bipolar. Like my parents like when she when she's How did she get those injuries on her? What What are you talking about? The pictures I've seen of her face swelled up, Uh bruises around her throat, black eyes. Um she has a fractured arm right now. Any idea how that happened or who put those on her? The The arm injury came from her getting blacked out and drunk and wanting to sit there and she fall over everything. So then I'm not Yeah, this whole time. Okay, what about her face swollen up the size of cantaloupe, black eyes, being choked? Bruise around her throat, anything like that? How'd that happen? She fell down. None of that recently's happened. Like as far as like Who Did she do that herself or did somebody put that on her? >> put my hands on my girlfriend, sir. Okay, I didn't ask that. I asked who put those injuries on her or did she do those herself? I don't see that on her face at all, sir. She looks fine. So, again, who put those injuries on her or she did she do those herself? Which ones are you referring to? The past pictures I've seen on her phone of her head swelled up the size of a watermelon, her swell her eyes almost be damned they're swelled shut, the bruising around her neck that she's claimed to be choked by you for. I have not done any of those. Who did? Like I don't lay hands on my girlfriend, Okay, who who did? Well, that'd be a good question to understand cuz I So, you have no idea who put those injuries on her? Not with me. Like I So, you didn't do it? No, sir. Okay, if somebody put those injuries on my girlfriend or my wife, don't you think that I would know who did that or they would tell me that? I understand what you're saying. I did not put hands on on my girlfriend, sir. Okay, she put those injuries on her? Herself? Yeah, not to my knowledge, but Not to your knowledge? So, somebody did that to her and you have no clue. The only thing that I can account for is she damn near killed herself cuz she gets blacked out and drunk. I I feel like you're not being honest with me, bro. I know I I've been doing this job a long time. Look at me. Look at me. That where you want to go with? I didn't beat on herself. Who did? No, she's beating on herself falling over. Oh, she beats on herself? Okay. I feel so uncomfortable talking about like her personal her personal issues in our relationship. Like with serious allegations threatening my life. Like with her like sitting and scratching herself. Calling herself, doing You know, like I said, it's been rocky. Like I I've been I've had a knife pulled on me by her. All right, brother. Well, you're being arrested for um kidnapping, false imprisonment, aggravated assault with a weapon, um battery, >> battery strangulation, felony battery, and some others, okay? How was she kidnapped? False imprisonment. >> She's free to go like any given time. Like I said, big dog, I got to take everybody's statement. >> You have two You have witnesses in the house that can provide that. They did. Yeah, so there you go. That's proof. >> You have no idea what they said. >> What do you mean?