imagine sending your dog to a trusted training service only to have them returned in a horrifying State covered in feces severely underweight with rashes missing fur and in one shocking case filed teeth this was the reality for hundreds of pet owners who fell victim to a couple running a fraudulent dog training scam they swindled over $300,000 betraying the trust of loving pet owners and leaving a trail of devastation how did this happen and how did they get away with it here's what happened next Jennifer come out now cuff her in the front and I'll let her sit with her kid till we can get somebody for her kid I think she she's got her mom that should be able to come get door just closed Jennifer Jennifer want to hold the hallway in and hold the hallway we'll have to watch the kitchen too because it goes around I think yeah Jennifer Jennifer show yourself we're at the end of the hall show me your hands up ah head face away from me face away from me and walk back towards my voice walk back keep coming keep coming keep coming face away from me keep coming keep coming keep coming keep coming back keep coming back the front I got will be here turn my child's in my room all right I did okay Jennifer search went for your house again you you guys got stop this you're in you're in trouble you understand that I'm in trouble yeah I've got a rest warrant for you so you got somebody come get kids yes my dad's coming he's already why am I in trouble for him I'll explain all that to you here shortly no okay we got to clear the house but you should come out why why wouldn't you guys come out we didn't have to break the door again this is ridiculous I'm we need to clear the house we need to clear the house I'm going to want to talk to you these are if these are customer dogs I'm going to need the customer phone numbers so they can come get them okay so so I'm going to talk to you wait till we clear the house I got to make sure the house is safe okay oh God why am I in trouble over here back come [Music] around I tried to talk to you the last time if you remember I didn't I said I said I said Jennifer talk to me help yourself out and you you chose not to talk to me and so here we are again you know didn't know this had anything to do this very serious this is not very serious that's his business though I know but I'll talk to you here in a minute just hold on you want to try to talk to her again yeah I I want to cut man that's this try with him again this is long we could yeah we could even try with him again yeah I plan to but all right by has attitude three dogs in the house three dogs created she she already told me she'll help me find the owners good for these dogs so I want to talk to her first okay I don't know that I want to be as full-blown I want read Mar to get the dog owners until I'll come down and talk to her go get the other one good she might she might be want to do it here with the kid here okay she's going to get to me okay call her on at me with she's gonna give me the information I'll have you guys call me and Greg try to talk to her real quick good you know what this one's name is over here so kind of like the last time we want to talk to you because the situation tell have a lot of question our number one priority they want to get these dogs back to their owners okay you know that's that's the number two priority after your son getting so your his his Grandpa's coming yes okay so I'm going to tell you your Miranda Rights if you have any questions let me know okay I'm a detective with tactical crime suppression unit and you are hereby advised that you have certain rights as follows you have the right to remain silent you do not have to make any statements or answer any questions you understand anything you say can will be used against you law do you understand yes you have right to speak with the lawyer for advice before you are asked any questions you have the right to have a lawyer present with you during questioning do you understand yes you cannot afford a lawyer a lawyer appointed by the court or a lawyer from the public defender's office will be provided to you for and during questioning without any cause understand yes if you decide to answer questions now without a lawyer present you still have the right to stop answering at any time you also have the right to stop answering at any time until you talk to aone do you understand yes now that you understood your rights we have some questions for you if you're willing to talk to us without a la pres we won't we won't talk to you I told you last time how serious it was and I think you kind of didn't understand the severity of it I don't understand because I'm and that's not his girlfriend I don't understand Jennifer that's what we want to talk to you about so and you know want to find the owners of these dogs so you want to talk with us and help us out here and you may be able to help yourself out I don't understand why am I being arrested I'm I'm going to explain all that but I have to know that you want to talk to me you want to talk to us you can stop at any time so and I need I need the owners of these dogs so you so can we talk about it so maybe you can understand better understand what's going on can you just tell me why I'm being arrested I don't understand because you're part of Jason business no I'm not a part of his business we've got you accepting money for him for his dogs why I do we do I've got your vinmo accounts his girlfriend what oh my God you're you're wrapped up in this right now and we want to talk to you he is our primary target I'm not but he's got you but he I didn't say you're his girlfriend but he's got you wrapped up in this Jennifer this is all his fault so I don't want you to try to protect him I just want you to tell us the truth about what's going on at some point you got to think about another one right cuz you got two kids this is a very serious chares this isn't just a dog train case like he's talking about these are very serious charges so can you talk to us one at least can you at least give us the dog owner names I I don't have their information can't you get it from him oh he last time he went give give me any information yeah I don't have like I said this is his business um try to help a friend out um this is his business him and his girlfriend are broken up right now and um who's that um heck is her name a girl from another state um are you talking about Tabitha um the one he's been training dogs with I I don't know there's an a wife and um girlriend I don't know okay I I don't know who else would I don't know one of them would probably know okay is the girlfriend still helping him train I don't know what he does I'm just being honest I don't know what he does but you're not Hest because what do you see just be honest let's say put yourself in in the shoes of a customer of his business knowing what you know seeing what you see is he really training these dogs take care of yourself and this starts right here can you tell me what like what charges I'm I don't understand what charges am I facing because I Sergeant M can explain all the it's a it's a conspiracy essentially cuz this is not anything to do with me that's why we're trying to talk to you here that's why we're trying to talk to you here you are wrapped up in it both by records finances obviously living with him I mean these this business is operating in this house he doesn't live here he's been here every single time that we've come here we've sat on surveillance watching the house more times than I can count he's always here he's been living here for months okay you've got to stop trying to protect him and you've got to start trying to protect yourself just tell us the truth about what he's doing with these dogs just be blunt he is nowhere close he is in a cruiser he might have even left by now on his way to jail he's out in the cruiser he can't hear you he cannot hear you and he won't be around you anytime soon anyway but he's brought this into your house with your you and your kids and got you into this so I don't understand why you're wanting to protect them I hope you think more about yourself and your kids than you do this guy that you don't even know that well we're here at this point because the investigation is complete everything that we need okay we have so many people who have called and complained to the police about the things he's doing to them their animals and how he's treating people the only person who remains defending him right now in you Jennifer we already know his scheme the whole scam we already know it we've documented it we've been investigating this for months like I told you the last time the only difference was last time I asked you to help yourself out and help us out and not let him drag you into this but you've apparently chosen to let him come back here and continue this scam in your house and that's what strugg you into this mess so the only thing that get you out of this mess or help get you out of this mess is you and that's that's by telling us the truth and telling us what's going on what he's doing right now you have the opportunity to talk to us in the privacy of your own house okay if if we end up down at the jail or at a police department other people around other people can see okay we don't want that we we want to talk to you right here you have to I just don't understand how I'm being brought into this the customer complaints and all what you just said that's all of his I don't have anything to do with that so how so tell us tell us what he's doing if you don't want to tell us what you're doing tell us what he's doing but I'm not doing anything this is he was staying he was staying here and I I was blindsided with being brought into the house how how often do you see him out actually training dogs or does he just leave him in the kennel the whole day and keep in mind I've talked to all your neighbors and we've had surveillance on the house how often is he actually out training dogs it's well I'm not here all you can do is say what you see it's all you do do you work anywhere I have a special needs kid child so that's kind of a full-time job here at the house so you're here at the house appointments okay but you're here at house with your kid a good bit so do you see him training and I'm with my mom a lot at their house these are these are also excuses and by by keeping this to yourself you are defending him okay when you're here do you see him doing anything with the dogs what do you see I guess I'm just confused how I'm being brought into this when it's not my business it's operating under your roof for one but it's not my business but okay if if let's let's let's turn it around and say it's a drug case it's not but let's just use this example and we do a search warn at 123 Main Street because we think one person in the house is selling drugs the other person who owns the house lives in the house is just as liable for the drugs under that roof okay it's kind of the same thing sorry um is my dad here not yet all you can do is speak for yourself and what you've seen okay and that's that's why we're taking this time to stop and talk to you okay we want you we want you to cooperate we want your help with this because at the end of the day it is his responsibility and he has roped in some other people unfortunately like you who's going to suffer some consequences as well so we want to talk to you about your involvement so we fully understand right now all we know is what we can see from the investigation the records the cell phone data surveillance what were being told by other people and customers but we haven't heard the story from you and that's what we want we want your side of this otherwise we're forced to just stick with what we know what the facts have led us to believe in that case I would need a lawyer anyway to fight for me well I I will tell you I'm I'm going to give you my business card again in case you lost the last one when you talk to your attorney who is your attorney um I contacted what's his name um um my dad said he'd hire me um oh my gosh I think it was name you have time to figure it out and um when you get your turning hav give me a call all right I really would like to find out who owns these dogs so I don't have to send them to the pound I definitely don't want that um are these customers dogs um just to get them back to the owner let me grab the um you got the contract or something where we can find out who the owners are we got everything he has blankets and his game system do you want him to take anything else um just when you go back here don't reach for anything just tell me what you're wanting to get keep clothes and underwear buddy you got some shoes um still have want to be in here just got to oh oh yeah I'm sorry I didn't even see this one is there three customer dogs here I'd love to know Nick handwritten tablet I told him we were ready is he I don't know if he's outside or what he got L I'm sorry here it's a handwritten tablet handwritten tablet can I grab this real fast no no you can't have it I can't let you ingest anything all right here's my cards slip your shoes on let's go also green you want to put those to the back now how are we going to SEC my door I'm going to I'm going to leave your dad with it honey I'm going to take your cups off I'm be behind your back we um I really wish you'd just come to the door it was you guys knew we wouldn't go away it wasn't me I didn't even know I had no idea put back I've never been in trouble I can't do this well you you started out big this is a RICO case it's engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity his business my name's not even on his business doesn't matter you're facilitating it at your address and taking money so like I said when you're when you're a lawyer when you talk to your lawyer have him reach out to me I'll be glad to talk to you Sor come this anything on you that shouldn't be on PO STI no check pockets no we we've wasted enough time you don't would even come to the door while go they're they're ready I love you babe careful getting in man it's a hard SE what a [ __ ] hero that [ __ ] piece of [ __ ] right there everything's recorded so be careful what you say I can't even believe this Monty you fat [ __ ] piece of [ __ ] [ __ ] Glory Hound you [ __ ] hero the suspects were arrested and now face 250 charges including theft cruelty to animals and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity while the law takes its course the question remains is Justice truly served when the victims have endured so much what do you believe would be a fitting punishment for such a crime let me know your thoughts in the comments below