Okay, give me a second. >> We're not going to give you a second. >> Yes, you are. I'm calling my PBA rep. >> I don't give a [ __ ] >> I don't really care what you're saying to me. What the are you doing? >> All right, you're under >> What are you doing? >> This is Berkeley Township, New Jersey. Late at night on April 25th, 2025, police get a call about a break-in. And when they show up, the person they catch red-handed isn't some random burglar. It's one of their own. >> burn your house down next. >> Officer Rebecca Saieg spent 10 years on the job in Toms River. In 2022, she was given an award for running into a burning home and pulling the homeowner and her pets out alive. That was the officer everyone knew. Now, she's the one threatening to burn another officer's house down. This is the night that ended her career. >> Dude, >> Where is she? >> That needs to be on. >> Yeah, it's >> She's upstairs throwing a tantrum. Okay, she broke >> going this way? >> walked in >> Rebecca. Rebecca. >> doing this right now. >> You are. Rebecca, stop. >> No, I'm not. I'm getting all my >> I got you, but stop for a second. >> No, I'm getting all my stuff. >> Rebecca, stop for a second. >> This is ridiculous, Kyle. And he wants to sit here and have a random sit here with all my belongings, thinking that what, she's going to be the new parent to my dog? Saying that she's going to move in and >> All right, we're going to stop screaming though. >> According to her ex, Saieg hadn't actually lived in that house for 2 and 1/2 years. She's not just retrieving a few boxes. She's mid-meltdown over a new girlfriend, a dog custody dispute, and a closet full of clothes she left behind years earlier. >> Like all All my stuff. Look. You want to see? All my stuff. All my stuff. My stuff. My stuff. My stuff. >> Rebecca. >> I don't care. I need I need my phone. I'm calling my PBA rep. >> All right, well, this is the problem here. You're not going to Stay here. Rebecca. Rebecca. No, you're not. Rebecca. Rebecca, stop. >> to my car. >> Stop. She's walking up front. >> We don't We don't need the whole force here. >> She's not leaving. >> Watch out. Watch out. >> She's not leaving. She's grabbing her phone. >> And there it is, the first move a lot of people make when they know they're in trouble. >> Is that surcharge? Yeah, surcharge. Rebecca. >> Yeah, no. I think it was just >> [snorts] >> Rebecca, just come on. Stay here for a minute. You need to Do me Do me a solid here and just stop making this All right, stop making this harder than it's got to >> need to come here right now. Because I just snapped. Well, I just smashed his front door in. >> On her own phone call, an award-winning police officer just handed investigators her own confession. She smashed in the front door, and the officer standing a few feet away, who clearly knows her, absolutely catches it. >> Smashed the front door. Oh, she's right here. >> I'm going to be here. I I'm not a problem. If he wasn't a liar and didn't have all my belongings in here and my dog, we wouldn't have a problem. I'm calling my mother right now. >> You're under arrest. >> Oh, for what? Criminal mischief? >> Yeah, and breaking and >> So, criminal mischief isn't an an arrestable offense. >> And here's the line that made this video spread the way it did, a trained police officer being placed under arrest, arguing the actual law with the officer arresting her. >> Rebecca. >> Hold on. I'm First of all >> Rebecca, stop. Please stop. You're making this a lot harder than it's got to be. >> [snorts] >> Rebecca. >> No, we're going to go when I get all my >> No, we're good. >> This is way out of line. You know this. >> You know better than this. >> Okay, well, I'm calling my PBA. >> You know there's a stairway. Rebecca, stay here. >> No, I'm getting my >> What? >> [ __ ] you. I don't care. >> Okay, give me a second. >> We're not going to give you a >> Yes, you are. I'm calling my PBA. >> Watch how fast this flips. One second she's citing the law, insisting her own charge isn't arrestable. The next second, officers say she starts physically pulling away, and that's when it turns into an actual struggle. >> I don't know who you're screaming at. What are you doing? What are you doing? Are you >> Stop resisting. >> Are you kidding me? >> Stop resisting. Stop resisting. >> I am not resisting. You grabbed me and grabbed my neck. Get off of me. >> I didn't grab your neck. >> Yes, he did. >> Grab your arm. Take it easy. >> Kyle >> Rebecca, just take a deep breath. Stop. >> I'm fine. I was just calling my PBA rep. Give me my phone so I can call my mother. >> If you want to see exactly how this ends for her, hit that subscribe button right now. Perfect. Let's get into it. Two conflicting stories happening in the same 10 seconds. Officers say she's resisting, and she's insisting she wasn't doing anything but making a phone call. What she asks for next tells you exactly where her head's at in this moment. >> You can call her at the station. >> No, you can give me my phone now. >> Grab DV paperwork. >> Yep. >> I want my dog I want my dog. Kyle, I want my dog. >> Kyle, remove yourself. >> All right. >> Rebecca, just stop. Be smart. >> No, I want my >> I'm holding you. I'm escorting you. Let's go. >> Mhm. >> Huh? >> Like I said, you can remove yourself or >> that means, man. >> Rebecca, stop talking. Stop talking. Please stop talking. >> That line, captured almost in passing on a second officer's mic, is the one that turns an unpaid furniture dispute into a genuine arson threat. >> She doesn't live here. She lived here for 2 and 1/2 years. She's breaking stuff. I I get it. I know the sensitivity of this, but she's got to come out of my house. I I just >> What she break? >> Front door. She The front She broke the She took a baton. >> Oh. >> Where's she at? >> Right there with Kyle. >> There it is. A baton, not a random object grabbed in a panic. A police-issued baton used to smash through the front door of a house she no longer lived in. This is the exact detail that will follow her all the way to sentencing. >> Finish. >> I'm under arrest. >> I hired him and didn't have all my belongings in here and my dog he was out on the lawn. I was home for what? For malicious >> Yeah, for breaking and entering. >> So, criminal mischief isn't an arrestable offense. Hold on. I'm going to call my first one. >> Rebecca, stop. Please stop. The longer you stay out here, the longer this is going to be. Rebecca. >> No, we're going to go when I get all my >> That works. >> [snorts] >> You know that it is a misdemeanor. >> Okay, well, I'm calling my PD. >> You know what? Kyle. What? What? >> Put her in the car. >> Okay, give me a second. >> We're not going to give you a second. >> Yes, you are. I'm calling my PBA rep. >> I don't give a [ __ ] >> Officers on scene are now dealing with a struggle that involves an off-duty officer physically resisting on-duty ones. >> I want to press charges. What the [ __ ] are you doing? What are you doing? Police Are you kidding me? I'm not resisting. You just came and grabbed my neck. Call one for me. >> He didn't grab your neck. >> Yes, he did. >> Grant, turn around. >> No. >> Take it easy. >> Kyle. >> Megan, just take it easy. Breathe, stop. >> I'm fine. I was just calling my [ __ ] PBA rep. Give me my phone so I can call my mother. >> You can call her at the station. >> No, you can give me my phone now. >> Grab DD before we >> burn your house down next. >> Same struggle, same claims of innocence, but this second camera catches that arson line better. The one that ends up defining this entire case. >> Put her in my car. >> At least my hair is nice though. >> Huh? Take her out. All right. Someone else want to grab the skateboard? >> Yeah. >> All right, so I'm Patrolman Zavala. So, I don't think we've ever met, but I got your phone. Is there anything else you need? >> Um I need someone to remove my car from this place. And with my car, I need my dog. And um probably the best person to call is my brother or my sister. >> Okay. >> Um >> I'm just going to transport you there. >> my mom might be able to take my dog. But um I tried calling her, but that's when Brian decided to manhandle me. >> All right, well then >> When I decided to try to call my mom. >> down to the police station, we'll let you call, all right? >> Yep, that's fine. >> Uh she has to use the bathroom, Ryan. What do you want to Back up, sir. >> I don't want to be in here again. I was fine. That would definitely explain this. >> By this point, she's at the station, still calm on the surface, but something is starting to swell from the struggle, and that's about to become its own subplot in this story. >> Hey, Ann. >> Yeah. >> Um when I do go to the hospital, can we just make sure like my supervisors are there? >> Uh yeah, we can we can let them know. >> They're going to need to x-ray my hand, too. >> Yeah, it's good you're going to go. Oh, wow. Yeah. >> Yeah, that's from him, too, but I'm not going to sit here and be a [ __ ] >> You just pull it, yeah. >> Mhm? Oh, okay. >> Yeah, there's no code for this one. >> Yeah, I'm so used to like already >> It's only the exit. Yeah, you have to pick up the phone. >> like get buzzed in. The who Ann calls from themselves. >> A small detail worth noticing, even mid-arrest, mid-injury, Sayeg is still narrating hallway door codes like she's on shift, not in custody. 10 years of muscle memory doesn't just switch off, but her focus keeps snapping back to one thing. >> Hi, sorry to bother you again. Um so, Rebecca is going to be going to the hospital. She just wanted me to let you know. Uh so, you're not going to have to come pick her up. We're going to be taking her. Um well, she injured her hand, and she just requested to go there just to go speak with someone, so we're going to uh we're going to take her there just so she can be evaluated, and then um she'll be able to get in contact with you from the hospital, but you don't have to worry about coming to get her tonight. It's the officer that drove you for, Anthony Segley. >> The officer on the phone is being about as gentle as possible with her mom without mentioning the word arrest once. >> Okay. Uh uh yes, uh you want to see if she can bring you clothes? Okay. Uh Rebecca is asking if you could bring her um a pink bag that's on her passenger seat. She said she saw it. Um she just said she was going to need clean uh like clothes and stuff like that. Um she's just she was just requesting the bag. If If you could bring it, that'd be great. That's what that that was what she was asking. She said she said you could She said she said you could wait till the morning. >> Even now, hours into an arrest for burglary and criminal mischief, the conversation with her family is about a pink bag and clean clothes, not about what actually happened at that house. That gap between what she's saying and what she's actually facing keeps widening. >> Uh yeah, yeah, she wants to go speak to someone and then, you know, she hurt her hand as well, so Correct. Rebecca would also like you to know that she is sorry. Okay. I will relay the message. But yeah, I just wanted to give you a heads-up so you can uh you know, you can hang tight. We're going to be taking her there. She's going to be all right. You are very welcome. Take care. >> Wait, you're watching right now but not subscribed? Hit that subscribe button so we can move on with the video. Thanks. SayA finally speaks with her mother. Note, the footage is blurred and one-sided. >> She just said to have a conversation for another time. She's not mad at you. She said she understands, you know, what you're going through. Okay. >> Sit down. >> What's the background? Is yours Is he coming here? So, what I was going to go into the county. No, Mom. I can't believe it. >> Walk back. >> Well, what if I have to go in there and get booked? I I mean, am I going in there tonight? I'm in Berkeley still. No, no, Mom. I can't do this. I can't do this. >> She's no longer arguing the law anymore. She's not asking about her dog or her pink bag. She's a girl on the phone with her own mother saying she can't go to the same county jail she's likely booked people into herself. >> I can't, Mom. They're doing posting all online. So, so I guess I'm not going I'm going to go in there tonight. So, there's a chance that I could still leave tonight. I'm very suspicious on How did they even know I was at your house? >> Notice that line? Even at this point, she's questioning how anyone found out rather than what she actually did. >> Mom, I I cannot do this. I'm freaking out, dude. I'm going to go before No, I don't have anyone's numbers. >> [snorts] >> But, I just I just want to know like what like what to expect. Like, clearly I'm not going to make my flight now if I was to get released. I I just don't know what the [ __ ] going here? >> Yeah, I think that would be nice. Just to see someone. I know. Yeah, which is worse? That I'm not eating that food. I I will starve myself. I am not eating that food. >> Refusing jail food, worrying about a flight, sitting right next to the fact that she's about to be formally processed for breaking into a home with her own police baton. That contrast is what makes the rest of this footage land so hard. >> Did uh the lieutenant spoke to you already, right? >> About what? >> Um any uh >> Oh, this is just my attorney. >> No, no, I know. What's What's his last name again, Kenny? >> Thomas. >> Thomas. All right. So, he told you that he spoke with OCJ already or what? >> Yeah, and um But uh my attorney's been contacted and they and then someone else has been in touch with the prosecutors as well. >> Okay. I just I just want to show you that we just we didn't add any charges. We just added to it. I just want to show you that nothing was added to it. It's all the same stuff that you had before. >> Okay. >> All right? And like I said, they already made phone calls they had to make. >> Is there a way I can get in through a way like a separate way, man? >> I'll probably take you through the one best of them all. >> Just like you hidden? >> Maybe. He'll have to talk to him when he gets here. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> There's a request that most people arrested would never get offered. A separate hidden entrance away from the general population and straight to the infirmary. >> You'll just be secluded. All right. And you won't be with the general people. You'll just be kind of like the hospital area of the jail. >> Okay. >> So. Cuz you might have contact with any of those guys over there today. >> Yeah, my attorney >> I'll be telling her. If she has any questions, just to reach out to them. >> Yeah. >> And then, you know, I mean, she can call us if she needs anything, but Like I said. >> You just said I'm calling Kenny and them if you have questions, but you knew that. >> Cuz the prosecutor's office is kind of running with that now, so it's >> office is being >> All right, I'm going to >> so cute. I love you. >> [snorts] >> Um, just my ring. >> We got it. I got it in the bag, Corey. All right? >> Yeah. >> Zip that up here, please. We're going to go in a second. Try to fasten the front, all right? >> Please. >> Yeah. >> I really have enough like room to breathe. This is so scary. But it's a little tight. >> It's Is it short? >> Yeah. >> You got to point to me in the picture. >> It's I can do. >> Okay. >> In November 2025, Sayeg she pleaded guilty to burglary, criminal mischief, and simple assault. At Rebecca's sentencing, her lawyer asked the judge to be lenient and give her a lighter punishment. >> And unfortunately in 2025, due to some trauma that she experienced personally, due to the stress of that job on her, and due to some difficulties with the relationship that she's had, it all came together, and unfortunately on April 25th of last year, she did something that was out of character, something that was wrong, and something that even hurt someone. She completed inpatient treatment. She went on to complete outpatient treatment. She's seeing a therapist. She's working through these issues that she has that will help her to never be before this court or any other court again, Your Honor. >> That's the defense making its case for leniency. The prosecutor's argument, seconds later, hits very differently. >> As a law enforcement officer, as someone who uh is charged with the responsibilities of taking people's freedoms away under lawful circumstances, um who needs to be there in times of need, this defendant not only involved herself, not only asserted herself, but did it so over a course and a period of time that night showed that she intentionally did what she did and meant to do what she did by breaking into this victim's home. They were trying to watch a movie. That's all they were doing. Not a care in the world. And then to have their night interrupted by someone using their police-issued baton to bust in and open the front door because she wasn't gaining admittance. >> The prosecutor's next point is the one that lands hardest. >> But this defendant left a swath of destruction with other members of law enforcement. Um another officer has lost his job, and I'm not making excuses, he should have. Um a dispatcher has lost his job, not making excuses, he should have. This defendant involved them, too. As part of why she was able to get additional persons involved. I'll leave it at that, Judge. You using your police-issued baton to cause damage to a a vehicle and then to a front door and then to enter into a building uh where where two people were just simply watching a movie. >> Even the judge agrees she should have known better. But when it comes time to actually hand down a sentence, he takes a different path than expected. >> But nevertheless, I ask myself, what would I do if this was any other defendant with no criminal record, 14 years of adulthood that led a law-abiding life and was convicted of offenses where there's a presumption of non-imprisonment. Would I give that person 180 days? And the answer is no, I wouldn't. >> In the end, Saeg served no jail time. She was a first-time offender who pleaded guilty to third-degree charges under New Jersey law that carries a presumption against imprisonment, and the judge followed that standard. But she did not walk away without consequences as she was sentenced to 3 years probation, mandatory mental health and domestic violence treatment, a permanent no-contact order with both victims, and restitution in the amount of $4,816. $816 for the car, $4,000 toward a new front door. She also lost her badge for good, and under New Jersey law, she is now permanently barred from holding any paid or volunteer public position in the state. The same state where she once ran into a burning house to save someone's life is the same state where she'll never wear the uniform again. If you want more real body camera arrests like this one where every twist, every excuse is caught on camera, hit subscribe because this channel posts a new case every single week.