In Northport Florida, officers responding to a missing person's report traced a 14-year-old girl to a private residence on Kenwood Drive and initiated a lawful knock and talk investigation. Okay, did you see anybody with him? He left home on his bicycle. Left home on his bike. Do you know how long ago? An hour? An hour? No hour? Half hour? Okay. It's been really, really, really, really quiet. Like there were it was tons of action going on. >> Yeah. Do you know if he was here earlier or maybe last night if you saw him? I wasn't out here at all and I haven't seen a second person. There was a guy there. >> Northport 1 Edward 11 10-74. He was on his bike with his little Okay. She holds stuff and she comes in the middle of the night. All that crap. Did you see what way he went on his bike? That way? Yeah, just him on his bike. >> Wait, with a backpack? What was he wearing? Northport 1 Edward 11 I don't know what he had on. Shorts? Baseball hat? Okay. No, I didn't notice anything. That was the first >> First like the first time in a month. I wasn't >> Northport 1 Edward 11 >> this morning like separate from him like maybe a black female? I don't know anybody. Okay. 8:30? Okay. Um what was he wearing again? What was David wearing again? Shorts and a hat? Yeah. Okay. Black shorts and a hat? I don't know what color. Oh. Just pants and shorts and a shirt and a hat. Okay. What color was his bike, do you know? I don't know. Okay. I didn't notice. >> Northport >> But I didn't see anybody this morning. And no brouhaha, you know, we're searching into that. Okay. All right. Thank you very much for your time. You enjoy the rest of your morning. Let's get the tongue weight. Under Payton versus New York, the home receives the highest constitutional protection against warrantless government intrusion. No warrant, no entry, absent a recognized legal exception. Set time. Hello. >> Hello. Do you happen to know if David's home? Yes. Do you happen to know if David's home? Uh I think so. You think so? Okay. All right. Thank you very much. >> here but then nothing came. This is my brother's truck. He's been at our halfway house for a few weeks now. Weeks? Who's this your car? It's my mom's car. It's your mom's car? All right. Northport Police Department. Um I guess I spoke to him about my son's bicycle. Okay. So is he home? I think he is, yeah. Well, he was on a bicycle. Yeah, but he went in and he's in the car there. I didn't see the bicycle though. Oh. >> [laughter] >> Where did you put the bike at? The bike was right over here. Okay. How you doing? Hey, how's it going? Oh, David just said to me that you were at the police station. Yeah, yeah. How you doing? Good, how are you? Good. Um so we're looking Okay. What was the last time you contacted her? And all this was going on at once so what's going on? Cuz I like to know what's going on. Car 13 465732. Yeah, what was she supposed to be We're just trying to trying to figure out where She just needs to get returned home to her mom. Absolutely. I think I worked with you on a case with like a stolen vehicle or something. >> Yes. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. >> [clears throat] >> So we're just, you know, our our main thing is to protect kids, right? So we're just trying to make sure if she's okay and where she could be. Um so the theory is that she might be here. So I'm I'm sure you're getting annoyed with us. >> getting annoyed at all. Actually, I'm very very actually concerned cuz that's a serious accusation. Um look, I know you're a nice guy. We've had a conversation. Can you just let us look in your home? We're only looking for her just so that way we can cross our dot and tears and say, you know what, she's not here. We can move on to the next next resource. Is that okay? Um honestly with without a warrant though, I mean I've got so many things that tell me that my father always told me and I stick to it. I mean and on this last case I was with, I was told don't speak, stay silent. Like when [ __ ] gets really out of control, shut up. So I'm just going to shut up. >> We're we're not looking for anything other than the girl. Okay. I mean I'll look in there with my mom. I mean but I yeah, I don't want to I don't want to allow police in my home though. Okay. No, no, don't search. Well, then we're all right. We're going to have to go the warrant route. Okay. I'm sorry. Yeah. Yeah. I'm sorry. You're more than welcome, I guess. I don't want to have to make your jobs harder. Here, I don't want to cause >> we just we just care about her. We want to make sure that she's okay and if she's not in your home, we won't waste our time writing a search warrant where she could be somewhere else you know, we'll we'll put our resources in that place. We're not trying to hem you up. Can I be honest with you on something? And she'll be honest. If you feel comfortable with one of us going there and she might feel better with a female, you know, she might be going Okay. Um can one of you guys come with me? Where is your room? Uh go in, left and elevator, first right. So first right after the elevator. Hey, can we get one of you guys in here, too? One of us? Yeah, if you want to you you go ahead and head in there with him. All right. And I'll I'll stay out here with this guy. And you said it's to the left? It's to the left, all right. All the way to the back corner. Yeah, now there's my dog over there. You got a flashlight? I know. The suspect initially refused entry. A fully protected Fourth Amendment response. Officers correctly acknowledged the warrant route. He then reversed course and granted limited consent under Schneckloth versus Bustamonte. Consent must be voluntary under the totality of circumstances. Multiple officers present, extended negotiation. This exchange will face defense scrutiny. An independent legal basis existed regardless of consent. The emergency aid doctrine established in Brigham City versus Stuart, 2006. Officers had credible reason to believe a minor was in immediate danger inside that home. >> Uh can we talk can we bring you over here though? This side of the building. All right. That's where your stuff is. He told me to push this out of That's where I come from. Bubbles? Yeah. 612 first time I got to unlock my car. Yeah. If it don't work, we're good. All right, just make sure he can All right. That's the only thing in the house but I just bought it. Yeah, I got a house bought. 110281. Really? I don't have access to my old house like Hey, whoever stole your unit I don't think he switched the fuel line. Actually, my kind of girlfriend is on her way here right now. Which is Yeah. Hey, 21 we don't have the tablet on. Autumn Autumn's on her way. 10-19 10-55. Have you seen a redhead walking, mom? She's slender and she's wearing blue. How old are you, 37? Yeah, 37. 37? Mhm. Yeah, no kids, never married. Yeah, it's like but it's like me, I'm just dating like I kind of for once in my life not doing serious. Usually not bringing them back to the house. What is all this police activity? It's here. For why? Why is there so much going on? >> Cuz you got to you got some girl that went missing. Yeah. Luckily I'm like unlike it was betrayed. So the girl When I heard it like cuz I as soon as I walked up So there was a girl missing. >> Spanish. This girl was The girl that's in the house was reported missing. Yes. Do you know if Autumn's going to be showing up on in her vehicle or No, she's on a bicycle. Okay. She lives over on Pan American Boulevard. Okay. Yeah, she's a redhead. Can't think of her Curly curly redhead. What's her name? I think she's 28 actually. Yeah, I'm not familiar with all the same. Once you get past 25 Seems like they almost knew what was going to happen. Uh yeah. It almost like they did they let them in? These people have messed with me and these people have messed with me constantly Anytime there's law This three of us sitting there Well, they were sitting there waiting. Mhm. Well, almost like they knew something I didn't. Northport 10-19 10-74. Unless they saw the tow truck out here and they were watching that and I tell you what, my kids see a tow truck out front, they want to go outside and they want to watch. So I I don't know if that's what happened. in the back tree line and constantly like, you know, messing with you like while you're inside and like making you pop your head out and look back, what was that noise? Or they're called gangstalking. What is gangstalking? They like to do. Never Have you heard of it? Have had gangstalking? No, no, what is that? Yeah, it's like large groups of like, you know, he's a he's a associated with outlaw biker gangs and all that. And what they'll do is they'll pick targets and they'll just harass them. Just randomly >> no, it's because of my charge back with the uh the gun thing that happened at the high school. Oh. So, I'm still actually going in on that on the 28th this month. So, I know this is kind of a strange thing to say. >> I don't know anything about that case. Yeah, so well, there's so much going on. It's like I was finally clearing that up. It's like I watched them throw it. So, what's uh what happened with your roommate? I know he was here for a little while. >> I don't know what happened with him. All of a sudden an officer showed up and one night he had one of these golf cart tires and he had a flag pole and he said, "Here." And he goes, "Uh Chris uh we're we're Baker acting Chris and we're taking him in to get looked at." Okay. And I was like, "All right, is he okay?" "Yeah, yeah, he's fine." And I said, "Well, let him know that his stuff would be safe here. I mean, I'm going to organize and clean it up cuz he He was starting to get a little goofy >> All right. He was starting to get a little goofy that one day that I was talking to him. He was being kind of weird. >> That back room on the left was his and I'm still working on cleaning it up. Okay. Like he had Fruity Pebbles like grounded in the carpet and [ __ ] It's just unreal, yeah. Like and he had all these nuts and bolts everywhere. Uh-huh. Yeah, which was very odd to Yeah. Yeah, like randomly scattered around. Yeah, yeah. Well, I don't even know where he got all of it from to be honest with Yeah. It kind of concerned me again because it's like, "Dude, is this stolen? Where'd this [ __ ] come from?" And all of a sudden he just shows up with a truck full of golf cart tires. Yeah, I probably would have questioned that too. Yeah, and it's like what do you do though as like you own the house and what in this situation what do you According to police >> So, what can you just tell me what happened? You're not in any trouble, okay? I just want to make sure that you're safe and he didn't do anything to harm you, okay? He scooped you up? Like did he What does that mean? So, you've been here since Saturday and you've been unable to leave? You don't have a phone on you or anything? Okay. Did you hear us come at all? Like any of the police come at all? Have you been sleeping this whole time? Has he done anything to you? Okay. So, can you just kind of tell me a little bit about what happened? All right, is it the same clothes that you're wearing right now? No, you're wearing different clothes? What clothes were you wearing when you first got here? I'm sorry, I'm not Okay. And then when did you change into these clothes? Okay, so are these his clothes? Okay. Do you know what day it is today? Mhm. Okay. Um did you leave home because you were mad at mom and dad? You just went for a walk, that's it? Have you ever seen him before? The guy? Do you know his name? I want to get you to the hospital, okay? Only just because I want to make sure that you're okay and I want to make sure that for first I'm going to call your mom and your dad and and get them to you, okay? And then once we're at the hospital I'll explain with with your mom and dad what what's going to happen from here. You are not in any trouble whatsoever, okay? Um I just want to make sure that he doesn't do this again to anybody else and I want to make sure that he also doesn't just do this to you. Okay. Um so, let me get with your mom and dad and then we're we're going to take you to the hospital. Thank you. Do you have any questions? All right. Do you do you need anything right now? You need water? Um I have some water bottles in my car, so I got to go and get them, okay? Okay. Just bear with me. It's going to take some time and again you are not in any trouble, okay? All right, do you have any other questions? Okay. All right, this is again my name is Z. If you need anything, all right? And then um my partner is Joe and then this is um Caitlyn, okay? She's really sweet. So, if you need anything she's going to hang out with you. I'm going to go get you some water and then um I'm going to make a phone call, okay? Thank you. You have no problem. Yeah, if you guys want to stay. Okay. Um did he tell you the rundown? Just that we're taking you to the hospital. Okay, perfect. Do you have some water with you? All right, so you're going to just ride with Caitlyn to the hospital, okay? And then mom and dad will meet you there, all right? And I'll be there too, okay? Can you notify Can you guys notify ER that it's going to also be a psych thing too? So, when we get to the hospital are we setting her up like checking in with them and everything? Yeah, she's going to be um you could tell them the rundown. Okay. He asked me to come over. I just wanted to let you know that We didn't do anything wrong. Can I walk closer to the camera? Uh I would prefer that you didn't. Oh no, it's 4:30 now. He's going to get me a taxi. Well, I explained to one officer, I explained to him that I'm constantly being harassed by these people over here. A large group. He has motorcycle parties over there, you know, where they're like part of the some of the sisterhood and brotherhood of the outlaws, which Nikki that used to live here is uh >> The suspect's claim that she presented as 19 carries no legal weight. The suspect made extensive voluntary statements to officers prior to arrest. Under Berghouse versus Tompkins, continuing to speak after referencing silence does not constitute an effective invocation of the Fifth Amendment. Every word said voluntarily before custody is admissible. Probable cause for arrest was established under the totality of circumstances standard from Illinois versus Gates. The victim's statements, physical evidence, and the suspect's own disclosures combined. All right, go to my patrol car and I'm going to uh pat you down, all right? What do you say? I could clap I would clap for Bat and Jesse. I'd clap for them over there. They did a good job. You guys wanted me out of here. That is my defense, too. Is that All right, spread your feet apart. All right, spread your feet apart. All right, lean a little bit forward at the waist. I'm not trying to cause Just some loose change in your pocket? All right, I'm going to have to take off your shoes here. It's fine. Well, they they slide off I slide off. Do you have anything in your shoes? Uh no, sir. Okay, nothing should past what I seen come out. What I seen come out? Just take a seat back there for me. Can you grab this seat belt? Can't have you getting hurt. How did they do that? All right. Um Who is sitting in 12? I don't know. All right. I'm going to go sit in the car. All right. Where are you on the map? 135 to 12117. What does it sound? 1814 12114. Do you want to call us for the 10-15? Yeah, we're going to call dispatch and say I don't know about the body standard transport yet. We'll We're going to have CSI come here. We'll We'll figure out if they can do it here or here. Can you pop his window open? Yeah. How am I doing in there? You're good. Um yeah, I was just talking with your mom. Um there's a couple of things she wanted us to ask you. She wants to know if you have any jewelry you want her to swap out of the house. She has a watch on her pocket. Well, she said it was on her wrist. Oh, it's on your wrist. Oh. She's talking about a Citizen. I don't know that that got stolen. Okay. I now just overtightened one of my wrists, so she just wanted Yeah, I'll take it off. Let's see what the problem is. Take it off now or wait till we get back to uh Okay. So, it's probably cinching on your wrist right now. Okay. Yes. Um All right. Let me get your watch for you, bud. Uh okay. Thank you. All right. Just tell her I love her, please. Okay. Hey, so the video file is going to be too big to do the priority upload, so we're on our way back to the PD now. So, we're at uh 41 and Salter. As soon as we get back, we're just going to dock it and let it start to uploading. Honestly, I'm not sure what the charge is yet. Um they haven't told us. I believe it's going to be interference with child custody, but I'm not 100%. I believe it's going to be interference with child custody, but I'm not 100%. So, what is it we're sitting here waiting for? Waiting for the detectives to get their paperwork to me, and then I'm going to transport you to jail. Yeah. The county jail. You've been there, right? Yeah, for that charge. So, it's just drop you off over there, and then uh you go from there. Yeah, when you go in there, then they take care of that, so. What did you say, bud? I was like, do you want to slide over that one? >> No, no, no. You good. I'll I'll get you up. He's wearing the wrong shorts for this, cuz they're like way way big. Luckily, I got to keep the belt. This guy over here just moved out. Yeah, he comes in once a year or something, checks it out, but he finally moved out, but he got robbed twice. Mm. He [snorts] tried to open up the garage and stuff right in front of me. He was trying to open it, but it was locked. He was like nonchalantly doing it. He's just like, why Well, I pictured that this is locked, and tried to open it. And then it did get robbed twice. They even put up boards and everything, so I wouldn't be surprised if there's any lucrative items in there. Got you. Keep an eye out. Yeah. Yeah, we're going to try and figure out whatever we can. So. But, everything I know is just incidental on the court. Oh, yeah. >> give you a hint. You never know. Yeah. But, I'm sorry, man. I wish I could give you a little bit more, cuz That's okay. I'll look into it. Thank you. No, not a problem. You have a good night, sir. Officer Zevy receives an A minus. The extended consent negotiation with multiple officers present creates a Schneckloth voluntariness argument for the defense, though the emergency aid doctrine likely prevails independently. The victim interview was trauma informed and procedurally sound throughout. Secondary officers receive an A. Clear contact cover role division, disciplined perimeter management, and no unnecessary escalation at any point. The suspect receives an F. Deliberate premeditated exploitation of a child is among the most serious offenses in the American legal system. Three takeaways from this case. First, when consent is refused, articulate the emergency aid doctrine on record immediately. Do not rely solely on consent that may later be challenged in court. Second, when multiple officers are present during consent negotiation, explicitly document the voluntary nature of the consent to protect the evidentiary integrity of the search. Third, trauma informed victim response is not discretionary. It is legally protective and ethically required. The handling of the victim in this case sets a standard worth replicating. Let us know if there is an interaction or legal topic you would like us to discuss in the comments below. Thank you for watching.