My friend is like, my best friend ever. She is like me and she cares for my dog. >> On January 25th, 2025, officers responded to a troubling family situation involving a 16-year-old. What they discovered quickly turned into a tense intervention when police had to step in. What's going on? >> Hi, I'm sorry. >> Get Lean on this truck. Lean on this truck. It's the security police. Lean on this truck. What's going on? >> Listen. >> Okay. >> My daughter I live in this house. >> Okay. Go ahead. >> I live in this house. >> Mhm. >> Uh this is uh Captain Ruscone's house. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um he's been gone on vacation >> Mhm. >> for a couple days and he told my daughter >> I was with [clears throat] Elizabeth Colson, Charles Oceanak, and Sam Oceanak. >> Apparently, um Captain Ruscone uh made an agreement with my daughter to take care of their dog. That it's not okay what's going on with the dog. >> Mhm. What's What's not okay with what's going on with the dog? >> The dog's by himself. >> Okay. But they made an agreement for your daughter to watch after the dog? >> My daughter is over at that house right now. >> Is she's over there right now? >> Yes. >> Okay. Is there anyone in your house? >> No. >> Okay. Okay, cuz we got calls that you and your daughter were possibly arguing. So, you guys are arguing because of the dog thing? Or what is >> Yes, we are arguing because of the Ruscones dog thing. >> Okay. All right. So, if you guys have been arguing, at what point did she go over to that house? How long has she been over there for? >> Listen, I have told her Listen, the Ruscones left her I'm charge of that dog. That's been a loan that I am not in agreement with. >> Okay. >> I'm like, "Go over there. Go over there. Talk to them." She's been over there for maybe now I don't know how long. Maybe 20 minutes. >> Okay. >> But the thing is, they have left this dog by themselves for days at a time. He doesn't have any >> Okay. >> That's not okay. >> Okay, so you want to go get your daughter? >> Yes, I do. >> Okay, let's go get your daughter. We're going to make sure she's okay, too. Go on. Go get your daughter. Have you been drinking? Mhm. >> I'm trying to tell my dog and my daughter. I'm not going to be in charge of his dog any longer. And anymore. >> So your daughter's here at the house? >> Yes, she's in there. >> Did they give him a Did they give her a key or >> No, at all of it. They don't talk to me about anything, but they're like, "Hey, you take care of my dog." But then my daughter's like, "I can't do it, okay." And then I have to go over here, AND I DON'T WANT TO DO IT. AND IT'S JUST She's in here. I don't know if I'm not taking care of this dog >> Stop. >> anymore. You're lying. She's with me. I'm scared. >> Okay. What's What happened? >> [laughter] >> So So my friend is saying my best friend ever, she is saying me to take care of her dog. And I don't mind it, all right? And she's crazy. She gets drunk all the time. >> [laughter] >> And she keeps touching them like this is animal abuse when they take really good care of us. Her dad is a police officer. I've seen her take care of her dog and he's a good dog. >> What happened between you and your mom tonight? >> What? >> What happened between you and your mom tonight? >> Um so she was texting me saying that she was drunk. And she was like, "It's animal abuse what you're doing. I'm going to call the cops and it's not, you know. Um and I I tried to um she came in and she was like, "Look at your phone, disrespect." And I tried to get the phone away from her and she started hitting me and she dragged me to the floor and she just fell [laughter] on >> Was that Was that in your Okay, where was she hitting you at? >> She She She pulled my hair and she dragged me to the floor and she hit my shoulders. >> Okay. Um >> What? >> Stop. >> It happened. >> [laughter] >> I'm scared for my brother. >> Do you have shoes? >> No. >> No, you just Did you run over here afterwards? Okay. Does anyone else live in the house with you guys? >> No. >> Do you have a dad? >> No, my dad died. >> Okay, do you have any other family here? >> Not here. >> Not in Soda City? Okay. Where else do you usually stay? If you don't It's just here with your friend or at your mom's? >> Just at my mom's. >> Okay. Do you want to hang out in the house for a second while I talk to your mom? >> Yes, please. >> How much have you had to drink? >> Not too much. >> Not too much. Okay. Did you get physical with your daughter inside? >> Not what she's saying. >> Okay, so what happened inside your house? >> What happened inside my house is I'm pissed off of going on with this dog. And that's it. Listen. >> Did you get physical with your daughter? >> No. >> No. >> Listen. >> Is there a reason why your daughter is saying that you got physical with her? >> I am pissed off about the dog that has been left here. >> Mhm. >> I don't think it's okay. I have never hurt my daughter. She is okay. >> Okay, can you stay with this officer for a sec? >> Okay. >> Okay, let's go talk over here. >> Okay. >> You don't have to get on the gravel if you don't have shoes on. >> Um, it's okay. >> Okay. So, tell me more about her getting physical with you. >> Um, okay. So, she gets physical with me a lot. >> A lot? >> Yeah. Um, but it's happened ever since like first grade, I think. Like, I'm always scared to get in the principal's office because it it's so I think my dad called the cops on her once. >> Mhm. >> Um, and I had to stay at um another house >> Mhm. >> um because she was like basically abusing me and I I feel comfortable with her at all. >> Mhm. How about how often you had to say she gets physical with you once a day, once a week, once a month? >> Like once a week. >> How often does she get intoxicated? >> Um all every day. >> Okay. And And today, can you tell me how it got physical again? Where you guys were in the house, stuff like that. Why you guys were fighting. >> Okay, so I was in the bathroom and I was doing my hair because it's curly and I don't like it. And um my my mom came in and just I heard her like I'm texting my my my friend um cuz it said text to speech and she came in and um she was like, "Look at your friend's disrespect." And then it was basically her So she called my friend a [ __ ] and she was like, "You're calling a child a bitch." And um she she um I tried she gave me the phone so I tried to hide it because I didn't want her to like do anything else, right? And um I held it to my chest and I had my iPad, too. And she started She started hitting at the back of my head and then she started like ripping like not ripping but >> Was it all this Was all this in the bathroom? >> Yeah. And then I ran down the hall and um uh she kept pulling my hair and I was screaming. And then I got on I like pulled myself to the couch and she still had a grip on my hair and I was like kicking her. And then she finally let go and I kicked her again and then I ran to the bathroom and tried and I didn't lock myself in there but I ran back there. >> Okay. And once you ran back there then you came over here. All right. Do you have any marks or anything on you? >> Uh >> She was hitting your the back of your head. >> I don't think so. >> Where else did she hit you besides the back of your head? >> Um well she ripped at my hand like my things but I don't have any marks because >> Do you have any pain on your head? >> Yeah, a little. Nothing. >> Is it okay if I see? >> Yeah. >> It's like the back of your neck? >> Right here. Right here. It's not that bad anymore. It was a It was a 10. >> Would you like to be seen by an ambulance? >> No. >> Are you sure? >> Yeah. >> Whenever she hit you, did you ever Um whenever she hit you, did you like feel like you like got knocked out or were you seeing stars or anything like that? >> No, that doesn't happen often, but one time she hit me with um my dad's guitar and that made me bleed and I felt dizzy. >> Okay. Um whenever she was pulling you with by your hair, you know, did anything in the house fall over? Was stuff getting broken? Nothing like that? >> No. >> No. Okay. >> It's pretty normal. >> What do you mean? >> Stuff like that happens every day. >> And you don't feel safe with her? >> No, not at all. I never feel safe with >> Today and I am pissed. But they took her and that's a concussion. >> I really don't mind taking care of all. She's my best friend ever. >> And that dog never has any attention. >> He gets a lot of attention. Me and Macy play with him almost every day. >> Mhm. Want 27 attention. >> Because the dog wasn't taken care of. And they took her and charged her with child abuse. >> Careful. You can get warm inside. I just may need to make a phone call, okay? Mhm. >> Hi, how are you, ma'am? Well, I'm back on patrol, so I'll be calling you later tonight. >> [laughter] >> And I have a big problem with that because they don't talk to me at all. So, it's not okay. >> Yes, ma'am. Yeah, you and me at the same trim, I guess, huh? Um Yes, ma'am. So, I have an incident run by you. Um we got called to a residence in reference to a mother and daughter fighting uh or it was a welfare check. It was actually called in by Lieutenant Rushton. I arrived on scene, the mom was standing in their front yard. She's highly intoxicated. Um so, she's highly intoxicated saying this whole thing was because she's not okay with her daughter watching the neighbor's dog. And the neighbors had never asked for her permission. So, I she said that the daughter was currently in Lieutenant Rushton's house. He's the one out of town, so we came over to his yard. She was inside crying. Uh she came out saying she wasn't safe didn't feel safe. Um and that her mom her mom had been hitting her during the argument by pulling her hair. Um hitting her in the back of the head with her fist. And then she had to run over here. Uh she doesn't have any redness or any bruising or any bleeding or anything like that. Right. All right. So, I want to see what you feel about charges. Mom Mom will admit it. Yeah, Mom will admit it. She says she's I mean, she's highly intoxicated and every time I ask her if she Her name is Elizabeth Elizabeth Cole Can't pronounce it. Um Cole Nicholson. Yeah, Elizabeth Cole Nicholson. >> Well, yeah, that's all we have. Yeah, that's all we would have. >> Never. >> I mean, my daughter's telling me that she doesn't feel safe at all. Okay. >> [clears throat] >> Yeah. No, not at all. No, no, so we'll have to figure that out. She has no family here at all. Yeah. Yeah, but she's requesting it as well, so. Okay. Mhm. Yeah. Well, so Yes, there is. I was going to tell you she's already told me um, you know, basically she's being physically battered on a weekly basis and mom's intoxicated on a daily basis. Okay. Thank you, ma'am. Uh-huh. Bye. It's dark. I can't see who's John. John, would you mind hanging out with her real quick? Would you be willing to show me the inside of your house where you and your daughter were fighting? Well, she just she's she's just through the window just to make sure You you've told me that you guys were fighting, so would you be willing to show me the inside of your house? >> I'm not going to let you into my house. >> Okay. Well, go ahead and place your hands behind your back. >> What? >> Don't resist. You're going to get another charge. Drop Drop your stuff. >> Can I please just turn off the Mhm? >> You're under arrest for child abuse, okay? Approved by the District Attorney's Office. >> Can you please like just help me turn off the [ __ ] in my house? >> I just asked you if we could go in there. >> But now >> Yes, we could now that Yes, your keys are in your hands. We We'll secure the house for you. >> Okay. >> Mhm. Do these feel like I mean, you have very tiny wrists, so I'm trying to get these fastened, but do those feel okay on you? Let go. Let go. Let go of your phone. >> Please. Please. Mhm. My son said I can call from my phone, please. >> Uh who do you need to call? I'm going to ask you questions about where your daughter can go, um but we'll do that over here, okay? We'll go to this car and get the lights off. >> Can I just >> Right over here. >> turn this [ __ ] off in my house? >> Oh, yeah. Let's go do that. >> All right. >> Go. >> You know what? I would just rather go >> 127 Central. 10:15 by 1:41. Can we label this to child abuse? Go. Go. Come on. Oh, we're doing this for you. >> No, you don't. You don't. >> You're not in charge. >> Please. >> I We >> going to turn your stuff off or not, ma'am? >> I'll give you a call shortly. Do you want to just walk the door or are we going in to turn stuff off? >> I will do it myself. Thank you. I will do it myself. >> No, you can't do it yourself. I have to go with you. You're under arrest. >> I want my dogs out. >> What else? >> Please don't let them out. Okay, thank you. >> Was that it? >> Yeah. That's it. >> Good. >> I'm good. >> All right, let's go. Now, you're going to have to show me which key locks your door. Do I do it from the inside? >> a minute. What you took, can you leave that in my house? >> The phone? >> Yeah. >> If you don't want one when you get out of jail, sure. >> Give me my phone back. Can you leave the keys? >> How are you going to get into your house? Okay, this is locked. The bottom one, you have an ability to unlock it? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Okay, it's locked. So, you're telling me the key on here will unlock that when you get out of jail. >> Yes. >> Cool. Let's go to the car. All the way down there. Do you have anything on you that will prick me or stick me? No knives, needles, nothing like that? Don't fall. Step over. Stand right here. Come on, Mike. I'm going to use the back of my hand to check your waistband, okay? Do you have any pockets in your pants? Do you have a jacket or a shirt under your jacket? Do you have a shirt under your jacket? Yes, you do. Okay. Have a seat. >> I can't do I I don't know how to sit. >> Sit in the front seat. >> There you go. >> So, daughter had explained to me when I last talked to her that she has no family here, but she was she did not want to go back to his mom at all. Uh so, I guess we could have you or John bring her to the office, too, and we'll figure out where we can take her. Okay, thank you, sir. I'll meet you guys there. >> Thanks for watching Body Cam's In. If you enjoy real police body cam footage and true-to-life encounters, hit subscribe and turn on notifications. More compelling cases are coming your way.