We're going to figure it out. >> On November 2nd, 2024, what began as a routine traffic stop took a shocking turn when officers allegedly uncovered evidence connected to a $100 jewelry theft. >> Hey, how you >> How you doing? >> I'm Officer Simon with the Little Rock Police Department. The reason I stopped you is you had your cell phone in your hand while you were driving wrong. >> Oh, we were looking at the trying to get directions in there. >> Okay. Do you have your driver's license with you? >> Hey, here's my phone and my wallet. >> Do you have your license with you? >> Yes, he gave me the ticket. >> Oh, he got it. Okay. This is yours? >> Yeah, I'm trying to get the e-way 290. >> Got you. Got you. Got you. You guys stop by Jewel just now? >> Uh >> You guys were stopped at Jewel just now, a little bit ago? >> No, I wasn't at Jewel. >> You weren't stopped at Jewel's? >> It was that area. >> Yeah, were you at the Jewel's? >> I wasn't at the Jewel's. >> Can you do me a favor and turn off the car for me? >> Well, why is that the reason? >> Because I'm asking you to turn off the car for me, okay? Everything's cool. All right, do me a favor, can you step out for me? >> What? >> Can you step out for me, please? >> Can I ask you why now? >> Because I'm asking you to. Okay. >> We have lights on while we were driving >> I'm asking you to step out because this car was seen leaving the Jewel's, the scene of a retail theft, okay? You have proceeds in your car that are consistent with that of somebody committing a retail theft. So, that's why I'm asking you to step out. So, please, can you step out of the car? >> It wasn't you said our car was you said at the Jewel's. >> Yes. >> No, we >> So, can you please step out of the car? >> We were just going to the e-ways. >> Step out of the car. I'm not I'm not asking you again. There's an order. >> Why are y'all coming like this for what reason? >> I told you why. I literally just told you. >> I said I was >> Yeah. >> I had my receipt. Well, I'm saying what did we do? >> I told you. Come on up. Come on up. >> I have my receipt. >> So, just put the cigarette down, please. >> What are you doing? You said Okay. >> Well, we'll get it figured out, then. You don't have anything in your pockets or anything, right? >> Huh? >> Nothing sharp on you or anything that could poke or stick us? Why don't you walk Walk back here with me, okay? >> Huh? >> Just walk back here with me, okay? >> What's your name, beautiful? >> All right, do me a favor. Hands behind your back right now. You're just being detained at this time, okay? Give me your other hand, please. So, like I said, right now you're just detained, okay? While we figure everything out, okay? All right, we're going to walk right over to the front of my car. If you can just put your butt up against the front right here to kind of stay warm. But, just put your butt right on the right on the bumper here. What's that? >> I didn't tell my I got my receipt when we were doing it. >> Okay, you just told me you didn't go to the Jewels. So, now you're saying you do have your receipt for the Jewels. >> I have I went I gave it to you. You did my jewelry. going to call a Good [ __ ] >> Do you have anything I need to know about me or stab me? >> No. >> This is right. >> All right. >> Okay, I'm going to put that back. I don't need that right now. What's this? Keys? Okay. Can I have a seat right here? >> Yeah, I have a gun. >> What's that? >> I have a >> Can you have a seat? Yeah, you want to sit on the curb by all means. >> have to get the manager for a show up. >> Yeah. Did you hear that >> Yeah, I heard that part. >> Or you want to we take photos? Just a photo identification good? You think? >> You want to take pictures before I start taking stuff out? >> Yeah. Well, I want to I want to get a confirmed from >> Let's get Can you You want to go back and grab the >> That's there. >> But he said he's not Yeah, why can't Matt Oh, Matt can't bring them. >> Oh, the show up. >> Yeah, I'll go. >> You don't mind? >> No. >> Okay. >> Victor 3-26, Victor 1 903 200. Got your good, right? >> Yeah, we're good. Thank you guys. >> Yeah, I want to do that after the show up. So, if it's ready out there. Of course this part he's got a lot of stuff in it. >> Yeah, I don't even know where to begin. I'm not going to touch it until uh we get the show up. Do you want to even proceed with this? He might not. They They're known for that. >> Yeah, I mean, when I've dealt with jewels usually they do. >> Not the night guy. >> Uh depends on who the night guy is. >> The Asian dude? >> No, he's usually pretty good about wanting to do it for the last couple times I've been there. >> One of you or they just wanted to receive it. All right, so this was the driver. That's not her ID. >> No, that's my ID. >> Where's your ID? >> That's my ID. >> This is yours? >> Right, but you're driving the car, right? >> So, you're L Parish? >> Yes, I'm L Parish. >> Okay, can you confirm your address for me? >> No, I don't stay there. >> Where do you stay at? Where at? You got a middle initial? >> Okay. >> All right, what's your name? >> Caleb Simpson. >> Simpson? >> Caleb Simpson. >> Caleb Simpson. >> 61883 Caleb? >> Spell your first name. >> C A L E B >> Do you have a middle initial? >> J. >> What's your birthday? >> I have the address over here, but I don't stay there. >> Where are you Where are you staying at right now? >> Technically homeless. >> Oh, you're technically homeless? What's on your Do you have an ID to show to you? What's on your ID? Huh? Victor 2, I have a file for you and a name and a date of birth, are you ready? Nothing. Nothing. >> I got my first >> Last is Simpson. Common spelling. First is Caleb. K as in king, A as in Adam, L as in E as in Edward, B as in You got picked up on the train? >> Yeah. >> Copy that. All right, did they say how many people got out or >> I heard one of them. >> Yeah, but you weren't driving, though. >> Yeah, I was sleeping. All right. >> Okay, so I'm not getting any records. So, there's two reasons for that. You've never had an ID, which I don't believe, and or you're lying to me about your name, or you're not giving me a complete name. So, what which one is it? I know you you're a little I know you've had an ID at some point. So, what's on that ID? Is it Latasha Johnson with a middle initial? Is it >> Latasha LaStern. >> Huh? >> LaStern. >> LaShawn as in your last name? >> LaShawn. >> No, so L is your middle initial? Does that sound fair to say? Okay. Victor 3, can you try my name with a middle initial of L? One more question. If you had an ID before, what would be the address on it? >> Uh do you have a city on it? >> Was it in the car? >> Huh? Was it in the car? >> It was in the car. >> You said I thought you said in the in the store. >> Okay. >> You never That's her stuff. >> Okay. >> All right, Latasha, right now you're under arrest, okay? For retail theft. Come on. Come Ma'am, can you stand up? Come on. Push up. Hey Schultz, can you uh assist me over here? This officer's going to search you, okay? Come on, right over here. >> Do you have anything on you that could poke or stab me? Just take a few steps back. >> Victor, we got Victor 2, you can show him a booking photo of Latasha once we can find a file for Latasha or whatever her real name is. >> Actually, back up a little bit more so I can see everything. >> Okay. No. >> It's okay. >> She didn't know where I was. I don't >> Okay. You want to tell me what your real name is? Cuz we're going to find out anyway. Save us a whole bunch of time. What is it? >> I don't know where I am. Everything in there see that is what I got to do. >> I want to know where One second. >> Everything in there. >> Okay. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to talk to a lawyer or have him or her present with you while you're being questioned. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish. You can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements. Do you still understand each of these rights I've explained to you? >> Yes. >> Having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to me? Okay. So, is it yes or no? Do you want to talk to me or not? >> Okay. >> You said it's a yes? Okay. All right. So, how much What exactly did you take from the jewels? Okay. >> Medication and uh >> How much How much medications? A lot or a little? Okay. Did you put it in a bag? >> In the uh uh gift bag. >> Gift bag? Where's the gift bag? Out in the car? >> In his >> In your seat or her seat? >> His seat. >> Okay. All right. Is there anything else in the car that's from the jewels? >> Yes. >> Just the stuff that's in the bag in the front seat? >> Yeah. You see that in the gift bag. >> Okay. Did you have any or did you have enough money on you to purchase those items if you needed to? Or is it just the whatever's there? >> On me, I can get it. >> Okay. So, I'm I'm asking you if you had it when you walk when you walked into the store. >> Uh >> Do you have If you had any means of purchasing the items that you took in the store? >> Yeah. >> How or what How did you What means did you have to purchase those items? >> Cash card. >> Cash card? >> Cash and a >> And a card? Okay, does the card belong to you? >> Yeah. >> Yes? >> That's That's not on me. >> Okay. But, you Okay. >> It's tap and pay. >> Okay. All right. Did you go in there with the intention to take those items? >> You know that from him. >> Okay. So, how did you end up that you walked out of the store unintentionally? >> The back door. I knew it was going to be maxed and I thought I don't know. Maybe I could >> So, you you knew it was going to be more I'm sorry. I'm just paraphrasing cuz I'm having a hard time understanding you. >> Cut in the wrong I didn't know and that wasn't intentional. But, and uh the back door was the door was open. But, I don't know what I was doing. >> So, you went in there you didn't have the intention to take anything, but you saw that the door was open and decided to not pay? Am I right? Or is that what That's I'm paraphrasing what you said. Basically? Okay. All right. So, you went in there and then you gathered all the items in a bag that I'm assuming you brought with Did you bring the bag with you? >> To give >> To give back? Did you bring that in from your car? Or did you have that or did you take that from the store as well? You brought it with you? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Okay. She's good. >> Yeah. Um let me check really quick. I know you said your name was Ron, but Did you have Did you have an idea? >> Not yet. >> Did your name used to be Timothy? >> Oh, okay. Yeah, I did. Well, I I was searching the >> Yeah. Was your name Timothy before? Yeah. I I've got it. It's Timothy before. I can get the name for you. >> All right. I'd appreciate it. Okay. >> Are you good? >> Yeah. We're going to go this way. If we're going to have you have heavy Yeah. I'm going to have you have a seat in my car, okay? >> Okay. We're going to go this way. I'm sorry? If you can get I'm sorry, if you can get what? That's that's entirely up to them. So I don't I got to talk to my other officer who talked to him and see what they want done, okay? Right now, you're in custody for you committed a retail theft, that's what you're in custody for. Okay? So, whatever happens after that is up to whatever the officer that's over there talking with them says, okay? If they want you charged, depending on the amount you'll be charged accordingly, okay? If it's under $150, it'll be probably a ticket. If it's over that we'll go from there, okay? Okay. So, what was your what was your name before? Sorry, what is it? Timothy? Patterson? What's your middle or what was or do you still have the same middle initial? Huh? Just Timothy Patterson? Same birthday? What was your birthday? Yeah, well we'll we'll get you anything you need out of the car, okay? But, give me a few minutes to do some things. Okay. I understand. So, that's totally fine. I'm just I'm I'm I'm wondering why you would give us different names and different dates of birth. Did Did you not think we were going to find out or we're pretty good at our jobs. If somebody's if some information doesn't come up the way it should it looks pretty deceiv- or it looks pretty bad you're in custody, right? >> True. Okay. All right, so kick your knees in for me. Thank you. That would be the gift she said everything was in that gift bag. >> Oh, yeah. Not that that blue bag, too. >> Oh, yeah. That's going to be Oh, she's gone. Oh, yeah. >> That bag alone like 500 bucks. We're not even done, man. There's more. Jesus. And like a couple hundred dollars worth more. Um So, yeah. I'm assuming this Friday [ __ ] >> What's the What's the West Coast >> What's in the van? Is it on there? You This is your car you said? >> Yeah, you got this car in Chicago. >> Uh you're under arrest, okay? So, give me your >> I'm under arrest as well. >> search warrants? Cuz this car is coming back stolen. So, you're under arrest also. No, no, don't pull away. We're not going to play that game. You're under arrest. I just notified you. You are also under arrest. We'll figure that out at the station. That guy has got to go, okay? So, I'm going to read you your rights, okay? Okay, old man. We'll We'll explain it all, okay? >> Yeah, so >> And you may not have known. We're going to figure that out later. Give you a minute. All right, I'm going to ask you a bunch of questions. You need to say yes or no. You have the right to remain silent. Do you understand? >> Victor 1 from 2, if you're available if you can swing back over there. I'm bringing you another car for another transport. >> You have the right to talk to a lawyer or have him or her present with you while you are being questioned. Do you understand? >> All right. >> If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish. Do you understand? You can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements. Do you understand? All right, cool. Let's get you warm. Let's get you in my car. Huh? Oh, cool. Cool. Money one Do whatever you want. I'm doing it in front of the car. All right, well, I'll get a hook up. My man, uh you might be on that uh the Nike Express, do you understand? Yes, please. He is suicidal or something. Not for reported missing. Huh? Reported missing. How old are you? Are you missing? Somebody reported you missing, apparently. Okay, how long you been gone? Give me your mom's number so I can call her and let her know you're okay. I'm sure CPD's probably got it. They can just take him back and have him sit in the lobby. Missing suicidal or something? I don't know. It matters. I didn't hear. Sometimes people feel upset with something wrong with them. All right, long walk to Chicago anyway. Yeah, how about this, dude? So, what we're going to do is we're going to get you to PD. You're in like essentially protective custody. Let us figure out what's going on. Come with us, stay warm, and let's figure it out there. So, instead of figuring it out out here, it could be another damn hour. It's freezing. Oh, I Here, I'll make a deal with you. If [ __ ] turns out where you know, we're going to figure it out and you're going to be on your own, I'll take you right back to the train station. Well, I got to I got to call CBD. Right now, I can't let you go. Right. So, I'm saying, let's let's figure it out. Am I going to transport you or do you want me to wait? If you want to wait just till I I take off. Go look in the key piece. You know what? Everybody's cold out here. We just want to get this sorted out in the nice light area. Okay, you're not in any trouble, man. Not at all. We just want to make sure you stay safe. You know, somebody obviously cares about you. They want to make sure you're safe. Your double bag. You I got to go through it cuz it's in the car. And then I'll give it back to you. Yeah, is it a black double bag? Tell you what, I'll even throw that cigarette in there for you when you're done. I got cigarettes. I'll give you one if the [ __ ] you want. Yeah, you want it right now? That one? I like this yours. I think that's uh toxic. I'll get you one. Get you a clean one. Anybody smoke? Anybody got a lighter? Actually, I might have a lighter. Stand by. Try to get the one without the crack out. >> 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. 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