Hey, come talk to me real quick. You can go have a seat over here with the with the girl, okay? I'm Officer Newt with the College Station Police Department. Can you tell me a little bit about what's going on today? What y'all are up here for? I'm sorry? Can you tell me what you're up here for? Well, yes, sir. We had a cash the check. Okay. Where's the check from? What's that? It's an insurance claim. It's an insurance claim. Okay. Can you tell me about the insurance claim? Uh not really. No? No, sir. You don't have any idea about it. Thank you very much. Where's the Was Was it your insurance claim? I believe so, yes, sir. You believe so. Yes, sir. So, shoot me straight, man. Mhm. Check's fine. It is? I'm asking. You don't even know if you had an insurance claim. >> No, no, sir. It shouldn't be. Okay. So, did you have an insurance claim? Yes, sir. What for? Insurance for what? For school. For school? Yes, sir. Okay. All right. Is there a problem, sir? Yeah, there's a problem, man. We're worried about that check not being any good. And you can't explain where the check's coming from. I'm sorry. Nobody Nobody collects insurance for school. You get where I'm coming from? Ma'am, do you have your ID with you by chance? Am I Am I under arrest or something? No, you're not under arrest right now, ma'am. I was just trying to figure out what's going on and why the check is the way that it is and that you can't explain where the check came from. Oh. Does that make sense? Yes, sir, but I understand that uh did I break any law? Well, potentially, and that's what I'm trying to figure out, okay? You're You're You're trying to cash a check that doesn't belong to you. Thank you. Does that make sense? Yes, sir, but if it's under my name, then it do belong to me, sir. But you don't have an You don't have an answer for where that check came from. You're saying an insurance. Mhm, it's on the paper. Okay. But you you you said you don't You made an insurance claim for what? I'm saying it's on the paper, sir. What did you make an insurance claim for? What did What are you getting money from the insurance company for? For what? Yeah, what did you get money for? What did you get a check for? I just told you why I got a check. For insurance. That doesn't give me an answer. There's a lot of things that you get checks from insurance for. >> What are you trying to tell me the check is hot? I'm trying to I'm trying to figure out if it is. You can't tell me. Okay, then tell me what the check is for. What insurance claim did you make? A car, sir. For a car? Yes, sir. Okay. Is that it? What happened to the car? I'm sorry, sir. I just feel like I'm being interrogated, that's all. You're just being questioned, that's for sure, okay? Because I'm trying to figure out what's going on. Okay. All right. What happened to the car that you got an insurance check for? It was damaged. Okay, how was it damaged? It was wrecked. Okay. So, what Why did you tell me that you got an insurance check for school? Because, sir, with all due respect, sir, I feel interrogated, so I had to So, you're lying to me? Sir, with all due respect, look how you approached me like I was under arrest, sir. I didn't say you were under arrest. I said I want to ask you some questions about what's what's going on with the check that you're trying to cash. Fair? Yes, sir. You know? Am I being respectful? I just want to ask a question. I'm not trying to be sarcastic. I just You're being respectful to me. >> like I I am being respectful to you. No, no, I said you are being respectful. I didn't say you're disrespectful. I said you're being respectful. And I appreciate that. It's going to go both go go both ways. I promise you that. You just start If I start being disrespectful, I want you to call me on that. All right. You going to do that? Yes, sir. So, how long you guys been in Texas? Uh not that long. Okay. How long is not that long? Uh how long would you say we were here? June 11th? Okay. What brought y'all down to Texas? Uh visiting. Visiting? With family or friends or like traveling or Okay. Well, we trying like get a crib out here cuz like Okay. Little better than Illinois right now? Okay. Yeah, talk with them. I'm going to get see if we can look at that check and stuff. They hit all over the state. Yeah. And then they said they've been here in Texas since June 11th. Would that be consistent with Well, they hit one of our banks in Lubbock. >> That's what I'm saying, would that be consistent with the time frame? Oh, this morning. So, there's a plan where Okay, I got They tried to say different So, same customer. That's the check. Okay. Yes, we had gotten an email this morning that that happened. Are they using the same like names or Okay. Yeah, cuz I have a copy of the Same customer. Okay. I have the copy of the check. Did y'all at any point see the female handle the check at all or has it just been the male that's doing all the talking? >> She was standing behind him at the counter. I don't know that he ever touched him or talked to anybody. Okay. Yeah, we've caught them before when they come out of Houston picked up homeless. Mhm. They are staying in the common area of the parking lot across the street. As soon as they see cop cars, they're gone. Is it this black car with the covering over the the license plate? Would that be their vehicle? The Jeep? No, that's for our hotelers. Okay. Usually they don't park in the parking lot. They park at the hotel. Not 261. Okay. And that's what I'm saying, as soon as they see a cop car Yeah, they'll leave. They're gone. Last time we caught them before y'all caught them in the parking lot, they were in the backseat cuz they were trying to leave. You got you. So, do you Are there any cars in here that you don't recognize right now? No. I'm sure that's how y'all pulled up there. Again, they don't ever pull in the parking lot. I get you. That's someone walked in the door that came from Probably from the hotel. Probably that Well, that direction. That direction. In the past I've come across from the Hyatt because their handlers can watch across street. >> Yeah. So, he's claiming insurance. Yeah, that's what this one said to you. Yeah, when I assume what the insurance was for, he said for uh school. He's like, oh, okay. And this is a doctor note. Real similar amounts, different people. And this is the one y'all got the email on? Yes, this morning saying this appeared So, we got branches in Lubbock, Austin, San Antonio. They're all over. Yeah. Facility manager should be able to help. Sounds great. Thank you, sir. Hey, Morrow, if she stays on Instagram, I'm fine with that, but if she starts texting or calling anybody, you just snatch that phone from her, okay? I'll be right back. Hey, man, I'm going to be honest with you, okay? Yes, sir. Everything that we're looking at is pretty suspect, all right? Who are you here with? Is it just the two of y'all? Yes, sir. Nobody drove you here? No, sir. What car did y'all come up here in? Uh we walked. Where did you come from? From here. Cuz you didn't walk from Illinois. No, sir. Yeah, I know. But where did y'all walk from? Uh we got off the bus. Okay, where's your car at? Uh Where's your car at? Uh we don't have a car, sir. So, you drove a You rode a bus from where to here? From here. Yeah. Uh sir, I just told you I took a bus here and walked. Uh-huh. I said, where did you take the bus from? I didn't walk to take the bus from. I am being interrogated, man. What are you doing? It's a pretty simple question, man. >> I'm just Pretty simple questions. I'm asking where you took a bus from. I told you we're not from here, man. Okay. I don't even know the area, so Okay. So, but you got on a bus here in town. Okay. So, where's your car at that you got here with? Uh it's not out here. It's not out here? Okay. Not 261. So, here's the deal, man. We're looking at a couple different things, all right? Okay. Um you're lying to me a lot, man. I'll be honest with you. Both of y'all are. And then you're also just kind of lying by omission like y'all are like I get it. You don't want to tell me where your car is at. You don't want to tell me where you came from. Where did y'all stay last night? At a hotel. Which hotel? The Motel 6. Motel 6 in Bryan-College Station. Here's I'm going to give you an opportunity, you know, like I know you feel like I'm interrogating Man, I'm asking a lot of questions. I get I get recon from. Yeah, but So, but but listen to me, man. I'm also not This isn't my first time, you know, being out and about. I know these people that run these rings. Mhm. They also a lot of times bring people in to try and help them out. And then they watch from across the street or down the road. Is that what's going on today? Are you here with anybody else? No, no, sir. Okay, so it's just the two of y'all. Yes, sir. Okay. What's y'all's relationship? Girlfriend, okay. Girlfriend. How long y'all been dating? For a year. Four. Four? Why don't you go talk to her? She'll give you some more information and we can go from there. Ma'am, can you stay off the phone for me, okay? I appreciate it. Thank you. I'm going to hold onto it. I'm not going to go through it. I'm just going to hold onto it for right now, okay? No, I want to watch Tik Tok. >> No, I'm sorry. Hey, it's Just so you see what it says on your lock screen. I'm not going to do anything. >> to get that back though, right? Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. I'm not going to take it right now, okay? Yeah. Are you Okay. Ma'am, can I talk to you in here for a second? Uh is she okay? Yeah, she's fine. You can take a seat. I know he was doing a lot of talking, uh but he's your boyfriend and everything, too. Uh but what was that check for again? Well, it's for a like he said, wrecked his car. He wrecked his car? >> came in with him, so Okay, okay. So, he's saying it's for his car. What What What What is it What is it for? What is it What is it really for? >> That's how I wouldn't know cuz I just came in with him, so he got checks. I came in with him. They wanted to come by themselves, so I came in with him. So, you didn't know what the check was for or you Only he do. How did you know that it was for the insurance though? Cuz he just said it. Oh, you were in contact with your uncle who did it? >> called him whatever because he know about it, but his ass not answering phone. And then he took my phone cuz I can't make my phone calls. So, your uncle did it like the whole setting it up for both of you guys? >> No, just for him. Okay. Cuz I know his name. I called him whatever and he said he going to call me back and never called me back. Okay. Your uncle never called you back. What's the last time you talked to him? Huh? What's the last time you talked to him? When I had uh called him off my phone. It's on my phone. Okay. How long ago was that? Uh like a few minutes ago. Okay. We're just trying to get y'all what what y'all need and everything like that. Um Um Did he say what insurance company it was for? No, he did not. He just said hold on. And y'all he didn't got the phone. Phone hung up. I called again. He did not answer. Okay, when did your when did your uncle get you that check for? When did he get you the check? Uh either day yesterday day before yesterday. Okay. So, 1 2. And he's here in town? Huh? Was he here in town? I don't know today. I don't know. I was in the house >> where he was? Okay, where were you at? I was here like the motel. I was in there. Okay. >> where he was. So, do you know where he went? That's what I know. I don't know. Okay. Okay, well just give us a second, okay? You said you called your uncle and stuff. Is it okay if we take a look at your phone? Is it okay if we look in it? So, I'm just trying to confirm what you're telling me as far as like the truth on stuff. So, that's kind of what I'm looking at right now. Like you said you made those phone calls and stuff like that. I was just looking to see those phone calls that you're making. The text messages that you're sharing with the person as well. That type of thing, okay? Is this your phone or is it his? That's mine. >> Is it yours? That's mine. You need anything else you want to get? Okay. I'm going to hold on to it while we're done looking at it now, okay? You want to run down the side of it to make sure you get the phone. Can you get the phone? I don't know. Yeah, you can come back out here and sit right here in the chair real quick. I'm just going through my phone. And he asked us what we were doing. I said Same thing we're asking you, man. I got a question for you. Yes, sir. Do you use this stuff like that? Have you ever been in a position like this before? Do y'all see whatever y'all see do y'all do the protocol they call? Y'all? A lot of times, yeah. Yeah. I'm just asking. No, no, I understand. I thought that was protocol when I called if the person that they called on the check said they made the check. She never verified it. She never verified the account. When we first called them >> On both? Mhm. Okay, cool. Yeah, man. Go ahead and do me a favor. Just uh sit sit forward in that seat. Put your hands behind your back for me, okay? You're being placed under arrest right now for uh fraud. Huh? Okay. So, that check has proven to be no good. Okay? >> What? >> Yeah. It's a hot check, okay? It's fake. It's Well, How? Stop talking. How? I don't know, man. I don't know, man. Yeah, I know. Can you do the same thing with your hands? No weapons or anything like that on you, right? No knives, no guns, okay? No drugs or anything like that, okay? You can set it up here. I got your backpack right back there. You can walk out slowly, okay? Okay. Okay. And I've got your phone, okay? Which one's yours? Far. I'm going to have to hang up the phone on you, okay? Just sit with him real quick, okay? Right here, now. Face that door for me. Spread your feet apart for me, okay? Do you have anything sharp or anything that could poke me, stick me, or hurt me? Got anything on your pockets or anything in Okay. You got basketball shorts on or your jeans? Go ahead and go back first. Hold behind you, sir. Hold it, sir. I want to search you real quick and then we'll go. How's it going? Like I told you, both of our cameras are activated recording everything that we're doing. Um Got it. Yeah, just letting you know. I'm going to use the back cam for like sensitive areas on your body, okay? But his camera's on, my camera's on, okay? Do you have anything that could poke, stick me, or hurt me? Okay. Just make sure nothing falls out of it. Yeah, we're good. Go bring the other side because they're in a dating relationship. They can go right together since they're No. offense that they committed against each other. Yep. Go ahead and go back first. Cool back here. Turn on the AC real quick. I'm sweating. During the investigation, bank employees learned that a sister branch had already cashed a similar fraudulent check from the same business, both for roughly $4,685. After confirming the check was not legitimate, both suspects were arrested, charged with forgery, and taken into custody at the Brazos County Jail.