Welcome to Texas Law Encounters, your home for raw police footage. Remember to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and ring the bell icon so you don't miss any new uploads. And as always, enjoy the video. On March 25th, 2023, officers with the Houston Police Department were dispatched to a parking lot at the Galleria Mall. A stolen vehicle had been caught on camera, but by the time officers got there, the suspect was already inside. As the owner of the vehicle arrived on scene, the officers were busy setting up a trap for the alleged thief. Yep, they already moved. They already Yep, they already moved. Watch guy. Watch people behind us. Watch people behind us. Go. Leave now. You got him? Get out of the car. GET OUT OF THE CAR. PUT YOUR HANDS UP. STEP OUT. STEP OUT. Step out. Yeah, you Come on. You You all the one in there? All right. Put your phone on top of the car. Turn around. Face away from me. Walk backwards. Walk this way. All right. Turn around. Put your hands on the hood. You got him? All right. Put your hands behind your back. You got him? Yep, you got him. Anybody else in the car? You're a big dude. Stay calm and make this a little more gentle on you a little bit. All right. All right, whose car is that, man? That car's stolen, bro. Who let you have the car? Huh? Who let you have the car? It's not my car. It's not your car? Well, I know it's not your car, but who who let you use the car? I was just driving. You was just driving? You got an ID on you? Uh no, sir. Is it in the car? Uh All right, go and stand over there for What's your name, bub? Jeremiah. Jeremiah? All right, man. What did you So, you your friend give you the car, buy the car? No, I was just using the car. I didn't even use it. All right, where's your friend from? He's from um You got an ID on you? Mhm. Just give me a name, date of birth. Um He's from um Yeah. From Dallas? Okay. You got a Texas driver's license? You got a Texas ID card? You ain't got nothing? No, sir. You ever been arrested? Mhm. No? Okay. All right, put your feet in there for me real quick. Give me a second. He's from Dallas. He said the guy that gave him the car is from Dallas. So, but I got Hey, can you hear me? Give me my work phone right there. This one? Yeah. I talked to the officer who was working the extra job at the auction house. That's a pretty decent profile. All right, man. So, I'm getting two different stories here. You said a friend let you use it. Your people are saying you bought it off Facebook Marketplace. Now you're going to Okay. He's He's riding with it in his car. Who's the girlfriend? Who's? You are What's up? I'm on an ankle monitor, so I kind of got a curfew right now. What's your I mean, you guys aren't really needed here, so Y'all got my uh driver's license. That's what I was going to say. You got my ankle monitor there. What time you got to be back? It's really 8:00, but Man, what the Man, I don't want to try to GET TO JALEN, SAVE YOUR JALEN, save your time. Don't waste my time, man. Yeah, I'm going to get his ID. He's on ankle monitor on a on a curfew. You gave it Okay. What's his name? Who? What's his name? What's his name? What's his real name? His What's his name? What's his real name? Hey. I call him Big Boy. Okay. Hey, I'm going to I'm going to tell you I'm going to tell you true. I'm going to give you guys a chance to save him, okay? Yeah. If you tell me his name is the name he gave me, I'm not going to hit him with a a failed ID charge. He gave you Jeremiah? Okay. Cool. Thank you. That's what I want to make sure. What's his last name? Oh, I don't know his last name. He's a good guy, though. I don't What's his last name? Okay. He may He gave me a good name, man. That's uh People like to People like to think they don't get charged for that, and they do. So, don't What What's the charge you get? It could possibly be state jail felony, but Unauthorized use? We got to Yeah, we got to prove that Yeah. he's the one that took the car in the first place. He's operating He's operating the vehicle, which he's not authorized to operate the vehicle, so All right. What's your I'm going to butcher your name. I'll try to say it. You guys are good to go. You guys are all good to go. Appreciate it. No, he said his friend that he got the cars from Dallas. Jalen, where are you from? I'm from Beaumont. You're from Beaumont? Man, how you How you dissing my hometown like this, driving a stolen car? You driving a stolen car? That's my hometown. Man, I'm just I'm messing with you. No, like dead ass. I'm messing with you. What part It's It's just Beaumont. Okay. My whole family's from Nederland and Port Arthur. Okay. All right. So, that's where you're born, but you stay here? Yes. Okay. All right, man. So, here's the deal. I'm not going to lie to you. I don't I don't lie to people. All right, to be real, shows a little bit more than a level of respect, no matter what. Yes, sir. Um you're still a human being. That's the way I see things, right? Okay, you're going to jail tonight for the UUMV. So, with that said, it is a state jail felony. Okay? Listen. Hey. Hey. Listen up. Listen to me. I got a real, bro. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Hey, you can look it up. You've never been arrested. Okay? That's a felony, bro. But But listen. Listen. Listen. That's This is Harris County, bro. You've never Hey. Look at me. Have you ever been arrested? I'm scared to go to jail. I got I got you. I got I got you. I'm scared of my life. Okay? When you get down there, keep your mouth shut. Don't talk to other people. Don't get tied up in their business. Sit there. Go talk to the judge. Get your bond. Go home. Go to your court dates, okay? Again, So, am I going to get a PR, but I don't have money for You probably would. I I wouldn't be surprised. I can't guarantee it. I don't work for the county. I'm not the judge. But again, you're 18. You've never been arrested. This is not a violent crime. I wouldn't be surprised. So, either it'll either be PR or probably pretty low bond. Okay? You don't have a history. Keep it that way. 18-year-old Jeremiah Fleming was arrested on one felony count of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Fortunately, he genuinely seems like he wants to turn his life around. Oh, wait. Not even 2 months later, he was arrested for auto theft. Another felony. Good luck, Charlie. Do what you need to do to get this taken care of. Okay? Whatever they ask you to do at the end of the day, you know, cuz your best bet in life is that this gets somehow gets dropped down to a misdemeanor. I don't know how, but somehow gets dropped down to a misdemeanor level. That'll That'll That protects your life. Okay? You don't want a felony conviction. Okay? At 18 years old, you don't. All right? But But so you're only going You're only going for UUV, which is unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. You were not authorized to use this car because the owner of this car didn't give you authorization, the real owner. Do you know who took the car? We don't. That's why you're not going That's why you're not going for theft of motor vehicle. Cuz you didn't Cuz we can't say for sure you stole the car. We can say for sure you were in operation of the car and you're not authorized by by the actual owner. Do you want to press charges Uh yeah, they do. Okay? Just sit back for me, all right? But do you at least know who took the car or something? That's That's going to be for concerned division investigators, all right? How Hey, how are your wrists? You're pretty big dude. Are you good? I'm all right. I'm hurt. Okay. Lean forward for me, okay? I'm going to take this one off. I'm going to put a second pair on you. Do you say chill and we'll keep it chill like that, all right? Cuz you're pretty stocky like me. I know these things ain't comfortable and you got to go We got to go downtown. Put that hat on top of your head for a second. All right, let me see your hands. I thought I would go to jail. I can't bond out. So I have to go in and take a plea by yourself. Like I said Like I said, man, you're going to They're going to give you a a good bond, if even a money bond. The way The way we see it work around here you'll be able to call someone, call your family, call your girlfriend. All right. You're not You're not going to be getting like $100,000 bond or anything like that. Like that. 2,000. Well, this is what Most If I If from my experience and what I'm looking at, yeah. If that. Okay? So, just hang tight for me, okay? We can get downtown. Thanks for watching Texas Law Enforcers. Your support makes this possible. If you're looking for more content, consider subscribing to the channel or check out the suggested videos on your screen. 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