November 26th, 2024, officers were called after a woman tried to steal items from Target and things didn't go in her favor. Turn the car off. Turn the car off. Now, turn the car off. Let me see your hands. Come on come on come on out over here. Come on out of the car. Out of the car right over here. Stay right over here. What's going on? Put your phone away. Hold on. 43 sir. Okay, well you just hit the Target. Okay, and I didn't walk out the door with it. Didn't the lady try to push me? No. >> Okay, you had a cart, right? Full of stuff? Did you have a cart full of stuff? Yes, I did. But I didn't touch anything. >> Okay, just hold on a minute. Just keep your hands Where's your ID? Soon as I saw her, I turned right back around. I didn't go nowhere. Okay, you didn't leave the the uh No. No. And I don't have nothing. The lady got the cart full of stuff. Who's the lady? The The The lady at the door. I mean at the >> who are you with? >> Target. >> I'm by myself, sir. You weren't with anybody else? >> No. Um miss, can you do me a favor? >> Yeah. Come over here. We don't want to get hit. Uh do you have any knives, needles, or anything like that? As of right now, seeing as that your demeanor is pretty cooperative, I'm not going to put you in handcuffs. As long as you remain violent I'm not. Okay. 10-4. If you did do something wrong here, maybe some repercussions in the end make the situation worse. Yes. You do anything that's going to be suspect here, you're going to go in handcuffs. I'm going to give you benefit of the doubt. Okay, I just want to get home to my kids. So, I'm sorry. I didn't take anything. But but there's a little before and before you get home to taking the kids, maybe you go in the store and start thinking about thieving, maybe you get caught up, you get called out, you decide not to do it. Or you know, so here's the thing. We're going to know. Target has an eye in the sky. It's better than Vegas. I got to tell you, I left the whole cart. I did not touch anything. >> Okay, well you were going to leave the You're going to leave >> I did and I thought about it. I said, "No." I left the cart. Who are you here with? I'm here by myself, sir. You're not here with anybody else? No. I came all the way from Wisconsin. I'm here by myself. >> Okay. All right. All right. I'm here by myself. I I came by myself. I don't have anything. You can check my cart. 10-4. See, I told you I didn't take anything. No, no. That's That's the other person. Somebody else. All right. What So, you went in the Target, you got a bunch of stuff in the cart, and then you were about to leave the store, right? Where'd you leave the cart at? At the front. At the front. >> Mhm. Where at the front? The lady got the cart. Okay, did she pull it from you? Huh? How'd she get the cart? I I pushed it to her. You pushed her the cart? >> Mhm. I said, "Here, you can have it." Okay. And walked out. the Target video cuz at the end of the day, I don't quite believe you as much as I want to, but I'm going to believe the eye in the sky. It looks like you're working in concert with somebody else. >> I I know. I said Oh, no. I actually said I was coming I was trying. But once I said >> I appreciate that. I I I told y'all I gave them the cart and that was it. But what what what I'm concerned about I appreciate you honestly about admitting that wanting to take stuff, but you didn't do it cuz you got stopped. Did loss prevention kind of start talking to you or make contact with you at the door? Yeah, I I saw her. Okay. So, so you saw you you caught wind of it and you stopped that nonsense. Okay. Um now I'm more concerned about if there's a second person here involved, which we're going to eventually make contact with them cuz they're still over there. And if she's going to be like, "Hey, that was God's plan with the food." Oh, I'm not with no one else. Okay. All right. I was with someone else, they'd be in the car with me. >> Well, we don't know that. Some people, you know, they come in two different cars. Oh, no. I'm all the way in Wisconsin. Oh, I know. I know. So, you drove all the way out here from Wisconsin to this Target? I'm not that far. From Wisconsin? Yeah. To come to this Target? Yeah. I live in Burlington. Okay. That's the old address. Okay. Yeah, that ain't my Nothing on my hood is going to poke you. Yes. So, what's going on now? >> Well, we're going to figure it out. Okay, fair enough. Well, in about a moment or two, Target is going to positively or not positively identify. Should they positively fully identify you, they're going to make a decision whether they want to proceed with a complaint or not. Turn around. Turn around. It's well within their right to make that determination. What am I facing? Huh? You're just facing that way. Okay. Stay like this? Yeah, turn around like this. Don't No, turn towards the officer. Do you know what shirt? Yes, that's the one right there. Okay. Okay. Okay. One second. All right. just stay over here. That's where you can uh Please don't take me to jail. I got to get home to my kids. I didn't take anything. >> Okay. Okay, just keep your hands out of your pocket. What the [ __ ] is going on in it? I understand. There's nobody else in the car, right? >> No. Okay. You've never been arrested? Yeah, not even in Wisconsin? Okay. What do you What's your business out here? Hmm, I used to stay out here. You used to stay out here where? Um in the village right off of 12th and Roosevelt. 12th and Roosevelt? Okay. Do you want to sign a complaint? Good news, bad news. Bad news is that you're going to get hooked up in handcuffs, transported to my station. >> I speak with her, please? Speak with her, please. But temporarily, but you're going to be out hopefully within the hour because luckily you're in the state of Illinois Cook County that gave you a slight release ticket. Right now? Not right now. Not right now. We need you to take this off. So, just so you know, you're on body camera, audio, video recording. We're putting everybody here on camera. So, what's going to happen to my car? And I didn't take anything. Uh you you got 24. What about my car? Can I park my car? Great news, it's not your car. So, what's going on with my car? The car is going to be towed. Can I call for one to get Go to this guy. Let me just uh Do you have anything on you that's going to poke me, stick me, nothing like that, right? Okay, hold on a second. Just check your pockets. Is that your phone? Yes. All right, we're going to have a female matron search you. Yeah. Okay. All right. Okay. All right, have a seat inside here. All right, sir, come and take her in. Are her keys in the car? Uh yeah, she said they were. Let me just I'll check it for you. Can you stand right there? Nope, they're not. Nah, she's got to have mine or Yeah, I didn't feel them. Yeah, they're in my pocket. This one? I didn't want to >> my sister please come get my car? No. Why not? Because That's not how it works. >> It wasn't and nothing even went inside of my car. It doesn't matter. That's not how it works. 450 area vacation for 10 minutes. Thanks, sir. House keys and phone are going in there first. All right. What she's saying? >> Everything else is staying in the car. All right. Thank you, sir. Oh, you know what? I got to wait. Yep, she's coming right here. All right, he's coming. All right. You still got your earpiece in too, right? Mhm. So, you say I have to pay y'all $500? $550, yeah. Upfront before I can get my car? Yes, ma'am. Hold on one second. Let me get your purse. If we can go with this way. Straight to the back that way. What's this door? I'm going to see how I have to pay y'all. What What am I paying you guys for? That's a processing fee and a toll violation fee. Why? When When When my sister could have came and got my car? Well, per department policy, we have to tow the vehicle if there was a crime committed. Hold on. Hold on. Okay. Do you have anything on you on you that's going to poke me, uh nothing like that, okay? Give me one second. Um Okay, turn around. They ended up charging her with petty theft. Unfortunately, they had to teach her a lesson even though she changed her mind about stealing the items after she was caught. But, share your comments below and like and subscribe.