309 she's running. Stop. This is when the officer noticed something strange in the middle of August in Wisconsin [music] and it's 90° out, yet 31-year-old Brett, this strange man that nobody mentioned until just now. Do you have a ID with you just real quick? >> No. You don't have one? >> NO. BRETT, STOP. PULL OVER NOW. NO. AUGUST 8TH, 2025. Anelasko police respond to a motel trespass that becomes a dual fugitive arrest with two foot [music] pursuits. Once dispatch confirms an active warrant, arrest becomes mandatory. The Fourth Amendment permits this. A valid warrant is probable cause. All right, it's Anelasko police. Can you come talk to me? Come to the door. I'm not going anywhere. Huh? Talked to me. He said I didn't talk to him cuz door was partially open. I knocked on the door. Who is it? Anelasko police. Shut it back up to the wall, too. There is a back door, is there? Yeah. We aren't going anywhere. It's at this point the officer is made aware that the woman has a warrant out for her arrest. Just a few months earlier, she was charged with theft, violating her probation. She actually had multiple cases open against her for theft and bail jumping. So, officers knew it was vital they bring her down before she gets another chance to disappear, but it might already be too late for that. 309 SHE'S RUNNING. STOP. RUNNING DOOR IS FINE. Anelasko here. Stop. Get out. I don't have anything on me. >> out. 309 we got her. We got her. Please stop. Stop. Stop. >> Stop. Stop. Please stop for a second. No. >> No. You lost that? >> We're 95. I need to say something real quick. What do you need to say? I need to get a hold of someone. I need my phone to get a hold of someone, please. Okay. Well, we'll figure that out here in a minute. >> I need to do it now my son. No. I have a 5-year-old son, dude. Is he in the motel room? Yes. Okay. We'll get that squared away. Why'd you run from him? Because I can't leave my son right now. You just left him. You just took off. >> trying I was trying to leave you guys. You with your son in the motel room and now you want to go back and say you're trying not to leave him? >> He's got someone in there with him. Who? A friend of mine. What's his name? Davion. She seemed panicked and twitchy and she's not making much sense, but that's something the officers will unpack later when they search her motel room. For now, they're more concerned with the name she just mentioned, Davion, especially given what she's about to say. That's the friend or that's your son? >> That's my friend. >> Okay. What's your son's name? Okay to be with? No, I have to get a hold of someone. That's what I said. I have to get I need my phone. So, we'll figure that out here in a minute. Who's the friend? It's just Davion I said. Why is he staying with you? He's not staying with me. He just stopped by. Why? Why won't he answer the door? I don't know why. Can I please have my phone so I can make a phone call so I can get him here with my son? Please. We'll figure it out. You're going to be overly nice when you need to strain from us. I only ran from you because I can't This is not a good time for me to leave with my son. I'm a parent. No time's a good time to leave your son. I can tell you running is not the best option. >> find his dad right now. Okay. Can you see Can you Can you last Last time I go and find his dad? Last Can I please just see my son for a second? I will cooperate. No. Can I have Can I see my son for a second? >> Don't get in the car. Please let me see him. He's not going to understand. Please. You want to see him in handcuffs? Yes, please. Can I kiss him now, please? Get over here. Please Can I kiss him now, please? Do you have anything on you that's going to poke, prick, or stab me or hurt me? I've never hurt Do you have anything on you that's going to poke, prick, or stab me? No, no, no, but I don't want to leave I don't want to even make a phone call. Talk to me right now. I'm a parent. I can relate to you. I have a 5-year-old. So, what do you need? I need to I need I'd like to help my son cuz I really I don't know if he's okay. His dad's been missing and okay for so long cuz his dad's been missing for 4 days. I was going to make a missing person report. So, I'd like to make a missing person report so that we can find his dad cuz then his dad can take him. Where is the dad? Did he walk away? He's He's here. He's here. He's here with us all the time. He thinks Oh, we just made contact with him. Where is he? Where is he? He just walked down the road. So, he's fine. He's safe. Well, he He needs to come here. So, how do we find How do we find find him? You want to call him? His number is still on my computer. So. Okay, never mind. I I need to call him. So, when we go and knock on that door, is Davion going to answer the door? I don't know. Honestly, I don't know. Cuz when I knocked, whoever was in there dead bolted that door. >> Yeah, I don't know. I just know my son's probably in there totally scared. Okay. Can we please get a hold of Davion? Yes. Yeah. We will get your son. I will bring him out here and you can see him, okay? Are you sure that is what you want given that you are handcuffed? We can't take the handcuffs off. >> Yes, I do. Okay. Are you good here with us? Yeah. Okay. Said his name was Davion? Davion. Davion? Davion, come to the door. Is the room registered in your name? Yes. Do you have a key? No, he's inside. Okay. Was Davion was he registered on the room at all as well? >> the door right now. Where is her son? Okay. She wants to see her son. Davion, I see you've got a knife in your pocket. Just leave your hands where we can see them. >> No, he's good. I'm not Well, given the situation, I just want to make it clear. What happens when She took off running. Come on. Your mom wants to see you. Hey, bud. Your mom wants to come see you, okay? Can I please hug him? Please put my hands in front. I'm not I'm not I promise I will cooperate. He needs to be comforted, please. I cannot uncuff you. Please Can you put your hands in the front so he can so he can hug me? Can you put the cuffs in the front just so he can hug me You wanted to sit Hey, come here. Come here. Okay, sit on my lap. Can I Can I put my hands in the front? I can at least just like rub his back, please? No. I'm sorry, I cannot do that. You've already taken off. This is The room? Are you registered to this room? No. Okay. So, they want her out, which means you're not welcome back in that room. Okay. So, that's why we're out with you right now. >> Okay, well, I need to grab my bag. Okay. Well, we got to go in with you then. Okay. Bye. Is there anyone else in there? Are there any knives, guns, anything else that we need to be concerned about? >> No. Okay. Well, this is my bag, dude. Okay. Open the door, Brett. Who else is inside there? Did she pay for the room at all? >> know. Some Some dude she knows Brett from like I don't know. I don't know the dude. Like I don't know him like that. Like I said, I know her. Who else is in the room? Just me and my yourself. Who else is in the room? Um Davion's got a friend here. Uh his name is Davion. Sounds like his first name was Brett. What's his last name? I just I just met him right right right now. Are you on the Are you on this room? No, I'm just here visiting. Okay. Excuse me. Brett? No. Brett No. Okay. I'm going to follow him cuz he probably has a warrant. What? You don't have an ID on you at all? No. Okay. What were you doing here? I was following you. Okay. Stop following me. Who's that? Brett. That's him. OKAY, HE'S WEARING A BLACK BANDANA ON THE face mask. 309 he's on a longboard headed up towards the high school. BRETT, STOP. CAREFUL. PULL OVER NOW. NO. I'M RUNNING. HE'S SAYING THAT HE SAID HE'S NOT going back to jail without A FIGHT. STOP. IT'S NOT ME. WHY ARE YOU SAYING THAT? PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. STOP. PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. NOW, I WILL [ __ ] taze you. Taze me, but why? What did I do? This is a violation of my >> 309 we got him stopped at Oak Forest Drive. Is it fixed? Right by the trailhead. You can't sit there and try and hurt someone. That's not You didn't do You don't know who I am. Can you stop, please? Can you Can you stop? No. Why? Cuz you just tried to [ __ ] punch me in the face. I didn't. Yeah, you did. I [ __ ] saw you. It's hard to make out from the body cam, but the dash cam footage shows clear as day that as Officer Whitcraft goes to tackle him, Brett takes a huge swing and tries to punch him in the face. Unfortunately for him, he missed and after a short struggle on the ground, the officers are able to detain him. Hey, man. You know what? I haven't done anything wrong. >> [ __ ] Shut up. What? Cuz I went for >> Put your hands behind your back. My longboard over there? Put your hands BEHIND YOUR BACK. NOW. ADAM Come him one. Why are you guys doing this to me? Because you ran from us and you tried to assault an officer. >> run. I walked all the way until you stopped following me, which you're not supposed to be doing. Yeah, and I told you to stop multiple times. Yeah, when you were chasing me for no reason. I'm pretty sure you know why. >> [ __ ] was the point of [ __ ] trying to punch me? Yeah. >> you. It just looked like I did. 308095 Hey, listen, man. No. No. No. No. Shut up. I don't want to hear you anymore. Are you good? I can't just do something to get rid of this. Okay, are you good? What's in the bag? Do you have a firearm on you? Can I do something to get rid of this or what? Get rid of what? What do you mean this? When she runs, [music] she violates Wisconsin statute 946.41 resisting an officer acting with lawful authority. >> [music] >> The male suspect's detention justified under Terry versus Ohio. Reasonable suspicion from the trespass complaint and his connection to a wanted person. He gives a false name. [music] That's criminal obstruction, giving officers legal grounds to extend the stop. Use of force analysis under Graham versus Connor. Three factors. Crime severity, immediate threat, and active resistance. Both suspects fled. [music] Officers used physical control only. No weapons. No strikes. Force stopped [music] when resistance stopped. That's textbook reasonable force under Supreme Court precedent. The needles found in the room create a constructive possession problem. Three people, one room, whose drugs? Can't prove beyond reasonable doubt. Officers made the right [music] call. No charges. That's smart prosecutorial discretion. >> Yes. Like I mean this whole thing did not go All right. Let's get out of here. Do you have anything on you? Weapons? Why Why did you guys pull me back to the room and mess with me? Because you weren't supposed to be there. I was a a guest of the [ __ ] hotel. No, you weren't. They want you gone. >> They said I was a guest of this person in the room. Hold on. One, two, three. What's that? A wallet? Like I was leaving the hotel already, so why did you follow me? Because we're not idiots. You are. What's my name? Brett Martin. All right. Now you guys are idiots. All right. Okay. My longboard's right there. You guys know I could sue the [ __ ] out of all you guys for this, right? You can't have someone tell you no, that's not my name, don't follow me, and then still follow them and chase them down. I'll get out of this, and you know it. You lied about your name, like you said you I didn't lie about my name. I didn't tell you my name. It's called reasonable suspicion. No, it's not. And I've seen a bunch of lawsuits go over it. I'll take all of you guys. All right. You're forgetting my mom can change laws, right? You're forgetting my mom can literally write the senator. Cuz they told us your name is Brett. Who said that? The female I was with, yeah. Brett Martin. It's a lie. It's a lie. It's a lie. Thanks for coming along. He can't turn around on me and try to get in my face. I'm like, dude, you can't punch him if I get right in his face. So now what? How long am I in here for? Catch your breath. Let me figure out I don't I don't know. That's up to the court. Yeah. You okay? Yeah. Officers then proceeded to search his bag and again found nothing illegal. Back at the motel, though, a search revealed things weren't quite so simple. Oh god. I might just put them into a sharps. That was in the drawer by the nightstand, so Whose blue bag in the nightstand was that? >> What? Blue bag in the nightstand. I don't know. You don't have to tell me. I don't even have a blue bag. Whose blue bag It was like a little blue backpack with a couple items inside of it. >> I don't know. I didn't have anything in the drawers. So the only thing I had was the only thing that should've been in the drawer was So the needles with the liquid in? No. No, but that's Do you have any prior prior use history? No. No. So if I go and look previous convictions, nothing related? Never used. No. No, I've never I don't I don't do drugs. Huh? If they're not hers, I don't see any evidence of use. If he doesn't have it, I don't think we can charge it cuz there were three people in there. And it's either all Yeah, I don't need to argue. Yeah, we found I don't even know what it is, so I don't have any test strips. One, two, three. Um You been in before? We get in, Olivia. Take a seat to your left. Test results Officers [music] get a B+. Strong tactics, appropriate force, excellent legal judgment on possession. Should have covered both exits before [music] initial contact. But that's a minor tactical issue. Female suspect gets a D. Fled lawful arrest, violated probation, then picked up new charges [music] while on bond. Brett gets an F. Four warrants, false ID, fled custody, physically resisted. Zero excuse for any of it. Lessons learned, warrants aren't negotiable. Officers must execute them, period. Running [music] from police turns a simple stop into felony charges and justifies physical force. [music] Lying about your name is obstruction, not a right. And constructive possession needs proof, not assumptions. Finally, Graham standard judges force from the officer's perspective in that moment, not Monday morning quarterbacking. [music] Officers make split-second calls under pressure. The law accounts for that reality. Outcomes, Brett convicted [music] 172 days jail. Female's case open with new charges, hearing set for June 2026. Drop your comments below [music] on what case or legal issue you want analyzed next. Thanks for watching. Check out Audit the Court for more content. Understanding the law protects everyone in our communities.