Just after 3:00 in the morning on January 22nd, 2022, an organized ATM extraction at a commercial bank. Three suspects, multiple vehicles, all of them ran. >> How you doing? Come on, bro. Come on. Come on. Come on. Heat. Heat. Hey, let me say hi. >> I'm here. He's >> getting this [ __ ] You're good, man. Stop. Put that [ __ ] down. Put that down. Get on the floor. Get on the ground. Get on the ground. >> Hey, stop. Stop. Stop now. >> We better do that. >> Where? >> Under. >> Underneath. Thank you for your water. >> That's them. They're taking off. >> I didn't see him underneath there, dude. >> How many are just took off the bank? Hey, come out with your hands up now. Hands up now. >> Hurry up. >> Get out. >> Hands behind your back. >> I heard them. I live right here and I just kept hearing this banging and we just saw them doing something. It was four males. I couldn't describe them. They were all wearing black. >> Speaking with the witness. They're saying it was three males all in dark clothing. Please. >> You heard some over here, right? >> Yeah. So did I. We'll probably call it the drone. Just keep looking around. Oh, it's cold. How you doing? Contact 145. Settle. Use your hands. Okay. No. No jumping. No jumping. No. No. No. Don't let go. Let go. Let go. No. No. No. Let go. Let go. No. No. No. No, no, >> no. Oh, no. I don't care. Right now, you are detained. >> All right. Now, real quick. >> What's wrong with your leg? >> What's wrong with your leg? Talk to me. >> I got shot, I think. >> You got what? >> I got shot. >> You think you got shot? Is that what you're saying? You got shot. >> Talk to me. No. >> I'm saying wait. Talk to us. What are you What are you feeling? >> What's wrong with your leg? You heard it hopping over the fence, the wall. >> All right. You don't talk to us then. We're just going to >> I'm seeing see what's going on with you. >> My right here. >> What is this? Your phone? >> Yeah. >> What's back here? What's wrong with that? >> It hurt. >> It hurts. Like your butt or your leg? >> No, my my my leg. Like my ligament. >> Your ligament? Oh, you pulled something then? >> No, I think you think you tore something. I got shot in it before, but I'm saying that [ __ ] hurt. >> Okay. Okay. >> Are you bleeding? >> Oh, no. I don't think so. >> We're going to check real quick. Okay. >> Just pull out. >> Yeah, I don't see any blood. >> Okay. No blood. Roll. Roll over side but I don't >> start fire. >> Did you get shot on this side? >> That's all. That's all. That's old. That's all. >> I'm not saying that's not right. >> You're just running from that is what you're saying, right? >> Did you hurt yourself when you were running >> jumping? I told you I hurt. >> Yeah, I heard him. Yeah. >> Do you think Do we think we have any else standing? >> No. The last one that I saw running. You want to call DO and cancel or >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. >> All right. Who's got a unit nearby? My hands might have mine's all the way. >> Let's put some gloves on. >> Is that his phone? >> Yeah. >> Okay. We won't leave your phones behind. Don't worry. >> Can you walk? Any more? No. Come on, man. Bro, my hurt. I don't understand. You got me cell phone. >> Yeah, but you were running earlier. >> Yeah, you look perfectly fine running. Come on, man. >> 94 request. Come on. >> I got you right here. >> Take the trash can real quick. See if there's anything else in there. >> Uh cable >> a cable. We might That's probably evidence. So for now, I pulled up whatever street coming and I pulled my unit up. Dude, he kept coming. A vehicle. Yeah. Got to get out of the way. So like I came up on the street like this and I parked my vehicle or my unit and then he just kept coming. I was lining him up. I threw out, kept coming, kept coming and he took it into the bank and then tried to go behind the bank in 44. >> Oh, the the suspect. >> This dude. >> Whoever was driving him cuz that's when he was the only one back to the vehicle, right? What's 942? >> So, we're going to have to hold here, of course, cuz there's evidence over here. >> Is it? >> Yeah. There's like a wire or something in there. It's like a a USB cable and then something to the mask over. That's what I saw. >> Oh, okay. So, you want to check the backyard, too? Make sure you didn't dump anything back there. So I walked you >> this is your >> Let me let me go find my unit cuz I'm back on that street where the vehicle you go. >> No, I go check out my left. Yeah, I'm I came with him. >> Yeah, I said I saw him at the corner of my eye. So when they went down the bank, I went out front and he was kind of sad. So he just took off and I saw him running through the back. I saw the first time. >> Oh yeah, let's go look. Is it Well, I mean, >> well, if you put yourself in there, this see if you put your your yourself in the path of I was like, "No, he's not not when I heard I heard the trash can." I was like, that's why I checked the the recycling one. I was like, "Oh, that's full. The other one's got to be full." And I was like this. I opened it. I looked at him. I was like, "Hi." He just stayed there. I was like, "All right, come on down." He just stayed there. I was like, "Oh, okay." That's I was like, "Oh, I should probably call this." I was like 25. >> Yeah. So I didn't know which gate like I saw his legs come over this one but I didn't hear like cuz he jumped the other ones so that's why I knew he was in here somewhere. >> He pulled something though. He's hurting his leg. >> He was running perfectly fine. >> Well that's why after he like jumped over >> I think without instead of jumping this way after he was going to run that way I this way and just started riding it. Right. really dude. You were mad. I was like, >> you were mad, dude. No way. >> Yeah. >> So, where's the ATM and all that hotel there? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So, I was like, cuz when we came around this corner, I heard the the ditch at the, you know, the trash can. I was like, "Yeah, yeah." over here looking underneath and I look at the recycling and it's full and I'm looking at him. Well, dude, I open it, dude. And he's just like this like he closes his eyes. So, I guess I was so like, "Hi." He just goes like, "Get on up." And I should probably call his hey. And I was like, "Get up." And then I grab his arm and he starts like grabbing really tight. I was like, "No, don't do it. Don't do it." And I thought he was about to jump over. I was like, "Oh, that's it." Do they are they requesting? >> I think they are over there. Did we identify this guy yet? >> Yeah. Sure. >> All right. Yeah. >> Hold on. Light it up over here with your spotlight. >> Yeah. And then we're going to go over there to see what's going on over there. That works. Heat. Heat. We're going to have a blue team on the other. Just remember to take deep breaths, okay? You're you're still breathing and you're talking, so you're okay. >> All right. So, let's step on. >> Come on. >> You can lean on us if you need to. We're going to carry it to the other. >> Take your feet out and we'll fix your pants. You unlock. Okay. You got to stand up so you can fix your pants. I don't want to pay. >> What's that, man? I can't hear you. >> I don't want They're on their way to CO. I'm not being resisted. No, no, you're not. We're just going to help you right now. Breathe, man. Get in here real quick. Have a seat right here. Okay. I'm going to need you to breathe just a second. >> We got the evidence on the way to check on you. Okay. >> You're breathing. >> Lean back. We're going to close door for right now. Lean back right there. Just just catch your breath. All right. And you're in a few uh you feel like that from all the running and jumping adrenaline. Um, we'll make sure to get 45 or 55 to you. Put your foot in. Swipe your foot. They're cover. Make sure you get >> Yeah, I think they they went over there. I saw the So, yeah, I think the other guy was rolling up and like, "Hey, he's he's right behind you." >> And I heard around I see him, you know, and I chased him. And I I get out, chased him down, and dude was about to help another wall. And it wasn't a It was just a show force like this. >> Okay. So, I just light it up right here. Well, you know, and then we'll go. Have we have we started working on the RP still running and then one unit right now? Oh, >> you weren't kidding, huh? >> Hey, shoot. So the one that I caught 942 is so pissed cuz he lost it, right? So I'm walking towards what you see him go jump his face. He's g me the direction everything. He goes I lit up this way. So I'm thinking he went this way. All right. So it's a big old parking lot of a church I think or some other. Anyway, so we're walking like he's so pissed. Dang it. And he's beating himself up. I just thought we'll get the drone out. Maybe we'll find him. Whatever. Blah blah blah. Right. And all of a sudden, what was that? We hear we look at each other. Yeah, I heard that too at the house that 145. So we went over there. I'm checking under the cars, checking everywhere. Nothing. Nothing. I looked at the recycling bin, nothing. I'm like, it's full. It's not trash day. I look at the trash can. I was like, man. And he takes off. 942. He goes, "He's got to be over there. He's got to be like, dude. Just mad." Takes off. I'm like, "All right." So to the trash can, I look at it like I used to do this when I was kidding. I open it. I see him. I was like I like this like hi witness also said that vehicle lookout and said he's said he's home cuz he came running from over here running from on the other side got in the car took off the door was still yeah I said I had to witness you saw him there people were yelling at me he's involved he's involved Where's the window? >> I got her 40. She's right down here. Oh, >> she know. I told her they'd probably still talk to her. She's good to her apartment right here. >> Yeah. 96 says, "I think I might have a flat." I ran over some stuff like >> Yeah. Right there. Give me your badge now. >> Give me I will not take another crash report. Give me your badge. >> So, the one in the back I rented >> the vehicle. >> Yeah. This one comes back to us. >> Good catch, everybody. >> Sorry, dude. I kind of got told >> when you tried to get all these little rookies all crazy. [laughter] >> No, you did good. You your voice was still >> No, my Yeah, I was getting I think I haven't yet, but I just was not focusing on controlling the whole thing, >> the perimeter and Yeah. Yeah, >> cuz I just wanted them to be a part of it. >> Yeah. Yeah, that's that's the hardest part is not jumping in there and wanting, you know, being in there. Look at him. He's all happy now. Dude, he was so mad. I was walking next to him. He just beating himself up. What did Dito say? That that's the other. That's the other. >> Yeah, that's an RP. >> Yes. I was asking if we need anything. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. >> Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. We're both short but watch out. Oh, good thing there's no antenna. >> Okay. Hey, is your camera ready? >> Yeah. Turn it up or put it somewhere. >> This is what the second time you're taking this one. >> This one itself. >> Really? >> Yeah. He said he took it again. >> That's why we stopped it, man. He goes, "Okay, if you want to go be red." Oh, yeah. I was like, "Yeah, turn that off. probably. >> So, I'm guessing the one the one that wrecked this vehicle is the one that we caught over there on Mountain, right? >> Probably >> cuz it looks like he took off that way. >> Yeah, >> he had bullet holes. I got shot in the past six times. >> Yeah, he did have he did have the scars of the bullet hole. >> Well, you got shot right now. No. Come on, dude. >> Where's the wire things you're talking about? Oh, there it is. Yeah. >> Instead of looping around. Oh, >> I'm glad they didn't. But yeah, you're right. >> Huh? >> Yeah. All right. I wasn't going to let him get away. So, I didn't see this. That's why I was like, "What are we doing?" Yeah. And this is why I was sitting here. I was like, I can't go. But I was first right here. >> You know where he was? Huh? >> He's hiding in a trash can. That's the reason why because of the degree of the crime. So I I hear what you're saying. It's not a crime, but it's still a high felony. >> That and here Monday, we're going to call the FBI and see if they want to pick up this case. So, that's another reason why you guys are going to end up staying in jail, at least until you see a judge initially, because if if the feds decide that they want to take this case federally, then they need to be able to find you guys. Does that make sense? >> between 3:00 and 3:30, they started hearing a noise that usually the dump truck here early in the mornings comes in. It's a diesel truck. So, it sounded like it he slams the the trash can down. So, I thought that's what it is. But what it was is these guys over here tying the chain around it and yanking on the ATM and then the finally the big boom was when they pulled it pulled it. That's what made me get up. I was asleep. Then they kept trying to tie some tying it back to the to the front face of it and then they backed into it and they they took they actually it seemed like they took a really long time. I called the right probably after I I realized I was still asleep. I realized what they were doing. I called a fly told her I said you can they're still here if you can communicate tell them the cops stop on this side and on this side this this other car was this one so there was a silver car parked right behind this silver car and then the diesel truck oh the diesel truck once they once they yanked it off >> and I don't know how they got it all the way across into the street while I was watching one of the guys must have run around the building casually came back around got into the silver car and this cop was going to tell him was telling him to just go around because it to the cop it seemed like >> like like he was just a probably a resident here and he was going to let him out and I was like holy cow this guy's going to get away. >> Yeah. >> So I yelled out the window. I said, "He's one of the guys. Get him. Stop him." I said, "So then the car takes off this way and uh I knew there was no road back here, but uh >> I don't know. Did Did they go after him here? >> We got them all. >> All Yeah, we caught all three. >> All three? >> Yeah. >> The warrantless perimeter search was constitutional. United States versus Santana established that hot pursuit of a fleeing felon suspends the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement the moment the chase begins. No warrant needed. The pursuit itself is the authority. Everyone detained on that perimeter was held under Terry versus Ohio. Reasonable, articulable suspicion, nothing more. An active felony in progress clears that bar without argument. A resident witness called 911 while the theft was happening, described the vehicles, the clothing, the chain on the machine. Under Illinois versus Gates, a real-time firshand account corroborated by physical evidence on scene establishes probable cause on its own. An officer drew and pointed his firearm during the foot pursuit. Graham versus Connor requires force to be evaluated from the officer's perspective. At the moment of the decision, active felony flight, unknown threat level, no weapons information. The draw was justified. Tennessee versus Garner limits deadly force on fleeing suspects to situations involving a significant threat of serious harm. The officer pointed but did not fire. That line held and legally it matters. California Penal Code section 459 commercial burglary applies the moment a person enters a structure with intent to commit theft or a felony. The ATM vestibule qualifies seconddegree wobbler, but given the coordination and the FBI referral, felony treatment is the expected path. Grand theft under California Penal Code section 487 is a separate felony count. ATMs typically hold between $10,000 and $200,000 in currency. The machine's replacement value alone clears the $950 threshold by orders of magnitude. California Penal Code Section 182 Criminal Conspiracy requires only an agreement and one overt act in furtherance. The chain, the truck, the coordinated lookout vehicle, every element documented on scene. Every participant carries full exposure to the entire scheme, regardless of what role they personally played. Three felony counts consecutive puts the ceiling near 9 years. Concurrent, it collapses to three. Organized multi-actor property crime moves this away from first offender leniency. Active prison time is a realistic outcome, not a theoretical one. The FBI referral is not a negotiating tactic. Federal statute 18, United States Code section 2113 covers taking property from a federally insured institution by force or other means. Chain and truck ATM extraction fits 10 years per count. federal and under the dual sovereignty doctrine, state and federal charges can run simultaneously that is not double jeopardy. One suspect said, "All I want is a permit, likely a garbled request for an attorney." Under Edwards versus Arizona, a custodial invocation of the right to counsel requires all questioning to stop immediately. If that statement was an invocation, any subsequent questioning of that individual is constitutionally vulnerable. The suspect in the trash can grabbed the officer's arm during extraction, a separate offense under California Penal Code Section 148, resisting a peace officer. Hiding did not interrupt the pursuit. It ended the chase on the officer's terms, and the resistance added a charge. Officers get a B+ fast perimeter, methodical search, proportionate force, clean duty of care, post arrest, one gap. An officer nearly waved the suspect's lookout vehicle past the scene before a witness shouted identification from her window. That near miss belongs on a debrief. Two lessons. Hot pursuit does not pause at a property line or a trash can lid once the chase begins. The fourth amendment warrant requirement is suspended until the suspect is in custody. And in any coordinated operation, every participant is legally exposed to the full weight of the scheme. The lookout faces the same charges as the person who pulled the machine. That is how conspiracy law works. Let us know if there is an interaction or legal topic that you would like us to discuss in the comments below. Thank you for watching and don't forget to check out our channel for even more police interaction and courtroom content.