In 2024, a Pennsylvania sheriff's deputy responded to a neighborhood dispute that had already produced a police call the day before. This time, someone threw a bottle. >> What's going on? What's happening between you guys again? >> Yeah, you better from yesterday. >> What's going on? Um the same people say girl she threw a water bottle hit my sister >> and it hit her. They have a video. Yes. It hit her. >> Okay. >> What? What? What happened? What was the issue? >> The issue. She came right here. She was looking for a little jewelry. Everybody was fine. >> When she came right here yesterday, you go pay the count back. She came right here and stand right here around my window yesterday after you had no left and everything. She came around here yesterday looking for looking for the same jury. and he should go back again today looking for the same jewel that you didn't find yesterday. >> Back to what I was saying. She came out here looking for a jewelry. We was all fine. Everybody was in my house. All we did was come sit on the porch. She came and sat on the porch. The auntie was outside. I went downstairs. We talked to the auntie. They was up here. She was standing on the side. The girl standing on the side right there. And she went to yell. And when she said when she went to yell talking about she wanted to beat the little sneezed girl ass. And um just telling her to come in the field come in the field. They wouldn't come. I kept telling go in the house. You won't need no issues. But then um the one Denise, she came downstairs to go in her sister house. She was standing right there first. U then she was standing the girl was standing in the pit. When she was standing in the pit, she was telling her to come in the field. I told her we told her go. She stood right there. The girl threw the bottom the first time. She missed and hit the tree. She threw it the second time and it hit her on her side. >> Okay. >> She My niece was getting ready to go out there in the field. I told her to go back in the house and she came upstairs and went in the house and she said it was talking. >> Who was the one that got a bottle thrown at her? >> Right here. Let go right up. >> Was he same from yesterday? >> Yeah, the same one from yesterday. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I mean, something got needed. So, I mean, >> well, the la the the last camera footage that I had that she had when you came up and you swatted her before when she was sitting there, but then Yeah, cuz there was more camera footage that came up afterwards. >> Also, yesterday when he she was here, the cell phone footage that shows you, it depicts her hitting her first. >> Hit first. >> Your niece hit her first. I I I understand. Okay. That's why we're going to deal with that separately. That's going to be referred to the courts. >> Do you have any c Do you have any camera footage? Do you have any cell phone footage? >> Okay. >> I have all your information from yesterday. Nobody here has cell phone footage. >> I do. Well, for >> today. Yes. For today, this incident that just happened right now. >> Okay. Yeah, she has. >> Okay. Can I see it? >> That's some [ __ ] So somebody welcome to your record phone that mean you you can't somebody can be standing in your face with a camera in front of there and there's nothing you can do about it or you're not going to be in my face the [ __ ] out you hit the camera >> doesn't matter >> you see all the stuff you you see all the YouTubes all the stuff everybody comes up to the cops and puts the cameras in front of the cop's face and what does the cop do >> same thing applies to you guys first amendment freedoms >> when he caught my want you actually the first try to throw away. >> That's why you want to call him in the first place. >> So this was a 106hu >> she had Did anything happen before this? Did you provoke her? Did you do anything? >> No, she came over here. >> I'm going to pull the camera as well. >> She came over here. >> Okay. County House really going on. It's okay. >> Huh? Over here. Second floor. I got to go pull the cameras. >> Yeah. over there. She should be over here. Second story on the right. Orange hair. All right. >> You let me in. >> Yeah. >> All right. >> Same. Same. >> To open the door. Hit the unlock button. Okay. >> Where are you right now? >> It's the same two from yesterday. >> The same two. >> Yeah. A >> I can pull the cameras. I don't need you to. >> All right. I just >> cuz I know you're uh you're busy. >> The the the boy and the girl. >> No, they're two girls. Oh. All right. Thank you. >> All righty. >> Robert Offic from yesterday. >> I got it. I got it. >> I I know where the keys at. >> All right. All right. Where she was Jesse? >> Last name is Jesse, right? Bernayiah. >> Yeah. >> Biah. >> Bernijah. >> You guys are over at what? You guys are I thought you were over here. She's staying with you. >> No, no, no. She's just up here. Oh, but she's staying over here on 14. >> Yeah, that's how it's supposed to. >> Okay. >> I'm going to send you a request to upload the video, which is that you had um when I pulled camera footage from here, shows you coming down here, you guys engaged into a verbal argument here. When she threw you, the water bottle goes past you. >> Where? >> Where? >> Right here. >> Okay. Do you have any evidence of that for on your video? cuz it shows when it comes it goes right past you with that. Do you have any evidence of that is on the video? But you have even with that you're you're down here. You're engaging here. You're going after you're you're Mom's even telling you you're telling her to go back up the stairs and do everything. >> I told her to come back. >> I know. I know. That's what I'm telling you. Why? When is this going to stop between you two? >> I wasn't even >> Did you just say when is this going to stop? >> [ __ ] It just started yesterday. It's like we trying to stop it, but it's like every time we try to stop it, it like y'all take their side and let them go with it. Nobody not going to keep nobody provoke them and touch them because if she come over here tomorrow, the same [ __ ] we just going to whoop her ass and everybody join. That's how we look like every time we call nothing. So next time tomorrow she do something. >> I will tell you this, the easiest way to do it, if you want the easiest way to be a cut and dry, all you have to do is get videos for talking to you and do anything. go down and file for a restraining order. Okay, you guys live, right? So, the 500 ft doesn't work. But if she engages you, she talks to you, she does anything, it's a violation of restraining order. It's a misdemeanor. >> You just said, Excuse me. You just said the 500 ft doesn't work cuz you stay right here. >> Yeah. So, you can't cuz you guys are both there. >> When her grandmother put a restraining order on my baby daddy, it worked in it. Stay right here. >> If you guys are within the same >> Sir, I'm telling you, when he's >> What I'm tell listen to me what what I'm telling you that the one over there is different. No. Uh, the one right over there at the building, they're the people were staying on the other side. >> No, the people that were stay the same people right here, they were staying downstairs. >> If that's your established residency has to be a a judge has to give that order. It all all be laid out in there. It'll all be stipulations because if you guys have established res, if you guys are neighbors and you get a restraining order, you can't kick a neighbor out of their house for that reason. >> But they not going to stay us. She don't stay here. >> She has established residency as per Florida state statute. >> Okay. >> Can you see? Can you see the video again? >> So the video I mean the bottle cash me. >> She came back over here and threw the water at the girl. They said the bottle was pass. Yeah cuz that ho was talking. Let me tell you bars. You know me. Listen. Get the I'm telling you. It I got my own camera. It doesn't work like that. Listen, >> I'm not talking. Listen. >> No. No. Doesn't work like that. >> Listen. Y'all better work like that. You have to get a restraining order. >> Y'all better get Come in front of my door doing [ __ ] cuz I got it on camera. So when I when I do business, do what you have to do. >> I'm I'm going to do it. >> Let your I know you're bipolar. I know you got the stuff. I know you got everything. Just please. >> So make sure I'm just letting you >> and make sure y'all call DCF cuz that lady got [ __ ] It's okay. I know. I we we we go way back. I know. >> She threw the water bottle. Let me see. >> She threw the water bottle. This is when she This is the time it hit me. >> You heard it hit me, right? >> Well, you recorded it twice now. >> No, that's my those are my >> Well, let me do some [ __ ] I could be classified as a mother schizophrenic. I'm glad you got home. I get why I leave you in your mother. You took your medicine. >> Yeah, I took that pressure down, but they going to raise you to >> I need to see it myself. Okay. >> Yeah, but I'm showing you. >> I'm right here. >> Can I see it, please? >> Otherwise, I'll send you a community request and I'll deal with this later on then. Okay. >> If you want to do this stuff and I'll do everything with that. Can I please see it? You can see [laughter] it. >> You can see it. I'm right here by you. >> I'm not going to work like that. I'll send you a community request and you can upload it then if you want to do that. I sent you a request. You can upload the video and then I'll review the video. >> All the instructions are sent via text message. Yes, ma'am. >> I need She She's holding things away from me with that stuff. I need to actually physically see it. >> Huh? >> Huh? I can't hear. >> Peeking. The girl with the orange hair. >> Huh? >> The girl with the orange hair. was the video. >> It shows it going right past faster that she's claiming that it shows it's audibly hitting her is what she said. >> Well, the video showing nothing happened. So, Is that it? >> Is she going to upload it or what? >> Cuz if you want us to do anything, you have to cooperate as a victim. If you're an alleging for a victim, you have to cooperate. 98. >> She gets it. You get more information, >> call her later. And if it if it changes, >> I would just go to the video you have since she doesn't want to show you that video. >> Cool. >> [music] >> uploaded. >> Nope. Where she at? >> Here. Here's case number. I'll revisit it later on if she uploads it. If she doesn't stuff, we have to be cooperative. She's not cooperative when it comes to that. >> Nope. Yeah. Wow. Why you going at it with that girl again? >> Bro, I see. Bro, you can ask all of these people was with me. That girl said something to me. That girl said something to me. I was standing right there sitting on that and that girl said something to me. You could go as all these people. >> I even walked all the way around to come to my auntie house to talk to her and guess what? They still over there. >> Soon as I came out, they never >> turn around. Put your hands behind your back. >> Don't resist. >> No, bro. I knew it. >> Stop. Don't make it worse. >> Stop resisting. >> You don't get an extra charge. >> What am I going to jail for? >> Disme right now, but if if she doesn't act right, >> what my sister >> I got to close. I swear to God. Then y'all take me to >> Yep. You threw a bottle at >> her. Wait, wait. >> You threw a bottle. >> I got it on camera. >> Whoa. >> You shouldn't have thrown the bottle. That's where you went wrong. >> Oh, y'all didn't see what she did to me. >> You're talking the verbal. Okay. >> See the part talking at me? >> Right over here. >> That's fine. We'll get that. Let us take your car. >> Get over to my car. Okay. Somebody going to take care of your kid? No. No. I want to take my phone to jail. >> You want to take your phone to jail? >> Okay. Which ones? Is there anything else in the pocket? She wants to take her phone. You want both phones? >> Listen. Both phones. Listen to me. Listen to me. Look here. Both phones? Yes or no? Okay. Okay. >> I see my car. Do you have anything on you? [screaming] >> I know it out. >> I know it, bro. >> Don't make it worse. Have >> a seat. >> Hey, I gave you to her. Is that okay, >> bro? Y'all telling me I didn't see this girl throw nothing? >> Is that okay? I gave your vape to her. Is that okay? Y'all didn't go get the camera. She wants to take him with her. >> Okay, >> Kayla, calm down. >> [ __ ] >> listen for a second right here. And I'm gonna tell you one thing and I'm gonna I've been very nice with you. Step back to me. [laughter] >> Listen to me. I have been Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. Okay, listen to me. Keep your mouth shut. Open your ears. Do you want to go home tonight? Possibly. >> You don't want me to give up. >> Do you want Listen to me. This is yes or no. Do you want to go home? Possibly. Okay, keep your mouth shut. Go along with the ride. It is a misdemeanor. Somebody can bond you out. You run your mouth. You do this stuff. I'm going to start adding charges on and going to make it too expensive for you to get out. Do you understand me? Son of >> So sit back. Keep your mouth shut. Somebody else is going to take care of your child or I need DCF. What do you want? >> Your choice right now. Tell me. >> What do you want? >> You got 10 seconds. Tell me. >> Who? >> Her. >> Your sister. >> Okay. You're verbally telling me she can take care of you. Okay. >> Okay. You're right now at this time your sister can verbally take care of her. Okay, sit back, shut your mouth and go along for the ride and somebody will bond you out and you can be out in a few hours. Otherwise, I promise you I will stack so many charges on you. You will not be getting out tonight. Do you understand me? >> Do you ever do you all understand now? >> Thank you. >> [music] >> I need Brit down here right now, Huh? >> I need her down here right now. She's not going to jail or anything like that. I just need to talk to her real quick. I need to please please be expedient with it. >> Okay. Cuz she sent me the video finally. >> It's okay. You're right there. Raise your right hand. Other your other right. >> Do you swear and affirm everything you're telling me is the truth. The whole truth and nothing but the truth. The video that you submitted to me, was that taken by you? >> Yes. >> Okay. What happened in that video? >> Through the water once. She tried to go over the tree, but it didn't go over. >> Okay. >> Then she came around and she threw it at me. >> Okay. And it made contact with you and I hear the stuff there. Okay. >> Okay, that's fine. I understand. Uh confirming you called us cuz you want to prosecute. >> You want to press charges? >> Okay. Thank you. Case numbers right there. Same information that I gave you yesterday on your case form. Okay. Nope. Different case number. It's the one that's on the card. 11:00 CJ 65 starter. 544. >> What was that? I can't hear you. What? >> I watched the video over there, too. I watched a video from the from the place. >> Huh? >> Doesn't matter. You threw the bottle. Hello ma'am. Oh ma'am. Sorry. Come on out honey. I got to get you for a pat down. Okay. My name is Deputy Cam the county sheriff's office. Are you wearing a bra? >> Are you wearing a bra, ma'am? >> Okay. Turn around for the for the male deputy. Okay. Write your feet, please, ma'am. Take her out, sir. We'll take her out. >> Okay. I just cut you on the shirt. Huh? Let's go check out the shirt. I got I got lift up. All right, man. Let me see. >> Okay, move it all around there. Get there. >> Best thing to do, don't lean up against the back. Okay, you can lean. If you want to just turn around and lean your butt there, your uh your glutius area, you can lean and sit. We got to wait for them to come out here. So, what I'm saying is you can either sit or lean there. Your choice. No. Did you have any special underwear or anything that they had in there? is if you need medical like underwear, ask them for it. Okay? Don't I don't need to know anything about you. I'm telling you because I work inside the jail, too. Ask them for special medical underwear and you can get medical underwear if you need. Okay? I'm just trying to be friendly. Trying to give you a heads up. Okay? >> I know surgery. >> You don't need to put your business out there. It's going to be embarrassing. Nobody needs to know that. >> Huh? Look, I I I don't even I don't even even know know that. I don't have I don't have one of them, so I don't even know that. I'm just telling you, request it when you're here when you go to K. Okay. >> A water bottle thrown at another person is not a minor incident under Pennsylvania law. Title 18. Section 2701 defines simple assault as intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury to another. Two throws. The first missed. The second made contact audibly captured on a witness's cell phone. Two deliberate attempts satisfy the intent element that is not ambiguous. The CCTV from the building showed the bottle appearing to pass the victim. Her cell phone recording captured an audible impact. These two pieces of evidence are not contradictory. They capture different angles. A jury weighs both. When video evidence conflicts, courts do not automatically discard either source. The question is whether the totality of the record, angle, distance, audio supports the inference of contact. Here, the audio on the cell phone recording does. What matters at the scene level is probable cause, a reasonable belief based on articulable facts that a crime occurred. Illinois versus Gates established the totality of circumstances standard. Witness accounts, surveillance review, and the audio impact clear that bar. The deputy reviewed the building CCTV on scene, separately interviewed both sides, and formally requested a digital upload of the witness's cell phone video through a department system. That investigative sequence is what makes this arrest legally defensible. If the evidence ultimately supports bodily injury, physical impairment, or substantial pain, the charge holds. Simple assault under section 2701 is a seconddegree misdemeanor in Pennsylvania. Maximum 2 years in county jail, not state prison. Aggravated assault under section 2702 requires serious bodily injury, something that creates a substantial risk of death or permanent disfigurement. The transcript does not establish that. Simple assault is where the evidence lands. The arrest itself was handled cleanly. Verbal commands, then soft, empty-hand control to escort the suspect to the patrol vehicle. No strikes, no taser, no pain compliance. Under Graham versus Connor, force is judged from the officer's perspective at the moment of the decision. The force level matched the threat level. Resisting arrest under section 5104 requires that the person create a substantial risk of bodily injury to the officer or require substantial force to overcome resistance. Verbal protest does not reach that threshold. No resisting charge is supported here. A bystander challenged a witness for recording the scene. The deputy confirmed that recording in a public place is protected under the First Amendment. That is the correct legal answer. Officers cannot restrict it. The deputy also walked both sides through restraining order procedure, including the accurate point that a 500 ft requirement cannot function when parties share a residential building. A judge's order with specific stipulations is required under Pennsylvania's civil process. Now, the post arrest sequence. In the back of the patrol vehicle, Deputy Camden told the arresty, "I'm going to start adding charges on, and you're going to make it too expensive for you to get out." He repeated that condition more than once. That is a conditional threat. Keep your mouth shut. Go home tonight. Talk. Face more charges. A sworn officer threatening a person in custody with increased criminal exposure to compel silence is not a lawful tactic. It is coercion. The Fifth Amendment protects against compelled self-inccrimination. The 14th Amendment's due process clause protects against custodial officers using criminal threat to silence a detainee. What the suspect says after arrest may help or hurt her, that is her choice to make, not the officers to remove through threat. Deputy Camden receives a B minus. His pre-arrest investigation was methodical and multissourced. The arrest was proportionate. The post-arrest coercion is the deduction and it is a direct one. The suspect receives a C+. The bottle throw is documented. Returning to re-engage the other party immediately before the arrest removed any ambiguity from the probable cause determination. Compliance during the arrest is the only mitigating factor on sentencing. Simple assault secondderee misdemeanor. Firsttime offenders in Pennsylvania on a single count typically receive probation or a suspended sentence. No prior record appears in the transcript. That matters to a judge. The prior day incident, the swatting captured on CCTV is admissible as evidence of a pattern of escalating conduct. If the prosecution uses it, it pushes the realistic outcome toward active time rather than a fully suspended sentence. Whether the district attorney pursues the full scope of available charges depends on factors this footage cannot determine. Three takeaways. The moment the bottle left her hand, the legal situation was over, not the argument, not the yelling. The physical act made the arrest lawful. Everything before it was constitutionally protected speech, however heated. Second, 16 minutes of pre-arrest investigation CCTV witnesses digital evidence request is what makes this case prosecutable. A documented probable cause foundation is harder to challenge. That process matters in court. Third, when an officer tells you in custody that your silence determines your charges, that is not a legitimate ultimatum. 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