You're trying to hide that key from me, weren't you? It ain't my first rodeo, bud. >> [music] >> A New Mexico man who drove to Phoenix to meet a woman on a dating app. Well, that was only strike one. Strike two was when his car broke down and he had to rent a U-Haul. And you're about to see strike three. >> Yes, sir. So, it not roll down? Oh, it's a hand one. I I thought it was a regular one. You have your license with you? >> Yes, right here, sir. >> Okay. Do you have your registration and insurance? Rental agreement? >> Here's my Yes, right here. All the paperwork, sir. >> Okay. Sounds good. >> Yes, sir. >> Peter? >> Yes, sir. >> All right, Peter. Couple of reasons I stopped you. One is that you're you're kind of all over the place. >> Well, I'm just I'm not very well acquainted with driving one of these, sir. >> Okay. >> Yeah, I'm just doing the best I can. >> Gotcha. Oh, I understand. I understand. And it's just that your trailer keeps crossing over the lines. >> I'm sorry, sir. >> You crossed over here while the some of the other cars were passing you, so I just wanted to make sure everything's all right. Everything doing okay? You're not You tired or something or >> I am tired. >> Are you? Okay. >> My car broke down, so I had to get a a U-Haul. >> Oh, did you? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. I understand. The other reason is that the car in front of you when they changed lanes, I know they kind of changed lanes close, but you kind of maintained a close following distance behind them. I had you at 1 second behind them. I At one point I had you at 0.7. >> That white That white car? >> No, it was the gray SUV. >> Okay, I'm sorry. >> So, I'll just write you a written warning. I'm not going to write you a ticket, okay? >> Yes, sir. >> If you just want to come on back with me real quick, we'll get it knocked out. >> Turn this off? >> Sure. >> Okay, thank you, sir. Thanks. >> You on vacation today? >> No, I'm not. I was in you know, I was in a business with somebody in Phoenix. >> Oh, okay. >> Yes, sir. >> Gotcha. >> Yes, sir. Can I just leave everything as >> Sure. Yep. Absolutely. You don't have any weapons on you, do you? >> No, sir. >> Okay. It's Arizona, I have to ask. >> You don't mind me asking. >> Got you. Okay. Yeah, just want to walk back to my patrol car. Come on this side, yeah. That's a smarter idea. >> Yes, sir. >> Just want to walk to the front tire there. Get this thing knocked out. What part of Phoenix did you go to? >> I meant I was visiting a chick. I don't know Phoenix well. >> Oh, really? >> Glendale. >> Okay. Just want to stand right there. That way I don't smack you with my thing here. So, you got a girlfriend over there or what? >> Well, I I was hoping, but no, it didn't work out. >> Didn't work out, huh? >> Yes, sir. >> Oh, shoot. How long have you known her? >> I just met her on a dating site online, sir. >> Oh, really? >> Yes, sir. >> Got you. So, like I said, I'm just going to write you a warning. I'm not going to write you a ticket. >> Okay, thank you. >> When did you leave Albuquerque to go to Phoenix? >> On Monday. >> Oh, nice. How was the drive down there? Car make it okay down there? >> Yes, sir. Fine. >> Yeah? >> It's just as you well know, Phoenix is a furnace. >> Yes, very much so right now. Where did you stay down there? >> I stayed at a Red Roof Inn. I found a uh >> Oh, really? >> decent rate down there. >> Oh, nice. So, what's your girlfriend's name or the girl you met? >> Jamie. >> Jamie? >> Yes. >> She stay with you at the Red Roof Inn or >> No, I went to visit her. >> Oh, did you? >> Yes, sir. >> So, things didn't work out, huh? >> No, sir. This online dating is uh at my age, this is a different It's a different world. >> Yeah? >> You know, I mean I I'm I'm I'm not a fan of this, you know, I'm trying. I'm trying it out and it's just not It's It's not my cup of tea. >> Got you. >> Do you understand? >> Oh, yeah. >> If you can look at my age, I'm not You know, I'm not young anymore. >> Right. >> And these It's a different world. It's changing at such a breakneck speed that, you know >> Right. >> So. It's just like I'm a fish out of water in in this uh in this uh dating >> So, what did it end up happening? >> We didn't We didn't hit it off and I just >> No? >> No, sir. >> Does she live in Glendale or does she live in Phoenix? >> I yeah, believe it's Glendale. I believe it's, you know >> Okay. Kind of a suburb of Phoenix? >> From my my understanding. >> Got you. What do you do for work now? >> I'm retired. I don't work. >> Oh, really? >> Yes, sir. >> Well, what did you do before? >> I was in sales. >> Oh, okay. So, I'm just going to go get the license plate off the U-Haul. You just hang out right here real quick. How old is your Mercedes? >> Sorry? >> How old is your Mercedes? >> Almost 20 years old. >> Oh, wow. >> 2005. >> Oh, really? >> Yes, sir. >> What happened to it? >> So, I the AC went out as I was leaving Phoenix. >> That's never good. >> the AC compressor it locked up and then as I was driving along between Phoenix and Flagstaff and the serpentine belt went out. The serpentine belt >> Oh, really? >> Yes, sir. And so, I had to call a tow truck to come and get me, which cost me almost $400. >> Oh, jeez. >> I was in Flagstaff >> Uh-huh. >> trying to get it fixed at a place called 7 Day Auto from there. Oh, it's It's been a just a mess. >> When did you break down? >> On Let me see. Friday. On Wednesday. >> Oh, so you've been in Flag for 2 days, huh? >> Yeah. Yeah. Oh, it's been It's been an odyssey, a saga I can say. >> So, how come you got this big old U-Haul to take your car back? >> I was at 7-Day Auto where it got towed. >> Uh-huh. >> A place in in Flagstaff. >> Okay. >> And they they took a look at it and assessed how much it was going to cost to fix. >> Uh-huh. >> And this the drawback to owning a car like this >> Uh-huh. >> it's very expensive to fix. It's like a high-maintenance girlfriend. >> Yeah. >> And so it $1,700. >> Oh, wow. >> So, the cheaper alternative for right now is for me to hire hire a rent a U-Haul and trailer, which ran me about 550. Just to get the car home and then I'll have to deal with, you know, >> Arizona. >> Deal with the repair >> personal. >> Uh-huh. Wouldn't it have been cheaper to to like grab a regular rental car and a dolly? >> I don't know. This seemed like the cheapest, believe it. This was certainly a lot cheaper than having the car fixed right now. I didn't >> Oh, absolutely, yeah. I was just thinking maybe it'd have been better to just haul it on a like a dolly so you didn't have to lug this big old thing around with all the gas. >> suggested to me how this is following. >> Oh, really? >> Yes, sir. >> Got you. Sir, I got a quick question for you. >> Yeah. >> Um part of my job out here on the interstate is to look for people hauling and transporting illegal stuff. Do you have anything illegal in the U-Haul or in your car, do you? >> No, sir. >> Any weapons or explosives? Any guns? >> No, not at all, sir. >> Bombs? >> No. >> Any bazookas? >> No. >> Okay. >> No. I'm not a member of Al-Qaeda or any >> No. Okay. Um any dead bodies in the car? >> No. No. >> Okay. >> No. No rigor mortis, nothing. >> Nothing like that? >> No, sir. >> Okay. Do you have any illegal drugs in the car? >> I don't. >> Do you have any marijuana in the car? >> No, sir. >> Marijuana in Arizona is legal up to an ounce. Do you have any weed at all? None? Okay. Uh methamphetamine? >> Nothing. >> Cocaine? >> No. >> Heroin? >> No. >> Fentanyl or fentanyl pills? Any prescription drugs you're supposed to not supposed to have? Okay. How about any uh identity theft items, credit card making tools, nothing like that? >> Uh no, I left the cocaine prescription here. >> Would you give me voluntary consent to search the vehicles for any that type of those types of items? Yeah? Okay. >> 1428. >> Are you responsible for everything in those cars? >> Yeah, I believe so. >> Okay. Including the U-Haul? >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, how long you been trying the online dating thing? >> Last few months. >> How long you known that girl, you said? >> I just met her online. >> Oh, like just this week or what? >> Last several weeks. >> Last several weeks? >> Yes, sir. >> All right, here All right, Peter. This is a consent to search form. >> All right. >> So, I just need you to read this paragraph for right here. If you understand it, initial for me right there. >> Okay. >> The man signed the consent form for the deputy to search the vehicles. >> So, my other guy's about 3 minutes out. I'm going to try and just get started while we're waiting for him. If you'll just stay here. >> Sure. >> Um just so that you know, like if if you try to come up on me, this dog's a bite dog. >> No, I'm not going to do anything like that. >> Just we never know out here, man. I just got to cover my bases, you know what I'm saying? >> I understand, sir. >> The deputy searches the U-Haul, but finds nothing illegal. As the deputy begins searching the car, he notices the suspect fumbling with something in his pocket. This becomes important later. >> What's that in your hand there? >> My >> Your keys? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Uh >> Okay. >> Mhm. What's this? Can I see it? Can I open this? Okay. Okay. All right, if you just stand back there with that spare jack, that would be great. It'll stay? All right. Should. That's not very reassuring. >> The officer searches the entire trunk and notices the spare tire doesn't match. >> It's a spare. >> Doesn't fit? >> Yeah. >> It does? >> Yeah. >> It's only got four lugs. Five lugs. >> And you used it as a spare. >> You got an X-ray machine? Is it okay if I X-ray it? >> Go ahead. >> Okay. >> The X-ray didn't show anything suspicious in the tires themselves, but the deputy wasn't done yet. >> All right, to your hands behind your back. You're under arrest. >> You got it? >> Yep. That's how it was open. >> Okay. >> You were trying to hide that key from me, weren't you? I watched you, dude. I watched you through the window fumbling with this. Take this off. Cuz this the key that opens the trunk. It ain't my first rodeo, bud. Holy [ __ ] So, I was so focused on the tire because it was a Chevy tire. It's off. I didn't see that when I pulled the tire out. And this doesn't look right. >> Yeah, I know. I I I knew something was up because you pulled that whole thing out. >> But when I >> They don't come double padded. >> But when I pulled that whole thing out, then I saw that. And I was like, "Oh." Opened it up and it's loaded. >> Don't touch it without your gloves. >> Yeah. Holy [ __ ] >> That's crazy. >> So. >> Peter Voltage was arrested and charged with multiple felonies. He was convicted and sentenced to 5 years in the Arizona Department of Corrections. Given how thorough this search was, do you agree with us that this Arizona deputy is among the nation's best at drug interdiction? Let us know in the comments. >> [music] >> Like and subscribe to this channel to see more Breaking Body Cam coverage like this. >> [music]