I have another one, you don't calm down. >> No, I can calm down. I'm so beyond I will get out of the vehicle. I will get out. Let me get out. Okay. And what's your name? I don't even need to identify myself. >> ft away. >> I want to know Most people when they get pulled over say as little as possible. Bella Cordova did the opposite. [music] And in Florida, that kind of honesty will cost you up to 5 years. 12-3 I don't want to talk to you. She was? Hi. Hi. Did you have a bad experience with Pinellas County Sheriff's Office? >> I have a lot of experience. >> You're going to have another one if you don't calm down. >> No, I can calm down. I'm so beyond fed up right now. Like this is actually ridiculous. Sounds like you're just getting a ticket. That's a fine. And then you can go about your way. She can surely write me a ticket since you wanted to follow me since you May 27th, 2025, Seminole, Florida. What looked like a routine traffic stop was about to go sideways fast. Behind the wheel of a black Hyundai sat Bella, a 21-year-old who didn't see an officer approaching her window. She saw a target. What started as a stop sign violation ended somewhere nobody expected. Because Bella didn't just argue with Deputy Lock, she threatened her on camera and every word was caught. That's completely fine. She can see me in court. Yes. >> it to court. >> in court. >> But if you battle Sir, that she shouldn't have followed me. >> This is my neighborhood. >> You're going to lose. >> Because she wanted to get me a ticket. I I didn't even have to keep driving, but she was following me. What's the ticket for? FOR FAILURE TO STOP. I STOPPED PAST THE STOP SIGN apparently at that one right there. Apparently. Okay, we'll go to court. I will go to court. But this is absolutely ridiculous. Following for what? I have no idea. I don't know why she was following you. Maybe there was something else about your car she didn't like. No idea. >> I just got into an accident because somebody failed to stop at a stop sign and hit me. So, my car doesn't drive perfectly right now. So, you're mad at her for enforcing some law. >> at her for following me for no reason. Okay. Well, you can't threaten You can't You can't You can't You can't threaten to punch us, either. >> So, you guys can just sit there and follow people for no reason? Without Without a reason to do so? >> Sure. Without any type of suspicion? Yep. Huh, crazy. Yep. >> Okay. Well, that's fine. We'll just take it to court then. That's okay. >> Here's what most people forget the moment they get pulled over. You're already on the record. Every word, every threat, is documentation. You're required to provide your license and registration. Everything else you volunteer goes straight into the case file. And everything Bella is saying right now is about to follow her into a courtroom. All right. Get out of the car. You can get out. For what? You're going to jail. For what? >> Get out of the car. For what? Okay. Get out. I'm I'm going to get out of the I will get out of the vehicle. I will get out. Let me get out. Oh my god. This is absolute absolutely ridiculous. >> not. What's absolutely ridiculous is you threatening to punch one of my deputies in the face. Stop pulling my arm. Here you go. She's going in your car. So, you're on the phone with your mom? Yep. Okay. Well, she can come and get your car if you want. >> Okay. Cool. Or we can tow it. I mean, it doesn't matter to me. Well, you can't just leave it. All right. Well, we'll tow it then. No, just have her come get it. Five cops for one person? You guys are crazy. Oh my god. How do you want me to 29 7037 Didn't give me directions. And you didn't even give me 0.2 seconds get out of the car. So, yeah. Threatening a law enforcement officer verbally without laying a hand on them is a third-degree felony under Florida statute 784.07. Officers have zero discretion to let that slide. It's not a judgment call. It's the law. And Bella just said it all on camera. Yes, please record cuz they've already manhandling the out of me. Um Yes, you can He can stay 25 ft away. Okay. Um and then if they want to take the car, he's got to has to get his driver's license. What's up? All right, so you have to stay 25 ft away according to Florida law. Yeah. Yeah, that's a new law. >> That is not a new law. >> That is a new law. >> that. Where is that? >> Look it up. It's written in >> Look it up. Now you If you want to take If you want to take her vehicle, you can take her vehicle. I want to know what is going on. She threatened to punch him What would I want to know the like the whole situation. That She got stopped for traffic. Okay. Apparently in her neighborhood. >> She's been Well, In her neighborhood. So, you stop people in their neighborhood? A neighborhood. No, a neighborhood is her neighborhood. So, don't say a neighborhood. This is her neighborhood. >> you feel better if I say her neighborhood? Go ahead. Go ahead. She was stopped for traffic. She was going to get cited. She didn't agree with the violation and she threatened to punch him in the face. What's my name? >> Yeah. Identify yourself. >> Deputy Mike Collente. 61652. Okay. And you too? Deputy Figueroa Shelley 59060. Okay. And what's your name? I don't even need to identify you. You need 25 ft away. >> I want to I'm going to go to the jail, too? 25 ft away. I'm I'm well We're going to give you a lawful order to stay without staying outside of this investigation, okay? This is your final warning. This is a new law. If you interfere with this investigation, you will go to >> Her family has shown up, but most people don't know this. Florida law prohibits anyone from coming within 25 ft of an active law enforcement encounter without officer permission. That's Senate Bill 184. Cross that line and you're not a concerned relative anymore. You're an obstruction. The right move is simple. Stay back. Stay quiet. Let it play out. You can dispute everything later in court. You can't undo an obstruction charge that's already on camera. But Bella isn't done yet. And what she says next is what seals it. Bella learned the hard way. And her mom's boyfriend is one wrong move away from the exact same lesson. Good deal. All right. You understand you have been warned. As it is >> You guys got a little power trip going on right now. >> A little power trip right now going on, are we? We're not the recording with our cell phones. Yes, you are recording. >> say. Yes, you just I'm not the one recording. >> With my cell phone. I got you. Well, okay. Do you have your driver's license on you or are you trying to take the car? I am going to take the car. >> Okay. Do you have your driver's license on you? I got to make sure that you are valid. Can you take it out for me? Of course. I'm going to drop that. Every time I'm going to be a dick. Good. Shows that we're doing our job. Appreciate it. Maybe. Harassing people in their neighborhood. You're not even telling me the full story, so. I did just say. You did not. You just said >> You just don't want to listen. >> You just said she something in the neighborhood. Okay, all off of what? All off of what? What did she do? She rolled the stop sign. What stop sign did she roll? Wasn't here for it. Huh? That's what she told me. So you're pulling people over for rolling stop signs in their own neighborhood. Why don't you worry about the people that park up and down the streets that don't live in the neighborhood? Why don't you worry about those people? Who knows who they are, right? Right. >> okay. Right. They're okay. Didn't she get into an accident cuz somebody rolled a stop sign and totaled her car? Did she get into an accident? >> Yes. She did. That's what she told me. She just got She got into an accident just now for rolling a stop sign. It's not what I said. That's exactly what you just said. >> didn't she get into an accident previously? Not for rolling a stop sign. >> No, someone rolled a stop sign hit her car. No, someone ran a light. That's what she told me. Yeah, well then she's hyped up, obviously. So, she ran the light and hit her. Yes. Mhm. Failing to stop. A week and a half Apparently it's an issue. It's always a power trip. Like this is crazy. And the amount of squad cars and that's what we're paying for? Come on now. That's crazy. Here you go. Ready to go take the car? Yes. Now watch what her mom's boyfriend does because this is the exact opposite of everything Bella just did. Brandon finally made the right call. Don't escalate, don't argue, cooperate, and walk away. The side of the road is not where you win this. A courtroom is. Yeah. What are the uh charges? Threatening law enforcement. And that's it? Mhm. She was just going to go away with a ticket, but she threatened to punch one of my deputies in the face. So, what's the What is that? Uh that's She would have just been probably cut loose with just a citation, but because she's threatening to harm law enforcement, that's obviously Can I come grab her right now? So. That's why we're in this situation. >> was asleep, but now she's up. But She's cooling off. So, uh if you want to relay that info, or I can talk to her about it. It's completely up to you. Yeah, you might want to just talk to her if she comes out. >> What's her name? Christie. Okay. All right, I'll handle it. >> She's in that Lexus. Okay. Thank you. Hi. That's my daughter. Yes. Um so, this situation escalated from what could have been just maybe a That makes sense, right? >> can see some things, okay? Um I understand that people have mental health disorders. Um however, I what we don't tolerate is threatening law enforcement. Yeah. My deputy responded to a reckless driver be on the lookout bolo for our deputies. Um they gave the exact description of her daughter's car along with the tag. So, the deputies in the area sees your daughter's car pulling into the neighborhood. She rolls stop sign. Okay, that's another violation. >> Yes. So, we make contact with her and immediately she is just hotter than hot, okay? She's an angry bird, right? >> Yes. So, while my deputy's trying to do her job, your daughter threatens to punch my deputy in the face. She said, "I'm going to go to jail. I'm going to punch her in the face." Okay? That we don't Yeah. we don't tolerate, okay? Like I said, she could have just been It could have been a talking to. It could have been a citation. But, because we're threatening bodily harm to a deputy, that's not going to happen, okay? So, it's just a one charge. She's on her way to the jail. She has your number. We wrote it down for her. Your boyfriend has her cell phone, her wallet, and obviously the keys to the car, so She did ask that you text her boss. You know her code for her phone? I don't. >> It's 1 2 3 4 5 6. >> Oh, okay. >> Okay? Text the boss. Tell her obviously or him whoever it is that she's obviously not coming to work, okay? That she got tied Is she going to spend the night? >> [snorts] >> She might not spend the night because it's early enough, um unless crazy happens where they have a lockdown, she can't get in right away, um because of jail operations. But, she'll call you when she can. Um it might take a while for the phones to connect, so don't hang up when she calls you. Just let it do its thing, okay? Okay. Do you have any questions for me? No, I just came down to see what happened and So. Thank you. Thank you for coming down here. I appreciate your time. >> Okay, thank you. And then, her family tries one last thing to get her out of this. Mental health is real, but under Florida law, the offense is defined by the act, not the state of mind. The threat was made. It was recorded. It was witnessed. A diagnosis can influence sentencing. It does not erase the charge. All right. All right. Now, as everyone knows, Phones are allowed Oh. Um You don't have anything on you, whether it's legal, illegal, anything on you, cuz once you get to the if there's any like a lighter or anything, No, I think you guys even took everything out of my office. Wait, can I put something in my pocket? No. Bella had every chance to drive away with a ticket. Instead, she talked herself into a felony. No exceptions for frustration, no exceptions for family backup. What you say in front of law enforcement doesn't stay in the moment. It follows you into a courtroom. And for Bella, it did exactly that. Bella Cordova, cited for failure to stop at a stop sign. Florida statute 784.07, threatening a law enforcement officer, felony, up to 5 years.