went away from him out here. >> You're spitting at me right now. >> I am not spitting. >> You are spitting on me RIGHT NOW. >> I HAD A STROKE. >> SIT IN THE CAR. >> NO. >> On March 29th, 2022, Monroe County Sheriff's deputies responded to what seemed like a routine call along the overseas highway. Arriving at the 10-1000 block, they instead encountered a tense and volatile scene. Courtney Sophia Kryton and a 39year-old man were engaged in a heated verbal confrontation. Their voices raised as emotions spiraled. The situation appeared on the verge of escalation. However, as soon as the flashing lights of law enforcement vehicles illuminated the area, both individuals abruptly fled. Without warning, they bolted from the scene and disappeared into the nearby woods, turning a routine response into an unexpected chase. >> Get on the ground. GET ON THE GROUND. GET ON THE GROUND NOW. GET ON THE GROUND. >> GET ON THE GROUND. >> Watch her. Watch her. >> Get on the ground. Get on the ground. Get on THE GROUND. GET ON THE GROUND. >> I ain't did nothing. >> GET ON THE GROUND. >> I ain't do nothing. >> Ma'am, get on the ground right now. >> Get on the ground. >> That's what you did. >> No, you did that. You >> do. Hey, do noting bite me. What is the matter WITH YOU? >> I DON'T CARE. YOU DON'T BITE. >> WHATEVER. >> Put your hand behind your back right now. >> Earl, thank you, BRO. THANK YOU, BRO. THANK YOU. >> Thank you. You did that. >> I DON'T WANT TO BE WITH YOU, BRO. I DON'T WANT TO BE with you. >> YOU ABUSED ME, BRO. YOU HURT ME, BRO. I HAD TO run from you. I had to RUN IN THE WOODS TO get away from you, bro. THE WOOD. >> THE WOOD. >> DON'T DO THE SAME. >> To get away from me. Why you did that? >> BRO, STAY AWAY FROM ME. STAY AWAY FROM ME. That's it. >> This is the best thing that can ever happen to me. Come on. >> Roll over. Roll over. >> Abuse me, bro. >> But you don't try to bite me. >> I AM TRYING TO BITE YOU. YOU DID. >> NO. I COULDN'T. YOU [ __ ] I didn't That's it. I don't care. Just get me away from him, bro. That's it, BRO. THAT'S IT. OH, GO TO HELL, BRO. YOU TRYING TO BEAT ME. You punched me in McDonald's. I had to get away from you, BRO. THAT'S IT. STAY AWAY FROM ME, BRO. I I had to walk through the woods to get away from >> you. >> Because you're abuser, bro. You broke my nose, bro. I had to get away from you. >> I had to let that driver know that. >> I had to GET AWAY. GO AWAY. OKAY, I'LL BE WARNED. THAT'S >> Can you take me to jail, please? >> Don't worry, we're getting there. >> Because he >> Ma'am, do you need rescue? >> No. >> All right. >> I can't move my left hand, but don't worry about it because I have no nerves. Okay. >> Okay. That's I'm asking. Do you need rescue? IN JAIL AND I DON'T WANT HIM NOWHERE NEAR ME. YOU UNDERSTAND? >> YES, MA'AM. >> Nowhere near me, bro. I swear to God. >> All right. Can you stand up for me? >> I can. >> Okay. Where you from? >> Yes. YOU GOT WARRANTS. >> I GOT WARRANTS IN MONRO COUNTY. >> You ran from ME AND TAKE ME TO JAIL. I GOT WARRANTS IN MONROE COUNTY. CAN YOU FIX MY SHIRT, PLEASE? >> YES, MA'AM. >> PLEASE FIX MY SHIRT. STAY THE ME AFTER $9,000 of debt, bro. I am happy, bro. That is it, bro. Um, listen to me. I got a phone in my front pocket. I don't want the phone broken because that's the only pictures I have of my son. >> All right. >> He punched me in the face in McDonald's. I want to file assault CHARGES AGAINST HIM. >> ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST >> MA'AM, you're spitting at me. Hold on. >> I WANT ASSAULT charges against him. That's it. I want assault. I had to get in the woods. >> Okay, ma'am. Stop yelling right now. You just spit in my eye. It's >> not my problem. If you have >> It is my problem. If you have something, I'm going to be extremely upset. >> I don't have nothing. Okay. >> I I will The man over there in the motorcycle right there will tell you THAT I WAS RUNNING FROM HIM FOR 2 HOURS. >> ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU STOP YELLING? >> NO, I WILL NOT STOP YELLING. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH THIS IS LIKE aing blessing, bro. >> As my whole life, she been warned and they called the police. You want to bite? I was chasing her and she wanted to r and I said, "Okay, you going to jail today." >> Okay. >> That's why I told you. You ain't got any weapons or anything on you, right, man? >> All right. >> We're going to try to figure everything out. See what's wrong with her and then we'll get you out of your way if you ain't do anything. All right. >> YOU SAW ME RUNNING FROM HIM, RIGHT? THAT man right THERE WAS TALKING. >> OKAY, THAT'S REGARD. We're done. >> HE WILL TELL YOU. I SAW HIM RUNNING FROM I'VE BEEN RUNNING FROM YOU FOR 2 hours, bro. So, he hit me in McDonald's and punched me in my face. >> He bruised my face up and my face up. I AM TIRED OF THIS. >> ALL RIGHT. Do you have anything on you that's gonna poke or stick me or anything like that? >> You shot me, right? >> Yeah. You told me TO CALL. >> YEAH, I TOLD YOU. >> I TOLD YOU TO CALL THE COPS. >> That [ __ ] Come on. I ain't touch her. You ain't touch. I was taking her. >> You have where she was at. >> I was chasing her. She ran over here and she got mad because she was mad because I was in hibiscus and she got mad at me. She been wanted for days now. >> All right. >> So, is there any reason why you tried to bite me in my hand? >> No, I don't want to get I was in the woods trying to get away from him. Okay. >> Me, right? >> I BARELY TOUCHED IT. DON'T EVEN START THAT. >> WHAT IS THAT? >> I barely touched it. >> I BARELY DON'T EVEN START THAT, BRO. DON'T EVEN START THAT. PLEASE DON'T EVEN START THAT. OKAY. I'VE BEEN RUNNING FOR HIM FOR 2 HOURS. THAT MAN AND I IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT MAN. NO, YOU LISTEN. IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT MAN, I WOULD BE CHARGED. NO. NO. I TOLD HIM TO CALL A COP. >> ALL RIGHT. STOP. NO. STOP. NO. >> ALL RIGHT. COME ON. We're going in the car. Come on. >> I was trying to help her and she ran. Stop. >> He ran from me, bro. >> I was trying to tell you she been on a warning for a long time. >> All right. See in the car, bro. Like I said, you're not under arrest right now. You're just detained. All right. >> But why did I get in the car? >> That way you >> you making me feel like I'm been arrested. >> No, no. I'm telling you, you're not >> You should have run my name first. >> Get your You got to get >> Why you put him in the car like I've been >> You got your identic? Okay. All right. All right. >> Put him in the car like I'm being arrested. >> Like I'm telling you, boss. You're not under. >> Okay. Well, I said I didn't you run my name. >> Okay. You sit right there. >> Cuz I didn't do nothing wrong. >> All right. Just stay right there. >> Okay. I didn't do nothing wrong. >> All right. >> I had a stroke on this side. Go ahead. I'll sue county. I don't give a bro. >> All right. Sorry, but you tried to bite me, so it's all good. >> That's bull. I didn't try to bite you. You hit me. >> I did not hit you. >> Where's your camera at? You sure you didn't hit me? You sure? >> I'm positive. >> Yeah. [ __ ] CAN YOU LIKE I CAN'T have this hand like that. I had >> Get in the car. >> I CANNOT I HAD MULTIPLE STROKES. >> SIT INSIDE THE CAR. I have rescue on the way. Sit in THE CAR. >> I WANT TO WAIT FOR HIM OUT HERE. >> YOU'RE SPITTING at me right now. >> I AM NOT SPITTING. >> You are spitting on me right now. >> I HAD A STROKE. >> SIT IN THE CAR. >> NO. >> DO YOU WANT TO GET TASED? >> Go ahead. Tas me. >> Sit in the car. >> YOU'RE STILL SPITTING MY FACE. >> TRY ME, DOGS. >> GET INSIDE THE CAR. >> NO. GET [screaming] IN THE CAR. >> NO. >> NO. >> YOU'RE GOING TO GET TASED. >> GO AHEAD. DO IT. >> OSCAR. Get him in the car. >> All right. Look. Can Can you sit so I can help him? Put this guy. See? See what I'm saying? >> I was just chasing her, bro. That's my That was my girl. >> She was one and I was chasing her. >> Get in the car. >> Get in the car, bro. >> See, now you going to be arrested. So, I'm being arrested. >> Arrest like I told you. Get her. YOU'RE STILL SPINNING. >> I WILL GO TO THE HOSPITAL. NO. [screaming] I HAD MULTIPLE STROKES AT A HEART ATTACK. TASE ME. TRY ME. TASE ME. TASE ME. TASE ME. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. [screaming] GO AHEAD. >> GET IN THE [ __ ] CAR. >> NO. >> GET IN THE CAR. >> NO. >> I HAD A STROKE. >> OKAY. BUT GET IN THE CAR. >> Take all my >> She spit alling over me. >> Yeah. >> Excuse me. >> Huh? >> Dog. This girl had once. >> I know. No, we ran into right now. I was chasing her down information right now. >> I did not touch her. Nothing. All right. >> When this man was on a bike, she ran a woods because the police was coming. She was running from the police. >> We running the information right now. All right. Everything. All right. >> She knew. And now she trying to say I did. I I put my hands on her. I walked around him. She jumped out the wood cuz she knew that she was mourning. >> Okay. >> And I was I've been my whole life. She walked in the woods. Went in the woods. This man was on the M. Like I said, what a girl. She ran in the woods because she know she already was wanting. >> She didn't want the police called or nothing. And you can see all we right now. We making sure. Right. >> Yes, sir. >> You getting AC? >> Yeah, I'm good. I'm good. >> Okay. All right. >> How you doing? >> Not good. He was following me. He was not me. Okay. I tried to get away from him. Away from him. That's why I was in the woods trying to get away from him. He's following me. If you ask that man that was standing there, I ASKED THAT MAN TO CALL THE POLICE AS he was following me. He punched me and McDonald's. I was trying to get away from him because that's all he does is beat me for no reason. I was getting away from him. >> Do you know him? >> Yes, I do know him. I've been dating him for the last year and a half, but he would not stop. >> I'm not bothering anybody. I'm mind my business and this [ __ ] youing douchebag says that I bit him. I didn't touch this motherucker. You sack of I promise you I didn't touch your ass. If I wouldn't bite you, you would remember. You wouldn't remember. I promise you wouldn't remember. I had a stroke in my left hand side. I can't have my arm like this. >> Okay. >> I had a stroke. Okay. >> It's hurting me. >> Are you fine right now? >> No, I'm not. >> You You look fine to me. >> I don't. That's nice. That's nice. Did you have a stroke? Okay. >> Did you have a stroke? >> No. I mean, you did it, right? >> So, what's what what why is he following you? >> Because I left where he was. >> Where you guys were at before? >> We were at my friend's house. >> Where is that at? >> I'm not going to get back with you. >> That was in Karago, though. >> Um, I can't remember. >> Okay. >> All right. So, you guys have been dating for how long? >> 2 years. >> 2 years. Okay. And you guys broke up or what's what's going on? >> No, I just wanted to get away from him cuz he pissed me off because I got some bad news. I'm that type of person. Okay. Like I got some bad news or whatever. He didn't touch me. It's just that I got some bad news. >> You wanted him to get away from you. >> Yeah. Because I got some bad news. And you know, >> it's like I didn't expect that news at the time. I didn't expect it. It's like when I got it, it's like, you know, um it's like it consumed all my feelings, you know? >> Yeah. >> And it made me very angry, bro. I mean, I never felt that way a day in my life and I it consumed all my feelings and I told him to get away from me. He didn't listen. So, he wanted to like get angry cuz I walked away from him. That's not going to help the situation. So, I tried to walk away. He didn't do anything wrong. You understand? He didn't do anything wrong. But Following me, he didn't do anything wrong. >> Okay? >> He didn't do anything. I promise you, he didn't do anything wrong. It's just that he followed me and I I I know his temper, you know. I told him I said, "Leave me alone because I don't want this to escalate, you know." >> No, I don't understand. >> You know, I got some horrible news. I didn't know, you know, I didn't know that. The thing is is that I didn't know that my ex-husband I was living here at Kar. I didn't know my ex-husband my son out of Kargo. I didn't know that. Oh, okay. [laughter] >> And I found out he moved about a kilometer. >> Where too? Do you know? You know? >> No, I don't know where. And I'm sitting here trying to walk around trying to figure out where he MOVED HIM TO BECAUSE I'm like where he moved him to. >> And although he's trying to make things better, you know. >> When did you find out about this? >> 10 minutes. >> Oh, okay. He just moved him like tell me. And then somebody else told me that they haven't seen him in like a month in school. So I'm thinking, wait a second. You told me he was going to school for a whole month. >> Okay. Give me one second. >> But he didn't do anything wrong. I promise. >> Okay. No, I I'm hearing you. I'm hearing you. >> He didn't do anything wrong. >> All right. Give me one second. He said it right there when I said I was chasing her. She jumped in the woods and she knew she had a warrant and she was telling us don't call the police. I told her that you got warrant you going to jail. Okay. >> She jumped in the woods. I came out. I've been all my life. Dennis Earl Cooper. >> My brother named Tommy. All of them know me around. >> She jumped in the woods. She came out and the man was like, "Oh, what you doing?" She was like, "She wearing the wood." I said, "She had one." SHE KNOW SHE GOT ONE. She ran the wood, right? >> All right, sir. Step out the car. >> What happened? I ain't going to lie to you. She ran the wood. She knew she was warning and she tried to get me caught up and I straight up. I've been my whole when we get a call of people just running around. We don't know where she took a man on a bike call. But she ran the woods. She knew she was warning. She tried to say, "Oh, I did all this." >> She's going for the >> She's telling her she have a once. She called me. I was walking down here. And I said, "Well, you got once. You doing all this." She told me, "Fuck you. I'm not with you." Started with me. The man was in the bike and the man said, "You go ahead and let her be." She had one. I can take off the hand. You're good. >> She's just with me. >> No, you did yourself. >> No, I did. YOU YOU YOU CALL THAT YOU CALL that >> you you you call yourself in jail. >> You want to be that. You want to be in jail. >> We appreciate >> my name is Earl Cooper. I've been here my whole life. >> Yeah, I've seen you before. Not saying bad. >> My brother named Tommy Cooper. My We been called. I still >> I don't want you hanging by the door. >> No, don't call Earl now. >> Hey, whatever. >> I love you, but you did this. You tried to put me in jail. You crazy. Yeah. She tried to call on me. I came this way and she ran in the wood because you were scared. Whatever. She ran the wood. The man on a bicycle was some man on the motorcycle. >> The man said she ran in the woods. She came right said you going to jail today. You going to jail. She ran out to here and try to try to convince me to think what would happen. >> Yeah. Well, regardless, she's her her warrants are confirmed. >> Yes. >> She bit me in the hand and she spit in the face, so she's going to jail for that, too. >> Yeah. That's why my That's why my eyes like this right now. >> Yeah. >> What do you want to rescue? Look at her. Look at her. >> What's wrong? >> You want to be a bad ass? >> All right. >> I'm going to put you in that car. Okay. I want you to be nice. >> What do you mean be nice? >> I don't want you biting. I don't want you spitting on anybody. >> Don't fight any spit at anybody. No, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT. I never did that. So, don't even start that. Okay. We're going to put you in the car. >> I don't care WHAT YOU SAY BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO, DON'T EVEN ASK ME THAT. I DIDN'T SPIT OR BITE ON ANYBODY. I DON'T GIVE a bro. Spaghetti. I don't even care, bro. I DON'T EVEN CARE. I GO HOME, YOU MOTHER. I don't give a [ __ ] >> I want to go to the hospital. I had no I had a stroke on this. I want to go to the hospital. I WANT MEDICAL ATTENTION. I WANT MEDICAL [screaming] ATTENTION. GET >> IN THE CAR. SIT UP. Sit down. >> Yeah, whatever. I GOT A HOME. THEY [ __ ] >> What is the problem? You're not going TO TRY THAT. I had a stroke and I had metal in my >> medical. I ain't no rookie here. I had a stroke on my left HAND SIDE. NOT ONE, NOT TWO, NOT THREE, NOT FOUR, BUT SEVEN MOTHER STROKES ON MY LEFT HAND SIDE. TRY ME. GO AHEAD. CITY. GO AHEAD. I WANT A AMBULANCE. I want to go to the [ __ ] >> I feel like I'm having one. >> Get the AWAY FROM GET AWAY. I HAD A STROKE, RIGHT? I GOT METAL IN MY BRAIN. RIGHT. DON'TING TOUCH ME. I WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. DON'T touch me. I'm going to get you there. Don't touch me. I HAD A >> GO AHEAD. THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. GO AHEAD. When this mother y'all going to get a monster, I don't give a >> What is that going to do? What is that going to do? You know how much foreplay I had in my life. >> [ __ ] you. What? I don't want to hurt yourself with your rookie badge and your rookie funeral. LISTEN TO THIS BEND. BENO, YOU YOUR FAMILY CAME HERE BY IMMIGRANTS. YOU GOT [screaming] YOU STUPID BEND. STUPID. No you. Would you have a seat? Just take me to the Just take me to the bro. Just take me to I know what I ain't worried about it, bro. I know. I got the same [ __ ] you letting me go. >> You don't know what the >> You don't know what the >> take it off. >> Yeah, you don't got TO TAKE IT OFF CUZ YOU don't know what the YOU DOING, BRO. I'LL TAKE IT OFF FOR YOU. >> I'm having a stroke on this side. That funny. I'm having a STROKE ON YEAH. YEAH. ON THIS SIDE. I'M HAVING A SEIZURE ON THIS SIDE. THAT IS NOTING FUNNY. OKAY. ON ON MY LEFT HAND SIDE IS MOVING AND be moving. YOU [ __ ] GET DON'T TOUCH ME. YOU >> ASK ME A QUESTION. >> I DON'T GIVE a Oh [ __ ] >> Put the window down. Put the window down. Where's the spray at? >> Put the window down. >> Go ahead. Go ahead. Spray me. See what happened. Listen to this mother. Look at that. That's foreplay for me, Bobby. You don't even know. >> What is this? >> Science. >> Oh, what is that? Learning class. Is it a teaching class? >> No. >> Yeah, it sounds like a teaching class. >> Come on. Get inside. >> It's a teaching class. It's a teaching class. It's a teaching class. It's a learning lesson. OH MY GOD. YOU'RE still doing it wrong. So, it doesn't matter because I can GET OUT OF IT. WHATEVER YOU WANT TO TEACH THEM, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO YOU DEVIL. YOUING. YOU [ __ ] DEVIL. YOU STUPID. IT'S not going to reach. >> Shut the up. You try to teach y'all lesson. I can't teach y'all. Y'all are stupid. Y >> you ain't got nothing except I raised up. I don't give a >> I promise you that. I promise you that. >> 1932. >> YOU LET MY [ __ ] MY GET ME OUT of jail. He's the best ever. He will always get me out of jail. It doesn't matter cuz he going to cry a little bit and he going to get me out of jail. Y'all put me in jail for what, bro? Like come on, bro. I can't sleep at all. I'm drunk right now. >> Dark hair IN ONE COUNTY. CAN'T TOUCH THIS. YOU GET >> I WILL NOT STAND. I DON'T GIVE a strain. Like this is like nothing. I've been waiting for this, bro. This is a sign for God, bro. This is a sign of God. Get this over, bro. >> Stay in that now. >> What? >> Where you live at? >> Oh, okay. I don't have anybody with my boyfriend. >> And that that was your boyfriend? >> Yeah. Today has been all around bad day. I found out my ex-husband took my son out of me and moved him somewhere else. They didn't tell me. >> He was supposed to tell me and he didn't tell me my son out of his safe. >> But But do you have custody or he has custody? >> We both do. >> You both do? Yeah. >> And he took my son out of the state. >> Have you gone to court for that? >> And he told me that I my sister saw my son last month, but apparently my son my sister lied to me and told me he saw me. She didn't see him cuz they've been gone for 2 months. >> Wow. >> And I've been looking for my son for 2 months and nobody told me where he was. >> Okay. And nobody knows where your ex-husband is? No, nobody knows who he is. >> Okay. All right. So, >> nobody knows where his son is or my son. >> How old is your son? >> He's 11. >> He's 11. Okay. >> Nobody knows where he is. >> Okay. Yeah, that that's some that's something that's important. Um, >> but so that's something that when look I know you're in this situation right now [clears throat] but on but once you get out that's something you should call us about. That way we can help you find yourself. >> They've been searching for you. >> Have you called Have you called the police about it? >> Yes, but because we both left custody. It's like kidnapping. You understand? >> Okay. So, >> the last time I heard from him was on his 11th birthday. >> Okay. What have you gone to the court and told him that you haven't seen him in 2 months? >> Right. >> Okay. >> Nobody want to tell me. I don't know where he is. >> That That's important. That way when you go to the court, you tell them, "Hey, I don't know where he took my son, but we both have custody, but I want to see where my son is." >> What was that? >> Was there? Um, they didn't tell me. I I'll try to figure it out for you. That way you could have have a kind of an idea how much it is, but I I'll try. >> I'm not going to be able to get out. I don't have any money to pay for. >> Okay. >> I don't have anybody. >> I I'll try to see in what way they can help you out. Okay. >> They won't help me. Nobody will. >> Well, I'm Believe me, I'm going to try my best to help you out. Okay. >> Nobody's going to help me. I'm stuck here in Monro County. All right, but listen to me. I'm going to try my best to help you, okay? All right. >> Please have a run from the female and 71, please. and you guys let him go because I said that he didn't do anything. Right. >> Right. >> That that was something that was discussed between the other gentleman and the other officer. >> You guys let him go because I said basically he didn't do nothing as usual. like as you but he's the one who punched me in the face as like a McDonald's in front of everybody. >> I'm going to take it off, right? >> Mhm. >> All right. Authorities later discovered that Kraton had active warrants, including charges for battery, leaving the scene of a crash and DUI. This revelation added further complexity to an already tense situation. As events unfolded, Kiteon faced multiple additional charges, including resisting arrest with violence, resisting arrest without violence, bannery on a law enforcement officer, and criminal mischief for intentionally breaking a Hubble restraint device.