It was a routine traffic stop until they checked the trunk. >> 16 20 >> All right, y'all. Hey, man. Stay right here and talk to me, please, sir. How are you, buddy? >> Good. >> Good, man. Look, I'm Austin Douglas, State Police. Reason I stopped you, you were right up behind that 18-wheeler, man. You were less than 20 ft behind him, okay? You got my timer is somebody doing that, okay? >> I'll try to get out of the car for you. >> All right. Okay, that's all I got you. You got an ID? >> No, I don't have it on me. >> He's the one that's using that license plate. He's very sick right now, but he's driving it. He does not feeling good. He can't focus, he's sick. >> I don't have a license. >> So, we just pulled >> I don't have any kind of identification. >> Yeah, I don't. >> Listen to that. All right, let's go get him. Hey. Come back here. Where you headed? >> Uh we're uh back to Nashville. >> Okay, and where from? >> North Carolina. >> You coming from North Carolina? >> Yes, sir. >> North Carolina is that way, buddy. >> We took the other way. We got >> Huh? >> We went through Louisiana. >> To go to go to Nashville from North Carolina? >> Yeah. >> Yes, sir. >> North Carolina and Tennessee are right next to each other. Considering they are currently in Louisiana, the driver's suggested pathing doesn't add up as they'd have to drive an extra 14 hours to Louisiana just to turn around and drive back up north to Tennessee. >> That don't make no sense. North Carolina's on the East Coast, but >> It does make sense. It's the same way. >> Huh? >> It's the same way. >> You realize Louisiana's down here. >> Yeah. >> Nashville, Tennessee is right here. And North Carolina's over here. >> Our GPS took me this way. >> You can check the GPS. >> I see. >> So, you come from North Carolina right now? >> Yes, sir. >> No joke. What was you doing in North Carolina? >> Huh? >> What was you doing in North Carolina? >> Did I say North Carolina? >> Yeah, what >> Oh, my fault. >> What you trying to tell me? >> My fault. I'm in I'm in I'm in Texas. My fault. >> Holy molly, buddy. I'm like, holy [ __ ] >> That's on me. That's on me. That's on me. >> What part of Texas? >> Uh Houston. >> Okay. What you How long you been down there? >> Just for 2 days. >> Okay. You and your buddy? >> Yeah. >> Is this your car? >> Yeah, that's my mom's. She rented it for us. >> I got you. What y'all do down in Houston? >> Just party. >> I got you. All right. Let me go holler at him. Give me just a minute. Make sure you're not coming >> from North Carolina. >> Yes, sir. Hang out right there. You good? You good? Hang out back there. Hey. Any weapons in here I need to know about? Any guns or anything else? >> Okay. >> How are you, buddy? What's going on, man? You all right? >> Yeah, I'm just tired, man. >> Tired? Party? >> Party all night, man. >> I got you. Where y'all headed, buddy? >> Nashville. Nashville. >> Huh? >> Nashville. We're headed to Nashville. >> I got you. Where y'all coming from? >> Houston. >> How long y'all down there? >> Partied for 2 days. >> Partied down there? >> Okay. >> The rental agreement in there? Y'all both from Nashville? >> Yes, sir. >> Where'd y'all stay when you're down there? >> We stayed in Pearland. >> Huh? >> Pearland. >> Okay. With who? Somebody you knew or what? >> got family down there. >> Oh, for real? >> Yeah. Okay. >> I got you. Give me just a second, okay? Where'd y'all stay at down there? >> Stayed at a friend's house. >> Okay. All right. Where at? In Houston or what? >> Yeah, I just said Houston, on the border side. >> I got you. Okay. Give me just a second. >> Hey, boss, I'm there. >> Tell me something. Look at them here. The car was rented yesterday. >> Yeah. How did you get How was it rented yesterday and you were in Houston for a couple of days? >> This will be my second day. We just left today. We just left today. This will be my second We left today. We left from Houston. I went up there the night before. >> So, it was picked up and it was picked up in Tennessee or was it picked up in Houston? >> It was picked up in Tennessee. We went that night, partied. >> That would be last night. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Okay. Where'd y'all party at? >> On TV night at my friend's house. >> Okay. I got you. I got you. How old are you, buddy? >> I'm 20. >> Okay. I got you. All right. Come here. Do me a favor. All right. Look. Read through this for me, okay? What I'm asking is to consent search your vehicle, okay? But, I want you to read through this to the fullest, all the way through from this line all the way down to here, okay? We'll talk about it at the end of whenever you get down there, okay? Okay. Read that. I do not. No, sir. I do >> All right. So, do you So, do you have to search the vehicle? >> I don't have to. No, sir. That's why I'm asking you to read this so I can get your I'm saying it's just I'll I'll tell you about it. Just read it and we'll talk about it after. >> All right. >> Do you understand what I'm asking? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. If you allow me to search If you consent and say yes, you can search my vehicle, you sign right there. If you do not, you tell me no. >> Okay. No, I I know. There ain't no point in that cuz you didn't pull me over for that. >> Okay. So, no? Okay. That's fine, man. All right. That's why I get you to read it and get your consent. Now, let me explain to you this. >> Okay. >> I'm going to read it to you. >> I don't want to talk about it, okay? Can I have a lawyer? >> No. This is not a contest, okay? >> Yep. >> Josh. Talk with this man. I'll be right back with you, buddy. My partner there has been running a dog around the car, okay? Do you have any guns or anything on you? Any guns in the car? Hold on one second. Come here. Been around? All right, go ahead and hang out right there in the car. All right, let me tell you what just happened. I just asked him if I could search the vehicle, allowed him to read the consent to search form. Okay, fully explains me searching the vehicle. >> Yeah. >> Uh he refused to sign it, which means he does not want me to search the vehicle. >> Right. >> What I explained to him is my blood is actually going out of me on the stop, it's our K9 handler. >> Okay. >> Okay, he's going to run his narcotics dog around the car. He'll be alerted to the vehicle. I'll probably call search the vehicle. If he does not, he'll get on up through back to Nashville, wherever he thinks he's going, okay? Mark, from North Carolina, North Carolina what? Everywhere he goes. Hey, look, I asked him, I said, "Look, I said, 'Hey, where you coming from?'" He said, "North Carolina." I said, "Where are you going?" He said, "Nashville." I said, "You realize where you're at?" He said, "Well, I'm taking this where my GPS brought me." Look, he had me going, man. He said, I said, "Where you going?" He said, "Well, we're going back to Nashville." I said, "Okay, where are you from?" He said, "Well, North Carolina." I said, "Huh?" I said, "You realize Louisiana's right here, Nashville's right here, and North Carolina's right here." I said, "You You done screwed something up." Where at? >> Lafayette, like 13 years. >> Really? What did you do down there? >> Yeah, I lived there, man. I grew up there. >> Okay. You grew up there, you lived there? What made you move to Nashville? >> Well, see, I just, you know, my family. I had family problems. My mom moved around, so I moved to Houston, moved to Fair Lawn for like 2 years. Now I'm in Nashville, Memphis, Louisiana. >> How old are you? >> 19. >> Okay. You're 20? Okay. >> So, she just alerted on the vehicle. So, she alerted on the the driver's side door, so >> So, anything in there we need to be made aware of? >> All right, cool. >> Just gloves? >> At this moment, reports indicate the driver turns to the officer standing next to him and says, "Sir, you might as well go ahead and put us in handcuffs." The officer then asks him why, and he replies, "Because he's about to find some." The officers searching the vehicle then see the officer putting him in cuffs and go to assist before finishing their search. >> Picture. Picture. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, bro. 10. Hey, were they just stacked in a book bag, though? >> Yes, sir. We'll do. Bye-bye. >> What did he say? >> He said, "Let me call uh Matt Jones and uh >> All the packages of cocaine were found to weigh approximately 25.55 lb, including packaging with a street value of up to $2.3 million. The gun the passenger mentioned was found under his seat, removed, and placed in an evidence box. After running the gun's serial number, it was confirmed to be stolen through the Nashville Metro Police Department. The driver, 20 year old at the time, Jaylen Thompson, was charged with following too close, operating a motor vehicle with no driver's license, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a stolen firearm, and conspiracy to distribute a schedule two controlled dangerous substance. The passenger, 19 year old at the time, Derek Tipps, who also was a convicted felon during the incident, was charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and conspiracy to distribute a schedule two controlled dangerous substance. In February 2023, both suspects took a plea deal, pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine in exchange for the rest of their charges to be dropped. Jaylen, the driver, was sentenced to 70 months, just under 6 years in prison, while Derek, the passenger, who had a prior felony conviction, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. They will both be placed under supervised release for 5 years after they are released. Jaylen will be 26 years old when he is released in 2028, and Darick will be 31 years old when he is released in 2023.