On the evening of January 5th, 2022, at approximately 7:32 p.m., deputies were dispatched to the area of Highway 365 North following a report of a stolen vehicle. While patrolling the area, Deputy Blofford spotted the stolen car traveling along MacArthur Drive. He trailed the vehicle carefully, waiting for a safe location to conduct a stop. At the intersection of East Military and MacArthur Drive, the deputy activated his lights and sirens, bringing the vehicle to a halt. With his patrol weapon drawn, he issued commands to both the driver and the passenger. >> Show me your ass. Show me your ass. Show me your ass. Put your hands out the window. Open the door from the outside. Both hands out the window. Passenger, do not move. Turn around. Step out the car. Turn around. Turn around. Put your hands up. Down on your knees. Down to your knees. Get on the ground. That gun. Do not move. Put your hands straight up. Straight up. Do not move. Passenger. Put your hands behind your back. Get out the car. Passenger. Step out the car. >> I'm sorry. >> Step by the car. Step out the car. Come over here. What's that for? All right. >> Right here. No down here. Sitting there for me. All right. I'll get with you in a second. Okay. Stand up. Come on. So I can touch your side cuz you need to see your chest. Need to see your chest. Come on. Oh, you got anything on you? Didn't pack it down already. You sure? No, I ain't going to show. All right, come over. Oh. started north female officer. I'm read for me. >> The driver later identified as Bertavia Davis was taken into custody and read her Miranda rights. >> You got anything on you that you got anything in the car that you know of? All right. So, I'm going read you your rights. All right. All right. You are you are a suspect in the crime of of a stolen vehicle. Before asking any question, uh we want to understand your rights. Do you understand where we coming from? We're in possession of stolen vehicle. Okay. >> Stolen. >> Okay. I'm just letting you know. I'm reading. Read your rights first. All right. You have the right You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have one present with you while you are being questioned. You cannot if you cannot afford to hire a lawyer. One will be appointed to you to represent you before before asking any question at no cost. If you wish, excuse me. You can decide at any time to exercise these rights and huh you can decide uh exercise these rights and not answer any question. Do you wish to answer any of these questions that we going to ask her? >> During questioning, Davis claimed she had no knowledge the vehicle was stolen, stating she purchased it from a man known only as Terrence for $300. >> Okay. Okay. What you wish to answer questions or >> question? >> I mean, I'm just saying if we ask you questions, do you wish to talk to us? Okay. So, is that okay that she would talk to us or >> Sure. Talk about >> I can't hear you. >> Sure. What you want to talk about? >> I'm just trying to see where you get the car from. That's We just asking that question like that. Where you get the car from? How long you had it? >> Oh, I heard just a couple days. >> Just a couple days. Where you get it from? >> My homeboy. >> Your homeboy? >> Who your homeboy? >> Terrence. >> Terrence. What's your last name? >> I don't know. >> You don't know his last name? But he just gave you the car here. You can take it. You bought it from him. What you do with it? Yeah, I bought it. >> You bought it for me? You got a bill to sell or anything? >> No. >> No. Okay. >> Huh? >> This is like 300. >> Like $300 for 300. >> Where he say at? >> Little Rock. >> Little Rock. All right. So, you say you had it for about 3 days, you said? Two. >> Like two. Okay. All right. Uh we're going put you in back of this car until a female officer get over here. All right. All right. >> So, I'm going put you in the back of this car till we get a female officer to come check you out. All right. Well, s we wait. I'll put you in the bag. A further search of the vehicle uncovered three prescription drugs not prescribed to Davis. The substances were seized and submitted to the state crime lab for testing. >> This isn't the same one that's been >> Yeah, that's been hidden. >> Left and right, left, right, left, and right. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I can't. >> So, where was she coming from? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Jeez. >> The first one in real life. >> Have a blue strip. >> Mhm. It's fake though. Ah, >> I'm not thinking. Yes, [Music] [Music] you take the move to the front. Hey, it's all the That's about [Music] Captain Gab her name probably Bree Tavia. [Applause] Hey, what's your name? >> Bratavia. Who is uh Susan? Is that your mom or something like that? >> Huh? >> I said like who is Susan? Is that your mom or the pills in there? That's Susan. That's >> I don't know where you getting all the fake money from. You printing it out yourself. What you do? >> I don't know. I got Amazon cuz like I was taking pictures. You got on Amazon cuz you be taking pictures. >> Yeah. Let me see. You can see on your phone, >> huh? >> You can see on your phone. I got you. I got you. He going to get some information from me. All right. >> Step out for me, man. >> Pardon me. >> I said step out for me. >> I can't hear real well. >> I got you. >> Okay, bro. >> You got anything on you? The passenger identified as Kenneth Tindle was detained for officer safety. A pat down search revealed two multicolored pocketk knives in his coat pocket which were secured as evidence. >> Yeah, he already I got two knives now. Okay, they're mine. Okay, go turn around. Turn around. Put that right here. I don't know. >> Who was that? Who was this to you? >> Pardon me. >> I said, who is she to you? >> Christopher. Sorry for her. She got cickle cell anemia and she said she was feeling sick and >> Okay. Well, I'm I'm just going to read something right fast. All right. After being read his rights, Tindle explained he was simply a passenger picked up by Davis to get medicine and that he had no knowledge of the stolen car. >> She was in the hospital. >> Uhhuh. >> I went to see her the other day cuz she had no problem. So I went up and seen her and then she like just a friend like just a friend. That's it. No relations or anything. >> Where you know her from? Uh, I met her through a friend of mine, Robin. I don't know if you know her. Robin Brook. Now, >> you're not in no trouble. You weren't driving, were you? >> Okay. I got here late. So, you're not in no trouble. >> Uh, your your name's going to be added to the report. Uh, was she over there like yesterday, too? >> No, >> she weren't over there. Guess who was driving yesterday? >> Yesterday. >> Yeah. Did anybody come to your house yesterday or >> Yeah, there's a couple people there yesterday >> in this car. >> I don't know if she came. I don't think she came. She might have, but I can't remember. Uh, yesterday. Yesterday. Uh, I went and got insurance and she might have came while I was gone, but I had to go down and get some insurance on my car. >> Okay. >> I was gone most of the afternoon, but she could have came by. Yeah. >> And you know how long she had this car? >> I have no idea. I thought your sisters. >> You thought it was her sisters? >> That's what she told me. >> Is it not? >> No, it's not sisters, man. >> It ain't. >> No. >> Oh, man. Like the vehicle is stolen. >> Oh god. >> Dang. I didn't never got into damn thing. >> You say she had sick cells? >> Yeah. She's real bad. >> Did she had she was in the hospital yesterday? >> Day before yesterday. >> Day before yesterday. >> I'm sorry. She's depressed. Nobody comes to see her. Blah blah blah. You know, I really feel sorry for now. My gosh. I She's in all this stolen car. Yeah. So she >> I mean we're not here to judge. I mean everybody you know she said she bought it from somebody. Yeah. Everybody got their own problem. Say she bought it for somebody. She'll be going. It's theft by receiving. It's a felony. But >> but hell yeah. >> She had to the judge and it'll go from there. >> I feel sorry for her. >> Um so like I said, man, you ain't no trouble. >> Going to jail. I'm sure. >> She's going to go to jail. So now you ain't in no trouble. Um, like I said, >> I sure hate to hear that. >> Uh, once we get done here, if you want, I can take you to the house. >> Yeah, I'll say I You can sit in the car if you want so you can get some heat or are you >> I I'll stand out here. Yeah, if you don't mind. >> Yeah, I'm going to leave these knives up here. I'm I'm going to leave these knives in my car. All right. >> Since he was not the driver, he was later released. >> Can I go get >> uh to the right? And I got to tell you, you're free to go, man. Like, >> yeah, you're free to go. >> I got you. >> I didn't even bring my darn phone with me. But, uh, >> I got you. >> If you don't mind, I'll walk over and get a pack of cigarettes and, uh, if I can't use your phone to get a ride, I'll I'll come back over. You give me a ride home if you don't mind. >> Yeah, that's fine. Like I said, uh, >> whenever you Whatever you get, I just I'll leave them in the >> Just hang on. Okay. He's good. Y'all want to cut your money? >> Huh? >> Yeah, he's he was the bastard. He was coming to get some medicine. >> Is this money anything or not? >> Huh? >> The money going to be anything? >> No, >> I don't think it will be cuz like I said, it's got You can buy that off Amazon. >> Yeah, that's what she say. >> It's not counterfeit because it specifically says for motion pictures only. You can buy those off Amazon. I don't know. >> I mean, you can ask, but I don't see >> what tell me what you got the money for. >> Yeah. I mean, you can you can ask the art or something, but like last time we had that because it says motion picture use only, it's not illegal cuz it's it's not they're not trying to pass it as a Now, if she tried to use it to pass it. Yes. But >> what did he say? >> She was coming to pick him up so he can get some medicine. >> She didn't say nothing else about him or her. She didn't say she bought it from >> Yeah. say she bought it from some guy named Terrence in Little Rock. >> Oh, Terrence >> don't know his last name. Bought it for $300. >> That's had it for two days, for three days, you say. What was y'all that I got over here quick? >> Yeah, we uh we were finishing. We just stopped one. He had a little marijuana on him. We already now. All right. This is going to be Don't be honest with me. If you got anything on We got a female officer coming to to check you. All right. If you got anything on you, just let me know now. So, yeah. Hey, you got nothing on you? Okay. You feeling good? You need an ambulance or anything? You You all right? What you need? You need an ambulance or something? Okay. You uh your friend said you have sickle cells. Just trying to make sure that you're you're all right. All right. So, you good? >> Just in shock right now. Like, what's what's going on? >> I [ __ ] >> Yeah. I mean, yeah. like that. It's [ __ ] crazy. >> It happens. >> And then I paid $300 for a [ __ ] stolen car. >> I got you. I mean, if you um if you're willing to talk, I can have somebody that you can talk to. You can get a contact so you can talk to if you want to go that route. >> [ __ ] Crazy. >> Did Did he give you a bill of sale or anything? No. You just bought it for $300 about 3 days ago. >> Two days ago. >> Two days ago. You Was you around here a lot yesterday? Around? Was you around this area a lot yesterday? >> Huh? >> You know who was driving yesterday, >> huh? >> You know who was driving your car yesterday? Was it you? >> No. >> Okay. I got you. I'm just trying to I was just trying to check on you. Make sure you ain't need medical or anything. >> You sure? I mean, cuz like I said, I see you kind of do ning off or anything and all that. >> Huh? >> Will it be? I'm just going to have medical to come check you out. All right. >> Have you took anything like >> Okay. Okay. I'm just going to have medical come check you out. Okay. >> The old medicine. >> Okay. What What you need the medicine? Like what? Oh, that your cle cell medicine [Music] look nice. You put on 10 milligrams. Oh, extra straight. Extra straight. Okay. I said I'm You kind of get where I'm coming from. just just have me to come check you out cuz you're kind of nodding off, kind of unsteady and all that. I just want to make sure that you're charged. All right. >> Meanwhile, records confirmed the car had been reported stolen out of Little Rock. >> Huh? >> Oh, another question. I see you have a little a gun magazine in the car. Is there a gun in the car or anything? Okay. You took it out. Okay. All right. These are life. >> Yeah. So, >> anything but these are morphing too. >> I'm have I'm going have to weigh that big bottle, right? Was that determine what level >> you would you would count? >> Count them. >> Yeah. I just want to >> Yeah, she she got sick of sales and she she in and out of it right now. >> What's up, man? She >> medical staff were brought in and Davis was subjected to a medical examination to determine her initial condition. >> All right. Okay, >> where you taping? B R E. She got stupid tails and like he just good right here. N good though. She's alert and oriented. Um he does have cle cell we call cell crisis, but that's just your entire body feeling like it's in pain. So she takes 30 millig of morphine at home. Obviously I don't think you guys can go get that. We don't even carry that in the hospital would. They're probably not going to be able to sit in the waiting room for hours so she's not dying from like the only way it's even remotely life-threatening is if she has this intense amount of pain right here, which she doesn't call the clinic equestrian syndrome. Can't get any blood flow eventually any that's not going to happen. >> Okay. She should be good. Um I don't know if the jail carries pain meds and stuff for that. She'd probably have to have >> she's going to be in pain, but she's in no danger. Oh gosh. Whatever you guys want to do. >> Yeah. Sorry to be here. Do a little paperwork. We're just going to wait till she's going to fly to jail. >> Yeah, she she going to go to jail. No doubt about it. said she's got a she's got a condition that she was 100% fine with driving around taking this dude to the store all learn to drive she can ride up to jail. >> The vehicle was towed from the scene by Blue Hill. >> They do they got VA. >> Ratavia Davis was transported to the Palaski County detention facility where she was charged with theft by receiving as well as three counts of possession of prescription drugs not in her name. Another night on patrol had revealed more than just a routine traffic stop. It uncovered a stolen vehicle, illegal drugs, and a story that ended behind bars.