on May 16th 2023 officers from the
Monroe Police Department in Ohio were
dispatched to a situation involving a
vehicle being intentionally set on fire
hey do you live here come tell me what
happened hun yeah let come over here
tell us what happened okay is that on
fire I I don't know let them deal with
it is there anybody else in the house we
need to know about there I need you to
stay here and let us deal with it okay
come tell me what's going on and who's
all in the house nobody my no just my
birden that's your cat Okay well they're
taking care of that let's take care of
you real quick okay it's just you by
yourself so I was dead asleep yeah and
he said who's outside we got cameras on
the house he said who's outside and I
said what are you talking about he said
who's the man that put something on her
car cuz he's said work and I guess he
notified him that somebody was outside
so he looked and he said there's a man
putting something on her car okay and I
pulled it up I said oh my God hold on
when the victim says she quote pulled it
up she means their house surveillance
footage which shows the entire crime
being committed the suspect wearing a
loose fitting pair of lighter color
sweatpants latex gloves a darker colored
shirt a hat and a mask sets a box-shaped
object on the vehicle he then sets
another object on top of it with a fuse
like wire sticking out of it the suspect
lights it with a lighter and walks away
which leads to the entire front end of
the vehicle being engulfed in flames
came over set a square box on top of her
car okay what it just looked I mean I
can show you but there was something
Square walked all the way back over
there and got something that almost
looked like a lampshade set it on top of
it and then he lit lit it okay he lit it
and then he walked away and that was it
did the video show where he went I'm not
sure you have access to the video I can
pull I mean I can pull up what I have
right now that's fine while the victim
shows the officers the surveillance
footage the fire department arrives and
puts the fire out the vehicle is a total
loss can you forward that to my email
address somehow do you know how to do
that I'll see if I can I can figure I'm
not so your video where did it show him
walk off to do you know it looked like
came this way the suspect was just last
SE over here in a and disappeared this
officer as well as many others in the
area both on foot and patrolling in
their vehicles all begin to look for any
suspicious people in the vicinity 10
minutes later officers find a vehicle
parked on the side of the road only
about 2 minutes away from the crime
scene what's going on hey hey what's
going on not much just uh wanted to rest
up a little bit I have a long drive why
are you doing it out
here no reason hey keep your hand up put
on seat well keep your hands up we're on
the first cold of sack off of put your
stop reaching at your seat
okay unlock the door where do you live
I'm from New York you're from New York
yeah why are you doing out what are you
doing out
here just came to uh visit a friend
really where's a friend live uh down in
uh Cincinnati but he's uh working like
doing some construction over here well
step out do you have anything on you any
weapons like that no turn to face the
car you mind if I search it real quick
sure sure go for it so why did you
decide to just pull off in a
neighborhood to to sleep I'm so confused
cuz I drove 40 miles here and I
literally came like an hour ago and I
was like shot and so I just needed a
knock out so you just pull off into a
random
neighborhood yeah I mean it was right
off of the street whatever it is I just
kind of I really didn't know where to go
cuz there's nowhere to like there's no
parking lots around here or anything uh
there was where's your ID uh it's in my
phone oh you're from New York
yeah come over here with me we're going
to stand by my car okay is everything
okay just take a look yeah you said your
phone's in the car yeah you want your ID
on the back of it is that where you keep
case I can do you care if I look at it
thank you all
right come over here with
me just what you're saying to me is very
confusing it makes no sense to me I know
I'm sorry it's just it's the truth
though but why would you I I just don't
understand why you would pick this
neighborhood to come in the back of to
sleep in front of these people's house
honestly I just made the first right out
of there cuz I needed just like a spot
where I wasn't in the main road um and
I'm sorry if like they called the cops
or something cuz they probably thought I
was I don't know doing something weird
here but I I swear like I'm not doing
anything crazy at a left field or
anything like you mind if we search a
car no no please go for it the reason
why I ask is because there was somebody
who set a car on fire who set a car on
fire yes like what do you mean like how
do you set a car on
fire they set the car on fire like they
lit the uh the uh gas St
think mhm that's crazy yeah and then
you're back
here no I mean well you see how it's
that why I'm contacting you you see how
it's weird yeah but no I mean um that
wasn't me sorry how long have you been
back here what time is it uh about 3:00
in the morning I got here probably like
around midnight okay yeah he said we
could search it if you want to do that
okay can you have him Pop the trunk with
this key can you pop the trunk with the
key or is the keys in it yeah no no the
I can Pop the trunk with the key thank
you sure have you had anything to drink
tonight no no I don't okay yeah I don't
somewhere
like I just I came cuz I landed at CVG
and I drove it's like 40 miles and I was
already shot from the freaking flight so
where does your friend live I somewhere
like down there but he works up
here okay down where near CVG near near
the airport yeah but I'm about to bounce
uh if everything checks out
here cold it's warm let me ask you you
be honest with me okay are you waiting
for somebody to get back in car with you
no absolutely not cuz if you be honest
with
me things can go you know things will be
a lot easier but if you're lying to me
then we're going to have some issues I
understand and like trust me I'm from
New York uh I've you know I've rent into
cops before you know when like getting
pulled over for speeding or something
like that like I know the best policy is
to be honest and uh I'm not waiting for
anybody um so and I didn't say anybody's
car on fire or anything like that
promise you uh not like on any drugs or
anything okay I don't
drink
um so I'm sorry but well give me a
minute yeah thank you sure 4 two have
you had a good look at who it was I got
this mail over here but I'm not finding
anything that would relate him to it
right now we're just going to figure
some things out okay so you're not free
to leave until we do that okay cuz and
then we're waiting for your information
to return my information to return yeah
your ID we ran your ID oh yeah okay
that's makes sense sure the only problem
see where we're coming from yeah how far
I mean if that was your house wouldn't
you be a little creeped out I thought
that's the I thought that's what
happened I thought they called the cops
on me cuz I was sleeping over here and I
was like like I'm they're just
going to think I'm like trying to rob
him or something but uh no like
something like that I honestly made the
first ride off that road made made the
first ride cuz I was like yo I need a
place to just knock out for 30 minutes
and end up being a few hours um but yeah
I wasn't wasn't trying to hurt anybody
here this officer has now sent a picture
from the surveillance footage that shows
the suspect so he can compare it to this
man they're investigating
yeah do me a favorite r we're going to
come over here and I'm just going to put
you in the back real quick yeah okay is
everything okay is something com back
bad on my ID no no not right now I just
want to put you in the back of the car
real quick so I can look at some things
and and go from there okay okay you want
to close my doors yeah I'll get it you
want to take my keys
yep that's about the same outfit I want
to see if there's a h a mask in here I
don't know if there was a CO mask in
there not did he say who he was coming
to visit from New York why that's so
important that he drive here he I no
it's just weird that you would come to
visit a guy
for that long of a flight here's your Co
here's your Co mask you got it yeah okay
he's got a lighter in here he's got a
torch lighter huh yeah there's a torch
lighter and a blue Co mask in the center
col there's no luggage there's no
backpack there's no hat well where's his
luggage at where's his back let detain
he's in the car right well yeah let's
just leave him there wait for the
detectives I think this might be our guy
a K9 unit is now brought to the crime
scene at the victim's house so they can
pick up and track the suspect's sent
officers now simply have to see if the
K9 unit leads officers to the same mail
they're investigating a couple minutes
down the
road so be honest with you man we got a
dog that's tracking right now okay okay
from where the crime happened okay you
being honest with me is that dog going
to lead straight to this car
no I promise you it's not okay all
right there was something in the back
seat because you can see an impression
and you can see a piece of a glove
purple glove right there yeah and then
there's an impression which there was a
box a box it was like a box here yeah
that's a box that's a shape of a box and
he's wearing the same shirt and the same
outfit I venture to say that he just
definitely needs to be talked to yes he
does so I'm going to stop questioning
now and let detectives yeah just give us
one second all right ma'am tell your th
okay Dave was he in that car yeah the K9
tracked the scent to the car the male
was found sleeping in prompting newly
arriving officers to discuss their new
number one suspect so he he's he's in
the back of my car he's not handcuffed
cuz we didn't know at first okay um he
said that he's visiting a friend and he
pulled off the side of the road because
he was too tired to drive he said he yes
he said he's been here since 12:00 okay
and said that he hasn't moved so if you
want I don't have a hat that's the only
thing I don't have but if you want to
look at him and everything it looks like
you identified him it does yes go look
at him he's got a beard he's got the
same clothing he's got the reflective
shoes everything hey how you doing how
are you good hey just need to talk to
you for a minute okay sure okay I'm
going to read your rights real quick you
have the right to mean silent do you
understand your right yes okay were you
involved in a situation down the street
where you lit something that caught on
fire I'm to point blank ask you no no
okay I understand you're over here
visiting friends but you parked over
here for a reason
is there anything else you want to tell
me it's not me that's not you it sure
looks like you and everything you're
wearing it's not me that's not you huh H
look a little
closely your heart's starting to race a
little bit more it's is it cuz it's it's
not me I feel like you're you're trying
to tell me it's me but it's not it's not
you huh it's it's really not that's not
you no no okay well it's kind of funny
how that appears to be you reflective
shoes pants
shirt that is not me man I I don't know
what to tell you that's just not me okay
well right now you're going to be
detained until further notice okay till
we find out what's going on here okay
all right sure okay we need to make sure
that you're involved or you're not
involved okay so I'd rather be honest
with me and we talk about the situation
and what's going on sir no you stay
right there yeah be honest with me and
tell me what's going on because if I
find out you're lying we're going to
figure out some more things going on
here and if I find evidence that points
you that it's just you it's not me we're
done okay sorry it's it's not me I
promise you it's not me I picked the
wrong spot to take a nap I don't know
anything about that it was it wasn't me
I'm sorry okay well there'll be other
evidence we'll have to determine here
just a few minutes though but right now
like I said you're being detained so I'm
going to put your handcuffs on here turn
up CH your
back going to turn there you go turn to
left
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do we have permission to look for your
vehicle look through your vehicle
absolutely we do yeah you have consent
to do so can you tell me that on the
camera recording yeah what is your first
name faran all right sit that for a
minute I forgot to tell you too he has a
perfect box impression in his back seat
okay like that package that was on the
car I can say it's probably pretty darn
close
C if you look in the uh center console
there's a CO mask and a torch
in the center or in there where in that
in the center console here okay well if
you you've already you guys already had
consent from him yes okay if you've
already got all that we're going to
we'll just stop right here because I
yeah there's no need for me to even go
further then the dog picked up hard
coming down uh came down here and as
soon as we hit this street he picked up
super hard cuz he said you'll know when
he's tracking he said cuz he'll start
basically jogging and we was joging here
soon as we hit this tree he was like
while searching the area around the
suspect's car officers found multip
plastic bags with a hat multiple sets of
latex gloves and another mask within
them not even 10 ft away from the
vehicle underneath a pine tree got his
gloves and everything
yep can you explain why no more than 10
ft from your car is a hat that matches
the exact picture from the suspect in
the
video uh I can't but I are your
fingerprints going to be on that bag
maybe I I don't know is your DNA going
to be in that hat it shouldn't okay so
there's no way your your DNA can be in
that hat so when we test it we're not
going to find your DNA in there yeah I
mean you shouldn't no okay I guess I'm a
little confused this is a pretty
random off beaten path area I did see
people walking around him okay this is a
very random area to be yes now look when
I was asleep somebody might have come
thrown a bag there I don't know we'll be
back with you in a bit okay I got pretty
much everything over here this is you
got gloves and a mask in the other bag
you have gloves a receipt a mask
something else and a hat so this is
everything he was wearing it's going to
be him bro okay
so the Hat the gloves receipts are all
in that bag what receipt I haven't
looked at the receipts yet but there's
receipts in there so obviously they're
going to be checking video from the
stores that those receipts were used at
this is the last time I'm going to say
it if you have anything any involvement
in this Now's the Time cuz Things Are
kind of spiraling out of control if
you're involved in this I'm I'm not I'm
not the one that gets my hands dirty I'm
just going to say that um so I didn't do
are you suggesting that somebody else
did it for you I'm not suggesting
anything I'm just saying I didn't do it
okay all right uh we're going to have
one of these gentlemen take you back to
the PD we're going to have to get a
search warant for DNA okay uh get a
search warant for your phone based on
what I've got out here right now I have
more than enough to charge you with this
crime and that's an F1 a aarson please
don't do this to I didn't do this I I'm
not the God I'm not saying you are or
you're not but you're putting me through
this it's going to like it's going to
hurt my family and really really bad
we'll get it figured out but right now
I'm I'm just being honest with you it
doesn't look good well yeah one of these
gentem we take you back to the PD and
we'll get it figured
out in addition to all the evidence so
far people who live in this area also
have surveillance footage that caught
the specific times that the suspect
parked on the street officers discuss
these specific times and relate them to
the suspect claim of being parked there
since midnight 221 is when it got lit
227 is when they're saying they saw the
video of him coming in here so him being
here since midnight is not correct no so
they actually you saw a video of him
coming up when the car the car came when
uh after the car came out right yeah so
you said you came out here around 12:
around
midnight they got video of you pulling
in here around
2:25 you've been lying us from the start
man so we're taking you back to the PD
we'll go from there but when when is the
hearing I don't know yet it'll be up to
the
courts go ahead and step
out we're going to walk right in here
okay say right over here okay I know you
probably can't but can I get these off
huh can I get these off we will when we
get down there okay I know the evidence
is overwhelming but not not the guy that
did this I I don't know what to tell you
I'm just
not I'm just not the guy who gets my
hands dirty you know like it's just not
me well I'll tell you this if you know
something about the crime then you might
want to tell the detective I gu at this
point I think I just need a lawyer
honestly cuz I'm not the guy that did
this and and you know he told me I'm
being charged with it like I did do it
so Farhan the number one suspect was
charged with aggravated arson breaking
and entering and possession of criminal
tools his vehicle was towed and
impounded as evidence he is innocent
unless proven guilty in a court of law
now off the Record but most cops can
tell when you're lying hey everyone I'm
John and I appreciate you for watching
now every year police and fire
departments face a troubling rise in
vehicle arson and in fact these arsonist
can cause devastating Financial losses
not just to vehicle owners but to entire
communities as well now in my rookie
years I once had to hold a crime scene
on last out of a vehicle set on fire and
I remember remember thinking why because
normal people just don't do this after
the scene was clear some hours later I
found out that the vehicle was connected
to a homicide in another district and
the people connected to it were
attempting to destroy evidence however
detectives of course took the case from
this point but it always remained with
me that people will go to extraordinary
lengths just to cover up a crime and
that's scary now today we have a case
out of Ohio a burning vehicle a man
placing items on that vehicle camera
footage showing the entire incident and
an unidentified male does this and then
calmly walks away now this is chilling
to me because people are in their homes
asleep and if the fire department wasn't
able to act quickly enough this could
have ended even more tragically now
police soon canvased the neighborhood
and they found a male asleep in a
vehicle his story is he's resting up due
to his long drive back and that's
definitely suspicious to me especially
at this time and if you watch his
exaggerated response when the officer
tells him that someone set a car on fire
he laughs and says how do you set a car
on fire now in that moment in my opinion
I believe he knows more than he's saying
and I believe the officer speaking to
him knows that something is up as well
and what do you know the K9 leads
officers back to the suspect's vehicle
and the look on his face when the
suspect looks at the phone image was
priceless now police did have a crime
scene and that scene did possibly go
beyond just the vehicle they interviewed
the woman with the footage they got the
Kine out there to track his sent read
him his rights and gathered evidence of
what they had however it cannot be
proven Beyond a reasonable doubt that he
was the man in the video and that's the
totality of all the circumstances now do
I think that he was involved with the
crime absolutely but it cannot be proven
that he was the man in the video and
unfortunately that's just the nature of
fighting crime that's all I have for the
today guys remember to be safe and I'll
see you on the next one