On today's body cam, we're checking out scammers' free hotel scheme gets exposed. >> On February 24th, 2024, officers responded to a hotel after staff discovered several people staying in a room they never paid for. >> What's going on? So, you guys up in a room you weren't supposed to be in? >> I don't know. >> You don't know? How'd y'all get in the room? >> I don't know. I just woke up. >> You just woke up? >> Yes. >> Just woke up in the room magically? >> Yes. >> I'm negative over here in the across from the handicap parking spot. So, were all three of you in the room? >> I don't know. I just woke up. >> You don't know if all three of you were in the room? >> Yeah, we were. >> Okay. >> I just woke up. >> You just woke up? >> Yes. >> So, how did you get in the room if that wasn't y'alls room? >> I don't >> You don't know? Were you that drunk you couldn't remember getting in here last night? >> but not today. >> So, let's get some information out of y'all. What How did we How did we get in the room that wasn't rented to y'all? Somebody Y'all One of y'all rented the room, but they didn't have a room Anybody supposed to be in that room. Do you have your ID on you, ma'am? Do you have your ID? >> My phone just locked, literally. >> All right. Why haven't none of y'all got no phones and no IDs? Now, y'all better Don't play with >> Am I driving? >> Huh? >> Am I driving? >> No, you're suspected of a crime. That's why we ID'ing you, okay? >> that, but I'm trying to I'm not my phone. Do you see this? >> It's kind of funny y'all just woke up and you're running down here trying to get out of here. But you don't know how you got in the room. You don't have any ID You've got nothing. You don't know nothing. What about the room? You don't know. I mean, it's your car you got here. >> All right. You want to tell me exactly what happened again? Like, what's going on? We supposed to have VIP guests in the presidential suite. People went to the door. They didn't open the door. So, when I got to the door, I opened the door. I knocked. He opened the door. >> So, I was told they were in a room that shows that nobody was occupying the room. >> He said he's a he's a cleaner here and he works for working here about 4 weeks ago with the company. >> I never seen you before. >> So I had an operation manager on the phone. He said they need to have some type of payment right now for that room. >> Okay, we're working on that right now. This gentleman over in the white Ford Taurus that I'm talking to you. The driver is his daughter. The passenger is his his her friend. >> Uh-huh. >> He gained access access to some rooms and provided access to them. >> All right, so basically y'all are suspected of theft of services of the building. >> Can I explain it to you, please? >> Y'all have a hotel room and they have no record of nobody checking into that hotel room, okay? But y'all pay for the room? >> I don't know. It just woke up. >> How do you think Come on, man. Like this is why I like the guy. I ain't going to lie cuz the guy he was laughing, you know, cuz they sound dumb, okay? The girls sound stupid, all right? And it's like all right, I'm caught. Y'all got me. That's That's This is what I'll be trying to say in some of these videos where it's like, okay, you tried to get away with a crime. But once you caught, it's like, all right, the jig is up. You got me. That's where the guy is coming coming from. He's like, yeah, we all was in there. These guys is playing The girls is playing dumb talking about, "We just woke up. We just woke up in a magical room." Like, you know what I mean? They're playing stupid. And the guy is just like, he know the jig is up. Listen, all right, yeah, we were all in there. He He just broke it down. So now they have the truth. Hey, I work here, the yada yada, I gave them access to this room, yada yada, right? But they still playing stupid. Come on, man. The jig is up. It's over. >> I'm about to slap y'all some handcuffs. >> How you don't know if you How you don't know if you paid for the room or not? >> I have a good job. I don't have >> I just don't like it. >> What that got to do with you paying for it when you came here? That's a simple question. >> Came here. I literally was already outside. I don't >> Okay, do you know if he paid for it? >> I don't I don't know. >> Okay. >> We just got here. Like we came in a car. He paid but I don't know what he did. >> So y'all were never in the room at all? >> Ain't no way. >> Y'all were never Y'all were never in the room is what you're saying? >> No. >> Okay. Ma'am, you never went in the room either? >> I don't know. >> You don't know if you went in the room or not? >> I don't Y'all know I don't know. I don't know. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW And all I know is >> You You do realize right now that what you're doing is obstruction. >> I don't care. >> And we can take you to jail just for that. Just a simple obstruction. >> I don't care if I go to jail regardless. I don't YOU YOU JUST LITERALLY SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO SLAP Y'ALL SOME HANDCUFFS. Did you not just hear him? >> And I'm I'm advising you that's called obstruction. >> Okay. That's cool. >> So I'm going to ask one more time. Tell me what's going on. Did y'all stay in the room or not? Tell me what happened. What time you got here? What time you left out of the room? >> I don't even remember. >> How many days were y'all here? >> Man, I That guy has such a distinct voice. I feel like we did a video on this guy before. Uh I'm talking about the cop. The cop, man. And I think he got somebody together in another video. But his voice is so distinct. It reminds me of another video. >> days. Yeah, I JUST GOT HERE. >> So you said you did not stay in the room at all what you're saying? That's what you're telling me? Okay. >> Well, step out of the car. Step out. Get out of the car or I'm going to take you out. Step out. >> I'm going to get >> Get out of the car. Get out of the car. >> We definitely seen a video on this guy before. >> Step out of the car. Okay. Well, step out of the >> Can I at least put on >> No, step out. Step out. Get out. Get out. Don't reach for nothing. Well, step out. Get out. Get >> What the [ __ ] I'm just trying to put on the Can I put on the butt? My ass out? >> This is your daughter? This is your father? >> Yes. >> Yeah? Well, step out of the car. >> This is my phone. >> phones down. Put all that stuff down. >> Okay. Get the [ __ ] out of the car. Just shut up. >> Well, face away from me. Face away. Put your hands behind your back. All you got to do is answer the questions that are asked of you, but you but you want to play it you want to play this game and that's what put you in this position. You were asleep where? In the bed? In the bed? So, that's that's that's where the problem is. If you want to play this back round and round game, we know you were in the room. >> Ain't no way if I had a daughter she would be dressed like that around me, man. You got to be [ __ ] me. I know you got to be [ __ ] me, boy. Look how small the skirt like the skirt is Come on, man. Come on. And y'all was all hanging in the room? What? This is Yeah, because honestly everything could have been pinned on him if they would have played their cards right because he's the employee, he's the one that has the access and stuff like that. Hey, we just came here, you know, we were invited here or whatever. We don't know if it was paid for or anything like that. We we don't know. Something as simple as like that would correlate with what he's saying like yeah, we were in the room or whatever. Uh but I gave them access, you know, they don't know. Right? Quote unquote. But by you playing stupid games, you you in cuffs, too. But you dress like that around your father? This is This is wow. >> We already have We already know the answer to the question. But it's a how how truthful you're going to be. >> Please stop funny. >> You like the change. >> Yeah. >> Let me play with her, turn around, put your hands behind your back. >> The [ __ ] do we get in the car before I do and I have on [ __ ] shorts? It's just >> You wanted it. >> Okay, but I'm cold. >> You should have thought about that before you did uh >> What are you talking about? I should have thought about anything. No, I What I was thinking about was my [ __ ] birthday. That's what I was thinking about. >> You want to sit in my car? >> Yeah, I would like that. Thank you. >> Hang on a second. Let me make sure I can Come around this side. >> I thought I should have thought about something better. I don't even know why I even here. >> Roughly 1,500. Yeah, they are. And his front left pocket is looks like baseball card case. >> Yeah. Yeah. He Oh, man, I got I'm going to have to edit this video. I got to find the video with this guy. This guy Yeah, that's This is the guy with the deep voice. Damn, I don't know what video it was. But is it the video where they driving around in the car and like now I think This is This is a little older, but I think now he's a sergeant or something like that. He like or he his rank went up. But as he was driving her around he was like going at her. Yo, I got to find it now. Listen to this voice now. >> If you refuse to stop to answer our questions at any time, you can stop answering questions in the course of your arrest. >> Nah, this is this brother right here. I found it. I found it. Don't that look like him? This is this guy. >> Put your hands behind your back. >> Put your hands behind [laughter] your back. >> Put your hands behind YOUR BACK. >> YOU JUST WANT TO GO >> [ __ ] your ass shot. [ __ ] >> DON'T GET YOUR ASS SHOT, [ __ ] THIS HIM. THIS HIM. THIS IS HIM. >> Sadness and sorrow. >> And your son about to get his ass beat the [ __ ] up, too. Thought he could run over there. >> Go ahead. >> He got to He got to watch his tough persona. >> Go ahead. >> Y'all going to Y'all going to really pick >> Y'all going to see why. [ __ ] I hope I have the proof that I gave you, but I saw my attorney. >> What's your What can you do? You can file whatever you want to file. >> Is that what you're trying to do? Are you TRYING TO SAY THAT you want to [ __ ] >> Girl, you ugly as Why the [ __ ] would I want to have sex with you? >> You're so ugly, AS [ __ ] >> [laughter] >> HEY, I FOUND HIM. YOU KNOW, I DON'T do interviews now, but eventually down the line, maybe years down the road, I do want to actually get into doing like interviews and interviewing like law enforcement officers and stuff like that. But if I ever get around to that and doing that and I I grow as a channel and stuff and be able to branch off a little bit, I have to find this guy. I'm not going to lie. I'm a huge fan of his work, man. He getting people together. He's moving up the ranks. You know what I'm saying? He's getting promoted. He's not for the BS, the [ __ ] and all of that. I love the work that he's doing, man. I hope much success to that brother right there, man. Let's continue the video, man. >> Yeah, this looks like baseball card cases. You have a plastic one you can put an nice card in. >> Yeah, but they're they're keys. >> like hotel keys. I'm the lucky one then. I need to talk to him. I need to advise him to talk to him before he talks to the police. Why don't you just walk and tell me the truth about the room? >> I just woke up. Who was lying? I just woke up. I mean, what do you want me >> I'm asking you very simple questions. >> Okay. I'm sorry. >> When did y'all get here? Let's start with that. >> I don't know. It was sometime last night. I just woke up. >> Okay. All right. So, y'all got here >> No, it was this morning. I don't know. I just went to sleep. >> I don't want to I don't want to I don't want to go too fast, okay? You said y'all >> Yeah, that's right. >> You said y'all got here sometime last night. >> It probably was this morning. >> This morning what? 2 or 3 a.m.? >> No, I don't I don't know. It's her birthday, right? You can see that. We went out, right? I don't know. >> Can you guess what time you said y'all got here? >> I can't even guess. I'm not even going to lie to you. I don't know. >> Okay. >> A little bit. >> What room did y'all stay in? Do you know what floor you went to? Were y'all drinking last night? >> Yeah, last night for sure. >> Were you drunk when you got here? >> Uh-uh. >> Okay. But you don't know what floor you went to or nothing? >> Uh-uh, cuz then after that We went to Old Navy. I started drinking and then that's how I got I started drinking and stuff. >> Uh who is he to you in the white right there? >> Oh, that's my dad. >> Your biological father? >> Uh-uh. Okay, but my close enough. Kind of. Well, not biological, but >> Most people don't party and hang out with their dad, and that's why I'm asking. >> I'm not. >> So, y'all I think y'all were in a dating relationship. >> That's my dad. >> No kind of romantic relationship, but he's not your biological dad. >> Uh-uh. >> I mean >> But I I said close enough cuz he's like my dad, but he just not >> raise you or something? >> Yes. >> Uh what's he what's his business here? Does he work >> Yes, he does though. >> What does he you >> Uh I don't know. I never asked. >> So, my officer said y'all were trying to leave in a hurry. What was that? >> No. Oh. Cuz I just got woke up and he just said, "Come on." >> So, your guy my wife just said, "Come on." >> Yeah, he said, "Everybody get up." I got and I said, "Okay." And then as soon as we walked out the door, it was just a bunch of people standing in the hallway congregating like take trying to take pictures and "What the [ __ ] y'all doing?" I'm like, "What the hell?" But I don't I literally just got up. >> So, I'm still confused I'm confused. You said this is your dad, but he's not your dad. He's like your dad, but he's not your biological dad. >> Not my biological dad. >> Most people don't Most Most girls your age hanging out with their homegirls for their birthday not going to be with their dad. You know what I'm saying? What kind of confusing stuff >> I mean I get it, but that is like my dad, [ __ ] >> Y'all not in a romantic relationship at all? Nothing at all? >> dad. >> Okay. All right. Hey, what was your name again? >> I gave you the chance to say for Taylor Ranson. >> Taylor Ranson. Okay. Were you willing to speak with me without a lawyer present? What's your name again, sir? You wish to speak with me or without a lawyer present? You don't >> These belong to housekeepers. >> All right. >> This one is really old. She ain't worked here in about 6 months. >> Okay. >> These are current and active. >> Okay. >> He said that he's an employee here. >> Yes. >> Works in the cleaning department and that he's supposed to report back to work here at 3:00 p.m. today. >> Right. >> Although he doesn't know who his supervisor >> Right. >> is or any of his coworkers. The director of security said he don't work here. >> Right, exactly. They all going to jail for that. >> [music] [music]