there you go nothing like that just hold
me right there
she's secure
in the early evening of January 17 2020
officers responded to a domestic
disturbance in Flagler County where they
meet 38 year old Sheree Saunders
in true Floridian fashion she's about to
show them that it's not the alligators
you should fear but the people
you
you what happened the initial call came
from Cherie's stepson who told police
that she physically him and his younger
brother okay why are we here I agree
you're just not agree to anything that
has happened to or not happen I don't
know what happened I've had a lawyer for
nine years for my divorce I'm not going
to agree or disagree through anything
ma'am I don't know what I'm asking what
happened why are we here no I don't know
the two boys have since left the scene
but it's believed that Sheree's other
children are still in the house police
need to verify that they are unharmed
but Sharia is uncooperative ma'am do you
have kids I'll make sure they're okay
sure
so you have kids sure
maybe not
I have older than or younger than two so
I'm so much younger than I'm younger
than that like
who cares like nobody cares to anything
which I've agreed to five years ago
through my divorce like I know what I'm
entitled to and I'm tired too so I'm not
going to agree or disagree to anything
so good for you guys man we're not we're
not we don't care about that yeah and
I've already made sure they're safe okay
so you have children then maybe okay or
the inside of the house maybe and we're
just here to check on your shoulders
sure maybe or maybe not
because you're not allowed to know or
not know
so not your [ __ ] discretion not just
true discussions
so we're here just to check on the
children to make sure all right good to
know they're not here to tell you I'm
not under arrest we didn't say you were
under it I am not under scrutiny under
arrest
Victory Retreats inside the house for 15
minutes while police continue to ring
the doorbell and try to make contact
with the children she reappears in her
garage where the police try once again
to get her to talk about what happened
between her and her stepson
well that's what do you heard about yes
the people I love is not no getting it
it's not who's the people you love
which is my stepson Tyler which is my
stepson and my boyfriend which is my
step-boyfriend which I gave everything
so what happened today
awesome do what ask them we did ask them
they good for you it's notable here that
the officers enter the garage they're
treating the garage as part of the home
this is important because all searches
must be reasonable under the
circumstances and in most cases require
officers first obtain a warrant to enter
a home however there are several
long-standing exceptions to requirement
of a warrant to enter private property
because the initial call related to the
alleged physical of a minor officers can
likely justify entry under the Urgent
circumstances exception in addition many
states have child welfare exceptions to
the warrant requirement which fall under
the Urgent circumstances umbrella these
statutes are designed to prevent abusers
from blocking officers immediate entry
into a home if there is a child in need
of protection
okay so no kids are in the house we just
heard a child okay so was it a TV don't
try to play me
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one
one you know what man
come talk to us
man come talk to us
there's no time
no yeah
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but she continues to strike the officers
bringing this situation from bad to
worse
thank you
that's right she bit him
you heard anywhere ma'am
oh man hey
you got any other kids in the house yeah
where are they at
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who how many are in there
there's two kids I have a 13 year old
is there anybody else that can watch
your kids
my sister
bless your boyfriend
two three
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um
any other time I've seen her trying to
get you down I feel like I'm gonna pass
it out enjoy your impressive
all right
let's see where you're at them
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you think you're gonna pass out from the
fight or from
all right listen do you have hepatitis
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nothing like that just hold me right
there all right
foreign
you passed out
you all right yeah
do you have seizures usually no
okay
do you how do you what do you feel how
do you feel right now okay all right
let's say you're in hold on
shoot
let me uh
check on the kids
officers finally make their way inside
the house as they wait for Medics to
arrive they confirm that the other
children are safe and secure their
transportation with other family members
21-year-old Tyler is then interviewed
about the initial call
listen listen to me listen to me the
thing is when you call us don't just
call us and and make it appear as if
nothing happened once we get here that's
not what I was trying to do tell me what
happened why did you call us I explained
to the police officer I said look I
didn't feel safe at the house I had been
trying to leave my little brother comes
into my room crying with the red face
telling me that they were horse playing
and that she had taken it too far
he couldn't breathe and he was trying to
tell her to get off of him you know
normally she's very she's not like that
she's you know very good mother but
usually you know it's whenever she gets
drunk face like this she turns into a
completely different person and I didn't
know she was drunk I hadn't even talked
to her this is the first interaction
I've had with her today we have a good
relationship that we don't the fights
like this or nothing this is the first
time she's actually put hands on me
and I was like what happened
and she goes
she starts kind of getting a little
upset and starts kind of screaming a
little bit and I was like okay well
what's going on I was like why are you
talking like that don't talk like that
and I was like you don't talk to your
kids like that and then she smacked me
and said uh I was like Shri I was like I
can tell you're drunk I said well the
clothes are open please oh she smacked
me you know I left her right so oh right
here
it's been a long time since I've been to
jail how does that works it's gonna be
considered domestic because all you guys
live in the same house together okay
considered domestic battery the State of
Florida on your son maybe it's not
filing anything it doesn't matter in the
State of Florida it doesn't matter if we
have evidence that somebody put their
hands on it one another it doesn't
matter Florida doesn't take
very lightly so sure having no bond
until she sees the judge in the morning
and then once she sees the judge in the
morning she'll be able to get a bomb
they could RoR which is released around
home we're cognized without having to
pay anything or they'll give her a ball
the scene is cleared and sure he is
taken to the local hospital where she is
assessed before heading to jail Sharia
is booked and charged with a misdemeanor
for domestic battery for allegedly
striking her stepson she's handed two
other felony charges for battery on a
law enforcement officer because of the
bite and resisting arrest with violence
Cherie was arrested once before in 2018
for a similar incident outside a Flagler
bar that time she was charged with
persisting arrest without violence later
that year she was arrested for domestic
battery against her husband at the time
but the charges were dropped luxury was
allegedly intoxicated in both instances
where she resisted officers she's not
been arrested following the 2020
incident the deputy that was bit was
seen at the local Advent hospital and
has since recovered from his injuries