Viewer discretion is advised. [music] Bad [music] boys. What you going to do? What you going to do? >> Cops is filmed on location [music] with the men and women of law enforcement. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. All right, so we just got flagged down by two females. One just said that her car just got taken from her. Uh that could be stolen. Don't know if it's going to be a carjacking taken with force or just a straight stolen auto here. So uh so we see it. So we'll try to catch up to it and see if it'll stop force 20 35. So >> 2035 >> stolen vehicle >> stolen vehicle south southbound 41 in Indiana. >> I got it. >> 2035. We advise. We don't know if it's a straight stolen or a carjacking car. We got approached by the victim who said that her car was just taken from her. It's occupied by two black males. It's a green Dodge Stratus heading southbound in Indiana from 43rd. >> 435 47 >> 45th in Indiana southbound almost struck a curb. Again, we were approached by the victim at 36 in Indiana saying that her car was just taken from her and pointed to us in the parking lot. of uh of a convenience store. They saw us hopped the curb, took off. So, we don't know if it's a straight stolen or carjacking. >> Coming up to Cleaver 2 here >> and we're going to be going southbound. He almost struck another car. We're southbound Cleaver 2 and Bettton is 690 close. >> We're going westbound on SW Park. He just struck the curb. They're bailing. Hold the air. I got a passenger. Let [screaming] me get him. >> All right, driver. >> I'm going the other way, Jake. Put your hand behind your >> back. Put your hand behind your back. >> Put your hand back. >> Okay. >> Okay. Let me up. >> 435. We're good. fast. [sighs] >> 2030 with the perfect zone. >> 2035. They wrecked into a medium. We need other car over there to get that car. >> We're just going to be south of Swope and Ben. >> Ah, start this wagon, please. >> And we'll try to look for this other cat now. You good? >> Yeah, I'm good. Go ahead. [panting] [sighs] >> Stand up. You run again. You'll hit the pavement. All right. Don't be dumb. [sighs] >> Hey, you got more. Well, there's another one went running that way. >> What's he wearing? >> I believe all red. >> Red and black. >> You have a gun, >> huh? >> You don't have a weapon? >> No, I don't carry weapons, bro. >> Huh? >> Weapons get you really in trouble. >> True. That boy may have took the car. Car's over there in the woods. Once it hit the curb, it just once it kind of just curved on back pieces from the car that >> felt like hitting a two foot median. >> I guess he thought he could jump it with the Chrysler >> Sebring. It's a directly straight line slowly rolling. >> Thanking us for that tree. If not, it'd be down in our little brush creek right down there. That little that little stream. here. >> Well, we got approached by a by a citizen saying that her car was just taken from her. And it sounds like we got both parties in custody now. We chase one around some buildings and our guys ducked down in some woods. Sounds like officer has him just kind of waiting for our officer to get there. >> So, what are you running in the car for? >> I'm at 2030. What's the status of K9, please? >> K9's already on the trail. We tracked them down. Probably about to were along the creek bed. >> That's some nice shoes you got. >> They're old boots. >> You get some of those. >> I know. You need to run a little faster. >> Keep your head on a swivel. >> You ready to go? >> Yeah, he's ready. >> He actually wants to talk to a supervisor. >> You still want a supervisor? Come over. Are you good? >> I see 24. You clear now? We got the last one in custody. >> Last one's in custody. You get a little >> You have any sharp objects? That's what opposed me. >> So when you guys flagged us down, how did you guys find out your car was there? >> Cuz we had GPS with our car lot. >> Oh, you got GPS on it. So it just hit just hit there. The Family Dollar was the last one. That's where you saw. >> Cuz at first he was like, "It's on Family Dollar." We went past there. We like I don't see my car. It's not there. So I guess it must have turned around and came back. When we turned around, there was >> And you were real shocked when you saw it. >> Uhhuh. Oh, look at that. Yeah, your your car looks pretty rough. >> Yeah, my cars are >> Oh, it looks like the front end of your car is pretty beat up. So, the tracking device actually got their car back. It's a little more damaged, but >> yeah, >> at least she got it back. >> You got your property back, too. >> You chased them. You >> chased them. You got >> We both tackled them same time. >> Oh, you just Okay. >> You got both people that stole your car. They're both going to jail. Just lucky timing. >> Car thieves are a big problem. Sacramento's historically been close to or in the top 10 in autotheft. Our detail handles anything autorelated, arrests, probation searches through just being out there where the stolen cars are being taken or dumped. And we put ourselves in those situations and we make a lot of arrests and a lot of recoveries. This blue Honda right here has a different plate in the front which actually comes back to that car and it reported stolen >> phase two pulling into the Chevron. You're going to be committed. >> Going after the driver. >> Mhm. >> Show me your hands. Hands up right now. >> Get your hands up. Keep them up. Ace22 at gunpoint. They're pulled up straight at the store. Stand up. Hands on the back of your head. Face away from me. >> Face away from me. Back up. I back up. >> Back up. >> Cool. I'll walk them back to you. >> Stop right there. Spread your feet apart wide. >> Passenger, step out of the car slowly with your hands on the back of your head. >> Come on back to me. Stop. Turn right. Come to your right. Come to your right. Come to your right. Come back to me. Come back to me. >> We'll clear it from this side. Sergeant. Can you also add right now? >> Hey, brother. >> Yeah. >> Whose car? >> Um, he told me to drive it for him, >> but it's not my car, obviously. >> He told you to drive it for him? >> Yeah. It's not my car. >> Obviously, it's not your car. >> Well, it's obvious. Yeah. >> Well, you know something's wrong with it, right? >> Obviously. Yeah. >> What's wrong with it in your opinion? >> Um, the steering column is is is missing. So, it looks What does that mean to you? >> It looks stolen. You notice it's got two different plates on it. >> I didn't notice that. >> All right, hang tight for me, brother. >> What's going on? >> I'm not sure. Let me tell. >> He says you asked him to drive that car. >> That's not true. >> Okay. >> That seems pretty. >> A couple days ago, he came and picked me up with that car. today. He picked me up at that car and the ignition was all broke in the car and uh I asked him what happened. He said he lost his key. So I told him, "Okay, we got to use some gas money so I can pick up my properties next to the Greyhound station and after that we'll go to pick and pull and I'll help you fix it." So that's what we were on our way to do as as of now. But uh it's having any knowledge of that car being stolen or whatnot, I have not a clue about that. >> Okay, hang tight. It's been completely peeled and I found the uh ignition underneath the passenger seat. >> That bandana tied around the They use that to try and hide the field column. As you can see, the ignition's all the way punched and broken all the way over to here. >> Hey, brother. I understand you told my partner you knew it was a stolen car. >> Well, it's obvious there's a stolen part here. It's obvious. >> It's obvious to you. I mean, you've been you've been involved in a stolen car before? >> No. >> Never been. >> Then how how is it obvious? >> Well, >> it's obvious steering columns, bro, dude. >> Okay, so to you that means it's a stolen car. >> Well, not necessarily, but um but obviously it's stolen. >> You knew the car was stolen and full of probably stolen property. >> No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. The the tools I did not know were stolen. Um, [ __ ] the car. Not 100%. And then it was stolen, but it was close. Dude, I Dude, I'm not an idiot. You know, I'm not an idiot. >> Are you still sticking with it? He brought the car over there and asked you to drive it cuz he's saying the exact opposite. Brother, >> that's his car. >> He's saying he's saying you you showed up in it the other day or something like that. I'm just telling you. I'm not saying I believe him. I'm just I want to get your take on it. >> Nothing in that car is mine except for my phone. Everything else is >> Everything else is his. He was going he wanted me to drive him down so um so he could attorney and he wanted to make some money off of off of this. >> He wanted what? >> He wanted to make some money off the I wanted to make some money >> all the tools >> and um I was going to get a cut out of it and I didn't know that it was going to turn into this. >> Well, hold tight. I'm going to talk to him again. >> Hey Lee, um right now you're going to go free. I can't prove you had anything to do with this car. If your prints come back on that license plate or something like that, you're probably going to be in some trouble. >> Um, >> I hope you do test those license plates. >> What's that? >> I hope you do test those license plates. >> Okay. I got a statement from you. So, there's a ch good chance you'd be subpoenaed for his court case. >> Yes, sir. >> So, hop out here. I'm going to take your cuffs off. Appreciate you being cooperative, not running from the car or doing anything squirrely. Spread your feet apart. >> Take the light around now. >> Okay. Just step up in front of the store. Don't engage him. Don't even talk to him. Hey, Kevin. >> Sit up straight, brother. Did my partner explain anything what's going on now? >> Um, that you wasn't driving, so he gets it set free. >> Well, that's that's not all it boils down to. Okay. You stated to me and to officer Lopez here that you knew it was a stolen car, that it was obvious to you. >> I said I wasn't 100% sure, but yes, I'm not an idiot. I'm not going to say I knew >> I understand that. >> And he's not he's not admit to anything related to that. >> What do you mean? Did you guys ask him if he knew if >> Oh, every I've asked him every which way. >> I told him, "Hey, if you had anything to do with this, it'd be the wrong thing to do to get Kevin in trouble for it." And he's disclaiming any knowledge. That's where we're at. >> I have a suspended license, so I shouldn't have been driving. >> Every which way you shouldn't have been driving. >> Yes, sir. >> Well, consider it a learning experience. All right. that. But like that's the only thing I take responsibility for is is knowing that I shouldn't be driving and I was driving. >> All right, Kevin. You admitted to it. You knew it was a stolen car. >> Working for the sheriff's office, you work long hours. So, you need to find things that you like to do on your off time. Something that I enjoy doing is competing in marathons. It also keeps me in shape for my job. Right now, I'm just going to conduct a traffic stop on this uh truck over here. He ran the stop sign when he was leaving one of the local hotels. And he also doesn't have a tag light. So we're just going to make contact with the driver, see what's going on. >> North for five county. Can you 65 at 1050? Be out at Hancock on a white Sierra. >> No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. >> Sir, come back here then. If you're going to come out of the car, come out of the car. >> Go ahead and stand right in front of my hood. Right over here. Stand right over here. >> Have a seat. >> Okay. >> Do you usually get out of out of your car on a traffic stop? >> I don't usually get pulled over me. >> Okay. >> When you when I go ahead and turn my lights on, you are detained. You do not get out of your car on a traffic stop. >> Do you understand that? >> Well, you're going to have a seat on my car. All right. So, go ahead and relax. Why don't you put that cigarette out for me? Okay. >> County. You can send me that one. >> Don't grab for anything. You can just have a seat. >> Okay. >> The reason why I stopped you, you're coming out of that motel and there's a stop sign right there right before you come out onto Marina Town and you did not stop at the stop sign. >> I didn't stop completely. >> You did not stop at all. >> Okay. >> Keep your hands out of your pockets. >> I have a pocket knife in my right pocket. >> Okay. That's why I'm telling you to keep your hands out of your pockets. >> North farley county. Can I have someone be 51 to my location? 1151. >> Are you staying over at the hotel? >> No, I'm not. I stopped at McDonald's and got a sweet tea. >> Uhhuh. >> And there was a couple people there that I know that stay over at the nightstand. I dropped them off, pulled out, came right back out this way. I was making the U-turn because I live up at the end of Hancock Bridge Parkway. >> Okay. Were you in the hospital today or >> I was in the emergency room? Yes. >> For what? >> I have hepatitis C, chronic pancreatitis, diverticulitis, titis. >> Okay. >> I have all kinds of issues with my abdomen. All right. Besides your pocket knife, do you have any other weapons or anything on you? >> Okay. What I need you to do is I want you to put your hands on the car. All right. Without reaching for it, where's the pocket knife at? >> In my right front pocket. >> And you're telling me that you've never been pulled over before? >> Oh, I've been pulled over before, but not regularly. >> Okay. It does look a little suspicious of course that you kind of exited the vehicle very quickly, walked towards me. >> That's just courtesy. >> No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I highly doubt that, sir. All right, go ahead and have a seat. Um, David, here's the deal. Do you have anything illegal inside the vehicle? >> No. Do you mind if I search the vehicle? >> Why do you need to search my vehicle? >> I'm just asking you the question. You are more than welcome to denied consent. If you don't want me to search the vehicle, >> anybody searching my vehicle? I mean, there's nothing in there. If there was pot or anything, you could have smelled it when you walked in. >> So, I'm asking you, can I search the vehicle or not? >> No, there's no reason to search my vehicle. >> That's no problem. Good grief. >> All right. So, right now, we called a K9 deputy to come and do an open air sniff of the vehicle to see if the dog alerts to any uh sense of narcotics. So, he'll bring the dog around the car and see if we see anything. >> There's nothing in there. You can stick your head in there. There's no pot or anything like that in there, sir. And that was a yes for you. That was a yes. >> No, I've I've had people in the back of my car that are basically my truck that are basically homeless that have their clothes and stuff in there. >> Okay. >> But I mean, >> we're going to check to make sure there's no drugs. There's nothing that we should be concerned about like needles or anything. Right, sir? >> No, not to my knowledge. No, sir. There's nothing in there. >> Okay. >> There's nothing in there that belongs to me. I can damn guarantee you that. Okay. >> He says he was dropping friends off. There's no way that anyone sat in that back seat as much crap that he has back there. right now because the K9 alerted to there being a scent of narcotics inside the vehicle. We're going to search the vehicle and actually try to find where the narcotics are inside the car. >> I'm going try to just make sure it looked like there's some baggies, but I'm not sure. Give me a second. Hey, um lock in the front. >> Got >> one two three four five needles and numerous baggies. Just by the brownish tint, this looks like heroin to me. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, it's like that. But yeah, that's not hospital stuff. >> Sure. >> Stuff up here. >> Right now, we're just going to test the residue inside the baggies to see if it comes out positive for heroin. >> There's a good amount of residue inside numerous numerous baggies. >> There's residue here. So, we can swab all this >> and so that's going to be positive for heroin. >> David, do you understand how bad that looks? Okay. So, you gave your friends a ride over to the hotel. Did they come into your car with stuff or what happened? >> They've been in and out of my truck on a couple of different occasions. Like I told you, >> And every time they bring stuff into your car? >> No, not every time. >> Okay. I'm talking about this time when you picked them up the McDonald's. Did they bring stuff into your car? This time >> they had stuff on them, but they didn't leave anything that I know besides what they'd already left. >> Okay. So, you mean to tell me that when we search this car? >> Okay. Um, >> we find we find needles obviously inside the vehicle. You're telling me that that's been inside your car for a while now. The last time they got in the car because they didn't they didn't bring that stuff in today. >> I don't know when it was put into my truck. I don't know what >> he said. A black bag. I don't know of any black bag in my truck. >> Do you normally drive around with narcotics and paraphernalia in your car? >> No, of course not. >> Well, you have been. You've got syringes, numerous dimesized baggies with heroin residue in it. You're the registered owner of that vehicle, and you're the sole occupant. Just go ahead and have a seat for me. >> It probably is not the smartest thing to be giving random people a ride and letting them leave their random stuff in the back of your car. >> You're pretty much a storage shed for the junkies of North Fort Myers. You're going to go to jail for the possession of heroin and the possession of paraphernalia. 132 in bush. I've got him at gunpoint. >> Okay. 132 bush cover 1047. 1047 can send it on 436. >> Okay, we'll still send it code three. [music] >> [music]