on March 14 2023 a Flagler County Sheriff's Office Deputy pulled over a Dodge truck due to a broken tail light in the vehicle being unregistered in Bunnell Florida q-u-i-n-48 as the deputy approached the vehicle a distinct odor of marijuana wafted through the air raising suspicions Temple hello how are you doing not too bad then we got your flower County Sheriff's Office the reason I'm stopping you have a tail light that's broken you know that no I didn't sir all right you have your license or anything with you where you come from uh we're coming from Fort Myers okay what brings you up here we're working in Broncos and I've lost um got us a house in Alaska okay you have your license or I mean registration and insurance with you yep you have your ID with your partner me yeah what kind of work you guys do uh we grew up whose vehicle is it it's registered on my husband's name okay you have an up-to-date registration because this one's a couple years old no oh yeah crazies the previous Insurance my insurance is expired why don't you have new insurance honestly we just started working so I'm waiting to get free to put it from that little truck this is the last one upon checking the vehicle's registration it was revealed that the truck was also lacking insurance the female driver and her husband were asked to step out of the vehicle they began pleading for leniency citing their difficult circumstances and upcoming construction job Mr Price can you come back here and talk to me sure thank you we'll get out of the road over here okay grab him out yeah we'll talk to you together what's up I don't believe you're being completely honest with me about your truck why well the vehicle let me explain the vehicle was transferred in my name I can show you the title what I haven't transferred is the plate or the or the registration all right so how did that play get on there this is the previous plate magically appear there how to get there no no this was registered to the vehicle previously this is a Dodge clearly no if you look at my registration well maybe I gave you the wrong one and I agree with that right here where it says but I have another registration yeah you lie in yeah it was previously to the Ford Taurus 2009 Ford right yeah but if we transferred this we transferred this company I'm telling you right now this truck this license plates the other Road okay sir yeah it's not assigned to a vehicle okay if I can look for the Dodge registration I'll check the Dodge manually but I'm telling you right now that license plate is not working okay let me explain something soon okay the vehicle was given to my husband he gifted it to me I did the transfer of the title the registration has not been transferred yet because I had a problem with my license I had to pay some tickets so until I got that fixed up it wasn't able to transfer so I'm actually gonna do this this week and everybody tells me that no I'm serious I'm serious I can show you the registration to the for the Dodge is it registered or is it titled no it's it's registered it was registered to my husband I have the title that I just transferred I need to transfer the registration it's not registered it was previously registered to you and because the problem with my license when I went to the tag agency they told me you have to pay your tickets get your license in order and then we can do the school transfer so it's not a title registered oh I'm sorry but I can show you that it was registered to this doctor I don't care what it used to be I care what it is now is it registered right now but I haven't transferred the registration it's not registered right now no how did that tag end up on this truck because this was the previous tag to this vehicle before he gifted it to me not understanding the question it's very simple and basic okay we had a Four tag we had a Ford Taurus when we got this dodge that we removed the Ford Taurus the registration is in the car I can get it for you still overthinking the question who put the tag on the truck we put it when it was ready you held the tag while he screwed it in or did he screw the tag let me explain let me explain when we purchased this dodge we did all the transfer to my husband's name with this with this tag this is the legal tag let me start no it's not let me make this even more basic who screwed those bolts into that license plate I did so you you physically use the screwdriver and put those in yes so you put the tag on the truck yes thank you well we can show you cool that it was previously registered as soon as vehicle I'm telling you right now it's not a scientific it's not a sign because I haven't been able to do the transfer of the tag so why are you driving it around but this is the only means I have to work I need to have insurance you don't have registration you're suspended and you're not even in uh uh Fort Myers you're across the state now can I can give you my my my boss's information and he can verify that I'm working for him I just started now we just got to we just got started this job a week ago because my boss lives in Palm Coast the job that we're doing is in Palm Coast okay I used to live there all right so I know how much work is in the High Acres right now so why did you feel the need to travel six hours across the state because he offered me the work and it's stable work I did a hospital system work in Lehigh so you do it with the best option was to drive an unregistered and uninsured vehicle across the entire state to here sorry I need to I need to put food on the table what do you want me to tell the people that you hit in a traffic crash when you don't have insurance to cover their Med flight bill can I tell the vehicle where I'm going and I will not move it anymore please I'm asking you this is the this is the only vehicle that I have I will not move it until I do the transfer I will tow it to Palatka I will pay the tow truck right now with the only money that I have left I will tow it there but please I'm asking him for a break you have more to worry about than the token you can go to jail for this please please I've never gone to jail I've never had a problem or anything I'm just trying to get ahead that's all I need is to finish my work and get ahead I promise I will throw the vehicle in front of you I will go to the tag agency tomorrow and get and ask my master alone to do it but please I am begging you please foreign John James construction I swear to God but please I'm asking you for a break there's so much work down there and Collier County yeah but he offered he's he's offering me a big chance to start working with him he's even gonna pay my rent for us to work with him drops work they pay you for your rent yeah yeah I really need this Opera they admitted to having a small amount of marijuana in the car claiming it was solely for personal use a little bit no but it was before and you're suspended you can't even drive I'm not driving I know you're not driving clearly I saw you in the past yeah down you think Lee County would tolerate it because I know Collierville given that I've never had a problem with my license they you know cities I'm I will tell the Apollo tow truck I will pull it there 2207 Laurel Street I'll have it told there do you have any other narcotics in the vehicles in the marijuana no no cocaine or anything like that nothing I mean five or bowls Grinders we're just working please for the little apartment 2207 my partner's there now he's waiting for us please call me a tow truck I won't I won't drive anymore until I get disfigured yeah here let me check I'll be back however as the deputy proceeded to search the vehicle startling discoveries were made why do you separate them listen again why do you separate your stickers in Miami I mean sometimes they steal supposed to go on top of each other a bag containing small amounts of cocaine was found followed by the shocking revelation of a bag filled with four pounds of marijuana so you already lied to me wow his hands around your back Faker brain oh straight up have a seat what's this going to be yeah and I don't know maybe that's all right maybe that's old okay Mr Riviera you had the right to main silent anything you say you can use against you in a quarter law you have the right to have an attorney present during before any questioning if you cannot afford an attorney one may be appointed to represent you and at any time you decide not to answer any questions or making statements do you understand that Miss Perez you understand that I need a verbal yes or no yes well it's you guys already lied to me I don't know why I should work with you but I I I please I'm I'm begging you I have I don't have anything on look you can search me I don't have anything I just we need to start working tomorrow it is you know what you could do you could spend your money on your registration instead of drugs maybe on your insurance instead of drugs I swear to God foreign no your permanent resident card oh yeah it is and there's a letter from immigration there with the renewal in my purse so you can look for it as well we send in the renewal immigration is this what I can smell so you have the money for Black Velvet and drugs another beer the money for the insurance though that's right that was given to us in but I didn't even buy them we're about to Heineken was that given to you too run the all the Heinekens take that as a note the female driver denied any knowledge of the additional drugs while her husband claimed they were for personal consumption rather than distribution that's not mine I have nothing to do with ask him I have nothing to do with it well that's mine I smoke 314 Clark s back here a key I might Nina that's my use I have a seat right here yeah yeah no problem if you move off this car if you move off this guardrail I'm gonna have a problem you understand me no no I 314 can you start third that's mine okay okay please senor my wife dude don't talk to her no I'm not gonna talk to nobody he doesn't have to be well that's mine smoke a lot of moves what else you got in there no since you've been BS to me from this girl huh you've been messing with me trust me that's the only way that I a small week no other things no other Narco no man no no at all that's something that I was empty right there wasn't he yeah it was I don't know if he has something inside but it was right there just hang out 10 12 till we get third you know I work hard so I mean I'm trying to to do everything right so what else is in that vehicle nothing nothing no no you told me that the first time no I told you that uh there are how we you said a little bit like a little Roach they're all the one that didn't open it so um you know I mean that's for me it was more I smoked a lot I'm on you know that's the only problem that I have that's me that's mine how much weights in there ah how much weight is that the weight drug us yes see foreign man wow I mean I smoke a lot no kilos no no no no I don't know I don't fail what do you got in the cigarette packing that was well what was it uh that's the only thing how long ago did you use that huh how long ago did you last use it yeah that was uh Miami already this morning yeah why have you been lying to me this whole time about it I didn't lie to you so you said you didn't even know what that is no I didn't say that I know I didn't know it was right there on it so maybe I forgot to throw it away Bob you know the only thing that I got is the week thing you know and I'm not lying why have you been playing these games with me I swear to God I've never gone to jail I've never done anything bad in my life all I need to do is start working and get my sleeves in together please I don't understand this English your first language yes you sit here on the side of the road for multiple violations you beg me to let you go you tell me there's just a smidge of weed just a smidge sir I have been begging my husband for years to stop okay okay there's a little bit more than personal use and then that how much is in there I don't know let's not even mine this is I don't know you know you know it was there I knew there was some marijuana there but I don't know how much it is I don't know I don't even know about that I don't smoke weed I've never smoked weed I swear to God on my son's life you have the money to buy that I don't buy that I didn't buy you you're married what scores is his and his is yours I didn't I didn't know you have the nerve to sit here and ask me for favors and breaks about all these traffic violations you have I'm making cheeses I I put my hand on the Bible please please I don't think Jesus would like that please please what else is in there I don't know I swear to God I will I will need I'm not doing that [Music] any more drugs no I don't I don't know I don't know there's nothing there there can't be anything else there I've only gotten off the car a couple times that's it I don't know I don't know I know that he had some marijuana I didn't know do you think I would be driving like that I don't want to go to jail I have a son I have a son like that I can't go to jail I cannot go to jail where'd you pick it up Lehigh or Lee County we went to Fort Myers and we came back that's it [Applause] [Music] what just put my arrows on my mouth myself how many brush you need oh yeah [Applause] foreign [Applause] [Music] you want you to roll down the back from this house 1081 in my location yeah or stick your feet out real quick it's on the floorboard can you see it all right step back right here oh is it from the front seat okay yeah all right you're good just want to make sure there wasn't something there for you get in trouble oh we don't have to stand back there all right so here I'm just gonna be straight up I mean this is probably gonna test for weed right I'm bringing a test kit here all right being that if it does test for marijuana I will tell you the preceding steps that's going to happen from here if it tests for marijuana you're both going to jail all right with possession with intent to distribute that's not perfectly sweet that's packaged I don't care if you smoke it or not having it with the intent to distribute it is a crime but that's not mine sir did you know it was in the car I didn't know it was that much did you know that you were transporting marijuana in this vehicle I know he had me I didn't know it was not much didn't always have much so if I had kilos and kilos and kilos over here and you're like well I knew he had a little cocaine I just didn't know it was that much same thing I I didn't I wasn't aware I would I would not be so stupid and pull myself in this position being that if it does test positive you will be placed under arrest for operating an unregister motor vehicle signed because that's for marijuana with intentious tribute and possession of paraphernalia he's going to catch the same except for the driving and I'm almost willing to bet you right now that what she's doing right now is going to test positive for cocaine so possession of cocaine and she just said if that's possible for cocaine what was positive you're not getting cocaine I mean you had the same baggie on your side of the truck but it was basically completely 100 empty except for non-transparency so what also happens I'm also going to move to seize your vehicle because your TR you're transporting narcotics with the intent to distribute them how can I get it back tomorrow let's go get it back tomorrow you can go to court and see if we'll give it back we're going to do civil asset forfeiture which means we're probably going to take it and then you can go to the judge and explain to the judge how you did not use this car to transport pounds of weed okay I don't have mercy for you at this point if I found a little joint something like that that's one thing you know trying to live a little bit whatever whatever you want to call it these days but when you spend that much money on your BS marijuana to claim to me that you came out here to work instead of registering your vehicle ensuring your vehicle and taking care of the problems that you have that are legitimate problems wasting your money on that I have no mercy for that the only part that I have damn I mean maybe don't trans four pounds of weed in it your priorities are are asked backwards and if you think Lee County would even tolerate this I used to be there be right back [Applause] unlock your car open unlock your car yeah I want you to unlock your phone do you want me to seal that up too with the tape all right so just as I told your wife right sumita yeah no it's my wife okay um if that test positive for marijuana you're both going to jail please you're under you're already currently under arrest for possession of cocaine possession of paraphernalia that that little bag that was right next to your leg in the truck it's cocaine cocaina it's tested positive for it already so you're gonna be placing the rest for that I have a marijuana kit on the way that's going to double check the the plants in your vehicle if those come back positive for marijuana you're going to be placed under arrest for possession with intent to distribute marijuana as well I'm not sitting hey we ain't smoking pounds at a time Noble I'll leave well that's why we have courts and juries okay if you can tell a jury that you're not selling weed with four or five pounds of weed in there and okay that's on them that's their decision not mine um I doubt you smoked that much I smoke I held out you smoke I don't I doubt you smoke that much yeah all right just got moved for years so as I explained to her you guys are begging me for Mercy out here you're driving the vehicle unregistered and uninsured you're suspended for child support yeah I know you have all these other issues in your life going on and you want to spend that much money on Maryland and working on that too okay I already pulled the paperwork today and sweet and you leave my wife no I'm not you guys are moving pounds across the states she knew it was there I believe my partner 312 can solve our predicament of kits please help me with my wife all right have a seat and stay in here for a minute he was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell possession of cocaine and manufacture or deliver drug paraphernalia the search continued in a bag containing approximately 20 counterfeit Rolex watches raised suspicions of potential illegal activities Beyond drug possession what is up with all the watches these are yours these guys watches are yours well none of these will come back stolen so is this legitimate they're all fakes you know that's Contraband right yeah it's called Uh copyright infringery it's a actually Homeland Security takes that pretty serious [Music] how much do you usually make for watch how much do you make per watch we just have 20 fake watches for the heck of it I I haven't gotten a single bit of honesty out of you sir not as good truth is I don't know anything about that marijuana okay I have to call my boss now I don't know what I'm gonna do because I don't have a car anymore I don't know what I'm gonna do I'm asking ladies I'm begging I am begging charge me with whatever you want you never give me a single bit of honestly I have the honest about truth is I don't have anything to do with the marijuana you can ask him that okay please I can show you the phone I can show you John James he's on my phone I'm begging you let me tell this to where he's he has us living until he can get us another house and pump post 2207 Laurel Street in how much do you make per watch I don't sell any watches sir I don't sell any watches check my record I have a clean wreck I have never been to jail I don't have I don't smoke weed I have asthma I can't even smoke a cigarette okay I I've been asking my husband for years to stop smoking and he can doesn't listen to me I'm begging you please for it for for God Almighty please I don't believe that you're gonna have 20 fake watches of name brand Rolexes just for the heck of it sir I can look for watches I don't I don't sell anything I don't at this time we're gonna go down to the jail okay you have anything on you that she needs to know about no when you go in the jail they're gonna x-ray you I don't know the female driver faced charges including possession of marijuana with intent to sell manufacture or deliver possession of drug paraphernalia and motor vehicle violations for failing to register and attaching an unassigned tag this property goes with him but it's my bank card it's in his wallet is it in your name yes it's in Miami okay yeah yeah yeah if it's in your name I can give you your if it has your name is Perez on it I can give you his card now his name is separate from your name because it says regions AG acoustic Kelly press That's me his cards with his name on it has to stay with him no no but your cards I can get for you all right how much space have you got in an explorer