No judgement. All right, you're good, man. Just relax. Just relax. >> Bro, I'm telling you I if you look past that, man, I'll tell you a couple names and like bro, I'm telling you like a bunch of Mexicans do, like a bunch of like big >> Hispanic people? >> A bunch of big area. Yeah. Bro, like I'm talking about like like business owner, like dealer, like Mexican cartel, man, like I >> Yeah. Criminals will do anything to hide any incriminating evidence. Sometimes they succeed, but other times cops can't just shake off the feeling that there's more to the suspects than they are actually [music] revealing. >> Is there anything in the vehicle that you should not have in the vehicle? >> No, sir. >> And you have needles on you? You have needles on you? You're not a diabetic. You probably got a trafficking amounts, too. Holy [ __ ] Cuz it's over 4 g. So, here are several moments when cops couldn't shake off that feeling and suspects were hiding something. Starting with the moment a routine traffic stop on a U-Haul driver took an unexpected turn when an officer spotted something illegal inside the vehicle. >> Hey, boss. Hey, so it smells a little bit like uh do you have a medical card? >> There we go. There we go. That's why you didn't want to stay. >> I don't know. >> That's why you wanted to walk away. >> All right, so we got some pills in here that don't belong in this bottle. >> Yeah. >> On January the 2nd, 2026 in Florida, an officer on routine patrol spotted a U-Haul truck with a damaged windshield [music] and initiated a traffic stop. At first, it appeared to be nothing more than a routine equipment [music] violation, but as he pulled in behind the vehicle, he realized it matched the description of a vehicle linked to a recent [music] domestic-related call. >> Hello. Sergeant Mel Simon with TLS Police. Well, your windshield's completely smashed, so that's an issue. It's an obstruction of the view, so Do you have your license and then the vehicle registration? I know it's a U-Haul, but But usually it's in the glove box. Oh, there isn't one? Okay. Can you roll down that window for me? >> Or the other officer? Is it a >> Yeah. >> Thank you. I'll be right back with you. >> I was told you guys are looking for this and >> I heard you guys >> The window is completely shattered anyway, the windshield. >> All right, let's look at the pictures. >> Oh, thank you. >> Hi, how are you? What is up with this windshield? Can you roll that down? Will it roll down anymore? Thank you. So, what happened to your windshield? It got bashed in? >> They bashed it in. >> A friend? Okay. >> Yeah, you got glass all up on your dash there. >> All right, you have a Did they take your driver's license? Did they ask you for it? Okay. All right, my friend. I'll be right back, okay? >> Just as the officer was running the driver's information, another officer noticed something suspicious. It was a small detail, but to an experienced eye, it stood out immediately. >> Hey, boss. Hey, so it smells a little bit like um do you have a medical card? >> What? >> What? Do you have a medical card? >> No. >> All right, you need You want to Do me a favor? Just jump out for us. >> Okay. Do me a favor. Come over here. Come this way, okay? So, being that you don't have a medical marijuana there's some shake in the front of the car. We can search the car, okay? Do you have anything illegal on you? >> No. >> No? Okay. So, what he's going to do is he's going to search your pockets. >> I'm not going to say it's a legal search. >> Okay, but we have probable cause. You don't You don't have to have it. >> Yeah, it's not about >> That's sort of a vehicle, not me. I'm not going to say >> But if there was an illegal items in the >> No, there wasn't. >> Yes, there >> Would you like to >> show me >> you? >> Yes. >> Okay. Come on right over here and I'll show you. >> Okay. >> Do you see this right here? >> Yeah. >> That's called shake. That's illegal to have. Yes. It's not legal in the state of Florida. >> I said it's from the greenhouse. I explained that already. >> Okay, but wait. If it's still shake. >> It's from the greenhouse. It's not It's not medicine. So, it's also not in the not in the original container. >> It needs to be in a >> It needs to be in a container. The original container from the greenhouse regardless of what it is. >> Just as the officers were questioning him, his friend suddenly showed up with a story of his own. Seemingly hoping it would be enough to get him off the hook. >> Cuz he has a destroyed front windshield. >> Yeah, but they said something about that like a couple weeks ago and made this >> I don't I don't I wasn't there, but I don't know. I didn't even know this was the same car. I just pulled up at the back of the traffic stop. That's all. That's what That's the reason for the stop cuz of the windshield. The traffic violation with the windshield. Okay. You guys from Florida or Arizona? >> From Florida. >> Florida I got Arizona tag. >> And then you got that from >> Oh, the one here in town? Okay. Yeah, if they rented it to you that way. All right. Do me a favor, just stay over here. I'll let him know that that's how you guys rented it, okay? That's the um That's the other half from the the 22 verbal from earlier La Concha. He's saying that they rented it to him that way. >> Okay. >> We were at this guy earlier. He's kind of up and down. >> He's saying they rented it to him that way. >> That's what he said. He rented it here in Key West down here. >> They they reported it before I got here. And he collected it and told you to drive, but that's obviously not the case. >> He said the same exact thing. So, but that's obviously an infraction. >> The officers, seasoned enough to recognize when something didn't add up, could tell that there was far more to the story than what they were saying. Far more than the duo was willing to admit. >> And without a medical card we can't tell whether or not he's got what it it's not in a container. So, that's what gives us probable cause to search the vehicle and and you. >> Well, it's not it's not a detainment. It's not a choice. So. >> Okay, well at least I tried. It looks like there's illegal items in the car. Well, then we'll go to the car. Okay. All right, come back this way. >> Don't worry. Don't go over there. >> I'm not. >> Hey, stop, bro. Stop. >> Hey. >> Relax. >> Get off of me. >> I'm telling you I'm a man of law. >> Is that >> Get the [ __ ] OUT OF THIS THING. >> YOU GET BACK. >> BACK UP. YOU YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN, SIR. Get on your stomach. Get on your stomach now. >> PLEASE, STOP. PLEASE. >> YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE. OKAY? >> Y'ALL ARE detaining me, by the way. Very very rough detainment. >> Okay? >> [cheering] >> Stop it. >> [screaming] >> Stop. Stop. >> Thank you. That's my car, sir. Appreciate that. >> Get up. Stand up. >> Y'all act like you're the only cops in the world. Y'all >> Those are crickets. The law's the law. >> Y'all can detain me roughly. Try to scare me. >> Can I talk to the officer? >> Not right now. You need to go 25 ft over there. >> You cannot talk to an officer. >> I am an officer. >> No. >> No. >> Why? >> Not right now because he's detained. So, I'm going to tell you one more time or you're also going in cuffs. 25 ft. Go. Thank you. 25 ft. 25 ft. >> Widen your stance. Widen your stance. Widen your stance, sir. Let go of this. >> No. >> Nope. >> Let go. There you go. There we go. >> There we go. >> There we go. >> That's why you didn't want to stay. That's why you wanted to walk away. >> I wasn't walking away. >> So, your whole I didn't do nothing story, it just fell apart. >> Uh just stop. >> There we go. Now, the rest of the story comes out. See all that? Racism, N B S you were talking. It's all lies. All lies. >> So, we're not the ones being >> You sit upon a throne of >> Yeah, they're so being rough for no reason. Micro aggression. >> At last, the officers' suspicions had been confirmed. What they found on him was enough to justify every instinct that they had from the start. But, if he was carrying that much on his person, the officers could only imagine what else might be hidden inside the U-Haul. >> It's always someone else's fault. We're going to get in this vehicle right here. You don't know what violence is, buddy. If you think that's violent, you've never experienced violence. What's that Velcro for, buddy? Holding up your pants? My mouth? It's actually kind of funny. >> He's got it. I'm going to get jumped. >> Yeah, that's you stand still again? You got anything up in your crotch? There's your partner. If you got anything else on you, let me know. If you introduce it to the jail, it's going to be another felony, okay? And they're going to Yeah, they're going to scan you. It's a felony. Go ahead and take a seat. I don't know what this is all about. What's happening? Going cold. >> That? >> I take it this is his other half? >> Yeah, that's what your partner was telling me that he's the other half of the domestic at the Casarina, I guess. >> Well, I thought he was. >> I mean, those two. >> Yeah, yeah. I didn't know who this guy was. Yeah. >> Yeah, so he's the other half of driver. >> Okay, got it. >> Good boy. Ah, good boy. Good boy. Good boy. Good boy. >> Any hiding holes here? Look. Pay attention to these little details. This would be a perfect hiding hole for something, right? All right, so we got some pills in here that don't belong in this bottle. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah, maybe maybe This is a pain reliever, acetaminophen. >> So, are they the Let's see what the >> Well, 5525. >> Looks like he's eaten half, so Got a scale. >> That's in the trash. Not my trash but And then >> In the end, he was charged with resisting arrest and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. As suspicious as the U-Haul driver was, he was nothing compared to this next suspect who genuinely believed he could outsmart the cops. >> Is there anything in the vehicle that you should not have in the vehicle? >> No, sir. >> All right. >> So, it was Is there >> in the vehicle? >> No, sir. >> You smoked it all already? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. Any >> No, sir. >> Any >> No, sir. No, sir. >> You got anything on you? >> I do. >> What do you got? >> I have a firearm. >> You got one on you? >> I do. >> On March the 23rd, 2024 in Pensacola, Florida, an officer on routine patrol spotted a vehicle swerving erratically and initiated a traffic stop. At first, it looked like another impaired driving investigation, but as the encounter started to unfold, the officer began to see that there was more to the driver than meets the eye. >> Come on out. >> What's up, man? >> Hey, officer backup Pensacola Police Department. Good. You all right? >> Yeah, yeah. I just pulled in I was going to go bowl down there with my friends, but I had seen you like literally the moment I pulled in down here, you pulled on your lights, so I just stopped right here. I don't know whose house this is. >> I know you don't because it's uh abandoned. >> Oh, for real? >> Yeah, it's for sale. You pulled into a house with a for sale sign right in the front yard. >> they uh I thought they had uh sold it like 2 months ago. >> I don't know, but I know you didn't live here. >> Yeah, yeah. No, I had pulled in cuz you had flicked your signs on. I live uh not I don't live down there, but my friend does live down there, and I I saw you following me, and I was a I was figuring you was going to get me to the house. You had caught me a little early. >> Where are you coming from? >> Uh right down uh um it's uh you know the road with the um UPS trucks? >> Okay. >> I was coming off there. I don't know if they have a road cuz whenever I go into Google, they don't have a road. >> Got you. >> So, I was just coming off of there. I just came off of work. I just went uh see my friend um he had a little bit of money he owed me, so I just went and seen him and then I'm going home now. I live um right off of Knight. >> Right off of Knight? >> Yeah. >> heading home? >> Yeah, once once you had pulled behind me though, I ain't going to lie, I got a little scared. That's why I pulled down here. >> Why were you scared? >> I I just I just fear police. >> Oh, yeah, you're shaking a lot. Why are you shaking so much? >> I fear police, man. >> Why do you fear police? >> It's just um last time my brother had got caught behind police, they had um taken him to jail with nothing. >> Interesting. >> Yeah, but he was also a minority. >> Right. >> So. >> So, you just got off work and you were headed home? >> No, I got off work um what time is it? >> What's time you think it is? >> 10:12. >> I was about to say, my my clock says 11:12. >> I had um >> What time did you get off work? >> I had got off work around uh 9:30 and I went to my uh friend's house just because he had a uh little bit of money he owed me. >> Mhm. >> I let him uh borrow a little bit of money so he can go get some groceries. >> Right. >> And uh he told me he had the money tonight, so I just went up pulled by him. Me and him talked for a little bit and then I left home. So, if it says 11:12 on my clock, then it's going to be about 12:10 now. >> So, 12:10? >> uh 10:12 now. >> 10:12? >> Yeah. >> Okay. You got off work 9:30, went to your friend's house. >> Yeah, I went uh no no no, I didn't get off until like 9:45, 10:00. Yeah, no, they had me late today. >> Got you. >> Cuz uh they had me on some um >> You got a license on you while we're talking? >> I do. Yeah, yeah. >> For some reason, the officer could tell the suspect's story wasn't adding up, but knew that people trying to hide something often reveal the truth themselves when given enough time. You got registration and insurance as well? >> I do. I do. Um, my insurance is supposed to be updated next month, so I don't know how my dad did that >> yet. >> But um >> Car's in his name? >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's in his name, but it's also in his insurance, but beginning of April 20th >> Uh-huh. >> I think it's supposed to be in my name. >> Okay. >> So, here, I can give you the insurance. >> You got anything illegal you shouldn't have in the vehicle? >> Huh? >> Is there anything in the vehicle that you should not have in the vehicle? >> No, sir. >> No guns? >> No, sir. >> No >> I had um I did have a uh sword that I had a >> [laughter] >> I did have a sword that I bought off my friend. >> Yeah. >> But um again, I had dropped it off at my friend's home uh at my friend's house just in case, you know I'm saying, I told him that I would come get it on any circumstances that I need to take it home, but as of right now, this needs to stay at your house. >> Okay. >> I told him that. I was like I was like I was like there's no point in me taking it home. There's no, you know what I'm saying? Just in case me me gets caught up, I don't need it. >> Okay. >> So, here's the uh I think this is my insurance. And then Let me see what this is. Yeah, this is the insurance. >> And you got the registration? >> Um I was about to say, if you don't even got If you ain't got it, I got it. >> Uh, I got you. >> Yeah, yeah. It's in my phone, it's dead, so I can't really see it. Here it is. >> That's your registration? >> Why you Why the [ __ ] I know that's my uh cuz I had gotten a ticket not a not a while ago. >> Uh-huh. >> Uh, I think November or Decem- or December? >> Uh-huh. >> I had got a uh ticket for going unlawful speed. Is this it? >> No, that's my registration That's my license, isn't it? >> No, my license. >> Not my license. My insurance. >> That's your insurance? >> Is this my insurance? I really don't know, man. Like Like I I ain't going to lie. I had got my first car This is my first car November. >> All right, bud. So, hear me out real quick, okay? The reason why I was So, I didn't get behind you to follow you, right? The reason why I got behind So, that's That's your buyer's guide, all right? That's your warranty stuff. >> Yeah, yeah, that's what it is. That's what it is. >> Yeah, I don't need that. You can have that. >> Can I look at this? >> Your registration Your registration's right there next to your hand where you just put on the seat. No, other one. That's your registration. I'm sorry, man. I'm sorry, man. Let me see that. >> What? >> All right. So, the reason why I was pulling you over is cuz you were swerving all over the damn road. You were going into the oncoming lanes of traffic. Any reason for that? >> Nah, I ain't going to lie other than paying attention to my phone, trying to get >> Your phone is dead. >> Nah, my phone before you had pulled me over was on like 2%, you know, it's iPhones. They They They [ __ ] up all type of ways. >> Uh-huh. >> Um I had my insurance pulled Not my insurance. My address pulled up and I I guess I was >> your address pulled up? >> I did. >> You don't know where you live? >> I do. I do. It's just kind of where from where I came from. It's just the way that I was pulling out. >> Yeah. >> I didn't know exactly which way to go. >> All right. So, here's the deal, right? So, the reason why I was pulling you over is cuz you were swerving in your lanes, right? >> Right. >> And then when you made this turn here onto What is it? >> Uh >> Shade. >> Maribel? >> Under No, it's Shade. >> Shade, okay. >> Yeah. So, you made your left-hand turn onto Shade, you almost hit the curb on your right-hand side. You made too wide of a turn, almost hit the curb. >> Right. >> And it's kind of weird you pull into a park uh a house that's abandoned and it ain't yours. See how that's a little weird? >> Yeah, no, no, no. >> All right. So, my worry is that you're safe to drive, okay? >> Yeah. >> Have you been drinking anything tonight? >> Uh no, sir. I did smoke. I did smoke. >> Okay, what did you smoke? >> Uh just a little bit of a little bit >> All right. What time? >> Uh 9:45, 9:50. Right before I got off of work, I had a little bit >> You smoke at work? >> Uh no, not at work, but right after I got off, I literally I'm not I'm not going to lie to you. I pulled right down the road, got away from the building, and started smoking. >> Apparently, he was confident that he was already one step ahead of the cops and in no time would be on his merry way home. >> All right. >> Is there any vehicle? >> No, sir. >> You smoked it all already? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. Any >> No, sir. >> Any >> No, sir. No, sir. No, sir. >> See? >> No, sir. >> Nothing? >> No, sir. >> Nothing in the vehicle? >> No, sir. >> Okay, do you have any problem >> Yeah, I was about to say, unless you want deodorant. >> No, I don't want deodorant. Do you mind if I search your vehicle? >> Yes, sir. Go ahead. >> I can? All right. Well, first thing I'm going to have you do, all right, is I'm going to have you step out for me. Do not move. Do you understand me? >> Yes, sir. >> Do not move. >> Well, >> Do not Stop. No, stop. Do not move. >> I have a question. >> Stop before I let you go. Come here. Step out. >> Go ahead. Um this is >> Turn around. Right now, you're just being detained, okay? You're not under arrest. >> my firearm. >> When I ask you, there's a gun in the vehicle and you tell me no and you got one right between your damn legs, I got a problem with that. Do you understand me? >> I'm going to get you right. >> Step back. >> Yes, sir. >> You got anything on you? >> Yes, sir. >> I do. What do you got? >> I have a firearm. >> You got one on you? >> I do. >> Where is it? >> It's under the uh it's under the seat. >> Do you have anything on you, on your person right now? >> no, no, no, no. Other than maybe a vape. >> You asked me if there was a firearm on me. If there was a firearm in the car, that's >> I said, "Is there anything in the car that's going to get you in trouble? Any guns?" And you said, "No." I said, "Knives?" You said, "No, I have a sword." >> You said if there's anything on me. I I I won't lie to y'all. This time >> You're only in handcuffs because you lied to me about the gun. >> Yeah. >> Okay? We'll worry about that later. >> Mhm. >> Right now you're detained, you're not under arrest, okay? >> Mhm. >> What I'd like to do is take you out of handcuffs and do some field sobriety exercises. I just want to make sure you're safe to drive. >> Mhm. >> Okay? You based on your driving pattern and things like that. >> Yeah. >> Are you willing to do field sobriety exercises? >> Yes, sir. >> Like I said, you're not under arrest right now. You're just detained because of the gun. That's why it kind of got tense there for a minute, okay? But if I take you out of handcuffs, are you willing to do some field sobriety exercises? >> I do. The only problem I will have is the um like the whole feet sobriety test is because I I have basically I have terrible power. >> Terrible power? >> Yeah, like terrible balance, not power. Balance. >> Okay. >> Go over my I uh you can go over my doctor records and stuff like that. I have terrible power. >> Okay, we'll talk about all that. We'll talk about all that. Like I said, you're not under arrest. I'm going to take these handcuffs off you and then we'll do some field sobriety exercises, make you make sure you're safe to drive, okay? >> Yes, sir. >> All right. >> Once the officer administered the standard field sobriety test, he of course failed it miserably, confirming what the officer had suspected all along. At this point in the investigation, no amount of excuses or smooth talking [music] was going to get him out of this situation. >> With that in mind, do you want to talk to me? >> Uh >> So, what I'm going to ask you about is the gun, right? >> Right. >> So, the gun's stolen. >> Right. >> All right. >> Yeah, yeah. I ain't going to lie to you. There's no point in lying. Like y'all going to figure it out. >> Yeah, right. Exactly. >> say y'all going to figure it out. >> it out, right? So, >> Y'all going to figure it out. >> Keep your feet inside. >> My bad. >> My bad. Keep your feet inside. >> My bad. >> So, who'd you get the gun from? >> Uh I can't lie to you. I don't know. >> Where'd you get it? >> I uh there was one night I had um just went out. I was uh I was going at least, at least 150, 200 yards from the radius. >> From where? >> Uh, from uh uh 4805. It was >> When was this? >> And again, man, you know what I'm saying? Like, I'm not saying it was perfectly legal. I'm not saying it was perfectly right, but I'm I'm I'm just looking out for myself, man. I'm scared. >> I got you. So, you you took the firearm out of the vehicle. >> I have. >> Okay, so no one gave it to you? >> No. >> No one sold it to you? >> No. >> Okay. >> I will I will tell y'all exactly what I'm going >> was Did you know it was stolen? >> Uh, I won't say I would I was knowing it was stolen just for the sole fact that so much has happened in Pensacola. I can't promise that a firearm would come back stolen or come back dirty or come back with on it or come back with a robbery on it. >> Well, you said it You said it probably has It probably has a crime on it. What crime would it have on it? >> No, I mean, I wouldn't say it has a crime on it. The only crime on it it would have on it is the robbery. >> What robbery? >> Me taking it. >> Oh, you're saying the >> Yeah, yeah, that's probably that's probably the only crime on it if that's even reported. >> Right. >> But then again, like >> Well, it's reported stolen from somewhere. I don't know if it's if it's reported stolen from when you took it out of the car or if it's reported stolen from before that, but it's it's stolen. >> I was about to say, I mean, and I know when gun law possessions, if it's in your possession, it's in your possession. >> I mean, yeah. >> It don't matter about none of that other >> So, is that why you were so nervous? >> A little bit. >> Is that why you were shaking so damn much? >> Yeah. I was scared, man. I was scared, man. I had a gun on me. I had a gun under my seat. I was scared. >> asked you and you told me no, you didn't have one. >> I didn't just for the sole fact that if you were to have, like, if you didn't search the car, you would in your right mind at least think, like, hey, he didn't have a gun on him. And I wasn't going to pull the gun. Man, look, people that pull the gun pull on police, you're stupid as hell because you pull the gun like, sure, you might get one police officer, but all them other ones are coming after you. >> Yeah. >> So, I would never pull it on a police. I was just I was just scared. I just didn't want to get caught. You know what I'm saying? Like it wasn't under any circumstance of hey, I'm trying to hide from police. >> you know you're not 21. You can't even have a gun. >> I do. I do unless unless it's gifted to me. But then again, that gun wasn't gifted to >> if it's gifted to you, you can't conceal carry a pistol if you're under 21. You really want to conceal carry a pistol. >> So, if I get a pistol conceal carried to me, I can't even have it in my uh like gun in here and mag in here? >> No, you're not 21. >> In the end, he was charged with larceny, carrying a concealed weapon, and DUI. Speaking of officers knowing that suspects were hiding something, here's the moment when officers caught on a disturbing piece [music] of evidence while trying to help a driver who was found slumped over in his vehicle. >> What's going on today, man? >> I was taking a nap. >> Taking a nap? >> Yeah. >> All right. >> What's going on, man? >> It's all good. >> Uh give me your wallet. Don't don't grab it. Let go. >> Hey, hey, I'm sorry. >> And you have needles? Do you have needles in your I mean, you're not a diabetic. >> Sir, I don't >> So, is this why you don't want to Is this why you don't want to come out? >> He's probably got trafficking amounts, too. >> Holy [ __ ] Cuz it's over 4 g. >> On September 1st, 2024, in Orlando, Florida, officers were dispatched to a parking lot after reports of a man slumped over in the driver's seat of his vehicle. Upon arrival, their priority was to check on his welfare. >> Yeah, some of my questions have probably been >> Half broken. >> I'm sorry. >> What's going on today, man? >> I was taking a nap. >> Taking a nap? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Where are you Where are you staying at nowadays? >> Uh ex-girlfriend. >> Ex-girlfriend? >> Yeah. >> What Where's her address? How far away is she from here? >> She's at a hotel over there. >> Say that again, I'm sorry. >> She's at a hotel. >> Hotel? Oh, which which hotel you staying at? >> Hotel Holiday Inn. >> Which location? >> Uh I'm not sure what day it is. I don't remember the day. >> Which one? >> Uh 8th and Fair. >> You guys take a blood pressure thing or not? >> I don't think so. >> Okay. You got a blood pressure >> All right, ma'am. Cody, we'll My partner's on the way, but we'll we'll get you out. We'll just make sure you're all right. They said you answered some questions half appropriately, but if you just answer them completely and properly while we're here, then we'll uh we'll get you out of here, all right, boss? >> All right. I told him lady. >> Huh? >> I told you she was joking with you, man. She was joking >> You said you was joking with her? >> Yeah, I said it was a joke. >> Oh, that's funny. That's what it is. But just so we can uh make sure you're all right. We'll we'll get you out of here, all right? >> Be careful. >> Okay. So, you got a social? >> Uh I don't know. >> You don't know what? Do you have any other form of ID on you? Cuz nothing's coming back with your name on it. What's your name Name and date of birth you just gave me? >> Cody Smith. >> Cody Smith? >> Cody Smith. >> C O D Y? >> Yes, sir. >> Uh I got to be able to identify before I let you go, so >> It's Tennessee. >> Tennessee? >> Yes, sir. >> Uh you have a Tennessee DL? That's >> No, I don't have that one. >> Yeah, hey. Uh he should have a DL or ID out of Tennessee. Can you check that? Roll your window down? There you go, boss. First one. You have a uh license out of Tennessee? Okay. All right, give me one second. I think it's finally popping up, so just give me one moment. Cody, do you mind signing this? You said you don't want to go to the hospital, okay? >> Yeah. >> All right. Roll your window down. >> First of all, I'm saying you don't want to be checked out. You got diabetes? That would be my history. Okay. Well, I have diabetes and everything. I'm also saying I don't want to go to the hospital. I'm good. 1 second, brother. 1 second, okay? Is the car still in park? Yes. >> As the officer spoke with the driver, his attention was drawn to several needles inside. In that instant, he could tell that the story about simply pulling over for a nap was simply cooked up. >> They got it. Hey, hey, hey, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. What's going on? What's going on? That's true. True. True. What am I doing? I'm not doing it. What? You do not allow me to search the vehicle. No, I told you to see. They're not mine. >> Well, you're the sole passenger of the vehicle, correct? You're the only one in there, so you're responsible for everything in there. >> I have diabetes. >> You have ownership of the vehicle currently right now, okay? You're the sole occupant inside the vehicle. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yes, absolutely. Yes, sir. >> And you have needles in Do you have needles in plain view? You're not a diabetic. Can you Can you put that out for me, please? I'm telling you to put it out. Don't make it more difficult than it needs to be. I'm here about to go in handcuffs in 2 seconds. I'm going to swear to god. Put that out for me, okay? I'm trying I'm trying to be nice to you and you're pushing my buttons. Okay? Put it out. Okay. When I ask you to do something, do it, okay? You're lawfully detained right now. Because we're going to conduct an investigation on this one. Because you have paraphernalia inside the vehicle in plain view. >> And then he kind of like woke up and then even still it was uh when he woke up he was kind of like groggy. >> So is this why you don't want us Is this why you don't want us to come out? >> No, I'll walk towards you. >> It's not mine. >> It's not. >> It's not mine. >> Sir. >> It's not mine. Hey. >> I'm telling you you're resisting. >> No, I'm not. Ow. Ow. >> You're literally resisting. >> Ow. What What are you doing, man? What are you doing this to me? What are you doing this to me? Ow. You're You're hurting me. I didn't do anything. I'm not doing anything. I'm not doing anything, dude. Why are you doing this? Why are you doing this, man? I didn't do anything. I'm not It's not my [ __ ] It is not mine. It's not me, man. This is [ __ ] Sir. Sir. Ow, you hurt my wrist. Why are you doing this? >> You're resisting arrest. >> Bro, you Bro, you're going to get knocked out. Stop. >> Stop. We're not We're not playing this game today. >> I'm not doing anything, man. This is illegal. Ow. Ow. >> Ready? Walk over to this car for us, please. >> Why do you Why do you have to hurt me like this? Yes, you are. >> You're literally fighting us. >> No, I'm not. I'm not doing anything. >> Look at you, you're literally fighting us right now. >> This is illegal. This is illegal. I'm not >> Buddy, just relax. >> No, listen. I'm not going to jail. This is illegal. >> Unfortunately for him, the officers weren't there to play any games. Whatever had given him the confidence that he wasn't going to jail was just moments [music] away from disappearing. >> What are you doing? Why are you searching me, please? >> Stop tensing. >> I can't help it. This is Ow. >> Stop tensing, bro. >> Why are you doing that? >> Stop tensing. Just keep tensing. >> You would, too, if I was doing it to you. Ow. >> Do you have anything in your pocket that's going to poke you? >> No, sir. >> It's going to poke me or my partner. Anything in your pockets? This is your one time to talk. >> I got my phone in my pocket. >> What's in your pocket? Which pocket is your phone in? >> My front right one. >> Okay, we got any needles or anything in your pocket, brother? >> No, I don't have any needles, man. This is illegal. Ow. Ow, man. Ow, man. >> I'm searching your front right pocket. >> Okay, which other one? >> Okay, what about this side? >> My hands. >> Okay. >> I was just sleeping in my vehicle, and this is what happens. Ow. Why do you keep hurting me, dude? >> Huh? >> Yes, you do. You keep be my wrist. You're going to break it. You're bending my wrist. >> What if there's something in that pocket that's going to squish everything in that pocket? No, I can feel it. Good consistency. >> Uh yeah, can we get the We'll get a run number from you guys? >> Yeah, we'll need a run number too. >> Quit bending my wrist like that, please. Why are you just bending my wrist like that? >> Because you keep taking it off and you keep I'm not even physically Look, I'm not I'm just My hand is on the back of your hand. I'm not even moving. >> So, I'm being arrested? >> I'll explain to you what's going on in a second. I'll explain to you how we got here and why and why we're here. All right? Let me finish doing my job. >> I have nothing like that. >> Do you have anything tucked under tucked under you between your balls, anything like that? >> No. >> Huh? >> No, sir. >> Anything in your shoes? >> No, sir. >> Take Take this one off. Take your left one off. Will you just slide your foot up? >> I can't. >> Slide your foot up. >> I can't. I can't hold hold hold on. >> What What's going on, man? You're just sliding >> Just slide your left foot up. >> All right. Uh-huh. Yeah, I got it. Lift Lift that foot up for me. >> Lift your left foot up. >> What the heck? >> Lift the other foot up. >> Lift up. >> Nice. >> Turn your head this way. >> 59 we got 104. >> I'm doing >> 7170 >> Right now you're being detained. I'll explain everything to you in one second, all right? Right now we have a job and certain procedure and thing that we have to do first, so I'll explain to you everything. I'll do that later. >> This seat's poking my ribs. >> Well, if you weren't pulling away from us and tensing as much as you were, they probably would be a little bit more comfortable right now. It's over. >> I was really hot. >> Yeah. >> I was hot. >> Okay. >> I was sweating a lot up in here. >> What kind of >> Sweating in here. I was hot, too. >> Okay. I still have pain on my right side. There. >> I know. >> This is supposed to feel good. I got to watch my ass. Are you feeling comfortable? >> Can you please >> Can you turn your feet in? >> Can you please wait till we stop, man? >> With the suspect down secured in the back of the cruiser, the officers proceeded to conduct a thorough search of his vehicle, determined to confirm what they had suspected all along. >> So, and this was >> It this this. >> He's got a little rocky. >> I know he's getting a little rocky. >> Um so, pieces of that were in here. >> Okay. >> And I tested it, so that's what I got. Am I Is it Am I good to assume the rest of it or have or Cuz do you have like one of those mobile tech things? >> I don't. >> No, I don't have a good one of those. >> I think I burned through all of mine. Um What's in this? What do you got here? >> I haven't even opened that yet, so just be careful. >> So, that's going to be more and more >> So, in in here there was like it looked like uh the end of a Q-tip. But just just the white part, though. >> Yeah, just the Q-tip. Yeah, he used that to clean his needles and the filter. >> Okay. >> All right. Um so, dude, you probably got trafficking amounts, too. Cuz it's over 4 g. You got to go back to the PD. >> Right? >> I don't know. I don't have a scale. >> Has anybody from Asset you working this last time I had something like this? >> No, they're not working tonight. >> I was like >> Uh Larry helped me with doing that. >> Um >> So, if you want to relocate back to the PD and start weighing stuff out >> Okay. >> because I'm telling you right now Actually, that looks like That's right there. >> Okay. >> So, that's going to be >> I have to >> Yeah, that's Roxy, you got about a a gram the meth This powder looks like >> Like I Like that was That again, it was little small chunks of that was in here. >> Okay. >> So, I put that So, I'm I'm going to >> Now, that's >> Correct. >> But these three things >> you probably don't have trafficking. You probably have about maybe 2 g. >> Okay. >> Now, it's a little bit light, but you don't know what's in these, either. >> Right. Now, when when weighing them, do you mind keeping an eye on him to make sure he's not OD'ing or so? When weighing them, are they separately or weighing these together? >> All together. >> All three of these together? >> Yep. Cuz they're all going to be in the same bag, anyway. I mean, it's the same same evidence bag. >> So, So, >> The No, the is separate. >> Okay. >> So, the same type of together. >> In the [music] he was charged with possession of a controlled substance, providing false ID, and resisting an officer. Substance abusers get caught every time, but the dumbest way to get caught while carrying substances is by getting caught up in traffic offenses while keeping illegal substances on your car seat. So, let's meet Tim. >> Where I was pulled over? >> Huh? >> Where I was pulled over? >> All right. >> Yeah, it's all over the front of you. I knew I knew it was right there, man. Come on. >> No? >> What side was it on? >> No. >> On your side? On my passenger side? >> Yeah. >> Well, what is it? >> Well, you tell me, Tim. What did you have in there that's illegal? >> I have some vitamins in here. >> What kind of vitamins you got? >> I mean, I take like a like just vitamins. >> On March the 23rd, [music] 2022, an officer on routine patrol spotted a vehicle failing to signal while making a turn and initiated a traffic stop. At first, it appeared to be nothing more than a minor traffic violation, but as the encounter unfolded, the officer quickly realized that this was anything but routine. >> Hello. >> How you doing, sir? >> Officer, what's my offense for now? >> Reason for the stop, you didn't signal you didn't signal on your parking distance when you were pulling up in here, okay? Do you have a driver's license and insurance on you? Let's see. >> License and registration The guy we had got ready for you. >> Okay. You'll stay here. >> He's my local friend. >> Okay. Hello. >> Hi. This is insurance on this car. Is that This is my brother. >> Okay. Damn. There you go. >> So, why'd you pull us over? >> He didn't signal a required distance in pulling in here. Signal up right whenever he's pulling in. Got to signal 100 continuous ft. >> You already know that. My license and registration license. Cuz I got a driver's license but I ain't never got one in my life. >> Well, he's driving, so. >> Yeah, but he's got a driver's license. >> No, he don't. >> See, you ain't got no driver's license. You ain't even comfortable behind the wheel. Why did you tell me you had a driver's license? >> You have ID on you, man? Do you have anything on you that has that shows your picture on it? Can I get your name? Can you roll this window down? Hop out, sir. >> Hey, how's it going, man? >> Can you stand back here? Can you come stand back here? Can you come stand back here? Appreciate it. What's your birthday, Charles? Anything illegal in the car today? Anything illegal on you? 51 truck two, name, date of birth. >> All right. >> Person's going to be first name Jennifer. Have you ever had a driver's license? Ever? Charles? No. >> As one officer ran the driver's information, the other struck up a conversation with the passenger. It didn't take long before something caught his attention. >> What's all that going on there? >> Just weed, man. >> Just weed? You know, same old. Same old, same old. Y'all going to make me quit doing anything, man. >> Why? >> I don't know. Cuz every time I look Every time I get >> Well, I was cool with you. Well, I was cool with you. Puke puke all over the front of you. I don't need I don't need shirt there, man. Come on. It's all good. It's all good. Hey, look look look. It's Tim. Tim. Well, I was straight up. It's still on your shirt, man. Look. Look. Hey. Just relax. Relax. You know we're always straight up on you. It was all over your pants, man. So, don't Hey, it wasn't dirt. It was I mean, I You know how long I've been doing this? Long enough to know. Okay. Hop up for me. Hop up for me. All right. Just face straight up there. You good. Hey, just keep your hands up right there, okay? Don't be reaching around or anything, okay? Okay. Well, I'm I'm good. I'm fancy. It's They always got I mean, I ain't got no That's what I'm saying. I don't care if you're searching me. I didn't have no I mean, it's a lot of people around here. There's something in that truck, man. I mean, on the floor board or whatever. I don't know. All right, man. You step back there for me real quick. Can you step back there for me real quick? >> All right. Your total I've got two times regular city warrants for him, one for no DL, and one for speeding. He has an ID card only that is current, but not eligible. He has five previous convictions for no DL. Your second male subject, Timothy Hughes, layer 29, he is to be a registered sex offender out of our agency. He has an expired Texas ID card only, but he has a current and clear 27 out of Louisiana. >> And just when it seemed that the stop couldn't get any worse for the driver, another truth had come to light. >> All right, Charles, you got some warrants, man. See this? Let go of this. Let go of this. Let go of the rag. Well, I'm telling you I'm telling you what to do. All right, I'm trying to fix these cuffs for you, but if you're going to act like that, we're not we're not going to do nothing like that. Stop. Stop. We got to Look, we got to search you before we Hey, dude. Stop it. Stop. Stop. Relax. Relax. I'm trying to relax. That's what I'm saying. I'm saying y'all >> y'all over here trying to >> All right, get your hands out your pockets. Come stand over here. >> What I'm talking about? See, I ain't doing nothing. >> Get your hands out your pockets. Quit doing that. >> Man, y'all got to be so god damn rough, man. I didn't even mess with them, man. >> Stop. >> Man, it's y'all doing all this, man. >> No, you're the one that's I didn't even resist the arrest. >> Like y'all going to put my arm up. >> I don't know what's up. >> Y'all stop. >> Charles, stop. You're going to get sprayed, dude. >> Stop. >> You're about to get sprayed, Charles. >> I'm sorry, man. >> Charles, you're about to get sprayed, bro. >> Why you going to spray me? >> Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop, Charles. Yeah, it hurts. We gave you ample warning. >> [screaming] >> Do you just keep howling at them? >> [crying] [crying] >> He was clearly in pain, but it was a situation that could have been avoided had he simply cooperated from the onset. >> Stop. STOP. >> RELAX. >> HE KEPT ON REACHING IN HIS POCKETS AND HIS PANTS. >> BEEN DOING that whole time. Any questions? >> Your eyes don't burn cuz this spray. >> How are we going to get into his >> Relax. Relax. >> [crying] >> Did you get that right side? >> Yeah, I got it pretty good. >> Roll onto that side. >> Charles, roll to your stomach. >> Get that inside. >> You need to be still. >> Turn your eyes over this way. >> Your eyes are not burning as bad. Now, I'm going to pour the water here and lift. Stop all this talk. What is this here? Dude, he got something in his mouth, yeah. Stop all this talk. Don't feel any weapons on you. You sure? You sure? I can't get to that side. I'm sorry. We'll roll him that way. You got spray? He's freezing in those pants. Y'all take your clothes off or you still got it? >> I already got it off. >> Yeah. Let's just put him in the car, man. Hey, can you shut my back seats real quick? Sit up, bud. >> I can't see. >> Well, I'm going to just give you that put some water on Quit reaching in your pockets, dude. All right, keep doing that. Now we got to sit. >> I got to sit up. >> Charles, stop all this talk. >> I can't take the truth. They didn't find all of the tickets, man. >> Okay, stop. You want to I'm going to call I'm going to call of the car, Charles. >> [crying] >> Oh, put him down. >> Say that again. Man, I got to touch it. I got to touch >> Okay. All right. I don't know. I don't know. Put him in there in the back of the car. Your hands off. You got to turn sideways, Charles. >> [panting] >> Turn sideways. Turn that way. Turn sideways. Turn around. Watch your >> Hold on. Hold on. >> Turn sideways. >> Turn sideways. >> I can't get it in there. >> Okay. Just lay We'll get it in a minute. With Charles now secured in the back of the cruiser, the officers turned their attention to the passenger, hoping that she would be smart enough to at least be honest with them. >> Hey, Jennifer. >> Yes. >> Yeah, you're good. So, did you see Charles with anything today? >> These things always get me in trouble. Um I didn't see him with anything, but offered some things, but I told him no. Um >> Why y'all in the car? >> Yeah, like whenever they thought that there was a police officer over there, they started to get real like twitchy, like, "Ooh, I don't know what's going on, y'all." Like, and then that's whenever they started coming down this way. Um And that book, whatever the book was, it was Wherever the book was, that's and that's how the dude got it all over him cuz he slapped it shut and it went everywhere and behind us and then he >> The book? >> Yeah, whatever it was then. >> Like the manual that's in the glove box? >> Yeah, and then that was That's where >> So, was there >> I'm going to get in trouble. >> No, you're not. I You got some warrants, but I'm not taking you on the warrants cuz they're out of Arkansas. Okay? So, you're not going to jail. All right? >> 360 >> Not for that at least. I mean, do you have anything else on you? >> No, no, no prescription or >> Okay. So, be be straight up with me. >> I'm not finding >> What Did they have any or any pills? Where was the rolling papers now then? >> The Did you have it? Just Just like the book shut and it went all over him and that's what the one man asked him to get out of the truck when he That was the problem with the car, I guess. >> Okay. All right, you can sit down. Thank you. >> Hey, can I help you too? >> No, I'm just trying to figure out what is going on. She's She's saying that they start freaking out when they see me and Timothy like put something in here and like slammed it shut and went everywhere, which is how we saw the weed on his shirt. But, I mean They found everything. Uh he was Charles was like reaching in his pockets really a lot, so he probably had something on him somewhere. But, we couldn't we couldn't get to all of his stuff. All right. Well, thank you, Christine. Hey, you missed Jennifer. Was Charles stuffing in his pants or in there? >> Mm-mm, no. Just his book. >> Okay. Well, there's nothing in the book. >> I think it went all over the boy or the man. >> How do you know these people? >> Uh well, I know Cece. I met him a long time ago. This dude, I don't know him at all. Uh I was walking over to Beth's house and he stopped to pick me up. Um and then they said that they had to come over here, but I think the man's name is Tim. I don't know. >> Yeah. Okay. >> you that the first time I met him. >> Okay. Uh bear with me. Let me figure out what else we got going on. >> He's like, "There's nothing you got to do on me." >> All over the floor, all over his lap. >> Pretty sporty. I'm going to be in trouble. >> And and uh Timothy was just acting real strange when I was in there. >> I don't think he's over the toilet. >> draw >> door pocket right here >> Tim >> Oh. Play that steroid. >> I think Yeah, you're probably right. >> Hang on a second. I'll be there. >> Where was it at? >> Right here. >> Tim's side. >> Uh can we get him? I didn't want traffic. >> What is the Was it the white >> Green round doesn't have an imprint. 50 tablets. Yeah, draw 50. >> Controlled substance. >> Yeah. >> While some officers searched the vehicle, others turned their attention to the male passenger, his alleged partner in crime, Tim. For the moment, Tim appeared convinced that he had slipped under the officer's radar, but as the investigation unfolded, it became increasingly clear that his luck would most likely run out. >> Hey, man. I've always been straight up with you. You're >> I think we're straight up with you, too. By the way, did you did you find anything in my damn foot I don't know about? >> I don't know. Did he have something? >> Uh if anybody says I don't know. Yeah. When you tell somebody to meet me in the Everybody wants to drive. And everybody says lies. They I got to drive a block. You know what I'm saying? And then when I'm leaving going here there, you know >> Just tell me where he put that. >> Cuz I ain't got nothing. >> You know where he put that? >> don't know. If he had anything, he better not have nothing. I'm telling you I talked to him like he was in the truck or the car. I don't have nothing in the car. >> Nothing. >> Man, I'm not doing that. You know what I'm saying? And and he better not have nothing in there. Cuz like I told him when y'all was getting ready ready to pull over, I said don't you got something on you, man. Do not put that in >> moving around whenever whenever you >> No. Look. Look what he was doing. >> You weren't trying to stuff anything in there or anything like that? >> You better not. >> Well, the only reason I asked is you saw just as good as I did whenever we were trying to search him. He was trying to stick his hand in his pocket and stuff. So, he didn't say about anything about having anything on him or putting it anywhere in the car? >> He didn't say nothing at all. But I mean I don't I just don't, you know, I don't like that. >> Can I see your drink real quick? Appreciate it. >> But what is this for? >> It's about I probably put them right there on the seat. You got to keep them comfortable. You just stuck it out here and scattered it. Put them in my car. It's over here, buddy. >> What did y'all find, man? >> He's going to talk to you in a minute. Hang on. >> So, you I'm going to jail? >> Yeah. >> For what? >> We'll talk about it. All right, you're under arrest. >> Yeah, are you are you going to tell me right now or something? >> Hold on. We're going to talk I'm going to talk to him real quick and then we'll talk to you. >> He's got your feet back. So, I'm arrested? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> What? >> What's that? >> All right, he's got it. >> I don't know what that is. It's not normal. I'm pretty sure it's [ __ ] steroids. Uh and then he's putting it in his pocket. >> What kind of drug is it? >> I think it's going to be uh oral >> Sorry. >> Is it in the bottle or something? >> Yeah. Uh >> Is it prescribed to somebody else or something? >> No. >> All right, Tim. I'm going to read you this real quick. >> I'm going to read you this real quick, okay? Well, first I need to know what what what >> I'm going to read you this real quick, okay? >> Okay, well, I'm going to read you this before I talk to you, okay? >> I don't I'm going to be honest with you. I said you asked me earlier, bro, if I knew if he had anything on him. I didn't, but you never know. I mean, I don't know about checking his pockets. >> Yeah, yeah. Was it on his side? >> No. >> What side was it on? >> On your side. >> On my passenger side? >> Yeah. >> What what is it? >> Well, you tell me, Tim. What did you have in there that's illegal? >> Well, I I mean, I don't know I don't know that it is if there's anything in there that is illegal. I mean, I have some vitamins in there. >> What kind of vitamins you got? >> I mean, I take like a like just vitamins. You know, like just vitamins. You know, like >> That's a vitamin. >> Yeah. >> Where'd you get it at? >> I get it from a guy that I I get it from a guy that works out and stuff. >> Okay, that's not a vitamin, Tim. >> What? >> That's not That's a prescription only. >> Oh, man, dude. No, man. Everybody in the gym takes it and stuff. I've been taking this stuff. I mean, I take it every now and then to help, you know, work it out and stuff. >> Okay, well, I mean, >> the little bottle with the green pills. >> Yeah. >> Man, that's That's workout pills. >> Okay, I don't know what to tell you. It's prescription only. So, where'd you get them from? >> I I just got a buddy of mine. I mean, you want to tell me his name? >> Yeah. >> Well, I mean, I I mean, I can tell you his name, but I mean, I don't I didn't think I didn't think that it would have a test and all that. You know, but it's just a like a a little to help like anemia and HIV and cancer and stuff like that. It's not That's not a That's not illegal, is it? >> I mean, it's prescription only. And you don't have a prescription for it. >> So, what was it What is that going to I mean, how how is that a felony or misdemeanor? >> Um I believe it's a misdemeanor A. >> God, man. It's Thank God, bro. >> I believe. >> Man, I didn't I didn't know those pills were illegal, man. I thought I knew like testosterone with the needles and all that is, but I you know, I didn't know that that them were. And I just get them from a guy that works out, man. He's He's a family guy. >> Apparently, he thought he could fool the officers by feigning some [music] ignorance. Might have worked if these cops were rookies. >> He even says, you know, he like I said, >> What's his name? >> His name is His name is Jace, man. I I thought I knew his first name. He's a good guy. He knows a lot of >> drive? >> He knows a lot of cops and stuff. >> What's he drive? >> I don't I don't know what he What What he drives, man. I don't know what he drives, man. >> Well, you got to meet him somewhere, don't you? >> Man, you Look, I go Look, I go to the man's house and I holler at him until he comes out, man. >> Well, where's he stay? >> Well, Hey, man, look. What What >> I mean, if you don't If you don't If you don't want to help me, I mean, >> I I will, bro. I'll tell you what. If you If you If it's a misdemeanor and I can I ain't nothing going to take this charge away today. You're going to jail, but I mean, and >> [clears throat] >> the thing about it is, man, I I know I'm going to go to jail, but like a class A misdemeanor, I mean, what is that? Is that How much of a fine would that be? >> I don't know. I don't know. That's between you and the judge. >> Man, that's that's I mean, I I I That right there, man, I mean, I don't I wish there was a way we could write that off, you know? I mean, y'all just Can't y'all just take the bottle and I and we we >> I mean, we're going we're going to take it. >> Yeah, and I just mean, >> Where Where do you Where do you get it from? >> Well, I mean, I I I I >> A guy named Jace and you meet him at his house, so where does he live? >> Hey, brother, but we don't I'll talk to you, man, but I mean, I don't We don't We don't We don't camera film or all that. >> Ain't nobody else seeing this camera film? >> This is a speaker, that thing's on. Our phone's on. Everything's on. I mean, I'm >> Okay. All right. Well, I'll tell you what. >> you what, man. Look, I I don't know it's wrong or not for the guy to tell me work out bills like that but I don't mess with no needles or nothing like that man. And now I'm I'm I need to call the mom cuz she thinks she she thinks they're going to take you. You know what I mean? And now I'm going to jail for I don't want to tell them I don't want to tell them that man like that brother. Okay. I understand Tim that's that's you and your business man. If you don't want to say nothing that's fine. Well I mean you not going to get out right now I mean you got to go to jail. You'll see the judge. What's up? Sure cuz apparently you was doing something wrong. He didn't pull you over for nothing. Well that's why he pulled you over. If you didn't want to get pulled over you got to abide by the law. Well you might be going for some tickets too. Well that's that's a good reason to put you in handcuffs cuz you got tickets. You feel like they doing you wrong? They ain't going to do you wrong. Okay. Well if you going back today because apparently Well if they they have to take you up there for them to deny you then. If they deny you they going to cut you loose okay? But you got to do what you supposed to do in order not to get pulled over you abide by the law you don't have to worry about it. Probably so and whatever else if something else come up. You got to abide by the law Charles been telling you that for years. Watch your toe. They got them. You do right you don't have to worry about it, man. >> After all was said and done, Charles was charged with resisting arrest in addition to his active warrants, while Tim was charged with possession of controlled substances. Just like Tim, here's another substance abuser who was caught in the dumbest [music] way possible committing a turn violation with illegal substances on him. >> Can I search you real quick? >> Uh yeah. >> All right, cool. No judgement. >> Okay. Yeah, man. >> All right, you're good, man. Just relax. Just relax. >> No, I'm telling you, I If you >> Look. >> Listen, man, I'll tell you a couple names and look, bro, I'm talking like a bunch of Mexicans do, like a bunch of like big Mexicans. >> Hispanic people? >> A bunch of big >> Sir, you >> Yes. >> On April the 15th, 2025 in Lowell, Arkansas, an officer on routine patrol initiated a traffic stop after observing a vehicle commit a turn violation. At first, it appeared to be just another routine roadside encounter, but nothing would prepare the officer for what the encounter was about to turn into. [music] >> Hey, good evening. How are we doing? >> I'm good, man. Just We're doing the Uber stuff, man. >> Okay. How you doing, man? >> Try to turn in that damn spot, man. >> [clears throat] >> Oh, is that what happened? >> What's the exit right there? >> Okay. >> You know what I'm saying? I looked and I I can't see. These headlights ain't going to >> Okay. Yeah, no worries, man. Well, my name is Officer Caniglio with Lowell Police Department. That That's the reason for the stop today is that >> Yeah. >> Uh yeah. Yeah, and then also too, whenever you're at that light there, you're taking a right, uh if it's right on red, just make sure you stop behind that stop line before. Um no worries. Do you have your license with you real quick? >> Man, man, I'm like, I I have a license, man. >> Oh, you're good, man. Is it your suspended. >> Uh yeah, I just suspended, man. >> Okay. No worries, man. Uh what are you suspended for? >> Uh I just not paying the fines. >> Okay. You don't have any warrants or anything? >> No. >> All right, cool. Um do you have vehicle registration insurance? >> Uh yes, I believe so. Um I'm I know the insurance So, it's my girl's car. Uh but here's all this. Uh-huh. >> You on probation parole or anything like that? >> Uh yeah. >> You are? Okay, that's it. >> Hey, so can we Yeah, I was saying can we I know we can't do nothing about that, but >> What what? >> can we not take my car and stuff? >> Oh, no, no, no. I mean, look look >> I don't have someone Do you have a license? >> No. >> No, you don't have a license? Okay. Um do you get Do either of y'all have actual IDs on you that I can see? >> I do not. >> I just lost mine. >> You're finding it? Do you have a picture of it? >> Um >> Picture of it will >> I found it with me. >> I don't think so, but I mean, I'm it's My name's Brandon Weaver. I mean, I'm there. You'll You'll pop up. >> All right. Uh Brandon, you said? All right, do me a favor, man. Just go and hop out. Leave everything in the car >> for me. All right. But why do I have to hop out already? >> Cuz I'm telling you to. >> Okay. >> Yeah. You're You've been cool, man. I'm going to be cool with you. Just leave your phone and all that in there, too, okay? >> All right, damn. Hold on a minute. >> All right, leave your phone and all that in there for me. Awesome. Yeah, you can hit that. You leave that in there. >> I know I'm going to open it. >> All right. Step over here. This car for me. Do you have any guns, knives, bazookas? Can I pat you down real quick? All right, cool. >> Man, what the hell >> Hey, hey, this is The reason why I'm doing this is for my safety, bro. >> I know. >> I'm just patting you down to make sure you don't have any weapons in or anything on you. What do you have in your pocket? >> Yeah. Um >> It's fine. Just All right, can I search you real quick? >> Uh yeah, yeah. >> All right, cool. >> Perfect. >> You're good. You're good. This is just normal stuff, man. It's all just for my safety. >> All right. >> Uh what are you on? Uh you said you are on probation or parole or what? >> Parole. >> Okay. Uh for what? >> Um I don't know. I don't know. >> That, man. >> All right, you're good, man. Just relax. >> Let me know when to come out. >> Just relax. Just relax. All right, go and put your hands behind your back for me, Leslie. Just relax. Yes, you can talk to me in just a second, okay? Yeah, one second. Move your arms out. Bend at the waist. I know. So, you're just going to go and get a posture up, please. I'll talk to you in just a second, okay? Yes, I need a double lock your cuffs. Uh I understand, man. I apologize. Okay. >> [groaning] >> All right, here. Move this over here. Here you go. Here you go. All right, come on over here for me. >> The officer could tell that there was far more to the story than the driver was letting on. Rather than rush to conclusions, he chose to watch the suspect's every reaction. He could lie as much as he wanted, but body language almost always does the trick. >> All right, just stand right there. I cannot turn anything off, okay? But, give me a second before we I talk to you, okay? I got to read you your rights. Can you just bring him to the back of our the front of your car? All right. Oh, don't want the time card, man. Just relax. You're fine. Okay, I'll let you talk to me in just a second, okay? I Listen, you do have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. Do you have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him or her present with you while you're being questioned. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you for any questioning if you wish. You can decide anytime to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements. Do you understand each of these rights as I've explained to you? >> Yes, man. >> Okay. What do you want to talk to me about, man? >> I I really need that off, man. >> What's that? >> I really need that off, man. I really need that off. I'm okay with that. I agree to that being off. Like, I really do. >> Okay. you give it up and check it? What's that? in your pocket that Okay, is there anything in the car? >> No, no, no. >> Sure? >> Yes. >> All right, cool. >> There's not like I really >> What? >> Can you turn your phone off? >> I can't, man. I apologize, I can't. >> I can't I don't want to do this I can't help it, man. >> I got you, sir. >> Can you help me out at all? >> I Dude, there's there's nothing I can do for you, dude. >> You're the stopping officer, man. I know this is crazy. >> I know. Yeah. Well, when it comes to felonies, man, let me just check you out, see what we got going on, okay? How much is in there? >> Dude, there's really no more, man. I swear to >> Is it residue or is it like a couple grams? >> Bro, this is resi- that's like some from it was some like someone had a pipe and they scraped some out for me, man, like >> Okay. >> Dude, that's it, man. >> Okay. Is there anything else in Just be honest with me cuz if you're honest with me, I can >> telling you now there's not, man. Just freaking >> Bro. >> All right. All right, same tight right here, man. If you run, I got a dog, he will bite you. What's up? What's up? >> I can't give you some honest [ __ ] >> Okay. I'll I'll talk to you in a minute. Will you spell your first name, please? >> B R A N D E L W E B E >> Brandel Weber. All right, what's your date of birth, bubba? Spell it. All right, hang tight right here in front of my car, please. >> I really want to speak to the sergeant. >> Okay, just hang tight, okay? All right, now, man, I'll just run you. Here, you're going to come back here, okay? >> I'm good, right? >> Um hold on, let me just make sure. I know I'm doing this without gloves, this is not good. I got to be searching with the gloves, I mean, that's just the toothpaste? >> Oh, I don't know what that >> All right. All right. Now, be honest with me, man, is there anything else in there I need to know about today? >> you now, look, you search that car, bro, you're not going to find anything. >> Okay, cool. >> Now, I look, I tell you this, if you if that's true, man, you you Bro, I'm telling you I if you look past it, man, I'll tell you a couple names and a lot of them are like bunch of Mexicans who like bunch of like big sort of [ __ ] Hispanic people? A bunch of this area? >> Yes. >> Interesting. >> Okay. >> Bro, like like like in being to like pushing a lot of weight, man. >> Like cartel type stuff or what? Really? >> Yeah. Do you know a chick named Lilly Lucero? >> No. Where's Lucero? >> She's like Springdale. I mean, it's all this area. >> Okay. >> And bro, look, I'm telling you. Yeah. >> Is that where you got it from? >> care if you see it. I don't care if you see it. Just tell me. >> Got you. All right. Well, uh I got to start this car, okay? And then uh I'll talk to you again, all right? >> Will that be Will that be >> Man. >> It's all right. One over here. We all >> This is crazy, man. All right. So, have a seat, man. Hey. Hey. Promise me. >> All right, kick your feet in. I can't promise you anything right now, okay? Let me just do my job real quick. I'll come back and talk to you. >> Meanwhile, the passenger wasn't exactly an innocent bystander, either. He, too, appeared to have something up his sleeve. >> Yeah. So, which I'll get pulled over for. >> Uh he was trying to make a left turn in the exit. And uh instead of making the turn, he came on down and he was right beside us and seeing the action. >> Oh, it's a improper turn? >> Yeah. >> Uh but >> Yeah, he was going over and he missed his turn. >> Got you. All right, man. So, turn around for me real quick. >> Yeah. >> So, it looks like you got a warrant out of Ben County. >> All right. >> Uh so, yeah, we're just going to confirm it, take care of that real quick. >> All right, please be careful. I got a uh >> Say that again? >> I've got I had surgery on my left hand and a uh broke clavicle. >> Look, man. >> please. >> I got you. I got you, man. Just let me know. I'm going to pull this up for you, all right? Just let me know if it's uh you're all right. >> Okay. >> No problem. That's loose. All right. Not a problem. Is that good? >> Yeah, so far. >> I mean, that's it. >> All right. >> Yeah, so I'll just I'm just going to >> All right. >> Check it. All right, cool. >> Can you at least grab my phone and my speaker out here? >> Yeah, we going to grab all that stuff, man. Yeah, you ain't Come on, man. >> All right, that's all I'm asking for. That's all the thing I've got in there. >> We going to grab all that stuff, man. >> All right. Can I turn around? >> Yeah, turn around, man. Relax, man. You just got a You got a felony warrant, man. So, we just doing the protocol, man. >> I understand. Yeah, I told you I didn't probably would. >> Right, right, right. All right, so I'm going to have you sit in the back of his car, all right? >> All right. >> That way you just not just standing out here looking crazy, all right? But, your shoulders, everything good though? >> So far, yeah. >> So far? Okay. >> Yeah. >> It's a tight It's a tight squeeze back there, man. So >> Yeah. Um like I said, just grab my stuff. >> all that stuff, man. >> I got you. >> I got you, so come over here with me. So, like I said, we're going to sit in the back of his car. >> All right. >> It's on this side. Go ahead. It's a tight squeeze, so >> You already searched him? >> Yeah. It's up to you. >> All right. Thank you. >> You in there? >> Yes, sir. >> All right, cool. Hang tight. >> With both men secured in the back of separate [music] police cruisers, the officers carried out a thorough search of the vehicle and found illegal and controlled substances inside. Eventually, he was charged with possession of a controlled substance, driving on a suspended license, [music] and other traffic violations. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, along comes this crazy moment when officers found something truly insane during a routine [music] traffic stop. >> You know how fast you were going? Nah, you were faster than that, man. Yeah, I saw you as you were coming around the corner, man. I I know you Yeah. Yeah, you you were braking, yeah, you were going going about that fast when you went past me. I do about 90. Yeah, you saw me when I came around and you applied the brakes, I mean. I get it. Where are you coming from? Indiana? All right. Is this your rental then or what? Yours? You got your ID with you? Anything inside the vehicle I need to know about? What's that? No. Anything What's that? No. Eventually, the driver became upset with the cop for asking too many questions, a decision that would later cost him dearly. >> Traffic stops lead into a lot of different things, man. No. Traffic stops lead into a lot of different things. One thing will lead on to say to another. Going on, just asking questions. I know I'm making sure everyone was on the straight and narrow, you know? That's all. That's all. You be Okay. Yeah. No, you'd be surprised what we find out here. You know, find a bunch of coke in the other week. Traffic stop simply for speed, so all right, fair enough. Well, I'll be right with you. >> The cops had discovered that the vehicle was a rental, and the fact that the driver had been upset when questioned made him more suspicious. It was at this point that he decided to question the driver and his passenger separately. >> Come on out over here, man. This way. There you go. All right. Are you on probation out of Minnesota? >> No, sir. >> No. >> No, I'm not. >> Were you on probation before? >> No, sir. >> No. When was the last time you got arrested? >> Uh probably like a few months back or something like that. >> What was that for? >> Uh I got arrested in a car in a vehicle with some guys, so >> All right. >> About like 2 3 months ago or something like that. Probably 2 months ago. >> All right. What did you get out of arrested for though? >> Uh being with somebody. I guess they was >> That's not illegal. What did you get arrested for? >> I got arrested for being with somebody. It was like a Basically they was coming at somebody had a warrant and they was following. Like he had a warrant for his arrest. >> Yeah. >> in the car with me. I was driving. And that's when I got pulled over. I got arrested with her. >> What did they charge you for though? >> Uh PC um weapons. >> Okay. >> I don't know to be honest. Like I'm trying to think back, but like I got arrested like probably like a month or two or something like that. Probably 2 months ago. >> And that was for what you just said? >> Say anything. >> And that was for what you just said? >> Yeah, I believe so. Yeah. >> When was the last time you got a drug charge? That you at least got charged >> That was I guess it was paraphernalia in the vehicle and they and they towed the vehicle. >> It's now becoming clear to the cops that Eric had something to hide. No matter how hard he tried to hide it, it was obvious that he was very nervous. >> Is there anything inside the vehicle tonight, man? >> No. >> If you got a little bit of weed or a pipe, I'll toss it, but >> I don't have [ __ ] >> All right. >> I didn't lie to you about that. She just really just picked me up from Indiana. I would have flew, but the [ __ ] cost too much. And I was trying to take the bus, but I still didn't have no way from Indiana to get to Chicago pretty much. The Mega Bus is the cheapest [ __ ] >> Yeah. >> They don't have that up there in the >> How did you get down there? >> Say that again. >> you get down there? >> Where to Indiana? >> Yeah. >> I drove down there. I drove with my brother to Indiana. This is a while back. >> a A weeks or something like that. >> All right. A week ago, two weeks ago. >> You don't even know when it was. >> had it. No, yeah, it's like two weeks ago. It ain't that long. I've been down here for like 4 days. My sister basically had a housewarming party, so I've been down here. >> What's yours inside the vehicle right now? >> I can't hear you, though. >> What's yours inside the vehicle? >> What do you mean, what's mine? >> Bags. What What's yours? >> My duffel bag. >> Yeah. Is that it? >> Yeah. >> Does she have any bags? >> Um yeah, she got her backpack. >> All right. Do you have a problem if I search your bag? >> Say that again? >> Can I search your bag? >> Yeah, I'll say you can search it, but I would want to know why. Like, do you not believe me? >> No, I don't. >> All right. Well, if I give you my bag and search my bag, I can go about my way and stuff. >> Yeah, if you guys got nothing, you're going to be on your way. >> What do you mean, got nothing? It's nothing in the car. We don't got nothing about that [ __ ] Nothing in the car. >> Any large sums of cash? >> Say that again? >> Large sums of cash? >> No, sir. >> No? That's why we're just trying to make sure that we're on the straight and narrow, you know? So, as long as you're not doing nothing crazy in there. >> I don't have nothing, but I don't I don't I don't like the fact that you want to search everything cuz it's like you don't believe me. But, I can give it to you and show you like all of it. >> Yeah, people lie to us, man. >> so you want me to You >> Just hang tight here. I'm just going to chat with her. All right. When the cops questioned the female occupant, the situation began to take a different turn because their stories did not collaborate. So, do you have a problem if I search the vehicle? >> I don't I don't think that's necessary. This is all beyond I don't know what what this is getting at, but I'm starting to feel kind of like offended. Almost. I was You guys pulled me over, and again, I'm a student. >> Yep. Yeah, and I'm asking you because you're you ran through the vehicle and you're in the vehicle. Cuz for what I see on on the on the interstate out here, it's not necessarily common to get a get a rental that's from Chicago and be driven up to the cities and returned back to Chicago with his criminal history and whatnot. >> Okay, so it's based off of his Well, and you have some stuff that's whatever. And I'm not worried about that. I'm just making sure that there's that he's not in possession of any firearms, all right, because he's a convicted felon, and that you don't and that you don't have any large sums of cash, that you're not that you're not bringing stuff from one place to another. All right, you're still good with me searching your bag? >> Well, I wish you say what happened, bro. I'll tell you. >> I don't know, she doesn't like me, I don't think. >> I'll be honest, she was she was upset. She's tired. >> Yeah. No, but I mean, she spelled it out with everything that's kind of weird, you know? She spelled everything out that's kind of weird. >> She spelled everything out. What she talking about? >> I mean, to get a to get a rental last go back, you know? You you don't even know how long you've been in Indiana. Because when I first asked you >> me to get on the phone and call and verify? You can hear my sister talk. >> No, but you know, the first answer was a week and a half, and then you and then you said a she told me a week, and you told me like a month. Back here. >> See, that's how I know you was over just listening. It was a month cuz you asked questions in three different shapes and forms. I'm I'm very familiar with police information. >> At this point, the situation was getting tense, and Eric quickly became very defensive. As a result, the cops deployed a K9, and it was there that his house of cards came crashing down. >> Can I search your bag? >> Uh no. >> All right. You hang tight. I'm going to go get my certified narcotics canine. Stay there. >> I'm going to get it, bro. >> Nope. Stay there. >> I'll get her [ __ ] too. To be honest, you can get your dog out, too. But, I'm telling you, bro, I really just like the way you said that to me like jumping around there, "Can I search your bag?" Like, I'm trying to be like you, like she's upset, bro. She's pissed, so that's that's getting on her nerves. Like, you pissing her off. That's my girl, bro. Understand me. >> that's fine. Is there anything inside the vehicle? >> No, sir. >> The K9 had notified the officers that there was some narcotics present in the vehicle, and they proceeded to do an extensive search of the vehicle, but were in no way prepared for what they were about to find. It was at this point that the situation completely took a turn for the worse. >> Take a seat. >> What is happening? >> Take a seat. Take a seat. Put your hands behind your back. Where are Stop right now. Put your hands behind your back. >> What's going on? >> I'll come talk with you in a bit. >> Well hidden in the trunk was about 5 lb of about $100,000. In the end, Eric and Shivonte were charged with felony manufacture {slash} intent to deliver.