Who's this, man? You're coming here and you shoot my dog yesterday, and this morning you're coming in with a SWAT team, man? >> Three separate times over the course of a few years, there's been some things in your account that are kind of questionable. >> They can be young looking, they can be all the way up to grandmas. >> On October 27th, 2023, officers executed a search warrant at a residence after an investigation flagged multiple online accounts linked to the home for suspicious activity involving explicit digital content. The warrant authorized the seizure of electronic devices capable of storing images and videos following reports that illegal material had been associated with a Gmail account connected to the devices. I'm Jack, and this is Unpopular. >> Sheriff's office, search warrant. >> GOOD MORNING. >> SHOW ME SHOW ME YOUR >> SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WITH THE STEP OUT FOR ME, HONEY. Step out. Step out, honey. >> Come out HERE. COME OUT. >> STEP OUT. >> COME OUT. >> IT'S OKAY. YOU'RE OKAY. >> COME OUT. >> YOU'RE OKAY. Come out. You're okay. You're okay. >> Keep moving. Keep moving. Keep moving. >> Come out. >> Come right over here for me. Come right over here for me. >> I'm sorry, man. My dog. >> No, no, no, no, no. >> What's going on? >> Search warrant, honey, but you're fine. You're fine. YOU'RE >> THEY SHOT MY DOG. >> YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE NOT. >> THEY SHOT MY DOG. DOG YESTERDAY. >> WHAT HAPPENED? I'M SORRY about that, okay? >> What is this search warrant for? >> Where is Is it your mom that lives that owns the house? >> Yeah. >> Is she here? >> No. >> Where's she at? >> I don't know. Why What happened? >> Okay. All right. >> What happened? >> Come Come stand right over here for me, honey. >> Well, my >> Your dog is going to come in front, okay? >> Well, my dog I'm not even dressed. I'll have my phone >> Your dog is fine. >> Well, if she ain't breathing Who is this, man? >> HEY, LISTEN. LISTEN. >> NO, I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. >> We're just going to walk over here. >> What happened? >> Yeah, we're just going to walk over here to the car. >> Yeah. Come stand right here. >> Can you tell us what happened? >> We're going to get to it, okay? But right now it's just a >> No, no. Why is there >> Let me out of the Move. >> You all hurt my dog. >> We're not. >> She did it in room. >> My mom was right >> there and got >> Yes, she hates the uniform. Just the uniform it scares her. >> Okay. Okay. All right. >> But if she >> Hey. >> She don't like guns either. >> Oh. >> And his dog was just shot in. >> I know. Hey, listen. Let me get some information from you, okay? >> What the SWAT team, man? What the What the hell is going on? >> Just stay nice and calm, okay? Stay nice and calm. >> Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. What's going on? >> okay? >> What happened? >> Listen, if y'all stay calm, everything will be fine. >> Yeah. >> If y'all Listen. Listen to me. >> Tell me what's going on. I'm fine. Just please explain. >> Yes, I'm out here naked pretty >> I know. I'm sorry. Well, I'll get it taken care of quickly, okay? >> Yeah, also got my dad. >> I'm going to read the search warrant to you, okay? >> Yes. Please Please read it. >> First off, where's your mother? >> I don't know why. >> Okay. >> Well, it's her house. >> She had She had She had She had to be at the hospital for Yeah. Okay, and that's fine. She's not in trouble. >> come in here and you shoot my dog yesterday, and this morning you're coming in with a SWAT team, man? >> Stay Stay with me. Stay with me. >> Chill. Chill. >> Stay with me. No. >> No, man. Man, I'm good. >> Let me read this to you. >> good. >> Let me read this to you, okay? >> Yes. >> All right, the Sheriff of Party County, Florida, Sheriff's Office, including but not limited to myself, Detective Osmond, and all officers including but not limited to myself, Detective Osmond, >> Is that what it says? >> I the undersigned judge do hereby certify that application has been duly made for me for the issuance of a search warrant. The nature of the evidence to be obtained is set forth that tending to establish grounds of said application and the probable cause for believing that such grounds exist. >> Call the >> I have reviewed the said application and proof submitted to me, and I am satisfied that probable cause exists for the issuance of the search warrant. Therefore, in delivering a completed copy of this warrant to the individual from whose person the property was taken, or the person in charge of the premises where found, or in the absence of any such person, leaving a completed copy where the property is found. >> It was you who was >> And making a return of your doings under this warrant within 10 days of the date hereof, and you are further directed to bring said property so found and any person arrested in connection therewith before the court having jurisdiction of the offense. James. >> James is >> James >> Any and all electronic devices capable of anything such as images and videos. >> Not yet, you are. >> I'm not yet I don't have stolen property. The guy who the guy who sent this to something >> How does how does one person saying something get a hold Sheriff's department in here, man. You know James You have a gun permit. >> You have a gun permit. >> It's your safety, dude. >> You have a gun permit. >> Tim, you have a gun >> So I can just call and say, "Hey, this lady right here, she stole something." >> Tim, you have a gun permit. >> I'm going to move on. Hello, sir. I know it's a little shook up situation. I apologize for that. It's just procedure. However, I'm going to have if if you don't mind, I'd like to talk to you. >> Well, you can talk to me. >> Okay, I'd like to do it in a different location. Are you able to get up where I can move you or you comfortable with that or you >> I'm comfortable where I am right now. >> That's understandable. I understand. Okay. What is your connection to either of these residences? >> I rent a room. >> You rent a room. Okay. So who all lives with you here? >> Tim, Tiffany, Rhonda, and till yesterday they were dogs. >> All right, so just because at this time I would feel more comfortable if I read you some some of your rights. Just because you're detained, right? You're not free to leave, right? So let me ask you a quick question. You said you've been staying here for 4 years. >> Yeah. >> Do you pay any bills here other than >> rent? >> No. >> Just the rent. >> Just the rent. It's basic. So what does rent include for you? What does it include? Electric Okay, so it's all inclusive? Okay. I understand. Now, when when I say all inclusive, does that include like cable TV, internet, all that? Okay. Do you access the internet at this house? It's Wi-Fi. Do you know who pays that bill? >> Rhonda does the primary on it. >> Ron, okay. And you use the internet, is that right? Go ahead and and cut them off. He's He's fine. He's not causing no issue. I've got a Jeffrey's right here if I need any help. All right, Mr. Wilson, do you have any email addresses? >> Yeah, I think it's 428. >> If you don't mind. >> I'll connect I can't give it to you cuz I can't remember. It's about that old. >> Okay. Does it include your name? >> No. >> Favorite food, anything like that? >> It's just a bunch of letters and numbers. >> Letters and numbers, okay. Do you know what who it's through? >> Gmail. >> Gmail? Any other email addresses? >> No. >> Okay. Who has access to your email account? Just you? And you said that your bedroom is in this apartment. It's in this back corner? So the northwest corner? Does anyone stay in the room with you or are you alone? >> Alone. >> Okay. Any social media accounts? >> Facebook. >> Facebook? And now, any online chats? Do we do any chatting online? >> Any what? >> Any chatting online? Any chat groups, talking to people? >> Messenger. >> Do you primarily chat with friends or who who >> Usually Usually one one or two friends and my family. >> You said friends and your family? >> Right. >> Any online gaming? >> No. >> And no other no other chats. We're not doing Discord or nothing like that. It's just Facebook Messenger, is that >> Right. >> Okay. All right. Any idea what I'm doing here today? >> I have no idea. >> All right. Let's switch to you and I. D.W. Thomaston. Is that familiar to you? >> That's my old one. >> That's your old one. How long has it been since you've accessed it? >> Ooh, I haven't accessed that I don't know, 6 months, 7 months, I don't know. >> Okay. And how Why aren't you using that anymore? >> I got what's called Somebody else got my account. >> Okay. Tell me about that. >> I don't know who it was. They got the number and started cloning my Facebook account. >> And you think they were doing it through that email address? >> It's the warning I got. >> And so, did you discontinue that email? >> Discontinue. >> Okay. Do you know if anyone here had access to your account? >> No. >> No one at the residence? >> Okay. What I want to talk to you about, Mr. Wilson, is there's this system that goes through, all right? And it reports suspicious things, all right, online. On your account, actually three separate times over the course of a few years, there's been some things in your account that are kind of questionable. Do you recall anything that I may be talking about? >> No. >> So, there's going to be specific videos. There's video clips that are stored on your Gmail account. >> Okay. >> Do you recall storing anything on your Gmail account? >> some good morning stuff in I got some Halloween stuff. >> Now, I'm talking about this the the DW Thomaston account. >> Well, that's probably one of the reasons I got rid of it cuz like I said, somebody got into it. How many times did someone get into it? >> Oh, I don't know offhand. >> So, this is where I'm going to have a hard time, all right? So, I did a full background investigation, okay? I've got three different hits that come back to your accounts. And those hits contain Okay? >> Mhm. >> linked to your accounts. All of that stuff is linked to this house. >> Car >> no one else even if it was someone hacked, it would show their IP address. It's showing this house. Help me understand. >> 604 >> You know what? I watched it. That's I can't do anything about it anymore, but I watched it. >> That's okay. How do you get Where where are you getting it from? >> Car 10. >> We've all got our own sites. >> So, how often were you accessing it from the internet? >> Yeah. >> Are you sharing any with anybody? Are you changing files, anything of that sort? >> No, I'm not changing. No. >> You don't think so? Okay. How would you come across Help me understand. What type of Are you into? Okay. Anything but S&M? >> Right. >> Okay. Is there any specific age range that you look for, anything of that sort? >> Uh jeez. Late teens and up, doesn't matter. >> Okay. Would there be any reason why there would be that also had children in it? >> Uh no. >> Okay. What I found on your accounts, okay? It's not super young children, but it's it's children. It's young girls. Is it reasonable to say that that may be mixed in with >> It's possible because well, one of the big sites one of the big sites is taking stuff down because they've been finding girls where they're supposed to be underage. >> Okay. Can you share what site that is with me? >> Oh, I don't know what it was. The name slipped I'm terrible with names. The name slipped my mind. >> Okay. >> Like something. >> I know whenever I was going through No, so you don't personally know any of these people. >> No. >> Any of the that you have, is it anyone who when we say teenage girls, right? So when we're talking about teenage girls and any of these videos that you had stored that you had stored, were any of these was it always females or were there males as well? >> It was it's it's couple. >> Okay. So it was a man and woman. Was it ever man and man or boy and boy or was it always girl and girl or girl and boy? >> It's I like I I like male and one. >> Okay. So male and female. Did you ever notice anything that was where a female was involved and she didn't have she wasn't a a very developed looking female? >> You mean extremely developed like enhanced? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah, there wasn't a lot in there. >> Any of them that weren't? >> No, they go everywhere from almost no no breasts all the way up to huge enormous big breasts. >> Okay, got you. Okay. Now, what about when we talk about the the private areas? Are we looking there? >> There's bare all the way up to the extreme. >> All right. What about young looking >> They can be young looking and they can be all the way up to grandmas. >> So, if I told you from what I got off your accounts, this plan involves involving children. Females that were pre-pubescent or coming into being pubescent. Would that be surprising for you? >> That would be. >> It would be? >> Yeah. >> Okay, tell me why. >> They're not my little little daughters. >> Okay. Just to double check, when we when I asked you about your your devices, you said it's just a phone? Okay. No one has access to it? >> Phone is laying right in there. Do you want me to go look? >> Okay. Would you say that any any of the persons that live with you you you named three people, right? >> Yeah. >> Would you say that any of those three people would would be getting on your phone? >> I would think it would be unlikely. >> Unlikely, okay. Is there anything else that you can think of that would help me kind of understand? >> Yeah. I'm sorry. Maybe my slippers will make my feet a little warmer. >> Yeah. What's going on with your feet? >> It's part of my psoriasis. Like I said, I'm a walker. It doesn't matter. So, it doesn't really matter. >> You're on medications and everything? >> Mhm. >> Okay. And now, which uh do you own a vehicle out here? This one? Do you drive it often? >> Not often, no. Right now, it's got an electrical problem. I was going to take it and get it fixed. >> Okay. So, I guess when was the last time you've you've driven it? >> Last week, maybe. Probably last week. >> Okay. No job or nothing? >> No, I'm retired. >> Let me see if I can get you something. I really don't want you to be cold. So, I'm going to go check in with her. Will you hang tight? Okay. So, just so I have it clear, Tiffany Ford. Right. All right. I just want to make sure I understand who all lives here. >> Mhm. Wanda, Doug, me, and Tiffany. >> Okay. And how long have you been here? >> About 2 years. >> About 2 years? Okay. >> Yes, because of the 21. He's all the all the technology questions. >> Are you are you holding that dog tight? I'm going to come a little bit closer if you got her, okay? >> I'm right here with her. >> Okay. Whatever it is, all right. No one's trying to rat nobody out. It's just we have an active investigation involving basically activity in that involved digital devices, okay? My question to you is do you utilize the internet here? >> I had a phone yesterday. >> So right now you don't have a phone? >> No, my old phone is busted. >> Okay, whose phone have you been using? >> I use Tim's but we don't really do much internet. We usually just do do YouTube and stuff like that. >> Okay. >> Except for except for like last night and tonight we've been searching this floor statues and stuff like that. >> Okay, that's I understand completely. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Do you ever use the devices of anyone else in the home? >> Mm, we did a laptop that was mom's but it's only when we do our food stamps and stuff. >> Okay. Now what about what about Mr. Wilson's stuff? Do y'all guys What does that relationship look like? >> He stays in his room most of the time he stays. >> Okay. Do y'all interact a lot? Do y'all cook for him? >> We we cook we cook for him. We interact when he comes out. >> I know, we're all just trying to be really friendly with the dog. We definitely we're not trying to have any kind of repeat. That was a tragedy. I do apologize for what happened, okay? That that was a traumatic incident. It was unfortunate. >> Yeah, it's me and his mom has nowhere to sleep cuz he's being rude. >> Yeah, well that was extremely scary. It it really really was. I don't think any of us were not none of us are you know or happy with the way that that went down. I'm really happy that you're that you got her and and we we're not we don't want to trigger her so we're going to keep our distance, okay? Do you ever go in the bedroom and hang out with Mr. Wilson? >> No, just me. >> No one in the house does? Okay. Do you know if he has any devices? >> He has a phone, he has a laptop, a phone, a TV. I think phone caster that we we bought a phone caster has ours and he has his. >> Now the internet, how is that >> I'm not sure. I think mom pays it. I'm not sure. >> Do you know whose name it's in? >> Mom and Tim's not sure or ours. My dad pays it. >> So do y'all have any connection to the house next door? >> That's his granny's house. >> Who's granny? >> Tim's. Granny? >> Okay. And who lives over there? >> Um just her and her son. Her two sons come in every once in a while, but they don't drive as much as mine, which is Dale Richardson and something else. I I can't remember his other name. I can't remember his name. >> Is it Is he a Richardson as well? >> Yes, he is a Richardson. And then the other ones that were living there they're all locked up, so. >> So, how many people stay over there? >> On a daily it's just her. >> Who is her? >> Who is Granny? I don't know if you call her by her name. I don't know. It's Granny. >> Got it. Okay. >> But you said on that day or who else was staying there? >> Uh his other truck drivers. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, it's um Ray. >> Dale and Ray? >> Yes, sir. >> Richardson both live there? >> Yes. Uh yes, on occasion. I think Got it. I think Dale's the one who probably is like in Georgia or something like that. >> Okay. Okay. Do you know if they have internet? >> Oh, cuz ours pops up with two internets and I guess cuz you reach ours about halfway there a little over halfway. >> Okay. >> So, I'm guessing they have probably ours sometimes. >> Do you guys visit? >> Yes, yeah, we do back and forth. >> Does Mr. Wilson ever visit over there? >> No. >> When was the last time that you know he was over there? How long has it been? >> Um since before the house got burned down. >> So, it's been a while. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. >> Have you ever noticed in the property his vehicle? >> He don't drive very often. He's very very very very rarely on vacation. >> Okay. But you said that two internets pop up. >> Yeah, it's um it's the same internet it's just that has um one one Yeah, yes, sir. There we go. I don't know much about that stuff, so. >> You're okay. Do you have any more questions for me? I can't share a lot right now. >> I've I've just been curious because he's really he's really just been over there and with the technology related and my daughter could be over there and they're very young. I'm just curious if that has anything to do with that. >> So, I can tell you right now, no. >> Okay. >> How often do you How How old is your daughter? >> My daughter's eight. >> And how old are your nieces you said? >> It's his nieces. His niece is here every day. She's 10. My daughter is only here very rarely. >> Is she ever alone with anyone here? >> No, I don't let my daughter go with nobody. >> Do any of these girls do they ever go into any of the bedrooms? >> The youngest one who's here daily, she's in the living room over here a couple of times. And they are usually around when the rescue back and usually they don't play in the hall or anything. >> And where at? >> In the living >> In the living room? Okay. Have you ever noticed any interactions between anyone and these girls that would be questionable? >> No, not really. >> Okay. How do the girls act when they're over here? >> They usually just hang out inside normally. >> Are they comfortable? Do they like weird? >> Well, look, they seem Well, I mean, the oldest one, she's not really over here often. She's a teenager. >> Okay. >> But she's not over here very often at all. His His niece, it's it's hard to tell what they're She's obviously there a bad day, but she spends most of her time outside. But she's only here from when the bus drops her off or her dad picks her up and she's like around 4:00. >> And how old is she? >> She's 10. >> Do you have any concerns for your safety here? >> Not for my safety, no. >> Are there times when you feel uncomfortable being here? >> I mean, not anymore since his cousin's been locked up, so. >> Got it. Okay. So then, prior to that, the only time that you would feel uneasy is around him. >> Yeah, when he's Yeah, cuz his cousin has put my bedroom door and all kinds of stuff, so. >> Got it. So right now with with what you've got going on, with who's here >> Yeah, I'm it's fine. >> You're good. And over next door, granny, she's good? >> Oh, yeah, she's she's good. >> Okay. Do you have any other questions for me? >> You don't have to explain it. I just I want to make sure it wasn't that they do with that and it's that's very concerning for me. >> Absolutely, it should be. >> Cuz I've been I've been through a lot of that growing up. >> Have you talked to daughter about stuff like that? About who she can talk to, what's okay? >> I've tried. I've tried. She's just a very She's She's smart for her age, but she's like she likes to be very um independent. >> Yeah. >> And she isn't She's willing to show her emotions and stuff. >> Okay. >> And also, I think my mother has her scared to talk to anybody cuz last time she did, the state ended up coming to get her from her mom. >> I got you. All right, I'm going to go put some stuff down and I'll >> Yes, ma'am. Thank of >> just holler if you need me, okay? >> What about this guy? Is he also coming down? >> Okay, so you're also going to bring this guy down here or not? >> Yeah, they're verifying that he is a convicted felon before we see them. >> Where is Mr. Did they put him in a vehicle? >> Is that the one that came out yelling? >> Yeah. Yeah, he went into a vehicle. I thought they left him in the back. Could be wrong. Don't know. >> Are we arresting him? >> I have no idea. He was in handcuffs, but I don't know. >> Oh, yeah. Sarah said, "I told you I had the pictures and everything." And he's like, "See, I know." And I was like, All right, I'm going to go. >> The man was arrested and charged with the following. He was later sentenced to 60 months of probation and ordered to have no contact with anyone under 18 while being monitored by a GPS ankle device.