On New Year's Day 2023, Sarasota police responded to a report involving a man suspected of shoplifting a single can of Corona beer. Here is what occurred. Officer McQueen. Hold on a second. >> Let me see. Do me a sec. >> Sure. I had that from 7-Eleven. >> Step back in there. >> Sir, can I >> You got it from 7-Eleven? >> Yes, sir. >> Let me see it. >> They didn't sell stamps. >> No, no, let me see the beer cuz I saw on the camera you took it here. >> No, I didn't take it here, sir. >> Okay, let me see it. >> There you go. >> You got to sell this here. >> Now, on you? >> Yes, I did, sir. Perfect blue line downtown. >> Okay. Here you go. Do you want to >> I didn't I came in for a stamp, sir. Okay. Okay. Hold on a sec. >> Do you want to check or not? >> Yeah, you can do that. All right. Give me a second. >> You step over here, >> sir. I can explain to you. >> Okay. You don't have to. If if you if if I'm wrong, I'll apologize. You'll be on your way. All right. Okay. >> Yes, sir. I'll take care. >> Hey. >> Oh, >> there you go. >> Oh, good. Good. Okay. If I'm wrong, I'll apologize. Be on your way and you can have your beer. You know what? Matter of fact, hold this. >> Yes, sir. >> I won't be stupid enough to do anything with you in a saucer. >> I hope not. Okay. Just give me a sec. >> Yes, sir. >> All right. I work the blue line, sir. Good. >> It's a corner of uh and central. I'm the warehouse manager. >> Sir, here. I apologize. >> No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Like I said, I could be wrong. So, but it was just based off what what they said about, you know, what happened on the >> Sir, I'm going to I no I don't want it. If if it's yours, I don't want it. >> Sorry. I don't want any disturbance with it, sir. You don't have any. Like I said, we make mistakes. So, I'm probably going to make a mistake. Okay. All right. Okay. Okay, sir. Okay. Wait. Wait. Is Mr. John? >> Yes, sir. >> Mr. John, have a good day. >> Okay. I'm I'm probably going to get No. Are you No, no, no. Is it okay, sir? >> It is fine. It is fine. Okay. >> I admire the police department. I >> Okay. >> All right. We're good. >> Okay, sir. >> Have a good one. >> Thank you, sir. >> All right. End the recording. After reviewing surveillance footage, police determined that he indeed sharplifted the beer. Offici Do me a sec. >> Sure. I had that from 7-Eleven. >> Step back in there. >> Is there a camera? >> You got it from 71? >> Yes, sir. >> Let me see it. >> They didn't sell stamps. >> No, no. Let me see the beer cuz I saw in the camera. You took it here. >> No, I didn't take it here, sir. >> Okay. Let me see it. >> There you go. >> You got to sell this here. >> You got any ID on you? >> Yes, I did, sir. Do you want to I didn't I came here for a stamp, sir. >> Okay. Okay. Hold on a sec. Do you want All right. Do me a favor. So, they just told me they do have you on camera still. Listen to me. I'm either going to give you a ticket or I'll take you to jail. Let's get off the bike. Okay. >> Tie the bike back up. We're going back in the store. Give me a ticket. >> It depends on how you play this. Yes, sir. Do me a favor. Hang on over by your bike. You ever get any tickets like this before? >> No, sir. >> Have you ever been arrested for anything? Yes, sir. You got a good job now. >> Hold on one sec. 1753 dispatch. >> Hey, on my uh signal 15, could you put me on the signal 30 with the same location? And >> you said you work for the blue line. >> Yes, sir. >> Let me ask you this. >> Yes. >> Dispatch received. >> Hold on. Wait. Give me a sec. >> Yes, sir. I mean, I even have a Publix bag from when I shopped here for 100 years ago. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Little green public. >> All right. >> Spent a fortune in the store. I'm sure Mrs. Highland will take care of everything. >> Who's Mrs. Highland? >> The owner of Bluepoint Find half the property around here. >> Yeah, she was on Siesta. I'm best friends with her son David. >> All right. Uh, I could do something instead of giving you a ticket. >> What's that, sir? >> Hold on. Give me one sec. >> Yes, sir. Maybe go. for this, but I'mma give you this. You got to call the court within 5 days and they'll It's a diversion program. So, they'll give you something to do instead of paying you paying this or you going to jail. All right. >> Sounds fair. >> I would think so. >> Yes, sir. All right, let's do this. your bike locked up. >> Yes, sir. >> Let's go back inside real quick. Just back about to be about the front >> like right over here. >> Okay. >> Over here. >> That was Yes. Right. >> Yes, sir. So now look at this. So I'm going to give you this. >> Mhm. >> So with this, what happens? Instead of you going to court, whatever. >> Mhm. >> You're going to complete a 2-day Sarasota Sheriff's Court office work offender program. Okay. Two days of your time. I I think you call them. >> Okay. >> Hold on. Where is it? And you don't get a you don't get a conviction or criminal history that >> and you got to contact them within five five business days. >> That's okay. >> If you don't call them then they charge you with theft. >> Okay. >> Yes, sir. >> Sorry. bring this paperwork with me. >> I found a email for it cuz uh our lieutenant you got it? >> Yeah, right. >> Okay. I don't know. But I just got the whole email from uh Bruce King. He's he text me like uh I mean he sent me like a month or so ago. I'll forward it to you. >> All right. Okay. Thanks. >> All right. I need your version. H >> What's that? >> You need your version first. You got my wallet in. >> You got the wallet? >> Yeah. >> All right. >> No, they sent me a broke me pin number for my bank card, which I picked up today. I got a brand new bank card. He's got that today. They give me a pin number that doesn't work. It's not NSF. It just doesn't work. So, I tried calling him Chicago time. I don't find any money. I just, you know, slip in and slip by. >> Mhm. >> Buy a lot of stuff here. I do >> actually if you want to continue. >> I'm not trying to be a smart ass. >> This is what my jam is. >> I got this hanging in the bank. I got this hang. This is Raymond James. This is my portfolio. >> Okay. My name, everything. That's why I got sitting in the back transfer over the weekend because of New Year's debt. Got $4,000 sitting there. Okay. >> I have a total asset value of $260,000. >> Mhm. >> This This is just a full pond that would make up for. I usually do. I pay their prices. My whole paycheck these days, I figured they wouldn't mind for a couple of days. I got this straighten out. They sent me this stupid letter. This is your bank ID card number. >> Nice innocuous, you know. >> Mhm. >> Work. >> Okay. >> Pointless, you know. So, I got some slip in, you know, my head from stop pounding and, you know, pay for it. I put lots of I lots of stuff. I put a bag What are you? 6 foot. >> How much you weigh about? >> Uh 190. >> Your hair brown? >> Uh yeah. >> What about your uh >> your eyes? >> Brown. >> Brown. I go to the press machine. It works. Mhm. >> I watch the press machine works. >> Oh, this is nice. I'm sorry. Anytime. It's always over holiday weekend. I'm usually so busy. M I was supposed to get a check yesterday that his mother went to Silver with her mother 70 years old. Her mother still alive when she was 12 herrs mother still alive. She's 78. >> Okay. >> She's going to see her mother. Think about this now. good or not. >> Do me a favor. I need you to sign that line right there. >> Chair, anything. >> You want to tell them? >> Yep. >> Go ahead. >> Okay. >> So, being that you shoplifted, all right, you're going to be trespass for a term of a year. Okay. >> Okay. It's for the whole property. >> It's owned by a property not. So that means the entire block if you're on it call officers take you to jail. Okay, >> fair enough. Make sure the blue line this guy come on. >> So now what he was just saying like Yeah. So basically what he did, he just trespassed you from the store. >> He was losing a lot of money. All right, give me one sec. Mhm. anything used machine. >> Who's that? >> No, the bank machine over there. I got to get his card working. We'll do it on the regular machine. >> It won't work. Hang on. Right here. I'll give you the ID. You can be on your business. >> All right. 612 back. >> Hey, Mr. Gagy, when this other officer comes out, he's just got to sign the form and then you could be about your business. Thank you. Hey, that that 941 number you gave me, that's current, right? Yes, sir. >> Any email address? Hey, you mind doing that? So, like I said, this is in lie of an arrest. >> Okay. >> You complete this, like I said, 2 days, you get no charge. >> Thank you, sir. >> Don't forget, >> call this number within five business days. >> I'll do it, sir. Thank you. >> All right. Have a great day. >> All right. Thanks. Take care. This concludes my involvement in the recording. >> Rather than making an arrest, officers released a man at the scene on the condition that he contact a specific number to enter a diversion program and avoid future charges or fines. Please leave a comment and of course don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for new videos. [music] >> [music]