He put his And he started moving it. He kept touching like he touched my hand kind of. Mhm. And I was like, "Okay, this is just a little weird." First she was scared. Yeah. She was terrified and just out of her mind. She said she thought that she seen my So that mean that you need to arrest her. On January 1st, 2023 officers responded to a bus stop after a young woman reported inappropriate behavior by another passenger during the ride. She stated the man invaded her personal space and made her uncomfortable, prompting another rider to alert the bus driver and contact law enforcement. Hello. What's going on? The actual young lady you used the phone. She said she was having a problem. He was touching her. Playing with his private parts. He's touching behind. He was just being disrespectful. Correction officer escorted him off of the bus. Told him to get off of the bus or else Yeah, can't have that on the bus. All right. I just got out of the release from prison with escorted on by prison itself on the way to Sarasota. Asked somebody to borrow the phone. Had no service. Started playing with his genitals in front of a minor. Yes. There somebody with the minor? I don't know. Just what he's telling right here. Let me see if I can update you what we got so far. Hello there. Do you have anybody with you, any kind of parent or anything? No. >> How old are you? 18. Okay. Okay. Let me show you my ID. I'm not a minor. Okay. Oh, where's the Okay, so He was touching my stuff. He like he wouldn't give me space. He kept watching on my phone. He touched my hand. I thought he was just like maybe he was just you know But when he went like this, I started doing that. I was like, "Okay, this is Started doing what? He put his hand and started moving it and I felt very uncomfortable. I did not like that. And then he like kept He moved his spot. He was sitting right next to the window. He got moved right next to me so I put this default so it would be more difficult for him to get me. But he moved his default and touched my hand. And he asked to use my phone and I said I don't have service. I can't help you. All right. What I'm going to do is I'm going to swear you in and your name is Warren Staven and you did everything that happened while on the bus. Are you Are you okay with that? Okay. Are you under the influence of No. You know the meaning of perjury? I come from Ukraine. I don't know English well. That's fine. Perjury in the state of Florida is lying or omitting information under oath. >> Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Perjury is a crime in the state of Florida. Do you understand everything I've explained to you about perjury? Prior to taking this sworn statement, I'm going to place you under oath. Raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm the statement you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the Yes. Okay. Put your hand down. And just tell me what happened from start to finish. As soon as he came on the bus, he sat there and he asked if he could use my phone. Okay. I said, "I'm sorry, sir. I don't have my service." Do you know where he where he got on the bus at? >> The last stop. >> Okay. What was the last stop there? Fort Myers at the Greyhound bus station? Yes. Okay. So I said, "Sorry. I cannot use my phone." The guy now while was using it, he was watching me constantly. After that, he just kept watching. So I put my stuff closer to me, put the zipper on there, and he moved it. And while I was doing it, he kept touching like he was touching my hand kind of. Mhm. And I was like, "Okay. This is just really weird." Then I was putting my one ear button and he's like, "How close are we? How close are we? How close are we?" I didn't know. Like, I ignored him. He moved closer from the window to No. He was sitting right next to the window. He moved it here, sat, moved and started doing this. And then I wasn't Is it Is it one of the Is it the two seats next to each other? Yeah. The one next to each other. He didn't have anyone next to him. Okay. You were across the aisle from him? No. Right next to him. Where the empty seat was. Okay. On the other side of next to the window. Okay. Across the aisle. Yeah. Okay. So you were across the aisle. Okay. And when he moved closer, I was like, "Okay. This is making me more uncomfortable." And then I wasn't sure what he was doing, but when I could see the motion of my side eye, so I was like, "Wait. I need to know. I need to know I'm not crazy." I looked and he was doing I was like, "Okay. He did this." What was he doing? I need to get Like I I know it's it's bad that I need down and then he was moving it like shaking it. It's just It's just uncomfortable. Like Okay. So you just saw him doing everything outside of the bus he was touching himself. Was he looking at you while he was doing it? >> Yes, and I said can you please stop and then he was like yeah, yeah and then he pulled it away. Okay, what happened after that? After that I said sir like can you move you're making me very uncomfortable and then the very lady in front of me spoke up for me and said hey go tell the driver. Okay, and that's that's when you called us and now we're here. Okay, I'm going to hold on to your ID until we're done. I'll give it back to you before obviously. Done. Can you use my hand over here somewhere just cuz I'm going to pull him out and I don't want her. So where are you coming from? Florida. Well, we're in Florida. Naples. We're going to stand in front of this car. I just don't want any visualizations. Oh yeah. How long would you say in between him doing what he did and you notifying the bus driver? I mean It probably lasted like 2 minutes because I just it was it was going so fast I had to say it. So basically he did what he did stopped and you said about 2 minutes before you told the bus driver is that correct? >> well I was seeing it on I I didn't realize what he was doing until I moved and I said okay this isn't appropriate. Okay, from so from the time you saw it to the time you told the bus driver. Maybe a minute because a lady did speak up for me she said she was a witness. Okay, and I'll I'll have to talk to her too. Thank you. Yes, thank you. I'm going to talking I just started my CDL job. Oh, okay. And I have my CDL license so I don't want any of this to affect me. This isn't going to affect you in any way. >> She was scared. Yeah. She was terrified and that's why I'm the only one on that bus that heard her and somebody else was speaking back to her but they didn't like assist her. You know what I mean? Tell me what happened in this situation from your side. Okay, so I have my iPhone in my hand and you know I'm it's a bus ride I'm going to Tampa for my Tampa for my job. I just got the way I took the bus to ride in the front of the bus. Mhm. I'm watching a comedy show on my phone and it's dark, you know, it's dark in the movie theater. I hear the young lady sitting sitting directly behind me. But me, I'm always aware of my surroundings, so I'm just making sure because my mom the bus my mom told me to and dude with the glasses he just out of pocket and he's like Mhm. You know, I'm a woman she's a young lady we're both women. Mhm. So she just said be aware of my surroundings. So I'm watching him and I didn't see what he was So I'm sitting right here. She's behind me. There's nobody right here. There's a guy right there and he's sitting directly behind her. So I didn't even look at him till later. She's directly behind me. I'm sitting there watching him and then I hear her saying "Yo, please stop. You're making me uncomfortable." I can't really hear what he's saying but it seems like "You're pulling your private part out and you're stroking it." Like she's getting uncomfortable. So I paused it and I turned on the light but when I thought okay my mom just told me that a guy on the bus can't just can't have a boner or like So I didn't turn on the light but something told me to turn my glance back to really catch him and I had to think he's doing something. Mhm. But somebody else on the bus said something like "Well, you can come right here." So I was like no. By me going to school and my getting my CDL license we were operating a vehicle like this with this many passengers you have to let the driver know what's going on so we can pull this over because >> God forbid if he would have done that then he would have heard about that. It would have been too late. You know what I'm saying? The driver he's got to focus on the road, you know what I'm saying? So I was like you need to go up there and tell the driver what's going on. I said we could get this bus stopped and get the police out here law enforcement and handle the situation. >> Mhm. She was like "What do we do now?" I said "Do that as soon as I said it she was on the rage." We got to go first. The friend of us it seems like he had his music playing and I guess he couldn't hear her. So when I got up there I was going up there with her and I was like "Driver we need to stop the bus now like there's inappropriate things going on but I didn't see anything." Okay. I'm just going by the fear in her voice. Yeah. You heard her say "Stop. Stop touching yourself." Yeah, I heard her say that. Yeah. Young girl and you know, it sounded like she got it. I'm all for something like that. You know what I'm saying? But then dude he was like or something. Yeah. And when I was talking to her and I was like, "Stay calm." She was like, "Cuz I see her like freaking out." I was like, "Open up the car door." I was like, "I was like, stay calm. Don't pass out. Just relax." I was like, "When law enforcement get here, they'll get everything under control." So, she was like, she had stomach problems. I mean, we didn't really interact too much of a conversation, but I didn't want to ask her any questions really cuz she's not my business. I just wanted to make sure she's safe and her, you know, on this flight, you know, we all got to look out for each other. Yeah. We all pass, so that's all I was doing. But it sound like we should have like, you know, stop. You making her uncomfortable. She was like, "Can you button your pants up?" So, I told the driver, I was like, "Turn your lights on." So he could see what's going on. And then the gentleman who got up, his pants is unbuttoned. Mhm. I was like, "Exactly what it was." I didn't see anything. So, you didn't see him actually pull anything out, but you saw that when he got up his pants were unbuttoned and his zipper was >> zipper was up. Okay. We're going to walk back towards my car where it's quiet so we can talk. What's going on? I got to talk to you and figure out what's going on. Cleveland, I have already interacted with you in Charlotte. How long have you been in Charlotte for? I got here in 2011. I'm going to swear you in. You're going to give me whatever your side of the story of what happened tonight is, all right? Yep. Cleveland, are you under the influence of any drug or alcohol? No, sir. Do you know the meaning of perjury? What is that? Perjury can be committed by telling lies or omitting information. Omitting information is leaving details out. If I ask you a question and you don't give me the full story, that would be omitting information, okay? It's a crime in the state of Florida, okay? Yes, sir. Prior to taking this sworn statement, will you please join your oath, raise your right hand. Do you swear and affirm the statement you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes, sir. All right. I'm going to read you one more thing, okay? You have the right to remain silent. Do you understand each of these rights as I've explained them to you? Yes, sir. With these rights in mind, are you willing to talk to us? About what? There's nothing that happened. Nothing happened at all? When When did you When did you get released from prison? I got on the bus earlier, like 9:00, 9:03, 9:00, somewhere around 9:00. Where did you get on the bus at? Fort Myers. Fort Myers Greyhound bus station? Fort Myers. Okay. And what have you been doing on the bus up until this point? >> I put this on my my sword. I'm in my um But that's it. Okay. And what were you in prison for? What was I in prison for? Yeah. Yeah. Just same charges. Same charges? >> Yes, sir. Okay. So, I'm going to be honest with you for a second here. Yes, sir. I have multiple people on the bus saying that you were touching yourself inappropriately and doing things that you shouldn't have been doing on the bus. I know that's not true because everybody on that bus except that girl said that I was trying to No, I was not. Man. You're going to have to explain what gunning is. I mean, I know what it is, but regular people don't know what it is. >> But the lady said I stole on myself. She didn't say I was gunning in there. Okay. But she said >> What does what does gunning mean to the general public? The general public? Yes. Toward somebody private? Yes, sir. Okay. She said that, I guess, exposing myself, too. Okay. But I didn't that. Okay. So, when I just asked you what what went on, you told me nothing's going on. You didn't say up that somebody's accusing you of touching yourself in any way. That's because the girl told y'all, you know what I'm saying, that I um her and the black girl But the black girl said she didn't have nothing to do with it. Though, she said she don't know. She didn't She didn't She didn't say anything. Okay. But the the the other girl said that she thought that she seen like She said she thought that she seen like After that >> Where did you hear that from? From the bus. On the bus? Yes, sir. You didn't hear anything about what you did when I pulled us over while I was talking to you. You didn't say what might have been going on on the bus. >> I was I was on the bus. I was still on the bus when y'all was talking to him. >> [cough] >> Okay. But the black girl that's standing right there, she said that, you know, I don't know, sir. So, you know what I'm saying? If they didn't think anything happened, why would they have the driver stop the bus and call us then? Because the black girl when when the other girl said something, she said, I seen this or something like that. And the black girl said, well, you you should go up there and tell the driver, you know what I'm saying, because that need to be reported. Mhm. And so, she told the driver, and then I said I told the black girl I said man I didn't do anything. She said I don't know you know what I'm saying? I'm sitting up here. So I don't know Mhm. what's going on. So I don't know how she could tell you that I was soaring the the other girl my when the other girl said that she was sitting up in front of me. So how she told you that she seen my and that's perjury. So that mean that you need to arrest her. And You know what I'm saying? Did you make any Did you communicate with her at all on the bus? Try it up here. I know it hasn't been a very long bus ride but were you talking to her at all or anything like that? What do you mean? The young lady sitting across from you in the aisle. Oh I had Talk to her and I don't know. I asked her to use the phone cuz I wanted to activate my card. Mhm. Because you know I had a prepaid It's a JPay card. Yeah, $50 gift card? No. No? No that that that has $500. Okay so you had money in your pocket? Yes sir. Okay. I'm trying to uh Mhm. activate my card. So I seen her texting or doing something. I don't know if she I think she was listening to the music. Okay. So I'm thinking I I assume that you know what I'm saying her phone was on. So I asked her I said um can I use your phone? She said well my phone doesn't work. I'm using the Wi-Fi on the bus. Mhm. That's all she said. Okay. You didn't talk to her or anything after that or anything like that or She said something after cuz I I seen her look listening to a radio which or or whatever on the phone and I tried to say something to her but I guess she had the earplugs in and she didn't hear me. What did you try to say to her? >> I was just going to ask her you know what I'm saying what kind of phone she had. That's it. Okay. Why would you ask her what kind of phone she had? I mean that's not a normal thing to ask somebody. I don't walk up to people in public and ask them what kind of phone they have. >> Because looking at what what she's sitting across from you you know I was looking at her scroll I'm looking at the different features on it. While she's going through she uh throwing things away and then putting stuff up. I'm liking the phone. So, that's why I was going to ask you what kind of phone it was. Okay. What seat were you sitting in? Next to the window. Okay. Is that where you sat the whole ride? Cuz I was going to try to get her attention. So, I switched over, but then I seen that she was listening to music, and I said, "No, I'm not going to mess with her." You know what I'm saying? So, I put my my bag on the other side of the seat, and that's where I stayed in the in the in the aisle. >> Okay. Do you have a belt in the front? No, no belt? No, sir. No, I You know, I just got out of prison, so >> I know. Sometimes Sometimes y'all get belts, so >> I know. I I had a belt >> Yeah. when I got locked up, yeah. But, they took it off. >> No, you don't You don't get the same clothes as when you got locked up. But, the dude said this is my clothes. So, I don't know if >> I know you did time in for 5 years. Could've been your clothes. It's been a long 5 years. No, that's what the dude was saying. He was like, "Man, you lost weight." All right, Cleveland. >> Yes, sir. >> Unfortunately, I have enough for exposure of lewd and crude because of what they are telling me. So, you're going to have to go to jail. All right? You're You're going to get your day in court, but based on what they're telling me, you're going to have to go to jail for exposure That's crazy. Turn around for me. Turn around for me. Put your hands behind your back. All right. I was really praying. You got anything on you? No. I know you I know you just got out, but And I wasn't doing nothing. You'll get your day in court, man, but for now, this is what we got going on. What's up with my stuff? I'm going to bring it with you. It's going to come with us. It's going to go in the back seat. It's going to go to the jail with you. You'll get everything. I've been doing this for a long time, dude. The one thing I don't do is lie. I'm saying, but why am I going to prison? I'm Why am I going to jail? Because I have two people on the bus. What you told me collaborates with what they told me as far as changing your seat and talking to her about her phone and looking at her phone and everything. So, unfortunately, that's enough probable cause for you to be placed under arrest for it. The man was arrested and charged with exposure of genitals.