don't
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please why are you doing this to
me in March of 2023 officers were
dispatched to a small boutique store in
response to a shoplifter being reported
on the premises employees made a call
reporting that the suspect had
repeatedly become physical after they
tried confronting her about the
possibility of stealing the following
footage captures the events leading up
to her arrest can I please let go mom
wants
to I didn't leave the store I stuck to
Candle my in my pocket I was going to
put it right back here and the candle as
well what was it candle it was it was a
candle of necklace I gave it right back
to them okay I have please my mom's
coming can you please let me go what's
your I have need this
right you have your idea please no I do
not have my idea I need your
I don't
know please I beg you please please
please Melissa where do you live I live
on T please don't do this to
me don't need this Melissa I get it
let's take it down a step okay I don't
my mom's calling me please let me go I
didn't take anything I didn't even leave
this store with the product relax it's
going to be fine I'm trying to no you
tell me that it's going to be fine and
then you arrest me I'm trying to figure
out what's going on here
okay I was not going to take it out of
the store she said what do you have and
I said I have it in my pocket and I was
going to actually put it right on I
didn't even leave the store there okay
so question question so you you grabbed
the candle and you put it in your pocket
right uh yes is that what happened yes
why did you put it in your pocket um I
don't know I'm just you know what
honestly I'm on medication
right and it's just not really good it's
making me think crazy okay
um I just feel really really bad I feel
horrible but I I pray please please
please just let me go please I
promise please I'm dealing with so much
right now I've been
through hey I get it but so so just I
want to know the reasoning why you put
in your pocket though I don't know I'm
[ __ ] up in the medicine
okay what were you going to do with the
uh I was going to put it actually back
on shelf and I thought it was a bad
decision a bad decision so you wanted to
put it in your pocket just to put it
back on the Shelf I put it in my pocket
and I was like what am I
doing just do it just get rid of it one
more time sorry so what you were going
to I was going to be I was I was like
just put it back in the Shelf don't be
stupid I never left the store with it I
I was like right there with it what was
your what was your intentions about
putting it in your pocket I don't know
it's the medicine it makes me weird what
you what kind of medicine um it's okay
while the suspect continues to explain
her medication history the officer
quickly notices a strong odor of alcohol
coming from her as the officer continues
to question the suspect further she
admits to a few more Petty crimes all
right have you ever been to the store
before never never never and I promise
I'll never come here again I
promise I promise I'll never come here
again I'll never be near this neighbor
again I I promise which candle was it do
they have it already it was like a $12
candle or something like that $12 candle
never left the store with it 12 or
500 no it was and I never left the store
with it I never walked out wait so
there's a candle and a necklace there
was a necklace but I was going to put it
back you can go in and then I I took a
candle and I was like H and then I was
like well I'm just going to put it back
they never even let me left leaving the
store all you told me about was a candle
so then there was a cand there was a
candle and necklace and I was going to
put it right back there
because I figured this is a silly
mistake my medications messed with my
brain they really do truly honestly okay
and I'm dead serious I'm going through a
lot right now I'm
going okay please can you please just
let me go please I promise I'll never
com just just so I understand this
correctly there's a necklace and a
candle they got it back but wait no no
no the two items though or is it a
candle NE necklace is candle and
necklace yeah candle and necklace okay
so where did you put the candle into
your pocket no no they're back no but
but originally right here right here
right here it was right here sticking
out sticking out necklace how about the
necklace sticking out same thing yeah so
you put it like right here yeah okay
what's your yeah Melissa Melissa you
don't have anything else in your bag
right no I promise you I have nothing I
just want to go home I I'm so sick
please please just let me go oh my feels
so sick I just want to go unfortunately
you're under arrest okay no please don't
res no no no no no no no
please why are you doing this to
me you guys
please please please pleasey Melissa
relax Melissa stop resisting please I
have to take medications get in the car
please please please
I did leave with anything in
this going to you please don't put me in
jail I beg you please don't do this to
me
please no my mom is calling me right now
please please
please so sick Hey listen right now
you're resisting in arrest that's you
want
what are you saying I'm going to be out
half an hour you guys are no you guys
are going to throw me in jail Melissa
stand up it's a misdemeanor relax please
you're going to be out with a ticket how
much are you going to make me pay how
much are you going to make me P to get
out I don't have any money I don't have
any money pleas relx let's relax my mom
is calling me wait you have all my St
okay yeah yeah yeah we have all your
stuff
please the suspect was transported to
the station where officers discovered
various items in her duffel bag believed
to have been stolen from other retail
establishments the luxury items included
a Fenty beauty cream blush a Revlon
glass foot buffer a Dr Teal's body
lotion two Covergirl lip glosses one Wet
n Wild sleeping mask a Wet n Wild
highlighter powder a few articles of
clothing and food which totaled to over
$500 eventually the suspect was charged
with retail theft and resisting a peace
officer