so why are you trying to be a cop
you're not
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1106 going traffic making a stop at mile
marker 156 exit
new york tag is alpha golf mike four am
agm iv
black santa fe
can you roll the windows down please
give your license and registration
okay
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do you have your driver's license and
your registration
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we are stopped
is that your driver's license
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why are we running red and blue lights
what's that why are you running red and
blue lines uh
for what for
a fire i think i i work for them that
day i just retired from
are you coming from
where's north yeah i just came from
men's florida who's north
you just said i came from norway i mean
i came i just turned around and came
towards the south yeah
i came from mims florida
okay and why are we running code
right
you see the issue we're having i got you
i guess
yeah it's my fault
so you're doing 100 mile an hour
with lights and sirens well lights
so why are you trying to be a cop
you're not
who else has red and blues
i'll make a phone call real quick
1106 1190 can you go to attack please
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it's a new york firefighter saying he's
going from mems to miami
not an agency vehicle
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man where's he's right in the entire way
i guess so
i asked him if this was a normal
procedure up there he stated yes
he's got a very bobbled story
i asked he asked where he came from he
just set up north i said where up north
he said he just left mims and was
heading to miami
um
and that's about all i've got out of
them so far
going together
twenty-six
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hey yes sir
all right so mims
mims florida is uh
oh god where is mims memes it's a way
north it's not it's not like anywhere
close by obviously it's uh
man where is it i want to say it's up
near the daytona area
let's go
all right i had to unmute it so you're
not an acc vehicle
and you're not your story i asked you
where you came from you all you would
tell me is up north
and then after the third time i asked
you where up north means you stated
men's do you live in memphis
what are you doing in minutes
all right actually let me even back it
up one more further real quick just to
cover all the bases
all right have you ever been read your
rights
all right
you have the right to remain silent do
you understand that
anything you say cannon will be used
against you in the quarter law do you
understand that
you have the right to talk to a lawyer
have a lawyer present with you while
you're being questioned you understand
that
if you cannot afford to hire a lawyer
one will be appointed to represent you
before questioning do you understand
that
if you decide to answer any of the
questions now without a lawyer president
you still have the right to stop
answering at any time and speak with a
lawyer do you understand that
you may use any of these rights during
this interview
with these rights being read to you
do you understand them and do you wish
to speak to me
yes
okay
i want to connect these dots
why were you in mints
you were fishing in mexico
your first stop sport piers do you
a live for
a house there okay so you live in fort
beard and then and then you're going
your end goal is to go to miami
where do you work out in miami
i don't work
what are you doing going to miami then
when i asked you earlier
you said you now work in miami and that
was a lie i was going through a
firewall yeah
what's the phone number to their station
thanks buddy
what's your what's the phone number to
your station
all right do me a favor
hop in here right now until we figure
all this out
got it
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especially in new york i don't think he
could be a firefighter and smoke
cigarettes i'd be taking them
oh absolutely
impersonation all day long
and he straight up admitted like just
being
literally just running into
is that the only light he has
i guess
yeah it's red blue red blue
uh
yeah are you taking it
no oh well i don't mind taking it this
is great
knowledge for me but i'm gonna call him
i'm gonna call make sure he's actually
employed he just tried whispering as
soon as he walked away he came up to me
he goes hey uh you know i was in 9 11
and all this stuff can you please work
with me and blah blah blah i don't think
he's active
i got his id on my seat i don't think
he's supposed to be a firefighter is
there weed in there
no oh
hello
hi is this a fire station
hi this is deputy gruber with the indian
river county sheriff's office is there a
lieutenant or somebody i can speak to
thank you sir
well he gave me an active number to a
fire station
he may be but still dude
you're in florida how you doing sir is
this the lieutenant for the fire station
that's fine that's fine if you're acting
in command or something so i've got a
real issue here i mean for the sheriff's
office in indian river county florida
i am a deputy for indian river county
in florida
do you have his id on you yeah can you
hear me
yeah
all right
do you know a james
j the fourth
ted ted
tedesco
yeah james
j the fourth
you're
is he an active firefighter at your
department
okay
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he's a retired member so he's not active
he's not active with you guys
yeah he's uh running lights and sirens
down an interstate telling me he's on
his way to a fire in miami
yep he's in his personal car which but
can you do me one more favor just to
help this whole situation out was he
active with you during 911
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yeah oh yeah he tried name dropping that
he was a firefighter during 9 11 and all
that so he was asking for
forgiveness
um
he also has an active firefighter
fire department of new york city uh
parking pass it looks like how would he
acquire that
yeah it says active firefighter uh
manhattan id number zero two three one
eight
oh those haven't been valid for two
years
okay
no no no no you're good this is all i
needed to know is that he's not active
with you guys
what
oh yeah yeah
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it's in indian river county
5986
indian river county sheriff's office
eric
well no i'm good if you guys are good i
don't need any more information you've
helped me plenty no i had the fuel
yes i was just
oh
i'm sorry but he discriminated
all right sir hang tight all right so
right now you're not under arrest you
can send me to search your vehicle to
make sure there's nothing else that i
need to worry about if you are cut loose
you don't have a problem with that yeah
okay where are they located they're in
the cases in the back in the cases in
the back seat and then one's in the
trunk okay like i said i want to search
the vehicle and make sure there's
nothing else dangerous hazardous or any
of that stuff so there's two firearms
back seat of the vehicle
in the case in the back truck area right
that's it nothing else there's marijuana
and there's marijuana on the vehicle how
much marijuana
uh less than a house okay all right let
me shut this
up okay
dude yep give me one here go
yeah just turn around
which one that was my fault
all right
hey tommy come here for a sec
i'm going to loosen these up for them
and i just want you here i'm going to do
two handcuffs to help your shoulders out
or what
all right all right do me a favor hop
back up
and then uh
they'll search it if they find it i'll
let you know that's all i got okay if
that's like i said oh my god we can work
with that so
i wasn't trying to be a big man oh i
apologize
let me get you to hop up there
all right hang tight for me all right
yeah he was he's moving i got him not
quite a hundred but i got him in the 90s
right that too yeah well i will but i'm
trying it draws you there is there any
way you can get it for reckless
engagement with the lights on traffic
living out of the way high rate is me
that's smart uh let me tell john is
helping us out right now
um okay so speed in the
90s
that's personal
uh speed in the 90s obviously the lights
and sirens hopefully is an extra factor
cars moving in and out of the way
muni wants to know is there any way we
can get reckless
right
right right right
oh my god he's got an nypd jacket in his
car too
i would say submit everything that has
to do with
uh well like yeah
basically almost everything back here
anything that has to do with a law
enforcement agency or a fire department
i would seize
weapons you have to take because he's
going to be in jail and that can't go
that can't be rotated with the car
right
ammo
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you're working late
oh man
somebody needs your help
obviously obviously
man we're on the highway this is like an
fhp crowd
so we tried getting here we got it first
so we got dea hats nypd police jackets
clearly probably every bit of a thousand
rounds of ammunition
is that his natural name
yeah
i don't know why that sounds familiar
so
so here here's my theory all right
for what it's worth i don't i'm trying
to this is all new to me
so technically he's medically retired as
of 2018 as a firefighter so him being in
possession of any of the fire gear is
irrelevant to what we're stopping him
anyway i don't think you're really
getting trouble
right
so
i think the fire gear itself we can
leave with the vehicle
just tow the vehicle we should have a
record