Breaking into someone's home is always a bad idea, but these burglars learned that lesson in the worst way possible by getting caught. Here are five instances when dumb home burglars get caught in the act. Number five. Woman gets caught inside someone's home and thinks a fake badge will save her. On August 25th, 2024, officers were dispatched to a residence after a homeowner returned from a trip to find a homeless woman stealing her belongings. The suspect's attempt to escape arrest is something you have to see. [Applause] Hello. What's going on? I came home from being enjoying for a couple days. Uh-huh. And I live with a guy named and he's out back in the garage. Okay. And um he pulls into the driveway with some chick and I don't I've never seen her before in my life. She says that she's lived here for years and years and years. She's got a badge. badge and she's a military cop, all kinds of She's been in my stuff. She's wearing stuff in my room, like all kinds of crap. Like I told you I never left this before. Uh Paul, the guy that owns the house is out back. That is in the house right now. Okay. Can And she came in behind me. Can you have her come outside and talk to us? Yeah, I don't want to get violent. I don't want to get violent. Um the cops are here and they want to talk to you. [Applause] Civil. The cops are here and they want to talk to you. She just came out of my back door. Okay. Well, if Paul invited invited her over, she's allowed to be inside. She He He said he doesn't know who she is. Like oh, freaking nuts. Okay. Give me just a second. Give me your Yes. I just say my last thing I could find in my cabinet. That's a fake police badge. It's not, Liz. That's a fake police badge. the police. Yes, unless you want to please. I really have been working hard to come back to You're identifying yourself as a police officer. This is the last thing I could tell you. Like please call. Do you have an ID? Please, I don't have Everything you can take in. Please can you call them? Oh, this Please go inside. We'll talk to you in just a minute. Please, I'm telling you the truth. What's your social? Oh my god. They're one of my identifications. Right now you're probably impersonating a police I'm not impersonating a police officer. Please, I've been working with them. I'm tired of this. I really am. I'm tired of this. What's your social? I'm back from all the villages. 90903. Stay here. Don't go anywhere. What's your name, ma'am? Lacking any valid ID, the suspect instead presents a police badge, one that officers instantly recognize as a fake. And these dogs are okay. to use your over, please. She knows me. She knows everything about me. Laura Don't you Laura I'M NOT IMPERSONATING LAURA MILLER. I WORKED SO HARD TO COME BACK FROM I CAN'T. I DON'T HAVE MY STUFF. It's completely THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS when you But everywhere. How did you get here? This is someone that helped me a long time ago to get back from like before I had like literally talked again. 90903. on the other call and stuff. Let me see that badge. I don't know what to give you to call. This is the last thing I'm going to tell you. Please call them instead of like Who Who do you work for? I'm the country's too. Call them in the shover. I'm telling you names. Please contact them. I'm talking What agency are you claiming to work for? That's not answering my question. What Are you kidding me? Forensics, I've had to carry medications, technology costs. Yes. Police officer Yes. Okay. What agency do you Like we work We work for Tippecanoe Police Department. What agency do you work for? Middletown Hamilton. See I Yes. That's That's That's different agencies. Yes, I know. I work for a lot of them. I've done a lot of work. I really have. Call them. So what Call them, please. My phone is Stop yelling. We're done, okay? Why aren't you defending me somebody that's your own? I've really really taken bullets and stuff, all kinds of stuff, Liz. Sorry, I can't hear you. Why can't you please defend me for once? Like call around. Yes, ask about me. This is why I come back to like every place I've been. Okay. Stop. Just stop talking for a second. Stop. She's identifying Yes, I've been working with them for years to come out of this. Stop talking for just a second. To dig deeper, officers pressed the woman about her supposed experience in law enforcement. Listen as she struggles to answer their questions. Okay. So what just I'm just I'm a little confused. I'm just a little confused. Okay. I'm just a little confused. Can you slow down and just tell me what agency you said you work for? Yeah, I'm top tier intelligence. Top tier intelligence. Okay, I'm freaking out because I deserve TO BE TREATED BETTER THAN THIS. I just don't want to write me. I took BULLETS AND STUFF. I WAS I WAS IN THE IDENTIFICATIONS. Everything's stolen from me. Where did you take bullets at? I don't know. So many places THAT I LOST. OH MY GOD, MILITARY I saved you get here? I saved kids. I don't know. OH MY GOD. Please call. Please call the dispatcher. Take a deep breath. I don't I don't know because I JUST GOT A PHONE FINALLY. OH MY GOSH. So you don't have any proof other than this fake badge. Call the freaking police officers in Monroe and Middletown, please. They know me. They know me. They know me. Yes. Call them now, please. And don't treat me like this. I've done so much. So they're going to say Laura K. I've done nothing wrong with them. They're going to say Laura Yes. Is it cop or does Yes. You're a sworn police officer. The woman is confirmed to be homeless. However, it remains unclear whether her erratic behavior stems from a medical episode, intoxication, or a deliberate effort to mislead officers. No illegal paraphernalia was found in her belongings and she showed no signs of being under the influence during the encounter. I told them to call THEM NOW. WHAT'S YOUR SUPERVISOR? Stop yelling. I don't know. It's what happens when you get Seriously, I've been missing. You don't want to go to the crazy stone for six know your supervisor? I don't. I can't remember everything. Are you kidding me? Oh, you were a special police officer, so I'm trying to come back from like literally like being really for six to six to six months old. They've been telling me this stuff. I've been working with them through weird communication. Please call them in the shover. Yes, please. In Monroe, can you please call them? Don't look at me like I'm crazy, okay? All right. do anything wrong. I'm just trying to defend like anything I have left to like seriously. My eyes are piercing. I was raised I was told to I got kids out of this stuff. Okay. Question. So what are you doing here? Like how'd you get to this house? MY FRIEND, OKAY? THIS WAS MY OLD HOME. I have a whole room full of stuff that I worked for. I was like I was yelling like one of these all that stuff. Yes. Who's your friend? Like Okay, you can't even hear me, I think. Jeremy? Is that your friend? time I've been going. I've been missing for a while. Please call them and just back me up for once. I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm not doing anything wrong. I worked hard. I really have. I've been missing. Can you have Paul come up here and talk to us? Please just call and defend me for once. I I'm This is whatever. No, you're You're not free to go. to detain you. Can you please call I I let's I'm begging you. Call. Why can't you defend me for once? Because this is I didn't do anything wrong. THIS IS A SERIAL BOX. KNOW. I'M GOING TO TRY to tell you why I Who did you call? I don't know what that is, okay? I come back from really You don't This is That's the last thing in my room I could try to do. this to me and said you were a special police officer. I'm asking you to call them. Is that backpack yours? [ __ ] Yes, it is. Do you mind if we look in your backpack? Yes, go ahead. Okay. Can you please call them first before you even touch me? No. I'm not trying to hurt you. I'm not trying to Sit the bag down for me. Can you please call them right now? Sit the bag down. Because you're not You're not listening. How do you know YOU DIDN'T CALL AND CHECK? DID YOU? OKAY. Let's just I can tell you right now that you're not a real police officer. Let's just detain her. Okay. I don't know what that is. It's the last thing I could tell you to what? Please defend AND CALL MY MONROE POLICE DEPARTMENT. They know me there. Officers remain highly skeptical of the woman's statements and it isn't long until they reach their limit, unwilling to entertain any more of her lies. Middletown chief, why aren't you calling them? Stop. Why aren't you calling You're being warned for disorderly. If you yell one more time, you're going to be charged with it. I need Stop. to Stop. Just take a deep breath and stop talking. I don't have to stop talking, actually, so. [Applause] I worked so hard to come back from some six years. Take Just take a deep breath. We're trying to figure everything out. even going TO DEFEND ME. STOP. WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT YELLING? STOP. YOU'RE JUST YOU'RE ONLY MAKING this worse for yourself. Take a deep breath. And calm down. I don't KNOW MY WHOLE LIFE TAKEN FROM Take a deep breath AND CALM DOWN. I CAN BREATHE. Call them. Why aren't you doing that? Because we're trying TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. I STOP. STOP. OKAY, YOU'RE BEING CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY. So if you want to keep going, I'll add more charges. Stop. Call them. Okay. Answer, we're going to detain her and put her in the car. No, call Middletown police, please. I'm doing nothing. They hurt me because I did not deserve it. I did not deserve YOU'RE BEING DETAINED. I WORKED FOR MILITARY AND HELPED EVERYBODY TREAT ME. They know. You can't even call to defend me. I would have said I would have protected you all my life. I did. Where you going? I was just trying to see who I am. I don't have to take it. NO, IT'S NOT. AND HELP SOMEBODY WHILE I WAS TRYING to hide from all everything. I would never hurt you. I would have taken my my body and stuff I have. Will you please call my back for me? Please. That is my stuff I worked hard and stuff. I had my life taken. The woman may be in handcuffs, but that doesn't stop her from trying to talk her way out of trouble. Unfortunately for her, the officers won't take any more of her nonsense. She claims that hers. Stop yelling. Take a deep breath. And you're being so respectful. Yes, I am actually. [Music] [Applause] [Applause] I'm going to go up to this white car. Take a seat for me. [Music] This what is going on? Yeah, I will. I know. I'm I'm charging her with disorderly at the very least, though. Did you check the bag? No, not yet. I mean, like it's just It's random stuff. Contrary to the suspect's claims, authorities later uncover stolen property inside the woman's backpack. Items taken straight from the victim's residence. We're trying to have them call us right now. Calm down. We're going to confirm it. I I just got We're getting ready to get ahold of Lorraine, so You live at Speedway? No. It's right here. Yes, I don't want it stolen. It's on the ground right here. Okay, well, bring it in here. What names? What are the names? Tell me. The suspect continues to insist that she is, {quote} a special and undercover agent. Just to make sure, officers reach out to the Monroe Police Department to verify her claims of employment. Try to figure out this backpack. Barbara something. Wait, I can't make them call us any faster. It doesn't work like that. I I don't know their number. Yeah, really. I don't know their phone number. You're claiming you're a police officer, but you don't know your supervisor's name? Okay, I'm done. I'm done with the conversation. Well, I'm charging her with disorderly at the very least. This is the bag she's claiming is not hers. Yeah, I [Music] I don't know why he's doing that. I can't explain him. Um, but apparently Paul met her at Speedway. She's homeless. But we're trying to just like she's claiming this bag of stuff is hers, and the homeowner is claiming this bag of stuff is hers. So, we're trying to figure out whose stuff this actually is. She claims it's hers cuz she came here with it. Homeowner claims that it's hers and she stole it. Yeah. This homeowner says it's theirs? Yes. Where did it come from? I I she had it on her back. Where did it come from here? She claims it came from inside her house. But I I didn't even get a chance to really talk to her cuz she's just been losing it. The officer now questions the homeowners about the backpack the suspect had with her, along with the stolen items found inside. Hey Paul, when you picked her up, did she have anything with her? Like a bag or anything? I'm bad about stuff like that. Okay. Apparently, the headband and everything she has is The clothes I don't know about the rings, but the headband the purple headband that's around her wrist, I think that's mine. It was in my closet. Okay, and this is all yours? I don't know what's in the backpack, so I don't know if what's in there is mine. Are you okay with me searching it? Yeah. Cuz the backpack was empty at the end of my bed, so Yeah, I think all that [ __ ] looks like it's mine. Oh, the medicine's not mine. That's my candy, though. My chargers. These are for dogs. Oh, those are those are Those are Duke's. Duke just had his leg amputated. Mother Is this your phone? Um I don't think that's my phone. The chargers look like they're mine. The candy's definitely mine. [Applause] That's No, that's not mine. None of that's mine. None of this is yours? No. That's not mine. Is this purse yours? All right, so it goes Though the woman didn't take anything of significant value, what she did is still a criminal charge added to her name. That's my bag. Those are not mine. That pink bag is mine. Is all this yours? Yeah. Yeah, that's my dog's medication. Can I get it? Uh yeah, just a second. I'm going to grab the graphic first. Wait, leave it for a second. Those are mine. And these are mine. This is mine. These are my uncle's. I never used these, but my uncle just said they're his. This is not mine. It's mine. That's not mine. I could stay and watch you. That's not mine. That's not mine. No, none of that's mine. What's not yours? This? Is this what she was wearing? Hey, let me take pictures of all this real quick. She's wearing my clothes now. Do you want those clothes back? No, she can't. And the rest of this is yours? Yeah. Can you send the owner up here? Do you have a Do you have like a grocery bag? Yeah, doing so right now. [Applause] Sorry, thank you. It's okay. I It's okay. I'll get one out of my car. I was going to say I have I collect bags, so I have a million bags at um you want to take that one. I guess you can keep it. Okay. I'll just take this one then. This is yours? Are these socks yours? No. After reviewing the stolen items, the female officer briefs her colleague and together they decide how to proceed with the case. This isn't your phone, right, Paul? What is it? Is this your phone? Okay. Give me just a moment. We'll be right back. This stuff was in the bag that she came here wearing and she's wearing this lady's clothes. Was she staying there? No. Paul picked her up last night from Speedway. He also lives here. Okay, so she was a guest there. It's not a burglary. Correct. So, it just be theft. If she wants charges cuz technically she got all her stuff back. She said none of this is hers. Okay. So, what what all did she steal from them? She took a backpack, another bag full of clothes, chargers, dog, prescription medication, like something else. Did you get pictures of all the stuff she stole? Yeah. I took pictures of all of it. Okay. Just I want to know if she's either going to the hospital or jail for theft. We're not dealing with her all night, so. So, we're not going to get the impersonation? No. That's ridiculous. She said it Well, the lady said she didn't want her clothes back. Let me ask her real quick if she even wants charges cuz she got all her stuff back. Doesn't change it's theft. We're not dealing with this all night. Okay, fair. Yep. We're not arresting her. So, is it going to be the hospital or jail? Yeah, you're not a cop. You're going to the hospital or jail. Okay, jail it is. Empty 19 and she's marked. 25 SPOT YOU GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO STAY SOMEWHERE ON THE FIRST. I need a Marcy, too. The female officer proceeds with a pat down before transporting the suspect to the station. Yet, the woman refuses to cooperate until the last moment. 35-year-old male with an injury call. All right, I might have you step out real quick. I need to search you, okay? Okay. Get out of the car so I can search you. You can YELL AT ME ALL YOU WANT, BUT I CAN'T JUST LIKE talk to you. I'm begging you, please. Face the car for me. I'm a good person. I swear to god. Face the car for me. Face the car. Thank you. [Music] [Music] Sit back in the car for me. You are getting in the car. You're under arrest for theft. Get in the car. Get in the car. Get in the car. I didn't steal it. I was just going to show you what Wait, did he know I took that to show you? I asked him I didn't steal that. In the end, the woman was charged with theft and disorderly conduct. Number four. Surveillance footage exposes burglar sneaking into restaurant. This next case takes us to a local teriyaki restaurant in Federal Way, Washington where officers responded to a break-in. Upon arrival, the owner quickly briefs the authorities on what happened. Hi. Yeah, I was the one who called. Okay. Because we had a we had a break-in. Okay, where did they break in? Yeah, they they came in through the back door. Okay. I want to go take a look at that real quick. it was here. Was it unlocked? Uh it looked like it. Okay. So, I saw him um bend down and grab the drink in his backpack and he came this way and he was putting stuff in his backpack and he was going through all of these drawers Okay. he tried to find money and then he took all these tablets. He took a tablet? Yeah. These are the order door dash and Uber and yeah, the tablets is all gone. All right, do you have the video I can take a look at real quick? Uh yeah, I have to ask my husband to come. It's He's coming through this way. The back door because I didn't see him going leaving this way, so. The suspect may have thought he was being clever, but the restaurant security cameras captured his every move. All right, so there's no damage on the back door or anything. It just might have been left unlocked. Mhm. I think it's my employee who forgot to lock the chain. Yeah, I did He just took stuff. I don't know what he took. Okay. Are you guys going to be here for a minute? Yeah. Okay. I'm going to go see if I can find him over by the jackpot box and we'll go from there, okay? I'll be back over there. Okay, great. Thank you. Armed with footage of the crime, officers waste no time pursuing the suspect. [Music] 28 suspect fleeing on a bike southbound on bike. [Music] 28 put THIS PIECE OF HEY, WE POLICE. SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. HEY, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST. GET ON THE GROUND. GET ON THE GROUND NOW. GET ON THE GROUND. YOU'RE UNDER ARREST. ON THE GROUND. GET ON THE GROUND. ON YOUR STOMACH NOW. WHAT PART OF stop you not free to leave, don't you understand? Yeah, you didn't want to listen. 281 in custody. Maybe listen, huh? Maybe listen. They couldn't be any more expressive. It's all on video, dude. Congratulations. Oh, no, we didn't. I didn't do nothing, though. Nobody cousin. Man. You man. Just listen. One in custody. But you don't listen. nothing, though. Comply. Listen. We tell you to stop, you stop. It's really that simple. I know I didn't do nothing, man. I know, Paul. I just left Walmart. Yeah. I'll tell you where you were. Okay, whatever you say. I got a receipt. Hey, firm. One in custody. Who's talking I got a receipt. I got a receipt from Walmart. Where you coming from? Hey. All right, we're going to read you your rights, okay? Yes, sir. I didn't do nothing. We're going to read you your left Walmart. We're going to read you your rights. You want to keep keep myself like a broken record? Officers read the suspect's Miranda rights before taking him into custody and continuing their investigation. This is her purse. I didn't do nothing, man. Absolutely, you should have stopped. I didn't do nothing wrong. Comply. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right at this time to talk to a lawyer and have him present with you while you're being questioned. I didn't do nothing, man. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before if you wish. I didn't do nothing, man. You can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements. I didn't do nothing, man. [Music] Do you got an ID on you, man? We've heard We've heard that. You didn't do anything. You didn't do anything. I didn't do nothing, man. Yeah, I know. That's That's why you run, right? Maybe you got your bubble in your pocket, too, bro. Yeah. I didn't hurt nobody. I didn't do nothing, man. No. You're under arrest for burglary, okay? I didn't burglarize nothing. And resisting arrest. I didn't burglarize nothing. All right. Well, they have video. Most restaurants have video. Okay, can you please look at the video? Yeah, we're looking at it. We had the owner call us. You guys just looked at the video and saw me? Yes, I already looked at the video. You guys saw me in the store? Yeah. Yes, you have the same vest on. Nobody else wearing the same vest, my man. What? I didn't do nothing. I didn't go to nobody's store. I didn't do nothing. Why were you in the teriyaki shop? I wasn't in the teriyaki shop. You weren't in the teriyaki shop? I promise you I wasn't in the teriyaki shop. Okay. Well, then you don't have anything in your backpack, right? No. I have no teriyaki So, they didn't see him out inside outside of the Do you need fire? Do you need medical to check you out? Huh? Do you need medical to check you out? No, man. No? You know, this would have been quite simple if you would have just stopped right there. But you like to run. I'm scared, man. I'm scared, too. You think I like contacting people I don't know? No, I'm I fear for my life every single day. Especially when they run from us. No, man. People, man. I think everybody's got guns on them. It's crazy. I'm out want to get shot, man. I don't want to get shot. You know I don't want to get shot The suspect claims innocence, but his earlier attempt to run and his striking resemblance to the suspect places him under scrutiny. I didn't do nothing, man. Yeah, that should still be there. There's video of it I got that on video. I promise you I'm not in there. I didn't do nothing. I don't know no teriyaki shop, They should be able to recognize him. I just came from Walmart, I promise you. Ask the Walmart people. I was just up there Walmart. I just walked down from old Walmart. I got A WALMART RECEIPT IN MY POCKET. SO, HOW'S the How's the timing going to be the same? I PROMISE YOU I GOT WALMART RECEIPT IN MY POCKET. How is the timing going to be the same? It can't be. You don't have anything from that teriyaki shop, right? I don't, man. I promise you I had nothing from that teriyaki shop. And then there's video of you being in there. No, I can't, man. The door was locked and you walked in there. I didn't walk into no teriyaki shop. I promise you I didn't. Man, I didn't go to no teriyaki shop, man. Man, this is crazy. It is. I got a receipt right here in my pocket that says Walmart. Stop. We would have stopped to talk to you, right? And you said you chose to run. I was panicking, man. I don't know You guys just started You used tasers. I I was going to home, man. And then I was saying you guys just flipped the lights and you guys just started going Yeah, that's what we do. We have to identify ourselves. If I was in that teriyaki place, why would I be sitting right out front of the place? Maybe you're having a mental health crisis and you chose to stay. Oh my god, man. Come on, man. I don't know. I don't know you. I just met Why would I be sitting there waiting for the bus, man, right there? That don't make no sense. Let's do this. We'll work on your name and have ID on you. I don't want to do that, man. We have the legal authority and the right to have you stop. You chose not to. Again. Say you're trying After obtaining the suspect's name, officers conduct a background check through their database. If you weren't in there like this video Yeah, I wasn't in there. Oh, hold on. Hold on. Stop, okay? Can I finish? Yeah. Then we'll kick you loose. This whole thing got escalated by you running. Just don't run. Just stop. It's really that simple. Hey Travon, what's your middle initial? 91. You have any warrants that you know of? No. Okay, good. That's what I like to hear. Sit, so I talk to my partner. I'll be right back. Huh? We haven't We have to kind of look through it. He's under arrest, so All right, RP said that three tablets were taken from there. That's what they told me too. Oh, okay. Um, but you guys haven't checked it yet? I haven't gone all the way through it yet. I'm still working on his pockets. RP is a little bit unsure about if that's him or not. Okay. Well, she the bottom half of him matches, but she remembers him wearing a black jacket not a red one. Even though In the call It was red. Okay. Okay. Travon, can I explain something to you? Man, this is so man. Did you not see me go to that teriyaki shop? You saw me go over there, RIGHT? IF IF I DID THAT, WHY WOULD I STAY HERE? Why would I stay? Listen to me. I rolled in there. I watched the the video of you inside of that restaurant. No, you can't. You can't You can't You can't You can't You can't watch me in that restaurant. I can't never get in there. I never went in that restaurant. I'm out of here, man. It's all on body cam. I'm out of here. Okay, then I'm not going to have this conversation with you. You can stay seated for now until we You can't You can't tell me you saw me in that restaurant, man. I did. I saw you in that restaurant. You can't tell me that, man. You can't tell me that. That's what I'm telling you, man. You can't tell me you saw me in that restaurant, sir. I can. Look at this receipt. Look at the receipts right there. How do the receipt match? You know what I'm saying? The time if I wasn't restaurant, man. Think about it. According to the suspect, he was at Walmart at the time of the burglary and has receipts to prove it. However, officers quickly note that the receipts are from hours before the break-in. Think about it, man. Come on, man. I was at Walmart, man. [Music] Think about it, man. Think about it. The time, man. It wasn't me, man. All right. Trying to tell you, sir. Okay. Well For right now, you completely match the description. And this is like 2 hours ago. I got another receipt, too, cuz I was in the front I had to go back in. Okay. We can investigate that. How is the What are these for? That's for my bike. I was up there working on my bike. Okay. Curry, you got to up there with me for hell of working on my bike. I don't know what the I don't know. We'll have to go look at what the times are, but he said the receipt was 22:49. He says that's what it was. [Applause] Yeah, dude. That receipt's like an hour before. I got another receipt, though. There's another receipt. There's got to be another receipt. Should have bought like a little a little a little a wrench or like a little a little tool. Yep, this is 22:59. That's still half an hour. Yep, that's still half an hour. Still half an hour. I still It couldn't be me on that on that thing. No. No. Dude, half an hour after you left Walmart, you came down here. And guess what? We have cameras all over the city. Yes, you I saw you inside the business. OH MY GOD, YOU DID THAT ALL RIGHT. OH MY GOD, WHY ARE YOU LYING, MAN? This is crazy. It's important to remember that all suspects are innocent until proven guilty. However, in this case, the man will be held until the investigation is complete. This is crazy, man. me, man. I hate, man. I was just in the place. You saw me in that store. Man, you're lying. You want to help me get him up and finish searching Ain't no way you just seen me in that store, man. I'm going to just tell you now cuz you're going to take a ride to jail. If you have anything on you, any contraband, weapons anything like that, if you take that to jail, that's a federal offense and you're going to just start stacking more charges. Tell me right now. Listen, tell me right now because I want to avoid that for you, okay? Okay. All right, if you don't have anything you can take a seat. All right. Have a seat. Let's go. All right. Yep. Oh, man. This is stupid, man. I didn't do nothing wrong, man. I can do it on my own here. There I am. We'll have a chat once he's in the car. I wasn't in the store. Okay. Returning to the business owners, the officer informs them that they have a suspect who matches the burglar's description and asks them whether they want to press charges. You guys want to press charges on the guy for the burglary? Oh, oh, he's? Yeah. Because of the We We got the guy. We got him. We have a video of the suspect footage of the video of the suspect leaving from here. So, we knows They said it's him. But do you want to press charges on him or do you not? I don't know. What is he He scared of everything. Um, but he had a nice tool get the tablets back. Yeah. So, my partners before they're going to take him anywhere like to jail or anything, they're going to search his backpack. If we find them there, we'll give them back to you. If we won't, then we'll once you find out that information like the serial numbers and the model, we can put it in our system and then if we come across them at a later time, we'll return them. Maybe he hiding it somewhere. Maybe. Maybe. Question is, do you want to press charges? Like do you guys want to Do you guys want this guy to go to jail for what he did? Do you guys want to press charges for the burglary, the damage, for stealing What What is better for him? I mean, I personally think, and this is just my opinion I mean he committed a crime and he should, you know, pay the price for it, which is jail time. You know, if people don't press charges on these criminals, then they you think nothing's going to happen and they're just going to continue to do that. And maybe not to you, but to someone else to someone else. So, nothing changes. They only get if they don't get caught and people don't want to prosecute, they only get bolder and bolder and do bigger and worse things. So, but I remember he brought the backpack and the Yeah. bike, right? But he's claiming that his black jacket And he came in twice through door. Maybe him, I don't know. We're not sure yet. We're not sure Anyway, I I press charges so maybe hopefully he he doesn't The officer now wraps up the case by completing the recorded statements from the restaurant owners. He doesn't hurt other people's property and stuff like that. Okay. Now this is where this so crazy you know that Okay, I'll go grab some paper and then we'll do what's called a recorded statement, pretty much an official statement regarding what happened and we'll be done here. We'll deal with him at a later time and then I'll send your husband that video link, okay? Okay and then So I'll meet you back here in like 2 minutes. I'm going to go grab some paperwork. Okay, so like you get so the way that find out the tablet I have to call you back to let you know Please do so. That way we can put it So I'm going to go and find out if he doesn't have them and if he doesn't then I'll let you know and you can find out that information, okay? Let me go grab the paperwork. Is it okay if I leave? If you guys can open the front door I'll just come that way when I come back. The suspect was formally charged with burglary and taken to jail without further issues. Number three. Burglars hide-and-seek game ends in seconds once the canine joins the hunt. Next up in Florida. This incredible footage proves that sometimes the best crime solvers don't wear badges. They wear collars. On March 21st, 2024 Sarasota Police Department officers responded to a residence after a burglary suspect fled during an investigation. In response, they deployed their canine Brody to search the area. Leave it. There's no unit that's doing something in the code of 10-30. Good. Leave it. 141 is 1936. Track. No. Track. Good boy. The drone unit The residence is 1936. Good. It's 1936 and that's going to be number eight street. 10-4 149 is in the backyard right now. Copy. If that's the green building then we're just on the south side of you. The suspect might have fled once but he won't be getting another chance. [Applause] Hey, if you're in there you need to come out or you're going to get bit. Yes, sir. 12 backyard 1937 eight street. Open this door. Right now. On the ground. Get on the ground. GET ON THE GROUND. ON THE GROUND ALL THE WAY. If you flee you're going to get bit. The suspect was escorted to jail without incident and was booked on burglary charges. Number two. 13-year-old burglar's mother calls the cops on him. On March 14th, 2023 officers responded to a residence after a mother called the police on her own 13-year-old child who had not one but three active warrants related to a burglary. Here's what happened when officers arrived at the scene. Hello. Hello. Ladarius What? You returned home, right? Yeah. All right. Your mom I guess you were missing and we had to come check on you and make sure you're okay. I came home yesterday. I stayed the night at somebody house. Okay. Where were you staying? I was at a All right. Is mom here? I'm the guardian. You're the guardian? Okay. All right. You got to come with us. NO. NO. THAT WAS SO UNNECESSARY. STOP FIGHTING. STOP. Take a breath. You're fine. You're fine. [Music] Can you lay down? Hey, get up. Stop. Let me go. Sorry, I just got to double up. Stop. Stop moving, Ladarius. I'm just trying to double up the second one. He's almost there. Please. Please. Despite their efforts, the boy refuses to cooperate giving officers a hard time as they attempt to get him into the patrol car. Take you on a 10-30. [Music] Jesus, Mary, Joseph. Get him there. No. Don't walk. [Applause] SIT IN THE CAR, DUDE. YOU WANT ME TO GET ON THE OTHER SIDE? HE THINKS HE'S ON A 10-30 first. Number six is not working. He hasn't BEEN SEARCHED. OH. LISTEN, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. HE HAS A HUNT. I BET he do. I bet he do. Multiple warrants. I bet he do. This the lane This the lane he want to be in. I can guarantee I can guarantee you I wasn't hurting him. Okay. Well, at least you We have to We have to control him. Look. Look. You can say what you want. We have to control him. The mother contacted authorities when her son returned home after being missing for days. While she recognized his wrongdoing and turned him in she still pleaded for officers to handle him with care. However, with the boy actively resisting the officers have no choice but to be firm. We have to control him. I understand. Yeah. But it didn't look like he was on top of him. That's all I was saying. And I wasn't That's what it looked like so I just thought I wasn't And you'll see on your Listen, he was black. [Music] Stop. Hey. Hey. Relax. Stop. Just relax. We're going to sit here all day until you calm down. I DON'T GIVE A [ __ ] BRO. OKAY. BRO, LET ME GO. I'M JUST GETTING ready to search you anyway. Let me go. Let me go. [Music] [Laughter] [Applause] As the boy keeps resisting and refusing to cooperate, officers turn to his mother for help in calming him down. [Laughter] [Applause] [Music] Fortunately, the boy's family understands the need for discipline and gives officers the freedom to handle the situation as necessary. [Music] [Music] [Music] Ultimately, the suspect, at just 13 years old, faced charges of resisting arrest and simple assault, along with his existing warrants. Number one, college freshman learns the hard way that stupid decisions have consequences. This final incident takes us to a Western Washington University, where an officer on patrol spotted a man attempting to pry open a dorm room window. Here's the moment the officer decided to confront him. My D for me? I do, yes. Just let you know, my body cam's on, it's recording audio and video. So, when I roll up, it looks like you're trying to get into that window. Okay, yeah. So, let's let's just break through all the the BS right here, okay? And let's talk about what's going on. Because I don't think that it's extremely malicious, but it's probably something silly and stupid and you feel embarrassed about it. And now that I'm involved, and I'm taking a very serious role, cuz that's my job, I got to get I got to cut through it and figure out what's going on. Yeah, I get um bored and kind of antsy and like to do silly things for attention, so I like Okay. tried to open that up, but I knew it wasn't going to work and tried it anyways. Okay, so what is it that's that's in there? Is that somebody's room or It's uh I she said it was a janitor's closet sort of thing. I wasn't looking to go in or like even if I got it open, I would just close it right back up. So, the window is partly popped open there. Partly open, but securely locked from what I can see. Is that window supposed to open? I'm not sure. It doesn't look like it. Yeah. So, here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to try and figure out what's going on here. I've got another officer en route that's going to come and hang out with you while I go down on the other side and figure out what's going on. Got you. So, once I get figured out what's what's happening here, then we'll get it resolved. Can do. But, just to let you know, I know you say you like to do silly things and that kind of stuff, this is a felony. Is it? Yes. Oh. This is burglary. So, anytime you try to get into a space, a building, if it's a room, then it's an then it's a residence. If it's not, it's commercial. So, anytime you try to get into a space that you don't have a right to get into, it's called burglary. According to the report, the man is enrolled at the university, but is a non-resident student, making his presence near the dorms late at night unauthorized. So, that's a felony. Okay? So, now I got to do something. I'm not inclined to take you to jail for burglary or anything like that, okay? But, I do have to figure out where we're at and what I need to do. At at the very minimum, what I'm very likely to do is just call an RA and let them know, and then you can talk to the RD about it and and figure this out. How about you take your hands out of your pockets, cuz I don't know what's in them. Sorry about that. No problem. Um yeah, just keep your hands out there for me until my other officer gets here, and then we'll figure it out. All right. Got it. This here is Officer Cunningham. He's going to hang out with you for a second until I figure out what we got on the other side of this window. And uh Do you want me to go? See what we need to do. I'm just going to check it real quick. This gentleman here, as I was coming by, was uh opening up that that lower window. Got you. Are you a student here? Uh I am, yes. Awesome. Do you mind just stepping up here for a moment? Sure thing. Thank you. I appreciate you. A short while later, the primary officer headed inside the building to inform the tenant of the room about the man's earlier attempt to break open their window. Police Department. What can I help you with? Yes. Is this your room? Yes. And is that your bedroom back there in that corner? Yeah. Do you know what room is that? Somebody's bedroom or Uh this is a bathroom, and these are my bedroom's back there. Why, what's up? Okay. Because I had somebody trying to come into the window, and I just wanted to check the window from the inside. Please do, sir. So, I don't want to I don't want to interrupt you, but it was this back corner this back corner. So, there's not another room off of the kitchen? Here. There's nothing on that side. There's this side, but uh these are This this is the window right here. This one? Yeah. So, someone was trying to get in? Uh yes, somebody was trying to open that window. Uh so, I I I don't believe it was malicious. He was talking to his friends up there through the window here. So, he was trying to pry it open. Very very weird. So, that's That makes me aggressively uncomfortable as the director of the building. Me, too. Well, thank you for He he's a student. Would you like to come out and talk to him? Cuz I have the on-call RA en route. I would rather not, but I would really like them to write a report about it. The RD called us en route. Oh. So, we've got an RD coming. Wonderful. So, I feel that his his actions were not malicious, cuz I've talking to him and stuff. I think he was just goofing around, his friends were there, so he was just horsing around. It was a dark room because of the um the color on there the tinting on the windows. He He thought that this was a custodial closet. No, that's that way. Yes. Still not appropriate. So, yeah, exactly. So I have him detained for burglary second right now. But I don't really want to hit him with a felony. Having talked to the suspect, the officer now reassures the tenant that the man wasn't acting with malicious intent. However, he still asks her if she wants to press burglary charges, which is considered a felony level offense. So that's why I was having housing come in cuz I figured having housing take care of this was probably a lot more appropriate unless I'm looking at a real, you know, burglar trying to maliciously get into somebody's space. But regardless, he will be made aware of just how stupid his activity was this evening. But we'll take care of this and you don't want to pursue burglary, do you? Cuz it's It's more up to you because it's your residence. It's okay. I think this will be enough. We've had issues with noise back here and above. I suspect this will be enough. Okay. And I'll I'll have my supervisor be the one to have the conversation. Excellent. Excellent. All right, thank you very much. You, sir, are a very lucky young man this evening. That is a residence. Oh. And I spoke with the resident and they do not feel like pursuing burglary charges this evening cuz I explained that you were young and being stupid. And that this will probably correct your behavior and it will be taken care of locally through the housing department. Whereabouts is it that you live? Uh I live just over there. I can give you the exact address. So you don't live on campus? I don't live on campus. Okay. Um but you are an active student. I am, yes. Do you have any questions? Uh nothing about this situation, no. Okay. Excellent. I I think that a big part of our job, besides just making sure that the enforcement stuff is done, is to do some education so that you understand why. So if you had questions, I would prefer that you asked as opposed to go on, oh, that was a near miss, I'm glad I'm going to be going, but you know, sometimes people still have questions. A few moments later, the on-duty resident director arrives to intervene. You're the RD on call? Yeah, my name's Lily. Lily? I am Sergeant Bailey and this is Officer Cunningham and this is Mr. And we're wearing body cameras and they're on. Thank you. Appreciate it. And Hey, can you back away from your window, please? Thank you. I was I was cruising by and Mr. McGinn was down at this window fiddling around. Got you. Uh as I drove up, he stood up. I stopped, contacted him. Mhm. These are his friends up in the window that are watching what's going on. Okay. And he said that he was outside fiddling with the window to see if he could get it open and um he was just bored. Interesting. Uh I explained to him that this is actually burglary when you're trying to open up or make entry into a room and I found out that that is a residence. Mhm. Um one of your employees Mhm. and so uh I I spoke to that that person and they were not inclined to uh pursue burglary charges. Okay. So um I felt that maybe it would be better to have this handled through residence and student judicial rather than the through the legal aspects of it. Makes sense. So I will be completing a small report for documentation purposes. Of course. Um but I thought That's helpful. I would leave it in your your great hands. Thank you. Sure. I appreciate you. With that, officers turn the case over to the Dean and resident director for further handling. So do you understand that? I understand this, yes. Yeah. So we're not dealing with you, but you will get probably contacted by the Dean of Students who in a lot of respects here is much worse than talking to us. Because we're just we're like, you know, we're here to make sure that nobody's hurting each other. He's here to make sure that the school runs properly and they handle and dole out discipline as they see fit according to the code of conduct that all the students sign. But then again, his discipline is going to be a lot lower level than ours. than well, we would send you to court for. All right. What do you mean you were bored? Uh I was waiting for my boyfriend to come back. Uh he was in his room getting some pens. Okay. I'm going to move my We're going to go back to my house. before we wind up with another officer. Okay. Thank you. You can go. I'm done. Okay. Uh it was Thank you. Did you think it was a room? Did you think it was a hallway? Uh my friend's friend told me it was a janitor's closet. Okay. And since I don't live here and didn't know that room was, I believed it. Got you. Do you live on campus? I don't. I live just off campus by by the uh the hangings. Okay. Are you a freshman? I am, yeah. The resident director now informs the student, who turned out to be a freshman, of his actions and the potential consequences he may face. Yeah, so just for your info, that's a professional staff member's room. That's not even an RA. That's somebody at my level's room. Um and they just texted me to let me know that you tried to break into their window. So that doesn't look very great, right? Um so since you're not a residential student, this will probably go through student conduct. Um just as a piece, I took a picture of your ID cuz I'm going to write a report on my end. Um and if somebody will probably contact you. Um just so you know, within the residency life policies, it is prohibited to climb through windows. Um you're only allowed to enter and exit through doors. Does that make sense? Yes. Okay. In the future, um I really advise you to just wait for your partner um and never climb through a window again because it could lead to this as well. Um and I can guarantee you if it wasn't on campus, it would have led to a lot more than them just walking away. Yeah, or not. Yeah. You most likely probably would have got arrested. If if I wasn't able to contact them or them, Yeah. I'd be taking you to jail. Yeah. So um I'm not sure what it looks like. I got to be honest, I've never had anybody try to break into a professional staff member's apartment. Um even if that wasn't your intent, that's definitely what we're dealing with right now. Um so at this time, I do ask that you leave campus. This time since you're going to go through the student conduct process, we're not worried about trespassing tonight and it'll go through that process anyway. I do ask though and I'm advising you to not be in this area. Um I will let the RA know that you're not meant to be in this area. If they see you, you will be documented again. Um that's just so that people can rest easy tonight and know that nothing else will happen. Does that make sense? Yeah, I fully intend to make tracks. I get it. Any questions for me? Um no, I'm very sorry to have disturbed you, both of you. It's okay. Um I will let you go and then somebody will be in contact probably tomorrow or the next day. Got you. Cool. Well, thank you. All right, you got your ID back? Uh I do, yes. Okay, no questions of me either? Um not this time, no. All right. You have a safe evening and stay out of trouble. Ultimately, no criminal charges were pursued and the student received disciplinary measures from the university's student affairs department. However, if the officer or tenant decided otherwise, the outcome could have been much worse. Do you think they'll think twice next time? Let me know your thoughts in the comments down below and I'll see you in the next video.