I’m not imitated by that You're small Scratching me like a little girl I got attacked in my store and now I'm going to jail A DoorDash delivery to a Florida mall turned into a wild fight inside the Get Lost smoke shop The employee, Andrew claimed self-defense but when deputies saw the security camera footage it told a very different story They start yelling exchanging words with each other and he, they're both on this side of the counter And then the employee says "You gotta get the f*** out of my store" "Get the f*** out of my store" Starts pushing him back pushing him back Um and he's just... And this guy's running his mouth at him as well Not hitting him not pushing or anything And then the dude has these blades which are right there - The guy in here - Has what? These blades On his key chain Him? No, the guy in here - Okay - The, the employee I walked up (unintelligible) (Unintelligible) said, "Yo" I came in, dropped this dude's phone off after texting him cuz he didn't put an address He said, "I'm at the f****** store" "It's on the description" He was already upset So he gets in the store gives him his food and starts walking out And he goes, he's gonna take a picture of the address once they get it So he comes right here to take a picture and this guy walked up after looking at his food and it was kind of disarray, I guess So he thinks he's f****** with his food for being disrespectful, so he said, "Yo” and flips him off So he said "What the f*** are you flipping me off for?" And that's when this guy just pulls these out He described the blades perfectly So he pulls him out, he's like "Don't f****** slash me" "Get out of my store" "Get out of my store" "You f***** with my food" "Get the f*** out of my store" "Don't threaten me" "Don't threaten me" - This guy got a cut on his arm? - Yeah - So then, that's, that's one of - That's when he got cut - that's one of his… - with that? He said he doesn't know He said it just gets... He started attacking him because he was at the entrance of the store How'd this guy get cut? His His, his don't look like cuts as much as they do like from hitting the - Like, the glass or… - case No, like from hitting the It's broken? No, nothing's broken in there Like see how it's pushed up Oh, it's fixed now It looks like he hit the... Like he was getting pushed up - against the case - Yeah Like the - jewelry, or whatever case is - Okay - So what, what are they doing? - So he says... - What's going on with the... - and then he talked to a witness some girls, who corroborated his story that he was just standing there and this guy lunged at him Right? Is that what the witness told you? They were juvenile girls So I said "Did you get witness statements?" Do they want to be cooperative He said, "No" Their family picked them up whatever So I was like "All right, well I would write a warrant" Cuz you're pending camera footage too They can't get it right now The manager's not answering I don't know if it’s… She gets it remotely or she has to come in and do it You, you have camera footage you have witnesses but they're not cooperative So then we would wait for camera footage So I was like "We can just trespass him" Write it up as an Agg assault and then let the state approve it if we ever get camera footage or… He wants to press charges? And I got pictures of everybody I got pictures of the store before it was f***** up RC came and checked him out Yeah So that's what I said I was like might as well just write it up as a Agg assault and… Okay Cuz we're we gotta wait for camera Camera footage is gonna be Did you guys get a phone number for the manager? Mm-hmm Did you try calling him yourself? No, not yet Okay, should we try and call... you got your work phone? Yes All right, call this number Then the only other question is do you wanna take this as evidence? Yeah - I mean - The knives, the blades it’s Agg Bat, no? Agg assault, well - he, he doesn't know - Is he... if he got cut with them - Can I have it now? - Cuz I keep asking him, I said I said I asked him, I said "Right hand or left hand?" He said, "Left hand " I said, "Okay", I said at him, I said "Do you remember him putting those down when you were fighting?" He said, "I don't really remember" So I think he threw them down somewhere in the middle of the scuffle because at the end he didn't have them in his hand Yeah He had already picked them up so it wasn't like they were on the ground somewhere, like, tossed Like, he had them So he's doing a statement I guess you said the victims aren't or the witnesses Yeah - The kids - Their parents can't - Yeah, parents said no - (unintelligible) said no Now separated from Andrew Nicholas explained how an ordinary delivery had turned physical All right Mr. Nicholas? Mm-hmm So I know you've explained it probably multiple times - to a bunch of different people - It’s fine, I get it, I get it Huh? - I get it, go ahead - Yeah, sorry, I'm I'm gonna be the one that's actually taking the report so do you mind kind of running me through what happened? Basically picked up the McDonald's told me inside the mall Came to the mall no address no specific store Waiting there five minutes Called him two times and no pickup Text him no answer for about another five minutes So he's like "Bro it's in the address just has the mall address" So I just walk in, I'm like "Whatever" - Mm-hmm - I don't got time to be arguing with this b******* Yeah So I walk in the store I come in, he's looking at me crazy already right as soon as I walk in the door Dropped off the food I walk out to take the picture of it he's flipping me off doing this I'm like "What's up?" Right? And he's like "Oh, the drink spilled" I'm like "Ain't got nothing to do with me" Cuz I got lots of orders all day The drinks don't spill How is it specifically he, he gets the order and it specifically falls over? Mm-hmm So we're going back and forth He's giving me attitude I'm like "Okay, what's the problem?" Then he's flashing Eventually, we got to the point where we going back and forth then he's flashing his little blades on his key chain So with that I'm like I'm not intimidated by that Okay? But didn't go through cuz of the signal in here Mm-hmm So I continue to do it again a second time They... Me and him still going back and forth Then he puts his hands on me to push me out the store multiple times - Mm-hmm - The girls here saw me - Yeah - Right? I didn't attack him I ain't do nothing to him I'm standing straight up Okay? All right? He's saying I lunged at him Don't have to I don't have to do anything to you You're smaller than me I'll beat the s*** out of you - But then it's not a good - Mm-hmm it's not a good look for me - Yeah - Do I look like beating you up - Right - Right? So he's pushing me, pushing me I get to the point I'm like, "All right" Just take my arm to get him to get space between me and him That's when this happens - Okay - Scratching me like - a little girl - Yeah, you got a scratch there - scratch there, you got any other? - Yeah, cuz... I’m pretty sure I got more cuz the whole time I'm here I'm pushing him this way He can't take the fact that I'm stronger than him so he starts scratching me Then we end up in the in this over here Then we're on top of counter then the other two guys came and grabbed both of us like, "Get off him" I'm like "I'm not push, I'm not grabbing him, he's grabbing me" Mm-hmm Right? And that was it Yeah All right And you wanna press charges? Yep, cuz I ain't doing nothing Okay Both sides had given deputies their version Now the investigation turned to a camera that had been watching the entire time So you're in fear for your life - or in fear... - That he, that he was attacking Remember? That's what the witness told you He was just standing there and this guy attacked him That's what he said happened So if that's what happened Yeah, he’s our victim He can't, he can't use that as "I was scared" if You know what I'm saying? - Oh, I know... - I'm the, the store manager Hello Hello - You're Phoenix? - Yes Oh, okay I was hoping you were the other one that has access to the cameras I do not have access - to the cameras - Okay, no problem I'm sorry about that Yeah, so, um second time in two weeks - there's been a fight in here - Yep All right So, uh, I guess there was a dis... disagreement over a Uber Eats order And during the disagreement - um... - Oh, you mean the one where someone was promised a tip in cash and didn't receive it? No, a different one Oh - No, he, yeah, he - Okay he ordered and then he said he said he was upset This was the deliverer Yeah, essentially we're trying to figure out who started the altercation which is why we need - the cameras - Oh - Yeah, I just... - There's discrepancies I called my boss, like five different times and she just won't pick up Thers’s also weapons involved Yes Yeah, I'm, like - genuinely... - Are you able to take those off? Probably Are they, uh are the cameras done remotely? Like, could she access them from her phone or - she has to come to the store? - I think, I, no I think she watches them from her phone or at home on a laptop or something Do you know where she lives? - Does she live in - I don’t… Martin County or I think she just moved here but I don't know where What's, uh, do you know, like her first and last name and stuff, or? I know her name Her name is Jessica - but I don't know her first... - Just Jessica? Yeah, her Call her again What's her phone number? Hello? Hey, Jess Um, I just came into the smoke shop uh, because there's been a physical altercation I'm gonna pass the phone over to the cops so you can talk to them real quick I'm real sorry to bother you - Okay - I came here as fast as I could I don't know the full situation I'm so sorry - Here you go, sir - Okay - Thank you very much - I'm so sorry That's okay, don't worry about it - Hello, is this Jessica? - Hello, sorry, my phone was dead That’s okay So essentially a physical altercation occurred Um, your employee I guess, has some knives on his, uh on his key chain And there are discrepancies in the story of what happened and what didn't happen So we're, we are trying to look at the camera footage inside your store to see if we can figure out what exactly happened Um, I have it on my phone Do you know what time it happened? Uh, I could tell you when we got the call Uh, yeah Can you advise when the time of the call was? 26, It was at, uh, 4:59 Uh, let me look and I'll call you guys back Okay Um, is there any way that we're gonna call you from we're gonna call you from one of our work phones - Um, would you be able to - Uh-huh Cuz we're gonna have to see the footage If we send you a link are you gonna be able to upload that footage so that we can watch it? Uh, I'm gonna have to look if (unintelligible) uh, is he getting arrested? My employee? Uh, I don't, I don't know That's what... We have to watch the footage Okay, are you able to pass my phone the phone back to the employee Phoenix? Yes Just, uh, just do me a favor and try to find that footage for me if you can Yeah, I will All right Uh, before she hangs up just, I need to talk to her one more time - Yeah, I got you - All right, thank you Yeah, if she could walk you through it that would be even that would be great too Were you able to get access? Uh she's looking into it right now So Do you have a way to watch the cameras back there or no? Oh, okay So, um are you, if if we send you a link are you able to send us that camera footage? I'm not sure if I'm able to because it's a new system My old... The cameraman that we normally use for the other stores he passed away So we got, like, this whole new system - Okay - Whereas before I was able to, like uh, cross, like, save videos and stuff - I have to figure out... - Do you have, do you have an iPhone? Yeah Are you able to screen record the, the uh, like, you know leading up to the fight and stuff? All right, we, we just sent you the, uh, we just sent you the link You should get it in a text message Um, if you don't I'm gonna hang up the phone and then if you don't mind just, uh, just screen record to pretty much when the fight gets broken up All right? And then you can just upload it to that, uh you just upload it to that that link there Thank you again All right, I'm gonna hold down - this for an hour, but I guess - She said... Does she live in the County? - Do you guys need the - I don't think so place closed? Like I'm assuming you guys need the place closed, right? Or Uh, I mean, we're not telling you to close your busi... This is a private business - No, no, I, I mean - You guys... listen, I'm being completely transparent with you There's s*** all over the floor - Yeah - I'm in so much f****** pain Yeah I ain't f****** bending over to clean any of that up - So - Yeah All right, yeah, we just gotta - finish up what we're doing - Yeah and then we're gonna be out of your hair So if, if you wanna close the, the... If you wanna close the shop up then that's fine Give me a ring up when they leave, okay? And then I'll come back - Thank you - Of course No worries, I'm so sorry For the moment the investigation stalled the camera footage still had to be reviewed Is this a dispensary? Smoke shop How are you guys selling T**? It's T*** It's not medical grade T** - It skirts the law - It says 5,000 milligrams pure T** Yeah but when you actually look at the key ingredients are on the back of it it doesn't have the required amount for it to be T** potent like a medical gummy or anything like that Hmm Yeah, but if it contains more than .03 They don't That's how they get below that's how they get around it They make it with less than that to increase the potency of it Basically what they do is they lie to their customers and they present it as T** but it's really not It's just a mixture of delta CBD and some T** c*********** that haven't been fully developed Sorry, man We just got the store video so we're looking at it right now Two stories had brought deputies this far The camera couldn't capture the words but it had captured what happened next I think that's gotta be off for you to do that, right? Yeah, It's already off Oh, dude That was so, so bad So he got a scratch on his arm where he's holding it here Mm-hmm So Right in there (Unintelligible) Yeah - Yeah, (unintelligible) great - Cuz he's already holding it like that (Unintelligible) Yeah Yeah, you saw it Yeah Right here - Yep - Okay And that's our tool It's a blade Yeah Or a gun Looks like it's also a blade The only thing I don't like is this - Yeah - Mm-hmm Here From what? Where's he you know what I mean? Right Which Yeah, cuz it’s the opposite way here He already ran No, so this is the first one So I get all this, and then But then coming back Yeah She's just calling I mean Yeah, I mean (unintelligible) Calling us and trying to take her time on them All right Hey, Andrew Come over here for me real quick, man So right now you are being placed under arrest for battery Okay? So again just put your hands behind your back So from what you were saying and the videos and stuff like that (Unintelligible) Right, but the video shows you you, you were bumping into him first I was trying - You were being... - to get him out of my store I asked him to leave my store - several times - Did you call 911? I asked him to leave - several times - Okay But you can't be putting your hands - on people - I didn't put my hands on him Yeah, you were bumping into him - and... - He came up to me What did you guys not see? He tried to come behind... He tried to come behind my counter - We just watched... - He did not - try to go behind your counter - Yes, he did - He walked right over there - We just, we, we just - We just watched it, we just - right there we just watched it We just watched the vide... video What do you want your phone and your keys? Where is Phoenix at right now? Yeah, we'll call Phoenix to come back to the store Is she at the other store? (Unintelligible) store - partner (unintelligible) - If we did Siri and said "Call Phoenix" would it call her? No Do you have her phone number saved? Nn-nn Not in my… You can, you could also call Jessica and tell her to call Phoenix to come over here I'm just grabbing that stuff for me Can I call my Dad? - Huh? - Real quick How old are you? 24 Uh, sure You just gonna tell him to come bond you out, or? Yeah, Martin County, right? Yep, Martin County Jail Are you, you're not out on bond or anything like that, are you? Nope Okay Sir that other deputy's gonna be with you in a second What about my car? Hmm? What happens to my car? It's in a parking spot, right? Yeah Um, so it's gonna be left here Um, I don't think that I doubt they'll tow it for one night you know? Once I'm done with my paperwork you're gonna get a bond tonight so you're gonna be able to bond out So just have just try and call in here or call Jessica or someone like that and tell them to talk to security and ask them not to tow your car So I get choke slammed into a wall but he doesn't go to jail too? Is that not mutual combatancy? Regardless whatever So from what we saw is you were bumping into hi... him you were pushing into him and you started pretty much all of it first I didn't start anything He would not leave I was requesting - him to leave several times - Right but that doesn't give you the right - to put your hands on people - I did not put my actual hands - on him - Okay - I was (unintelligible) - It doesn't it doesn't give you the right to put your body on another person's body - Yeah, that's, that's when the... - All I did (unintelligible) - (Unintelligible) - Hmm, no - he put his hands on me - Hmm, no We, uh we watched it, you tried to grab the phone out of his hand to try and get him to, out of your store And, uh, he told us that he was trying to be... trying to call 911 And that's when all that that's when he really got physical with you was when you were trying to take his phone from All right, do you have anything on your person that I can't see? Anything tucked in your underwear or anything like that? Okay, if you bring anything inside the jail I know you get a felony - I know - Okay Am I gonna be able to call my dad - in here? - Yeah, yeah Say it again? Call Mama Dukes Right there, Mama Dukes Hi Can you come bail me out of Martin County Jail? What happened? I need you to come ba... d... I don't need the lecture or the questions Please, can you just come to Martin County Jail and bail me out? Thanks Oh, God I got attacked in my store Now I'm going to jail - cuz I quote-unquote started it - You what? I got attacked in my store and because I quote - unquote, "put my body" - He got attacked in his store - Because I, quote-unquote - and now he’s in… "put my body against his first" I'm the aggressor apparently - So even though he choke - He is at - slammed me through a wall - Martin County - I'm still going... - jail you gotta go bail him He got attacked - in the store - Buddy, you can act like this all you want People are gonna see the video We watched the video - Oh, God - I have a - Why is he in jail? - really good lawyer - Okay, cool - Somebody come - that's your right - and attack him in the store So that's self-defense Why is he arrested? - I don't know yet - Because I put my body on him first Can I also call my baby mom real quick just to let her - know what's going on? - No, sir - You can call her from the jail - So that… She's got my son - I got it - I wanna let her know what's going on All right She just sent me a text Yeah, you can call her from the jail With the fight behind him Andrew reflected on how things had escalated He said he had been ragebaited but admitted making poor choices of his own You been arrested before? Yeah What for? Yes What? Yes What for? Oh, I'm sorry Uh, petty theft possession which was both dropped That’s it? And simple battery which was also dropped Okay Oh, and well, no I didn't get arrested for that But I got hit with reckless driving and I did six months probation - for that - Okay When was the last time you were arrested? Last year It's gonna be like 1,000 No, not even It's gonna be like 250 I think - Oh - something like that, yeah The full bond? What? The full price? - Yeah - Oh, sh... It might be 500 I gotta double-check it, but it's I know it's less than a thousand I know I was wrong but I feel like he was also wrong Huh? I know I was wrong but I feel like he was also wrong I'm not saying I wasn't wrong - I kind of deserved to go - You're... but I feel like he did too You said, you said you have a good lawyer, so Yeah, I'll probably get probation again and then I'll have to sit there and suffer through my finances as they bill me monthly That's mainly what they do They just sit there, hit you with it give you a long time and make you pay every month I mean, for a lot of people, the the quickest thing to keep people from re-offending is money, you know? Yeah, it's really a deterrent no cap Yeah Even when I was fa... falsely arrested in Fort Pierce for possession of a substance that wa... I, was not in my possession I went through it and when they tested what I actually had and it came back as regular m******** for Like the after effect of it was 20 grand in lawyer fees, court fees and then I had to pay to get drug tested even though I (Redacted) still drug tested me And that was $75 a visit That s*** was the most... Taught me a lesson, though Never, ever bring my dispo s*** in the car or, like leave it out in the car I mean, you, you gotta be careful with those little knives and stuff, man I mean, if we were if we were able to prove a little more or there was audio or whatever else you know you might be getting hit with an Agg assault Oh - You know? - Yeah I mean, he came in and he was he definitely was - being threatening to me - I mean, let, I mean, let's let's be real, man, I... He was just standing there You know, if he wants to call the cops or he just wants to stand, like you call us There doesn't have to be anything more than that Like, if he doesn't wanna leave call us, bro I mean, then he's in the wrong He's not leaving the store we trespass him, he's out of there Yeah I tried calling mall security - but their number didn't pick up - No, call, call us cuz they call us anyways Oh, do they? Yeah Oh You grabbing his phone like that if he was on 911 you could also get hit with the deprivation of 911 charge Oh, s*** I did not know that You could've you could've had a lot of charges stacked on you if we could prove more I don't really - know what was going through - But those, those little knives are gonna be put in evidence though, you're not gonna get those back Yeah, I figured that, whatever cheap $10 things I don't really know what I was thinking I think I just wanted to yell at the 911 operator that he was putting his hands on me, too cuz I hate when people say… he said that I sat there and said I punched him when I didn't kind of (unintelligible) You got a phone I said, you got a phone Yeah Oh, well Decisions were made and now we're here Andrew was arrested on one count of battery and three small fixed blade knives from his keychain were seized as evidence Corporal Castro transported him to the Martin County Jail before Andrew was later released on a reported $500 bond