It's not more like you just stole a candy bar. Okay. I guess there's a question about almost $11,000 worth of lottery tickets. 11,000. Okay. No, no, no. I'm I'm Okay. You don't. You scared me. No. Why would I do that? You are you okay? It's just very store robberies aren't always committed by customers or intruders and masks. Sometimes it's an inside job. Sometimes stores can lose thousands of dollars from thieving and deceptive employees. But no matter how clever they might be, the cops will always know if they're hiding something. We need the money to pay for the lottery now. Okay, Sam. I will get them for you. Okay, give me the money. I'm Sam. Well, I don't have it all. You want my check? On December 19th, 2022, the Florida Lottery reported that a local gas station clerk tried to claim a $25,000 prize after supposedly playing scratchoff tickets. While that would have been a win worth celebrating, what was suspicious about it is that the winning ticket was bought by the clerk at the very store she was working in. Hey, can you go real quick? I got to talk to you. Me? Yes. What happened? I just We got to talk about some stuff. the boat for me. We'll talk about it. Come on. See if you come here for real, boy. What is this about? Come on. Just come this way. All right. Come over here. Let's see where you're standing against my car. Right. Okay. What is this about? I'm going to explain it to you. Okay. Just hang out. Okay. Just just give me a second. Okay. Just let me let me get through the steps and then we're going to go from there. Okay. So, I'm going to read you something. All right, just bear with me a second. Okay, you have the right to remain silent. Do you understand that? Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. Do you understand that? Okay, you understand? You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him present with you while you're being questioned. Do you understand that? Yes. Yes. Her scheme was pretty straightforward. She would perform her job as usual, but steal an entire book of lottery tickets, which gives her a high chance of finding a winning ticket. After reading her rights to her, the officer immediately cuts to the chase. I'm I'm giving you a chance to be forthcoming and honest with me. So, I'm going to give you a chance to tell me what happened and then based on what you say, I'm going to tell you what I know. Okay. But I'm giving you a chance to be honest. Okay. That's it. Okay. Okay. So, here. Yeah. There's something happened here. Got some lottery tickets. Your name came up. I've been doing a lot of research today. Let's just put it that way. Okay. Okay. So, look, I came up here to talk to you so to give you a maybe there's a logical explanation to this. I don't know. That's why I'm here to give you a chance to explain. So, that's what I'm here for. Go ahead. Can I talk to my boss? No, not right now. Okay. Well, I don't know. What am I being blamed for? Stolen lottery tickets or something? Do you know anything about any stolen lottery tickets? Not really. I mean Uh-huh. Were you working last Thursday? Last Thursday. That been the 15th. 15th. I don't think my my phone is here. I don't know. Remember you you were here cuz I I saw I already know you were here last. Lottery tickets had already been reported as missing from the store. And to retain their lottery license, the store needed to compensate for these missing tickets. All the evidence was stacked against her. But since she continued to play dumb, the officer decided to play the woman at her own game, hoping to trip her up in her own words. Did you make a mistake? Yeah, I probably But I thought I worked that over with him. What? What? What mistake did you make? Well, he said that there was a short or something like that. A short of what? I don't really remember. That's No, no. I'm asking a short 100 tickets. I guess. Yeah, the count. Okay. Okay. Like you say a short, how do you mean? Like is it like one ticket missing? Is it like 80 tickets missing? I don't know. There was a short I guess it was like a maybe a couple like $50 $60 or something like that I guess. So short you're sure or no for the you have to actually count them as well. Okay. Yeah. Like the tickets were short. Yeah. Yeah. Did he ever say how many were short? No. And I thought I worked that over. I know he came to me and said it, but I thought I worked that over, but it wasn't coming out of my check. Okay. So I don't How much how much was supposed to come out of your check? I don't know. That's the only thing I don't really remember. I can look. I mean, I don't I don't remember. Hold on. So, there was short tickets uh like $50, $60. I I'm thinking that's the last thing I would have been doing. At the moment, the cops are investigating the woman for theft. However, it's also considered fraud that she tried to claim cash prizes from stolen tickets. So, it looks like there's no way she can get out of this scot-free. He'll always come to you if you're if it's short the next day and then he'll let you know. And then I was like, "Okay, well, we're not saying work it out." Do you mean like he just I'm going to pay? Yeah, I'm going to pay for it. I'm going to have to pay for it. You actually have to pay it back. Yeah, I'm going to have to pay it back. And how much did he say it was at that time? I don't That's why I say I can look at my phone. I can remember the date, but I don't really remember off hand. Okay, that's fine. All right. Um, well, there's a bunch missing right now. A whole bunch. a bunch bunch like so I'm just I'm just being I'm just like I said keep in mind. Okay. I just I just I just want you to keep in mind there's tons of cameras in here. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. You did a you tried to do a good job, but there was some We can still see some things. I watched the video. So that's what I want. I'm just This is your chance to be honest. Like, listen, there's people there's bad people in this world and there's people that just make mistakes. What the officer is doing right now is sympathizing with her situation so he'd come across as non-threatening. While the woman's committed an extremely serious crime that doesn't deserve much sympathy, the officer's doing this to get a confession out of her. So, my guess is it's the holidays. Christmas is right around the corner. You have any kids? Yeah. Yep. You have kids. you probably want to give them a good Christmas. We have all this stuff going on. Inflation's up, everything's up. Like, it's an easy way to make a few extra bucks. And it is what it is. I think all that weighing on you. You're a mom. You got all this stuff going on. It's like again, it's Christmas. It's the holidays. Like, we made a mistake. We own it. We move the hell on and we deal with it. Is that what happened? Am I going to deal with you? I mean, as of right now, you're not under arrest. Do I have to explain to you that that the reason we're out here is because it's five full rolls of water. Yeah. The officer showed her the documents from the gaming commission, which he got from the state of Florida. The document showed that the time when the lottery books went missing and the times when the winning tickets were cashed in, she was the clerk on duty and was alone in the store. Based on this, it was not the first time that she fraudulently claimed cash prizes. I need to let the state know. I have to let the state know how many are gone because now there you got to think about this, too. There's innocent people out there that might have a ticket that maybe he thought was stolen that's not stolen. So, I need to know how many books were taken. Say it's a jack winner for 25,000. He gets charged with stealing $25,000. So what I have to do, we got to try to protect other people, whoever it is. And we need to know how many books were taken. Did you take the book? I was one. Yeah. And I don't Which book was it? Um there were It looks like he's finally gotten a confession from the suspect. So now the investigation's making good progress. The officer, however, is quick to point out that she's not admitted to the full extent of her crimes. Hold on. Just let me finish. Okay. And the reason I know it's more than one book is because look, 12:18 yesterday, 1856, you catch one. That's from one book. At 1857, you catch another one. At 1858, you cash another one. Those are from two separate books. So I know more than one book. I'm not saying that. I'm trying to say, but I I know I don't have the whole court, but I just don't want to go. I understand. I have my kids out here. I live in your kids. You're not on London Crust anymore? No, I we got evicted. Like, what hotel are you at? I just My kids are out here. I understand. I live your kids. It's okay. It's okay. It's not okay cuz I was like, that's bad. But then that, you know, I That was just a mistake. The stolen items are not simply something that she can give back to the store. The lottery books have been reported stolen and are now completely invalid and unavailable for resale. And on top of that, the winning tickets from those were cashed in already by her. When she's brought back to meet her boss, he was quite understandably furious. I don't have it. Well, the books are recorded stolen. The books are no good. Yeah. The state of Florida stolen stolen and we will pay. The books is cancelled. We need the money to pay for the lottery office now. Okay, Sam. I will get that for you. Okay, give me the money. I'm Sam. Well, I don't have it all. You want my check? You want I have two checks. That That's it. If you don't have it, you you you deal with the Let's work. Look, let's work on getting the tickets. Just ask him one second. We're almost This is not the time to do all this. He's already kind of said what he wants to say. We can't sit here. We're not going to sit here and badger him. This is not Okay. Let me go. Can I grab my stuff? We'll get all your stuff. Let's work on Let's call your mom. Let's call your mom. Let's go talk to your mom. Let's go. Let's call your mom. Let's work on getting the ticket. The cops so far have shown remarkable sympathy for the woman. They might be thinking that her crimes were committed out of financial hardship and that she simply made a poor decision. However, she's not as innocent as she appears. [Music] Got it. I'm I'm okay. You don't. You scared me, girl. No. Why would I do that? You're right there. You scared me to death. You gave me a heart attack. I have to hit it to run up the window. I got you. You scared me to death. Come on, bro. I'm not going to We're going to make this really bad. Oh, no. You need help? No. Wow. Check out that Jaguar SUV. It doesn't look like she's struggling with serious financial hardships at all, or at least not serious enough to lead her to a life of crime. And though the cops have been patient and sympathetic with her, it doesn't mean she could enjoy it for too long. Just pull the whole bag out. Come on. That's what That's what I'm saying. It's right here. Just pull the whole bag out. Just pull the D, pull the whole bag out. Let's go. These are mine. Okay. Just pull the whole bag out. The books that you asked for here. Yeah. Okay. These are All right. Tell you what, just hop out for me. Nope. Just N. There's a whole bunch more in there. There's a whole bunch. These are mine. Those You didn't buy all those books. I'll tell you what. If we're going to play No, I'm going to We're going to play the game. I'm just going to tow the cop search. Get I'm going to get this. Okay, we're done. We're done. No, please. Please. Here. Here. Okay. Just take the back. Okay. Officer, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Why? Please, please, please, please. We're done playing games. After being arrested, the woman was charged with grand theft and given 60 days in jail as part of a plea deal. Shockingly, her criminal activities continued when she missed a court date, which also led to drugs being discovered in her possession. And she also caught another petty theft charge. On the 6th of February, 2024 in Palm Beach County, Florida, the cops were sent to an Old Navy store regarding a reported theft when an officer arrived on scene. A staff member was waiting outside to brief him about what happened. We have a we have a um a shop that's over $1,000. She works with us in the company. Okay. So, they just asked for backup HR. Hi, how are you? Can you come on real quick? She was just telling me that you have an employee that stole $1,000 worth of merchandise. We don't know. They just told us to call PD um to happen to arrest them cuz we want to prosecute. So, you're not involved in it either? No. They just told me to call. Okay. So, you don't know anything about it? I I other than what you just told me. Okay. Um yeah. Um just walking into the old Navy now. Um I I don't even have any of the information yet because HR is in the office with the person right now. Aside from being a crime, shoplifting is also an HR issue. It involves an internal investigation as well as a termination of their employment contract. When one of the officers spoke to another member of the staff, he then learned that things are actually a lot worse than they initially expected. Raise your right hand. Everything's saying it's the truth. Nothing will tell you that, right? All right. So, tell us what happened with this employee. So, the employee um was caught doing pass off or benefited from pass off much. Okay. Can you explain again the pass off? Yeah. So basically she was acting like okay she was a customer and somebody else was ringing her and those items although they were scanned they were immediately deleted off the transaction. Now you're saying that somebody else was scanning for her. Somebody else was scanning. So somebody was helping her. Somebody else was helping her. Where is that person now? That person is coming and I'm interviewing her right after this. Oh, so you have two people today? Yes. Okay. So this person coming in ranked this person that I have in the office and this person in the office ranked the person coming in. So they did it towards each other. What is the total of both? I got I'm treating them separately. We're not That's not That's not how it works. They're in cahoots. They both get charged with a felony for the full amount. So if person A did $500 and person B did $15 of theft, they both get charged for $515. I can provide that. The seriousness of the suspect's crimes have significantly escalated. The store previously reported that over $1,000 had been stolen, and that constitutes a felony, a criminal conspiracy where more than one person's engaging in criminal activity could be another felony charge. The cops soon speak to one of the suspects. So, Miss Brown, what happened? Merchandise that you took merchandise that didn't get in paper. Okay. How did you do that? The cashier to run you and then she take it out. What? Who? You say a cashier rang it and then they would take it out. Like you mean by taking it out? You mean canceling it from the transactions? The transactions. Okay. And you said you were doing the scanning or somebody else was doing the scanning. Okay. What is the other uh cashier's name? Late. I'm sorry. Rece. So when did this start happening of of ringing these these transactions? To be honest, I don't remember exactly like the date when it happened, but I know it's more than one time it happened. This happened more than one time. Yeah. It's nothing planned for it just happened. Like I just bring the stuff and then she did that and it didn't happen again. Now are you getting this merchandise for what? Your family or you trying to sell it? I I'm not selling it. The thing I don't need. I don't know why. So far, the suspect has not complained of any financial hardship or admitted to reselling items. It looks like Miss Brown and her accomplice Lzette just stole from the store simply because it was too easy given the access they have as employees. Intriguingly, despite conspiring together, both of these women didn't really talk about what they were doing. Are you saying you don't know why you're stealing it? So, so what are you doing with the clothes when you but once you get them? It It's like I It's stuff that I take to pay for, but she just take it off like from me and my kids. So, are you saying she's doing you a favor? Well, I guess cuz it's nothing that we talk about. We never talk about it. And she she Have you done that for her? I I did that for her cuz she did it for me. So, both of you guys are taking being nice to each other, giving each other free stuff out of Old Navyy's dime. Yes, sir. And she never said why she wanted to do that for you. Never talking about it to be nice. So, so how' this come about then? That's the thing. I don't know. I just go to the register and then she just took it off. But it's nothing like it is just crazy cuz it's nothing that that I planned or or she I don't know. But it it just happened to be honest. Old Navy sells budget friendly clothing. So stealing $1,000 worth of items means they stole a lot of items. Eventually the officer tells Miss Brown the bad news. At this time you are under arrest. You are going to our county jail. You are going also as a felony as a felony cuz the amount total goes over the felony threshold. And what we're going to do is I want all your cash. I'm going to count that in front of you now. This is all going to go into evidence. But what you have, take it out, place it on this table, and we're going to count it together. Okay. These are Jamaican money as well. Uh, right now we just take Jamaican currency. Currency. Um, it's not going to go into this currency. It goes into just regular profit. Okay. Just American US currency. You want the coins as well? Yeah. Just put everything right there. 180. I'll I'll do it. I'll do it. This is Jamaican. I'll take So, take take that out. $1 $2. This one is Jamaican. Okay. 13 14 15 16 $36. So, stand up for me, please. Do me a favor. Turn around for us, please. Going out the back door. her. Yeah. After Miss Brown was arrested, the cops then start investigating the other suspect, Lette. She has a completely different demeanor than that of Miss Brown and a somewhat different explanation of what happened. Raise your right hand. Do your sore and affirm that the uh statement you're about to give is the truth. Yes. All right. So, Miss So, you obviously know why we're here. So, tell us what happened. Um but I guess I did um give items so I didn't pay for it. Okay. Um it was a coworker. All right. And what is the what is the coworker's name? Jody. Jody. You know her last name? No. How long have you known Jody? Um by the same time that I've been here. A year. About a year. Yeah. Okay. So, walk me through it. What What you said you gave items. What did how did that happen? How what did you do? You just walked out with the items, gave them to her outside or So, I guess one day it started with her asking me to check her out in the register. So, I did as I was getting items, she like whispered to me to take some off, but she still put them in the bag. And even though I knew it was wrong and like I felt, you know, what did she say to you? Yeah. What did she say to you again? She as I was uh I guess printing off her items, she was like in a voice telling me to take some off. While both employees will be held accountable for their actions, Lette's claiming that Miss Brown, also known as Jod, had ordered her to not scan the merchandise properly. With contradicting claims, the cops now have to figure out who's telling the truth. Did she always ask you or did you just automatically started doing it for her? She always asks you. She always asked you. Yeah. Okay. As far as you buying items, did she do the same thing for you? Yeah, but without me asking. Okay. But and and you knew that you were taking stuff home that you didn't pay for. Yes. Okay. And in no time whatsoever that you thought maybe I should pay for these, you just walked out with the items. Yes. Yes. Okay. And when she was purchasing items, she came directly to you. Yes. Were there other employees working? Most of the time. Well, no. It was most of the time when I was in the cash only cashier. Miss Brown looks significantly older than Lette, who's only 18 years old. The age difference here might explain something, and it could be why Lette just followed orders from Miss Brown. Lette later revealed that she was scared she'd have a hostile work environment, and she wanted to be on Miss Brown's good side. Okay. So when you what did you buy from her that she would give you that you know that she didn't scan stuff? Chips. So actual food items, things like that. Nothing. It had nothing to do with water and Takis. Yeah. I know Takis. Yeah. Yeah. Great stuff. Yeah. So So you never The clothing that she rung up that she voided out wasn't clothing for you. It was clothing for her. One section of clothes. So there was one transaction never got clothing with her. Oh according to that. So okay so it was clothing and food items that she got that total $75. Yes. Okay. So you did get clothing. Okay. Yeah. You don't remember getting don't remember? I'm sorry. You just remember food. Yeah. Leggings. Yeah. There's there's boyfriend pants there. Um the flannel. Oh, okay. Do you remember that now? Okay. So, who was that for? You. Me. Okay. Judging by the items stolen, it's likely Miss Brown was the ring leader of the operation. She simply included items for Lette as some sort of payment for her silence. The cops then revealed the total value of stolen items by both suspects and the shocking difference between them. So, you agree with that to 19? I agree with that. What we're talking about is misdemeanor felony level. Okay. $75 is the misdemeanor is a misdemeanor. You You're prosecuting on the misdemeanor. We just want got to make sure of that. Yeah. Okay. That's fine. Guys, I was going to take this. I didn't understand this. I need you to understand this is what we're talking about right now. Okay. Your friend is going to jail right now for a felony and she stole over $950 some dollars that you helped her with as far as ringing the stuff up. You have approximately $75 worth of stuff that's considered a misdemeanor. You are going to jail today. I'm going to make that clear to you. You will be under arrest today. Now, we will make the decision whether or not you have a notice to appear or actually take the take the ride to to the county jail. What we're talking about is the fact technically if two people are helping each other out and trying to steal stuff, it is considered a felony. So, that's what we were debating on whether or not Let's just review the statute. Ultimately, both women were going to jail. However, rather unfortunately for them, there was only one police car that could drive them there. So, having just confessed about each other's crimes, it was pretty awkward for them to be reunited in the back of a cop car. You want her passenger? Yeah. All right. We got to figure out something. So, we're going to put her in your car. Can I spit on my thumb? Yeah. I'm not going to get you for like glittering things. Go for it. It's your fault. That'd be real cruel of me to to hit you up with that ticket. All right. So, Deputy Alba here is going to go ahead and check you. Where you from? I'm from here. You're born here? Where's your Where's your background? Mexican. All right. So, at this point, everything that Deputy Alba says goes. All right. I just got to go do some paperwork. Just cut this finger for Are you okay? I show some embarrass. And just like that, this duo was transported to jail to face the consequences of their sneaky plan. Employees shoplifting is quite common, but sometimes employees will also work with outsiders posing as customers. In our next case, a cashier and a grandma pull off an outrageous shoplifting spree. On October 1st, 2023, Florida police were dispatched to a local Dollar General store. The manager claimed the store was missing $10,000 and believed that the person responsible for the missing money was one of their own employees. When the cop arrived, the manager clued him in on what's been happening. So, is she in there right now? Yeah. Okay. Um, so just give me a basis of what happened, what's going on. Well, I was watching some video footage on her and she's been stealing from my store. She's one of my employees and uh my loss prevention person is here right now going over all of that with her and um Okay. So, she's currently like semi- detained. Yeah, she's in a break room. We're in an office with Okay. Yeah. All right. Um so, what what do you have video footage of? uh her doing fraudulent brain box and a family member um she is ringing ringing but not ringing her out with the overflowing shopping carts. She's sliding for for herself or somebody else. Uh for her grandmother. Oh, for her grandmother. Okay. Okay. Um Okay. And she's confess to stealing sodas and doing other refunds is what she does with the refunds. defending it. It's not even her product. She's taking off the shelf. She's pocketing money. So, the suspect's boyfriend's grandmother pretends to purchase items and the suspect pretends to scan them. They pulled off their modus operandi multiple times without being detected. However, with security cameras and a loss prevention team constantly on the lookout, it was only a matter of time before they got caught. Most recent event happened two days ago where she allowed her boyfriend's grandmother to walk out of the store with approximately it was like $800 in three different time. It was 300 300 200 roughly. Okay. Because she didn't bring all the merchandise up and allowed her to walk out without paying for it. Um I can show you video. How old are you? I'm 22. the statement she wrote for me regarding okay how all that is the breakdown of the merchandise that we've agreed on. Okay. The suspect seems genuinely upset, but it's unclear if it's because of regret or because she got caught, but it's highly unlikely she was crying when they're enjoying their loot. Probably feeling sorry for her, the loss prevention officer told the cop about the suspect's behavior. so far. And she's been very cooperative. She's been very honest with me. Told me everything that is everything here. So, she has been cooperative. You take me. Can I at least call my mom to tell her she has my kid? Yeah, I I can do that for you. I can do that for you. Uh 99638. So, this is the merchandise. That's her taking the merchandise off the shelf and going up to the register. She was having is that pebbleser. Cheryl puppy pads. And there's some pedigree in that. Mhm. right there was 4275. The stolen items include dog food and Tide pods. It doesn't appear they're targeting items with high resale values, so they might not be stealing for money. They're just stealing regular items that the boyfriend's grandmother would normally buy. This is one of three trips in that night. In one night. Mhm. And I was on the 29th. Yes, sir. Okay. All right. So, I'm going to do you the solid and handcuff you in the front. Okay. But as of right now, you are being placed under arrest. Okay. The suspect and her elderly accomplice have been stealing for a considerable amount of time, and roughly $10,000 worth of goods have been stolen from the store. Although she's starting to show remorse, no amount of crying can change the fact that she's committed grand theft. I'm so sorry, Loretta. Her band. Um, or at least grandma for Yeah, I got you. Um, do you like Probably not, but you don't know her information? Yes, sir. Okay, I'll try and I'll try and get it from a boyfriend's grandma, so I'm sure she has. Yeah, I'll try and get it from Haley. Um, but you are Haley trespass as well. Yeah. Okay. All right. Yeah. So, so before I leave, I'll uh type up my warning and I'll get it to you. So, all right, let's head out to the car. All right, Dad. I have to go. All right, bye. Once the finer details of when and how she stole from the store have been established, it's still unclear why she did it. The officer simply baffled as to why she would do this and use her boyfriend's grandmother as an accomplice. So, why why' you do it? I did it because I was I'm easily persuaded that I'll just say that I'm easily persuaded. Times are tough right now. Yeah. And I thought it would just be Yeah. So, as far as like the merchandise and then the uh the money you uh you refunded to yourself. Yes. Um were you doing that for yourself or for family? Money I did for myself. The other stuff I didn't like the merchandise. Yeah. Okay. Um, and with uh with grandma, it was it was planned for her to come in and No, there was never a plan. She would just come in and do it. Okay. And then you would just nonchalantly? No, sir. Okay. In the end, she was charged with felony grand theft and sentenced to a year of probation. Sometimes the real punishment for shoplifting is the shame that's brought by getting caught. And our next suspect was left utterly humiliated after stealing from her workplace. On October 18th, 2022, a Walmart store discovered the fraudulent activities of a staff member. When customers came to return items, the employee would make the exchange but didn't process it through the Walmart database. Then she'd take the receipt and do a proper refund and put the money on a gift card for herself. Robert, she estimates transactions giving false returns. Uh she'll basically hand out merchandise and keep the gift card first. Now your statement that's only for you and Walmart now. It's not for us. Yeah. Okay. Yes, cuz we I have to read a Miranda thing. Right. Right. Right. Right. Yeah. We just keep that. Yeah. That's just Yeah, that's just All right. Can you just check so Okay. What's she doing now? She'll Are these three different things? No, it's all the same type all week. Oh, on multiple different things. Oh, different days. I guess we're on each separate days. Okay. This allowed her to make between $200 and $700 per day. As the staff explained, not only was she faking returns to get gift cards, but to pull off her scheme, she was also giving away merchandise to the customers and making those appear as replacement items. Customer will come in and be like, I'm going to return a battery. Okay. Uh unknown customer. Unknown. Unknown customer. Now, there's two in here and that is an accomplice. Okay. But then the unknown customer comes and they'll have a battery and they'll have an old battery. Okay. She'll scan the new battery, upload it to a shop card, a gift card, and then she keeps it. And then she just gives the customer the battery. The customer just leaves cuz she's giving the merchandise away, and she's uploading a card to herself. So, they're not they're not even paying for it. She's got us like minimum 2,000. We're going to have more. The suspect's only 18 years old. And given how young she is, she's perhaps stealing out of complete naivity and is unaware of how serious the consequences are. It would be good for her if she immediately owned up to her mistakes. Tell me what's been going on. Basically stealing. Stealing. Okay. How long has this been going on? Dates, time frame, you know, two months, last month, 3 months. Well, like around like July or something. since July. No, just like I said, I don't know exact date, but like around July. Okay. Um, what how has it been going on? How how have you been doing this? With gift cards. Huh? With gift cards. With gift cards. So, customer come in and how how how would you do it? How would you do the transaction? basically like see that they come on and they have like a battery or something like that like a car battery. Yeah. You do like the exchange. You do exchange? Yeah. And then like swipe the car. You swipe a gift card? Mhm. Are they paying for the battery? No. Um they're for exchange. Oh, that's for exchange. So, they're bringing an old battery in and getting a new battery basically. Yeah. There are believed to be at least two other accompllices, but a lot of her crimes involved innocent customers who were completely unaware of her scheme. While searching her, the officer suspects that she could be involved in even more fraudulent crimes and decides to inspect her wallet. I'll go through everything in here. This is yours or is this Walmart? That's my And then that's my good that's my W card, my food storage, my ID. That's my Is there anything in this thing that does not have your name on it? Yeah, of course. Huh? Yeah. Everything has your name on it. No, no, no. Some stuff does not. That's what I'm asking. No, I didn't say yet. A credit. You got a lot of Walmart gift cards here. Walmart gift cards. Bunch of them. Shop cards. And make sure no credit cards have someone else's name on it. They're all Walmart cards. Are they hers? Are they the ones that she loaded that? Yeah, they you can throw them away. They they seen the ones on my um thing already. Okay. Anything? I'm not going to go through it, but you know, it's just that right there. That Yeah, that's the two little nothing in that pocket. Okay. The food stamps card suggests she was struggling financially, which might have been one of the reasons that drove her to commit such crimes. Sadly for her, she'll be walking through the store in handcuffs and in front of a lot of customers. I'm going to walk you right through the store. It's the only way out. There ain't no back door. What did you do? Cuz that hurt. This is your This is your store. Yes. You walking right through like all the bad people. All the people. All the bad people. I've been here this week. All week. All right. Your front office? Yes. Okay. Yeah. But I never came back there. I used to deal with Scott in here. Oh. Yep. Yeah. I know. Okay. It's in the front. Yeah, I know. I'm trying to get my bearing in this side of this. You been a long time. Ultimately, the suspect was sentenced to 24 months probation. The court records show that she stole because she wanted to make fast money. She is still young, though, and it's certainly not too late for her to turn things around. However, our next suspect committed crimes that he might pay for for the rest of his life. On January 31st, 2020 in Florida, the cops were dispatched to a Walmart because the manager was suspected of stealing money from the register. He would take up to $1,000 a day, and he'd been doing it for months without getting caught. What you got? a lot. Well, I just talked with uh Paul. Yes. Okay. And so I think he's going to try. So apparently originally it came out that he wasn't on scene and apparently he's back. Yeah. They got he they called him and after they call he kind of like when he was on the phone he was like okay like you know basically like I don't give a like that's what we took it as. Yeah. But is he still here? Yeah. That's what I'm trying to I'm my mind going so much I can't figure out what's going on. What was it that he was stealing? Money. Straight cash. He, you know, he had access to the recycling and the cash officer CSM. Yes, I got it. Making cash advances to his own. One of the suspect's responsibilities as manager was to collect and count money from all the store registers, then secure it in the bank vault. When the suspect came in on his day off, that's when another manager became suspicious. You can't know what's there and just I mean, the only time you see that kind of stuff is when you hide. When you hide, you see craziness like that. People be put it in that bag. Put it in. See, he thought he was smart because he would leave out of there with the bag. You'll see him leave out and then go around the corner. So, is that is that one of y'all's cash deposit bags or is that his personal? Well, that's cash deposit bag as his own personal. Yeah, but I'm saying that's a legit Yeah, that's legit. But yeah, that's legit. But but but that that's a full bag, right? And then this this is the empty bag. And he that's the bag empty. And then you going to walk up, put it on this table. Theft accusations are not something you just throw around without sufficient evidence. It's a pretty serious crime. Thankfully, loss preventions collected footage of the manager moving the money around, which will be very helpful to the investigation. Let me ask you this. So when you guys actually for the people that are grabbing drop, right? The people that are grabbing that stuff. Yeah. What are they um supposed to be doing with it? Like I wouldn't imagine y'all's procedure for that kind of money. I wouldn't imagine they would just walk up and they'd be like, "All right, I'm going to take a little bit here. I'm going to take a little bit here and put it in." I would imagine there's some kind of like, "Hey, I'm taking 20 grand a drop or whatever." They've got some kind of form or print out. So even if he were to say, "I was doing a legitimate thing." That's not y'all's process, correct? Like you wouldn't just walk in with the bag and just start grabbing putting it in. No, cuz the money they're taking out of that machine, they're supposed to put it in a reg. So if he put it in the bag, the bag is supposed to go um to a register. They can put it in using his number. So that's how you put his numbers in to get into the recite. So you got to sign in so they can know exactly who's taking the money out of the Okay. So that you know, there's several things about this then. Number one, the looking around the going just walking in there. He was willy-nilly grabbing x amount of whatever he grabbed. They then bring the suspect to the loss prevention unit to speak with the detective from the sheriff's office. It's safe to assume that he's fully aware that there are security cameras in the store, so that should be enough reason for him to just immediately come clean. You have any idea what's going on? Well, they talked about me about incident. I told him everything that I knew. D could remember it and then other than that. Okay. I figured I would be here when they call me and talk. Okay. I know she Well, I'm not entirely sure about that part. Like I said, I just got myself. I'm still working on it. Quicker than I thought. Um, before you go right down the table, bear with me. The suspect's mother was also informed and quickly arrived on scene. Though he was a full-g grown adult, the officer still graciously allowed him to speak to his mom. Even the mother knew, however, that this is not something she can save her son from. Calling Amy and go, please call and go, please. Mom, please. Mom, call me. I need you. I'm going to talk. Mom, just call. Please call me. Just call. I need you to tell me what's going on. Well, I don't know. Before we get in there, just call. Please call me. I'm not trying to be rude, but he is an adult. I'm just let you know what's going on before he starts going off. Let him speak. Yes, ma'am. I mean, yeah. Like I said, he's not about When they look into exactly how much money he stole from the store, the cameras showed that there were opportunities for the manager to commit theft. However, there was no footage of the man literally shoving money inside his pockets and leaving the store. The suspect then took advantage of this uncertainty. There you go. Still 12:37 a.m. All right. So that's that room is what? That's that's where you just left, right? That's the uh cash office. The cash office or the money recycling office. Okay. All right. So I don't know where you are because you're over here out the side of the camper, right? Yeah, cuz you walked over there. There you are. See? Hey, how you doing, man? And then where you going there? You walked out of the the view from there. Let's open that way. So check out. Okay. No, the first way you went because you went that way, then you come out that way. Returns. Okay. So, right. So, now this is the customer service returns area, right? Okay. Do you remember what you're doing at this point right here? Cuz you're outside to view the one camera. I don't remember the same place. Okay. There you go. What was that? You just put it right there. One might simply view him as an incredibly careless store manager as he's seen on camera leaving bags with substantial amounts of cash lying around. But the detective knows there's more to it than just mere carelessness. So he then asked him why he was bringing bags of money to selfch checkckout. Why? What are you going to do to selfch checkckout? Why are you going to selfch checkout? Stop. Where's the money? If I to be honest, if I want to take money from Walmart. Oh, no. Yeah, I'm clarif I like So, like this is my thing, right? If I can obviously see the evidence showing where I've done the cash events and stuff, just like you are. I'm basically at this point how I'm feeling is if I would have sold that money, I would not if I was go home, I would have came back several other times. I got you. If if it was me, I would say to be honest, what smart criminal is going to come back and keep hitting up the same place when they know they have a team of people that that's gonna that can that can obviously get you? You know what I'm saying? Like I'm way smarter than that. If I if I was going to steal from Walmart and steal money, I would take it all in one chunk and then walk out. Even though he wasn't seen grabbing cash, the suspect still hid from the camera's view to go to selfch checkckout with a bag full of money. Then when he came into view again, he just put the bag on the table where anyone could just grab it. Since the money wasn't in the bag anymore, this gave the officers reasonable suspicion. I know it's not standard procedure to throw $9,000 onto the account because that's just that's crazy. And what's even crazier is nobody goes by and takes that $9,000 out of the bag. That's even crazier. But the bag is empty. And again, you're still there. Still in the store. See, that's again sound like smart. that's across right so what I'm trying to figure out is I'm trying to give you the benefit the doubts and then the other thing that you know I find interesting I know you're saying understand or you call the situation I got that okay because you know stuff happens I got you I don't remember what I do sometimes too yeah at this point whatever I can do to not have to have a record on my on my thing inside your on what we do. I don't remember taking anything. I don't I really don't remember the situation. This specific situation seeing it. Yes, I was here. I heard that. Other than that, he said multiple occasions. I don't Well, I'm not worried about multiple occasions right now. I'm not I'm worried about this incident. So far, the officer's been very direct and assertive with his questions. Since this didn't lead to a confession, he switched his tactics up and tried to be more empathetic and non-threatening. But will this approach make the suspect confess? I don't think you're in the wool criminal by any stretch of imagination. I don't think you're cool calculating anything like that. I think it was an opportunity to see some some easy money. I mean, it's besid Walmart's a big company. They do $9,000 like that obviously because there's at least $9,000 in their drawer, right? They're probably insured. Everybody can get the money back from the bank. And it almost sounds like it's like a victim for the fact multi-billion dollar company. Bill's $9,000 here. Was it? Yeah. No. No, there's not. It's clear the officers made some progress as the suspect suddenly asked to speak to his lawyer. Then on the ride to the police station, he finally confessed to his crimes. However, when he was interrogated, he said he wasn't the only person involved in this scam. When you put the money how that came to you. Who did you put that fork that night specifically? What would have prompted you to tell somebody that money was back there? I mean, cuz I know that some of them need extra help as far as like paying their bills and stuff. Okay. And they're not getting the hours from Walmart. They're not getting what? They're not getting They weren't getting their hours from Walmart. So, they're not getting the money the hours from Walmart. They need the money. Could they ask you to come up with this system? How is this system hatched? How who who's a mastermind behind it? Honestly, might how would they know about it unless they have unless they're privy to the the way you log into the system and everything. Is this something that you told them? Well, they already knew that only certain people can log their handrint in the recite clear. Um, but there we have I have had discussions with other associates on numerous occasions on how to basically steal from Walmart without getting or like raising red flags. The total amount stolen by the manager was a staggering $86,543. He was charged with organized scheme to defraud over $50,000 and was then escorted to a detention facility without incident. On the 23rd of January, 2024 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, police were called to an Elcar wash. Surveillance video from the store revealed an employee stealing from the wallet of a fellow colleague, taking $165. When officers arrived outside, the suspect was on duty. However, they decided to first speak with the victim, Zach. I'm just very confused right now. What do you mean you're confused? Why Why would like that? your feet install it. You know, we have it we have it on video. So, you know, send me some weird stuff. I don't know. Well, what I what I think we need to do is we're going to see if they'll return it first because you have your ID and stuff in there. If not, we still have the video. I mean, bottom line is I don't know if the money's ever coming back, but let's see if we can get your wallet back. You can ask, but again, that's going to be up to them and you pass in there and everything. my first. What uh what's your first hand? Do me a favor and raise your right hand. Swear to confirm everything you're about to tell me is true and accurate to the best of your ability. Good. Okay. What happened? I just pass. So, this is yesterday. Yeah. I came back to What time did you work yesterday? I opened yesterday. I got here about 5. Aside from robbing his wallet, Zach also informed the officer about some pretty disturbing behavior the suspect's been displaying towards him. And this might point to a possible motive. He was sending me some weird stuff. Like what? I need you real bad. When did he when's he sending this? Yesterday. Well, I want to go get lunch. Said he need you real bad. Yeah. And I asked him, "Dude, you're right. I'm going to send you home." Like, "You're acting real weird." Okay. I don't know if he was like me voicemail sometime. Ask me to come hang out with him. Okay. That dude's 60. I'm 21. Yeah. Weird, man. Okay. All right. I didn't even show you. Straight on the wall. So, we're going to go talk to him. Sorry if I'm all over the place now. I was like everything on my phone. Yeah, I was screaming out. Okay. Sounds like the suspect's a creepy stalker. So, he probably didn't steal the wallet for the money. The suspect's taken into a room and read his Miranda rights. He then agreed to speak with the officers. And though he was being cooperative, he didn't give the answers the cops were hoping to hear. Do you have any idea why I'm here right now? Well, yeah. The man outside, Zach, said that I took his wallet yesterday. Okay. Did you take his wallet? No, sir. I did not. Okay. So, if we check cameras, it's going to show something different. I don't know. I was watching him. I was My boss said that he didn't know. I was taking him his belongings when he left. What do you mean you were taking him his belongings? He left his shirt here, his hat here, and I went to hand it to him. You handed it to Zach? No, I went to hand it to him and he was already gone. Zachary. Okay. So, you went to go hand it to Zachary and he was gone. So, where did it go after that? I brought his belongings back in here and I placed them on the desk. Okay. And you haven't seen it since? The last time I saw his wallet, sir, it was sitting on the desk here yesterday. So far, the suspect denied stealing the wallet, but he has admitted to crossing some boundaries. It's pretty unusual for him to fetch Zach's personal belongings, considering they're not exactly friends, and Zach's already creeped out by the man. Cuz I'm being told something different. All right. And there's cameras that show us something different. Okay. Okay. So, either the camera's lying or you're lying. I do not have his wallet, nor did I take it. If I would have, I would have called him. Well, he said you did call him. I didn't call him yesterday. He said that he's got He said he's got messages from you yesterday. Well, sir, if you can check my phone, you can check my phone and check his phone. I did not call him yesterday. Okay. If you want to talk to the lady, Polly, he lost his wallet last week also. Okay. Well, we're more focused about yesterday. The suspect's claim that he didn't call Zach contradicted Zach's claim that the suspect sent messages to him yesterday. It's also strange how he tried to swerve the conversation away from weird texts by then bringing up an older incident. Can I ask you if I did call him what what was said? Do you have a phone record of this? I did not call I called him twice when he left here at lunch. I called him twice yesterday. I can show you the times when he left here to pick up lunch and he left Polly and I alone from 10:40 to 11:00. I'll tell you exactly what time I called him. I called Zach at 10:39 when a customer had a question about a credit card cuz he had left the property. Put your phone down. Did he say what I said to him yesterday? You just said you were acting off. You were acting odd. You were asking random questions. Something just didn't seem right. The security footage did not show him taking the wallet home with him, but he was seen putting something in his pocket, which he claimed to be his phone. The thing is, he was the last person seen with the wallet, and it's been missing since. So, there's a very high chance the suspect has it. So, that means I stole a wallet. Well, you're depriving him of his property right now. Listen, listen. You're depriving him of his property. You were the last one to have it. And now no longer can it be found. So that's why we're coming to you. Where is the wallet? Officer, I do not have David. David, this this is our biggest concern right now. Okay. If you threw the wallet in the trash somewhere, you just have to let us know so we can tell him that to to put holds on his credit cards, put holds on his social security card, and all that stuff. That's the most important thing right now. So if you threw in the trash, just tell us where. Just tell us. Yes or no? If you threw it in the trash so we can tell her. Look up my record. I don't care about your I don't care about your record. You are a thief. You stole it and we saw it. So you're going to go to jail if you if you don't cooperate with us. Do you understand that? I will take you to county jail for 150 bucks. I don't care. I get paid the same way. So if you tell me where it's at, we're not going to play this game anymore. We're not going to go back and forth talk about last week. I don't give a [ __ ] I want to know where the wallet is. and if you don't tell me where it is, you go to county jail. It's very simple. The cops explain that stealing the wallet is a misdemeanor and lying to them is only going to get him into much more trouble. After realizing the cops are still giving him the opportunity to come clean, the suspect probably realized he should grab the chance to avoid more serious consequences. All right. So, if you get the wallet back, a misdemeanor. Yes. And then what happens? And then we give you a notice to appear and you can talk to a judge about it. And then you go you go home. We take the handcuffs off. I give you a piece of paper. You go home. Okay. Can you take these off? I will take you to the wall. Okay. Tell me where it's at first cuz that's not how this is going to work. You're not going to dictate how we control this. All right. So tell me where it is. We can confirm it and I will take those off of you. Across the street you're in a storage unit. Okay. Where which storage unit? The one right over here. Yep. Is it your storage unit? Yep. Okay. Why is it over there? After learning where the wallet was, the cops then asked him why he did it. He'd already told the police that he had two jobs and had no reason whatsoever to steal money from his colleague. But as suspected, there was a little bit more to it than just becoming a few dollars richer. Wow. I took him to make him crazy. Why? Why do you want to do that to him? Because he makes me crazy. So, have you guys had issues in the past? I always had issues with him. Okay. And then, so basically what happened is when you go in that back room, you were putting it in your pocket, weren't you? Yes. Okay. And then what did you do after that? I took it to my storage. When you got off work? Yep. What time did you get off work? 2:04. 2:05. Okay. And then you walked it over there. Yep. Well, I might have ruined it over there. Oh, well, whatever. You went over there immediately after you got off work and put it in there. Okay. And you said the cash is not in there. Where's the cash? I didn't take any cash out of it. So, there should be cash in it then. I didn't take anything out of it. Okay. That's what I'm just saying. He says he said there was $800 in it. Okay. Well, that's not what he told me. Well, wait. Ask ask. Didn't he say there was $800 in it? The officer points out that it's actually good news for the suspect that the wallet had only $160 in it and not $800 because that would have been a more serious charge. It's clearly undeniable that the man has a sick obsession with Zach and that he might be suffering from some sort of mental illness. But if it's $165, I'll go I'll I'll go to the bank right now and give it to him. I I don't need his money. Okay. Well, let me ask you a prank. Okay. Well, let me ask you this. If you didn't take his money, why are you so willing to pay back? Who's willing to just shell out $165 if they didn't take it? Why don't you ask him how much [ __ ] I buy from the grocery store? Okay. Well, because he always needs money. Okay. Well, we're getting off topic. He always needs money. Okay. Why ask Ask him that. ask him if I've ever I don't listen I don't have to ask him that. It's irrelevant. It has nothing to do if you bought him stuff from the store in the past. That's that's between you two. When the cops spoke to Zach again, he said the incident with the wallet and the creepy text messages weren't the only disturbing things the suspect did. There was also another incident related to a much more disturbing crime. Yeah, I know. I left a little bit earlier yesterday. exactly weird. I felt off when I got here and I felt like we end day. Let's go home. I was like I woke up door was wide open. Yes. Like alcohol and whatnot. Yeah, it looks all right. Everything's in there with the exception of the money. Exception of the money. Yeah. Take pictures of anything, but what's that? You can take pictures of all this stuff if you really wanted to. Yeah. And that's one of those things unfortunately you're just going to have to monitor. I already went through our back. So, yeah, just monitor it. While the officers did manage to get his wallet back, the suspect has more pressing concerns and it's something the officers should also look into. If they read between the lines of Zach's statement, the suspect may have drugged him as well, which is a much more serious crime. As far as what? I'm thinking. So, I mean, at least you got this back. You can reach out to your banks and whatnot and tell them, "Hey, you know, I got my cards back, so they're not, you know, they're not stolen anymore." Unfortunately, the victim's concerns about being violated fell on deaf ears, and it's a serious misstep on the part of the cops. The suspect was simply given a court date, but if he fails to show up, they'll simply put out a warrant and arrest the man. It looks like thieving cashiers have a penchant for rigging the lottery. On November 8th, 2022 in Florida, cops were called to a local Wind Dixie to investigate a cashier who's been stealing lottery tickets. When the officer spoke to the store manager, he explained how the suspect's scheme worked. We started seeing some lottery shortage over here, for instance, ticketing online. How long? Um, it started back around beginning of July. Um, and it's gone on to present. So, since July has been selecting lottery cards, lottery cards, playing online pickpocks. Yes. Okay. You want to go back in there for me real quick? Can you tell me what's going on so I can try to I don't know what's going on so I can I don't want my kids to be stuck out the door and I know. Well, we don't I don't know what's going on yet. So, let me talk to him and we'll go from there. Um, so have her on video, you know, collecting tickets mainly at the liquor store. She would just scratch the bottom to see if they're a winner or not, discard them if they weren't. Uh, catch them if they were. also another process on the cash register to aware. Um like somebody brings up a winning ticket, we can key in instant lottery redemption and then put in the dollar amount and then we pay that out. Well, she figured out that she could do that even without a winning ticket and everything still balanced on the back end in our world. But then when we got the bill for lottery, then obviously we were like, okay, well, we paid out more redemptions than what we received. And so that's when all this started. Um, so we're looking at um total that I can prove that she was $10,653 something like that. The dollar amount here is considered a felony and she'll most likely be charged with grand theft. And just like the cashier we saw earlier, cheating the lottery could also be considered fraud, too. While you'd think she'd be on her best behavior because of these serious charges, this is sadly not the case. So, she's basically taking lottery tickets, scanning them. Don't they have to be activated first? They're all active because they're all, you know, for gameplay. [Music] Okay. I will tell you. We're trying to figure that out. I'm trying to figure out what I have. Okay. I'm going to figure out if we're taking a not taking a I will let you know. Once I know, I will let you know. Okay. So, can you sit down for me? I want to lose my kids. I have a seven and a child is in school right now having asthma attack. So, let them figure out what's wrong and take a seat for me. We'll figure it out. You know, they'll let you I can't just go home. Why? Because allegations I guess we have going on against investigating this. Okay. Well, now that they did their investigation, now they could tell us what they have going on. He say he had to talk to somebody else to finish going on at some point. Well, they're providing us the verbal. The suspect's a single mother and she's worried about her children and who will look after them. While the officers have some sympathy for her, she should have thought about her kids before committing an incredibly serious crime. Okay, so it's not more like you just stole a candy bar. Okay, I guess there's a question about almost $11,000 worth of lottery tickets, too. number. So, yes, we're gonna Is that something you got? You want to You want that back or She's right. Okay. They do instant auto redemption as a as a handy and then they put $30, we give you 30 bucks, right? Well, everything balances in our world until the state, which we only get quarterly, the state send us a bill that says, "Hey, you've actually overpaid. We overpaid. We overpaid the redemption because she figured out that she could just do that instant lottery redemption for no ticket and get whatever she wanted out of a fake." Correct. Or not. Winner loser. Having a ticket. Not even having a ticket. Because when Dixie only gets a bill on a quarterly basis from the state before they learned about her scheme, she'd been able to operate it for a few months. But some time back, they'd already had a talk with her about missing money. So that should have been a clue for the woman to start walking a straighter path. I'm trying to think who went around my house. I would I would try to figure it out. That's what I'm trying to do. So while we're doing figuring out stuff out here so you figure out what's going on. So if you actually stay in that was just talking to me about this two months ago. I will gladly ask you. Don't worry about that. But I'm telling you right now, I'm going to be talking with them. We're going to figure out what we have going on. you have until by the time we come in here and talk to you about what's going on to figure out a ride for your family for your kids and stuff. There's a possibility. Why? Because apparently you stole almost $11,000 and like the Cory and Char had a conversation with me and they woke me up. But let me, like I said, let me figure out what they have over here. Just get somebody to see if they can pick your kids up just in case if you do happen to go to jail. Think I'm trying to think who can I call. My family don't stay here. They say it's Georgia. Okay. Well, you need to figure out a family friend or somebody or else I can call my friends child protection services. So, can I call y'all um one of the police officers that used to work with you guys? Used to or does tell you about the meeting we had? Hang on. See, now he don't want to say nothing cuz he's talking with us. I told you. Eventually, a specialist in fraud arrived on scene. One of the cops clued him in about how the fraud worked and how she was able to pull it off for months without getting caught. Money died. I mean, we want like 11 grand over 5 months, man. I mean, that that's Yeah, that's that's that's that's that's corporate problem. Well, it's theft. It's grand theft. Yeah, but Vincy has their own corporate that investigates [ __ ] like this. Yeah. You wait 5 months to do this. Well, they just knew about it 3 weeks ago because they got alerted by the state regarding I guess basically they sent a summary or whatever and I guess they said like, "Oh, you're you're over this amount. because basically each ticket has a value. So she would go in just go to the computer and take money out without scanning a ticket. So that they hit and then I guess that when they found out about it, they started investigating. They contact the lottery. Water police sent him all the information. Um I guess he just got the rest of the information I don't know yesterday, today or two days ago. And then I guess uh she's here and so nobody has talked to her yet. Um, I guess lottery police said that they have too high of a workload that they're not going to come take this and it's just simply grand theft and if you need him to come to the station to uh go this way to explain all the paperwork and how to read it and all this other kind of stuff. They've been helpful already. So, be he'd be more than happy to come do that. Eventually, the woman confessed and said she was stealing out of financial hardship and had to buy things for her newborn. The officer tried to argue that there are other options besides stealing. There are resources out there, okay? And if you need help, you need to contact us. Salvation Army, uh, Rescue Outreach Mission, there's a whole different slew of things out there, okay? We have a pamphlet at our police department, which is so I know where you live to make sure all your information is right. Okay. There are pamphlets we have that have 100 different types of resources out there. Okay. Okay. What do I have to do with my address? So I know where you live. Why do you know where I live? For a report? My address has to be on the report. Everything will be on a report. And while the woman's claiming that she's just an innocent mother trying to provide for her children, suspiciously, she seems to know more about the criminal justice system than the cops. Even questioning how they conduct their procedures. You're going to take a ride to jail. Okay. So sit down. Come on. Who do you need to call? I don't have nobody to go get my kids. So come on. You catch hang tight. We have some some things that need to be handled over here. So, have a seat. Okay. What will be the charge? Grand theft and scheme of defraud. As of now, one count of grand theft and scheme of defraud. But there's going to be more counts of grand theft coming down the road once they can go through everything and and atomize every individual transaction. So, every transaction is a theft. So, I'm going to have a felony charge. Yes. Two felonies. But it's one count now, but it's going to add up. Okay. Okay. So, I won't even get no bun. Okay. I believe there is. Don't quote me on it, though. All right. So, have a seat. Hey, just just bring that later. I don't even need it. Go on. The suspect was charged with felony grand theft and sentenced to 2 years probation. However, she later violated probation and had to serve 8 months in prison. Sadly, there are some people who never learn. As all these cases demonstrate, there's no substitute for an honest day's work. And while stealing from an employer might provide easy money, inevitably it leads to serious consequences. Thanks for watching and we'll see you next time.