Sir, no. No, it's not. Oh my god. It's not Oh my god. >> You grabbed me, sir. Why did you grab me? >> Tell me what happened. >> I do so much. >> You like your underpaid? >> Yeah. >> Sometimes people lose their jobs because times get tough. >> Please stop. >> Stop now. >> You don't understand. >> Stop now. >> Come back tomorrow. As long as you have legit business. >> You won't allow me to do that. >> I will. >> But the folks in these stories, they didn't get laid off. They blew up their own careers with greed, ego, and one unbelievably dumb decision. >> Am I honestly going to jail? >> Yep. >> Yeah. >> On September 14th, 2022, in Plato's closet, Charlotte County, Florida, a surprise internal audit suddenly uncovered more than $16,000 missing. The suspect, a 21-year-old employee who had once been trusted by the store. And this is what really happened when the police showed up. >> Now, the video surveillance. Um, so I noticed there's the 14th of this morning. >> Yep. >> And if I got that correct, you can't pull up any records or print out. Are you able to print out anything from the registers? >> From maybe yesterday, but not today. >> Okay. So, nothing from today. So now like I know some registers like you can't do a finalized report up front but you might be able to print like a >> Yeah, I can probably I can probably call Laura and get it done and she might be able to do it and send it over to me. >> Gotcha. Try to do was we're going to try to talk to her. Okay. And try to get a confession out of her cuz right now >> I'm trying to push for scheming fraud or a felony. But right now the only evidence that we have is the misdemeanor theft. >> Okay. >> Okay. which is >> today cuz all we have right now that we can document and we have evidence on is her stealing money today and stealing money yesterday. >> Okay. Right. >> So as far as the other >> Yeah. >> 9 months, 8 months. >> Yeah. But I mean this this can be pushed further cuz I mean that's just we'd have to really like >> Yeah, I know. I know. >> I already talked to my people. They said here's the call data scan. Get it. Do the inventory. Okay. >> No, I I will do it to get my $16,000 back. I will do it. >> Okay. But the the witness the witness uh No, the victim advocates, they don't reimburse for >> restitution for restitution wise. If she goes to jail for the felony, right, they're not going to give her restitution. Will they give her restitution to pay back the will? Okay. >> Oh, yeah. That out any any monetary value. >> Oh, yeah. >> They take that into consideration. And so let's say we get her and she only has 5 grand. Well, they're going to tack on $11,000. If we can prove that it was $16,000, they would tack on the $11,000 for restitution. >> All I got to do is an inventory and the merchandise isn't here and was still in the computer and never sold. >> It's fake. It's fake. >> It's fake. And that I can do. >> Yes, we need all that. Okay, >> that would help. >> So, I'm going to have to do it. I'll have to call Data Scan. >> She seemed pretty confident. Maybe a little too confident. She even used her own employee code, almost like she believed the system would never be checked. But once officers started asking questions, that's when her explanation started getting interesting. >> How are you? Good. >> Deputy Ly, mind if I talk to you for a few minutes? We go in the back. >> Sure. >> All right. I'll let you lead the way to the office. They're right there. I remain silent. >> Anything you say, we held against you in a court of law. I wanted to talk to you cuz I have video surveillance. >> Okay. About the past couple days while you've been working doing these buys. >> Yeah. >> Okay. And you take these buys, I see you on camera taking cash, putting it in your pants. You want to tell me a little bit about that? >> Uh yeah. Um and let's be honest with you, we're we're in a part right now to just fix it. So just being honest and helping us do the right thing and figure it out is the best way to Does that make sense? We've already been looking at this all morning. So, >> we're not here to >> We're not here to get you to tell us everything. We know a lot already. So, that's why we're just asking for you to be honest. >> Um, I just been having some stuff that I don't want. And uh well majority of it is yeah I shouldn't be taking money from him. Um for two times I have done that. Um the other times um >> now have you brought where is this stuff that you brought in? >> Um it's already like out on the floor but it's just been like two purses and a pair of shoes. But anything else I >> By now the story was becoming clearer and a lot bigger than anyone first suspected. She said she wanted to make things right. The irony that sudden desire only appeared after the surveillance footage made everything crystal clear. >> A big >> cuz I've watched the video surveillance. It is you're not bring you're not bringing anything in the store. you're not the LA the last like probably like I want to say two weeks ago I have been I I brought in two purses and a pair of shoes but um for the rest of the part the rest of the times I haven't. >> So you would say only twice is that am I correct only twice you brought in actual merchandise swapped it out? >> Yes. But the other the rest of the times you have done these transactions, you just scammed the register. >> Yeah. >> To think that there was a buy done. >> Yes. >> Okay. How many times do you think you've done this in the past year? >> Um I want to say >> a lot of the questions he's asking we already know the answers to. So that's why you're >> Yeah. I I'm I'm trying to think the truth because that's all we're trying to do. We just found out it's figure out the truth. >> That helps your cause. Trust me. >> Say more than 200 times. >> More than 200. >> Yeah. >> I wouldn't say that. >> Less than 200. >> I I don't even think it's 200 times, but I'm pretty sure. >> 100 times. >> How about How about this? How much money do you think you take? >> About I want to say a,000. >> Me a,000? >> Yeah, >> cuz I have all the documentation. I have paperwork dating back until January. And I see all the and it's totaling way more than $1,000. You're doing a couple hundred. You're doing hundred something dollars a day. >> How much did you take today? >> It was like 150, I think. >> Is that typically what you think? >> She claimed she only swapped items twice. Everything else she said was just computer manipulation. Almost as if taking money through the system somehow sounded less serious. But once the $16,000 figure was mentioned, the whole conversation started shifting in a very different direction. >> Um, I have it. >> You're saving it. You have it? >> Yeah. >> You have all the money? >> I I I don't know how much it would be. >> If I were to say $16,000, >> would that be about what it is? >> Yeah. Do you think you have all that $16,000? >> Yeah. >> Okay. And why what's what's going on? Why is it Do you have you ever been in trouble? >> No, I haven't. >> I've been >> 220. Go ahead. >> I've been working with him for a while and um >> and >> I feel like I do so much. feel like you're underpaid. >> Yeah. And I know that's not his fault um at all. Like I should probably look for another job, >> but it's like I feel bad for him. Like if I do leave and so >> what do you think what do you think will happen to him when he's sitting here going one $16,000? You know, >> he's going to get sex. It's kind of >> it's it's not fair. I shouldn't I should not be doing that, >> right? >> Me look like a stealer. Like I'm stealing money. Like that's like the most thing you could probably ever steal from somebody. It probably makes me look bad. It makes me look that I steal things, but I don't. This is why I'm just asking because there could be people who I mean, we do this for a living. We can read people. So you can have somebody who does this on a daily basis. >> I know. Trust me. Cuz if somebody was in front of me and I'm like, "Oh, you stole money." Like, "You're stealing. You're stealing your whole life." >> But but you're having a hard time. Like I said, everybody goes through hardships. We do stupid things. We make mistakes. >> Yes. And >> this is a big mistake. >> She even said she stayed working there because she felt bad for the owner. Sounds noble on the surface, but during that same time, the store's money kept quietly disappearing. And even while admitting to a huge amount, she still avoided calling it what it was, theft. >> You said, "So now we're up to said a,000." Originally, we all agreed there's more than that. You're saying there's 16,000 closing, right? And where is that at right now? >> I have it with me. >> Oh, 16,000. >> Um, not Yeah. >> Where? >> In my bank. >> In your bank? >> Yes. >> Really? >> You're really bad. >> I understand. You made a mistake. >> It It's It's a tough mistake. >> No, it is. It's It's a bad decision. And you still made it though. And I understand why you feel bad. >> Like, and it's hard because I worked with him for so long. I don't want to stab him. Heck. And then another thing, I've been having like dental issues. I don't even $8,000. I have this system in my mouth. I'm like, it hurts me a lot. >> This is you right here. >> All right. This is today's buddy. >> Love you. It was $183 is what she said was. >> So, why don't you go ahead and count that for me? >> Good lord. Holy God. Are you This is today. >> No. Three, four, one. $16,000 you ripped me off. I could be doing good instead cuz I'm taking out a loan just to survive because you stole $16,000 from me since January. >> What did you want to say? >> I'm honestly just so sorry. I mean, I don't expect you to forgive me. >> I expect you to pay me back. >> Oh, I I am I mean I don't expect you to forgive me. Thank you. Good to you. Nothing but good to you. Always treated you as my number one. >> It was nothing against you. It was my personal issue. >> In the end, the young woman was taken to jail and now faces grand theft charges. If convicted, she could be looking at up to 5 years of probation and roughly $20,000 in restitution and repayment fees. The real lesson from Plato's closet, integrity isn't defined by what we do when life is easy. It's defined by what we refuse to do when things get hard. One person lost their job to greed. The next one might lose it to an ego they simply couldn't control. On February 2nd, 2023, at a TSA checkpoint inside an international airport, a passenger selected for a routine random screening suddenly reacted with explosive anger. The man was later identified as an aerospace engineer earning nearly $200,000 a year. And here's what actually unfolded. >> And then he He when he started getting aggressive, I I don't know. I panicked cuz he just kept pushing and pushing and then >> I tried to get him to stop. >> So So you and the person you were >> No, no, you're not. She witnessed it. >> No, you're not. You're not You're not going to lose your job. >> I got on a different train. >> No, you're not. You're not going to lose your job. >> So, she didn't do anything. >> Okay. >> I saw it. I got on the other train cuz I didn't want to get on. >> Right. Okay. Okay. So, I mean, you're saying he pushed past you. I mean, it's I just need to what what do you want to do about this? I mean, because if he's just going around you um to get on his flight, I mean, I don't know if the state attorney's office is going to press charges against him or anything like that, but I mean, if he's intentionally trying to hurt you, then he's committing a crime. I wasn't there. I didn't witness it, so I can't tell. >> He was calling me names. >> I mean, I can I can watch the camera and figure that all out the time. I don't I don't want him to go to jail, but at the same time, like I don't think he should be upstairs or still coming through. >> Sir, can you tell me what happened? >> Oh my god. >> Sir, no. No, it's not. Oh my god. IT'S NOT OH MY GOD. >> You grab me, sir. Why did you grab me? >> Tell me what happened. Okay, don't blow me off. Okay, >> sir. Nothing happened. >> Tell me what happened with that lady and you. >> Nothing happened. >> Nothing really happened. >> I got three people telling me a different story. >> I want your side of the story, >> sir. I'm trying to catch my plane. That's what I'm trying to do, my friend. That's kind of the problem. Okay. You're in a rush. >> You're worried only about yourself. >> I'm not bothering anybody. >> Not right now. My stuff. I'm not bothering anybody. I'm not a bad guy. I promise you I'm not a bad guy. >> I didn't say you were a bad guy. Did I? >> But you grabbed me and you >> because you're blowing me off and I'm trying to talk you off. Yes, you did. No, you were not. >> Sir, can we finish this and let me get on my plane, please? >> You might not be getting on your plane. Okay. I'm telling you that right now. Okay. So, let's have this conversation and we'll see if you're going to get on your plane. >> Yes, sir. >> What happened with you and that lady right there? >> Nothing. >> Absolutely nothing. >> Nothing. >> The arrival of police didn't calm the situation. If anything, it seemed to trigger a familiar pattern of denial and deflection. Even with three witnesses standing right there, the man kept trying to overpower the moment with sheer confidence. >> Three other people told me totally different. >> Nothing. >> Okay. When you couldn't get through that gate, what happened? How'd you get through that gate? >> You was asking me the same questions. I have no I have no different answers, sir. How did you get May I ask your name, sir? >> The gate. >> They let me go. I didn't do anything. >> Nobody let you go. No. The gate back there. >> You mean I rush the gate? I ran through the gate. I didn't do anything. Sir, please let me get on my flight, man. I'm not. >> Please answer. Please answer my question. >> I'm answering everything you answer. >> No, you're not. No, you're not. No, you're not. >> But I'm listening. >> I'm listening, sir. What else? What else can I do? >> Okay. If you're listening, what did I ask you? >> What did I do? You asked me what did I do >> at the gate with the lady, >> sir? I'm trying. >> I asked you how to get through the gate. >> How'd you get through the gate? >> I don't know. >> I don't. >> You were there. I wasn't. Three people told me how you got through that gate. >> How did I get through the gate? >> You tell me. That's what I want. >> I just told you I don't know. Sir, I'm not trying to give you a hard time. I'm just trying to catch my >> I want you to be truthful. I'm very >> You freaked that lady out. That lady's crying. That lady's shaking because of what you did to her. >> I did that. I didn't mean that. If I did that, I really didn't >> mean he's got some questions for you. >> Just real quick, I got to take a look inside your property. >> Everything. Look at everything. Everything's cool. Take it out. I don't even care. I leave it here. You can have it. >> I I I do have to ask. >> If you don't work with this guy, he can deny you getting on your plane. >> I work with everybody. >> You're not working. No, you're not. No, you haven't. B. >> I didn't work with you. >> Listen, this guy's up. Talk to him. answer his questions. >> Cool. >> I just need to ask, okay, do you have any medical needles? >> No, sir. >> No, sir. No, sir. >> Just please keep an eye on me as we go through. This is 1 2 3 4 5 6. >> This is me. Here you go. You're welcome. My man. >> You're very welcome. >> Definitely talk to you and your supervisor. >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. >> I like him. >> He's intoxicated. >> Yeah, >> he's intoxicated. Can you show me your ticket, please? >> How can I show your ticket when you don't let me show you a ticket? I can't have anything in my pocket. How can I issue a ticket? >> Sir, you said it's in your bag. Show me your ticket. >> He insisted he was cooperating, but his body language and raised voice told a very different story. One of quiet resistance playing out right in the middle of the conversation. >> Anything's in there? >> No, everything is not in there. I need my iPad. >> This is what Yeah, this is why we're having this conversation. Cuz you can't control yourself, >> sir. I asked you. You asked question. You yelled at me. >> You yelled just like you yelled at that lady. Just like you pushed past that lady. Just like you freaked all the other passengers out. >> Man, you need to stop playing. >> No, you need to grow up. You need to grow the dude. >> Okay, that seems to be your problem. >> I know that. I know that. I'm just saying I know I'm going to miss my flight. You need to grow the Nobody's bowing up on you, [ __ ] >> I'm just I'm just asking you for >> I know people like you, sir. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> But you don't know me. >> I don't care to know you. I don't want to know you. I would never >> I'm waiting I'm waiting on your ticket before you go anywhere. >> I want me to miss my flight not to know your crazy ass cuz you're an idiot. >> You know what I mean? And I want to have that in front of all your >> Okay. >> Cuz they know the same thing. They know you're an trespass him. But he's about two seconds for being drunk and disorderly. Okay. All right. >> Okay. >> Are you sure? >> I don't have the right Sorry, sir. Pack your stuff up. >> Southwest doesn't want you on the plane, so we got to take you off the air. Get some stuff in there. Get some stuff in the bag. We got to go. Take your break. Let's go. >> Nobody's giving you a hard time, sir, but you're being obnoxious. >> How you got here? Pack yourself up. I'm not arguing with you. Just pack your stuff. >> I want to say something. >> I'm not arguing with you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. I'll pack yourself up. Thank you. Please back yourself up. >> You're not giving any grief >> and I appreciate that. >> Okay. So, if I'm not giving you grief, don't give me grief. Just pack your stuff up so we can >> I've never g Why would I give you pack door? >> Sir, we're going to trespass you and arrest you. That's where we're going to get to that point. >> Arrest me for trespassing. >> Arrest me for what? >> Trespassing for you can't be here. >> Trespassing. >> We're going to trespass and then arrest you. I'm an airport flight person. >> Are you? Well, that does not change the fact that you're going to get trespass trespassed and arrested. So, I I suggest >> that you pack your stuff up so we can go. >> Officers issued a warning as a final line in the sand. But the man appeared convinced that his status in the aviation industry would somehow shield him from consequences. Right there in the terminal, reality was already preparing its response. >> Me a little bit better than anybody else getting. I appreciate that. Thank you, sir. Something fell. I almost fell. So, where you going to take me now? >> Back to the main terminal. >> Where? >> Main terminal. >> And we'll do after that. >> You We're going to have to depart airport property and that's it. You can rebook at a later time. >> So, if I need to make a flight tomorrow, >> you can come back tomorrow as long as you have legit business. >> You will allow me to do that. >> I will. >> Thank you, master. >> I'll try my best. >> Thank you, master. >> I appreciate that. >> My master allows me to do that. Thank you so much. >> Just know if you come back without a ticket, 100%. >> I got a ticket now. >> Okay. You had a ticket. >> We're not doing this. >> No, we're not. >> Don't forget that. >> Yeah. Don't do that. >> Did Mike grab his Did Mike grab his ID? >> Do you have it? >> Check. I did what you guys told me to owe me to do. There's my ID. >> All right. >> But I'm looking for my everything else. >> Should be in your bag, sir. Come. We're going to get this train when it comes. >> Oh, there's your backup. >> No, this is the airport manager. He's going to he's going to speak with you real quick. >> No. >> You listening, Vincent? You got to listen. >> Give me 30 seconds. >> Broke your >> [ __ ] Listening. >> 30 seconds. >> He described himself as a straightforward guy, yet kept dodging simple requests to gather his belongings. Strange. Someone capable of calculating the flight path of an aircraft seemed unable to calculate what was about to happen next. >> I'm trying to take care of my path. >> I'm not listening to you. I'm trying to take care of my thing. And I promise you, I'm not listening to you. >> Okay. >> You're going to get trespassed and all you get arrested, but you're going down that road. >> Trying to fix my >> You can't do it here now. We got to Yeah. Bring your bag and we'll fix it. >> He's not going to allow me to fix my Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Yes, a boss. Yes, a massive [ __ ] I can't fix my [ __ ] brother. >> Okay. >> Whatever makes you feel comfortable with your job. >> Okay. >> Yes, a boss. >> All right. >> Yes, boss. >> Cuz let's get on with where can you go tonight? >> I'm trying to go to the airport. >> You got to go somewhere else now. So, where you going to go? Where you want to see? >> Where do you want to go? I >> I don't I have no idea where you live. >> Right. >> You want me to turn around? I don't care. I forgot you were the parkway guy. >> It doesn't matter. >> All right. I guess it's not happening. >> Is there another one? >> Uh, no. The >> There's stairwells. >> No, no, >> there's stairwells. There's just elevator here. Can we take the stairs right now? >> What you doing? >> We are not going TO PLAY THAT GAME. >> OKAY. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO >> After the airport chaos, the man faced serious charges, including assault, resisting an officer, and trespassing. But the real consequences hit even harder than anything a courtroom could deliver. He was fired from his aerospace engineering job, banned for life from flying with Southwest Airlines, and barred from the airport for one full year. That airport didn't just witness an argument. It witnessed a career collapse and somewhere else. BMW is about to fire another employee next. On August 8th, 2023, in BMW dealership, St. Petersburg, Florida, police were called after a recently fired employee refused to leave the property and began causing a disturbance at the dealership. And this is what actually happened when officers arrived. >> Don't tase me. >> Okay. Why' I do that? >> Huh? >> Why' I do that? >> I enabled I got falsely tased by the police. >> Oh, well, you met a good cop today. So, >> that was good. >> What's going on today? >> Uh, I'm I'm being I have enough evidence to show Hey, come on. >> We're going to talk right here. >> I I I was I was just fired. >> Sorry about that. No, no, no. I'm I'm actually not fired. I I'm actually letting Bobby go. >> Well, you you were you were let go. He was let go. Correct. Okay. All right. Do you Does he need to leave? >> Yes. >> Okay. Do you have stuff you need to grab and get going? >> Why? >> Because you're fired. That's why they called me here. They said you're >> This is illegal, though. >> Okay. Well, that's something that you can try to civily sue them for. Okay. But right now, they're letting you go, so they want you off. >> My my my toolbox is inside. >> Okay. Does uh this gentleman here know where your toolbox is? >> Okay. Could you go grab it for him? >> Thank you. >> It's a big box. >> I I have enough illegal evidence that that BMW has been doing this to this dealership. It's 90° in this shop. BMW is required to have AC and it's ridiculous. >> Well, that's something that you'd have to take to court and go against BMW. So, otherwise, we're going to get your stuff and we're going to get out of here. They call me because you they were claiming that you might have been a little bit unruly or unhappy and they were a little afraid. So, that's why I'm here. So, let's go get your stuff. >> I would prefer to sit in the soft. >> Nope. At this point, you are you're not if you're not working here, it's time to be going. >> I I I do work. No, the >> He claimed he had evidence against the dealership. Maybe he did, but the immediate issue was simple. He no longer had the right to be there. Meanwhile, the officer's patience was being mistaken for an invitation to keep arguing. >> Yeah. Sit down with me, officer. >> I'm good, man. My butt's too big for that. Sheriff, what uh what are we doing here? >> I I'm I'm just I I have rights to be here. I have not done anything wrong. >> What's your rights to be here? >> I have not done anything wrong. I I've worked I've been working on this car. I just took the car out. He's preventing me from from what? >> This dealership is illegal. >> Okay. Well, this is not something we can debate right now. I have no say in any of that. What I am here for is that since you have been let go, they now want you out of here. If you continue to stay here, you're trespassing. So, I don't want to go that way. >> My box. >> Okay. Well, I don't want to go that route. So, if we can do things peacefully, then we can come back and get your box peacefully, all that stuff. But right now, you got to go. >> Are you going to arrest me off >> if you don't leave? Yeah. And I don't want to do that. I got much bigger fish to fry. You know what I'm saying? >> I I mean, I'm not a bad person. >> I don't think you are. >> All right. I guess we all get to sit in this hot shop. >> Well, no. I'm going to give you about 2 minutes and uh if we're not walking out by then, I'm going to put you in handcuffs and you're going to be uh arrested for trust. I want to be here dealing with this. I don't want to be bothering you. Tire pressure. >> Oh, for the air. >> It's a temperature gauge. >> Yeah. What do you want me to do with this? >> Read it. >> Okay. Yeah, it's 90°. It's hot and there's a warehouse job. >> This isn't a warehouse job. >> He seemed convinced that if he could prove the owner was in the wrong, then his decision to stay would somehow become right. But when those arguments failed to change the legal reality, frustration started slipping through in his questions about whether he was going to be arrested. >> Cuz I'm not going to be the judge that actually helps you. >> You'd have to go to a civil court for that. Okay. Okay. 84B is my backup. Close. >> All right. Are we leaving or are you going to handcuff? What are we doing? This is it. Your last warning. >> Honestly, I I'm I'm not trespassing. I have not done anything wrong, officer. >> Okay. Are we getting up and walking out or you going with me? >> It's your last chance with me. >> I've been cool with you this whole time. I've been talking to you like a friend. >> Oh, absolutely. >> Okay. So, we're leaving or not? >> It's just going to make you a lot worse. You know what I'm saying? >> I'm not trespassing you. >> Okay. Well, they have verbally trespassed you. I'm going to issue a written trespass for and I have told you I've told you several times if you do not leave, I'm going to have to arrest you for trespass. And I don't want to do that. Either way, you're leaving. So whether or not you go home on your own or whether or not you go to jail with me, >> I want you to know everyone is safe here at all. So >> great. >> I respect both of you officers. >> Yeah, man. I told you you got to get caught. So what are we doing? I'll be We need to walk out. >> You need to get up right now or I'm going to arrest you. I'm I'm done trying to convince you. I've been trying to convince you for 5 minutes. >> I'm giving you more than enough grace. Do you understand that? >> That that yes, it is too hot in here. I understand that. That's not something I can do anything about. I have told you multiple times the routing. This is me moving the car out the way. You all free to go. >> Let's go home, man. I know it sucks, dude. I hate it. I mean, getting fired. I've been fired for it. All right. Not from here, but >> I'm not. >> Officers gave him multiple chances to leave peacefully, but he appeared willing to gamble his freedom just to hold on to a sense of control. When the 5-minute grace period expired, reality began speaking louder than any argument. >> All right. All right, man. Stand up. >> Okay. No. >> Put your hand behind your back. >> Okay. Go on. You will go down face first. Stop. Stop. Put your hand behind your back. I promise. >> Stop. Please. Please put your hand behind your back. Please direct. >> All right, I'll leave. >> What are you saying? >> I'll leave. >> You're right. You will be. Yeah. Just a light. >> What? >> Is that just a light? C >> Can you bring me home? >> Nope. No, man. You're going to jail. You had You got plenty of time to do what? >> No. That's it, man. He was talking to you long before I even got here. [ __ ] You tell them when you're 15. >> Yeah. >> Thanks. Nothing crazy in your shoes or nothing, right? I'm not going to search him, but if you bring into the jail, you get in trouble for it. You're not going to bring him to the hand, right? >> Am I honestly going to jail? >> Yep. >> The confrontation inside the garage finally came to an end. But for the man involved, the story didn't seem finished. On the way to jail, another performance began. This time less about arguing and more about psychology. You >> have anything in your shoes to the jail? There's going to be a felony on top of the charge that you already got. >> So, do you have anything on your shoes? Okay, I guess we got to search them. Cool. Go ahead and sit down. >> Wait, search what? >> Your your shoes. >> I don't have anything. >> You don't have anything. Go ahead and kick them off. >> Yep. >> All right. Go ahead and sit down. Sit down. >> Keep your seatelt on, please, in case we get t-boned. >> I will look at him before we leave. Okay. What are you doing? If you're putting your hands in front of you, that's another charge. >> [ __ ] Ow. Ow. >> What are you doing? >> Ow. Officer, please. Can you >> What are you doing, my man? >> Oh, [ __ ] >> Why are you bringing your handcuffs in front? >> Because >> that's another charge. You can't do that. You can't do that. It's against the law. >> All right. I didn't do it. Oh, [ __ ] Take him off. >> Hey, Boozy, can you come back out here for a sec? >> All right. Go down a seat. >> Thank you, sir. St. Petersburg police knows better. St. Petersburg police knows better. St. Petersburg police knows better. St. Petersburg police. Let's go. St. Petersburg police. Let's [ __ ] go. I love St. Petersburg police. I love St. Petersburg police cuz they know how to do their [ __ ] job. St. Petersburg police knows how to do their [ __ ] job. I got falsely tased in Naples. St. Petersburg police didn't tase me. They're not criminals. Black lives matter. All lives [ __ ] matter. >> In the end, the man was arrested and charged with trespassing and resisting an officer. After the footage was posted online, viewers quickly flooded the comment section, each sharing their own take on what happened. This is the result of working on BMWs regularly. Your brain gets broken. Dude actually has a valid OSHA complaint. He just handled it wrong. The smartest thing he did was give the cop a thermometer for him to read and confirm it is indeed 90° F. So, what do you think about his actions? Drop your thoughts in the comments below. One man just lost his job at BMW, and the next person in this story hasn't even had the chance to start a career yet. On March 29th, 2023 in Speedway Convenience Store, a new employee named Jennifer, who had only been on the job for a week, started drawing attention because of unusual lottery ticket transactions. The security cameras caught everything. And this is what actually happened. I she was actually sitting in the back doing classes cuz I didn't want to be in that undergrad. >> Okay. >> Um I got video of her taking cash in the trash. Please go a little bit louder. Is she nearby or >> uh No, she's in the hear you better camera hear you better. >> Okay. I got her um cameras taking scratch off, spinning it, cashing it, taking some putting it in the trash and putting it in another trash to make it seem like she's throwing a lot of trash away and go it so it's not going to lose so she can get it and go home with it. Was she able to get any cash from any one of those or did she >> she won some and she redeemed it. >> So there was a couple time that she she took a $50 ticket and she cash it out for $100. >> Okay. >> And that push $100. Um how how much total in cash and how much total in lottery >> I know it secret it was from eight different books >> from eight different >> books and you you have that you have that on um surveillance camera players day >> 100%. >> All right no questions asked today. >> No 100%. >> Great. Um you want you said you want press charges correct? >> Absolutely. >> Have you filled out a statement before or not? I can fil one of these out before. >> Oh, yeah. >> Okay. >> Absolutely. >> Some people it's her first time filling one of these out. So, >> no. No. This is not my first time. >> Okay. >> While Jennifer still believed she was just a trainee learning the ropes, the real control of the situation had already shifted to the police. Sitting calmly in the back room, she appeared almost relaxed, seemingly unaware that pulling tickets from eight different lottery books had already raised serious red flags. >> Right now, I told her she she got class today because she's a new employee and new employee got video classes to do. So sort of putting her high here to be on the screen. She's in the back flashing the camera underneath the camera doing the video classes because she's still under sharing them with us. >> So right now as far as she's aware she's doing training in the background. >> If you just fill out all your permission and detail up top. I don't need a home address. I don't need your home phone, but everything else, please. and the statements always be as detailed as possible. So on whatever date, whatever time, however it was you found out, um I found out um on um Mon was Sunday. I found out Monday morning was as a manager. >> Yeah. chronological order, date, approximate time, however it was, you found out, just like we were saying, um, that one of your employees was stealing lottery tickets, cash them out, going to detail like that statement and so forth. Okay, when did she get like it covers it for the most part? checking to see if she won. She was scratching them off herself. I thought she was taking them to sell them selling them. She she's actually redeeming them here in the store and taking cash for it. Cash and lottery tickets in the trash can. She was scratching. She won. She some of the tickets were tickets. >> Jennifer's sense of calm didn't last long. The door opened and officers walked in. Yet, instead of panicking, she stayed surprisingly composed, as if the situation hadn't quite caught up with her yet. Sorry. >> Hey, Jennifer. >> Hey. >> How you doing? How >> are you? Too bad. All right. Do you have any idea why we're here right now or why we'd be here? No, I don't. Okay. Are are did you just get hired here or? >> Yeah. >> Okay. You have no idea why why we're here whatso? >> No. >> Hey, Jennifer, let me try to help you out here for one second. Okay. Um we're here for a reason. Okay. Right. We're law enforcement. Please don't pretend that we're stupid or anything. Okay. So, the next words that come out of your mouth probably need to be the truth. Okay. All >> is yes or no answer. Okay. You have the right to remain silent. Do you understand? Yeah. >> Okay. Anything you say can and won't be used against you in court. Do you understand? >> No. >> You have the right to talk to the lawyer before and during question. So >> So no, you don't want to talk to me or you just or you or Yes, you do want to talk to me. You just want to understand a bit more why we're here with you and then you'll decide whether or not you're here to talk. >> Tell me why you're here. Okay. Well, it's over. Obviously something to do with your employment and uh tickets. lottery tickets specifically. Okay. >> Do you want to talk with me? Yes or no? Just give us one second. Awesome. >> Yeah, I'll come get you. >> You don't understand what's going on. Okay. So have you on video, okay? >> Once she realized the video evidence was nearly impossible to deny, the silence faded and the talking began. But those halfconfessions quickly revealed gaps once officers started pressing her about the money. >> It's either you want to talk to me or you don't. Help me help me explain why. If not, >> I'm being arrested. >> Okay. So, can you answer a simple question? Do you want to talk to me about the incident? Yes or no? Sorry. >> I promise you, you'll feel a whole lot better when you talk about it. >> I just want to know if I'm being arrested. >> I'm not going to provide that information. Okay. >> You got two police officers here. You're smart. Please don't waste our time. Please don't arrest me. >> Why shouldn't we arrest you? >> Please don't arrest me. >> Give us Give us a good reason why we shouldn't arrest you. Explain yourself and your actions from the other night. >> I was stupid. I shouldn't have did it. I'm sorry. Please don't arrest me. Can you give me a notice to appear? Please. >> We need to talk about what happened first before we can determine what we're going to do about it. >> So, quite simply, >> we have we have one side of the story. Okay. quite quite simply going to talk to you're going to talk to us and provide every detail of it or you're not going to talk to us. Either way, right? Either way, I need an answer right now. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, what what what was the reason for taking any tickets, taking any any money that that >> I'm sorry? isn't a victim of being in my home in a desperate room. Do >> you have you have any roommates? Any family? >> I have my mom stay with me. >> Will she not help you to help you out with anything or what? >> So, >> he's trying to get social security. >> Have you ever been arrested before? >> Yes. >> Back for what? um back in uh early 2000. >> What stood out most was that the behavior had begun even before her training was finished. A sign that the habit of cutting corners had formed almost immediately. And even with digital evidence stacking up, she still tried to bargain with reality. >> What makes you think you could get away with something like this? >> I don't know. So, >> you're saying just a desperate and stupid move at the end of the day? >> Hey, how much money did you get from cashing in the lottery tickets? And again, we everything's verifiable. Like there's everything's tracked and trace, right? It's not like you took a couple dollars from the cash drawer. You you took some tickets and you you scratched them off and you turned them in, right? >> I paid for paid for the tickets as well as when I turned them in. You paid for the tickets >> out of the money. >> Out of the money. >> Yeah. Out of the So you paid for the tickets with the money that you stole from the tickets. >> But what we're trying >> $300. Is that how much you actually took home that night or is that how much you spent on the other tickets? >> You So let me I'm trying to understand this. Okay. So you took some tickets from the roll, right? and you scratched them off and then you like you you turned them into the to the lottery machine to get the payout, right? And you took that money and you bought more tickets >> and then I would I would uh scan it, pay for it and then keep the rest of the money. >> Okay, gotcha. Okay. >> 50 bucks out of 100 tickets. >> As far as you take or know about $300 worth most tickets and cash right now. Okay. Tell tell me about tell me about um how you managed to get the money and tickets out of the store. >> What? >> Tell me how you managed to get the tickets and the money out of >> how you were able to get the the lottery tickets. >> Did you Did you put the lottery tickets in your front pocket and walk out the front door? >> You stick it in the backpack? >> No, I scratched I scratched the ticket and turned and turned it in and duck the money from it. It was around $300. Okay. >> Then take put water tickets and cash in the trash can. >> Take it outside. Put in the trash can at the end of the trip to go pick it up. >> Just the one just the ones that I the ones I threw away. The ones that I've been winning. >> In the end, the woman was taken to jail and charged with grand theft for stealing more than $5,000 worth of lottery tickets. After appearing in court, she was sentenced to 12 months of probation. But the bigger question remains, is 12 months of probation enough to deter someone willing to trade their future for a handful of scratchoff tickets? Or is it just the beginning of a much longer criminal record? And just when the tearful performance seemed to end, an even stranger escape plan was about to begin. On December 18th, 2025, at a bus stop near a McDonald's, an officer recognized a familiar face. But instead of stopping to talk, the person immediately ran straight into the restaurant. And here's what really happened next. >> He ran my name and >> photo is old. >> I don't know. Like he positively IDed me and then they dropped me off at the Winterville gas station and let me walk to my lobby. >> What we're just going to bring a fingerprint sky. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Can I please get my bag before they steal it though? You can walk with me. >> It's in my clothes. >> Yeah. >> Where's that? >> Right here. It should be. Sir, slow down for me. >> Sorry. >> Careful. >> It's not going to be good. Did you bring it over here with you? >> I don't remember. >> How do you not remember that? >> Because I have three bags. I don't know. >> Are you sure it's not in with those other bags? >> Yes, I'm sure. >> All right, let's go back over here. >> Across the street and find my clothes, please. >> Give me a second. Okay. Hey, >> let's go back over here. >> I want to get my clothes right. And I'm not detained. >> I understand that. >> I'm walking you up close. >> You're about to be detained. >> For what? >> I'm crossing the cross. >> I can identify you >> and get this figured out. >> You cannot detain me. >> I can actually detain you what? >> Because now >> I'm not being combative. I'm not being violent. Why? Right. >> You want to identify me, get this sorted out, and then I'll be more happy to help you find your bag. >> Just want my bag before they steal it. >> Why is that? >> Who is going to steal it? >> Everybody. Are you kidding? You know where you're at? >> I see where I'm at. Come on. Back over here. >> Please don't give me my clothes. It's right there, bro. Please. >> What's it going to hurt to go get my clothes with me? >> We're going to go back over here to the vehicle. >> She insisted the photo in the system was too old and claimed it wasn't her. But the moment the officer mentioned a fingerprint scanner, that confidence started to crack and the situation quickly took a turn. >> And we're going to wait for the fingerprint scanner. And once you have that and we scan your fingerprints and verify who you are, you don't have to do any of that. >> Now, come on over here. Have a seat. You can sort through it. Make sure everything's there. Find it. >> Yeah. I'm sorry. >> All right. Good. Good. >> I wasn't trying to be hateful. >> Were you hateful to him? >> No, I just >> Yeah. So, how'd you You said you had a domestic violence issue in Alabama or something. >> So, how'd you end up here? >> My grandma knew somebody. >> Hey, listen. What? >> It's when I run this fingerprint scanner. >> No, bro. Like I told you, >> it's going to come back to you. >> We're positive. >> Brooks and everything and ask. Yeah. Well, I need fingerprint proof. >> Okay. All right. >> Not going anywhere. >> No, you're good. You're good. >> I mean, >> very antsy. >> Yes. >> This is irritating. I want to miss my bus. I thought I lost my clothes. >> No, I got you. I got you. >> I get why you're upset, but at the same time, >> just >> How long have you been? >> About right. >> Not yet. The guy's almost there with a finger scanner. As long as you're who you say you are, you'll be out of here. >> I wasn't trying to be rude earlier. It's just one of those things where it's like, I understand your concerns and I understand your stuff, but at the same time, I still have a job to do. We can't confirm your identity until we get the fingerprint stuff and we're good to go. >> Hey, she just took off. What over there? Told you. Where you go? Where do you think you're going? Did you honestly think >> Yeah, fair point. Don't Don't keep going. >> You going to get whacked. >> All right, we got There we go. >> Please stop. >> Stop. >> Once the handcuffs clicked shut, running on foot was no longer an option. At that point, the strategy seemed to shift from running to talking. A last attempt to change the outcome. >> How so? >> You're going to get me killed. >> How so? >> I warned you, did I? >> I know. All you need to do is say something. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> But for the moment now, we're going back here. >> That doesn't make any sense. >> They just killed my right here. >> At this point, I'd love to trust you, but you already know. So, >> are you completely film in the front? >> Nope. >> Wow. >> Why would I want to do? >> I know. I know. I know. >> It's our policy to go in the back. >> No, you're good. >> You can ask and I appreciate that. You know, >> it was worth a shot. >> It's always worth a shot. Never hurts to ask. >> Stop moving around. >> No, you're good. I was just trying to Thank you. >> No, we don't drop it. >> Thank you. >> All right. You have anything on you? >> I think I want a pocket. Not I don't I don't even know. >> Any drugs? That is where I'm walking. >> Um I think I got a diabetic needle maybe. >> Okay. You know, >> but I don't think that it's >> it might be in my bag. >> Okay. >> I don't know if that's the right one. Give me a second. >> Yeah, you're good. >> There should be two four I think. No, four pockets. >> Not so not in your shoes. None in your bags. >> No, you're good. >> All right. my stuff. Let's see. >> Looking for a bit of leniency, Lydia suddenly became very talkative, sharing details about local drug groups, stories about a rehab facility and activity around a nearby trailer park. Cooperation had clearly become the new strategy. >> All right, turn our handcuffs. We'll talk about whatever you want to talk about. I'm just going to read your rights. Okay. >> Yeah. Do >> you have the right to remain silent? Anything you say can and will be used against you in court of law. Yeah. >> You have the right to have an attorney. Can't afford one. >> One will be appointed to you by the court. You can't at any time decide not to answer any questions or make any statements. Do you understand your rights? >> Yeah. >> All right. Having those rights are mine. You want to talk to me? >> Yeah. >> All right. Do you do we need to go somewhere else? >> Um, no. We're good. As long as it looks like you're just trying to figure out. >> Yeah, that's fine. >> All right. So, there's a fence club that person she goes and gets it all for him. Um, in a car I know them well. Then Slim moves it. Um like then there's back which they call Bit. You probably know where she worked at Divergent, the one that just died. That was her old man. They run out from this prison dude and um from the trailer park and all that. That's what I was worried about them seeing me and wigging out. >> So who you said? Somebody. Is that what you said? >> Mhm. >> Elaborate on that. uh switched his mess for Fent. >> Okay. >> And let him die. >> And who was that? >> Um I'm not sure. I think it was because she had stole his phone a couple days before that. Ended up going to jail for stealing the phone. And when she got out a day later, he was um >> switching out their stuff for >> who's who's like who's who's been doing it? >> Um it's that people like I said >> that you were with. >> Yeah. Like I said, it's um it's a dude name. He got life. He won't never come home from the chain game. His name um and then from Odor and um the Dalton. It's a lot of people. >> Who were the people that were with you inside? >> That's folk. He chops up dope. He just wanted me to chop up some clear for him and bag it up. >> In that moment, information became the only thing she had left to bargain with. The more pressure built, the more details she offered, hoping the conversation might soften what was coming next. new sir. >> It's probably three ass now. Uh we're going back over here. Oh, I got excited because it was heavy, but it's coins. Once I drop her off, I'll meet you over there. Hello. I was just going to throw that stuff away since it's all You give me this. There's hair in my mouth, bro. Like, yeah. Thank you. >> But yeah, there's a church that takes the produce trucks once they come to Philadelphia. The church takes their donations. It's some In the end, Lydia Hulk was arrested and charged with obstructing an officer and providing a false name to law enforcement. Depending on her prior record, those charges could mean short jail time and significant fines. Now, here's the question. If someone becomes an informant and everyone knows it, who's really going to trust them anymore? Drop your thoughts in the comments below. One person tried to outrun the police and the next employee thought the cash register was a blind spot. On March 6th, 2024, Family Dollar, a relationship built on trust between a store owner and an employee, suddenly collapsed when more than $5,000 disappeared from the register. An investigation quickly began. And here's what happened next. >> Oh, you called me. What's going on? >> Good afternoon. >> How are you? Yeah, we have an employee that is being under ringing like she will charge a dollar and let the customer leave. It's about $150 worth of merchandise uh multiple time during the month of January, multiple times in the month of actually a little bit in January, multiple times in February and the last one was on Sunday. Um, I interview her. She's sitting in the back, wrote a statement, recording a statement. She admitted to what happened and uh, we just called you guys. >> Okay. Do you have any evidence of this video? >> I got I got full video and I got a I recorded a statement that an officer. >> This is Tina. >> Hello. This is the officer. >> How you doing? >> Hi. >> You have an ID on you? >> It's in my purse. >> Where's your purse at? It's in the front. >> Go get it. Okay. >> It's under the >> Okay. I'm pretty sure the SP manager knows what it is. >> Roger. Come on. Remember this. >> Pretty much as explainer um since the beginning of February. >> Mhm. >> She pretty much knew people from Facebook and regular customers >> and she's in a tough situation with her family and she figured I let you take the merchandise you want. All I need is $50 to $80 coming to me in cash and I will under ring every other item. So she will boy the items or not even ring it. So you can see transaction when she at the ends it >> okay >> to zero or you can see when she only scan a lollipop for 35 cents a dollar and then you see like a full bogy leaving the store full of merchandise. >> Do you have um do you have the videos uh each time get in time? >> Yes. At first, it sounded like a simple policy violation, but Tina had been using her control over the store's cash in a very different way. When officers reviewed the security footage and transaction logs, the numbers that appeared surprised everyone. >> Um, I'm going to talk to you for a minute, but I I don't want you to stop calling everybody. I don't want people to start showing up here. >> Ain't nobody going to show up here, but I'm not just going to I can't get in contact with my fiance. I'm not just going to go to jail and nobody knows where I am. >> I'm not saying I don't know whether you going to jail. >> I was convicted felon. I already dealt with police so many times. I'm not dumb. There's a reason y'all came. I'm not stupid. >> Well, someone makes a complaint, I have to come I have to respond and investigate. Okay? So, that's that's why I'm here. Do you understand? So, just give me a second. >> One of the transaction all those items. Uh how much um the transaction? >> Yeah, that's 100. But how much did the company pay for? >> 59 cents. >> 59 cents. March 5th at 12:21. >> That will be Sunday. That will be the last transaction. >> 12:21. >> What's the next one you got? >> Um 33. >> 33. What time? >> 1956. >> Tina sat quietly while officers gathered information. A silence that seemed more calculated than remorseful. She insisted she hadn't called anyone to the store. Yet, the transaction data suggested something else entirely. A small network of purchases revolving around her shifts. All right. So, I guess they already talked to you. No, you turn around. I guess they already talked to you. Who's that? >> That's my people. I I need to know what's going on. >> Okay. Um, I guess they already talked to you and um and you talked to him about what's been going on, right? >> Um, I need to get get a statement from you and and find >> the same statement I gave them. I wrote it on the paper. >> I listen, I don't know what they do, okay? My job is to I'm impartial, okay? My job is to talk to you and find out what's going on. Um, I need to ask you a few questions. Are you under influence of drugs or alcohol right now? >> Weed. >> Huh? You smoking weed. >> What? >> Uh what's what is the highest level your education of education? >> Eighth grade. >> I'm required to warn you before you make any statements. You have the following constitutional rights. You have the right to remain silent and not answer any questions. Do you understand that? Any statement you make must be freely and voluntarily given. Do you understand? What I'm trying to tell you is that if someone says something, I've I've known you for for I've I've come here, I talked to you, whatever. I don't know anything about you. All I say is, "Hi, how you doing?" I come to you. I I purchase whatever I need to purchase and I worked out. I don't know anything about you. Someone says something. I need to know what happened. Okay? Cuz a lot of time people say, "Hey, did you talk to so and so?" "Yeah, she was nice. She told me what happened. You know, she was having some issue, whatever." So, I can present that to whoever I need to say to, but what I'm trying to say is that I can't just go by what someone say. I have to talk to you and get your side of the story. Okay. All right. Um, >> when Tina realized the very system she thought she understood was now turning against her, her attitude began to shift. The calm composure faded, replaced by irritation right before the full picture came into focus. >> You part time or full time? >> Full time. full time. Um, you work normally day shift, right? >> Both. >> Day and night. >> Are you married? Have kids? >> No kids. >> How many kids? >> Three. >> Three kids. You like working here? >> Do you have any problem with anybody here? Um, who's your Rogers? Your supervisor, right? >> Yep. >> Okay. Have do you have any issue with him? Okay. So, um like with with the transaction, can you tell me like what's what's going on? Like I my cuz I don't want anybody to come here and put a gun to your face and threaten you and whatever and and then we're going to have to go hunting down and and and find out. Just make sure that didn't happen. Okay. I just that's why I need to get a status stone from you to make sure that you're not you're safe that no one threaten you or anything. >> Nobody threaten me. >> I I can't hear you. Nobody threatened me. >> Okay. All right. Can you tell me what's going on? >> I just said I rang people up. They gave me money and that was it. And >> so you you charge them charge them less than what the value of the the the merchandise? >> Huh? How much you normally get from them? >> This all depends. 60 80 100 depends the person the I don't know. It's just different prices. I don't know. >> Okay. I hardly explain the same [ __ ] >> So like between $50 to $100. >> Um these people that normally like do they know you or do you know them like >> the street? >> The street like in the neighborhood >> around. Yeah. >> By this point the narrative had changed. This was no longer about helping someone out. Tina had turned her position into a way to profit. Ironically, every word she spoke was slowly completing the puzzle of a serious criminal charge. >> Like, that's why I'm saying if I'm going to jail, there's no point to explain all this cuz I'm going to go to jail with a migraine and aggravated as [ __ ] Like, they already got the video. I got all that. Like, I don't >> You can You can stop. You can say at any time I don't want to talk to you. I don't want to talk about this anymore. And then I'll stop. Do you understand? >> At the point, they got the video and everything. So, there's explaining myself ain't going to do nothing. But what I'm trying to tell you is that I need to get your side of the story. And I told you already, you can at any time you can say, "Hey, I don't want to talk to you. I don't want to talk about this anymore." >> I already explained I was not I was getting money from people and I wasn't bringing everything up about who it is and where I know them from. All that is irrelevant. It's like I did what I did. It was a mistake. I know I was wrong. Like now what's the next step? >> Okay. How long this been going on? since you started >> since like January. >> Since January do it the whole time. >> How much money you think you got total from these people? Like >> a couple hundred. I don't I don't know exactly like >> No, what I'm saying from from January like maybe >> I'm saying I don't know. >> A,000 2,000. >> Not that much. No, >> I mean just just a rough guess. >> 500 600 less. Like I don't I don't know. Every time I get money is gone. I don't know. taking. >> All right. I'll call you in. >> Um, if you have anything in your pocket, >> anything in your jacket? >> Never take the jacket off. >> Yeah, just take that. >> I'm cold. can't take with you. >> Okay. But I can't wear it till we get there. >> It's You're not You're not going to need it. >> No, you're going to be inside the co. >> You want to put that in? >> In the end, the woman was arrested and charged with grand theft. She later received a sentence of 24 months of probation. So, here's the question. Is 2 years of probation enough to deter someone who turned daily access to cash into a routine opportunity? Or is it simply a temporary act of leniency? One shift ended in handcuffs. And over at Walmart, greed is about to cause the same kind of fallout. On August 24th, 2023, Walmart internal security first noticed small irregularities at a checkout register. But once police stepped in, the total quickly climbed past $10,000. And here's what actually happened. >> Watch completely. There's no gift card. That's usually the gift cards that he'll take and it'll be uploaded onto the system. It does it >> and it'll let you upload it to the gift card, but >> for this transaction, she didn't put it on the gift card. >> Okay. So then, um, can we watch another video of uh, Raven? >> Of course. See, this is the gift card. She didn't Let's see. >> She never swiped the >> Okay. Cuz she was probably anticipating, I'm assuming, anticipating she was going to have to put some on the gift card. >> Yeah. Split it. What's the exact total on that one? 193. She took 193 of this 90 cents, you know. >> Um, this one comes up to 19314. I don't think she took the 14 cents. >> Oh, that's good of her. Okay. So, let's >> let's watch another one. >> Okay. And this one's still Raven. >> This one is for 219. Oh. Oh, no. >> No. >> 334. God damn. 334.92. That's for Raven as well. >> Yeah, of course. >> Okay. >> You had that three. What was it? >> What date was that? >> This one is for This is a receipt from original sale date of 61623. Transaction was being refunded at 61923. >> 619 23. What's the time frame on that? >> Uh 1916. >> What's the total value in the receipt? Total total says 334.92 >> 33 >> but refund items. >> Oh total. >> Okay. >> I think she only refunded damn near 219. >> It was >> cash. >> To them it didn't feel like stealing cash. It was just numbers moving around in a system. That mindset made the guilt easier to ignore. But the ethical line started cracking the moment the register was treated like a money printing machine. >> So again, we're not seeing any actual product being returned. It's just a receipt that this person is entering in for >> Romeo. What the name is on here? He's on here. >> Romeo Marco. >> Okay. >> So in this video, Polo, she she's showing him how to do it >> pretty much. She's instructing him on how to do the rubon. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> We'll do her next. >> That's she was in the nail salon. >> Not the not not the girl with the braids today. Yeah, that's not >> the big one that was in there with the with the clothes with the Walmart thing on there. >> So, which one is it? >> That's at the >> in the back. Yeah, she was going to get her nails done before. >> She She was getting her nails done, you said? Good. >> Okay. >> I'll have them go there when they're done. >> 7272. >> Might as well just find the $70 ones and we'll >> get two of the $7. >> $10. >> Yeah. >> Is it a pregnant one, Stephanie? >> Yeah. But the other pregnant one is like there's two pregnant ones. >> Is it still Rachel? Is this all for >> Rachel Raven? Sorry, bro. >> In the footage, Raven is seen showing Romeo how to process refunds without any merchandise being returned. Just a few clicks in the system, and once something illegal starts feeling that easy, caution usually disappears. 2 4 3 95 15 25 30 35 4 caller for street shots in that area. Shot fire. stack like that. >> Yeah, that was when they said it's about block north of probably going to be 16 street. >> Yes, ma'am. Go ahead. >> Like that's a lot of money. That is nothing. >> What the hell? It's 20. So it looks like a lot of money. That is nothing. >> That [ __ ] won't even last two months for nobody. >> Police had to plan the arrest carefully to keep everything safe. Meanwhile, as investigators reviewed the footage, the legal pressure started building fast. Both employees continued denying everything while the stolen amount was being calculated. >> 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 I have a dismissed shot spotter 1972 street. One, two, three, four, five, 1100. One, two, three, four, five, 1200. >> One, two. >> If they have any DFWs, >> she had like a tattoo on her hand, >> like a flower. >> Yeah. One detail stood out. Strangers walking up to the register and receiving money directly. At that point, the scheme had grown so bold that the illegal transactions were happening almost out in the open like it was a normal service. How many people you be handing money to? Who knows? >> All right. You don't know what she is. >> Huh? You all know what you >> I was looking over there. I'll put it on his TV. >> This room? >> Yeah. >> All right, that's fine. It is what it is. All right. Appreciate y'all. Just sit back down for me. We'll be done shortly. >> 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 15 45 What's all these? I do not like making mistakes with all this [ __ ] when you get to that desk. Um, with my luck last week, the money got stuck in the money counter. Oh, so I was at like an extra 20 minutes for 15 45 >> 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 68 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 57 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 1580 I got 1583 in bills. >> Mhm. Plus she got more money. >> She does. >> Yep. Right here. 1583593594595 plus change. All right. So, I got $15.99 in cash and I'm going organize it and recount it one last time. So, you you do good. I just want to >> The case ended with the employees facing serious charges, including grand theft and conspiracy. With more than $10,000 stolen, they could be looking at jail time, full financial restitution, and a criminal record that follows them for life. One shift just ended over a luxury bag purchase, and somewhere else, stolen cosmetics are about to cause another disaster. On October 27th, 2023 in Belulk Department Store, Florida, the cosmetics counter suddenly became the center of an internal investigation. Suspicious transactions quickly pointed to someone inside the store itself. And here's what actually happened. >> Reason Michelle Barton is our asset protection of uh one of our zones in the company. >> The person in question is an asset protection person. >> No, no, no. She's an associate with it. >> Oh, okay. >> Um she's in the office on on the phone with Michelle Barton, who's the asset protection uh for the East Belt, which is like one of three they do. >> Okay. >> Um they've been doing an investigation on her and stuff. We uh this was this is for you. This is part of the investigation. >> Yeah. >> Um this is just records of uh the transaction that she did. Uh she's taken merchandise. She's uh processed refunds that weren't hers and put them on the gift cards and try to sell the gift cards off later. >> How long has this been going on? How much stuff are we talking? >> She's admitted to at least starting in September to about $1,000. But um >> according to Michelle, there's there's more than that. So, and then she would take the gift cards and then try to sell sell them. And she she's admitting to try try to sell the gift cards off. >> Okay. Does she know I'm here? >> She knows that. She knows. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. She knows that you're on your way. >> Okay. >> Um >> information was collected between yesterday and today. >> This is this this is not information I collected. This is information that Michelle's collected. >> The I'm saying how long has she been collecting information? >> That would be a question for Michelle. You can ask. Oh, >> you don't know that? >> I do not know that. That is I'm I was told yesterday >> because this it appears this has been an investigation that's been going on for a while. >> Yeah. >> Because I've never seen so much paperwork and so many transactions. This is going to be >> it's going to take a little bit to go through. >> Right. Yeah. The these are her statements. These are >> Okay. So these >> these are her statements that she has written to you guys. >> Yeah, this is the statement that she wrote today. >> Jenny was an employee who knew the store systems inside and out. But that knowledge ended up being used very differently, creating ghost transactions that turned her from someone operating the system into someone designing fraud from within the business itself. >> Yeah, >> I did take I did take return as gift card and cash returned. Not sure the exact amount. >> I sold them for cash to people. I need the money for bills and foods, which my salary didn't cover enough for the month. I took could be more. I can't think. I'm guessing maybe $2,000 to $3,000, not more. >> She's uh she brought >> Oh, that's just a copy of the same thing. Yeah, she's brought merchandise back to us >> today. >> Mhm. Yeah, she uh she left and went and got merchandise that she had at the house along with three gift cards and $100 bill. So, we're doing the investigation. >> I'm trying. >> Yeah, it's a lot to take in. >> Hey. Hey, Michelle. >> Hey, I'm getting you just Okay. >> Okay, we'll do. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. Bye. Oh, I thought we were coming up here to find out if she's got the video. >> No, I'm going to >> Oh, okay. >> I'm going to text her. >> So, this is not everything. This is just what she's found so far. Is that what we're talking? >> Yeah, that's the stuff that Michelle Michelle and her team investigated and pulled. So, this is everything >> to the bet. Uh, that that's the stuff Michelle sent me. That's everything that they've that that Michelle and their team identified as. >> Is this stuff included in here? >> No, this this is stuff that Jenny brought in today. >> So, that's separate. That's not on here. >> Sometimes honesty only appears when the options start running out. But the law doesn't work off vague numbers. Even after she returned part of the merchandise, the list of cosmetics and gift cards still didn't match the records investigators were holding. >> The only thing that might be similar that we'd be able to identify from that versus here is these gift card numbers matching up with some of the gift cards on there. >> Yeah, I'm not talking about gift card numbers. I'm talking about items, the different items. The items that are on here is not any of this >> from this. >> Okay. So, it's going to be this plus that. >> Yes. >> Okay. Okay, ma'am. My name is Officer Ketchum. Okay. Um, how do you pronounce your first name? >> Okay. So, from what I understand, Mr. Winter said that this is >> this is a statement that you wrote today. >> Yes. >> Okay. Now, what I'm going to do, I'm not going to ask you any questions about the returns or what happened or what you did. I just need to read read you Miranda because we're in a we're in a situation that involves an arrest. Okay. All right. I'm I'm sorry, but yeah, we're talking about thousands of dollars of stuff. Did you not think that that was going to happen? Okay. So, I'm going to read you Miranda, but I'm not going to ask you any questions about the thing. I'm just going to ask you if this is the statement that you wrote. Okay? So, I'm just going to read it off the card. If you don't understand something, let me know and I will explain it to you. Okay? All right. You have the right to remain silent. Okay? Cuz like I said, the only thing I'm going to ask you is this right here. >> Yes. >> Is this the statement that you provided to Bel? That's what >> you wrote this yourself. Nobody wrote it for you. >> And no one coerced you or made any threats to you to write this statement. >> No. >> And this is a true accurate depiction of what you what you state happens? >> Okay. >> That's all I'm going to ask you. Okay. Is there anybody that you need to call to let you to let them know what's what's happening? She had been clever enough to slip past the system for months, but once the arrest process began, the surprise on her face said a lot. And sometimes all it takes is one question to make it clear that someone's role in the story has completely changed. >> I mean, we're going to go to our we're going to go to my police department so I can do some paperwork first, but we that's what we have to do. >> I'll follow you. >> No, no, it's not following me. You're going to be going with me. >> Okay. But I'm giving you the option. you're being cooperative and I'm always cooperative with people as long as they're cooperative with me. I'm giving you the option >> to call your husband and let him know what's going on so that he doesn't think something's wrong when you don't come home. >> Okay. >> Okay. I believe I will have to double check, but I think your bond is going to be $2,000. Okay. So, if you go through Are you familiar with the the bond? >> I know we're being arrested for >> Okay. And that's fine. I'll be gentle. All right. Um, a bond is money that you put up in order to get out of jail. Now, you can either put up the whole bond in cash or you can go through a bales bondsman and only pay about 10 to 20% of that bond. Okay? But then that bales bondsman is the one that's responsible for you to go into court when the court section when the court series of this comes around. Okay? Okay. So, if you don't have the $2,000 for the bond, then well, it's going to be more than that cuz we're going to scheme to def fraud. It may be upwards of $10,000. I'm not sure. I'll I'll be able to let you know as soon as I can, okay? But once we get to the police station, I'm going to be doing my paperwork and then I will take you over to the Lake County Jail. It's probably going to be a couple hours, okay? Because I got to have I a lot of stuff here I got to go through, okay? So, go ahead and call your husband. let them know what's going on. And when you get to the jail, once I've completed all my paperwork and I transport you over there, they will allow you to use the phone again, then you can contact your husband again and and and make arrangements for that bond, okay, for the bail so you can get out. >> It turns out this wasn't the first time she had stood near the line between freedom and a jail cell. Records showed she had faced a similar situation before, and apparently that experience hadn't changed much. I'll I'll let I'll let you call him again when we're getting ready to go over to the jail. As long as you're cooperative with me, I'll let I'll let you call him and I'll and then you before we go so he knows when you're going. >> All right. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Cuz then that way I'll be able to give you the exact bond as well. >> Okay. >> I'll put these in the front. Okay. >> No. >> H. >> Do you have to? I just walk for you in the car. >> No, ma'am. I have to do this. It's policy. If you're under arrest, you have to be in handcuffs. Like I said, I'll I'll put them in the front. That way, they're not in behind. Do you have a jacket or something or a shirt? No. Okay. You just want to turn them sideways that way. Okay. Okay. Your charges are going to be theft by fraud. Okay. And you understand what that is of all with all the returns and the the money whether it be cash or gift card. That's a fraud. You're also going to be charged with scheme to defraud because you did this on different days, different times. So, we have multiple different offenses. Do you understand what I'm saying? It happened over it looks like you're since since September time somewhere about a month or so. I'm just going to take a photo of this stuff here spread out again since I got something to take a photo of. Now, was the $100? Did you put that on the that total as well? Okay. Is all this stuff included with it? >> In the end, Jenny was formally charged with organized fraud and grand theft. After the legal process concluded, she received 3 years of probation along with a permanent criminal record. So, what do you think? Is 3 years of probation enough to deter someone who orchestrated a scheme worth more than $5,000? Or does it simply show how easily trust inside a workplace can be broken? Some Karen truly believe the law doesn't apply to them, but flashing lights have a way of bringing people back to reality. What do you think about these sovereign Karen moments? Share your thoughts below and don't forget to like, subscribe, and support the channel.