robberto I've decided that you're going to actually go to jail [Music] today Thursday June 1st 2023 St Petersburg Florida after a morning Patrol officers found a man sleeping on the lawn of a private property it could have been as simple as getting the man off of the property issuing a ticket and moving on with the day like any other but things wouldn't be that easy and one bad decision changed the course of the entire day I'm Tyler and this is your daily dose of crime hey yo Roberto what are you doing oh I fall asleep you know you're trespassing out here right is this yours no put your shoes on you can come over to my car I'm going write you a ticket okay okay actually put much s41 is the van here by any chance hey can you come over to 251 15 Street and s41 this going to be a trespassing I'll be 15 oh you make yeah come on over the car okay you got everything that's yours you're leaving your beer cans behind that's M yeah right that's the one you always drink no yes yeah no it's right next to you plus you always drink those yeah but that's could you please zip up your fly huh zip up your pants the subject identified as erberto Sanchez seemed to be familiar to the officer it wouldn't be the first time that they had found him in this kind of situation the 60-year-old man was clearly confused about what was happening and didn't know that this was private property but he also didn't think it would matter much since he would likely just get a ticket as he had in the past or so he thought do you see this sign right here you see can you I didn't see it what's that say no that's do you know what is okay so you know that you're not supposed to be here which way did you come in huh which way did you come into this park just I don't know did you walk in from this way or did you walk in from that way that way all right well there's a sign over there too I didn't see it well can't be helped can't be helped go ahead and drop your bag you got anything in there no just drop it down you're fine Drop It On The Ground thank you there you go let me get some gloves you got anything in your pockets come my cette take a abouted huh myed okay put them down there anything else nothing up got to make sure oh you got more stuff pamphlet oh so what is that by a church okay Chinese Church yeah okay no or nothing no okay nothing in your shoes no no no oh you got a hernia huh H yeah yeah you want to have me toet no you're going to take the ride today what I've decided that you're going to actually go to jail today after a routine check Sanchez was informed by the officer that this time she wouldn't be issuing a ticket but instead had decided to take him to jail the man was visibly confused what were the charges against him if he hadn't committed a crime AR Roberto tried to understand what was going on and why the sudden change in the decision had far too many problems with you no absolutely not we're getting all kinds of complaints can't be doing this okay so he's coming now and then he'll take you out I dve me P please no come on let's go over here you get tickets all the time you don't care you don't change your ways right here your Mayan Sanchez James still in here with trespass trespass yeah I think after a certain manye this should be a fon after a certain good here after a certain amount of any crime it should be a fon keeps coming in contact doesn't change his ways what can we do without arguing with officers Sanchez cooperated with police and listened intently to the officer's complaint he had received multiple tickets before but always for the same type of situation and she seemed frustrated that he didn't want to learn or follow the rules a transport van arrived on scene and AR Roberto was handcuffed and chained by another officer nothing about what was happening felt normal and the consequences of the informal arrest would soon unfold a year in jail would probably settle it what's that a year in jail might s yeah maybe it's debatable all right it's a nice phone yeah just this bag of stuff it's like food in there do that thing stink yeah what's it smell like you know what throw it away I'm pretty much done with taking soil stuff them yeah they don't need it it's all soiled y we don't need it I'm going take you guys now thank you sirate inside the transport van there would be no seat belts or restraints which would prove to be a life-changing factor for Sanchez due to the officer's reckless driving AR Roberto Alejandro Sanchez mayen was urgently taken to the hospital where doctors discovered cervical spine injuries that left him paralyzed due to the severity of the injuries he had both legs amputated above the knee but how did this happen happened the officer driving the vehicle had been speeding recklessly and when they made a sudden stop AR Roberto Fell From the Bench and struck his head against the metal partion in March of 2024 he filed a lawsuit against officer Sarah Gattis who had arrested him and Michael ther who had been driving the transport van according to the lawsuit Sanchez was illegally detained and taken into custody without a warrant the St Petersburg Police Department denies the allegations and the legal proceedings have begun however as of now the status of the trial remains unknown