So, I'm going to put you. You're being detained right now. Can I stay behind you? I pay for my hair. Can I please tomorrow? Please open my phone. I'll even show you. Like, I literally I'm supposed to be going to Arizona. Like, I'm supposed to be saying goodbye to my grandpa in and then how do I take care of that? On January 13th, 2025, police officers stopped a young woman named Michaela outside a store. She was accused of stealing hair dye and makeup items. Michaela begged the officers to let her go, saying her grandpa was dying and she needed to go to Arizona despite her emotional please. Officers followed procedure. This moment turned into a heartbreaking and tense situation that showed the human side of petty theft arrest. Yeah. Why? Right here. 3 4 I think I'll be I'll be there. I'll be out. Why? Give me a minute. Yeah, you too. You're not free to leave. Pardon me? Yeah. Give me a minute. Okay. Pardon me. I can go. Yeah. Well, go. Hey, you're not free to leave for what? I'm going to tell you right now. I'm on my way to go to Arizona. You want to go get Ter? Yeah. Yeah. Go. Yeah, I'm good. Hey, Ter. This is uh Edge. I'm out here outside. You want to come out here? All right. He's coming. I have my dog right here. Yeah. Give me a minute. Okay. Just ask you for a cigarette. Yeah. Just one minute and then I'll let you go. Okay. Okay. All right. What's your name? So, right now, you're not free to leave. Uh you're being detained for uh possibly theft. All right. So, just let you know, you're being your video recorded. I'm literally going to Arizona tomorrow. My grandpa. Yeah. No, I know. I mean, we'll figure out this out now. Okay. If it's not you, then you'll be on your way. Okay. So, what's your first name? Do you have an ID on you? I do. Can I see that? Michaela. Michaela. All right. But, uh, let's go talk to them. No. No. Yeah. They're going to come out here right now. Okay. Uh, she was with him, but I'm not sure if you know they handed out anything. So, that's why I told her she couldn't leave either. No, I was coming out here. All right. So, Michaela, what's your first name? Well, Michaela. How do you spell that? MC. M. Okay. here in Y LA. What's your um You have middle initial? Yes. What is it? N M N N last name. Well, sorry. I'm going to call my mom really quick because this is really Yeah. So, what did what did she take? Yeah, it should be like some hair care stuff and then cosmetics. It look like maybe makeup and then makeup brushes. Okay. And then she put them in her her purse. I mean, I'll take everything out and then we're going to take with you. What is it? All right. So, do me a favor. So, I'm going to put you. You're being detained right now. Going to stay behind your back. May I if I pay for my hair, can I please be like, well, because my grandpa is dying and I really need to see him and I'm supposed to be going to Arizona tomorrow and all I was asking was what color. That's literally it. And I will happily I have the money like I paid for it, but like I really need to walked out. If you had the money for it, you should have paid for it when you're Please. Like, have I been dead? Like, I cannot go to jail. Like, my grandpa's literally going to die. Please, please, please. Like, I literally have no criminal record. Like, you can even look. Please. Just this one time. Like, have Michaela, come on. You had money and still walked out crying over hair dye, saying you just wanted to check the color. That's not how stores work. Now you're outside begging for Arizona and grandpa. Stores don't do refunds or pity once cops show up you guys. Like I'm sorry die. Like I get it. And I'm sorry, but please let me just pay for it. Right now you're going to be under arrest for theft. I got to read something first and then please please please. Can I leave my mom cuz like I don't get there. I'm supposed to be going to Arizona tomorrow. here please. You have the right to remain silent anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. Uh you have the right at this time to talk to a lawyer and have him present with you while you are being questioned. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before questioning and if you wish. You can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements. Do you understand each of these rights I have explained to you? Yes. Yes, please. Okay. Having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to us now? Can I please pay for it? I mean, like I said, you want to talk to me about what happened? It's either yes or no. I mean, a mistake. Yes or no? That's what happened. Yes or no? Well, it's not going to make a difference. I took something which was hair color and I should have put it back. I had the money for it. I literally was coming out to ask what color looks good and that's it. And I'm sorry. Please, like, I really don't want to miss my grandpa dying. Please, on everything, please. Like, please. Like, can I please call my mom? Please. Like, please, please, please. Like, I'll pay for hair dye. I'm so sorry. Please. All right. I'm going to take the handcuff off. All right. Don't do anything cuz I got to take this purse off. See this like plug me up. I have no record. Like I literally have never done a crime in my life. Please, like, please don't be a warning for me. Don't ruin my record. Like, I'm sorry. I mean, again, you're a grown woman. You should have thought about that. All right. All right. Hold on. Don't do anything. I really don't want to say goodbye to my grandpa. He has Can we please call my mom? Yeah. Oleu corridor. I'm sorry for taking it, man. I can't see. Yeah. Again, it doesn't work like that. You're lazy. All right. So, you want to sit her in um your search her and then um I'll loop that and then I'll talk to you later. Please. Please. I really don't want to do this, please. Just want to keep an eye on her. Um, see so that way he can he's going to put her in the car. That way he can do the little sort. That way we don't do it twice. All right. Do you have anything else on you that you took from the store? No. Now the tears start shedding. Sick grandpa apologies. Offers to pay. Girl, there's no need. Just look at the cops. They're reading your rights, not return policies. This isn't customer service. You're grown. You don't cry your way out of the consequences. Life doesn't pause for regret. A big mistake. I'm sorry. Please. Do you have any? Turn around, please. Do you have any ID on you? Yeah, it's in there. Hey, Etch. Her ID is in there. Yeah. Please, you guys, please. Please. Look, I understand that you might be going through some tough times right now, okay? But we have a job to do. All right, I understand and I made a big mistake and I'm very very sorry. Like, I really You can go through my phone. I'll even show you. Like, I literally I'm supposed to be going to Arizona. Like, I'm supposed to be saying goodbye to my grandpa clearly. And I get that I made a mistake and I'm very sorry, but I really don't want to miss saying goodbye. You can't get that back. You're right. You can't. And I appreciate the apology, but right now we have a job to do. Okay. Like Oh, I thought it was T, ID. Yeah, I'll get it right now. We got this right here. Not sure. Let's see her. Yeah, I think that's about it. I mean on this these two right here but um first of all this is Ross that's mine from where's your ID it's in the other wall this one here this one here I still got to go through the thing so um also can I when I mean once I'm done with this obviously you'll give me the receipt but can I watch the the the video? Yeah. I mean, not sure that you guys, but I don't think so. I'm not sure. She grabbed a whole bunch of makeup stuff, but when she was concealing, she was turned away from the only thing I could confirm for sure. That's fine. I I don't think there's nothing from you guys right here. Not yet. But okay. You leaving, Lacy? No, not really. I'm homeless. She's swearing there's nothing else in the bag like that'll save her. Girl, they're searching everything. Even your ID looks like it wanted to run. She's talking about Arizona, grandpa, her phone, homelessness. It's tough. Yeah, but feelings don't erase facts. Store rules don't change just cuz life's been rough. Where you normally stay at? With her. Where's that at? Um, at the commons or I stay like on the street wherever I can pretty much. I'm not going to get out tonight. Huh? Like there's no way to get out. Like I don't know what to do. Like Yeah, that's not up to me. I'm not sure. How do I figure this out? You could uh talk to the jail staff. They should They should know more than I would. Where am I going to go? Mquali again. Again? Yeah. How many times you been there? Just once. Cuz I was suing I'm going to be suing Walmart cuz they said I stole something when I really never did. Yeah. Thank you. I haven't searched her. Let me put um that's your stuff and then um Okay. Is there anything in your pockets that you're aware of? No, I don't have pockets other than like right here and nothing. Okay. I'm gonna just look inside of it. Okay. I know. Like I promise on everything, but I'm so sorry. I just I really want to recycle. I'll do whatever I have to do. Service like time after. I don't care. Like I literally don't want to miss saying goodbye to him. Well, fortunately, it's a Monday, so I don't think you'll see too much time. Typically, it's a couple days. Yeah, but I don't know how long he's going to have a couple days. Walmart. Well, you have a bail. So, if you do know anybody that can bail you out. How much is that? Uh, it's going to It's 1,000. So, it's 100 bond. Can I get my phone to call my family, please? Yeah, I'll write numbers down if you want me to. I don't I don't know. Memorize something. No, no, no, but with your phone. No. So, at the jail, they'll let you go through your phone. No, they don't. To get a phone number, they do. I've asked before. I'll write them down just to make sure. Okay. I have to grab your photo just for the thing. I'm not sharing with no one. It's just cuz you're going to be trespassed. All right. Can you look at the camera for me really quick? Panic kicked in. No home, no options. asking about bail like it's checkout time. This isn't a hotel Michaela. This is jail talk now. And pulling the grandpa card again won't flip the script. Sad or not, rules are rules. You can't cry your way out every time life hits. All right, I'll grab your phone and then write some numbers down. Watch your leg here, please. All right. How did I just swipe? Huh? Do I just swipe or you go like this? Here. May I call two people? Uh, until they tell me we got to go. Yes. Put it in my ear. bigger. Thank you. How much is my bill? Um, where are you? I'm in handcuffs. I have a bail in your own speaker. Um, for How much is your bail? How much? Um, so you have a yum warrant. I don't know how much that bail is, but the theft's going to be a,000. So, a,000. And I didn't know I had a yam warrant. I I can tell you whenever we get ready. Okay. And I guess I have a y I think they I don't know why they put a warrant out for me when I called for that court date, you know. Yeah. Um but do you think you can get me out? Wait, if I get you out, you have a warrant in Yum, Chris. But I'm going to Yum. I'm going to Nquali. But if you pay for that one and and what? Well, I got to get you out of there. Why don't you guys go see your mom tomorrow, don't you? Yeah, I'm supposed to be going and saying goodbye to my grandpa. All right, I'll do my best. Okay. You going to be at Nisquali? Yeah. It's like $100, I think, for a,000, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. 10%. Yeah. And I mean, I have half of that. I could I could pay you back or whatever. Okay. Okay, if I can't for some stupid reason tomorrow, it's a possibility. Okay, I know with Nquali it could be pretty quick. So, he said with the squali it could be pretty quick, but he's not for certain. Yeah, I can't promise anything. Okay. I just know I really have to get out to say goodbye to my grandpa. I know, honey. I'll get you out. Okay. Okay. I'll get you. Okay. Okay. All right. Um if she gets PR, do you know when she gets released? Uh I couldn't I couldn't give you a date or I couldn't give you a time. Okay. Well, I'll get you up before then, honey. Okay. It's getting heavy now. Her voice is cracking. She's talking in circles, begging, explaining, hoping someone will care enough to rewind the mess. But jail doesn't run on feelings. It runs on paperwork. Crying helps the heart, not the nerves. Let this be a reminder. Desperation doesn't erase decisions. All right. I love you. Just hang tight. Okay. Okay. Get some rest. You needed it anyway. Remember? I guess. Well, you're too stressed about you've been stressed about your grandpa, you know. This and then they're all Yeah. And the war. Okay. And then how do I take care of that? A warrant. Yeah, it'll get squashed with the bail. Okay. So, the warrant from the for the other thing would get squashed with the bail if you pay for that. Pay the $100. Yeah. And the warrant will get squashed. Yeah. Okay. Just hang tight. Okay. Okay. What happens if I can't though ask him that? Then do you just go to court or what? Yeah, she'll go to court and then um after court she'll be she'll be out. All right. 3647. All right. Well, I appreciate your help. Thank you, sir. Do you think that you'll be able to get the Yes, I got to go home and make some phone calls. Is my house locked? Yeah. Oh, I have your keys, huh? Yes. Yeah. Are we able to make a pit stop? Okay, I got to go check in at the jail. I'm the other way anyway. Okay. Well, all right. Well, let me get busy on this and see what I can do. Okay. Okay. I really hope you can. I'm going to try my best, baby. Okay. Get that one girl cuz that's literally what I got was stupid hair product. Okay, I will. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, sir. Yep. Bye. Okay, thank you. Yep. Watch your feet. Now she's tired, mentally done. The officer stays calm and tries to help. She keeps whispering, "Thank you." And all this chaos, it was over, hair dye. One small choice and boom, everything spiraled and she ended up behind bars. Michaela was charged with theft in the third degree. So, if you enjoyed the video, hit that like button and drop your thoughts in the comments. Let's see who stands out the most. The best comment gets pinned. And don't forget to share this video with your friends and family so they don't miss out on the fun. And now, here's a challenge for you. 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