On December 6th, 2024, during a routine patrol in Florida, an officer observed a Toyota Camry speeding through an intersection ignoring a red light. After triggering an immediate pursuit and a traffic stop, the driver, Pauline, a 48-year-old woman, was promptly pulled over. Excuse me? Yeah, you went through a red light and you're speeding. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm trying to get to my My cousin left my car in Cocoa Beach last night. He stole it. And this is my mom's car. I'm trying to trying to get over to my friend's house and jump my car on Cocoa Beach because this is her car. I'm trying to get out there. He's I just went and got two I just want to try and get my tools to go out to Cocoa Beach to jump her car and she's freaking because she wants her car back. I'm trying to get to Cocoa Beach and have him in to get my car jumped. So, I'm trying to get that car jumped back out there. See? So, I got to go I just got to go to >> Can you roll down the other window? Yeah, I'm sorry. So, she's freaking cuz I'm trying to get my car back. This is her car. Okay. So, it's cold and I'm I'm just texting my see I'm trying to text my friend tell him talking about dead batteries and stuff. I'm sorry. I didn't even know that was you behind me to Just that. Okay. So, I'm trying to pull over to let you go behind me. I didn't know that was a cop behind me. I didn't even know that. I was probably somebody on my Her unease was obvious. Shaking hands, rapid breathing, eyes wide with dread. The officer thought it was just fear of a ticket or her missing car until he leaned closer. A strong odor drifted from the car. This wasn't about a red light anymore. Something far more concerning was unfolding right in front of him. All right. Do you have your license and registration? Uh I don't even know where I left I don't know. I'm sorry. Let's start with your driver's license. Yes, sir. That is right here. My insurance card is That's in my car. That's in my car. My insurance All right. Do you have any weapons in the vehicle? Any drugs in the vehicle? Anything like that? No? Okay. My insurance card is in my car. Wait. Okay. You mind if I search? No, I don't have any cards like I showed you. I'm trying to go to my I'm trying to go out to my This is my mom's car. Well, I'll just have you shut off the vehicle and step out for me. No. Can I Can I put all this back please, sir? Just set it off to the side. Okay. What was I doing wrong, officer? You were speeding and you went through a red light. Now, put the stuff Put the stuff to the to the side. Jack Oats and Barton. Wait. Wait. Jack Oats and Barton or Moreland Barton. Hey, give me a second. In US law, ignoring a red light and racing past the speed limit isn't taken lightly. Drivers face hefty fines between 50 and 500 dollars and up to six license points and possible jail if speeds are extreme. The only exception, life or death urgency, which tonight clearly wasn't. Your stuff's fine. Just step out. Why do I have to step out of the car? Because I'm telling you to. I didn't do anything wrong. Can I get my jacket at least, please? Just leave it there. Just step out. >> Oh my god. I didn't do anything wrong. >> Step out over there by him. I'm going to shut your car off. [Music] I'm not searching your car. How can I help you? How can I help you? [Music] [Applause] Her constant shifting inside the car wasn't just nervousness. It was calculated stalling. She fumbled papers, moved objects unnecessarily, yet never stepped out, which just confirmed the officer's suspicion. Recognizing the delay, he retrieved his K9 and the tension snapped into certainty. [Applause] There's nothing This is illegal. There's nothing in my car. I have I can see you in the back. There's nothing in the car. There's needles in the car. It's my mother's car. Besides that, there's needles in the car. So, I'm dying of It's only the car and there's Because there's a bottle of pills in my car. Those are my pills and my prescriptions. Bottle of needles in my car. That's it. Right here. In the That's the right. This is my car. Because this is my car. You guys This is it. So, it's your car or it's your mom's car? This is my mother's car and there's needles in the car. You guys That's not right. But you guys got the needles [Music] K9 officers rely on instinct honed through rigorous training. And when this dog indicated a possible find, the officer followed procedure. His inspection, however, turned up almost nothing. What he failed to realize was that the real discovery lay somewhere he hadn't looked yet. There's nothing in here. Hey, what the hell are you doing TO YOUR PANTS? WHY ARE YOU HURTING ME? IT'S RIGHT IN THE BACK. It's a needle. Stop. It's a needle. Why are you hurting me? Stop. Stop or you're going to get Get on the ground. Now, stop. Up against the car. Get out of the car, Pauline. You're hurting me, officer. Stop. Give me your hands. GIVE ME YOUR HANDS. I NEED A FEMALE OFFICER. WHILE ONE OFFICER searched the vehicle, the officer detaining Pauline grew suspicious. She repeatedly insisted that any pills or needles that wasn't even found till then were related to diabetes. Believing she had successfully diverted attention, Pauline discreetly shifted something in her pants, an action the officer caught instantly. Stop. Stop. Turn your I don't want you to hurt me, officer. I don't want you to hurt me. It's a needle. I don't want to see my needle. I don't want you to see my needles. I don't want you to see my needles. All I want you to see my diabetic needle is all. You guys don't want to give me a diabetic needle. I'm I don't want you to see my diabetic needle is all. It's all you got. It's all No, there's nothing wrong with being diabetic. It's not against the law. No one's going to say No one's going to say it is. They'll say it's a paraphernalia. Stop. They'll say it's a They'll say it's a They'll say it's a paraphernalia. Needles for something else. You want me to start ignoring you? No, but they'll say it's a drug. Her tears didn't fool the officer for a second. Needles alone are not unlawful, but when linked to drug use, they're clear evidence of a crime. According to drug laws in the USA, unlawful possession of controlled substances carries penalties including fines and up to 12 months in custody. Even faced with this, Pauline clung to her excuses. They'll say it's a drug needle. Do you always keep your I have you talking. No, I don't keep it. Well, yeah, that's I saw something in her pocket. As she's talking to me, she's trying to shove it in her ass. It was a needle. That's what it was, sir. It was a needle. >> Fine. You'll say it's a drug needle. Fine. You have the right to remain silent. Fine. Trying to help you out. Just be quiet. I don't want you to You got to take me like this. I was a nurse. I was a nurse I was a nurse 18 years on my five-year sentence. And then I have till October I have till August 25th to go back and get my license. I have three years in. Selfish. >> years to go back. Yes, sir. And if I get if I lose it I have If I don't If I go to jail I I won't go back and I won't get my license in August. Attempting to win sympathy, she claimed to be a nurse, but this only deepened the officer's dismay. Watching a medical professional in such a state was unsettling. Her words were incoherent, her condition unmistakably intoxicated, and from there, matters only deteriorated further. I can tell you right now your eyes are pinpoint and you're talking a thousand miles an hour. What I'm scared I don't That's how you're talking. >> mom's car. I'm telling you. Stop. I'm telling you, sir. I'm just scared of Stop. You're lucky we didn't put you on the ground. That's where you were going. I saved you from going to the ground. Sorry. I'm just really scared of You don't have to resist us and pull away and try to get away from us. You should go to jail for that. I'm scared. That is what I'm scared of. Stop. Stop. Can I show it to you so I can No. No. Just relax. Why can't I show it to you? Because Just stop. You're detained. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. Officer Jack Oats and Barton. Do you understand each of these rights I've just explained to you? I need you to call my mom. Why can't you call my mom? How old are you? I'm 48. >> Okay. I'm not calling your mom. You're 48. Why can't you call her? I think I'm going to get my car. Why can't you call her to get to get my car? Quiet. As officers waited for a female officer to retrieve the needle, Pauline kept grasping for any chance to escape accountability. What she failed to see was that this was already the end of the road. Concealing the needles had tied her to something illegal. Then, she made an even graver mistake. Stop. I want to get that needle out of my cell. Get out of there. Pull it out. You're hurting me. You're stabbing me, sir. Can I get at least my phone? I have a female officer coming. I'm not going to reach in there. You're stabbing me, sir. I want to pull it out. >> STOP. AND IT'S STABBING ME. STOP. NO. WHY CAN'T I PULL IT OUT? IT'S STABBING ME. STOP. WHY ARE YOU HURTING me like this? >> I'm not trying to hurt you. Turn around. Turn around. Cut the Cut It's poking me. And she puts talking to me, she put it in her back of her pants. Okay. she's saying There is a needle poking me right there. Can you get it? Okay, I can get it. Just relax. Where is it at? It's in the back? Okay. So, here's what I need you to do. Listen what I need you to do. Not move. Do you understand? I understand, but don't move. Hold still. Do not move. Move your hands. Do not move. Please. Hold Listen, I'm going to tell you this one more time. Stop moving. By shifting items in her pants and attempting to conceal the needles, Pauline wasn't just stalling. She was committing another offense. Under laws in the USA, obstructing or resisting officers during a lawful search is a criminal act punishable by up to 1 year in jail. What she thought was a clever distraction had only tightened the case against her. Okay, hold very still. Ready? Hold on. I need a bag. Okay. Keep holding. Don't move, okay? Now, stand still. I am still. You have bags in your head? Um I can get one. Oh, yeah. I have livingston. Yeah. It's not livingston of it. It's bloody. It's got blood on it. You got anything else on you? I was just trying to tell her about that needle. All right, I'm going to search you, but do you have anything else that's going to poke me? No, there might I thought I had maybe one more needle, but I think there is in my butt. That was it. Where do you think it might be? In your Okay, hold still. The officer had already discovered two needles opened, used, and marked with blood. That alone explained Pauline's frantic behavior. But, what followed was unexpected. She admitted to possessing yet another needle. Was this genuine compliance or just another calculated strategy? All right, Tabitha, can you lift this arm again? She said she might have another one down there. Okay, keep your hands out of it. I'll look. I think it's in my pocket or my butt. I don't see it. Okay, it's in my butt. It's in this pocket right here, baby. In the pocket? All right, hold still. If not, it was in the car. That was the tire thing. So, it might be in the car then. That's my diet. That's my pill. That's my diet and I was taking my vitamin. And that's it. Then it's in the car if it's not in there. Okay. Give me just a second. I still got to finish searching everything, okay? Okay. Hold still. That's my vitamins. I swear to god. >> it. You're fine. I just dropped it. Just hold are my pills. That Those are my vitamins. Just hang for me. I got to put all your property in a bag, okay? Hey, those are vitamins. Pauline shifted her story from diabetic medicine to vitamins, but officers knew better. Vitamins don't look like that. Her constant insisting only deepened their suspicion. The needle she claimed to have wasn't located and now she insisted it must be in the car. The officers, however, stayed cautious and soon uncovered the real reason behind her diversion. There's something in her pants, so I need you to hold it. Oh, this is my This is my This is my medication. Those are my pills. Those are my vitamin packs. This has my I Those are my vitamins. That's all it Those are my vitamin packs, ma'am. This has my medicines in it. This Yeah, that's my vitamin pack. That's all it is. That's all it That's all it is. That's all my vitamin stuff. All my medications in those packs. That's all it is. Those are just all my vitamin packs. I promise you. You're fine. I just have to do my search, right? >> Yeah, I was just worried about those needles. That's what I was so much worried about. >> Okay. At last, the officer uncovered the item Pauline had worked so hard to conceal. It wasn't another needle. It was a tube containing powder and crystal-like residue. Whatever it was, one thing was certain. It wasn't vitamins. Those are my right In those In those packs are my green and white vitamin packs I squeeze into my mouth. They're just that I take for my my um my um What do you call that? Lymph Lymph What do you call it? Lymph Lymph What do you Lymph Lymphadenia? And I squeeze those into my I squeeze the pills into those packs and I squeeze them into my mouth. All right, let me check the back of her. And I carry it in those things with that pack and then I squeeze them into my mouth. So, pants are good. That's all good. Shoes off. Are those my vitamin packs? Well, that'll have to be put into evidence. That you can't take any of that stuff with you. Can I have my vitamins? No. We can't give you anything like that. I have to take my I have to squeeze it into my mouth these things and stuff. When you get to the I squeeze them into my mouth. I chew those packs into my mouth and squeeze them in my mouth. Diabetic needles were stacked inside her pants and a tube of so-called vitamins was tucked against her leg. The officers remained calm, but calm did not mean convinced. Believing she had fooled them, Pauline boldly asked for the tube back intending to destroy the evidence. When her request was denied, her true side finally emerged. When you get to the jail, you'll tell them Tell them if it's a medication you can have, they'll give it to you. Put your shoes on. Put your shoes on. Please don't take me to jail, sir. I won't Okay. Please don't take me to jail, sir. I won't get my nursing license The one on the hood We didn't even We haven't even got that far. Please don't take me to jail, sir. I won't I can go for 3 years. If you her name? What's your name? What's your last name? I won't get my nursing license back, sir. I've been good for 3 years. If you arrest me, I won't get my nursing license. I think I've been a nurse for 20-something years. Supposed to be clonazepam or alprazolam? I won't get my nursing license back. I've been good for 3 years. If you arrest me Please don't I don't know. Does it have a picture on here? See if you can figure out what these are. Despite the growing pile of pills from her person and vehicle, no prescription was ever presented. The officer's unease mounted. Had she not been apprehended, a nurse with suspected drug misuse could have endangered many lives unchecked. [Music] There's nothing in the purse other than this pill unless there's something like There's no pockets on the outside. Okay. >> And I don't see any holes in the lining. There's nothing in the I mean lighters and pens and Okay. >> But, there's nothing in there. >> Can you break off a small little piece of that? Yeah. Does she pay for this? price tag on it. Bigger piece than I intended, but it is what it is. There you go. Just going to make sure she's not storing anything in the headphones case. With Pauline's arrest, the picture grew murkier. A potential drug abuser and shoplifter. As officers tried to determine the nature of the pills, the female officer's attention lingered on one additional detail that had alarmed her. I want to find out what's in that tube. Where is the tube at? Metal tube with a green lid. It's got something inside of it, but I can't Every time I try to get it out You know what? She's got tweezers right here. There's something inside of there, but I can't get it out. See what I mean? All little baggies. There might still be residue. There's residue of something. Oh, something's inside of that. Some residue. Okay. This is probably whatever she's shooting up cuz that needle had blood in it. Yeah. There's more little tubies in there. That's probably why cuz she was saying this was pills, but I'm like, why did you stick it in your pants instead to hide it? That's it. There you go. Looks like fentanyl. This is something. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been hiding it in her pants. Yeah. Is it all heroin? Nope, fentanyl. It's fentanyl. It's just not super strong. And there wasn't very much on there. There was only a little bit of residue on there. It's fentanyl. The pills were identified as fentanyl, a highly dangerous opioid. Federal law classifies unauthorized possession of fentanyl as a criminal offense carrying significant fines and up to a year behind the bars. This revelation drastically intensified the case against Pauline. Can you please give me a chance, officer, please? You were already You were read your rights, correct? >> Yes, please. >> All right, you said you understood them. Please be nice to me. All right. What's in the tube? Those are like vitamin packs. I know you don't think so, but they are. They're like vitamin things. You crush them and then you squeeze and you crush them down and then you put them in your mouth. They're lipedemia. They're They're like They're like I can't explain it, but they They're like um I'm not hiding. They're They're like They're They're like You get them from the You got to order them online. You put them in little You dissolve them in like water. You crush them down and then they're supposed to take They're like They They're like herbal things. They're like I think I They're like roto-rooters. They They like draw out like the like you They You things that you put on your feet. They draw out the What's the things you put on your feet? Um the waste in your body. They draw like waste in your body. What's the thing you put on your feet? Tabs. What's that? See if you can figure out where that other needle is at. What's that? It was okay. Remember that tube that I pulled out? I couldn't get the papers out. It was in the bottom of that. The more Pauline spoke, the less coherent she became. The consequences of her actions were now inevitable. She was facing multiple charges. Resisting an officer without violence, possession of fentanyl, possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to stop at a red light, and speeding. The waste in your body. You know the things that you put on your feet. What are the things that you put on your feet that you know you wear at night when you go to bed? It's the same Socks? No. You know the thing you never put things on your feet that You get them through the herbal stores that you put on your feet. You you never done that? No. I'm trying to think of the name of it. Hold on a second. I wear them on my feet at night and I got into the same I order them online. You put them on your feet. I'm just thinking of the name. Um No. Fentanyl? Where's the car over there? Walk with us. No, I don't have fentanyl, sir. I promise you. Hop in the car. I don't have fentanyl. I did not have fentanyl. In the car, Pauline. That's bull I don't have fentanyl, sir. I promise you. Car, look. See the floor? Floor is clean. There's nothing in there. >> Officer. So that [ __ ] pops out. That's what it I promise you I did not have it. Pauline was issued a $3,000 bond, which she later posted. In court, her citations for failing to stop at a red light and speeding were dismissed. Initially pleading not guilty to the remaining charges, she later accepted a plea deal and changed her plea to no contest. Ultimately, she was found guilty and sentenced to 9 months in jail with 70 days suspended. The court also imposed a 6-month suspension of her Florida driver's license and ordered payment of $1,072.30 in fines and court costs. Pauline's actions left a trail of danger and deception, ultimately leading to serious consequences. Cases like this remind us how quickly choices can spiral. For more real-life breakdowns, don't forget to subscribe. [Music]