We have double-sided sticky license plates on our rental cars when we've been arrested for burglary numerous years in a row. Any particular reason why concerned citizen would stick a license plate that the owner doesn't know you have on your car? Hop on out for me, man. You don't have a choice. Sir, please please listen to this, sir. Please. Trust me, I get it. This is the last thing I wanted to do. Okay. Smell smell marijuana coming from the car big time. So Oh yeah. You got blisters for you up there, too. I I mean I I do I do got a a small thing of marijuana. [Music] These traffic stops turned into full-blown busts, revealing the dark truth hiding in plain sight. Get your license and registration insurance with you? Yes, sir. Reason I'm socking you for improper lane usage. All right. You're in the left lane holding up five cars behind you going below the speed limit. The left lane's a passing lane. What do you mean? What? You're going 46 mph in the left lane. I was trying to get Where you coming from? What? 3:14. 3:14. The attack comes back on the 2007 Saturn outlet. Is that going to be the same? No. On a busy evening in Bunnel, Florida, an officer stopped a black Kia for improper lane usage. Driving under the speed limit in the passing lane and holding up five cars behind it. In most US states, driving slowly in the left lane and holding up traffic is considered improper lane usage or failure to keep right, punishable by fines up to $200 in points on your license, as the left lane is legally designated for passing. The problem is, like I said, you're using the lane improperly. It's a passing lane. Is this your vehicle? Yes, sir. It's rental. It's a rental. Yes, sir. Do you have your rental agreement? Yeah, that's the rental agreement right there. No, this is a reg. No, this is it. All right. This is new. Do you have the registration at all or just this? No, that's only All right. Got any weapons or anything with you? No, sir. Where'd you get this vehicle? Oh, where'd you get that at? The tag. I don't know. Was a problem with the town? No. You got any weapons on you, man? Really wide. Really wide. Really wide. Really [Music] wide. Put your hands right here. Put your phone in your pocket. You're not under arrest or anything. Okay. 34 status charges. What's that? I said you're not under arrest. Please don't. I said you're not. Can I get a not under arrest? No. You're going to get under arrest if you keep fighting. I'll fight that. I got I got a front. You're not under arrest. All right. In the US, an officer can stop a person based on reasonable suspicion, may detain them briefly, handcuff them for safety during the stop, and search a car without a warrant if they have probable cause to believe it contains illegal items. Really? Think I'm stupid? What's your history? Your history is all burglaries. And then you have a bunch of plates stuck on top of each other like I'm an idiot. Come on, bro. I'm telling you. I just left my brothers. I'm telling you. And people just randomly go around and stick license plates on top of other vehicles, right? Because they're poor. We have double-sided sticky license plates on our rental cars when we've been arrested for burglary numerous years in a row. Any particular reason why a concerned citizen would stick a license plate that the owner doesn't know you have on your car? According to the law, lying to an officer and showing fake rental documents is a thirdderee felony, punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Possessing removable fake license plates is also a thirdderee felony with the same penalties. And having prior burglary convictions can trigger habitual offender laws, increasing the sentence to up to 10 years or more in prison. What do you do for work again? What? What do you do for work? Operate crane. What? Operate crane and drive truck. I can't hear you. I said operate crane and drive truck. Operate cranes and drive trucks. So why do you have this? I just bought trucks. I told you the medical file with all the passwords in it. What? How many phones does it take to operate a crane? for you. No, I'm just telling you this is all real sus when you got medical files, patient stuff, how to log into medical patient histories, passwords, names, patna, Medicaid, all that. You got what? Four cell phones now, two laptops, one's a medical laptop. It's kind of shady. The suspect was eventually faced charges for possessing stolen medical files, identity theft, data fraud, improper lane usage, obstructing an officer, fraud, forgery, fake license plates, habitual offender status, and HIPAA violations. Dylan. All right. This is what I'm have you do. Do you have any weapons on you? No, I don't. Okay. I'm going to have you step out. Oh, and the reason why is cuz if Let me ask you a question. Sir, do you have a medical marijuana card? I just got my car search. Do you or no? No, sir. My car smell Why does your car smell like marijuana? It doesn't, sir. It does. There's There's a reason why I'm asking, man. It's not my first day. Okay. Well, this is what I'm going to tell you. Okay. As long as you're cool, you stay cool. I'll be cool back. Fair enough. I don't care. I don't care about a little bit of pot. I'm I'm not looking to jam you, my my man. I promise you. Okay. This is what I want you to do. I want you to be completely scared of cops, bro. I No, no, no, no, no. Stop. No. I Have I been disrespectful at all? No, but I literally just went through this last like two nights ago. Why did you get searched the other night? A silver BMW was pulled over for the second time in 2 days. Both times for the same reason, the strong odor of marijuana pouring from the vehicle. According to the law in Florida, if an officer suspects illegal marijuana possession and the individual denies it, the officer can still conduct a search based on probable cause. And if marijuana is found, the person can be arrested and charged even without an admission of guilt. The same reason you guys say my car smells like Wait a minute. I I I haven't I don't smoke in my car. It might be me, but I don't smoke in my car, sir. Which Dylan, is there a marijuana in this vehicle? Yes or no? No. No, there's not. Now is your chance to tell me. Because if if you're honest with me, I will work with you. Don't don't reach, man. Don't reach. Relax. Relax. Right here. Okay. No sh. Okay. Okay. Is there anything else in there? No, sir. In the US, possessing more than the legal amount of marijuana without a medical card is a criminal offense, often a misdemeanor or felony, punishable by up to one year in jail and fines ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. Hop on out for me, man. Don't want to hop out the car. You don't have a choice. He just hit me with his car in a vehicle out. Stay there. Stay there now. Stay there. Get on the ground. Get on the ground now. 974. It's a blackmail operator. I have his uh Florida ID with me. Just dragged me in his vehicle. Can you rescue him? Yeah. Start him for me. Yes. A silver BMW white tinted out windshield. Um, blackmail operator loud muffler. Is there a gun in this car? No. Go ahead and search. I swear to God you can made a right on Cherry Hill from Tulip from the Valyrio. Hey, let's start setting up a perimeter. I will. I will. Darren, down there. Down there. The suspect was charged with possession of marijuana under 20 grams, resisting with violence and aggravated battery. He was also cited for his tinted windshield and tail lights as well as an altered exhaust. Do you have any medical marijuana card? Do you have a medical marijuana car? Cuz I smell marijuana coming from the vehicle. Okay. So, do you have marijuana? Cuz I smell it. Are you having a hard time understanding what I'm saying? Why does I didn't know why you was asking me? Did I have a car? Yeah, cuz in Florida they do medical marijuana carts, but in Alabama they don't. It's just something I have to ask. Okay. cuz I smell marijuana coming from the vehicle. All right. So, here's the deal. As long as you're honest with me, I'm going to work with you. Okay. But if you're going to lie to me, I have the right to do a probable cause search right now. Okay? And I do believe you are the vehicle that just ran from us. All right. I didn't. All right. Well, I'm going to take your your fob right here and set it towards the trunk. Alabama football's rising star freshman Tony Mitchell became the center of a dramatic chase in Holmes County, Florida, reaching speeds of 141 mph. Mitchell eventually broke down in tears as the incident turned into a major drug bust. All right, man. So, where's the weed at? Now's a chance to be honest with me. For [Music] I didn't run from you, sir, but that's Are you sure about that? Because there there was two of us there when you passed that church. All right. Just do me a favor. Step out. Yeah. Step out for him. Come back here. You ain't got nothing else illegal in the car. That's everything. Is that everything? Okay. All right. Step back here to the front of my car. All right. You ain't got nothing on you. All right. Just put your hands right here for me. I just want to make sure. Okay. That's just All right, man. Just do me a favor right now. You're not under arrest. You are going to be detained. Your parents bring it back for me. Back corner, bro. Now, you ain't under arrest. You're just going to be detained because I just chased that car. Okay, that's more weed. How much weed y'all got? How much more weed y'all got? Am I going to find anything else? Okay. How much weed is that? 100 g. 100 g. Okay. Do you have any firearms? What is it? Where? It's on the side. It's on the side. Do you have a concealed weapon permit? Do you have a concealed weapons permit, partner? Yes, sir. Do you have a concealed weapons permit? Where is it? In your wallet. Where's the fire? She's on his side. The driver's side. Your side. Authorities discovered 226 g of marijuana, $7,000 in cash, and a loaded firearm in the vehicle. A visibly upset, Mitchell and Christopher Lewis were detained. After being read his Miranda rights, Mitchell denied ownership of the marijuana despite his emotional breakdown. But the cops weren't willing to back down. I'm normally a pretty decent judge of character. It isn't you, right? Yes, sir. Better than this bus. Like, I really can't even talk right now cuz like you don't have to talk, man. I'm sorry. None of us. I swear. Like, I heard you say your buddy earlier that you can't call your daddy. All right. Listen, I'm a daddy, too. I'm going to tell you you can call him. He might be mad at you, but you can call him. Yes sir. Like none of that is hard. I'm I'm a early freshman. I play football in Alabama. Like I know like play football for the University of Alabama. Yes, sir. I know when I got red, sir. Like I didn't have none of that stuff on you, sir. Mitchell continued to deny any knowledge of the firearm found in the vehicle. His tears streaming uncontrollably. Yeah, I know that's his gun, too. I can tell cuz you didn't know what it was. The look on his face when you said gun told me you didn't know there was a gun in that car. I'm so sorry. It's all right, man. It's all right, man. Listen, listen. What's your first name? Tony Richel. Tony, whose money is in that car? Cuz there's thousands of dollars in that car. I I had a,000. I had a thousand personally. All the rest of the money is his though. Like all the weed, the gun, all the money besides a th000 gone. And it's my car. Like that's a brand new car that I just got for my recent birthday. Okay. Like we can tell it's a new car and it's fast, too. We get that. Look, man. Here's the thing. We're we're going we're going to give dude a chance to step up and say that's his um who do the pills belong to the panic sort of pills. Are those yours or those his? They're not a controlled substance. I just need to know if those are actually yours prescription or if those are his pills. They're green pills. Lime green colored pills. They're for like anxiety or I don't know if they I ain't seen those. Whose shoes are in the back of the car? The black shoes. Those mine and I got I had the the the pair of Jordans, the Nikes, and the black shoes. Okay. Inside those shoes was a bag and it's got some lime green. Mitchell later informed officers that it was Lewis's suggestion to punch it and accelerate away from them. Can I ask you a question? Yes. And I'm I'm not going to charge you for it or anything like that. Okay. Honest, man. You got our word. I'm not going to charge you for it. Were y'all thinking about possibly running again on me whenever you turn down Indiana? Why'd it take so long to pull over, man? Are those yours or sir? Like I mean, was he driving or was it you? I was driving. Yeah, I was driving. Okay. So, but like what I was going to say like I ain't never been in this like situation before and like with everything he had, he was just telling me to go and like like I ain't So that's why you you just panic and punched it. Like I ain't I didn't Bro, it's all I'm not going to charge you for it. Okay, because you're being honest with me. I will say you outran me like pretty bad. That Hellcat I ain't never drove that car. It's not scary. This is scary. Oh, is it? Okay. I thought it cuz man, I could hear you. Whenever I turned around, you gunned it. It's just Yeah. Well, man, I ain't going to charge you with fleeing loot or anything like that. Okay. I appreciate your Yeah, I will have to car I might possibly have to, but I ain't going to seize it. Okay. Um, you got to get told. It may. Yeah, we don't know. It It may It may. But But regardless, you're still going to be able to get it back. I'm not holding it. I'm keeping it from you. I got a question. Yeah. Say he did like own up to everything. Like would I be would I be if he owns up to it? It's going to be his decision. But if he owns up to it, but like if say that was to happen, my car was going to have to be told. Well, because well listen, we'll go from there. But I can tell you are under the influence of marijuana, so I will not let you drive it, but we will call your parents or we call somebody to come get you in the vehicle. I know that sounds bad, but I ain't a Well, I'll be honest, man. Whenever I first looked at you, your eyes are red. See? How about that? So, we'll check you out, man. What about the marijuana that's in the vehicle? Is that yours or his? Uh, just a passenger. I just got in the car with my clothes. So, you don't know nothing about the marijuana? What about the firearm? I don't know who gun it is. You don't know whose gun that is? No, sir. Okay. cuz he's saying it's not his. It's not mine. Okay. He's saying the marijuana is not his either. It's not mine. Unfortunately, he's denying. I'm not charging anything with the gun. He's catching the gun charge, but he's denying the marijuana, sir. Okay. I swear on everything. There's nothing I can do on that, okay? Cuz it is a felony. I have no discretion over the felonies with the pills. That's possession of new new drug. That's a misdemeanor. I can work with that. Okay? But I I cannot work with a felony. The state of Florida does not allow me to. That money is a felony. What you mean by that? That much marijuana is a felony in the state of Florida. Okay. It's possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Y'all have almost a pound. Okay. So, he's not taking it. I tried talking to him. So, Lieutenant Okay, sir. Hey, sir. That's all I'm charging you with, sir. But I ain't got a choice on that. Sir, sir, please. Please listen to me, sir. Please. Like, trust me, I get it. This is the last thing I wanted to do. Okay. No, sir. I can't, sir. I can't believe this is my sir. Like, I can't ruin my career, sir. I promise. I'm sorry. All right. Well, I understand. Sit tight. Let me talk to the lieutenant. Um, just sit tight for me. Tony Mitchell and Christopher Lewis were eventually charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute a thirdderee felony. Lewis also faced charges for carrying a concealed firearm. Mitchell was charged for fleeing law enforcement. The incident led to Mitchell's suspension from the Alabama football team, proving how one poor decision can change everything. Hello. How you doing, buddy? Driver's license with you. wasn't doing the windshield. I noticed that when you passed me back there. Oh. Uh I was uh doing some movement with some wood and doors. Uh-huh. So, uh it kind of cracked. Okay. Also, whenever you were coming around that curve back there, you kept drifting over the center line. Oh, yeah. It's this it's this um it's this I got the adjuster for the lane. So, when it when it get close, it pulls you a little bit or something. While patrolling a sunny afternoon in Ohio, state troopers spotted a black GMC speeding 20 m over the limit. They pulled it over expecting a routine stop, but what they found inside was anything but ordinary. Where you headed to? Picking my sister up for the holidays. Where's that at? Down there. Um, it's 50 50 mi away. Huntington maybe. Uh, I think so. Don't think that's what I need. Uh, I'm going to cover that side there. Okay. always. That's all. Well, that's all the like paperwork for the truck. It's not the actual length. Okay. I'll have you come back here with me real quick since you don't have a driver's license and we'll figure out what we're going to do. With no driver's license and no proper rental agreement, the trooper asked the man to step out. And that's when things got intense. I am going to pat you down real quick. I smell the smell marijuana coming from the car big time. Okay. Oh, yeah. You got one for you up there, too. No, I I mean I I do I do got a a small thing of marijuana, though. Okay. How much you have? Like uh 2 g. Two g. I'm just going to pat you down real quick. Have you have a seat back here and then nothing going to stick, buddy? Oh, sorry. No. Oh, no. No, you're fine. All right. Check them between your legs here, man. I'm going to catch you off and go. All right, buddy. You can have a seat back here for me real quick. Um, so she is there somebody from Honey come pick you up since you don't have a driver's license? Um, somebody had figured out how to get here. I can call. Okay. Put your feet in here. I issue your citation real quick and then we'll figure it out. So, just to be, you know, like I said, to be honest with you ahead of time, you know, cuz like I said, I just like be forward. You know what I'm saying? This my first trip. I understand that, you know, I ain't really supposed to be driving. Yeah, you don't have a license. So, I like I said, I don't got no excuse. You know what I'm saying? I just I don't want I don't want you to run into like, you know, looking my name and then like, okay, you ain't got no license. I just can't like I said, anything illegal in the truck, man. No. Hell no. I can look through it and ain't going to find nothing. Hell no. Hell no. Go ahead. Okay. All right, buddy. Which phone? Is there two phones up there? Yeah. Which one would you need? Uh, the one with the black. The black one. Yeah. Man, that thing reeks of wheat. You say you got two grams up here? Yeah, it's some it's it's uh in the little uh the console. Okay. So, I go up and I check it and I'm not going to find anything else besides the weed, right? Yeah. Yeah. You go open up and check it. Okay. But my mom ain't cooked in 2 years for Thanksgiving. Yeah. So, you know. Yeah. You're suspended. Uh they couldn't get a car to drive it themselves or No. So, you got to take them back after Thanksgiving, too? Yes, sir. That sucks. I know. And it's crazy. My mama was like, "Be careful." And And see, my mom, she she she has like was already in a bad accident. Yeah. Or she usually does it, right? But she's using the strength that she has to, you know what I'm saying, to cook. So, I just, you know, as he was still trying to convince them about what he had to say, the cops decided to do a quick car scan for drugs. [Music] Under such cases, if the substance is marijuana and the amount is under 100 g, The offense is a minor misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $150 and no jail time. A first offense can lead to up to 30 days in jail, fines up to $250, and an automatic license suspension. He likely paid a hefty Thanksgiving offering to the Ohio Police Department and might be spending his holiday behind bars instead. Hi guys, how's good? I'm Officer Jackson, State Police. Reason for this stop is both of you aren't wearing your seat belt. figured out. On a scorching July afternoon in Santa Fe, New Mexico, an officer pulled over a 19-year-old driver for a simple seat belt violation. But instead of finding books or a soccer ball, the car turned out to be like a base camp for all sorts of drugs. Yeah. You got your driver's license registration on you? [Music] insurance. That works cuz uh I left my driver's license. Well, this is your driver's license. Oh, well my pay for the hard copy. Yeah, I know. [Music] Yep. It's in there. How about you, sir? Do you have a driver's license? I have my ID. When asked for a driver's license, Jesse presents just an ID, not a driver's license. This raised potential red flags. going to be aggravated. Did you confirm? Turns out Jesse allegedly has an outstanding warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. [Music] Tell him when he gets close, go ahead and cut it by concerns. Be advised minor. Jesse, I'll do your first and the faster man. Go ahead, step out. Give me a paper. Go ahead. Pull up your shorts. I didn't appreciate seeing the crack of your butt, man. Let's set your wallet on the hood, [Music] man. Face that vehicle for me. Nothing on you. Like you said, just the phone and Yeah. the pipe. Where's the pipe at? It's in my pocket. It's on the other pocket. Yeah. All right. And then the lighter was probably just the lighter. This one open this one. Just going to reach the air. Okay. So, here's the deal. Your your ID card came back flagged. Yeah. All right. So, I'm just waiting to see what they say. But they said something about a deadly weapon. That's probably the only reason I'm asking all those questions, right? Yeah. I'm going to pull it kind of tight. I'm going to lock them so they don't move anymore. All right. Yeah. Come on back this way. All right. Like I said, right now you're just under investigated detention until I can confirm all that stuff, man. Right. Yeah. Step inside. Is [Music] that bag in the front of yours? Is that bag in the front of yours? No, that was um my friend, one of my friend's friends. You're holding a bag for a friend's friend. What's in the bag? I don't know. Turn it off. Come on back. It's here. Step with me. Talk to me. I know you got your baby in the car. Come on back. You'll be fine, man. Come on back here, man. You got anything I should know about you? Poke me, stick the army, anything like that? Anything illegal in the vehicle? [Music] Relax. [Music] Relax. So, the backpack that he has. Let's see. Oh, dude. Did you throw your What did you throw your sting for? You throw your water. What' you throw your water for? Where'd it go? Huh? Where'd it go? [Applause] [Music] Any guns in the vehicle? No, not that I know. Have to search the vehicle. Go ahead. Right now, you're just being detained. You're not under arrest for anything whatsoever. He's the one with a warrant. He's got a warrant for being violent with a gun. Oh, for real? Yeah, I'm asking this question. Oh, see, I didn't know about that. Um, no. I don't want to jam you up. You're the only adult for your kid. Yeah, I understand. Oh, no. Not that I know. Mind if I search area? He was saying everything like that. Go ahead. Hi, buddy. Oh, there's your water bottle. You want your water? Or what? What is it? What it is? It's juice. It's empty calories. Doesn't do you any good. You want juice? You need water in this heat, man. What? Anything in the truck? An ice chest. Just a nice chest. What's the ice chest? I don't even know. I'm going to give you a verbal warning right now. Don't drive around with open containers in your car and your son. There was one in there. Yeah. [Music] Same kind of you got in from Sorry. You're good, man. You're good, man. I'm not going to damn you up there. All right. So, Officer Rodriguez is going to get you out of handcuffs. I'm going to get you on your way. I'm going to get you to sign that citation. You're good. It's not that good. Jesse tries to deny knowledge, but inconsistencies pile up and the truth eventually comes out. All right, Jesse. So, let me get this straight. This bag that was in your lap belongs to a friend of a friend. Is he good to go? Yeah. You're good, man. Is that correct? Okay. So, do you mind if I search that back? Well, I just brought it to my friend. It's in your possession. It's your property. Is there anything illegal in there I should know about? I don't know. So, you're holding the bag for a friend of a friend, but you don't know what's in there. I don't know what's in there. So, why are you holding a bag that you don't know what's in there? You know that doesn't make any sense whatsoever. What are you into, Jesse, that I should be worried about? Nothing. Cuz I'm not going to transport that bag until I find out what's in it. I don't know. But they said it's a friend of a friend. It's not mine. Okay. All right. Well, you do have a warrant. All right. So, you're going to go to jail for that? Yeah. Okay. Now, I'm going to make sure that there's nothing explosive or anything that's going to harm me or hurt me or blow us up in that bag. The second I see something illegal, I'm going to get a search warrant for that bag that's going to be yours because I'm pretty certain there's something in that bag you don't want me to know about. The officer brings up methadone and uncovers a hefty stack of cash in the bag. Soon after, Jesse is taken to jail where he finally decides to tell the truth. What am I going to find in the bag? probably like um like uh probably like stuff that's personal use cuz I use it, you know, like kind of like probably a little bit of drugs cuz I use drugs, you know. What kind of drugs? Huh? Kind of drugs. Like drugs like we're talking about you say drugs, drugs are a dime a dozen. Like if you say method, methadone we prescribe to you. That's that's a type of drug. If you're talking marijuana, okay, cool. That's weed. It's legal, but you still can't have it cuz you're 21. Like, well, kind of like methadone cuz when we got in all the cookies, they got me off like on methodone cuz I was kind of like more on drugs. You see what I mean? Cuz I was doing drugs drugs just ab drugs like black and stuff. So, pills like you know what I mean? Hold on. So, is the method in the back is it the ones that prescribed you or the ones that you bought from a friend? Well, I kind of like gone in the house with a friend off your house cuz when I got out message when I got out and you got a friend you well you know me doesn't work you got black you got black car that's the cops uncovered a bag of cocaine heroin fentinel cash and items tied to drug trafficking in a bag Jesse had claimed wasn't his 19-year-old was about to face charges of drug trafficking, distribution, and cannabis violations under New Mexico's Controlled Substances Act with penalties up to 18 years. [Music] [Music]