On July 12th, 2025, police officers responded to a reported domestic dispute. Conflicting statements and confusion at the scene made the situation challenging for officers to sort out. >> Hello. >> Hey, Steven. This is Officer Samoji with Darien. >> Okay. >> Hey, come out the side door. >> Uh, I'm upstairs. >> Yeah, come out. I'm I'm telling you to I'm telling you to come out the side door. She's saying you got knives and stuff like that. I want to make sure that's not in play at all. >> I have no doubts or anything. >> That's fine. That's fine. I just Here's what I need. Your cooperation. Just come outside with nothing in your hands or anything like that and we'll talk to you outside here. Okay. >> She just needs to leave. >> Okay. Yeah. But I need to talk to you about it. And she's saying there's knives up there. So, I need you to come outside. That's all. >> Uh, Officer >> That's Officer Samoji. It's the same officer that I had called before. >> No, just happened last week. >> Okay. So, I've had this one that damaged this door and we're not >> I know that's all. And I just need to talk about it with you outside. I don't I'm not going up there when she's saying that you have knives laid out on the table. >> That's fine. Then show >> show show me some good faith. Come outside the side door and talk to me out here. think that you're asking me is to lock me up with her things that she >> lock you. No one's even brought up locking you up, sir. All I need All I need >> is because that's that's the problem right now. I'm just telling you, >> Stephen. All All I need you to do is come out the side door so I can talk to you about the incident. >> That's it. >> Look, officer, I'm trying to cooperate with you. I got a job. She don't >> Okay, listen. Listen to me. >> I don't have no knives or anything. >> That's fine. I don't feel comfortable coming up to your apartment right now. So, just come down to the outside so I can ask you your side of the story. No one's doing anything until I get your side of the story. >> All right, I'll be right there. >> Thank you, sir. >> All right, John one. I just called the uh Steven who's inside. He's agreed to come out through the side door. So, we're waiting for him now. >> I got somebody. Yep, that's him. All right. >> Thank you. >> That's what he said he wanted to talk to. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Good faith. But >> that's it. >> Yeah, I know. They give me come out so he can >> Who's on the phone? >> I'm pulling up right now. >> Who's on the phone? >> My nephew. >> Okay. I don't know if you called dispatch. Do you have any knives on me or anything like that? >> No, I don't have any. >> Put Put your hands on that. I want to make sure you have any knives. That's it. That's it. The claim was made. So, we have to check. That's all. >> Yeah. I don't I don't have nothing to bother. My nephew lives to come and check. I know you guys don't lock me up because the girl is crazy. I'm not doing anything. I'm sitting in my home. >> Okay. Yeah. What happened? What happened? >> Okay. So, I talked to my nephew coming earlier talking about a black watermelon. This is what we were talking about. He's on the phone now. >> Okay. >> And >> a black watermelon. >> Watermelon. >> Watermelon. Okay. Okay. >> Okay. So, we're talking. He asked me about a girl that's uh family member of ours. I haven't did anything to her. >> Okay. >> If you check the mental record and everything like that, that's what she did. I mean, I I'm sitting here. I'm in my home. I go walk away with you guys. Hey, for you guys to come out here. I had last month where she had supposed to have left cuz all I told her was to do is leave. >> So So the argument was over a name. >> Yes. My nephew right here on the phone. >> And then what what happened after after? >> Well, she left and then she came back and she did this damage to the door. >> Okay. So she damaged your door and then and then what happened >> then after that I told her to leave. I told her to leave. She tore my shirt. I told her to leave. I said just leave. Leave me. >> She tore your shirt. >> Yeah. Not this shirt. This is a different shirt. But I can show you the shirt up there. But I didn't have no >> Are you injured in any way? Anything like that? I know, but I'm just saying I just told her to leave. That's all. Just leave. I have I have a job. I have to work. I don't need this out here. She just keep going through this stuff. She left out of here. She put on heel. It's 3:00 and I >> was the extension cord. Was that just self-defense or what was that? >> Extension cord. She unplugged the extension cord. I didn't. >> Then she threw it out the hallway. Well, she damaged the door. But I don't have no My knives was in the knives, case, everything. I not me. >> Did you guys just get in like a pushing match or something like that when she grabbed? >> I didn't even touch it. I haven't even touched I know you heard all these stories before. I haven't touched this woman. This is what they do. I just owe her to leave. If you talk with Phil, they don't even like her out here. And I I keep We have a baby together. The baby's in Wisconsin. I'm trying to get this child back because she had drugs in her system. This is our child just 2 months old. Okay. I am upset. Yeah. Okay. >> I am upset about >> I be 60 this year. >> Okay. >> See, I don't have time. She's 38 this year. >> 38. Okay. >> But I don't have time for this. is I'm trying to get my child back. >> Okay. >> You know, I had to take DNA child in Wisconsin. >> She's saying So, she's saying that you you hit her though. So, what? >> I did not touch her, sir. >> So, where's the disconnect though? What What happened though that she's perceiving that you hit her? >> They have she has mental health issues. I jumped up just telling you I I never touched it. >> When did she grab your shirt? >> After she came in, she came in with a a bassinet. I said, "What is you doing with this stuff or whatever?" You know, just my house. We live here, whatever. And she she pulled my shirt. That's all it was. >> Where did that happen at? in the bedroom. I can show you. I had no ass or nothing like that in the house. I can show you how all this happened and I didn't damage the door and I heard her telling you guys that he damaged the door and everything. You guys I met you in the hallway when he had an issue with >> So, but I didn't put my hands on her. If she want to leave, leave. I'm not tell. >> Did you hit her with the extension cord? >> No, I never touched. >> Did you wrap it around her neck? >> I never touched her. Okay. >> It's in the hallway where she had it at. >> And what was she doing with it? She unplugged it from uh so we have a fan that's sitting right there in front of the air conditioner. She unplugged it from there. U he probably cut off cuz he's here now. But she's drama, you know. That's what I'm saying. We don't have these type of dramas. I don't I I'm not this I'm not this man. You know what I'm saying? And no, I'm not and I'm not upset. I just told her to leave. Where's you going out here 3:00 in the afternoon with high heels on? Did she scratch you at all or anything like that? Do you have any injuries when she grabbed your chest or anything like that? >> No, it's just that she tore my shirt which is still in the bedroom right now. >> Okay. All right. Give me one second. Let me go talk to her. >> I can show you. I mean, that's that's all. >> Okay. What? How did she get all the welts on her body? They're fresh. >> I didn't touch her. I'm telling you, the extension cord is in the hallway right now. I did not touch. >> Okay. It's Those are hard to hit yourself with. Just be straight up with me. Did you hit her once? Did you Did you use it in any way? No, I never touch this tension cord. It's in the hallway right now. >> You never touched it? >> I never touched this tension cord. It's in the hallway right now. I never >> So if I if I grab that and I send that in for DNA. Is your DNA going to be on it? >> Well, it might be because it's my st, but no. No, I never touch this lady. I never >> How she get all the welts on her body? >> She has marks everywhere. I don't >> I mean she's got fresh marks along her back that >> Well, it is extension because you can just whoop yourself, but I can't make an excuse for it. I never touched a lady. Ask her and she'll probably say, "I don't want to get him arrested." And I'm pretty sure that's probably what she told to you. I don't know. But I'm just saying I didn't never touch her. If you look in the hallway right now, I can show you. >> Look, let's go upstairs and take a look. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Is anyone else inside? >> No. And there's a light so right there. >> This is what she did. >> Where did she kick it from? >> Outside. You can see right there. >> So it's a a flexible door, but you can see it right there. This is where I was sitting. I'm sitting on the couch. Sitting here. Uh I think my beer cup is over there. I'm just sitting here watching TV. She got the citr from this corner right here. >> That's where she got the cord from. >> Why did she grab it? >> Just in her sedated mind. This is what she want to do. Okay. So, what I was telling him, this is what she did when she came in right here in the bedroom. You see the mar she drug this bassinet in. >> Oh, for the baby. Yeah. >> But you see no fighters, no drug. Where's Where's the shirt at that you ripped? >> Yeah, like I told him, I'm a knee freak. I don't You see it here? So, this is not me. This is something that she did. >> Yeah. >> And like I said, and I told you that the stitch court still in the hallway and if you want to test it, test it. Y'all guys want to lock me up? Lock me up. But the same thing, it's going to come out. >> Did you hit her at all? >> No. Show me your hands. There's nothing on there. >> And there's no struggle here. As you can see, I >> Yeah. How much have you drank today? >> Just that one can. >> Just the one can. >> Definitely. I can show you my garbage can right now. >> Okay. Let's Let's go back out front there. What What's Is this >> This Oh, no. This is from moving a child's bedroom. That's not from anything. That was from >> Okay. This is what's in here. >> The Atlantic closet. >> Lic freak. I keep everything neat and clean. Hello. I don't like this. >> Was she making a mess or what was going on? >> So when she came in, like I told him, she came in with the bassinet. So when she came in the door, she said, "Oh, you're waiting on your girlfriend. What are you doing?" or whatever. She start holling and screaming. I said, "Look, I ain't got no time for the people on you today, you know, but she came here, like I said, she walked over there cuz I vacuumed this carpet today, this morning. I cleaned this up. I cleaned up all everything. And these are suitcases that she always pack up and when she leave. Yeah. Just leave. I mean that's there's nothing I did. I mean like I said you can look there no physical. >> So explain to me how like how it all transpired from the extension cord. So >> okay. So what she did was she pushed this in as you can see how it come. >> She pushes the basset in. >> She push back. Oh waiting on the girlfriend. Tell the girlfriend I'm going to be here. Whatever. And this is what I was telling you about what she does with that extension cord or whatever cord she used. If you close this door, you can't open it. >> Okay. >> So, you have to use like a card or something. This is just a defect in the thing. I never close it. Just a game she plays. >> So, what she'll do is take this and this if I'm like if I'm in the bedroom and close it so I can't come out or whatever. I don't I don't know. I had went out and went to sleep. This is what she >> So, she brings the bassinet in there. >> She brings the bassinet in there. >> Where were you at? Right here. >> Okay. >> I can show you. And then what she do? What she do? Hold on. What she do after she puts a bassinet in there? >> She she comes in the kitchen. But first she comes this way. She's in my girlfriend or whatever. Whatever. I'm sitting there and I was like, "Well, what? Why don't you leave? Why don't you go back over there? Why?" Cuz I just picked up last week, you know. And I said, "Why don't you go back over there with your friends and everything? Told you about that. You drinking, you know, cuz you've been drinking buckets like I told you about 10:00 this morning, you know. And I can show you in my garbage can right there. There's one can of beer sitting there. >> Are you saying that she made up everything? >> Yeah, she did cuz she the one that put the court out there. >> Okay. I just don't understand how she got the injuries on her. >> How she do it? I don't know. But however people be creative and do stuff, they can see. But like I said, you see them and you see other bits in the refrigerator. >> So you So you tell her why don't you go to your friend's house? >> Yeah. >> And then what' she do? >> She had took some shrimps or something that was sitting on the counter or whatever. She took the light out of there and like I said, she came over here in the bedroom. I guess she was trying to close the door, whatever. She said, "I'm going get you locked up." She talked to dispatch right here. I was still sitting here and I said, "Didn't that lady tell you to go outside?" And she told them I had knives. You see my knives are still sitting on the counter and everything like that. >> She said, "The lady said," I said, "Then the lady heard me on dispatch." I said, "Then that lady, I'm sitting here." And then after that, this when you call me and you said, "Come downstairs. I know I'm get locked up." I said, "Well, whatever, but I wanted you guys to come up here and see. There's no stroke. There's nothing I do. You can see that this statistical course she put out there. >> Where were you at when that damage was happening? >> Still sitting here. I can't remember exactly if it was before dispatch or after. I don't know. But you will hear it on the phone. She hit that door three times. I thought she was trying to push and it was hitting the vacuum cleaner or something like that. Or maybe maybe that's what it was. It was hitting the vacuum cleaner. Whatever. I don't know. But everything that you see is sufficient thing that she did. Not me. >> So what what was the time frame? So you're sitting there. She grabs the extension cord >> when she came in with that bassinet. >> Yeah. >> She pushed it in. I'm still sitting there. She said, "Your girlfriend ain't coming. Tell her I'm back here now or whatever." She goes in the bedroom. She comes back. He said, "Look, why don't you just leave?" Still sitting here. And she comes back. She goes over there. That blue stitch court over there cuz like I said, just vacuuming this floor a little bit before she left in the hot sun. I'm telling her, but I don't care. Won't you just leave it? That's how you feel. Just leave. So you say that and then what does she do then >> once she gets that extension? I don't know if she's trying to close that door, secure the door for whatever reason. I don't know what she did, >> you know. And that's she grabbed from over here. >> Yeah. So the fan actually plug and I use that. I don't like to use it, but like I said, if I'm at home, >> what's the extension over here for? >> The fan to come on the floor or whatever. I don't I don't I don't use it. That's something she use. I don't use it. >> Okay. How long has she lived here for? >> Not even a month. >> She's been here for not even a month. >> No. And then she'll come and go. If you talk to Phil, the manager, he'll tell you. She'll pack them bags. She'll go. She'll come. She'll go. Every time she get upset or accuses me of being with different women and doing all this type of stuff. >> How long did this all last for? >> Not even 2 minutes. >> Where? When she grabbed your shirt, where were you at? Where'd that happen at? >> Okay. That happened in the bedroom. When I came to seen the bassinet, that's where that happened at. That was in the bathroom. I said, "What you bring this in here for?" >> I thought you were sitting down. >> No, when Okay, so let me go back again cuz I know you tried to put it together. >> So when she came in the door, I was sitting down. >> Yeah. >> But I'm like, "What are you willing in here?" And that's the only reason why I went into the bedroom. >> So she grabbed your shirt >> when I asked her about the bass and I told her, "You can take that back cuz I don't need it." I don't know. She came back. I'm tell it's just I don't know, man. I'm just I'm trying to put it together myself. But when she came back, she had grabbed my shirt, told her said, "I'm going call the police. You're going to jail. You're going to jail. You're going back to Stateville. You going to do this and do all cuz I told her if I go back to jail cuz they made my new ride aggravated." But yeah, that's that's basically however that all that stuff transpired. You see, there's no struggle. There's no there's nothing I did, you know. >> So, you said you were sitting there while she was coming in. I actually >> No, when she was kicking the door, what were you doing? >> I might have went in the kitchen, turned the light off at that time. I don't know. I don't know. >> How come you didn't call us when she's kicking the door in? That's crazy. >> Well, see, when she I think she had to be on the phone with dispatch at the time cuz like I said, you still see me sitting here. I was sitting here and I think it was hitting that uh that back. She did it like three times. I don't know what it was. I didn't know until I got up and seen it, you know. And when I got up and seen it, that's when, you know, I was like, "Okay." But I'm still sitting relax. >> Yeah. Give me one second. I'll be right back and we'll be done. >> You know, and I was like, "Okay." She said the baby needs something. >> All right. You're going to be placed under arrest for domestic battery. Okay. Put your hands behind your back. >> I know that already. >> What do you need from here? Uh, this my wallet, my phone, and then secure that door. >> Here's what I need from you. >> Go grab the domestic addendum and she's in back ambulance and go through that with her real quick. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Okay, just relax. The more the more you flex. >> Okay. >> It's not my problem. Yeah, the wall lit. >> Yeah, it's probably it's probably if you stick it in there and turn the knob a little bit, that's how that door opens. >> I don't want to break the door. >> Yeah, >> let me show them. You >> usually use a card. >> Yeah, I just use a card. I use my library card. So, if you stick it right there, >> probably in the room. >> Uh, yeah, probably in the room. >> If you got like >> You just need a card. >> Yeah, any card. >> Any card. Anything flat? >> I want to bust your door. >> Like a big knife cracked. >> No, it's just car. No, go down. Go down where the lock is and just push it and turn right where the lock engages. Your car might be a little too thick. There you go. >> What are we looking for? Wallet. >> Yeah, wallet in the phone. It might be >> I got it. Yep. Right here. I got wallet, phone, keys. Give me one second. >> I don't want to leave. >> Some people bring their phones so they don't recall when they're done. >> She's coming back here. I don't want to leave you here. I I have to >> I don't think she's not coming back here. >> She left there. Why did you >> What's your nephew look like? >> He has long hair. He kind of looks like me. >> He's right outside here. >> I saw him outside. >> So he can come back up and secure the door. And then was the extension cord right here? >> No, it's in the corner. >> Oh, in the corner over there. Okay. >> All right. Where were Where were these knives she was talking about? >> I don't know. I have a knife set over there in the corner of the kitchen right there. >> Just Are they in the drawer or something like that? >> Okay. Well, there's one of the She said you had set some knives on there and said you're going to need these. >> No. >> Okay. >> All right. Let's go. >> Thank you. >> My wallet and phone is upstairs. >> Upstairs, too. >> No, he took him out. >> I got upstairs. >> He got the key. Oh yeah, you may want to call a landlord. That door's not going to shut. >> Yeah, she bust the door. That's what I'm saying. I'm trying to tell these guys this is what she did. Yeah, the game she tried to play because she gets mail there is that we live together. Like, you know, >> she said she's live there for a year. >> No. Yeah. Landlord tell you that. >> Well, she said she don't want to be there anymore. >> Why didn't she leave? Do you have to get me locked up? See, she happy. Yes. Don't say anything to her. >> Does she want to go back upstairs and take my stuff? >> Does she want to? No, she said she wants to go. >> No, she's going back upstairs and take my stuff. Tell you what she doing. >> Take your stuff. I thought she didn't go in the amate. She didn't want to go to the hospital. >> Yeah, I know. >> Thank you. Thank you.