Hello. Hey, can I can I step in for just a second? >> Um, not really dressed up. >> Oh, that's fine. Uh, is your son uh All right. So, he lives here with you. >> Uh, he's really homeless. >> Okay. >> But when he has when he's really he has PTSD. >> Okay. >> So, um, when he gets real far out there >> Mhm. >> then he normally I get a call from somebody and I try to find him. >> Okay. And I try to drag him back for a little bit. >> I try to get him to med get medicated. >> Mhm. >> And I try to get him thinking straight. >> Okay. I don't have a lot of luck because he's an adult. I can't get him. >> I can't make him go in. >> Yeah. >> And start his medication. Is he >> You can't force him to. >> Exactly. >> Yeah. No, I get that. A lot of people find themselves in that situation too, especially when you're dealing with adult >> and I had him here and he fell asleep on the couch and we got a cell phone call and then I got up and he was gone. >> Okay. So, I guess the reason why I'm here is that he tried to pass off some counterfeit money. >> Oh, you got to be kidding me. >> So, he's actually with us. >> Oh, >> all right. But when he's mentally stable on his medication, he's 360° person. And I have been fighting and fighting to get him back there. And ever since this girl drifted in, it's been a nongo non-going battle. One time he actually told me that he was going to go home and burn her alive in her bed. I called her, told her, "Listen, this is how far you have him out there. >> He has PTSD. He fears for himself. He's stating this. Let him go. Let him go. You You've gota You've got to be off your rocker just as he is. I called for a wellness check on him here in >> Alan >> because I couldn't let him go out into public talking like that about anybody cuz if he's talking like that about her, what's he going to do to a a perfect stranger who has nothing to do with anything? That's not right. So they picked him up and they put him in the hospital here in St. Elizabeth. She was out in two hours. She got him out in two hours. And I've been battling this the whole damn time. >> So, when did he get out then? He said, uh, >> he hasn't even been out a month. >> Really? >> No. >> He hasn't been out um I think he's been out 2 and 1/2 weeks, maybe 3 weeks. >> So, in the past 3 weeks, has she been around at all that you know of >> that I've seen? I haven't seen her, but she's made calls. She uses other people's Facebook pages to contact him. Uh that's the reason I refused to turn the phone on. >> Okay. >> Because he got when he got out he he was here like 6 days and then he got up and he said, "I feel much better today." And I said, "Good." And I went in the bedroom and come back and he said, "Uh, he needs to go back in." >> All right. Well, if you find some more stuff laying around or whatever where he stays at, just give us a call. Let us know. >> I absolutely will. And if I find any bills or anything that's not uh accounted for for us, >> I'll definitely bring them. >> Okay. >> Because that I don't want him getting into no more trouble than he already does. >> Right. Right. >> I mean, that's just ridiculous. Thank you so much. >> Oh, no problem. Take care, ma'am. >> Hey, sir. What's up? >> Hey, what can I do for you? >> Did you guys have a uh white guy with a gray tape? >> Um he was here a little bit ago. He was trying to get um his phone activated. When he left, he came out my back door and went that way or the front door and he went that way. >> Okay. >> Skinny white dude kind of bald. >> Well, it's cut really short. >> Okay. >> Any tattoos or anything? >> Um I think so. I think he has a tattoo on his wrist. >> Okay. >> But he's got a a busted up phone and he's trying to find a Boost Mobile SIM card and I don't carry him. So, I told him to go to Walgreens. They might have him there. He might go be that way. >> Okay. I think he just tried to pass fake money there. >> Oh, yeah. No, he didn't purchase anything. >> What What he going to do? >> So, I'm going to I have to record you. So, whenever we have big cases like this, cuz what he did was a felony. >> States attorney's going to want recorded statements from both of you since you guys were the ones that he tried to pass the bill on. >> Okay. So ma'am, first uh the gentleman with the gray t-shirt, blue jeans that came in uh what did he do? Uh whenever he came in and tried to buy >> he said where is your phone card? >> Okay. The phone >> right there. >> Okay. So he tried to buy >> he grab one of boo phone card. >> Okay. >> And he was load $50. >> $50. >> Yes. >> And he told me there was a $60. >> So when I look it's not real. Actually, there was five $20 supposed to he gave you. So, which is $100. >> So, he gave you 520s. >> Real? Yes. >> And none of them none of them looked real? >> No. None of them was real. >> Okay. So, what did you do at that point? >> I called manager. >> You called the manager. >> I told him our manager have to be approved for this transaction. >> Okay. So then did you come out and he left or >> he was leaving right as I was coming up to the register. He was speaking very loudly to her. I could hear him on my way up. But by the time around the corner, he's just said, "Forget this." or something like that. >> He called me to give me my money and the phone call. >> Okay. So, did you hand him back the those 20s? >> I avoid that $50 phone call. I told him, "You can have your money, but not a phone call." >> Okay. So, >> so you gave him back the 20s, >> right? >> All right. And then >> then soon as he uh he walked out sooner came >> Okay. >> Yeah. He actually left the store and then he handed me the 20 and I looked at it and I asked him if he had real money because this was not real. >> Okay. >> Um and he said, "Oh, I found this wallet on the Metro Link. It's not even my money." He pulled it out of like a stack of like obviously fake 20s. I was like, "Okay." He's like, "Well, can I have it back?" Said, "Well, if it's fake, I'm just going to get rid of it for you." So, I kept it and then he just left. >> Okay. All right. mobile. Yeah, >> man. I found my own bucks on Metro Link last night in this dude's wallet. So, I was going to kill I was going to pay it back and they was fake. I took it over here. I was going to buy a couple solders. They said I said, "You got a real 20?" >> I said, "What?" I took it. I was all right, man. I want this. >> Do you have it? You know the what? The 20? >> Yeah. The Well, the fake one. >> Oh, they're down here in my house. I mean, you want them, >> huh? >> You want them? >> Yeah. I mean, if they're fake, >> I don't know. One of them look real, but Yeah. I mean, you I'll give them to you, though. >> Okay. Well, give me one second, bro. Did you come over here for me? >> Huh? >> You come over here for me? >> Well, yeah. They They called and said, "Hey, this guy's this guy's up here trying to pass money." >> Hello. >> They said that you said it was fake. And then you found it. You showed him two wallets. >> Yeah. >> When did you find it? >> Last night. >> Last night. >> Last night. >> 25th. >> Yeah. Last night on Metro. >> You mind if I get in the shade? >> No, that's me. >> You say you live right over here on lawn? >> Yeah, I live right. >> Okay. What's the address there on South? South male out of Illinois. Huh? >> I said I'm a male. >> Yeah, that's what I said. What' you think? I said female. >> Yeah, you said female. >> Come on, man. >> My my license had female on it, man. I had a license like years ago. I know. My my license said I was a female, dude. >> I know. It's 2022 and you can be what you want to be, but it looked like a dude to me. >> All right. You have that wallet that you said you found? >> Oh, I mean, yeah. >> I was going to give it back, dude. I didn't think that was fake. Then I looked at it. grab somebody. >> Then I looked at it and uh I can see I can see a water mark on it. You know what I'm saying? >> I seen a little like ink, you know, when ink stains. So I >> Yeah, I was like, "Yeah, I guess I guess she probably right." You know what I'm saying? So I took it home, man. You know, I was going to throw it on the yard over there. >> Go ahead. >> I was going to throw it in the yard over there. Just going to throw it down. You know what I'm saying? >> I got you. >> But uh >> she relax. >> I said my money. And uh she uh she gave me my money and I came over here and I found out how to turn the phone on. >> And uh then I went back over there cuz they don't got the right SIM card over here. So I went back over there and uh yeah. Okay. >> It was it was 520s though. At first I thought it was 80. Then I recount I was like hell no man. >> So razor blade in what? The wallet. >> Yeah. Not wallet. >> Yeah. The one you found. >> I didn't know that. >> Yeah. There's a razor blade in there. Yeah, that's all right. >> You got anything in your pockets? >> I mean, I got stuff in here, right? Nothing's going to get me. >> Okay. How long you been living on uh South Lawn? >> I just came down here. I just got a job. >> Okay. Where you working? >> I was working right here, but I was about to go back to jail. So, I say I'm I got, you know, I took a couple weeks off. You know what I'm saying? I ain't going to work. >> You were working where? >> I was working here. >> Where? >> Here. >> Where's here? High Point. >> Yeah. I was working right here. I was going to say we're standing in front of the vacant building. No vacant found. >> Okay. >> Was damn well at a time. >> You should have called, man. Should have called somebody and said, "Hey, look." >> Even so, >> I was going to give it back to this dude. >> All right. Going to put you in the back of my car until we again until we get everything squared away. >> Watch your hands. Put your head your feet in. >> Can I get my keep my stuff together for me? >> Yeah, absolutely. >> All right, man. >> Again, this come on. Let me know if you think >> then I'm not sure and talk to my supervisor and we'll see what because you've been cooperating with us. >> I'm happy. >> This way. This way. >> You know you don't tell me. >> Hey, look. >> Everything man. Damn. You know what I'm saying? That's >> That is shitty. That is shitty. >> You know what I'm saying? >> You ain't lying. You ain't lying. Seven.