on June 9th 2023 officers were called when a woman attempted to use another woman's ID to purchase a laptop from Best Buy she trying to walk out the hello ma'am hi how's it going good do you have an idea on you they think you're using FR identification I don't have no idea on thank you can we just move out of the way over [Music] with where' you get this ID from the ID H that's not me that's not you no looks like you that's not me that looks like you that is not that does not look like me it looks like you all right what was she trying to I'm way I'm trying to move from the side yeah you could move over okay you're not even the I'm not talking to away from uh computer 1,300 bucks okay Mac uh Windows this time windows yeah the two other guys that came with her I didn't come with that guy was asking me for my number actually and I was trying to move I don't know I'm not talking to you so the the there was one guy there following me away from the entrance my you been talking to her over there what's going on y he's saying that I was doing fraud with another guy but I walked in right I'm sorry the sun is in my face here let me let's uh here let's go over this way just so we don't get the sun in your eyes while I was waiting for him some guy came behind me he was asking me for my social media and my number and I'm like uh no I have a boyfriend like leave me alone and he thinks I was with the guy doing fraud okay all right uh so you were just in here shopping you're saying yeah I was looking at um the laptops and I had asked them for a laptop but that was about it I didn't purchase nothing I don't have nothing okay did you try to open a credit card no I didn't you did not no he gave I asked for the information he gave me all the information okay did you like provide an ID at that point like here's my credentials no you did not no I was going to try to purchase um a laptop depending on the price of it sure and he just said okay he got the laptop went back there and never came back okay and then when he came what laptop are youing to buy um he had is a Surface Pro water and another yeah okay uh all right well that's why we here so we got to figure out what's going on and then barring whatever like I said we just got here so I'm just trying to figure out what's going on so um what time did you get here do you know about no 30 40 minutes ago 10 20 minutes ago it's uh 6:55 now um no I don't even know maybe 10 minutes 10 minutes yeah what's your last name um how do I spell that what's your first name Janette j a n e TT e j a n e TT e yes do you have a middle ini Janette no um I I don't know cuz I'm here for vacation um oh where you from I'm from New York originally yeah um can I answer cuz I had um left the Uber and I didn't even I had like two addes so he could take me back you're with the Uber yeah but he left so okay yeah just let him know it's going to be a minute all right give me one second okay just stay over here though okay H can name pleas was calling me before he left so you walked in trying to buy a laptop I was asking for the price right and so they they came up to you you're like you're interested in this laptop the employee oh yeah yeah yeah they went to the back they never came back yeah he went to the back and then he went up to the line what line no I was there the whole time the register right over here yeah and um I was asking where did he go um to the other employees and he said he was trying to get something from a printer to work or something like that and then when he came back I was about to walk out and then right before I was about to walk out he ran behind me and the officer came in okay what about these guys you said there were some guys no they could check the camera there was a guy I'm standing on one of these aisles and a guy came behind me asking me for my Instagram and cell phone number it was a dirkin guy and I told him no I don't have he like so you don't have social media I'm like no I have a boyfriend you said it was a dark skin guy yeah he had like braids dreads dreads or braids I don't know and a hat did he have anything else like tattoos I didn't notice what was he wearing I swear I I wasn't even trying to look at him cuz I didn't want eye contact him but he was like literally right behind me okay I was oh right where the TV is curved that's where where I was standing and he came behind me asking me for my information okay do you have an ID on you uh no I don't you don't okay okay sounds good take your time all right we'll wait here and then my partner will come talk to you and then we'll get going from there but you're saying you don't know this guy at all at all okay at all like if they check the camera you could well I mean I don't know if they could hear at least sure if they could hear him asking me for my number say brush them off right yeah I I tried not I turned around and I'm like oh no he said before you go back to the guy cuz he was helping me then he left and he like before you go to the other guy can I have your phone number or your social media and I said no that I didn't have that I didn't have social media and I couldn't give him my number okay but I don't know him at all okay how'd you get here today in a uber you Uber okay are you staying Lo like in a hotel in a local area or yeah well I already checked out the hotel where were you staying and um she live try to New York please it was the um 29 [Music] we Sorry M did you say no record in both yeah no record New York and Illinois okay are you out of New York if I'm out of like do you live in New York that's where your driver's license is out of yeah your government ID okay because we're not getting anything back on there which means that you don't exist I never been a how I don't exist no I'm talking about like your driver's license oh so that means yes yes I've never been arrest no okay when I was in medal school for fighting and stuff like that but not oh that's that's nonsense yeah how long you live in New York out of New York New York B clear okay thank you all right like I said we'll wait for him to come over and then see what's going on here I don't know if I missed it where' you say you were staying I just check out so I'm not going to lie I come here and work like at the strip clubs and stuff like that and yeah no worries I do that like sometimes in different states or you know but were you staying in the city or were you staying on a suburb what here yeah like were you staying in Chicago or were you staying in Chicago and then I just go like every time I work at a club I go to to a next Club the next day and stay at a near hotel from there or airbnbs and stuff like that okay all right so do you come for like extended like a couple weeks or just a couple days no this is my first time here in Chicago for that okay all right I prayed and it has sound like sure seriously yeah I I don't know if they have like audio I don't know how their cameras work here to be honest I hope if they do so at least just so he could feel stupid because I I would understand but we definitely didn't look like we was together sure but maybe cuz he saw him with his phone in his hand trying to talk to me maybe he I don't know who was up yeah you know how it goes when you're watching something from kind of a distance you can't really tell what's going on yeah when you heading back to New York I was just trying to make money to pay my freaking bills and then I didn't have even have like flight or anything to leave yet no so just going through a hard time and I have kids and bills and how many kids two two huh this is Janette hey Janette what what brought you into today so I just came out here like I was telling him I dance that strip clubs and then from City to city and then I came in I'm not going to lie I was trying to get a laptop but I didn't even purchase anything I didn't I didn't get anything okay well did you give them anything up there the ID you gave him the ID yeah and it's not you clearly it's not me it's someone that looks like me okay what we're going to do is we have to place you under arrest for possession of rant ID so you can put your hands behind your back okay and I left my bag in the Uber so I I don't know I'm sure one of our female nurses can I text my mom and let her know oh we'll let you we'll let you call at Police Department okay okay this is too would I be able to as long I'll gra your bag I got your bag back yeah we're going walk outside okay over here does your mom live in Illinois you currently live in Illinois okay how long have you been in Illinois for days two days do you have any pockets on you or anything or no no pockets okay let's see wait was the thing there yeah it's yeah it's just going to go across the road oh my she was charged with identity theft do you think she was persuaded by someone else to try and make this purchase using someone else's ID let us know in the comment section below and don't 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