March the 23rd, 2024. Lombard, Illinois. Officers from the Village Police Department have been summoned to the local Target store to assist with an alleged shoplifter. We're walking back to the AP office right now. She's being cooperative. The suspect in the red jacket had passed all points of checkout and was detained by Target's asset protection team. They allege she was concealing store merchandise beneath baby blankets inside her shopping cart. She also had merchandise beneath the cart. Asset protection told police she acted confused when they approached her and claimed she was waiting for a friend to arrive with her credit card. Bring you bring the carton. I'm not bringing anything. I didn't walk out to the store. You're not walking anyway. No, you tried leaving the store. I stopped. You said somebody else walked out. Walk out. in in the office. You're not free to go. I didn't walk out the door. So, I want to You're not You're not free to go. Well, I'm leaving cuz I didn't walk. He said somebody else walked out. You're going right in here. Why? Why are you touching? Because you're not listening to me. Don't pull away. Don't go inside there. Go in there. Excuse me. Don't. Okay. Now you're on. Now you're on the arrest. I don't care. You don't slap the police officer. Put your baby down. Put your baby down. Get my baby. Put your baby down. Can you get my baby? My baby has autism. Can I get my daughter? You can talk to her. My daughter is autistic. Can I get my talk to her and tell her to get over here? She have to calm down. That's what I'm trying to do. Okay. Excuse me. Can I get my daughter? Yeah. Let's go walk in and get your daughter. I put the car down. Okay, let's go walk in and get your daughter. I'm trying to put this one. So, you put her down. Why? Because you're under arrest. What if I'm under arrest for you slap me? So, let's go. Let's go. Let's go. See, she's cooperative or not cooperative? She was cooperative. You're under [Applause] [Music] you have sit have a seat right there before you leave. I have to calm. Okay, but we're not going to walk out of the office. I'm not walking out. See, look how he has my arm. How can I calm my baby down with one arm? Have you been with autism? Don't sit over there. [Music] We dealt with calm my daughter down. Yes, we've done a lot of things. This is what you want to win. [Music] Who's in charge here? How much you're talking about? Uh that thing on the bottom I think is about 150 to 200 the apparel inside the total number. Okay. Did you walk out? No, I did not walk out. I didn't I'm not talking to you. I never walked out the door. He stopped me right at the right before I got to the line. I never walked out the store. Okay. Okay. Well, we'll figure it out. You can go look at the cameras. Take care of your kid first. She fine. She fine. Okay. All right. Okay. Can I get my baby bottle up off the floor? There you go. I didn't never walk out the store. So what what is I'm being stopped for? I never walk out the store. Okay, we'll figure it out because I never walked out the store. He said a girl walked out. So you don't mix me with another girl cuz I didn't walk out. Listen, I'm trying. I just got here. Okay, that's what I'm telling you. He said a girl walked out. So I'm not the girl that walked out. I didn't even get to a door to walk out. So I had you saying that I walked out while I saw the girl in front of me walked out. Can I jump in? Listen, I think being excited is making everybody else excited, right? Which I'm talking to you. I'm just trying to figure it out. Okay. Can I just Let's start with who you are. Do you have your ID? So, is your ID in your purse? I don't have anything. That's I just told him. Can I get mine? He's Oh, you're stealing. I haven't stole anything about out of here. I haven't walked out with anything. Okay, hold on. Just I don't know what's in your purse. You can look up. I don't have You think what's in here? Nothing. Nothing at all. A chip and a charger. Okay. So aggressive because he he said a girl walked out. I did not walk. The man behind you. Okay. Listen. He said you're a friend. I don't have a friend. Me and my kids. So whoever walked out, that's who he should have grabbed. Don't tell me I walked out of anything. Okay. If we could take a breather here. I I'm fine. I don't need to say anything. All right. Can you talk Can you Can you talk to him and find out exactly what happened? Calm down. Calm down. Okay. What's your last name? Bill. B E L L. If anyone else is coming down, they can just bail. B E L L. I just wonder. That's how you spell Bill. Okay. Well, it could be B E L L E. It could be B I E L E. I'm just asking. I'm just asking. I'm not the enemy here. Okay. Okay. Well, I I don't I don't I didn't I don't care. He said a girl. He said the girl in front of you stole. So, how do you stop me and not stop her? I didn't even walk to the door. That don't even make sense. I'm your best chance of getting out of this as fast and as smooth as possible. Okay. Well, I I have to go because I and I'm I'm make making sure I press charges on the store. Okay. What's your first name? Akira. How do you spell that? A I K A. I can't write that fast. A I K A I K A A. Right. Is that a K I A. What's your middle initial? I don't have a middle initial. What's your birthday? 52093. 520 93. 52093. Okay. How old would that make you? [Music] How old are you? Well, I was born in 93. That's why I'm asking you because I don't we don't have an ID. So, I have to know that's 30 who are specifically. Yeah. This is to get 61.8. name. [Music] Last name is Belle. B E L L. First name A. I'm sorry. Let me start over. First name. Okay. A Adam I Ida Key King A. Adam. A Adam. No middle female. 520 93. What is this store number? Because I'm making sure I'm call. Listen. We have You're We're doing a police thing first. Bees and boy Elink Lincoln. You can complain later. Let's just do one thing. Call my lawyer now. Okay. Well, let's do one thing at a time right now. What's the address on your ID? It's not I don't even have a state ID. My state ID expired. The address that's on there is with you. So, you do have I had a ID expired because don't accuse me of anything. If he's going to send somebody the man behind you did the man behind you did. Okay. What's your I What's your the file number on your ID? What file number? What what number? Okay, listen. I'm going to I'm being very polite. You have two kids here. Okay. What file number? I don't care about my kids. These are my kids. So, what? Let me let me explain. This will be very important to you. Okay. When you're done with the phone, this is this is critical. You have to know this. Miss, I'm calling my lawyer. Okay. If you lie about who you are, that changes everything. I don't have to lie to you about anything. Okay? Because this name does not come back anywhere in the state of Illinois. I haven't been never been arrested before for anything. Doesn't matter. Your driver's license. I don't own a driver's license. I have a state ID. Same thing. It's Well, that's all I have. Okay. So, your state ID, just tell somebody to send a picture of my ID. Perfect. Can you look and see? Do you see my ID up there? My ID should be on the dresser or in that I think it's in that movie trying to tease me or say I walked I never walked out your store. She concealed a bunch of stuff underneath the baby's blankets got to the towers. Okay. sure that she lo she she walked past the last point of sale. And then when I when when she was stopped here, pushed the card over here, started grabbing things past the line or in the baby blanket. The registers end here. So, and then when I said, "Hey, you're not free to go." She tried walking past me. I grabbed her and slap my hand. He said I slapped his hand. So, run the camera back on your thing and show that I slapped your hand. You grabbed my hand and I said, "Excuse me, my daughter is crying in my wrist." So, don't you have cameras on, don't you? Very minimum. Exactly. So, show your cameras. Why is he in here? Very minimum. You're under arrest for battering a police officer. I smacked his hand. Don't Don't he have no cameras, right? Yeah, we all have cameras. Exactly. So, run the camera. So, if you slap his hand, you're under arrest for battering. I slapped his hand. He did just like this. Don't put Don't put Don't just like this. He said I said my baby. I didn't touch it. That's not touching. That's not what he said. And I still don't know who you are. So, what we're going to do [Music] pick up the kids. That' be even better. I'm trying to keep the artistic kid home. Who's coming to get your kids? And who? Nobody. We're going to the police station. Okay. Well, they can come, too. Okay. Well, then we have to transport them separately. They're not They can't come with you. They can come, too. Okay. Well, she's bringing the kids to the police station, so we'll need to see down here with car seats and everything. See if someone can bring a car down. Yeah. Yeah, let's just start working on all that. How old are the kids? So, we we're got one car seat we already run the camera. Oh, that one can hook in without any face and then a booster for that. [Music] 31. Fast sale. Correct. She said the front of her cart was just touching that silver. We have cameras. My car never even got off the carpet. Stop yelling. I don't have to stop doing anything cuz my car never went anywhere. He said there was someone in front of you. So, how do you Listen, I'm not dealing the game here. Okay. I don't Okay, y'all ready? Is y'all ready? We're We're We're going to work on getting some your kids situated. Hey, look. Okay. Now, let me have your purse. I don't have to give you anything. Yeah. You're under arrest, so I'm searching your purse. Well, you have to give it to me. Let me get my key. Look, I'm not going to get into it with you with your one of your kids. But I'm taking your purse. You're not taking anything? Yes, I am. My kids in my purse and everything is going with the It's going to go with you, but I'm searching around anything. It will come with you, but I got How far How far you is right here? You see my location? [Music] 10 minutes. Hey, come on. Come on. Okay. You got to calm down. Okay. You have someone come pick up the kids. Ain't this what you just asked me? But you never gave me a clear answer. Okay. Hurry up. On your case, please. You want this way? You will. We'll You'll get a copy. We'll have a booking photo for you later. How old's this one? Miss Bell, how is it? How old is your child here? I don't know. You just said somebody come pick them up, right? Somebody Listen, why this? You're making so much more complicated. Yeah, we have to see our female officer come in here. I don't like I don't know. He said it was a grill in front of me. So that's what he should have stopped the grill. Don't say I walked back out. I didn't even get up off your property. I didn't take your Look, I'm giving you a lot of leeway cuz you have two little kids here. Okay. Otherwise, you'd be in handcuffs going to the station by now. Said, "Okay, well, they can come too then cuz you just said somebody to come get them. So, do you want them to come or not?" But you're not communicating very well with me. You're very argumentative and I don't appreciate that. Her GPS says she's 12 minutes away. You didn't tell me that. I said I said it out loud. So, just say you're not listening. Okay. I'm not listening. What What does that have to do with me? Okay. So, you Who's coming to get her? Look who's coming. Calm down. Okay. Miss, look. You got to go to the store when you leave here. Okay. You got to come day off. Okay. Who's coming to get them? But someone is coming to get them a cop. Why does that matter? Because I have to put in a police report who your kids left with. That's why they're not leaving with a stranger. I can't I can't release them to a stranger, can I? Well, that's okay. It's a random person could just walk. Why Why are you making it so Why are you doing this? I've been a policeman almost 25 years. I'm not in the mood for this lying about your name. Oh, I'm not in the mood for it. Okay. So, just be honest. I'm in like I don't know the store. I'm in a You're a Target. It's the first I mean not the first I'm at the door like I guess when you first pull in the parking lot they'll find us. They'll see all the squat cars. So it's like the That's before tax. That's tax. 4058. [Applause] If it wasn't for the two kids, I'd be doing this completely different. Oh, I know. Okay. I I would have already she went from baby section started selecting things putting in the card pad the side and then she went to the chip area put all the baby blankets over everything and start to walk up. Okay. So, retail theft, resisting arrest, battery the police. And probably obstructing ID. Okay. Can I ask you an important question, Miss? For over a minute, the suspect would speak on her phone and ignore the officer's questions. Okay. We stand in the front. I mean, in the room, pardon me. Are you talking on the phone or you talking to me? I'm talking on the phone. Trying to find Let's take a break from the phone cuz I have to ask you some Listen, let's take a break from the phone cuz I have to ask you some I want to know who you are. I told you who I am. Okay, that is not a real name. Oh my god. I told you. Have you ever been arrested before? Whatever they have that over me, miss. Have you been arrested before? No. Never. Cuz we're going to fingerprint you today. Oh, well do what you have to do. Okay. All right. Put your purse down. I'm not putting anything down. This you just said Mike. Let them go. I'm coming to get my kids. Okay. When kids how long what's So we down to like what? 8 minutes now. Agent look. Okay. Come when you're at the park. So we're clear. Whoever's coming is going to come here. The kids are going to You're not leaving this room. The kids will go to the to them. Make sure that they're aware of that. That's common sense. You don't have to say anything to me. You said get somebody to get my kids. I'll call somebody. So, there's nothing else to talk about. Thank you. Okay. Are they Did they say they were arriving here? She said her GPS said she was 6 minutes away. I can't I'm not in the car, so I can't I don't know. Okay. What? Look, just stand in front of me. Okay. You got to bring it to a two. Okay. Two. So it's important for us to know I don't have anything to I don't have to listen to anything you say this is important for your kids not anything my kids are communicate with you so do I need to release them to a stranger if that's what you're telling me give them to a stranger cuz I can find somebody random walk what I'm saying is I want you have to say anything you keep talking I want to document where your kids are going Why does that matter? You're going to have to put in a police two little kids. They're leaving out of your sight. You said call somebody to come get them. I did that. What more is that to say? Nothing else. I would like to know who they're going with. Oh my god. Okay. If you don't want to tell me, then don't. I don't have to. I said leave me alone. Like what more do you want me to say? So you know you're I don't need to talk to Diana. Don't even Don't even Don't even talk to her right now. Just let's Once we get the kids situated, do what you have to do. We'll go on to everything else. See, I'm trying to find a reasonable way to work this out that's best for your children, but I can't do that when I don't know who you are. What's best for my children? Ain't nothing best for my children. You said call somebody to come get them. I did that. So, what what do you want me to do? Call find a stranger? Well, I can't find a stranger. If it wasn't for the resisting everything else, maybe I could I didn't resist anything. He should have Maybe I could have just written you I could have just written you a ticket. I don't care what you could have been on your way. I don't care. I don't care. But it matters for your kids. It don't matter. What else? They're leaving. You said get somebody to come get him. Okay. Okay. I'm just trying to make this easier. You're not making anything easier. You're not You're not participating either. If I hit him, he would have been picking himself up off the floor if I hit him. You're not very You're not participating very well. You have you have to identify yourself. I don't have to do anything. You say you're taking me to identify yourself again. Do what you have to do. What What do you want me to do? Just tell me who you are. I told you I am. Well, I don't believe you. Oh, well, because it doesn't come back in your in your with your state ID. Well, I know what's on my state ID cuz I went and got it. So, and where is your state ID? Did someone send you a picture like you asked? Remember you were I was listening to that. You were going to have someone send you a picture of it. [Music] So, wait till the kids go. I think the six minutes have elapsed. Okay, I said that. So, let's take a photo cuz I'm ready to go, too. Okay. What did she say? It say bring it. I I'm not in the car. So, what do you want me to say? Why I can't see your phone? [Music] There there will be the point where like if no one ever shows up, we just have to grab her. I mean it, you know, I'm going to look in your purse. You don't have to look in my purse. Yes, cuz I don't want you to have any weapons in there. You're working up your kid right now. There's no weapon. What do you want? A watch. I'll take the ID. There's no ID. That's the ID. It's not my ID. Well, I'll take it. It's not yours. You don't need to take anything weapon. Is it a weapon in here? No. I don't I'm not giving you anything. You have a weapon. I don't care. I don't have a weapon. I don't carry weapons. I don't have a gun. I don't have anything on me. So, if you're trying to shoot me in front of my kids, please let me know. It doesn't work. Let me The whole game doesn't work. Let me record this. Okay. Excuse me. You get a weapon. There's no weapon. You're bumping into your your children. Where's the weapon? There's There's a weapon. Where's the weapon? Let me record it. Let me make sure I record it. You're upsetting your children. Do you understand that? Well, officer. Officer. Officer. They're saying they're looking for a weapon inside of my purse. You're upsetting your children. I want to see your ID. Here's another wallet. A bit of chip. Here's a charger. How about the ID that you're going to show me? Charger. Here's an Apple Watch. I have no weapons on me. What about your identification? My daughter don't have no weapons. You don't have to have any weapons on us. He's trying to snatch my purse. He's looking for a weapon. You are under my arrest. You see a curse? It's no weapon. Where is your identification? No weapons. We have no weapons. Desperate in this situation. We have no knives, no mace, no anything up on us. I don't have nothing in my purse. It's all on video. Nothing on me. So he said he grabbed my purse and he looking for a weapon. I can search your purse and send you to arrest. Doesn't matter. We're going to search it anyway. And you're upsetting your children. And I don't understand why you would do that. It's inevitable that we're going to identify you. It's inevitable. I don't care. I would like to have your ID, please. I have ID. I I saw it in there. You just said you was looking for a gun. Give me a weapon. I saw your record. Go ahead. You're under arrest. We're recording this. Looking for a weapon. And there's no weapons in my car. There is no weapons. We have no weapons on us. Don't go back. Go back to the phone. How long before your friend gets here? [Music] cuz I'm telling you right now, if your friend doesn't show up, it's going to be a DCFS situation. So, you understand that? [Music] Can you calm your child down? It's probably the most important thing right now. [Music] Another [Music] full minute elapses of the suspect speaking benal nothing nothings into the phone while her upset child cries out in fear and confusion. [Music] I think they're here. She's she's going to go to Lumber Police Department now. If she's going anywhere else, we'll let her call you. Okay. Obviously, your children know who this person is. Clearly, if she's autistic, how much she know who she's going with? That don't even make sense. You want her coming in? Whatever is easiest for the kids. Come grab them. That's what I just said. Can I give her to her so she can You were not leaving without the door. It's okay. [Music] What? purse. So why don't you grab it on my arm? Let me go. I'm giving her purse. So let me go. Stop resisting. Stop resisting. Stop resisting. Stop resisting. You under arrest. Stop resisting. No. No. Are we in cover the first time? Stop resisting. Okay, hold on. Just dump this out. You got her. It's wrapped. Okay. Well, stop resisting now. You guys have her. Oh, yeah. She's going. Let's double lock these. Good. Once this arm I mean this chuck is touching on my arm. Okay. Well, you should you have to stop resisting. Yeah, cuz I'm Oh, I can't wait to pull my Hold on. We'll loosen it. But you have to stop all you [ __ ] I will loosen it. Stop resisting. Stop resisting. [ __ ] I can't. You won't let me do it. I'm trying to do each other. It looks like I don't pressing up. Okay. Well, I'm not going nowhere. I'm not going. They're double lock. So, I ain't going nowhere. I don't want you broke your I got money for that one. Let's go to the car off my or the car. Let's go. Stop picking stuff. Stop. I don't It's fine. We don't That's fine. I don't give a n Stop resisting, baby. And I make sure all y'all don't get kicked. Put your feet in until this cup get off me. And I'm pregnant too. Put your feet in. Was I making this worse? This this cup this person on my arm. Put your foot in. When this cop get up off my arm. Don't put inside. Put your foot inside or puff up on my arm. Put your foot inside or I'm going to apply a pressure point. It's going to hurt a lot. Until you comply. Put your foot inside or I'm going to apply a pressure point. It's going to hurt you a lot until you comply. When this car get off my arm. This is your last chance. Put your foot inside before. You have to get your foot in. This is worse for you and for your child. You have to stop resisting. And I'm 13 weeks pregnant. Stop resisting. I'm 13. Stop resisting. Put your foot inside. Put your foot inside. I'm 13 weeks pregnant. Put your foot in. Stop resisting. 13 weeks pregnant. And he got this cup up on my up on my Stop. Put your foot inside. Get the off. You stupid [ __ ] Whose car is this? Follow. You got the back camera on? Yeah, [ __ ] Guess I thought this was two transporting one dope female in custody. Highly uncooperative. And my phone is in there on that floor. And my phone is in there on the floor. Ma'am, my phone is in there on the floor. at the target. Okay. I can't do anything. What you mean you Okay, let me call someone. Okay. Okay. You need to turn around. My How the You think I'm supposed to call and check up on my autistic kid? Y'all got me up. My phone is on the floor and then you going to keep How you think I'm supposed to call and check up on my daughter? How How do I supposed to call check up on my baby? She aut my phone is on the floor in there. You're not allowing me to do anything. Okay. You're not doing that. You're still driving. Ma'am, you're still driving. I understand. Okay. So, why you didn't go back to the Target? I'm going to get you your phone. I told someone to get you your phone. How are you going to get my phone if you still driving? Ma'am, I got you. I am on the radio. Ma'am, my phone is in there on the floor. They are They already know your phone is over there. Okay. So, why don't they have my phone? So, how in the am I supposed to check up on my daughter? My daughter haveing autism. Understand? I have family that have Okay, so why are you still driving? Then go get mying phone. What the? [Music] My phone is in there on the floor. Okay. So, do they have my phone? I understand. I'm going to get you your phone. So, how do they have my phone? Do they have my phone? Yes. Well, who you a How you saying? Yes. You wouldn't even talk to nobody. Listen. Listen. Unlike you to argue. Okay. So, how are you saying yes? Then you would Who has my phone? Where's my phone? I assure you. I assure you your phone will be taken care of. Where is my phone? Your phone will be taken care of. What? So, who who told you yesterday that they have my phone? Who Who said they have my phone? Okay. So, who are you talking to? Where's my phone? talk to someone on the radio. I didn't I didn't hear respond. I didn't hear nobody say they have my phone. How the hell do you think I'm supposed to call to check it on my daughter? Here's what I'm going to do for you. Once we get back to the station, either myself or another officer that was at the scene will get the phone for you. So, where's my phone? How you Okay, wait till I get the phone. So why are you not calling them asking for my phone? Because I already reviewed it when you were kicking. Okay, then nobody you I didn't kick them. Ain't nobody saying nothing back. So where's my phone at? How do you know that? Who Who told the So who said they got my phone? Who said they have my phone? Hello? Who? Who? Who said they have my phone? Where's my phone? All my my stuff my for my daughter. All her autistic stuff is in that phone. Okay. So, you still driving your car and you ain't call. Okay. So, ask them do they have my phone? She my daughter. The person she's with, she cannot control my daughter. So, that's the point of me steady sit. I need my phone to call her. So, who have my phone? Who have my phone? Where's my phone? Hello. Now you can't hear. Now you can't hear nothing. So who have my phone? [Music] [Applause] I'm trying not to kick on y'all stuff. Where's my phone? So why you not answer me? Who has my phone? Hello. So who has my cell phone? Where's my phone? Hello. [Music] Now you can't hear nothing and I'm not getting out this time to y'all. Tell me where my phone is. [Music] [Music] I'm not moving or doing anything until y'all tell me where my phone is. [Music] So, who have my phone? Where's my phone at? Where is my phone? [Music] Where is my phone? Who have my phone? Hello. Where's my phone at? Who have my phone? So, there's another officer. Your phone's right there. Okay. So, where's it at? He's going to bring it over right now, girl. Okay. So, why he didn't bring your phone? Because he didn't. I don't have anything. That's my So, how you saying the officer got my phone? If my phone on the floor? Yeah. All right. Cool. I'll get it. I mean, he's going to have to tell this [ __ ] person. All right. So, why the are you lying talking about somebody got my phone if my phone in here? So, who was the officer? They got my phone. You not trying to give me I don't need any mothering thing. All right. I got your phone. Just go get out. I'm not getting anything until they take these un loosen these handcuffs. How do you [ __ ] these handcuffs from inside the seat? She can do it from back here cuz I already didn't show them my papers. Tell them I'm pregnant. These cuffs is not supposed to be this [ __ ] tight on my wrist like that. And that's something that I know. Well, can you step out so then we can have her go inside? You can untighten these things. So, I can't move my arm like that. You have to step out in order to I can't How am I going to step out if these cuffs is tight pressing up on my arm? You swing your feet out. I can't do that. I'll help you get out. I can't do that from inside the car. Okay, you got to stop. Stop pulling on it. This cuff is pressing up on my arm. I hear you, but you got to step out. Okay, well, you can un loosen this cuff off my arm. I can't do that cuz I don't have any way to get in there to do that. It's this cuff that's on my arm. Okay. So, why step out? Come on. Okay. You going to un loosen this cuff? Yeah. As soon as you go forward. Come on. Let's not do this. Come on. I'm waiting till this cuff get up off my arm. We're not We're not removing any cuffs. I didn't say remove it. I said un loosen it. It will be removed as soon as we get in. Take a few steps out and you'll get them off. The door is like right there. It's not like a far. It don't matter if I already made it clear that I'm pregnant. This cuff's not supposed to be this tight. This cuff is popping. Look at my hands. It's turning perfect. They're not the Where they loose at? Right here. This hat is loose. Fit three fingers there. It's fitting in this one cuz this one is not loose at Exactly. This cup's not loose at all. Oh yeah. Is that better? All right. This toughest. You didn't un loosen anything like I'm stupid. The suspect, whose real name is Dianca Jones, was charged with retail theft for the 26 pieces of merchandise in her shopping cart totaling $45.58. Two counts of aggravated battery on a peace officer, aggravated assault on a peace officer, resisting a peace officer, obstructing identification, and criminal damage to government supported property. How about this? I can't get out. Why? Cuz my hands is handcuffed. Oh my god. [Music] [Applause]