On New Year's Day 2025, an incident at a jewelry store in the Ritzy Short Hills Mall in New Jersey led to a police response and an adult being taken into custody. The following bodywn camera footage details the following events. >> How you doing, man? >> Officer Griff. Okay, I got to let you know everything's being recorded. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. Were you a majority before? >> I was. >> Did you make a mistake and walk out with something? >> I did not. Do you want to check me? >> You didn't walk out with a bracelet? >> No, I didn't. You can check me. You can move my hand. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> You know the tennis brace. >> Yeah. Yeah. Now you're terrifying me cuz I did pick I did pick it up and I put it back. So I'm telling you >> I don't even know. I don't know if I dropped it. I'm telling you the truth. >> I know they are. That's Oh my god. I go ahead and read ahead of time. >> Yes, I do. >> So, I'm going to ask you again. Did you make mistake out maybe? >> I didn't. Do you want to check me? Did you check me? >> Only unless you Is that it? >> This is it. >> Take it off, sir. >> I'm sorry, sir. >> Did you What happened? I picked it off and I didn't like >> I know. I'm sorry. I swear to God. >> We're going to leave your car here. >> Okay. >> You're going to come down. You're going to get a court date. Okay. >> And we'll bring you back up. >> Okay. That's fine. >> No one has to know about it but you made a mistake. >> That's fine. I'm sorry. I'm really really sorry. >> Technically, you left the store. I know. I'm sorry. Okay. I'm sorry. >> All right. So, if you do me a favor, please let me have this. >> Let me have this one. >> Yeah. around, >> please. >> I don't I don't ID on me. Can I get it? >> Uh, where is it? In your car? >> Yeah, I'll get it. >> Hold on. Hold on. You're not going to get it. We will get it. >> Okay. Just unlock it. >> Get out of the car. >> I'm going to Hold on. I'm going to get it for you. >> There it is. Jeez. >> You have anything else in this corner? >> No. >> Come hold on to this. All right. Thanks. >> I didn't. That was my purse. >> You didn't have another >> I had my purse with me. >> Oh my god. Can you please just take me with you if there's anything else? >> Just take your phone out and just put it right here on the Just going to lift your seat up a little bit. Can I call my husband, please? In >> a sec. Okay, just wait. Hold up. Relax. Relax. >> Please. Just >> listen. This could be a really difficult you work with us. >> Okay. Yeah. Please. Can I just get in the car? I have to really use the bathroom. Please. I'm begging you. Okay. Can I get in the It's in there. I might. >> Do you have anything in your pocket? >> No. Can I just get in the car? Cuz I really have to use the bathroom. You're making me very nervous. Just wait one sec. Okay. You get yourself worked up. You're going to warn that there's more. I know. Sorry. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Nothing in the back. No. >> All right. I'm just going to go to the back of my phone. Just stay still. Please. Come on. I know. I still just have to do it. I know for precaution please. >> Can I please get in the car? I feel like I have to go to the bathroom. I'm begging you. >> Just wait one second. Okay. I'm like literally peeing myself cuz you're making me nervous. Don't make me nervous. >> Okay. I know. You're just making me nervous. I know. >> I know. I'm sorry. I know. I know. I'm I don't even know why I did that. That's stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. >> You know, we still got >> I know. I'm sorry. Can I sit in the car at least, please? >> Once you finish it, well, relax then. >> I know. >> You You will sit down. Just bear with us. I'm like, just sit me in your car, please. I have to pee. I'm telling you the truth in a second. >> All right. >> So, now I saw you in the bag walk out of here. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Cuz I watched you from the jewelry come out here, put some stuff in the car, and then enter back in the mall, right? >> Right. Or, >> right? >> So, what's in the bag that's in the >> Can I take it off? >> No. I'm asking You're not going back in the car. I'm asking you what's in those bags. >> There's some stuff I had to return. >> Did you shop with us? >> I did not. There's stuff I had to return. >> You can check everything. You can you can No, you you can check. I'm telling you. >> Do you have receipts for the for the hanger sticking out of that purse? >> That's just a hanger. >> You just carry a hanger in your purse. >> My god. That's a hanger. I'm telling you. >> Can I please? >> Yes, there is. >> Yes. Hold on. Is the car locked? >> No. Get the adjustment key. >> How do you unlock it? >> Just hold it, please. >> How do you open it? I don't have a Tesla. >> You're supposed to hold it up to the right there. >> There you go. >> What bag did you just exit with? This purse right here. Just my purse. You have receipts for this stuff. >> Where did it come from? >> So, I'm going to go ahead and assume that you still >> I did. I'm sorry. Yes. >> Okay. So, why are we playing games? Cuz I'm going to type the cameras. I'm not the longer this. >> Okay. This is it. That's it. Yeah. >> How much stuff did you get from this? This whole bag is from >> That's it. Yes, that's it. What did you drop off in your car when you came back out to >> That's it. The bag. >> Actually came out to get my water to be honest with you. >> Yeah. >> You ever been arrested? >> No. Never. Never. >> Never once. >> Never. >> Traffic ticket. >> Never. >> Never once. >> Never. You can look it up. >> Pretty good. Why are we starting? >> I don't know. I don't know. I just I was playing stupid. I don't even know. Honestly, I have no freaking clue why. >> All right. So, how many stores did you go into today? >> Just Nordstrom. >> Nordstrom and Majority are the only ones. >> Well, I walked around, you know, but that's it. >> Okay. Mind you, >> yeah, >> there came in. We were waiting for you. The second majority called us, right? >> I know. >> So, I'm not going to find you going into any other stores. >> Okay. >> No, no, no. I when I walked around, I was in like, you know, just looking around, but that's it. >> That's my coat, sir. >> That's my coat. >> Oh my god. Miranda. All right. >> That's my coat, please. >> I hear you. >> I know. >> I hear you. >> So, you also came out this bag, right? So, what's in this bag? Stand. Hold her. She doesn't move. >> Where's this from? >> Oh, that's Nordstrom. Sorry. >> That's my That's my my uh >> That's my Tumblr. Yeah. Yeah, that's my Tumblr. >> You bought this? >> No, that's my Tumblr. It's in That's That's my normal Tumblr. I'm telling you. I didn't use it yet. No, no. The rest of the stuff is my stuff from wherever. That's >> the tags on it. >> Yes. >> Where is this from? >> That's from J Crew. >> You have a receipt for it? >> No, I don't. But then none of that's not from today. I'm just telling you. >> Well, if it's still stolen. >> I know. It's not from today, though. >> You wanted to steal it? >> I didn't. That's not from today. I didn't go with that bag anywhere. I'm telling you this is not from today. I take the [clears throat] way back stop. >> Yeah. >> When did you take this from? >> I don't know. It was from Christmas time. I didn't take it. I'm saying it's from Christmas time. >> When did you take it? It still has the tag. >> I know it has tags. I didn't take it. It's from Christmas time. >> That's truffle popcorn that I was going to return. That's Yeah, that's all Christmas stuff that I'm going to >> from. I don't know. From Williams and Soma. Yeah, probably. Williams and Sonoma. Yeah. >> From the mall here. >> Yeah. >> That is not No, that is mine. >> You have a receipt? >> Yeah. I don't have a receipt on me. >> So then >> you can just say it was stolen. I don't know. I don't know what to tell you. I'm not going to argue with you. Okay. >> I'm not trying to I'm trying >> I'm not I'm not trying to I know. But I'm not trying to argue with you, sir. I'm just, you know. >> So now, how much the rest how where is there anything else that's going in this look? No, I swear you can look. I swear to God. No, no, you can. Please do. Can I just sit down? You can look in my entire car. >> You can stand at the back of back. >> Yeah. >> You can open my car. I'm giving you permission. There's nothing but grocery bags in there. >> Well, he's going to he's going to check. >> No, I know. I'm telling you. There's nothing but grocery bags in there. I swear. And you can open my trunk, too. There's nothing in there. Why do you have so many empty bags? >> Grocery? Look, you can look. I saw it's all grocery bags. You can look. I >> told you. I >> Yeah. Yeah, it's all grocery bags. >> It's a grocery outside. >> I know, but it's not. No, this is >> empty bags. >> No, that is my grocery bags from >> They're all grocery bags. No, look. >> You got to see how it looks, though. >> Yeah, I know. No, no, but they're all grocery bags. And they're all in a cooler. They're all grocery bags. But you also got to understand that in the beginning he asked you about the bracelet and you denied it and then you ended up admitting to it. >> I know. I'm sorry. >> Second time around. >> That's all that's all my grocery bags. I'm telling you more stuff. >> That's all my grocery bags. That's it. That's all my grocery bags. And that's just crap to donate. That's it. You can look in there. >> You can open that. That's all stuff to donate. They're all They're all They're all old things to donate, just so you know. It's all like kids stuff. There's old Christmas cards in there. That's all stuff that needs to be donated. And the same with that bag over there. That's all donations. There's like Christmas cards. There's old, you know, that's all stuff that's going to be donated. >> Yeah. >> It's all Yeah. >> I'm telling you, sir, it's all donations. I'm telling you, it's all It's all old stuff. Like, all donations I want to get rid of. See, they're all All right. Um, what's in here? Oh, Christmas cards. >> It's all stuff. >> No, no, it's all over here. >> This is from like 20 years ago. It's all stuff from That doesn't even exist anymore. >> Yeah, it is. I'm telling you who it's there's all old Christmas ornaments and stuff that I'm donating something in there. That's also a donation, sir. All right. Some of this stuff, you take this back to the jury. Take a picture of it. Give them the property back. Um, >> I've never been ripped. >> Um, Can I sit down, please? >> All right. But before you do, I want to I'm going to make sure that your cuffs Wait, wait, hold up. >> Yeah. No, hold up. I'm going to make sure your cuffs don't tighten up on you. All right. All right, you can sit down. I'm going to buff you in. >> What happens now? >> What's up? >> What happens now? >> We're going to do our process with all the merchandise. You're going to get You're going to get transferred back to uh our headquarters. >> We're going to process you. I'll give you coordinate. You should be out. >> The faster we do this, the faster you'll be out. The faster you work with us. It'll make things easier. All right. Just I'm going to go double check. >> It either is or it isn't. Did it cuz I don't remember. I'm telling you. >> You don't remember when you sold? >> I didn't steal that one of >> It's from today, sir. Okay. I'm just going to say it's all from today. Okay. >> So, the only two stores I mer the merchandise here from J Crew and >> that's it. That's it. >> Yeah. That's it. >> What about the stuff that's inside that bag? Going down that bag. Yeah. Yeah, it's filled with a bunch of miscellaneous things. This is where it gets tricky because you got to be careful how many stores, how many cases we have. She claimed the tumbler was hers. the tumbler back. Want me to set this stuff up on the hood too? You can tell where Macy's This is where this is going to become a problem. These are all different stores. >> Carrying that stop bag when she's walking out. >> No. Was she inside of >> Did she at all have this Macy's bag when she was in the time that we saw her? No. black uh Nordstrom going to show them where they we're doubled up one one car so we can't going to have zero back on the jewelry like all this you're going to end up having to take for safety back to the standpoint just hold Even though that's sorry, they're back in. Yeah, you can go ahead picture. She did go into >> Yeah, that's where I got I that's where I got I texted you and then I took the camera and I saw your license. I'm like, "Oh, you got [clears throat] today. >> Mhm. >> No, that I did. But that's that popcorn is mine. >> That's William. >> They're from another time. I I did go into William, but I did not take that today. very [ __ ] Actually, no. There's another one in there, right? Yeah. Together. This is Macy's right here. Should I keep this aside, too? Heat. Heat. So this stuff is all J Crew or No, this stuff is Nordstrom. This stuff is J Crew. That stuff looks like most of it is anthropology and Macy's. and William in here. So, here's what we're going to do cuz we're it's too close to closing. We're going to take that whole back for safekeeping until she can prove they're either not stolen or they're stolen or we're targeted with them. Anyway, so I need to take this back to Nordstrom and that stuff and have to fill out a statement. Is it stolen from them? fill out a statement, you know, look at the video, that video, we can type all of it under umbrella under our separations because different stores narrative and then continuations of that. So, and photo, you need a photo of everything that they end up taking back. If they say it's not theirs, take it and write down. But take that stuff. Nordstrom's J Crew. If they say it's theirs, perfect sign dollar amount number and photo. You forget, call me. Photos right on the Nordstrom right there. You can move around North L in the back right there. Is this [ __ ] yours? Take a picture of it. Statement if it is confirming. If not, bring it back. That's just all J crew. J crew is lower level. I think that cheese. All right. Take all this stuff. Matt, do you know if she went into anthropology today? >> Should we keep it or I was going to put her phone in there and put it? >> You have a wallet ID. You have a gas maybe. What's that? I got it. >> Yep. >> You need anything that just lower windows for the mall. You were not allowed to back up for two years >> for two years. Okay. 2 years. I do have >> no contact. >> With the phone. With my phone. >> You lock it with your phone. >> You lock it with the phone. >> How do you do that? >> She say she said there's an app. >> All right. Let her do the phone. It's fine. I can lock the remote when I get there. It's fine. >> You said what? >> I can lock a remote when I get there. It's fine. It's with an app. >> Okay, good. >> She said she can lock her when she gets down there. She says all through an app. >> You You want me to do it? >> Is that fine, Griff? Yeah. Yeah. >> Can you come the other side? It's 2887. 28 87. And then just lock it. >> That >> Yeah, it's locked. It's already locked. >> So, we're good. >> Yeah. >> All right. >> So, we're good. It's already locked. Power. Power. >> What's up, Nice. All right. All right. 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