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Why don't you have the caller step out so we're not going up to the door? 10-57 dispatch, can you have the caller step outside the house? Cuz the kid I think it's a kid sitting right there. Just letting you know. Hi, how are you doing? You called us? Yeah. Can you come over here and talk to us? What's going on? First of all, that's okay. Is he still here? >> the complainant should be stepping out now. What's his name? I'm sorry. Let me call him down. >> It's okay. Just tell me what's going on. Um So Is that your kid sitting in the window right there? No, that's my brother. Okay, sorry. Yeah, um so he's off nicotine and I was just trying to um come in from my room and do our daily cleaning. Mhm. With the kids and I guess they got mad cuz they were both crying. The kids are crying? Yeah, my two babies. I'm like Where is he inside the house? Is he on the on this this side? He's in the bathroom or around the room. Um So it's like a split type of housing situation or what? Yeah, something like that. Our house is like under construction, so Okay. >> it's almost done. Yeah. Um but Is he armed? Does he have anything in his hands? No, it's a it should be in his coat pocket. Which is this one? Okay. He's a good guy, so Well, what happened? Yeah. Um Yeah, it's really Do you want to just talk to me personally? Um Yeah, I guess >> Okay. Come over here. Come over here. It's fine. So now what happened? Um He got mad cuz the kids were crying. Mhm. And like my 2-year-old He has like a 9-month-old trying to um bring him inside. Okay, you're good. Um He like he kicked them and then I kicked the kid. He yelled and he tried kicking him over. I was like, "Why would you do that?" And I'm like I'm like Is he the father? Biological father to the kid? Yeah. Okay. But um I I was like, "I'm going to take the kids outside and then he tried swinging at me. I was like And then we heard nobody, so He's like, "Oh my god." And I'm like, he tried stopping me. Did he hit you at all? Yeah, he did. He's um he like hit me in the head. Okay. What's his first name? He hit me in the head. Um he's like in the system. Um Brendan? Brendan Brendan? Yeah. Okay. Um yeah. And how big is he? He's like about his height. Yeah, how how big? Like Oh, like a little bit like a gorilla type. Okay. >> Yeah. So he's not too big. Yeah, but he's really strong. Okay. Yeah. And he was trying to get out the door and then I was like Is this him? No, that's my dad. Okay. Who else is in the house? Is that your kid? Is that your kid that Yeah. that just got hit? No, no, he has a night infection. Oh, okay, okay. That's the eye infection. Oh, okay. How many people are in the house? Um I got three family members in my house and right now there's just um I just need to know how many people are in the house. Um So there's your dad, your son my little baby, my mom, um my three siblings. Oh, jeez. Are they on this side? Um I just want to see if he's isolated cuz I want to go talk to him. Um Yeah, he's isolated right now. He just not wanting to hear it from anybody. Doesn't matter. Um Okay, so he just hit the kid. Where did he hit the kid? Did he just kick him? Yeah, I guess basically like he kicked him. >> Okay, I'm going to have to take pictures of the kid. Yeah. >> But right now what I'm going to do is I'm going to go in there and talk to him. Yeah. >> I really want to pull him out to us, but he's probably not going to come out. Yeah, I just don't want to talk to him. Yeah, and you have a lot of family members in there. Yeah. So what it would What's the other option I can do right now? So you you're good. You can come over here if you need to. Um so either A you're going to leave that door open and you can tell him to come out. Yeah. >> But I need to see you and I need to see him. Or I'm if you give me permission, I can go in there, but you're saying you have tons of family members in there. Yeah. Okay. So either you can even tell your family to go to the other side of the house What's going on? I need to know what's going on. He kicked the kid. Yeah, I'm like swung at her and hit her in the face. And then the baby I was holding the baby and he took the baby away from me. Um Well, threw the baby on the bed. I couldn't see what else he was doing. Did anybody witness this? No, it was just me. Do you have any visible injuries that we need to photograph or anything? Where did he hit you at? In the face? Yeah, on the head. He like Yeah. Is that red mark Is that I'm sorry, is that acne or is that a mole? >> acne. That's acne. Okay, okay. Okay. And he kicked your child, the little boy? Yeah. In the eye? That's an eye infection. Yeah, that's an eye infection. >> different kid. So nobody saw this. But what what was he mad about? Um um I don't know. He said he was off nicotine and So he's moody? Yeah, I was like, "Okay, well that's the only reason he hit us." She said he's in the system as well. I'm sorry. Um Brendan. Brendan what? Yeah, you guys probably seen him before. Why don't you get her information and get and get the children's ages and names and then Where is he at? What's he wearing so we know? Apparently there's more than one man in there. Yeah, he's wearing a bright blue shirt. Are you guys married or you just have children in common? Um children. Yeah. How long have you been here as well? Um How many kids do you have? Um we fight a lot. Um together with him? Oh, just two. Oh, I'm pregnant right now, so With him? With him? This child? Mhm. How long? How big if you don't mind me asking? How far along? Um I think 3 months. And he's aware of it? He knows you're pregnant? Yeah. Nobody else saw this? How old are your children? Um my my last My other son is 9 months. What's his name? Same last name, right? Yeah. I understand you're upset. I'm just have to get everything down. Do you have any injuries that we can photograph? Um When you say he kicked him, how did he kick him? Um I don't know. He just like Did he move out of the way or >> Yeah, I guess he kept trying to jump on his dad outside with him. And then he got mad. Okay. But you show Can you show me how he kicked him and what manner he kicked him? Um I guess straight on or just get off me or Um he was laying down and then I kicked He pushed my son off him and he fell on the bed laying down and he just kept kicking him like on the bottom of the bed. Did the boy cry? Um yeah, he always like cried. So then what did you do? Um I was like This was before he hit you, obviously. Yeah, I said, "Oh my god, that's insane and I don't want to see somebody do that." And what did he do? Um I was like He spanked them and then Did you grab the child? I tried to grab the child. Is that Is that when he hit you? I need to I I'd like to have a timeline of how this occurred. Yeah, all this happened all like in a few seconds. So did he punch you first and then kick the child? Kick the child and punch you? Um So he After he spanked them, I was like, "I I was like, "Oh my god, let's get out of here." He tried um hitting me and he hit me in the head a few times. I think he pulled my hair, but I Did he stop from calling 911 cuz I seen that text came through? Yeah. So he didn't call us. Yeah, I text him. Yeah. So he isn't over here. Yeah, I think all my family knows now. You said this happened an hour ago, is that correct? Yeah. Um Um we have like workers coming in right now. We have electricians. Okay. Um and yeah, I was kind of embarrassed. Um yeah, I didn't want to go in there anymore. What's this for? Not this one? Oh, I thought it was this one. Got it. Yeah, it's getting there. I thought there was no firearms in the house, huh? No, we should No knives, nothing? No. Let us know. Okay. What's that? She wants us to pull him out of the house to talk to him. He's pregnant. Is it here? Yeah. Yes, she said back that way. Hey Brendan. Brendan. Well, could you come out and talk to us, please? Dispatch 10-57 10-74. 10-74. Oh. All right. Hey, how are you doing? Hey Brendan. Yeah. Um do you mind just stepping out front with us? Yeah, let me get my shoes. >> Real quick. Uh let's Don't even worry about your shoes. Real quick. Do you have any weapons on you? No, sir. No knives? Okay. Nothing? Not even a knife? Okay, might as well put that down. All right. Actually, don't even don't even go back in there. Let's go out front. Do you want me to get your shoes for you, bud? Yes, sir. Um I've been trying to detox from nicotine. Um I haven't had nicotine in 2 days. I told her I was like, "Just try to keep the kids away. I know they're they can be There's the keys. You want to hold on to the keys? Put them right here. Um I told her I was like, "I'm trying to detox from nicotine." Yeah. I don't want to really be around the kids while I'm doing it because they've been crying and screaming since I've been home for the past 2 days. And I've just been trying to ignore it, trying to ignore it. And Okay. I lashed out and I hate to say that. I lashed out and um I threw the one kid off of me. How do you mean throw? Uh, I just pushed him off of me. I didn't This is going to sound bad. That looked like a kick more, so you kicked him. >> Yeah, well, I shoved him off with my foot. I didn't want to kick him. I know they're kids. >> Uh-huh. Uh and then Do me a favor, just raise your shirt. Just got to make sure you got no weapons on you, man. Just just do that solid. All right, sounds good. Thank you very much. We're good. So, what else happened? Um I got really irritated because they've been crying and screaming. I know they love me. I love them. Yeah. Uh I spanked the one, which is not allowed anymore. Uh, I spanked the one. I moved them off of me with my foot. >> Okay. I spanked them and then she took the kids and ran outside. I told her I just want to be left alone. I'm trying to detox. I don't want to be around the kids. I thought about going to the office just to get away from them while the majority gets out of my system and then I'd be able to come back and be there. Did you know your uh are you guys married? No. No? Just Okay. Did you know she's pregnant? Yes. Okay. Yeah, I know she's pregnant. >> Okay. So I just want to get away from them for a couple of days while the most of it gets out of my system. Yeah. I know I can go to the office. My boss said go to the office. >> Okay. Uh, she's recommended I go to the office. I don't want to leave the office because I want to be there for her and the kids. >> Yeah. But if I need to, I'll just go to the office. >> hit her? Did you hit your girlfriend? >> No. I didn't hit her. Did you swing at her? No, I didn't swing at her. None of that? No, ma'am. Okay. All right. Um real quick Mhm. Um, do me a favor, face that that car. I just got to check you, okay? Sure. Put your hands behind your back. All I can find is my two >> Put your hands behind your back. So, what's happening right now is that um obviously you're being arrested for battery, especially on a pregnant woman. And um So, I'm going to take him over. I'll search him, get him in the car. I'm going to bring the car up. What I recommend you do is look at the child. Yeah, I'm going to take pictures. >> Photograph her and the child, okay? Do you have any questions for me? He's going to obviously talk to you. Okay. Do you want to read him his Miranda rights? I'm going to call him. I'm going to tell I'm going to go have a moment. You ever been read your Miranda rights before? Yes. Okay. So, you've been arrested before? Yes. Okay. Do you mind sharing what for? Uh, back in 2018, child abuse without harm and improperly using a two-way communication device. Is it with the same woman here? No. Okay. No, that was back for a sting operation in 2018. Okay, well, just so you know, I'm sure you already know, I have to contact DCF as At any point while she was grabbing those children and trying to leave did you swing at her or make contact with her? No, not while she was trying to leave. Did you at any time, period, make contact with her? Yes. Okay, what happened there? Uh, I pulled uh her hair. You pulled on her hair? Yeah, I pulled on her hair. I wanted her to get away from me. Okay. Um and then that's when uh I took my hands off of them and then she took the kids and left. Okay. I did take the youngest one and moved him over to the side. Is this side he kicked? I'm just taking a picture of you. Here. He kicked the back. And then the back side? Mhm. Okay. Some on the back. Okay, he's okay. All right, you want Oh, you unbuckled. Okay, great. Do me a favor, face the car for a second. Just stay right there. Hey everyone, it's Trent Prior, Deputy Sheriff, Patrol Sergeant, and K9 Handler. According to the victim and suspect in this video, the main instigating factor was the suspect's withdrawal from nicotine. But just like the victim stated, that is definitely not an excuse to be physically violent with his children or with her. And kicking a small child, pushing another one, and also hitting a pregnant woman creates an extreme risk of serious injury or worse. Children are incredibly fragile, not to mention hitting a pregnant woman puts two lives at risk at that point. And if someone like this suspect knows that he's going to be withdrawing from nicotine it could potentially be problematic, he's extra irritable and annoyed and angry, then somebody like this should take it upon themselves to remove themselves from that situation prior to any sort of escalation. But since there was probable cause established, corroborating injuries to match the statements, not to mention a prior history of abuse with this suspect, it kind of matched up with the behavior that we're seeing in this video. The law often requires law enforcement to act once probable cause has been established in these domestic violence cases or in cases involving child abuse. Because at that point, the role of law enforcement is to prevent further violence and the safety of the victims becomes the priority. He was charged with domestic battery on a pregnant woman and child abuse but remains innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. [Music]

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