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On July 5th, 2026, officers responded to a residence in reference to a disturbance. A neighbor had called to report hearing both a male and female screaming inside. >> So, it sounds like a male and a female argument about jealousy. I'm going to make contact now. >> Hello, can you tell us this apartment? >> Yes. Hi, thank you. Thank you for coming. >> So, what's going on? >> I need to leave. >> Okay. Okay, just do me a favor just hang out there, okay? >> Just stay out of sight, please. >> What's happening? How many people? >> Okay, it's me and Amy. This is my house. This is my grandson, Cutter. He's in there. >> Okay. >> This is Kayla. That is my son's girlfriend. And then that's my son back there. He's in his room, sleeping. >> Okay. Anybody else in the house? >> No, yeah. >> Okay. >> They had a disagreement about a phone. It escalated. She wants to leave. So, I would like her to leave. I'm not mad at her or anything. It's just >> Okay. All right, just do me a favor and stand by for me here, okay? What was your name? >> Kayla. >> Kayla. What's going on, Kayla? >> I woke up this morning. Uh we're here out of town. Um I woke up this morning. Can I get a Can I get us some privacy? >> Uh if you don't mind, just go deeper inside. I would like the door open. I have more officers coming. >> Um his ex-girlfriend sent me a screenshot. I mean, this is all irrelevant. This is all irrelevant. He's cheating on me with his ex-girlfriend. Okay? Um I go to leave. I'm try I'm quietly getting my things together cuz we're supposed to leave today anyways. I go I get all my stuff in the car. And [snorts] I like go to He's not letting me leave. I said, "You guys need I told him, need to find your own way home. And um I was like I'm not I'm not taking you home. You're cheating on me with your ex-girlfriend. Okay, where do you live? Home? Lakeland. Lakeland, Florida. >> Okay, so you're visiting your mom? >> This is his mom. >> His mom, okay. >> This is his mom. >> I got you. >> And um he he just won't let me leave. He won't let me leave. He's he's rough he's jolting he's throwing me around. He won't let me leave. >> Okay. >> That's all. And they're just not letting me leave. And I really would like to go home. >> Okay, yeah, but listen, we're here here to help. We'll figure it out, okay? >> Thank you. >> Be brave. >> Thank you. I'm sorry. This just happened a second ago. >> Mom, boyfriend, and another child inside. Okay. >> Um let's go. >> I I really I really just need to go home. I don't want to be near him. >> Okay, let's stay in the shade cuz it's really really hot. I tried the best I could. >> He kicked me in my diaphragm. He like kicked me right here in my chest. >> Can I see? >> He kicked me. Look at my knees. >> Okay. >> I was on the ground and he like kicked me. >> Okay. That stops here, okay? We're not going to let you get hurt anymore. [laughter] 100%. >> And I for a second I literally could not breathe. I I literally couldn't breathe. >> like you need an ambulance? You can have somebody to >> No, I don't want an ambulance cuz I I don't need all of that, but I just need to calm down. >> Okay, okay. Do you want to have a seat in my car? So I can get some icy on you and get you a shirt or something. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Let's let's start um with some basic information. How old are you? >> 29. >> Okay. All right, Kayla. Um so that's your boyfriend in there, the young guy. How long have you been together? >> [snorts] >> 9 months. >> 9 months. Do you live together? >> No. >> Okay, but you are in a romantic relationship? >> Yes. >> Throughout the entire 9 months? >> Yes. >> And you came here together? >> Yes. >> Visit his mom. >> Correct. >> And who's the kid? >> His son. >> That's your boyfriend's son? >> Yes. >> But not yours together? >> Not mine. >> You don't You guys don't have any children? >> No, no. No, no. I woke up this morning to a text from to a screenshot from his from his other baby mom, his his ex. >> Okay. How did he How did he get What kind of screenshot? How did he get it? >> I'll show it to you. >> Yeah. Somebody sent it to you? >> She sent it to me herself. >> She sent to you the screenshot? >> She sent me the screenshot text from a month ago, "Enjoy your little family vacation." Cuz she knows that we're here. >> Okay. What is the Hold on one second. >> Can you go inside? There are three people in there. I'm talking to uh most likely the victim of the domestic >> Um sent She says, "Enjoy this text." >> Mhm. >> It's not going away. >> What's her name? >> Her name is Elizabeth. >> Oh, yeah. That that lady over there. And she's like home >> She's in Lakeland. She's back in Lakeland. >> Okay. >> She sent me this text and says, "Text from a month ago. Enjoy your little family vacation." >> Okay. What does it say? I don't I don't need to read it. Just like kind of tell me >> you. I'll read it to you. >> Okay. Do you have any advice for me here? >> I honestly can't It's all It's okay. It's better than it is out there. >> Turn it up a little bit more. >> Play Play it with me like I'm stupid. I really do know blah blah blah. But yeah, other than that, I know I need to move on to saying because she told him that he needs to move on with his life. >> Okay. >> He said, "I know I need to move on, too, but there's definitely times where I miss having a family and stuff." And then sent And then she had sent him these lingerie photos. >> Okay. >> And said, "And I definitely miss this. LMAO." And sending after sending her these photos, I sent him the screenshot and I said, "You need to find your own way home." >> This was This was >> This morning. This is today. >> Okay. What time What time was it when you >> at 1:15 p.m. >> 1:15 p.m. >> This is just today. >> Okay. So, you guys were all home at that point? >> were all home. We were Everything was here. I quietly got up and started packing my things. >> Okay. >> And put to and started putting them in the car. >> Okay. >> like, "What are you doing?" Even though we are leaving today. Um but we were going to go to an aquarium or something like that before we left. >> And um he's like, "What are you doing?" And I was like, "You need to find your own way home." And he's like, "What do you mean?" And I was like, "You're cheating on me." And he's like, "No, I'm not." And I was And I was like, "Check your phone." And I sent him a screenshot. And he's like, "You know she is manipulating you." And I got in my car and he wouldn't let me leave. >> He ripped you out of the Is Is that your car? >> sitting in my car. He grabbed me by the scruff of my hair and pulled me down to the ground and wouldn't let me leave. >> So, after he grabbed you by your hair, pulled you out of the car, and you fell on the ground? >> No, we like We like just tussled around. Yeah, we like tussled around for a while. He grabbed my phone. He's like, "Get your ass back inside." We go back inside. His Now his mom's getting involved. >> So, mom heard the commotion. She came out? Or she was there from the beginning? >> She heard the commotion and came out. She wasn't there for the from the very beginning. >> So, what >> I started screaming in hopes that she would come out and hear me. >> Okay. >> And >> What What were her actions? Like, was she trying to like >> Like she's trying to tell him to let me leave. "Lucas, stop. Let her leave. Let her leave." And he's like, "No, she's not going anywhere. You're not leaving. You're not going anywhere." And then she's like, "I don't want to have to call the cops. Don't make me have to call the cops. Just let her leave." I don't know if she was the one that called or if it was a neighbor that called. But I know that she was like wanting to call the cops. And I was like I was telling her, "Call the cops. Call the cops. Let Why not? Why feel like I'm being held hostage at this point? Let me leave. I don't have to I I'm telling you I don't want to be here. You need to let me leave." And he's not He's like not wanting to let me leave. >> Okay. Let me see your knees. That was uh when did that happen? >> Out here. Out in the driveway. >> When you said he were going >> Like when he like yanked me out of the car. >> Let's see your head. Window. >> Is there anything there? >> I don't see anything, which you know, it's a good thing. And then let me see your belly again. You said that he kicked you in the chest? >> Yeah, he he he >> Has anything like this happened before? It did? >> I don't really want him to go to jail. I just want to leave. >> I understand. >> I know he could go to jail. I know that he could go to jail. And I don't want him to go to jail. I just don't want to be around him. But his mom told him that she would drive him home. >> Okay. >> She's like, "I will take you home. I'm not going to have any problem taking you home." Cuz I said, "I'm not driving you in my view. >> You need to figure out a way home the way you figure out everything else. >> He doesn't have a car or a license. >> Okay. So he was just physical with you, you weren't physical with him? >> No. No, I fight back I will fight back. I try to fight back sometimes, but no. >> Not today though? >> No. >> Does he get physical with you often? >> He gets He overpowers me and it's scary. It's hard I get scared to even be physical back cuz he he overpowers me. But no, he pulled me out of the car. He did kick me in my stomach at one point on the ground. He kicked me in my stomach. >> Okay. >> And then the mom came and our mom his mom came and like pulled him off of him and she's like, "Let her go. Let her go." And he's like, "No, she's not going anywhere. I'm not letting her go anywhere." And I would told and I told the mom I said, "Please call the cops. Please call the cops. I feel like I'm being held hostage." I don't know if she's the one that actually called her if it was a neighbor or something because I was screaming. >> Somebody else did. >> I was screaming. I really just want to go home. I really want to go home. My cat I have a cat at my house that his dad was supposed to feed while we were gone. We've been gone for 2 days and his dad has not been by. >> Okay. >> And so I'm really stressed about that. >> Well, you're going through a lot, obviously. Um >> That's a lot of reason why I wanted to go home today, too. No one's My cat hasn't been fed in 2 days. >> Just hang tight. Stay out of the sun. I think you'll be okay. All right? >> Thank you. >> Yeah, no problem. >> Just so um I understand this better. I also spoke with Lucas as well about what happened with him. What does he say? So, he didn't say anything about dragging you out of the car or you falling to the ground. He said that you guys tussled over his phone inside in the living room. >> Over his phone? >> Yeah. That you told him that you told him to look at the phone and then he went inside because his phone was inside. And uh then at that point uh you started >> phone was in his hand. I said, "Look at your phone." >> Well, he told me that when you were packing up the bags and you were going to the car, um basically you were screaming here and he was trying to calm you down because of the neighbors and all that and then uh you told you kept telling him, "Look at your phone. Look at your phone." >> to quietly pack my bags and quietly get them to the car. I was being quiet about it. I was actually not even going to say anything at all until I pulled out of the driveway and then I was going to and then so I his I my phone was in my hand and I said, "Look at I told him, "Look at your phone." I wasn't even going to send him I sent him the same screenshot that she sent me. >> Yeah. >> But it wasn't until after I he's like, "What's going on? What are you doing?" And then I was like, I got out my phone. I said, "Check your phone." >> Mhm. >> I said I I immediately then >> And this was still while you guys were here outside? >> Yes, this is while I'm packing my stuff into the car. >> And he had his phone in his hand? >> His phone was in his hand. >> Okay, cuz he told me it was uh on the couch and he went back to see what you're talking about and that's when you followed him back in and you basically started to >> No, I got in my driver's seat of my car. He grabbed me by my hair. >> Pulled me out of the driver's seat. >> Mhm. >> Said you're not going anywhere. >> Okay. Did you see any neighbors out there? See Look at the >> I have No, not But again, I wasn't looking. Again, I wasn't I wasn't paying attention around me. I was just kind of in that moment of right there. >> Yeah. >> So, um I There could have been, but we didn't really get loud outside until he pulled me out of the car. The front door was wide open. So, I started screaming out for the mom to hear me in hopes that the mom would hear me and come out and stop it. So, that's whenever I started getting loud. It wasn't until after he pulled me out of the car and I wanted the mom to hear. I wanted the mom to come out. >> Okay. >> I don't know. >> Was anybody drinking today? >> No. >> Nobody? >> We like all just got up. >> Okay. >> Like an hour ago. >> What about the mom? >> I doubt that she's drinking, but I do I have always thought things of the mom. I don't know her that well. >> Okay. >> I don't know her that well. >> I was just I was just worried. >> But I I I know what you're asking me. I know what you're asking me and I I don't I do not have my finger on it. I've never been able to put my finger on it, but I know exactly what you're asking. >> Okay. >> Um but I don't know what she does. >> Okay. >> This all just happened like within the last hour. I'm telling you it's just all brand This all just happened in the last hour. I don't I don't know. She has been She has been trying to be supportive to me say telling Lucas to let me leave, uh telling offering to take Lucas home. She's She's been She's been supportive to for me about it. She hasn't been mean or anything about it. >> Yeah. Okay. So, in the state of Florida, the state decides and makes a determination when someone does or does not need to go to jail, okay? >> Okay. >> When it comes to domestic violence, there is a zero tolerance policy, okay? >> Right. >> So, you both have injuries consistent with your claim, okay? Therefore, we can't prove who is the primary aggressor and who is not. So, because of that, you will both be placed under arrest. So, I need you to step out of the car and turn around and put your hands behind your back. >> Oh my god. Okay. >> Okay. >> For how long? For how long? >> Just as long as it takes them to release you, okay? You have to see the judge. >> Oh my god. Oh my god. >> Does this ever happen before? >> No. >> Okay. >> They did have um altercations before, but never with the police involved. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Love, have a seat. >> Oh my god. >> [laughter] >> Oh my god. Oh my god. >> No. >> Oh my god. >> You're going to have to see the judge in the morning. >> I have to I have to go to work. What do I do? I'm supposed to have work in the morning. Oh my god. Oh my god. I'm going to jail. >> Okay, you're good. Hold on a second. You're being booked. >> [snorts] >> Do I have to stay the night? >> Tonight you do. >> you might have to spend the night. >> Yeah. >> But, you'll bond out tomorrow. Just stay. >> Okay. >> Both the man and woman were charged with battery. As of the time of this video, their cases are still pending in court.

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