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On February 19th, 2025, officers responded to a bank after receiving a report of a woman attempting to cash a fraudulent $7,000 check using a fake identification. >> Hi, ma'am. Ma'am. No. Hi, ma'am, with the blonde hair. If you don't stop, I'm going to detain you in in this bank, okay? So, come back this way. All Thank you. Do you have your driver's license on you? Okay. Go to the front door. I've got another person coming to talk with y'all. I'll be outside, okay? I'm assuming you've got her ID and documents and all that. All right, thank you. All right, what's your name? What's that? All right, come here. Have a seat right here. Yes, ma'am. Okay, so you're being detained, okay? Have a seat for me. Yeah, sure. All right, what's your first name? Spell it. L I N A What's your middle initial? What's your last name? C A B R E R A S Pronounce that. Okay, why'd you try and walk out of the bank when I walked in? Okay. All right, what's your date of birth? 12 16 What is it? 87? Okay, do you have any weapons on you? No? Okay. Do you know why you're being detained right now? No? Okay. I'm I'm to go ahead and tell you that it's something to do with fraud. >> Okay. >> Trying to cash a check that's no good. Okay, well, I'm just telling you what I've been told by the bank. >> Okay. >> And this is the second bank you've tried to do it at, right? Today? >> No. >> Okay. All right. All right. Come on. Stand up and let's go to my car, please. >> Okay. >> Are you on probation? >> No. >> Ever been arrested in Panama City? >> No. >> Okay. All right, you can just follow the sidewalk. >> I don't know what he did wrong. I'm just following his orders. >> Well, like I like I said, you're being detained. All right, you're not free to leave. While I'm conducting the investigation, my partner's on the way over here to help me. Uh But the bank called on you, so And they they said that you're possibly committing a crime. Go ahead and search your purse right here for me. Do you have any weapons on you or anything like that? >> No. >> Any anything illegal, narcotics? >> No. >> No? Okay. Go ahead and throw your cigarette out for me. Place your cell phone right here. And then have a seat for me. All right, do you mind if she pats you down for weapons? No? Okay, thank you. Do you mind if she searches your pockets? >> Yeah, I don't have anything. >> Okay, I I Do you mind? >> Well, there's no reason I can't, but the whole time >> Okay. All right, thank you. All right, turn and face my car, please. All right, Miss Lena, come have a seat. All right. How are you doing, Miss Mandy? >> Hi. >> Hi. I'm going to apologize for causing that scene. Okay, well, tell me what the heck is going on today. >> So, she went to Lynn Haven first, and she pretended to be a whole 'nother person. >> Okay. >> Uh she presented She presented a Mississippi ID for Shannon Hawkins. On another visit. >> Okay, stand by. So, she went to the Lynn Haven bank. >> Mhm. Cuz that's how we knew to look out for it cuz they had already sent us an email. >> Okay. >> When she came here, she pretended to be Miss Lena, which we've already spoken to who doesn't speak very good English and said no, ma'am, I'm in Mississippi. This is not me. >> Okay, so these are names of people Okay, so she's stealing identities. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> So, she's targeting businesses somehow or another. So, the ID she gave us is the Lena and look, if >> So, the Shannon Cabral was Lynn Haven? >> Yes. >> Lena Cabral? >> Was here. >> Okay, that's the name that she just She just That's the name she just gave me. >> Shannon. And she forgot the R there. That's how we knew it wasn't her cuz she didn't spell either one of these two right. So, then when Cindy asked her to redo it, then she looked at it and and tried to fix it. >> Okay. So, Miss Lena is an actual >> Yes. >> account name here. So, this is a fake driver's license I'm assuming. >> Yes. >> Okay. All right, is this hers? >> Yes, that's what she presented us as her second form of ID. >> Has this been reported stolen? >> Lena didn't know yet. >> look authentic to you? >> For a Wells Fargo? I don't know what theirs look like, but I'd say yes. It's got the chip in it. >> All right. Okay, and then these are the two checks? >> Mhm. >> And these were both from the Panama City? >> These were >> These were the ones that she just filled out here? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> So, she should have a passport and another driver's license, Mississippi driver's license on her that belongs to different names. >> Right, and which she used in Lynn Haven? >> Yes. >> Okay, and that was the Shannon name, correct? All right, do you mind if I hold on to these? >> Go ahead. >> Thank you. If I I'll I'll I'll come back in here in just a little bit and get some more information, but I'm going to go interview her so I can put her in handcuffs. All right, step out of the car. Turn your face away from me. Place your hands behind your back. Okay, so right now, right off the bat, you're under arrest for providing a false name to a law enforcement officer, okay? Right off the bat. So, that was your first mistake. So, you are under arrest. It's a felony, and you're going to jail today. Secondly, I would like to Mirandize you and ask you some questions about things you've been doing today. Okay? After you You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him or her present with you while you're being questioned. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning. If you wish, you can decide at any time to exercise these rights, not answer any questions, or make any statements. Do you understand your rights as I've explained them to you? Having those rights in mind, are you willing to answer my questions now? No? Okay, so I'm going to explain something to you. I've been in contact with the banks, all right? I just talked to the branch manager down here. I know what you've done today, all right? At both bank locations, okay? So, you We can either have a conversation about it and find out what really happened, or I'm just going to charge you with what I think happened and send you to prison. And it's totally up to you, okay? I don't know where you're from. I don't know who you are, but the things that you're doing down here are not going to fly in Panama City, and I will send you to prison. Do you Do you understand what I'm saying? Do you care to give me your real name? If you don't, that's fine. I'll take you to the jail and we'll fingerprint you, and I'll add another charge to it and find out anyways. So, you can keep playing the stubborn I'm tough game, but, you know, cops have been around for hundreds and hundreds of years. There's ways to deal with this and get around it. Okay? So, are you going to tell me your real name? >> It's Nathan and Jones. >> Okay. Do you wish to talk to me at all about what's going on? >> No. >> No? Is there a reason? >> I want a lawyer. >> You want a lawyer? You're You're more than welcome to have a lawyer. >> Is she still out in Mississippi? >> Where are you from? New York? That's where your driver's license is from? Where do you live? >> New York. >> In New York? What you doing in Panama City? Who are you staying with? Where she stay at? >> Around here. >> Around here? Okay. Did you drive? >> No. >> You walked? >> Yeah. >> How did you get from Lynn Haven to here? >> A lift. >> Huh? >> A lift. >> What was that? >> A lift. >> A lift? Okay. Okay. Well, you know What What What was your name? Samantha? Samantha, look, I'm not trying to be a hard-ass. All right. I don't like being lied to. It's one of my pet peeves, so I'm sorry if I came off a little hot, okay? But you understand we have to take this at face value if you don't want to talk to us. You know what I'm saying? Have you ever been arrested before? Well, what are you doing, girl? Is there anything illegal in your purse? Okay. If there was, what would it be? No needles or anything, right? >> Um no, I'm prescribed Xanax, but I didn't bring my bottle, so I'm not >> I don't care about pills. I just don't want to get stuck with a needle when I go digging through it. Okay. All right. >> I'm prescribed Xanax, and I don't always bring my bottle with me, so there might be Xanax in there, but I'm not sure. >> Okay. All right. Well, it's your last chance. You don't want to say anything, you don't want to talk, you don't want to have a conversation about what happened? >> Well, we started taking money out and then we did it. >> Okay. Well, listen, I don't want to have the conversation unless you want to. I don't want you to make any spontaneous statements or do anything. I just want to have a conversation about it, all right? If If you don't want to, that's fine. If you do want to, that's fine. I'm just saying it could potentially help you. Okay, it's not going to change the fact you lied about your name, right? You're all you already dug the hole. >> Yeah, so I gave you the wrong name. >> Right, well if you think that's all you did it would behoove you to have a conversation about it. Right? You can have a lawyer, you can. But I'm not going to sit here and badger you into it, you know? >> I'm sorry, I didn't mean to walk in. >> It's okay, you didn't hurt my feelings. I I just want to know do you want to talk or not? >> About what? >> About the things that happened at the banks today. >> Okay. >> Ma'am? >> I just gave you the wrong name, I'm sorry. >> Okay. >> I didn't write any checks or anything. >> Okay. I Like I said, you're you're you're starting to talk about it, but I need you to answer if you want to talk or not. >> I don't know. >> Miss Samantha. >> I just hooked you. >> Miss Samantha. Do you want me to read you your rights again? >> No. >> Do you understand your rights? >> Yeah. >> Having your rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me now? >> No. >> Ma'am? No? Okay. >> Either way you're arresting me. >> So just to verify we've got an attempted withdrawal of $7,000 at this Panama City bank, >> Yes. >> Do you have any information on the Lynn Haven bank cuz I've called Lynn Haven to see if we have a charge that can be made cuz I'm assuming that they're they're going to want to prosecute charges as well, you know? >> Yes. I have the police officer here with me. Um what are we asking him? >> Did she try to withdraw a check in Lynn Haven? >> to cash a business check over there. >> Okay, so like just like one of the ones she had here? >> No, it was that other business I gave you. >> Right. Right, but it was the same format, right? She came in with a check pre-filled and tried to cash it. >> in with a pre-filled check over there, Ally, or did she ask for a counter check? So, that check was drawn off of Bank of America, made to the business that I gave you that oh, whatever, on George Street. So, it was already a check off of Bank of America she presented to them. >> What amount? What amount? >> What amount was it, Ally? 7,000 even. >> Okay. >> Hours we presented her with those counter checks to fill out. >> Okay, and and in Lynnhaven she brought a check in? >> in one from Bank of America. >> Do they still have the check over there? >> She left with it, right? She left with it. >> She left with the check. >> She never signed it, Ally said. >> And but she did she did provide a false ID over there? >> Yes, that was that Stockwell, right? >> The Sharon Shannon >> yeah. >> Shannon Cockrell. >> Mhm. She couldn't verify the phone number on the account, and then when they told her that they could only deposit the check, she refused and said she'd go to another bank. And that's when she came here and just tried to open another account. >> Did you write all the Did you Did you write the checks yourself? >> Yeah, I I have them in my car, yeah. We We'll take care of it. This is what I'm saying though. The teller in here said that she was looking at this while she was filling out the check, so I know it's got information like her identity theft stuff. So, this is evidence. I wouldn't let her touch it again. I wouldn't get a number out of it or anything like that. So, I mean, she tried to steal seven grand. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that, the pills, and those checks are evidence. What was that? >> I was talking to my daughter the whole time. >> Not anymore. >> Some card. >> Sorry. I'm sorry. You tried to steal seven grand from an innocent person, so I don't care. >> She was charged with fraudulent use of personal identification and uttering a forged instrument. Share your thoughts in the comments below and don't forget to like and subscribe.

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