Part of the deal >> next to dad. >> I gave him some stickers, man. He look a little upset, >> but we we talked and he's all right. >> Yeah. >> I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, bro. I'm sorry. >> Going to be all right, buddy. I'm on. >> Yeah, I told him all of that. Donna be all right, dude. Going to be all right. She got [music] a sto [music] >> state boys body cam footage from the Louisiana state police and law enforcement agencies across the state of Louisiana. [music] On this episode of State Boys, around 3:00 a.m., a trooper with the Louisiana State Police, Troop I was patrolling Interstate 10 in Lafayette Parish. He noticed a Mishabishi Outlander commit a traffic violation and would conduct a traffic stop and tell the driver the reason for the stop. What were the troopers found? Hey, how you doing? Can you shut your door for me? I don't want to get taken off. Trooper Taro, Louisiana State Police. The reason why I stopped you, man. Just come step this way for me. That way we're not getting sideswiped. Look in the left lane. You have to keep right except the pass. All right. Not a big deal, not a huge deal, but they do have signs throughout I 10 that says keep right except the pass. Um the uh the car. Your car. >> My mom. >> Your mom's. And then who you who you riding with tonight, bro? >> My son and my cousin. >> Gotcha. You got um your license on you or is it in the car? >> In the car. >> All right. Um any firearms in the car? No. Straight. You uh you work anywhere? >> I cut grass. >> Cut grass. You got your own business or you cut for somebody? >> Come on, dude. >> All right. Um so you said you >> My son. Okay. All right. Where y'all coming from tonight, man? >> Uh, picking my son up. >> Where you stayed at? >> Austin, Texas. >> Damn. So, y had a little hump. >> Yeah. >> Where y'all going back to? >> Uh, bad news. >> Okay. All right. Um, y'all been out there for a little while or y'all been out? Y'all just >> Uh, we he we went like 9:00 this morning. >> I got you. I got you. All right. Uh, so nobody that owns a car is in the car? No. >> I'm going to go get the paperwork and stuff like that. You have your uh ID on you or is it in there? I can get it. Yeah, that's good. Let's get that. >> After telling the driver the reason for the stop, the traffic stop will take a turn after the driver is asked to get his license. My name Rico Williams. >> That's good. I can write it down to you. [snorts] Appreciate it. You want to set your uh wallet back right there. Want to walk back to my car? Sleep in my back seat. Oh yeah. How old is he? Six. Gotcha. What? Smells like weed in the car. Y'all smoke going over there or something? Early. >> Okay. I'm not I'm not into simple possession stuff like that or nothing like that. Um all y'all picked up over there was him. Uh who's the how old's the front seat? Your cousin? Uh, we the same age. Uh, 86. Okay. Fine. All right. That That'll work. Um, have you ever been arrested before for anything? >> Last time I was arrested. >> Long time. >> But he took care of everything. >> Yeah. Yeah. I don't got no warrants. >> Okay. All right. >> All right. >> The trooper then goes and talks to the passenger to see if their stories matched. >> Let me go highlight him real quick and then I'll I'll be back with you in a second. Nothing in your pockets or nothing. No, >> you straight. Just chill right there. >> Can you roll? You can roll it down. Yeah, that's good. Is it closed? Yeah. Can you give me the paperwork out of the glove box, brother? Y'all cousins? Gotcha. What you do for a living, bro? >> Like houses and stuff? >> Ah, I got you. >> Little man back there just laying on the seat. Oh, truck loud. Um, I'll tell you what, that's good. You got your ID on you? Did you bring one? Oh, yeah. That might be >> all right. Cool. What brings y'all out this way today, Mr. Banks? >> Gotcha. What brings y'all out this way today? I can't I can't hear you. Where where's that at? >> Yeah. All right. Did y'all uh y'all all three went over there together? You, you, him, and the and little man in the back. Yeah. Okay. Why y'all brought little man so late? Oh, y'all went earlier today. What time when y'all been there for a couple days or what's the deal with that? >> A day like did y'all sleep there in the last night or so? Y'all slept there last night and y'all y'all did y'all thing today? Had all day over there and y'all coming back tonight? Gotcha. I got you. All right. All right. Um, now who is who's the the kid in the back seat for? That's his son. Okay. Do you know the kid's name? What's the kid's name? No, the kid. Oh, okay. Okay. And that's your cousin. Okay. All right. >> The person you have dialed is not receive calls at this time. >> We want to make sure that you know child and stuff like that. You know what I'm saying? If y'all know the kid, you know what I'm saying? I'm just looking out for his best interest. I appreciate it though. Thank you. >> The trooper then confronts the driver about the conflicting stories. All right. Uh, what I'm I'm Let me ask you this. This your mom's car. Okay. Do they have any little bit of weed in the car or anything like that? >> To be honest with you, I don't know. I think we smoke. >> Okay. All right. I'm not worried about it. I'm about to get off at 4:00, which I'm almost at that point right now. Okay. Y'all almost in Baton Rouge. So that's okie dokie. >> He's kind of telling me a little different story. Okay. So, >> well, he's saying that y'all went there together to go to a cousin's house or something. >> So, my question to you is you driving the car. Are you responsible for everything inside the car today? >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> Are y'all bringing anything back that you're not supposed to bring back? Nothing at all? >> No. >> Okay. All right. >> Just me, me, me, my son, my kids. >> All right. Did y'all go pick your son up over there? >> Yeah, we did. >> From from who? >> My cousin. >> Okay. Do you uh And that's in Houston, right? >> Yeah. Okay. All right. I'mma uh he's going to fat you down real quick. I'm going to pull him out, pat him down. The kid can stay in the car. I'm going check through everything cuz y'all it smell smells like very strong odor or weed. All right. >> Uh and then we'll be on your way. All right. You mind stepping out, brother? I'm just going to patch you down. Make sure you ain't got no weapons on you. >> How much uh how much money you have on you? >> Like $800 on >> Okay. All right. Just keep it in your pocket. Do you have any more money in here? >> Not five. I got 12. >> Okay. All right. Do you have anything that you're responsible for in here? >> 12. >> Yeah. I got my >> You got all my stuff in a It's in a bag. >> Is it in a bag? >> Um, yeah. I got like my hat like you know like my purse and stuff, my water and stuff. >> The thing that why I'm pulling you out, okay, is because I can smell the weed and I don't care about no simple possession. So, I don't want you to do anything funny and get caught up in some silliness. Uh, like I tell told him, I get off at 4:00. So, I'm not here to hem y'all up and and write y'all some tickets for a little bit of simple possession of weed. Okay? So, if you you you've been cool with me, he's been cool with me. Y'all not going in cuffs or nothing. Y'all just going to go over there. The kid can stay in the corn, sleep, or whatever he wants to do. I'm going to look through it real quick. Is there anything else that I'mma find in here? A little bit of weed. >> Yeah. I mean, you find >> I said you not going to find no weed up here. >> Y'all took Y'all smoked it all. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. That's the same thing he said. All right. Just do me a favor. Let's go stand over there by him. Turn around. Put your hands behind your back. You're under arrest. Appreciate your cooperation. Uh, I don't know about that. Marina, can you >> The trooper would then talk to both men to try and see what exactly was found. >> Hang up the phone for him. Just tell him that we'll we'll get let you call him back, brother. Right now, we just got to handle some business. Okay. Can y'all face me? Have the right to terminate this interview at any time. You understand these rights, sir? You understand these rights? All right. Can y'all tell me what's in that bag in the in the in the back seat? Is it meth? How much meth? I >> I know it. I You know what I'm saying? I just I just want you to tell me. >> I really don't even know how much. >> Okay. And then you also have money. Who's the money for in the bag? >> It's your money. Okay. Do you know how much is in there? All right. 68 region 2. >> Hi 68. >> Two 1015s notified boi. Looks like it's going to be about a kilo of uh methamphetamine. They also have a six-year-old in the vehicle. >> 68 times 422. That's about a kilo. You think? >> No. >> I ask you a question. >> What's up? How far you think we are from that room? >> About an hour. >> Did I get my wife on the phone to come get my son? >> Oh, yeah. We're going to make sure the kid gets taken care of. What? What is this? >> That's She You can just talk to She going to stop calling. Damn. You got some cracks, some cocaine. Huh? >> 68. Region 268. >> It's going to be an assortment. Then I have ecstasy meth and couple ounces of cocaine crack. How much money you have right here, sir? >> 39 3900. >> No. How much? >> About 3,900. >> 3,900. Okay. >> Is that uh payment money for for you bringing that to where it needs to go? >> Okay. >> I could go We're going to Okay. Um, >> I just want >> That's your son? Okay. >> He's going to ride with me. We're going to put him and the kid in the back of your car. That way dad and son could be together. That's That's straight. >> Can you just answer the phone? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. Who's this money? >> That's my wife. >> Okay. >> Yeah, that's my >> Hello, Trooper Tero. Hey, this is Chris Tero with State Police. Hey. All right. So, uh, we found a good bit of narcotics in the vehicle. Uh, we're going to take care of your son. Um, if you could be >> on your way to, uh, Broidge, Louisiana. Um, >> and we'll get you give you the, uh, custody of your son. Pick your pants up for you. >> What's that? I don't know nothing about none of nothing about that. >> All right. So, what's going to happen from here? We're going to take this to Broidge, Louisiana. Okay. Where we're going to be met with our narcotics guys. Uh they're going to separate take care of the evidence and then talk to y'all individually to where figure out what's y'all's story. Okay. >> Yeah, I'm they task force with DEA, the Drug Enforcement Administration. So they'll be able to explain more, but that's we're waiting on the recorder now. I'm going to get the kid to him. I'm going head off to over there once the record gets here and loads up the car. Okay. So just I'm going to have you sit tight for me in the back of my car. After arresting both men, the trooper then wakes up the driver's son in the back seat and things will get emotional. >> Hey buddy. Buddy, how you doing buddy? Can you sit up for me? I'm going let I'mma let you go sit with daddy. Okay. Guitar. Look. Well, so let me just explain to you real quick where we at, man. Daddy kind of made a boo boo. All right. And we're going to take him to uh we're going to take we're going to let you ride with dad. Okay. Dad's in the backseat of the one of the cruisers. Okay. We're going to let you ride with dad. Uh I already talked to mom. Mom's coming from home to come pick pick you up. Okay. But I promise you, man, we're going to take great care of you. Okay. Give you my word. My name's Chris. So if you need anything, you just let me know, okay? I appreciate you. You want to come sit with dad now? We don't want to scare you, buddy. We here to help. Okay. We want to make sure that uh that you safe. All right. Did you uh did you travel with dad from home to to to Texas or Yeah. Why'd he bring you? I mean, that's a long trip, man. You look tired, huh? All right. You want to go sit with dad? All right. Can you come out on this side, buddy? That way it's too much traffic on the other side. >> I didn't put the door in the car, brother. You be mad at me. >> Have a seat. >> Next to dad. >> Mad. >> I gave him some stickers, man. He look a little upset, >> but we we talked and he's all right. >> Come by. >> Yeah. >> Come. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, bro. I'm sorry. All right. >> Going to be all right, buddy. >> All right. All right. >> Yeah, I told him all of that. Dash, you going to be all right, dude. You're going to be all right. God, come on, man. The troopers will find various illegal narcotics including crystal meth, ecstasy, cocaine, hydrocodone, and a significant amount of cash. Both men were charged with a controlled dangerous substance in the presence of a minor, two counts of possession with the intent to distribute a schedule [music] 2, possession with the intent of a schedule one, possession of a schedule two, and monies derived from drug transactions. Their charges [music] were later dismissed. I'll put it up front. [music] [music] >> [music] >> I'm sorry.