Anybody inside the vehicle, make yourself known. >> Man, I've always talked about writing a book before I retire. Here's a chapter for you. >> She's somewhere in these trees. >> You good? >> Scary. >> Could you imagine if this would have been unlocked? >> On July 1st, 2025, a 27year-old woman stole a police transport van while in custody of these officers. This all took place where these men are standing. A fenced in parking lot in Ellensburg, Washington that police nicknamed the bullpen. Because of its central location, officers from different counties use the bullpen to exchange prisoners who have warrants in other parts of the state. It was during a prisoner exchange when the 27-year-old female snuck into the driver's seat of the King County Jail van and miraculously escaped, driving 6 miles before ditching the car. But what she didn't realize was that another inmate was trapped in the back seat. And as soon as she let him out, he found a phone and dialed 911. >> Hey, I'm with this crazy [ __ ] that just took the [ __ ] uh shuttle. >> Do you know where you guys are at right now? >> Uh we're in the middle of a field somewhere. >> I'm going to walk towards the road. >> Still in the vehicle. >> She's still in the vehicle. I made her let me out. >> And she's still in the car. Do you know if she's going to plan to drive away still, >> man? She was trying to get me to go with her. She's got cash in her hand. She said she was trying to go back to Yakama. I thought she was going to kill me. >> All right. I've got your location here. We're letting our deputies know. >> I appreciate it. >> This is not how I wanted my day to go. >> Tell this officer to take his right right now. right now. >> Take a right right now. Whichever officer's by him. >> Yep. I see him right now. >> Whichever officer is closest to him, take a right. [Music] >> Also, female is lying down in the field. >> She's in the field over there. >> Okay. I want you to stay right here. >> Where? >> Closer to the trees. Yeah, >> she should be right in that area to her left. >> Take 54. RP is now advising those females in the area to the left of your location. >> I'm going to make contact with the male. See if I can see her from his point. >> 54 making contact with the male. >> The deputy's coming back to your location. Yeah, I see her. She's right here. >> Where is she? >> She's off the left. Okay. Do you think she'll be in the in the water? >> No. If you like right through this >> here, come here. Right where through that. >> Like directly that right there. I've seen her lay down. She's laying down. >> She's somewhere in this tree line. >> Not even in the tree line. She's in the field laying down. The male's advising she is going to be laying down in the tree line next to the canal. >> 54 advising female. >> She's in here, but she may have burglarized this house. She came out with a bunch of cash. I'm going to make contact at this house. She's laying down somewhere in these trees. So, if we could get the drone, but I want to make sure we don't have anything going on at this house at the moment. >> Okay, Rebecca, it's the sheriff's office. You're under arrest. Come out with your hands up. We're going to send the dog. >> You see her? >> 46. >> 46. Emergency trap. >> He's walking towards me. 46 kick. We're out with the subject right now in the driveway. >> Okay, keep your hands up for me. Yeah. >> What's your location? >> We're at the 1622 Nan address with the female. She's in handcuffs. When you approach Nan and Game Farm, it's the very first right. Okay. Come on. >> He's up right here so we can do a search real quick. You face the car there for me. >> Sit down, please. >> Okay, let's move to the front. You can sit on the push bar. Sit down. 1:30 in for the next available unit. If they can go ahead and detain the male, he's near the residence. What's going on, bud? Scary day, huh? I'm Greg. Just you know, we're being afforded. Okay. All right. I'm going to take you. Thank you. You probably be happy. Just come on over here. Please get an ambulance. >> You want an ambulance? >> Yes. >> Okay. What's What's hurting right now? >> Okay. Did you injure it or is this pre-existing thing? >> I've had and it needs to be taken care of. You know, >> the 27year-old female is requesting aid for a side ulcer and body pain. >> Whose phone is this? >> This is one of the officers that was driving. Thank you for that. >> Thank you for all your help, man. I really appreciate it. You good? >> I'll be out with 20. >> All right. >> Yeah, you're fine. >> Back to me, >> ma'am. Do you mind standing up and facing my vehicle? >> Do you have any contraband? Anything illegal on you? Anything like that? >> Okay. >> Please ambulance. >> Yep. We got an ambulance coming for you right now. This officer Rosson just just requested one for you. Okay. All right. Our ambulance are out for you. >> Hey Rebecca, go ahead and come out. The medics are here. Hi, Rebecca. My name is Michael. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> So, tell us what uh what's your concern with you need EMS? >> Not not playing games. Okay. You just ran from the cops and you're feeling tired. I get it. >> They're going to get her medically cleared before she can go to jail anyway. So, you're going to go to the hospital either way. >> Does that sound good? >> It sounds great. >> So, we're just going to go back in the air conditioned truck and they're going to take you over to the hospital, get you medically cleared. Okay. >> All right. Do you mind if I check if there's anything in your shoes? >> There's nothing. >> Do you mind taking your shoe off so I can see? >> I can't. >> Okay, we'll do it in a little bit. Go ahead and put your legs in. Hello, I'm Deputy Hoffman in the sheriff's office. Just so you know, right now you have the right to remain silent. Any statement you make can be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney and have an attorney present with you during any questioning. Can't afford to hire an attorney will be appointed to represent you before qu any questioning. You have the right to terminate this interview at any time. You understand those rights, I told you? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Okay. And just know I have a camera going. I just want to get your side of the story. You understand? So >> I don't want to say nothing. >> You don't want to talk to me. No. Okay. Totally. Okay. So, what's going to happen today is you're going to go to jail today. You're going to get booked on escape in the first degree, theft of motor vehicle, attempted theft of motor vehicle times two, residential burglary, and theft probably second. You're going to be held in our jail pending those charges. Okay. >> That was the last we heard from Rebecca until her trial when she gave a lengthy statement about her troubled past. Meanwhile, the male inmate was more than willing to help officers make sense of the chaotic crime scene. >> So, obviously, so did you didn't want to go with her body? >> Hell no. Did she let you out after? >> Yeah, I made her let me out once she stopped. I was like, let me out. You can do whatever you want. >> Just let me out. >> You need a water or something? >> Yeah. >> Let me get you a water real quick. >> Cigarette, too, maybe. >> I wish I had one, man. >> No, I do want to get some just like kind of just want to walk from like start to finish, I guess, more along those >> Yeah. How it all went down. >> Yeah. You can just go back. You can go back to even when you guys first started your transport or going talk to when you guys got here. >> Well, pretty much I'm sitting in the back of the transport waiting for everybody to get there. >> And then her transport arrives. They all come out. She's pacing, watching, looking. She didn't look. >> And then all of a sudden, she just hopped in the driver's seat. And then I yelled for one of the guys like, "Hey, she's jumping in the driver's seat." >> Yeah. And off we went. >> Ended up here. >> I don't even think she knew I was in there >> really >> until I was telling her like, "Come on, let me out. Let me out. Do whatever you want. Just let me the [ __ ] out." >> Yeah. >> She was trying to get me to go with her drive. I was like, "No, I don't want nothing to do with any of your crazy bullshit." >> Yeah. >> Like I'm I'm being transported on a child support warrant. >> I'm on a civil war. No, not criminal. I'm 37. >> I'm trying to get my [ __ ] taken care of. >> And where did she drop you off again? >> Right where the van's at. I made her let me out right there. >> Okay. >> And then you just started walking back this way. >> No, I stayed right there with the van and she went walking over to this house. >> Okay. >> And then she came back with a bunch of cash >> and asked me to drive her. I was like, "No, I don't want nothing to do with anything that you're doing." >> And then I heard heard the officer's phone ringing in the front. >> So she's like, "Come on, get in." We're like, "Okay, let me uh get this real quick." Like, "I ain't going over with you." And then I dialed 911. >> King Countyy's on their way. So, they might still be taking you. I've got uh your other guy, Matthew. >> He's scared shitless right now. He's been He's cool as hell, though. I got a nice statement from him, but >> he had nothing to do with it. >> No, he's drinking. I gave him water. He's like, "You got a cigarette?" I was like, "Dude, I wish I did. I'd give you one right now. Someone you might actually be excited to see." >> We're doing the right thing, man. But >> yeah, I probably once she left my site, she was probably gone for maybe 10 minutes if that. >> And then when she came back, she had that envelope. >> How much trouble you going to be in? >> Oh, not going to get tired. >> It's a little reprimand. >> We'll get reprimanded. >> I'm sorry. >> Sorry, sure. You're doing the right thing. Definitely a lot worse. What's your charge in Pierce County? >> I'm on a civil civil warrant for child support. >> That's it. [ __ ] >> Yep. She was like, "Where's your ball?" I was like, "Man, I got kids. I'm here on a civil warrant. On child support. I don't want nothing to do with whatever you got going on." Sparky Strikes. >> Of course you got lucky strikes. I used to drink heavy when I was younger and then you know once I had kids it wasn't too appealing hanging out and take care of kids and then my old lady left me and then went down the wrong path again caught a felony. >> Yeah. Unfortunately. >> Yep. >> I just want to let you know, man. I'm proud of you. >> Thank you. >> I'm proud of you. That's awesome. >> Hopefully the judge sees this and cuts me a little slack. >> Well, it'll be my report will be in there. We'll get it to you. >> Thank you. >> Real quick, you want to help me out with something? >> Yep. >> Just kind of give them a better direction where they're looking. >> So, I'm going to trust that you're not going to try to do anything crazy. >> Like, I already had the chance. >> So, yeah. Just >> crazy trick. >> And that this isn't even a criminal warrant. This is a freaking child support warrant. So, >> when we came, she stopped and I was like, "Let me out." She like, "I don't know how to just unlock the door and let me out." >> And then she let me out. And then like, "Oh, come on. You ain't got no balls. Let's [ __ ] do this." I'm like, "No, I don't want nothing to do with whatever you got going on." >> Hey, thank you very much for your help in this. I appreciate it. I appreciate you uh >> doing the right thing. >> Uh to commands and all that um and helping like >> No, your job's hard enough as it is. >> I got to tell you, man, I've always talked about writing a book before I retire. >> Yeah. >> I have to one of these. >> Here's a chapter for it. >> Yeah. Me and my friend Matthew. >> All right, man. My boss says we have to buy you any kind of combo mill you want. >> Oh yeah. >> Come on out, man. >> Hey, we appreciate everything. >> Yeah. Drive safe. All right, man. Matthew, good to see you, man. Hopefully when I see you next time, it's not for any bad reasons. >> More good reasons like this. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, just so you know, I am recording and you are the you live. >> Yeah. on recording. Do you give the Kitas County Sheriff's Office uh permission consent to search or not necessarily search but photograph your kitchen in a living room area since we believe that she took your Lamborghini keys, your Lexus keys, and some cash? >> You can go anywhere. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Uh that is good to know. So, we were just going to photograph it and then when you get home, I'll leave my business card and you can give me a list of everything that you think's missing. >> Okay. >> Have a detective with me right now. Can he ask you two questions? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Hey, I'm Deputy Hoffman. Um, just to confirm, you guys have a Lamborghini? >> We do. It's in the shop. >> It's in the shop. Do you mind if we hold on to the keys to go down to whatever shop it's Is it in town shop or is it way out of town shop? >> It's by the house. >> Oh, the shop by the house. It's right here. >> Can we go into that shop and and press the button so we can see it working? >> Yes, we can. >> Okay. And then do you have a Lexus as well? >> Yes, but I have >> Okay, perfect. And we'll make sure those keys go to that one when you get here. >> Okay. And the Lamborghini's there, right? >> Yes. As far as we know, she didn't take off in it. Thank god. >> Yeah, we'll confirm it. Even Okay. Right. Cool. >> Can you run this plate to put on the call? >> Yep. All right. Thank god that was locked. >> Only 115 horse motor, >> right? But could you imagine if uh this would have been unlocked? >> I don't think she would be able to find it. >> Why? >> Oh, never mind. It's all she could drive it. >> Everything. It cost more to get me in. >> And what happened today? So, um, right now I'm assigned to my detective in our criminal warrants unit for the King County Sheriff's Office. Um, and we have several different duties that we rotate doing. Um, my current duty in the rotation is uh being a part of the cooperative shuttle. So twice a week we um make a run with prisoners to eastern Washington at Kittitas County near the Ellensburg airport. >> Mhm. >> Um drop off people wanted east of the mountains. Then we pick up people who are wanted in King County and elsewhere um west of the mountains. Um, so we arrived in the transport van um maybe a little before 9:30 um this morning. Uh unloaded our prisoners that were wanted out of various other places. Um, and then we waited for Yakima County Sheriff's uh transport van to arrive cuz they had uh several people that we needed to take from them back to Western Washington. >> Okay. >> Um, so they arrived um a little bit later. Um, I I couldn't tell you exactly when. Um, when they arrived, they let all of their prisoners out and they had given me one of them. Um, and I had chained him up and he said he needed to use the bathroom. So, I gave him to my partner, Detective Kaufman, and he went to go use the bathroom. Then they gave me another one of their prisoners and I started chaining him him up. They had a couple more that I thought they were watching, but they hadn't transferred them to our custody yet. >> Um, t, you know, typically, you know, I could only be really watching one person at a time, focused on one thing. So, I was focused on picking a guy up. My other detective was watching the other guy that we had. Then there was a third guy that we had picked up from another uh jail inside of the transport van locked in the back. I I don't remember where we had picked him up from. I think it was uh Spokane. Okay. >> Earlier, >> but he was in the very back of the white transport van. Um and I guess to comment about the state of the transport van before I go any further. Um, typically with these transport vans, we have two sets of keys. Um, where if we're going to like if it's like the winter, really hot in the summer, we'll leave it running and we'll lock it. >> Oh, sure. Yeah. >> Um, so, you know, people can't have unauthorized access to it. Um, though it's never really been an issue in the past. Um, for today, for whatever reason, we could only find one of the sets of keys to the van. And when we tried to start the van, I don't think it's been used in a while. We had issues getting it to run as we were leaving King County this morning to where it was struggling to turn over. And we've finally able to get it to start. And it's currently our two other vehicles. We have three vehicles in our unit that we use to transport prisoners. and the other two are out of commission. So, this was our only one that we could take. >> Okay. >> So, when we got to the meeting place in Ellensburg, we made the decision to leave it running and unlocked because we didn't want to risk turning it off and then getting stranded over there. Um, these vehicles are all pretty old. So, um, and typically to mitigate any risks of theft, we're always watching the prisoners pretty closely. >> In this case, I assumed that, you know, the other ones that hadn't been transferred to us were being watched by their respective agencies as well. But >> so, nonetheless, back to where um I had left off. As I'm chaining up one of the male prisoners, I hear um the guy in the back, I believe his name is Matthew, >> the the guy who was in the back of our van saying, "Hey, she's stealing the van." >> And I see the door, the driver's door slams shut and it starts to drive off. >> Okay. >> I start running after it. Um and the kittatas transport officer who usually um is doing overwatch there while we're doing this >> was able to follow it a short distance down the road. Um she was still chained up in Yakama County's chains >> yeah and I again she was still in their custody. I had never even seen her. >> Okay. >> I didn't know what she looked like. I didn't know what she was wearing. The first time I ever actually saw her was um when she was inside of our van and as she pulled down the road because she was still in chain, she was having a hard time driving it. So, she crashed into a ditch briefly and that's when I first saw her. I ran up to the side of our van and tried to open the door, but she was able right about the time I got to the driver's side door of the van to try to pull her out. He had put the vehicle in reverse and I stepped back and then the the kittas transport deputy started following her. >> Could you kind of walk me through what happened today? >> So today I was assigned to work the cooperative uh shuttle uh transporting warrant subjects east to west. Um we stopped off at Ellensburg and met at a designated area uh which we call the bullpen. It's a large parking lot with canlink fencing all around it. Um, in this instance today, I was the passenger in the vehicle. My partner, Andrew Thomas drove the vehicle and before we left King County today, we had a real hard time getting the vehicle started. >> Um, so he made the decision that when we get to Ellensburg, he was just going to leave the vehicle running because we were afraid it wouldn't start >> to get back to Seattle. So we arrived, we had met other agencies and the prisoners we had brought over, we had already gotten given them to the other agencies and we were waiting on Yakama to arrive to uh give us four four w subjects. Uh Yakima got there and we started the process of exchanging prisoners. I had already taken one and chained him up. The prisoner told me he needed to use the restroom. So, I had told my partner that I was taking my prisoner to the bathroom and he he remained with the vehicle. Um, while I was with my uh partner uh or with with my prisoner at the portaotties, I looked over and saw our van driving off. Um, I never got a look of the at the female who uh was from Yakama. I never got a look at her face. >> Okay. >> I I wasn't close to the van, but I could see my partner uh Thomas running after the van out of the parking lot. It left at a high rate of speed and uh the Kittitas County uh guard who was parked there at the entrance exit realized the vehicle had just got stolen and he tried to stop it just outside of the parking lot. Um he was able to get in front of it, box it in, and I was as I got to the entrance of the parking lot, I could see my partner, Detective Thomas, at the driver's side door. the window was down to the van and as he attempted to reach in, she put it in reverse and he backed away and it drove off at a high rate of speed. Um the kids jail tried to follow it but he lost it and uh that concluded my involvement. Uh they're so far on scene. >> Okay. During her court appearance, Rebecca read a statement explaining, "I noticed the King County van's driver side door was open and the engine was running. On the spur of the moment, I decided to jump behind the wheel of that van, and try to escape." She continued on saying, "I was hoping to steal another car to make good my escape, which is why she broke into the house, spotted the Lamborghini, and took the keys." She also claimed that she was unaware of the other passenger in the van until she found the Lambo keys, saying, quote, "I told him I planned to drive to Yakama County and asked if he wanted to go with me. Instead, he called me a crazy, grabbed a cell phone out of the van console and ran off. While I was still trying to figure out what to do, I heard sirens approaching." Rebecca went on to apologize to her fellow inmate for what had happened. She told the court that she had struggled with addiction since her early teens and was still a little cloudy in her judgment during the episode. In the end, the judge sentenced her to 17 months in prison after she plead guilty to seconddegree escape, residential burglary, and vehicle theft. These charges are, of course, separate from her warrant in Pierce County, where she is wanted for a shoplifting spree that took place during the summer of 2020. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music]