lay on my side. I can't lay on my foot. I'm pregnant. >> And your your your intention is to do that with a child. >> You got the grill on the bed. >> You have to do it. >> Who's not mine? >> She's under a disability. She's on a patient. >> Don't mess up your watch. >> Mhm. >> The world is full of people chasing quick money. Some choose hard work. Others take the criminal route. From theft to identity fraud. Today, we're looking at scammers who thought they could get away with it until reality hit. Watch as each one realizes they've been caught. Are they ready to face the consequences? Let's find out. >> What? Why are you trying to take me to jail? >> Why are you pulling me? >> Stop. >> Why are you pulling me? >> Why are you pulling me? >> You're under arrest. >> For what? >> Stand up. >> On July 31st, 2023, officers were dispatched in response to an ongoing shoplifting incident. They were informed by the caller that two females were attempting to remove tags from merchandise and conceal them in their purses. >> Is that a pasta right there that >> What's going on Monster Hoon Police on camera? >> Have we been going a lot of stores lately? >> So, why have we getting calls about you two ripping off magnet tags? >> What? Ripping off magnet tags? >> I just came out of American Eagle. >> So, security said they've seen you guys rip off multiple magnet tags off. >> I say you seen me do nothing. We can go back to American Eagle >> there. You guys aren't free to go. All right. You guys are staying right here. All right. >> No, I'm saying we can go to American Eagle. That's where we just left. >> We just came in here. >> All right. You guys are not free to leave. We're figuring until we figure out what's going on. All right. That's what we've been told. We have to go off though. All right. >> We just walked in here. >> I know. They said you're American Eagle Foot Locker. >> I walked in finish line. Ask for some. Why? He didn't say nothing to me. >> So, I'm so we figure out what's going on. Man, you want to come over here? >> What we got to do? What we going to do? Do you mind opening up your purse so we see what So make sure there's no items in there that might be stolen. >> That is crazy. >> No. >> All right. >> When officers asked to peek inside their purses, one of the ladies pulled a Houdini and claimed she didn't even have a purse. Bold move considering half the mall had just watched her use it like a black hole for denim. >> That's fine. So, we've got multiple people saying we've seen it. We've got more people saying otherwise. And usually what happens, they put in their purse. >> Well, we need to go back to America easily. >> Both of them. Uh, no. We're gonna have my other officers come here. We're gonna figure what's going on. All right. >> So, we got to stand right here. >> Yep. So, where you what's going on the magnet tags? >> I don't know what they talking about. Nobody got a magnet. >> Why did they say nothing to us? >> Well, usually they don't say anything. They just report it and then we come out. It's normally standard practice for them. >> I'm going to finish buying my stuff. >> No, you're not. You're going to stand right here. >> I'm not I'm not >> Yes, you are. You're being detained. >> How? cuz we've got multiple calls from security saying that you guys are ripping magnet tags off, put stuff and taking stuff out of the store. >> I don't have nothing. >> All right, then what's may I see? Look inside your purse. >> Yeah, you can look inside my purse. >> But what I want to know is at what point did they say you guys? Because >> cuz they described black female, black shirt, grace, watch. Black female. >> Where my purse at? What? I haven't had a purse since he seen me. Call him back over here. >> He is He's over there. >> Call him back over here. He ain't seen me with a purse since I've been in here. and I see him in American Eagle and I walk down the finish line. He walked by over there. I haven't had a purse since I came in this mall. >> All right. >> Like I said, that's what the information we've been given. >> And he lifting off your name real quick. >> Yeah. Kira. >> Okay. I appreciate it. >> Talking about Do you understand why we're here? >> Yeah. They said they got us on camera. So I don't know. >> Well, my problem is that I have I have security on they've seen you guys on camera taking jeans from American Eagle. Take tags off in your purse and drop it off in a car. >> Hold on. Let's go to American Eagle. So I have I don't have a purse. >> Where is that purse? >> Ain't nothing. >> I ain't been I >> No, that's why you guys went out to the car. That's why you guys went out to the car and dropped it off. >> You didn't drop nothing off. No. Didn't see me. Nothing. No. I didn't take anything. I haven't had a purse. No. Not. No. Don't put me with that. No. Come on. Despite their Oscar worthy denials, multiple stores had already tattled same story tags, vanished merchandise concealed, and trips made to a suspicious getaway car parked nearby. >> Camera. Show that. Can we walk down there? I want to see this camera. >> Then they saying magnet. Uh, magnets. >> Every shirt's different, you know. Exactly. >> Please. >> So, can we please put it on camera? No. I don't have no We don't have I don't have a curse. >> Why do we have multiple people telling me the same thing? >> WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN IN THE MALL. We literally just went to American Eagle going >> and we Foot Locker. This is Finish Line. This is where I store this you guys were at. >> Come on. Hey, let's go to THE STORE. >> YOU SAYING WE CAN WALK? I'M NOT GOING NOWHERE. >> NO, >> I mean Finish Line right here. Video of that. No, I mean cleanly removed the things. Um I think there might have been a tag removed because when I was talking one the brown the one the black went around and then came exactly right back. I think she might >> in the store. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I'm going to walk around. >> I think she might have hidden the tag. >> Uh if I looked in your purse, would you have a sensor remover in there? >> No. >> Okay. Can I look in your purse? >> So when you look through my purse, what we going to go from there? >> We're just going to see if you have that in there. That's all I need to see. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Remember remember what I was talking about? We're being straight with you. Just be straight with us. Did you just let him look your purse? >> Yeah. No, he didn't look in my purse. So, when you go in here and you see it ain't no removal, what's going to happen? >> That's just That's just a piece of the puzzle we're trying to figure out, but we're getting claim that there might be one in there. >> How we both putting something in one purse? >> This money, these 10. >> All right. >> I got money to shop. >> Okay. All right. Do you look Can you look again, please, so you can let them know I have cash on me >> and I'm coming to get some pants. No, it was it's I got a whole bunch of cash. >> Never seen that before. >> But I'm just saying how >> no one purse. >> All right, man. What was your name? >> I'm going to have you turn around and put your hands behind your back. >> I didn't steal nothing. >> Put your hands behind your back. >> I didn't steal nothing. >> Stop. Just listen. We're trying to help you out. Okay. >> I did not steal nothing. >> Stop. Are you going to go for resistance? >> For what? WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO TAKE me to jail? >> One woman still claiming innocence with full dramatic flare got cuffed. Why am I being arrested? she asked repeatedly as if confused by the laws of retail and reality. >> Why are you pulling me? >> Stop. >> Why are you pulling me? >> Why are you pulling me? >> You're under arrest. >> For what? >> Stand up. >> For what? For what? >> For what? I didn't take nothing. >> WHAT? WHAT DO YOU HAVE? WHAT DO I HAVE? WHAT ARE YOU PULLING ME? >> WHAT ARE you pulling me for? >> WHAT are you pulling me for? Turning on my phone. What are you pulling me for? You're under arrest. I know you're also being in charge of the resistance. >> How? >> You keep pulling the lady. >> I'm not I'm talking to you. What did I take? You don't got nothing on me. >> Keep on looking for that car. >> Is you serious? >> You guys are serious. They're secure. >> Walk up there. Just keep walking. You >> keep on walking. >> Are you serious? You just check You just checked my bag. >> Yeah, but there's something different. >> What? What is it? You'll find out >> what? What is it? So So tell me. >> I don't need to tell you. >> Cuz you Why not? You You detained me. You supposed to tell me what I'm under arrest for. >> Retail theft. I just told you. >> What? What did I take? >> We already We already discussed that. >> Y'all just checked my bag. >> Yeah, but >> And then y'all was looking for a magnet. >> Nope. >> Plot twist. Officers found her car keys stashed in her bra because apparently when you're not carrying a purse, you store your car like a squirrel hides nuts. >> So what is you talking about? Retail facts. >> What did I take? >> American Eagle. >> I didn't take nothing from American Eagle. >> Go this way. >> Is you serious? I didn't take nothing from American Eagle. That's a Myers bag. >> All right. >> I don't have nothing on me. >> So, can I show you how much it is so you can >> count right in front of you? >> Wholesale with a belt bag. >> You can take the bag. I'm not trying to do nothing. >> Okay. All right. >> Y'all doing all of this for for what? Which vehicle is yours out here? >> I don't got no vehicle out here. This This kind of tight on my arm right here. >> I'm not trying to move and do nothing. >> Yeah. Can I get my Can you have my sister since she not the same? Can I talk to her? >> Not yet. What's up? >> Where the key is >> in her bra. >> All right. I take those. >> Yeah, I'm going too. >> You can you can take them. Okay. What's up? >> But can I uh can you tell my sister what's what's going on? >> That's all I ask. >> Listen, I will give you the keys. >> I have to get them because you're detained right now. Okay. >> Okay. Oh, they they're sitting right here. >> Yes. >> Okay. What's the easier way? From the bottom or the top, you think? I don't want to get too much in your business. Is stuff just in the top of your bra? >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. Give me one second. Okay. >> Go ahead. >> I'm so sorry. Okay. >> So far. >> What's this? Need my house key. House key. Okay. >> He has my phone. Get >> you in the car. >> Can you have her come out here? >> We will. >> No. We want all of that extra stuff or what? >> So, he's going to go get an itemized list of stuff from American Eagle that was taken. Okay, that's where we're at. Um, I'm going to go ahead and read you your Miranda. All right. >> Yes, ma'am. >> All right. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. >> Here's what the woman told the police. >> Um, so it looks like, is it your sister? You guys sister? Okay. It looks like she's not going to be hooked for anything today. Um, she's going to be able to go. Um, just so you know. I know you were worried about what was going on with her and >> I cannot talk to her before. So, >> we'll see when she comes out. They're still answering questions with her. Um, >> so essentially what they're saying is you guys >> officers broke the news she and her sister were suspects in the theft of five pairs of jeans and two Birkenstocks. My sister didn't get arrested. >> Took five pairs of jeans and two pairs of Birkenstocks. >> Birkenstock like sandals. >> I never took no Birkenstocks and I never took no jeans. >> Okay, they're doing it. We're making them do an inventory right now. >> Can you please Is it a camera? Can you Can they show the camera? >> So, we're working on that. >> They can see. I did not take nothing. >> Okay. So, what happened? Why are they say like and I honestly like I walked in and I don't know you guys. I don't know them. I don't know what's going on, right? So, we're trying to figure out what the hell actually happened. >> Like we literally came in. >> Okay. >> We looked around. She was the uh heavy set girl was talking to my sister cuz they both heavy set and she was talking about some jeans. >> Okay. >> I was looking around. I came back. We left out. We went to uh finish line. Uh the man was my sister was like she want these shoes and she was like is these man shoes cuz she got big feet and he was like yeah so we like we going to come back and get them >> and then that's when we went over there to uh is that a pasta right there that you >> okay >> and then we got to talking to her. I was going to buy some jeans and them the jeans like I got money >> right I hear you. >> So like I never took no Birkenstocks. I never took no jeans out there. Can they please get the camera so they can see? So they're saying where you were standing though, a bunch of tags were ripped off of stuff and left. >> I never Listen, just because the tags was ripped off, that don't mean I took nothing. They tried to say I had a sensor removed. I don't got nothing. How can y'all hold somebody and y'all don't got no evidence? Y'all don't got no evidence. >> But the store doesn't have any reason to lie, right? >> Yeah, but they trying to piece it together. >> But sometimes they be sitting over there thinking that a took something and then whole time they didn't take nothing. >> And that's why we're trying to piece together and get an inventory list. And that that's all. Like I didn't I didn't take nothing out of there. Like >> I got kids that I that I'm that I go to. >> Okay. >> Have you ever been arrested for retail theft before? >> Yeah, I have in the past. >> Okay. And I'm just asking. >> Yeah. No, that that's >> like over in Champagne or in >> uh over uh over in Champagne. >> The detained woman tried the redemption arc. I have money. Now I've changed. I didn't steal today. Keyword today. >> Before. But that side of me, I'm trying to I'm not trying to take nothing no more. That's why I got money. I got my [ __ ] together. >> I hear you. I hear you. >> Like I got a whole purse and I'm And that's not mean nothing cuz people still do that. But they need to look at that camera. I didn't take them. >> And that's what they're working on right now. And >> that's all I So what's going to happen from here? >> So they're going to look at the cameras, get an inventory list, and then they're come out and talk to us and let us know what the camera showed and all that. So my partner's in there looking now, and he'll be right back out. >> So um can my sister come get me? >> Uh well, depending. I mean, if there's camera footage of you taking stuff, then obviously you're going to go to jail, but then you'll be able to bond out. Yeah. So when like can I bond out today? >> Yeah, you should be able to bond out today. >> Like I mean so there's levels of retail theft, right? If it's over $300, then it's a felony. If it's under, it's a misdemeanor. I'm guessing five pairs of jeans is going to be right. I don't know. I don't know how much they're shopping. >> No five pair of jeans. >> But I'm just explaining to you like the process, right? >> I ain't trying to be hooked on nothing because I didn't got my life together. I ain't been taking nothing. I ain't been doing nothing. I've been just trying to work, go to school, and get and just get my [ __ ] together. >> Yeah. Okay. Well, like I said, when we show up to something, we got >> August 6, my birthday, August 16. I'm going to be 30. >> Okay. All right. Well, like I said, when we respond to this, we take every we take it seriously. We don't want to arrest somebody if they shouldn't be arrested, right? So, that's why they're taking their time trying to get all the >> That's all that's all I ask. Like, can y'all please look over the camera? >> That's what they're doing right now. Okay. >> And if they look over the camera and they see I ain't taken, can I go? >> Yeah. If there's no evidence, then yeah. So, just hang tight for me for a few minutes and we'll go from there. Okay. The officers found the missing merchandise with tags removed near where the female was standing. >> It's 30:30. Then we're talking to them and then AirPods comes in. It's like, "Hey." >> But nearby were tags torn like confetti and a suspiciously tagless pair of jeans chilling exactly where she had been moments before. The plot was unraveling faster than a cheap knockoff sweater. >> We found a pair of jeans with a with a tag removed exactly where they were standing. When I come on scene, the one black shirt, she hold a pair of jeans. She saw me and just went >> and set her down. >> That exact pair of jeans was one tag ripped off and that was 30 pair as well. >> Is that So, did we find the rest of this stuff or just >> It's all It's all It's long gone. >> So, essentially, you went back there to the back corner, started rumaging through some clothes and making a mess, and took a knee and >> I took a what? >> Bent down. >> Put put the clothes in your purse. And when they come to that exact same location where you were standing, they found four tags miraculously where you were standing. >> I didn't take nothing though. >> Go where the camera. >> And then you came in originally with a bag full of stuff. >> What a bag full of stuff. >> And now your bag's empty. >> I didn't come. >> And then where you walked by on the exit, there's a pair of jeans with one with a tag directly in the pocket right where you were standing. Yep. >> Pretty. And also this was on your pants. I was up in there though. >> Same pair. Same pair of jeans I was stolen. >> I didn't take none. They was on there. >> Uhhuh. How'd they get on your pants? >> They was on there cuz I was grabbing them. I can lift it up. I can pull them up. Who said I can't touch it? >> So when you pick something up, you don't just rub it against your pants like that. >> No, it came off cuz it was already coming off. I didn't take nothing. >> We We've got more than enough take you for retail theft. So >> And then as well when we go to Air Post, I see you on scene. I see you have a pair of jeans and you see me put those jeans. >> Even as officers pointed out the jeans she was wearing matched the missing pair, she doubled down, not mine. She also went into denial over her magically shrinking shopping bag. >> That same pair of jeans. The sales associate came up said that tag was removed from that pair of jeans. >> No, they was not. >> How'd that tag come off that pair of jeans you were holding? >> How I You just You looked at my thing and you seen that I didn't have no sense of removing. >> We didn't check your sister. >> Go check her. I don't know where she's at. >> So, y'all let her go. >> She We didn't have charges on her. >> Okay. >> So, we're You good? Get in the car. >> Are you serious? >> Yeah. >> Y'all don't even got nothing on me. I thought y'all said y'all had a camera. >> We We've got more than enough. They're working on that right now. >> How? Y'all don't even got a camera right now. >> Is you Is you serious right now? >> Yep. >> Where you out? That's That's what she said. >> Yeah, but you have prior. >> What does that What does that mean? >> Makes an automatic felony. >> How does that make it automatic felony? That was years ago. >> It's still You have prior retail theft. >> So that automatic make it a felony. >> Yes. >> When they start doing that? >> Uh since the law was created, I believe. They ain't they ain't never did did that even even when I had like a perfect felony for driving. >> She was officially charged with theft and resisting arrest. Due to her past sticky fingers resume, the charge was upgraded to a felony. Denying wrongdoing won't stop the truth from coming out, especially when there's video and witnesses. Past theft convictions can turn a minor crime into a serious felony. Guess how this thief tries to get away and drop a comment below. Don't forget to subscribe to catch the next move. >> Touched me in my boobs. He's touching me in my boot. He snatched me in my arm. He went between my legs and all that. >> It's all on camera. >> Yes, it is. >> Are you done now? >> Yeah. >> You know, you have the right. >> On December 21st, 2022, a woman attempted the old grab and dash at Ralph Lauren, but didn't get far. When confronted by police, she quickly swaps her getaway plan for the This is racism. PY [ __ ] NOW. >> Put your arms away from >> Stop. >> Okay. Don't stop. >> Trying to move around. Okay. What? Anyways. >> No. Okay. >> You be an audio and video recorder. >> I know, but we I got too. >> All the tanks are off. >> Don't make any bad decisions. >> I'm not >> any more bad decisions. >> No, I'm not. Unfortunately, you got to go to jail today. >> Okay. Go to jail. >> Yep. >> All right. >> You don't come to CRI and steal. >> Oh, no. Uh, let me tell the person that I'm with that I'm going. >> Nope. Let's go. Anything? >> She is. I have some stuff in my ch. >> She was shopping with me, but she didn't steal nothing. She just did a return though. She was shopping before my boobs. >> Okay. >> You can't touch me. >> You have to have a female, right? >> Nope. >> She argues her way into the record books, denying everything and pointing fingers at another woman nearby. She also claims the male officers can't touch her because she's a woman. >> Yes, you can. >> Stand right here. >> We're getting the stolen stuff. >> But you can't touch me because I'm a female, right? >> No, that's not right. You have stolen stuff and we're going to get the stolen stuff. you. Okay. >> Yeah. I wasn't stealing nothing, >> right? Well, you were with her and she just stole stuff. >> Okay. They know that I was in here and I didn't steal anything. >> I know. I'm just All I'm doing is asking if you know her. >> All I'm doing is asking if you know her. >> I do. >> Okay. What's going on with her? >> I don't have a clue. >> So, you didn't know she was going to do that? >> No, I did not. I was in here taking back and returning my stuff. I had a receipt for everything I had aside from these pants right here, but I walked in here with them >> and they know. >> Okay. >> Look, she's telling you that I did not take nothing. >> Yeah, she's not. I'm just asking. >> I She already told me that. I'm just asking you if you know her. Did I tell you you're detained? Did I tell you you're under arrest? >> No, but I'm like that. >> I didn't. But I can ask you question, right? If you don't want to answer, you don't have to answer. >> Okay. Yeah. I didn't take anything. >> But you can't touch me as a female. >> I am a female. I'm a mommy. He can touch me. >> You're a thief. So, we're going to get all the stuff. >> So, but you hit my play button on my dash. >> And then the right is right and wrong is wrong. Okay. Where I have stolen stuff, he could touch me in my boobs. >> Well, hold on one second here. The drama hits peak level when she accuses officers of wildly inappropriate touching complete with Oscar worthy delivery. Officers deny the allegations with the patience of saints. >> You cannot touch me. >> Yeah, he can't touch me in my boobs. He's touched me in my He snatched me in my arm. He went between my legs and all that. >> It's all on camera. >> Yes, it is. >> Are you done now? >> Yeah. >> You know, you have the right to make >> You have the right to touch me. Okay. I see. See? What are you doing? See, >> are you serious? >> I am not serious. >> Okay. But you can't touch me. >> Get it, man. >> I know. BUT YOU CAN'T TOUCH ME. YEAH. You touch me. GRAB MY PHONE. HOLD ON. GET >> NOTHING. >> Now you're about to see the lengths a person will go to and the lies they'll tell to get out of an arrest. >> HE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. OH, MY MOM. HE IN MY [ __ ] HE WENT MY [ __ ] YES, HE DID. YES, HE DID. HE WENT MY [ __ ] I'M LIKE, I GOT RECEIPTS. >> She's getting She's getting nothing. >> Okay, that's fine. I'm like, I have receipts for everything. >> You don't get to act like that and get >> No, you're damn right. And she shouldn't have been acting like that cuz maybe she could have saved herself a TRIP FROM JAIL. >> I FEEL VIOLATED. HE WENT IN MY [ __ ] HE TOOK MY >> HE WENT IN MY VAGINA. HE WENT IN MY VAGINA. YES, he did. >> Oh my word. Oh my. >> A calm grandma reading a book with her granddaughter chimes in to confirm that no, the suspect wasn't mistreated. She just wouldn't stop flailing and screaming. >> Pop out of your shirt. IS THAT OKAY? >> NO, JUST LIKE YOU. >> NOPE. PUT YOUR FOOT BACK IN. >> I GOT NO WARNS OR NOTHING. LET ME GO. LET ME GO. I >> I MEAN I DON'T think she >> She does. Oh, see. I did not know that. SAID SHE SAID 92. >> I would have never guessed. >> She brought him back in and said, "Don't be stealing." >> So, did you see us over there? >> Yes, I did. >> Would you say that we touched her inappropriately in any way? >> Absolutely not. >> Did you see her pulling away from us? >> Yeah, >> you did. >> Yeah. And you guys spun her around and put her up against the glass. >> Did you see her arms and she was still not giving them to us? >> I tell you guys both. >> So, she's accusing me of touching her inappropriately. >> No, not a bit. No, I sat right here. I was pulled up. If I was reading my book, my granddaughter, she works there. >> I got the tattoo. My They they called it a tattoo, but the book on the side of my neck that they be licking, let me see this birth mark on the side. >> Okay. >> I got Look, I am who I say I am. >> No, no, no. They when I was over there, they >> said I got valid driver's license and no warrants. >> Yeah, for sure. All right, I will back up. >> Store staff and witnesses confirm she was with the other woman and she was causing chaos. Security footage adds a big yup to the pile of proof that her claims of being thrown around were pure fiction. >> Actively talking together in the store. She >> They're together. >> Oh, yeah. For sure. >> But the other one's like, "Here's all my receipts. She's acting like a fool. >> Uh, she shouldn't be acting like that." >> Yeah. >> He did not throw her to the ground. >> Did she go to the ground? >> Not that I can tell. >> No, never went to the ground. >> Not that they could tell, I guess. >> She went over the window, so you can see THE WINDOW SHAKING. MY WHOLE SWIRLING LOOK AT MY [ __ ] SO GO AHEAD, TAKE THE DEAL CUZ I'M GOING TO SHOOT YOUR HEAD. BE STRAIGHT ON THE WALL. LOOK AT MY FACE. >> WE DID PUSH YOU. WE DID push you against the window. I agree with that. >> Yeah, you agree with that. Yeah, thank you. You agree with that? Let me out. >> Nope. You're going to jail. >> OH, I'M GOING TO JAIL AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAIL. >> OKAY. WELL, you're going to jail. It's the closest thing there is to that. >> You let her go? >> No. >> Just the stuff she threw on the ground is a felony. So, she's saying we hit her in the face. >> She has a black eye. I have a witness that came up here that said, "Oh, that was great what you guys did." Complimenting us. So, I went talk to him and got his info really quick. >> And all the >> She refuses a search, demands a female officer, and insists she's the victim of abuse, all while conveniently forgetting about the pile of allegedly stolen items in her bag. >> Wow. No, you cannot touch me. No, you cannot. I AM A FEMALE. You cannot touch me. YOU CAN'T. You can't touch me. >> No, you're not. YOU CANNOT TOUCH ME AS A MALE. MY WHOLE ARMS IS HANGING OUT. YOU CAN'T. I got my rights. You cannot touch me as a male. >> Get out of the car. You had to have a woman surgery. >> No, you don't. >> So, get out of the car. Get out. Get out of the car. >> This is all you wanted to do. >> You noticed. >> HE'S NOT EVEN >> MY ARMS. NO. >> NO. HE'S NOT DOING ANYTHING TO >> You got your wrap? >> Yeah. >> STOP. >> HE ALREADY PUNCHED ME IN MY FACE. >> NO, he did not. It's all on video. >> No one's even grabbing you. You're just making a scene. >> THERE'S NOTHING IN MY POCKETS. >> WELL, you grabbed your phone out of there. Who knows what else you have in there? >> SOMEONE'S CALLING ME. >> OH, WELL, you're kind of tied up right now. >> Okay. >> And you stole from Nike. >> So, >> so you don't get to steal. >> You don't get to touch me like this? >> Yes, we have the right to search. >> My wrist. CAN I GET A WOMAN TO search me? >> We don't have a woman on. OH, SO I JUST got to have a search me >> because you're because you're pulling stuff out of there and we don't know if you have A WEAPON IN THERE. >> CALL ME. I DON'T GOT NO WEAPON. >> WELL, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT. >> OH, now Ben. Yes, there's nothing. It's titties. >> Yeah, I see that. >> Okay. >> Oh, except for that. >> Okay, that's fine. Other than that, >> for that. >> What else? >> Titties. >> What else? >> THERE'S NOTHING ELSE. >> BACK of my head. The no defend your hand here, man. Man, he >> all on camera and all. >> So they say where my eye is you. You threw me against the wall. >> Nope. That was on camera, too. >> No, so this this is probably stolen, TOO. >> NO, THE IS NOT. THIS IS MY CODE. They came. No, this is my code. I >> No, it's not. >> Go through her arms. >> You'd think she'd stop lying by now, but she's built different. This is what happens WHEN EVERYTHING STOP. I'm over here. Stop pushing me. STOP PUSHING ME. OH MY GOD. STOP PUSHING ME. I'M COOPERATING. DON'T STOP PUSHING ME. God damn. Yeah, cuz he searched me and then he >> As the physical search begins, the dramatic performance continues. Despite her protests, suspected stolen goods are found. Plot twist. She's hurt emotionally at least. >> Well, we're going to get you inside. We have bathroom. The faster we can get your intake done, the faster we can get you in, we can get you booked. You can go. So, I just don't pee right. I have no idea. >> That's what you just told me. >> Yeah, I can get you to a bathroom in like 10 minutes. >> The more time I'm working on all the stuff I got to work on versus talking to you, the faster you can get to the bathroom. >> I know. We have to carry in like this and I need somebody a little bit stronger than Schwinard out here. Okay. I don't want my food. >> Okay, but we can't walk you in this way. >> HEY, I AM NOT EVEN THAT type of person. >> Yeah, I'LL JUST >> A sergeant talks her down and the bathroom becomes her next big concern. Meanwhile, officers get ready to process her arrest. Turns out the only thing she was hiding was suspected narcotics. Charges include resisting arrest possession of controlled substances theft. Respecting authority and staying calm can prevent a minor issue from escalating. Entitlement and resistance only make things worse, especially when you're in the wrong. >> Don't want to mess up your watch. >> Mhm. >> What in the world did I do? On August 9th, 2023, officers were dispatched to Target in response to reports of a woman with 35 prior incidents who had entered the store and was attempting to steal again. >> How about 100? I think what he said to >> the case. Yeah. Yeah. >> How? >> Uh now I'm unure. I don't think she's going to try to push out. I think it's >> um knows more about it than I do. >> Yeah. >> Hey guys, how's it? >> What's up? >> Got a lady. She ticket switches stuff. She's she ticket switches like um >> she ticket switches using stock barcodes usually. >> A little bit. >> Um >> what was it though? >> Like 2400. Okay. We have a name for her. I'm not sure if it's 100% accurate, but we have her as Thelma Grant. >> Thema Grant? >> Yes, >> that's a old name. >> Yeah, she's old lady. I don't feel bad for her, though. She's She knows what she's doing. Like, she's been doing this for a while. Like, just to give you some insight. $2,400 in the >> How many 32 incidences? >> Yeah. So, she's been doing this for a while. So, usually what she does is she grabs like little sock barcodes that are like a dollar, a little bit less. She'll put that on whatever else she's buying. >> Her sneaky trick, swapping price tags from cheap stuff like $0.50 plastic cups onto the expensive goodies. Think Champagne tastes on a soda budget. >> So, that's kind of how I picked up on her today. I was like, "Okay, she's she's been hitting us forever." Like, her incident started 2020. So, she's been doing it for 3 years now. >> I think she's doing the switching in there where she's changing the barcodes out is what she did. She selected like an abundance of those, >> but she just tape them on. >> Well, they're sticky is what it is. So, um those 50 cent cups and the 50 cent bowls, like the little plastic ones. >> Oh, yeah. >> She selected a lot of those. to what I'm thinking cuz I've never seen her before. What she's probably doing is taking the barcodes off of those and putting them putting them onto the apparel items that she selected in the other stuff. So, she can pay 50 cents for those. Oh, no. No. We'll get her um once she pays at the POS and when she exits. We have to like Target makes us let them leave. That way it shows like there's no possible way they could have intended to properly pay. Like that's why they call it the last point of sale. Like there's no way that she could have paid proper. She'd been pulling this move since 2020, racking up more than $2,400 in discounts. That's a lot of savings. >> See that? Look at that's a big black bowl that she scanned. That's a small white little cup that she scanned. So, we're good. >> Let's just wait till she passes off points. >> Target's policy says they can't act until a suspect finishes paying and exits. So, officers waited while Thelma did her thing. Hey ma'am, drop your phone for me. >> Uhhuh. >> Drop your phone for me. >> Yes. >> You're under arrest right now. Okay. Place your hand place your hands behind your back. We'll tell you as soon as you're uncuffed. >> What I did as soon as you're cuffed. >> What did I do? >> What's you just Let me get some handcuffs on you and then um >> we'll bring you back and we'll explain everything. >> Yeah. >> Sorry. >> Well, I'll let you know. Just let me get these cuffs on you real quick. Don't want to mess up your watch. >> Mhm. >> What in the world did I do? >> We'll explain. Just give us a second. >> Would you like me to grab your cell phone for you? >> Yes. What did I do, man? >> Explain it in the office. Okay. >> You going to move it over there? >> Did you want me to disconnect the call? >> Yes. >> What did I do? >> I'll check your purse, Miss. >> Okay. >> So, >> 19. The loss prevention officer is going to explain everything to you. >> Yes. >> Um we're just going to sit down, have a conversation, and >> he'll explain everything. >> Right. Cuz I didn't I mean for y'all to come up and just handcuff me like that in front of everyone and I didn't do anything. >> Explain everything back here. >> How you all going to handcuff me? >> Have a seat over here on the the bench for me. >> Yes. >> That's good. You can sit there or there either way. >> Yeah. I don't want to sit down. >> Have a seat. >> I don't want to sit down, sir. Because this hurt me. This hurt my arms. So switching switching the barcodes of switching the barcodes of an item is a crime. >> I didn't switch no barcode. >> They have you on camera, ma'am. And we have >> What did you do, sir? You didn't see me switching nothing. I didn't switch no barcode anywhere. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Sir, show me, please. >> I have I have it right here. They They've seen it. They >> sir. No. Uh-uh. You You need to show me. Show me. What did I do? >> You don't need to show. Okay. >> Show me. What did I do? >> And you switched the barcodes of the items that you rang. Sir, I promise you I didn't switch no barcode. >> I We have it on, >> sir. I didn't switch no barcode. >> What's your name? >> I I didn't switch no barcode. >> Okay. >> Even when shown clear video proof, she doubled down. Said she was just looking for the right size. >> At first, I came here. I was going to um change my pajamas, but I didn't have I couldn't get into the chime. >> I chime like a deer pajamas. Yes, I I had I bought me some pajamas yesterday. Yeah, but then when I got to the register, um she told me it was fine for me to go ahead and put that in there. I don't have anything else, >> right? I was just looking for You got ID in here, ma'am? >> No, my my um ID and everything is in the car. >> What's your name? >> And and then for you to go, you you're not supposed to just search my clo my um items. >> Well, you're arrested right now, ma'am. So, >> yes, but what I'm saying is arrested for what? >> Shoplifting. >> Shoplifting. Please sit down. Sir, show me proof that I shot within anything. >> We just told you, >> sir. I didn't I No, I did not. No, I did not. >> Okay, have a seat for me. >> That Oh, well. Uh-uh. Um, the only thing I did, I went and I bought what I had. I I was trying to get my money off the chime the whole time. >> What's your name? >> I'm not giving that information unless y'all tell me some stuff. >> We did. We tried to explain. >> No, no, y'all did not. The first thing y'all did was handcuff me. >> I just told you you're under arrest for shopping. >> How you under arrest? First of all, sir, look here. First of all, I didn't leave out the store with anything and I didn't change no I didn't change no prices on anything. Only thing I did was scan what I had. >> When you were scanning things, they were it was coming up as a white plastic cup. >> Listen, I scanned what I had. You're not going to sit up here and tell me that I shoplifted anything, >> okay? I stand the stuff that I had. >> That's something that if you wish to fight it in court, you can fight it in court. >> Oh, I'm definitely going to fight this in court. Okay. >> I'm definitely going to fight this in court. Now, >> what's your last name and someone? >> Not until y'all give me some information because this is not fair. >> We observed you bringing up items on the camera and we >> Man, I bring up everything. No, those are mine cuz my bag is in the car. Those are mine. >> Her selecting us on camera. >> Those are mine. I have you on camera. >> No, no, sir. First of all, you seen me get another size. >> That's what I did. And if you see me, if you seen what I put it back. >> Okay. I'll tell you what. We won't need to prosecute for this. Then we'll just prosecute her >> because Yeah. Because only thing you had to do is look and see that I was getting another side. That's all. >> I understand. >> And they didn't have another size. >> Okay. Okay. But you still switch merchandise today and that's what we're going to >> No. Uh-uh. >> Okay. And we have 30 minutes. >> And then And then you are not supposed to search my purse. This lady right here is supposed to search. >> No. >> If you would like me to search instead of this individual. >> Yes, ma'am. Because this is out of order right here. What they're doing. This is very much out of order. >> Do you want me to finish the search? >> Uhuh. Put my stuff back in my purse. Put everything back in my purse because I'm not Uhuh. I'm I'm very This is very Uhuh. Mm-m. Sir, you can put my Those are my items. >> These? >> Yes, those are mine. You can put it right back in my purse. >> Those might be hers. Put them back in there. But so we're not going to prosecute on this. We're just GOING TO PROSECUTE PROSECUTE. I DIDN'T take anything, sir. >> Switch the barcode. Sir, >> I switched the barcode. YES. >> FIRST OF ALL, I didn't switch any BARCODES ON ANYTHING. AND I'M going to sue Target. Oh, heck no. Uh-uh. No. No. No. I'm going to I'm going to sue you all. I'm going to sue you all because this is not fair. This is not right. Nope. >> Okay. >> And then have the police to come and handcuff me at the register around everybody. >> Okay. >> Oh, heck no. Uh-uh. >> All right. Didn't even DIDN'T EVEN BRING ME BACK HERE. Didn't even bring me back here. You're going to come up there and handcuff me in front of everybody. >> Okay, now >> Oh, I'm definitely going to get me a lawyer. >> Sounds like I'm not talking to you because I didn't because you didn't do anything to me. >> Okay. >> You didn't You stood back. >> You're the reason why we're here. >> Listen, it doesn't matter, brother. He's the reason. I'm talking about what you all did. Just bam me out the store. >> Was doing that, too. I know that. But can he let me go? >> That's up to them, but I don't think they are. >> Sir, that's that's all I'm asking. Sir, >> we can't. >> Please, sir. Please. Cuz this is going to be on me and I'm going to lose my job. I work at the hospital and date surgery. Please. Please, sir. >> He's got to keep his job, too. >> I I understand that, but this judge, it's their call. >> Then came the tears. Thelma pleaded, said she's a hospital worker, and begged not to be arrested. She might lose her job. >> Please sir, if I lose my job if this is on it, please. It took me so long to get this job. >> Please, sir. I'm just begging you. Please, just one. Just please. >> I just can Can I just pay for the stuff and you please, sir? >> I can't. Unfortunately, we have 30 previous incidents of you doing this >> from And not in here. >> I do, >> sir. No, you Sir, I've never Oh my god. You've never been to this store before? >> Is that what you're saying? >> I always shop in here. I LIVE RIGHT down the street. >> Okay, >> sir. You have never caught me in no shoplifting or anything like that in here. >> Oh my god. I can't believe this. I No. No, you did not. Uh-uh. Sir, what? How much is the items? >> Oh my. I didn't Sir, I didn't even leave out the door. >> Yes, ma'am. >> I didn't leave the I didn't leave out the door. >> I understand. >> I didn't leave out the door. I didn't pay for anything or anything. >> It's 59.26. >> Is that a misdemeanor or felony? >> It's a misdemeanor. >> Sir, please. Please. I'm going to lose my job. Please, sir. >> It's not It's not my choice. >> Well, whose choice is it? >> It's corporate. >> Well, can you talk to corporate, please? >> I You heard me call them earlier and they What did they say? >> To arrest her. >> Yes. I have never been in this store getting caught for no shoplifting or anything. Sir, please can you please sir, can I can I can I beg I beg you please. I have nobody to get me out on bond. Not only that, not only having this charge on me, I think. >> But the law is the law. She was charged with misdemeanor theft for a grand total of $5926. Not exactly Oceans 11. I can see if if I was going out that door and y'all rang behind me and grabbed me or whatever, but you got me right at the reddish in front of everyone. You bum rushed me. You did this and that and you could have called me. We didn't treat you, sir. You did. Yes, you weren't rough with me, sir. Sir, yes. No, y'all was not treated. You know, no was not. No, you was not because my my granddaughter was on my granddaughter was on video and the way that you all came up and grabbed me by my arm and jented up like that in front of everybody and handcuffed me. You could have walked me in the back. >> No, ma'am. I don't know you from Adam. >> So, I have to treat you just like I would treat anybody else. >> No, you don't. >> Fairly impartially. >> No. No, you did not. No, you did not. And I'm not being ar I'm not being argumentative to you. I'm just upset and I'm embarrassed. >> I can understand that. >> I'm upset and I'm embarrassed. That's all. >> If they can't, then don't worry about it. As long as I know they um they bang it from here. >> Yes, ma'am. They did. And I'll go ahead and show you everybody that needed to signed off on it. So, there's your name, your signature, the property manager name and signature, and that is my name and my signature. >> Okay, that's fine. All right. signs here. >> It wasn't indefinite. >> Yes, ma'am. It is permanently. >> That's kind of harsh, isn't it? >> I didn't I didn't decide that, >> sir. Isn't that kind of harsh? >> What? >> Indefinite. >> It's not my choice. It's what? It's target procedure. As long as >> you can sit my >> Yes, ma'am. >> So, this is a copy of the arrest report. Yes. >> You're going to create a copy of this and then there's going to be a case report number on here that you can pull from our system. >> Yes, sir. >> Oh, thank you so much. >> You got it? >> Yes. >> Let me uncip those for you real quick. >> Right here. >> Yeah. I'm going to just get them out your way. >> Okay. >> You look really nice with the purse. Do you want to help me with the seat belt? No problem. >> In the end, she's only charged for that day's theft. But remember, even small thefts add up repeat offenses will eventually catch up with you. No matter how long you've gotten away with it, the truth always surfaces. >> In April 2024, store workers called police about a shoplifter. Officers find the guy has hundreds of stolen gift cards stuffed in his pockets. Forget pick a card, any card. He picked all of them. Hey. Hey. WATCH OUT. STOP. HUH? How many gift cards do you have? Let's see. About 100. >> When detained, he suddenly claims he doesn't speak English, except he keeps answering in English. Busted in two languages. Pull over. Give me the other arm. >> Stop fighting, bro. It's done. It's done. Stop. Just stay seated. Okay. Opening this way or you sit in the chair. Hello. >> Hello. >> All right. You have any ID on you? That's yours. >> Huh? >> Police ask for ID and his wallet. They start pulling items from different pockets like it's a magician's act. And for my next trick, more stolen cards. >> All we need right now is your identification. So where is it? your wallet. >> I got nothing else on this. One information one cross 16 for >> all have se >> staff mention he hit another door an hour earlier. With Google Translate on standby, he cycles through Korean and Mandarin. Plot twist, his best language might just be shoplifting. >> So, did you know he was at another store recently? >> Okay. How long ago? >> An hour. Okay. >> What do you speak? What what language do you speak? >> Korean >> language. >> Language speaking Chinese. >> Chinese. >> Mandarin. >> Mandarin. >> Yeah. >> Um, >> we maybe get the basics from Google Translate. Do you have any sort of ID on you? car that is out. >> Whose card is that that you have? >> Car card car. >> Whose car? >> Whose car is that? >> Officers ask about his car and New York address. He casually drops Queens as if geography will clear his record. Whose car is that in the parking lot that you came in? >> Mine. >> It's yours. >> Mine. >> Yours? Okay. So, ask him. >> He lives near where in New York. What's his address in? >> He drove all the way out here from New York. >> What's your address from New York? >> What's your address in New York? Never queen slash >> queens. >> Yeah, queens. What? >> Turns out he already ran from the police earlier. They watched him ditch items in aisles and tried to sneak out. >> Uh, you can help us out. Um, >> Bill's calling Sergeant >> and so looks like he went to three different stores before this. >> So gave him the heads up and of course he saw him out here. >> It was the same vehicle that was in Rain and he ran from us. >> Didn't listen whatsoever. The park had all these in the park uh pockets. uh in the like through the clothing aisles and try to get out the exit. >> Can we bring up video right now? See if we can figure that out if he came in or >> Yeah. >> here. I'm going to talk to Bill real quick. So, his wife is telling me he's part of like I'm sure um he has a contact for ASI who's going to put him in contact cuz it sounds like he's been uh LG's card and then other states too. I sorry I told I'm >> investigators review video and store displays. They suspect he stashed cards around the store like some kind of criminal Easter egg hunt. >> And everything's in between there and door. Um, and there's that big blue dot in the middle. This is a real one. This on >> Oh, they're still all in the >> I was just comparing them to the ones on the shelf. So, it looks like half and half. He might have put some back. So, he like half filled the at least the row I checked with Home Depot. >> Mhm. >> And yeah, you can tell like there's that big glob of glue and some of the cards are crooked on the back. So, you might have to just >> remove all those. Yeah. Depending how many you put put out. >> That's the only place you have the good cards, right? >> Okay. So, he keeps walking away and coming back. He thinks he's being >> shelves show glue residue and crooked card. Proof he pulled some out then tried to put them back like anyone wouldn't notice the Frankenstein gift card rack >> shoved on a shelf somewhere where he's going back in the cave room and I come back and put him on he's going >> Yeah. Yeah. I wonder >> he has stairs somewhere. >> Right. So that kiosk and then the greeting cards maybe. All right, I'll go check. Um, >> yeah, I wrote all that down. >> Yeah, >> I didn't find any stock or nothing. >> Okay. >> All right. So, we're going to bring down >> fingerprint. >> Well, yeah. I've been here for 30 years. >> Say, so his boss said um you can call >> I got the phone number >> I think to see what crime they were going after. Okay. Sounds like they've had him before. >> Uh HSI phone numbers. >> Is that who you were talking to? >> No, I was talking to his boss. Um and you want to ban for life? Okay. Maybe. Is this his key? So, I'm going to go look in it right now. See if I can see anything just visually through the windows. Um, it might get towed. We might come get it. We'll we'll see how that plays out. But, as long as he's with us, it's not going anywhere. >> Okay. >> Right. Um, we can I'll let you know though. >> Okay. And then how long before we get his >> police prep fingerprints, check his car and keys, and call HSI. final score charges for retail theft, possession of stolen property, and resisting arrest. Don't underestimate loss prevention. Every action is tracked and traced. Dishonesty may buy time, but it always costs more in the end. >> Anything in there? >> Anything in there? >> Okay. >> Okay. You speak Romanian. Officers struggle to communicate with the suspects due to lack of English and no identification. The group initially denies being associated with each other. >> Come stand over here for me, guys. >> Okay. What's going on? >> What's that? You speak any English? >> Little. What language? >> What language you speak? No. >> The suspects initially claimed to not be associated with each other, even though they were seen entering and leaving the store together. >> Okay. >> Do you have ID? >> Driver's license. >> No. >> Do you have a driver's license? >> Where's your ID? >> How'd you get here? >> Do you know what, ma'am? What language? >> How did you get here? Car. >> What do you speak? >> Where's your car? >> What do you speak? What's your main language? >> Spanish. >> Spanish. Okay. >> All Spanish. >> Deputies confirmed the suspects mainly speak Spanish and attempt to get a Spanish-speaking officer for translation. >> Not with them. >> Can you get a little Spanish? >> Can you try Can you get It's underneath her skirt right now. But she's saying Spanish as her main language. >> I'm not getting any communication. She can try. >> We need We need >> No. >> Where you from? >> My father. >> I'm going to go talk with them and see what happened. Can you guys get out here? >> Okay. I'm going to go figure out what's going on with them. If you guys want to hang out here. One of the deputies heads into the shop to ask the workers about what happened. Meanwhile, the officers try to get a hold of someone who can speak Spanish in order to communicate better with the suspects. >> Officers search for translators and question the suspects who provide inconsistent answers about their identity. >> Is she in route here? She's going to sus. Call her here. >> Sus, >> we need her here for um translation. >> 304 from 303. Are you available in translation? Thank you. >> You got anything in your pockets? >> No, I don't have nothing. >> Come here. Step up. >> Okay. You're talking to somebody who can translate, sir? >> No, he's my mom. >> Your mom? >> Yeah. >> She speaking Spruce Avenue. >> I'm going to have her spell your name. What's your name? >> Okay. >> Your mom. >> Can they stroke us or harm us? >> No. >> No. Security footage reveals one female suspect hiding multiple items under her dress. She is placed under arrest. >> Have a seat. >> Unfortunately, the deputy did not have his camera active while speaking to the callers. However, once inside the store, he was shown security camera footage of the female suspect hiding numerous items inside her dress. The deputy radios to officers to place her under arrest and to detain the others until they could confirm their involvement. >> I'll be on today. Do they want to press charges? Okay. >> She says she does have it on her. >> She does. She said that she has items. >> Although the suspect initially claimed she spoke Spanish, she now claims she doesn't understand that either. >> The suspect suddenly claims she speaks Romanian, not Spanish. Officers search her and find over 30 stolen clothing items worth $80, $200 each and is actually Romanian. >> Romanian. Romanian. >> We have a Romanian speaker that can come. >> The officer calls once more for assistance with translation and then begins her search. Hidden inside of her dress, officers find over 30 items of clothing stolen from the store, ranging from $80 to $200. just ID. >> I got his ID. >> I don't know. No, just this one right here. >> Here. You mind holding on it? >> Her person. We'll go over here. We can put that stuff down here. Stand by. You want to stand by? I can go in there right now. Sorry, I'm just throwing this up. I said, "Okay, hold on. Just making sure." >> Other suspects do not have stolen goods on them, but employees say they assisted her in concealing items. >> So, this is empty. >> Nothing. >> Nothing else. >> Nothing. >> Nothing for me. All right. You want to go through a car? >> Uh, I'm right there. If we just got have someone stand over there. If you want to wait over there. >> Let's go right there, then. Huh? Which side? Nothing in there. >> Anything in there? >> Okay. >> Okay. >> You speak Romanian. >> Romanian. >> Spell your last name. Spell last name. >> Although none of the other suspects had any stolen. Since there's no direct video evidence of the others stealing, they are detained and transported to the station for investigation. >> When goods on them, police detain them and transport them to the station to investigate any association between the parties. The callers claimed that they seem to be helping her hide items under her skirt, but are not able to arrest them since it wasn't on video and since they had no stolen goods in their possession. >> Yeah. All right. Listen, listen. You're being detained. >> Not under arrest right now. >> You understand? >> Not under arrest. Walk with me over here. We'll get you in the back of my car. I'm going to give you a ride back to the station. Okay. >> Okay. You want to come with me? >> We're going to have three detain. >> I don't know where your phone's at. >> Someone might have your phone. It's fine. We'll get it. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Listen, everything's being video and audio recorded. Okay. I got to put your seat belt on. Okay. >> Please be the window. >> Yeah, I'll open the window. Sure. >> Hey, it's non custodial right now, right? With him. You guys want to talk to him or what? >> Yeah. So he So just to be clear, the witness in there said that these guys were like actively blocking like they were holding up and trying to hide it. >> Sure. >> Cool. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> All right. Thanks, man. >> Yep. >> So, you're going to be going >> What language you say over there? >> Romanian. >> Let's just translate that just to >> Okay. I'm just going to check cuz I didn't check your your Just hold on. >> Where's your purse at? The main suspect is arrested for multiple counts of retail theft and all four are confirmed to have entered the country illegally. Stealing may seem easy at the moment, but evidence and truth always surface. Crime offers no escape. Every action carries lasting consequences. After you see the next case, you may want to think twice. It's shocking. And for more videos, subscribe to Law Zone if you liked this. >> Lay on my side. I can't lay on my phone. Right. >> On August 24th, 2024 in Wawaossa, Wisconsin, Walmart's loss prevention team flagged a woman later identified as 42-year-old Kenya after she deliberately altered prices at selfch checkckout and tried to leave. She doesn't have this. >> Hi. >> Hey. >> Hey. We got to talk to you. >> No, you don't. Hold on. Don't walk with me like that because you don't know me. We don't got no problem. I just got done exchanging everything. They got everything together. This is what's paid for. I just like to >> Okay. So, what's the misunderstanding? >> Cuz he said I under wrong, but they can't find these shorts. Like I told them, I'm going to pay for everything. I just spent $500 a year. >> Okay. >> 250 in one line and 200 another line. He said I under wrong, but how did I under ring? So, I pay for everything else full price besides two [ __ ] joggers. Get the out of here. And I'm telling you the same thing I told him. I don't play no games. I got all tickets. He watched everything. He said that clearly I underline that but I think everything is there. >> These shorts are she was using like some sweatshirts and stuff like that. So that's why she doesn't have any $10 ticket and that's when I was talking. She's saying I mean she's she has like the actual other ticket in her hand and she's like putting it in front of the thing scanning it but this is later. So >> okay. So she paid 40. She tried taking that. >> Oh, I guess the things that she was trying to >> So it came out to about 80 something, I think. >> Do you have that uh receipt? >> Yeah. Do we? Yeah. >> Did you get to make purchases or did you do a return? >> No, we just got done shopping. I spent $500 something dollars in this [ __ ] >> Okay. >> What? >> Well, it sounds like you didn't actually buy shorts. >> And this is what I'm telling him. I did have one pair of shorts for $5. They're in there on the counter. The other pair was army for tea. They were over there on the counter. Everything I did on this lady is over there. All the receipts, the the lounger, everything, everything is over there. Every single thing. >> So, how did how did four or five different shorts? >> Because for one, you're missing this is a totally different breakfast. These are all They're supposed to be on clearance, I guess. So, these are all things that I grabbed out of the store. So that's what they rung up as. And like I told him, I got all the items right there. So if it rung up, you see I rung it plain as day. Every single item, every one. But I'm not going to let And you see what I'm saying? So all I'm saying, all you have to do is come to me and say, >> I wasn't even going to call the cops. >> And listen, and I don't even care because I told you I'm not. >> You guys weren't. >> Yeah. Instead of admitting fault, Kenya doubled down with excuses, but the mismatched receipts exposed her. Her story quickly unraveled and officers weren't swayed by the performance. >> Um, we are going to have to take you into custody. >> Crazy for what? >> So, you came for the misbring. >> Hold on. Wait. Hold on. Wait. Stop. Don't grab me. Hold on. Wait. I'm not I'm not fighting. >> Don't fight with me. You're under arrest. >> Excuse me. Wait. >> You're under arrest. We're not going to fight. >> Stop. Because I didn't under ring. What is y'all talking about? >> First of all, let go of my No. Hold on. No, >> Kenny. You're under arrest. >> Stop. First of all, hold on. >> You are under arrest. >> Stop. Listen. Please. I'm telling you. Listen, Miss Lady, you don't got to do all this. I'm saying, >> please stop. You are under arrest. >> I understand that, but please stop. >> Stop fighting with us. >> I'm not fighting. I'm just telling you to >> your stomach. I got no problem with that at all. But y'all not going to just man handle me like this for no [ __ ] reason. It's my baby's birthday. Y'all sick as a [ __ ] for this and I ain't sick as [ __ ] >> Hands behind your back. You're going to get tased. Hands behind your back. You're going to get tased. >> You're under. >> Put your hands behind your back. >> What are you using? >> Put your hands back. >> Why are you ill? >> I got taser. >> Taser. Taser. Taser. >> For what? For what? Why are you tagged? What are you 10? >> Why the >> GET YOUR HANDS BEHIND your back. >> Get your HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. >> WHAT THE IS WRONG with you? What did I do? >> What are you doing? >> What are you doing? What the are you doing? What are you doing? >> What are you doing? Take my phone. Take my phone. >> Just take my phone. >> Just take my phone. >> Put your hands. >> Just take my phone. Listen. When I say you lost your [ __ ] mind. >> Put your hands on your >> You're under arrest. >> What do you mean? >> Put your hands on your back. >> Put your hands under. >> Tasha, please record this. Please record this because she need me and me. Tasha, record it. >> RECORD IT. >> RECORD IT. TASHA, she t me. She near ME. LOOK AT HER. >> LET'S GO. KENYA, >> DO IT NOW. >> You crazy. >> Okay. You're not about to take >> Oh, my soul. She not twice already. >> Let's go. YOU'RE GOING TO KILL ME. MY GOD. GET YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. >> WHAT IS WRONG with y'all? What? >> HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. >> WHAT? WHAT? >> Hands behind your back. Keep them there. >> Stop resisting. Kenya hands behind your back. >> Get down on the ground in your stomach. >> When officers moved in to cuff Kenya, her demeanor flipped. She ditched the innocent act and fought back hard. Even repeated taser deployments failed, forcing backup to step in. >> Whatever my gift card, everything. I'm not resisting. I am a wrist like that. I'm a pregnant woman. Hold on. I don't got no problem not resisting. I can lay I can't lay on my lay on my side. I can't lay on my pregnant. I can't lay on my pregnant. I'm not refusing. I'm not refusing. I am a pregnant woman. >> Taser. >> I am a pregnant woman. >> I didn't do nothing. >> I didn't do nothing. >> Relax. >> Nothing. >> Listen. That's five times they >> That's five times they take me for nothing, y'all. For absolutely nothing. They taste me for nothing. When I say for nothing, that Oh, god damn them on the G and I'm pregnant and she need me >> and she me. >> Kenya, just relax. All of this because I did not I did not steal 16. >> You have an ammo coming pushing my wrist like that. >> You cannot relax just by fighting. >> I'm definitely relaxed. I'm not fighting at all. >> Relax. >> Y'all dead ass wrong. When I say y'all dead ass wrong, I mean y'all dead ass wrong. >> Bring your ankles together. Take the slack out. whole time for the police, but I stole. >> Okay, >> that is crazy. >> Hey, >> get you some better training, Miss Lady. You didn't have to punch me. >> You didn't have to punch me. You didn't have to knee me because I wasn't resistant. You had no right to put your hands on me. None whatsoever, Miss Lady, because I wasn't resistant. I didn't lay on my stomach because I was pregnant. When you told me to slide down, I slid down, but I didn't get on my stomach. She my soul >> pay for everything. Everything. That's fault. That's their fault. They let me leave. She >> is the lower I was ready to leave. I paid for everything. >> Our way back to >> y'all did all this last year. >> Let's It's in the lower admin. So, let's wait. >> I paid for everything. I came in this week. $500. >> Let the officer grab it on >> snatch that out. >> Snatch that [ __ ] out. >> Kenya's actions ultimately caught up with her. She was charged with retail theft, resisting an officer, and attempting to disarm a peace officer. The court sentenced her to 10 months in jail, followed by 3 years of probation. Lying and resisting only make a bad situation worse. Taking responsibility early is always the safer path.