We can do like returns for stuff and
then get credits from the store. Mhm.
But I didn't realize like it was actual
money. I just thought it was Burlington
credits like $14, $50, $100. Some The
most one hat was $213. I just wasn't
going to do it again. I didn't think
anybody would notice.
Because of the dollar amount, it's a
felony. A highlight of work for thieving
employees is swiping their favorite
items under the noses of their
employers. What happens to the unlucky
ones who later realize that they were
caught in 4K? What's the reason for
taking this stuff?
Dumb reason, he's not thinking. What
made you do it?
I was
I was stressed. Okay.
I wasn't thinking straight. I wasn't
really thinking straight. That's why I
said it's it's really on me. Nobody else
would know anything about it. It's my
mistake. I wasn't really telling anyone
about my mistake.
When dumb thieving employees realize
they were caught in 4K. The first
employee to have her thievery caught in
4K was a materialist who stole $20,000
to acquire a new car and purse. We're
here because you're being accused of
theft. I didn't do it.
Okay.
I'm having some issues with money right
now. You think that much money is going
to go missing and nobody's going to
notice?
On June the 26th, 2021, a distraught
business owner called for police
intervention after losing over $20,000
to an employee's thievery. The thief was
said to have channeled most of the
stolen money towards her extravagant
lifestyle, purchasing a car and a
designer bag. Unknown to her, her
employer had already caught onto her
theft and what was supposed to be a
normal day at work would end up being
one of the most embarrassing moments of
her life.
I have the register tape too that she
pulled up with are timestamp too. Okay,
you got that on video or do you just
have the tape? I just have me on video,
but not her on the video doing it. But,
I have the time that she went over the
time.
Yeah, of course. What's your phone
number?
Excuse me, ma'am. 817
This is only for the customer. Oh.
Okay.
Okay, perfect. All right, I'll get some
pictures out to you, okay?
All right, perfect. We'll give you a
text, okay?
Um I'll try to get them out to you
today.
Hello. Hey, how are you doing? My name
is Officer Ramirez with the Police
Department. Reason why I'm here today is
because we got a call in reference to
something that was wanted. We want to
talk to you for a second.
>> Yeah, of course.
Is there somewhere we can talk to her?
If you want to talk privately, you can
just go in the back. Yeah, you want to
show us?
Just like in the very back. Yep. Sorry.
It's a mess back there.
So, first question is, can you guess why
we're here?
Um I was accused of stealing money out
of a party.
That was it. Okay, come on.
You got your phone?
Yeah, I do.
All right, I'm just going to read this
out to you, all right? You have the
right to remain silent. Anything you say
can and will be used against you in
court. You have the right to talk to a
lawyer for advice before we ask you any
questions to have a lawyer with you
during questioning. If you cannot afford
a lawyer, one will be appointed to you
before questioning if you wish. If you
decide to answer questions now without a
lawyer present, you will still have the
right to stop questioning at any time
until you talk to a lawyer. Do you
understand the rights I just read to
you? Yes. Okay, so
tell us what happened.
I was working at working for a Tampa
Palms.
I
I I was doing a trial for a Tampa Palms.
I thought I started my period and I had
moved this girl's bag. I only paid her
back cuz I didn't want anything to
happen. I didn't want it to be put on me
because
I'm not that kind of person.
And the way she was talking to me, like
it felt like it was going to be
Who is the she? Was it your manager or
No, it was um
a girl at the party that I guess she had
messaged me.
And she said like, "I saw you the one
doing that." Okay.
What's this What's this young lady's
name?
I I didn't get to know her. Um I have it
on my phone. I can show it to you. Okay.
Um I think it started with an A, but she
said like, "Either way, I'm going to
like put legal Okay. And what What was
this party?
It was at um like a New Year's event
center like Mary. Like Mary? Okay.
At first, the employee thought that the
cops had dropped by for a separate
incident. However, what she would come
to realize is that this was far more
serious than she imagined.
We appreciate it, but that's not
necessarily why we're here today. We're
here because you're being accused of
theft. However, the theft is not in
regards to that part. It's in regards to
something that's happened here today.
Okay. So,
you have a manager um
who advised us that Well, not manager.
You have one of your other coworkers
who advised us that they left
a certain amount of dollars
with their identifying marks Mhm. on
them.
And you were the only person who was
there.
Okay. So,
she also has the receipts of the opening
of when the drawer was opened, so what
exact time. Okay. Where we're at right
now
is uh
I can't
I can't promise you anything,
but for me and I'm sure also for our
sake,
honesty is the best policy. Okay.
So, could you tell us anything about
that?
I did do it.
Um
I'm having some issues with money right
now. Okay.
Um
I just like bought off a new car, so
it's I haven't been working lately.
Um
I will admit to that, so Was it just
today or has it been in the past?
It was today and then I've done it in
the past before, but never like large
amounts. How much would you say?
Probably like So, we walked up to the
back. 300 maybe was the most beforehand.
It's in my bag. Okay, can I go and look
through that bag? Yes, sir.
It's going to be in that pocket.
Although she admitted to taking the
money, she claimed to have been pushed
to it because of her recent financial
struggles. But the lavish purchases she
made suggested otherwise. I'm wasting
your time. I don't want to waste it. You
guys have better things to do than this
stuff. That makes sense. No, that's
theft. I don't know where it's from,
man. I know.
Your time is valuable.
This is sad. All right, do you mind Do
you mind coming over here for me? Just
to identify.
It's not my purse. Can I take a picture
of you here?
I already have all the pictures. This is
going on the report. Can you identify
these bills? Okay, one second. Do you
see any J's so far?
This is my purse.
Okay, perfect. And I have serial
numbers. Look at those.
>> I have the other side. I got to get the
serial numbers. Are the J's in there or
what? There's one J. There's my J's.
There's another J here. This is the only
J, but I'll get you the serial number.
>> No problem. You're fine. That's a J.
>> That's my money.
Okay. Caitlin, I need the serial
numbers.
No.
So, I'm going to talk to her and see
what she wants to do. Okay.
Um
At this moment, I said to her she's a
magic.
It's a loophole for her.
But like I said,
for me, honestly, the best policy What I
can do is have you up and arrested. No,
sir. So, real quick,
with situations that have happened,
especially with things like theft, you
know,
I can't promise you that.
But you don't have a record. So, that's
There's no pattern to it.
Now, this The situation at Lake Mary,
you know, that has nothing to do with
this. Yeah. We're only here for for this
that happened today. And this stuff is
happening all the time. Okay, so like I
said, you know, it's not for us to sit
up there and be like, "Hey, you know,
you did this to come in here and have
some money." We don't do that. You know,
when you do something wrong, you have to
be accountable for it. All right? But,
it's not a situation where like I said,
it's not foreseeable that you could have
a future after this. So,
I'm going to go talk with her.
And then uh
I'll be
cuz I don't want you to go back in
there.
And I'll be back.
And I have to tell you at this moment,
you're being placed in investigative
detention. I'm not going to put you in
cuffs or nothing like that right now.
We'll We'll get to that later, okay?
We're just going
I have supporting documentation.
>> May she uh Can she have a seat for a
minute? Of course.
May she have a seat? I have to go down
the hall, so
just bear with me.
You have You have your customer stuff,
but do I have to get it quiet, okay?
Just as her employer suspected, the
dollar bills found in her purse matched
the stolen cash. Even worse, that wasn't
the only stash she kept hidden. Does
this belong to you?
The $5, that was given to me from her.
I owed her money for coffee, the five
singles. All right,
listen. I'm going to grab something for
you.
How many How many do you need? Do you
want fresh charges? Yes, I do. Because I
added it up, it's $1,000 that's been
going on. You're breaking my freaking
heart.
I have the documentation in my car. I
wasn't prepared to turn it over cuz I
was trying to rule it out. But, I'll
show you what I was preparing for my
insurance company. Okay, let's see that.
>> well over
what she has here. I was hoping she
would show it all,
what you took this morning, and you
didn't. So, no, I'm
>> Hey, well, that's That's why I'm making
this That's making it non-contentious.
Well, I would.
And where was the other Where was the
other bag?
>> I I told him it was in that back pocket
of my bag, like that.
>> Which Which one? The one with the
zipper.
>> Right here? Yeah.
Is that the rest of it from today or
Yes, sir.
She put the
She put the day.
before
Is this all from this business? Yes,
sir.
I'm going to put your keys back in your
purse for you, ma'am. Yes, that's fine.
Thank you.
Do you think that much money is going to
go missing and nobody's going to notice?
Okay, this It ain't funny, but
I know you can't look at my drawer, but
I can tell you what I had. Like how much
was in it.
>> All right.
All right, what's your name? Deonna. All
right, Deonna, do me a favor and stand
up.
Right now, you're going to be placed
under arrest for theft, okay? Do me a
favor and lift your hands up. Don't do
anything. I'm not going to search you or
anything. I'll let them do that at the
jail, okay?
Yes, sir.
And 13 1360? 30751 1050.
Does that sound right, ma'am? 1360?
I didn't
count my drawer.
>> Okay.
The amount of money she had stolen, the
suspect knew that this wouldn't be
easily overlooked, and she was going to
pay dearly for the crime. That was only
the one time before this?
She took maybe like 300? Yeah. Okay.
Cuz I was making good money before and I
was working a lot of hours.
So, what? She cut your hours or
something?
Is there a reason why she did that?
To me, I feel like it's cuz I wasn't
doing anything right.
So, I'm just stuck, but
I'm good. So, am I going to go to jail?
Because of the amount.
Um when she first called us, she made
she gave us a number.
And
you would have gotten a notice to appear
because
you would You could have gotten
That's how you would Yeah, that's how
our supervisor knows.
You would have gotten a gift card.
Sorry, memory stuff for me.
I call them evidence.
>> see that on paper. I can just look at
all of it. You can have it.
And that $22,000 doesn't calculate to
certain amount of time.
>> No, cuz I didn't know she was stealing
it. I actually came in cuz I was
planning on just interviewing her.
Right. She was not
originally who I thought it was going to
be. I was very shocked. I got it down to
just I ruled out everybody but her and
another girl, and I actually just
thought it was the other girl, to be
honest. I'm not going to lie to you.
But now looking at all this evidence and
the time clocks when she was here, it
all lines up. Makes sense. Do you
recollect any of those things?
Okay. How much do you think you've taken
over the years? It's just this year, by
the way. It's just this year. How many?
I didn't keep track.
I mean, you got to have a ballpark in
excess of a thousand dollars.
>> your How much was your purse? How much
was your car? It's just this year.
How much do you think
it was? I want to hear what you think.
That was the most I've ever taken.
At a time or
She's missing $22,000.
Less than that.
So, if you don't think you took that
much, you got to have a ballpark of how
much you do think you took.
>> I have documentation here to show I
know. Bring it north.
Bring it pick this up. Send you a
picture of it.
When she's done, that way it gives her
time to 26,000.
All right, good.
Um What side am I doing this
Um try to keep it away from the
you know, the general public, so
I think that's a good choice.
The employee was later charged with
grand theft and ordered to repay the sum
of $20,000.
This next case features a Kohl's
employee, Samantha, whose slippery
fingers landed her in serious trouble
after getting caught in 4K.
Because of this, we are going to
prosecute. Do you understand that,
right?
Come back.
Um
but we still need our stuff back.
What happened?
Sorry mom.
Oh god. There's a Sephora bag back here.
Okay.
So you'll see.
She grabs that bag. On April the 17th,
2025, 18-year-old Samantha Spears, who
worked in sales in the Sephora
department at Kohl's, was reported for
theft after she was caught on CCTV
stuffing items into a bag. Samantha's
theft was brought to light after
managers received a tip about a
dishonest associate who was suspected
for taking things without paying. Hey
you, don't chat. Can I talk to Funny we
see you again. This time we need you.
Yeah. I didn't steal.
All right, so we're going to go to the
to the management office over there.
That's where we are. Okay.
So
what do we have so far?
So here's I'm going to just take a
picture for my record keeper and
then I will
give it to you. Her name is Samantha
Spears. She's 18 years old.
Works for Sephora. She's with us 33
days.
We uh through a tip and observation
we're able to catch her stealing
multiple
items.
And in the interview process while they
were interviewing her, she confessed to
like, you know, stealing almost every
day the last couple of weeks. Okay.
She said we were called. Say again? She
said we were called.
She knows We were called.
Well no, Ricky called me on the phone.
Okay.
So quick math that we were doing in our
head, she was stole a couple thousand
dollars worth of merchandise.
And you guys have We told her to be
precise cuz it'll help in, you know,
evaluating her future with us.
She asked, "Am I going to be fired for
this? Am I going to lose my job?"
And he was like, "Well, based off your
honesty, the more honest you are with
us, we take that into consideration." So
That's a crazy question. Yeah, right?
Yeah, we were called. don't know if you
know how long you work here.
Do you guys have video receipts for all
these Yeah, we're going to we'll be able
to provide that to
Yeah, from what she told us, she's been
doing all the stealing with her family,
her sisters, her father, her mother, her
So, like we said, it goes, you know, it
looks like your parents, your family put
you in a predicament.
What time did you start today? I didn't
start
Watch what she said. She said it was she
started last, you know, a couple weeks
ago stealing all stuff, and then she
felt comfortable with it, and then it
became every day that she was working.
After getting a quick run-down of the
situation at hand, officers were led to
a room where an emotionally imbalanced
Samantha was being held.
All right, Samantha.
Just a couple things.
Certainly, anytime when an associate
calls in a loss, there's repercussions,
so
the team from Boynton Beach is here to
talk to you. All right. So, there's a
couple things. All right.
Here you go.
All right.
So,
because of this, we are going to
prosecute. You understand that, right?
Okay.
But, we still need our stuff back.
Okay? All right.
One last thing. All right.
So, this is a promise that you're
telling us that you're going to make it
right with Kohl's. All right. Do you
still have your pen?
All right. The principal amount owed is
what you put on this statement, okay?
Mhm.
All right. So, you're going to write
that there.
You're okay. Calm down.
And then you're going to print your name
and put the date.
Can I get that
water for you?
No.
So Samantha I do have to
I do have to make sure you just are
aware whether or not you sign it or not
it's okay. All right? You are being
released from the employment, okay?
>> Yes, sir. You can't come back to call us
to work anymore.
>> Yes, sir. All right.
Um all right, so these gentlemen are
going to ask some things that they're
going to cover with you. All right?
All right.
I'm sorry I said it the same thing.
You're fine. Do you have anything in
your locker that we should get for you
while these gentlemen are covering a
couple things for you?
It's just my bag. Is it locked? I don't
think so. Okay. What's your locker
number? Oh,
it's it's by the right wall. It's the
one at the like very bottom. What's the
very bottom? I don't know the locker
room.
>> Is there any What locker number is the
locker assigned to? Um I was originally
assigned to like 75.
>> It's the one that's
at the very bottom? I don't know if
Oh, it's
the one Yeah, it's the white one. So
this is what I would say. This This
gentleman's going to ask you some
questions. You be as honest and
cooperative with them as you were with
me, okay? Yes, sir. All right.
It's like
It's the one in the inventory. It's like
Oh, yeah.
He's going to just want the very bottom.
All right, Samantha. So I have to read
you something before I talk to you,
okay? I don't want to break this.
Samantha's tears seem to stem from shame
and regret. And given that this would
look terrible on her record, it was
understandable that she would break
down. Are you willing to talk to me
without the presence of an attorney?
Okay. So can you tell me what happened?
I'm sorry I got
Okay.
How about we do this? Let's give her a
little breather.
All right. So she can be getting her
composure and then we'll continue going
over the paperwork. Okay. How's it
going, man? Yes, sir. Sir, sir, I just
Listen, Samantha.
Everyone's going to treat you with
respect. No one's going to yell at you.
No one thinks anything.
Okay? This was a mistake.
But you need to stay calm, please. Okay?
Can you do that? Calm down for a little
bit.
Do you want water? Get the
We're going to take her through this
door right here. So I want you to just
grab all
the patrol vehicle paperwork
this way.
I don't think you're free.
We're going to take out this door.
Sorry. We need to call a rental car.
To seal the case, the cops were
presented with video evidence of
Samantha's thievery.
You have guys You have video ready?
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we have our video. So
okay.
Just check it out. Is anything
established whether we have scheme to
defraud yet or not? Okay. So they've got
four dates right now.
Several hundred dollars worth of stuff.
Up to four dates.
over the video yet.
She's admitted to
doing this for several more days.
Possibly two weeks.
So
find out
get his opinion. This is part of the
stuff you're going to have to do when
you're on your own. Yeah.
If we have the video for the fourth, we
can scheme to defraud.
The thing is is that anything afterwards
at this point
will either be in addition to or
separate thing.
So what we need to find out what we have
here today, what we can charge her with.
You guys are good after that. You just
wash your hands clean from this cuz
she's out. Will that be the report
number?
Yes.
>> That's a perfect number. But we'll get
what we can get today.
Cuz that's probably the route that I
would go. Hang out. I'll get the problem
at
Okay.
He's going to get his conference call
time. She's got everything in there.
All right. We want to document it just
on case so we can articulate everything
we see.
You guys will submit the videos later.
We'll send you a link. You explain this
to He did. Yeah, he got the information.
So then we can figure that up when we're
submitting the whole package to the
state. Okay.
It's hers? Yeah. Okay.
I bet you thought it was mine, huh? I
don't know.
Do you have your ID on you or something?
Uh-uh.
It's a problem?
No, it's not a problem.
Yeah, I don't carry it.
All right, so here she is last night.
So, uh
pause it.
So, last night she comes up to
uh clock in carrying the same bag she's
currently got in the office.
Here you'll see she fidgets around.
She's going to grab something off of
here then she backs up.
And around what time is this?
Uh 9:04. She actually conceals the
product at 9:06.
Um so, here she's looking at something.
It's what she winds up taking but she
doesn't take it quite yet.
So, what was that speaker? Mhm.
Oh.
So, she'll walk over here, walk back.
Now, is her putting items in there? No,
not yet. Um she's already got a Sephora
bag in her purse that she had already
taken from inside the shop. Um but this
is one of the first things that we saw
her do.
She'll go back out there on the aisle
and
she'll conceal conceal the speaker
that's out there. All right, so here
Let me fall back a little bit so you can
see what she does. So, she grabs there's
a Sephora bag back here. Okay.
So, you'll see
she grabs that bag.
So,
you can see there's already I don't know
if you if you saw it but there's already
a couple things in there.
She comes over here. Store's closed by
the way. It's 9:13 at night. We close at
9:00. Okay. She grabs here and here.
You good?
Yeah, I just thought about it. What? How
was the female to carry so many on her
back?
Yeah, I'm going to figure it out. Don't
worry. The 18-year-old was said to have
operated during closing hours when there
were fewer people in the store and she
could stuff as many items into her bag
as she pleased. For someone who knew the
ins and outs of the store, it was dumb
of her to think that she could take
things without being captured by
cameras. You have anything else on you?
801
Okay.
Secure him.
I'm going to transport him.
Who is turn your wrist down?
801
Copy that.
All right.
Check from the market.
I'm here. 240 down the hall.
Inform them.
Copy that.
Inform them.
Copy that.
She turned it on central.
I'll try to find
Is that her?
Is that her speaking to me? Yes, sir.
Check from the camera out there.
Get him out of my face, please.
Copy that.
Thank you, officer.
I'm going to inform them.
Work has two shifts left and I'm making
her work.
Is this two? Yes. Yeah, we're on 96th
Avenue with central. I'll be there
pretty
Hey, I hear there's a fire in the
corridor.
Go down there.
Go down there.
You got that one looking at.
Oh, they're trying to get their
receipts.
Show girl Just putting that stuff off
putting it in the bag.
Now, we have the controls in place to
supposed to prevent that [ __ ] from
happening.
It's like the fourth DA I've taken out
of here for the store team for the
package shots. So, it should be
How did you guys catch wind of this?
Um actually store associate gave us a
tip that she was acting weird. So, we
started reviewing video of all of her
closing shifts. I just put it in the
email.
Good for that girl. Started with this.
We saw that can still this last night.
Now, we're at this.
Great. So, Do we have everything we
need? You can have it, my friend. And um
So, I'll put Is it Is it okay if I put
you in the report or is that not okay?
Okay.
Officer, do you have my name and I have
the report number?
I'll send every video that I have.
Do you want me to only send the video
for this right now?
>> Yes. Okay. Then, what do you want me to
do with something?
Well, the thing is we're charging her
with scheme to defraud. So, we've
already seen that. Yep. Anything that
we're doing, it's already like it would
just strengthen the case if you wanted
to. It'd be a supplement to the report,
but it wouldn't be additional charges.
Yeah, yeah. Fair enough. So, what we're
doing is what we have right now, but
because it's the systematic theft over
and over again, Okay. it would be
additional charges. That's what this all
kind of encompasses. Sure. Yeah, yeah. I
just I want to give you whatever you
want. So, you just Cuz like let's say
that you come back later and it's a much
higher amount or whatever it is, maybe
there's an enhancement there. True. I
think there's an enhancement for the
type of the amount there.
Yeah, but I don't think she's ever going
to reach that. I think it's like $100 or
something I was going to say, is it over
like a crazy So, it just strengthens the
case, but we already have quite a bit
and she's confessed. After
investigations were concluded, Samantha
was charged with a scheme to defraud.
Although she was dumb enough to steal
from her employers, she was at the very
least remorseful for her actions, unlike
Daraja Holly, a cashier who put up a
fight despite being caught swiping
dollars.
I mean, it's on camera.
Can I see for myself?
>> I'm telling you what's happening, okay?
Okay, but like what is the You're taking
money from the registers and putting it
in your back pocket.
>> what you're
You're under arrest for stealing. I
didn't steal anything.
>> take off your vest so then we can get
out of here? Okay, can I go? I didn't
steal. Like I'm not even from out here.
Did you work hard?
No, don't touch me.
On the 24th of November 2023, police
officers were dispatched to Walmart
following reports of theft carried out
by a cashier. The cashier in question
was a 20-year-old identified as Deja
Holly, who was caught in 4K taking money
out of the cash register. When officers
arrived, they immediately made contact
with an unsuspecting Deja. Little did
they know the level of chaos this
encounter would spiral into.
All right, Deja, so
they got you on camera basically taking
money from the register, putting it in
your pocket.
Money? Where?
>> Yeah.
They got you on camera.
Would you be able to empty out your
pockets?
And my money is Okay, can you take that
out? Yes, sir.
On my person.
Let's see it real quick.
Do you have anything else in your
pockets? No, sir. I mean, I'm a man.
Okay, I'm going to have you
place your items right there.
I'm going to have you turn and face the
wall right here. I'm going to pat you
down.
You got nothing on you? Which pocket did
you put it in?
This one?
I didn't take anything.
>> I have my own money.
Okay. Well,
I mean, it's on camera.
Can I see for myself?
I'm going to show you the pictures, just
to show you. Hey, there's a camera like
literally right there.
>> I know. I know that. Of course.
So, here's the times that
I guess you were taking it uh the other
days, right? The other days. Okay.
I can't see myself.
I see me putting taking money out. When
the cops informed Doja about the
allegations, she pretended to be in the
dark, claiming to have a zero knowledge
of the crime. But, with CCTV footage
clearly showing her in the act, it was
unlikely that she was going to get away
with this one. What I need you to do is
uh
write a statement about why you have
this money, and explain to us what has
happened on these previous days
of uh How How can I know what happened
if I'm It look like I've been taking
money out of the drawer. I'm just
letting you know, it's all on video,
okay? So, I need you to write a
statement about what has happened on
Yeah. But, this money that we have
missing from your register is your
money.
Okay? Like, what do I I'm confused what
I'm doing. So, you're right. I hear him.
I hear him.
Okay?
Are y'all going to make me mad? I'm
being calm right now because I'm trying
to see what's going on.
I'm confused.
Can I put my stuff back up in there?
>> leave them Just leave them in there.
This is not Can I put all my stuff back
in there? Okay. Ma'am, Write the
statement. We're going to This is my
stuff, though. What's happening? Okay,
right now you're in custody, okay? So, I
need you to get your stuff out. All
right, just write the statement. That's
fine.
>> But, this is my stuff I bought with my
money. Why can't I put it back in there?
SO, THEN WRITE THAT ON THE STATEMENT.
SO, then
Okay, you don't need to yell at me. Do
it with the tone you're using.
>> calm as hell. Don't Don't talk to me how
you I'm not talking to you. I'm talking
to y'all. No, right now you're still at
work. So, you're going to do what work's
going to ask you to do. Write I'm
arresting you?
>> let them my people the people that I'm
working for let them talk to me, please.
Y'all don't have to
>> us to assist, so now we're here. So, now
you're going to write that statement.
Y'all putting on like come on now.
Since Donut remained adamant about her
innocence, she was asked to pen down her
side of things in a statement. However,
when she proved to be headstrong, things
ended up going completely out of
control. This is right what happened.
I've been It's already documented. It's
already here in the video.
>> Well, I want to see what happened.
That's why I'm here. I'm telling you
what happened. Can I go home? I'm not
talking to y'all, please.
>> I'm talking to you. But, I'm not talking
to you. I'm talking to him. I'm telling
you what happened, okay? Okay, but like
what You got to taking money from the
registers and putting in your back
pocket.
>> y'all saying? Okay. And that's what I
didn't do. Okay. Well, it's on video.
Okay, I want to see the video. Well, I'm
telling you.
I'm telling you what's on the video.
Yeah, it's okay. I don't want to write
no statement. I don't come here just to
look at videos.
>> y'all going to do?
I'll arrest you. Arrest me? Yeah. So,
you're going to do what they told you to
do is take give back the money.
>> Why is y'all arresting me? Because
you're under arrest for stealing. I
didn't steal anything.
>> Okay, just take off your vest so then we
can get out of here. Okay, can I go
home? I didn't steal. Like I'm not even
from out here.
Can you walk all right?
Bro, don't talk to me. I got to get MY
I'M GOING TO GET MY STUFF.
DON'T DROP THAT. OH, I'M NOT EVEN
I WAS I WAS NOT EVEN STOP PLAYING. OKAY,
I DIDN'T STEAL. OKAY, I'M
COMING WITH YOU.
YOU CAN BREAK MY ARM. OKAY,
I CAN I TURN AROUND
NOW?
ALL RIGHT.
STOP RESISTING. OH, NO.
YOU'RE HURTING
YOU WANT TO GET TASED?
WANT TO GET TASED? GET ON THE GROUND.
Get We're Give me your hands.
Put your hands behind your back or I'm
going to taze you.
YOU'RE HURTING ME.
FINE.
POLICE HURTING ME.
OH, NO. I was serious. I need help.
You're under arrest for resisting.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT Y'ALL.
Can I get my belongings?
Can I get my belongings?
Shortly after she was restrained, Donja
burst into yet another rageful episode
upon discovering that her perfectly
pedicured nail was lost during the
struggle with the cops. I'm telling
I What the
Y'all just overdid it.
Ooh, you just literally broke her 32 Oh,
Y'ALL
SERIOUS? I'M SO TIRED OF
Y'ALL.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I'M
HEY, STOP.
I'M GOING TO
TAZE YOU.
GET
GET HER. GET HER. GET
OOH, what the [ __ ] with the god? Y'all
doing
Stop resisting.
No, like y'all did this, bro.
Y'all did this.
Come down.
Y'all really hurting me.
Can I come down, please?
Can I come down?
I'm going to taze you.
Stop.
You doing what?
STOP DOING WHAT?
You're good.
You literally broke her nail. Yeah, yes.
Oh, bro.
32752, too. She's bleeding.
You did it. Did you want to No.
>> WHY NO, I DIDN'T. YES, YOU DID. NO, I
PROMISE I DIDN'T. OKAY.
YOU WANT IT? IT BURNED.
Stop touching up your hands. I have It
burned, MAN. LIKE, I'M NOT DOING ANY
Y'ALL I ALREADY GOT ME IN THE AMBULANCE,
CUZ. WHERE CAN I GO? You're getting in
the ambulance to get checked out. Just
calm down. What? Like, that don't even
make sense. Y'all hurt me and then put
me in the ambulance, look.
All right, I will You're bleeding.
That's why you're getting
>> Y'all Y'all did this, bro. After the
fact
What y'all did? What What did you resist
arrest?
>> I didn't. Okay. I didn't. I asked
politely, "Can I get my
phone?" So, you throwing your phone at
her?
>> OH MY GRANNY, OH MY OH MY cousin grabbed
that phone and sat on me, G. I DID NOT
HIT HER. WELL, YOU'RE ON OUR BODY
CAMERA, SO
>> I WAIT. Y'ALL DID all that?
After the fact, I told I asked politely,
"Can I go in the back and get my
things?"
Though she was to blame for the injury
she sustained, Don J refused to take
responsibility and accused the cops of
inflicting harm. Moments later, after
her injury was treated by medics,
officers resumed the search of her
belongings and Don J had more surprises
in store for them. Was there another
handgun in there? There was. That's
mine. That is mine. I just took my I CAN
SHOW Y'ALL THE transaction that I just
took my money out my account.
That is mine. When you go to court You
go to WHAT YOU THAT IS MINE. I JUST TOOK
IT OUT MY TRANSACTION THIS MORNING.
>> JUST WHAT? The bank has transaction
history and all that stuff.
>> Yes, and I can show y'all. Then you
could print that out, it to court and
then you But that is mine." We'll bring
it to We'll bring it to you. What do you
mean, bring it? That is mine.
I have a I HAVE A BILL TO PAY, and they
are taking it out of my check. I should
have You showed us transactions. We got
our our videos. I thought I was Bro.
Yep, so I'm taking them. Oh, good. We'll
take your watch, and we'll get back
Okay. I'll take How I'm going to get it
back? I'm confused. So, you're faking
these? Yeah, I do. I'm young. I'm 20
years old.
>> Okay. I like to party. I like to Yeah,
but it's legal. Okay.
Y'all can throw them away. Y'all got my
real ID. Oh, no. Then, you're not
They're not getting thrown away.
Whatever y'all going to do it.
I'm getting charged with it. You
absolutely are.
It's forgery. Okay. Felony charges.
Okay.
Okay. You're you're you're not going to
get a break, since you're fighting with
officers.
I'm not fighting. I was never even
fighting them. I asked them nicely, "Can
I get my things?" And they HE RIGHT
HERE, HE BROKE MY NAIL AS A JOKE.
And you can't
>> behind your back when he told you to. I
Okay. I was right here. When I was right
here, I got up. And that's when he did
all this, everything. I'm not going to
have to lie about that?
Um, we have
That's fine. He know what he He
He knows the charges. Chicago police
department.
Things began to get serious with Doja,
and with felony charges stacking up
against her, she grew increasingly
bitter. You can't be on your watch. I'm
touching me, bro. I'm trying to check MY
CALLS WON'T GO THROUGH.
>> BRO, LET'S OUT. DON'T DON'T TOUCH ME.
Don't touch me,
please. Leave me alone, bro. Do I have
to take off the watch?
Do I have to take off the watch?
>> like it. Okay, bro. Leave me alone, bro.
>> Okay. Stop getting on the watch.
I'm trying to check my home, mom.
You'll be able to make calls once YOU
GET OUT OF JAIL.
>> A NO. I CAN MAKE A CALL NOW. NO, YOU
CAN'T.
WHAT?
I don't think you Do you that you're
under arrest? I don't give a
[ __ ] you. Okay.
I hope that's recorded. It is. Okay. And
I bet you I'll get out.
No, you probably will. I'm not going to
deny that. D'Asia was charged with
theft, aggravated assault on a police
officer, and resisting arrest. In
another case of a thieving employee, a
Burlington worker was brought to book
after she was caught on camera stealing
gift cards from her employers. If I
return some of the cards where any of
the money get taken out. You supposed to
know what the cards are.
It's already lost from our inventory.
When did you start doing this return
stuff?
Like, I don't know, like 2 weeks ago.
Have you seen the actual CCTV? I did. I
saw a couple of transactions. I didn't
see cuz there's about 10 of them. But I
saw a couple where she actually does she
does a gift receipt. That's how she does
it.
On the 28th of December 2022, officers
received a call from Burlington Coat
Factory after the theft scheme of one of
its employees was uncovered. The
employee, a 19-year-old female, was said
to have devised a fraudulent scheme
using Christmas gift cards and ended up
stealing approximately $5,000
within the span of 7 days.
What tipped you guys off to this? Um a
corporate Okay. corporate from the
corporate system.
All right. Uh
apologize but um
Let me have a call uh sunrise
>> Can I have you stand up for me? Put your
hands behind your back. Okay?
You have anything on you that I need to
know about that's going to stick me,
poke me, or hurt me?
No, okay.
Do you understand what's going on today?
Okay.
You mind if I search you for a second?
All right. You can take a seat. It's
right? Yeah. All right. So, here's what
I'm going to do. You're detained at this
point for grand theft. Okay, based on
what Elvis the LP has told me. I'm going
to read you your rights. I'm going to
get all your info, ask you some
questions, and we go from there. Okay?
All
I know your mom's on the way.
Yeah, she's Yeah, she's on the way.
She's supposed to be on the way.
>> Okay. How old are you?
I'm 19. Okay. Have you ever been read
your rights before?
No. Okay. You have the right to remain
silent. Anything you say can and will be
used against you in a court of law.
You have the right to the presence of an
attorney before and during any
questioning. If you cannot afford an
attorney, one will be appointed to you
prior to any questioning if you desire.
Do you understand? Would you like to
talk to me about what happened?
Yeah, if I returned some of the cards,
would any of the money get taken out?
Supposedly no, because
it's already lost from our inventory.
Um, so we'll have no choice but to
charge for the whole amount. Um, that
was lost in our return process.
So, what happened? How long have you
been employed here?
For almost a month. Okay. And what
happened?
So, I We can do like returns for stuff
and then get credits from the store.
Mhm. But, I didn't realize like it was
actual money. I just thought it was
Burlington credit. It's like it wouldn't
cause any loss or anything and I was
just trying to get my siblings some
gifts for Christmas. Okay. But, I didn't
know it was actual money. How many times
did you do this
uh transaction return to get credits? If
you had to guess.
I've done it
a couple of times, but I haven't I only
bought stuff once. Okay. After they told
after I asked After I bought that stuff
for Christmas, I asked them and I was
like what The person who was checking me
out, he was like, "Oh, you can't do
that. Like, that's actual money." Like,
he told me that I couldn't do it and I I
haven't bought nothing else and I still
have the gift cards. Haven't used them
after that after he told me that I
wasn't allowed to do that. Okay. How
many gift cards did you have total? I
had like
five or six gift cards, but
>> And how much dollar on each on each one?
Some of them had like $14, $50, $100.
Some The most one hat was 213 dollars,
which I used on Christmas. The other
gift cards I still have in my home.
Haven't used them or nothing. Okay. You
still have gift cards. Having only
worked at the store for a month, it was
surprising to see just how much she
managed to get away with using this
scheme of hers. Although she claimed to
have been carrying out the returns
without realizing the financial
implications it had, her claims didn't
sound very believable to the cops. Do
you know how much money you have left on
those gift cards that you still have?
>> No. Okay. Do you know how much you spent
on Christmas?
Um
I forgot the amount. Let me see. It was
431.
>> how much it was, 431. 431. Okay.
That was on Christmas.
And when did this start? When did you
start doing this return stuff?
>> Like from taking part in the program.
Like I don't know, like 2 weeks ago when
I learned how to when someone taught Who
taught you? One of the managers taught
me how to do the returns. Were they
teaching you because they do it as well?
>> Yeah, everybody does it. They were
teaching me how to do it like cuz I'm
supposed to know how to do that.
>> Okay. So
Do you think they were doing it for the
same reasons? Like
>> No. No. You have You can have You can
give the customers a choice either get
merchandise credit or their money back
from what they paid for the thing. Okay.
Okay.
Um prior to today, and just be honest
with me.
You had these gift cards at home. Yeah.
>> When you learned that it was um theft or
or fraud, whatever it is,
why didn't you bring it back or alert a
manager, like, "Hey, I've been making a
mistake."
Um I I just didn't want I just wasn't
going to do it again. I didn't think
anybody would notice. Okay. Were you on
shift today? Yeah. Did you do any of
that today?
>> Yeah. Okay. What about yesterday? No. I
wasn't here.
>> You weren't here yesterday. Okay. So
when when did you get told The day I
bought those gift cards. On Christmas.
No, it was December 23rd.
>> Okay.
And you haven't bought No. since then.
Did any other store employees tell you
like, "Hey, I do that. I keep the
money." Nothing like that?
>> at all. Okay. So, it's not like a common
thing here to your knowledge. Okay.
Um
Do you have your internal report?
Um
Don't you guys type up like an internal
thing?
>> We do after Yeah, after? Okay.
All right. Um and then do you have like
the transaction history? Yeah. Following
the chat with the suspect, officers were
led to a back room where they were shown
proof of all her fraudulent
transactions. Up until this point, she
had absolutely no idea that the CCTV
cameras were what gave her away. All
right.
Oh, boy. Yeah, so she is correct. She
actually
So, she actually did this for so she did
one more transaction.
Okay.
And it was for a total of how many
transactions in the month of September?
10.
You were alerted by corporate. It was
corporate that emailed us. They emailed
us the whole entire thing.
Okay.
Did you question her prior to me coming
in here? Yes, we What what did she Did
she write her statement? Oh, she did.
Okay. Can I see that?
>> pretty much everything that she
discussed with you. Cool.
I don't know how I don't know how I
bought these. They were still in my
jacket from the day that I bought I wore
this same outfit. Okay.
Give me cards.
This way you can review where that still
was.
She's paying them right now.
Okay.
Um perfect. So,
I still have you in the system from uh
Century 21.
And you guys want to prosecute. Yeah,
they they want to prosecute. They want
All right.
Were you able to email me that?
>> email you the security footage.
So, if you can and then do you have um
do you have CCTV footage? We do. I'll
find JD. His cameras are kind of
lagging.
>> Okay. He said he can do it. He doesn't
If you need it right now, I can do it.
No, um I'll get it later. Uh as long as
I know that you guys have it.
>> definitely have it.
>> Okay. So, um have you seen the actual
CCTV?
>> I did. I saw a couple of transactions. I
didn't see cuz there's about 10 of them,
but I saw a couple where she actually
does she does uh give her a receipt.
That's how she does it.
>> Okay. So, she's giving the actual
customer receipt right before she gives
the receipt. She actually doesn't give
the receipts that I wanted to give the
receipts. So, is that a fraud of the
customer or the business? That defrauds
the business.
>> The business. Okay.
>> I got you.
Does the customer also get their money
back? Uh the customer does not. But, the
only the way it would actually defraud
the customer is that they can't return
it again. The item? Yeah, then once you
do a return like you do a return, you
can't use that same receipt to do
another return. After listening to the
girl's confession and seeing the
evidence gathered, it was time for the
officers to let her know what her fate
was.
All right. And here's the deal, okay?
Because of the dollar amount, it's a
felony, okay? We just basically have to
process your paperwork, take you down to
the jail, they process it, and then they
they kick you out, okay? Do you have any
questions for me?
No. Um what I would suggest is any gift
cards you do have once you get out, any
gift cards you do have, I would say
bring back because it will show maybe
the state attorney who's going to
prosecute the case that you're trying to
give back the stuff. I know he
Luis has his hands tied. He's an LP.
He's got to follow what corporate says,
but I'm talking about the court side of
it. It may help you just to give the
girl all her stuff back, okay?
Um
we're just going to walk you to our
substation, and we'll go from there,
okay? Do you have any questions? Any
property here that's yours other than
that?
I have a purse and a friend that's
under register one. Under register one?
What color is your friend?
>> is it? It's red. Does it have like your
ID and stuff in it?
>> Yeah. Okay.
Um does it have anything in it we need
to worry about?
>> No. Okay. All right.
We're good. We're I'll take you out,
okay?
I'll leave those gift cards. If you can
just uh
Those are those
No, I didn't use those. Do they have
I don't I don't know.
Is that your like register card?
>> That's my employee card right here.
What does your employee card to say?
Yeah.
We'll clock We'll clock you out.
Which is
6:24. Is she going to be trespassed from
the store? Yeah. For how long?
I think they usually do a year. A year?
Okay, cuz it'll be from the mall for a
year. It'll It's whatever you guys do.
From the whole mall. So, I'll explain
that all to her.
All right. Well, I'm going to walk you
the quick way so we don't have many
people see you. I'm going to make a
copy. Yeah, that'd be great. And then uh
if you can meet us at the substation. Do
you know where it is, right?
Avenue 3. Avenue 3, okay. All right. Or
can when you guys wait with him when he
gets the purse or something?
Come on,
we're going to go this way.
The employee was charged with grand
theft. Just as this teenager was dumb
enough to steal in a store full of
cameras, so was this Walmart employee in
the next case who was apprehended for
ripping off thousands of dollars.
There's no customer. He pulled it out of
his own pocket. There was nobody there
doing a refund. Is there any way that
with the respect of Walmart that I could
walk out with you or not, cops? I'm not
mad at nobody. I'm mad at myself. On
March 24th, 2023, the police were
dispatched to Walmart in regards to a
thieving employee who was caught
red-handed on CCTV camera. The employee
was said to have devised a theft scheme
which he used to siphon over $5,000.
But while he was playing smart and
stealing dollars, he was too dumb to
realize that everything was being
recorded in 4K. He's doing a refund,
but he's doing a refund for himself.
With no Up at the customer service desk.
>> At the service well, yeah. Cuz he can't
do it on the regular registers. So he
You probably could, but mostly it's done
at the service desk. Okay.
>> You could do it in any register, but Oh,
an employee can Mainly it's done at the
service desk. Cuz an employee has access
to the codes to get into the others. But
say cuz I can't give myself a refund as
a customer.
No. Yeah, so. Uh So
>> He has codes and he has authorization to
do anything basically with one. Okay.
So basically he pulls a pulls receipt
out of his pocket, goes up to the
register, scans the receipt and just
says a refund. And if it goes back to
his card or you said it's the computer,
everything goes immediately back to his
card. Refund is done.
Crumbles up that receipt, gets the
return slip. The return slip is supposed
to go on the merchandise. Crumbles up
that return slip and throws it in the
trash.
So nobody ever knows.
>> Nobody ever knows.
How'd you come across it? We we just
noticed it. It it did it So this is what
he does? This is how Okay.
Reaches in his pocket.
Which you don't do.
Pull out a receipt. Which we don't do.
And there's nobody standing there, so
>> people there, but
>> No, no, but I'm saying like customer
that he's helping.
>> yeah, there's no there's no customer. He
pulled it out of his own pocket. There's
nobody there doing a refund. Yeah,
clearly. Okay.
He scans it.
But then all of a sudden Can I go back
real quick?
We'll see you come up, I'm sure.
He scans it.
Cuz you can you know what the the
point of sale screen is doing, so
I don't know how to do I don't know how
to do a
>> don't use them?
>> how to do a refund. Oh, you don't Okay.
But I I do know that I'm I'm trying to
show
So you you got to get an item.
And then he sees me.
Sees me coming. He just cancels the
whole thing.
Cancel the cancel. Goes back to the
original screen.
And puts it back in his pocket. Yep,
puts it yeah. And then
when did y'all
then grab him to
Um shortly after that or do you think
he's coming back and does it again? I
don't know, he might have came back and
did it again, but um
right before I called dispatch.
According to statements, the suspect had
been using fake returns to steal
thousands from the supermarket and had
successfully gotten away with it until
his day of reckoning finally came.
All right.
So
I think we've met a few times. Yes, sir.
On the I think that was I think that was
Yeah, that's what I was what I was
thinking. Um
So
before we get started
you're not free to leave cuz obviously
we're in we're investigating. That's
fine. Uh you have the right to remain
silent. Anything you say can and will be
held against you in a court of law. You
have the right to talk to a lawyer and
have them present with you while you're
being questioned. If you cannot afford
to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed
to represent represent you before any
questioning if you wish.
And you can decide anytime to exercise
these rights by not answering questions
or making any statements. Do you
understand these rights as read to you?
With these rights in mind, do you wish
to answer some questions for me?
Okay.
Go ahead and stand back up for me. Yes,
sir.
You can let go of your fingers.
First Do you have a discount card or We
got to give it
We have a discount
So
correct these things while I let you
lock them so when you sit down they
don't tighten up on you. These aren't
made for comfort. Your palms are
supposed to stay like that. If you try
to twist, it's probably going to hurt,
okay? Yes, sir.
All right, but before you sit down, do
you have anything on you that's going to
hurt me, poke me, stick me? Uh Anything
that could be illegal? Not not illegal,
but I do have needles in my pocket and
they're for my diabetes. Okay. So I mean
I have
Um Where are they at?
Uh In your pocket. In my pocket.
>> And are they capped? No.
They're not
>> been used, but it's a um quick pen. So,
it's it Oh, it's like an EpiPen, like a
like a Well, I have the pen, but then I
also have the needle part.
So, it's like a pen, and then you have
to unhook it and put a needle Which
Which pocket?
>> I believe my left pocket. Okay.
Or my left. You know what I mean? Okay.
Well, we're going to start with your
right. Okay.
So,
this was yours? Yes, sir. You want
another sip before we go?
No, thank
No, thank you. No, thank you. Thank you
for asking.
You got copies of this first.
All right. So, obviously there's certain
things that you can't take into the jail
with you. Yeah.
Well,
like
that. Right. Okay.
They're not going to let you take those
in.
Well, my only thing is Well, that's
fine. I'll deal with that one later.
Yeah, they'll I mean they'll they have
everything in there.
>> cuz last time they almost killed me, so
and I'm not I know that's not yours, but
>> Yeah.
I know I can't take them in there, but I
just don't want to die almost this time.
Yeah, no. So, what I what I'll do though
is I'll actually take pictures, that way
I'll and I'll talk to the nurse and like
this is what he had on him, so. And like
I've got my bracelet, and I know they
probably won't let me keep that, but
like what bracelet?
The metal bracelet actually.
They should. I just don't want to die
when I'm in there. I mean, I'm not
blaming you. Well,
they didn't give me medicine for my last
11 days. They didn't damn near almost
killed me.
Like I was in the hospital which I
answered seven or eight questions.
What do you want me to do with your
knife?
Throw it away, I guess.
Okay. I mean, I know I can't take it in
there. Yeah, no, they won't take liquids
or anything in there. I'm throwing it
all away then. Well, they actually said
Well, yeah, I guess Yeah, they're not
going to let you have that in there,
either.
So, the only thing they're going to let
you take is this stuff. Excellent.
You want me to turn your phone off for
you? Uh I was hoping that somebody would
let me at least call my girlfriend and
tell her You could throw it in your
truck if you wanted to, I guess. My
truck's not here. My girlfriend picked
me up.
I just wanted to let her know that I'm
going to jail so she could She has my
truck and it's not Well, well, uh when
we get to the car I'll let you call her.
That way we can let them get back to
work. The man didn't seem to show any
remorse for what he had done. And all he
could concern himself with was how
shameful his arrest was going to be. So,
uh go ahead and stand back up for me. Is
there any way that with the respect of
Walmart that I could walk out with you
or not in cuffs?
Um well, the handcuffs aren't going to
come off. I mean, the only thing I can
do is I can have another unit come and
sit with you and I can walk out the back
door. But, I don't know. I can't
guarantee there's going to be anybody. I
don't know. I don't think there's
anything coming in here anyway. Yeah,
there's I mean
Yeah, they're all tied up right now. I
had just cleared a call. Can I Is there
any way you can just take my shirt off
of me so I don't have to walk out with
customers realizing?
Right now
It's fine. I mean, it's just a question.
It's not done. It's not
Uh
Yeah, I'm just going to put it back in
his pocket. You want to stand up for me?
Yeah, you're not going to get the shirt
off of him though.
Okay. Without a doubt. Okay.
Just a question.
It's a perfect everything.
And that AC's on like full blast or if
it's not I'll get it on.
And again, I just want to confirm you
have nothing else on you, any necklaces
or anything? Oh, yeah, I do have
necklaces. I have a necklace. We'll
We'll take it off when we get there, but
um No, nothing else on Nothing else on
you?
It'd be a felony inside. Okay.
And when we get there, we'll let you uh
they'll let you take your earrings out.
Okay.
But his request to be taken through the
back door was denied, and he tried to
play it off, pretending he was only
concerned for Walmart's reputation. But
one would wonder where this concern was
when he was happily defrauding the
business.
He's going to tell you something. I'm
going to grab your phone out of your
pocket.
>> wasn't in there, buddy. We
I was part of the investigation so
whatever when all this stuff happened.
Um
You said you you're not going to come
back to Walmart at all?
Well, we're going to make that legal.
That's fine. So, don't come back to our
property, all right? That's fine. That's
cool. Me and you never had a problem.
You did what you had to do and we did
what you had to do. That's all. You did
what you had to do and we did
>> Right. No, I got you. I'm not I'm not
mad at nobody. I'm mad at myself.
>> got caught, didn't you? I look I'm mad
at myself. You don't know I have no no
no heart feelings or anything.
>> So
So you're you're being trespassed from
Walmart for a year. If you
come back in the anytime in that year,
you'll be arrested. Yeah. That's fine.
All right. You understand that?
>> Yes, sir. All right.
All right.
Suzanne
I got it. I just found it. Suzanne
my baby or something like that from
recents.
Is it just Suzanne? No, it's Suzanne my
my baby.
There.
Oh, I just saw it.
Right there. Look.
Try. I know else she's going to pick up,
too. I'm so excited
that she's coming.
She's not going to pick up. I don't want
to call her.
another lie.
Does she work?
She's got my credit card.
I was supposed to head out of town on
Saturday and like she's coming to get
Hey honey, it's 1:40 on Friday. I know
you're about to come pick me up, but
I'm getting arrested um uh for from
Walmart. Uh so don't uh of course don't
pick me up, but if you can call Nicole
and let her know. Um so she can possibly
let Lorelei or if you can get a hold of
Lorelei or Lilly and let Well, don't let
them know right now, but get a hold of
Nicole and let her know and uh I love
you and I'll call you when I'm done with
jail or when I can call you.
Thank you, sir.
So So your phone's not blowing up on the
way there?
I was going to let her know once the
phone died, too.
In the end, the suspect was charged with
theft and sentenced to 5 years of
probation. While this man couldn't bear
to handle the shame that came with being
caught, this T-Mobile employee who stole
multiple iPhones felt nothing at all.
Couple days now she's been taking stuff
for the last couple weeks. Okay. Total
of 19 phones and one Apple Watch.
We've kind of been informed of what's
been going on
regarding the cell phones. Um but at
this time we are going to have to take
you into custody. Yeah, I do. I do know
about the phones, but I didn't say
anything.
Well, yeah, it's me.
On August the 20th, 2025, police
officers were dispatched to a T-Mobile
store regarding a theft incident
involving an employee. The report was
made a day earlier after an employer
discovered that the store was missing 20
devices, including Apple phones and
watches. I mean, you're obviously
familiar with it. Can you just run me
through a quick I have the report Um but
just so we have our ducks in a row.
Yeah,
so throughout couple days now she's been
taking stuff for the last couple weeks.
Okay. Total of 19 phones and one Apple
Watch. So, total of 20 devices.
>> Okay. Which is crazy. Yeah.
It's pretty significant. So, total is
like what? $20,000? Yeah. So, about
$1,000 a piece. Okay.
Um
takes two at a time, three at a time
sometimes.
And it's always when she's in the back
alone. Okay.
Pockets it. We've been able to like
track it but like
haven't stopped it. Last one was I think
Sunday. So, this Sunday that just
passed.
So, it's like the But her next shift is
today
9:30. I don't know if she'll make it on
time.
She tends to like come late sometimes.
Okay. Nothing yet but if she does come
in late she normally texts me like I'm
running late. Okay.
Okay. You You know what kind of car she
drives?
No, she gets dropped off though.
In the front or the back? Uh in the
back.
So, you use the back door?
All right.
Have you guys like been able to figure
out which serial numbers of the phones
and you got everything? Okay, cuz I
don't know if it was given to the
officer yesterday or not. But
we'll probably need that.
Um but corporate office down the street
they definitely have it too. Okay. Yeah,
we'll probably end up needing that at
some point today.
Um
I think it was uh her name is Anna
who like handles it. Okay.
That may have been who Is that Ashley?
Yes. Okay.
Yeah, I guess she's the one that called
yesterday. So,
hopefully she'll get all that to us. Um
what are your guys' intentions with her?
Uh
no comment on that. I'm assuming they're
going to press charges but I Okay.
So, then what we'll do when she comes
in, we'll just
we'll take her.
Um we'll take her back, see if she'll
interview. Yeah. And then hopefully
she'll give up where these phones are
and we can get them back. Um that's, you
know, we're just hoping. That's a hope.
>> Yeah, that's a hope. You know?
So, I don't know if you guys are going
to do something
on the civil aspect of it, you guys can
figure that out. Um but yeah, we'll take
her if you guys are going to sign
complaints, and then from there, we'll
try to get your phones back. Yeah, my
How long has she worked here? Uh since
June. June. End of May, early June. So,
it's like fresh.
And this just started this month? Yes.
Yeah.
We normally I normally do like counts
every other day, just like make sure
things are right. We sell a lot of
phones. Yeah.
My job is like part of my job is to
count phones, and I noticed it
last
two weeks Saturday.
But we have a system glitch time to
time, where like it doesn't ring out the
phone. So, I played the waiting game,
and then I started to see there was more
phones, and I was like, "Hold up."
Yeah, this This isn't making sense.
>> When did she get the code for the safe?
Uh
after she completed training.
Everyone has a code. Okay.
Is it like an Okay. Is it like a
individual codes for each person?
>> Same code.
But But she has permission to go into
the safe?
>> Yes, yeah.
Yes, okay.
Yeah. All right. Minutes later, the
suspect arrives at work to meet police
officers patiently waiting for her by
the front door. From that very moment,
she knew everything was about to go
downhill for her.
All right.
Hi. I'm Detective Season, I'm with the
Buena Park
This is my partner, Detective Johnson.
How do you do? Um
Do you kind of understand why we'd be
here wanting to speak with you? No.
Okay. Do you have an ID on you by any
chance?
No, not with me. You don't have anything
with your name on it? Not today.
Okay. Um
so
we've kind of been informed of what's
been going on
regarding the cell phones. Um but at
this time, we are going to have to take
you into custody, okay? If you just give
me your bag.
And then if you can hand my partner your
phone.
Just going to hold on to that for you,
okay?
You don't have anything on you, right?
No pockets.
Okay.
Can you put your hands behind your back?
Is this your store key?
I'm going to take this.
It's probably Dave.
Dave, is that you?
I don't want to get you hurt.
Looks like it's somebody else's phone.
You have tiny wrists. Is that too tight?
I'm going to lock this so it doesn't
tighten up on you, okay?
I'm going to
You got a key in it?
All right, so we'd like to talk to you
about it. Um we'll do that at the PD.
Okay. Um
how long have you been working at
T-Mobile?
2 weeks.
2 weeks? 2 months. 2 months? Okay. Were
you working anywhere before that?
Um yeah, Vision
Okay.
Why do you think that we are in this
situation right now? Um just
was looking to hit some of you guys.
Okay.
So,
obviously T-Mobile told us that some
phones and some other items are missing.
Do you know anything about that?
Some phones and other items? Mhm. Okay.
Items?
Apple Watch,
AirPods. AirPods.
Do you know about the phones and the
Apple
Watch?
Tell me about the phones.
I'm not going to sit here and lie to you
and act like I don't know what's going
on or what's happening.
>> Yeah, I appreciate that. So, yeah, I do
I do know about the phones that were
missing. And yeah, it's me.
Do you know how many phones are missing?
No.
No, okay.
Um
what was the reasoning for for taking
those phones.
You know that reasoning is not thinking.
I wasn't really thinking about them.
Just short on cash or something? Trying
to pay for student loans?
Cuz that's something I can understand.
Well,
I mean pretty people can understand it,
but I don't Yeah, but like I don't know.
It wasn't smart thinking to do. Okay.
Um so I'm going to tell you
>> action has a consequence.
No, but being forthcoming about it and
not saying it is
better for you in the long term, you
know, because we can say like um
H, she took this because she needed the
money. She's short on money. You know,
she's going to school
full time. She's got three more years
and
school's not cheap. I know it was a
cheaper way back then when I was in
school. I can't imagine what it's like
right now. Definitely can't imagine what
it is for you guys to go to school than
what I'm going to. Yeah.
So, how much you owe on the school
loans?
Um
Chamberlain? If you don't want to say
Huh? I said Chamberlain ain't cheap.
Chamberlain ain't cheap. Chamberlain
ain't cheap.
Like I think for Chamberlain, I think I
have 10 left to pay them. It's not that
bad. It's not that bad.
>> Yeah,
that's what's left.
Yeah, I've been paying them for
since the start.
That's why That's why I was switching
cuz I was like, this is way too
expensive. I can't I can't constantly
pay them. Yeah, yeah.
I can get that.
So, is that how why is it just short on
money?
>> Yeah.
Okay. For some reason, the girl was
amused by her predicament and it seemed
she didn't fully understand the weight
that her actions carried.
Did somebody tell you
to take the phones?
Huh? Did you ever talk to anybody about
taking the phones? Like friends, family?
No. Did anybody like request you to hey,
can you slip me an iPhone? No.
No? Okay.
What did you What did you do with those
phones?
Um I gave them away. Okay. Friends,
family? Friends. All right.
Do you know which friends you gave them
to?
Do you know which friends you gave them
to?
Would you be able to tell me who you
gave them to? Not necessarily that
they're going to be in trouble, but I'm
going to be quite honest, we're trying
to get those phones back, you know?
Do you want to just write down who you
gave them to?
I can give like if if I have my phone
off like I can give it to you like Just
give them the phone, okay. I know your
phone is like almost dead so you can
charge it up. Charge it up real quick.
Um did they give you money for those?
Charge it up a little bit I don't want
it to die on me, you know?
Um did you get money in return for
giving them the phones? Um just a bit.
Okay, how much were you getting per per
phone?
How much were you getting per phone?
Like five.
Like five hundred bucks?
Do you know how many phones you sold
off? Only two. Only two? Okay. What did
you do with the rest of the phones?
I don't
I only I think they only had three.
So
they were taking more than that. Yeah,
they could have taken more than three
phones.
Okay.
Um if I was to tell you that
T-Mobile pulled their inventory for the
last like two or three weeks and we're
missing 19 phones. 19?
>> Yeah.
19 19? Oh my gosh.
19 19 phones.
I mean I feel like I can show you a
couple of pictures. I'm not denying you.
I'm not saying you didn't take anything.
That's you, right? You just stole her
phone taking all of the 19.
>> I'm not denying you or saying I did all
of it. I'm not
I'm not doing any of that. Okay. I'm I'm
owning up to it and I want you guys to
know I Yeah, I I was wrong. I was wrong.
I did mess up and it was wrong of me to
even do that.
I have consequences for what I did. Like
I said, we're trying to at least get the
phones back for T-Mobile. But they are
saying that they're missing quite a few
phones
since like August 9th.
So
the last like two weeks. It's what? Like
think if you call my my phone, I can get
that to you. Okay. If I call my my
phone, you can Yeah.
So, you think you only sold two phones?
Did you give Okay, maybe you sold two
phones. Did you give any away? Mhm.
Okay. I can give them to That's what I
was like, I can give the people that I
gave them to to you
directly. All right. Yeah, we'll get
your phone once it's charged. Like I
said, it was like
very, very sliver red and I don't want
it to die.
>> Okay. So, we just threw it on the
charger. We'll be in like 10 minutes and
then
we'll get that back. Apparently, she was
under suspicion for stealing more than
phones and when confronted about this,
she had this to say. Uh
they also brought up that they're
missing some money.
So,
>> What do you mean? What was explained to
me is that sometimes there'll be you
guys will be given cash as a deposit,
whether it's for a statement or for like
a phone,
uh and they had to start some
inconsistencies
with what was supposed to be deposited
and what was actually deposited.
And those inconsistencies fell on days
that you were closing.
Did you happen to like swipe some cash?
>> No. Not something I've never done like
taking anything out of a register. No,
cuz like
I've been at any job and never wanted to
go into the register do that. Phones,
yes, I'm I did, but the register, no,
I've never done that. All right. So, you
never took any cash or any deposit
money. Okay.
I've never done that any job, ever. I
wouldn't do that.
Cuz I have We have to count it to make
it right. So,
I wouldn't I wouldn't do that.
All right. You said Have you done this
in the past?
No. No. Just only this one time is all
it was. Okay.
Uh I've never done anything like this
ever in my life. Okay. So, what made you
do it?
I
I was stressed. Okay.
I wasn't Like I said, I wasn't really
thinking straight. I just was like,
okay, I'm just do this and
and it
Yeah.
But
I'm a mess though.
Okay. I mean, people are in the state's
right? And you've never been to a
wrestle before?
>> No. Okay.
Well, maybe this once is a mistake.
>> really been seen inside of a jail.
Well, ours is actually
I don't think we're going to put you in
a cell. So Except for only hit like
someone hit our car and we came in and
we're like making a police report, but
other than that I've never seen an
inside. So no, I've never.
Last time? Yes, please. Okay.
Uh I will never do this again. The
people you gave the phones to, are there
any more phones left in your house? No.
You got some in your bedroom or anything
like that? Actually no, I do not.
None at all. Okay. That's why I said I
can't give you exactly who I gave the
phones to so you can go there cuz
there's nothing I can give you at all
cuz I'm in the answer to get back so I
can give them directly to Okay.
Uh it was all with just friends and
family or friends? Did you sell them on
Facebook Marketplace or OfferUp? I think
I gave one to like a family friend like
like
not my friend but like family friend of
friend like that's how I got them. Okay.
So yeah, that's who I sold it to. That's
why I said I'll give the people directly
to you. I'll show you who I gave them to
and who I gave them to and who I sold
them to so you can know.
>> Okay. Yeah, I'm not trying to like jam
them up.
All I said was we're just trying to get
the phones back.
>> fine. You're fine. I'm in the wrong.
You're not wrong, but I have to answer
any questions. Okay. What's a What's a
good phone for you?
Someone like that? I think you probably
don't know.
Okay.
Does anybody in your family like I mean
your family know about this?
Your mom or
did your dad say that? No, nobody knows
about Nobody knows about it? No. Okay.
What about your mom about it? No, not
even him. Okay.
So it's just kind of like a spur of the
moment, hey Yeah, that's why I said it's
it's really on me. Nobody else would
know anything about it. Okay. Cuz it was
my mistake, I wouldn't really tell
anyone if I made a mistake.
Okay.
All right.
She claimed not to know anything about
the missing cash, but with her jumbled
up memory and inability to recall the
exact number of gadgets that she had
stolen, there was a high possibility
that she was guilty.
So, um I guess the topic of the phone,
would you give us consent to go through
your phone?
Um
What do you
Like would you give us consent to take
your phone and get like the screenshots
of Would you allow us to go through your
phone for like who you
Oh, I was going to just to show you
I'll show every person to you. Okay.
Okay. Where do you make your money?
Through cash? Was it like Cash App or
Cash.
They just paid you in cash? Yeah. Okay.
That's all I can say to you just to let
me show you those numbers of seats and
no cash ever or anything like that.
Did you make any purchases with the
money you got from that or not? Not
really. Only a few things. Like what?
Any like big big dollar purchases like
anything over $100? No, not yet. Nothing
in the past week or so? No. Okay. Is
that cash from when you sold the phones?
That's in your wallet, like $800 cash?
Yes. Yeah. Okay. Is it all from your the
phone sales? No. Is it all from selling
the phones?
>> No.
How much do you got in your wallet for
that? Um
Are they bills or Um about five is in
there from from the phone stuff. The
other I just had that on my card and I
took it off.
That was on it. Okay. You said on your
debit card?
What's your bank account?
What do you bank with? I don't really
have a bank. Is it like a I have yeah.
Cash App? Yeah, I use PayPal.
>> PayPal, Cash App?
Stuff like that.
Okay.
Um do you never stay there? You only get
mail there? Mhm. Why do you only get
mail at this address? Huh? Why don't you
want to get mail at this address?
Cuz it's my mom's address and she's
nosy. I hate when she gets my packages.
>> Got you. Okay. All right. Okay. That
makes sense.
She was about four years older than you,
so
>> Yes.
How do you think your mom would react to
you being in this situation?
>> I really don't even want to tell her.
Do you think she'd be disappointed?
Yeah, I'm disappointed.
Okay.
Um She knows I've never done nothing
like this. She would know that you never
got in trouble.
She's pretty strict?
Yeah.
She's absolutely going to kill me.
Okay. Man, I don't like what I said.
We'll make mistakes.
Um
What do you think should happen to
somebody that,
you know,
got caught stealing phones? I mean, if
it was me and she knew it was me, I'm
pretty sure they probably wanted to do
something to me, so I'm sure they would
have.
What do you think about criminally? What
do you think should happen?
Um they should have to pay all that
money back and some maybe.
Cuz like it's wrong. They should They
definitely have to pay some and extra.
So, just out of kind of recap, how many
phones do you think that you've taken
from T-Mobile?
I don't know. Maybe one.
I don't know.
Do you think it was 19?
That actually had iPhone, I mean, iPhone
and Samsung. iPhone 10.
Is it possible that you just kind of
grab it real quick and you can turn it
>> Yeah, possible.
Were they all in the safe?
Mm, yeah. And then you're taking these
by ones.
They're all in the safe. Okay. Were you
ever told not to take phones out of the
safe unless it was for
Huh? Were you ever like instructed that
you don't take phones out unless it's
for a customer?
No.
Okay. The girl's honesty and cooperation
were commendable, but even this good act
could not save her from the consequences
of what she had done. We like to
obviously
have you show us and tell us where the
phones went and who you can contact to
try and get those phones back.
Um
and then obviously we're going to talk
to corporate. You know, what they're
going to say.
They're actually the ones that brought
this to our attention this time. We've
asked them you know how they want to
proceed.
Um they've never been arrested before,
so it's not like this is a pattern, but
it's essentially a pattern because it's
been multiple instances. Um and then
once I
talked to the state's attorney about it,
so is there anybody you want to call?
I'm just going to be here in a little
bit. I'm not saying anything currently.
Well, if I'm here, you know,
probably a couple hours.
Is there anything I I'm I'm Is there
anything else I have to do? I was like
she was so sorry. I've never been done
this so You're probably just going to be
chilling Yeah. to be honest with you.
Yeah. We're going to wait for your phone
to charge up a little more and then
we'll come back and we'll talk to you.
We'll go through you know, who may have
the other two cell phones and just so we
can probably get those back. Right.
Um hopefully they'll be willing to give
that back.
Um
and then
once I talk to the state's attorney just
to see how they want to kind of proceed
with this whether it's release you and
we'll
follow up with you another day or we
gather some more information or whether
they want to charge you with something.
It's I don't know what the charge would
be.
Um I kind of have an idea, but that's
going to be ultimately up to the state's
attorney.
So
The suspect was charged with grand theft
afterwards. In the next case, a Dollar
General manager broke down upon
realizing that all her theft operations
were caught in 4K. I don't know when he
said to me why you under the camera
here. I'll explain to you later. This is
embarrassing that I'm sorry. Can you
take me out the back door, please?
Can you not put me in handcuffs,
please? On August the 16th, 2023, a call
from a Dollar General branch about a
missing $14,000 came in and they claimed
the manager was responsible. As far as
we are concerned, you have now committed
the act of grand theft. That is a
felony. We have no choice. We must make
an arrest and we must take you in. They
are the entity representing the
business, and they are requesting that
we take law law enforcement action
against you. That is our position on it,
okay? Regardless of whether we think
that their investigation went right or
wrong,
as far as we are concerned, we are going
to conduct our investigation in the
proper order, okay? As the police talked
to the manager, she revealed something
that her supervisor had did. So, you
didn't even say I wrote that because you
told me I would go to jail if I wrote
that. He was right here with me sitting
saying that. So,
we're not going to take that or use it.
>> I know. I know. So, that's I mean,
that's just going to be something that
they're That's on my record. That'll be
for their records. For sure. And as far
as we are concerned, we
As far as we are concerned, we will give
you the opportunity, if you would like
to, to make a statement, and we will
document it properly. Okay. Are you her
supervisor normally? Okay. So, she's
made the statement to us that she was um
told that if she provided a statement um
that she would that you guys would not
pursue prosecution as long as
you did make that statement to her.
Okay.
Okay. I just need to clarify. I'm here
because I I was trying to save her. You
know what I mean? Yeah.
The police department Yeah. So, she's
going to do her thing.
>> Yeah. I was trying to at least if she
was willing to cooperate. Yes. I was
assuming that the police department was
going to
take take that into consideration, and I
said Mhm. You know, like a deal, you
know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But, it looked
like she Yeah. Unfortunately, okay.
Those Those kind of deals. So, because
of that, um do you have ID so we can
just document that we spoke with you and
that that statement She's She's alleging
that that statement was made, and um
So, as far as we are concerned, um
we can't accept any of this because it
was all done under duress and all and
under a false pretense. She was coerced,
essentially. You You've made false
uh pretenses that she wouldn't go to
jail, and we have nothing to do with
that. But, as far as your We just need
to document that this is allegation that
she's making and that we properly read
her Miranda and we let her know that
anything that she states to us at the
after this point, you know, can and will
be used against her. So, I just need
your ID, and that would all. No, I don't
have my phone on me. I don't have my ID.
I don't have my hospital hopping card or
my driver's license.
You're part of the investigation as the
authorized representative and as her
supervisor who brought her in here, you
are now part of the investigation.
>> to raise your tone. I haven't raised my
tone at all, sir. I'm only I'm not going
to provide my ID
I don't have my ID. I'm
not going to provide my ID.
I'm not going to provide my ID. I'm
happy that this is happening.
I didn't want that to happen at work.
The manager was still adamant about
being coerced into a confession. Is
there a voice in the camera?
Huh?
Is there a voice in the camera?
>> No.
It was all him when he said to me,
"Briana, there's a camera here. I'm
going to send you to jail." He said he'd
send you to jail on the 22nd.
So, like this officer said, regardless
of what took place, the crime took
place. So, we can't get around that.
So,
and a lot of times, you know, people can
choose not to prosecute at first and
then change their mind.
>> She, however, admitted to taking some
money to cater to some family problems.
I can detail the deposits amount that
she admitted to
one by one. Yeah, if you can do that and
just like the time frame.
You said April, May. Yeah,
cuz in April
And your brother was um
That in March, right? Yeah, my mom died.
I think both my dad and mom died of
cancer and my brother died.
The 2,600 one is She is is on the slip
all of them.
There was only the 15, and 22, and the
22.
I slept this morning the 2600 is still
not in the van.
And that was from You know that one yeah
that one was but yeah those
should be the ones that were here
yesterday.
Is there any glasses? The 15, the 22,
and the 22.
The 26 is the one that I um faxed over.
Yeah the skin sent the 2646 is the one
that you guys sent and it's in there.
Look this one is The 1700 too. No
they're there. This is the one that you
had that one I didn't include that one
in that
one
I will be ignoring the 1500 and the
other 22 and 22. That's it. It's not
It's not this other one.
Is this the last one? Yeah. 22s.
So yeah that's
that
Well like this one and the two 22s.
>> Yeah the 22 and 22.
>> One, two, three. Yeah.
The other ones that without I dropped
them off there.
Okay. Well
the
the miles that the chargers go is
anything over 5,000 between 5 and
20,000.
So whether it's
6,000 or 10,000 it'll be like the same
bond.
No that'll be
I haven't done a second degree
misdemeanor in a while.
First one is like
20
I'd say between 5,600.
I'm not 100% sure.
I think 5,000 is the cash then.
Yeah like if you do like a 10%
Like oh my god, please cuz nobody knows
anything. She's going to be the one
that's getting me out.
Hello. Hey Tory.
Can you hear me?
Are you okay? No, I'm
I got jailed.
Don't worry. Don't tell nobody, but I
gave Jen like debit cards at work. So
you can show
her Facebook.
They're What? They're taking me to jail.
So if you could bail me out.
Why are they taking you to jail?
Cuz of the deposits.
But I mean I didn't go yet, so I don't
know how long it's going to be, but
What does she have to do?
Hey Kyrie.
>> What are you talking about?
>> At work. I'll tell you later, but what
does she have to do? Can please help
this right here. You're on speaker
phone.
Hey Kyrie.
When they're ready to Sorry, my
grandson.
When they're ready to Hey puppy, hold
on. Hey Kyrie. bond you out, they will
allow you to make a phone call.
Jen, what are you doing?
Okay.
They said when they're
when you come bond me out, they don't
say when. I don't know how long it's
going to be. I guess you have to look
online.
Are you
doing money bond?
Kyrie, it's okay. I'm right here.
Hey Ky Ky.
Hey. Hey Tory, how did she look it up?
No, you
You or someone will call her when you're
ready to go and
I'll call you when I'm ready to go.
Could be a couple hours. I'll explain to
you later. This is embarrassing enough.
So
Tory, for my one card Jen has, and Am
has got one, and I have the other one,
you have to go to Wells Fargo, and you
can only take out three
um $300 at a time. So I can do three
transactions with $300.
All right.
I don't know if I can take off today.
I'm going to get in trouble with work.
Yeah, don't tell nobody else.
I'm not.
If you needed help, why didn't you just
ask me?
>> All right, I'll be going to this right
here.
Hello. I know. All right, I'll call you
um well, you can call her in a couple
hours.
Uh could be slightly more than that.
So yeah.
>> That's up to I don't know what that
process is. Are they having you in front
of the store like they they won't put
you in the office or anything? They're
waiting for a lady to come and ask me to
take me out the side door, but I don't
know. He said he's not going to put me
in handcuffs.
But Jenna work toy but your friends with
Jenna on Facebook, right? So you can
call her.
Jenna Jenna friend
>> She's going to How long is she going to
be there for? She works till 2:30.
Please don't tell Alan or nobody else
yet.
Well, I'm with you, so.
Jesus, if you needed help, Yeah. I mean,
you should've told me. I would've helped
you.
You could've came and lived with me. I
already told you that, stuff. I know.
All right. I'm okay. You mad or you want
like this this isn't a game. It's going
to be on your freaking record. A female
officer arrived to search her before she
was taken down to the station.
This is the um speaking with my brother.
She's you four 501 of the priorities
from this morning.
She was charged with felony grand theft
and a 5-year probation.
Next is the case of another thieving
employee who was caught on camera
stealing over $1,000 worth of snacks
within the span of 4 hours. Hey, um I'm
getting ready to go to jail. I don't
have anything to wear as you needed.
Very secretive, so I guess this is why.
On the 4th of April, 2022, officers were
called to a local Dollar General where
over $1,000 worth of snacks were stolen
by a female employee. Yes, okay.
So.
Is there a loss prevention person we
need to talk to?
>> I have I can call her. Okay, do you both
have your
>> Yes, sir. I do with the manager.
>> right there.
I don't know if you want to just hang
out for a second and you want to have a
seat or do whatever.
I'm just going to figure out what's
going on and we'll go from there.
Okay.
Did you uh you got all the information
from her? Yeah, from her and her.
Actually,
I haven't got the manager's statement,
but apparently she already wrote a
statement to her.
So, she
It all happened yesterday. It's just one
instance over the span of 4 hours
yesterday.
>> Okay.
The employee
allowed
her and the employee's aunt
to basically load up
entire carts of whatever.
I mean, over $1,000 worth of stuff and
she would scan like one or two things.
She would? The employee would yeah, the
employee would scan the stuff.
Yeah, the the employee would scan one or
two things select the hammer and walk
out. She wants to press charges. So,
we're pressing charges?
If we they don't know the aunt's name.
After hearing the manager's side of the
story, one of the policemen went to
speak to the lady. All right, I'm going
to read you something
and ask you a few questions. You have
the right to remain silent. Anything you
say can and will be used used against
you in a court of law. You have the
right to talk to a lawyer, have him or
her present with you while you're being
questioned. If you cannot afford a
lawyer, one will be appointed to
represent you before any questioning if
you wish. Do you wish to speak to me
about this incident?
That's fine. You will be placed under
arrest for grand retail theft. Yes.
Um
tell me what's going on like
You're being accused of under scanning
and allowing your aunt to walk out.
Like I can
Do you know how many different felonies
you can get from this?
It's organized retail theft, basically
is what it is.
Whether it was your idea or not, you
went along with it.
Did you get dropped off here or is your
vehicle in the My vehicle's here.
Okay. Hey, um I'm getting ready to go to
jail.
Can you have someone come get it?
Because I let somebody walk out of here
with stuff yesterday.
Yeah.
I don't know.
So
I will
let you know when I can get a bond
hearing or whatever. No, you'll have a
bond tonight set by me.
He said I'll have a bond setting set
tonight.
I'm not sure how much it was.
Where's your keys at for your vehicle?
Are you able to have someone come get
it? Cuz obviously you're not going to be
allowed back on this property.
I'm just going to call my aunt.
Shelly?
No. Okay.
My aunt Judy. Okay.
Do you have a phone number for Shelly?
I don't have anything for her. She made
it
very secretive. I guess this is why.
Where are going?
I'm going to go get my purse and stuff
and put it in my car.
Is it inside?
Okay, we'll have that come out after you
finish your cigarette.
Do I need to take my ID with me?
Um not necessarily.
Um I would take your cell phone with you
so you can get phone numbers out of it.
Um
And then I would just put my cigarettes
and my keys and everything in my purse.
Or
I have your information so you don't
necessarily need your ID.
Um
It wouldn't hurt to take your wallet and
phone with you, but that's really your
choice.
And I'll leave my ring in
Do I need to take earrings and
everything out or
>> be made to at the jail, yeah.
Is it just your purse inside?
I believe so, yes. The second officer,
on the other hand, went in with the
manager to collect all the evidence
pertaining to the event. I have pictures
of the transaction
from the register because it wouldn't
let me reprint them. Okay.
So,
this is what she rang up.
That's what she gave away and I can show
you on the big camera, too.
And then
she rang up a drink
and that's the cart he pushed out. And
the only thing she rang up was the
drink?
>> The drink, yeah. That's the actual
receipt for the transaction. And then
these are like when I went through and
watched the video.
I didn't put all of this on there cuz it
wouldn't have fit, but
>> What is all all of that? This is and
this is a list of stuff I could see in
the carts that got taken. Can you do Did
Did make copies of all of it?
>> No, not yet. You make copies of all that
front and back if you would. So, she
took eight shopping carts?
Altogether in the hour, it was eight
shopping carts full of stuff.
Where did the Where did the $1,000
number come from?
>> That's
It was probably over that amount because
there were totes full of things that we
couldn't even see what was in them.
Um
So, she's estimating.
And you didn't happen to get her on
video writing the statement, did you?
Yes.
She is on video writing the statement?
>> Yes. Is that
>> add that to that. Yeah, if you would do
that, that would just be a little icing
on the cake, so to speak.
And uh what I'll do is I'll just take
the copied version of everything.
Are the The receipts you have are on
here, you said, or what you Um
well, I have the beginning, like where
she scanned one thing, and then gave
them their copy of the receipt, and they
walked out with two carts full of stuff.
Okay, cool.
>> Back on there.
Um all the ones that I had time to put
on there are on there, so Okay. If you
guys need anything else, I can
If we can do it all from here. We don't
actually have to leave for them to send
it to us, which is kind of nice. Yeah,
this is a good starting point right
here, so. How long has she been working
here? At this store, only a couple
months.
Or not even a month.
She came from the other Anthony's store,
so
the way she did it, I have a feeling
that this is not the first time.
I'm sure.
And what does she And she wouldn't give
y'all her She wouldn't give y'all her
aunt's name?
I don't
It looks like her mom.
Looks like her mom.
And they were driving a white van cuz
you can kind of see it
off to the side as she walks out to it.
>> The lady was then taken to the station.
Since you've been so cooperative, just
put your hands in the front. Now let me
turn around and put my hands behind you.
And this is just eczema. I don't have a
light.
Okay.
Do you have a taste? No. Afterwards, it
was discovered that this game wasn't a
new thing for her and her mother, and
she was sentenced to some days of jail
time.