in Charlotte County Florida sheriff's
deputies respond to the local Walmart
for a report of a theft upon arrival
deputies meet with an undercover Walmart
asset protection agent who has undergone
specialized training in surveillance
techniques and other forms of spycraft
the Walmart spook explained he had been
monitoring a known shoplifter inside the
store who was currently opening some
merchandises packaging deputies want to
have a discussion with the suspect
regarding the previous thefts and begin
searching the store for him he dips he
dip okay even even chasing him I don't
even see we haven't positively
identified him to be able yeah all right
we'll split split up um no let's walk
across the front
first all right you stay this side we're
going to rock the front and try to find
him is he wear a mess a hat or anything
damn girl you walk faster than you than
a person at Disney World God
damn oh man not a mission who did
something I'm out of a
rough you're like a giraffe with these
legs got like little Puerto Rican legs
yeah all right so sh off need okay
you're not in any trouble right now but
we just want to take you in a loss
prevention ask you few questions okay
okay you good with
that uh can I get my wife where your
wife she should oh God damn um she
should be in the clothes yeah we we'll
gra but we're gonna go over to L
prevention first okay right yes man hey
h you got no kniv nothing no guns
nothing like that D is it okay if I
search you make sure there's no box Huts
no knives nothing like that on you yeah
right I can search you then you're
saying yeah you got caught me off guard
man no no you're good I
know these are nice nice polyester
huh what what's uh go and face the other
way Captain
Walk I'm sorry kind of embarrassing and
these items here are yours my clothes
yeah
going yeah he's going to SPL everything
I'm going tol everything your first name
is like Daniel right uh
yeah and what is your last name I'm
pretty sure you already know it I
already do yes all
right and what is your wife's name I do
not know that you sure you don't want it
yeah I'm not
Pur he just he just want to talk to you
and we'll talk to
you hey guys how you doing doing great
you doing
better at this point no we're running
investigation we have to be able to
determine if there are charges or not
charges this is why you're not in
handcuffs right now cuz if we did have
charges I would have thrown you in
handcuffs we would have walked up here
in handcuff and that is it but you are
being detained you're not free to go
deputies escort the suspect to the asset
protection Operation Center for
debriefing as a result of Walmart
sophisticated surveillance program and
proprietary technology the inside of the
operations center has been redacted by
the sheriff's office in order to
maintain the Integrity of their Assets
in the field and of the program's
overall
mission hey
Amanda huh so how do you know my name
cuz I'm a police we know everybody's
name not everybody's name not
everybody's how you doing today doing
all right yeah how about yourself doing
okay you want to come roll with me for a
little bit no not really why all right
well I have uh your boyfriend over there
he's requesting for you to come by to
come talk to him God damn okay okay now
do you want to come with me no I want to
come with me all right hold on before we
go you got no guns knives nothing like
that on you okay nothing on me you
purchased everything that you have on
you today they're not going to they're
going through video right now you didn't
steal anything right now you mind if I
search your bag my bag yeah make sure no
guns knife nothing stolen in there
nothing legal or if you want to go
through
it
nothing so we're talking to him right
now we're trying to make sure that we if
we don't have to take him to jail we're
not going to go take him to jail but at
least I want him to be able to talk to
you um so we're going to make sure we go
through this stuff here to make sure
that he's able to talk to you and then
you can go from there can I get my
lighter somewhere in
there I think there's some one up here
for
you no girl you blind look at how close
you got to get yes I know it's so
bad I got to take that there it is oh
there it ises yeah I saw one in one of
these front
pockets where you guys staying at now
I'm just hearing there find any steady
place yet no not yet can I go ahead and
put these back in there yeah might I'm
going to take a look in them real
quick
back how come you get a purple one and
then the green one cuz the green one's
his he's me th SM
regulars someone calling
48 yeah we're making our way
back Mr your C test uh it it was in the
bag which it should I don't know what it
is it's been in there man this isn't my
book bag it's a
friends he don't play down with me yeah
of course it's
t you have anything else on you nothing
in your bra no baggies no needles need
obviously with the cap you shoot up yeah
I've been not P away okay thre all your
needles away M just hang right here for
a second I'm going talk to him and I'll
be right back with you okay explain
everything to
him you already throw everything out of
the trash huh you already throw
everything out of the trash
you're
good you can follow this way she'll
follow with me you go
first so I'll explain everything as we
walk all right so come on right good all
right so he's going in for petty the
okay so it means on a previous date
prior to today he was uh surve and watch
stealing items from here okay so since
they have Walmart has active charges of
him actually stealing items he priv them
from these items and you dropped the
key Dr
before the drink of our drink y give me
one second can the C real
Qui
start call just uh call his cell phone
when you get
um when you uh get a B be to muchow
up take a seat yeah take a seat you got
nothing in your in your pockets nothing
else up in you right when you go to jail
you'll get another charge if you have
someone else on you so might as well
tell me now so I can
help you have anything else on you I
know no ma'am I have nothing on me
please you got to bite key yes I got to
b key please I'm going straight to Edd's
I'm going straight to Edy's take care of
it don't worry she's r or die you can
trust her
watch can you turn on AC yeah I'm going
to turn on my car huh can I give me my
hug yes you want to give him a hug real
quick I I'll get you
I I need you to search for when you're
done too yeah I need to turn the car on
here just watch Person
hopefully I turned my car off cuz it's
about to be see I told you she's a good
girl what do you got to go back in there
for what you I'm going to come back and
grab this stuff later just the video Sur
earing yeah yeah yeah yeah take the
earring out and then I'll give him the
copy of the trespass you want to put it
in my hand so you can grab the other
stuff and then grab it for me and put it
in your bag after you use you or than
fumbling around with everything I'll get
you
all right give him a kiss we got to get
going our shift's coming on an end
today close the door for me Mana I'll
get you out I swear bye theight okay
watch your fingers I swear to God where
are you guys staying right now um we're
homeless okay yeah um all right he said
you're going to let me search you um
yeah okay all right give me a favor just
uh yeah take my hair that's yeah it's a
r I want po warning do me a favor yep
squat down for
me all right say cough hey I've been to
prison in jail you got when you say
cough you cough you going to wle like a
duck all right Manda you're good to go
all right all right thank you hey he'll
call you when uh when he's out all right
yeah can you please give him that number
yep
absolutely yes sir clean yourself up
before you I know sir pry to at least
we had two
Lo what's going on
Sir yeah I wrote it down for you I'm
going to get