Let's work this out. You're going to
make this way worse. You're not going to
get your kid taken away. Child needs to
be taken into protective custody. I
wasn't going to go anywhere. I can't
even drive. Yeah, I was just going to go
away when I was in my car. Okay. And I
was like
>> I'm going to put hot sauce on your
tongue so you stop saying bad words and
I grabbed a little bit of hot sauce and
I put it on her tongue. Okay.
>> And she was crying. I was like, "You're
going to stop saying bad words?" And she
was like, "Yeah." And then I hit her in
the butt.
>> On October 23rd, 2024 in Mundelein,
Illinois, a 30-year-old man was alleged
to have repeatedly struck a 9-year-old
girl, pulled her hair, dragged her into
a kitchen, and poured about half a
bottle of hot sauce into her mouth,
leaving her bleeding from the nose and
mouth and vomiting. Investigators say
marks were found on the girl's
shoulders, back, and arms. The girl's
older sister and school counselor both
reported the incident.
Christian. Come on. We're just going to
talk to you, man.
We just got to talk to you.
Huh? Don't make this worse than it needs
to be, dude. I don't want to talk to
you, bro. Well, it doesn't matter now.
You made this worse.
But whatever happened with her?
He's the one pushing. He's the one
pushing. He's denying that he was
pushing me. He's the one pushing. I
didn't touch you. I didn't push you. I
didn't what?
He's the one pushing. Okay.
So, we got to talk to you about the kid,
man. He's detained based on child abuse
investigation.
He's the one pushing and shoving me to
get past.
Accusing me of putting my hands on him.
I know. When I only stepped
Hey, Christian, just give me your And
then he continued to try to leave with
the child. No, we're not trying to leave
with the Christian.
Hey.
Christian. We got to talk to you guys,
okay? You're
I know. I want to talk to you, not her.
You don't have to talk to this officer.
I will talk to you. We've talked before.
Let's work this out. You're going to
make this way worse. You're not going to
get your kid taken away. Child needs to
be taken into protective custody.
Declined and refused based on DCFS
investigation.
And then
when I told them that he was in detained
based on the child abuse investigation
he started pushing and shoving me to get
past, accusing me of putting my hands on
him. When I only stepped in his path.
And then continued to try to leave with
the child.
Can you Just talk to this officer. You
can talk to her and we'll figure this
out.
Huh? It doesn't We have to talk now.
Christian, we have to talk. We can't
just leave now.
Block. Block.
Block the exit.
Come on out.
I was saying just block it block the
exit for them.
Come on out.
Just come out, Christian. She's calling
me. Okay, she's calling She's She's
calling me right here. Okay, then come
out.
Just come on out.
Just come on out, man. Yeah, man. I'm
not You know I'm cool with you. I'm not
going to rip you out of the car unless
you want unless you're going to make me.
Okay, come on.
I don't want to break your window. Just
come on. Let me pat you down for
weapons, all right?
We got to figure this out, obviously.
Did you push the officer?
>> No, I didn't. She went like this. I was
like, "Don't
I was like, I'm walking." I was like
>> Okay. I was like, she didn't even tell
me I was in detained until I came all
the way over here.
>> Okay.
I didn't I didn't push. I didn't go like
this or anything. I was just I was like,
"I'm walking to my car." I said I was
like, "I don't I don't I don't want you
to put your hands on me." I understand
that. I understand your stance. But But
when an officer gives you an order,
whether you believe it lawful or not,
you got to listen to it. You know what I
mean? The next step is I'm going to
break your window and I don't want to do
that. That's going to scare your
daughter. We don't want to do that, all
right?
So, you're going to have to come back to
the station to talk to us about what's
going on.
All right. Just go ahead and put your
hands behind your back.
Can we wait until the old case worker
comes? We'll talk at the station. We're
We're not at that point. You created
this situation.
You know that, man. I'm always cool with
you.
But the more you make things like worse
like this, it's going to it's going to
bite you in the butt.
They're going to say They're going to
watch the video, the case worker, and
they're going to be like, "She's He's
out of control." I'm not out of control.
Just walk I I know. I know. But that's
what they're going to say.
You know what I mean? I'm walking away,
bro.
You're clearly on a You're on a case
right now. You got them on it. They're
going to
Just listen to me. You got to You got to
control your emotions, all right? I
understand your daughter's here and it's
a passionate [music] topic, but you got
to control yourself, all right?
So, we're going to talk at the station,
all right?
Sanchez, you want to bring him back?
Where did he go? Can you get my phone?
Yeah. What What else do you need?
You know I didn't put my hands on him.
You know I didn't do it.
I'm not going to hurt you. You know I
didn't put my hands on him.
You know I didn't.
I'm not going to hurt you.
Can you grab that for me?
We'll talk. Um just because you were
arrested, though, I got to read you your
rights. I was arrested for what?
I I don't know.
Uh it's just when I
When you get put in handcuffs, you get
brought to the police department, you're
considered, you know, arrested. Was I
supposed to read my Miranda rights or
what? That's what I'm doing right now.
Was I supposed to do it right then? No.
Not until
like if we want to talk, that's when I
That's when we read them. So, we're
going to arrest you. But we're not going
to ask you any questions regarding the
case until we read your Miranda rights.
So, that's what we're doing now. So, no
one asked any questions prior to that.
No one you know, asked any intricate
details about it.
>> Yeah, they already asked me questions.
Are you in custody? Yes. Do you have
handcuffs on? Okay. Well,
depending on what they asked you, that
stuff can be suppressed. You know,
that's what your attorney will take care
of and everything there. So, but
prior to that, if I want to talk to you,
just kind of get your side of the story
cuz I have no idea what the hell is
going on. I was just here and I heard
you were being brought back to the PD,
so I was like, "I'll I'll talk to him
cuz I know him." All right?
So, I'll read you your rights. Let me
know if you understand it. If you don't
understand them, I'll read them back to
you. I'll give you a chance to read them
if you want.
And then if you want to sign it, you can
sign it. If you don't want to sign it,
you don't want to sign it. It's up to
you. All right?
So, you have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can be used against you
in a court of law. You have the right to
consult with a lawyer before answering
any questions or making any statement
and have a lawyer present during
questioning.
If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will
be appointed for you before questioning
at any time during questioning if you
desire. Do you want to sign this at all?
No. That's fine. Uh why am I being
arrested?
Uh one second.
So, from what I heard is uh you pushed I
did not push no one, bro. You You pushed
Sexton? No, I didn't. I was like this.
You can see it on the dash cam. I was
like this the whole time. Okay.
Prior to I I did not I swear to God I
did not push her. Okay. I was just
walking away and I told her I was like,
"Please, I'm I'm walking away. Do not
put your hands on me." She was the one
going like this to me. Okay. I did not
go like this to her.
>> push her back after she pushed you at
all like that? Nope. My hands were never
like this. Okay. I was either like this
or like this. I was like, "Don't touch
my kid or don't touch my
I never went like this. I was just like
this or like this. I never pushed her.
You can check on the dash cam before you
come with the charges, bro. Okay.
Please. Okay. I was just letting you
know. Okay. I did You can see on the
dash cam. I even told her my hands are
up. I'm not pushing you. My hands are
up. I wasn't pushing her. Okay. Did you
like Did you like not let her move or
like kind of like restrict her movement
at all? She was not She restricted your
movements? Yeah, and I was like and she
didn't even tell me I was detained.
Yeah. She didn't tell me. Okay. I was I
I walked all around the school and she
didn't tell me I was detained.
Okay. Where were you guys? In the front
of the school. In the front of the
school. We went around. And then we were
around. Like where the buses pick you
up? And then And then she was like, "Oh,
you're detained." And I asked her for
why. And she didn't want to tell me for
anything. I was like, "If you're not
going to tell me for why I'm detained,
then I'm you know I'm going to go to my
car. Later, the DCFS wants to come and
take my kid, they can come to my car.
I'm going to I'll wait in the car." Mhm.
I wasn't going to go anywhere. I can't
even drive. Yeah. I was just going to go
away when I was in my car. Okay. And I
was like, "I'm going to put hot sauce on
your tongue so you stop saying bad
words." And I grabbed a little bit of
hot sauce and I put it on her tongue.
Okay. And she was crying. I was like,
"You're going to stop saying bad words?"
And she was like, "Yeah." Okay. And then
she said something again. And then I was
like I already talked to you. I already
took your phone away. I didn't get you
no tablet. I was like, "You still do not
listen." I was like, "What do you want
me to do?" I was like, "You want me to
tell you how how my mom like raised me
when I was little?" I was like, "My My
mom used to beat me up with a
with a cable, with a hanger." I was
like, "I don't want to do that to you."
Mhm. And I don't want to do that to you.
I was like, "I don't want to hit you."
Mhm. And then she was like, "Oh, I don't
care."
And then I hit her in the butt. Okay.
That's it. How many times did you hit
her? Like once. Just one time? In the
butt?
>> Yeah, but not hard. Okay. Um what did
DCFS say? I Cuz like I said, I don't I
don't know. I don't know what they said,
bro. I but I swear to God you got to
check your camera, bro. I did not push
your officer. Okay. Well, I'll I'll talk
to Jessica about that. We'll We'll check
the camera and everything and then we'll
go from there.
>> I did say you're not taking my kid away.
So, how are you going to react in a
situation like that when they say, "Oh,
we got to take the kid away"? Right. No,
I'd be pissed off, too. So, I I
understand. You know like I did not push
the officer, bro. If I would have pushed
her, you know I would Put her down to
the ground. Right. Right. No, I agree. I
agree.
Um so, DCFS So, who told you that the
kids were being taken?
The lady said, "Oh, your kids were taken
into custody." Did you say DCFS said
that? No, the the officer. Oh, okay. And
And then
And then when when I told her I was
like, "But the school's supposed to call
us." I was like, "They didn't even call
us or tell us anything." And then I was
like, "Okay, you're dismissed." I was
like, "I don't want to talk to you and
we're leaving." And she like, "Oh,
you're not leaving." She you know like
she was putting her hands on me. I was
like I was like I told her I was like,
"Do not put your hands on me." I was
like, "Don't put your hands on me." Did
you like move her hands off you at all
or anything like that? [clears throat] I
only went like this. Okay, I'm just
saying natural reaction. Someone puts
their hands on me, I'm going to just
wipe their hands I didn't I didn't push
her. I didn't do anything. I was just
like this. I was like You can even see
on the camera. I'm just walking. I was
like I got my hands up. I was like
I didn't push her but you know if I
would have pushed her I would have put
She you know I would have put her down
to the floor but No, I get it. No, I
know. I know. I'm just trying to get
some like fiber or wait there for the
old case worker to get there and see if
if they want to take the baby or we're
going to give it to the case worker not
to the police cuz you know the baby was
scared. Right. So thanks for
cooperating, man. Bro, I I know. Can I
talk to you, bro? Yeah, yeah, what's up,
dude?
>> I did not push her, officer. I
Dude,
>> No, no, yeah, but no, no, okay, okay,
no, no
I'm I'm I'm telling you I'm recording.
Can you guys please check the camera so
you can see I didn't so no, so you can
see that I Cuz those charges, bro, I
swear to God I did not push her, bro. I
told All all I can say is whatever
happened today, like I said you got to
control your emotions, man. You you you
let yourself get too hyped. Bro, they
But I don't want to get up.
>> I I got it. Hey, but I did not push her,
bro. Like I didn't do nothing like that.
>> Listen, listen, listen. It's not Even if
your kid is taken away for a little bit
for protective, it's not permanent. It
only becomes permanent if you act a fool
and you and you're showing yourself as
like a as a
uh uh risk to this kid, you know what I
mean? Nobody wants to take your kid
away. Quite honestly, there's so many
kids in this world that don't have
fathers, you know?
>> [music]
>> So did she walk to the kitchen on her
own or did you like pull her into the
kitchen? No, I grabbed her hand and she
was following but I didn't pull her.
Okay, so you you just guided her into
the kitchen. Okay. So you guys went in
the kitchen and then you got the hot
sauce.
And how much hot sauce did you put on
her tongue? Just a little like a little
drop. Okay, that's it. Just just a
little bit. Not like
a whole gallon of it or No, the little
hot sauce is like this, bro. Did you
take it and like pour it like this or
you put it on your finger and then you
put it in her? Okay, how far did you
stick your finger in her mouth?
Okay.
And then what happened after that? Like
I said, she was just there. And she was
like and she like, "Can I have water?" I
was like, "No." I was like, "You're not
going to get my stuff or something." She
was like Okay, so she asked for water
cuz it was her mouth was hot. Okay. And
then uh you said no. Yeah, and I told
her Okay. And then keep going. Sorry.
And then that's it. And then I just told
her like, "You're going to listen." She
was like, "Yeah, I will listen. I will
let you know, okay."
And then uh
but before that I I told her I was like
I I just went like that. I just went
like this. I was like, "Go over there."
Mhm. Like right here. Okay.
So like kind of like Yeah. upper lower
back upper upper butt kind of Did you
hit like the butt cheek or was it kind
of more like the back side area? Okay,
so you kind of Okay. And I go over
there. I was like, "You better stop."
>> How hard did you hit her? Like this.
Okay. Like on a scale of 1 to 10. Like
two. Okay. I don't really like hitting
Yeah. You know, so I used to yeah. I
used to get beat up when I was
So I don't really like hitting.
Mhm.
Um so after you
uh
just hit her,
uh what happened?
Nothing. She was just in the room. My
wife took therapy. I was there cooking.
I asked her if she was hungry. Then I
cooked some rice, some boiled eggs, some
chicken.
And then uh and some uh
roasted peppers with tomatoes and then I
served and she was eating. That's it.
And then she was playing and then the DC
DCFS lady came and knocked on the door.
And she was like, "Oh, how are you guys
doing?" And then I was like, "Oh, the
babies are not here." She was like,
"Okay, then I'll come back tomorrow at
4:30." So she was going to come back
today at 4:30. That's it. Okay.
Um
Was she
uh during the event of the hot sauce and
uh when you hit her in the back did she
Was she bleeding at all?
Like was her mouth bleeding, face
bleeding, nose, anything like that? No
blood?
Okay. I didn't see no blood. You didn't
see any blood. Did um did she complain
about bleeding at all or anything like
that?
No. Okay.
Um
So you hit her one time and then just
like a drop of hot sauce. Yeah. Okay.
Um
And then who who else saw that in the
house?
She saw it.
And then did anybody else Did the kids
see it? I don't know if she started
making stuff up because we didn't want
to give her the phone. Yeah. But in the
morning she wanted her phone and we told
her she couldn't have it cuz she was
she was putting inappropriate videos on
on Instagram when she's in school. Okay.
She was smacking a kid in the face.
Okay. And we told her to delete the
videos from my from my Instagram. Mhm.
And then I found more videos on the
phone of her doing like like like
chasing little kids around and telling
them to stop.
I took the phone away and that's why she
in the morning she was mad. In the
morning she was mad because she was
like, "Oh, can I have my phone?" And my
wife was like, "No, you're not going to
have it maybe till December." And she
left and she was mad. Okay. So I don't
know if if that's the reason why she
said something kind of school. Okay. If
we interview
her going to say anything different than
what you're telling me? I don't know. I
don't know, bro. I know. Are they going
to say that you hit her more times than
you're telling me? Are they going to
tell me that you maybe used a little
more hot sauce than just a drop? Are
they going to say you used a belt? I
didn't even use a belt. Okay. Are they
going to say anything anything else
besides that though?
They're not going to say that they used
a belt or a shoe or anything like that.
>> use no shoe. Okay. Uh would they say
that you hit them more than once maybe?
No, I only hit her once. You only hit
her once. Okay. And then the hot sauce
you're pretty you're pretty sure that it
was only one little drop.
Like what was that?
The little alcohol monitor Oh, you have
the ankle Okay. for the alcohol. Okay.
So I'm just making sure it wasn't the It
checks my
It checks my alcohol every 3 hours.
How does it do that?
Sweat. Okay.
I was going to say it's not like drilled
into you, so
So you can't drink anymore. What was the
last time you drank?
Like a month ago. More than a month ago.
More than a month ago. Okay. So you were
completely sober last night.
>> Yeah. Okay.
Um what happens if you drink Does that
just I get I get violated and I get
locked up. Okay.
Would that document if you were drinking
last night? Like if we went and pulled
like the
Cuz we can call them and be like, "Hey,
you know, we're investigating. We just
want to make sure he wasn't drinking."
And they'd say, "Yeah, he was you know,
it's zeros." Okay.
Okay.
You call my probation
officer. His name is uh
uh I'm not saying I don't believe you.
I'm just saying we got to do our due
diligence and we got to you know, I just
want to make sure cuz if God forbid you
know, say you were drinking or your kids
say you were drinking last night and
you're telling me you're not, there's
one really easy way to figure that out
and that's just calling them and be
like, "Hey, I'm getting two different
stories here. You know, what does the
device say?" And if they say,
"Oh, he wasn't drinking." Then well then
I believe you, you know. It just shows
that you're not you're you're being
truthful which is good which is good for
you know, your credibility talking to
the police. You know what I mean? You
have to call my probation officer to
call my probation officer. The guy is
called uh O'C J. O'Connor. Okay. Uh from
Scranton. That's what it's called.
Scranton is Scranton uh
alcohol monitor.
Okay. Let me talk to my bosses. Let me
talk to J. O'Connor.
>> I'm I'm I'm I'm already getting locked
up but I don't know I get
I get No, I know. I know. We're going to
I'm going to do my I'm going to Like I
said, I don't know what happened. I just
kind of heard rumblings what happened
and I know you and you know me, so I
figured it'd be easier if I talked to
you. I was literally about to go home
and cook food for for my family but now
I'm here. So let me talk to my bosses.
Uh give me a little bit before uh
I let you do that, okay? Just just just
sit tight. Give me like 20 minutes,
okay? Just give me 20 minutes.
>> [clears throat]
>> Here, sit over there.
Come sit over there.
So yeah, the reason you're still here is
because your kids are giving you some
giving us a different story than what
you're telling me.
So I mean they're saying that hot sauce
was used and that you hit her but
they're saying a little more hot sauce
than what you're telling me. No, I
didn't. No, more hot sauce than
than that, bro.
I mean how how big is the uh
And how much did you use? Did you like
put it on her mouth like this? No, bro.
No? That's only one I have open. I used
it on my hot dog. Mhm.
I used it on my hot dog also. It's not
[clears throat] even it's not even it's
more than halfway full, man.
Did she go to the bathroom after you put
the hot sauce on her?
Yeah, she just went to go get some
toilet paper. That's it. All right. And
then she went back to the kitchen and
drank some She tried drinking some
water.
That's it. I didn't I didn't hit her
hard, bro. Okay.
Was she
uh did she puke at all?
I didn't see her puke at all. Did did
you hear her puke at all? I just seen
her spitting on the sink. That's it.
Okay. In the bathroom? Mhm. Not in the
bathroom. In the kitchen. In the
kitchen. How much was she spitting? Just
like saliva? I don't know. Yeah, bro.
All right. We'll call your mom. Put her
on speaker. All right.
You speak Spanish really well, right? I
don't understand Spanish though.
All right. You want to call my
She could probably bring it.
Oh, can you just call an ambulance, bro?
You want an ambulance? Yeah.
For what?
My anxiety, bro.
You get a panic attack Bro, my heart is
going fast.
This is we got to we have to do our due
diligence. You know that, man. I'm not
You know me. I'm not trying to screw you
over here. We've been
How many times have I
helped you out with stuff and let you go
on stuff that you you know, I probably
should have arrested you on or what not,
right?
So it's
it's nothing personal. It's we have to
do our
due diligence and we you know, we have
laws that we have to abide by and when
children are saying this stuff we have
to Yeah, but And then the Rose when when
there's people right there talking to
them bro then you know like
they get all cheesy or like oh yeah you
know like they start making [ __ ] up bro
they start making [ __ ] up.
>> believe I know I know we we deal with
this all the time when the kids make
stuff up
and then you know we bring them and
interview them and they say completely
different things than what they told us
initially so
we're just we have to interview all the
kids anyone that's on it that possibly
happened and then go from there. And
that's what they're doing right now. It
takes it takes a minute it's not going
to be quick
um because there are so many kids takes
about you know half hour to an hour per
interview depending on how vocal the kid
is and how much they talk and things
like that so
Do you want to go to the hospital? Okay
if you want to go we'll call the
ambulance and we'll go to the hospital.
All right.
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