Come back here and stand by the backside of the car. You're being detained right now, okay? Do you have anything illegal in the car? Okay. What the [ __ ] The majority of stops the cops make are simple and routine, but sometimes a simple stop can lead to some of the most shocking discoveries ever made. Jesus. 4 kilos? From busting $500,000 worth of illegal substances to discovering a missing body in a car, here are four of the craziest unexpected police busts of all time. Starting with a stop that ended up saving multiple lives. It's a [ __ ] bomb in the back of that car. On January 24th, 2022, a Walmart employee notified cops that a woman had stolen $300 worth of Legos from their store. Initially, there was nothing out of the ordinary about this, just a regular shoplifting call. And that's how the cops approached it when they spotted her vehicle and pulled it over. But just minutes later, the cops would discover something that would turn things from simple to one of the most strange and terrifying stops we've ever covered. Hey, I'm Officer Johnson. Hi. Hey, do you got your license and insurance on you? So, the reason we stopped you is today cuz there's Walmart calling there. Did you suspect of possibly ringing up some items? I did. You bought items? Okay. Again, things started out quite simple. Obviously, she denies the allegations of stealing, so the cops check her ID and decide how they want to approach the situation. But when the second cop comes back to ask her some questions, that's when things get crazy. So, what were you doing at Walmart? Excuse me? Yeah. Buying stuff. Okay. Cuz we're going to call that you stole the Legos earlier. As he's talking with the girl who identified as 20-year-old Mariah, he He the stolen Legos in the backseat next to something that was much more concerning. Roll down your back window for me. Thank you. [groaning] What is all that? All right, go ahead and hop out real quick. You're being detained right now, okay? Bro. Yeah, go ahead and secure her. There's a [ __ ] bomb in the back of that car. Like a bunch of fireworks strapped together with like metal and [ __ ] and wrapped around. Explain to me what that device is in the back of your car that looks like a bomb. Uh I didn't My boyfriend made it. Okay, sit tight. As the cop said, he spotted what appeared to be an explosive device in the backseat of the car, right next to the stolen Legos. Things just went from zero to 100 instantly, especially as the girl says she's been arrested multiple times before, and that her boyfriend is allegedly involved in this as well. And things only become more concerning when they look more closely at the device and see exactly how it's constructed. Can you start a supervisor out here? Looks like there's some sort of explosive device in the back of the car that someone has built. It's got like four big ass fireworks, big old screws and [ __ ] all within that, and then it's wrapped got like a bunch of stuff wrapped around it. It's definitely made to cause some damage when it goes off. Yeah. Even though the cops are fairly certain it's not set to explode remotely, they still have to take every precaution to protect the public, and so shut off the roads around the vehicle as quickly as possible. Then it's on to the next most important task, finding out exactly who made it and what they were planning to do with it. I asked him what the [ __ ] it is. She just all she said is that her boyfriend made it. Um so we probably want to figure out who boyfriend is and if there's any more at his house maybe. So what what's the deal in the back of your car? You said your boyfriend built it. Mhm. I honestly have no I don't know nothing about fireworks except fireworks. Okay. What's your boyfriend's name? Zane. Zane? Yeah. Okay. When did he make that or Like yes, a couple days ago. Okay. Do you know why he made it or anything? He made it just to light it up. She was then asked to call her boyfriend who arrived on foot soon later. If you think things are strange already, just wait until you see how he behaves. What's up, bud? What's your name? Zane Bennett. Okay, Zane. Come over here and hang out for a second. Let's go. Do you have any ID on you? Uh this is my girlfriend had it on her. Okay. Notice that the very first thing Zane asks is if he can get his car back. He wasn't told why he had to come to the scene, but it's obvious he's aware of exactly what's in that back seat and is desperate to figure out a way out of this. Where'd you come from? My friend brought me up here. So you're not under arrest bud, but I'm going to detain you real quick cuz we got some things we got to talk about. So man, I'll just I'll just cut to the chase and I'll tell you why we have like all this shut down and everything. Is is it it has to do with the little device you've made. It looks like some fireworks tied together, some nuts and bolts to it. So so that's why we have this all shut down because it's kind of our protocol is is it it looks like an explosive device. You know how you know it's a Do you Is it like active? Is it like volatile to where if it falls, breaks, is it going to go off? It's it's literally just fireworks. Like like if you take it apart, it's literally just little fireworks. With Zane in the backseat being questioned, tensions were high as they tried to figure out exactly what he was going to do with the weapon. But strangely, the only person who didn't seem nervous was Zane himself. And the reason why is even more perplexing than anything else in the whole case. So yeah, he he said he's just out doing he was going to do some redneck stuff today and he was going to take it out and blow up some watermelons with it. He said it's a couple of fireworks tied together. You have to light it like a normal firework. And he said I just wanted to see what the stuff I take to it on the outside would do if I lit it by a watermelon. All the screws and everything. Yeah, I said I said were you trying to use it as a weapon? Were you going to, you know, go do anything today? He goes, "No, I was just going to blow up some watermelons." And I said, "Okay." I was like, "All right, cool." So he doesn't even seem really nervous nervous at all about it. As insane as Zane's story sounded, it turned out to be true. And a few hours later, the bomb squad determines the device to be safe, constructed out of fish hooks, bolts, and fireworks. Nevertheless, Zane was charged with illegally manufacturing an explosive device, and Mariah with petty larceny for stealing the LEGOs. But not every case like this has such a happy ending. Just like the cops found out when they made the biggest bust of their careers while on a completely routine traffic stop. I'm a criminal, I'm not a crook. I was not going to get in my car. But as the cops would find out, this man was much more than a criminal. He'd been hiding a deadly secret for almost 28 years. On the 16th of August, 2022, officers from the Oconee County Sheriff's Office were conducting random registrations on random vehicles when a Mazda flagged up as having no insurance and a suspended license. The driver identified himself as Ryce Sekhon, and immediately seemed not just anxious, but terrified. What's your What's your last name? Sekhon. S E K H Sekhon, okay. All All I'm going to have you go and step out of the vehicle for me. All right, so here's what's going to happen Sekem, okay? Unfortunately, I'm going to have to place you in the custody today, okay? You have to go down to jail. Oh, no. You got to get booked in. They're going to take your fingerprints and picture and you'll get a bond. But because you're driving on a suspended license, you've got to go down to the jail. Sir, I did not know. I have children. I have a sick uncle and I run the household. I got No, I really do. You don't have a choice at this time. Place your hands behind your back. Go ahead and turn around. Place your hands behind your back, please. Please put cuffs on Put your hands behind your back. Sekem was all but ready to leave before the deputies notified him that he was being detained for having no valid insurance, something that seemed to immediately set him off. From this point on, watch how Sekem acts around the cops. It's understandable to be nervous and uncomfortable in this situation, but something about the extent of Sekem's anxiety seems odd to the cops. Who set the phone up on the car? They put me under arrest right now. Dave, I don't know. The driving with suspended license. I didn't know. And and and it's it's not even showing. Unfortunately, the law is different here in Georgia than it is in South Carolina. You have a suspended license, you have to go down to the jail and get booked in. Oh, but but sir, can you speak to my aunt? She has We're on speakerphone. She can hear us right now. No, please speak to her. Please Please speak to her. I'm the only one that can help with my aunt who is sick and I can't right now. Sorry about that. Unfortunately, we can't stop. Please, sir. Sir, can you walk me to my car, please? Sir. Please, my aunt is old. She's 80 years old. Sir, please. I I will not I swear you can please check me. Please check everything on me. I'm going to search you and send you to arrest. Huh? See what this is, emergency 911? Yes. Press 4 7. Okay, sir. Step out your feet out a little bit. Nothing in your pockets, right? Sir, please. What all do you need out of your car? Well, sir, I have a child at the house that they cannot take care of. What all do you need out of your car? Sir, I beg you. I beg of you all. I will not touch my car. You can take my keys out. The only crime Seckam has committed is driving without the valid insurance and license necessary. This is not a major crime by any means and could be punishable solely by a small fine and a short ban from driving. It's not the end of the world for Seckam and the cops are trying to communicate that to him. But nothing seems to calm him down and the officers start to get suspicious. Sir, I do for my entire family. Do you know I'm I don't have a choice here, man. I'm telling you that's I I told you I was not going to get in my car. I told you I wasn't going to get in my car. I wasn't going to get in my car. You have a suspended license. You're driving a car without insurance. You've got that taken care of. You've been doing it every day. You've got a suspended registration. You're going to have to have to go down to the jail and get booked in. They're going to take your photograph. They're going to take your fingerprints. They'll give you a bond amount and you can bond out and then you can get on the way up to the hospital. But you can't drive. Sir, I I I I Have a seat, please. Okay. Okay. May I may I speak after you? Have a seat, please. Are you going to Sit down and then I'll listen to you. Okay, so what do you what do you want to tell me? On everything, my aunt just [clears throat] had a stroke. My uncle just had a stroke 2 and 1/2 weeks ago. I'm here helping my family. I don't even know who can come and bond me out. I don't even know who can come and bond me out. I'm not a criminal. I'm not a crook. I'm If you I look how old I am. You get a ticket or something? You get that taken care of? I mean, why would they suspend your license in South Carolina? Seckam just isn't listening and only gets more anxious. He's continuously pleading with the cops and attempting to seem like a respectable family man. But one major thing stands out in this piece of footage. In his attempts to seem trustworthy, he's been pretty consistently maintaining eye contact with the officers. But take a look at what he's saying during the first moment he breaks eye contact for a significant amount of time. I'm not a criminal. I'm not a crook. I'm If you I look how old I am. That break in eye contact implies heavily that what he's saying isn't the truth. And he subconsciously wants to look away in this moment because the bond of trust is broken. Obviously, in the grand scheme of things, this could never be used to convict someone or even be used as probable cause to search. But it is a pretty brazen sign of what the cops will soon discover. Yeah, I just found out that maybe when we had a car that I had to get repossessed that I didn't take my name off of it. Okay. Um I wouldn't imagine that they'd suspend you for a repossession. But that's what I'm saying. I did I don't But But there's no no information coming up. I won't drive. I will I'll have my cousin Can you sign your license for us? You're not going to speak to me? No, unfortunately. I told you. I've already explained my position. Oh, this hurts. You don't have to worry. Ah. Oh. Look, you can get in and get out. All right? I can get in and get out? Yeah, like they'll book you in. If you have somebody that can bond you out, you have a preset bond. So, you can bond out of jail. You don't have to wait to see a judge. Well, how much is that? Uh I'm not quite sure. They'll give it to you when we get there, okay? We'll work with you, all right? We'll try to get you out as quick as possible. The cops are being extremely nice to Sekem, trying to put his mind at ease by repeating that it isn't a huge deal and that he'll be out by the end of the day. But that wasn't the case at all. Sekem was taken back to the police station and processed. But when he was asked to scan his fingerprints, a match was found. And the name wasn't the one he'd given. Instead, it was Muhammad El Amin. And there was a reason he was on file. 28 years ago, in 1994, Muhammad allegedly shot and killed a man with a handgun at a train station before fleeing and seemingly disappearing entirely. It took a simple suspended license for the three-decade-long manhunt to come to an end, and Muhammad is currently awaiting trial. He will almost certainly be facing the full charges for his crimes, as violent crimes, especially those resulting in death, are exempt from the statute of limitations. So many criminals seem to forget about smaller crimes while they're on a big job, and that's exactly the mistake this man made that led him to a murder charge. On July 29th, 2020, a Louisiana cop pulled over a vehicle speeding on the highway. It started just the same as any other traffic stop, but a search of the vehicle uncovered something horrifying. Sergeant, there's a dead body in the trunk. Not only was Mitchell going almost 20 mph over the speed limit, [music] but he didn't even have a driver's license. Yeah, do you have your driver's license? No, sir. Do you have a driver's license? No, sir. This charge alone could net him fines of up to $500 and 6 months in jail, not to mention the fines [music] from the speeding ticket. But unbeknownst to the cop, Mitchell will be going back with more than just a speeding ticket. Is there any weed in the car, mate? Let's don't stop. Step Step here. Is there any weed in the car? Yes or no? Just a doobie and a [ __ ] like that. Okay. Other than that, there's Anything else? That's it. When's the When did you puff last? This is Be honest. Cuz I'm a drug recognition expert. About an hour ago. The cop is looking to get Mitchell on more than just a DUI charge. An 18-year-old speeding in a car like this that stinks of weed tells the cop that there may be something deeper to this traffic stop than a kid going too fast. But before he asks to search the vehicle for any other drugs, Mitchell starts to act increasingly suspicious. All right, where are you headed right now? [music] I was headed to I was just headed back home. Where's home? I don't know. What's your address? No, stop. Stop. here. Where do you live? It's easy. It's easy to answer this. Where do you live? You don't know how to drive to your house? I was coming from there. I got lost. So, what's the address? You don't know your address? No, sir. I'm Okay, come back here. Can I take a look at your car? Yes or no? Yes, sir. Mitchell has now consented to the search of his vehicle. The cop is realistically only searching for weed and any other drugs possibly in the car, but he has no idea what he's actually about to find. A search of the front seats turn up nothing, but upon examining the outside of the car, the cop discovered multiple bullet holes across the left side of the vehicle. It's becoming more and more obvious to the cop that something is not right at all here, and this suspect was likely caught up in something much bigger than he first realized. When did all this happen? When did all that happen? That happened When? My brother, he said it happened like ago? Days? Yeah, it was like Okay, come back Just lay this here. Come back here. Just stay right here in front of my car. Hey, it's Jesse again. I'm sorry to bother you. I got this car for speeding 73 in a 55. It's a black and orange Camaro. And it's got like three bullet holes in the left side of it. He said he thinks [music] his brother said his car was in something 2 nights ago. The officer's check of the vehicle returns nothing other than proof [music] Mitchell is lying. His address comes back as somewhere completely different to where he's saying, and the car is registered to someone with a [music] completely different surname. Now, he says he lives in Winnsboro, [music] but he's got a Richwood address, and the car comes back out of Monroe, and he's got this uh he's got a GPS thing put in, but he don't even know the address, so he's lying about a bunch of junk. Where do you live? Be honest to me. Monroe? Yes. Richwood? Yes. You don't live in Winnsboro. No. So, why would you try to bluff me on that? Why would you lie to me on that? Cuz I already knew that before this guy said something. What's up? Talk to me. You better stop lying to me right now, you going to be in jail. I'm just going to I'm just going to my sister's house down here. To your sister's? Yes. That's the last freaking lie you better tell me. This whole situation is already immensely confusing, but then all of a sudden, something even [music] weirder happens. A completely random man pulls up at the scene claiming that his family are looking for him. His family and mother were looking for him. They sent me out here to find him. Okay. All right. Well, I got somebody pulling up behind my scooter. What do you mean they were looking for him? They looking for him. They called me and said, "Hey!" Okay. Give me your your phone. Hey, man. He's not giving that name, though. He's He's He's giving another name. And when they give yet another different name for Mitchell and [music] the owner of the vehicle, the cop rightfully is at a loss. This has gone from a traffic stop to a full-on mystery, and the cop is determined to get to the bottom of it. There's a kid that's been reported missing, and that they took the car from Monroe, and he lied to me about his last name, I mean, his address, and where he's from. Random guy pulls up behind me, said, "Hey, this guy is looking for that kid. I need to know if this car has been reported missing, stolen." He I know he's BSing to me about where he's going. He says he's going to his sister's house down here. If you could hey, talk to him. See if you can figure out if the sister thing is legit. He said this guy gave him the car. He's got the GPS on his phone on the on the back lid. Uh-huh. He said that's where he's going and I knew he was lying then. Slowly things are starting to become more clear. If Mitchell is telling the truth, it seems as though his brother is letting him drive a car that he stole from the original owner. But that still doesn't explain the bullet holes, why Mitchell lied about his address, or why the random man appeared looking for him knowing he was driving that vehicle. But now on top of all of that, the cop has also just been told over the radio that there's a missing person report hidden amongst this mess. What I'm being told is that the boy who gave him permission to use the car is missing. So he's lying his ass off. Okay, we're looking for the person who owns the car, find out that the the son of the owner of the car is missing, and now we got bullet holes all in the car. I got you. So something's Something's bad, right? The only thing he lied about was his address in Winfield. If he's If he's knows something about this boy that's missing and bullet holes, I'd like to at least I guess I'll do as much good contact as I can. A few more calls are made and it turns out the missing person is Michael Robinson, the alleged brother of the boy at the scene, [music] and the man who gave him permission to be driving the car today. However, it's [music] still unclear who owned the car in the first place, but the cop decides to forget about that for a moment and examine the vehicle a second time now that backup has arrived. Like this looks close. Like Like bam bam bam bam. Yeah? In the boat? Okay. See? Little did he know this is where all his questions would be answered at once in the most gruesome way imaginable. I'm going to do the obvious thing I want to do. Hey. Yeah? Put your hands up. Put your hands behind behind your back. Put your hands behind your back. You have a right to an attorney. Everyone present during any questioning and at any time you choose not to make any statements or answer any questions. Do you understand? If you cannot afford an an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you by the court. Do you understand? Inside the trunk was the body of Michael Robinson and all of a sudden everything makes sense. 26 is 125030571250357. F-39 Troop F desk. Go ahead. Um need a supervisor out here. All right, I get the guy out. He's super nervous. Uh he lies to me about his address. He's got no driver's license. [music] He says he's going to his house in Winnsboro. Well, I find out he lives in Richwood. I popped the trunk. Sergeant, there's a dead body in the trunk. Okay, so I'm not We're We've blocked We've blocked in front of the car and behind the car. We've shut the trunk We've shut the trunk. I have Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office with me. Uh we're at 82 Okay, we're not we're we're done. It turns out Michael Robinson wasn't related to Mitchell at all. Instead, he was merely an unintentional casualty of an armed robbery Mitchell was part of earlier. Who is that? Who is that? him. Who is who? It is Mike. That's Mike. How did Mike get there? Tell me. He wouldn't leave, man. He wouldn't I just hit him. I just hit him, bro. I did. You just hit him? I did. In the mayhem of the robbery, Mitchell shot Robinson multiple [music] times with a handgun before loading him into his trunk and driving him away to Winnsboro to dump the body. But of course, before he could make it, [music] he was pulled over by the officer for speeding. Michael Mitchell is being charged for the armed robbery and the second-degree murder of Michael Robinson. Mitchell is currently awaiting his trial, but it's expected to be sentenced to life behind bars.