she'll put like a cup of ice in uh huh 50 cents so it's still got you through the register and then she'll just void the other item that she's taking the money for and then I have maybe 20 some receipts that she cancels 76 items 76 TIMES please explain to me why you charge 50 cents of a cup of ice over 25 cents sir like I said I was not trained on the register I don't you were extremely smooth on that register I you are very good WHEN THE REGISTER TELLS ON YOU REAL BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE SOME LANGUAGE HAS BEEN MUTED THIRD PARTY FACES HAVE BEEN BLURRED EDUCATIONAL ANALYSIS ONLY ON AUGUST 15TH, 2025 OFFICERS IN FLORIDA RESPONDED TO A WAWA CONVENIENCE STORE LOSS PREVENTION HAD ASSEMBLED A FOUR MONTH CASE FILE AGAINST A SINGLE REGISTER EMPLOYEE THE MECHANISM WAS ALMOST ABSURDLY SMALL A 50 CENT CUP OF ICE RUNG UP ON THE REGISTER THAT SINGLE CUP WAS SCANNED MORE THAN 76 TIMES ACROSS FOUR MONTHS UNDER FLORIDA LAW IT IS THE PIECE THAT TURNS A SERIES OF MISDEMEANORS INTO A FELONY she said I'll go to the bathroom and about time she ran she went f*cking it does she drive she went running I don't know yeah I'm assuming that when she came out she was like talking to two customers which I guess so as far as the footage you guys able to give us the footage yeah so he said he could email to you if you guys do that the link yeah if you wanna send him a link yeah I'll do that um so what as far as like what was taken so that we can see there's a whole bunch of things okay that we can see she um one 8 1 she went and grabbed a gift card 8 1 yeah OK she got a gift card she got a gift card and then um rang it to the register OK and then didn't put any cash and then took the gift card OK so she do you know how much I think it was a hundred bucks OK so we rang up the gift card I'll figure it out $100 yeah and she didn't pay with it for a credit card or anything she didn't pay anything nope gift card didn't so you can ring up a gift card without paying for it and there could be money she cashed it out oh she did it with cash she cashed it out got you got you got you OK but no cash was used didn't pay okay and then and then the other one so she rang up a customer is this the same date no okay this was on 7 6 so when's when's the first date that started what's the first date I don't know um how many ones he has in here let me see here 7 13 and all these incidents did you have it on video yes okay sure yeah yes so the look looks like the first one he has in here is 7 5 7 5 is the first incident yeah alright and what was that let's start from there um that I'd um she, I guess, voided off a Copenhagen so a lot of these are void so she would bring the customer through okay void it and then what and then um take the money okay and do we instead of cashing out the customer so she would ring them up act like they were or ring them up void it out of the register and then they would give her the money right and then she would void it out of the register yeah and then take the cash out and she would take the cash yeah and do we have those amounts of all those times this one was nine sixty nine so this was the Copenhagen so void so she the way she does it she's sneaky she puts so if they need a receipt she'll put like a cup of ice in uh huh 50 cents so it's still got you through the register and then she'll just void the other item that she's taking the money for okay hold on and that you see are taking the cash out of the register so he only showed me these two incidents cause these ones he knows for sure 100% but he said that she's been on register so so much oh he's still OK investigating everything so okay so let's then then if that's the case then let's do what's confirmed and what we have on video I'm sorry so it's these two so the one where she brings up a guy for a Heineken okay which was what date um that was on the 8 1 8 1 yeah so 8 1 she brings up the Heineken and the gift card okay she voids the Heineken and gives the Heineken to the customer and then cashes out the gift card got you okay how much was the Heineken the Heineken is 3 99 but she voided that so and then she took that cash too and she took the 3 99 cash no he didn't pay he didn't pay yeah got you okay and she just cashed out no he essentially got a free free beer yeah yeah and then she cashed out the gift card yup yup yup alright so hold on voided out the Heineken 10 4 okay avoided out the Heineken and then you said she charged a gift card mm hmm and took the gift card but didn't pay for it didn't put any cash charge yeah and it was a hundred dollar gift card hundred dollar gift card yeah hundred dollar visa so it was 100 0 6 95 cause there's a activation for the gift card 1 0 6 95 OK then what was the other incident and 7 6 7 6 was the first other incident OK yeah um so she rings up so a customer gets two cartons of cigarettes Newports two Newports OK and a um large mixed fruit and then she puts that cup of ice that ccup of ice in and then what she does is she'll cancel the she the customer paid cash okay so she canceled before she hit cash she canceled um out the the the cigarettes she canceled out the cigarette yeah okay and then um puts it in under like an unknown but she canceled it and then she just keeps the cash after she cashes it out okay and and you said all this is on video yeah yeah and then she takes the cash out of the register and then she puts the cash on the left hand side of the till okay and then later on around like 8:42 she'll do like a a safe drop where we have to drop our 20s and everything like that okay and then she'll bundle up some of them and put them underneath her phone and then the rest is on top but she's doing the the drops okay so she takes almost $200 there one 98 69 OK that's fine there's more instances but he's still OK cause she's been on register like a lot but those are the ones he knows for sure you can see it on camera and it's obvious got you and obviously you guys wanna prosecute correct yes alright um so the total for both is so it's 100 and six for the hundred and six 95 for the gift card yep and then for the other hundred and ninety eight 69 for the UH1 98 69 and both times it was just cash that she was taking well cash I'm sorry cash gift card and then cash for the other got you so all together for these two it's gonna be 3:05 64 3:05 64 alright um and would you have her information um yeah I can get it um as in what do you need like do you have a driver's license or do you have a no I don't um I mean I can pull up like mm hmm if you know you have a name I have her name yeah okay how long have you been working here um couple months couple months yeah I can tell you right now I can look it up let me just pull it up real quick um her name is Tamaya Allen alright hold on so she started four months ago okay um I got that um so let me just kind of get like a just a gist of so far what we have on 7 6 so July six of this year she rang up uh the customer for two Newports and a large mixed fruit and she used a cup of ice when they purchased that so she get the customer gave him gave her cash she kept the cash on the side of the register correct for the left hand side on the left hand side of the register and then later on that night when she did her cash drops around eight PM she put the cash that she took underneath the uh her cell phone yeah so before she before she cashed out that cup of ice and that large fruit code yep she voided off she voided it she voided off the cigarettes OK she could keep the cash got you how much were these shouldn't be off how much were the cigarettes um so it would be 97 35 97 35 so she put it in for she voided oh it was like a carton of cigarettes a carton of cigarettes ah okay that makes more sense okay so a carton of cigarettes so that's what that's where the 1 98 came from with the mixed fruit and okay yeah give me one second let me how's it going hello hello Tamaya home by a chance who Tamaya Tamaya yeah we have this as her listed address no Alan Tamaya Diazha what happened is she here or not hey Deisha hey how's it going hey we gotta talk to you about something real quick you're deasia right deasia yeah tamaya tamaya yes yeah alright if you don't mind sending that down for me I'm giving this to my grandma oh my goodness I'll explain I'll explain to you I'll explain to you I'll explain I'll explain everything I'll explain everything to you huh oh my god so sorry about that it's okay ma'am can you call Reese Reese ma'am um can you go get I'm 10 12 with nine alpha we'll be switching to Division 1 I don't know sorry I'll explain ma'am I'll explain everything to you just what you want toe 8 and toe 9 alpha on Division one toy back what's wrong we have a one detain can you copy a 1020 and a case number for a full uh mama I don't know reference PC for a female on a sheet the 1020 is gonna be 14 0 4 ninth street and 23 for the case number we have a female victim on if there's another beat unit uh can come this way please where's Reese yeah I'm gonna take your phone out of your pocket okay uh huh alright 23 was wrong give me one second uh can you put your feet in those thank you ma'am we'll explain everything to you OK hon yeah my mom or your sister grandma OK are you related to her or not I'm her girlfriend oh OK I'm your grandma we're good boy thank you um so I don't know the details of the case right but at one point at one point she made a mistake you know involve some fraudulent activity as far as I know cause I'm not investigating officer but there's there's active protocols on this one okay so we come we make contact um if you like a follow up we can give you a call back with more details I'm sure she she'll bond out and explain everything to you fraudulent activity is yeah like something with with like I said I'm not investigating officer but all I see is that she has a active probable cause or an arrest so I go pick her up OK but this is her this is the address given hi OK hey how are you is there an ID or something for her that she can take to the county jail FLORIDA STATUTE SECTION 8 1 2.014 DEFINES THEFT BY INTENT TO DEPRIVE BUT THE PUNISHMENT LEVEL IS SET ENTIRELY BY THE DOLLAR VALUE OF THE PROPERTY TAKEN UNDER $750 THE OFFENSE IS PETIT THEFT A MISDEMEANOR BETWEEN 750 AND 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS THE OFFENSE BECOMES THIRD DEGREE GRAND THEFT THE CONFIRMED LOSS ON SCENE WAS THREE HUNDRED FIVE DOLLARS AND SIXTY FOUR CENTS STANDING ALONE THAT FIGURE NEVER REACHES THE FELONY THRESHOLD UNDER FLORIDA LAW THE STATE'S PATH TO FELONY CHARGING RUNS THROUGH A DOCTRINE CALLED AGGREGATION UNDER FLORIDA CASE LAW RELATED THEFTS DONE AS PART OF A SINGLE SCHEME MAY BE AGGREGATED THAT IS WHY THE 76 FLAGGED VOIDS CARRY MORE WEIGHT THAN THE TWO ON THE ARREST REPORT AGGREGATION IS ONLY HALF THE ANALYSIS THE STATE MUST STILL PROVE SPECIFIC INTENT TO DEPRIVE ON EACH COUNT THAT IS WHY THE CUP OF ICE MATTERS EACH FALSE RING UP ESTABLISHES CONSCIOUS CONCEALMENT AND CRIMINAL INTENT THE ARREST ITSELF RAISES A FOURTH AMENDMENT QUESTION THAT SINKS MANY PROSECUTIONS ON APPEAL IN PEYTON VERSUS NEW YORK THE SUPREME COURT SET A BRIGHT LINE RULE OFFICERS MAY NOT MAKE A WARRANTLESS ENTRY INTO A HOME FOR A ROUTINE FELONY ARREST THERE IS NO ARREST WARRANT ON THE SCENE WHAT SAVES THE SEIZURE IS GEOGRAPHY THE SUSPECT STEPS TO THE THRESHOLD AND THE ARREST HAPPENS AT THE DOOR OFFICERS DO NOT CROSS INTO THE HOME THAT FACTUAL DISTINCTION IS OFTEN THE ENTIRE CASE THE SAME RULE ALSO LIMITS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WITHOUT CONSENT OFFICERS CANNOT ENTER TO SEARCH THE HOME ANY EVIDENCE SEIZED INSIDE WITHOUT WARRANT OR CONSENT WOULD FACE INDEPENDENT EXCLUSION PROBABLE CAUSE ITSELF IS A TOTALITY STANDARD DRAWN FROM ILLINOIS VERSUS GATES AND BECK VERSUS OHIO THE DOCUMENTARY CASE FILE INCLUDING VIDEO RECEIPTS AND AUDIT LOGS CLEARS THAT BAR COMFORTABLY if you have an idea or something that she can this is a real simple case OK she was an employee at Wawa cause I we keep running around and I just don't wanna waste anybody's time at this point she was an employee at Wawa for four months give or take Nelson who's a certified fraud examiner does their investigation they report it to the police is that they're in service inside yeah so they're specialist for the most part they're specialist and they have video this is this is all being recorded so I'm speaking to you the truth I understand there's video and there's receipts of let's just say almost every time that she's behind the door doing this I just picked two examples cause I thought that they were pretty easy one example there's a lady that comes and purchase two cartons of cigarettes they're like they're like like they're a lot of money they're $97 $97 so on purchase two and a bowl of fruit is about $198 the lady gives her $200 cause I watch on video Tamaya count the money she counts it instead of putting the 20s where the the 20s go inside her drawer she puts them to the side to the side inside the drawer okay in a different spot then she gives the lady a a a a receipt a bag but before that I can record to get the lady a receipt she cancels so let me show you so that you have a visual I just wanna see maybe I'm not explaining it right so before she does that this is just one example she cancels the carton of cigarettes okay the carton of cigarettes and the fruit bowl right okay it's a hundred and ninety eight dollars and sixty nine cents without tax okay but in the same transaction before it's closed out she rings up a 50 cent cup of ice okay I don't like that so the reason why she rings up a 50-cent cup of ice is because she tells the system that they that there's a there's a cash out the drawer opens she puts the $200 to the side then this is at 20:24 at 20:42 she starts the drop any excess of money uh huh she takes from the drawer and she starts putting them underneath 20 by 20 or whatever it is but the $200 she grabs and she has it concealed in in in in the other hand when after she's done doing the drop or whatever what's up Johanna when she's done doing the drop she goes to her cell phone with the $200 conceals it underneath the cell phone and leaves out of camera with the $200 that's one example there's a lot of receipts there's a lot of receipts here alone there's like four or five and then I have maybe 20 some receipts that she cancels 76 items in each of one of those receipts and she charges 50 cents of a cup of ice uh huh there is no way because the video shows that nobody purchased a cup of ice she had no reason to charge a cup of ice there's no cup of ice and so like I said and she did it so many times that it raises suspicious because they have an internal program yeah that tells management that this is out of the ordinary yeah flags it gets flagged it gets flagged so that's that's one incident she takes the money it's $200 she goes out of she conceals it underneath it's it's actually pretty interesting to watch when you watch it then the second example that I just showed her a man comes with a Heineken puts it on the counter she rings the Heineken cancels the Heineken rings 50 cent cup of ice not sure what he she told the man the man never pays for the Heineken there's it's all on video it doesn't matter she gives him some sort of receipt and a bag before she does the 50 cent thing what the drawer opens but in that same transaction she takes a hundred dollar gift card that she rings up $100 to having a gift card does the same thing puts it on conceals it to the left of her of their counter and she leaves out of camera with a hundred dollar she's acknowledging that she did the gift card yeah what she's saying though is that it was from tips the customers gave her that day here's what I asked management I'm giving you everything so that you know management says that there's not a policy that they don't there's a policy that they there's not a policy that they can't accept tips tips there's just not a policy that says that they cannot okay so it's it's it's one of those great areas for them that they don't there's not a policy saying that she cannot accept tips I spoke with management she just said that she spoke with managers and told them about these tips whatever nobody claimed that she communicated anything about this so the issue that I have as a police officer is and I will look you have 76 cancel items uh huh I just pick two almost all of them have video I'm asking you an honest question I really I already know what I type uh huh and he said it's articulation and it's facts okay so let me so okay you don't have any that's your job though right that's your job number two please explain to me why you charge 50 cents of a cup of ice over 25 cents sir like I said I was not trained on the register Demaya it's a simple question I have another a lot of problems I do not ever Demaya that's not a problem listen it's it's over 25 times OK OK you trust and that's where and then if they see and that's where someone should have talked to me and asked me you know what am I doing that's that that why does that keep coming up and saying that I don't I don't know I don't I was not trained on the register right for me to even know how to even ring up a cup of ice a cup of ice you can't scan a cup of ice you were so I don't understand that register I don't you were extremely smooth on that register I you are very good it's not sir like I said I was not trained on the register I paid attention to other employees to where I know how to take the money put the money on the gas and do my job the POV the POV shows what you what's on there it it and it does and like I said when you're on the um how many transactions we have he said seventy six 76 canceled so over 76 times you never saw like hey there's a couple of ice here I never rang that up I don't know sir I don't know how to ring up a cup I don't even know how to ring so if if a minor comes through the register and you ring up a a pack of cigarettes pops up are you just gonna cash it out what the you said a minor yeah let's say a minor comes by or or some restricted sale item you have to have an ID right uh huh so what if it slips up and then oh what do you mean I got a couple eyes here but he actually got cigarettes in his hand did that that does not raise suspicion to you that never happened what do you mean OK I don't I I I'm trying to picture what you're saying you you you're not explaining it in the way I can understand you said the money come up to me with a I was saying there's a there's there's something that you know there's there's there's more to it right and then you need to be paying attention to what's actually being scanned on that screen and then you say you you don't catch it so it's it's OK to like dispense restricted substances to underage people if you don't pick it up you don't dispense first of all when I'm not dispense it but like sell it a minor though all right uh you don't sell anything we're we're done I I appreciate your time um I wanna I wanna do a couple things number one I'm gonna call dad and just just have a cordial conversation with him maybe I'll make something as long as you're okay with that and then your number two um I'm gonna clarify with you that management I spoke with management you didn't speak never to sir you you the managers that you just called are never on my shift to confirm that I wanna hold on I didn't finish I spoke with the head guy uh huh the second uh huh and and the the the for that I am gonna call them on Monday and I'm gonna follow up on your statement that you spoke with Yolanda and that you spoke you couldn't remember the other name her name is Raynon her name is Raynon and I spoke with her about my test and they can confirm I am gonna follow up those are the people that I was on their shift those are the people that you call I was never on their shift I am gonna follow up on that OK okay um I still have a question and I don't understand the cup of ice me over 25 times what what you did I don't understand why you did drops concealing $200 first of all underneath your phone could you listen to me how could you tell me that I dropped two I saw you $200 did you you see me count no every 20 it's separate it's separate it's all separate what do you mean it's separate you have 200 when you have when you have 20s in your hand I'm doing the job I take every single 20 so how could you sit here and tell me that I took specifically you have $200 cause I saw you put them to the side you saw me put them to if I grab like you said if I grab a drop of 20s it's a whole bunch of 20s in my hand right or wrong how could you specifically say I I I I took $200 if there's a whole bunch of 20s in my hand how would even if one of those 20s slipped up or anything how could you say that I took the $20 I'm not all the 20s I'm sorry I'm not following what you're saying me either this customer gave you $200 in 20s I don't wanna talk about it you put them have a nice night no problem thank you 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