off quick math that we were doing in our head she stole a couple thousand dollars worth of merchandise okay so can you tell me what happened April 17th 2025 Boynton Beach Florida Retail Employee Theft investigation you know where the office is no I don't huh I don't know where the office is oh thank you oh no problem have a nice day how you doing champ funny we see you again this time we need you yeah it's great alright so we're gonna go to the to the management office over there that's where we have okay so what do we have so far so here's I'm gonna just take a picture for my record keeping and then I will give it to you her name is Samantha Spear 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 knows we were hot say again she knows we were hot she knows we were hot oh well no Ricky told me off quick math that we were doing in our head she stole a couple thousand dollars worth of merchandise and you got that we told her to be concise cause it'll help him you know evaluating her future with us she asked am I gonna be fired for this that was the job and he was like well based off your honesty and the more honest you are with us you take that into consideration that's so crazy question yeah right give me a call with the reward what's that you're feeling like I'm gonna be working here five to nine you guys have video and receipts for all these yeah we're gonna we'll be able to provide that yeah from what she told us yeah she's been doing all the stealing for her family for her sisters her father her mother her so like Rick said it goes you know looks like your parents your family put you in a predicament yeah well that's what she said she said it was she started last you know a couple weeks ago small stuff and then she felt comfortable with it and then it became every day that she was working I was gonna say maybe just hang out for a little bit what's that ever had you guys wanna do it he's kind of asking enough for you guys gonna prosecute her yeah you guys gonna trespass her trespass we don't physically do for associates unless she like she gets stupid and stands up and starts motherfucking everybody but I don't think she's gonna do she's an absolute mess alright Samantha um so a couple things alright um certainly anytime when I see a call for a lawsuit right there's some ramifications so the team from Boston Beach is here to talk to you alright so there's a couple things alright here you go um alright so because of this we are gonna prosecute you understand that right OK um but we still need our stuff back okay alright one last thing alright this is a promise area telling us that you're gonna make it right with Cole's alright you still have your pen alright your principal amount owed is what you put on this statement okay uh huh alright so you're gonna write that there you're okay calm down and then you're gonna print your name and put the date so Samantha I do have to I do have to make sure you just are aware whether or not you sign or not that's okay alright you are being released from employment okay yes sir you can't come back to call us to work anymore yes sir alright um alright so these gentlemen are gonna have some things that they're gonna cover with you alright alright 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 no sir okay what's your locker number oh it's it's not the right one it's the one at the like very bottom what's the very bottom I don't think it's a big locker room is it in this what locker number is your locker assigned to um I was originally signed to like 75 but I don't know I don't know at the bottom I don't know if it's a white bag so this is what I would say this this gentleman's gonna ask you some questions you be as honest and cooperative with them as you are with me you understand yes sir alright it's like is there in the door it's like oh yeah he's gonna just he's gonna the very bottom alright Samantha so I have to read you something before I talk to you okay my room where are the rights so I'm required to warn you before you make any statement that you have the following constitutional rights you have the right to remain silent and not answer any questions any statement you must any statement you make must be freely and voluntarily given you have the right to the presence and representation of a lawyer of your choice before you make any statement and during any questioning if you cannot afford a lawyer you are entitled to the presence and representation of a court appointed lawyer before you make any statement during any questioning if at any time during the interview you do not wish to answer you are privileged to remain silent you can make I can make no threats or promises to induce you to make a statement this must be of your own free will any statement can be and will be used against you in the court of law are you willing to talk to me without the presence of an attorney yes sir okay so can you tell me what happened how about we do this yeah let's give her a little breather alright so she can regain her composure and then we'll continue again afterwards sounds good ma'am yes sir sir listen Samantha everyone's gonna treat you with respect no one's gonna yell at you no one thinks anything okay this was a mistake well you need to stay calm for us okay can we do that yeah calm down for a little bit you want a water get the listen we're gonna take out through this door right here to just grab a control vehicle to bring around this way I don't think you're free alright so we're gonna take out this door so I'm gonna get us more so I'm gonna have you raise your right hand yes we we interviewed this associate that works for us she works in the Sephora department we were actually doing an investigation on her today her name is Samantha Samantha's been with us since March the 14th of 2025 through her employment with us uh Samantha was found um to be walking out of the store with merchandise that's not been paid for um certainly was all found through video review just following up on you know daily habits with our associates in our departments um what we found is more than four occasions um so far came in to interview certainly she admitted to many more events all happening at the end of her shift walking out of store never making a so she admitted to a thousand dollar worth of product and a thousand is that the correct amount or is that just what she admitted that's that's what she admitted to she's gonna bring back all the rest of the product um could be a difference it could be a little bit more but we won't know until it's only back in time for tomorrow we can help them alright so that's it for you I'm gonna get ready to let's get rehab well OK so basically Ricky and I were reviewing some audio video going over some testing exams that I'm preparing for and an email came through and during that email it read that there was possibly a dishonest association dishonest associate activity with a particular individual upon review Ricky and I had found on multiple occasions on different days her taking merchandise sealing it either in her Sephora bag or her purse and exiting the store okay and you guys wish to prosecute are you in we wish to prosecute that's all the court has so do you guys have like a list of the like the time she stole yes and that's gonna be uh put into including evidence.com detail okay once he gets the information all over for you alright I'll drop the I'll drop a receipt in there for it alright um it's got the total of what we what we know until we can get back to rest OK like so baseball like I told you when we were walking back here baseball quick math that we did it's a couple thousand dollars OK so then his you know interview on her he said tomorrow she will be with us you yes during the whole process of it so basically that was the job her memory to make it think harder like you know let me just put everything that I that I took you know what you took yes for your mother you know what you took for your sister you know what you took for your father you know what you took for yourself OK and I'll give us an idea oh you got it under Florida Statute section 8 12 the merchant's privilege legally authorizes retailers to detain suspects for a reasonable time to investigate theft statutory right creates a strict segregation between a corporation's civil asset recovery such as promissory notes and the state's criminal prosecution statements and confessions made by a private security are generally admissible in court provided they are not extracted through unreasonable force or coercion however once law enforcement assumes control in a closed room where the suspect is reasonably not free to leave a custodial environment is immediately established that pursuant to the Supreme Court ruling in Miranda v Arizona the Fifth Amendment mandates a clear advisement of rights prior to any police interrogation for a Miranda waiver to be legally enforceable in court it must be executed voluntarily knowingly and intelligently by the suspect tactically and legally officers must ensure the suspect is physically and mentally composed to preclude future defense motions claiming the confession was made under duress and I need this one with cat notes and put me out with the other colors in my zone if I ask you to one JT and I ask you to three for you so far maybe we'll provide for us today the details on that you guys I haven't reviewed the video yet so yo guys you have video ready yeah to look at yeah we have a video so I could just check it out they need to establish whether we have scheme to defraud yet or not okay so they've got four dates right now several hundred dollars worth of stuff four dates they haven't gotten to all 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 gonna have to do when you're on your own yeah if we have a video for the fourth we can stream to the front the thing is is that anything afterwards at this point will either be in addition to or a separate thing so what we need to find out what we have here today what we can charge her with if you guys are good after that you just washing your hands clean from this cause she's fired well I need the report number that's that's a perfect but we'll get what we can get today because that's probably the route that I would go thank you I'll give her my phone number okay he's not going he's not bringing his laptop he's got everything in there all right we wanna document it just on so we can articulate everything we see and then you guys will submit the videos later we'll send you a link you explain this to them it did yeah he got the information so then we can figure that up when we're submitting the whole packet to the state correct okay it's her yeah OK I bet you thought it was my man oh no hahaha do you have your ID with you so I can uh huh what's up bro yeah I don't care alright so here she is last night to um pause it so last night she comes up to clock out carrying the same bag she's currently got in the ambulance here you'll see she fidgets around she's gonna grab something off of here and then she backs up and around what time is it uh 9:04 she actually conceals the product at 9:06 um so here she's looking at something that's what she winds up taking but she doesn't take it quite yet coach was that speaker yeah so she'll walk over here walk back that was 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 the speaker that's out there alright so here I'll back up just a little bit so you can see what she does so she grabs there's a Sephora bag back there OK so you'll see she grabs that bag so you see there's already I don't know if you saw it if you saw that 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 okay she grabs here and here you good yeah I just thought about it what how is a female to 37 beat her own back yeah I'm gonna figure it out so what I'm in love with herself thanks honey I'll be right back say what you're thinking anything else on the list thanks thanks thanks I'm gonna transport it now just turn your wrist 600 blocks 2 4 Delta uniform Julia papa 2 4 VHF take care of yourself check something out for me come out by tracing something thank you thank you work has two shifts left and I'm making her work this is two this is yeah we're North East 6 Avenue and federal of a 6:41 hey I hear there's a fire in the store oh no oh there he is get down what's looking there oh they're trying to get their receipts I should go just start unplugging stuff off put it in the bag now we have controls in place that's supposed to prevent that shit from happening it's like the fourth day I've taken out of here with the store team and I've been packaging something should be how'd you guys catch one of this um actually the store associate gave us a tip that she was acting weird so we started reviewing video of all of her closing shifts and just boom good for that for a quick check started with this we saw her conceal this last night now we're at this you can have that my friend um so I'll put is it is it OK if I put you and you have our internal report is it OK officer 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 then what do you want me to do secondarily well the thing is is we're charging over scheme to defraud so we've already seen that yup anything that we're doing it's already like it would just strengthen the case if you wanted to be a supplement to the report but it wouldn't be additional charges yeah yeah fair enough I don't know so what we're doing is what we have right now because it's the systematic theft over and over again it wouldn't be additional charges that's what this all kind of encompasses sure yeah yeah I just I won't give you whatever you want so you just cause 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 I think there's an enhancement for the type of the amount that you can take in there yep I don't think she's ever gonna reach out I think it's like $100 or something so it just strengthens the case but we already have quite a bit and she's confessed sure no I mean right just we get knocked over yeah just keep following us yeah we will appreciate it guys sorry for all the time no problem no problem the final classification of the crime heavily depends on statutory value thresholds and the established pattern of the offence while standard potato theft becomes a felony when the aggregate value exceeds $750 prosecutors possess alternative statutory tools for internal theft Florida Statute section 744 defines organized fraud or scheme to defraud as an ongoing systematic course of conduct intended to defraud a person or entity that instead of filing multiple misdemeanor counts for isolated shifts this statute allows prosecutors to elevate systematic theft directly to a third degree felony at legally a verbal confession alone is often insufficient to secure a trial conviction without independent verification at the legal doctrine of corpus delicti requires independent physical evidence such as surveillance footage to substantiate that the confessed crime actually occurred as a primary legal lesson waving Fifth Amendment rights and providing a full confession without legal counsel significantly compromises any subsequent criminal defense strategy that this incident serves as a textbook application of transitioning a private corporate investigation into a constitutionally sound evidence based felony prosecution