On July 15th, 2025, Lady Lake police officers responded to a shoplifting incident at a Target store in The Villages led to the arrest of an 18-year-old visiting teen. When officers arrived at the scene, the situation was already tense. Um, well, hello. And a deal? Okay. Is it family? Yeah, unfortunately. Has she ever been in trouble before? No. No, she almost got kicked out of our house by her stepdad for being at Stevie B's. Okay. Do y'all live here in Florida now or We're visiting my parents. We're supposed to leave tonight. I'm meeting my mom for like a early dinner. All right. She was reportedly seen on surveillance footage placing approximately $142 worth of merchandise into her purse. Mom, correct? Yes. Mom. All right. Read you what we call them, Miranda warnings. Okay. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him present with you while you're being questioned. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish. You can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements. Do you understand each of these rights I've explained to you? >> Yes, ma'am. Okay. Having those rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me? Yes, ma'am. Okay. So, what What happened? I was just feeling really dumb last night. Okay. Yeah, and everything she asked for, put it in the buggy. Like we were just trying to get out of my parents' house for a little bit cuz it's 75°. And they're like, "It's burning hot in here. Let's go to the store." Get it. Get it. Get it. Get what you want. Okay. So, you can see what I'm doing in your purse there. >> Yes, ma'am. I I can look in my purse right now. >> I'm going to. I'm going to search you, too, so. I have nothing on me. I gave them everything. All right. Do you have anything on your person I need to know about? >> No, ma'am. I gave them everything I had. That's I did I meant more along the lines of any weapons or Oh, no, ma'am. No. No. No. All right. All right. I'll just have you stand right here for me. I'm just going to pat you down. I'm going to get phone the mom tonight, okay? >> Okay. Your phone. Yes, ma'am. Your phone. I'm just going to have you face this way for me after. All right. So, we do have to turn around and face >> getting arrested? I did detain you at the moment, okay? You have tiny wrists. All right. You can have a seat here for me. Am I getting arrested? So, here's the thing. You're not a resident of Florida. So, I can't issue her a notice to appear because you live out of state. So, she has to go to jail for it. Can I drive here? I can drive down to the recorder. Unfortunately, no. There's no other way. >> you don't live in Florida, you have to go to jail for the offense because our notice to appears for like if you live were a resident here, it'd be different. Then if you don't have any criminal history, we could just >> here in Jacksonville, I couldn't give you one of those court dates. >> Yeah, you have to live Can we use like my grandma's address or anything? I'll drive down. >> If she has no priors, it's going to just be a misdemeanor offense. I think it's a $500 bond. If you use a bondsman, you just pay I think the minimum's $100, so it'd be $100. So you could go literally right up there, she can post her bond, and she'll get right back out. But she is going to have a court date, she's going to have to come back for court, the whole deal. So um, you know, if she was still a juvenile, it would have been honestly the same scenario How long does she stay in if I don't come bail her out? Until she bonds out. >> out or time served, 30 days, 45 days. You're under 21 in the state of Florida, you also cannot be >> That's not mine, that's my mom's. Okay, it's in your possession, so I'm just telling you that you can't have that in the state of Florida till you're 21, okay? So it'll go to your mom, but you can be issued a citation for that, and that's a whole 'nother I'm not going to, but just so you're aware, okay? I just say and I'm not just trying to be rude about it, it's just this a fact you you're not a resident here, so I have to take you. It's you know >> like use my grandma's address or anything to like save me? You're not a resident. You're a resident of South Carolina, unfortunately. So now I need to call grandma to >> Do you want purse to go to your mom? Yes, please. She can't have that in her cell. And I'll make sure I get this to you. You go ahead. 26, she's going to be 10:15. How long is her booking? >> Our jail's pretty quick. >> Yeah, so I got to drive her there and then yeah, need typing up the paperwork. >> of the end of the shift, so Cuz she likes follow-ups. No, I mean she can't. She can't, she's going to have to wait until >> going to be a couple hour process. I'd say probably about 2 hours cuz it's going to take 30 minutes to get there and then Take your picture, your fingerprints. I'm going to take this with me. They'll put it in her property when she gets out, she'll get her ID back. Okay. Yeah. The actual is 889. And James grandma is here. I think I'm supposed to be back in 10 minutes. She'll be in the jail for hours. What do you think? I'm not going to let just let her sit there waiting. That's the jail address? Do you have any phone numbers you want her to have? I know phone numbers, but Okay, so you're good on that part. Okay. Will you send me statement when you get it? You can send it to >> I want to go ahead and Yeah, you can send her a link. Huh? Send her a link. Okay. That'd be that before Who's bag is this not ours? Not yours. So what all do we have to do? Basically I'm going to take you to the jail that's in a totally different town from here. It's about 30 minutes away. We're going to paperwork. They'll take your picture fingerprints. Once you're booked in you'll have the bond set. Mom or someone if they want to bail you out can come bail you out. If they choose not to do that then you're going to have to sit there until >> going to be like on my record forever? Do you stand by real Whenever I get there can I call people or do I have to wait? But then there's they have like payphones in the cell so you can but they're free in booking so you can make a call. >> Like whenever I'm waiting to get booked? I'll get the air on back here for you, okay? Okay, and whenever I get there I'm going to be changed out of my clothes too and everything changed. Following her confession she was arrested on a charge of retail theft and transported to the Lake County Jail. >> They'll change her into like a jumpsuit. Yeah, and different shoes. >> crocs. And you get a Florida ID so they know who you are. All right, I'll get the air going for you in just a second. Oh, thank you. Oh my [ __ ] gosh, that's so bad. Oh, I'm actually going to [ __ ] jail. Oh my god. >> [snorts] >> I've never [ __ ] up so badly in my whole whole life. Whenever you get your mugshot taken, does it get put in the going in the newspaper and stuff? >> online. Okay. Cuz my grandparents, they live in like the Villages and I never heard, so I didn't know if it was going >> going to be I mean, anyone of the public could search you. Okay, but it's not going in the Sometimes, especially the local newspaper here, um they can plus the police report from us and they'll put it in the paper, but sometimes with or without the mugshot. It's hit or miss. It's not like they pick all of them. It's just whatever they want to report on at that time. So, there's the chance it could I'm not saying it will be. Okay. So, the only reason I did get arrested is just because I'm not a resident of Florida. >> be arrested regardless, but we try to work with people when they have no prior criminal history. You know, you don't have any previous stops. If you have two previous stops, then you have to go to jail in our county. Um but [snorts] since you had no priors, if you were a resident of here, then I probably just would have given you a court date and you could have left. It's still considered an arrest, but it's considered a non-custodial arrest, so we're not actually taking you to jail. But, cuz you're not a resident, and the reasoning is a lot of people who live out of state, if I give you that notice to appear with the court date and let you leave, they just go back to their state and they're never going to show up to that. So, then they have to write a warrant and then you're never going to come back to Florida to get You know what I mean? So, that's why they make you go right then and there. So, I probably won't be even getting out till like 6:00 probably? Probably. I mean, I'll be done with my paperwork by 5:00, but by the time they finish everything. Do you get unlimited calls whenever you're in there? Only they should No, while you're just in the booking area, I think so. Okay. And it's just going to be a mess of people, all right? I'm not going to be able to get If you get too cold, just let me know and then It's okay. I've got a blanket. It's just hair all over my mouth. I [snorts] can't get it out. I just chopped all mine off cuz it's too bad and it's hot. [ __ ] [ __ ] I'm still crying. It's my fault. Do all people have their phones taken whenever they get arrested normally? Or did you just >> goes to the to the jail, but >> Just because my mom was here you get your phone back? >> Only because there's always the chance that they'll they'll lose your stuff at property. If it's being separated from you, they're bagging it, it's being put in a room with hundreds of other people's stuff. >> So, whenever I take my clothes off they're doing that, too? Like >> It'll all go Yeah, but cell phones is something that gets lost easily, so it's just honestly easier than anything. I'm going to have to take like all my jewelry off, too? Like my belly button ring? I'm going to be dead by the time I get out of here knowing my parents, so I'd probably be better off staying in there. Do you know when the court date would be? >> I do not. It'll get issued to you. They'll go when you get bonded out, they'll let you know that. What do you have to go to court to do to like pay or just can you like say guilty or not guilty? It's your goal before a judge to explain why you did what you did and they can assign you more jail time, they can assign you like a fine, they can assign you you know whatever it is. Um or they can find you not guilty. I mean, I'm just saying it's just different. You have to appear for that court date, too, or you get a warrant? >> Correct. What began as a routine shopping trip ended in a criminal charge, highlighting how quickly a single decision can lead to serious legal consequences.