Roll down your window, ma'am. Huh? >> Roll down the window. Vehicle took off. >> Officers are in pursuit of this car after reports of a retail theft. But when they finally catch up, it's who they find inside that turns the whole case on its head. >> Get off the ground. Hands up. Hands up. >> She's talking to somebody in the vehicle. How many kids are in the car? I don't. >> On March 3rd, 2025, Greenfield's emergency dispatch received a call from the manager of a local Walgreens store in Wisconsin reporting a theft, >> please. >> Walgreens, Lumis, and Leighton. We have a shoplifter, the Gray Chevy Malibu. They're on Lumis by the medical office building right now. The black female with two kids. She's going >> Okay, sir. >> Lumis, she took a right turn. >> Turn. You got to hold on a second. Hold on. Okay. What kind of car is it? >> Gray Chevy Malibu. >> Did you get a plate number? Got a plate in the back window. Hang on. She's coming back. She's coming back. She's by the gas station by the BP. >> Hold on a second. >> She's taking a right and going down late and towards 27th. >> Just hold on a second. >> Okay. Just trying to keep you updated now. I can't see her anymore. >> Did she take >> baby formula? She had a whole cart full of stuff. >> Can you still see the vehicle? >> No, they they're headed down. They were headed down late towards 27. >> Okay, we have officers on the way there and someone will be in contact with you. The suspect is 25-year-old Danielle Butler. And as Greenfield police officers track her down and initiate a traffic stop, they aren't prepared for her next move. >> Roll down your window, man. >> Huh? >> Roll down the window. >> Vehicle took off. All right. Traffic's still light. We're about 100 miles an hour. We're safely driving. [Music] >> Come on, drive. Just drive. Just drive. You're good. We are still in the left lane. Speeds are just constant. About 100 miles an hour. [Music] >> We're safely driving. still westbound, passing 76 Street. [Music] >> As more officers join the chase, it's headed for a wild ending. But the bigger surprise is who they find inside Danielle's car. >> Still westbound, passing 76th Street. [Music] Speeds are coming slowing. We are behind a little bit of traffic. >> Crash, crash, crash, crash, crash, crash, crash, crash. >> Big crash. Big crash. >> Get off the sheriff. Good to the 308. Well at 76 Street. I got you. Roll down your window. Put your [ __ ] hands up now. >> Go behind my squad. Yep. Go behind my squad. >> Keep your hands up. >> Get out the vehicle with your hands up. >> Hands up now. Get your hands up now. >> Hands up. Hands up. Put your hands up. >> Get out the car. Hands up. Hands up. >> Turn around. Face away from us. >> Okay. >> Face away. >> She's talking to somebody in the vehicle. Start coming back to the sound of my voice. Your hands up. Hands up. Keep your hands up. Don't put them down again. Do you understand? Put your hands in the air. >> Start walking back to the sound of my voice. Now walk back. >> Walk back to the sound of my voice. Keep walking. Don't put your hands down. Keep walking back. Keep coming. Keep coming. Keep coming. Keep coming. Stop. Face away from me. Stay in the car. Take steps to the right. Steps to the right, ma'am. Listen to me. Take steps to the right now. Steps to your right. >> I'll take over. Step to your right. More. >> More. >> Step to the right. Step all the way back towards the sound of my voice. Keep your hands up. Keep your hands up. >> Come back further to the sound of my voice. Hands up. Hands up. Hands up. Face away from me. >> Is it just kids in the car? >> How many kids are in the car? Come over here, buddy. Come over here. Come over here. Come over here. Come. Come. Come this way. Come this way. Come this way. Come this way. >> Are you okay? >> You got injured. >> How many kids are in the car? >> One more kid. How old is the child? Are they able to walk? >> Oh, yeah. So, please. I love you. >> Let's go. Okay. Come on. >> Unbelievable. >> You got coverage? >> Yep. Okay, sweetie. Come here. >> Spread your feet. Lift up your back arms. Okay, let's put her back up. trying to make laundry. >> Can please call my sister please so she can get >> not right now. >> I love you. >> All right. >> Drunk. >> Yep. >> It's open. >> Yeah. >> Okay. [Applause] Open. Sure. There's no one else in here. Oh, it's packed with stuff. Go on the other side and see if you can see in. I just want to make sure there's no people back here. >> Get off the freeway. Return your car. You need to come back and meet us on the freeway. >> Bravo. With Danielle and her children secured, the questions about her shocking decisions from the morning have to wait as the two kids have questions of their own. You'll be fine. Are you not injured? >> What hurts? >> Okay. Sit down right here. Okay. >> Here we go. Are you okay? You're not injured? Okay. Just sit tight. Okay. Just sit tight. Okay. It'll be fine. Do you want to put her on the other side? Just sit tight. Okay. >> Anybody hurts, guys? >> Yes. >> What hurts? >> My lips hurt. >> Your what? >> My lips hurt. >> Lips hurt. Okay. The fire ambulance is coming. Okay, >> just sit tight. >> Come on, dispatch. One of the kids who playing on pain. >> No persons in the car. Just confirming there's been no foot bail. We can release the patch >> for dispatch. >> Fine. >> Car is clear. I have a VIN. >> What's that? >> Is my mama alive? >> Your mom is all right? Yes. Daddy my mama. >> Your mama is okay. >> Can I go to my granny house? >> What's that? >> To my granny house. >> Your granny house? Yes. You will go to your granny's house in a second. Uh, do you know your granny's phone number by any chance? >> Yeah. >> What is her phone number? >> Do you know your granny granny's phone number? >> You don't remember? Okay, it's okay. We will ask you, mama. Okay. Okay. >> Yeah. Just give us a second. >> What's that? >> How do we crash? >> How do you crash? I don't know. Your mommy lose control. Do you remember what happened? >> No. The kids don't remember much about the crash. But the real plot twist comes when cops check out Danielle's car, making her situation even worse. For now, as officers search her car, they discover several food and grocery items she had swiped from the store, amounting to a total of $23727. The cashier would later tell one of the officers that Danielle scanned everything but never paid and then dipped from the store. >> Ambulance is here. Okay. >> So, when I approached the car, the windows are super tinted. I asked her to roll down the windows so I can see inside that I if I would see kids, I would tell right away. I didn't see [ __ ] So, she just rolled out the window and took off. >> Did child see you at all? >> I did not check inside. He said yes, but I didn't check the vehicle. So, >> yeah, the ambulance is here. They're going to check you out. Okay. >> Okay. >> Hello. >> Well, 3 years old and 2 years old. He's complaining on the lip pain. You can see on her face. She got some scratches on her face. >> Okay. >> So, and the driver is in the other squad. >> Okay. Um, is the driver in custody? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Do you want to be checked up by the fire department? Cuz they're obviously coming for your kids. >> What? >> Yeah. >> Question. Are you the sole person who has custody your children? >> Yeah. >> And um dad will do all. >> So, no. But like right now they they will come and get them or like they will get them. Were you wearing your seat belt, buddy? >> Mhm. >> Yeah. >> I had to go check. I didn't see my vehicle yet. So, >> all right. You can sit down right here. Okay. >> You'll be fine here. All right. >> All right. I'll go check the vehicle. I'm going to stay with them for a second. >> Can you Can you ask your phone number for the grandma? Because they managed to bought grandma. >> No, they're not in a car seat. Uh what superficial injuries evaluate them up here? Nope. >> Okay. >> They they were not in a car seat. There is no car seat in the car. >> No car seat for kids. >> Yes, I can. There's no car seat. So, >> okay. Okay. >> You guys have any information on it, kids? >> Uh no, mom is right here. >> Mom is in this spot. Maybe she can >> We can try to get some information. >> Yes. >> Did that um vehicle have a license plate on it or not? >> Maybe inside. >> Yeah. So, it's there wasn't attach when I tried to stop. So, it looked like they crashed into that cement barrier with the rear of the car. >> Okay. Someone does someone have her info already? Does she have a license or anything? >> Uh, that's right here. Yeah. >> Sure. >> Should be taking custody of your kids. Grandma. >> Um, yeah. >> Okay. What's grandma's name? >> Um, but it's going to be >> Does he take any medications? Okay. Any allergies? >> Was he in a seat belt? Um, was he in a booster seat or anything? >> No. >> You want them transported to the hospital? >> Are they okay? >> He's got a couple bumps, but nothing's jumping out obvious. Um, we'll let you know if we find anything. Okay. >> Yeah, you can just see. >> What the [ __ ] [Music] >> Where was he seated? Um, and the back driver back driver side. Yeah. >> So, they were both unrestrained, it sounds like, where they didn't have any seat belts on. >> No, they both had um the that middle seat belt on and the um so Destiny was in behind the passenger seat. She had her seat belt on. >> Okay. They're both They're both too small to be sitting in the back seat without a car seat. So that seat belt really didn't do anything to protect them. So they do have some bumps and bruises and some scratches. Okay. So it's up to you if you want them taken into the house. >> I say you >> you want them to go to the hospital. Okay. Sounds good. We're going to take them over to children. >> Even at the station, Danielle's answers are just as evasive as when she sped away in her car in the morning. >> Are you willing to talk to us? >> Okay. >> Yeah. My kids okay? >> Sorry. >> My kids okay? >> Uh your kids are okay? I believe the grandma. Yeah, there are children and your grandma's going to go pick them up. So, they're they're they're okay. Okay. So, you want to tell me what was going on? How did it start? What were you doing in uh Walgreens? >> I took some food and some baby. Okay. You know the amount of approximately of how much you took? >> Yeah, they said like 230. >> Okay. Uh and I'm guessing they didn't give you consent. You just took it away. >> No, I sw my car. She said it was okay. >> Okay. So when we pulled you over, did you know that you were pulled over? Did you see the lights and sirens? >> Yeah. >> I mean, you stopped. So you stopped and you rolled down the window for a little bit. Um, and you started running away. What was the reason for running away? >> Cuz like I I really wasn't thinking like I was like thinking like I didn't want to go to jail and then my kids not have nobody in there. It's like me running away. Still did the same things. >> So did you recognize that you were putting your children in danger by running away? I wasn't thinking about like all the stuff that could have happened at that moment. Like it was like uh >> Okay. Were your children the seat belts? >> Mhm. >> Okay. Where were they located when you were driving away? >> In the back passenger and the back driver. >> Back passenger. Okay. >> They have car seats or no? >> How come? >> Cuz they just don't have them. >> All right. Stay tight here for a little bit. Danielle Butler was charged with felony, operating, fleeing, eluding an officer, causing property damage, firstderee recklessly endangering safety, neglecting a child, times two, misdemeanor, retail theft, and bail jumping. Her cash bond was set at $10,000. In July 20125, she was found guilty of fleeing eluding an officer and the two counts of neglecting a child. All remaining charges were dismissed, but read in. She was eventually sentenced to 6 years in the Wisconsin state prison, followed by six years of extended supervision. If your wardrobe starting to look like evidence from a cold case, it's time for a refresh. Head over to codbluecam.com and pick up a new tea, hoodie, or one of our many apparel options.