In Westworth Texas, what started as a routine traffic stop for a suspended license was about to become anything but routine. Within minutes, Officer Taylor would uncover two active warrants, a voluntary drug confession, a hidden firearm, and a passenger with a secret he clearly didn't want revealed. Nobody on scene had any idea how many layers this stop actually had. >> Hey, how's it going? >> Good. >> Hey, I'm Officer Taylor with Westworth PD. How are y'all? >> Good, how are you? >> Good. Um oh, you can leave the door shut. >> Well, I was just going to get my wallet out for you. It's in the back seat there. >> Okay, what's your what's your name? >> Rebecca. >> Okay. Um you do understand that you have a suspended driver's license, right? >> No, it shouldn't be suspended at all. >> Okay. Um on my end, it's showing that it is suspended currently. >> Huh. >> So, >> No, I actually took care of that a while ago. >> Okay, well, we can get this straightened out. Um can I get a name for your passenger as well? >> I don't I thought I was supposed to have to give you my name. >> Uh it was just a it was >> It's just asking. I mean, you don't have to. Uh it's just kind of a friendly >> Yeah, it's just a traffic stop, but I like to identify who I'm talking to. Um I mean, man-to-man, so Do you have a reason why you shouldn't be identified? >> Well, yeah, I guess I do. >> No. >> I'm just trying to identify you. I like to identify everybody that I'm on traffic stop with, and it's honestly just kind of courteous, but if you don't want to, you don't have to. Okay. >> While the driver remained calm and cooperative, Officer Taylor had been quietly running her information in the background. What came back wasn't just a suspended license issue. She had two active warrants, one out of Prairie Grove, one out of Washington County. She was no longer getting a warning and driving away. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Can you get my insurance out? >> Yes, please. Westworth County, got one running my number. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Actually, I have to put my insurance in my wallet. >> 10-4, and then I got one to run by number. Um, my end is still showing that you have reinstatement fees and stuff like that that that aren't taken care of. Will you uh will you do me a favor? Since this is already a Will you step out of the vehicle real quick and hop back to the back with me for just a second? And we can work out your insurance thing here in a minute, okay? On my end it shows you have insurance, so I'm not I'm not too awfully worried about your insurance. Um, okay, so here's the deal. You have several warrants. >> I have several warrants? >> Yes, ma'am. You have two. You have one out of Prairie Grove for failure to appear on on multiple speeding charges. >> No. >> But here, let me let me finish talking, okay? So, you have that. And you have one out of county for failure to appear for driving on a suspended license. >> From West Fork? >> Uh >> Out of West Fork? >> No, it's out of Washington County. >> With the warrant situation being sorted out, officers shifted their attention back to the vehicle. What nobody expected was what happened next because the driver was about to make their job a whole lot easier and a whole lot more complicated all at the same time. >> What kind of phone is it? >> Uh it's it's not me. I have warrants. >> No, I don't know if he has warrants or not, but he always has problems with cops. >> Okay, well, I haven't done anything to give him any issues. So, I'd like to identify my passengers. >> Yeah, it's uh Justin. I mean, I didn't know I had warrants. Neil, okay, so the thing out of Prairie Grove I didn't know if they put a warrant out yet, but it was because I was paying my fines. >> Stand by. >> got a ticket and I missed a court date, so they said I couldn't continue paying my fines out of Prairie Grove until I went to that court date. >> 10-4, thank you. Okay. Okay. Um Well, they're wanting me to e-size you on that, so I'll give you a new court date and everything. >> Oh, awesome. Thank you. >> Um >> I just >> What is his What is his last name? >> Jeter. J E T U R. I just need to get him to my son's basketball game. >> Okay. >> That's why we quit quit working. I was like, "I got to go." >> Okay. Give me just 1 second. If you want to hang back here with this officer, I'll be right back with you, okay? >> Officer Taylor asked the question he asks on every traffic stop, a question most people either lie about or dodge entirely. Her answer stopped him in his tracks. >> What is your name? So, while we are going to read this out on the court date, would you mind if I did a quick quick search of your vehicle? >> Oh, yeah. I mean, I'll tell you how I have some weed in the door, but that's it. >> Okay. I mean, I saw the weed, but I wanted to double check you first anyway >> Yeah. >> before I brought that up. So, okay. Um hang tight. I'm going to get a set of gloves. >> Do I? >> We're going to sit Now, next question. Does he have anything on him that I need to be aware about? >> I know of. >> Nothing you know of? Okay. Um are there any weapons in the back of the vehicle? >> Um well, we had the two machetes for we working, you know, in the garden. >> Okay, no firearms? No? >> No, God no. >> Okay. Well, hey, hey, we're in the South and we're in the United States. >> I know. >> There are firearms everywhere. >> Yeah, I know. >> Do you want to pat her down real quick? I'm going to get him out and All right, you want to hop out for me real quick? I'm going to do a quick search of the vehicle. >> The driver cooperative and the search underway, officers turned their attention to the passenger, the same man who had refused to give his name from the moment the stop began. What he did next sent the entire situation into a different gear. >> Why are you just going to pull your gun out at me? >> No, I'm not. >> Yeah, I've got a >> Okay, here, don't pull it out. Don't pull it out. Just put your hands up, okay? Just put your hands on the back of the vehicle for me and I'll find it. I'll dig it out for you and >> No, I don't >> Okay. Now, did you not want to tell me your name cuz you had a search waiver on file? >> Yes, sir. >> Oh, okay. >> No, cuz it's unlawful for you for you to ask. I haven't I I committed a crime. >> Okay. So, you don't have a search waiver on file? >> That's not the point. >> It's not unlawful to ask for your name. >> It's not unlawful for me to not. >> No, I wasn't going to force you to you know. That would have been unlawful. Searching me right now would be unlawful. >> The passenger had been arguing about his rights from the moment officers approached. He had a reason for that, and when Officer Taylor finally revealed what he'd found in the system, it explained everything. >> Okay, both of y'all just want to stand at the back of the vehicle. I'm going to do a quick search, and then I will get you right back on the road, okay? You what? >> You don't need a waiver with me. All you got to do is ask. >> Why Why would I ask to search you when I asked for your name and you wouldn't even give me your name? What does that What does that tell me? >> You totally misunderstood. >> Westbrook Ford County log 10-16. >> See that? Electric tape. >> Yeah, I didn't want to get >> Liquid electrical tape. It'll come off. It peels off. >> I didn't want to get my hands in there. >> Yeah. >> All right. Can you put your hands behind your back for me, just in >> Yeah, I just told you I'm not for sure I have That's what I'm not for sure I have. >> I just think that Westbrook Ford County log 10-15. Times one. >> Can't see the mail or the email. >> The driver had been up front about the marijuana in the door. She had looked the officer in the eye and promised that was everything. But, as Officer Taylor worked through the vehicle, he was about to find out that wasn't entirely true. >> Okay. I'm going to Mirandize you, okay? >> Yeah. >> And then will you talk with me? >> Yes, absolutely. >> Okay, let me Mirandize you, okay? >> Um, can we get in first? >> Yes, please. I don't want to be standing out in the middle of the road, okay? Okay. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you can say will be held will be held against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney. You have the right to one present with me with you while I'm questioning you. If you do not choose to answer any questions, that's okay. Knowing these rights, also, if you cannot afford one, one will be provided one will be provided for you. Okay. Understanding these rights and having these in mind, do you wish to talk with me? >> Sure. >> Okay. So, I already found a little bit in your purse, okay? >> Yes, that's it. That's all I promise. >> Well, you also promised me that there would be nothing in there. >> know and I didn't I totally forgot that it was in there. >> So, well well now I'm now I'm about to tear the whole damn thing up. >> I mean, please don't, but I mean, I promise there's nothing else in there but I have ibuprofen. >> Okay. Does he have anything on him? >> Uh, no. Not that I know of. He didn't even know that he didn't even know I had that. I just forgot I had that. I just thinking about it when I was like, "Oh, [ __ ] There may be something in there." >> Okay. Um >> Cuz I haven't >> Where'd you Where'd you get it? >> Uh, I got it like a month ago. >> Okay. Don't [ __ ] me. >> No, I promise because I haven't been doing it. I've been working. >> just been sitting in your purse? >> Yeah. Well, no, not that long. Not a month, maybe a week. >> Okay, well, where'd you get it from a week ago? >> A friend. It wasn't him. >> Okay. All right. Sit tight back here for me, okay? Put your foot Swing your foot in. You don't want the OT? Yeah. >> Okay, thank >> Jason, last name? >> Hart. >> Okay, let me let me double check with her. Let me double check with her, that's okay. And then I'll just let you take the keys and then that's fine. Okay, so he's going to walk home real quick and grab his four-wheeler >> Okay. >> and get his equipment out of the back. Is that okay with you? >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. He can take my car if he can. Like if he'll leave it there. >> He has a He has a suspended license, so >> Oh, he has a suspended >> So, he's just going to go get his get his four-wheeler, get his stuff, come back, and that way he'll have the keys for your husband. >> Yeah, that's perfect. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Following the stop, the driver was placed under arrest and transported to the station facing charges that included driving with a suspended license, possession of marijuana, and her two outstanding warrants. Her passenger, who had a active search waiver on file and had been carrying a concealed firearm, was ultimately released on scene. He walked home, grabbed his four-wheeler, and came back for the equipment. As for the driver, what was supposed to be a quick trip to her son's basketball game ended in the back of a patrol car. A reminder that outstanding warrants have a way of catching up at the worst possible moment.