Hello sir, how are you? Mind if you
holler at you for a few minutes.
Uh, where are you coming from?
Okay. Can you have a seat for me? Have a
seat. Am I being detained? Have a seat.
Yes, you're being detained. Have a seat.
He's in the water. This is going to be
him on the bridge.
Ocean unit, are you able to respond over
here?
While officers may be stunned at the
moment, they're about to initiate a
manhunt for this suspect. As that same
morning, a male matching his description
robbed someone for their scooter at
knife point. We're under the uh east
side of the bridge. He can't go far. So,
we just need somebody at the uh
eastbound side of the bridge.
That's going to be I guess. Yeah, he has
the matching ear tattoo and everything.
As soon as we told him he was detained,
he hopped over the side. I have access
to the boat if you want me to put it in.
You still have eyes on him? No, he's
underneath the bridge. You sure you
didn't drown?
I don't think so. I might take the
county guy with me. Dex, you want to get
on our boat with us?
Sure. You got your trunks on?
Damn it.
That's his hat floating in the water
right there. So, he's got still got to
be right here. I'm going to get Dex to
come with me since he's one of the ocean
units. Somebody get on the PA and keep
giving him um get on the PA and tell him
to go to the east side. The suspect.
Where did he jump in the water at? Right
here. All right. He ain't going to be
able to swim all the way over there. You
aware of that? You going to try to walk
out this way? Oh, no. I'm going to get
the boat. Is he walking already? Yeah.
About where the light pole is?
Deep in the water. Oh, that's Carmen.
Carmen, be careful. Carbon and him are
the bike units are underneath a bridge.
Hop in your car, Dax, if you want to
follow me.
Has anybody reacquired eyes on him yet?
Still working on it. We might see him
over here on the east side. We're still
walking towards him. I believe it was
confirmed robbery already and also the
warrant.
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What's going on? Bridge. Oh, that was a
armed robbery guy to jump in the water.
Yeah.
Get in this compartment. There's life
jackets in there. I just uh I was just
yelling swimming south
now. Life jacket on for you.
cuz he's south of the bridge now. He's
way out there. All right. When he comes
on the boat,
we have to put him in handcuffs and then
that orange life jacket's got to go on
him. There's a ladder on the back of
this boat.
Okay. So, Dex, if you want to go to the
back of the boat with him. Hey, put your
hands in the air. Put them both up.
in the coast. I want you to go ahead and
drop that ladder. Come here. I'll be
right
here. You got anything on you? You got a
knife? Come here.
It's in my right pocket, sir. Where? In
my right pocket, sir. How much money did
this cost, y'all? Got anything else on
you?
Um, nothing illegal, sir. Any other
weapons? I don't think so, bro. He's
breathing fine. Yeah, I'm good. I'm
good. I'm good. Roll up on your right
side. All right. Sit up on your butt.
Put a life jacket on so you're nice and
safe. All right. Watch your head. It's
coming over.
Looks like a bait. That's what I thought
it was, too. It is a baby. It is. It's
around his neck. Yeah. Yeah. Take it
off.
Hey, what were you thinking? That wasn't
smart. I really was just trying to get
back in my girl.
Thank you for not making me get in the
water after you. Well, I made a couple
of Yeah. A couple other officers might
not feel the same way. Yeah, that's our
mistake. That was silly.
I didn't get to see you jump. I watch
the camera on that.
So, this is like the most action you
get, dude. I mean, definitely this
morning. All right. You ready?
Yep. Step
up. Walk right up there. Once you got
there, we'll take your life jacket off.
Hello, sir. How you doing? Good. Over
there.
Let me read you something real quick.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say may use evidence
against you. Do you understand these
rights? Yes, sir. Do you wish to talk to
us right now? Put these rights in. You
can't incriminate me anymore than I'm
already incriminating. Anybody got any
drugs?
Cigarette. Officers have the robbery
victim with them in a nearby squad car.
Now that they've recovered the suspect's
knife, they ask the victim if it was the
same knife the suspect used to rob him.
The blade? Yeah. Is it exact the one
like the blade? I can't definitely say
for sure. Can you Can you pull it like
open it up?
Yeah. Yeah. So, are you positive
identified that night? Yeah. Okay. Hey,
did he agree to speak? Yeah. Hey, buddy.
What's that? Did he say anything about
We didn't talk anything. We just heard
him random there. Just a little
conversation on the boat. So, you know
what we're talking about. See? So,
what's what's going on, my friend? I'm
just throwing the up. I I mean,
did you steal? Did you steal uh the the
scooter? You didn't steal nothing. You
didn't steal nothing? I stole some
drugs. Why did you run then? Cuz I'm on
the run. I got a warrant, sir. Oh, you
got a warrant. Now, listen. What? Me up
on the bridge. Y'all kept passing and
normally normally I can slide past a
couple of y'all but I am homeless. I'm
out here walking the streets and
Eventually I'm going to get picked up.
I'm surprised it lasted this long. Okay.
But no no no still nothing. So what do
you do like approximately 5:00 in the
morning? What were you doing? Uh drugs.
You doing drugs? I don't know. 5:00 in
the morning when the sun comes up. Yeah.
Before it was dark. Oh, I was at uh
Holly Hill. You went to Holly Hill?
Yeah. What were you doing on Holly Hill,
my friend? for the man drugs.
So, so the reason that we're making
contact with you, my friend, is cuz
there was an incident.
Oh, to the tea, my friend. To the tea. A
stolen scooter with a knife.
And I got a knife. What? Yeah. So, so
let me answer this question and be
honest with you, man. Honest with you.
No. No steal. No steal. Nothing. You
didn't steal anything? No. No, sir.
Okay. So, you didn't steal anything? You
didn't grab a a scooter? If I did
anything wrong, it was I didn't get
enough money for drugs for me and my
girlfriend, dog. And I apologize. So,
you said that you didn't take anything.
You didn't take Listen. Mhm. 5:00 this
morning, I was shooting up drugs with my
girlfriend. He sucks dick. Where? I got
in a fight with a dude on a scooter, but
I didn't take nobody's scooter, bro. I
didn't deprive Talk to me. Talk to me
about that fight in the scooter, man. He
My girl was like tricking with him or
something, bro. I don't. This is
embarrassing, bro. I don't want to talk
about it, man. Okay. But now I'm getting
He's saying I stuck in I robbed him at
knife point for a scooter, bro. I don't
want a scooter, bro. I don't I just
didn't want my girl tricking with him,
though. Be honest with me, man. Richie,
be honest with me. I'm trying to be as
honest as I can, man. You did you take
this school? I didn't take nothing from
the man. You sure? It doesn't matter
what I say
because guilty until proven innocent. It
is actually the reversed
until proven guilty. That's my father.
Well, so so Okay. So, I didn't take
nothing from this man. Okay. This man.
So, you're telling me cuz we have we
have video.
Can't have video of me taking anything
from this man. Okay. All righty. So,
right now you know that you're under
arrest for the warrant. Yes, sir. Okay.
You under arrest for resisting and you
are under arrest for armed robbery.
Okay. Yes. Okay, thank you. Can I get a
secret?
Uh, give me a couple of minutes. Let me
see if I can find one. He scooter the
scooter and the guy is on robbery, but
but he had a knife. He had an eye on and
the victim ID the knife and the victim
ID him and his girlfriend put him on
scene with the victim prior to robbery.
We have PC one. We have PC all over the
place. And we don't have the scooter. We
don't have the scooter. Scooter's going
to be in the water probably. If he was
in the water, that school is going to be
in the water. Um, let me go in there and
ask him. Brother, man, just got to get
the scooter.
Is it in the water?
Are you tucked away in the bushes?
I really need to talk to my girlfriend.
But just think about it and let us know.
Now, what's interesting to me is how
differently this might have played out
in Philly. Cuz although we do have a
marine unit, but that jump might have
ended this guy's life immediately
because the Delaware and Skullkill
rivers are colder, darker, and have
strong currents even in the spring. And
once you add low visibility and the
possibility for hypothermia, there's a
slim chance you'll survive. Now,
Philly's marine unit is amazing and it
was formed in 1859 and it was initially
formed to transport prisoners into
combat piracy. And when something like
this occurs, it could be a hectic scene,
especially at night. And they do work
closely with the US Coast Guard,
responding quickly, cooperating, and
keeping the waterways safe. And many
times when these people jump, police
dispatch becomes hectic because dispatch
has to possibly send numerous EMS units
and available street patrol also has to
keep an eye out if they're available.
But in closing, imagine you're an
officer and you have to search the water
for a suspect or missing person who
possibly fell in because you actually
don't know what's in that water. There's
tangled debris and sharp metal that can
trap or injure you in seconds. But the
average person just sees a body of
water. But these highly trained officers
are trained to see the danger that the
water hides. I will end with a question.
If you were an officer and you just
witnessed somebody disappear under the
water, would you hesitate or would you
trust your traininee and go right in
after them? In addition to his warrant,
this suspect was charged with resisting
an armed robbery. He is innocent unless
proven guilty in a court of