Go ahead and step out. >> Why am I stepping out? >> Step out, please. >> What? >> You're under arrest. >> For what? >> FOR WHAT? OKAY. OKAY. >> OKAY. Let me GET >> What the What the [ __ ] on the ground. >> She been with me the whole time. >> This is a critical moment where the officer spots what appears to be the stolen item on the ground. It immediately confirms the initial suspicion and provides tangible evidence right at the scene, making the no stealing defense harder to maintain. >> So, I have to wait to go to court to get out. What's going on? >> I'm going to jail for stealing. >> How old are you? >> You are too. >> I just got to them. I don't know what the going on. >> Do you know them? >> No, they're I know them through somebody else. Their car overheated. I'm the one that put the water pump on it, so I came to them. >> Okay, let me get your dirt. >> My tools are in the trunk. >> I don't know what the >> Get out of here, bro. It's >> 2024. You're on camera. >> What are you to him? >> I'm his mom. >> That's not what he said. >> I'm his stepmom. Can I see? Okay. So, his mom's playing in Chicago. You're not mom. >> Can I see a phone? >> Are you even wife to him? Is he your girlfriend? >> Can I see a phone? >> Your stepgirl. >> Can I see a phone? >> No, I'm getting his phone first cuz he's the father >> again. We're not playing by your rules anymore. >> Okay. Can you guys tell me my charges? >> Yeah. >> I can. Theft of mislaid property. And then you're going to also get charged with deceptive practice because you're in the car. No one's using the card over there. You're on camera. >> I never used the card. >> Exactly. You never seen Do you know where his phone's at? >> Uh uh. Could you put it put it on my knee? Put it on my my knee. All right. Punch on. Not now. Uh, go to uh Okay. Go to call. No. Uh, call him. Huh? And go to um go up >> in contacts or just this. >> Go. No. Go up. Go up. Go up. Go up. Keep going. Keep going. Contact. Contact. I'm >> contact. >> Go back. I got it. >> You got it. >> Where am I going to? >> Yeah. Right here. I got it. Right. No. I got I got it. I got I got it. I got it. I got I got I got big L. >> Yeah. >> We're working on it. It's not for anything. >> Hey, >> what's going on? >> No, man. We got pooked over by the police, man. I got I got my son, you know. I got my son with you. I'm going to I'm going to um have him to come. He going to come hold him drop him off to you and then um I'mma call you, man. I'm good, though. I'mma call you. >> He can't come get him. >> Hey, you can't >> Could you Could you come get him? >> Look, I'm about here off the street. I I got my room. I got my room, too. But [ __ ] >> Calling Boom Man is a classic move to alert someone to your situation, hoping they might intervene or provide support. However, it can also complicate things by drawing more people to the scene, >> increasing the potential for further disturbance. >> Hi, buddy. >> Could you give me a give me a copy, too? Put it in my pocket for me if you can with us. >> I ain't going to lie. I thought you was the I thought you was the kid, man. I got to give it to myself. I I'll be honest. I thought you was I ain't going to lie. Like I said, >> I be Ben. It turned out five is going to turn out God control the real thing. So, you know, >> like I said, I mean, you could have turned that a lot worse. >> Yeah. >> Getting out and fighting us, too, because then we start using two of those tasers. >> Yeah. No, I say he had a taser. He was ready. >> I don't like doing that cuz it's just a lot of paperwork. >> Yeah. I understand. It makes sense. So, [ __ ] It's a resistance or a restraint or however you want to put it. >> And you got to think how intense it is for us, too. We don't know what's in that car. I don't know if the driver's got a gun. You got a gun? I mean, I don't know what's going He obviously had a knife on him. So, >> yeah, he meant >> We have no idea. I knew you weren't with him earlier, so I have no idea who that guy. >> No, you have to cuz technically the court you're going to is county or city. So, you have to go through the county process. >> So, today, Saturday? >> Yeah. >> So, I don't know. I'm in. >> Like you said, there's no cash bail anymore. So if if your charges meet the criteria and you don't have any risk factors on preventing you from going to court, they'll honestly just probably give you a court date and see >> well her too. >> Yeah. >> Or would I be able to get >> it? All depends on your past criminal history. If you got ongoing cases, you're on probation, parole, you have a bunch of miscourt dates, that type of stuff. >> No, I don't got none of that. >> Yeah. So >> it'll prove you no risk. And again, this isn't a bodily harm crime. So I don't see them keeping you. >> So they do all >> What about her? >> Same thing. I mean, resisting they don't really care about. You know what? We just got to go on that guy name. We got to go fingerprint the booking. Get the mug shot. Fingerprints. They'll get you out. >> All right. >> You can crack his window down there. >> You want your window down right here? Yes. >> You know what? >> Uh Billy Joe's. >> Billy Joe's. >> Yeah. We'll get you a card. Can you stab me in the front? >> Nope. >> I can hold the phone for you if you need to talk on speaker phone. >> My phone don't work. >> So, you guys don't know when we'll record. >> No. What's up with the camera? This is so stressful. They saying that they send me on camera taking a wallet from Chuck-E-Cheese. That's basically what I'm being charged for. But they saying I'm being charged also for swiping a card, but I never swiped the card. But they said I knew what was going on. Boom man. What happened? >> What happened? I think a AC Hold on. Yeah, I think like a AC. Let me um Yeah. Yeah. Well, I'm being arrested, so I'mma call you when I go to jail. Okay. Can I make one more call? >> The officer's empathy here is notable. Acknowledging the potential trauma for the child. >> It seems like a routine arrest to adults can create lasting negative impressions and fear in a child about law enforcement. >> You think you go back the same day? >> Mhm. >> What you think? >> Be honest with you. Be honest. >> And I I wish I could, but honestly with the whole safety act, I mean, you've heard of that, right? >> What is it? >> The safety act is what took away cash bail. So, you can't go to jail and get a, you know, $10,000 bond and bond out for a grand park. In this case, it would probably been 160 bucks and you would have bonded out. Okay, that that's gone away. Now, it's you go, they're going to get they're going to basically count you as either risk or not a risk to show up in court. If you're not a risk and you shouldn't be clogging up the jail, they're going to give you a court date and tell you to show up to court. All right? And if you don't show up to court, you have a warrant. All right? So, from what I've seen, it's only been in effect this year. So, what I've seen in cases like this that are just money crimes, all right, they're probably going to give you a court date and send you out the door. >> All right. But again, I'm I'm not there and I don't know exactly how it works with looking at your record and everything. It all depends on that. So, but you said you haven't this much court, right? >> I don't got I ain't been in jail. I ain't I've been on parole since 2017. I ain't no probation. I ain't nothing. I don't got no open case. I was out of traffic and I got a blue case at her. Bloom traffic. >> Okay, >> that's it. >> So, I talked to you've had your son since yesterday. >> Yeah. >> All right. >> So, what's she going to do? >> Well, she's not happy. >> Yeah, I know. She talking to her. >> Yeah. But, I mean, you need to make things right. And honestly, I mean, out of this whole deal, looking at yourself, I would probably be most upset at that. >> Putting your kid through this. >> All right. One, he's not put you in cuffs. Been done with this. We probably would have gave you a notice to figure and be done with it. But now she tacked on the resisting and everything else. There's not much chance. This is one of those things that dug yourself a bigger hole. All right, I'll be right back with you. >> Anything else? and you didn't take it to make a good >> and you're not and you're not going to say who you that's why would I want to be seen on camera fighting somebody else car >> I mean I don't know >> if I was to be if I was to be doing something trying to be trying to steal something and I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't go on the camera. >> Well, just to clarify, so right now you're going to jail. >> His final defense, arguing that he wouldn't steal on camera because it's dumb is a common almost childlike attempt to appear logical and innocent. However, surveillance footage often catches people doing exactly that, underestimating its reach or effectiveness.