Put down >> your hands. [screaming and groaning] >> My hands right there. >> Across the country, ICE operations and deportations have intensified, turning everyday police encounters into lifealtering immigration cases. What once ended with a citation or a court date can now trigger federal detention, family separation, and removal proceedings. >> Hi. >> All of them or both of them? All right. Turn around. >> Yes. [clears throat] >> Any English? >> No. English. >> Spanish. >> Easy English. >> Easy English. >> Do you understand? You speak Spanish? >> What? >> You speak Spanish? >> Spaniard. >> Yes. >> Sit down. >> Okay. On March 5th, 2025 in Rotterdam, New York, Rotterdam police were dispatched to a Hannerford grocery store for a reported shoplifting in progress. Store security had stopped a man and a woman after surveillance cameras showed them moving through the aisles and concealing grocery items inside the bottom of a stroller occupied by a 3-year-old child. Officers arrived on scene, separated the adults, and began their investigation as store employees explained what had been observed, and documented the merchandise involved. >> First thing I want need you to do for me is to let mom know she she is in custody with me right now. I'm just not putting her in cuffs for the sake of the child. Can you just let her know that? >> Do you want to come in and shut the door just cuz I don't have her in cuffs at all? So, do they have somebody that can come pick up the child? >> That's just her. >> She has no one to come pick the child up. >> Ask her if she has identification already. >> No identification. Oh, she says she has it in her bag when it's in the car. >> She said in the parking lot. >> Yeah, >> there is there is a key in the car. >> Greece. Gray. >> Gray. [clears throat] You want to go check? Let her know he's gonna go find the bag. What does the bag look like? >> You should see the car around this. >> It says black. >> I'm gonna go get her ID for >> Let her know he's going to go get her bag. What does the bag look like? >> It's black. Um, >> she's going to go. You're going to stay. >> All right. Can you ask him what his name is? >> Michael. As officers worked to identify the suspects, it became clear both adults were non-citizens. The male suspect, identified as 38-year-old Michael Garcia Roas, presented foreign identification indicating prior service as a police officer in Nicaragua. The female suspect, Maria Duk Muriel, a Colombian national, remained with the child inside the store's security room. With no clear local policy for handling undocumented suspects involved in a low-level theft and a young child present, officers contacted supervisors to determine next steps, expanding the scope of the incident beyond a routine retail arrest. >> Police have police ID. >> Police in my country. >> You are >> in my country in his country. He's a police officer. In my country is here. >> Yeah. >> He was Yeah. >> In my country. >> How long? >> Huh? >> What? >> 5 years. >> Okay. >> Yeah. He was a police officer apparently in his country for 5 years. Um, I'm kind of >> torn is to idea. >> No. Well, we'll call and ask. >> The only thing he has is this. >> The language barrier and the fact that they both stole and they have the kid here. So, if you see what he wants to do, we want to have them call. >> You want to You want to call me? >> I'll call. >> I'm going to in the front. Okay. >> 1729. Can we make sure the little girl knows what's going on so that she gets just a short ride only for a couple minutes? >> [laughter] >> Does she have questions for us? Ask her if she has questions. They think that you're they're going to take her away. >> We're all going to the same place. Yep. So, our police cars, uh, who does she ask for like for her daughter when she gets there? >> We're going to go. We're going to get there at the same time. >> Okay. >> We'll we will follow their car so you know it's right in front of us and we will pull up at the same time. Okay. >> You can walk out with her. You can hold her hand. I cuffed you in front so you can walk out with her. Okay. >> Nope. You can hold her hand and walk out with her. Does she have mom's phone? Maybe she can watch the TV show so she's occupied and doesn't get scared. >> Is these your breath? >> You're going to use your phone, right? I just fold this up. >> Yeah, take it. We're not We're She's She's going to get charges. >> We are not taking your child. Okay. >> I don't know what to do. I'll come back and >> following supervisory guidance, a detective contacted US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That notification triggered mandatory federal involvement under the Laken Riley law, which requires detention of undocumented immigrants accused of certain crimes, including theft. Police records show the total value of the stolen groceries was $159.7, including staple food items concealed in the stroller. What would normally have resulted in an appearance ticket now became an immigration hold. Garcia Rojos was transferred to ICE custody where authorities later alleged he became violent and assaulted a federal agent. I can't even get out. UAV RESIST. Get down. Get down. I get down. It's your ID. 212. [laughter] >> Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. >> Your hands. [screaming] >> My hands right there. >> All right. All right. Don't tase you guys. Stop moving. Sorry. >> That goes through. Let me go around. >> All right, let me go around. me like this. Duk Muriel was placed into deportation proceedings resulting in her separation from the child involved in the incident. Garcia Rojos faces charges related to the retail theft along with an additional federal charge for assaulting an ICE agent after being transferred into custody. The case highlights how a misdemeanor level theft in a grocery store led to arrest, ICE detention, and deportation consequences, underscoring the expanding role of immigration enforcement in everyday policing. If you want to stay informed on how these arrests unfold, like, share, and subscribe for more real body cam stories tied to today's ICE actions.