On August 28th, 2025, officers were dispatched to Home Depot in response to an active shoplifting incident. >> Come here. >> No, sir. >> Put your hands behind >> Oh my god. >> Put your hands behind >> Please. Please stop. Be nice to me. >> Put your hands behind your back. Okay? Just put your hands behind your back. >> Oh my god. Please stop. Stop. Stop, please. Stop, please. Please. Sir. Please stop. >> Can you have a seat here? >> Please stop. Please stop. Sir. >> 10-18-4 1 female detained. >> Please stop. >> Confirm 1 female detained. >> Please stop. >> Put your hands behind >> 10-4. >> Yeah, yeah, we're good. >> Uh you want me to grab it again? >> Can you please stop? >> What's your name, ma'am? >> Emma. >> Who? >> Emma. >> Emma? >> Yes. >> Did you take something? >> No. >> You didn't take anything from this store? >> Can you please let me go? Please. >> Did you take Why you running? >> Can you please >> Did you take anything from this store? >> Can you please let me go? >> Did you take anything from this store? >> please. >> 10-4 1 female. >> Please let me go, please, sir. >> Yeah, people grab that for you. Slide over this way. >> That was my return. >> get a receipt for you. >> She tried to run away from me and threw the purse under the truck. >> That was my return, guys. >> That was your return? I guess they're calling us. You want to You can now include the long arm of the law. All I wanted to do was talk to you to figure out if you took anything and you ran, right? >> No, I was coming to my car, sir. Please. Please, I'm begging you. Please. >> No, this is not her Where's your car? I got her keys in my pocket. >> Where's your car? >> It's right there. >> Give me your purse. Grab my keys out of the closet. >> No, right here. >> Sir. >> Yeah, they still in >> Please, sir. Please. Please, sir. >> Which car is yours? >> Over there, that white car. >> All right, don't beg me now. You could have just told these people you were >> daughter. >> She said it's that white truck, right? >> They they they they want you arrested. So, there's nothing that we can do. >> Please, please. >> We don't we don't make We don't make that up. We don't have to. >> she said. >> And she was trying to get this way. >> You're you're as of right now you're you're being arrested for >> That white truck. Lady. >> Retail theft. We don't we don't make that decision. >> Please. >> Sorry. They do. All right, so it's out of our hands. >> I I apologize. I'll do whatever I can. Just please, please. I have >> They're they're telling you no. >> Please, I'm begging you. I'm begging you. >> There's nothing we can do. Is that Is that your phone right here? >> Yeah, and then her glasses are right there by your right foot. >> Okay. You'll be able to make calls? >> She said I could like walk right in front of you. >> Please. >> I can't let you try to steal this stuff out of the store and then leave out and get around it. >> There's nothing that you can do to to to change things. >> Please. I I have to get my daughter. >> They want you arrested. >> Please, please. >> They want They want you to go to jail. There's nothing that we can do. >> Please. >> can have you We can have you in and out. You'll be out before them. >> Please, I'm begging you. >> The love receipt or whatever she took. >> You'll You'll be out before them. But, you're going to jail. That's it. >> I'm begging you. Please. >> We can put her We can put her stuff in the car. Just take her license or whatever. >> Please, I'm begging you. I'm begging you. I'm begging you. I have a kid I have to feed. >> Where do you live? >> Ambush. >> Ambush? >> Please, I'm begging you. I'm begging you. I'm begging you. >> Stop. You can stop begging. >> Okay, I'm sorry. >> Just stop. >> I'm sorry. >> I'm going to grab her jewelry and stuff now. >> Yeah. It's I am I never been a >> You know what? >> Oh my gosh, why are you taking my stuff? >> You know what? No, it's it's okay because she's going to she's going to be What do you call it? Yeah. We're going to have her in and out. >> Please, I'm begging >> No, listen. Listen. Emma, right? Emma, for the last time, I don't want to hear any more about please please please please. You're going to jail. End of story. Okay? Not because I want you to or stop. You're going to be done in in in less than an hour. You got to make better decisions. You did this to yourself. He He didn't do this. He didn't do this. I didn't do this. They want you not to come back here again. Stop stealing. End of story. >> Who's this then? >> I quit begging. You're a better person than that. I don't beg people. Stop begging. You're not You're not a bum, right? >> They were. >> All right. You You need to get sign and release and and that's it. You're going to go to the station and within an hour you'll be out. >> I can't call him. >> No. No. Zip your cell phone. >> How you doing? >> I'm good, sir. >> We are We had a hundred already and then just what he going to get right now. >> These are all the same. >> No, they're they're different. >> You got to come in here. >> No, they are my birthday. my husband to give me the the cord, yeah, the charger. >> I know. >> No, there's nothing to apologize for. Just don't come back here again. >> Hey. >> What would you say to him that he's over there laughing? >> I don't know. >> What what can I do to help you guys let me go? >> There's nothing we we can't let you go. They want you to go to jail. You're going to jail. We're going to take you to jail. We're going to fill out some paperwork and you you're going to go. You're going to be gone before 12:00. >> What can I open in my car? >> You're going to come back and pick it up. >> We're going to take these to the station. You can come back by the way to get your car. >> Can you loosen up a little bit? >> Are you going to run? All right. >> Please don't run. >> All right. >> My legs hurt. >> She got the pinch to do some of the same thing. She tried to elude the long arm of the law. >> Her car's over there. >> She didn't she didn't realize she she was strength there. >> Probably the fittest person in the in the department. She's got a gun. >> bit? >> It hurts? >> Well, yeah, I'm sorry, man. The handcuffs they they don't feel the best. >> I know I had it on, so I'm sorry. >> Yeah, I'm sorry. I mean I can still get my fingers through there, you know. It's what I can do. I can do you a favor. I'll loosen it up a little bit, okay? I can do that for you. >> No, no, no, I think we're we're past apology, but like my partner just told you you're you're not going to be in here too much longer, okay? It's too late. They not No, no, no, no, no, they don't They That's why they called us. >> They They He said this isn't your first time doing this, so >> Excuse me, I never been in this Home Depot ever in my life. >> I don't know. That's what he said. >> I I live in the in Beecher, so I go to the one in uh >> So, why aren't you in Peachtree right now? >> Maxine. >> I can't believe they tried to run over somebody. You tried to run over >> I was going to my car, officer. >> Didn't you hear me say "Ma'am, hold on, one second."? >> not I was not trying to run away. >> Then you look at me and say "No, no, leave me alone." >> I thought the the the Home Depot guy was behind me. I'm sorry. >> Yeah, I'm trying to get his stuff back. >> Right? >> I did apologize. I want to apologize to him. >> Uh no. >> Should I please? >> Yeah, he ran off. >> I've never been in trouble >> I understand that, but it's it's it's Home it's Home Depot, you know, I can't tell them you have been in trouble. Your last arrest was for driving on a suspended driver's license. That's another class you can get screwed up. >> But that that that was a mistake. >> in Arizona? >> No, it was Okay, so I'm going to explain right now what happened. >> So, now what had happened was >> No, no, no, no. Officer, can I please explain? >> Well, real quick, when it comes to the the Home Depot store Home Depot is pretty adamant. They they they they don't give anybody breaks, so it's not up to me. I can't say "Hey, let her go." and he'll be like "It's up to the Home Depot." Home Depot wants to press pursue pursue this. >> Can I please go apologize? >> I I mean, he's not even here. Okay, you sit sit tight for a second, okay? Just >> What did he say? >> Uh she selected the product, put it in his purse. >> What is it? >> Um Torn apps Torn apps >> Torn app >> Torn app >> Did you get Did you recover it? >> It's in the >> I mean, you guys recovered it, gave it back to him? Okay, okay, cool. And it's what's-his-name, right? The the African guy with the braids. Okay. Okay. >> Are you guys familiar? >> With him? >> Yeah. >> Yeah, he's been here forever. But yeah, I got it. >> this guy personally. >> Okay, cool. Um and he's going to sign a complaint. Was he Was he back still in the office? >> So, I asked him if he if he's seen our video. He said did I asked him where he was going to put the printer. >> Oh, he saw it on video? >> No, he said surveillance. >> Oh, he was watching. Okay, that's fine. It doesn't matter. Okay. Okay, cool. Um I'll take it's my piece, so I'm I'm throwing it back in my car. Which is your car? >> This one. >> Okay. >> What time What time do you have to get your daughter? >> Uh her school ends at 3:00. >> Oh, you'll you'll you'll be out way before then. >> It it's it's >> Throw it in my car. >> Come on. Come on. Let's get you out of here. >> Oh, is that her? >> Yeah. >> Okay, give me a second. He's going to let me in and out of the precinct. Yeah, it's no big deal, man. I'm just going to go do some paperwork. Come on. You You You primary owner of this? >> Yeah, I'll take it. Sorry. >> I just I was on the phone with >> I'm sorry to all of you. >> I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I was I was just I'm on the traffic camera. I was just right here and >> Guys, I'm sorry to all of you. >> No, I don't you know, I don't want to be coming to give people papers. You know, I was just >> I was just right literally right here in the area for hours. >> It's okay. It's okay. I would do the same thing. >> I'm sorry to all of you. >> Yeah, no problem. >> That's what we do every day. >> No worries. >> Here you go. >> All right. >> I'm in. >> That's it. >> The weather might fool us right now. >> You want to >> Here you go. >> All righty. >> All right. >> Let's hop inside. Except for my car here, I got your bag. Don't worry about it. The car's going to sit right here. So, we're not going to tow it. You can come You'll probably be out in a little bit and just come back and get it. You can call wherever you want me to come pick you up. And I'll bring you back over here. >> Thank you. >> Is this something for you? Can you hold it up? Can I get something else? >> Beyond what she has. >> Okay. Uh If If Could you watch my car for a second? >> Yeah. >> We just found one more piece, so I want to make sure that in her bag they must So, just hold on to this. I searched. >> Okay. Yeah, I'll go get it. Hey, real quick. I'm writing the report. So, basically you were watching her, saw her select the items, put it in her purse, and she walked out the whatever whatever, and that's when we stopped her. This was in her purse. Was this added on here? >> Oh, yeah. No, it's not on there. >> It was It was still in there. >> Still in there. Okay. >> Do you want to add it on here? >> Um no, it's fine. >> Just Okay, so just put these Okay. Okay. All right. We'll give you a call once she's signed. >> The woman was charged with shoplifting.