Today we have a video from New York Detective and the title of the video is police surprise man trying to cash $4,800 stolen check. On May 14th, 2025, officers responded to a check-cashing business after receiving reports of a male attempting to cash a fraudulent check. Little check-cashing store. Close. Okay. Hey, do me a favor, sir? You're not under arrest. You're just being detained right now. Till we figure out what's going on. Hold on, you're being under arrest, you're just being detained right now. What the [ __ ] Oh, yo. This officer uh Do you know the difference between being detained and arrest? Cuz that sentence right there didn't even sound right. Okay. Hey, do me a favor, sir? You're not under arrest. You're just being detained right now. Till we figure out what's going on here, okay? Okay, no problem. All right, man. I got my phone right here. Say what? My phone is right there. That's all right. Nothing will happen to it. Oh. 10-10. Uh we're going to go ahead and have a seat over here. You got any knives or weapons or anything like that? Show me your hands. We're going to pat you down real quick here, okay? Okay. Like I said, I don't know what's going on here. Mhm. We'll explain everything in a moment. Spread your legs here for me. Okay, no problem. Is your wallet? Yes, sir. Okay, your ID's going to be in there? Yeah, they uh >> they got it already. Oh, they got it? >> Yeah. All right. Keys? Yes, sir. Okay. Lighter? Yeah. >> Just do me a favor. Have a seat right here, sir. What's your name, man? Devon Dunlap. Devon what? Dunlap. D E V O N D U N L A P. All right. Listen to me. Well, I got to read you your rights, okay, man? Like I said, you're not under arrest at this time. You're just being detained. I'm sorry. I couldn't hear you. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used Also, he's not under arrest at this time. He's being detained. Okay. in a court of law. You understand? >> Yeah. You have the right to the presence of an attorney prior to while you're being questioned. You understand? Yes. If [snorts] you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed at county expense to represent you before any questioning you so wish. You understand? All right. You can decide anytime to exercise these rights and not answer any of my questions or make any statements. You understand? >> Yes. All right. Do you understand any of these rights that I've just explained to you? >> Yes. All right. Having these rights in mind, will you answer our questions? Sorry? No? All right. You read him his rights? Yep. You got his name? >> He said he doesn't want to answer any questions. Oh, no. He don't want to He don't want to say anything? Okay. Can I at least get your name? You got it You got his name already? >> No, I just figured I'd get the name and his ID or something like that. I mean, he's got a wallet on him. All right. Okay. This is his phone right here. >> right to remain silent. Okay. Did he give you any ID? It's right there. Okay. ID. And that's the check right here. Can you have it I can just get that? Did he happen to give you anything else or that was it? That was That was it? Okay. I will. Do you need help like doing statements and all that stuff? Uh Have you done this kind of stuff before? Yeah, probably will. Can I call my girlfriend so she can pick up my car? You said what? No, if I call my girlfriend she can pick up my car. Yeah, once you get over to the you make a phone call. Yeah. So, how do I go ahead and Huh? All right, which one is it? All right, the Stelvio. Which one? Stelvio. The gray one? Yeah. All right, all right, yeah, once we get there, I'll let her Where you get the keys from? Where are the keys at? They're in your pockets? Well, I'm about to take out everything from your pockets, all right? Turn the AC on for you. All right. Hello. How you doing? This is Ms. O'Brien again. Yes, sir. Okay, how you doing? It's Officer Stewart. So, um, the check that this male was trying to to cash, do you know where exactly where you got it from? I have no idea. Oh, you have no idea? It's a check. Yeah, or is it a personal or business check? It's a [ __ ] business check. Yeah, I can send you a copy. Yeah, so it's from you and it's Yeah, it's being paid to the owner of this this male, right? Do you Do you know what Devon Devon O'Brien Devon? Devon O'Brien. Like I said, he tried to give it out What's her husband's name? Yes, your husband also. Yeah. Not my name, it's Herbert. Yes, sir. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Okay. And you've never been in I'm sorry. He called and said that he was here last calling and giving me information and everything. This is why Why are you asking me all this information? I don't know. And then we got the bank information. Who's that the check cashing store called her? Yeah, who's that that called you last week? It was him you saying or I think it was him. Oh, so you think that he was trying to call you last week to get your information? Yeah. Okay. I think he he got he got the information. No, he's not he's not saying anything. No. I mean, we have to come down and do something. You know, let us know. I mean, I'm going to do that. Yeah, of course. I'm going to be giving you a call back with any further more information or if you need anything else, we'll call back. Okay. Okay. All right. I appreciate it. All right, no problem. Thank you. You know, I don't know about this particular case, you know, but people's scammers have a way to get people's information, okay? They have a way to get your bank account information and figure out how much money you got in there and stuff like that. Everyone's stuff is online. I'm going to just put it like that, right? So, a lot of times when we see these um like the officer said something, well, the lady confirmed something that the officer was saying and she said that, you know, maybe he was trying to call me last week or whatever the case may be to get to get more information or whatever the case may be. That's why, you know, you you'll get these scam calls, you know, whether it's from someone in Florida Florida is like scam capital. I ain't going to lie. [laughter] Florida is scam capital, man. They go It is what it is. All my people and then hey, if you know, you know. I that's all I'm going to say, but you know, that's that's the capital, man. So, you'll get it from either people here in the in the in the states or you'll find people overseas, you know. Uh Africa, India, you know, all these Pakistani, you know, all these other people over there that's that's trying to uh make these moves. But and they and they typically target older people just because the way that it's set up, older people seem to have more money. If they've done right throughout life, you only get you you only get more wealthy as you get older as I should say or whatever, right? If If you made the right moves. Um so, that could be something right there, you know, that's why you got to be careful with these scam calls. Don't be picking up phone numbers that you don't know. Don't open emails that you you never seen you never seen nothing from this person before. Wait, hold on. This email look crazy or you know, you could open the email, but if there's any links in there, don't click on any links. I mean, people got ways to get into your phones and all types of stuff remotely. It's a scary world out there nowadays, man. Scary world. Um I can get a statement from the teller. Okay. Do you want me to call Shroy? Run it by him or you want to call him? >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. See what I guess. I think this is straight, you know, it's uttering forged instrument. You could charge identity theft, uh attempted grand theft. And if they're willing to um be a victim, you can charge them with bank fraud as well. Okay. So, let me call uh Shroy. But if you want to go ahead and transport him, I think you're good. It's just we got to figure out how to do a statement from her. Right. It may be something that they may do later on. Okay. >> So, um let me call Brett and I'll I'll call you. right. Man, they better do that statement right now. That [ __ ] empty in there. Ain't nobody coming in there. Look at this [ __ ] Empty. Who handled this transaction with the gentleman? I did. Okay, I'm going to need to get a statement from you. Okay. And then I don't know if you want to call up your boss, but you guys are technically a victim of the crime of bank fraud because he tried to, you know, dupe you guys. I don't know if you want to call your boss to find out cuz I got to get a statement from you just going over the details of him presenting the check and everything like that. And then if you want to call your boss and ask him or if you guys are willing to press charges in regards to the charge for bank fraud. You guys don't need to write anything out. Yeah, we wouldn't mind. And then is there some way I can get get a statement from her? Yeah. Um, can I come around the back? >> out the back door. Sorry? You can step out. Either or, whatever you guys want to do. We can do it right here. It's going to be a taped statement. Okay. So. Um, just go ahead and walk me through the gentleman that came into the store today whose name is one second. Yeah, Devin Dunlop. Um, just walk me through when he entered and just, you know, eventually led to me showing up here. >> Okay, so he came in actually yesterday to cash it and The same check? Yeah, the same check. He said he came in because he sold his car. It was a 2012 BMW, I think 328. Mhm. And and when I asked him did he have any like paperwork from selling the car, he said no. Mhm. And then he stated that he provided the 786 telephone number saying that that's who he sold the car to. Mhm. And then when we tried looking up the number, it came back to someone else that wasn't that who he sold the car to. Okay. >> And then from that we got a hold of the maker and the maker said that she received a call last week with the same person trying to cash the same check. And that is fraudulent. She got a phone call from another place? Lisa, yeah. Okay. So, the stamp that was on the back of the check, I asked him, I said, "Hey, where did you take it to?" Because he had to have a cancellation endorsement stamp. Mhm. And it wasn't a cancellation stamp, so I told that he would have to go back and come back. So, there was a stamp on the back of the check? >> Yes. Correct. So, that would indicate that he attempted to or tried to >> Right. And he stated that they said that because he didn't have an account with them that they wouldn't be able to cash it. Got you. Okay, so then you said you called the maker on the check, Lisa? Yes. Okay, and you spoke to her just directly and everything like that. Correct. I called from just via phone. Which a lot of banks are like that, you know, dealing with checks and stuff like that. If you they'll you know, obviously this is fraud, but even if you got a real a real check, like somebody wrote you a real check, a lot of times banks will want you to open up an account with them or have a relationship with them for for them to cash it. That's kind of why check cashing places even exist cuz a lot of times it's people that don't have banks or deal or that don't um you know, they don't have good banking relationships and stuff like that, so they go to these places and they charge them a fee, obviously, to cash the check. Okay. And what did she tell you? The same thing as She said the same thing that she uh this is fraudulent because she received the call from a bank last week. She didn't give a date, but last week that the same check with the same amount. Okay. All right. Um he presented ID to you? Yes, he did. Okay, you looked at the ID, verified and everything like that. [music] Um no money was exchanged at the Okay. >> at all. Um did she Lisa tell you that she was calling the police? Yes. Okay. Were you going to be calling the police eventually or what's your policy on what policies regards to situations like this? Well, not that far, my manager I have to follow up with her far as that. Okay. Yes, Anika. Okay. All right. Um what I going to say? Um was there like a transaction slip created for this transaction already? Do you guys I don't know if you guys do like Yeah, we have paperwork. Okay. I'll talk to her in regards to seeing if I can get a copy of that. And then also [clears throat] talk to her in regards to getting the um who did I need to contact to get the video? I did ask her about previously about the bank fraud. I'm guessing check check cashing stores want to press charges in regards to that. Is that correct? Or you need to verify with her? Yeah, I have to verify with her. >> Okay. Is there anything else you When I came in the store, I'm sorry about that. Just to verify when I came in the store, the gentleman that was at the counter, that was the correct gentleman, correct? >> Correct. Okay. Anything else you'd like to say? Um no. He was charged with grand theft and uttering a forged instrument. Share your thoughts in the comments below. This is what happens. Popped and panicking, man. Listen, I I I mentioned this phrase a while a couple videos ago. People be popped and panicking, and they do stuff like this. Popped is another word for broke, man. No money. So, they go to extreme measures to try to get some money cuz they're panicking. Popped and panicking. That's the word That's the phrase for the day. Now, you're going to jail.