so there was a text message from someone
saying they were behind a car their
friend was kidnapped from a Chick-fil-A
in Palm Coast and they were on the
interstate behind the car everything on
your phone is telling me that you made a
phone call 911 but I didn't talk
I'm because you did something
[Applause]
stupid on July 26 2023 Dispatchers in
belua County receive urgent 911 texts
from a driver who claims to be following
an armed kidnappers van on the
interstate when they trace the phone
however they learn the messages are
coming from a residence in Port Orange
turning a plea for help into an
unexpected lesson in consequences I'm
telling you this right now you're going
to take this as a lesson at 11 years old
that if you do something stupid in the
future you're going to enjoy those cuffs
I'm not going to do this again the
following report is based on official
police records and the footage has
mostly never been seen before until now
it's just after 9:45 a.m. when 911
begins receiving texts from someone
named Lily Lee comes she claims to be
following a kidnappers van on the
interstate and updates are still pouring
in belua County deputies multiple area
police departments and a helicopter
joined the Urgent search when they
failed to locate the van a deputy tries
calling the phone number that's been
sending the text messages hello hello
hello hello hi um is this the what's
your
name can you hear
me hello I'm trying to reach the person
I called
911 yeah can you hear
me oh
sh please leave your message for three
voicemail it says RP confirming they are
in a blue Jeep victim is in a white van
they can see they are being restrained
through the window
does at the turn around a new text
message comes through including a
detailed description of the suspect
who's described as having brown hair and
blue eyes how is she
behind she's she's seeing this happen
and she knows what color eyes he has
that's weird brown brown hair and blue
eyes but she's behind them like if she
was like saw the incident or saw the
witness of kidnapping or I mean like how
would you even be following that know
any of
this yeah R confirming they in a blue
Jeep victim and a white van of course
it's a white van like it just yeah you
know what I mean I'm not saying this by
any means but it's just yeah I've had
calls like this before their suspicions
about the text messages are all but
confirmed when a GPS trace on the phone
comes back to a residence in Port Orange
indicating the texter is not traveling
on the highway as they claimed deputies
quickly head to the residents to
investigate
hi there how you doing is this your
residence sir this is do you have a
daughter or a child at the home named by
Lily Lee no no anybody home yeah my wife
my kids who just got home from uh
Pennsylvania I have an Ava and a Mikey a
a Mikey
yep would you like to see them the
deputies follow him to his house where
he informs his wife what's going on it
was a 91 one yeah so somebody called in
or well they
sorry someone texted in 911 that someone
was getting kidnapped and they were on
the interstate but then when they went
and did like a a location on the phone
the address was showing up here as their
daughter Ava steps into the garage her
phone rings the deputy answers it
leading to a shocking conclusion
hello hold on who's
this County Sheriff's Office all right
cool this is dep as to be the Sheriff's
Office oh good you got her yep all right
okay for D yep I got both her parents
here yeah we're going to ask the sheriff
to go away in a second thanks byebye
what happened I'm so let me see this
phone yeah so all these all these other
numbers so there's a phone call out to
911 there's a phone call out to 911 what
time call it there's 911 again right
there these numbers calling back in are
no caller ID
well there's three different times that
911 was called out from this phone 9:30
a.m. y that was the initial call
twice I didn't mean to call that cuz I
but you did reports show that the number
belonging to Ava dialed 911 at 9:30 when
asked where the emergency is a female
identified as possibly a juvenile
responded I'm sorry I dialed the wrong
number the same phone number would later
begin texting 911 to report the cas
kidnapping when did I'm just so confused
I'm sorry when did you guys you got a
message about an interstate so there was
a text message from someone saying they
were behind a car could I call this back
who was kidnapped their friend was
kidnapped from a Chick-fil-A and Palm
Coast and they were on the interstate
behind the car what time is this to this
is like yeah this is today that's this
going 230 in the morning okay so we
weren't we were here the whole time
since 2:30
we were on the interestate coming home
showing Pennsylvania right you called we
we showed up here like 210 215 okay and
we went to bed but these these 911 calls
this morning you were calling
911 you were don't look surprised you
did on your phone did they say anything
to
you no one said anything to you did you
Eva you have to explain what happened
here something's going on what did you
know what do you know Mikey go inside a
get your shoes on come out here
I didn't hear anything close the door
you're not in trouble just need to know
what happened I need to know and
understand because this is like weird
because we got to make sure that there's
not somebody that's being kidnapped on
the interstate we're trying to find them
and open your mouth if you said
something on the phone I didn't say
anything everything on your phone is
telling me that you made a phone call
911 but I didn't talk while one Deputy
heads to her Cruiser she greets officers
from the Port Orange Police Department
who have just arrived at the
hey guys how's it
going oh I just trying to make hands and
Tails that damn call there's many notes
in it my God yeah we're trying to figure
it out we're with the parents and the
daughter and I guess the daughter did
have we pulled up the call log and she
had she did call 911 so so the whole
armed kidnapping thing and all that
stuff is bogus or there was no text
evidence when we looked through it so I
don't know if she deleted it real quick
or if or if it's like through through an
app yeah seems it's probably just this
sting thing she's like she's like 10
years old so wow yeah while aa's parents
demand an explanation deputies prepare
to mirandize the 11-year-old who has yet
to fully grasp the gravity of the
situation you just lied to the police
and mommy and daddy you just lied to
everybody we have three sh here
stupidity tell them what you just said
to us open your mouth I'm telling you
open your mouth she's going to read you
something and then we're going to ask
you some questions what's your name AA
how old are you
AA all right Miss Ava you have the right
to remain silent anything you say can be
used against you in court you have the
right to talk to a lawyer for advice
before we ask you any questions and to
have the lawyer present during any
questioning you cannot afford a lawyer
one will be
appointed for you uh before my
questioning if you wishing her
right because you did something stupid
let me explain something here okay you
you can cry about this what you've done
here is a
felony okay it's a felony crime and you
probably had 20 law enforcement officers
at least a
helicopter and all looking all running
with lights and siren on high speed to
try to to try to apprehend or try to
stop a serious forceable felony from
happening do you know what happens if
one of those officers crash
and and gets killed on the way to
responding to something that that you
did is a
joke so you better take this serious
under pressure from both her father and
the deputy Ava offers an excuse for her
actions which doesn't sit well with the
deputy Eva you need to tell the exact
truth I don't want a story I don't care
what it is I want the exact you can't
you can't make this go away by being
quiet the only thing you're going to end
up with this going to happen to you is
you're going to end up in a pair of
handcuffs going to our our Juvenile
Facility I'm not going to make men any
words with you that's a a very distinct
possibility what can happen here today
don't look at your mother she didn't
have any part in this this was all
you yesterday my my brother said
something that I just made me talk
I and doing
all was he part of planning this with
you no he just said it and then what did
he say he
said1 this is your
brother well we can when we're done we
you wa a
minute
no this morning and I so you're trying
to blame this on your
brother did he was he was he with you
when you made this call no okay was he
with you when you made these texts no
okay then then then you did this you
were on your own for this and your your
brother 7 years old you're not going to
blame your seven-year-old brother for
this this was all your
decision okay to call 911 to do what
what did he say to call 911 call 911 so
did so can I ask what if he told you to
go up on the roof and jump off the roof
would you do that
so what's the difference deputies will
soon discover the startling truth behind
Ava's fabricated story for now aa's
mother raises concerns about recent
questionable activity on Ava's phone but
it does little to impact the
situation I have something really weird
with that with that phone when we first
got that there was the phone kep
bringing nonstop ringing bringing in to
me and I was picking it up and there was
like people talking and like I'm like
hello hello and like nonstop like I mean
every 4 seconds there was a poll coming
in with random numbers and I didn't know
them and I was saying block contact
block contact like as soon as we got
that phone
number that has nothing that has nothing
to do with what went on today questions
about her intentions lead to a harsh
reality check from the deputy who forces
AA to consider the possible consequences
of the false report what were you
planning on happening out of this
but what did you think was going to
happen when you said somebody was
kidnapped and somebody had a gun what
did you think was going
down did did you have any thoughts about
how many how how much of the law
enforcement resources in this area you
were going to take up by by doing
that probably never thought of that
right did you think of the the the men
and women that have families at home
that are driving 90 or 100 miles hour
with their license iron on trying to
trying to save somebody who's a victim
of an arm kidnapping that they could be
involved in a in a traffic crash and be
seriously injured or killed because you
wanted to make a joke does that seem
funny to you would that be funny if that
happened cuz I can tell you that would
be even more serious than what you're
you're looking at right now you
physically see your father walk up to
Sheriff's military everybody thank you
for your service and then you do like
this
though it wasn't captured on camera
reports state that Ava admitted to
getting the idea to prank 911 from a
YouTube challenge and a deputy attempts
to get more details where was this video
that you saw where was it on YouTube do
you remember who the Creator was or who
the poster was what it was about
any all what do you mean by all of
this this is in
what so it was a video about the Palm
Coast Chick-fil-A that's it that's all
the video was
about gotta so yep so you saw a video
that somebody made about how fun it
would be to call 911 or text 911 and say
somebody's got a gun somebody's trying
to get get hurt you thought it'd be fun
to recreate that is that what you're
telling
me okay okay however Ava is about to
realize an apology won't be enough to
escape the consequences meanwhile one
Deputy reveals that he was able to reach
Ava by phone just before their arrival
and got a less than friendly response
from the young girl 27 minutes she lied
to the dispatcher or the call taker over
text and then when I caught her up she
told me to F myself and stop responding
caught her up like got her caught up
like hey you know what's up the jig's
up that's when she started deling
more based on Ava's statements deputies
decide there's enough probable cause to
arrest Ava and prepare to take the
11-year-old into
custody I'm not going to the car
[Applause]
here a
dentist deep
breath don't make this don't make
this she'll be out there
D
hurs so stop listen to me
AAA stop struggling okay they're not
going to hurt yeah they're not going to
hurt you listen carefully what's going
to happen here no one's going to hurt
you you're going to sit in the car for
now okay if you go somewhere what it's
going to involve is taking pictures
taking fingerprints and then they're
going to call your parents to come and
get you so don't make the situation any
any worse they'll they'll be up shortly
after that go in the car no you can't go
in the
car can't it can't it just can't happen
I'm telling you this right now you're
going to take this as a lesson at 11
years old that if you do something
stupid in the future you're going to
enjoy those cuffs I'm not going to do
this de Ava is placed into the back of
the police car where her father delivers
a few hard truths just uh warning you
you're not going to see for a couple
hours they're going to be bringing you
into a building fingerprinting you doing
all sorts of stupid for your stupid your
life just changed kid over a phone call
your life just changed minutes later the
reality of the situation continues to
have an emotional impact on her parents
this the best punishment for her right
now sucks for us this is the best thing
for her because she dosn't get it it
sucks for us I work play off with you to
keep this kid doing stuff normal like we
did as kids and this is the she does
according to a statement from the valua
county sheriff's office 11-year-old Ava
was charged with making a false police
report concerning the use of a firearm
in a violent manner a felony and misuse
of 911 a misdemeanor after being
processed at the Family Resource Center
she was later transferred to the valua
regional Juvenile Detention Center in
Daytona Beach Florida an experience she
is unlikely to forget we requested more
information about her case from the
valua County juvenile court and they
said nothing is releasable