Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. >> Hey, what's up? >> Evil cops stick to their dirty schemes, trying to bury their secrets. Nothing lasts forever. Their reign of wrongdoing doesn't either because eventually justice catches up. But what happens when evil cops get caught in the act and get sentenced? >> I'm sorry to inform you, but Your wife is bastard. >> No. >> Did you call 911 when you when you heard the gunshot? >> No. >> Okay. >> I didn't. >> Here are several moments when evil cops have been caught in the act and have gotten sentenced. Starting with Mickey Stein, a seasoned county sheriff who ended up taking the life of a sitting judge inside his own courthouse after a tense back and forth that spiraled out of control live on camera. Tell them tell us what happened today. >> Don't beat on me. >> Well, you ain't going to beat on me. Don't stab me. Don't torture me. Nothing. On September the 19th, 2024, just after 2:55 p.m., the Kentucky State Police got a 911 call from an unlikely source after reports of multiple shots inside the unusually quiet Electric County Courthouse. The shots were fired by a person nobody expected and for a reason that shocked even those who thought that they'd seen it all. >> What do you uh fired at Electric County Courthouse and somebody mullet? >> Uh got emergency shift courthouse. ambulance here right now at district courtroom. >> Which court? Which courthouse? >> Court. >> Max County. >> And uh what's going on? >> Judge has been >> the judge. >> Yes. >> Well, we got a lot going on right now. >> Earlier that day, Judge Kevin Mullins had lunch with Sheriff Mickey Stein and asked him to stop by his chambers later to talk about the lawsuit that Stein was involved in. When signs showed up, he kept checking the door, swapped phones with the judge to call his daughter, and immediately grew more unsettled by the minute. Mickey had already been on edge, but his agitation hit a boiling point right after he used the judge's phone. Maybe the call was just a smoke screen, and what he really wanted was to look at something on that device. And whatever he found must have flipped a switch, because from that moment on, everything spiraled fast. After what he had just done, Mickey walked out and went straight to face his fellow officers. A move that could have sent the situation in any direction except peaceful. After he surrendered, the officers, still trying to make sense of what had just happened, pulled him into the courthouse hallway to figure out his motive. >> We're obviously going to transport him somewhere else. So, >> okay. >> Does did I want me to go ahead and talk? >> Yes. >> Why are you going to transport him in a vehicle for >> Probably not to put you in Ledger County Jail? I mean, >> why? >> Just probably because I don't know though. I don't know if that's happening. >> I don't mind to be down there. >> You don't mind to be down there? >> They'll put me in. >> Well, I mean, we we'll talk about that. You know, Mickey, I would take you. You know me. We've known each other our whole lives. You know, I'm not going to do anything for them. If it comes to that and they want you to be transported, if they don't, for some reason somebody says you can't go down there, then I will take you. You know, you have known me my whole life. Okay. >> It's been a long time since we boxed and stuff. >> Long time. >> Just a kid, man. He whoop our ass. No. He was always a house cat, though. >> That's the good old days. I remember you. I wonder but you the [ __ ] out of me. >> You slept all those big wakes. I remember >> 420 was >> I remember in high school. >> I remember you was a monster. Tell them tell us what happened today. >> Kill me. >> I We don't know. I just got here. I just know that judge knows. >> So tell us what happened. Listen, Mickey, if you don't want to talk, that's fine. I ain't I ain't going to force you to, okay? We didn't. We're not going to force you. If you don't want to talk, it's you. That's your right. You don't have to. I raise you your rights, SW. And you know that. You're the sheriff. I mean, you know just as much as we do, but but it's up to you. >> What they uncovered went way beyond simple motives. The motive was still unclear. But the one thing Mickey asked for before explaining anything seemed connected to whatever he saw on the judge's phone moments before he snapped. >> If I can see my daughter in person here. >> Before you leave. Said, "What you want?" >> At the jail. >> At the jail. >> Yep. at the jail through a screen on the phone. I'm going to see my daughter in person and then after that I'll tell you everything at that jail. >> Well, in front of cameras video recording. >> Where's Where's your daughter at? How do we Where's your How do we track her down? Where's she at? >> She's at LCC. >> For your daughter, let's talk about this. For your daughter. Okay. If she finds out that her dad is being arrested for the judge, that's going to be hard. She She will want to see me. She will want Now. Come on, guys. Be fair to me now. >> I am being I am being fair. That's the only thing I just wanted you to think about that. How >> is she 18? >> Be be fired to me now, guys. >> Well, hold on. Is she 18? >> Be fair to me now. >> No, I'm asking you. >> No, I want to see my daughter in person. >> Is she 18? >> I want to see my daughter in person. You got a kid? >> Cuz if she have a kid? I've got grandkids. Yeah, >> I got five grandkids. >> Yeah, >> five grandkids. >> Bless listen to you. But >> I just want to see my daughter. If she's not 18, we're going to ask your wife. We have to ask your wife if it's okay. You know that. Is she 18? >> Christine and Lanna both said they were both on their way here. They were in here. There's all kinds of people in here just running around chaotic. So, >> okay. >> How am I going to tell you what happened >> to the judge? >> Yeah. You know, Christine, I said my wife and daughter's on their way. >> Mhm. I know. But you just said, "How are you going to tell us what happened? Everybody's running around." Chaotic. >> It was. I just want to see my daughter. you take medicine or anything? Like, has anything been going on? I mean, how's how's things been dayto-day lately with you? Things being a little off or normal or what? I'll be honest, Mickey, you don't seem like you normally do when I speak to you. I'm >> in the handcuffs. >> Well, no, not just that. Not just that. You >> just want y'all to be fair to me. >> Yeah. You seem I you know I'm going to be fair but you you do seem off compared to how you normally interact with me. Like something's going on. Like has anything else been going on the last few weeks? Do you take like medicine for anything or any type of illness or anything? Tell by the way you me. But we got to know we got to know the circumstances of what happened here. You know we got to know what led to this Mickey. What? What? What transpired leading up to this? Cuz I know it just just didn't happen for no reason. Something's happened. Everything has a reason why it happened. >> Don't shoot me. Somebody, man. >> Nobody's going to shoot you. Nobody's going to kill you. It's just was you have to come over here, drop off some paper. So you come over here, talk to somebody. >> We had lunch together street side. >> Who did? >> Several people. >> Who all had lunch? Reality eventually caught up with Mickey, but something about him was still off. Even the colleagues who had known him for years couldn't figure him out. So, they got him ready for transport, unsure of what was coming next. >> Who'd you eat lunch with today? >> 100% nothing will happen to you. Nothing is going to happen to you. Nothing like that will happen. >> You going to beat on me? >> Well, you ain't going to beat me. Don't stab me. Don't torture me. Nothing like that. >> Nothing like that will happen. Nothing like that will happen, baby. I promise you. >> Eventually, they began the transport to take him in for processing. The ride was somehow even tenser than the scene itself, packed with more uncertainty than anyone in that vehicle wanted to admit. >> Come on now, guys. Make sure I get to the jail. Come on now, guys. >> I was asking why you done it. Was it over your family? >> Come on now, guys. What are you doing? >> I'm just talking. Just asking. Was it something to do with your family or anything like that? Something happened? Cuz if something did happen, why did you want to talk to your daughter a while ago? Something did happen that you know involved something that could help you when you go to trial and get a fair trial. Some believed Mickey snapped because of what he saw on the judge's phone, while others thought it was tied to early allegations against his department, including a claim from 45-year-old Sabrina Atkins, who said officer Ben Fields made flirtatious comments when she couldn't afford her supervision fees and later called her into the judge's chambers after hours, where things reportedly took an unsettling turn. >> But he does have some videotapes of some stuff in the judge's chambers. >> What kind of stuff? >> Just a girl stuff. >> What? would describe. Have you seen the videos? >> I've seen one partly, you know, um just them having with girls to for their bill to get out of jail. >> Who was having >> um Ben and just some higherups up there? >> Who? >> The judge. And now >> you saw the the video. >> Yeah. >> What did you see on the video? I mean, you you >> I mean I've seen judge a long time. Was a girl. >> Who was a girl? I don't know cuz I don't know a lot of people from over. >> Where was it at? >> In his office. In the judge's chambers. >> Is that the same place that you that you were meeting Ben? Is that how you know it was a judge in chambers? >> And this was judge who >> you saw the video >> of the judge. >> Any other videos that you actually saw? >> No. >> They say that Sheriff Stein was involved. I don't know. Um >> who said that? They said he had videos with Mickey. Mickey used to do the same thing when he was over house arrest. >> In the end, the motive still wasn't clear, but one thing was certain at the time that this video was put together. Mickey Stein had been charged with first-degree murder, and if he was convicted, he'd be looking at the death penalty. Mickey Stein was bad enough, but he still had nothing on Elijah Johnson, a former sheriff's deputy who managed to turn a routine speeding stop into a full-on wrestling match with the officers the moment things did not go his way. You have no right to come in here for a speeding ticket. Okay. >> Get your foot out of my door. >> But you're obstructing. >> I've already heard about you as a chief of police. You're cricket. Get your foot out of my door. I know you have no problem breaking the law. Get your foot out of my door. >> I'M BOTHERED HERE. Get >> off OF ME. >> TASER. TASER. >> NO. NO. NO. MY GOD. >> On December the 21st, 2023, at around 3:30 p.m., a Bull County police officer spotted a car tearing past the speed limit and tried to pull it over, but the driver treated the flashing lights like a suggestion and just kept heading for his destination. The officer eventually caught up and tried to engage him. But the driver, who seemed like he clearly had a score to settle with law enforcement, was more interested in starting trouble than taking his citation. >> So, I stopped him for speeding. um 41 and a 25. He pulls in right here. He's originally parked here. Um I get out to get my ticket book out of the back of the patrol car cuz it's in my patrol bag in the trunk. And he pulls up here, gets out of the car. I tell him, "You're not free to leave. You're detained at this time." Uh he proceeds to ignore me and proceeds inside the house. Uh request my supervisor said that I'm not detained. You have no way to prove that I was speeding and enters the house against my orders. >> Is this is this his house? He >> Yes. Okay. Uh, secure it and go get a search war, >> I guess. Cuz it's infraction, right? It's all the guys. It's an infraction on him. >> Yeah. Uh, >> he said he would talk to >> He said he would talk to you, but he's not going to talk to me. >> Um, I have his I have his ID in the car. Elijah is his first name. >> You want to talk to me? >> Yeah. >> Well, he said that he wanted my supervisor. I said my chief is on his way. >> He said there was no way. >> And he said, >> "So, you have obstructing Yeah, he has committed in your presence. >> What's his name again? >> Elijah. >> Hey, is Elijah here? >> Uh, he is. >> Can I talk to him? >> Okay, I'll let him know. >> Okay, thank you. >> Okay, you're welcome. >> Do you know this Elijah character? You want to take him in custody? >> What's that? I'll >> take him into custody if he opens up. If she's willing to cooperate, then >> Elijah, come out here so we can talk to you for a minute. >> No, I'm not coming out there. This is my home. >> Okay. Well, we need to issue the citation. So, >> and that's fine. So, can you give this officer a chance to So, we have two options. Okay, here's the thing. We can issue the citation and you can plea your case to courts. >> Mhm. >> Or I'll take you to jail right now for obstruction and delay. >> Okay. >> So, do I mean it's up to you? >> I said you could give me the citation. >> Well, then come on out here so he can finish this up. >> I don't need to go out there for him to issue a citation. So, there's no further >> Yeah, you do. You need to stand next to your vehicle cuz he he told you you weren't free to go yet. He needs to issue citation. So, please go there by wait by your vehicle. >> Mhm. >> So, that way he can issue citation. >> That makes no sense. I have things to take care of. >> You have 2 seconds to go by your vehicle and let him issue citation. I'm going to place you under going to come on my property >> or you're going to be placed under arrest for obstructing. >> Take your pick. >> Obstructing what exactly? >> You're obstructing his investigation into a traffic. He's trying to issue a citation. >> No, there is no >> If you feel that the injustice has been or whatever, you can apply. You can take it up with the courts, but I need you to go buy your vehicle so he can give you the citation and you can be on your way. You're you're stretching this out way longer than what it needs to be. It's a speeding ticket. Uh-huh. >> Okay. >> Speeding ticket. So, can you tell me even how he would determine speed? What is your >> Okay, that is something you're going to have to take up with. You can fight that part of >> cuz I'm getting tired of you guys hanging out here. This is my home. You're going to sit here and try to do a speed. >> Elijah, who later turned out to be a former sheriff's deputy, looked like he came prepared for a scene. And with every second he stalled, the officer's patience wore thinner. Maybe that was his plan. Push their buttons and get them riled up. But whatever showdown he thought he was building toward was about to turn on him fast and he had no idea how badly it was going to end. >> So now if you want to issue a citation, you go ahead and issue a citation. >> Come out here wait by your vehicle. >> No, I am not. >> Come out here, wait by your vehicle. >> No, because then once I leave my private home, then that gives you reason for arrest. I am on my private >> You're right now. You're about ready to go to jail. >> Yeah, I don't trust you guys. I'm going to go ahead call my lawyer and call the city attorney and then we will come out here and have your >> You have no right into my home. You have passed the threshold. Get your foot off of my door. >> You need to come out here to finish this. >> Call the attorney. >> That's fine. You're more than welcome to. >> You have no right to come in here for a speeding ticket. Okay. >> Get your foot out of my door. >> But you're obstructing. >> I've already heard about you as a chief of police. You're crooked. Get your foot out of my door. I know you have no problem breaking the law. Get your foot out of my door. >> Dude, stand right here. Then do me a favor. Stand right here so he can issue you a citation. >> The sheriff's department. >> Sheriff's department's right here. >> Okay, good. So go ahead. Call your attorney. Okay. This is not necessary over a speeding ticket. Okay. >> Call >> uh call uh Yeah, I know. Exactly. What are you saying that for? Of course, this isn't necessary. Go ahead. Call um call our neighbor here and call Silus as well. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, come on out here so we can issue. >> Okay. >> Go ahead. >> Yes. So, are you going to come out here so he can issue the citation? >> Not at this time. No, until I have further witnesses to do. >> Well, you have a deputy here. So, you have two options. Like I said, no, that one's very crooked. >> Okay. >> No, >> step out here. >> No, I am not. I am getting witnesses and then once I have other witnesses here, then I will step out. >> No, that's not how this is works. >> That is how it's going to work. >> No, it's not. >> Okay, you're under arrest. No. >> Elijah was getting way too confident in the verbal tugofwar, completely unaware of how close he was to pushing the officers past their breaking point. Maybe he was already too far gone. Or maybe he just needed a quick reminder that acting out had consequences. Either way, his attitude was begging for a reality check and he was seconds away from getting it. >> You're under arrest. >> No. >> Open the door. You're under arrest. Out of my house. You >> get the coming to our house. Open the door. You open the door or I'm going to tase you. >> Open the door or you're going to get tased. >> Open the door. Open the door. >> No. >> Open the door. He's under arrest. >> He's under arrest. >> Open the door or you're going to get tased. >> Let's I don't have their number. >> Open the door now or you're going to get tased. >> Individual was placed under arrest. >> Open the door. >> You're going to get tased. >> Wait. >> Are you saying you are not allowing me to call? >> No, you're under arrest at this point. >> I'm calling a witness. You are under arrest. Open up. Help you push the door. >> NO. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? NO. >> BECAUSE HE'S UNDER ARREST. >> HE'S NOT UNDER ARREST. DADDY, >> MY FATHER is here. >> GET OFF OF ME. >> TASER. TASER. >> TASER. TASER. >> NO. I'M ON THE GROUND. On the ground. Get on the ground. >> Stop resisting. >> Stop resisting. You're going TO GET TASED AGAIN. >> STOP. HELP. HELP. HELP. HELP. >> Stop resisting or you're going to get tased again. >> Oh, help. >> I'M OUT OF MY >> STOP RESISTING or you're going to get tased again. >> Put your hand behind your back. Put your hands behind your back. >> OH MY GOD. UNNECESSARY HELP. >> Call Pastor Paul. >> Hello. This is This is not necessary. Daddy, this is not necessary. >> This cup's not on all the way. >> Okay, we're going to roll you up. Sit you on your >> I got it. I got it. I got it. >> I got it. Catch me. >> Get off of me. We'll roll up. >> So crooked. >> This is so crooked. He didn't in his own hope. >> He was placed under a wrist. >> He was not. >> He did. >> He was not. That guy placed him under your request >> in our house and our >> dispatch stage med. >> I'm fine. I'm fine. >> Stay seated. >> I'm going to stand up. >> No, you don't listen to these position. >> I have nothing to do. I can't >> go. Send them in your car. Okay, we got probes. Put in mine at yours. Uh, send them in yours right now. Hold on. Hey, you still got you still got that knife in your target. Leave that here. Come over here. >> Eventually, he was charged with evading police, resisting arrest, assault on a law enforcement officer, and obstruction of justice. Elijah pretty much earned everything that came his way after trying to dance around accountability. But the same couldn't be said for Melissa, who ended up loaded with bullets by trigger-happy officers just for holding a hammer inside her own living room. >> You ain't got no work. >> Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. >> Hey. Hey. >> Hey. Hey. On June the 23rd, 2023, just before midnight, San Antonio police rolled up to a small southwestside apartment complex after calls claimed a 46-year-old woman was cutting the building's fire alarm wires. But when they got there, they didn't find some dangerous criminal, just Melissa Perez, locked inside her own place, clearly in the middle of a mental breakdown. >> Hey, lady, get over here. Get over here. >> Instead of pulling back and getting a crisis team involved, the officers did the exact opposite of what the situation called for. And in a matter of seconds, a routine welfare check was already spiraling into a full-on standoff. >> You ain't got no work. Reports later claimed that Melissa had a hammer in her hand while in her house. And somehow that was enough for the trigger-happy officers to unleash a storm of gunfire. But even after the shot stopped, it was clear that they weren't finished with whatever agenda they walked in with. Hey, hey, >> the officers involved were Eliza Alejandro and Alfred Flores, both later charged with murder, and Nathaniel Valabos, who was charged with aggravated assault. So far, we've seen bad cops, but none quite like 39-year-old David Hodges, a Marian County deputy who thought driving like he was in Fast and Furious was a good idea, only to learn the hard way that one drunk decision could blow up a career. >> Lost control, hit the curb, and end up rolling. You roll. >> That doesn't make sense. >> Yeah, >> that doesn't make any sense to me at all. going to >> keep going like >> rolled over. >> Yeah. >> On March the 22nd, 2025, at around 4:53 p.m., police officers in Lawrence, Indiana, pulled up to what they hoped was just a minor crash in a quiet neighborhood. But the moment they got out of their cars, they knew that this wasn't some routine fender bender. Something about the wreck, the way the vehicle landed, and the whole scene itself felt wrong. The real twist hadn't even hit yet because they still hadn't spoken to the driver. >> Are you the driver? >> Yeah. >> You okay? >> Good. >> Okay. Is there anybody else in the car or anything? >> Uh, we're good. >> Who else is in the car, man? >> My girl. >> She's over there with a godmother. >> Okay. >> Did you guys roll over? Yeah, I was driving and I was trying to back up right there. I got a wallet and I lost control. >> Okay. You have your license with you? Do you have your insurance? I don't, bro. >> Where's this uh where's your uh passenger at? She's She's the house. Just >> a godmother's house. I'm good. Everybody's good. Uh I just rolled over. I was trying to back up into that spot. Lost control. Hit the curve and end up rolling. You roll. >> Man, I love this truck. >> Oh my god, my baby. >> Just relax. All right. >> I can't. This is my favorite truck. Messed up my shoes. Just relax. Okay. >> I ain't never ever wrecked in my life. This is my first wreck. >> Where were you guys coming from? >> I literally just left her house. She left her ID, backing up, trying to turn. >> Is she going too fast? >> Lost control. >> Before officers could even finish sorting out the scene, he was already changing his story. First, he claimed he was just trying to back into a parking spot. Then, suddenly, it became a story about turning while backing up. And with every new version he gave, the whole situation sounded less like an accident and more like a cover up waiting to crack. >> I never in my life ever did this. I'm just trying to turn in that street. Drive. >> That doesn't make sense. >> Yeah, y'all. >> That doesn't make any sense to me at all. >> I'm talking about driving about turn. >> But how do you think the drink today? >> Oh, >> no. >> Nothing at all. >> No. >> I'm backing up. So, I'm driving backwards. I'm trying to turn into high mile >> turn going backwards. >> Trying to turn going. >> He must have been doing it fast. >> Must have been doing it super fast. >> Overdid it. >> His stories kept crashing into each other just like his truck did. And reality was about to hit him even harder once more witnesses showed up and started filling in the blanks, revealing how David managed to turn a quiet street into a full police and fire response team. Did you guys see the crash or anything? >> I see him flying past >> he going like >> rolled over. >> Yeah, >> it looks like you've been in a crash. My phone will trigger emergency SOS if you don't respond. >> Coming in and be okay. >> Yeah, >> he got the gun in his bag. >> I know. We saw it cuz this is uh >> this is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. >> I have never in my life and that's on me. I've never in my life ever wrecked. >> It's extremely reckless in the neighborhood to be driving that way. >> I didn't go that fast. >> Hold on. No, I don't need to be here to know that's the biggest load of bull I've ever heard. >> Look at this. I mean, look. Look at this for a minute. And with a straight face say I was going to reasonable speed. >> No, I I I knew you 100%. I was like, >> you're driving like a dumb is what you were doing. >> And I >> And you're lucky you didn't kill no one is what you are. >> David's driving might have been dumb, but underneath his sloppy lie was a truth he clearly never wanted exposed. Unlucky for him, this was the wrong day to try hiding anything because his dirty laundry was about to get aired out in full HD for everyone to see. >> Did you show someone a badge? You a cop? You're a firefighter? >> Sheriff badge. I mean, >> you're a sheriff deputy. Then you know better. >> Sir, when I say literally I I'm not doing nothing stupid. >> No, you were doing something stupid. >> Look at the scene right now. You were doing something stupid. >> I literally never did this in my life. >> I question your judgment as an officer. >> Yeah, you are. What's your name? >> Oh. I need to be straight. She's a nurse. >> No, you need to drive straight is what you need to do. >> I do. >> And reasonable speed. Had you hit a kid, you'd be just going to jail. >> But I never been in that. >> I look at this and I I I question you should probably go to jail anyways. >> Why would I >> for reckless driving? >> Like I said, I drive care. I got three kids. I know how to drive carefully. >> I don't do nothing stupid. I literally >> Today's the first. This is my f This is mying love. I You know how much I literally saved up to get this truck? >> Stay right here. >> Eventually, the officers finally called him out. But David, knowing the law too well, thought he could find his way out of the mess he was never supposed to be in. >> Hey, so obviously I know you've been drinking today. I can smell it on you. >> No, what? Alcohol. Smelling your breath. You want to tell me how much you had to drink today, >> sir? But that's like I been drinking. >> I want you to listen to me, okay? How the the way you answer these questions from now on is going to determine what happens from this point forward. So I need you to be honest with me. You understand? >> If you think to do this, I would never wreck my >> I'm asking you how much you had to drink today. >> Sir, only thing that I drunk last night with her. >> Okay. When's the last time you had a drink? >> I drunk last night with her. >> When's the last time you had a drink? What time? Last night. >> What time? >> It had to be like 2:00 in the morning. >> Okay. How much did you drink? >> We drunk >> like falling down drunk. Her head drunk. She's still drunk. I'm went home. Came back and I was good. >> But I'm not. >> I'm going to ask you to take a PBT test. You can you have the right to refuse if you want to. At the end of the day, I understand where we go from there is up to you. I just want to be legit. >> I get that. >> I'm When I say I'm good, like I'm literally good. >> Are you willing to take a PBT? >> I'll take whatever you want me to take. >> I'm going to separate you from your firearm. I know you got one on you. Just stay right there for me. >> While one officer set up the breath test, the other pulled David's girlfriend aside, hoping that she might slip up and spill the truth that he kept dodging >> up there, but he backed up. But I was also in my >> wallet trying to make sure I didn't actually see my ID in there, but I didn't see it. >> Okay. >> And then next thing I know when I looked up, I felt the car rolling. >> Okay. >> Well, the airbag came out. >> I haven't drunk today. Like, we was about to go drink. I ain't going to lie. >> What am I missing here? Because just driving backwards and going back, it it it doesn't result into this. like >> nothing. We respond. I mean, we didn't argue. We didn't, but we all never >> I don't know. >> Honestly, I don't know. Like, >> cuz I've been fine. He was fine. >> I mean, he's obviously not fine. >> I mean, you know, like he wasn't like irrational when he came to be or arguing or anything like that. >> Okay. >> They didn't get much out of her, so she was free to go. But David stayed behind and immediately switched into full-on delay mode, pulling every trick he could to dodge what he knew was coming. >> All right, deep breath and go. Blow harder, harder, harder, harder, harder, harder, harder. Keep going. No, you're not blowing hard enough. Deep breath in and blow. Blow hard. There you go. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. And go. >> Too hard. >> After four more failed attempts, the officer finally had enough and stopped playing David's little game. >> We're going to head back to station. You want to hang up? >> For real? >> Yeah, for real. >> You know why? >> I'm not drunk. I'm literally good. >> You're not under arrest right now. We're going to take you back to a chemical test. Okay. >> They hauled him down to the station, but that didn't change a single thing. David knew the drill and was ready to seek any loopholes to have his way. >> Deep breath. Title. Blow. Till time. Stop. Go. Go. Kind of. You blew then you stop. Get off. Yes. Deep breath. Tight seal. Blow hard. Go. Go. Keep going. Go. Nope. I don't know if you're pursing your lips or something, but hard. Go harder. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Okay. >> He's playing the game. Got three kills. You want me to try? >> Yeah. Hey David, I want to be clear about this. So obviously we kind of went through this. You've done these tests before. You've been through the academy, right? >> No, I haven't done it if ever. >> Okay. Either way, Sergeant He has done a lot of these. He's able to explain the test to you in a way that you can understand it. Obviously, if you fail to follow the instructions properly, it looks like you're more intoxicated than what you actually are, right? >> The officer warned David one last time. Either he cooperated now or they'd get a warrant and take his blood the hard way. Go, go, go. Yes. >> Yes, sir. >> The results finally came in and the numbers were anything but friendly. The first test on scene already showed a.122, way over the legal 008 limit. And the one at the station climbed even higher to.130, shutting down every excuse David had and leaving him with zero chance of talking his way out of what was now undeniable. >> Dang, from last night. Oh. Yeah, for me all my career lit. >> In the end, David was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated with endangerment, driving with a BAC over .08 and reckless driving that caused property damage. Soon after, new sources confirmed that he was fired from the Maran County Sheriff's Office. Next up is 58-year-old Daniel Howard, a veteran cop who thought his badge and experience were enough to twist an unforgivable situation into what it wasn't after he sent his wife on a one-way trip to a maker. >> I'm sorry to inform you, but your wife is pastor. >> No. God damn it. >> Hey, Dan, is there anyone that we can call for you? >> Anyone that can >> contest my God. On February the 2nd, 2021, Daniel Howard dialed 911 and made the kind of call no loving husband ever wants to make. His wife, Kendy Howard, had passed on. Immediately, police officers rushed over, especially since Daniel wasn't just any 58-year-old grieving spouse. It was a well-known, decorated law enforcement veteran. A familiar face in their own ranks. The moment they stepped inside, it became clear that the scene wasn't matching the story, and whatever they expected to find that day was not what they walked into. So medical's going to disturb your scene. >> Oh please. >> Hi guys. >> Huh? >> Excuse me. >> I honestly haven't seen it. I know she upstairs. Please don't tell me it's going to go away. >> Hi, sir. >> Good. How are you? Oh, please. Please. Do you need anything? He told officers that Kendi had ended her life while taking a bath. But it didn't take long before the pieces stopped fitting. And the more the officers looked around, the more the whole scene started to smell like foul play hiding behind a shaky story. Hey Dan. Hey Dan. >> Dan. >> Hey Dan. I'm Deputy Wheeler. >> I'm I'm sorry to inform you, but your wife is pastor. >> No. God damn it. Hey, Dan. >> Hey, Dan. Is there anyone that we can call for you? >> Anyone that can >> get to my Oh my god. >> Is there anyone we can call to give you some support or anything like that? any family that >> investigators spotted disturbing details such as bruises, a burn, an injury in the mouth that appeared like it had been done by a bullet, blood patterns that didn't quite match the fact that someone had sent herself to her maker. Daniel staged the scene, tried to talk his way through it, and thought that he'd covered every angle, but one forensic detail shattered the whole act. The bullet's path proved that Kendi could not have shot herself. Dan, I know this is hard, but when when is the last time that you saw your wife alive? >> I know this is this is tough. >> I don't know. >> How long how long ago? >> Can you recall? >> What time is it? >> Did you Did you call 911 when you when you heard the gun? >> No. Okay. >> I didn't Well, I Oh, no. I should have >> Well, help us out with the time frame. All right. >> I didn't think it was a gun. I was downstairs going. It sound like something hit the floor or something. I don't know. >> After everything unraveled, Daniel was finally convicted in March 2024 of seconddegree murder and domestic battery, sealing the truth he tried so hard to bury. Still on evil cops getting caught in the act. The next case exposes Officer James HL, who completely lost it during a routine traffic stop. >> We're in this parking lot right now. >> I'M SO SORRY. >> PULL OVER. >> On the 13th of December, 2022, Officer HL was directing traffic at a busy intersection due to a mechanical failure of the traffic lights. While directing the traffic, an unbeknownsted vehicle rejected his commands, causing him to go totally crazy. Pull in the parking lot. >> We're in this parking lot right now. >> I'M SO SORRY. >> PULL OVER. >> OH MY GOSH. Please don't yell at me. >> PULL OVER NOW. >> OH my gosh. Is there someone else WITH YOU? >> NO. PULL OVER. GODAMN IT. I'M NOT REPEATING MYSELF. >> GET OUT OF THE ROADWAY AND PULL OVER. >> Even though the driver is clearly apologizing for the mistake she made, Officer Hinkle is still going crazy. As it would soon turn out, this was only the beginning of the chaotic traffic stop. >> Did you not see this bright yellow vest standing in the middle of the street? >> No, I did. I thought you were leaving. >> NO, THIS MEANS STOP. THIS MEANS STOP. >> I DIDN'T SEE THAT until I was already passing >> and then YOU STILL DROVE BY ME. >> I'M SO SORRY, SIR. I didn't >> License and registration now. >> Hold on. Hold on. Sorry. Give me a second. Okay. >> No. License and registration now. >> Okay. Okay. Okay. >> YOU ALMOST RAN OVER AN OFFICER STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. >> I I'm so sorry. I didn't realize what was going on. That was very confusing. >> IT'S A BRIGHT YELLOW JACKET STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? >> All the other cars were going. >> NO, THEY WEREN'T. YOU WERE THE ONLY VEHICLE coming from THAT WAY. YOU ALMOST RAN ME OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. >> After scolding the woman for several minutes, officer Hinkle starts questioning her. However, it doesn't seem like he is capable of putting his anger aside. >> What are you doing here today? >> I'm going to Target. >> You're going to Target? >> Yeah. Let's do a pickup. What is such an important factor that me standing in the middle of the street stopping you >> and you tried to run me over? >> Sir, I swear I >> And then you looked at me, you waved at me and then you kept going anyway. >> I swear I was not trying to run you over. I thought you were the cars were going. >> I'm telling you to stop in the middle of the street and you wave at me and keep going. >> I I saw your hand before and I was too late to stop. >> No, it wasn't. You were doing 10 miles an hour and you still drove by me. I'm sorry. >> You didn't even attempt to stop your car. >> Sir, >> you're lucky you're not in handcuffs right this second. >> I'm very sorry, sir. I really >> Explain to my KIDS WHY WHY THEY DON'T HAVE A DAD A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Because you're trying to run somebody over, >> sir. I promise. >> You see the bright lights flashing in the middle of the street? That means you caution. There's a cop out there. I got kids at home and you almost RAN ME OVER A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS. >> SIR, when I see a flashing yellow light, >> it's not flashing. It's red and blue. THAT'S A COP CAR STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET FLASHING LIGHTS. >> Officer Hinkle is clearly not able to control his emotions, which is a pretty dangerous thing when you're in a position of authority. He even screams at his fellow officers as soon as they reach the scene. >> And then waves at me and still tries to drive by me. >> Run her, please, and make sure she's valid. >> I can't believe you. A week before Christmas, I almost get ran over. I got two kids at home waiting for me to come home tonight. Sir, >> I'm very sorry. I saw >> Sorry, doesn't break it. You looked right at me and still decided to drive by me. >> I was in the middle of the interction. >> NO, YOU WEREN'T. I WAS IN the middle of the intersection. >> Yes. >> You hurt >> emotionally. A few weeks after the incident, the Waterbury Police Department revealed that officer James Hingle had been fired after an internal affairs investigation determined his conduct, actions, and behaviors were in violation of departmental policies. That's what you get when you can't control your feelings. As wild as Officer Hinkle was, he didn't even come close to these cops who went after the wrong guy and nearly wrecked his life. All because they couldn't spell his name correctly. >> Okay. Well, what's your information? That's it. That's all you. That's all. >> Damn. I'm gonna I'm gonna go get something for my baby. Something to eat. >> Hey, if you're good, sir, you're good. >> After taking his license and looking over it, the two officers mistake his name for a wanted deent suspect. >> Yeah. >> As it would later turn out, they were onto the wrong Sylvester. The suspect's name was spelled Sylvester with a Y, not Sylvester with an I like the innocent guy in the vehicle's name. >> Come on. Step out for me. >> I'll explain to you. Sir, >> I know. Step out. >> I'll explain everything. >> No, sir. Tell me why. >> Permission. I didn't give you permission. Right now you are being detained. Come on and step out. Hey guys. Come on. Step out. Come on. >> Come on and step out. Come on and step out. Come on and step out. Going to get tas. Come on and step out. >> Come on. Step out. Come on and step out. >> Come on and step out. Come on and step out. >> Step out. >> Y. Hold on. Hold on. >> Come on and step out. Get out of the car. y this is my gun. >> This is my >> Up until this point, no officer has even given Hayes the professional courtesy of telling him why he's being arrested. They are already convinced that he's the guy they are looking for. They are willing to go to great lengths to punish him. What the resisting stop resisting resist on my neck. My neck got on my neck, bro. >> Man, what am I being? >> If you let us tell you, we'll tell you. Shut up right now. What am I being for, man? >> Y'all don't even know who y'all right now, bro. Bro, >> no I'm not, man. >> What are y'all doing? >> HELP. HELP. HELP. They hurting me. During the altercation, Hayes can be heard screaming for help and expressing that he's in pain. Although you might have thought this would encourage the officers to chill a little, they did quite the opposite as they continued the chaos. >> Put them out with us. Put uh 84 out with us as well and uh start us um record. >> Get in the car. Get in there. >> Why hurt me? >> Help me. >> Help. >> I'm not helping. >> Stop. >> Stop. Stop. Stop. >> Stop. Leg straight. Leg straight. >> You're hurting me. >> No, we're not. >> You're hurting yourself right now. >> WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING? >> YOU ARE HURTING YOURSELF. HEY, WHILE HE'S DOWN, search him. >> Bro, I don't have anything. >> Yeah, >> bro. I don't have anything, bro. >> On the floorboard of the front passenger, >> bro. I don't >> That is my gun. >> It is in my name, >> bro. You are QUESTIONING MY PRESSURE POINT. >> STOP, >> BRO. >> You're getting this because you're acting this way. >> This is 100% and I'm not your >> Y'all are in big trouble. >> All right, let's get them up. >> All right, y'all are in trouble. Let's go. >> Ready? 1 2 3 up. >> Y'all are in big trouble, man. Have a seat in the car. >> I can't even get up, man. Get up. Get up. >> Have a seat. >> You doing? >> Just go back. >> Yes, sir. >> Bro, what the >> Come on. You a black man. Look how they doing. I got I got four kids, man. I got four kids in the house. >> Quickly realizing that this arrest could come back and bite them in the ass. The officers disgustingly decided to look for a way to justify the arrest. At this point, the arrest wasn't about Hayes anymore, but about how the corrupt cops could save themselves. >> I have your ID with you. And so, he gives it to me and OB. I hand it over to her and she's like, Sylvester Hayes. Like, that's the name that was underr >> under warrant. So, you got a good warrant. >> Well, there's I guess a lot of >> He does have tickets. >> He does have the tickets. >> So, when I'm like, "Hey, bro." So, in order for us to >> in order for us to be able to like >> fully investigate, like cuz he was already acting weird. So, I'm like, "Hey, bro." Like, >> he was already giving him trouble. >> I'm like, "Can can you just step out of the car for us? >> Let's go to the back of the car." And at that point, he was like, "For what? For what?" And I'm like, "Bro, come on, man." And so that's whenever Reggie pulled up and we tried to get him out of the car and the fight was on. >> Okay. >> And then I was like broke off. >> So you got a jail traffic resistant arrest, right? >> Yeah. We have failed to see 100 ft >> and then he has tickets. He had a gun in his pocket cuz he kept going like this. >> Why is so crazy? >> Okay. >> He had a he had a pistol in his in his freaking pocket. >> So >> yeah. Uh he has not been convicted or no felon. >> No felon. >> We have like So we have UCW Okay. >> Resisting. >> Resisting. Okay. Resisting because >> well that I don't know if we were going to be able to put the resistant because you can't resist the tension. >> You can get him out of the car, but I mean if the fight is on resist so based on your investigation, you have probable cause to stop him because you got y'all looked at his name and his picture earlier and could identify him. >> Uh we couldn't see in the car. >> So we have we have a traffic violation. >> We have the traffic violation. Yeah. reason for contact. >> Yeah. So, I wasn't going to be like, "Oh, it's an investigative stop and then it turns into like No, we were going to get >> So, was the pistol come back clean stolen?" >> Uh, it was clean. >> Clean. Okay. >> Um, double check with a jail sergeant on a UCW charge. >> Okay. >> All right. Um, just to make sure cuz you know, we got new laws now. >> Yeah. >> Right. So, if he's not a felon but not convicted of one, that's different. Any drugs in the car? >> I don't know. I don't think so. >> They just search Y'all just searched the car? Yeah, they I don't they haven't said anything. >> Okay, let's find and then what was his injury? >> Okay, >> but if he resisted, he resisted. You know what I'm saying? So, we got him on that, right? >> Yeah. >> So, then we're good. >> So, yeah. So, just uh find out. >> Sylvester Hayes sued the police department afterwards. According to the lawsuit, he lost his job because of the arrest.