Stop the vehicle. You're You're going to go to jail. Stop the vehicle. I do not care. Stop the vehicle. Shut the car off. Step over here for me. >> No. Step right here. >> Get I'm not You are in the vehicle. You have me right here for Why am I being arrested? You do not have the right to go in my car. I'm following them. >> On May 3rd, 2024 in Santa Rosa County, Florida, a regular patrol took a wild turn when a convertible sped past a deputy. The officer pulled the car over, expecting a standard traffic stop. The woman refused to cooperate, ignored instructions to stop the vehicle, and wouldn't turn off the engine. She also seemed more focused on her dog in the back seat than on what the officer was saying. >> Stop the vehicle. Stop the vehicle. >> Stop the vehicle. Stop the vehicle. You're You're going to go to jail. Stop the vehicle. I do not care. Stop the vehicle. Shut the car off. >> Shut the car off and step out. >> I don't want you to hurt my dog. I'm trying to get >> Let me get another unit. Normal, please. >> Please let me get my dog. >> Get out of the vehicle. >> Get Yes, ma'am. Stop the vehicle. Listen. But really, >> ma'am, listen to me. Please understand. Do you want to go to jail? >> Please stop the vehicle. Put the vehicle in park. >> Can I explain something? Are you >> Get out of the vehicle, ma'am. >> Let me get my mask. >> That's fine. Get out of the vehicle, please. >> I'm going. Right. >> She refused to step out of the car, insisted she hadn't done anything wrong, and questioned the officer's every move. >> Ma'am, right now. I just said >> right now. Get out of the vehicle. >> Ma'am, get out of the vehicle. >> Ma'am, get out of the vehicle. >> No, sir. You will not do that. >> Ma'am, get out of the vehicle or you're going to go to jail. >> Then get out of the vehicle, please. This is your last warning. Please get out of the vehicle or you're going to go to jail. >> Things got more tense when she stepped out of the car, but still refused to comply. Even after being told she was speeding in a 35 mph zone, she denied the speed limit and claimed to know her rights. She also mentioned having a dash cam and tried to use it to defend herself. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Go anyways, right? >> Put the dog down. >> I put the dog. >> I have to get out. >> Put the dog down. >> How the do I put her down if I got on the phone? >> Get out of the vehicle then. >> Exactly. The is you talking about? You don't even know what the you're talking about. Shut up. >> You want to be mad for something? >> Step over here for me. >> No, I'm going step right here. Step over here. Step over here. >> Why do I have to go that way? >> Because I asked you to and I'm telling you to asking you why. >> Because I I want you to step over here. Step away from your vehicle. >> This for no reason. >> You're going 66 and the 35. That's the reason. >> There's no such thing as a 35 after you pass that. After you pass that sign, I know my rights. >> Okay, ma'am. Can I have a camera in my car? >> That's fine. Step over here. >> I know. So, I'm not >> Step over here. >> Step over away from your vehicle, please. >> Step away from my vehicle. >> Step away, ma'am. As the officer attempted to detain her, she became more emotional. She said she had anxiety and started panicking. >> That'd be okay. >> Turn around. Put your hands behind your back right now. >> Turn around. >> Why are you doing this? >> Relax. You don't want to listen to me. Stop. >> Relax. Relax. >> Relax. Relax. I don't care. Relax. Relax. Relax. Stop tensing up. Relax. >> Making my anxiety. >> Relax. You're going to go to jail if you don't relax. >> I can't relax. I have anxiety. >> Relax. Relax. >> I think you actually know what you're saying. And y'all really need more training. I'm going to get my inhaler out my garage. I didn't get my garage, please. Cuz that's why I make it in my house for my >> That's not how that works. >> Medical. >> You do not pick when you get to stop. >> No. And I do because you're pulling me over for No. No. Why the is going on there? >> My camera is on in my car, by the way. >> That's fine. I have a camera on right now. >> My camera caught my feet. >> Stop. >> Even after she was placed under arrest and put in the patrol car, she continued arguing and insisted that the officers were mishandling her. >> No, but you're mishandling me right now. >> You're really mishandling me right now, and I don't like it. >> I I don't like how you're handling. >> Listen to me. Listen to me very carefully. I do not care what you think. >> Okay, and that's fine. But your car is very hot, sir. >> That's fine. >> I cannot stand right there. >> You're going to come in the back. >> Okay. But you don't have to handle me like this. >> You were You were You were really mishandling. >> Do you know what resisting is? >> No. You were I do you were not complying at all. You have not complied from the very beginning. Okay. >> She also claimed she had a medical marijuana card when the officer mentioned drugs in the car. She said she didn't understand the reason for the arrest and begged to be let out, saying the situation was making her anxiety worse. >> Do you know failure to stop is a felony? >> You know what? >> Do you know what failure to stop is? It's a felony. >> Okay. >> Are you trying to catch a felony? >> Okay. Are you going to listen or you >> I'm not going to listen because this is not a conversation. I am >> ask a question. Why you going to ask me a question if you don't want to hear answers? >> How much marijuana is in the vehicle? >> No, she was not going to do that. I have a card. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> So, let me go. Somebody told me that you get in. >> Okay. So, you know you know you going to go rest for these cops that's going down, right? Cuz arresting me for being >> I'm not you are you have me right here for >> You're not going in my car. You do not have the right to go in my car. I am telling you that right. >> Relax. Stop tensing. You're going to jail. >> I'm going to jail for what though? What am I going to jail for? Why am I being arrested? You have to tell me before you put me in a car. >> Why am I being arrested? >> I'll get a 14 a second. >> I would like to know why I'm being arrested. >> So, you're going to arrest me for no reason. >> Stop. >> No. I want to know why I'm being arrested. First of all, you slam it. >> Jesus Christ. >> Meanwhile, officers made it clear they believed she had resisted their commands and failed to comply with a lawful stop, something that can be treated as a felony. Can I please put my dogs in the house? >> Yes. Well, I I'll work with you. You haven't listened at all. >> He is really bothering me. I don't even know why I'm here. I don't even know why I'm in the You can't talk to me back here. I said I have anxiety. This does not help me. >> No, it doesn't help. You not complying with my orders. >> I'm claustrophobic. Okay, >> relax. >> Please let me out the bag. Anything. Take some deep breaths. >> Take some deep breaths for me. >> Please let me out. Please. >> Right now, I can't even talk to you. So, how can I let you out? >> Okay. >> I'm trying, but I don't even understand why. Why? Why? Don't you not go in my house. Do not go in my house. >> He's not going in your house. >> Do not go in my house. Nobody's there. There is nobody there. Okay. >> My husband is at work and it's just me and my husband that live here and I don't know why I'm being harassed right now. >> You're not being harassed. Nobody >> are harassing me because you put me back here when I told you. >> Hey, I have nothing. Hey, stop. I have nothing to do with any of this. Hold on. Let me talk. >> Is there anyone here to get your dogs? Cuz you are not going to be the one that secures your dogs. >> There's nobody here. Throughout the interaction, she continued to explain that she and her husband, who works at a nearby military base, were the only ones living in the house. >> Is there anybody that I can call? >> No, because it's just me and my husband. I don't even know what y'all My husband works at the military base. So, I don't even know why y'all are bothering me right now. I am so confused and I'm scared. >> Look at how you're acting. This is not This is not how a normal person acts. I have anxiety. >> Understand? That's why I'm telling you, take some deep breaths. >> Trying, but it's hard back here. >> But right now, >> it's really hard. >> Okay. >> She also said no one else was available to care for the dogs while she was being taken away. According to her, the only reason she stepped out slowly was to make sure her dogs were safe. >> You want to take my medicine? >> She asked you to step out of the car. You didn't want to step out of the car. Okay. What I said was I was trying to pull my dogs up because I didn't want my dogs to be hurt. >> Okay. Nobody wants to hurt your dogs. >> But that's what I was telling him. Ask him. I said, "I'm trying to pull my dogs up." That's why open my garage. I was going to pull my dogs up. And he was like, and he like I was going to run. I was like, "I'm not going to run." >> He doesn't know you from Adam. He doesn't know. >> I know that. And I know. I get that. >> He doesn't know you. You don't know him. >> I get that. Nobody's trying to be malicious. I was trying to make sure that my dogs didn't get hurt in front. >> Nobody wants to hurt a dog. Nobody comes to work and wants to hurt a dog. >> So that's why I was just trying to put them up cuz I I love my babies. >> I'm seeing what you're saying. >> She can't see. She can't hear. She's scared. >> Okay. >> She can't. >> Which dog is the one you're talking about? >> The smallest one. >> The smallest one. >> She can't see right here. So she gets scared. Do you have a medical marijuana card? >> Yes, I do, sir. And that's what I told him that, too. And he said, "Sure." And laughed about it. And I don't even understand. >> He said, "Oh, okay." And laughed. And I said, "Listen, listen to me. Listen to me. >> I don't even understand." >> We're going to We're going to try and get a little bit calmer each time. Okay. We're going to get calmer. We're going to take some deep breaths. This is right now. >> The calmer you are, the better it's going to be. >> I cannot do this right now. It's too many lights. Please turn your lights off. Can y'all turn your lights off, please? They do not They really don't help me. Okay, >> the lights don't help. Please, please turn your lights off. >> According to the arrest report, as the officers waited for her husband, they continued the investigation. One of them mentioned there was a pistol found under the driver's seat. >> Husband gets here and search >> 45 minutes. Okay. if you want to wait. >> But uh there was also a pistol under the driver's seat because I just read the arrest report 104. >> When asked about it, she confirmed the firearm was hers, but said she didn't know it was illegal to have one with a medical marijuana card. >> Hey, Tanya, do you have any guns in the car? >> Huh? All right. You You know you're prohibited from having a firearm? >> No. >> Okay. >> Why? >> Cuz you have a medical marijuana card. >> No, I didn't know that. >> All right. >> I didn't know that was a thing. >> 174. >> Okay. So, you were denied a CCW, right? >> That means that you cannot have a concealed firearm. All right. In your possession, you're you're prohibited. >> State of Florida even though it's a carry >> state. Yes, ma'am. cuz you you the only time that constitutional carry applies is if you were legally able to have a concealed weapons permit, which you are not able to have. >> Well, I I I don't know how I know you don't have the law. It's your job to make me understand. >> It's the law. That's what the law is. Okay. >> She was struggling, asking officers if she could blow her nose and explaining she had napkins inside the car door. >> Can I please blow my nose? I have snot going into my mouth. >> Ma'am, I I don't have anything to blow your nose. I told him I have napkins in my car. Please the door. >> All right. >> They're in my door. Look, you want to see my snot? It's so nasty. >> All right. Here's the other thing. Okay. >> Listen. All right. We're going to address >> Can I turn back and look at the car again because my blood's sweating again? My anxiety is really bad. >> Though she denied smoking in the vehicle, the officers reminded her that the odor was clear and unmistakable. All right, Tanya, listen. >> Yes, sir. >> All right. I want I want you to understand something, okay? The >> other one, too. Please, if you don't mind, >> I understand that you have a medical marijuana card, okay? In the state of Florida, all right? You cannot smoke in your vehicle, even if there smell that is emitting very strongly from your vehicle with the windows down in a convertible. All right? Is a very strong smell. >> All right? Is burnt marijuana. >> Okay. >> Okay. It is. >> I am not crazy. I've been doing this job a long time. say it was not the smell of burnt marijuana, sir. >> Okay. And you you are not legally allowed to smoke marijuana in your vehicle, even if you have a concealed or a uh >> medical marijuana. Not I was not, but Okay. >> Okay. That's one of your stipulations. Okay. >> Yes, sir. I'm sorry. I'm not trying to do that to you. I'm sorry. I keep getting sick to myself because I keep swallowing snot. I'm sorry. So, >> we can take the mask off. >> Even if I took the mask off, the snot wouldn't go away, sir. Where's the snot going to go if I take the mask? You can blow your blow your nose. >> Can I get another mask out the car then? >> They're going to take You're good. That mask is coming off. Okay. >> No, I'm not. >> When we get to the jail, that mask is coming off. It is. I'm That's something that you're going to have >> before and I had my mask because I can't. >> She asked to call her lawyer and requested to be released without going to jail. But the officers told her that wasn't an option. >> All right. >> Listen. >> Yes, sir. >> You're going to get the ticket for your speed. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. You're going to get arrested for obstruction resisting without violence. Okay. >> Can I get out on my R without going to the jail? >> No, you're going you got to go to the jail. >> Can I call my lawyer then? >> You can call your lawyer when you get to jail? >> Well, I don't know his number. It's in my car. >> It's in your phone. >> No, >> I in my car. You're going to You're the only thing going to jail with you is your phone. And do you have a wallet or purse in the in the car? >> Officers charged her with possession of prescription drugs without a valid prescription, which is a felony. They also asked if she had any drugs or illegal items in her car. She admitted there were pills in the vehicle and claimed they belong to her daughter. >> Okay. Is there any marijuana in that in that purse? >> Um I can't think of any. I know there's a lighter in there, though. >> Okay. I don't care about the lighter. All right. >> Okay. >> All right. Have a seat back in the car, please. Okay. I'm good to go. I'm going to charge you with a felony of possession of prescription without >> Okay. There's a bunch of different pills. >> There's a whole bunch of pills in my car. >> Yeah, >> a whole bunch of them. They all mine. >> Well, not not that one that didn't have your name on it. So, >> it's okay. It's my daughter. It's okay. >> Well, you don't want to answer questions, so I don't I don't know that. >> That's fine. You don't have to. >> Okay. >> Yep. You can put it all on down. I'm I'm going to ride with all of it. Just put it for right now. I'm feeling better now. I got my snot out my nose. I've apologized and I've accepted what I've done wrong. And so, there's nothing left for me to do. She insisted she wasn't under the influence of any substances and explained she had only just taken her medication before leaving home. >> Are you under the influence? >> I just said no sir. I just said I am just accepting. >> It's called it's called >> Well, I I get that to a point. Wait, >> it's called levels of stuff. No, sir. My medicine just kicked in. I had just took my medicine before I left the house and it just kicked in. So, it's okay. I'm doing better now. I'm in a lot of pain and I really just want to be done with this. So, as quick as we can be done. >> I prom I promise you I'm trying to because my other option the quickest way would have been towing your car >> and and getting rid of your dogs or getting them to animal control. >> Okay. So, I'm I'm I'm trying to work with you. >> I am too, sir. I am really just trying to you you guys want to be calm and I'm here. I'm calm. >> Okay. Okay. >> I'm in a lot of pain and I my my pain is actually overcoming everything right now. Okay. >> Okay. All right. >> Do you need EMS or anything? >> I don't know cuz I just started back walking. Sir, >> according to her, she left the house only because her car battery had died. >> I couldn't even walk as of yesterday. I was >> But you're driving. >> I know. Um, I only drove because my battery was dead. And so the dude from Triple A told me my car had to run for an hour. And so I was like, well, if it's got to run for an hour, I got to go get gas because I can't let my car run. >> I don't know what that has to do with anything. >> I wasn't supposed to leave my house. You're saying why did I leave if I could barely walk? All I did was go to get gas because I was like, "Well, if I got to go get gas, I might as well take my dogs out." >> All right. >> And that's what I did. I took my dogs out because I was getting gas because I had to let my car run. >> Okay. >> And I don't even know if it was going to start back. And that was the other thing I was going to tell you. That's why I wanted to pull in my yard because my battery >> But that is that is not how that works. >> I know. But you didn't let me explain to you. >> I don't need you. I asked you to step out of the vehicle, Tanya. >> They were concerned because she continued driving and attempted to pull into her garage instead of stopping immediately. This raised suspicion that she may have been trying to avoid arrest. >> Hey, you told me to turn the car off and I should just turn my car >> because I don't know what you you look like you're trying to still evade me and pull in the garage while I'm trying to pull you over. >> I don't know that. I don't know that. I don't know you. >> I know. I >> all I know is I'm lighting you up and you're not stopping your vehicle and then you're backing up and I'm telling you to stop. >> I understand that completely. >> Okay. All right. I'm going to put your medical marijuana card in your purse. Okay. >> Are you Can you put my glasses case in my purse? >> I have them please. >> Okay. >> Listen, Tanya. >> Trying to work with you. All right. Do you want to answer a question for me? >> Is it going to get me out of the back of the car? >> Huh? >> Is it going to get me out of the back of the car? You want to back up the car and shut the garage door? >> Do you want to or no? >> Well, it's going to help with charges wise. >> You said no. >> Okay. >> She was charged with fleeing and eluding police as well as resisting an officer without violence. If convicted, she could face up to 6 years in prison and fines of up to $6,000. What should have been a simple speeding ticket turned into a full arrest just because someone refused to follow basic instructions. What do you think? Was the officer too strict or was the driver completely out of line? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.