on February 9th 2025 Flagler County sheriff's deputies responded to a Walmart in Palm Coast Florida regarding a shoplifting in progress the store's loss prevention team reported that a black male wearing a blue shirt had attempted to steal a shopping cart full of items and fled when confronted [Music] [Music] meanwhile his partner in crime his girlfriend managed to leave Walmart undetected with a cart full of unpaid items a Walmart employee informed deputies that the suspect had just been seen entering a black vehicle deputies quickly located it and conducted a traffic stop some of your hands oh I don't want to draw down on them no I'm not going to hey y put your hands out the window help y'all put your hands out the window hands out the window thank you back passenger window down it's a uber all right back passenger you just keep your hands up it's a back passenger thank you guys nice how's everybody doing what up man all right what's your name brother my name Paul Watson the third Paul step out of the car real quick what's going on we'll explain everything a second I got have your phone for you I got you got anything on no what's going on sir we're going to explain just slow down a second yeah I'm we good man all right you got a gra no any kind of ID or anything let me see some ID you had a wallet or something in your pocket let me see this is my C wallet is it yeah no then let me see it oh all right ke see [Music] somebody what happened where are you coming today buddy who me yes oh I I'm just riding with with my lip I'm just coming from town where was your last stop at my last stop yeah U I just saw you holding your ID man get your ID out yeah I'm playing this game you know what you know what there you go have a seat right Qui sit down all the way on the ground Fu man you got Wars or something uh I just got a Whatchamacallit for for okay if it come up I don't know if it I don't know if it's local or not it might not even extradite in this area where was it from like the area Daytona might be specific to County sometimes they're specific to counties only you especially if it's something so minor like that yeah so listen man you have the right to remain Sol it anything you say can be used as evidence against you you have a right to talk to attorney have him um with you now or anytime during question not afford to hire an attorney one will be appointed to represent you at anytime you wish to stop talking or having an attorney present all question will be stopped at your request do you understand this yes okay all right so having these rights in mind I want to talk to you about something that happened at Walmart yeah what happened at Walmart something you would tell me um I didn't steal nothing I didn't say you stole nothing but I asked you where you coming from you said brother just tell me what happened okay tell me what happened I was coming I was coming I was in theol and uh I was shopping some lady uh tried to stop me or whatever like that and I told her I said um I was getting ready to go up here and whatam call it but I don't know what she had going on so I just brought out I didn't steal nothing I didn't take nothing so I didn't steal nothing I didn't take nothing so okay did you talk to any of the employees there on your way out uh no I don't know who I don't know who that lady was I don't think she was an employee though what makes you say that huh why you say that um I don't know but I didn't take nothing I all right so what what what lady when you say you don't think the lady was an employee what lady you talking about I don't know she had a um she didn't have nothing no she didn't have nothing like but she said something to you or you said something to her or what oh no I I no I I just spoke to her and said I she's doing she said uh um you got a uh a receipt I'm like I'm going up here to Whatchamacallit I had some stuff to return and stuff but she was making a big deal out of it so I just like walked out the store man cuz I didn't want where's the stuff you returning I don't have it I don't tell it take nothing okay where did the stuff you returning come from no I'm saying I had stuff in my car okay I'm a little upset and nervous yeah you're good yeah that's why I want you to just like calm down I need to understand what happened so subcribe it to there all right I was coming I was I was in the store I was getting ready to turn out and go towards the uh whatam call it I wanted to put some uh money on my card so I can pay for my Whatchamacallit uh pay for my stuff my ID okay okay um the lady stopped me and made this whole big deal the ordeal and I didn't know who she was so I'm like man you know what I didn't take nothing that's all I know I didn't steal nothing and I didn't take nothing all where did she talk to you at at the like uh right before the door okay but I didn't take nothing I didn't nothing I didn't take nothing I didn't go out the door with it you know what I mean I left the car in there so I did not take nothing so you just went back and got your car in park lot no what happened no I I waited I went I walked off and walked off cuz I didn't want I don't know what's going on I just want to I just want to clarify what was it you you were returning though man I left my return thing in there I ain't even so what what were you returning no I had a c right I was going to return the way it goes I didn't I didn't take nothing man I'm not asking you already told us like nine times you didn't take nothing what were you we're just trying we're just trying to get everything straight we need the story we're good so I just had a uh a a uh like a six pack of shirts I was going to try to uh return and you just left them there no I had I left everything in there everything I was going to get I left cuz but where's the shirts you were returning they still in the store you just left your property there I come it's a return so you walked in with the shirt yeah no no I'm saying I didn't I didn't leave out the store with nothing no I'm saying like you brought the shirt specifically to the store to exchange well I was going tochange brother man no okay all right make nous man cuz I'm mad upset I ain't do nothing you know what I'm saying I didn't take the stuff other words I just didn't take I didn't take I'm not worried about you taking the stuff I'm worried about what you were returning and what can we make some sense of that okay cuz you didn't walk with the shirts you were trying to return I I just said return I'm but I would return that but I was taking my hey you didn't take nothing I didn't take nothing you didn't take them out no I did I understand no I didn't know I didn't call understand understand I need you just be I'm being honest with you watching okay I did not come in the store discrepancies okay I did not make it I did not go past the door okay so I did not take nothing and I'm not saying you did okay that's what I'm that's what I'm that's what I'm getting for real I did not take I didn't get I didn't go and we figured out once we stopped them I called Walmart and they said they still saw the car so they hopped in Uber before we realized what was happening we crash and as we started looking we're looking for a person so I call Walmart get some details they're like he's in a black he he's at the light right now we were pulling out by Texas Roadhouse we just watched them turn on the pal Coast Parkway so tell me about this lady I don't know who that lady was what did she say to me uh she was like hey how you doing I said hey how you doing she like you okay uh yeah he was F my what I did Sir I got to detain you for that warrant for uh for pollution oh man so we're just going to we're just going to go with that right now yeah just trying to move your watch a little bit so I'm trying to get you watch Buton but we're going to do that real quick that's it yeah cuz I have to detain you for that you guys together to I understand I still got to get her name why for what because right now I still got to figure out ton of information from Walmart that's about yeah man I I want Happ to my D okay all right L up right here I'm I'm search all right lift your foot up forner I got you thank you I ain't going nowhere man no he's saying so you don't fall yeah no man I don't know if you got poor balance or nothing just going on we're we're going to see about that I still haven't got it back yet but coming back with a warrant I want yeah but I was honest with you sir I know it's not necessarily that they going to no not yet my wallet vet though sir yeah I know I can't get [Music] in damn B don't take my ja [Music] please oh have mercy dog [Music] sir she had nothing to do with it sir you hear me sir sorry yeah she had she she ain't she ain't I heard you say she had nothing to do with it I heard you I heard you I heard you she said it you said it I heard it a bunch of times I get it they get back about his b yeah I got she's in the call confirmed for him the warrant's confirmed yeah extra D yeah $400 pers okay yes we actually have her on the call like three times you have her license in there to yeah there's her name's in there three times I don't know how that happened but I'll probably dispatch you say anything or did they say anything about her warrant yeah she has um vop on probation also have the um so we've got 3 707s yeah they're they confirmed your warrant man and they're doing an extradition so they're the warrant's going to be part of today part of today yeah mean you're like you're also getting arrested for that too I'm getting arrested for that too what two well the shoplifting is one problem I didn't shoplift though I didn't come out of this store with nothing bro but trying to return something you don't own is that no I didn't try to return I didn't I didn't make it I didn't go to no return bro okay so I didn't shop bro I didn't shop listen what were you trying to return bro I came in there I was I was shopping the lady stopped me and was asking me questions and I going to the um to the service customer service and the lady stopped me with my stuff and I left out the store bro were you trying to return I I was I didn't never return I didn't say I was returning nothing I mean I said I was returning something but I wasn't what were you trying to I was going in I was shopping sir customer service desk for I was going to the customer service desk the civilian lady whoever that lady was that didn't work there went to with me so I never came out the store what you going the customer service test for what I'm going to to buy my stuff to pay for my stuff you passed the registers to pay at the customer service test huh you passed the registers toay I was turning sir you can look at the cameras I I went in there and I why wouldn't you just check out the registers Sor oh man I did not shot live bro when deputies spoke with the woman she denied any involvement and gave them a false name step out the car let's talk well she's I'm about to confirm unless did they give any other description they give any other desp I need to talk okay verify her name Quick you guys didn't come up PR together no we did not I need you to tell me what's going on because you know that doesn't make it listen you need to worry about me right now cuz I'm the one that's got to make sense of he don't how am I supposed to believe you for something like I don't know sir just tell me what with him I know he called you for a ride just say he called you for a ride yeah he said come pick me up there like come on now I got to be able to make sense to that and I'm turning around I said I got to come F the day T up okay he say together something no all right hey did we get her Stu back yet confir are you sure in that purse you don't have an ID no I don't you should clarify your name no you don't have to do that just like lean back on the car you're good I'm should have clarified cuz the first time I ran your name I didn't get anything if there's anything that you missed cuz I know you said 19 69 okay before I try this again I'm giving you one chance if there's anything you want to correct about this information right here Now's the Time to tell me CU if I find out it's not true later so I oh you spell the name wrong ET ET I I put that in there I understand I didn't put the E on here other than that there's nothing wrong [Music] oh that's true I sit down what is it we've got a very different name here yes let me see this I got a warrant vop really yes Maggie Bennett but hey n e t you the sergeant no this the sergeant no how do you spell your last name b e n n t b e n n e t can I sit down in the car yeah I'm not going to do anything you sit down here but I can't you back in the car look at my lid as sitting down out here but I can't be back in the car all right you almost fell over after going back and forth with deputies she finally decided to come clean and tell the truth well almost everything now you steal to Me Like Somebody earlier now I'm the steal back I know I should have told you the TRU [Music] that um they got me on a very important things like we getting up B time drug I work at drug I'm un and and she I need to be real with me right now yes sir cuz you know I got to make sense of the situation and you know that yes right yes [Applause] sir he was trying to shop me yes you with him yes and you called for him a ride yes no I didn't call for ride I called for myself ride but he called me and [Laughter] [Music] 109 27 yes okay yeah I got a war okay can I make a couple of calls give me a second please let me talk to the det where's your ID at [Music] as she searched for her ID in her bag the deputy noticed something else tucked inside about what about the other one there something else oh no this my let me see [Music] that what's your brother's name what's your brother's man come on now Z Cooper who's it is I don't know who that is okay here's what we at I don't sir no don't no listen to me listen to me come on now I don't know who them is Sir it just was in my it's not a big deal who was it cred car you got mine come on can I smoke first actually it right here let's uh put your hand behind your back yes you be in the thing okay yeah let you get two three puffs of that before we put it out okay you know seat ly to cuz you lying to me you got all kinds of stuff going on we're going to have to have a conversation and I want to have a real conversation with you you know what I'm saying get the lighter for me please please oh you need a light I'll let you get a puffer in to but you're going to have to go I'm trying to get you some a real quick I need to figure out some stuff okay H can you place her yeah yeah get two three Puffs out of it yeah all right just going to have you lean up against my car right here when the deputy was about to search her she finally revealed where she had hidden her ID do you have anything on it it's going to poke me sick and stab me okay do you have any pockets on these pants wait wait I think my driver license your driver license is in your pants yes okay right there I'm I'm not going to just let it go just let my arm go and I stick my hand and give it okay I can't twist it let take off one of these well I'm not get you that you already just reach in the front and get it or just let me you're a woman man I'm I going to go reaching in there oh I can't wait these too tight anyway you need them adjusted yes which one's too tight right here left I'm sorry right yes okay lean up against the car let see if I can loosen this up for you I'll let you grab your uh your wallet or your ID real quick sir I figure I got atast so it was in her PS listen to this is your last stel lot ofy if me have any kind of concern you understand that okay back and talk to you let me get you in my back seat get you in some AC okay it's hot out here deputies searched her bags and found items from Walmart but no receipts to prove they were purchased they didn't bother you found any receipts with any of this those was those was I mean so you pass it's got to be it's got oh e think the rest of this stor I I can get her to tell me yeah I know it but I would just saying you didn't have the intent I'm saying you can articulate that you did that's what Court's for I'm not going to sit here and AR you're right I'm going AR you're right you're right sir I'm not saying you're officially guilty that's where Jud that's what I'm saying I'm not guilty but I shouldn't be charged if I didn't leave out the store with nothing and I didn't I didn't pass All Points of sale damn over here they were both placed in the same vehicle where they began discussing their failed Walmart theft I'm going buckle you in I'm going come around and buckle you in B I'm good sir I ain't going to go no no I know I want you go to the back of the cage oh what they Tred to you with what's that's okay I'm sorry B told you to don't just don't do that today now I got to do about 2 three years we without no money to B out now they F to charge me with Grand Theft why cuz I ched over $500 with stuff that was over $500 you said it had to be over 700 five they just told you got B I got Grand they told you I can't I just start all that stuff at the motel who I'mma send to go get it Papa say I'm send Papa go get all that stuff no went I couldn't have left I I couldn't leave I couldn't live I I couldn't leave it I had to have that man make that you turn to go see if I can find I didn't know the lady was still standing out she was still standing there the whole entire enre time on the phone you hear me whistling I heard all of that that's why I know what direction to go at that's why I had the man to break do the U-turn to pick you up oh that bush but if that man would have kept straight we would have got away I know it I got a feeling Walmart's not going to want you guys back there good telling them to get they stuff and I'm and and they don't have to worry about me no more all right they might do a trespass for you thank you that's all I need they can get their stuff back and I'm sorry cuz they didn't catch me and I don't need another charge I already got to deal with this one all right damn I got arrested on my son birthday he was charged with shoplifting and an active warrant she was charged with shoplifting providing a false name to law enforcement and an active warrant both were transported to the sheriff Perry Hall inmate detention facility he help me with these cuffs what's up he's close I I left one finger space when I when I picked him the first time oh what's going on now ain't no space the first thing they're going to do when they get you in there is take them off so it's going to be in a few minutes but I I can't I know the first time I I fixed them I can't make him any looser than that just don't move your wrist around though cuz that just irritates some more hey