On June 29th, 2023, Dunwoody police officers responded to a Marshalls store in Dunwoody, Georgia after a shoplifter left the store with several unpaid items. Officers received a detailed description of the suspect and began searching the nearby MARTA station in an attempt to locate him. So there. Over here. All right, man. Put your hands behind your back. What I do? You're being detained for shoplifting. What I do? Hey, just keep your hands together and I'll tell you exactly what, okay? So, we have a call of someone who was giving you your description, your hat, your shirt, your shoes. So why you doing that? Cuz you were taking something from them, okay? I didn't take nothing, sir. All right, we're going to go confirm that. You're still detained right now, okay? You're not under arrest or anything. All right. What's your name? My name is Ricky Harris. Ricky Harris? Okay. So, is there anyone with LP right now? Are you the LP? Huh? I'm sorry. Were you talking about them? Oh, got you. Thank you. I'm sorry? Okay. Where were you at? Where were you at? Scoobado? I said excuse me there. Okay. I wanted to use the bathroom over there. No, not yet. Okay. Do you have any weapons on you, man? Okay. No knives or anything like that? Okay. We're about to search you. So, here you go. What? Um You just picked this up? From where? In the parking lot? Okay. We're just getting the information right now, okay? You got an ID? Oh, no. That that's That ain't a concealed weapon, is it? No, no, no, man. I'm I'm just holding it for now, okay? What's your name? >> Yeah. Ricky Harris? All right, so you came what? All right, well we're doing our investigation and then we'll let you know, okay? Now, where did you say you found this? I'm sorry? Well, you know when you find a wallet you got to turn it in, right? Yeah, but here's the thing, it's in your possession, right? Yeah, cuz you took this and Took it in for in your possession. Okay. You're just matching a description of someone that we had. Yeah, so man, like what they said, they said someone took stuff wearing a red T-shirt. They're a black male and they had a Atlanta Atlanta Braves hat on. That's why I stopped you, okay? I I know, but you see the specifications. I know, but I'm I'm just explaining to you, man. I'm just telling you that's why you were stopped right now. Yeah. I'm just explaining. Hello. Oh, you said you just want a photo of him right here. Okay. They're going to compare a photo of you, okay? He didn't have a bag with him when I found him. All right, I'm sending it to your city cell phone. [Music] Just hear me out, okay? Hear me out. Hear me out. Because I just want to explain to you so you understand. Then you might you might have less questions, all right? So, we got dispatched a 911 call about a shoplifter, right? Okay, so when they tell me that, uh they gave me a description and I I found you matching that description. So you're detained because that just gives me a reasonable belief that you're the suspect they were talking about. Now, what we do, the reason you're detained not under arrest cuz we have to go look at these facts for the certain amount of time we're detaining you and we're going to see if it's true or not. Cuz obviously we're not just going to be sitting here all day and let you go on the train and we don't ever know about it, all right? But if nothing else, man, if it ain't you, if it ain't you, we're going to cut you loose, man. It's that simple, all right? But at this time, man, a loss prevention officer gave your exact description and that's why we're holding you for a certain amount of time till we get more information, okay? And let me let me ask you this question. Is Ricky Harris your actual name? I'm going to I'm going to give you one more chance to give me your name. Because if you don't, that's a That's a charge, okay? So, other than Ricky, you got a full name? Is it a Ricky Harris? What would be on your social security card? Do do the same thing you write like on a driver's Okay. And have you always had a license in Georgia? Or ID, it doesn't matter. Where's the most recent one? Which state? In Michigan. You haven't had an updated one since Michigan, right? Okay, we'll check it through Michigan. Right. Meanwhile, one of the officers went back to Marshalls to review the surveillance video and make sure they had the right man in custody. Hey, you at Marshalls? We got him detained or at least we think it is. So, I just need Red shirt, Braves hat. Do you all have video footage? You guys Guys, come on forward. It's him. Oh, yeah, man. [Music] Not getting a return on that. Ricky Harris, subject from Michigan or Georgia. [Music] Oh, they got him. 33, the other units on the MARTA platform, if you guys want to check the area for a um it looks like a white reusable um bag that says either Walter's or something on those lines in red writing with a car on it. There is this right here. If you guys can check for that, it's got multiple hats in it that he snagged. 221, I got that bag. Clear, thank you, ma'am. [Music] Yeah, it definitely is. When I found him, he was just standing here like this. He was like over here away from the bag. Yeah, but you're on video holding that bag. That's why we're taking that bag. Yeah, you're on video doing that. And look look look, this ain't this ain't me asking Ricky, if that's your name, okay? Look, Ricky, I'm telling you, this is not a question. I'm telling you you're on video holding that bag wearing these clothes. So, let's just cut the BS, okay? Cuz all you're doing and all I'm doing is wasting our breath at this point, okay? All right. And I'll try Look, we're here to treat you with respect in the same way, okay? But we if we No, hear me out. If we do BS all day, it's just going to take longer and be a longer process. And hopefully And but hopefully before we get to it, man, the whole Look, we haven't Look, hear me out. Hear me out. I don't want to get to the point where we got to throw your stuff against the wall and say you're getting arrested, okay? We're being really nice to you, okay? Would you agree? Okay. I'm not trying to come off as an [ __ ] okay? So, hear me out. That's all right with You can sit down. That's fine, man. So, if we just get straight to the point, it'd be a lot easier, man, okay? Right. Okay. We'll see what we can do when we get around that point. But right now, what I'm telling you is today you are on video, your face, your hat, your shirt, your your pants holding that bag right there that you're saying is not yours. That's BS, okay? So, let's not let's not do that. Okay, look, if you want to lie to me, I'd rather you just not even say anything to me at all, okay? I'm telling you the facts, okay? This is what we have on video. That's a lie. All right, you Right now you're under arrest for shoplifting. Because you had this bag that has stuff from Look look, just stop playing dumb. We're just telling you what you're under arrest for at this point, okay? You can fight it in court if you want. All right. Let's go. Stand up. You already get a good look through there? Yeah, I got it. That's already. Well, there's one pocket here. Okay. There's no weapons or narcotics here, is there? I don't want to find out the hard way. That's the only reason I'm asking you, okay? All right. All right. All right. We appreciate you, man. Hey, you give me two of them right there. The what? They're mine, right? They can't come with you in the jail, man. That'll be putting your property Put them in my property inventory. I bought that. Look, stop, stop, man. Let's go. I got the shits, man, so bad. I used to I'd be I used to I got to I used to get fentanyl, man. I got the shits so bad, man. So, you used fentanyl? There's no fentanyl in that bag, is There's no fentanyl in that bag, is there? Hey, it ain't my bag, sir. Charles, did you hear him say he used fentanyl? Yeah, did you say that? Okay. What's wrong with your legs? Come on, walk. I I appreciate you telling me that, man, cuz look All right, man. No, no, look, we honestly appreciate you telling us that cuz I I don't want to be surprised. And I still got the All right. I still got the We'll see what we can do, man, but you know, like I said, we got to be grown adults, man. If we can do that, then we'll help you out. We'll get a lawyer Yes, sir. All right. I'm sick, man. Look, you got to walk down the stairs and I'll meet you My leg I know they didn't say my leg all right, I'm just I'm just getting sick. I got the shits so bad, man. Come on. Who said so? Charles, you had me messed up. Hey, man, we passed that at this point, man. Just At this point, we're just trying to figure out your name and date of birth, man. We passed all of that. We don't have to keep going over the same thing. Did the mama man say he seen me? Don't nobody see me in these minutes. That's cool. But if you want to delay the process, keep giving giving us the wrong name. What you mean delay what process, brother? You're getting arrested, man. We're going to DeKalb intake. For what? Okay. You know what you did. And it's caught on video, so it's not like you can get out of it. Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you. Please. Get out, please. Don't lose my belongings. You got gloves on you? Yeah. All right, man. Stand right Stand right here. Yeah, just relax, man. You got No, we're just going to search you. Just don't fall over. You go and sit in the back. So, if you want to I got the Go ahead, sit in the back. Yes, sir. Can I come by the shits? I got the shits, man. Hey, man, hey, listen. You know, you will take care of that at the jail. Go ahead, man. Sit in the Sit in the back. >> me [ __ ] on myself, sir? If you got to do what you do, do what you do, man. Go ahead and sit in the back. I'm sick, man. I'm sick. Ricky, go ahead and sit in the back, man. Go ahead, come on. Bro, bro, please give me some napkins. I'm going to run out and go and get them to have a seat and start paperwork and then get get that copied and meet y'all out front. I I could burn the video if you want, and then you could just try to say Yeah, you get We It's going to take a couple minutes to fill out the paperwork. Currently, he's not giving us ID, so I got to fingerprint him. Yeah. We got to get all that added up. Where that He right there. He made a [ __ ] We just need a receipt. Yep. Did y'all get him ID or do I need a rapid? All right, boss man, I'm going to have you stand up and face the car for me. I'm going to use a rapid ID to check your fingerprint. All right. Come on, stand up for me and face the car. Boss man, you just ran all the or walked all the You walked all the way from here up to March or up to Marta. Come on. Okay, you can sit like that then I'll do it from the other side. Oh, help me now, please. You need an ambulance? We'll call you an ambulance. That's fine. We'll have them come check you out. I'm on that fentanyl. You're on fentanyl. Okay. I'm on the fentanyl now. What time did you last use fentanyl? About 2 hours ago. 2 hours ago? How old are you, boss man? I'm 56. 56. You have his ID? I got it for you. You got him? Yeah. Here you go, I'll give it to you. Date of birth is going to be And then out of what state? Uh it's out of Georgia. I'm trying to see if they have any actual identity for a [Music] Stand by, we're trying to confirm there's multiple names on the rapid ID. She's got an FBI number, too. Um DeKalb Marshals has him listed as Gregory. But then FBI has him back as It look like him. All right, Mr. All right, Mr. So, you have a warrant for your arrest out of Cobb County SO. All right. So, so on top of the shoplifting, now you have false rep. Yeah. What name did he give you? He gave me Ricky Harris. Ricky Harris? Ricky Harris. Ricky Harris, 8/15/1966 out of Michigan. Now, Ricky, before I ask you about them credit cards and everything else, I'm going to read you the Miranda rights. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you can say you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him or her present with you while you are being questioned. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning. If you wish, you can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements. So, what is going on with those credit cards that were found on you? Okay. Okay. I ain't you can't That's all you have to say? I ain't swipe, sir. Sir, I ain't swipe nothing, bro. Ain't nobody in these goddamn buildings I did nothing with a card. He was charged with theft by shoplifting, failure to appear, disorderly conduct, and giving a false name, address, or birthday to law enforcement. He was then taken to the DeKalb County Jail.