On September 26th, 2022, Brookhaven police officers ran the tag of a Dodge Charger in Atlanta, Georgia, which came back as stolen from a rental company. Officers initiated a traffic stop, and although the driver hesitated as if considering fleeing, he eventually complied and pulled over. I'll check by one time. 140 on the engine is stolen. Per se. 130 on the wrong crew. Stop. Do not move. Put your hands up. Is anybody else in the car? All right, I got one at gunpoint. Keep your hands up. Check on the driver, one at gunpoint. 140 on with it. Turn the car off. One hand. Are you buckled up? Yes or no? Who am I going to cover out this one? All right. Open the door from the outside. And step out of the vehicle. Slowly with your hands up. Keep your hands up. Step out of the vehicle. Keep your hands up. Do not reach down. I cannot hear you. Speak up. What? I just want you to get out of the car. All right? Step out with your left foot. Keep your hands up. Step out with your left foot. All right, step out with your right foot. Turn around and face the car. Turn around and face the car. Put your hands up on the hood. All right, stay right there, just like that. You want him to step back to you? I don't I can't see in the seat. Just stay right there. All right. Come back this way. Face that way and walk backwards towards me. Walk backwards towards me. Walk backwards towards me. Walk backwards towards the sound of my voice. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. You can lift him. Do you want to check on him? We need to verify. It's not a It's not buckled right there. This should work. There you go. 150 check on one detained. You can lift him. This is 10-50-2. All units normal traffic on main. All units normal traffic on main. I want to sit him down. All right, just handcuff him, boss. Cuz you're not under arrest yet. All right. One detained, so that means You got any You got any weapons on you? Anything in your pockets or anything like that? Okay. All right. Do you have anything in your pockets that's going to poke me or stick me or anything like that? Metal. Who's the rental company? It's rented from Avis. You have the rental agreement in there? Uh it's probably in there. What's going on? Okay, listen. All right. This is This is You're not under arrest at the current time. You are detained because the car is coming back stolen. Oh, okay. All right. Okay, that's fine. Why does that make sense? It makes sense cuz I'm trying to find out why you're pulling me over. Okay. All right. Does that make a little bit more sense about what's happening right now? Yeah, cuz I just said You just hopped out. Pull over. I'm Well, that's what I'm saying. Like, we got to get We got to secure everything first and then get clarification on what's going on, right? I'm coming from work. This is I got you, man. I got you. He claimed to have a rental agreement in the car and seemed genuinely surprised by the situation, insisting he had been paying for the rental but had no proof. You You said there's a gun in the car. Is that right? passenger seat. Okay. All right, well, we'll get to that. Is there a rental agreement in there? You said you rented the car? Yes. You have a rental agreement? Yes, it's on the side of the car. Se Quan, is that right? All right. You rented it back in July. Is that right? I first got it, yeah. Okay. Have you been extending it or I've been I've been You've been paying it for the rental? Yes. Do you have anything any emails or anything to coordinate that? Any notifications from Avis that you sent or received about the car? No. No. I didn't get that one. In your phone? Pull up email and Are you late on returning it or anything or I know it's supposed to go back I'll flip I'll flip I'll flip. It's supposed to go back tomorrow. That's your understanding? All right, did they tell you to return it sooner or anything like that? No, I'm not. Nobody at Avis has been calling me and be like return the car now. I've been They send you anything? Any emails? Any paperwork? No. So, that's why I'm actually Okay. Initially, you rented it just for a couple days. Is that right? Yeah, that's the one. Okay. And you've been in contact with them extending the rental. Yes. And paying? Yes. Okay. 150 check on female 5 on. When asked again for proof of payment, the driver's story shifted. This time, he claimed his personal vehicle was in a shop for warranty repairs, and the warranty company was supposed to cover the rental car costs and nothing to back this up. Do you have any kind of email communications that you could pull up or or charges on a card? Do you have They have a credit card on file? Yeah, so this car I got this car through I had another car, and the car was in the shop. So, my warranty people were paying for the rental. So, I was When I talked to my warranty people a week ago, I was told that the car was supposed to be brought back Tuesday. The warranty people? Yeah, my warranty people. Through your So, you have a car that's in a shop. Yeah. What warranty? Like, is it a brand new car? Like my um like I got a car from CarMax, so I got They give me rental assistance. They give you what? They give me rental assistance. Okay. I got it, cuz my car is still in the shop. So, is that through your insurance company? No, no. The warranty that I get with the car, you know, they give You bought like a warranty through the dealership. Yeah, you know, they give you They give you rental assistance when your car go in the shop. Okay. So, that's what I'm From that, my understanding, that's I haven't gotten no email, no phone got any communication, emails, texts from the warranty from anybody that will indicate what you're saying is is true? Cuz what I'm getting on the system is the rental company saying something different. I'm just trying to confirm what you're saying is is what is happening, and maybe they just had an issue with their clerical stuff in their in their their system. You got no emails at all? Not Not from CarMax. From anybody? Any paperwork at all? All my conversations with my warranty has been on the phone. Phone. Okay, can you call them? And can we confirm that over the phone? I don't know how to turn it back on. Show me arrested at County Jail, one male, 30 miles, 54873. Face ID. Please be aware as our menu options have changed. Thank you for calling the service center. Calls are recorded for quality assurance. Please turn on your device. Can I please have the last date of the rental or the contract number? I'm trying to look this up. Okay. And how can I help you today? Hey, can I talk to you? Hey, sir, this is Investigator Shubert with Brookhaven Police Department. I am with James James Se Quan, who is or Se Quan James, rather, I guess the renter of the vehicle, but uh through Avis, of course, and he said that the warranty company or MaxCare is is supposed to be paying for the rental. Um and I'm trying to confirm that uh because the car uh was reported stolen for lack of being returned. Got you. Um this contract was canceled with us um September 30th of 2021. So, about a year ago, this contract was canceled with us. So, we no longer have an active contract. September 30th of 2021? Yes, sir. So, so no contract currently. No contract currently, no, sir. All right. I Anything else I can do? You He's So, he said this contract was canceled last year. Do you have a current contract at a different number? Or cuz he's saying this is is is extremely old uh contract. Uh I don't know. So, is Mr. James on the phone now? Okay. Hey, um how you doing, man? Um so, I'm good. Yeah, I was told by Sherman Auto Repair that that the warranty was to pick up the rental until my car was ready at the shop. So, I am showing that your contract was canceled in uh September of 2021. It looks like Sherman Auto called in to our store on in May Uh-huh. May 24th of 2022 and we told them the contract was canceled and did not offer any coverage at that time. Okay, so that uh that was never told to me, but I had just payment now. I had just used you guys to fix my engine not too long ago for a whole brand new engine. So, I've been driving So, I've been driving around in a rental for apparently a stolen They reported it stolen now. So, I've done been pulled over by the police and on my lunch break in handcuffs in there to what they're saying that the vehicle was now stolen. They just reported the vehicle stolen. Is Sherman Auto confirming the vehicle? I think we asked him to do that. Do you know if Sherman Auto is confirming the vehicle? Yeah. Um we've had two claims called in since the contract was canceled and both claims were denied. They were both called in by Sherman Auto and both of those claims were denied. One of them was in October of 2021 and the second one was in May of 2022 and both times we let Sherman Auto know that this contract was not in effect and there was no coverage. Okay, so that honestly never told to me. I had no knowledge that my warranty was canceled. So, So, I'm just the administrator on the contract. I don't do cancellations or anything like that. I just approve or deny on the claims. Um all cancellations are done through CarMax at the underwriting department. So, if the contract was canceled, I would probably take it up with CarMax. Okay. Is there anything else you need from him? No, that's all. That's it, man. That's That's all you could do for me at home. Uh I appreciate it, sir. All right. Let's uh All right. Thanks, sir. Let's uh let's step over here. Okay, you got it? You got it? We'll get out of Oops. We'll get out of his way. Do you want to move my car as well? I don't know how this semi You don't lean on the wall or stand right here either. Yeah, that's fine. Where's your car Where's your current car at? Who was supposed to call in the rental and pay for the rental? Sherman Auto is what he just said, right? Is that where your car is currently? Wait, so should we call Sherman Auto? Or You got to speak up for me. I mean, I don't really know what to do. I just want to call. The warranty said that that was canceled on May. No, he said the warranty was canceled in September 2021 and two calls have come in to file claims which they denied both claims. One was in May and I don't know when the other one was. And he said Did he say Sherman Auto called in both? Yeah, he said he called. And Sherman Auto didn't call you to tell you that they the warranty denied the claim or anything? Don't push back. No. Are you This This thing ripped tight. Got some huge wrists. Is this Is this wrist okay for now? All right. Don't push back on it. So, I had no idea that Obviously, you thought the car was due tomorrow. Yeah, I thought I was getting my car back tomorrow cuz that's when I was getting my car back. And you haven't had it You haven't had any communication with Avis. With Avis, no. Avis I I haven't got an email or anything kind of like that. So, I thought everything was fine. He then called the repair shop which confirmed his vehicle had been abandoned there with a bad engine and his warranty had expired. All right. You want to call Sherman Auto? We can talk to them. No. You got a phone number for Sherman Auto? Yeah, it should be in there. In your phone? Is the VIN right? Verifying everything right now. Morning. Thanks for calling Sherman Auto Repair. Sherman speaking. How may I help you? Hey, uh Sherman. You got to speak up for me. Hey, this is uh Sekon James. Okay. Are you there, Mr. James? All right. Can I speak to Sherman? Yes, how are you doing? How may I help you? Uh so, um it's another guy that I've been talking to. I can't remember his name. Antonio, I believe his name is. Yes. Uh-huh. Is he in? Yes, yes. He went to the back. Um are you able to get him on the phone, please? It's important. Okay, what is it that I need to help you with though? Okay, so um I was under the impression that um my warranty was paying for my rental. When did you get it? So, I've done got pulled over by the police and Avis said that the car has been since then listed as stolen. So, I was trying to get the We're trying to get some clarification on like what's going on as far as like Is the car stolen or not? Cuz I was under the impression that my warranty was paying for the rental and my warranty said that they contacted you guys and told y'all that uh my my contract with with them was uh expired. I was trying to get uh get a grasp of what's going on here. Okay. Yeah, your contract with you your warranty contract had expired. Yeah, so the warranty Good. The warranty people That was never like the warranty people never told me that. So, I was driving around here all this time in the rental thinking that it was getting paid and it wasn't. So, I just got pulled over by the police. How long have we talked about Sekon? Um how long have I had it? How long have you had your rental car for? Um I think What is that? You got it in July. Yeah, that's what the paperwork says. I got it in July. Yeah, I mean if you look at your warranty only if you look at your warranty, the policy only gives you a car for 24 days or 25 days. I think that's max. But the thing about they're saying that it was it hasn't been paid since I listed it to since I paid for it the initial time. It was never picked up by my warranty period. All right. So, we are just a repair facility. We don't have a contractual agreement with you nor with the the rental car people. So, we are kind of we just service the car. Hey, Sherman. This is Investigator Schuler, Brookhaven PD. I'm out here. Investigator Schuler, Brookhaven PD. I'm with Mr. James. Yeah. So, do you guys have his Charger there that's being repaired? His Charger is here and he's been told that his car needed engine and the warranty is not covering it. He knows that. We contacted him and he knows that. I even sent an abandonment notice to him letting him know his car is being charged storage for being abandoned here for the longest time. Okay. And then did you guys uh try to contract rental for him or communicate with him about a rental? No, that's between him and his warranty. We did not do that. Okay. All right. Would you just tried to file a claim for the engine and they denied it? Yes, they said his warranty is no longer his warranty has expired. So, that would be a customer issue. Okay. All right. I appreciate it, sir. All right. Disconnect or All right. Can you hang out here for a second? At this point, the driver was arrested. All right, man. I'm waiting confirmation on the car. All right, there's no reason to believe it's not going to come back confirmed as stolen. Okay? On every indication, you should have known it was stolen. All right. You rented the car. It was due back based on the rental paperwork back in July. All right? Your warranty that you said was paying for it expired in September of 2021. So, it hasn't even been good. Your car is at Sherman Auto, but they've told they've communicated with you about abandonment because your engine repair wasn't getting fixed. All right? And and And so, they're they're even going to take possession of your car eventually if you don't come pick it up and they're going to charge you for being there. Uh the Avis has tried to communicate with you to tell you the car is stolen. All right? They want it back. You haven't returned it. And they've gone through all of the processes um reporting it stolen and everything like that, okay? So, you rightfully obtained it, but you did not return it when you were supposed to. All right? One of these is mine. One of these is his. This is I think that one's his. First thing they're going to All right, come on man. We're going to get in the back of the car, okay? What all in this car is yours? Everything is yours? Okay. Cuz it it's going back to uh Avis. All right. Obviously, we're going to take the firearm. It'll be at the police department. All right, let me say that one second. All right, let me see. You sit down first and slide in. It's usually the easiest. So, turn turn that way. And work your way in. You might have to sit sideways, man. You're a big man. You got it? All right, you good? Are you able to turn and I can secure you with a seat belt? I don't know. It's not I'm I'm too big. You think it's going to happen? Let me see if I can work it around. All right, can you just lean forward just a little bit? Try to see if this will come out. Hey Thompson, can you grab the other side of this see if we can if it'll secure or not. At all? Close? Uh close. What if I go over just here duck under? Let's Let's go just your lap. We'll at least get something. There we go. I think that's all we're going to get. All right. All right. You okay with that, miss? Yeah, I'm good. All right. He was charged with theft by receiving stolen property and transported to DeKalb County Jail. Just one second, we'll get out. All right, I got these cell phones, wallet, ID. Slide your other foot out. You got it? You good? Sure you're happy to be out the Hang out, man, right here. Stay in the shade. You want to call somebody real quick? Hello. Hello. Yes. My cell uh What I'm I'm at DeKalb County. I got arrested. Yeah, but right now I'm at DeKalb Yeah, they told me so so let me call you before you uh bond me in there. DeKalb County? Yeah, so that's the jail that's on Memorial Drive. Okay, so what am I needing to do? I don't even know what I need to do. Um I'm not sure. He said that once I get in there get booked the judge will um I don't know on the time frame, but the judge will uh give me a bond. I guess I could call I guess I'd get a call you in there when I get the chance. You want your phone in there? Oh Lordy. Yeah, I'm using my phone right now, yeah. Thank you. So, I wanted to let you know what was going on so you I don't even know what to do. Well, I guess you got to wait for you to get in there and get bonded, right? Yeah. All right, I got you. Oh, that's I'm still in the car. No, he took it out. So, where is that? It's in my car. I got to get it from the police department when I got a chance. I'm going to get your cell phone, but call me back once you get cleared in. All right. All right. There you go. Is that your wallet right there? Don't answer that. Okay. You can go stand back over here. Should be out here shortly. Red camera's off. Got it. Got it. Is that good? We're good? Yeah, okay. Okay, go ahead and call.