On June 10th, 2022, Chambbley police officers received a call from the losserevention team at the Five Below store in Chambbley, Georgia. They reported an employee involved in theft. He was processing fraudulent returns and transferring money onto his own debit and credit cards. In just 10 days, he took almost $2,300. So, can you run me through real time? So 17-year-old on June on May 28th, he started doing uh fraudulent returns at the register. Um both for cash and putting money in his checking account by doing returns to credit and would insert his debit card and that would put the money in the checking account essentially. Okay. He's done a total and so between the 28th of May and June 8th, 2 days ago, his total is 22. Hold on there one second. He said the June 8th. Yeah. May 28th to June June 8th is the time period. Okay. How many? Uh 16 total returns. And that's the dollar amount. 2267.34 22. Okay. You said this was in a variety of Yep. Half that that much was to his credit to his Jack King account. That much was just for straight cash. But the register we just spit out the cash. Okay. And then he's provided a statement. So there all these transactions are on video as well. Um he's provided a statement and then he's and and so when you do a return it prints out a receipt. He then followed up those receipts to him away. So we were able to reprint the duplicates of the receipts and he today during our conversation we would admitted everything signed each one of the 16 receipts showing in amounts showing and then the credit card numbers are encoded because it's because of the law now but they're all but they encode to the same number. That's how they do do it. Uh, and we know it's his card because on the one time that he used his car that he used that card along with his um employee ID number to make a purchase. So, that's how we knew it was him. Plus, we saw him on video. So, between that Do you have a copy of that video footage? Not. Yeah, I need we have I can dub it down to a a thumb drive, but we can get it to you in the next 24 48 hours. No problem. But I can make a copy of all this for you or I can scan it and email it to you. No, copies will be better. Physical copies. Do you want a physical copy? We can make them on the Okay. Yeah. I can get I can make copies. Okay. So, what's that statement? Yeah, absolutely. So, what's the process? Because he's a minor and nothing. He's not a minor. I thought he was uh 17. You go to big boy jail. Oh, you do? Yeah. So, you guys want to prosecute? He's going to the Cav County. I'm going to talk with him first. Um, so the process from here, I know you guys have, you know, your confession and stuff. Sure. But I'm going to talk with him. I'm going to read his Miranda warnings. See if he'd be willing to talk to me about what took place. He kind of saying, "Yeah, that was me. I did it." If you taking a ride to the county 17 was minor. So, I It's not with a felony. It's Hm. No, it's a felony charge. Is it because of the felony charge? No, it's cuz of age. His age. Okay. 16 and younger, you go to Yeah. DJJ, Department of Juvenile Justice. 17 and older, you go to the local county. It's crazy. 17 you go to jail, but 17 you can also be locked as a runaway child. Interesting. Yep. [Music] Yeah. [Music] Hello there. Hi. [Music] He's going to check and make sure um that they want him picked up. H He's going to check and make sure they weren't rescued. Okay, perfect. [Music] Good luck. Talk to All right. Thank you. You don't have to call her. Thank you. Appreciate it. All right. Byebye. Yep. The the boss says we're going to go with prosecution. Okay. So, here's your statement back. And can you point me to where he is? You want to take it back, Georgia? Why reach out with Julio and call it back? Uh, yeah. I don't know. Julio 66. [Music] What's going on? How are you? I could tell him he needs to call his mom whenever he gets booked in. That's fine. He's got a sword on on him now, so I don't know if he's really contacted or not. Okay. Well, I'll let him call her from the uh the car. Yeah, I had no idea that 17. It's a Georgia, not a Georgia law. Uh, Georgia in the state of Georgia. Yep. [Applause] [Music] Suspect was sitting relaxed and believed he wouldn't go to jail due to his age, but was mistaken. How's it going, man? What's your last name? Look, I'm going to read you something. Okay, let's go. Miranda warnings. I just need to finish it and then I just need a yes or a no at the end. Okay. Huh? I said all I need is a yes or a no at the end of it. Okay. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you and government expense. Knowing and understanding your rights as I have explained them to you. Are you willing to answer any questions without an attorney present? Like so I have to have attorney. What do you mean? Like so I have to speak to attorney or No, that's not what I said. No, no, no. I know. No, I understand what you were saying, but I'm like but the yes or no. Like like would you like to speak to me without an attorney here? Um I can. Yeah. Yes. No. Like no. Like um I want to and like like both. Like yeah and no. If that makes sense. No, it doesn't. All right. So, I have to speak with attorney if I want them here. Do you want an attorney? Uh, yeah. Okay. So, you don't want to talk to me then? Oh, well, I want to talk to you, but Yeah. You're not making Well, that don't make sense. Like, I want to do I can't do both. No, right. I mean, if you rather talk to me with an attorney present, then we can't talk right now. Okay. So, which one is better for like us? I can't answer that for you. I can only ask you this and it's either yes or no. Okay. So, uh, I have to talk with an attorney. Okay, perfect. Just hang tight. Okay. Can I get a copy of the Yeah. Yeah. I need to get in the office. He's Yeah. You want a copy of everything, right? Yes, please. 360 radio. I'm going to kiss him. The suspect was surprised by his arrest and asked the officer to call his mom. That's a statement in all the receipts. Thank you. All right, Miss Sprinkle, stand up for me. Stand up. Stand up. Come on. Put your hands behind you. I got to call my mom at least. We'll call her in the car. In the car once a while. We'll call her in the car. Huh? I I'll get you. I'll get it for you. Put your phone on the seat. Put your phone on the seat. Okay. Put your hands behind your back. Just face the wall, bro. All right. So, I have a question. I'll answer your questions. Okay. Can y'all leave? I didn't even call my mom. Why do I have to call your mom? What you mean? I'm on the I'm on the ship right now. Okay. You're being placed under arrest, though. So, where am I going? County Jail. Wait, I didn't even call my mom, though. I don't have to call your mom, sir. Why? You're an adult. I'm a minor. I'm only 17. I just turned 17. State of Georgia. All right. So, can you at least call my mom, please? I said I will. Right. I said when we get to the car, I'll call your mom. And so, can you get my get her number from my phone, please? Okay. That's all I'm asking. Okay. No, for real. We're going to work. Okay. We're going to work. What do you want me to do? I said, "Okay, but I got to put you in handcuffs. You're going to jail." Wait, but for what though? For theft. What are you talking about? I I asked him. I literally asked him. I said, "Can you take the the money off my check?" Literally. Okay. Excuse me, Mr. Coper. I don't know your name. Hello. Yes. Yes. You said you want to take your AirPod out? Yeah. Can you put it in my pocket, please? Yeah. All right. So, I asked you, can you take like the money off my check? Yeah. Unfortunately, we I contacted corporate and my instructions from my boss was to to press charges based on the dollar amount of 2200. Huh? to press charges based on the dollar am I correct. But for when I'm a minor man, I I asked you. I said I could I could you could take it off my my check. I would work for the check. No, I understand. I understand. But but I have a boss and my boss instructor. Put your phone in your pocket. Yep. No, that's why I actually take it off my check cuz I would literally work for my check. No, I understand. But I I have a boss like everybody else and my boss instructed me to contact the authorities and file charges for for the theft of the $2,200. That's what I'm saying. I could I could literally like pay the dues back. That's what I'm saying. I understand. Well, that'll happen, but it'll have to go through the process of But why I'm going to jail for it? That's That's how the processor. You're not. You're currently not in Georgia. You're not. I just turned 17. That's fine. 17. You're an adult. How? I'm That's the law. I don't have an explanation of how it is. I I didn't even call my mom, though. I don't have to. I'm doing you a good graces by calling her once we get to the car. No, no, I understand that, sir. But you're an adult, which they don't have the contact. I never I never knew that cuz the last cops I spoke to, they said when you turn like 8 18. I didn't 17. I didn't know that. So, let me get your car. Can you go my mom, please? But I ask you, can you feel me? Can like you take it off my check? Like, I I'll work the check. He don't have the authority to do that. I don't have the ability to do that. That's what I'm trying to say. Everybody got a boss. I got a boss. He got a boss. And his boss said no. All right. We'll walk up to the car. You can't like So, so I I know I'm fired, right? 68 radio. Yeah, you you are terminated. Yes, you are. All right. So, that that's what I'm saying. So, can I like at least like play back the the You will over time. That'll That'll go through the court. Go through the court. Okay. Today's the first step. Today's step one. All right. So, you call your mom. You let him call his mom. I'll let you call your mom. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Cuz my mom's at work right now. Okay. We'll call when we get outside. You have any other questions for him? Yeah. I just wanted to pay the money back and I I explained why for me I was I do that I I apologize. I don't really steal, bro. That's not me. I was not bored like that. Nobody but you did though this occasion. Yeah. And I and I I'll pay it back. I know you will in cash. I know. But but in 10 days you stole $2,200. Not like $5, not 20. You stole $2,200 in 10 days. Yeah. And now you hit it hard and heavy. And because of that and because it's your credit card, that's a big deal. Yeah. And that's that's what I'm saying. It's not on my credit card. That's what I'm saying. It went to your debit. It went to your checking account. Yeah. Yeah. That's what I'm saying. But it's not on my car no more. So that's what I'm saying. If I could give y'all the cash. But you don't have the cash. No. Huh? I could get it. You give it to your cousin. No, but I'm saying I could get it like literally now. You can come up with $2,200 in cash. Yeah, I could definitely give it to y'all. Well, we if the court allows that, then that's what we'll do. But we got to do this step first. So, I could definitely give it to y'all right now if y'all want me to. No, you don't got to give nothing to me. No, no, not you. I'm saying like to the like to to the store. That might be something that y'all have to figure out during the court process, sir. So, will you come out with a case number or anything like that? Oh, actually right here. And if you could Yeah, I'd like a copy of this. Email the That's yours. Oh, for me? Yep. Your email address? Yep. I'm going to have my guy at corporate email you a link with cuz it's too big to email. It's like a Dropbox link. That works. How you going to call my mom if the number's in my phone? I'm going to get your phone out your pocket. I know. I can just pay no money. I know. This is really fun up, bro. That's why I cannot like take the the the thing off my chest. I got you, but you you asked the wrong person. He don't have that power. I I'm not asking you. No, no. I'm talking about him. He don't have that power. He can't, you know, just let you do that. He don't have the authority to do that. He might want to be able to do that and thought that was the option, but once he called his bosses, his bosses said, "No, you can't do that." I never knew 17 an adult. I never knew that. I never knew that, bro. Every job, bro. I never knew that, bro. Bro, take a look at this, bro. [Music] We're going to go to this one right here. All right. I love daily. I'mma take care of my little sister. [Music] I'm going to take care of my little sister. I don't have all the answers for you, man. I don't I wish I could tell you how you going to do everything, but I can't. I don't have the answers. So, like, okay, tell her we're about to call her from his phone. that that's my that's my I got you. I got my own. I don't want yours, but I got to do my job. I'm going to say you want my stuff or nothing. [Music] That's just um my ID and stuff. Well, that's my New York ID. My other ID is right there. My Georgia ID. Face the car for me. The officer placed him in the patrol vehicle and allowed him to call his mother. Go ahead, have a seat and I'm going to grab your phone and we'll call your mom. What have you se Oh, the the the thing. No, that that's meant like that. [Music] Um, just wipe it up. Yeah. And then got to And then uh it should be mother. Yeah. Right there. Hello. Hello. What happened, bro? I tried to tell them, bro, that feel me? I like I could give him I could give him all the money back, bro. It was not for me. Feel me? It was not for me, bro. Who it was for? It was for Ray Sean, bro. Cuz he was homeless, bro. And I was helping, bro. Who's Raan? May Sean remember have we spoke to him before? Who's Ray Sean? May Sean the one I always used to be with in New York. The one that that that was like family and I So So did they take you to jail? I don't know. He said that he said that I'm Yes, ma'am. I am. See, he said since I'm 17, I got to go to jail. But how I'm feel like he going to jail? Okay, sir. Please explain to me what's happening. Yes, ma'am. This is Officer Black with City of Shambbley. So, I got I got to uh I got to like spit. Can I spell the floor, please? Go ahead. I'm sorry. He was spitting. I wanted to make sure you didn't spit me. Um so, we were called to Five Below by their loss prevention stating that your son uh I don't what's your first name? Donel J. J. Jamir Jair um over the course of 10 days did I don't want to give you the wrong 16 transaction frauds totaling into an amount of $2,267.34 of that $2,267.34 $1,556.18 went to his debit card and $711.60 60 cents he took out in cash. Okay. So, being that he did fraudulent returns, um he is going to go they wanted to they wanted to prosecute and pursue charges on him. So, being that they want to pursue charges on him and he is 17 years of age, he gets transported to the Cab County Detention Center. He does not go to juvenile court. He is 17 in the state of Georgia. 17. You are All right. All right. So now what? Hey, look. I can I tell Let me Let me answer a question. I'll let you talk to. Okay. So, what will happen right now is once we leave this scene, I'll take him to the cab. Um he'll have a warrant. He'll go before a judge and the judge will tell him what his bail or bond is. And um he'll be able to call you and say, "Hey, mom, my bond is this much money." And then you can go through the proper procedures to be able to get him out. All right. Thank you. You're welcome. Um he wants to talk to you. No, cuz m I I was giving him the money back in his mouth for me. That's what I'm trying to keep telling him. And the guy just li he just lied to me cuz he just mean he just said nothing. I swear he just said nothing's going to happen. And I knew he was going to go to cops. But I already had a feeling, bro. I mean, he said he said if I the truth, he said if I tell the truth, it will be all good. Bro, he just said that. Who said that? Who said that? THE WHITE GUY. HE SAID IF I TELL THE TRUTH every he was under the misconception as well as you that you are a minor and once I got here and I told him 17 you're no longer a minor in the state of Georgia. That's when he called his boss and see if they still want to continue to pursue charges. That's why I That's why I literally asked him can I like if he origally originally he thought it was just going to be I just don't want him to have no no melt down because he's he also he's autistic and I just don't want him to you know I'm just nervous and I just want to make sure that he is safe that's all they just he is um um you know I'll keep a close eye on him as long as I can. Right now it's uh we're just going to head up there. But like I said, the manager or the loss prevention, not the manager, was also under the same assumption that you were 17, which means you were a minor, which means they were just going to call mom and try to work something out with mom. Yeah, that's not the case. Let me call let me let me let me call the store. Okay. Like I said, that's not the case. That's what that's what I'm saying. Cuz I that's why I asked him, can he take it off my check cuz my next check is a thousand something. He thought he could, but he can't because you are not a minor. You see what I'm saying? Yeah. So, he was telling you the truth because under the same assumption that you thought you were 17. Yeah. But I have to go home today. I have a game tomorrow. Like I have to listen look. It's not murder. It's a that you ain't going to be in there for life. You going to be in there. Your mom going to come and get you and then you'll be out. You'll be out today as long as your mom can come up there. Yeah, she can. That's why. So, calm down. I don't like being locked up, bro. This is like my fourth time being locked up, bro. All right. So, she'll come and get you today. Watch your leg real quick. [Music] What else you got? I got your your phone. Yeah, your AirPod and your keys. Your wallet is still in your pocket. All right. And I got my Apple Watch on my art. Yeah, that that you could take the art off when you get there. All right. So everything go You said what? So everything's going to go with me when my wife will give me. Yeah. Everything going with you right now. I'm not taking anything away from you. You ain't got no drops, nothing like that. That's only thing I would take away from you. No, I don't I'm not taking your your AirPods or your your watch or nothing like that. That's all going to go with you when you get down there. All right. All right. The young employee was charged with theft and transported to DAB County Jail. Hello. Can you ask the officer where is it that they taking you? I don't have my phone. He has it. I'm right here. Um, the Cab County Jail. Just type Just type in Decap County Jail. Yes, ma'am. So, if you type in I can actually give you the address whenever you're ready. Okay. Hold on. And so, and so when will he begin go before a judge? Um, the sooner we get down there, the the sooner it'll be cuz once I once I get him booked in, uh, I go right next door, I'll take out his warrant and Okay. I'm so sad that you was freaking Why would you be helping somebody and then now look at this? What's the what's I know. I apologize. Give a little money back. 15 Memorial Drive. Memorial Drive. I tried to give them the money back, but they don't want to take it, bro. That's why I like take my check. And they fired me, so they could just take the check. My whole next check is 15. And this is the part when I say you smart in areas, but some areas you ain't got it all together. And that's the part that I'm frustrated about because you allow people to manipulate you. I know. And mom, that's why I said my next check they could take it from me, bro. It's literally 1,500. I'm getting paid for. Yes, ma'am. You allow people to manipulate you when I You're welcome. When can I come or should I wait? Um, I would say within the give it about an hour or two, but he'll be able to make phone calls and so once he gets there, he can call you and let you know. um when to come down. All right. Thank you, sir. You're welcome. And what is your name again? Officer Black. Like the color. I'm so disappointed. Like I said, I'm just concerned my son has autism and I just don't, you know, I got you. It's not like I like I, you know, explained to him to help him calm down. It's not the crime of the century. It's not like he did a big diamond heist or, you know, committed murder like that. It's just a it's theft is what it is, right? And so just like I said, I just don't want him to get to know have no attack or go and get all of this because he you know what's happening. I just want him to remain calm. That's all. I got you. Thank you so Thank you so much, Officer Black. I'll talk to you later. All right. Byebye. Bye. Hey, Sarge. Yeah. Did you ever get the manager's information? You want to go back and get it? Please. just his or whoever's the the one that's going to do the prosecuting. I believe it's him. I'll just get his name, address, and phone number. Yeah, that's fine. I I just got back here. I was about to put him in the call and I realized Okay. I never got his stuff so I can take out the warrant. I called Lois. She said it's just theft, not financial fraud because it's not like a stolen debit card or anything, right? It's his card. So, okay. Let me get that for you real quick. Thank you. 368