On June 13th, 2023, Dunwy police officers responded to a report of mail theft at a local apartment complex in Dunwy, Georgia. The leasing office provided officers with surveillance video. [Music] Hi. >> Hello. >> Um, we got an email from our apartment saying that >> the bill >> Yeah. >> your uh mailbox was damaged or broken into. >> Mm-m. >> Okay. So, my roommate and I, we had box 147. >> Okay. Do you know anything that was in there? >> Okay. I just add like it's some miscellaneous things or something like that. >> Yeah. >> Do you have any questions or anything? >> No. >> I don't know. >> Yeah. It's like almost 50 people's mailboxes. So, it's >> it's just we're just kind of waiting for people to come forward and let us know um whose mailbox is what. But >> Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. No worries. >> Later, a resident shared Ring camera footage showing two suspects walking through the complex. The next day, on June 14th, an officer on patrol spotted a man matching the suspect's description near the same apartment complex. >> Talk to you real quick. All right. Do you have anything in your hands right here? >> Did you see that guy's shoes? >> Okay. Come right here real quick. Okay. We're going to talk to you real quick. Okay. I'll let you know what's going on in a sec. Okay. >> Have you been going to the mailboxes around here? >> No, sir. >> Where you coming from? Do you live here? >> No, I came for a visit a friend. They see. >> Do you have an ID on you? >> I have to check your I have to check your ID because we're investigating right now. You have nothing. You have nothing in your pockets, right? >> Oh, no. Okay, cool. >> Nothing. I just might head to the work. They see. >> But I do have to identify you, okay? And I'll let you know what's going on and everything. >> Yeah. You tell me what's going on now. >> Breathe. Relax. >> I see a lot of police. >> It's okay. We're just talking right now. Okay. So, I need you to identify. >> There you go. >> Okay. Let me see this ID real quick. Give me a second. Okay. >> I did something wrong. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> I want one of them. >> Is that right there at the bat? >> Okay. >> I don't want to. >> Yeah. >> Retain them. >> What? For what? >> Don't Don't pull. Don't pull. >> We'll explain to you what's going on. If you fight, it's going to be worse. >> Then relax in relation to what's going on. Okay. You're not being arrested right now. You're being detained because we're investigating something. Okay. >> Okay. So, if you relax and we figure out, we'll let you go. Okay. >> Okay. Okay. Okay. You doing your job? >> I'm going to sit you right here. >> We're going to figure out what's going on. Okay. >> What are you doing? >> I'll be honest with you. I don't know. Let's do Let's do our thing and we'll get you out of here as soon as we can. >> Yeah. I feel I'm being accused of something. >> I'm sorry. >> I said I feel I'm being accused of something. >> So, they So, management called us about there's an incident that's going on and they identified you. me. >> Yes. So, we're investigating that. We're >> Okay. Yeah. I Yeah, go ahead. I'm waiting for my lawyer. >> All right. >> [ __ ] [Applause] >> He has a screwdriver on him. >> Yeah. He broke in. They broke into the third uh building. After speaking with the detective, he was taken to the jail. During the ride, he told the officer that the other man involved worked with him at the North Italia restaurant. The officer passed this information along to the detective. He was charged with loitering or prowling, criminal trespass, criminal damage to property in the second degree, financial transaction card theft, possession of tools for the commission of a crime, and burglary in the first degree. The next day, officers went to the North Italia restaurant to arrest the second suspect. But this arrest went very differently from the first one. >> What? >> Criminal damage property. >> I work here. WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT? >> I KNOW you work here. >> What are you talking about then? >> For mail thefts. >> What the hell? LIKE I'M AT WORK. WHAT IS Y'ALL TALKING ABOUT? >> What's going on? >> You got any weapons on you? >> No, I do not. What's going on >> right now? You're under arrest for criminal damage. >> Y'all got to tell me for when >> told you to listen to me. >> What the is that? >> Because I'm CRIMINAL DAMAGE NOBODY PROPERTY >> CUZ YOU'VE BEEN AT WORK. SO, HOW am I criminal damaging anybody property >> today? Those from before. Okay, we found out later. Okay. >> What you talking about? >> I'm talking about some mailboxes you broke. >> I ain't breaking nobody down, bro. What the >> YOU'RE WEARING THE SAME. >> WELL, the funny thing is you're wearing >> Tell me I did cuffs, bro. Take me out. >> Yo, >> the funny thing is you're wearing the same outfit as you did when you when you broke into the mailbox. >> I ain't breaking nobody mailbox. >> Okay. >> I don't break. I work. >> Right. I'm just stealing your back. Get back. >> I'm a working man. >> Go take a seat. Now >> y'all take me out the cuffs. Sit down. >> Take a seat. >> No. Y'all take me out the co. I didn't do nothing. We don't take >> you. We just told you PLENTY OF TIME. >> HOW AM I UNDER ARREST? Get give me your supervisor. >> I'm not getting this car to y'all. Give me a supervisor. I didn't DO NOTHING. I'M AT WORK. >> I DIDN'T DO NOTHING. Y'ALL GOT TO TELL ME WHAT I DID. BACK. >> I'M AT WORK right here. >> PUT YOUR FOOT IN. >> Y'ALL got to TELL ME WHAT I DID. >> All right, >> that's him. >> As a courtesy, >> as a courtesy, can somebody just go let them know we took their employee? >> Yeah. >> Okay. We just want to let you know that uh his name, Mr. Learius, >> one of your employees. Uh he's going to jail right now. >> Okay. >> Uh we have warrants for arrest. Uh what's some unrelated things? >> Uh I think I know cuz somebody called yesterday from Dwood EPD asking me some questions and I asked him to it was a detective or something. >> Chung um but I gave him our email but right now we can't get into our manager email to give him information. So okay he did justain. >> Yeah, we just got him and he's uh >> he's not very happy right now with us. I don't know if y'all heard him heard him yelling and all that. >> No. Where is he though? cuz we need to make sure it doesn't cause a seam move. >> Oh, he's already in the back of the car. >> Okay, perfect. I'll let the rest of the management team know. He probably won't be. >> All right. Have a good rest of you. >> Appreciate you. >> Hey. Hey, sir. Take a deep breath on me. OKAY. >> NO, I'M AT WORK. REST OF ME. >> LISTEN, everything's going to be explained to you momentarily. Just let us do our jobs and calm down. I know you're upset, >> bro. THIS IS I'M AT MY JOB. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU'RE GOING to make it worse if you start kicking and all that like you were just doing. And that's why I need you to calm down. >> TAKE ME OUT THESE CARS >> RIGHT NOW. You're under arrest. >> THROUGH WHAT? YOU SAID CRIMINAL DAMAGE WHEN I'M AT WORK. >> OKAY. And I think he said mail theft. BUT IF IT'S HOW HOW I'M AT WORK, >> WHAT KIND OF WHAT KIND OF MAIL I'M DOING AT WORK? >> JUST JUST >> IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN Y'ALL CAN ARREST ANYBODY AND SAY they doing mail. >> So look, I don't know the details of the case. Okay, that's I mean I'm just here to assist. Just calm down. >> NO, I'M NOT CALMING DOWN. I'M F WORD. GIVE ME A SUPERVISOR. >> You You'll talk to the supervisor when you get to the station. >> No, give me a supervisor now. >> I don't think we're going to take him to the station anyways. Only because >> he acting like that. We're We're not going to put him in. >> No, you already got warranty. >> Yeah, >> I'm going to tonight. There's no probable cause. He's like, he's wearing the same outfit as >> Hit my car. HIT HIM ONE MORE TIME. >> I'M AT WORK. YOU PUT YOUR HANDS ON ME. You put your You say you put hands on me. >> You say you're putting hands AROUND MY NECK. YOU SAY YOU PUT YOUR HANDS AROUND MY NECK. NO, YOU JUST PUT YOUR HANDS AROUND MY NECK. I'M TRYING TO TELL I'M PUSHING YOU BACK. >> YOU JUST PUT YOUR HANDS AROUND MY NECK, BRO. >> Move back right now. >> Is he trying to kick you? >> NO, I AIN'T DOING NOTHING. You just put your hands around my neck. >> You going to tell me I didn't come. Get me a Get ME A SUPERVISOR. >> GIVE ME A SUPERVISOR. >> STOP. YOU GOING TO BEAT ME? YOU WANT TO BEAT ME? >> YOU WANT TO SHOOT ME? HUH? >> I DIDN'T DO NOTHING. Calm down. >> NO, I DIDN'T DO NOTHING. WE'RE DOWN HERE. NO. NO. HE'S UP THERE. HE PUT HIS hands around my neck for no reason. >> He tried to talk ME FOR NO REASON. I DIDN'T DO NOTHING. I'M AT WORK. >> WHAT? YO, WHAT JUST HAPPENED? >> NOTHING. I DON'T KNOW. THEY'RE ARRESTING ME FOR FOR CRIMINAL DAMAGE. HOW? I'M AT WORK. WHAT THE KIND OF CRIMINAL DAMAGE DID I DO? >> BRO, what the >> what the kind of criminal damage did I do at work? >> We're just trying to save in here. >> Calm down. >> What kind of criminal damage I do at work? >> We'll explain after we get him safely. >> It was from a couple days ago from MY UNDERSTANDING. >> NO. NO. I WORK. >> NO. NO. I'M AT WORK. >> STOP. NO. THEY GOT TO TELL ME I GET COUGH. CALM DOWN. >> YEAH, this mother right HERE TRYING TO CHOKE ME. >> HE DIDN'T TURN. >> YES, YOU DID. YES, HE DID. AND I CALLED HIM OUT PLENTY OF TIMES. >> I didn't DO NOTHING. I WANT TO SPEAK WITH THE SUPERVISOR NOW. I want to SPEAK WITH SUPERVISOR NOW. >> YOU STILL GOING TO JAIL? >> NO, I DIDN'T DO NOTHING. YOU'RE NOT TAKING me to jail. >> I'M TAKING IT. >> NO, YOU'RE NOT. NO, YOU'RE NOT. >> I'M GOING TO JAIL. >> NO, YOU'RE NOT. >> YES, you are. >> No, you're not. >> Lucy, >> I bet you I didn't do nothing. at 413 and 261. >> No, I didn't do nothing. >> No, >> y'all talking about goddamn TAKING ME TO JAIL FOR FOR CRIMINAL DAMAGE. I'M AT WORK. >> HUH? >> I'M AT WORK. >> THAT [ __ ] SOUND CRAZY. >> CUZ YOU DIDN'T DO IT TODAY. >> THAT SOUNDS I WORK EVERY DAY. >> HEY, YOU DID IT WHILE YOU >> I WORK EVERY DAY. I DIDN'T DO [ __ ] THAT MEAN THAT THAT that's the case. Y'all could arrest anybody and say THEY DID IT. >> Y'ALL COULD ARREST ANYBODY AND SAY THEY DID IT. NO, >> HE HAS A WARRANT FOR YOUR ARREST, TOO. >> You have a warrant for your arrest in Alabama. All extradition. >> No, it's not. No, it's not. NO, IT'S NOT. >> NO, IT'S NOT. I JUST GOT OUT OF DEC. >> OKAY. Which way? Take him out. >> You see a hurt me, bro, for no reason. Pull him out. >> No, I didn't do nothing. >> Can you stand up? >> No. If you hurt my back for no reason. >> Can you stand up and relax? >> No, I didn't do nothing. >> Was the supervisor my little go? >> I personally asked for the supervisor. He is coming. Okay. But you can't be kicking a police CALL LIKE THAT. >> HE CAN'T BE CHOKING ME. I KNOW THAT. HE AIN'T SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. I know that. Let's put that be the same way when we get to the gym. >> Okay. >> No. >> Okay. You ain't going to kick me, buddy. >> The bottom says put in the bottom. >> What? You going to choke me too? Again? You going to choke me again? Huh? >> No. >> Huh? You going TO TRY TO CHOKE ME OUT AGAIN? >> OH, NO. >> HUH? >> I got >> Yeah. Y'ALL BASHING ME AT MY JOB JUST TO LET ME GO. I DIDN'T EVEN DO NOTHING. >> Y TALKING ABOUT CRIMINAL criminal wetriminal damage. I'M AT WORK. HOW THE did I criminal damage anything at work? >> So, is criminal damage your property when you break in the mailboxes? >> I DIDN'T BREAK IN NOBODY MAILBOXES. >> YEAH, >> I'LL BE AT WORK. >> DARIUS, that wasn't a question. It's because of what you did. >> What? What? What? What? SHOW SHOW ME WHY I BROKE IN SOMEBODY MAILBOX. >> I'll show you that in court. >> Show me. >> I'll show you that in court. >> SHOW ME NOW. Y'ALL ARRESTED ME. >> YOU'RE not entitled to that right now. >> Hell no, man. Stop. No, I didn't do nothing. >> Do not kick. Do not >> do not kick. >> I'm not kicking. They doing all that. >> OUCH. >> STOP IT. YOU TRYING TO BREAK MY LEG. TRY TO BREAK MY LEG. STOP. >> Can you STOP THRASHING? >> I'M NOT. YOU SEE THEM? I SEE you watching. >> I see you pulling AWAY RIGHT NOW. >> I'M NOT CUZ HE CRASHING MY LEG. 62. Start this way. Go ahead. >> The y'all arrested me for >> I still don't get it. >> Straight down this way. >> You see him doing that on purpose, man. Hey, >> you see him doing that on purpose, man? Now you want Now you want to put on your camera. Now you want to put on your camera. >> Camera's been on the whole time. >> He should have had on HIM WHEN HE WAS CHOKING ME. >> HILARIOUS. IT got knocked off. I had that on my camera. Okay. >> He should have had on his when he was choking me. >> All of our cameras been on. >> No, they haven't. He just put them on. I just I'm watching him now. >> Okay. >> Well, mine's been on from the getgo. OKAY. >> HE TALKING ABOUT CRIMINAL DAMAGE SOMETHING. HOW? I'M AT WORK. I'M AT WORK. >> I WORK EVERY DAY. HOW THE DID I CRIMINAL DAMAGE ANYTHING AT WORK? >> OKAY. >> HOW? HOW? >> That's crazy. >> GIVE ME A SUPERVISOR. >> WE NEED TO HURRY THE UP THEN. >> YOU DON'T WORK on your time, BUDDY. >> HELL NO. NO, I'M NOT COMING DOWN. I'M NOT COMING DOWN AT ALL. I'M AT WORK AND Y'ALL DOING ME LIKE THIS. There's >> two supervisors here now. All right. >> They're getting out of their cars. What you two? >> Yeah. What's going >> I don't know what the hell going on. I'm at work and and they talking about some criminal damage uh thing that I supposed to been had done uh uh uh days ago. Okay. If y'all say I did some criminal damage stuff, for one, I know that all I do is work. I'm at my job RIGHT NOW. MY SUPERVISOR JUST CAME out here to tell these guys I'm at work. So if y'all if y'all talking about I did any KIND OF CRIMINAL DAMAGE, SHOW ME THE PROOF WHILE I'M AT WORK. YOU DON'T DO ME LIKE THIS. >> THAT'S what >> I didn't do nothing as far. I didn't do nothing. >> The detective here has enough information to charge you WITH A CRIME. >> HOW? WELL, WHAT CRIME DID I DO? >> LIS, I'll be out front with you. Okay, >> I'm the detective. Okay. >> What crime did I do? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M TRYING TO BE QUIET. >> YOU'RE WILLING TO LISTEN. I'll explain you. Okay. >> Come on. >> So, right now, you're suspected of criminal damage property, which which means you were breaking their mailboxes. The reason I believe you're the person cuz you're wearing the exact same outfit as I have you on camera. Break into a mailbox. Same shoes, same pants. You got the same straps on, man. YOU'RE WEARING >> THESE SHOES JUST CAME OUT. EVERYBODY GOT THESE SHOES. >> Same hair, by the way. >> YEAH. >> SO, EVERYBODY GOT THREADS. YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IN MY JOB GOT >> THAT'S WHY. THAT'S WHY. That's why you be in charge. ACTUAL DIFFERENT DAYS. >> NO, Y'ALL CAN'T TALK. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S RACIAL PROFILING. CUZ I'M BLACK. CUZ I'M A BLACK MAN WITH TRANS. >> Cuz I'm a BLACK MAN WITH TRANS. >> IT'S A MAN IN MY JAW. EVERYBODY IN MY JAW got the >> Can I get a THE OTHER SIDE? >> EVERYBODY IN MY JAW GOT DREAD. THERE THREE PEOPLE AND I GOT DREAD. >> YEAH. >> You taking? >> Yeah. I need somebody to pull WITH ME. >> NO. Y'ALL SHOW ME HOW THE I DID. I don't know. Hell no. Hey, y'all got to loosen up the coats. Let's pull his feet. >> If you want to close that door, why are you pushing back, man? >> You're going to jail. Okay, that's not changing. >> No, let me speak with that supervisor. >> He's here. Okay, but we need to close this door. We need >> the proof. I'm at work. Y'all can't just arrest people. >> He's here. the guy with the stripes on his shirt. OKAY, >> SHOW ME WHAT I DO. >> I DIDN'T JAYWALK OR NOTHING. Y'ALL THINK Y'ALL JUST KIND OF REST PEOPLE BECAUSE Y'ALL SUSPECTED OF DOING SOMETHING AT THEIR JOB. >> Y'ALL RACIAL PROFILING ME. >> NOBODY SAID ANYTHING about your >> ain't nobody sending you. Y'ALL RACIAL PROFILING ME. >> OKAY, >> stop resisting. Please, >> dude. Stop on you in there, >> dude. Just put your head in. Put your head in. >> I didn't do nothing. Put them in my hand first place. >> Put your head in. >> Hell no. >> Hold them up front in the front. >> HEY, CALL MY CALL. CALL MY MAMA, BABY. >> What's the number? >> Let's push this side in first. >> All right. Now, we'll do the feet. >> Stay in the car. >> I didn't do nothing. Stay in. I didn't do nothing. >> Don't ready. Is everybody okay? >> Okay. >> Hey, >> what's up, man? >> Can I speak with my manager? >> Where's your manager? >> Right here. Right here. >> So, why would I do you a favor when you're acting up? I'm not giving me any favors. >> You can show me code three on the left. We have your damn court. >> You have a warrant as well. >> I don't want >> Where's your manager? >> What do you want to tell your manager? >> What? >> What do you want me to tell your manager? >> Just roll down my window. I have >> been active in the mall parking lot today. >> Yo, who's the manager? >> Who's the manager? >> You're the manager right now. >> Active in the mall parking lot today. >> Yo, >> start screaming. I'll close the window. >> I'm not going to scream. I'm not ignorant. >> You acting ignorant the whole time. >> Acting ignorant just >> Okay, so there you go. >> My wife, >> dude, stop. Just stop, man. Just stop. >> You sitting here talking about I'm acting like >> I'm doing my job. >> Roll out the window. >> I'm doing my job and you're being disorderly. >> So if you don't stop and calm down, I will I will tie you up to the bottom and then you can't even sit down. You be face down to the ground. >> Okay. And like I said, I'm not charging you with that. I'm just picking you up. >> That's affirmative. I got it. And now I'm at additional charges for the raping acting my car kicking at me. >> If you get back to me like that. >> Okay. You have your day in court. You have your day in court. You have your damn court. >> Obviously they have enough evidence against you to put a warrant for arrest for me taking me to jail and you talking about I have a day of court for something I didn't do. >> Okay. That's when you going to tell him you didn't do it. Well, your manager left. He didn't want to talk to you. One door mail from my location to the cabin tank. Starting mileage 3399. >> All right, man. She going to do a COVID test on you, right? >> I'm sure you've been this through this process before. >> Yeah, >> supervisor. >> Hey, Mr. >> Hey, supervisor. >> I'm right here. >> I'm telling you, I got CO. Anyway, supervisor. >> I still have to test the test to make sure. >> Can I do a quick test on you? >> And can I speak with the supervisor? >> I'm right here. >> He's right here. >> Hello. >> Right here. >> Right here. I'm right here. Hey, >> can can you please can I can I speak with you calmly? >> Yes, calmly. >> Can you come can you come on this side? First off, this hand comes way too tight. >> Okay. >> Secondly, I'm not noing dog. Thirdly, thirdly, I do I did nothing. Absolutely not. They came to pick me up at mying job. At my job. >> They going to do the CO TEST OR NO? >> NO, I DIDN'T. I GOT CO. I'M TELLING YOU. >> You still going to go to jail? >> I don't give a damn. >> We going to test at the Come on. >> Can I take him out? >> Can I speak with the supervisor first? Get you out. >> All right. Come on, man. >> I'd like to speak with the supervisor. >> You will, man. I talk on my side, bro. Come on. I told you just cool before you got more charges, bro. Bro, I don't give a damn. You already telling me goddamn I already got like I don't know how many felonies or some [ __ ] I didn't do. >> I I kept about that [ __ ] for >> Let me speak with the supervisor. >> Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. >> Come talk to me. >> Can you walk? >> Cuz I didn't do nothing wrong. I didn't do nothing wrong. They can't beat me up at my job. Talking about criminal damage. How? I'm at work. How they they talking about I FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT? I fit the description cuz I'm black and I got on black shoes. >> No, I didn't do nothing. >> I didn't do nothing. >> Absolutely nothing, sir. >> Yes. My apologies about all this, but yes, I'm going to act crazy for something that I know didn't do. They came and pick me up at my job talking about I'm criminal damage or anything and broken mailboxes. Really? I'm at work. How? I'm at work. My manager came to talk to you. >> Okay. Here you go. Hey, sir. >> Okay. >> These nurses want to ask you a couple questions. They just want to check you out. Make sure you're good and then we'll continue this conversation. All right. The other nurses check you out. >> Whoa. Whoa. We need to get one of them. >> Yeah. >> Tell him tell me take this walk. >> Tell me take this off. You can just put them right on. >> Take it off. >> All right. So, sir, >> you going to fight when we take off these take out this I mean take this stuff off. >> Sorry. You know me, bro. >> Okay. Well, you go ahead and take them off. >> Everybody step back for me. Appreciate you. Anybody? >> Thank you. I appreciate >> you with the yellow with the yellow. Just press him down. I appreciate. >> All right. Excuse me. Herman real quick. >> Can you step right there for me? >> All right. I know. Just step. It's all right. He was charged with criminal damage to property, obstruction, criminal trespass, and first-degree burglary, and was booked into Dalb County Jail.