on October 26th 2023 at around 1:00 a.m. security cameras at the Sandy Springs Police Department headquarters captured a black Dodge Charger laying drag and doing donuts near the building's parking lot just a few days later on November 3rd officers on patrol spotted the same Dodge Charger a traffic stop was initiated Tango [Music] 76 T the lights Adair Lane approaching Morgan's Falls Alabama tag one Romeo alpha bravo bravo one Tango a black Dodge Charger say final stops going to be the rear headquarters the final stops going to be the rear police headquarters don't say anything about it the driver upon being asked for his license provided only his name and date of birth s you want back window how yall doing all right thank you good morning man good morning all right hold on one second right hey go ahead go ahead and turn the car off for me appreciate it man it's just hard to hear you it is a misdemeanor in the state of Georgia to misrepresent yourself okay I want you to tell me the truth and tell me your full name right off the bat number licite it down I understand you're frustrated just take a breath in me all right what's your last name all right hang out I'll be with you in just a second okay ma'am you all right okay is there any reason you a wearing seat belts coming right here I got you why aren't you wearing seat belt so I'm in the Traffic Unit I work crashes okay when I say seat belt save lives even if it's just down the road dude please wear your seat belts all right do you have an active driver's license uh that's what I'm for now I know my license is suspended I've gotten all the paperwork everything showing I paid off on my classes everything on sup gotta that's why do you have a driver's license why didn't you let her drive I don't like I don't like ding this car she's newor too bad okay all right hang tired for me okay we still that huh you'll do it a quick check revealed a suspended license despite the driver's claims of a possible mistake and paid the fees he was arrested all right so go and step out of the car for me I appreciate it just St to the rear you don't have any weapons or anything on you no I'm just going to patch you down real quick okay thank you put your hand your back while he does that release your fingers your feet out please it's CU your license is suspended because it's failure to appear I'm sorry sorry because it's failure to appear we don't have a choice I got Auto receipts to Pro that's the reason for the reason for receip know I know but your license is suspended okay that's the bottom line is down and give me give me one second I'm going to explain it to you this the thing go back to jail he me for a second I'm I'm going to let you talk I'm just going to explain this to you so your license is suspended okay this then they have reasons for suspension yours is very to appear times three has nothing to do with Sandy Springs it was before that in Sandy Springs our policy says that if it's this because of this we have to do this all right go ahead though what I already went to jail for driving driving driving on the suspended that tce in S springs that is how I came to the it was only once it was never twice T you got a ticket you got arrested and you got a ticket okay yeah both for the same thing and it happened within the same I feel you knew your license was suspended Alabama and paid everything I have the paperwork saying I understand that but you you can't drive until after you know what I mean I understand that but y'all going to take me to jail again that's that's if you weren't driving I wouldn't have to you know what I mean like literally I I understand where you're coming from I really do and I get your frustration how fast did you get out of smart last time that's not the point I don't have the money I know I know I know it's not the point I'm just not a conversation with it took like 10 12 hours I'm supposed to be at work now like I'm going through I'm okay bro so I'm going to get a FTA here with all because I have court explain it to him this is a reason to miss Court you know what I mean and the good thing is it's the same court that we it's it's the same court that we work in so it's very easily communicated saying hey so and so miss court because of this it's not a fair to appear it's just he unfortunately was arrested that's money myfriend okay yeah we can give it to your girl yeah give me one second we'll let you out a car in a second just stay in the car for me Hey listen you just handed this to me look sir I'm I'm going to count it though Bob okay ma'am just it's y on camera and both y'all see officers explained the situation to his mother he called for assistance let's walk back here I'll bring your phone how do I hang up this or is it this phone trying to hang up the phone he you want to say bye I mean I'll let you say bye to her you you all you all speak phone okay so what's going on cuz you just paid that's what I'm saying so he he has a he has a suspended license and he's driving that's just the bottom line man all right but does he does she have her phone number okay all right man we're going to hang up but what's your name ma' as Ashanti has her phone okay okay you want these to go with you yes can I give her the airpods okay we're going to look two airpods handed to you okay all right let's walk to the re okay pass side hey do you have a r card Miranda I don't yep all right hold on I'm going to uh I have to get your seat Bel on can you hold for a sec see man you know Miranda or do you want to read it i' rather read it okay do you have a card let me get it your butt you don't lean on the Cs after being advised of his Miranda rights the driver initially refused to speak with officers but when they told him that they will be Towing his car for doing donuts few days earlier he changed his mind and agreed to speak with them all right sir just cuz you're under arrest I have to redo this okay you're the right to remain silent anything you say can be used against in the court you're the right to talk to a lawyer for advice before we asking any questions if um you're the right to have a lawyer with you during question if you cannot afford a lawyer want to be appointed uh for you before any question if you wish if you decide to answer questions now with not a lawyer presid you have the right to stop answering at any time do you understand your rights sir okay do you want to speak with me okay all right I'm going to tell you this I'm not asking you questions okay you don't have to answer um your vehicle was used in a crime actually right there Lane drag doing donuts okay a few nights ago all right so uh we're investigating that we're taking your vehicle so yeah I'm toing your vehicle I have a it's was using a crime or investigating that crime but how are you taking the you said you don't want to talk to me no no no you you said I can ask questions though bro you said I can ask questions though go ahead ask questions I don't have to answer you don't want to talk to me that's fine I'm you you ask I'm I'm talking though okay okay so before we do that do you need me to read your rights again or do you know your rights okay do you want to speak with me I okay so are you wait this is this is all this is all my right to all right go ahead sir I'm saying how you going to my vehicle all right so let me see if I can articulate this for you um are you the only operator of that vehicle no that vehicle is not in my name okay whose vehicle is it that is my grandmother's vle said I'm not is your grandmother okay we're not from down me and my grandmother say in Alabama okay is your grandmother here in Georgia with you no she's in Alabama okay so who's been driving the vehicle in the state of Georgia when I come up here for court I drive the so are you the only one that drives that vehicle when you're in the state of Georgia yes okay were you out here laying drag the other night no I wasn't here the other night the past we I've been out I'm I'm going to I'm going to share we're going to play baseball right I wasn't always a patrol off as a detective so here's the deal that's strike one you get two more strikes and after that it is what it is okay all of these buildings this is Police Headquarters there's plate readers and cameras all over it that's why we knew you out your way and drag okay so I'm going to give you your second strike out here laying drag I have your vehicle on camera sir doing donuts the tire the rubber is still on the street over there so it's a very simple question you just told me show you the video You're you just told me you're the only person who drives this vehicle when you're in the state of Georgia correct right okay your grandmother's the only other authorized user of that vehicle and she is not in the state of Georgia with you has she been in the state of Georgia with you at any time in the past month okay so with that in mind you basically just told me the month yes I have like okay that's what that's why your vehicle is being impounded you're not your vehicle is not being impounded because you have a suspended license it's being impounded because of that because you were laying those so how much would it be to get my car in so so why were you doing that dude what's the point like did you know Sandy Springs headquarters T not here no I don't think I don't think you would have did it if you known that's that's why we're asking cuz I'm going tell you smile the chap police is probably watching you right now I don't I don't live here I don't live here I come up here maybe every other having a good time maybe I won't even say every other weekend I come up here maybe once a month twice a month come see my sister my sister just moved up here she got some [ __ ] going on so yes I will admit about 2 weeks ago I came from a car me in Alabama MH had my girl with me I was like babe watch this boom get a quick donut got out of there yeah it was a quick donut I I was I was not aware that you feel me the police headquarters was right here literally literally this is police all the important people came to work and were like they watch the cameras every day every day man but even even that aside like it's not a personal thing right like there's a ton of pedestrians cuz you're not from here just to give you a heads up the city Sandy Springs has a huge traffic problem right with traffing fatalities with hit runs and this residential area there's a ton of pedestrian traffic back and forth so that's why the laying the drag the do with the donuts especially in the the metro area is such a hot Lev topic right now um that's what gets the traffic attention Okay it isn't it isn't just hey man we're just looking to jam this guy up because we need like a statistic that's not what it's about right but you were out here laying drag that has the traffic unit's attention you're also driving with a suspended license and not to mention not only are you not driving safe the other night but while we were waiting for you to exit to come talk to you about laying drag you blew the stops AR coming out you're not even driving safe to of that that was solely because I'm late for I was trying not to be late for I I I hear you and I listen a gentleman I'm trying to treat you like a gentleman this isn't the crime of the century right but it is a crime nonetheless uh it is a safety hasard that's what's got the tra right because they're the ones that have to answer to families when somebody gets killed in in vehicle accident so that that's why the Traffic Unit is so passionate about it I know it may not bring that that same CT with you because you have your own personal life to live you have your own set of circumstances and this obviously is going to be a speed bump in them um this is why the the chain of events is happening the way that it is so how much did it get my car um that much I can't tell you I'm pretty new here right I just transferred from another agency so um we will get that information for you and then I'll go ahead and get you the paperwork you need to go ahead and get your car back once you get done suspended license if you did it fact pay your your thing and your license is supposed to be reinstated is all of my paperwork is okay so I'm going to I'm going to talk to your girlfriend and we're going to have her prepare all that documentation when you go before the judge whatever he'll make you you know you sign out on your bond or whatever when you got to come to court to answer for it you like Hey listen I went to Alabama use my credit C I did it and it's not on me right like if if Alabama drop the ball put in the system which happens with the city of Atlanta um then that's something that you can articulate to the court so you think to work with you on after you get out you're going to have to call Birmingham or whatever jurisdiction have that issue with your license and you're going to have to get it get it handled and maybe have a conversation with them as to why the ball was dropped if that is exactly case okay okay I yeah I I empathize you man your innoc a guilty is what it is but uh we out here just looking to talk to you about the L Dragon yeah please um and would I be able to get it out today that's going to depend on that's but that is that is what's what's going on now it's a tell this to everybody too I miss something on your search you got something scroll away somewhere find you know the deal man I I can tell I can tell you everything that's in that car no I don't care about I'm I'm going to inventory the car I'm saying there there's nothing about your person cross guard lines with something that's tucked away somewhere big deal okay nothing awesome I work with you you tell me now if you get across the guard lines and the guard finds it yeah I just got out the shower okay you Su license tiet AR rest to aelony pry quick all right are you as comfortable as you can be this the passenger was released and the driver was charged with driving on a suspended license driving without seat belt tire tread stop sign violation and laying drag all right if you want to step out and talk to me can or you can stay there don't matter either way um all right so here's what's going to happen Okay um so he's going to jail today for this has been a license okay um I talked to him earlier there was an incident the other night he said you were with him were yall laid drag right here he laid drag we were investigating that okay okay um so we're going to tow the vehicle we're going to impound it if you can't get a ride I have another officer coming we're going to hang tight for a while um they can give you a ride home no big deal um any questions for me um I don't know like how long it's going to take to get process that no so he's Smyrna Smyrna is quick he's not going to Fon um once he gets there they let him make phone calls right away so he can call you and then explain anything that they tell you um but it shouldn't be long last time I don't know what time he got arrested last time but during the days pretty I told him so I'm going to leave him a card it's got all the information for AO it's the company that's Towing the vehicle um and he can call them set an appointment or show up throw open 24/7 yeah I can give you one um they're open 24/7 um unfortunately he's going to be at the one to get it out uh um but yeah he'll be able to get out easy okay okay cool yep just hang tight and I'll get you that card open this door real quick so I can give her a card so this right here in the middle of the trifold okay this is all the information all right address phone number right all right thank you so much um do you want to hang tight for a ride or you going to head out okay um but I need to do me a favor just cuz I'm going to impound it just stand right back here I'm going to search the vehicle um and then you can get back in okay just leave that there for now oh yep I'll give it back to you in just a second all right