I don't you need to listen to me you're
not listening to me you need to listen
to me when it comes to felonies I don't
have I don't have any discretion
altering a license plate and knowing
it's altered and displaying it knowing
it's altered is a
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felony 56 on November 2nd 2023 a Burnal
Leo County Sheriff Deputy was conducting
a Ware check on the business he observed
there to be a black Lincoln Navigator
with no visible registration on the
vehicle and an altered temp
tag hello I'm Deputy scl the ber County
Sheriff's Office so the reason I'm out
with you is because we can't see your
plate until we put our lights on I
didn't see it till right now oh okay so
you need to figure out how to put on the
outside of the car so we can see okay I
will do you have your driver's license
on um I actually don't you don't no okay
um I don't have one actually you don't
have one no where you from I'm from here
what's your name Monica Garcia how you
spell it m o n i CA
last name is Garcia
yes but you did um I I actually don't
either but I do have it at my auntie's
house I have the title and stuff for it
where's the title from um from Colorado
okay do you mind if I grab the VIN real
quick that's
fine no weapons in the vehicle no we F
sticking my head down here no no
no yeah I've had it I've had this this
Chuck for about 4 years now um
D it that often
but you had it for 5 years four five
years yeah I've been just like having
how long did the temp tags last in uh
Colorado uh I'm not sure but I bought it
I bought it from a friend uh a friend's
brother so but um how long did you buy
it uh about like four or five years I
had it but
I haven't
uh
register
okay I freaking have a birth certificate
to get my my ID to like actually work so
I've been struggling do you have do you
have insurance for the vehicle I don't
you don't are you living in your car
right now yes
okay um on my bed now
do you have insurance I don't I came to
get some and stuff but what's in that
baggie in the
middle
okay just give me one second
okay okay
so how long have you had that plate on
this car it's have
the since I got it since you got it how
you said you got it 5 years ago about
four or five years so that Plate's been
tampered with so we're going to go ahead
and remove it okay okay you want to hop
out and we'll come talk in the
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back open
it yeah it's a automatically but
yeah oh my
God I'm going to I'm going to read you
something real quick okay what's that
I'm going to read you something cuz I'm
going to ask you about this registration
PL 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 you have the right to talk
to a lawyer and have him or her present
with you while being questioned if you
cannot afford to hire 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 you understand each of these
rights as I have explained to you yes so
what's going on with this plate
seriously um cuz this is not like
just this is like pretty fast t I got it
when I when I got it I was I mean when I
got the car have you done anything to
this no I haven't I haven't personally
but um so who my friend my friend did it
but did what she she she changed the
numbers for
me did you change the numbers no she did
it
but
um
and you knowingly like displayed this
knowing that the numbers were changed on
it
yes it's because like I said I don't
have my my ID to get a job to actually
get insurance for it cuz I don't I'm not
registered like everywhere I go get ins
they're telling me that I don't have an
ID so you can hang out in your car for
one second okay it's cold so you can get
you can shut the chunk and get in the
car so do you remember do you remember
the rights I had read you you still
remember those rights yes okay so you
did you ask your friend to alter the
plate for you so you said can you do
this for me yes did you help her to
alter the plate no you just watched her
do it and then after it being altered
you knowingly displayed that so you put
that on the vehicle knowing that it
wasn't right and that it was altered
that you guys falsify the documents
right okay it's because like I said I
haven't had a ID for about going on like
5 6 7 years there's no record to me
being born so I haven't been able to
work okay so I don't have no you know no
income coming in um
and
okay so you know you you like watched
her do that or like how did it go down
like tell me exactly no I watched her do
it and you asked her to do it I asked
her to do
it
okay and you were there when she did it
mhm how did she do it she just printed
numbers on the on the computer and then
just changed the numbers she didn't do
anything else did she like match the
font at that point we were I was
desperate but
um I know I need to get it ins shirt and
all that registered and all that I just
haven't had a job or or money so you
asked her to falsify it and then after
it's falsified you knowingly put it on
your car yes and you know that's a
falsified document yes okay I'll give
you one second the deputy decides to
call a colleague to get a second opinion
on the
law hey you're on my body camera so
don't say anything silly um do me a
favor you buy your
computer yeah look up and
go ahead what look up
nmsa
66-83 why am I doing this cuz I'm
confirming if I have if I'm interpreting
this
correctly Anda 668 D3 666 d8
D3 false evidence of title and
registration
okay read the statute and then I'll tell
you what happened let me know when
you're
done title
regra it is a felony for any person to
commit any of the following acts to
author
just pull it behind me with your lights
off
um so this lady she has a temp tag out
of
Colorado the temp tag is obviously
altered and it's like like obviously
like they pasted new numbers over old
numbers I talked to her about it I read
her her rights and she pretty much said
uh she was like so I asked my friend to
alter this for me and I gave it to her
and she did it in front of me and how
she did it was she printed numbers off
on a computer then glued them on then we
put it on the car cuz I'm desperate and
I don't have money to re-register the
car so according to this so she's not
the one that altered it but section D it
says to hold or use any such document or
plate knowing the same to have been so
altered forged or falsified so that's
good right yeah I even got her to say
yeah like I knew it was false when I put
it on the
car yeah
cool all right
later here come talk to me here okay
who's that my auntie you can talk to her
in a minute come talk to me okay hold
on
let's go back this
way just turn around for me real quick
got to jail I'm going to put you in
handcuffs right now and I'm going to
explain everything that's happening
relax just the CH box guys I don't even
drive my truck pleas
guys I in my truck can you guys take it
out pleas I'll I'll take the ice out
yeah so I call my Auntie bag yes I'll
let you call your antie back
so listen to me
no so I don't have driveing guys please
so unfortunately when it comes to
felonies I don't really have
discretion you need to listen to me
you're not listening to me you need to
listen to me when it comes to felonies I
don't have I don't have any discretion
altering a license plate and knowing
it's altered and displaying it knowing
it's altered is a felony I know but I
really don't have no Mone to play we're
going to come this
way we're going to come this
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way
please is there anything in here that's
going to poke me stick me or stab
me please is there anything you have any
Pockets no are you wearing a bra yes is
there anything in your bra no okay I'm
going to use the back of my hand to
startch your bra line
okay please same thing on this
side please I don't even be
driving you can't falsify documents like
that I'm sorry we're going to come in
over
here please I don't even drive I'll take
the ice out for you get in the car and
we'll talk more okay can I call my
Auntie I'm going to let you call the
Auntie have you been drinking no okay
hop in the car I need to call her aune
okay I will let you call get in the car
please where's your auntie located right
now um course and Gonzalez cor and
Gonzalez okay
yeah
um so A's coming to get some stuff from
the car yes um your car does have to get
tow okay because I do not know you're
not the register owner so if I I do have
the title though but that's not yeah you
have to be the register owner if you're
not the register owner I can't really
help you out this is a different
circumstance if you were the registered
owner and you're homeless like you're
saying and you're living in your car
I would let someone pick up your car for
you but because you are not the
registered owner I can't I can't do that
whoever the registered owner is has to
has to tell me you know what I mean I
feel like that's a circumstance where
I'm might be hurting your livelihood so
I but but I I can't I can't really help
you out because you're not the
registered owner you know what I mean so
you need to get your car registered
whenever you get out okay you won't
you're not going to be in there very
long
okay
how do you call your auntie it's under
your auntie
that so we're going to have her I'm
going to speak to her okay okay I'm
going to have her come and see if she
can pick up the food all right
okay what's your aunt's name Jackie
hello
Jackie this is Deputy Montoya with
bcso yes I am here with what's your name
Monica
Monica she advised me that she just
bought some food and a bag of ice um I
was wondering if you'd be able to come
over here and we can give you that that
food item and a bag of
ice okay um she's getting she's going to
be getting arrested tonight okay I was
just to say she's getting arrested
correct we qualifying a registration
document
oh
she just
started regardless of the
fact so regardless of the fact she's
going to be getting arrested tonight but
if you would um we are at the all sub
here on theeta and I don't
know how what what time would you say be
here here on Court and and Gonzalez I'll
be there in about 5 minutes 10 minut I
don't want to okay 10 minutes but auntie
auntie all right
Auntie remember I remember I popped the
curb so it's not driving that perf it's
not driving that good your
car all right well we'll worry about
that later okay
so she said she looking to it
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tomorrow be right there all right sounds
bye-bye okay
byebye yeah she said 5 to 10
minutes Monica Garcia was booked on an
outstanding warrant and falsifying a
title or registration on a vehicle after
she was booked and released she skipped
her court date Garcia now has an active
warrant