Bingo, there's our package. Yes, sir. Let's get a picture. I can't believe you infiltrated our house like this. You've embarrassed us. So, the best thing you can do is start working [music] with me. Okay. Okay? Yes. How many times have you done this? Uh this is like my second time. Yes, I'm caught. Yes, I [music] know what I did. From a jail guard who was caught smuggling illegal substances for inmates to a retired soldier who was busted with $2 million worth of pills. [music] He just indicated to me that we received a positive K9 alert, so that does give us probable cause to search the vehicle. Um is there anything in the vehicle I need to be aware of? >> Yeah. What's What's you got? >> I got faith. Where's the dope at? It's right there in that backseat. In the backseat? >> Backseat area, yeah. Okay. This is 257. >> Holy cow. Yeah, this is 257. Here are times when dirty cops are caught up in bust. The first bust is the controversial case of Deputy Zachary Wester who was arraigned after planting substances in the vehicles of [music] innocent citizens. That is not mine. No, sir. Okay. I'm not going to ask you any more. >> No, sir. It did return presumptive positive for meth, ma'am, okay? On February the 15th, 2018, Deputy Zachary Wester of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop of Teresa Odom's vehicle after observing that she was in violation of traffic rules. What initially began as a harmless apprehension would later turn out to be a national drug scandal involving a police officer who wanted to catch a citizen in bust so bad that he created one himself. Hi, how are you? >> I'm good. Should I turn in here to get off? >> You're fine. You're fine. Deputy Wester, Jackson County Sheriff's Office. Reason for my stop is um your brake lights. Yes, sir. They work one minute and the next minute they don't work and then a few seconds later they just flash, okay? So >> It's probably cuz the rain. Okay, that's fine. You got your driver's license on you, ma'am? I just got tickets the other day. I'll be glad to show them to >> you? No, you're fine. All right, thank you. I'll be right back. Um My truck may or may not start when I turn it off. You might have to push me off, so I'm going to go ahead and tell you. >> Okay. Do you need to turn it off? Do you have to turn it off? It'd be probably better. >> Okay. I don't want to run out of time with it as it is. Okay. I'll I'll tell you what. If we can >> my phone? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. You can answer your phone. I'm just trying to think what's going to be best for uh What is What is that right there? What is what? That right there. What is what? This? >> That straw right there. This is not a straw. It's an ink pen. Oh, okay. Okay. >> It was connected like it was connected to that arm. Just hang tight, okay? The officer is making it seem like he is doing her a favor by performing the search himself. [music] In situations like this, a regular driver had no reason to distrust a cop. She was clean and he could conduct all the search he wanted because he was duty bound to be honest. [music] Or so she thought. Hey. You see my hip give out right there? Good Lord. All right. >> don't even need to know. All right. All right. >> 84-year-old all day long for 3 days. >> Okay. So, I'm expecting anything at this >> All right. That would be Yeah, I hope everything turns out good with that, all right? >> It did. I It did. Oh, Lord, have mercy. I'm sorry. >> waiting on Dr. Albright to call me. That was another thing I was supposed to tell you. If Dr. Albright calls, I have to answer his phone. >> Yeah, that ain't no problem. I don't care. Yeah, I'm not going to keep you from talking on the phone, okay? Um anything in the vehicle I need to be concerned about? Bombs, hand grenades, rocket launchers? Absolutely not. Okay. All right. Um Here's what I do probably 10 or 15 times a shift, okay? Um there's going to be a K9 coming in a minute and she's going to walk around the car. >> Okay. But instead of doing that, would you consent to a search of your vehicle? >> No, you'll be You're fine with that? Okay. All right. You mind stepping out and just hanging out with this deputy right back here? No, I don't. I just I'm scared of being in this traffic. No, I Deputy Hay K will take care of you. Can I get to take my phone? Yeah, take your phone. I don't care. That's fine. Come on. How are you? Fine. 2554 to 2540. You can Cancel. I got consent to search. What? 1026. All right. Deputy Hay K will make sure you don't get run over, okay? >> Um Cuz I have faith that he would prefer to get over. All right. Just hang tight with him, okay? 10-4, 10-36. Oh, running. At this point, it would be wise for you to pay close attention to his left palm. Notice how it remains folded with a baggy sticking out. This detail here will become one of the main pieces of evidence presented by prosecutors during trial. >> [clears throat] >> Do what now? I said if you find any money, I come up missing $5 at the hospital. All right. I'll see if I can find it for you. And what did you find? In your wallet. >> Where in my wallet? I know, I know, I know, I know, I know. That's something different there? >> No, no, no. That's the bad check. Oh. Yeah, there it is. Okay. And did you find the same $5 where you found the other money? >> [music] >> $5 something playing a few months with the game that was stolen. We've got good accident insurance if something happens. I'm playing, but that's all I got. Does this door not open right here? >> open on that side. You got to reach it. That's fine. No. It was behind me. I know I know that I did see Yep. It is not my fault. >> Come on now. It is not my fault. Come on. I'm working on it. Did you find it? >> [snorts] >> 2558. 10-4. I told you I seen the driver Daniel Neither he nor his brother Franklin will contact with the complainant. Apparently, there's an ongoing family feud. Between them. He has confirmed it's brother and Daniel is 10-4. I'm 10-9 you. 10-4. 1026. 2558 to 2540. 10-4. The search appeared to be a regular one with nothing weird happening. A closer look would reveal a well-calculated effort to throw an innocent woman behind bars on related charges. Ms. Odom. It is yogurt, sir. I know. Okay. How about >> It's yogurt. How about this, though? That is not mine. No, sir. Okay. I'm not going to ask you any direct questions. I'm not going to ask you any direct questions. I'm going to read you your rights first, okay? So, just hang out with Deputy Hickey here. >> Where is it? I have an idea. We're going to test it, though, okay? >> [music] >> I don't know. Oh, no, Teresa, you're going to jail. All right. Let me go. Bye. Did she give consent? Uh yeah. Okay. Oh. Her uh brake lights were behind her. The driver side would work and the passenger side wasn't working and then it would start working again. So. Oh, goodness. Oh, Teresa. I don't know why that It might be ice. It might. I don't know. >> Would she like some? Yeah. I'll try both. Yeah. It just doesn't look like it. >> the ice first. Yeah. It might be a decent little shake, though. It might. Mhm. I'm on it. Teresa could barely believe her eyes when Detective Zachary announced what he had found in her vehicle. At this point, a million thoughts were running through her mind. And perhaps the scariest of them all was that her fate would be What is it? Uh yeah, there it goes. Yeah. Thank you, Jess. No, I'm uh do you have anything on you, Ms. Odom? I said I didn't have anything on me in the truck. Oh, okay, but do you have anything on your person is what I'm asking. >> on me to my knowledge at all. >> you. We're good. All right. And I'm not trying to be a It did return for a non-deposit for meth, I mean, okay? I'm just letting you know. Okay? Just uh hang out there for another second. Hey, Marvin. Look, I just got pulled over in Cottondale. All right? I had went down to St. George because I had um a bad check that was given to me by somebody who was living at Aint Dat's. I come through the light, I get pulled over, all right? And the deputy asked if he could search my truck. I told him yes, he could search my truck. So, no problem right now. He goes in my passenger side, he sees I don't know God knows what. He goes around to the other side, he tries the truck door and it won't open, and he comes back with a spoon, which is what I use. And in the spoon, there's laying a little bitty like I guess a little tiny bag. He says it tests positive for meth. So, I guess I'm going to go to jail. Damn sure ain't mine. At this point, it was her words against the law enforcement officers. She was going to need to do something extraordinary to show that she was innocent. An almost [music] impossible situation considering her present circumstances. And I'm sorry for the embarrassment. I don't know anything else to do, but I guess I'm going to jail. Um if you want to come up If you would like to come and get my wallet It don't even matter at this point, baby. You just take care of my house, okay? Nothing, nothing. Um what about my truck? I'm going to have to tow it, okay? Since it's a narcotics felony arrest, okay? They saying they're going to tow my truck, baby. Can she get my purse and stuff Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I've got your purse here. Whenever you get it to the jail, if you want to sign a release to your daughter, that's fine. >> and get it from the jail. Just look. Showing your words not going to help mama not one bit. Baby, uh it's not my 10-4, thank you. Baby, my truck and I probably should have just waited on the dog to search when I got here. Two tickets, so we need to get them fixed and get them paid. There's two tickets up there, baby. >> Okay. Okay. They got to be taken care Go and hang up. You're under arrest at this time, okay? >> And I'm under arrest, okay? I love you. Here, you just want to put your phone and your sunglasses in your purse here and we'll make sure all this gets to the jail. Do you want to put it in the car for you, Ms. Odom? Does it lock? Okay. Well, I mean, it's it's going to be secured in Branding's uh yard. I mean, that's that's no problem. All right. Come right back here, all right? And I'll make sure you don't get run over. Deputy Zachary had maliciously planted substances on dozens of unsuspecting motorists for several months before a state prosecutor, Christina Pumphrey, caught onto his acts and blew the whistle. In May 2021, after prosecutors reviewed more than 300 of his cases, including Teresa Odom's, Deputy Zachary was arrested and put on trial for 67 criminal charges. Did you plant this substance in Mr. Williams's lunch box? I did not. The report that you wrote in that case, did you falsify anything in this report? Nothing. No, sir. With Ms. Wood, was there anything with her that you planted so that you could arrest her? No. Was there anything in your report that wasn't true about Ms. Wood? No. The meth shake and the meth that you found in the vehicle, did you plant that there? I did not. No. I mean, it's very prevalent here in Jackson County, correct? Meth meth is very prevalent in Jackson [music] County. I've seen firsthand the destruction that meth meth has on families, um has on friends. In my job as a deputy sheriff, I wanted to be as proactive as I could. I didn't feel that the citizens of Jackson County wanted to pay me to just sit somewhere and wait for a call. Wester was charged with racketeering, official misconduct, fabricating evidence, false imprisonment, perjury, and possession. He was found guilty of 19 charges and sentenced to 12 years behind bars. Just as this deputy was crooked to the core, so was this prison guard who was apprehended while trying to smuggle substances for prisoners. You're also under arrest for trafficking. I've been investigating you for too long. All right? I already know the answers to the questions I'm asking you. How much were you getting paid? Uh my co-worker. On April the 7th, 2025, officers conducted a traffic stop of a jail guard's vehicle after an underground investigation revealed that she had been smuggling [music] substances and supplying them to inmates at the correctional facility where she worked. At first sight, the suspect seems like a respectable officer who would never do anything to compromise her position. However, a few minutes into the encounter, the cops realized that this was far from the truth. All right. All right, I want you to hop on out for me for a sec. Okay. I'll put you up by my car here. Okay. All right, you don't have anything you're not supposed to have? No. All right, I'm going to run my dog around here real quick. Let me have you have a seat in my patrol car for a second here. 50. Good boy. Positive on the vehicle. Ms. Odom, we're going to come over to you. All right, hang tight. Okay. Is there any reason the dog would alert on your vehicle? Um Ms. Odom, I brought a bottle of wine in the front seat. No, he's a narcotics dog. Oh, no. No, you can't. You can check it out. It looks like your paperwork It looks like it's just in the system. Oh, yeah, no, I don't know. >> smoke weed in your car? Did anybody smoke weed in my car? Uh so, like it might have been in the center console. No, no, no. I'm just just my my dog's trained to smell Oh, okay. So, I I did have some Okay. It was in my uh if you look in my glove box. >> Okay. Not my glove box, my middle console part, but that's the only place it was, but All right, cuz he alerted on your passenger side door. Oh, go ahead. You can search. Okay. Yeah, so I'm going to I'm going to get somebody else out here so I don't have to search by myself. >> Okay. And we'll just go through there. There's no more There's no weed in there now, is there? >> Uh-uh, nope. It was just in my passenger side. Okay. It was Not in Independence in the middle console part. Okay. How long ago? Uh probably like 2 days ago, if that. It's at the house. Okay. The woman told the officer that she might have had a little bit of THC leftovers, which she consumed days prior. But in truth, all of it might have been a to stop the officers from continuing the search of her vehicle. There was more to her than met the eye, and the cops [music] knew it. Bingo, there's our package. Yes, sir. Let's get a picture. You guys camera on, right? All right, I'm going to cuff her up. All right, guys. All right, now hop out and turn around. [music] Don't talk to you, okay? Okay. Okay, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. Do you understand your rights? >> Yes. All right. With that being said, there was more than weed in there. No. Okay. It Okay. Um >> doing? I'm good. Not really, right? Yeah, not really. Yeah, so um so let's get My name is Lieutenant Carballo. Um Did you understand the right I need you over here, please. Yeah. I have Uh did you understand the rights that you were read? Yeah, okay. All right, so this is what I'm going to tell you, you're under arrest, okay? You're under arrest for conspiracy. You're also under arrest for drug trafficking, and you're also arrest for conveyance of illegal narcotics into our jail. Um Lieutenant with the Sheriff's Department, going on my 31st year. Started as a correction officer. Okay. I'm extremely appalled. Okay. I really am. All right, um this is our house. I can't believe you've infiltrated our house like this. You've embarrassed [snorts] us. Do you understand why I feel that way? Yes. Okay. >> [music] >> So, um like converse. I'm going to give you an opportunity because I I got >> You might have just made a bad decision. Yeah. Okay? Yeah. Um and I think you've [music] made several bad decisions recently. Um because we've already talked to the inmates in there. All right, we've already arrested um uh Javon's dad. Mhm. All right, we arrested him last night. You're already aware of that though cuz you talked to him. We already know you're aware of that. We know you've been talking to the mom as well. Mhm. Okay? We know [snorts] you were getting paid uh How much were you getting paid though? Nothing. Pardon me? Nothing. Nothing? No, that don't make no sense at all. Come on, please don't insult my intelligence. I've been I've been investigating you for too long. All right, I already know the answers to the questions I'm asking you. Okay. All right. Please don't insult my intelligence like that, okay? We're going to try it again. How much were you getting paid? Uh like copper. Thank you very much. That's exactly what my investigation indicates, okay? The best thing you could do right now is tell me, cooperate. We've seen the party at your house. All right, we know what's going on. We know who the runners are. We know who's working it. Who's at the party, Emma? Yeah. Your girl's house last night. Yeah, and the night before. He called up. Yeah. She'd been caught red-handed in the act, but if she could sell the cops a convincing story, there was a chance that she just might be able to slip under the radar, or maybe mitigate the consequences. You were at the bar night before. Right? Yeah. Yeah, we've been watching you. We knew this was going on. You've been set up. Okay, so the best thing you can do is start working [music] with Okay. Okay? Yes. How many times have you done this? Uh just like my second time. Who'd you meet the last time? Right there at the cop. On the The South side? On Bravo. On Bravo, which one? It's a It's a duplex complex. Um What day was that? Um No, that I do not I do not remember. Oh. Come on. No, I know I really don't. It was probably $500, you're risking [music] your freedom, and you can't remember when the last time you did this. Come on, Bruce. No, it was probably like a couple like a couple weeks ago, but I don't I the exact date I don't know. Okay, a couple weeks ago. Uh I'm going to say like probably like two three weeks ago. Two three weeks ago? What pod was he in? No, he wasn't. Yes, he was. Thank you for being honest. Took it to him at what time? Uh morning time. And how did you pass it to him? Uh I had to go to his door for a check. My job here is to rid the jail Mhm. of overdoses. Yeah. Okay? The the resident population inside that jail >> [snorts] >> depends on us >> [music] >> for their safety. Tell me this, Mhm. why are you doing this? Honestly, [clears throat] he threatened my family. He threatened your family. He grew up on 30th projects, so I know y'all just seen it all on the news. We was a young man that y'all said was like like he the the leader of the like on the hardest stuff. >> Who? His name is Leo Mothers. His name is Leo Mothers. He's down there in the feds. Him and his dad know everybody down there with my family. And I'm not a big family-oriented person, but like for my family, like I I would go protect it. Like my my cousins Why wouldn't you just quit? Um I I need the money. I'm I'm I'm me. Like that's all I'm all I have. Like I don't talk to anybody else. No. I'm all I have. Like I would I'm literally scared. Like I didn't go to the Nobody knew I was doing anything. I was scared to go. I It's like It's like nothing in that job. Like you can't confide in nothing cuz it's going to get out. So like I couldn't confide I couldn't confide in the IA. That still get out. I'm not I'm not trying to be funny. Any time anything happened with IA in that job where anything anything we talked to HR IA, it gets out and it gets around that job. So like the last thing I need and on that floor is not just him that know my family is. So, when he came to me told me like he could get you know, he told me that my mom stayed on matter. When he told me my mom stayed on matter, that that scared my mom. >> [snorts] >> Literally, that scared my mom because I don't tell I'm not even really a factor with my mom. But I don't tell nobody where my family stay at. So when he told me my family stay on matter, when he told me how he know my my twin cousin and my uncle Leon and they go to my mom's house on holidays and stuff like that, and like he he know what goes on with our family. Either I do this or like something happen to my family, that scared me. And that's nothing I I I I know I'm in the wrong, but it's like I have I have to protect. Like I got to protect my I have to protect my family. Can I tell you something? I don't believe that. Okay? Again, 31 years. I know. All right. Sir, I'm You're calling shots. Oh. And I I'm calling shots? I You know what a wiretap is, right? Mhm. Okay. You refused. You refused to do it until you got paid. He's He's You know I know what I'm talking about. >> Yeah, I do. Okay, so let's rewind, okay? >> Okay, okay. According to her, she had been coerced. This was something that she needed to do to keep her family out of danger. But officers weren't buying this story of hers. If she was being coerced, why did she only agree to do it for a certain amount of money? You said I refused to do it until I got paid. So did he send Did you know that he sent uh Kit Chaos. That's what they call him. >> Yeah, I know Chaos. Yeah. Do you know the You don't know the other messages that were sent. Like you know that was sent on your thing, but like you don't know the other messages that were sent. That's so that sometimes when it comes to them pods, like I was calling off. If you look on my on my call off thing, I was calling off certain days when I was getting to them pods cuz what was getting back like what was getting back to them. I I Sir, I'm sitting here in handcuffs. I don't I don't have no reason to lie. There's nothing I can say no more. Like if you're going to If I'm sitting here and I'm going to tell you the truth, then I'm going to tell you what's going on. Yes, I'm [music] caught. Yes, I know what I did. Yes, I did. You asked me why I did it. I'm doing it to I have to protect my family. They know my We literally Yeah, but [music] you refused to do it. Yes, I refused to do it until he sent Chaos. He sent He told Chaos because I believe Chaos was the one who told him to ask me. He told Chaos, and I told Chaos no. They sent another uh They sent another inmate to me to ask me, Messiah Payne. I told him no. So once it got once it got back and he told them like it's They Who's Chaos? That's Kenny Kenny Derek. He the Yeah, Kenny Derek. Uh Derek Kenny. Yeah, Derek Derek, that's it. Derek Kenny. Yeah. That's Chaos. Yeah, that's Chaos. So once they told that and they got back to me and they >> didn't bring it to Derek [music] Kenny. Huh, no. Never never brought anything to Derek Kenny. Never at all. >> Yeah, Derek I just don't like you standing out here with our uniform on. Okay. [music] Oh, I could take I or help her. Yeah. Yeah, she could do that. It's reasonable. So Derek [music] Kenny is the man running the eighth floor. Yes. With any other people they uh Did they uh >> [music] >> threaten up there? Um I don't know cuz they don't talk. Only thing I hear about during the day when I get there is stuff is the is the tool stuff. Okay. I know why I was doing what I was doing, and I'm not going to lie to you. I It's my family It's just me. Me, my mom, my little sister. That's That's it. That's all I have. We don't We don't have big family, no nothing. So when that came to me, no one knew about it. It's not something I talked to [music] talked to. I didn't know. I didn't go to nobody because that job is not a It's not a sacred place. I've been there like 3 years now, and it's not a sacred place. There's nothing. Nobody has ever done with going to IA to IA or HR and it didn't get back out to everybody in the job, and everybody's looking at you all crazy and stuff. And [music] I just didn't I didn't want my business out. Maybe I could I could have went the other way, but it's it's my family sir. I'm not going to lie to you bro, it's my family. Apparently this wasn't her first time handling this type of operation. In 2019 she came under fire for smuggling substances [music] for heartless felon gang members. But of course, she denies this as well. Never been no gang affiliated. I've never I've never been nothing like this. No lie. The most I most I go to court for is tickets. Okay. >> It's for my license. That's it. I don't Anything else I've never been in the gang. I don't My cousin that's affiliated with that I don't even I don't even be with them. They be in 30th I stay way. I stay way up in Willoughby. Do you What What is that by the way? Do you know? Um no. I just know No, come on. I know I know it was black I know it was a black and mild and I know it was some in there. Mhm. And I know it was a lighter and a and a sheet paper. No, I want to know about the pills. Oh no no no See that right there I don't know what I don't know what that is. He never said nothing about that. He said about the the sheet paper, lighter, and black and mild. The pills and the pills that I don't know nothing about them. They could tell you that. Listen. What are the pills? You ain't bringing no pills in that you don't know what they are. Sir, I'm seriously I don't know I know what the tomb paper is. I know the I know black and mild. The pills I don't have no what type of pills I don't know what type of pills the pills are. I can't You know that somebody overdosed on those. On those pills? Yeah. No, I did not know that. Okay. Well, he did and he almost died. We had to Narcan him three times. You know what that could be, right? Yes. Tell me what [music] that could be. That could be like aggravated In the end, the suspect was charged with fourth degree aggravated substance trafficking. While this was disappointing to see, it doesn't come close to this next bust case where an Army veteran was found with a bag loaded with >> [music] >> more pills. Do you have any marijuana? Meth? Okay. Marijuana? How much you getting paid to take this? $1,000. $1,000? That's it? Where's it supposed to go? Well, it was supposed to That car that was in front of me, that's the car that I was supposed to give it to. Sometime in 2025, police officers on duty observed a reckless driver on the highway and immediately flagged down the vehicle for a traffic stop. When the cops approached the driver, they quickly learned about his time in the force and instantly connected with him. What they didn't know at the time was that this man wasn't as upstanding as he seemed as he was concealing something criminal in his possession. Morning. Do you have your license with you? Nice meeting you. All right, couple of things. One is all this stuff in your rearview mirror you can't have up there. Sorry. The other one is the vehicle you were following behind you were at 1.5 seconds behind it. You need to be about 3 to 6 seconds behind it. Can you get it out for me? Uh I'll let you go. You shouldn't do that. Is this Are you traveling with this car behind you? No. Okay. No. I just You're headed to Colorado? Station. Yeah, is this your vehicle? >> Yes, sir. Okay. Do you have your registration with you? >> It's in there, sir. Is it in with this? Yeah. Go ahead and leave those with you. But all this other stuff up here is a view obstruction factor. Do you look at this? Can I see that real quick? >> Sure. Yeah, you look at that. I I had it off. >> It says remove before operating the vehicle. I had it off the one I parked. I was I forgot to take it off. Okay. All righty, so I'll just give you a written warning. I'm not going to give you a ticket, okay? But like I said with the vehicles in front of you, if they're slowing down or whatever, give yourself some time. So back off of them. Give yourself about 3 to 6 seconds. That'll give you plenty of time to react in case something bad happens, okay? All right, if you just come on back with me we'll get this warning knocked out. I'm going to do I got to do a written warning, okay? Just stand right there for me. Just right there. Yeah. So you said this is This is your car? Nice weather out here. Yeah. Is that what you're something you're looking for? Wheeler County's out with me. And the vehicle left. Oh, Harvey, my son's a Marine. He says no good out there. I was Fort Hood infantry. Thanks. Retired I got blown up in 2010. I still went back. Pretty stories like that. Yeah. They say after the third tour you you're pushing it. Did three. Yeah, I would agree. So you were what What branch were you in? >> Army. Army? Yes, sir. How long? I did total 24 years. I did I did 13 active and 11 reserve. Okay. Thanks for doing that. Did you serve too? You look like a Marine. Well, everybody says that but You look like a Marine. You too. No. No, just this. So where are you coming from today? Uh Imperial Valley. Imperial Valley? >> Yeah. Okay. San Diego or Central? Trying to get my CDL license. Are you? Yeah. >> you're not going to a school over in California? Cuz the VA is paying for it. The VA is paying for it? There's no schools in California I mean in the area of California. They're all full of students. Oh, are they? Yeah. So um the VA they would charge me like $5,000 to do it there. Uh-huh. The VA won't pay for it so I got online with Troops for Transport. And they um You did it online? Now I'm going to go to my driver's school. Okay. Where is that at? Colorado Springs. From the man's facial expression, you can tell that he didn't anticipate a vehicle search. But besides the guilty look he had on his face right now, he would end up raising far more suspicion by making a very dumb decision. All right, I got a quick question for you. Out here on the interstate we get a lot of people that haul and transport illegal contraband. Do you have anything illegal in your car, dude? Any weapons or explosives in your car? Any Any guns? No. Any bombs? No. Any bazookas? No. Any bodies in the car? >> No. Okay. How about any illegal drugs? No. Do you have any meth? Okay. Marijuana? Do you have any on the car? No. Any prescription which you're not supposed to have? No. Any identity theft items or anything like that? Okay. Would you give us voluntary consent to search the vehicle for any of those types of items? Sure. Yeah? Okay. So I've got a consent form right here. So how many tours did you do? Four. Where did you go? Iraq. Iraq? So if I don't give the consent uh You don't have to do it or if you do it sir What's that? If I don't give you the consent. Well, it's a it's a yes or no question. No. No? Okay. So he's got a college dog with him. We'll just walk him around the car real quick, okay? Sound for sensitive device to send his been deployed. All righty. You know, walk your dog around the front. He's been deployed. Yeah. All right, here's what I'll tell you though. If I'm going to bring the dog out >> Okay. He's big and he's anti-social. So don't laugh. Noises going to interfere. All right. Okay, so hang out with this gentleman right here. >> Okay. Wherever you're at. We'll walk him up that Actually, walk him up along the driver's side when I get a clearing in the traffic. That way you don't have to walk past him. The suspect thought revoking his consent automatically saved him from being searched. But as soon as the K9 was let loose, he realized that he was in for it. Just out of curiosity, what made you decide not to consent? Yeah, I don't want no problems, sir. Sir, is there something in the car that I don't No. No? Yeah, yeah, I just want no problems. You just want no problems? Okay. Well, I mean if there's nothing in the car there's no problem, you know what I'm saying? >> I don't want no problems, no. Okay. So how long you been retired? Uh about About 10 years. 10 years? Yeah. Okay. You said you did 8 years in corrections? Yeah, 8 years corrections. 8 years in corrections? Yeah, trucks are fast though. I know they're going about 65. So I thought the way to go 65 was to You ever driven a semi truck before? A little bit. A little bit? All right, so he just indicated to me that he did receive a positive K9 alert. So that does give us probable cause to search the vehicle. Um is there anything in the vehicle I need to be aware of? Yeah. What's What's you got? I got How much you got? I don't even know. They just gave it to me. Okay. If you could estimate Well, first of all um They just gave it to me and I I'm like Okay. So I'm going to go ahead and place you under arrest, okay? Just one second. Now that his secret massive stash was out in the [music] open, there was no way he could deny his criminal intentions. Or so they thought. All right. So um I'm going to go ahead and advise you your rights, okay? You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. Bearing that in mind, do you understand your rights? Yes. Okay. How much you getting paid to take this? $1,000. $1,000? That's it? Yeah. Okay. So what I always start doing, brother, is I always start thinking about helping yourself out, okay? Um I've been doing this a long time. And uh we can work with you, you know what I'm saying? Where's it supposed to go? I was supposed to get That car that was in front of me, that's the car that I was supposed to get that stuff Oh, really? Yeah. Okay. >> And the guy showed up and he [ __ ] And where And where are you taking it? God of me, I don't know where he was taking it. You didn't So >> I freaked out >> Where did he Where did he tell you to go? No, no, he just got He said follow me. Okay. Where were you guys at when he said that? >> Right there at that truck stop. >> Right there at the truck stop? >> Yeah, that's where I met him. Okay. Where's the dope at? It's right there in that backseat. In the backseat? >> Backseat, yeah. Okay. In the black bag. Okay. You got any luggage in the car? I just uh some clothes, some of my clothes. Like how Not too much. Two weeks' worth of So, so the the CDL thing is a cover story? No, I was going to go up there to You were going to go up there? Yeah, I am but I That was the plan. Stop here and then I'll tell you right now, buddy, I wasn't buying it because with the issues you got with your back and you got the disabled sticker in the front you're not going to be able to drive truck, bro. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, so All right, just hang tight here for a second, okay? Stop was here. Crawling into the damn car. I saw that he like jumped up on it. He had a handicap plaque hanging from his rearview mirror, but he's telling me he's going to go be a truck driver and I'm like how are you going to do that? You can't If your back's hurting >> driver's license, too. This is 257. >> Holy cow. Yeah, this is 257. The bag found inside the vehicle contained roughly 80,000 pills, which amounted to approximately $2 million in value. He was charged with substance trafficking and booked into the county jail. In the next case, a process officer was incriminated after his elaborate substance smuggling scheme was brought to light. Who pays you to come up here and do this? Cuz I know you don't do it for free. No. No, matter of fact, I get $100. I got a feeling he's been doing this for a little while. You're going to be placed under arrest for the introduction of contraband and possession of a of a and possession of a controlled substance. On April the 25th, 2025, after being under close watch for several months, police officers finally caught a process server attempting to smuggle 15 cell phones, chargers, and Xanax pills into a prison. This legal worker had devised a sleek method of delivering controlled substances to prisoners by sneaking them inside legal [music] documents, but unfortunately, this time around, things did not go as planned. What do we got, sir? What we got here is a warrant for a process server. Can be right. So what we got This dude is a process Good to see you, brother. He shows up to the He shows up a lot. Uh-huh. Normally, he shows up with a bunch. He's turning around, he goes back to his car, comes back with >> [music] >> like one piece of paper, serves it to me. Today, he shows up with this package. My staff lets him in, lets it in, and it's full of stuff from 15 of Nice. >> Yeah, he had me five bottles right now, five days at a time. Small ones. Awesome. Yeah. All right. >> And apparently, he gave our staff at the gate here fake ID, fake driver's license, bro. His driver's license does not match license that comes off the license plate. What did he give you? He gave me He gave me this number. Where are we going? I was going to give you the same one when you He's going to hand you the same one. That's what he gave me. That's not right. That's not his. Yeah. That's not his. And the address on her driver's license is this, but the address off their license plate reader is totally different. Yeah, cuz that's registered Okay. Let me see what [music] he says. You mind stepping out for me, sir? You just wait right there for me a second, sir. Step right up here in front of my view. That one right over here. All right, stand where you are. All right. So, before we get started, I'm going to read you your Miranda warning, all right? Just cuz I'm conducting investigation that's possible to be criminal. All right? 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 talk to a lawyer of your own or present with you while you're being questioned. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish. You can stop at any time or exercise these rights now and not answer any questions or make any statements. Do you understand what I said to you? All right, having that in mind, do you wish to talk to me? Yes, I do. I All right, so explain to me what happened. Um it was uneventful. I do what I always do when I go in and command this to prison. I go ahead and I call the security. I see about 30 35 minutes before I go ahead and get uh on my way. I usually do it right when I pass about Midway Road cuz I live in Fort Myers. You drive right there where you see that turn onto 70 from the uh Fort Myers jail grounds. Mhm. I do it before I call and then go drive out. Okay. So, go ahead. I go ahead and once I go ahead and let them know that I have usually the person's here for me. I got here, gave my identification, parked my >> Where's your identification? Uh it's in my car. >> It's in your car? Go ahead and grab that for me. I have it here in my wallet. Do you have your identification for your work, too? Yes, I do. I have both. This is for the 19th Judicial Circuit. >> Okay. And and this is for I also have my 15th Circuit for my license thing as well, for All right, let's go on back here again. All right. Did you tell me what What's going on? >> when I arrived, I waited for a little bit on the bench and there there was a black um I don't know if this is a sergeant or whatever she was. She yelled the person's last name and I see the output and I went ahead and she let me in. Okay. I informed the person that this was foreclosure cuz that's what I was told. And I handed it to him through the fence like I would always do with Okay. Although officers were aware that he was guilty and had pretty much solved the case already, they still granted the suspect an opportunity to explain how he ended up with such items. And with this, came [music] an elaborate lie. Where did you get that paperwork at? Um from my client that is somewhere I think it's in um It's at uh Lake Mary. You got it personally from that client? No, they were mailed to me. They were mailed to you? Yes. And you work for the Circuit 19, correct? I'm not an employee with them. I am a subcontractor. You're a subcontractor with them. >> Yeah, your license is through through the circuit. There's two ways to get licenses through a process server. Mhm. One is through the sheriff of the county. Mhm. There is no sheriff that would you know, gives us a license for our county. It's It's the circuit. It's by the circuit. Okay, and they just mailed you this stuff. They did. Uh this particular one came from priority package Mhm. I do uh not UPS, but um regular mail. Regular mail? Well, it was priority regular mail. And did they say what was in that package? What was in it? Yeah, they I've gotten I've gotten them for them using for this prison before. Mhm. And it's they they they told me it was foreclosure Mhm. and that was important because in this particular case, they said that there was equity in the property and the first sale when did not go through. Okay. Apparently, this is foreclosure where I was told it was like about $73,000 owed on the property. Mhm. And it it was worth like about $100,000. And I like to know that information so I can inform the Okay. And I It looks like that's And prior, do you know You got the name and everything of the person that told you to come deliver this? Um no, no. You don't have a name? No, because she provides the affidavits for me. Who does? The person at the the process serving company who I got this through. Okay, so it didn't come directly from you, from that person. Well, she mailed it. She mailed it directly to you. Yes. But you don't know who directly mailed it to you. No, because it doesn't go through my company. Mhm. It goes through hers and then she provides me an affidavit. She's right. But the thing is, what I'm trying to get at, how did they know how to mail to you? Who did you talk to to get your address? >> Well, I'm listed um in what's called FAPPS, Florida Association of Professional Process Servers. >> Mhm. And I assume that's usually where they get my information to be able to call me, to be able to go ahead and Okay, and who pays you to come up here and do this? Cuz I know you don't do it for free. >> No. No, matter of fact, I get $100, $50 per document. And in my In her case, she always pays me So, you know it's a she, but you don't have a name? I don't know. Her name is Amanda. Okay, so now you got a name. No, you never even asked me. >> I asked you a name. I asked you who mailed you that document and you said you did not have a name. No, I don't know who it is, but I I mean, as far as a a name of a company, no. Okay, but what Who is the name that mailed you the document? Amanda what? I don't know. Okay, who does she work for? She works for a processing company, that's all I know. Okay, she works for a processing servicing company out of where? Out of Winter Park. Winter Park? Okay, we don't have Do we have a number or anything for her? >> No, she she will call me, but she's very specific about the time Okay. I need to be here. Okay, but she works for a processing service company out of Winter What? Uh Winter Park. >> Winter Park. Because he sensed trouble, the suspect refused to mention any names because no face, no case. But unfortunately for him, this backfired in the most painful [music] way ever. Amy is the only thing out of Winter Park. I know her name's Amanda. Amanda out of Winter Park. But no last name, nothing else, right? Because they contact me and usually I don't know what my fee is. And they just pay you. And yeah, in this case they pay you cash. It's a So they pay you cash, so this isn't the first time they've done it. >> No, and they usually do pay you cash. Okay. That's why I keep that out of my But they pay you cash. You have to give them a receipt or anything? Mhm. Nothing? No, but I do have to give them an affidavit of service. Okay, what name What name do you put on that affidavit? Because you have to have a first and last name on an affidavit. My name is usually who I But who do you give that affidavit to saying that you served it for that person? I normally mail it to her. You mail it to her, but what how does she mail you cash? She mails me I usually go ahead and mail it back to her once she gets it via email. Once she sends me So how do you get the cash? As soon as I get the paper and I open up the document The cash is in there. So you've opened up these documents. Mhm. Correct? Okay, knowing that you've opened up these documents to know what's inside. What was inside these documents you were giving? Uh documents to serve a mortgage foreclosure. Documents that were served Okay. So explain to me how we got several cell phones and everything in them documents that you served. That you said you've opened up and everything else. Explain that to me. I open up the package and the documents are there. It's a normal foreclosure. It's a normal What was inside them documents? You It's a mortgage foreclosure procedures, I assume. >> [clears throat] >> Okay, so you opened up What did you open up? You said what's inside. It was a bunch of cell phones. What did you open up to know what's inside? All I do is just go and take the packages out, look at the the the documents. And I go ahead and I pull them outside. They don't need to go to my company. Okay. >> when she tells me she's very specific about when to come, and she said between this time on Friday. Okay, so she wants an exact time when you come. I am not aware of open up these documents and know what paperwork's inside of them. Well, only because of what she she has told me that is coming. Okay, when you >> me last Thursday, a week ago yesterday. Mhm, so when you get these documents that you said that you open up, what do you open up to look inside? I open it up and I see what they are. They're usually a letter. Okay. >> and it tells me the same time. I And I And in this case it came in on Tuesday. I knew they were coming in because she she called me on Thursday. And then I put the documents off to the side. And then on Friday yesterday or this morning I put them in my car. Mhm. And I went to work like I always did. How much What were the documents in when you got them? Uh a one of those paper uh United States Post Office Priority Mail package. Okay. And when you delivered them, what were they in? Were they still in that when they mail? >> take them out, I literally take them out and That's it. Give them to to um person. Okay, when did you get these packages again? >> I got them on Tuesday. Of this week? Yeah, and I and I opened it up immediately. Mhm. And then I went ahead and took it and put it on I have In this case it was um So you opened it up, you didn't you just opened it up and got the front document, you didn't go through any of it. No. You just opened it up and there's a paper on front. Yes. Okay. There's never a reason for me to go ahead and do the document because it's coming from a a Okay. The man continued to insist that he was not aware of what was in the package, but the cops knew that this was a blatant lie because process servers are usually required to go through every package to ensure accuracy of documents. But it's coming from a paralegal. Yes. What was the address on there? It's somewhere in Winter Park. Somewhere in Winter Park, but you don't know the name of it or anything like that. I do not. Okay, all right. When you brought them here, what was the name of the inmate that was getting served? Do you know that? >> Alan Strack. Alan? You have that with you? Okay, well I'll get that for you here in a minute. Yeah, it it was obviously Okay. Yeah, they were actually pretty thick, but I didn't expect So you opened it up, but you didn't go through it. You just opened it up and there was a paper that was what you needed to do with them. And I said even on Tuesday I actually left them sitting there In your office or your house or wherever. >> Right, they didn't go to my company. They were right here by my car. Okay. And they stayed there pretty much the whole week until this morning. Okay. And I grabbed it with my clipboard and everything else, but all the >> And how thick were these paperwork that that you got? Ooh, thicker than This is pretty much seven Sometimes average mortgage foreclosures. Okay. Um especially on a person. So when you got these paperwork, there wasn't a return address or nothing on there? >> No. Nothing? Because what she'll do is she'll call me and I'll remind her Usually she she's very slow in getting me the affidavit. Okay. She'll go ahead and call me and say, "Oh, thanks for getting that done for me." Mhm. And I say, "Yeah, you haven't got me the affidavit yet." And then she'll get me an affidavit. All right, so just wait right here for me. Uh just wait right there for me. Who found him? Collins. Collins? So did Collins see him? All right, when she found him I'll go up there and talk to him. He was already He was already walking down the compound. He was already walking down the compound? Okay, we got to find some cell phones, boys. Yeah, so that's the cell phones. So she was like Like it was all glued up like Yeah, this guy's going to be in here for a Let me call my supervisor. Did you check on his ID? Yeah, his ID matches. Matches? Matches? Mhm, that's him. This one. How old are you in this one? That's just an older picture of him. But look at the numbers Well, the number people don't freaking update their crap. So that's the problem. And that vehicle's registered to the company he works for. I want to know his name. Name and D C? Yeah, get that. Give me one second. It seemed like the man had already rehearsed this story a thousand times and prepared himself in case he got caught. [music] But when dealing with trained and smart police officers who know what they're doing, it takes some sort of divine powers to scale through. It's not the first time I've gotten the documents like that. From his legal Okay. And what that concerns me because if you're telling me your cell phone's in there Mhm. This is not the first. Okay, what also concerns me is the stories that you have being a process server that you don't know where these paperwork is coming from, you're just you're just stuck to them. So you don't even know if they're legit stuff. Well And you committed a felony. Each cell phone is a contraband that's inside that property that you introduced into this state prison. It's just so frustrating, but I'm trying to make my money. I understand that. So I've got to go look at these documents. Wait right here and I will be back. All right. I'm going to go talk to Sarge still there? Collins? >> I think she's coming up front. She's coming up. Is she bringing up the packages and stuff? >> I got the contraband. I'm bringing contraband up. Okay. So Yeah, I got a feeling he's been doing this for a while. Yes. So But I'm going to wait to see the packages and he's probably going to get Good, so Don't forget the five cell phones. >> [music] >> Where are they at? With it. I sent it It was Oh. I didn't even hear that. Okay, great. It's four whole ones and then one broken up. >> nice. Broken up. All right, you can say four. No, no, it's five whole ones. Yeah. What about the other ones? He knows nothing. When the content of the documents was finally revealed, the man decided to put on the show of the century by pretending to be shocked. They were all glued together and then when you open it up, [music] they were all layered in there. Okay. There's um five in in the bag. In the bag and Huh, got it. Okay. How many chargers? One. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10. 16? Yeah. So you can't tell me you opened it up and know Dude, so the name of the inmate isn't on it, bro. Anywhere. I don't know what the name of the inmate is. That's why I didn't even I didn't even I ain't even there. So he just handed it to what? The name of the inmate isn't on there anyway. Mhm. So what? There's a crap load of phones in here. I can't Tell me he's got rank and serial number. And then when we found these, when she he came up here, did >> So we got two packages. One had the the charges in there. They all had the charges and the charges. Okay. I'm going to send you a link for that phone on that number. Yeah. So you can send me them pictures. Are you going to take those evidence? Yeah. Okay. I'll do this. Did you get the tiny bars, too? Yep. Good deal. Told you it was five. >> [laughter] >> All right. I'll see you the other day then, sir. This is like the car. You ain't holding brittle. Well, you know. They have to continue the thing. He told me to watch you. >> [laughter] >> All right. All right, sir. Do me a favor. Place your hands behind your back. You're going to be placed under arrest for the introduction of contraband prescription with the authority. And possession of the charged substance. Substance. Yeah, sure. There was X bars inside there. So question for you. Do you want him to drive your vehicle home? Or do you want me to tow it? Yeah. All right. You got anything illegal on you? Just got poke me, stick me, anything like that? No. All right. Come on back over here. 636 I got a DUI in show county 10-15. I don't see if she's going to be able to get my um my driver's license. >> license driver 10-15 in that vehicle. >> [music] >> Come out, wait. Yeah, there is. Spin around. Yeah. There you go. There you go. >> [music] >> Right over there, sir. Right over here. So how much did you say you got paid? 50 bucks a day. Document $50 a document. And the package was where you got it? Yeah, it was on top when I opened it. Okay. And how many times did you say you done it with her? I was just trying to think, but just now I was just trying to think and I I actually think that the last time I think it was in in December. I got one to take out here for her. And I'm going to say it's been at least probably four or five, maybe six times. Four or five or six times? I'll probably say maybe five or six. Okay. The man was charged with trafficking and possession of a controlled substance.