figure out go I'm a single father with so custody of three kids okay for 9 years I do the best I can do I slip pleas get I love my kids I do everything for them on September 3rd 2023 officers responded to a residence following a report of a little boy that was crying in the middle of the street neglected hey buddy hi where do you live right here remember my right here is it unlocked or is it is the door open how did you get outside door's open door's open anybody home with you no no what's your name Trace all right Trace what's your dad's name great tman grade no grade like the ever grad but grade oh I like that Glade Tillman do you know Dad's phone number he don't have a phone no phone he lost his phone okay does he what does he drive what kind of does he dve a red r a a red R mhm who else do you live with I live with my two sisters my dad and my mom is in Louisiana so okay where's your sisters um my one is at my boyfriend's house mhm I mean her boyfriend's house and then the other one is at her other boyfriend's house do you know where their boyfriends are yeah do they live close by they live um one of the yeah they live in the this park over there do you know any of those numbers no no what are what are the names Amanda and Madison I have my phone but it's dead your phone's dead what kind of phone do you have Android okay do you know where the charger is for it no okay okay how old is Amanda do you you remember um 15 15 what about Madison 18 did your dad leave first or did your sister's leave first my sister's left first okay did your dad tell you where he was heading mm-m no did he say how long he was going to be gone he didn't talk to me he didn't talk to you he just left yeah okay do you remember how long ago he left uh- no okay so what happened why' you come outside were you looking for them or yeah yeah is it this house here yeah okay are there any phones inside or any Chargers inside where we can get your phone charged up and call your sisters yeah there is all right show me where where's the house where's the door you're the one that found them right you were just walking your dog I think I've met you before I was here when the guy got bit all right do you have your ID I know you probably don't um I don't I have it right down in no that's fine what's your first name again Liliana uh yes so I was um on my golf cart doing an even drive and I see him in the middle of the street literally on four wake crying and I didn't pay attention I thought maybe he was like something had happened to him but I didn't bother to stop you know I was like okay he got scared or something whatever I got home dropped off my golf cart and um I come here and I pick up bimbo and I come here and I'm like what's wrong sweetie and he's like crying and he's like my dad my dad and I'm like where's your dad and he's like he left and I don't know where he is okay I he um I'm like what's going on like is nobody home he like no nobody I came home I came home from playing with um can you put me back on the neighbors and he mentioned that he's like I think he's probably a Caribbean Club um and he has a he's mentioned he has a red Dodge ramp with yellow lights I think on the botom okay red DOD all right I'm so I asked them like are you hungry can I order pizza from you see he's like he has there's dinner in there and everything yeah right sweetie you said maybe your dad's at Caribbean you think he's at Caribbean Club yeah where else does he hang out he hangs out at his friends not at this time of night not this time of night he normally is a Caribbean Club yeah and uh you said he has a red Dodge Ram yeah okay all right I'm going to just sit in my car here I'm going to see if I can see if we have any history with your sister to get a phone number okay that's okay with you all right buddy I want to go call my sister are you able to yeah hang on don't call her yet I'm coming okay all right let me come inside with you information I made phone contact with a sister and she's going to be being in around 5 to 10 minute ETA that's party even picked up who your sister yeah she probably knows that you normally don't call so she thought it was a good idea to pick up it's going to be a white Honda of course hello hell hi are you Madison or Amanda I'm Madison Tilman you're Madison yes were you home with him no I was at my boyfriend's house how long ago did you leave um about a while ago but what is this all about like can did I just speak to you or your sister spoke to me so somebody this lady here found him in the middle of the street what were you doing Trace I was in the middle of the okay but what were you doing outside at night crying why why were you crying okay hey hey hey hey hey hey hey take it easy on him don't be upset with him before you know what happened I'm not upset with him it's just like he why would he go outside the house in the middle of the night okay how about we ask other questions why was he left alone see I don't I don't know that I don't want to speak with him Dad here correct so don't be upset with him I'm not until we figure out what's should know better he knows not to go outside at night he knows that okay let's wait till we figure out what happened with your dad first does he normally have friend's house that he goes to around in a neighborhood yes but I don't know where some he has like a friend down here this street friend at the end of the street do you guys normally let him go there yes but never at night he has to be home like before dark he that's what he said before the street lights come on yes okay if he ever if he doesn't show up what do you has he ever not shown up before the street lights come on he always does yes now if you in the case of if he does show up if he doesn't show up before the street lights come on what do you guys do well I usually get in my car and I drive around so I I don't understand like can I call someone like have my I can't call my dad cuz he lost his phone I heard about that so we're actually looking for your dad well it's not excessive feel like I listen if somebody found him outside he is how old are you buddy eight eight right yeah and he's like I live here but he's like well I have nobody home but I don't understand that cuz we had a dinner party tonight but there's nobody here I know that's what I don't understand so where do you think your dad would have went he could have went to his friend's house there's not that many places my dad goes do you know where cuz we have could I like Call my Grandma my uncle yeah I mean that's fine you can call we're trying to I know he said he lost his phone and fell in the water or something you called me on your phone though no your dad lost the phone my dad lost his so we can't reach him so we know what he drives so we're just really just trying to find him to let him know hey or that was before we got to you of course his phone was dead he went inside he got a charger he charged it up you were the first person he called he said he wasn't home I'm sorry never talked to Cops before it's okay we're not here for any other reason than the protection of your brother yeah I know okay uh is this car registered to you or your dad I think my grandma grandma okay let me see your license how old are you I'm 18 18 okay you're the okay you're the big sister yes okay where's your dad usually hang out at night do you think he's like with someone like a he mentioned a girlfriend or something that's that I just called her and she didn't answer and she always answers the phone so are they early sleepers no I mean my dad H iffy sometimes he'll go to sleep early sometimes he won't got you that's your father right hello yes sir ma'am ma'am hi sorry no you're fine can you stand here for me a second hi my name is Deputy F can you put this down for a second yeah all right my name is Deputy FR with the Sheriff's Office okay all right so someone found your son he was just walking around um he came home and there was no one home my daughter was home no there was no one here we called him okay when you left the house where was he he was going to be home I went to my friend's house and I thought my daughter was home she's 18 she's an adult right but when you left the house who was here all right hang on yeah I'm in trouble no no no nobody I'm in trouble come here buddy because my my daughter's an adult 18 all right here come this way with me uh Lennon what Lon to me come on Lon I don't want you to scare your son okay I don't want him to think he's in trouble I don't want him to cry well I don't I shouldn't be in trouble no I said I don't want you to scare your son I don't want him to think he's in trouble right here okay all right can you tell me what happened what do you want to know so just tell me what happened who did you leave him with where did you go we had a dinner party here we cooked 12 Lobster shrimp scallops pork everything okay and I had to give somebody a ride home and my daugh was here I didn't know she left so I went and now I'm coming home and do you know how long you've been gone about 45 minutes okay where'd you drop this person off I don't know the address M Mark of 100 okay it's about a mile away from here not far no so what happened in that 45 minutes I hung out for a little while at my friend's house okay and my daughter's 18 years old okay but she wasn't here that's what we're getting at so the this car who does this car belong to right here my daughter's car I bought her for last year okay was the car there when you were leaving what do I got to do I'm just a yes or no question was a car there when when you I I can't I can't swear to that you don't remember okay okay so in the event that you leave who do you leave in charge like do you say hey I'm leaving keep an eye on him I have two daughters one's 17 one's 18 my 17-year-old daughter had just left well I mean that's what I'm trying to figure out did you grab any of their attention and say hey I'm heading out keeping eye on on Trace foring I'm just trying to figure out no I SLI who did you I'm a single father with sole custody of three kids okay for 9 years but I divorce my wife okay and I do the best I can do all my kids have straight A she's doing two years of school she's doing her senior year and her junior year in one year okay and getting out they got jobs they all got braces I do the best I can do I slipped I can't tell I can't I'm not going to lie to you and tell you I'm fantastic don't no you don't have to be fantas I'm not going to tell you I'm fantastic no one's fantastic and I'm maybe perfect no one's but I had all my kids here and we just had a big dinner party we just ate scolar shrimp steak everything your daughter here so she's been gone since about 3 or 4:00 absolutely not okay so she's not telling the truth why would she lie to me I don't think she's been gone since that time and I could be wrong my other daughter just left when I was leaving it's my bad what am I in trouble or can I continue taking care of my kids to the best of my ability the way I do list I'm not discrediting your job as a father right yes ma'am but when you have a minor and you're leaving you have to leave them in the care of someone yes ma'am you have to you absolutely aare I hey I will not deny that and I ain't the world's greatest dad but I'm the best dad these kids have got they don't have a mom and I took Soul cussy of all my kids seven almost eight years ago they all got braces they all got college funds they all got straight A and B and listen and I'm doing the best I can so yes I slip I'm sorry okay so you didn't tell anyone that you really I did I'm not going to lie to you I did not and you don't know who was actually here when you left if there was anyone I didn't know I was gon to be gone that long I thought I was just dropping somebody off one thing led into another yeah okay I'm not going to lie to you man all right I'm doing the best I can do all right just stay here for a second I'll be right with you all right all right s so due to what happened today you are going to be arrested for child neglect are you kidding me no come on can you turn what am I going to do with my kids we're going to go ahead and notify DC after there's an adult here if you here ma'am sir please M you don't want here please please turn turn around listen to me hey hey hey hey hey please please I've done everything for these kids man everything in the world everything in the world stop please hey hey hey hey please just relax I'm not I'm not nothing you are stop stay there cuz I went to the I went to my friend's house real [Applause] quick no you're not oh my I'm telling you all my St went the for a minute stop stop are you kidding me come on there's nothing we can do never there's really nothing we can doin I'm a great dad you're really putting handcuffs on my daughter you're arresting my daughter oh my God she's doing 2 years of school in one year oh my God we're all fantastic people man oh my God Kevin Kevin oh my God this one this one what you're doing man we're fantastic people we we we're really sit down and me sit down and talk me we're not bad bab hey I got College SP for all my kids I'm a single father of three I get that you can't do this to me please please don't do this to me down put your foot in there I love my kids everything put right now yes sir yes sir all right you're going to sort them out get out Mr tman Mr tman yes okay take the Cs are too tight I I got to lay down because they're killing my wrist y'all treat me like a criminal and I'm really a good dad I'm really a great dad all my kids got straight A I got my daughters who heading to college a year before schedule they all got braces I'm a great dad and and and I slipped I didn't notice much daughter had left before I left to go get a pack of cigarettes and take a friend home my kids going championships and basketball baseball everything I'm a fantastic father I thought my daughter was home I didn't know she had left I went to get a pack of cigarettes and take a friend home and I come back and now I'm a criminal now you're going to get me fired from my job cuz I'm not allowed to Ocean re where I'm a crane operator where I make all my money I work every day in Ocean re now I got to let me out there I have an open charge so you just destroyed a great dad's whole life for one little mistake when the dead beat dads are out there everywhere and don't give a [ __ ] I ain't got a dollar child support in 8 years I do it all by myself so you just crumbled a whole family you could have just made it easy but no no we got people robbing stealing killing shooting everything and you're wasting your time toting a good dad in jail this cuff is so tight it's cutting the circulation in my hair and you know what Mr tman cuz I'm a criminal we're we're 2 minutes out from the jail I know but really you really got to be so brutal actually you don't have no kids we talking about me being brutal we talking about the Cuffs cuz I'm only commenting on the Cuffs I'm just saying you're not a mom all right my daughter's sitting there crying because what you doing to her dad cuz I'm not a bad guy you're like a treat me like a criminal C so tight you can't even spin them you did that to yourself look I did it to myself correct you want to argue that yeah well argue with yourself sir I was very gentle with you putting those cuffs on and every time I try to put them on you turn you twisted talk into your camera I don't give a [ __ ] I don't know what camera I'm talking to I'm talking to you so let the world think you're a nice person what the world think does not matter miss me or what is it they'll let you know additional when you get in there sir give me a I'm listen I'm going to take you out so you I'm going to loosen the Cuffs know what you're doing to me did you even get us give us time to to do anything before you started resisting okay come on traffic on florid turn this way this way for for a single dad that takes care of all his kids college funs everything that's what they do dab single dab of three that fought for his kids and went to the store and Dro a friend off real quick that's that like a criminal like I'm a criminal all right listen here sit down they're a little a I didn't say you were sit down I'm not resisting sit I'm not resisting I'm I'm not a criminal my kids I love my kids I do everything for them we all do have why couldn't you just say please be more careful next time I don't know if there's a next time I don't know if this is a first second or third time listen but I'm not here to determine that all right put your foot in yes ma'am I'm telling you I am a fantastic father and you're destroying my whole career my job everything all right I'mma pull out Miller same there a girl in there what they all family fighting and [ __ ] not either she just intervened she could have just m you know but um when y'all ready can y'all take him first yeah we going to take him first we don't even please that' be great it's his daughter too and we don't think he knows that she's here okay we'll deal with him is is is uh obstruction bable huh is obstruction bable um I don't think so I don't think so so I'm going to unload and I'm going to pull the bus out with you guys come and do your business anything you want to do well I I don't think for her it be resistance we got to it won't I don't think so I don't think oh cuz cuz she ran up yeah do you want me to pull out when I unload I can no cuz if if yeah if if you're not taking them right now it's fine I'll be here in at least an hour no I so we got to wait an hour till we can I'm going to pull out and park over here back in okay yeah cuz he a he only taking two people okay okay okay anything yeah just yeah take him first I I want we'll grab him after we uh we got like 12 people to get inside oh his bus still full all right to start typing Landon Glade Tillman was charged with child neglect and resisting an officer