On October 27th, 2024, police officers were dispatched to a Dollar Tree following reports of a suspicious individual inside the store. Responding officers arrived on the scene to investigate the claims made by store employees and confront the male party involved. Here are the events that occurred. What is that? He said he's done with them before in an old job that he had, not at this store. Okay. I think he's hiding something. Okay, did you see him put anything in the jacket? Um it looked like he did, but I can't 100% be sure cuz I can't just walk up to him and check. So you don't know if you don't you didn't visually see him take anything? I was watching the camera and it looked like he went like this. So he's already taken He first had a coffee in his hand, a little Starbucks coffee. >> Did you did you guys trespass him from the business? Is he allowed Um I haven't like I said this is my first time dealing with him here. Okay. It's the second time dealing with him. What is he wearing right now? He's wearing like a black and white hat. He's wearing a sweater. Okay. Okay. Is that gentleman right there? How you doing, sir? My name is Officer Salcedo West Covina Police Department. This is Officer Lizardo with the West Covina Police Department. Officer Correa is over here as well, okay? Um we have uh reason to believe that you may be shoplifting as per one of the employees here, all right? At any point in time did you stuff something into your jacket? Uh Yeah yeah I have a Gatorade. Yeah so you did so So there was a Gatorade Take your hands out. Yeah yeah yeah. But but it was mine. Okay, let's let's just let's just Let's just just go ahead and do us a favor. Right now just put these items down. Put the items down for now. I got money. I haven't even got I didn't steal anything. Yeah but concealing it on your person is is akin to shoplifting, sir. All right. No but it's all right here. Okay, put them over there. I don't have anything on me. I don't have anything on me. All right, now you're being detained, okay? But I don't have anything on me. Is that uh something That's all from the store. Insulin Okay, mantenga las manos ahí arriba. I'm just going to be very slow with this. I don't want Okay. You guys want to you want to proceed with complaints? Okay. You know I haven't shoplifted. Okay, one second, bro. Hold on. Hold on, bro. Watch out for the babies. I'm going to make sure he Yeah yeah yeah. I dealt with you before in a different store. And look what you're doing now. Okay. This is here, all right? Check right there. Okay. I got money on me. I got money on me, my brother. What do you have on yourself there in your pants, man? Or in your jacket? It's that simple. Oh what I'm going to do is please I'm with my mother and my child and my baby mother. >> I'm sorry, but you should have thought about it. It was the Gatorade and the uh and the Gatorade looks like that cream that's in there too. I just need a receipt. Thank you. So those are his items too? Yeah. Okay, we're going to have you Put all all the other stuff in here. I'm going to ask if this You know my brother I don't No I don't Shoplifting right here, man. I didn't Come on. Okay, bro. So I'm telling you right now Okay. That was in his back pocket. Is that theirs? Yes, they are. Stand up. Stand up. Get up. Get up. We're not playing this game. Put him in the car. Put him in the car. >> [snorts] >> I feel so bad. Why are you guys [snorts] just doing this? You know I That's that's the the the stuff right here. No. Huh? I didn't steal because I I didn't shoplift. I didn't come out of this store. All right, have a seat, man. Come on. Take a seat, bro. I will do whatever I can to accommodate you to make this experience as less painful than it can be, but you have to understand you made a bad choice and these are the consequences of that choice. It's that simple, bro. A dollar, a hundred dollars, it doesn't matter. You made a choice, now stand by it, bro. I didn't make a choice cuz I didn't come out of this store. I never came out of this store. That's your problem. I never concealed the item in the There's people walking with bags and there's stuff in in their bags. It's not the same thing, pops, and you know it. Yes, I do. Do you have your sanitizer? I didn't even get it, bro. He was with his mom and she You saw him so They came around the corner and they Yeah, that's when he stole that $10 item cuz if not I would have got a basket. I think he's going to be a hospital watch right now. You got You got the info for the guy that Yep, we're good. Awesome. Thank you, bro. Let's get it done. Get it done. Let's get it done. You know he's at the hospital watch, right? Yes, sir. Oh my god. I left that overnight thing on again. Sir, please step out. Okay, we're going to get the ambulance for you, okay? Alpha. Okay. Oh, let me get a little bit of air. Okay. Okay. Guys, can you step out, please? Thank you. Okay. I didn't add everything. I just added the three things that you hidden in your in your pants. The ice cream, the Gatorade, and then like that bottle of whatever the [ __ ] it was. All right, take a seat right here, all right, brother? You're going to be okay. The individual was ultimately arrested for shoplifting and taken into custody. During the booking process, authorities discovered the suspect had an outstanding active warrant, resulting in further legal action and his placement on a new warrant. Please leave a comment, and of course, don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for new videos. >> [music] [music]