okay so I get it you feel bad now but
there's a there's a little wakeup call
for you to stop doing that okay yes I
agree I'm not giving you like a oh my
God this cup is you know giving me a
little um how they call it like a speech
no I'm just I've been doing this for a
long time okay I
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understand is 56 Dr Melissa Ivers was
the associate chief medical officer for
the University of New Mexico Health
System she was making nearly $300,000 a
year she decided to shop at Target loss
prevention observed her stealing from
the store multiple times over the last
few months that is when police decided
to arrest
her ma'am let's go inside we need to
talk to you your the right now for job
lifting okay let's go inside okay I'll
take this I'll take this your hands out
of your pocket keep your hand out of
your pocket sorry sorry sorry sorry
controller
yep do you have any weapons on you ma'
no I do not
okay they got sit here yes do you have
an IDE on you um I don't let's no I do
not okay I have it in my car
okay let me see your look
there's an order to
this right there what's your last name
man' i i v e r s this quique slowly okay
IV i v e r
s what's your first name Melissa m e l i
SS
a please the other
bird do you know why you're in this
office right now yes okay what's your
social
okay there's somebody expecting you at
home right now kids husband I I have an
ex spouse
okay I'm going to tell you like I told
you when we were coming in you're
retained right now for a sh lifting
investigation okay so we want to see
where's the total and are going to be
very transparent with you they have more
cases uh work against you okay oh okay I
have seen that face I if if I have a
dollar for every time that I see that
face I I shouldn't I wouldn't be doing
this yeah so they'll give me all the
information and I'll explain you
everything what's going on okay I just
want to do a quick P now cuz I noticed
that you were reaching your
pockets okay Le forward for me
please thank I'm going to remove this
from
your you guys
good
you good just
so nervous
okay
passw
you
your she
you want you want to
be
yes
cold water now is the best
right
probably keep right or
warm water
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aad yeah you can give me that so I can
scan it for my for my paper you
know you can just SC the docum
yourself I'm sorry you're like in 2023
right
now I'm just saying yeah sometimes SC it
you PDF and you can copy
paste I mean sometimes I we'll
see
thank do you have a vehicle park sment
yes sir is it Nissan Armada yes it
is so you probably know that we know
what we're doing right and they've been
looking at you for very long time so I
did not know that okay I'm telling you
now they be looking at you right and so
and they know they be looking at you in
the other targets as well okay
so he's going to give me a total for the
whole merchandise I'm going I'm going to
ask you more questions in a second okay
okay
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okay
I don't think he's going to e chocolate
for today right so I eat
it
can't
wait you know what I mean like it's
not
come
back there's three of us in here so you
can give one of us your information and
I get text to him I don't have a on me
so that
gohost
this is one case one day
yeah where's the toal on
this I know I can do the addition but
sometimes just put here for when we go
to
court
I don't think Sean did the well he did
the third one but a copy of it okay I
have the number though you doing the APD
online
yeah you got the number and the
date I can just add
it
no days and there's a third one and
today and this is
to
you use any type of Narcotics man no not
no okay do you have to take any
medications no okay if you sit straight
you're probably going to be able to
breathe better I'm sorry what if you sit
straight you're going to be able to
breathe
better sorry say that again if you sit
straight you'll probably like lean
against the wall if you have to
okay thank
you
you work at like a doctor's office or
something
all these mandas
change the mirandas
yeah get
it
okay
I already have cour for we
from do you what I already
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have what was the first this within the
last 90 days
correct on alone or no no someone who's
watching them their um
parent question so from all the previous
merchand today is the only one that you
recover yes okay so all mer yes
okay you please change my call to
37
than for thank you so that's her name uh
Thea bird
is 82 this is the APD number the number
that's her name
okay I'll give you the city in a second
too
okay okay ma'am at this point you're
going to be under rest for chob lifting
okay okay with within the last 90 days
you've
been catching
camera chob lifting around
$940 which is a New Mexico is a felony
okay so
um
you also is going to be criminal
TransPass from the property I give you
your copy in a second okay so do me a
favor stand up for me please face away
face away from me put your hands behind
your back you can fix your
pants okay put your hands behind your
back and put it your hands together like
you're
praying put your hands together like you
there
you I already asked you this you said
you don't have any weapons but I'm going
to ask you again you have any lips no I
don't do you have any needles for you no
I
don't
what's going to happen well you're going
to jail right now oh God okay you're
going to
jail we'll
okay I hav't read Miranda
I I have the new Miranda in the car
whatever I
have
okay um I'll give you a cop second
for
I don't think my car okay we'll we'll D
my ke are probably in the car why would
you put your keys in the car I don't
know I just take your car make sure my
phone in the
car I'm going to tell you right out the
b we cannot enter your vehicle the most
we can do is secure your vehicle so
whatever is inside the vehicle we can
take anything out of it okay okay so if
your phone is in the car you have to St
the the
car we can make sure the vehicle's
locked and until uh Target can't take
the keys out
the we all check where's the keys at I
think they're right on my
um um like right in the center
console and what's going to happen to my
car is that going so we'll ask Target if
they're okay yes if you can leave your
vehicle here cuz today Wednesday and I'm
going to be honest really honest with
you Melissa okay I haven't R your
information yet right however in my
experience for shoplifting even if is a
felony is not a violent crime okay so
you might going to be out of jail
tomorrow afternoon at the lth Friday
tomorrow Friday in the morning so it's
not that you're going to stay in jail
for oh my God you know what I mean okay
I I don't have any record of anything
okay well we'll double check that okay
let's face here the vehicle please we
need to take out everything out your
pocket cuz you're under arrest okay you
can take everything out
my do you have any more merchandise in
you that that you you didn't pay I don't
think so okay you you can you can stop
moving please
sor other Pockets besides
need you help me check in the I check
the pockets need to check the the
in what you need to do ma'am I need to
call the call him we'll call him I
you'll give me your number and we'll
call them for my phone in a
second
yep over I'm so
sorry it happens manam just no it does
and it's just
bad it's so bad happens more often than
you think yeah but I'll be honest with
you Melissa we're in 2023 Melissa yes
you know where's the only place that
they don't have cameras I don't know in
the bathroom their cameras all over we
have cameras yes they have cameras all
over the the store the only reason why
you haven't been detained or under ARR
before is cuz when they have call us
before we've been busy yeah but they've
been looking for you
oh I did not yeah well you have $940
already merchandise Melissa you know
what I mean like I I can't even afford
that right now there's a lot of
money okay so I get it you feel bad now
but there's a there's a little wake up
call for you to stop doing that okay yes
I agree I'm not giving you like a oh my
God this cup is you know giving me a
little um how do they call it like a
speech no I'm just I've been doing this
for a long time okay I understand and
and I can see just right off the bat
that I don't see that you're an addict
so no I'm not I don't but we but we'll
we'll talk in a second okay
okay Dr Ivers entered into a
pre-prosecution diversion program to
avoid jail time since it was her first
arrest the office of the Second Judicial
District Attorney said in a statement