On September 21st, 2025, Tampa Airport police responded to a theft in progress at a hotel restaurant. A man ordered a meal, took a bite, and left without paying his bill, prompting hotel security to follow him to the police lobby. Here is what occurred. >> As you said, you're here with your girlfriend, right? >> That's neither here nor I'm >> So you're not. So >> you want to sign you press charges? I'm ready to put handcuffs on it now. How? How? >> Cuz you're not making any sense. >> Sir. Sir, are you understanding? And he he you want to press charges over the burger? >> Yes. >> I lost charges over cuz you didn't pay for your bill. >> I I didn't feel well. >> And that [laughter] doesn't matter. So then don't order anything. >> I I didn't feel well after eating. >> So who are you here at the airport with? >> I'm here by myself right now. So my guy >> But you said something about a girl. >> No. No. Another girl. No. No. So, why not go to the sixth floor? >> There's nothing about a girl that's important. There's nothing about >> She said You said she had your back. >> No, she didn't. I I said that I left my bag by the hard rock. >> I'm I'm I came down to look for my bag, bro. >> I don't pay for your bag. >> No, she can't. She cannot. I don't have a girl. I don't have a girl that I'm worried about my bag. Can someone help me look for the bag? >> We're not worried about your bag. We're worried about you committing a theft at Marriott. That's why we're called here. doesn't want to leave. >> No, you're not going to leave. >> I'm going to sit. I'm going to sit. >> Just have a seat. >> Have a seat. >> Sure. >> Sit down or you're going to cop. >> I don't care. Sit down. >> We're telling you to sit down. You're going to sit down. >> Okay. >> Wait. You want me to sit down? >> No. Hard rock. Hard rock. Okay. Yes. >> I don't even have my wallet on me, bro. >> Now you're going to jail. >> How am I going to jail over this? >> When did you When was the last time I saw your back, >> sir? Like 2 hours ago. >> What kind of Is it a >> And why am I in jail right now, bro? I didn't even eat the burger. >> It doesn't matter. The burger the whole time, bro. I'm looking for my bag. You understand? >> Relax, dude. >> Bro, am I detained right now? >> No, you're under arrest. >> Under arrest for what? >> Stop tensing up. I'm not going to tell you again, >> bro. When am I under arrest? Am I Bro, I'm just >> the wall. Stop, dude. >> Yes, sir. >> So, I hurt your feet. >> Oh my gosh, bro. I don't even have my wallet, bro. >> Is there a bag? I'm looking for my bag with my wallet. Bro, I can't even give you my ID. Bro, >> you got more stories than Disney. You got more stories than Disney. >> Bro, you can check the cameras. >> No, >> you don't want to check the cameras, >> sir. Sir, I took one bite of that burger. Um, um, Captain, is that the captain? >> Um, can I can I speak to a supervisor? >> Supervisor? Sir, sir, sir, can you look how he's >> No, he's gripping me up. Supervisor, do me a favor. >> Can I speak with you? >> Do me a favor. >> Yes, sir. >> Pay attention to what they're trying to tell you to do. >> They're not telling me anything. They're gripping me up. >> Sitting right there, >> supervisor, I was sitting there right there. Listen, >> okay, Sergeant, can I speak with you, bro? >> Can you Can you check on these guys? >> Do and you'll be fine, >> sir. Do you go for a misdemeanor? Do you want to go for more, [snorts] >> sir? A misdemeanor? Can you Can I speak with you? >> Yeah. The fraud and inkeeper. That's what you did, guy. >> What was it? >> Defraud an inkeeper. >> Sir, >> you got a meal. You didn't pay for it. Hey, >> I didn't I I didn't feel well. He's absolutely wrong. >> Do you have a Do you have a way to make payment? >> He's absolutely wrong. You >> don't have a way to make payment. >> I just lost my wallet. That's what I'm >> That's what I heard you say back there. >> And And nobody checked the cameras about my wallet, about my bag missing. >> You don't have it on you. That's on you. How old are you? >> How old are you? >> Why are you asking me? >> How old are you? Do you have a phone? >> Bro, I lost my bag with that. Why would you order food in a restaurant? >> Sir, I didn't not have >> How old are you? How old are you, >> bro? I'm >> How old are you? >> I'm 28. Bro, that's not important. >> Yeah, it is. Cuz you're an adult. Okay, listen. Listen to what I'm saying. Listen to what I'm saying. >> Can I speak with you? >> Do what my guys say. Okay. >> Follow the instructions. >> You're not going to speak with me because that guy out there, Marriott, Hold up. Hold up. The Marriott Security, >> man. Just before these guys, cuz they're harassing me. And who's harassing you? And if you're the if you're the supervisor, I just like to have a word after these guys are are done with it. >> You're going to jail. >> I I absolutely that it's% right. >> Hold on. Look at me. >> No, it's 100% order. Hold on. I'm going to ask you a question. >> Did I order food with intentions of paying on it and then I and I felt sick? I There's one bite of that burger and I left. >> Where's your wallet? >> Sir, do you understand? There's a There's a bite of the burger and then I >> Where's your wallet? >> Where's my wallet? Is lost. >> So you ordered food and you had no way to pay. YOU KNEW THAT WHEN YOU SAT DOWN. It doesn't matter how >> I didn't know I didn't have my wallet. I'm saying I got sick and I >> listen. You ordered food. You didn't have You didn't have a way to pay for it, man. >> I did. You could put it on the car. You can >> Can I speak with you? But I can tell you. I'll tell you. I'll tell you. I'll tell you. I have no issues, bro. Um I can't I I I ordered some food. I I I took a bite of it and I felt completely sick and I left it upstairs. Um Um And that was the end of it. And then I come back downstairs and the and this guy is he's chasing after Can I tell you? Let me just finish telling you for the camera for the camera. Go ahead. >> Um Um I I come downstairs. Um I'm looking for I'm I'm coming downstairs to to to the lost and found and I'm looking to to um >> cuz I lost a bag. That's This is This is my concern. And then I have this guy running after me after I felt sick talking about I didn't pay for the meal. I had a bite of the of of the burger and I let it and I let it go because you understand I wasn't I wasn't but let me just tell you before we >> Yeah, please. And then check also I wasn't pleased with that. >> What's your first name? >> Jay. >> Jay, let me tell you something. Jay, you're 28 years old. >> You could have sat there and you could have told the Marriott security guy, "Hey, I don't feel well." ANY >> I RAN UPSTAIRS AND I DIDN'T FEEL WELL. >> YOU CAME all the way across the terminal. Okay. You could have said, "Hey, can you call the police to see if his bag my bag is down there?" You could have made a million adult decisions and I'm going to >> Yeah, you're 100% wrong. >> It's a separate issue. >> Uh >> thing about the pilot. >> You had an opportunity. Listen, I worked here. >> Sir, you're the supervisor. You're the supervisor. >> I worked here 13 years. >> What I'm saying is I wasn't pleased with the meal. I started feeling sick and then I and then I go upstairs. >> But does that but but you make you make an arrangement with the manager. You make a >> If I feel sick, I I I RUN A STAIR. >> YOU FELT SICK ENOUGH to come all the way over here. YOU DIDN'T STOP. I STOPPED AT THAT. >> I DON'T have to argue with you. We're not arguing. I'm telling you what it is. And that's it. >> You left. Guess what? >> You got a little misdemeanor charge for defrauding in keeper. That's what you >> And what's your name, Sergeant Delhi? >> Yep. And here's And you're the supervisor. Yeah. You You understand? I wasn't pleased with the meal. I took one bite and I >> Hold on. Hold on. Does Florida statute say you weren't pleased with the meal? You can walk. I started feeling sick and I ran upstairs to my room and and did not say that. >> Bro, you could just put the meal on the room. >> No, you didn't stop at one point when the guy's back there. I guarantee you >> I wasn't. I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY BAGS AND MY STUFF. >> OKAY. You got all your excuses and you disappear. >> Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. >> Did we check to see if his bag's back there? >> Yeah, I called up dispatch. They said they have no call for >> What's your bag? >> A brown paper bag. Um paper bag. A a bingo brown paper bag. Yes, it's a it's a brown paper bag. >> What's your business here for? Were you staying at the >> for what? Were you flying out? >> Are you staying with somebody? >> I'm I'm Cuz I guarantee you had at least 10. Hold on. Look at me. Look at me in the face. >> Look at me in the face. >> I guarantee you have 10 chances to pay. >> At least 10. >> Sir, I can't I don't know what else to to to tell you. I just I I I wasn't in the mail. I started feeling sick. I ran upstairs. You can charge it on the room. >> Yes, sir. >> Listen to me. The only thing you got to worry about now. >> Can you just give me a ticket for this? >> No. For the rest of the interaction is you do exactly what they say and you're going to go to the jail and the deputies are going to tell you what to do. And look at me. Look at me. Do exactly what they say. And if you find a way to pay for it later and the state attorney wants to, you just make it right. You just make it right. You got me, >> bro. Can I have a >> All right. Hold on. Hold on. The only reason why I'm here right now is cuz you were getting and not following instructions. That's just not a good good idea for a misdemeanor guy. >> Can I please get a >> You You understand? You're It's 100% wrong. >> Who? How? You just admitted you went up there. The >> restaurant, bro. I can't. Yeah, cuz this is I've not even >> How are we wrong? How are we wrong? >> Just forgot it. Um can I just have a little bit of water? >> I'm going to find out what this card is all about. Are you staying at the Marriott? So, can I have a little bit of water? >> Do we have his Have we ident? >> No. >> Let's get his name and date of birth. >> Jay, name and date of birth. >> J Reyes. >> Y >> R E Y E S. >> Yes. >> What's your date of birth? >> Is it a Florida ID? >> No, sir. >> What do you got ID out of? >> New York. What's your social? >> I don't have my social. >> You're 28 years old now. Come on. >> I don't have my social. >> You don't have your social. >> What's your address? >> You want to talk to me anymore? >> Um, I had like >> Nothing's changing because I'm going to tell you something. You don't believe me because you think I want to mess with you or anything other than that? I guarantee you you had at least 10, probably 15 chances to pay your bill. You're 28 years old and you got to know that that's not going to be a good outcome. All I'm saying I know and that's I'm telling you what you need to do from now. >> I'll do I'll do I'll do what >> just follow instructions. Don't tense up. Don't lock your fingers if they tell you of water. Please. I'm like literally like about to catch a heart attack. >> Please give me a glass of water. You got water in the truck. >> Look. >> Who's taking this? >> I got it. >> The only reason why I came up here, hold on. The only reason why I came up here, didn't let my corporal or my guys handle it, is because the last thing I want to see you do is make a decision that's going to make this more egregious. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> You hear me? >> Yeah. And I'm not trying to be mean to you. I'm Kurt because I do deal with this. >> I'm just telling you I um I'm not even supposed to be even speaking this much, but um just to defend my >> my my receipt or something. >> No, call call Marriott and see what the name you got. See if he's a guest there. >> Well, this is the first time he said anything about him staying in the hotel. >> He first he said that he wasn't. First he said he wasn't. not staying. >> Then he said he went up to >> his Are those his? >> These were in his pocket. >> Okay, let's keep him here until we figure out what's going on. >> Have we have a little bit of water? >> I just want to know why he said they could charge it to the room. So that means he's staying there. >> Jay, do not spit it at my guys. >> If he say they could charge it to the room, maybe he's staying there. >> Yeah. I mean, that's a decision he should have made up there. They want to make it happen. Yes. But he did not at any point from here all the way across the airport make the adult decision. >> I'm almost dying. Please. >> You're not dying. Can you feel my It's really It's absolutely >> It's because you're arguing with us. >> I don't want to argue and I just want to make things right. >> That's why you're in cops is because you wanted to argue with us. >> According to the security guy, he went up to the sixth floor >> and they came back down and need a key to get up to the sixth floor. So >> are you Is there a credit card there that could have paid for this? Um, >> you could have made 10 different decisions. Let's >> do you understand that I lost my bag. >> Jay, I'm listening to you right now. But why why do I have to make the adult decisions for you and you >> All I'm looking is for my bag. This is over a burger that I took a bite of that I didn't feel well over. >> But you can't you can't order food and not pay. That's bottom line. Why you're in cuffs right now? >> And because instead instead of talking like an adult person and cuz we work with Marriott, we work with all the vendors here. >> Okay. People make, unfortunately, people do make dumb decisions all the time. >> Mhm. >> Okay. But how you acted down here led to where you're at right now. >> Um, can I ask you a question? >> He doesn't have a room there. >> If if um if these guys help pay with for my Excuse me. Excuse me, guys. >> Would they be able to pay for my rent? That's not >> the 18. >> How much did you drink today? >> I had a glass of >> Could that be causing a little bit of the >> I lost my my bag. >> How did you pay for your alcohol >> up there, too? >> What room are you staying in? >> Bro, I'm I'm It's It's I can't give out all of this information. I'm not even staying in the room. >> So, your people are up there and they're going to let you get arrested. I I >> You don't You don't want to see if somebody's going to help you out with what? $20 burger. Maybe a drink. All right. I I I didn't even have a I wonder if Yeah. >> I mean, staying there with somebody cuz he has a key in his pocket. >> Yeah, cuz the guy said he went up to the sixth floor. >> This one. >> What's What's >> I want to go. >> I know. We'll just see what's >> They're tell Tony that there's no J Reyes on file. Nobody with that name. Get in the room. I can go real quick. Go up and come right back down. So, >> take all I think uh bring it over. >> Yeah, we'll keep you here cuz now I'm thinking there's more to it. You're not even asking people for this $20. >> Can you take a bag and this is if this is over a burger? This is >> No, what it is is the fry keeper. That's what it is because we can't let it be known that you can come here, order meals, and then it dip. >> Otherwise, we'll eat flocked. >> But do you understand? I I just had a bite and I left. >> But I [clears throat] didn't feel I ordered it. >> You know what you do when you feel like you're not feeling well before you take a bite? >> What do you do? Tell I know you know. Tell me. >> I actually if I tell you the truth, if you ask the waiter, if you ask the waiter, I asked him specifically cuz I wasn't feeling well. I said I asked him, "Hey, hey, bro, did you already when I ordered it?" >> I went to the restaurant before. I almost canled it and and he said it's already put um he told me um um like it's good. It's a really good burger. He gave me a ginger ale as well cuz my stomach was upset and he and he um and I had a bite of it and still was upset and then I just left. that work >> cuz see right now you said you don't know your social. Most people know at least the last four of their social. You gave us a name. You won't say what room you're in, what room you were staying in, right? You're not asking people who you know are in that room who could get you out of this. Right? But you're not being honest with us. You've told me multiple times, I've already said too much. Which leads me to think there's more to it than just defrauding the inkeeper, which literally is what got you, Karen. Arguing with my guy. >> I'm not arguing with you. >> No, you're not. No, you're doing great. But you were We have I have a a monitor right there that shows me. >> Pardon me, bro. I'm really sorry. >> I can't You're not being honest with me. I'm starting to wonder if you even IDed yourself correctly, which is going to lead to another charge. They're going to take your fingerprints and they're going to figure out who you are because we they're going to do it anyway. I mean, if Okay, so then just let's go if that's the case. >> No, because right now I'm going to investigate to try to see what room you came out of and see what's going on in that room. Cuz if you're willing to get arrested, >> I also have another bag there. Um >> Okay. >> But if you're willing to get arrested so you don't have So we don't know what's going on in that room. That That's might be a safety issue. Correct. >> I don't know what's going on up there because most people would you say that most people wouldn't just go to jail. >> You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I know. Mo, I I figured you guys would understand. I didn't mind even the guy if if it was that big of a deal. I know I was coming to the lost and found and I know there's police guys here. If I if if I didn't think it was like I I took a bite and I didn't feel well at all. I don't know how how how else to keep going. But I'm I'm getting exhausted and um yeah, I I don't agree with any of this. And um yeah, I'm I'm just I'm through uh speaking. >> All right. >> If I was I'll ask you the first part. >> I'm not You're not going to get it cuz I can't right now. On a scale of 10, >> I think you're at a two of being honest with me. And that upsets me because the only reason why I came up up here was because I wanted to stop you from making bad choices more so than you already have. That's my only reason for coming out here, >> bro. Bro, do you understand? I took a bite and I didn't feel well. >> Oh, man. >> Everything you've done has now led me to have to dig deeper. >> Okay. What? >> So, that's what I'm I'm I'm trying to figure out. I'm trying to keep talking and hope I'm sorry for >> I'm trying I'm going to I'm going to ID you. I'm going to see if you got some friends here because that gives me other options, too, because you didn't technically resist. So that wasn't another charge. Otherwise, my hands would sort of be tied. I'm still dealing with basically petty theft. You want to take you searching, right? >> This guy that lighter is going to get thrown away. >> Yeah. All right. Um, so I'm I'm uh >> the hide house. Um, so, so I'm just overly saying, >> can I have a little bit more water? Bro, I'm really not feeling well. And, and J, let me get you any medical attention you want. Hold on. I can get you, but all it's going to do. >> Can I get my arm back? It's making me hot and I promise you I won't move, bro. And if I move, just slam me, bro. >> No, we're not. We're not in that business. That's why I'm up here. >> I know, but it's so Please do. >> Then tell me the truth, Jay. >> The truth is >> Tell me what room you were in anything. Please sir, but I'm getting just listen. Come on. >> Okay. Yeah. Yeah. It's not for camera. >> You could You can tell me exactly what you want to tell me. You don't have to tell me anything. >> I have nothing else. As a matter of fact, >> can I have a little bit more water? Is that okay? >> Well, let's get him in the car. Juan's going to give us what information we got from the room. Don't take him to Orient. >> And then when you get to or let him know that uh we really don't trust his ID, right? We're not going to be >> Can I ask you a question? Uh, for the supervisor? >> Just relax. >> No, no, no. For the supervisor, >> bro. If one of these guys out here could pay the $20 tab, would I be okay? I know. I just lost my bag, too. >> All right, listen. >> You've already been searched. If there's anything on you whatsoever, it goes into the jail, >> you're going to get a felony. >> Is there anything you're hiding on you that we missed? >> No. >> You got to tell us now. >> No. >> Nothing. >> Nothing. >> No needles, no knives, no blades, anything. Drugs, any pills, anything? >> I don't do any of that. Any of that. Can I just have a little bit of water, please? >> Okay. What's your address? >> Um, you worry. >> I just I I I'm not >> J. I'm the one talking to you right now. >> That's it, bro. Like, like, let's just You guys are What What do you want from me? What's good? >> The individual was arrested for obtaining food with the intent to defraud and was transported to the local jail. Officers also issued him a trespass warning valid for one year for the airport property. Please leave a comment and of course don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for new videos. [music] >> [music]