on May 5th 2023 officers tracked down a
suspect reported to be offering children
candy to get into his
truck what up looking for a leon or
whatever his name Leon Lo's that
truck uh I don't know you don't
know is he home huh is he home I don't
know come on man you don't know if he's
home I don't know I'm just here okay I'm
his friend what would you be like
yeah so we'll do this a couple of ways
okay he's not in any trouble right now
were you in the truck with him earlier
you know why we're here right the stuff
you guys said to those kids over there
what kids tell them to come out
here the truck pulled up beside him and
asked him if he wanted candy A PS5 and a
switch to get into the truck there's two
guys that stopped in the black f up
truck and they asked us to get
in tell the come
in the shower I'm going to pull everyone
out the house I'm going to get a search
War for your house then when he's done
with this that's not how this is going
to work okay he could come out here and
we could be adults and cordial about it
he's in the shower right now then tell
him just to come out and talk to us when
he's done okay tell him to step it up
though cuz we're not going to sit out
here all day better enough okay go let
them know the only problem would be you
guys giving us red flags to not want to
talk to us that's the only problem that
could happen right now okay all right I
got you all right no problem thanks soon
as he's out I'll have my yep let them
know okay yeah
got love when they play D
yeah hey B do you want to stay
you all
right were you with them cuz they
described a guy in blue shirt blue
shorts and all that that's funny blue
shorts cuz if I was even sitting in the
truck you wouldn't be able to see my
shorts so you're full of [ __ ] you didn't
get out then huh you didn't get out no
who the [ __ ] getting out of that piece
of
[ __ ] I don't know nobody I don't know so
listen like he said like who said the
kid with the deputy over here you got
you a prom dude do you want there to be
a prom do you have a problem with you I
do I I don't have a problem no okay
really all right I'm just wondering what
what the attitude's about you know like
I just don't like CS get in trouble you
do stupid stuff on occasion yeah yeah
looks like it I get it we all do stupid
stuff right yeah one day you'll grow up
and realize you do stupid stuff and
mature okay who's whose van is this
don't know
yeah people usually act like this when
they know they just did something
stupid shut up shut up yeah yeah you're
really you're really getting there man
your feelings hurt huh your feelings
hurt are my feelings hurt yeah all right
buddy I'll be right
back you get me yeah nice okay you look
pretty good in that uni thanks man
they're new uniforms
yeah up ma'am how you doing good you
drive this
truck yeah okay you were just out
driving around earlier no I don't even
run no you
were don't play dumb no earlier yeah all
right yeah now we had we had two calls
from different people about about you
driving that truck out right yes sir I
don't care that you driving a truck no
yes sir all did you did you talk to
anybody on you no it's not running did
you just right now no yeah it's stuck in
I don't care Neal or some [ __ ] yeah what
were you uh what were you up to
earlier driving around I just rolled the
truck over the weekend I showed him it
still ran yeah I saw you were in an
accident or something like that yes sir
so we got two reports of you stopping
talk to some kids on the side of the
road so why you turning and looking at
him what's that look all
about they
start yeah see that look that's like
yeah we did something stupid and we're
playing dumb somebody did something dumb
and you know it was one of you I don't
honest to God sh I'm focus on two people
called about that truck stopping to talk
to some kids okay stopping talking to
kids yeah not me it was one of
you so w here said he was driving a
truck but has no idea what we're talking
about well just listen guys um so luring
and enticing a child a minor an adult
doing that it's a
crime I'm I'm still unaware of what I
did like you could pull the camera
footage from the corner store here I
never stopped and talk to no kid okay
well a 9-year-old reporting something
like that us isn't
something he reported described your
truck to a te oh yeah I don't [ __ ] and
someone someone who is not involved just
a random person saw you talking to the
kid and called it in too before is B the
back 325 huh this happened yeah so a
9-year-old is reporting to us that
someone in that truck over on Sunnybrook
yeah right here by the made some
comments that hey you want candy you
want a Nintendo switch and there was a
third thing [ __ ] like that I'm just
telling you what happened corner right
over here you can pull the camera you
pull camera footage from any one of
these houses man if something else was
said where maybe the kid thinks that
happened I that' be no sir something to
tell us I was just G I just roll I
thought you guys going be here cuz that
thing was on the damn road cuz it's not
real legal yeah I don't care we don't
see it driving so I don't no yes sir I I
understand but just if you drive it like
that stop talk to no kid you could pull
any camera footage around here did you
guys like I mean did kids cause you
issues was there a group of kids cing
you guys issues
no
truck no I should you can't miss my
truck no I know but I'm making sure we
don't have the wrong truck did you guys
see another just [ __ ] if he said it
ain't got no bed [ __ ] I'm the only one
around here bed okay yeah I just took it
off two days ago so no I never [ __ ] if
anything I may may have been yelling at
him
asking him if you wanted candy no I
never said c nobody even said nothing
candy never came out my
mouth so just you guys are being cool
now so we'll speed this along but
basically we are investigating a crime
all right at this point still all right
um you told us you were driving the
truck we know he was the passenger we're
making sure if any IDs official IDs can
be made so until I'm going to go call my
Deputy now to see if that's happening I
mean you no unless we don't have my ID
on me but I did give him all my right
yeah you're fine information so until I
get that call that we're we're done here
you guys are staying right here okay all
right so we're going to take a little
short ride and like that paper said
don't feel pressured like you have to
you know pick somebody out all right we
don't want to accidentally arrest the
wrong person
okay I'm in R location
now man you guys can stand
up stand about 15 ft apart just come on
up come up
here want them to stand in the yard yeah
just um you can come in the grass you're
good right there
yeah that's the truck okay do you see
the person who was saying that the blue
one this guy in the blue yeah okay how
certain are you certain turn your radio
down a little bit you say off yeah just
down enough for he's about to say
something that's affirmative
104 which
one blue
shirt
copy all right I'm going to look up a
couple things real
quick yeah you guys can sit back down
where you
were
come you want to give me a swall record
statment in regards to what what
occurred yeah I can okay you know the
meaning of perjury pury
I'll explain it okay perjury is a crime
in the State of Florida it can be
committed by telling lies or omitting
information which is leaving information
out well under oath perjury is a crime
in the State of Florida do you
understand what I explained about
perjury yeah all right probably taking a
sworn statement I'm placing on oath if
you could raise your right hand do you
swear or affirm the statement you're
about to give will be the truth the
whole truth Nothing by truth yes right
all right so you know why we're here we
already talked to you earlier um would
you like to say anything about that
matter at all no do you know what I'm
talking about
I I know that we went for a drive h a
trail stopped at well it's Darcy's house
but we stopped there to talk to chase
cuz she staying there right now okay and
we drove back here at any point do you
remember seeing any kids or talking or
talking to any kids on the side of the
road walking home from school I don't
remember you don't remember I don't
think we did I don't believe so you
don't you don't believe you talked to
anybody okay your chance to be honest
with me did you guys so you're saying
you did not talk to any kids on side of
the road at all no not at all I mean I
was yelling at Leon but I was not
yelling to no kids nobody on the side of
the road do you remember seeing any
walking by or anything like that I was
not even paying attention Okay um
anything you want to change that or
delete from what you told me no all
right this concludes the statement time
is 5:13 p.m. all right you can go over
there all
right Leon you're free to go
all
right so
Joseph come with us come on
stand can I give him my VAP and oh wait
his charger in my pocket too yeah what's
on you goes with
you well
can I get my shoes up so I get out there
no never mind good about
it so you're going for luring and tying
that's
true it's not cute it's kind of a big
deal two counts okay even if you're
jokeing around it's so
stupid okay
you got something under your
car sir