On July 14th, 2025, a gas station owner called police after reviewing surveillance footage that appeared to show her employee stealing lottery tickets. Here is what followed next. I was out of town. Okay. And um Hello. Hi. Hello. That's my uncle. So, uh Saturday night, he was very badly drunk. Mhm. And I came back and I checked in the lottery. Hello. I checked the camera. He played four book in a lottery. He played four what? Open the book in the lottery. Oh, he played them all? All of them. Okay. $50, too. And $20, too. Yeah. So, almost this he settlement $6,900 settlement. >> Plus, we got all recording camera and the >> Plus, we have a recording camera, everything. Can I see the camera? Yes, sure. Do you have any weapons? No, no weapon. Matter of fact, let me pat you down real quick, okay? I go in my No. Can you come over here? Okay, is that back there? Yep. Let's go and pat you down. Do you have anything? >> Just a phone? Yeah. You got it. You speak English? Yes, brother. Okay. I'm just checking you for weapons. Understand? No gun? No gun, brother. No knife, no gun, or anything, brother. Okay. Have a seat. Thank you, sir. Thank you, brother. Do you live here? Yes, I live inside. Okay. >> My letter inside. And the my passport. You work work here? Yes, brother. That's that's what he used, right? So, he used $6,900 worth of tickets. >> That's ticket. He didn't pay for anything. No. And then >> it. Okay. And then he took $3,000. >> it. He just leave it just like scan and then leave it like this. Got it. And this is all the >> that's my settlement money. >> That's federal government. You even I cannot play in a $1 ticket, too. Yeah. I don't need this video. >> Yeah. All right. So, this is Do you all have copies of this? Yeah, I got a copy. >> You can have it, yeah. >> Oh, okay. Okay. All right. Can I see the video cam footage, please? What's up, man? It's fine. All right. So, the cops find out everything. Don't worry. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. This is today is the 12th. 12th, 12th, 12th, Saturday, yeah. Saturday. After reviewing the surveillance footage, the deputy went outside to speak with the suspect. Hey, G. Hey, what's up, man? Hey, I'm Deputy Bates, Marion County Sheriff's Office. Hey, why am I here today? What I do on a Saturday evening, I take medicine and uh What medicine did you take? Tylenol PM. Okay. And after 2 hours, I not satisfied the tablets and come to my room and I take two pack drinks. And I think so reaction to me. Okay. And you had a reaction. >> Yes. And she is coming also 7:00. She uh called the ambulance, my boss. Shut up. She She come here and I looking my I'm not good because my mind is no in my hand. Okay. Mind very upset. I don't know what I have He say I playing the tickets. Just like that. I don't know. I believe what you mean playing the tickets. >> Yeah, scratches. Okay. Yes. All right. But he she he he show me that camera, but I don't know because my mind is not my hand. At that time in the Saturday evening. So, you're saying you were just completely out of it. You have no idea what you did. Yes, like I don't idea what I do. Uh-huh. Okay. After two Tylenol PMs and a and a Chased it with some whiskey, so Yeah. And and so, a couple shots of whiskey and two Tylenol PMs and You're out like a light, huh? And you don't know how you have no idea what you did. Yes, I don't know. Okay. Well, hey, I'm going to ask you some questions, man, but before I do that, I'm going to read you your rights, all right? Um it's not it's not saying you're under arrest or anything like that. It just the questions I'm going to ask you could be incriminating, right? I expect you to be honest with me. All right. Um But in order to do so, all right, I got to I got to advise you of your rights. If you don't mind, you speak slowly, then I understand you. Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry. Okay. >> Because your English and my English So, he wants to ask you some some questions. >> Yes, sir. They could be incriminating. Okay. Yes, All right. Okay, no problem, brother. Before he asks you, he wants to read you your rights. Okay, right, sir. So, I'm going to read you your rights and afterwards, just tell me if you understand what I'm saying, okay? >> Okay. All right. You have the right to remain silent. Do you understand that? No, brother. What does that mean? Okay, that means that you don't have to talk to me. Okay. Okay. All right. Anything can One second, brother. I close the phone, brother. Bad timing. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. Do you understand that? Yes, sir. Having these rights in mind, do you wish to to speak to me? Okay, brother. Do you Do you wish to speak to us about this case or remain silent? I know I I You I explain to you properly, clearly tell you because I know Saturday evening I don't know. He has some questions for Yeah, I have questions, but I I can't ask them until you unless you let me, essentially. Exactly. All right. Are you okay with me asking these questions? Okay, and you understand your rights, correct? Okay, cool. Fantastic. So, hey, um on Saturday, right? You said that you uh you took some Tylenol PMs, take a couple swigs of whiskey, right? And you went over here to work, correct? >> I I tell you because I I take the Tylenol. Mhm. I PM in the 4:00 or 5:00, I don't know which that time that. But he is no I am not satisfied my mind There are But after you did that, did you go over there to go work? I am after Tylenol, I come to my room. Not here. Okay. But but I go to the store, the customer called to my boss and boss is coming. I am not working here. Let me ask you this, okay? Uh who was supposed to work on Saturday? Saturday? Yeah. My responsible My responsible I 5:00 I It's okay. It's I Yes, I know sir. After that, she looking the camera and she come back very fast. I am in the room, also. Okay. So, I at 5:00. Okay. Yes. But from 1:00 or what time did you go in to work? In the morning, 10:00. 10:00, so from 10:00 to 5:00, you were at work. >> 10:00 to 10:00. 10:00 to 10:00 at night. >> night. Every day. Okay. But that day Yes, sir. you were from 10:00 to what time? Uh 5:30 or 6:00. >> 5:30 or 6:00. Okay. And what time did you take the Tylenol? Tylenol near about 3:30 or 4:00. Okay. What time did you What time did you drink whiskey? The customer say you are no good. Go to your room. He called to my boss. So, what time? Maybe near about 6:00. 6:20, that time. So, um reviewing the cameras, have you seen the camera footage yet? She show me one one or two photograph, not more. Yeah. Okay. So, uh looking at the cameras, it looks like around 11:00, you started um you Because the customer is coming every day, brother. Right. So, listen. Yes, sir. Okay. At 11:00 on the camera, okay? Are the cameras accurate with the time? Mhm. They are, right? Right, sir. Okay. So, at 11:00 or in the 11:00 to 12:00 hour, okay? In the morning. Yeah. You can be seen grabbing tickets, right? And scanning them. Now, you're telling me that you didn't take the medication. No, I take 3:00, I tell you. Yeah, 3:00. But this happened at 11:00. So, tell me what happened. I tell you every after 20 minutes, the customer is coming. Customer coming, he give me the tickets. I scan it and the he is the winning or she is the winning, then I scan it and put the money and he want to ticket more because me $10 ticket winning. And you tell me any ticket more, he say game number five, number 10. I put the ticket and give it to him. Right. But you didn't do that in the camera. No. No. Took the ticket and scanned it yourself and then threw it away. And then took a ticket, scanned it yourself and threw it away. 11:00, no problem. After 3:00, I understand, but before 3:00, I don't understand. So, you're telling me what I saw on the camera that is accurate with the time from what you told me, right? >> I tell you clearly clearly >> You're You're You're telling me that what I saw is not what happened. I don't know, brother, because in the whole day, my mind is no very upset. I don't know what happened. Did he find anything on this? Uh he didn't he didn't take any of the winners. So, uh it was about $6,900 worth of tickets, four books. Um from from what they're telling me, okay? So, four books. She tell me same thing, also. >> So, out of those four books only three tickets are missing. So, so out of four books. So, he he from what I understand, he was grabbing them, scan, throw it away, grab, scan, throw away. Out of four books, like all four books, okay? Which is roughly 120 tickets. >> Okay. Right? And they're they're useless once you scan them. From what I understand, yeah. >> Okay. So, now with that said, though, the store, right? Out of those those tickets cost him what? $6,900 worth of money. Does that make sense? To purchase the tickets at retail price. >> Right. Retail price of the tickets is about $6,900 worth. So, what did you do with Do you know what you did with the money like with the with the tickets once you grabbed them? I I tell you I tell her Okay, you tell me I am playing the ticket. I would have four books. Four books to me cannot win. I don't know. Because not my money in my pocket. I got my I scan the tickets. Four books I was playing. >> missing. Yeah, go ask Go talk to her and see and see what because the the I'm I'm not good with uh lingo. And I don't play lottery, so. Yeah, me neither. Yeah. Brother, have my luggage inside two bags. I'm sorry? My luggage inside Your what is inside? Bag. Your bag? For what? For clothes and everything, shoes, just like that. What is that I do? Yeah, okay. What does that have to do with anything? You don't know, brother. I'm not saying >> I I tell you my luggage inside, that's it I tell you. That Yeah, I I don't care what's inside, man. Okay, okay. Okay, but look, what I'm trying to figure out, okay? And my eight, nine passports in his hand. Yeah, what's with all the passports? I had it. I take it. No, I didn't take it. I I gave it back, but what's with all the passports? You have a lot. Yes, brother. I am with the working in the business in the computer parts. In what? Computer parts. Computer parts? >> Yes, sir. Okay. All right. >> That all I'm every month here to Korea, Japan, to Italia. So you travel a lot. >> Yes, to travel a lot. So what was with the what what was with the lottery tickets, man? That's what I don't I don't understand. I tell you my mind is no in there in my hand. So you're saying that I lose my mind. So from what I understand, you're telling me that you might have done it, Yeah. but you don't remember doing it. Yes, brother, I don't remember that. Then Okay. And she's so she's saying that she gave you an opportunity to to pay all the money back, right? I tell to her I will work in other side and then I pay to you within two, three months. Yeah, I don't know if that's going to I I tell to him many times, but she's annoyed got to the police like to come up. All right, so You acknowledge that you were at fault for this, correct? What what knowledge? Do you acknowledge like do you you understand that Little bit. Okay, so you do you do you think that you were at fault for this? Yes, naturally I am. Because I I don't know because my mind is no hand. I playing the game. I don't I playing and throwing Even if it was accidental, so you're saying it was accidental? >> yes, accidental. >> Right, but you're still saying that Yeah, actually yes, sir. All right, so As of right now, okay, I'm going to detain you until I completely understand >> Okay, fine. uh what's going on, okay? Now, with that said, I'm going to detain you. Do you have anything on you that I need to know about that's going to put me, stick me, harm me, hurt me? >> No, no, no, no, nothing. No, nothing. Can I can I get you to turn and face away from me? >> Yes, sir. And place your arms behind your back, okay? It helps if you put them together like you're praying. So we're going to go right over here. I'm going to pat you down real quick. You okay, brother? >> going to my car. Can you see my medical report also? I I saw your medical report, yes. You take it also because there's a prescription prescription on the medicine. Okay. Well, for right now, I'm going to have you sit in the back of my car. The first one? Yeah, the first one. Okay. What do you want to do for this? So this is what we're going to do. We're going to have We're going to have him interviewed by our detective, okay? It's a grand theft case, big big case. Big case. So we're going to have him interviewed by our detective, [clears throat] okay? After he gets done, I'm sure our detective is going to want to speak to y'all as well. Do you all mind going up there and waiting to speak to our detective? Is that something y'all can do? It's That's fine. It would It would help. Anything for >> If you want this to go You want this to go, I would go up there. Yeah, but Right now, we already lose that, so we can request for the I I understand I understand that you you want to I understand that y'all have lost something, right? Yeah, we lost something. What I'm telling y'all that What I'm telling y'all is this case specifically You're fine, man. Yeah, you're fine. Uh this case specifically, okay? Because of the amount of money that's involved and the type of case that it is, it's it's it's lottery. It is not It is not right? So while we may not understand it, I want to take y'all to somebody who might who >> might be help. Yeah, who can help y'all better, okay? And in order to do so, you'll just got to drive down the road. Is that something y'all be willing to do? Yeah, let's go. Okay, so but they still you guys working on in the person. So it's okay. So it's I'm not be there, so still you guys doing, right? That Yeah, but I mean if I'm sure he would want to get a statement as well. This is our detective. He does this. He wants He wants to talk to you. It would It would Again, I'm going to ask you, you want him to go to jail? Oh, yeah, but Do you want him to face trial? Do you want him to face trial for this or do you want to let him go? No, no, no. Okay, if you guys are invested in this, I would suggest going. Yeah, it's going to let him go. Just pay for them on money. Look at this guy, winner. After investigation, the suspect was charged with grand theft. Don't forget to subscribe for more body cam videos.