I'm a black You going to put me in handcuffs? You being black is nothing to do >> does. It got everything to do with it. I come from a multi-racial family. You don't know about What you talking about? YOU JUST ACCUSED ME ABOUT SAYING SOMETHING TO YOU ABOUT ME. MR. You not telling me nothing. If you're not going to listen to me, I'm going to put you in handcuffs. And then I'm going to identify you that way. Put your hands behind your back now. Put your hands behind your back. You're under arrest. Put them behind your back now. Put your hands behind your back. Hands behind your back. You do anything stupid, they're going to taze you or my dog's going to bite you. These shoplifters believe they had control of the situation. However, that changed the moment law enforcement stepped in. In these moments, shoplifters are surprised by police before they can react. Serial shoplifter gets unexpected Christmas surprise. On December 20th, 2024, officers responded to a Best Buy after staff reported a repeat scammer attempting to steal again. Here's what happened when the police arrived. Hi, ma'am. We're with police. So, we are just going to detain you for a second, all right? You're under investigation right now. Appreciate your ongoing cooperation. I'll explain a little bit more once we go outside so we don't have to blast your information. Is that your ID? And then this product So, just so you know, you're not under arrest. You're just detained right now. We're just investigating a fraudulent return. So we'll we'll ask you some questions and then we'll try to get you out. So they're calling in cuz they're saying you're trying to do a fraudulent return. Can you tell me what's going on? I'm just buying Christmas gifts. Buying Christmas gifts? >> Yeah. Okay, so are you here to return anything tonight? >> Tonight with the Polaroid which I have a receipt for. You were returning the Polaroid? Yeah. Okay, when did when did you buy that? Uh I would say within the last 2 weeks. Last 2 weeks? Okay. And I bought the tablet. Which I don't know if he charged my card. The tablet? Yeah. >> From tonight or Tonight. Okay. Uh I have to check my credit card statement cuz I can't remember if he processed that. Okay. I don't think he did. No, because he was trying to get me to sign up for the The teller was? Yeah. Yeah, and so that's why we didn't go proceed with the transaction cuz he wanted to uh run my credit card my credit report so I could get 5% off of the purchase. Okay. Yes. Now detained, the suspect claimed she was only trying to buy and return items for Christmas gifts. So why do you think they're saying it's fraudulent? Did they say? Yeah. That's why they called. This is they said you were making a fraudulent return. I have no idea. Did you buy it at this Best Buy last time, the Polaroid? I I might have been. Did it say on the receipt? The Polaroid? Yeah. Oh, yeah. It says it. Yeah. I mean, I have a receipt for it. >> Any more questions you'd like to ask? Okay, I'll block off my right side. Um, so did you bring in the vacuum and the Polaroid today? Uh, yeah. Okay. So, when we review the camera footage it's going to show you entering the store with those two items. Yes. Okay. Did you go anywhere else but then the store or did you just go straight to the customer service speak down there? No, I browsed and did the switches and stuff. Okay. Um, did you still have anything else? No, only the tablet. Tablet? Oh, what kind of tablet? Uh, the Lenovo. The Lenovo. Okay. Um, they didn't have it out on the counter so I don't think they charged you anything like that. >> Yeah, that's it. So, yeah. When we review the camera footage it's going to show you coming in with nothing or it's going to show you coming in with the vacuum and that Polaroid camera. Yeah. How'd you carry it in? Uh, on the cart. The cart? I put it in the cart. Uh, like that blue shopping cart right there? Yeah, the one I had. Okay. So, it'll show those two items in there. Uh, the items should match the serial numbers on the receipt, I'm assuming. You would think so, yeah. Uh, have you opened Have you opened them before? No. Uh, have you done anything like this in the past? No. Why would they say that you have done this before? I have no idea. Okay. Have they called the police before? They haven't got a case number. They haven't got that far yet. Um, why don't you grab that case number from that folder? The suspect doubles down on her account describing how she entered the store and carried out the return. Can you give me the lowdown on this gal just all together? Um, I've seen her today. We have this. Um, I have all of Mary's stuff also has case number on her. For her doing it over there. I think that's all I got on her. Um, Stevie takes really good notes. When is this from? Do you know? Oh, damn. It was Let me see. Here's your notes on her. Oh, we got time on that day. 12:06 12:06 12:09 Um This is like a everything that she's done like in the store and stuff. Did you guys complete the refund at Dillard's? Did she get money or merchandise or any kind of goods? >> Uh no, she she didn't get uh >> Okay, so so >> Not tonight. >> Not tonight. Okay, yeah, we know the previous ones. I know she's Yeah. Which is why I I got myself involved this one. I'm like, we already lost enough. I don't want to lose anymore. Perfect. And you guys recognize her from the previous one? Oh, yeah. Yeah, we were comparing. Perfect. Um So, what do we have? Cook four. What do we have? Mhm. Attempted theft, too. Uh tonight, but well, she She's listed as a suspect as well. We recognize her from the previous one. So, we have theft for that one. Um is this a statement for today? For today. Yeah, could you include in there that you recognize her from the previous theft? Can you say case number and just write it in there? Yeah. Um Have you already did that? You may have. How do I say you got it pretty much at the top here? >> the subject. Perfect. Will you put the case number? >> She doesn't need uh You know? No, well, well, you already gave us that whole thing. Yeah, I get you. You get it? Um I'll be good. After hearing her side, the officers turned to speak with the staff who quickly confirmed this isn't her first time pulling something like this. Okay, so we watched the security footage and you did not walk in with either of the items. So, do you want to change what you said earlier? Did you walk in the store with those two items? Okay. Did you walk in the store and pick up those items and then go to the counter? Cuz they have it on video and we just watched it. No. No what? No idea. No idea? No, I have no idea. Okay, so what about the previous contacts? Cuz they have a running list of you coming into the store and kind of just pulling the same thing. All within this month. Yeah, because I'm I'm shopping for Christmas. Are you But you're coming in empty-handed and saying you want to return stuff that you took off the shelves. But I have receipts. Maybe for one purchase, but the other two times that's not the case. Excuse me. You what? Tonight the cameras caught you walking in empty-handed. Wait a minute. Do you have a lawyer cuz I need to go pick up my son. So, okay, we won't ask any more questions. You can search her. Okay, go ahead and stand up for me and then turn around. >> Can I Can I please pick up my son? You're under arrest for organized retail theft. I need you to just stand there and face the vehicle. Does she have somebody I can call for her or something? Uh no family, no friends. Just stay facing the car and widen your stance. Don't face the car and widen your stance. Face the vehicle and widen your stance. I need to pick up my son. Can I see him? What do you What do I need to do? I need to pick up my son. Well, I'll let you call somebody. Please. Please officer. I need to pick up my son. Stand up. You're just delaying. Please officer. What's caught on camera doesn't match her story. And with that, the suspect is left to deal with the outcome of her actions. Okay, please officer. That is it. Don't. Officer, please. I need to pick up my son. He doesn't have a phone. Officer, please. Please, officer. Can I please What is What is Can I do to pick up my son? Is there anything I can do? Tonight? Please. You can bail out probably. But you got to get processed first. Oh my god. I need I want a resolution. What do I need to do to to get my son out? Oh my god. And then bail out. But if you keep acting like this, it's going to be delayed and you're I need to I need to pick up my son. You're not going to do that right now. How long will it take? First of all, how old are you? I'm 42. >> Okay, start acting like it. You're acting like a child. I'm worried about my son. And that's That's why we're going to try to let you make a call. We don't have to. You're not entitled to a call. Officer. Is she searched? Yeah. Put her in the car. Let's go. Oh my god. I need to pick up my son. No. I don't think she thought about that. I'm so sorry. Um can you just hang out here while we go get the statements? She did the same thing at Lowe's, too? Yeah, probably. Given that the incidents were planned and not isolated, the woman was ultimately charged with organized retail theft. Getting caught was just the beginning of this shoplifter's mistakes. On January 22nd, 2026, police were dispatched to a grocery store after a woman was reported causing a disturbance and refusing to leave the property. Here's what unfolds at the scene. Okay. Okay. All right, man. Thanks, man. Okay. Come on. Okay. At the apartment? Okay. Do you have a driver's license on you, an ID on Can I have your name real quick? My Hold on. Okay. Well, I just got to I just got to find out who I'm talking to. Can you spell your last name for me? Okay. Okay. What do you need? Okay, listen. What's your date of birth? I am, and I got to get your information. I got I need you to calm down. Miss Okay. Okay. Do you want to Do you want to Did you pay for this? I don't know. We don't know. Do you have Do you have a receipt? No. Let's go. I'll show you that I paid for it. I had a link card. You have a link card. But do you have a receipt? >> I had money. And they came up with a receipt of paper. Anything I do anything. >> So did you I'm asking They can't with me to bother me. Hey, listen. All I'm asking you is did you pay for it? I didn't even walk out no door. Okay. Do you want Do you want Do you want nothing no more? You don't want anything anymore? Okay. Come on over Come on Come on over here with me. As officers approach, the suspect quickly becomes overwhelmed, repeatedly telling them she did nothing wrong. Come on over here with me. >> No. You ain't even got to talk to me now. No. It doesn't work like that, okay? >> It does. It does. No, because they're asking you Listen, ma'am. He asked me to leave. And I'm And I'm escorting you out, okay? You can escort me out, but you don't have What's your date of birth, miss? You don't have to give me a date of birth or What's your date of birth? I have to identify you. >> No transaction transpired. Okay, listen. >> Hey. Hey. I'm still on the line. >> Okay. Can you Can you >> Nope. Nope. Nope. Can you walk out here with me so we don't cause any more of a disturbance? We He already caused a disturbance. >> you're the one yelling, okay? So would you like to walk out with me? >> me. I didn't bother you. >> Okay. I'm asking you, okay? >> You know why I'm yelling? Because I >> falsely accused. Hey, I'm going to ask you one more time, okay? This is I'm going to ask you one more time to exit the store. I'm going to exit the store. Okay. Come on. I don't mind exiting the store, but you can't You can't I'm going to ask you one more time. >> do nothing with me when I exit the store because I don't have nothing on me. >> you from the store, okay? I'm going to ban you from the store, okay? >> mind being banned. >> Okay. Come on. Now, can you give me your date of birth? >> No. Okay. No kidding. I'm sorry. All right. I'll keep it light. I'll keep it light. I'll keep it light. Ma'am. Sir, come over here with No, sir. You need me to come Listen. Listen. I'm sorry. All right. I'll have no more issues. No Listen. I'm done. All right. Sir, I'm Stop or I'm going to put >> Please don't Please don't touch me. >> don't stop, I'm going to put you in handcuffs. I ain't in I'm I'm not I'm not I'm not I'm not I'm not >> I don't care. I'm okay. You're recorded. I'm recording. I'm okay. So there's Here's how this goes. Are you going to listen to me? Will you listen to me? Will you listen to me? Will you listen to me? Ma'am, you need Stop. Stop walking so I can explain to you, okay? Because you're not you're not listening to me. You need to If you don't stop, I'm going to put YOU IN HANDCUFFS. NO, NO, NO. NOW, even after being escorted outside, the suspect remains hysterical and continues to draw attention from everyone around. You being black has nothing to I come from A MULTI-RACIAL FAMILY. I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU SOMETHING. WILL YOU LISTEN to me? If you're not going to listen to me, I'm going to put you in handcuffs. And then I'm going to identify you that way. We're not saying that. We got called here. Listen. All right. You're going in handcuffs. You're going in handcuffs. Stop resisting. Stop resisting. Put your hands behind your back. PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU. PUT YOUR HANDS behind your back. Stop. You're going in handcuffs. PLEASE STOP. YOU'RE going to be detained cuz you're not listening. You are being detained. Please stop. Put your hands behind your back. Put your hands behind your back. Thank you. Thank you. Calm down. Calm down. He's got to double check your cuffs. Make sure they're double locked. I ain't I ain't coming down. >> We're trying to explain something. In a white neighborhood. Will you please walk with us? Will you please walk with us? Please walk with us. Please walk with us. Let's go. Stop resisting. The suspect tries to turn things around by playing the race card, but the officers quickly shut that down. All right, hold on. I'll grab her feet. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Drag me. Drag me. Drag me. Drag me. God going to see you drag me. All right. God don't like ugly. Cuz I ain't did Why are you doing this? We're trying to work with you. I'm at work. You're not listening to Come on, sir. Please get up so we can put you in the car. I Oh, how can I give you my hand? No, you can't. Get up on your butt. Sit up on your butt for You can't never say nothing to me. Sit up on your butt. Please sit up for me. Come on. Whatever you do, bring your knees in for me. I'm not doing nothing. Okay. We're going to search you real quick before we get in here. Do you have anything on you? I don't care what you I got a taser in my pouch cuz I catch the bus. Okay. But I'mma tell you this. I don't care what you do. God don't like ugly. We didn't have to go this way. Y'all did. Y'all chose this route. God don't like ugly. We've been trying to work with you. But you're obstructing us. You know what? God don't like ugly, but I'mma show you better. I'mma call my lawyer. Don't worry. That's all right. I'mma call her. Maybe Maybe Maybe your lawyer will be more sensible in answering questions for us. Cuz I ain't going to answer nothing. Come on. Keep on. All right. Will you sit in the car for me, please? I'll sit in here. Thank you. Come on. Watch your feet. I ain't got no warning. your foot. And you ain't got no reason. Here's your uh Trying to stall the situation, the suspect flops to the ground, but the officers are already prepared for behavior like this. Sorry about that. >> That's okay. So, all we were trying to do is identify her so we could give her the proper trespass. She wanted to obstruct. So, that's why we had to take her in the forceful custody cuz she kept trying to obstruct us and get away from us. So, if any of your customers complain, refer them to me. I'll explain. Hopefully, they don't Most of them are on it. blame you for it. Uh You can refer them to me. Did Did that other officer Did he have a chance to get your name? No. Okay. Okay. So, she came in. Uh And they they called me over in the deli. She went over there first. Okay. Um teammates told me that she put her hands on them and were yelling at them. Okay. So, she did de-escalated it. I finally tried to get her to check out and just leave. She kept yelling. She said she wanted to check out up here. So, I escorted her. We stopped at floral. I tried to check her out there. Then she said she paid for I didn't even care about the ticket. I just wanted her to leave. Okay. And she just kept yelling. She came back over here started yelling at teammates again. I came back over here. That's when I told them over here to call police. Just have her removed. Okay. I gave her every opportunity to pay for it and leave. So, she made physical contact with some of your employees? Supposedly over in the deli. I haven't been able to verify it. Okay. Uh do you have camera footage? >> Probably. Uh that we could review. Um Do they want to press charges for battery or do they just want her gone? She's going to get charged too. I got her charged with all of She came up and was mad with another worker about Styrofoam plates. We don't have any. But they've been out for over 3 hours. So, when she got here, they already weren't there. She was mad saying that We one she was mad at went back there and started talking about her. But she went back there to tell everybody else we don't have any plates. So, when I heard she was cussing, I came around and she was in face talking up like saying you and you up and I'm coming for you all that. The staff's statement challenges her account, making it harder for her claims to hold up. So, I told her we haven't had any sour cream on plates for a while. And she got in my face and said, "No, I got the last one. You remember I got the last one." I said, "Okay, whatever, you know." I know she didn't, so I'm not going to argue. And when she got in my face, that's when I smelled her breath. And I know she Yeah. And that's when she like shoved me and she She didn't do it hard, but she Don't touch me. Did she kind of do like this or >> like a Well, you don't know. Okay. It wasn't like a attack, but it was Don't touch me, please. Okay. And so, that's when she kept getting more mad and I could tell it wasn't going to like get fixed, and I kept telling her it's all well, and she goes, "I'm fine, but you're not." And just kept saying stuff like that. And she kept coming back and just standing there. Okay. So, I called like and once I like she got even more mad and then started doing that all up in my face again. or ma'am, and she thought he said dude. Okay. So, she went really Yeah, and then that's when told me to just walk away and I stayed away since then. What? I talked to her, so I got your information. Um I'm going to take her to the station. And uh obviously she's already on the ban list here, so she's trespassing here. If she comes back, you see her, no you know, notify us. The investigation showed that the situation began with a suspect acting loudly and aggressively, ultimately leading to charges of battery, trespassing after warning, and resisting arrest without violence. This woman's lie didn't fool the cops. On September 28th, 2024, police were dispatched after a man was caught stealing and allegedly bit a loss prevention officer during the encounter. Here's how things play out. I'm a former applicant. Champaign Police Department, what's going on, man? He just stole bottles and he he bit me. Okay, do you need medical treatment? >> Yeah, I do. Okay. All right, go and stand up for me. I'm going to put you in handcuffs for the time being, okay? Go and place your hands behind your back. You good? Feeling dizzy. Am I under arrest? Well, probably, buddy. No. Stop moving, okay? I think that 750 that is a permanent uh loss prevention officer got bit in the hand. He's conscious, alert, and breathing, but he needs to fill out a medical form, and I want to do that thing. He put me in a choke. Well, that wasn't Well, he's security, man. Why'd you bite him? I didn't I've never put my hands on him. Okay. You have anything on you that might be concerning to me? No. All right, go and turn around. I'm going to go and search you real quick, okay? Just stand right there like that. I didn't bite him. You have any other needles in there that I should be aware of? Probably in this pocket. Am I under arrest? I told you probably, man. You bit him. I didn't. So, that's aggravated battery. He put me in a chokehold with my neck. I wasn't trying I'm going to photograph his kind of wounds. Huh? I'm going to photograph your injuries, his injuries, everything, okay? All right. Just be careful with it. I'm going to go upstairs you got all my permission, right? Okay, yeah. Well, give us 1 second after he's done. I'm going to grab my phone. I'm going to take a picture of your interview, okay? Trying to justify his behavior, the suspect claims all of it was just self-defense. Is that I've never been to jail on champagne. Is that I don't know for sure. to jail or to like a ticket? >> No, you go to jail for that. What's in that pill bottle? My prescription. Am I for sure going to jail? If everything that he said >> comes true. I mean, I got to hear you on the ground. So, I got to talk to you. But, the thing is is since you're in handcuffs and in my custody, I can't ask you questions till I read you your rights, okay? So, right now I'm not going to ask you any questions. We're going to search you and then I'm going to read you your rights and then I'll ask you questions, okay? Yeah, they I saw him. I know. You got it. Yes. I was wondering But yeah, um if you were able to stop by tonight, give you the hamburger back. Okay. Also, there's no possible way that I can pick it up. Excuse me. I don't think anyone else is Yeah, you're on the phone. Yeah, here it is. As he keeps mouthing off, officers search him and come across items that raise concern. Show me your ID, man. My It's What is it? Yeah. Sounds like they're here for you right now. I'll take pictures after. So, go go get cleaned up and everything. Yes. Thanks. Do you have anything in your back pocket that we should be aware of? Wallet. Any needles, anything like that? Is your ID in your wallet? Okay. >> Now, I know you said you got choked. Do you need medical attention for that? Are you injured anyway? Can I wait to answer that? You can wait to answer that, sure. >> I'm going to wait to answer that for a little All right. Now, can you lean forward for a second? Can you put your hands up for me? Okay. All right. Go ahead and turn around. I'm going to check your back pockets, okay? Does this come off easy or not? I'm just going to take it off for now, okay? Even with the accusation of being choked out, his lack of urgency suggests a different story. Yeah, get some rags. And then, can you grab my phone that's up in the cup holder and uh taxi. All right. And then, go ahead and Lean back up against that. You can face me if you want to, okay? Is there any chance of me not going to jail? Well, like I said, man, there's always a chance. But, obviously, I got to talk to him. I got to talk to you. So, I have to do an investigation at this point, okay? So, it depends on what I'm told by both parties. So, right now, I'm going to read you your rights, okay? And then, I'll talk to you, okay? You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him or her present with you while you are being questioned. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish. You can decide at any time to exercise these rights and answer questions or not answer questions or make any statements, okay? Do you understand the rights that I've explained to you? Yes. All right. So, what happened? Can I wait on him? Wait on him and see what he's going to say. Well, you want to wait for him to talk? He came up out of nowhere. I hadn't even left the aisle. And one sudden he put me in a choke hold. My neck's probably red. Put me in a choke hold and slammed me up against the shelf on the ground and pulled my hair and slammed my head against Okay. So, I mean, I'm just trying to go home. I don't And where's home for you? Well, I mean, for now I got some people in my apartment. I don't have any warrants as you'll find when you run my name. Okay. And I appreciate you giving me the heads up for that. Do you live here in Champaign or Urbana? I'm currently waiting to get into treatment. Treatment? For rehab? What are you going to treatment for? Okay. Does it needles have anything to do with that? I can't say. Okay. And what is exactly in that pill bottle? Cuz there's no All right. So, you have an ID in there? As the officer moves forward with the investigation, the suspect claims he was attacked and choked without any warning. So, what you're saying is he grabbed some alcohol and while you're walking away, he blindsided you, grabbed you from behind, pushed you up against the shelf, and had his arm around your neck. How did you guys get over here? Did you try to get away and then He slammed me up bounced my head off the floor, pulled my hair, and Are you Are you needing medical treatment for that? No, I'm just trying to go home as quickly as possible. Okay. >> Thank you. I got 75029 check. First off, do you have any prescriptions? So, what's this for? What prescription is this for? Thyroid. I'm going to put your Bible with your personal items, okay? The suspect continues to describe the alleged force used on him, but without injuries or a request for treatment is a now immediately raises doubts. Is this prescription Can you stand by with him? I'll tell you what, so we're not standing in here and having a whole bunch of people look at you, I'm just going to go put you in the back of my car for now, okay? Just grab that stuff for me and I'll take him out of here. Coat. Huh? That was my coat. Your coat? On the ground. Okay. Well, I'll grab that for you, okay? We're going to walk right over here. We're in that SUV, okay? So, it's the second car. All right, man. Just stand right here for me. I got to unlock the car. All right, man. Go ahead and take a seat in the back of the squad car. And just stand Sit right there for me, okay? All right, man. I'll talk to him real quick with what he's saying is true. He has no money in his wallet. Um so, I'm more than likely theft retail theft under which would just be an MTA but the fact that he bit him, which I got to get his statement as how that happened. Um nothing that he's wanted for today. We'll book him in. Thanks, buddy. After removing him from the scene, officers check his belongings and find his wallet empty, further backing up the allegations. So, um so, I you know, seen him grab like probably four or five bottles. Uh my what's it called? One of my coworkers, Jose, I told him to detain the guy. He wasn't going, so we tried to open hand and the guy slipped and he fell. And so, I told the guy, "You know what? I'm going to just have to detain you." He wasn't going at all, and The guy slipped and fell, this guy with >> Uh the guy with the bottles, yeah. He slipped and fell, yeah. And he That's when the bottles broke. And when he tried to, you know, or run off, I slipped on the freaking liquor, and I cut my hand with the glass. Okay. And as I was trying to detain him, he tried to throw bites at me. And that's when, you know, I grabbed him, and, you know, we both fell on the floor cuz it was like slippery, so I couldn't even barely move. Both were on the floor. I had him detained and all that, and I had his arm behind his back. >> Yeah. And that's when he bit me right here in for like five or six seconds or so. Okay. And then I told him, you know, "Don't bite me again." And then I just held him, you know, on the floor. Okay. Again. Do you mind if I take a couple pictures? >> Yeah, for sure, man. You know, we we had we was in a scuffle because I was just trying to detain him for that long as he couldn't run off. Yeah, cuz I I caught you like Do you have any medical history or anything? Uh no, not really. >> Nothing like Like no asthma or anything like that? Um I You allergic to anything? No. All right. You take any medications, even like over the counter over the counter stuff? No. All right. Just go and hold it still for me. So, right here is where he bit Yeah, right here with the bump is. All right. Are you guys going to be able to pull a video for us? Uh yeah, I just had to set up the whole thing right now. So, it'll probably take like five to 10 minutes. The loss prevention officer gives his account, explaining that the suspect was the one who threw himself to the ground while dropping the items he was trying to steal. So, what would you be looking at then? Are you one of the victims of him biting you? Yes, definitely, yeah. So, then what we're looking at is aggravated battery uh based on him biting you in a public location, and then criminal damage for the bottles. So, I'll need an itemized receipt of the bottles that he broke. >> Okay, yeah. And then also the uh I mean, I've I've got your statement, the video, and I just need some information. Um are you guys okay with like CD burn? Yeah, that's fine. Okay. All right. Just let me pull up the video and all that stuff. Give me like 5 10 minutes after that, okay? And the receipt for the stuff. Is that hurting at all right now, dude? Uh yeah, a little bit. Okay, like Okay, if you can rate it on a scale from 0 to 10. I'll say like a five. Like five, okay. Yeah. Do you have your ID on you or anything? Um it's in my car actually over there. Okay. What's your last name? And then I'll talk to you when you get out of here, okay? >> for sure. Yeah. Do you know where he lives? Did I ever express any need to get out? No, he he refused everything, so he's good. Okay. Just on the dash. Yeah. All right. I'll ask him again, let you know. All right, thanks, man. Appreciate it, too. His statement is saying that So, we don't even have retail theft, it's criminal damage. So, the guy slipped, broke the bottles, so they're going to make him pay for it. Tried to run out of the store. Uh Augustine then tackled or grabbed him, they went to the ground. He put his arm behind his back. Lane then bit his arm. And then uh so, we have agg bat, possession. And then criminal criminal damage under So, possession, too. Huh? Possession, too, for those pills. But, yeah. We'll probably give him possession of a look-alike, not of a actual, and then send it off to the lab cuz he says it's for his addiction, but that's why the needles are That's why they're not there. Yeah. The loss prevention officer's account, along with his visible injuries, contradicts the suspect's claims, leaving officers to decide how to move forward. All right. Can I ask him if he needs medical attention again before just making sure? All right, I'm asking you more time, man. Do you need medical attention for anything? Tell me the next part of her What do you mean by the next part? I mean that doesn't really have anything to do with you need medical attention or not. So, if you need medical attention, I'll get you medical attention, but Tell me the next part. Well, do I have any warrants? No, you have no warrants. Are you going to let me go if I don't go to the hospital? >> No, you're going to jail tonight. Hospital. You'd rather go to the hospital? I don't Well, I don't Maybe not. Wait. Tell me what Why am I going to jail? For aggravated battery and criminal damage to property. How long do I never been in trouble with champagne. Okay, so they're both misdemeanors. Okay, one's a class A misdemeanor. The other one for the damage that you're looking at is a class C misdemeanor, but they'll still hold you till you see a judge in the morning. Okay. If you go to the hospital, you go there, you still get a court date for this stuff and I'll leave you with an NTA. What's an NTA? >> Notice to appear. So, you have to go. If you don't go to court, you'll get a warrant for your arrest. Hospital. Okay. The situation ended with the suspect facing charges for criminal damage to property and aggravated battery. Petty theft turns into a felony real fast. On February 15th, 2025, officers responded to a Target after staff reported a woman attempting to steal multiple items and leave the store. Here is what happened when they confronted her. What we got? Hey, how's it going? How's it going? What's going on? What do we got? So, uh, I have Miss Teresa here. Um, she concealed some men's razors, electric razors in her personal bag Yeah. and walked out last Wednesday sale paying for it. She came back with no problems or anything. But, the total was 129. Okay. What do you guys want to do? Uh cite. Uh so, I got to file a complaint. Okay. Yeah. He doesn't show up to court or anything? Yeah. Okay. Um You got an ID on you, ma'am? You don't have an ID? All right. Uh what's your first name, ma'am? Teresa Can you spell that for me? T H E R E S A Teresa Do you have a middle initial? A A. What's your last name? C O L A C O L A P I E P I E P I E T R O P I E T R O. How do you pronounce it? Palapietro Palapietro And what's your date of birth? You Have you ever been arrested before? A long time ago. A long time ago for what? Um I'm fighting, I think it was. Fighting? Okay. Why uh why did you decide to take the razors today or what happened? I'm short on money for rent and bills. You're low on money for rent and bills? What did you plan on doing with the razors? Sell it. Okay. Is that all she took? Yeah, that's all she took. Yeah. Yeah. You want me to check out the video? Yeah, yeah. All right, Diane. You can go to the floor, please. I said just one pair of gloves. You want me to run in the bottom one, Teresa? Sure. Is it C O L A Yeah, just just Surprisingly, the suspect quickly admits to what she did, saying she only stole the items to help cover her bills. So, they entered at uh 2:30. Mhm. Who's they? Do me a favor, write it down. She was with a male, but the male didn't conceal anything. He was like the lookout. >> Yeah. Um so, he was with her. How much? So, at 2:33 is where they selected uh the men's razors. The male did all the selections, but the male concealed it. He He would hand it to her, and then she'd conceal in the bag as they're walking. At 2:33, you said? >> Correct. Could you look at me real quick? I'm just going to verify your information. All right. So, And it was just men's razors? Yeah, it was just the two men's razors. >> Okay. What time they walk out? They walked out at 2:33. Who's the male uh that you were with, ma'am? My husband. Your husband? Where's he at? He's probably outside somewhere. Okay. This would be 2:42. 2:42? And right here, and that's when I approach with my security team. Yeah. Um and then that's when she came back. Um right here, you can see she conceals the first one right there in the aisle, right to her bag. Um the second one was as I approached. >> This black bag? Yeah, this black bag. >> Okay. Uh I had her open up the bag for me so I could There's nothing else in there? >> else in there. That's all right. >> Okay. Um it's just her personal stuff. Um and then I had the other concealment of the other one uh physically when I was on the sales >> Yeah. So, and then I had to >> Okay. And then this is the receipt? Yeah, this is the receipt. How much is the total? >> Uh 129.98. We go by subtotal. >> Yep. Uh would you guys be able to uh send the picture and the video to your detectives? Yeah, I can send everything to you. I have the email, too. Okay. And now, with clear surveillance footage, the store staff walk officers through how the theft happened, ultimately revealing that she wasn't acting alone. Um so, here's the thing, ma'am. There's either two ways where we're going to go about this, uh, depending if you've been caught for, uh, retail theft in the past, uh, you either might come back with us to the station, or we might just release you here on, uh, uh, we call it a local ordinance citation. So, have you ever been arrested for stealing or retail theft? Long time Long time ago? Yeah, I mean, I was a teenager when I Okay. Well, let's see what what we get back, and, uh, we'll, uh, we'll go from there. You got a phone on you? Just in case you got to call your husband. Does your your husband have a phone? All right. If you don't mind me asking, what's your husband's name? What is it? Dave? Okay. Same last name? Was that like a previous incident? You say what? This? Yeah. No, this is her current case. I'm just putting the case together. Yeah. Gotcha. I was like, wait, she's been arrested. So, she has been arrested before. >> No, no, no. The net 10 top around. Jimmy, you on local? Yeah, go ahead. I my radio was low. Did they say anything? Oh, she has, um, 99s. She's checking looking into it, though. All right. As officers walk her through what comes next, the suspect reveals something that the officers already saw coming. Patrol lady, patrol lady, can you meet me at the service desk, please? How's your day been so far? Uh no, we've had things here and there. Nice, nice. Yeah, you got to keep busy. That's the only way to make the day go by fast, you know? That's true. You guys doing uh eights and twelves? Uh twelve twelve hours. >> Twelves? Yeah. Nice. I prefer that over eights. You said what? Hm? I thought you were talking to No, no, no, no. Uh another store got a apprehension uh to leave park for some liquor and Ooh, he's trying to have a good time. A little late, but >> Yeah. Well, it's uh probably cheaper now. Yeah, a little bit. With the suspect waiting, the officer and store staff go over the situation and keep things under control. 10-10. And then what? Is she trespassed from this store? Yeah, she's going to be trespassed from here for a year. Um I already explained to her like how everything works. Okay. So. Oh, you're good. 14-5-28. 7. Okay. Yeah, that's her. And uh 99. Yeah. Mhm. Okay. All right. All right, ma'am. You mind standing up? You're going to come with us, okay? All right, we'll bring you to the >> Here, uh nope. Do you have anything on you that we should know about? It's no poker stickers or you have no uh needles or anything like that? >> No. Okay. We'll have a female officer back at the station search you, okay? Okay. Hey, you mind uh facing the wall right here? Put your hands behind your back, please. This isn't your first arrest, is it? No? Birthday. Yeah, okay. Well, you know the drill. Yeah, her uh Attorney. There you go. You mind taking your thumb out of here? These jackets are a little weird. Are these good? They're not tight? I'm done. What's up, ma'am? Hold on. I got to grab her bag. Hold on, ma'am. With everyone on the same page, all that's left is to take the suspect into custody so she can answer for what she's done. Come on. Let's go. All right. You guys have done this before. Why are you making a big deal? Why are you making a big deal? It's You've done this before. We're going to book her for park police. We got to do some paperwork and then uh got to make some phone calls. We'll give you a phone call, okay? Close. We got We got to go over some things. I really don't want to talk about that in front of uh Target employees. Ambulance? Okay. All right. Now, you understand this is going to add days on to your You realize you're just going to extend this, right? You're not going anywhere. Do you want an ambulance? I'm asking you. You sure? You don't? Ma'am, yes or no, do you want an ambulance? All right. Let's go. No. Yeah, we'll meet you at the station. >> Yeah, we'll meet you at the station. Oh, no, no. Yeah, I know. I'm holding you. You can sit down. Yeah. I got you. I got you. You're not falling. With a prior theft already on record, she was charged with felony retail theft. Shoplifters split up to avoid trouble. Spoiler alert, it didn't work. On August 5th, 2024, officers responded to a Target after reports of a group attempting to leave with stolen items. Here is what happened when they were stopped in the parking lot. Put your hands behind your back right now. Put your hands behind your back now. Put your hands behind your back. You're under arrest. Put them behind your back now. Put your hands behind your back. Hands behind your back. Do anything stupid and they're going to taze you or my dog is going to bite you. It's just nice and simple. There you have it. Thank you. Very good. Do anything honest and I'm going to stick this thing up your ass. So you want to go with them? Yeah, we're good. Thank you. No problem. >> Probably going to have to wait. Probably have to wait. No way. Yeah, he does. You want the car then? Huh? You want the car? No. This is from earlier. You don't have it. Okay, I don't have it. I know who he is though. Oh, yeah. He's wearing the same The suspect tries to play it off, but it quickly becomes clear things aren't going to go his way this time. No, no, I don't want any floods from me. What for? What do you have, Daniel? Yeah. Uh right side. There we go. You can still want a coffee then. You? You can have your backpack. The link? Uh yeah, I'm going to need the videos from from earlier and from this one. Thank you. Hey, did you uh What How did you get out to this car? Off this Off your yard here? Uh Oh, go ahead. He admitted he'd done this before and fled from me, but I couldn't prove it cuz they never had it recorded. Yes, sir. Okay, so um from the information I got earlier, Mhm. that guy was with the female. Mhm. Okay? She came walking over and she wants to know all about what's going on over here to the point where she came out over here. That's probably >> Okay? Right. So, I'm talking to Officer Perkins who was working this case. He says that he says he's got a picture of her and he gave me a description of what her hair. She's wearing different clothes. She's got a different hair color. She's got a different >> Is that her? Yeah, I think No, hold on a second. Not yet. What did you send the picture to me? Russian caller saying that Hold on a second. They're for market How did you send it to me? Text? The act doesn't last, with the officer immediately recognizing him from a past encounter. Yeah, and So, this So, this phone? I took his money, followed him to this parking lot, trying to get a vehicle description. I haven't got anything yet. I haven't got anything yet. Do you need your phone? All right, I'm going to go get my phone. Oh, I I ran out of the PD. I don't have mine. Yeah, it's not coming through for some reason. No, there's going to be an officer saying that Uh you know what? Uh Crofts up here. I want you to be on the phone with the Bloomer State dispatcher for the Thunder game. Do you have a a picture of the other offender? Yeah. I'm sorry, I'm listening to the bur- the robbery that just happened here. I got I got him in my car. I can't go. Victor wanted the male on the phone who's walking towards him now. What's What's with your Acadia? This was allegedly going to be a robbery here or something. So, I'm going to go get my pen real quick. Hey. Come here. Are you the person who called? You called the police? Yes, my personal caller. >> That officer is going to come talk to you, okay? We're handling another matter right now. So, just give us a second. Put your hands behind your back. Don't make me use force to do something that you don't want me to, okay? >> I'm not. You're under arrest. I just told you right now. You're under arrest for retail theft. I didn't do anything. Okay. What are you talking about? Stop moving. What are you talking about? You know, that ain't you? It's 100% >> you? No, it's not. >> It's 100% you right there. That's a picture from this store, okay? 265 What are you talking about? I told you up here on North Avenue full park. I was having a hang tight while they get things sorted out here. Okay. 150 is 150 in the pit bull in my car. That's not me. It's you. It's 100% you. Are we supposed to close that channel like what? No, I don't uh we might be. A woman joins the scene to ask questions, but it doesn't take long for the officers to realize who she really is. I had the guy dance talking to him. This way. Victor 3 from 1, can you unlock your car? Okay. >> Victor 1, we have another female on custody reference the first target incident. I need my stuff in that car. >> Okay, that's good. Can I get my things? >> No, you can't get anything right now. You're under arrest. I need my things in my car. Well, you're not getting them right this second. I'm a little busy if you can't see that. I need my ID in my car. Okay. I'm not going to tell you again. You're wasting your breath. It's not happening right now. You are under arrest. I will get to it when I get to it. Right now, I'm not going to get to it. Does that car have a cage? Oh, this one right here? Yeah. I I need my 87, but I need to put her in this car. I have somebody. Okay. He's in my car. Have a seat. I need my things. >> Get in the car. Put your foot in the car. Oh. Told you to wait. I couldn't see from the distance. Is she just hiding in plain sight? >> Yeah, of course. Yeah, there's the window right there. What the Dude, this is This is a Facebook Marketplace transaction. They thought they were being blocked in by the guy cuz the guy was about to whatever the sale was. So, the driver pulled up and What's up? Can I go to our car? Uh yeah. Yeah. Yeah, you're good. Yeah, it's okay. Thank you. The encounter ended with both suspects facing charges for resisting arrest, fleeing and eluding, and shoplifting. What's your verdict? Let me know in the comments, and I'll see you in the next video. As always, stay safe out there, folks.