On September 14th, 2024, officers responded to a local target for a call of an individual attempting to pay for merchandise with a suspicious bill. That's sir. Okay. Hello, ma'am. I I didn't take Okay, you're being detained. Everything's being auto video recorded. Wait a second. Why are you detaining? We're going to talk about it. Just relax your arms. No, he's We'll tell you once the handcuffs are on. Garrett, why am I being detained, sir? Because I didn't steal anything. Explain. No one's explaining that you stole anything. We're investigating a crime that you try to use a fake $100 bill. So, we're I'm going to read your rights once we get in there. We're going to Wait a sec. Can you stop? I didn't know. I didn't know. It's not faking it in. Okay. The handcuffs come off just as easily as they go on. Okay. But we have to check into it. All right. So, right now, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be against you in the court of law. Right. I'm talking. Why am I in trouble? Ma'am, I just explained it. All right. You need to listen to my partner right now. Okay. Okay. Let's go in there so we don't Let's go. Let's go over here. And he checked in. He said, "It's probably said I didn't know." And and he said, "You have to pay." And I said, "My friend and I asked my friend for money." And he said, "Okay." and he put the purses on hold. I was walking out to the car to go get money from my friend. Okay. But I didn't know. Okay. Is a $100 bill in there? Yeah. Okay. You mind if I grab that? If you hand it to me, can I get it loose? I'm not letting you get it. No, because I don't know what's in here. If you have a gun, a knife. The very front pocket. It's in the very front. This very front one. Okay. Is it a buckle or is it a snap? I didn't know. Okay. This one right here. Yeah. And I even had it checked from I checked the princess cuz I got it from somebody on Offer Up today and I didn't know it was fake. I sold a TV today. So where did you get the money? I got it offer up. I just sold a TV on Offer Up today. But I didn't know. What's your name again? She's like my position and I'll even file a claim with offer up cuz you can file arbitration. I did not know, sir. My bill.com. Yeah. So, I mean the font on this is it's not even crisp or clean and doesn't have that watermark as well when you look up. Yeah, there's a there's a line in on on check it. I checked it. Is there? Yeah, there is. I checked it. You can see it. I did check. Looks like somebody tried to like draw it on. I specifically checked the bills when I got the money from the guy. Yeah, I'm good. I'm good. If you can see where uh Garrett may have gone to carwise. Do you guys have the pen? Oh, test pen. Go get him. Yeah, if you want to grab a test pen, that great. And the and the associate said it's clearly this the only one you have now. Yeah, I had some 20s, too. But I spent those already. [Music] I got gas and everything and I didn't have a problem anywhere else. And I checked the bills. You even put I even put it up in the sky and I saw the watermark in there. So, I thought they were good. There there is a watermark. There is though. Yeah, I don't see a lot. If you put it up If you put it in the side, you can see it on the right side of the bill. And on the left side, there's a line. They even has the little number line on the left side. I'm not a expert, but I mean they look weird to me. He's just going to hide the cash and then it'll be back. No worries. To see if it smears the ink in the seal and you can see like the black. Oh yeah, it's clearly Yeah, you can see it's like leaking through as well. Yeah, but he's the team member will come over and he can if you guys need a statement from We will need a statement from him. And then what's your first name? Cassie. Cassie. Okay, Cassie. How much was your bill that you were trying to pay for? It was u I was buying a I was buying a remote control hand and a camera. So, but I was waiting to see if she wanted me to buy the remote control part. So, we put it back cuz we didn't get it. But my bill was like 25 something. Okay. And um how much other cash do you have with you? None. None. You said you had 20s. Yeah, we just got gas. I just filled up the gas. I just filled up the gas tank before we got here and we went to Kohl's and I bought shopped there too as well. I even I even went on that website that's listed on the bill and it's an actual website. I thought it was kind of weird. And then what? So, what did the It's a track my bill. So, you can put in the serial number on the website and you can see everywhere the bill's been and where it goes. Okay. And what did it kind of cool? And what did the website say? It just put it Let me put in all the information on the serial number and everything. It's you just register with them and then you put in like your email so that it can like track you when you log back in and stuff like that. And then you punch in the number on the front of the bill and that's how you track where the bill goes. Okay. And then they didn't tell it like the website didn't say where it's I didn't get that far. It just registered. Okay. Yeah. You can see it though, can you? Barely. I don't I honestly I mean I see where the ink smudged, but I don't actually see. There's on the left hand side there's a a strip in the bill. Well, I know there's a strip. That's all that's what I thought you look for when you are looking for money. No, that's not what you look for. There's there's actually like a picture of of one of the presidents like ingrained in the bill in a very like faint way that when you hold it up to the There is one on that bill. There's not. Can I show Can I show you where it's at? If you put it up to the sky, you can see his face on this side, but right where your finger is. Right there. It's supposed to So, it should be like right here is where you should see like the face. I thought that the strip goes on the left side, the face goes on the right side. No, it some of the bills are different. So, this is I'm going to be transparent with you. I'm going to take you back in my car. We're going to do a little bit more digging on some stuff. Okay? I'm not making any promises on what we can what we are or aren't going to do. Okay? We just got Why am I being put in a police car when I didn't do anything wrong? I didn't know. Like I said, did I say I'm taking you to jail? No, but my daughter my my daughters are back in my hotel room by themselves. Okay. What about uh Garrett? Garrett's not related to me. Yeah. Why can't he watch him? I'm not going to leave Garrett with my daughter. Who's Garrett to you? He's my friend Samantha's ex-boyfriend. He was just giving me a freaking ride. Okay. How old are your daughters? And the other one, how old are How old are your daughters? 13 and four. 13 and four. It's wash. It is wash. So you can see the faint $1 bill. And that white pass the bill test. So yeah, the sell on offer. So let me take you back to my car real quick. I'm not Can get Can I get my my stuff to take? I'm not saying you're going to go on a trail yet. Yeah. I figured I got to figure out some stuff. If for some reason if you do go to jail, I will let you give him your stuff, okay? But you just got to hang out with me. I got to figure some stuff out, okay? It's been a while since I handled one of these cases. So, there's a couple things I can do. Um, but I can't lay it out what I'm going to do right yet because I don't want to make any false promises. So, but right now, I'm just going to take you to my car and we're going to figure out some stuff. Okay. So, I sand up. We're going to go out for this. I I'll come back. Both of the drone. No, not the drone. Just this. Okay. I'll grab that bag for you moment. Okay. Can you bring it with us, please? I don't feel comfortable leaving behind my stuff. I will bring it with us. Okay. So, just do me a favor. Just take a seat in here. I'm not even going to buckle you up because we're not going anywhere. Can I please just sit right here because I got to have the door shut cuz I got to do some stuff. I'm like really close to I will roll down the window. Please take take a seat in there. Please. Please just sit on the sidewalk. Please. That'll be really good. You need to sit in there. Take a seat in there. You know, I'm scared. I have such bad anxiety. And I'm going to roll down the window so you get fresh air. Colors are moving and I have the furious cough. I've been in trouble before in my past and it just freaks me out. So, have I ever been mean to you so far? No. Have I done anything disrespectful towards you? I'm being as transparent as I can be. The longer you delay this, the harder it is for me to be more lenient and all that stuff. I'm trying to help you out and look up some stuff and see what other stuff I can try and do. But if you longer delays, I'm just going to do with what I what I have right now. Leave the door open, please. I had to shut it. I'm going to roll down the window, though, so if you need anything, you can ask me. Okay, watch your foot. Okay, let me roll down the window. When officers conducted a search of the suspect's bag, they found multiple IDs and credit cards belonging to numerous people. I don't have my ID. Why do you have someone else's ID? No, it's that's my cousin's ID, and I have permission to have it. She left it in my car. She's at my hotel room right now. Cassie. Yes. You've been contacted by the police 164 times. I think you know that we need your full legal name when we ask you what your name is. I'm sorry, sir. I wasn't trying to be misleading. I told him to take my telling me to use a fingerprint scanner when you could just give us your full understand what the problem was. I'm sorry. I'm a little overwhelmed right now. I'm being put in handcuffs for something I had nothing to No, I did not have no fault at. All right, Cassie. Let's take a look here. Uh, you've been arrested for Yes, I know how many times forgery. I know how I know how many times I've been arrested, sir. I know how many times I've been arrested, but that doesn't mean that I'm that doesn't mean that somebody didn't give me fake money when I sold my TV to them on Offer Up today. I'm sorry. I'm hard up on a little bit of cash and I had to sell my TV so my kids could eat. I'm sorry. Forgery. Yeah. You've been the victim of a theft before. Yeah. Is that right? I've been stolen from. Yeah. Yes, that's what I'm asking. Uh, you've unlawfully issued checks before? Are you still using drugs? No, sir. I'm actually clean and sober. I just got out of detox. I'm very glad to hear that. Which is why I'm a little upset right now. My c my cousin and I are in a hotel room with my kids because I don't live at my other house anymore because he's still on drugs. Identity theft. No, I know, sir. I know my records. Well, the only reason I bring this up is because this is a very specific set of offenses, right? Okay, I understand. But my cousin, if I open up one of these forgery arrests and I read the report, is it going to talk about uh fake bills? No. None. None of them. Never. Okay. I don't really believe you. I promise. I promise you won't. Go ahead. Open them up. It's fine. My So my bag, my purse. Yeah. Is not my purse. It's my cousin's purse. She left it in the truck and I didn't trust the people in the truck, so I brought it with me. Oh, that's my cousin Lily's bag. Holy [ __ ] Okay, so if I open those forgery reports and I read them, am I going to see a whole bunch of stuff about uh licenses? No, that I don't have a bunch of license. That's my cousin's purse. 1 2 3 4 five six different licenses in there. That is my cousin's purse. I don't know. Cassie, no, dude. I did say grabbed out of the truck because I didn't trust the people in the truck. That's Lily's first. I promise you. Cassie, just think about it. No, J. Okay. Apparently, your cousin stole your ID. What are you talking about? It's right here. Your ID is right here. You're lying. You're lying. Give it Give it here. Give it here. her ID with a whole bunch of other stuff with her credit cards in here. Okay. Pull your notebook out. Oh, yeah. The girl that showed me the TV. Yeah. Yeah. She gave me your ID to copy it. So, why do you still have it? I don't have her ID. It's right here. Come on. Okay. No. I swear to God, sir. I show you the offer. Cassie, we're we're to the point now. You've already you've already dishonored yourself. Okay. I'm to the point. It's not my purse, dude. It's my cousin's bag. Okay, I'm to the point now where I'm only making myself looking Listen, can I can I be honest with you? Please, please be honest with me. My daughter needed a camera for her school project to get it done this weekend. I found that $100 bill and I came up here and I tried to buy her the camera. I really didn't know it was fake. I swear to you. That is my cousin's bag. Lillian's bag, not mine. Why does Lillian have your license? I don't know. I swear to God, I did report it. I did report it. I thought it was lost. I didn't know she had it. I swear I'm being honest with you. I am being honest with you, Cassie. This is the problem. Okay. You can't just look me dead in the eye and say that you're being honest with me when you've already lied to me. I can't. I'm sorry, but I just didn't want to be in trouble. I didn't want to be in trouble. You have extensive forgery and identity theft history. And there are six different IDs right here. Lillianne. Uh, is it Dasco? Dalazo. Dalzo. Uh, Lillian's checks. No, she was with She was here with us. How tall am I? Just one little guy. Uhoh. Holy [ __ ] She She's been red, right? Yeah, she's been red. Hey, Cassie. Is that meth or feminine? I don't know if they're I just got out of detox. I don't know. I forgot. It's Lilianne's first. Okay. What's up, guys? We can work with you. I could send I could set anybody up. I would do whatever. So, so I'm not somebody who's running an identity theft right now. Can I talk to you? So, where we're at today, I cannot go any further with that stuff. There's too much here. But hear me out. You're going to see someone in the morning. Yes, sir. Get out. Get out. But if you Cass Cass Cass Cass Cass, can I please talk? If you don't want this on your, you know, if you want to try and work that off, that's going to be a conversation with the prosecutor. I can't make that determination at this time. Okay? There's just too much stuff going on. I didn't know my bag, though. And I'm going to document that. I reported my bag. My stuff stolen. Okay. And I'm going to double check and clarify that stuff. But you have, you can see how this looks to us, right? I'm not trying to [ __ ] with you. I'm not trying to do anything like that. I'm just trying to be honest with you. I've been honest with you this whole time. You have extensive fraud history, right? Yes. No. Yeah. You have past you have past fraud history. Today, either you know or didn't know. you try to use a a fake $100 bill. I know you're saying you don't know and I'm going to document that. I'm not going to leave you high and dry and saying she knew this was a fake $100 bill. That's not right by you and I don't do people like that. If you're telling me you don't believe it, I'm going to document that you didn't believe it. But in addition, you're with you're in possession of a bag. So, can't I just have my cousin up bag? I'm going to document that you send that back. Can I have you? Why can't she be arrested for her? Because it's in your possession. Because all she because she left. So So let me say I called her. She says, "Oh, I don't know where my purse is. It must be stolen." Then it falls. What did she say? She did. She did what? She left it in the truck. Okay. How did How does she know Garrett or whoever? She gave us a ride. Okay. When When was she dropped off? Right before we got here. Okay. Do you know her phone number? Yeah. On top of your head. Yeah. If I call her, she's going to say that you weren't supposed to be that you could have her bag. She's going to tell you that she left it in the truck. Okay. I I'll give her a call. Uh let me know if it's just a waste of time and I'll Lily call and take responsibility that she and tell him that she left the bag in the truck. He's on the phone with him right now. I'm not lying to you. I swear. Okay. Well, we'll figure it out. We'll figure it out. What what am I supposed to think though? I mean, you have all this stuff. Your ID is in there. We looked at your criminal history. You've got extensive forgery and identity. I understand, but he's even calling because it's not my bag. It's Louis bag. We'll get to the bottom of this. Tell your husband that you reported your ID and all that missing. Yeah, he knows my ID is missing. You didn't tell me that. Yes, he does. He knows my ID is missing. So, why would he lie to me about that? I have no idea. He I I just lost it, sir. I I believe that you probably just lost it. But why would you not say that? Why would he say that you haven't reported it? That's not true. He knows I've reported it online. I just asked him. I literally just got off the phone and asked him like, "Yeah, do you know your wife's ID's miss?" He's like, "No." If he does, call him back right now. No, I'm not calling him back. Sir, can you call Garrett, the guy that drives the truck? He can tell you when we left that bag in there. And if she left it in there, that's not the issue. But if she takes the issue, the issue is that I can then I don't have to get in trouble for her stuff. The issue is you're in possession of it. There's methyl. I never I never said that. I said I could help you. I never said that. It's all going to go on her. Can I talk? Okay. She's going to She's fine. She just got emailed. Hey, Cassandra, we're either going to pull you out of this car or you're going to walk out. Okay, I just That's fine. We can get her for obstruction. She just does not want to search. We can search her while she's on the ground. That's fine. Let's just search her. She was literally just checked up on. So, why don't I just search her real quick and then make sure she didn't leave me a treat. All right. Well, oh, and her eyes are open now. All right. Oh, yeah. She's blinking. She's fine. Come on. Stand up. Go. Can you get your feet under you or you stand here? Okay, let's go. Uh, just we're going over here. Okay. Just uh let me know the outcome, Helms, and uh we'll go from there with charging documents. We're going to take you to the hospital. Okay. Why? Well, one, you requested to go to the hospital, right? Or would you rather us just take you straight to jail? Why was I on the ground? Okay, let's have a seat. We're going to take you to the hospital. Okay. What? You You literally told me like five times you want to go to the hospital. You want to go hospital, right? I asked you to move my cuffs cuz my shoulder surgery. There you go. They're double cuts. Yeah, you're you're fine to send those together. It's okay. You're perfect. Sir, you lo my shoulders. I had surgery on it. It hurts my arms. He said if he had a thing that he would move into the front. We don't have it, though. Nobody has one. No, because that's because that's for a custody. That's for custody. It's for jailers. So, how do you transport a pregnant woman? Usually, we usually don't. We not That's not true. I've seen several pregnancies. Okay, I'm not going to argue. We're going last. Let's go. Watch your foot so you can be cleared to be booked into jail. God. The woman was charged with forgery, unlawful possession of others identification, drug possession, and obstructing justice. Thanks for watching today's video. If you haven't already, please like and subscribe for more of our content.