I haven't even had enough to be impaired, buddy I'm not being an idiot, sir - You're fleeing away from me - I never (unintelligible) using your daughter as a shield - Okay? - Please, please, please - Okay? - Please, please, please - Okay? - Please, please, please Police responded to a call about an intoxicated man leaving the Bubba 33 restaurant with a small child Officers found him beside a silver Chevrolet pickup truck and while employees warned his behavior inside the restaurant began spiraling his next steps would leave everyone in shock How you doing buddy? Good We got a call that you were trying to drive away with your daughter a little impaired No I'm going back inside to get my pickup food No one's impaired I haven't even had enough to be impaired, buddy You can go ahead and look at my stuff Well, the business called and said you're intoxicated Well, they... Okay So, say somebody gives you something Uh-huh Okay? Yeah And you haven't even had a couple sips of it, plus you've been in there for 45 minutes Uh-huh So how am I intoxicated? Well, I just have to investigate it Well, then go in there and look at my drink Well I... I can do more than just look at your drink You could have drank before you got here I didn't drink before I got here I got my baby with me Okay Do you have your ID on you? No, I haven’t Okay Listen, stop walking away from me I'm getting my food - Then why are you guys - You need to stop doing this to my kid? - This is entrapment - Listen - What you guys are doing is entrapment - It's not entrapment You need to stop Do you see what you're doing? No, you're doing this I'm not the one that was drinking The longer Ty refused to cooperate The more officers realized the encounter outside the restaurant was drifting towards something far more dangerous than a simple disturbance call Listen Yeah, let me go inside and get my food I need your identification Okay? I don't have my Identification Okay What's your social? What? What is your social? I don't know my social Okay You're going to be placed under arrest for obstructing if you want to keep playing that game - Okay? - Please, please, please I don't want you to take my dad I understand, sweetheart He's not... We just got to figure some things out You're making this complicated I'm not You guys... this is... I didn't do anything I went to Bubba's Okay Like, this is ridiculous It is You could be giving your name I could be making sure you're not impaired I didn't do anything to anybody, buddy Okay You can go in there and look on the camera I just was trying to get my receipt I tipped the waitress well I didn't do anything I didn't even touch any drinks or anything - I didn't do anything wrong - Then why would they call saying that you were drinking in there? Because I got a margarita and then she said not to drink it So I stopped drinking it Who says not to drink it? The waitress Why would she tell you not to drink it? That's what I'm asking you, buddy Okay I need your social What concerned officers most was no longer the possibility of an impaired driver but the unpredictable behavior unfolding while a child remained in the middle of it all I don't know it Okay I need you to set your daughter down I'm not setting my daughter down 16 Can you just... - You can shoot me in the head - You need to stop walking away Quit - No sign to comply - You can shoot me in the head He’s not putting his daughter down You need to stop walking away from me - Listen - Bro, me and you’s gonna get into it - Then set your daughter down - Bro Within seconds the already volatile confrontation erupted after officers believed Ty might be reaching for a weapon while holding his daughter That's my keys! - That's my keys! - Put your hands behind your back - That's my keys! - Put your hands behind your back - That's my keys! - Help! Help! What am I doing? You reek of alcohol - Put your hands behind your back - What am I doing?! What am I doing?! F***! - What are you doing to me? - Daddy! What are you doing to me? No, you're doing this No, you guys are doing this Help me! - Can you take me to my grandma's house? - I'm not even doing anything wrong They’re grab... they're grabbing me up - I'm not even… - It's okay I'm not resisting nothing I'm not doing anything wrong Ma'am, please let my dad go He didn't do nothing - I didn't do anything wrong - Please? Can you take me home to my grandma? - Will you? - Give us a second, okay? - Will you take me home... - Will you take her home to our grandma at least? Will you take her to our grandma, at least? - You guys are going to treat me like this? - You just called me What is your issue? (Radio Chatter) - You're just drunk, bud - Thin is buddy (unintelligible) - You're drunk and an idiot - No, I'm not buddy That's what you're doing right now You understand that, right? You're judging me You don’t... you... You're dr... you're being a drunk idiot We haven't even had a full - conversation - Yes, I'm judging you You're about to leave with your daughter hammered Yeah, I'm judging you The thing is go in there and look Copy You guys are just talking sh** to me Cuz you’re being an idiot - So we're going to treat you like an idiot - I'm not being an idiot, sir I'm not being an idiot, sir I respect you guys I respect everybody - Did you pat him down the rest of the… ? - Yeah - Okay - Yeah, he's good All right Ah I don't have it I... - If you guys - If you can… - are worried about stuff - you’ve got nothing on you I don't have anything - I'm not that type of person - Grab a seat in the back of the car for a minute, okay? I don't know why you couldn't just - comply from the beginning - You double-lock this? Huh? You double-lock this? The only reason why is because... If you guys would understand I didn't really do anything - I'm not acting like an idiot - Okay - You're fleeing away from me - I never (unintelligible) using your daughter as a shield You were walking away from a cop with your daughter Because I don't know what to do - It's a kid - Yeah - It's a kid... It's a... It's a kid - We just... we just need to... - that's like induced in panic - You just have a conversation, man - It's a kid... It's a kid - You just have a conversation that's induced in panic So, I'm just trying to protect my daughter I'm not trying to be complicated You were, though The physical struggle had ended But the emotional fallout surrounding the child was only beginning to unfold in the parking lot Please don't take me nowhere else I want to go to my grandma's Okay - We'll try to call her - And then... That's what we're going to do We'll try to call her, maybe - Does that sound like a good plan? - And can he... Can you ask my dad her phone number? We'll get there in a second My partners over there are going to talk to him And please, just let my dad go He's the love of my life That's the only person who loves me in my life No, I think your grandma probably loves you, too She does But, um... You're the only one who will take me to my grandma Do you promise? We're going to see, okay? They're going to talk to your dad, and then we'll figure it out Okay? But in my whole life is ruined No, it's not ruined I just don't want my dad to go to jail - He... Is he? - Yeah I don't know what's going on I just got here The lady asked That lady inside, she's the one who could be getting arrested My dad didn't do nothing She was the one harassing my dad Oh, it was? I'm telling the truth I just don't want my whole life to be ruined I just... I just love my dad so much Yeah Are you a little bit chilly? Do you want to sit in the back of a car? Will you sit with me? I'll leave the door open, and I'll stand by you I see you're shivering a little bit I don't want you to be cold out here Do you want to zip up your jacket, maybe? - Yeah, I can zip that - Yeah, can you just sit with me? That's exactly what you do I'm not an idiot - I will tell you that, too - (Unintelligible) I'm not an idiot And this is not right at all Listen So if I come into Bubba's - and get some food for my daughter - Listen, we're going to adjust your... - then that's the way they are - Your cuffs will stay the way they are then All right, then Come on We're going to adjust your cuffs If you can comply, okay? Okay, I will comply... - If you do anything, you're going to go - I will comply completely, sir - You're going to go - I will not... I'm not going to go against your order, sir Okay, I appreciate that - We’ll, adjust... - I'm not here I'm not here for - I'm not here for - Just stop talking for two seconds, okay? Okay Thank you Just two seconds We'll talk just give us a second - we're gonna fix... - I love you, baby Everything's fine, honey We're gonna fix your handcuffs real quick Then we can talk Is that, is that cool? - Perfect - That's fine and even if you kept them the same I would still treat you with the - same respect - Absolutely I appreciate that And you don't have to worry about me on - nothing like that, sir - Gotcha - I'm not - You wanna turn your… The wrist out Imagine coming to get a burger with your daughter and then - this happens - Yeah, I would, I understand I'm not here for no bullsh** (Unintelligible) If you want one Honestly, you can ask him I asked him all the same thing I asked for my check Okay All right, we're gonna set you in the back of the cruiser and we'll be right back with you, okay? if you want to head out, I'll put him in one I wasn't even here long enough to even do anything, buddy - that's the crazy… - You reek a booze Yeah, I'm going You reek of alcohol - You're not complying verbal orders - Well then, that’s, that’s… You're using your daughter as a shield I'm not using my daughter as a shield You 100% were, boss - Okay - No, I wasn't You could see my daughter was crying so I was holding her (unintelligible) I wasn't using my daughter as a shield at all or anything like that so that's false statements While Ty continued denying he was impaired investigators were already uncovering details that allegedly told a very different story Did you call? - Uh, partly called - Okay Okay Do you want to speak with her? - Yeah, if you don't mind - Yeah, of course Thank you Do you mind if I come in? - Yeah, no, of course, um - (Unintelligible) - Is the little girl okay? - Yeah, she's good She's, she's talking with (unintelligible) Okay She’s right there Hi, hello So... Who was serving (unintelligible) Okay, um, that would be my server (unintelligible) Which I can grab her if you need to talk with her as well I just want to get a feel for how much he drank So, okay yeah, so apparently my host did not tell me this until after I called you guys apparently he was already stumbling when he walked in the door He had here, he had an 18 ounce frozen Margarita and then, he had a shot of Don Julio Um Unfortunately, I did not know he had that much until he had come up to the (unintelligible) and was claiming that the shot was not what it was supposed to be (unintelligible) and then I go “I’ll take that from you” I basically cut him off right there Then he was like "Oh, I'm a service manager I have a store" and all that "I'm already a manager somewhere else" Blah blah blah So his daughter threw up on the table, and we tried being like you know, like Hey, like what are you doing after this? Like, do you have a buddy that you can call? (Unintelligible) He got pretty hostile and was like are you gonna call the authorities on me? And, so Then I watched him get up He got in my host's face and said that He was going to, um I forgot what exact words Basically about F some people up or like hit five people Rough some people up in here or whatever I saw him walking out with his daughter, stormed out I obviously I called you guys as soon as I see him getting hostile with everyone I knew that he was gonna get in his vehicle and drive away Would you like to talk to the server? If you don't mind Yeah, of course, she is at a table Yeah, go No rush Did you serve the gentleman? I did, yeah He didn't even finish all those drinks um, and I just kind of (unintelligible) when I was serving him Cuz he kinda seemed like he was slurring his words after I did bring him his, uh his first one cuz he got a (unintelligible) But, then he started (unintelligible) yeah Um, was he violent towards you at all? - (Unintelligible) - No, no (Unintelligible) They just asked me, um He's asking for his check and he wants to see you before he leaves and so I brought him his check up here and he wouldn't say anything to me He just handed me his money and kind of ran out, so Yeah Okay Perfect - Yep (unintelligible) - So he had a... Margarita and a shot right? A margarita, a rocker was in it and then another shot he didn't finish that last shot or the Margarita, the Margarita I, um We just took it off the table but it was still like halfway full (Unintelligible) Do you need anything? Do you have a paper for that? Um Go do your thing Okay, this is distracting so - I just (unintelligible) - I know, I know Go do your thing, if any I'll have her do it Cuz you saw more of him for sure Yeah, yeah I'll have her do it Okay - Sorry, thank you - Thank you I appreciate it I might have you (unintelligible) That's fine, that's fine, yeah And it's... Yeah - Thank you so much - Do you want him trespassed from here? Um No, he claims to come in all the time I've never seen him before Um, I would I would prefer that he not I know my MP would be like no we deal do that here, so I would say, I would say, yes (Unintelligible) Easy enough, thank you - Sorry, man - No, you're good Um, they want him trespassed And then obviously what we have Um, he was drunk when he came in He has an open container in the front seat So, he was drunk when he came in Um I mean we got obstructing and disorderly by intox Yeah, no, for sure Um And then you gotta get the number for grandma You want a statement from them, then He was, uh, cussing them out Yeah we can get the same So, he was disorderly (unintelligible) Yeah Easy enough Yeah, I might smell like alcohol cuz I understand cuz If someone drinks around me and I haven't drank I can smell it I completely understand that Mm-hmm But if you go in there and see What I mean - like - Yeah You, I mean You have alcohol open containers in your car They're not mine I don't know who’s is but me That's fine - So, you are - It's not, it's not my vehicle - I gotcha - and there's also people So there, we have witnesses saying you came in drunk and you were cussing and yelling I mean I never cussed or yelled once You can even ask my daughter that Okay That's fine My daughter don't lie Okay Do you have anything on you that you're not supposed to have You're gonna be booked in the Stark County Jail tonight I don't have anything on me, buddy I told you I don't - I'm not that type of - Okay, that's fine - person, buddy - I'm not saying you are All I'm saying is if you have anything... I know you're just doing your job - I'm being honest - We didn't find, we didn't find on you - I don't have anything - I appreciate that on me, nothing to harm anybody - Nothing on me, nothing bad - Okay - nothing anything - All right I appreciate it I'm not here to - I'm not here to make your job - 2-16 more difficult I'm just saying, like Well, you You could have been calling a ride home - but you wouldn't listen - But anybody else like, okay you can take I have a public service when you're ready Okay, anybody could have came in If you can just call him Send him to my cell It's gonna be a reference of him picking up his granddaughter What were you saying boss? I was saying anybody could have come in and have a burger and beers and stuff and I still didn't get my wings or my burgers or like any of my leftovers or anything yet Okay, well Can my daughter You can ask them My daughter threw up in there cuz she didn't feel good - That's why we came out buddy - Okay - Like, no one was starting - Okay Well, how were you gonna get home? - How were you gonna get home? - What? I was gonna drive home I'm completely fine buddy Okay I'm not, I'm not doing anything I'm not breaking the laws - or anything like that, buddy - Okay All right, I appreciate it Uh What's a good phone number for yourself I’m gonna have you hop out I'm just gonna take everything out of your pockets for now, okay? Sorry I don't have much room to move, so Okay, just come here Once you threw me in there, it like wedged everything in the back Where did your wallet and stuff go? That's where... They must have it in there, sir That's what I'm saying, they must have my wallet and money and stuff Come on, I put it back in your pocket, boss Maybe I gave it to my pa... No, you're right, I gave it to my partner You guys know how much money is in my wallet? We're going to count it all in front of you Go ahead and have a seat again, okay? Hi, this is Officer Myers of the Jackson Township Police Department Because that's my money I got paid for work so I will need that Hi, would you be able to... Hi, would you be able to come pick up your granddaughter from Bubba's? Will you make sure all my money - is in my wallet, sir? - Yep, give me one second Yep, we're gonna count your money in front of you Go ahead and have a seat - Make sure everything's in my wallet? - Yep, we're going to - One second - Everything was video recorded, too I know, I already know how everything works Trust me Hi, this is... I'm Officer Myers again Uh We got a call that your son was impaired at Bubba's He was drinking and then he was attempting to leave with his daughter Uh, I made contact with him his daughter was in the back seat Uh, I asked him to talk to me He had his daughter get out of the car and he goes, "We're just here to pick up food" I said, okay, well I just got a call saying that you were on the drive and you're pretty, pretty... pretty, uh, drunk And he goes, "I'm not drunk" I said, that's fine, you might not be I just want to make sure that you're okay to be driving your daughter Uh, at which point in time I asked him for his ID He said, I'm not giving that to you I mean, he has to go to jail He was using her as a human shield to try to get away from me Trying to use her as a human shield I mean, that's... That's... I mean... Have you, have you come pick her up and grab the truck? Uh But he's... he's going to jail I mean, you're not going to use a child... use a little child as a human shield and then try to run from me I... I tried to be cordial I let him know that if he was too impaired we can give him a ride and we'll go from there, but he wouldn't... Your son made this twice as worse He should have been calling a ride right now and going home with her I tried... I tried my best Well, that's what public defendants are for Like I said, we're not gonna impound your truck I said, we're not going to impound the truck Um, like I said, I'm trying to work with you But, uh All right, I appreciate it Nope, you're good Thank you, bye With the confrontation finally over, attention shifted toward the child Ty's family, and the difficult aftermath left behind in the parking lot Hi, are you Jim? Yes Hi, I... I'm Officer Myers, like I said He's a good dad and everything but he's got some issues I mean Huh? Where's Carmen? She's over here Is she okay? Yeah, he has a half dranken bottle of tequila in his front seat along with a thing of margaritas Okay So We've been... We've got her grades up to A's He's been a real good dad, but he's got a problem Hey, like I said, man I'm not trying to screw you guys He did... once you to leave... We left all of his property with you guys It's in the front seat of the truck What? Like his wallet, his phone All right I mean, we're... We're in our 70s, man We don't... I get it You guys want to be grandparents You don't want to be parents again I work two jobs and... I get you Like I said, we're not impounding the truck - I could be impounding the truck - No, I appreciate it Thank you - We can make this a lot harder - I'm sorry about everything It's very embarrassing You're good But he's had a problem He gets over it and he gets back Ah He loves his daughter, though Child Services is going to be contacted Oh, I know Uh I mean, realistically, it's going to make it - easier for you - And her mom hasn't been seen 120 days Okay That's fine We're fi... We're filing for abandonment Okay That's fine Great Grandma there I get you Like I said, I'm not blaming you guys I'm a little pissed off I mean, I don't like when people put kids in the way of harm So I know what you have to do We just... We've got her grades up to all As And maybe you guys... I get you guys are the grandparents She lives in a nice place, okay? She lives… her mom run around and three different guys, four different kids So what's he going to get it for? Uh, child endangerment, obstructing and drunk and disorderly All right Like I said, he, he... I said, we just got to call you a ride And he didn't want to talk to me He wanted to run away And he's been... He's got an, uh anxiety issue since he was a little kid Man, he has a half-bottle of tequila already down Yeah, I know, I know - And he was drinking in the bar - He didn't (unintelligible) So, like I said, I get... He probably has his own problems, but I, I... yeah, I totally understand It was only a matter of time Do you want to come out and drink and drive? You put yourself at risk? Did you take his stuff out? I emptied it There's empty bottles I don't have the car Yeah, I don't drink Neither does my wife, we're... We've been married 53 years We're old school Okay Uh Everything's on the front seat Do you have any questions for me? No, just a key It's in the front seat He'll get in contact with me later, right? Who? Ty If... yeah He'll probably get released tonight As long... once he sobers up Do you guys have any other questions for me? No, I'm just... I'm sick I'm done trying, you know? We've done everything for our kids We're broke by the way Both of them The other one's not bad, but... Just not grateful Go ahead Okay Uh All right I'm not going to keep you guys out here all night You guys are good to go Uh Keys There is... like I said, the empty bottles are in the front seat You can move them or throw them away - You're not going to... - Your the Sheriff's Department, right? Huh? Where will we be s... - This is... we're Jackson Township - Yeah, I know I didn't know where you took him He's getting booked in the Stark County Sheriff's Office Okay, I, that’s where I’ll pick him up, right? Yeah He'll call you before we head out I wouldn't head out anytime soon Like I said, he'll have to detox So it might not be till the morning All right Sorry about everything Hey, you're good, man Like I said, I'm happy that your daughter is okay She... she loves him too I mean He does everything for her Just... it's just a bad situation He can't handle stress I got you Like I said, we all have our issues Thank you Yep You have a good night And honestly, I wasn't trying to be a smart a** buddy I was just trying to get a burger with my daughter and go home And honestly, I never cussed anybody out I truly didn't That's on God On my grandparents, everybody All I asked for was my check, buddy I never... I never said one cuss word to anybody I'm a God-fearing man I'll leave... I'll leave it at that, bro You know? You got a job to do I understand that I respect that But I'm being honest with you too I understand You still got to do what you got to do It is what it is We're here now, aren't we? Yeah But I'm just saying that it ain't what you... It ain't... It ain't... Like... It's sort of hard to put my mind around because it... it's not that You get what I'm saying, buddy? Yeah, I do And then it makes you think, like... Can you even go get a burger or get a meal with the family? Like, it's sort of a weird thing Yeah As far as that vehicle, that's a w... uh, work vehicle, so I mean... One more time? I said as far as that vehicle that's just a work vehicle, so - That - Yeah, we're not That has nothing to do with me or my dad even He can't control even with some people, he No, he'll tell them but you know people still gonna do, you know what I mean? Yeah, I mean, but Because I don't want, I don't want that to fall on my dad or anybody either, you know what I mean, cuz it's just a work vehicle if you if you feel what I'm saying, like Cuz we don't, we don't have a plow but, we do a trailer with a snowblower You know, we salt and do all that stuff for the same customers that we mow for And do hard landscapes for, so Yeah Unfortunately, it’s not ownership or possession you know what I mean? I don't know how any of that stuff works, sir I wasn't aware of that Yeah? It's not like, if we pull somebody over and they got an open beer You know, and that beer was from their body two hours ago It's now your vehicle You're in possession of it It's not ownership, you know And buddy said it was vodka, but I No, it was tequila I don't, I don't And it's hard when you have your daughter in your hand And she's crying It's, it's like I'm trying to comfort her at the same time I wasn't trying to go against anything against anybody If you understand, sir Yeah, I mean Correct me if I'm wrong Didn't you tell the officer that he's gonna have to shoot him? He's gonna have to shoot you? No, he was telling me About like taking my daughter out of my hands I was saying I'll put her down and I, like I'm There, there's a way you can talk to a person about You get what I'm saying? - Putting my child - Yeah, but also… Well, it's your, your kid You would do anything for your child And you can't disagree with that, sir I also (unintelligible) But I wouldn't (Unintelligible) shoot you Well, if your daughter is Or your son's in your arms And they're crying Like you got to admit I mean I'm not gonna do... I, it's, it's a agree to disagree situation And I'm not gonna put you on that spot I respect you, like I said So we'll just leave that alone Yeah, leave it as it is I just love my daughter to death How about that? And if you have, and if you have children I respect you as a father too, sir Like I told you I ain't an a**hole at the end of the day My daughter just has my heart If you can't tell Yeah You understand? So Hell, if I was by myself I lay on the ground for you, buddy I'm not I'm not one of them type You know what I mean? No, I got you It's a little different when you got your child in your hand You really ain't done nothing I don't know how to explain it Has me wondering like Can you even go out to eat anymore? Even if you just have water Cuz I didn't even do nothing, buddy And that's on God's honest truth And I didn't say anything to anybody But I asked for my check And if they had audio I know it's hard to tell cuz there's multiple people in there And no background noise But if you had audio You would hear exactly what I was saying I have nothing to hide, so Give me one second, man Yes, sir After officers safely removed the child from the confrontation Ty was transported and booked into the Stark County Jail On charges connected to disorderly conduct endangering children and obstructing official business Investigators later documented open alcohol containers recovered from the pickup truck Along with witness statements gathered from Bubba 33 employees Court records later showed Ty pleaded not guilty to the charges and his bond was set at $5,000 This is a tactical nightmare We have a drunk belligerent man carrying a small child walking away from the officers refusing to comply refusing to put the child down I think those officers did a great job of taking Ty into custody without causing injury to the child or Ty