[Music] on the evening of April 10th 2022 The kyoga Falls Police pulled over a suspicious vehicle with Shawn Michael Whitaker 38 and Dwayne Jordan 33 inside Shawn tried to pass himself off as law enforcement flashing a fake badge and telling a convoluted story about Firearms meanwhile Dwayne's nonsense only fueled the officer's disbelief their failed attempt at Deception quickly backfired Landing them in deeper trouble turn the car off turn the car off put your hands out of the window your right hand grab your car keys and throw them out of window where your keys at my right pocket all right just keep your hands out of the window am okay where's your firearm at we just got a call over the radio for a signal 44 we have two officers on the other side of a they just called for request for help you a police officer do you need my assistance I'm armed security officer so you're running red lights I wasn't able to get my lights down you're running red lights yes I ran a red light two of them what's going on B how you feeling you're not a police officer man I know that you're going to come out first okay are you armed yes all right just step out and face away from me all right no problem hey man you guys aren't police officers can't I say I was you can't be running red lights dog and then when license siring means stop and I keep going you have a concealed carry permit sir sir do you have a concealed carry permit you have carry permit he was talking to me I'm trying to to him answer do you have CCW or not no you don't hey he will hang tight man all right back here I'm not running nowhere so just going to work secur I got you I got you you seen me before that buck house here okay come here okay a security ID or something to the he has his you you don't even have one my man you can't you can't be carrying you have a open carry law instead of you're not open carrying you're in a car have a seat I mean can you do me a favor not being in front of huh I can't sit down with these cups I just keep just push them in front I can't do that because no it's difficult for me to sit down okay you got to sit down sideways for my man okay I can't it's it's it's not it's not me I just can't do that okay well cuz my leg is broken that's why I'm asking that's why I said that step on in in I got you right that's what I say I can't all right we'll go to a different car no I wasn't being no you're you're good man I ain't Hold nothing against you people are different we're going to go to car five okay went through two red lights well if you if you're understanding our situation not being disrespectful M their lights's company has another bar Oasis okay Hey listen I'm going to talk to you here in about a second I got to get your get your partner settled in all right all right all the way in a [ __ ] here oh yeah here I see these yeah I got you push push yourself all the way in there oh this bad leg swear we're going to ask you a couple questions because this is a stupid situation problem um you do have the right for remain silent the court of law the right to talk with lawyer have him or her present with you right one the place that we were about to go okay so he doesn't work for NE no he doesn't work for NE okay why are you taking him to an officer in trouble I was going to drop him off in I was going to drop him off at the hoop of something there in the plaza by the Hat okay and you picked him up from where his place in a okay do you guys know each other yeah I've known him from previous spots where I've work okay why is he carrying around a gun and wearing plates he he works for the hoop Center I don't know he doesn't work for us so has he ever claim to be a police offical not to me who your supervisor I I'm well I'm the top supervisor but the only person left me is the CEO that's at the place about to head a police officer I don't at that point we don't care what you got going on I understand that somebody's in danger but we don't know that yeah I understand that so we can charge you with a whole bunch of [ __ ] and then you're what this all goes away so um what do you want to do right now well gas out for Life sirs man we're gonna have to figure out what your buddy is your buddy's doing but I understand you're going somewhere where your your people needs help but was an akan that's what akan pleases for I mean your PR I I can't go through a red light without license irons on I mean I'm putting I would put myself you went through two red lights like not just like turning yellow to to Red you you went through two red full senent if I did that I'd get ritten up and I'd be in trouble you have no lights on what if someone like Blind Side clip you you know what I'm saying you have no liability I I was moving to enable my life to and I understand they're in trouble man but I mean that's what aan police is for they got lights of sirens they got they got over 100 people working at one time I get get there like I can understand doing a buzz feeling I understand that I do a buzz feeling but you're putting yourself and other people in D as far as I know is running white it's it's not it's green and it's Amber and green is it Amber and green am what are you call what colors you have i r white you can't have that man right now I'm going have you up see in back of my car while we do while we talk about some stuff okay and what was your uncle's name Mark same last name pass okay where what what P Furs did you buy it from the one over by said my grandfather has the in the basement the house okay I can give him a call right now if anything he can confirm that the box has thei number on it I just don't understand why that it's stolen out of Alabama it was later learned that Shawn and Dwayne had been using the phony badge and fabricated stories to receive special treatment and avoid being hassled which explained their overconfident attitude at the time of the encounter so what this what's going to happen right now okay we're going to take your firearm all right um we're going to do some more investigation on it we're going to find out and and if it comes down to it that what they said yeah we didn't sell this you're you're you're [ __ ] in the store or whatever it may be then we'll issue out of Warrant we'll give you a call we'll say hey you got to turn yourself in for receiving stolen property okay but if we find out yeah it was a mistake it's not what it is they bought it I mean then we'll just push up to the detective bureo and they'll find out why uh finfer is purchasing stolen Firearms say if it wasn't fer it was the gun Alliance I'm pretty sure he bought it from but were you were you with him or not I was with him so where were you at I was at Finn he he bought most of his guns from fin were you with him when he physically grabbed this gun off the shelf and purch it so where was that at in Kent so what is this other gun shop you're talking about say he he also bought a bunch of stuff from birds and Alliance too so what's that why is that relevant to this Sor I got you but I'm just trying to figure out what you're talking about I'm trying to remember bought that's all now he's telling me he's not sure where it was purchased he said now he may have bought it from bird Birds land Outfitters I'm like what is it can is it fur is it can it's an alliance where his house is so he's like did he buy it or is he now he's saying someone else bought it no he said someone else bought it and he it was a gift to him were you were you physically there he's like yeah I was there when they bought it I'm like where he said t f well maybe it was someone in Alliance the birds out okay so someone else yeah [Applause] goodbye all right all right help me get get all this stuff off William you got your legs for the month okay cool we know all right man so this this was happen you're going to go down for the firearm okay for what can I make the phone call so you're you're you're saying a couple different things so we're just just go ahead and step out we're going to take all the stuff off you and we're going to get you going downstair down to the department you're going to anything any proof burden that you have to provide to say that I did not I bought this or someone else bought this firearm and they gave it to me from wherever place then you you contact them and you you make your case okay but it's just it's too much going on with with the story at your look man I'm not I'm not trying to [ __ ] you I'm just trying to go to work and go home to my girlfriend and my kids I got you I got you but for now you're you're going to go down for the stolen firearm okay for receiving stolen property okay so goad just step out so am I able to go out on an o or no you're not going to be able to leave for this one you're going to have to go to County okay there's come on man can I it's quick release on the side on the cber bun I'm going to explain to you man I'm you know I'm the one that makes this decision okay Sergeant can I can I please called my grandfather before we make this he can confirm where it was bought he was with here's the thing man I don't that's something that you're going to have to show because I we've gone probably Far and Beyond what we normally would do right so God [ __ ] damn it does it go off yeah it's the radio is connected to my belt so the problem is you know it's before is going we call it Alabama they said it's a TANF fire can fire right and then we ask you originally where you got it from and you tell us yes that it was from your uncle he bought it a thin Fern feather kin and then that changes that well someone else bought it and then now someone gave it no my uncle my uncle bought it okay so as long as I mean if that's the case and they have it there's there's something wrong here okay do you understand what I'm saying that the serial number is Ed stolen through Alabama so that's what we have to go with and you can show that hey he bought it from uh this company or whatever it was that he got it from and then they can just dis the charges so how long am I well you'll probably just stay at our place how long will I be there till Monday morning until you see a judge I can't I can't stay till Monday morning I have a child at home we we we can't unfortunately dictate that Sergeant can I please make the phone call like it'll clear all up you can call whoever you want once you back there but it's like I said there there's too many too many issu damn like I'm not trying to [ __ ] anybody I promise you that I don't I don't think you are but the problem is is that things don't add up you know like it's one thing if you go yeah you know in between our whole story here it's changed a couple times okay like it's my girlfriend's car I'm just trying to get back to my kid and my girlfriend that's it where is your girlfriend at at my house right now where she where is that in Alliance yes that's um you know there's nothing else where we can do you're just going to have to deal with it [ __ ] damn it I was just asking where you guys located at it's on second in Oak wood okay you see how far we're driving yeah you know when I turn my lights on no that last red light down there what's that that last red light down there really yep and I turned my siren on probably I would say right about by the sign right here because I was sitting at a red light I was over here when you ran the red light and I had I turn I had to turn my lights on to go through and I turn my siren on right after that and you kept going and I saw you I honestly thought man I thought you were going to keep going I was like this guy's really about to run from here now can you open this Mar earlier but I can't believe I'm not trying to be an [ __ ] no you're fine see I'm trying to be as Cooperative as I can man this is no man I appreciate it I mean I dealt with worse people it's a whole bunch of [ __ ] I got you man I mean gred I understand be running through the red light and everything that's me at full but yeah you hold up back one sec one sec 100% the firearm was 100% stolen so there's no way see we we did a lot of stuff that whole time from the first time I ran the firearm when you were back here and then we weren't working we caught our dispatch has been talking to where it was stoling from they gave the descriptors that it was yes it was a tan Glock right that we we went through all the serial numbers on it and then made sure we confirmed that it was stolen and kept doing it and they called the records apartment someone at the record department down there came in and where Alabama though Birmingham that's so crazy like I said he bought it at Finn fur so I don't because okay in my mind how would I be able to get a brand new inl inbox Glock and everything if it was stolen I don't know man like I said I'm not trying to [ __ ] you dude I'm just trying maybe I'm listen you're not being charged with stealing a firearm right you're getting charged with rece leaving stolen property so yeah but isn't that still a disqualifier for my CCW and [ __ ] it's it's going to be a felony sir a what you're you're getting a felony the reason you're being arrested today and we're not issuing warrants because your story is kind of like like it it's weird man like first like you were you consistent about bir Outfitters out there in Canton and then you're telling about this place called bird Outlanders which is in Alliance and you don't really know if it was purchased there or if it was purch like I know where I got my guns from like it's it's a gun like it's I understand that it's like buying your car like you know where you bought your car from like it's it's not something that's like oh yeah I bought groceries oh yeah I I bought this TV from a Walmart you know what I'm saying or from a friend or you know but it you're like uh it could could have been I'm pretty sure it's in Canton I'm pretty sure it's in maybe it's bird Islanders and then you're not the one who purchased the firearm you're telling me it's gifted to you so yes my uncle gave it to me so the thing is who if you if you're saying your uncle gave it to you your uncle could have stole the firearm man and he gave you a stolen gun say my uncle was 61 I mean I don't know man that that's that's the thing like if you if it was like oh yeah no I bought the gun me 100% I have my name on it I I have the paperwork I purchased it here and here you're saying you got it from somewhere else like you're telling me well my uncle gave it to me they bought guns and like Were You There When They purchased gun or did he just buy a gun and he said yeah I bought this gun too and gave it to you no he I was there with him when he bought it cuz my grand father was with us yeah I would recommend pleading your case man I would I would get all the things you need to provide it it it is weird because we're a little bit of ways away from Alabama but because usually firearms that are stolen are kind of are going to stay like within the you know the state not really like cross lines or anything if they do it's going to be like the next state over or not yeah and that's that's my biggest thing that I'm trying to stress like there's no no way that it's stolen because he bought it here in can I don't know man it could be a whole lot of cracks and you may have just gotten the the bad lick of it and I mean what comes down to it man we would never found out if you would have not ran that red light multiple red lights and you you were you were doing something that you weren't supposed to and then for some odd reason you got caught up with something that you shouldn't have had okay so weird question am I am I going to be able to stay in my clothes no you're going to go in prison clothes has your uncle ever been to Alabama no has your grandfather ever been to Alabama not that I'm aware I mean I don't know man I I don't know read your case man this that's the best advice I got for you Shawn was booked into the jail charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer obstructing official business and providing false information while Dwayne was charged with complicity and obstructing justice both were later released on bond pending court appearances