how you doing how you doing you got try only um it's right there I'm sorry is there a problem yeah where'd your friend go um my cousin yeah um I'm assing to the car is it I'm sorry is that a problem yeah where'd she go hey what's the what's the issue well she just left without you where'd she go she went back to I'm actually supposed to be leaving now because I had go pick up um my nephew but what's going on okay where'd she go to I just said to the carer what is going on again she got she got in a car in the middle of the road I'm sorry in in the middle of the road yeah when she saw me saw me she ran out of here okay so they left me yeah I don't even have my phone on okay just hang up what's your name Serenity okay hi how you doing you yeah you can SL that what's up so here's the you can slide that so Jim Milford I told him to call me he's our corporate security okay um so the other day we've had a very we get the similar situations all the time where it's kind of like what happens is they get these jacked they put enough money in account to try to cash the check against it um and then they appeared for so we had one the other day came was it the same group different a different girl but I imagine it's like the same father same group at your branch what was that at your branch yeah there was another girl here yesterday and um she went to Golf Gate she left here she went to golfgate and they called the police so now okay she's here we have information from another branch that said that she was there um and what's been happening is they have a bunch of different checks so I don't know about this one specifically but it's usually like the same thing so um I9 my corporate security wanted to know when you were here so let me cuz he's got the information from another branch that he just said be on the lookout because what they do is they hit all the branches yeah um and then they have different checks so and then we were trying to stall her and that's when he came in that kid and he's like well what's taking so long and I was just trying to stall her okay was that a male or female I couldn't tell oh I don't know I thought it was a boy yeah I'm not sure with the the oh I don't know I'm sorry I thought it was a boy I didn't really um so explain to me one more time you were saying they were putting money into the account so what they do is they have an account with us right so they deposit cash in and then they get checks payable to them and they they must yal the checks or whatever cuz they get have different ones and they go around so they put money and say let's she deposited $900 today or whatever right so what they do is they come around and they cash these checks because it looks like they have enough to cover the check so they cash the Jack they pull out the money and then they're gone and they just and they hit all the branches in the area all of our branches um and um they have different checks now this isn't a Region's check so I don't I don't know but hang on he's um hang I'm trying to call so he he called the other Branch so he knows hang on one second 97 go what's your ETA West on we right now me toite 54 hello hey Jim it's 20 okay so um did you you talk to Lisa because the only information we have is what she sent us so the cops are here the cop is here now oh okay okay well then I'll get off well cuz the officer is here and I'm just kind of explain you know I'm trying to tell him 613 okay thanks all right sure reach out to the lady who reported it from the other Branch for for fraud to see if it was confirmed fraud see that's what she sent so this is what we got I mean we had the same thing the other day but different um okay just an FY is trying to cash a check for 743 she's already been a sever branches 1259 when did that that's what Lisa she's a branch manager from cour Road and that happened at one for 743 and did she get denied on that oh she has a different check okay yeah they same name yeah so what they do is this they get a bunch of different checks and they go around trying to cash them against their available balance and then what they do is then they they get the money and they pull the money that they put in it's just like a it's like it's a common thing they try it all the time us so this is not um the sh no it's not us um and then she said she took a picture of for driver's license in the check so and see it's a different check see let me pull and then what what location is that um CZ Road okay for you oh see how it's a different check see it's a different check for 743 she's got a different [ __ ] they she they probably have a ton of them in that car whoever that person was with yeah we had one the other day who the police went to Golf Gate a different girl with the same situation she had different checks okay I'm just going to wait for the other officer and then I'll question her in just a minute okay yeah we're trying to figure out what's going on here mhm why over what's that yeah this out any bigger can see she could email it to me I don't know if I can put that out any bigger it's fine what what I plan on doing is just kind of questioning her it's a thing they do yeah people I'll catch her in a while here but just but the person that came in that was with her that came in he said just as I boy or the girl whoever that was um he said how much longer is this going to take and of course I was trying to stall her right CU I was at lunch and he said they were calling you so I said um that person got on the phone with somebody and said I'll be there in about 20 minutes I don't know if they were yeah so I just I just saw her walk out and get into a car that was out there on 41 what's going to happen is I'm going to assume she's going to go to jail for this today M but then I can't do anything about this case which I would encourage that Branch oh she's going to call me right now so so I'll give you our case number and then when they make a report with the uh manate Sheriff's Office they can just relate the two cases when I give you a case number oh okay okay okay perfect thank you hi so I'm late to the party oh sorry okay yeah so what are we saying's going on here ma'am I'm I'm kind of new yeah no yeah so it's pretty common thing that happens at the banks um so they have an account with us so them or she does yeah so they like have like a ring of people and what they do is they deposit like cash in they account like 900 bucks okay they got multiple checks I don't know if you can see this when I can show you picture I couldn't print any better but they went she went to Cortez Road at like earlier today at like 12 1:00 today okay and she had a different completely different check for $743 so what they try to do is they say what's my V Vance oh I have $900 in there so they know that they have $900 sometimes Banks don't know any better and what they'll do is they'll cash the check against the $900 saying that they have enough to cover it what what kind of wondering though how they're do you have any idea how they're getting these checks I mean is does this Shar report this check stolen or is it a I mean is it um well Lisa is calling me because there's a different check that she had so it's a completely different person yeah so I don't she's going to give me the details on that one and is that one a branch I haven't verified this one yet but hang so Ser has an account or us yeah okay she's claiming she a che So Lisa the branch manager who because they always look like this it's almost like the same handwriting we had some same thing um the yesterday that came in they hit they hit all of our locations so they hit three or four locations with three or four different checks they're trying to get us to cash it and then they pulled their 900 out and then they skipped to and then they're gone so um and the handwriting is always the same and the amounts are just always just weird unusual amounts so I don't know where they got them from I assume they're probably stolen I don't no you can see this one's completely something else what am I what am I not getting no I we're I'm on the same page as you as far as she has an account here she's claiming that a woman named Sharon wrote her a check yes right and she's wanting to cash the check right and you're suspicious that this may be a stolen check based all the time there like a ring of people that come around and do it and we've all the police have multiple shy of knowing that this is a stolen sh well that's why she's calling me she's verified that that one was fraudulent so I'm going to assume that this one's going to be fraudulent too she she's waiting to verify that that's fraudulent yeah is it okay let's um how long do you think she's going to be till she gets back with that have we tried reaching out to the sharing well no but I could do that right now while we're waiting I can call that bank while we're waiting we had the same thing the other day at Gulfgate and they went I just I want to we're on the same page I just wanted to confirm that we have a victim for right I mean we have to let me verify this one and I'm waiting for the branch manager and and if we can confirm at least that other one is fraudulent then I can go ahead and go for you're right it looks weird that she's going to various branches and depositing checks she's not depositing or or cashing so as I walked up um friend or associate is exiting the bank M runs out to uh 41 jumps in a car mid 41 and and I'll be there in 20 minutes her I haven't ran her yet I I wanted to go can you just hang I'm going to go grab my Miranda going to do that okay you do that and then I want to confirm um that that other check first before I start questioning obviously we can't do anything about the the MSO case but I just want to have some yeah yeah ammo with the with question Absolutely I'll okay yeah if you can so you have to have an account for you guys to cash a check you don't have to but if it's a reason check will cash with a fee but that's not a regent that's a yeah what bank is it so they don't have to have an account we would run it through a third party but they would verify it okay oh wait did she just I think she's on ph so the money just got withraw oh hey okay um did you verify the other one with truck so we have money in an account for them to cash another bank's check well that money was it a different check or the same one whoever ran out they're suspecting probably went and got that $900 out of the account so because she said they knew we confiscation go ahead so the person who this check is they went to the bank and took that money out these she has an account here that's how they allow her no no I got you but she's here so we follow the police the police are here they want to know how we know it's confirmed fraud here I've got another completely different shot than what you have I got 605 and she was with somebody they jumped in a car and they just gate here I just sit down I kind of want to confirm that yeah did this and then I can woman goes yeah I wrote a check I know no and that's what I wanted well that's good cuz I have a different one but they just want us to you know we have to verify ver fraud so I'm trying to reach my at least we have all information right put a stor check that's one okay are you able to try to to try to can conf try to out on this one I don't know make sure that they reach out to MSO to report that and then follow up with the one from yesterday okay so she she did the same thing based on an email from the other Branch so she's been to three different branches um so she said she just managed to get the check okay um so she's going to call and try to verify that I mean it's we see it all the time um I know you need to verify that it's fraud she's GNA do that on that one and I'm going do that on this one okay how long would that take do you think um as soon as I get somebody to answer the pH okay you want to read her and just find out what's going on or what do you aast confed all that yeah we' got the new but no I was I was on the same page as you I just wanted to this is a very common thing that they do we see it all the time I I mean not that we deal with a lot of financial stuff put $100 in an account and you steal you have to steal the checks that's that's what we're kind of confused my name isy I'm calling from Region Bank Florida um I have um we have a a customer actually who um has been going to different branches with multiple different checks um trying to cash them um and I was wondering and you know we actually have the police here because it's we've kind of had the very similar situation a lot of times um where they put money into the account they have multiple different checks they hit up all of our branches trying to cash them and then they pull them on out they come disappear is there any way you can help me verify so like that this is fraud because I have the police here and of course I get it you have to verify fraud before a poka dress she's from Brooksville close I thinkk you uh poka is talk to the branch manager of this bank so okay yeah I mean they might need to reach out to the customer the phone number but I don't know that that phone number is not oh you want me to reach out you can try that number I just don't know if that phone number is fraudulent too you know what I mean that's the customer well so you're saying the full check is fake I'm saying it might be a real check that was stolen what we think let me go get my work phone oh yeah no I don't think the CH the check is fake I just think that there's a bunch of stolen checks and they're just going around and try to cash and then what they do is they take the money yeah yeah I agree with you all right yeah no I agree 100% yes region not that print or no she's a member there so you need this stuff do you have an actual phone number for Miss Jones you know what maybe I should oh okay thank you this is a number to the Credit Unit she was it she's like somebody from Regions Bank just called us about this woman I'm like uh yeah I don't my assistant who's gone today helped her hi I'm looking to for a Sharon my name's officer Miller I'm with the Sarasota Police Department in Sarasota Florida I mean what our corporate security well the reason I'm calling is because we're at reg's Bank down here and there is a young lady who's attempting to cash a check from your bank account with your name on it it's hard to confirm that identification so if we're going to write a warrant we need to well yes so I guess what I want from you I understand that you were alerted by your bank back in November to some unusual activity and you said that you weren't writing these checks is that correct in yesterday she she look like this she didn't look like that to me I'm what I saw and and what we can also go his on her and just see if maybe the vehicle I mean no I got you big probably there definely Tre of one in the Caren they're probably already in like Naples trying to hit up there I don't think oh you think they were pulled from the trash okay all right okay but just to be clear you do not know anyone named Serenity yeah they pull the money out look at the account well you could still possibly know a young lady named Serenity can I check let check her account okay uh so all right so you don't know her and you never wrote her a check is that correct okay J yeah we're going to step in here hold on one second okay so I'm going to assume you know what's going on I'm going to read you uh your mirand rights real quick it's not mine okay what's not what's in my what funny I'm going to read you your Miranda warning okay okay you have the right to remain silent I'm sorry having these rights in mind do you wish to talk to us no I would like to have like like a something with me how old are you thank okay you're an adult I know okay I have a sister that works at a directional facility mhm I would like to get in contact with her Well here here's what's going to happen you're going to be going to jail today okay regarding what's what's going on here if you'd like to talk but I'm still going to go to ja yes you're right how am I like what's going to happen to me well you're going to go to jail you're going to be buffed and like with girl yes you're an adult okay what if they beat me up or something you'll be protecting protecting were your uh were your friends going to come back and get you or were they going I don't know what happened I was left that well do you want to explain to her what she's being charged with uh you're being charged with uttering a forged instum instrument so this check right here does not belong to you and was not written to you correct well obviously okay well that's what you're being charged with and now I'm I'm char they come because they come in my first put of what holy they did yep they did do you want to tell us about this I think I was set up you were set up I don't know I'm just going WR hey I'm going to make a phone call J this is yep can we please call somebody hey a bullet just fell down there you want to grab that for me yep okay so you wanted a lawyer you didn't want to speak so now we're not asking you any questions okay well what questions are you going to ask me we I can't ask them because you already determined you did not want to speak to us no I don't want this to happen like this well this is happening at this point I can tell you want to ask me now so at this point so I I'll tell you please don't talk to me like this I'm not a bad kid okay okay first of all you're a young woman now you're not a kid at all yes sir I understand we we spoke to we spoke to don't ask questions please I I'm I apologize this just es this just escalated yeah so yes sir that young woman yes sir never heard of you never heard of you certainly didn't write you a check okay so you're being charged with that I understand okay do you have a concealed weapons permit I did not okay so now you're being charged with carrying a concealed firearm I understand okay by any chance are you a convicted Fon no okay well then you won't be charged with that those are the two charges you're looking how long I'm start that this is crazy I've never been to jail I just got out of fure care oh my God I was just about to work as the correctional officer back up many bullets it was loaded with one in the clip isn't that like extra years every bullet I don't believe so now I don't believe so oh uhoh this just gets worse and worse what possession of a firearm with an altered serial number oh my God I'm going to have to look it up but I think that's a charge too this is not fair for me what uh it's an altered serial number possession of a farm with an altered serial number is charge also right is it yeah it is oh T me what about possession of a firearm during the commission of a fon that's what that's what I like so you've got CCW firearm so you're trying to add to you're going to have like five why are you trying to make it work got uttering concealed fireal I don't I'll Aon with oh fell BR how I don't know she didn't I mean we'll look it up I think merely possessing it while cuz she's not using it it wasn't used you know it wasn't part of that so there's no well what are we waiting on now he's calling C I mean we can probably go ahead and lo it out yeah I can't I can't run this I was going to try to run it um I have a question 61 so that I've never been in a situation before and this I know I'm doing it so I take responsibility for even like the gun is crazy like this is not fair because I have nothing to do with that and yeah I'll take responsibility but like there's no way I can get out of it because it was in my purse listen at some point someone's going to question you okay of course if you don't want to talk to us right now that's that's just fine I can talk I like what do you want me to tell you you didn't want to talk I want to talk I didn't know like this was going to happen this is crazy listen I'm only 18 the law takes us very seriously when we read you Miranda you say you don't want to speak until you have a lawyer we're pretty much hands off I didn't mean with a lawyer but like with it like somebody I'm very vulnerable like I've never like I just don't know what to do okay so are you saying that you do not want to loyal and you do want to speak to us but like what is speaking to me explaining your side of this of course I do I will speak to you and say my side cuz I deserve that your exact words when I held this purse was it's not mine yes I said what is it I said what's not yours you said what's in that purse that indicates to me you knew what was in that purse yes sir okay I'm not going to ask you questions but if you want to tell me a story go ahead no it's it's not a story I'm I'm saying it is in my purse okay I knew it was in my purse but like I wasn't using it I was just no you weren't and I'm not accusing you of using it I know but like they had just put in my purse for a second they they what's what's our status are we we're ready to roll are we talking now or well she she does not want to have an attorney she wants to tell us her side of it I mean I still want an attorney but obviously you have no obligation to do so if you talk to us now you are doing it of your own free will of course okay but sug like you think I should have a lawyer I we don't give legal advice I don't know what to do well listen again you're you are an adult I think you know what what's going on here like officer mil is explained you have no obligation to talk to us I can read you your Miranda warning again I understand my if you'd like to talk to us you can when will I get a lawyer until I go to court right you will go to uh out okay all right I I'm going to start off with some some basic easy questions okay um you are you're 18 years old is this your correct address here in Rook sale no not anymore no that was my old Foster what is your address um I don't I just moved there it's in Wildwood um um it's like 32nd Place something it's it's right next to the Villages my brother Shane thas Liv and his and his wife ni is that who was here with you today no they they I became like homeless when I got F care and they took me and I just recently moved with with your brother in the C yes okay all right so who who who came in here today when I was when I was coming in they were walking out who was that that was my friend what's her name they call her dope boy I don't know her full name is she from uh is she from up north in Wildwood also no give us more than dope boy you have part of a name give us part of a name no dope boy that's a that's a nickname yeah that's what they that's what everybody calls her I know we know that but is it Britney got a first name no this check where'd you get this check from cousin her cousin okay and you got you were the one that volunteered to come in and pass the check okay and you knew that this was a stolen check no how did do you know how they got the check no they said that it was like a legit legit job a legit job a legit check but it wasn't obviously obviously but obviously it was UN legit you did know that right I didn't know it was like this I didn't know it was FR can I ask do you know Sharon no did you do any work for Sharon Jones no did you sell Sharon an item no so how is it that she came to pay you $65 so you knew this was a bad check no I didn't know it was bad I didn't I didn't like I didn't know it was this like this okay you said you told us they set you up no I said I I think I was set up okay like I know the gun was in my purse obviously is that your gun no that is absolutely not my gun did you put the gun in the purse though no I did not put the gun in the purse is this your purse yes that is my purse but you knew the gun was in the purse I didn't know the gun was in the purse you said I'm I know you're I did so you knowingly walked into a bank with a gun in your purse oh for so long what um what was your intentions with the gun I didn't have any intentions cuz it's not my gun like I don't do stuff like this I would never I would never do anything like that but I mean you seem intelligent enough to know that bringing a gun but I knew I knew I should have took it out too but then they told me not to let not to let the other person in the car see it so I kept it in there to not I'm sorry not let the other person in the car to not let the other person in the car see the gun who was the other person the cousin the driver yes right so dope boy is dope boy the one who put the gun in the purse no there was not person so there four people in the car that's three people so the drive you're talking about the driver no I'm saying there's the driver PL and there's another person so including you there was four oh yeah okay two two males two females including yourself um are we all good here I will handle it well uh this there's no cash there's no wallet is there a wallet that you had your ID in here right okay so this I think can go with her to the jail okay there's no medication they who has your phone the others okay the only SP like is there a way when you go to jail I can give you a name and you can find a number and say well this is how this works if you want me to reach out to somebody and you're willing to give me their name maybe you should think a little harder about the three people who were in the car so I can't make a phone oh no at the jail you can make all the phone calls you want well that's what I'm talking about I'm asking if like if I give them a name and they can lick up a phone number I don't think I don't know maybe you can ask them I know if you had a phone they let you go through your own phone so like if I can't come up with anybody's number going to be ja with nobody know well then you'll go to first appearance tomorrow tomorrow and you'll probably be given a bond bro what if people do to me in jail I don't know listen Corrections Officers are professionals they're there to protect prisoners from each other and from my sister-in-law works at AAL officer she do you know her phone number no who who who is this young lady my sister that's your sister that's my blood sister you guys one case number you guys my sister thing in there so you guys can go 524 right you have my sister's work ID so you can call her right well we're not yeah once you when get to the jail you can call her okay you ready yeah she was charged with forgery carrying a concealed firearm and possession of an altered firearm she was sentenced to 18 months of Probation and 50 hours of community service check out more of our police body cam videos here on the Channel please like subscribe and hit the Bell icon to get notified of our newest videos in the meantime check out our latest video here