On May 23rd, 2023 in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, officers of the Lacrosse County Sheriff's Office were dispatched on reports of a man that had been yelling at his sister and broke a lock on a door at a residence that they were to be evicted from in a few days. It was believed that the man named Brent was possibly intoxicated. All right. All right. All right. And had left the residence in a vehicle after the sister called 911. Officers located the vehicle shortly after the call and performed a traffic stop. Negative. Negative. [Music] We're not Yeah, we're here. We just want to talk to you, man. I I appreciate that. Uh I have a lot of respect for lacrosse. Uh I've actually seen you guys on like the the code blue cam or Yeah. Yeah. I've seen that. I appreciate what you guys have to do with Can you just step out of that car and talk to me at least? Can you come out? I don't want to deal with you guys. I've I've done nothing wrong. We're already here though. That's the thing. But I've done nothing wrong. Well, and I'm not going to I'm not going to. Okay. If you stay there, I I will keep we'll keep our we'll keep our distance, man. We'll stay right here. But just come out and talk to us. We won't come any closer. You're going to rush me. I'm I will. No. No. No. We're not coming any closer than right here and right here. Unless done. We don't think you did anything wrong, but we're just here to make sure you're good. I am good. So, let's just have a conversation then. This is your chance to explain it. Like, we're trying to talk to you. As of right now, you're not in any Hey, you're not It's nothing to do with you guys. We're not coming any closer, but come out and talk to us. Brent, don't start the car. I'm not going to. Okay, you guys haven't stepped towards me. It's fine. But here's the thing. I go step out of the car. We got nothing to weapons. I've got no weapons. Okay. No, no, talk to me. There's no weapons at my house. Well, you see you you were talking to me that you've got it all mixed up that we're only going off what she said. We don't know what we need to hear your side. Yeah. So, what do you want to hear? I'd like you to separate the car and we can talk about it. There's nothing There's nothing to hear. It'd be really nice of you, man. You said you respect us. I do. I do. I do. I do. We appreciate that, Brett. We really do. But if you step out of that car and talk to us, we're not coming one step closer to you. Can you step out and talk to us? You Hey, look at look at us. It's just it's it puts us all at ease. You could see everything with us. So we can see everything with you. We haven't taken one step towards you, right? We haven't come one step closer to you cuz all we want to do is talk and figure it out. Well, this guy's taking a lot of This is a This is the DNR. Once once somebody calls us and says, "Um, Brett is having a really rough day. He's making comments." That's I'm not making comments. I'm not saying you are, but that's what we're told. That's going to bring a lot of people. 131 I copy. We're going to try and get him out of the car right now. say no. Okay. So, tell me why those people would have said that then. What What do you think you would have said that would have gave him that impression? Cuz that's why we're here. That's the call we're going to is to make sure you're good. Yeah, I'm good. I'm telling you, I'm good. Where's mom at in all this? She's at the house. She's at the house. Yeah. Now, what's going on with mom or you that your sister would want you evicted? Does she live there? Uh, my sister owns the house. Okay. So, my mom has to move and she's got she's going to spend $2,000 more every month than uh well, I mean, $2,000 more every month that she goes to this new place. Okay. So, that's going to put a financial hardship on her. Yes. and and I rode with her yesterday and we went there and she found out she loved it and everything was good and it's fun. It's cool. But we drove home and we're like realizing the numbers and it's like all right, she can afford for one more year. Okay, she can afford that place for one year. Yeah, the new place. Okay, Brent, here's what I know. Brent, stay with me. Somebody called us. I don't know if it was your sister or your mom and said that you were making suicments. That's Hey, I wasn't I'm not saying you did, but I'm saying that's why I'm here. Okay. They also said that you could have been drinking and just going to go home. Hey, I don't want you to drive if you've been drinking. You get that, right? Yeah. So, those are the two things I'm I'm dealing with now. I'm here to listen to you, Brent, to hear what you got to tell me. Because the one thing I want to do is help you. That's it. I don't want to arrest you. That's not what I like to do. My job is to make sure you're safe. That's it. That's it. And that's what I'm trying to do. If I go home, if I go home right now, we got to deal with the fact that you could be drinking. I might not want you to drive when you've been drinking, right? So, if you can get out and talk to me, I can figure out whether that's true or not. Okay. Just make sure he doesn't go back up to the house right now. We're not at that point. Don't drive your car. Brent, since we got out with you and started talking with you, have we done anything to come at you to arrest you? No. Okay. Because there's no reason to. And there's no reason to when I go home. Okay. But I'm going to go home. You're not going to You're not leave. just talk to me. So Brent Brent Officers followed Brent back to his residence after he drove away from them. He's got a hammer and a basket. Okay, call it out, Carson. Rick, get out of the car. Step out of the car. I'm not 100% sure. Get out of the car. doesn't have it. Step out of the car. Do you want me to go further forward, Mark? Do you want me to go further forward? Under arrest. Brent, you are under arrest. Step out of the car. Why? Step out of the car. Why am I under arrest? You are under arrest. Step out of the car. You under arrest. Brent, just step out. We will talk to you. Why? Why? Put your hands up. Put your hands up. Step away from the car. Get down on your knees. Get down on your knees, Brent. Do it now. Get down on your knees. Get down. Get down. You're going to get bit. You're going to get bit. Get down. Down on the ground. Get down on the ground. We're not messing around. Lay on the ground. Watch. Lay on the ground and put your hands out. Lay on the ground. Put your hands out. Lay on the ground. Why am I getting You have not followed one direction. You're under arrest. Why am I doing it? Why am I getting Get on the ground. Put your hands out. Put your hands out. Cody, Cody, do it. Get on the ground. Put your hands out. Put your hands out. Turn around. Okay. Get your hand out. I got hand. I got hand. I got hand. Sure. Hold on. You're good. You're good. You're good. You're good. You're good. You're good. He's good. He's good. He's good. You okay? Okay. Brent, can you talk to me? Can you still hear me? Can you hear me? Okay. I'm going to roll you up onto your side. Go towards you or me? Yeah, let's go towards me. All right, we're coming on my side. Come on. Okay. Okay. Can I sit you up? Wake up. Hey, Brent, are you awake? said you had dry stick on the back. All right, death chest rides. You're breathing, Brett. You don't have to talk to me, but do a good search on you're under arrest for criminal damage property and disorderly conduct with your sister. That's what you're under arrest for. Can you talk to me now? Who? Brent. Who? Same guy. Cody. The same guy that was talking to you before. Cody, I tried to talk to you and this could have all been solved nine miles away. Come on, my guy. Are you okay from what happened? Are you okay right now today? What? Just what? I just hit you with a taser. Okay. Are you okay? Yeah, I'm okay. Okay, let's talk about the other stuff. Man, I told you had a rough day. I didn't I didn't mean to. Yeah, you had to hit me, right? Cuz I walked away. No, you walked at me like telling me what you going to do. I thought you were coming after me, my guy. You had all these cops around you and a dog at you. You still came at me. Yeah, I know. I didn't want the dog to bite me for sure. I sure wouldn't want a dog to bite me. I didn't want your tissue t me either. No, I wouldn't want that either. I feel it. It's in my chest. So, are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine, man. Okay, you're going to roll on that knee to stand up. Okay. Ready? 1 2 3 Before we move you there. I'm going to search or we're going to search you here. Okay. Do you have any weapons on you? I got no weapons. We We'll We'll take a look at We'll take a look. Yeah. I'm going to take a look at it. We got to search you. Okay. Before that hand comes out, I'm searching you. Go ahead, Carson. Just move it. Just move it a little up my arm. Hey. Yeah. Tell me it's this this handcuff. Okay. I I'll I'm going to get you readjusted. We got to search you first. You can search me. He's doing it. He's doing nothing. I've got nothing. There's no reason for this to be so painful. There. Is that better? Oh, yeah. Okay. Thank you. Now you can do whatever you want. We appreciate that. You guys look for that sometimes. Like you're excited when that happens. Well, we don't honestly. Personally, I'd rather you just You worked with us, but Well, you know when it's going to happen and you're like, "Ah, it's a little guy." Like, it'd be fun. Oh, it's a little tight. So, so if you get your butt back and then you leave your shoulders angled, the best we can do. I can help you if you need me. You got to let me know where you're at. Get you reset in there. We'll get that belt on. Okay. Can you get turned into the seat or Yeah, we got to wear the belt. Yeah, we have to. All right. Can you? Yep. Yeah, you got it. All right. Send it through. I'm going to be right next to your hands. Yep. Okay, I'm good. All right. party. So, phone, wallet, and keys go with me with this officer. Okay. Officer Jar Jar. Thank you. My hands are What's up? My hands are numb. I'm going to I'm going to take your seat belt off and let you slide your shoulders across. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Now, remember, I'm not going to I know you're I know you're I know you're getting You're cool. A little bit agitated just with that guy. Remember, this is what I'm doing for you. Slide your shoulder so you can get your hand your Oh, man. I can't. It's Try to slide your knee that way. Oh, it's numb. This could have been resolved without shooting me with tasers. I sure wish I didn't have to. So, let me check to see if they got somebody to get him going and then we're going to get you in there. All right, Brent, you ready? Yeah. Okay. I'm going to help you out of here. It's not the easiest thing to get out of. Make sure you get your feet to the ground. I'm going to help your body up top. It's just my my numb my arms are numb. Yep. We're going to take care of those things. We're going to take care of those things. Just make sure they hit some. All right. We're going to go this way. Okay, I shut my door. They don't want me to go in there today. Brent was charged with OWI3, operating with prohibited alcohol concentration third, resisting or obstructing an officer, disorderly conduct, and criminal damage to property. He was found guilty of OWI3 and sentenced to 45 days in local jail and his driver's license was revoked for 2 years. [Music]