Marion County deputies handcuffed Jeremiah Ricketts, a deputy with the sheriff's office at his home in Lake County, well outside their jurisdiction, while attempting to retrieve a patrol car and his wife's gear. Under the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution, the right of the people to be secure in their persons against unreasonable seizures shall not be violated. Lieutenant Adams insisted he had authority to detain Ricketts in another county without any valid legal basis such as fresh pursuit or mutual aid, violating this fundamental protection. The state attorney's office later confirmed the detention was unlawful showing how these deputies foolishly overstepped against a fellow law enforcement officer who knew jurisdictional boundaries far better than they did. Do you live here? Do you have keys? Okay, you don't have keys, you don't live here? I don't live here. Okay. Then you can use that keypad, go get the gear, show us where it is. We are collecting the gear. I don't want you inside my house. Okay, then we're going to get that gear. You can get I don't want you inside my house. Okay. Can you tell me where my child is? I don't know where your child is, but I'm going to tell you right now, you are not going anywhere. You are being detained. >> detained? Yes, you are. >> have authority to detain me in Lake County? Yes, I do. Are you a Lake County deputy? I have authority to do it. Hold this. Put your hands behind your back. Turn around, put your hands behind your back. I will get you the key. If that's If that will solve this, I will get you the key. But it is inside of her house. Which you have the authority to go in there because you live here. Is that correct? >> I don't live Let's go. Can you take me out of the handcuffs? I don't want you in my house. I'll get in and get her stuff for you. You are not going in there and grabbing those guns. I want you to look at me. You know that I You know I'm speaking the truth. I am not going to allow that. Okay. So, you can escort us in there, stay right by our side, so you know that we are not searching anything, so you know that we are getting exactly what the hell we came here to get. >> I will leave the guns. I will bring you her other stuff. I don't even know where her stuff is. I have to look for it. And when I find it, I will bring you her other stuff, and then when I'm ready when you're ready to get the gun >> I'm going to let you know this is what This is This is your option, okay? This is your option. So, you're accusing me of theft. This is your option. Okay. >> You have to listen to me. I'm listening. All right. I can take those cuffs off of you. We can walk with you inside to gather that gear. We will take that gear, and then we will leave, and everything's done. That is what we are going to do. If you do not want to do that, then I'll sit you back in the back of that patrol car right there, cuz it has a cage, and we'll get Lake County out here, and we'll go just follow it that way. Does that sound good? So, which one do you want to do? There is no variation to the scenarios that I just gave you. Well, you're accusing me of theft. No, I'm saying you are going to be charged with theft if you keep this game up. So, this is what we are going to do. I'm going to take these off. You are taking me in there. We're gathering all of her gear, and coming back out. Is that correct? >> Okay. Okay. Can I put my dog away first, please? We'll walk in with you while you put him away. I just told you there's no variation to the scenarios. Do you understand that? My pitbull will bite you, but okay. I'm trying to save you from getting bit right now. This is what This is my >> I I not closing the garage and are not Will you please close my garage? I am not closing because we're not leaving yet. Go to that car. Stand back over there, please. I would like you to please close my garage and you don't have consent to go inside my house. No, he said I'm not inside. cameras Good then. I want my I wanted to go to my attorney and my union representative. I don't understand how I can get my stuff that I left in that house. Then he won't stop you. around the house for her stuff. I don't know where it's at. You didn't take it out of this car? This is ridiculous. I agree. I don't don't disagree with you. Why is that? I was told to come help you to call but seems to got a lot more complicated now. There's supposed to be a bunch of stuff in this car and there's not. It's Lieutenant Adams. He'd like to talk to you. Yes, sir. I would like to speak to my attorney. Okay. Before we go any further, I would like to look around the house for I'm not sure exactly what you want me to do. You're right. You unfortunately You said that the stuff was in the house then you said you don't know if it's in the house then you said it's in the house then you said you would let us go in there and get it you said you would go get you would go you said you would go get the guns and I said no, you are not going to get the guns and then you then you walk in there and you open the closet and act like you don't know where they are. So, and now that you said that you want an attorney, I'm not going to talk to you about it anymore. What I want to say is if you let me call my attorney so I will let you look around the house. Okay. I I I told you that you weren't in charge, right? I know you I know all that. Okay. I'm trying I'm trying to help. I just don't understand. It's not difficult to understand. Despite Ricketts repeatedly refusing consent and demanding the deputies leave, they forced entry into his house to search closets and rooms for the missing equipment and weapons. Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, example Payton versus New York, 445 US 573. Warrantless searches of private premises are prohibited under the Fourth Amendment unless a specific exception applies. They ignored the heightened constitutional protection of the home, dismissed his objections, rummaged through personal spaces, and accused him of theft on the spot. This clear violation of warrantless search and seizure rules fell apart when higher authorities reviewed the body cam evidence and identified dereliction of Do you have body cam on right now? Yes, sir, it is. Right here. There you go, bud. Okay. There you go, bud. Okay. Right there. In the What? Yeah, I'm not talking. Hmm? Hmm? Come here. Come here. Come here. Okay. I'm sorry. So, you were looking in the front of my car and you were looking in my shoulders and I'm sorry. Yeah, give me a minute and let me walk back over here. Hey. You good with putting the handcuffs in the front? Yeah, I'll be right Is it? It'll be right here. All right. I never thought you would have argued your way through this. I wasn't arguing with you as as as I am. Do you understand that? Do you believe me? >> Can I make a phone call? Not right now, do you mind if we wait? I got to be here. I'm going to talk to this guy. I'll be right with you. Mr. Phil, I'm hot. Fantastic. Nope. I wouldn't. Yeah, I wouldn't. Okay. You want to have a private conversation? Yeah. Waiting on Lake County. Hey, what you think? Bet you're glad we brought you in now. I thought I got water in there, but Yeah. It's pouring out water here. I'm sorry. Can I make a phone call for you? Not right now. Who are you going to call? Huh? Send my cousin to bail me out of jail. Oh. Did you leave your phones inside? Yeah, you had them on. You were the first one when you went inside, you put them down. I'm sorry. I have the number written down. Just wait till they get here. Adams was demoted to sergeant and suspended for 30 days. Boyles was demoted to corporal and suspended for 20 days, while all charges against Ricketts were dropped for lack of probable cause, opening the door for his planned lawsuit. Under the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution, no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause. By arrogantly trying to bully someone they assumed they could overpower, these deputies picked the wrong target, a knowledgeable colleague backed by solid evidence, legal protections, and union support. The sheriff's office itself acknowledged the violations of jurisdiction, warrantless searches, and seizures, proving that when foolish officers cross someone with higher legal authority on their side, the blowback devastates their own careers. Like and subscribe for more police cam stories. Watch the next recommended video click to watch now.