You're literally in your underwear. You're literally in your underwear. You were. >> It's not legal to have a crack. >> STOP LETTING GO. >> YOU'RE GONNA HURT YOURSELF. STOP [ __ ] >> SUNDAY, April 6th, 2025. Willantic, Connecticut. A McDonald's at 821 Main Street reports a woman found unconscious behind the wheel. No crime confirmed, just one question. Medical emergency, substance use, or something else? What began as a welfare check would soon escalate into an arrest for assaulting a police officer and tampering with evidence, exposing the thin line between a health intervention and a criminal investigation. I'm Tyler and this is your daily dose of crime. Get your daily dose of crime every single day at 3:00 p.m. Eastern and we're turning it up two videos per day. Don't miss a single moment and tune in. >> You've been drinking the first one. >> What are you doing? What are you doing? Don't touch me. Don't touch me. >> I didn't touch you at all. >> What's wrong with you? >> What are you guys doing? >> I was hopping over the sea and jerking my ass. >> What are you guys doing? >> Excuse me. What's wrong with you? >> Are you drunk? >> You're drunk. >> Who's driving the car? >> Oh my god. >> Who's driving the car? >> She is. >> Are you drinking? >> No. >> Get in the car. >> Stop it. YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOU'RE GOING TO GET ARRESTED. I'M TELLING YOU, you're going to get arrested if YOU KEEP THIS UP. >> MOMMY, >> YOU'RE HALF NAKED LEANING OUT OF THE CAR. >> LISTEN TO ME. I HAVE NAKED HOME. I have naked. >> Get in the car. >> Thank you. I appreciate you. >> There it is. It's on. >> Okay. >> Pull over here. Pull over here RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW. >> For what? What is the reason you're putting this over? What is the reason? What is THE REASON FOR I KNOW MY I KNOW MY What is the reason for? >> We're getting You're going out of your way to what? >> Call me. She didn't do anything. Just pull in here. I just need to ID you. I just need to ID you. Pull over here. >> Come on, guys. That's crazy. >> When officers arrive, 24year-old Shaye Marie Marcato is behind the wheel, visibly disoriented. Once awakened, her slurred speech and unsteady movement suggest more than simple fatigue. After being asked to move the vehicle to clear the drive-through lane, Marcato shifts to the back seat, denying that she was driving. That seemingly minor move redefineses her legal position inside the vehicle, suggesting a deliberate attempt to distance herself from responsibility or from whatever might be found in the front seat. Within minutes, the situation loses its medical tone. Officers now observe evasive behavior and signs of possible evidence concealment. >> I I hand them wrong. This is how you do it. >> I need your ID. >> I don't get any. >> Is Catherine go? >> You know that name. >> Have you been drinking? >> No. Oh, >> I'm all right. >> Okay, >> cuz I'm the driver. >> I know you're driving. I can see that. >> But m I I just want to go to West. I wanted to >> I know you know, >> but she's hanging out the car. >> M I came here. I was being sexy. I was having fun for the first time. It's my last I'm literally Can I tell you something? Can I The problem here last night? I'm hanging out with my friends. I want to twerk some ass. I'm sorry. Twerk some ass while I get some food. That's all it was. >> Listen, she's leaving too. I don't know where yet. It's true. I just wanted to get her some food cuz she laughing. >> I get that you want food. >> She's hanging out the car. >> They couldn't hear me. Just don't get me in trouble. I will I will >> t a y papa. I will grab my right now and go for >> going to calm down. >> Okay. >> I'm not trying to. >> Well, you guys are trying to get food with no money. >> You have no money. >> I won't be going through this. I'm 32 years 31 years old. You know, I got my daughters. It's been kind of difficult dealing with my baby right now. >> But I will park my car. Let me just go to West DMV. >> I'll give you my >> I just parked my car in West and we're good. >> You good? Please. >> You got your ID. Both your ID. >> My ID. >> Actually, I need your ID. I don't need your ID. I need your ID. >> I'm in the back seat. Why do you need mine? >> Because you're the one hang out the car. >> I'm trying to talk to people who can't hear me. Whatever. >> Can I turn my car off and go and walk e l >> officer? Lie. >> Officer. Yes. >> Why is he here? >> Excuse me. >> Why am I here? I was just trying to get food for the person we have in lock. >> So did I. >> That's all I want to do. And then you guys are out twerking out of your window. >> Okay. Can I not have fun? Can I be a college student? >> No, you can't do that. You can't do that here. You can do that at your house. You can't do that here. >> I can't I can't twerk in public. >> Not in public. You're You're literally in your underwear. You're literally in your underwear. You were. >> I'm wearing pants. >> Can I turn my cover? I know. I got to GO TO MY DAUGHTERS. WHAT THE [ __ ] ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? >> You sound like your wife is doing >> I don't have a wife. So >> a man. Yeah. >> I don't have a husband either, so it's okay. >> What? >> I don't have a husband either. >> I know. Like for real. Yo, I don't want problems. I don't want trouble. >> Listen, can I walk home? >> You guys, you not you. She started the problem. She started the problem. >> Turn. I didn't start a problem. You started a problem when you came out your car acting crazy. You scared me. I have PTSD. Okay. Okay. Can I tell you something, >> Catherine? >> Turn roll the windows up. Turn the car off. You can walk home. This car is not registered. It's a missing. I already ran the plate. >> So, you want to take it? >> No, I'm not going to take it to the park. >> Thank you. I appreciate it a lot. God bless you. By the way, >> but do not come back here and cause problems. >> You guys understand? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Appreciate it. >> Yep. >> Do you guys have anything illegal in your car? >> No shoes, no shirt, no shirt. >> You guys have anything illegal in your car? No, papy. >> I'm not a Mexican. Chill. >> I don't got nothing illegal to >> Excuse me. I'm sorry. Excuse me. >> Get out of my car. >> Get out of my car. >> No, no, no. >> No. No. No. >> There's a crack pipe. All right. You're not free to go. Sit down. >> Sit down. >> Me. Me. >> Yeah. You see, you >> sit back down. Sit back down. Where is it? >> You don't really You told us we were going on. >> You're not carrying this. Okay. This is a wrench. >> You just picked it up. >> There it is. All right. >> Oh, this. What about it? >> It's not legal to have a crack. >> Stop it. >> It's drug. >> You're getting handcuffed. You're getting handcuffed. >> Okay. >> Can I pull our pants on, please? >> N too late for that. >> Handcuffer. You want to know why? Can you relax? What am I not doing anything? >> Stop. Just be careful. I'm not resisting. PUT MY ARMS BEHIND MY BACK AND DO IT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO ARREST YOU, ARREST You don't have to be aggressive. My arm is broken. You're being detained. You're not under arrest. >> I had surgery on my wrist. >> You're being detained. Be gentle. Please be gentle. >> I am going to be gentle. I'm going to be taking with you. >> One detain. >> The encounter unfolds within a context officers already recognize. A suspect with prior charges for assaulting an officer and an open case still pending. That background changes the risk threshold. In incidents involving individuals under the influence or with a record of resistance, every movement carries tactical weight. Across Connecticut, such seemingly minor calls account for a large share of assaults on law enforcement personnel. The pattern is familiar. Active substance use, institutional distrust, and impulsive reactions to authority. What looks like a routine exchange is in reality a sequence within a cycle of recurrence where preventing escalation becomes as crucial as following protocol. >> All right, man. Step out. >> You got anything on you? >> No drugs, no weapons? No. Okay. No, no, don't check it. Don't check. Don't check. All right. All right. You got an ID on you? >> Is it in your bag? >> I think. >> All right. So, listen. There's a pipe in the car. So, now we probably caused a search. Okay. So, just so don't don't touch anything. Okay. Stand at the front of the car. Stand at the front of the car. >> Come on. Stand at the front of the car. >> I get it. >> And keep your hands out of your pocket. All right. >> I have a knife. >> You have a knife? Which pocket? Don't touch it. >> All right. Catherine, stand over there. Okay. Okay. I'll find that out pretty soon. >> Okay. I will let you. I just want to be honest, you know. >> Yeah. I appreciate it. I appreciate it. >> We're going home. >> That's what she said. >> She's just trying to She's just trying to get out of Willie. >> Sh. Well, you just said I'm the shy. >> Shy. Sorry. Can you just sit on the school with you? >> I didn't go to school with you. >> Yes, you did. Culinary class was it? >> I definitely >> What's your year of graduation? >> 17. But I didn't go to Winnham High. >> Yeah, you didn't. You went to Tech. >> No, I didn't. >> Go there. >> Can you say Nope. Didn't go there either. >> I know. I was just saying random where you went from. >> Didn't go there. >> That's what you guys do, right? >> What? Do what? Ask random. >> Yeah. >> They put over They put you over like, "Oh, what's your chamber color?" Like what? What does that mean? Why don't I get arrested for my favorite color? >> Can I please get out of these handcuffs? >> There's nothing in the car, bro. We're just doing my mommy. Can you I'm working with you. >> No, I know. I understand that. >> It's not your stuff. You're not going to get in trouble for it. It's your stuff. All right. He already told you about the car. You know, you know it's not registered or whatever it is, right? >> That's fine. That's fine. I I pay good this week, buddy. >> No, I get it. That's That's fine. >> I know. >> It's because they don't understand that. Why somebody got a good car? Because they got a good job. >> You got a good job. I just >> You do have a good job, [ __ ] You're a [ __ ] nerd. >> That's humble right there. act like she don't get paid her good. >> I look like I didn't hear you. >> I said that you act that you humble because you act like your job don't pay you enough. >> That's not It's a lot of money, but it's not for you. >> What are you doing here? >> Hobbit. Yes. >> You're beautiful. Thank you. ID or no? >> Thank you. I forgot whose daughter you are, but you are great and I love your father. Thank you. I remember from high school. I was saying I was a captain at church sophomore year. Oh, okay. >> I heard it's your car, right? This is your car. >> Yes, it's my car. Please don't take it. >> I'm working with you guys. >> I don't got the attitude. I >> We don't have to take your car. >> Thank you. I appreciate it. >> They want something so bad. What are they looking for? >> Why do I have handcuffs on me? I'd like to know. >> Because you're under arrest. >> No, she said I was detained. That's the difference. >> No, I'm telling her you're under arrest now. >> Why? You haven't touched me. >> I don't touch. >> What do you mean? >> Well, I don't know. You beat me up last time. What's the problem now? >> When do I ever beat you up? So, why am I being arrested? I would like to know. Why am I being arrested? >> What is the reason? >> What did I do wrong? What did What law did I break? Why am I able to be detained right now? >> Don't think about it. Tell me now. >> I don't deserve this. I'm literally going on a fight tomorrow to go to South Carolina. Can you please just let me go? >> There's no reason. No. >> What have I done to you? >> You didn't do anything to me. >> So then what have I done to the law? What law have I broken? >> I'm not the officer to talk to about that. >> Okay. So then tell me the officer to talk to me because I have a flight I have to go to 9:00 in the morning. I have to go back home. >> I hear it >> to my mom to my to my nephew. She I need to go. >> Okay. >> You can't do this to me again. >> I'm not doing anything. >> You are. >> You're literally letting my life be ruined just by telling me I'm arrested when I'm not. >> No, you under arrest. >> No, I told I was told I was detained. You can see it through your camera. >> Yeah. And I'm telling you that you're under arrest now. >> For what? >> What am I under arrest for? What ball? >> For tampering with the crack button. >> A crack tampering with her. It was in my hand the whole time. I didn't do anything with throw it. >> Right. Throwing it is tampering with >> That's not tampering. Tampering is doing something with it. I didn't do anything with it. >> Okay. Uh uh Mac, can you pull her in your car, please? >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> And where is that? >> They love me. >> They love me. >> She threw it like under the car. >> Give me a kiss now. >> Once the arrest is formalized, the operational focus shifts to preserving evidence and ensuring procedural integrity. Marcato's erratic behavior fits a pattern long recognized by Connecticut courts. Repeat offenders reacting through panic and punitive memory. Driven more by fear of consequence than by intent to flee. That reaction, rather than mitigating her liability, demonstrates awareness of guilt. From that point forward, any form of resistance, both verbal or physical, can be reclassified as obstruction. And in a case of recurrence, that nuance weighs as heavily as the initial offense. Everybody, you know, everybody know >> you don't you don't do great. >> No, no, no, no, no. You want me to tell you what I do? >> I'll be honest. >> You smoke? >> I smoke weed and I sneeze. >> Oh, okay. I appreciate your honesty. Sometimes >> everybody everybody do whatever they want to do. >> Yeah. >> I don't sell drugs. I don't just do that. >> Drink. >> Mhm. >> I know it's getting cold out here. Why was she twerking on you naked >> in a parking lot? >> That's some crazy control you. And if for me to control it, I had to step out of my car and fight her and do something. So, I was trying to take it easy on her. >> Yeah. >> Oh my god. >> Oh, no. Yo, she's into it. the How did she Is she kicking it? >> Oh my god. >> It's just the bars, right? >> What's going on? >> Hey, Mac. Uh, >> hey, stay here. Stay here. Don't go over there. Don't >> stop. >> Get me out this [ __ ] car. I think I cannot be in a car. >> Bring me some police station. THAT'S THE CASE. >> WHO'S BRINGING ME BACK? >> NO. >> BRING ME TO SOMEWHERE. I HAVE TO get back in. I SUFFER FROM BWS. >> GET BACK IN THE CAR. >> I suffer from BWS. >> Okay. Okay. Get back in the car. >> Get back in the car. You will be >> Give me Let's do the police. IF YOU'RE GOING TO ARREST ME, BRING ME. YOU'RE GOING TO ARREST ME. BRING ME. BRING ME. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BRING YOU. >> BRING ME. >> WE'LL BRING YOU. >> BRING ME. >> A. LOOK AT HIM. Trying to force something that's already happened. >> Bring me. >> All right. Bring her back. Is that your car or his? >> Oh my god. >> Don't drive this car on the road. It's not registered. Okay. I'll listen to walk home tomorrow. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. about South Carolina. Her mom her mom come to from South Carolina to try to get her to going back over there doing a whole family. Yeah, bro. You know what? Okay. Okay. Okay. [snorts] >> I'd like that. Please. >> It's going in your >> No. No. I would like my chain. Please. Please. I need my chain. Please. No. No. No. MY GRAND >> I NEED MY CHAIN. CAN I get it on me, please? >> You can't have it on. It's going in a bag and it's going >> MY GRANDPA. MY GRANDMA. My grandpa. >> No, I didn't. YOU PUT YOUR FING to you. Get off of me. My arms are broken. Never broken. >> Take this off. Yep. You guys are such a man. Get off of me now. You have no right to be on top of me. I'm doing everything. >> Take your RING OFF. >> LET GO OF MY HAND. >> TAKE YOUR RING OFF. >> NO. NO. NO. NO. >> You'll get it back. Just get >> Get off of my ring. Please >> stop. >> She bit me. >> You're so strong. You're so cool. Get >> She got necklaces on. >> Okay. >> Please. I was Can you get me up? I'll fight. I'LL GET UP. GET OFF OF ME. >> COOPERATING. SO, let us get what WE WANT. >> NO. GET OFF OF ME. JUST LET ME GET UP. I'LL GET IT. >> 6 MINUTES. NO. No belt. No. >> Right there. Brandon. RIGHT THERE. >> RELAX. >> STOP. STOP. >> GET OFF with me. >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH ME. I'LL LET YOU DO IT. [screaming] >> My relax. Just stop. >> YOU RELAX. WHY DON'T I NEED SIX MINUTES FOR ME DOWN 128? PEOPLE. >> NO, I'M NOT. >> PLEASE STOP. >> PLEASE HELP ME. >> WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU. >> YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SERVING TO THE PEOPLE. PLEASE HELP ME. GET OFF of me. Please. Please. Leave. >> GET OFF OF ME. >> JUST GOING STRAIGHT. Y >> stop. All right. Got it. Oh, just hit her right on the floor. >> Yeah, just Oh, you're back to me. Yep. Got it. Statements from Marcato's companions confirm recent cocaine and use, situating the incident within a context of active substance influence. When Marcato tries to exit the patrol car to stop the search, her reaction reveals clear awareness of what's at stake. That act underpins the tampering with evidence charge, a felony carrying a potential 5-year sentence. At the station, her resistance to removing a necklace and her subsequent fainting spell reveal the intersection of intoxication, stress, and physical exhaustion. For the justice system, the dilemma is no longer purely punitive. How to distinguish willful defiance from the collapse of a person in crisis? >> You okay? [screaming] >> No. Sit. Stop. Stop. Stop. >> Relax. Sit up. Sit up. >> Sit up. Shirley, sit up, please. >> Just make sure she doesn't hit her head enough. >> She might be faking. >> Let's go. >> All right. Pick her up. >> Yeah. >> Drag out. Straight back. Straight back. Straight back. >> THEY'RE COMING. SIT DOWN. PLEASE LISTEN TO ME. PLEASE SIT DOWN. YOU FEEL IT, PLEASE? LISTEN. >> They're coming. They're coming. >> Just sit down. >> Can you sit down for us? Sit down. Sit down for us. Sit down. >> I don't want to get inside. Just stay right there. >> THEY'RE COMING FOR YOU. JUST >> NO, THEY'RE NOT. >> YES, they are. They're coming. >> They're coming. >> They're going to look at it. Okay. >> Feel my head. Please relax. >> Okay. Yes, I see that. Just me. What did I do wrong? >> Okay. >> What did I do? >> Relax. Relax. They're going to look at it. Okay. >> I have cancer. YOU THINK THEY'RE [ __ ] WITH ME? >> RELAX. >> RELAX. I THOUGHT I had cancer yesterday and I'm the bad guy, right? That's what I [snorts] get. [laughter] You don't deserve my five officers. Right. Relax. One, two, three, four, and the fifth is me because I'm my own, right? Why me? Why do this to me? WHAT DID I DO WRONG? I GET MCDONALD'S. I WANTED NUGGETS. I wanted nuggets and I get this out of my head. I can't my brain. I'M [ __ ] DYING. [ __ ] >> LISTEN. LOOK. LOOK. >> You growing. I can't. >> Look at me. Look. Look. They're going to come look at it. Okay. >> I don't you know. They're going to take me away from here. I don't belong here. Why am I here? TELL ME A REASON I'M ARREST. There's no reason for us. STOP. >> WHY AM I NOT DOING ANYTHING? >> Just relax. >> RELAX. YOU GUYS OVER. I WANTED NUGGETS. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. NUGGETS. >> SIT DOWN. >> NUGGETS. I DID THIS AND I ONLY GO to the bar. YOU CAN SEE ME TOO. >> HEY, SIT DOWN. PLEASE. Just sit down. Sit down. >> Just sit. Stay. Sit down. [screaming] >> STOP. STOP. STOP. YOU'RE GOING TO HURT YOURSELF. STOP. STOP. STOP. >> STOP. LET ME GO. LET ME GO NOW. >> YOU'RE GOING TO HURT YOURSELF. >> I DON'T CARE. YOU HURT ME ANYWAY. >> What was she doing? >> No. Punching the floor. [snorts] >> All right. The ambulance is here. Okay. >> So, you go inside. >> Okay. We're going to put her back in handcuffs. >> Go. My wrist. This is the one that's broken. >> It's the one that's broken. Okay. >> Let go. Please. >> Behind or in front of you? >> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. We're going to handcuff YOU BEHIND YOU. >> NO. >> YES. WE HAVE TO. >> NO. >> COME ON. SHAYE MARIE Marcado currently faces two counts of assault on a public safety officer, tampering with physical evidence, interfering with an officer, breach of peace in the second degree, and use of paraphernelia. The case remains pending with a hearing scheduled for December 2nd of 2025. Marcato is currently free on a $25,000 bond while prosecutors consider a potential plea agreement. If the case proceeds to trial and the charges are upheld, she could face between 10 and 20 years in prison, particularly given her prior conviction for assaulting law enforcement personnel. However, her defense is seeking that the court consider mandatory treatment for substance use and mental health. As part of a combined sentence, an alternative that if accepted could mark the difference between another cycle of incarceration or a supervised path toward rehabilitation.