Put your hands out the window. Let me see your hands. LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS. NOT SAYING YOU LIGHT THE DAMN CIGARETTE. >> WELL, I didn't do nothing wrong. >> What are you doing? >> Stop listening. >> What am I doing wrong? >> Stop listening. >> Stop listening. >> Relax your hands. >> Wrong though. >> You're being detained right now. Suspicion of retail theft. >> I didn't steal nothing though. >> Just cooperate. >> You are being detained. Not arrested, detained. Listen to what we have to say. >> Drop the cigarette cuz you're not going to be able to smoke. >> This kicks off with a classic high-risk [music] stop. Hands out. Cigarette lit. Immediate denials. [music] He's detained for retail theft suspicion, but you hear the confusion and defensiveness right away. Officers stay firm, explaining it's not random. Loss prevention tracked him concealing items. The prior history mentioned later adds layers. He's known [music] as a record, including violent incidents. That context makes the stop feel inevitable. Repeat behavior meets coordinated response. Yet, he's still shocked, asking if he's going to jail like it's unexpected. >> Well, stance, Anthony, you got any weapons on you? >> No. >> Anything behind? >> Yeah. Anything sharp on you that's going to stick, stag, or stab poke us? Well, >> any needles and needles on you? >> Matthews, if you want to go around the LP, see what we got. >> Somebody's already >> Oh, somebody already got there. Okay. >> Who's taking like who's getting stuck with it? Is it one of your crime prevention guys or one of us? >> I'm doing the uh that look like >> Is this vehicle registered to you? >> Yeah, I just car behind me. Is that you? >> Uh me. I'm the second one. >> Put your car. >> You got shorts under this or just unboxing? >> There's a reason why we're here. You said it's Anthony. >> Yeah. There's a reason why we're here. Lift up your hands. Let's put in the car for now. Whoa. >> Being for the most for what though? >> We just told you, man. Do you listen? >> You have trouble listening though. >> For suspicion of retail theft, which is shoplifting. That's what you're being. >> I pulled the phone from him, but we'll look in the car. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I can't even get my foot in here. >> You can use the whole thing, man. You can sit the other way if you want. >> Smoke my cigarette. >> No, Anthony. >> Hey, you know, Josh. >> Yeah, I know you when you threw your bench at me. Remember that case? What happened? >> It's Anthony. >> Yeah, I got Leo on him from before. Hey. >> No, no, no, no. He he he's like, you know, I said I know you. Show me your hand. Yeah, >> he opens up door with a cigarette. I watch just the crosses. Was there necklace parts or just this? >> No, that's what all I saw. There's one right here, too. >> Okay. I was like, "Oh, great." >> It's so long. >> So, he he was with >> Anthony. His dad owns like the landscape and construction company. >> Oh, yeah. >> Landscape. >> His sister's eight like single 18 all the time. Dad's semi-ooperative. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. He He You were on that call when he threw the bench at me and he barricaded himself in the bathroom. >> Yeah. So, we almost had a SWAT call a week later with a >> Yeah. Same thing. >> All right. >> So, they I got a picture. He's wearing that. Didn't bother to change anything. So, when they got him in the car, he's still wearing everything like that. So, >> Oh, you know, he dipped quick. >> I don't know what you're talking about. >> Trying to get in the car. I swear I think he did cuz when I saw him go through the bushes it looked like he went down. Oh that guy. >> He should have just dropped the merchandise if he was smart. Like I don't know. I don't have anything on me. >> Yeah, whatever. >> Suspicious person. >> No, she [laughter] type the two that I took today. So, >> no problem. >> Is someone at least filling out the Viper? This is Anthony has a long history in our system. >> I'm Officer Matthews with Penel's Park Police Department. We've met briefly before. >> All right. So, before we start, I'm going to read you. You've been read them? >> No, I don't have to. >> Do you think though that I can talk to? >> That's called That's not That's not happening. >> Can you ask them if they'll like cuz I'm on probation or like even if I pay the 400? >> I do. This is not That's not how they work. >> That's how I have to go for this. >> Yes. You committed a crime. That's That's how the game work, man. >> They got their stuff back. The reason got their stuff back is our job >> because of us. They're not You left the property in your vehicle. >> Can you ask them if they No, they've already >> Did you guys let me slide? >> They've They've already gone down this path. >> No, no, no. I'm probably I don't I'm >> Then you shouldn't have stole. That's It's as simple as that, man. I'm sorry, but this is You chose to do this talking. Listen, >> okay, you understand? He has things he has to investigate and ask you, okay? We have things we need to do inside to get the property back. And then by all means if we're done after that and you're cooperative and you can smoke a cigarette while you're handcuffed. >> I got creep. I need to stretch my leg. >> You don't. You're in custody. You don't have a right standing to do anything right now. >> Okay. >> I'm going to read you these. >> I'm going to leave it unlocked for you. >> Yeah, I appreciate it. >> All right. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. >> Having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to us? >> You don't want to talk to? >> Yeah, I do. >> You want to talk to us? >> What? Why? Why did you take the buses? >> Why did you take >> I don't know. >> No, you do know. >> You do know. You made a choice. >> Do you think that that they'll let me go now? >> No, they won't. >> It's on It's on you that Well, we brought the stuff back, though. >> No, that's They've decided they want to press charges. >> Can you Can I talk to them? >> No, we're not having you try and coers people >> into dropping charges. That's not how this is going to work. >> I don't want to go to jail. >> Then you shouldn't have taken the crosses. >> And how long have you sit in jail for? >> Until the judge decides to see you. He decides to >> I can't do that. I have work tomorrow. I'm going to lose my job. I'm going to lose everything. >> Okay. You're telling me like I'm the one that took the crosses. I didn't take the back. >> That doesn't matter. They weren't going to. So, if we hadn't stopped you and you know 6 weeks later >> Uhhuh. >> we stopped you. You still got the crosses. They get the property back, but you don't want to go to jail even though you you took some. >> The interrogation exposes the cracks. Story shifts from picked up off ground to boxes [music] already open, but footage shows deliberate removal. Officers call the bluff directly. High-res cameras catch everything. Lies won't earn favors like that cigarette he keeps begging for. His persistence feels almost desperate, childish even, as they point out. The emotional weight lands. Fear of jail, probation violation, job loss. Yet accountability holds. No excuses erase the choice. This isn't just theft. It's a cycle where small gains risk everything. And denial only digs deeper. >> All right. So, I want you to understand something. If you're lying to me, >> right? All those things you asked of us. >> Uh-huh. A cigarette. >> Why would I give you a cigarette if you're going to lie to me? >> Would I give you a cigarette? >> They were laying though. The boxes were laying underneath. >> So, now the boxes were laying on the ground. >> Yeah, they were just laying on the ground though. Well, you said they weren't in the boxes. So, you see how your story is not adding up, right? >> The crosses were laying on the on the just on the ground. >> What I can tell you now, >> their cameras are so good. They can read the time on your watch when they zoom in and they can read a text message from your phone. So, you giving this officer complete bull when we already know the answers to the questions we're asking you >> doesn't benefit you. Isn't going to make us do you a favor and let you smoke a cigarette? >> Yeah, we're not. >> So, all right. I smoke. No, I'm just saying the boxes weren't. They weren't. You reached inside a closed case which is defeating a security device which is another ch. Yeah, that one I told her about >> all four. >> No, all four. >> Dang it. They were done. >> No, listen. >> There's cameras. Like I said, you're in a place where the most phenomenal cameras. >> I haven't had a cigarette all day. That's a lie. Again, you're just spewing lies. When we arrested you and detained you, you had a cigarette. You were smoking one. >> You just lit it when you came. Sir, >> that was half smoked. That's not true. >> Anthony, you're spitting nothing but bull, bro. All right. >> Did he come back in? >> You're spend nothing but >> Yeah, I already started running him. Um, there's no way he doesn't require a conviction for that. >> That's what I said, too. Look at his uh >> What the >> Can I please have a cigarette? >> No, Anthony. >> I will be arrested for Please. I didn't lie to you. >> I didn't lie to you. Can I please have a cigarette? >> I've never met someone that's act such like a child at your age. >> You said I can help. >> Anthony, stop. >> Stop. Got to look at those cuffs first. So, step out. >> Oh, hold on. >> You going to be cooperative with us? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. Well, you face face away. >> Which one hurts? >> This one. Right one. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Separate your hands apart for me. It's going to hurt for a minute, but I know it's going to hurt until I can fix it. >> Oh, hold on. Hold on. >> That's the loosest it'll physically go. All right. Now we'll go AC across or on the other side of my car. >> All right. >> I'm going to put a cigarette in your mouth. You're going to get a couple drags, but your hands are staying the way they are. >> All right. >> Does that make sense? >> Yeah. Usually till 7. >> You got to see a judge cuz you're on probation. >> You have probably tomorrow. Like so. >> As soon as >> you got nothing tucked away, you know, obviously you've been to the jail plenty of times. They find something while you're up there, Anthony. Little baggy. Anything like that, it's a felony. >> Yeah. >> So, do you have anything on you that we didn't find? >> Uh, think long and hard. Cuz it's going to benefit you now to tell us. >> Oh, no. Can you try that small bucket? >> We will. Do you have anything in your box? Do you Do you have anything in your boxers, Anthony? >> Mhm. Cuz you stuffed the stuff in your pants to begin with. That's why I'm asking. >> Just relax. >> Okay. You still using >> here and there? Just get by, Tina, or what? >> Uh, no. >> All right. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Are we going to find something? >> No. >> Are we going to find something in a little pocket? >> I don't think so. So, >> you got nothing on you. Nothing in your car. When did you get your license straight? Um, uh, it's been a straight for a while. >> Not for that long. For a bit. All right. Face the vehicle, Anthony. Wind your stance real wide. Wide as those pants want you. Now you can step off of it. I want to step back. Put it on. >> All right. So, you got nothing tucked away anyway. >> Is this necklace yours?