Hey, how's it going? How's it going? Hey, I got a uh call from Chris to come meet with you guys. Okay. It's about uh that forge documents or some checks. No. Hey, Chris is saying something about forg documents, right? You didn't get you didn't get a text message from me. I don't know. I'm not over the weekend. I'm not saying anything. I don't I don't know anything. That shouldn't be right. So, okay. Why don't we uh Why don't we all step inside? two radio another routine, right? Uh Kyle, I don't know. No, I haven't. Dr. I sent him a text message saying I sent you a text message saying, "Hey, my dad's in a little bit of trouble, man. I need to write a check. I need about $5,000 that I got money coming, a check coming from the government for my three stimulus. You guys can have that. Never had a check. This is from like a week or two ago. So, how do we deal with this? Yeah, like I sent you guys I don't have any proof. I didn't have any. Yeah. Right. I mean, let Chris get here and see what he says. How I feel about it. Just hang out for a minute and then Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Absolutely. You want some light? I didn't know. No, it's all right. I didn't realize. He didn't tell me. Who's here? Huh? Okay. Is he Chris on his way or I don't know. I can talk him. No, don't worry about that, dude. Just do your own business. Do do what you got to do. You're good. Sorry, guys. back door. I'm sorry. I'll back door back. The trash can and throw this away. Okay. Well, I'm going to right behind you. What do you How do we deal with this? I'm just waiting for one other person to get here. Waiting for Chris. Is he coming? Did you talk to him? I'm waiting for one one of our guys just so we can have everything accounted for everything understand you. Y cuz I sent text messages with Okay. Well, I got to I'll get to I'll we're going to look through everything. But do you do you know him as a personal friend or just as of being an officer of the law? Just you never met the man? I I know him through this this place. Oh, okay. Great. Yeah. But I just came over here because I want to talk to you, figure out what's going on. So, absolutely. I mean, it wasn't like Chris called the sheriff's department, said I mean, he called you specifically. It's not what you're telling me. Yeah. I mean, that gives me Thank you. that gives me hope because I don't want to get in no trouble over this. I mean, I I expect these guys are my friends above all. Okay. I care about their children. Okay. I don't know anything about them outside of this. I'm get upset he's sorry. Let tell you where I'm at already before we get anywhere. One, sorry. He didn't tell me he was already He was here. I didn't know he was either. I just I when I walked out here, I just got here. So, okay. So, is he is he not supposed to be here? So, I don't know if Chris gave you a little history. He said he worked here. He worked for us for for a while. Needed a place to go. Chris was letting him stay here. We're letting him be friendly. He's always been a great guy. Yeah. We've seen some things in the past happen like things come up missing. Little things like scrap and stuff. We tear apart AC units, right? We told them like, oh, you know, you don't don't go back there and take scrap for yourself. That's our money. So, um, so really about a week ago, I looked at my checking account and noticed a few checks were written. Okay. One for like $1,400, one for $600, another one for $400. Didn't think of anything of it cuz Chris, my partner, he has access to our checkbook as well. So, I figured, oh, he just wrote some checks to whoever. Okay. So, I was in the account today about a week later looking. So, I actually clicked on the check images to see what they were wrote out for. Yeah. It wrote out to him. We first off, we've never paid him, right, with a check. So, they were made out to him and it said on the bottom salary and it had my signature forged. Okay. Not doesn't even look like my signature at all. I have screenshots of the two checks. There's a a third one that's still pending. So, I can't see the check images yet until it clears. So, but these are all for amounts you said. Yeah. 600,400 and Yeah. One's for,400. Do you need to see them? Do you have Can we uh we go to your desk? It's right in here where you're standing. Well, we we'll pull him out into this area and then and then we'll go in there and have this walking through. So, when I got here, I didn't say who did what. I said one thing and he immediately knew about it. Knew about it. I took He started saying he did it, but he got permission for it. So, I've got some things obviously after I talk to you and get some images of this, we're going to have to Miranda him. We're going to have to see what he says. Uh I'll discuss it with him and see what what he has to say. But um for now, do you have his employ? So he stopped working here. He Chris that 6 months ago, maybe five, 6 months ago. Yeah. Do you have on record his termination date, his last his last pay? I don't. Chris probably can get it somewhere. Okay. Um I can look through my text messages, maybe see the exact date, but Chris will probably know that more. I mean, I can maybe dig it up. to give me time to find it out. Yeah. Um I'm sorry. No, that's fine. Um and your your name's Kyle. I used to be working for the AC company and Kyle Chris, they let me live here for a little while. Well, they're going to sell the building of the year. So, I kind of just been keeping maintenance on it until then and I'm out. I text Kyle weeks ago about my dad needing money because he was in a situation not well and I found out that I am getting the stimulus checks that I never received. So I said to Kyle on the text that I will sign those over to you guys. I need the money. I need to write a check. Why is there a problem? Like I have seen you since then. You didn't say anything. I just screenshot it. Yeah. So, what I'm going to do, so that's not my signature at all. I never write that installations and that amount. 1,400. Okay. This was the first one. Okay. Okay. Second one was the same day, December 5th. Same date for 600. Okay. This one says salary. That's still not my signature. Okay. Okay. And I don't, like I said, I don't do any of that. So, okay. So, the last one is still pending and I can't see the physical check images until it clears. So, it must have just happened like yesterday or today. Can you see uh does it give you a date the date posted? Yeah. Let me see. Now, I don't I didn't write a check for 480. So, 4150. Okay. And you two are the only ones with the ability. Okay. Yeah. one Lincoln 41 I hate to say that was his too and then something clear I didn't write check he already told me that he hasn't Chris has already said he hasn't written any checks so I'm trying to think no I didn't write okay so 408 okay is the amount he's written $248 to himself I have a few things out After I'm going to call Chris. I'm going to go do the Miranda. Okay. I have enough to take him. Yeah. So, after we do that, ask him what he wants to do with all his belongings. I mean, if he needs to pile it all up, he can. If he wants us to do it, I just don't know where he can put it all. So, right. You can ask him what he wants to do with that stuff. Okay. All right. Call Chris. Yeah. I'm going to step out for a second. Well, because I'm going to ask you questions here. I have to read this to you. Okay. So, have you ever been read your Miranda warnings before? Sir, yes, sir. Okay. All right. As follows, right? You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to talk to an attorney, have him or her present with you before and during questioning. If you cannot afford to hire an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you at no cost to you before and during questioning. If you wish, you can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements. Okay? Do you understand each of these rights as I've explained them? Okay. I have a question. Yes. Is Chris not coming? I do not know. I'm I I don't know what his plan is. I don't know him that way. I don't know what he's doing. Okay. Uh so Tom, I got to ask you. Okay. So, here's where we're at. There's three checks cashed December 5th, December 5th, and then December 14th. Okay. For a total of $2,48. Should be more than that. Should be more than that. I got $5,000 for the tax. Okay. So, there should be I told you that I told you things about Yeah. Just hang out for me. So, there should be five grand total. Okay. That's what I told these guys. All right. So So, all right. You've given me an amount here. Here's where we're at, Tom. When I got here, I didn't say that I was here because you forged checks, but you immediately Yeah, cuz I knew that's the only reason why you guys would be here if you said anything like that. And I told God, why why would that be? Because these guys never said that to me and I never said that to him, but I asked him about $5,000. Okay. Kyle, before you came back, he said that Yeah. Um, I asked him why I was here and he said that uh he text the owner of one of the business that he his dad was hurt and he needed to borrow $5,000 and then he's he did a check and send it to his dad for $5,000. He said that they never replied back to him saying that yeah, you can get his money. I didn't get the reply from Kyle, but I see him often enough because he would have thought some type of way. He would have said something both of them. Okay. I see Chris almost wants D, but go ahead. Okay. All right. Tom, you mind standing up for me? Yeah. Okay. I'm good. I'm not going to do anything stupid. Trust me. Please don't. I'm not. I got a phone right now. And I don't want you to drop your phone. Drink a little more water. I'll feed you. If you need water, I'll get damn it. Drop your wrist. All right. So it doesn't hurt. Well, I don't want it to hurt. All right. Tom, your your belongings that are in the back. Do they have permission to put those in your car? Chris said you can keep your car parked back there. They're not going to do anything with it. They're going to lock it up and they're going to let you keep it here. You can come get it when you get out. Okay. I'm not going to get out if they're going to press charges. How am I going to get out, young man, when I'm going to press charges on this? This. They wouldn't if they thought that way. They would have told me in the beginning and said, "Hey, what is going on here?" Sir, I would have told him Kyle or Chris. Chris, I text Kyle about this. Like, okay, my I told you guys I got I got money coming. It's coming right to that mailbox right there. Okay, he gets my mail sometimes. Do they have permission to put the stuff in the in your car? Yeah, man. Is your key in the car or You guys got it. Okay. All right. All right. Thank you. So, he said he does not want to come out and talk to you. So, I'm sorry. Oh, but these guys got no problem with me keeping my stuff here and this and that, right? So, they don't So, they did say what he did say is that when you are out, you can come by. You can get all your stuff. They're going to collect everything for you and and put it in a in a safe place for you so it's not out in the rain. It's not they're not going to throw it outside. They're going to keep everything where it's at. Your car is going to stay where it's parked. When you get out, I'm going to leave the key with you. So, when you get out, you can come over here. You can get all your stuff. Okay? Like, this is better anyway. This way, you're not getting towed. You're not paying for a a you know a tow fee and like a storage fee and all that. Okay. They're trying to they're still trying to help you out as much as they can. All right. I understand. But why would these guys say something to me? I talk to him all the time and I I I stinky. I just messed with you after the fact. Like after I was like, "Hey, Kyle, thanks." You know, the next time I see him like 3 days later. Thanks. I really need that. I'll make sure you guys get your checks or whatever. Thank you. All right. This is You want to pull your foot in for me, sir? Yes. All right. Thank you.