today on Alpha responder Network I ask everybody this that has a firearm I mean do you have any felonies I'm not calling you a li I'm not calling you a liar you know all I'm saying I'm not calling you a liar I respect who you are I respect you too thank my wife's right there so she's she's freaking out cuz I'm the only one that has a job you got a war my man yeah go step out okay keep your hands where I can see him can this fape go with her cuz they're going to throw it away can I hit it one more time no cuz you're not 21 man we are on a mission to reveal an unseen side of law [Music] enforcement join us as we ride along with the nation's bravest Alpha responders risking their lives daily to protect what matters most this is Alpha responder [Music] network uh my name is Cooper Stubblefield I work for the Navajo County Sheriff's Office I work in the white Mount area of Navajo County and sholo and Pinetop Lakeside I've worked for the sheriff's office for about a year and then prior to working for the sheriff's office I worked for a medium-sized uh police agency elsewhere in Arizona hey how are you guys good hey I'm just talking do you guys have a handicap placard cuz you're in a handicap spot um they the sign on this side oh they removed it okay there's no sign no it's not on that side there's a sign oh yeah they still have it painted huh it's all good I'm not trying to give you guys a hard time or not I just ask I I see you guys sitting here a lot chilling and stuff oh do you live here I live right up at number four right here oh nice nice you guys just chilling out here okay we're not allow 20 from the building oh oh is that why you guys got a smoke out here okay that makes sense cuz sometimes I always see you guys out here I'm like what are they doing sitting in the parking lot some elder lady she like complains about it well her neighbors I guess got mad at her one day blew smoke in her face okay and so she had her doctor write the apartment complex a letter like a medical note yeah they made it so nobody can smoke on proper are you serious that's crazy well that make more sense cuz I'm like yeah I've seen you guys chilling out here before I'm like I I always wonder I'm like what are you guys doing out here but we're always in here if you need us so other than that you guys enjoy your morning enjoy the weather it's cooling down finally you guys have a good one for me I was I would say you're typical four five six-year-old boy and I wanted to be a cop but unlike most other young kids uh I didn't grow out of that so actually ever since I was probably about four years old I wanted to become a cop and that just never faded away everybody thought it would but it never did um I went to college uh for criminal justice and then I was in the military actually didn't do that in the military but um I just always wanted wanted to be a cop I loved watching copss on TV and honestly I I like the idea of helping people and possibly changing some aspects maybe people have of law enforcement by treating them with respect and uh showing them that honestly we do care most of us are human beings and we actually care and we have sympathy and give breaks so there's been a kind of a string of cattle in Snowflake getting shot and killed for no reason like literally no provoked reason there just shooting and killing cattle so and very wasteful obviously it's a felony to kill animals for no reason so this vehicle we're going to try to stop here is basically of interest um in that case so we'll see if we can have a chat with them and so actually we got the information from our Major Crimes apprehension team who have been looking into the incident cuz it hasn't just been like one or two heads of cattle being shot it's like multiple um have been shot so we'll see just trying to kind of maneuver getting a stop on this car we'll go from there 3 420 go ahead I have them on pen rod I'll stop them when we get into Lakeside trying to find a safe spot to stop them it's a super narrow rural County Road um with like no shoulders so more than anything just want to be safe where we stop them and uh they're doing 22 over which is Criminal speed um so we'll have a stop and have a chat and see what's going on the pen rod exst two with a black Nissan SUV hello how's it going hey I'm Cooper at the Sheriff's Office reason for your stop is speed okay it's 45 on pen rod you're doing 67 back there all right okay do you have it you have your license yeah okay okay is any weapons in the vehicle oh yes um right here I have Magnum it's not loaded you mind if I grab I'll grab it but you mind just don't reach for it okay can I can I this yep I'll grab that and I'll just hold on to that while we talk okay and then uh if you have your registration card and insurance that'd be great so he has a firearm um obviously in Arizona we are allowed to have guns and there's no problem having a gun but in Arizona we're allowed to take temporary possession of a firearm during a traffic stop just for our safety so not a big deal we'll take possession of it hold on to it for our safety and then uh as long as everything's good to go we'll get the firearm back to them and good to go so I was going to ask you about it next time I came up too but you had a couple Twisted T's oh yes like how many is a couple uh just two two how how hour apart our part when did you start huh when did you start about 2 hours ago 3 hours ago okay yes okay just had two and you let my partner know over here that he could look through the car make sure there's nothing illegal in there permission you can go right ahead and stretch the entire vehicle okay just kind of odd circumstances you know I mean it's it's all it is you know just so you know until your flies flies undone I'm not trying to your fly's undone there you go so you mind if I just check your eyes to make sure you're okay to drive uh sure okay cool do you mind if I just pat you down for weapons before okay just face the car face my car yeah I'm just going to make sure you have any weapons okay so go on step towards me okay stand with your feet together and your arms at your sides just like that then I want you to stay like that until I tell you otherwise do you understand yes sir okay so all I'm going to do is I'm just going to hold this pen up I want you to watch the tip of this pen with your eyes and only your eyes Okay do your best to keep your head still just watch the pen with your eyes and only your eyes all right watch this all right y so keep your head still follow with your eyes keep your head still okay okay I think you've been honest I'm not seeing a lot in your eyes um obviously it's not illegal to drink in drive but it's illegal to drink too much in drive is there any other weapons in the vehicle besides except there a a green box with 22 amm mission in it 22 ammo yes where's where's a 22 I don't have a 22 you don't I have a 22 at the moment okay we're just making sure obviously there's a lot of a lot of drugs up here you know what I mean so we're just making sure there's no no drugs no drugs nothing illegal in the vehicle so this story just didn't make a lot of sense um just kind of stuff we look out for um kind of nervous so we're just seeing if if he uh gave his consent to search the vehicle so we're just ensuring that there's nothing illegal no illegal drugs or anything else in the vehicle uh as long as there's nothing else legal in the vehicle work on just get him on his way so I'm going to I'm going to give you a warning like I told you just for the speed yes sir okay um it is Criminal speed you could actually go to jail for going that fast over I'm actually just going to give you a warning for it okay problem um the thing I do have to give you a ticket for is not having insurance on the car okay a reasoning for that is because if you get into an accident and it's your fault right exactly it's not really fair for somebody else to be stuck paying for it you know what I mean so here's your license back here's your ammo back all righty here's that we're just making sure that wasn't drug residue okay no just yeah we confirm if you want to go sit back in your car that's cool and then I'll put your gun in the back seat of the car okay problem and then you're free to leave after that okayy yeah absolutely thank you fellas yeah thank you don't drive off before I put the gun back okay so the registered owner of the silver m the register own shown that they have a warrant out of Apache County a felony warrant says Statewide extradition but not always positive on it so we'll take a look see what's going on and uh see if the register owner is driving or in the vehicle and then we'll go from there 243 traffic hello how are you good how are you good thanks hey reason for a stop isn't a big deal at all it's just for the windshield obstruction the cracked windshield not a big deal at all I'm just letting you know do you have a driver's license that and that hanging and then the cracked windshield also you can't yeah so I don't write tickets for it but I just let people know you just can't have uh anything hanging from the windshield buty I don't like I said I don't write tickets for that I just let people know and then also you need to just get your windshield fixed all that not a huge deal not the end of the world do you have the registration card insurance cool cool whose car is it it's mine okay give me one second I'll work on just getting you guys out at the warning okay all right so the passenger is a registered owner of the vehicle um but she does show have a felony warrant out of Apache County adjacent to us um with Statewide extradition so we're just going to confirm um I haven't mentioned it to her yet but we're just going to confirm um with Apache County that the warrant is extra datable basically what that means is that they if we do arror for the warrant they'll come pick her up from our Jael ex start her back to Apache County so we're going to confirm that um we have a second officer coming it's kind of standard when there's somebody with drugs or a warrant or anything like that we're going to have to take custody of somebody we'll have a second officer start our way just for safety reasons and uh yeah we'll just wait to hear back from dispatch to see if the warrant is valid if the warrant is valid and ex fitable um we'll go ahead and arrest her hook her into jail for the warrant and we'll be done with that so we're just going to wait now can you step out so I can just get your social and stuff and just step back to my car you said you're headed to a bomb place right now now yeah right now okay just set the stuff on my hood okay so do you know that you have the warrant I do okay so just turn around just turn around okay y am I getting arrested for the right now yep so just turn around I can't just like go to the [ __ ] so just turn around I can't this here give it to my boss what's what's the warrant for oh you just didn't go you didn't do the class okay it wasn't in time guess okay okay so here's the deal okay I just found out about the warant yesterday oh for real yeah I just found out about it I called the courthouse asked them what I could do they said I could pay the bond they sent me a court date I could write a letter to the judge I'm doing all three of them like I'm going to the I called off work today like so I hear you um here's the deal so there is a bond on it unfortunately I do got to take you in but if if you like get your sister or somebody to get the bond for you you can get out as soon as you get get booked in okay is it's like an hour in sholo yeah in sholo okay but they won't like take you to HRI or anything if you just bond out right away okay I'm just going to put you in the back of my car okay and then uh let know yeah I'll I'll for sure I'll for sure yeah I'll let her know what's going on and then I like I promised you guys from the beginning I'm just getting a warning for the for the windshield stuff okay that's all I'm doing okay yep right here I'm just going to make sure you don't have any weapons on you okay you can just face the car I'm just going to make sure you have nothing like in your waistband or anything okay all right cool sounds good to me okay cool okay I'm going to just move this bag and then go and have a seat okay then I'll just buckle you in and then we'll just get this done and over with real quick so obviously Bly you know she had the warrant yeah I'm going to get all your paperwork back and then I'm going to cut you loose okay basically did a civil traffic stop on the vehicle um just for some windshield issues obstructions and a cracked windshield um throughout the investigation the passenger out of felony warrant out of an adjacent County but basically we uh decided to place under arrest they said they'll extra it so she's going to be booked into jail for that felony warrant out of Apache County and we'll be out of here as promised from the beginning getting the driver just a warning and Equipment order for the uh windshield obstruction we'll be on our way so we're going to need a traffic stop on this black Jeep just for a suspended plate uh register owner also shows to have a felony warrant out of panell County so we'll see if it's him driving 243 traffic hey afternoon good afternoon how are you man pretty good good man ham Cooper at the Sheriff's Office reason for a stop is a license plate on here it's suspended you aware of it okay not a huge deal letting you know uh you have a ID card and then do you have a registration and insurance I know I don't have insurance we just moved out here man oh right on where'd you move from uh Arizona City okay it's hot down there oh yeah no um while you search free insurance I'll just so do you have a driver's license or just ID card only just ID okay all right what happens it suspended or uh no I just everything that's been happening in my life right now is just I just haven't been able to I hear you have you ever had a drivers license never okay uh I can't find it um like you can't find it like you used to have one or so yes I did registration and everything on this I was supposed to get insurance my insurance uh like canceled out because I I like didn't pay it and everything and okay I hear you um and then uh do you have an old registration card uh the only one that I got from buying it from the dude okay okay cool let me go run this stuff I'll be right back okay thank you so let me ask you a question okay so like I'm looking at I'm I am looking at the warrant you let me know and I appreciate that but everything on it is like coming back to a tea with you yeah I mean it's like your social security numbers on it really yeah everything on it is like I even like called like called the courts and they said they couldn't find anything like do you have any documentation of that no I I haven't been able to go to courts cuz cuz that warrant that warrant's been out since 2022 exactly like exactly that's what I'm so I would have think like I think you would have gotten to taken care of by now right well just this year I found out about it okay just this year I'm not sitting here like berating you or nothing like that right you know like I've been cool with you right we agree on that so just step out with me for now I'm not going to arrest you at the moment is there anything illegal in the vehicle just wait right there just come back to my car okay just sit on my hood sit against my my headlight okay yep so we're calling panel County I I kind of let them know the backstory of what's going on okay we're calling panel just do me a favor keep your hands out of your pockets while we talk you're fine no you're fine you're fine no no you're fine I appreciate you did you ever report to the police about your identity getting stolen uh I uh when I called the courts I told him about it and then of course they told me to do it all just everything in life right now was just uh I I hear you yeah my my wife's right there so she's she's freaking out cuz I'm the only one that has a job okay so like pretty much Arizona City uh I took over my my parents house left me it and then the landlord kicked me out this is where I came and I've been here for months here's the deal my man like we just called panel and they said it's valid so we're I have to take in on it okay so just put your phone on my hood okay then just turn around yep appreciate your cooperation like I said I kind of explained it to you man like every single thing on that warrant is under you your name your social security number you know what I'm saying of course and I'm I'm just being straight up with you okay so come sit in my car um panel you can bond out if you have the money but can you uh uh my wife's coming over here can you tell her to I'll let her I'll let you talk to her yeah okay I'll let you talk to her okay I knew this day was coming like I knew I should have got it squared away and I I get it man and I'm and against crazy man4 and I've never been in trouble in the day in my life listen listen you're driving without a license too you're driving with no insurance you're driving with a suspended plate technically I'm supposed to tow that vehicle and impound it I get that's your only way of transportation I'm not going to do that okay I'm not going to tell understand everything that is happening here and I get you're upset man I get it the way I'm going to try to help you out as much as I can is not tow your vehicle is not impound it and I'm also not going to give you a traffic ticket for all those other things is that fair enough okay I know it sucks I'm not I'm not sitting here telling you should be happy about this because I understand right I understand I understand why you're not but I'll do what I can because you've been cooperative and cordial with me to help you out by not Heming you up by Tone the car and giving you a bunch of traffic tickets on top of all already a not ideal situation right is that fair enough okay absolutely I just got make sure there's nothing in your pocket so just face the car okay face the car yep okay my man all right just have a seat okay obviously he kind of let you know what's going on the deal is everything on that warrant is under his name his social security number his height his weight his exact birthday okay the thing is we have no way to verify of what he's saying okay um I already let him know I know this situation is not ideal obviously um but I'm not technically I'm supposed to tow and impound to that vehicle also because he's driving without a license I'm not going to do that to you guys okay I'm not going to tow the car I'm also not going to give him a bunch of traffic tickets either okay cuz I know that's not going to help you guys out to any degree and already not a not ideal situation uh we're just going to do a traffic stop on the silver van here um play isn't matching it's not coming back to a vehicle just a minor violation for now and we'll see if it turns into anything else being in the Circle K in Lakeside with the silver van is it stuck hey reason for a stop is just the license plate is not registered it's not coming back associated to a vehicle at all it should it's not um I have the registration okay that might work did you possibly did you possibly get a new plate and it didn't didn't get registered or we could have I don't know I just oh you know what my grandma okay um I see that's fine yeah yeah I'll take it thank you took the car a little bit ago without asking she had to get she had to get new plates for it up getting reged she got the car back so she just got new plates for it so that could be it okay it might be it it might just be an old plate on it but more than any hey more than anything I just want to let you guys know it's not a huge deal thank I appreciate it okay we will fix them I promise I'm like What's your friend's name only reason why I asked is just cuz he like jumped in the back as soon as oh yeah no we we were just picking him up oh for sure yeah I just saw him kind of jump in the back super quick so nothing like that I promise okay are you okay I think I I think i' hey you've been nice to me every time I talk I'm like I just got out of jail I'm doing goody glad to hear you're doing better yeah hey that's always good we're glad to hear people are doing better I noticed somebody jumped in the back immediately as we walked up so I kind of peaked my head around back the windows are super tinted and it looks like he has a warrant at a sh op PD but I am familiar with who it is so we're probably going to see if the warrant's good and then we'll work on taking him into jail you got a war my man yeah go step out okay keep your hands where I can see him just don't reach around okay all right just turn around okay know what it's uh it's out of show man I'm not sure exactly what it's for but did you just get out or what's up yeah how long ago not even how long ago maybe like 2 3 weeks oh okay they had to have just issued it then anything in your pockets my man any any any weapons or nothing or okay can you get his bag out of the back seat dude I saw you trying to hide back there man wasn't even hiding it looked to me like you were but hey I appreciate you being cool and cooperating okay can this Vape go with her cuz they're going to throw it away can i h it one more time no cuz you're not 21 man go all right I mean I'm not going to hem you up over that but I can't be letting you do that you're not 21 all right have a seat okay okay they throw throw this away you're not 21 either I am I'm 21 are you for real all right you're 21 here you can have the Vape okay he's not supposed to have it but I ain't I'm not sweating over that with him okay can I make sure there's no drugs or anything where he was sitting so that way you guys don't possibly get caught up with it is that okay so I mean basically just cuz there's a he jumped back there kind of that behavior he has a history of drug uh offenses just want to make sure that there's nothing legal stuff back there so that they don't get in trouble for it um basically later down the line so we're just going to do a quick sweep they said we could um quick sweep check it out as long as there's nothing back there we'll get them on their way as promised with a warning for the play and then be be out of here we'll just this was his bag so we're going to inventory it real quick before it goes into uh safekeeping at the anx and then uh get him on his way so there's some Naran it's usually indicative of druggies not always though but so I mean there's a little tiny bit of foil like like litts right here with burn residue in the bag which technically could be drug paraphernalia but I mean given the fact that it's smaller than a penny um I'm not going to charge him with that but I mean usually the Narcan along with that which would be fentanyl paraphernalia is usually pretty indicative of fentanyl use and drug use um I'll talk to him about it my guess is that he probably got rid of all the paraphernalia in his bag um either somewhere in the car that we couldn't see or um while we were behind him somewhere or possibly dumped it out on the road um when we passed the car the first time but that' be my guess um I'll talk to him about it in a second but my man do you have anything else on your person okay did you throw anything in the car no like straight up straight up okay I mean I see I have Nar Canon there because I'm not worried about it I'm not worried about it like there's n n illegal I mean there is there's a little bit of foil in there man with some burned residue but listen listen listen it's it's so small man it's like smaller than a penny my intention isn't to charge you with that but obviously I know what that's for right that's old though if you my bag that's old that's old okay I I take your word on it I mean smaller it's literally like smaller than a penny man so I mean I could right you know I could but I'm not going to cuz you've been cooperative and straight with me but you need you came at me with respect do the same no need no need not to man you you you've been respectful so I appreciate that so I'm not going to charge you with that or nothing okay so stop the vehicle just for uh the plate not coming back registered to a vehic any vehicle at all or any registration um did a traffic stop on it upon doing a traffic stop saw the a backseat passenger jumping around and then upon approaching the vehicle saw him hiding basically in the back seat against the window um it turned out to be a mail I was familiar with um just through prior police contacts um upon running his info showed to have a warrant out a sholo police department for various offenses so um got him out placed him under arrest for that um we searched his bag that was in the vehicle um turned out to be a little small amount of drug paraphernalia in the bag but given the fact that it's so small he says it's from a long time ago um made the decision not to charge him with it so what we're going to do from here is just put transport him over to the annex where we've been twice now today uh book him in and then we'll be out of there [Music]