[Music] today on Alpha responder Network looks like you got a bunch of warrants from down south 15 16 17 18 30 out 6 22 rifle here's a meth pipe methampetamine I didn't even know I had that in there officer you have the right to remain silent I need to get off the damn drugs baby I love you love you too nice time a better choices damn 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 I'm Deputy Smith I'm with the uh Navajo County Sheriff's Office I've been working here for just under four years so right now I'm a patrol deputy uh basically we respond to calls throughout the communities uh we respond to all the rural communities around Navajo County especially in the Northern District we investigate all types of crimes we enforce traffic infractions crimes that are going down the roadway during interdiction style stops and typically just be there for the community when they need us 113 C open me at fi on Baka Street and old Clear Creek Road how's it going donkeys down this way how are you doing donkeys yeah looking for my donkey no I haven't seen any donkeys have you seen you walking down the the road right there is everything all right I've been looking for my donkeys for a couple hours I seen them and then their vanish they come over here and get me in trouble so how many donkeys you got two of them and a mule where do you usually keep them at yeah they keep them at the house but I graze them during the afternoon you know okay where do you live at down here at the called the man cave gotcha well I'll be in the area for a while do you got a a name or contact info if I see your donkeys I'll be roaming around here I mean it's everything all right or I should be looking out or something or no I'm just out patrolling the area trying to talk to as many people as I can you know see if everything's going good around here how long have you been here in wissow two 2 and a half years now but I've lived here for 40 years okay uh Smith Smith yep if I find your donkeys I'll let you know we'll let you know what we find all right thanks man have a good one so I grew up in Woodruff Arizona uh it's actually the community that we're heading to right now we're going to patrol it for a little bit well the craziest experience I've ever been through was kind of a long-term experience when I was uh 20 years old I had uh stage four cancer in my lungs so went through a year of uh chemotherapy and treatments and I learned a ton of life lessons going through that and that was probably the the most interesting thing that I've been through I'm not sure if I live by a specific motto but I believe that you only get a certain amount of time here on this Earth and you can make as much of a difference as as possible during that time I think uh it gets misconceived that law enforcement doesn't actually care about the communities when in fact we do we care about the people that we're serving and protecting and all the people in the communities that we Patrol at night when they don't see it it's because we care about them on 13 copy Ona traffic traffic sir be a white truck at Flying J and WIS how you doing hey I'm Deputy Smith I'm with the navo County Sheriff's Office the reason I pulled you over is you didn't signal before you turned and changed the lanes there oh I'm sorry is is your left blinker out it looks like there might be an issue with it y that was my fault I forgot to tell them last night God do it I'm sorry I forgot okay I did all right well I'll give you a warning for it I just figured I'd talk to you um wasn't sure if it was improper working order it didn't look like it was do you have your I'm going to fix it right now okay do you have your driver's license your registration your insurance and I guess while I'm here it's probably a good idea to keep your seat Bel on it looks like you got them both fixed to where you don't need to wear them or if they're even I this thing choked me out on the yeah cuz it's got a Buckle in it right now so you can't can't Buckle that one in sorry about that and then do you have your driver's license sir I I don't even have my wallet with me sir okay it's on the floor at home gotcha well I'm going to have to run your name um can I have you come on back that way I can just type it into my laptop in the vehicle okay yeah before you do that are there any weapons in the vehicle any guns or knives I believe she has her weapon on her okay what is it probably a rifle behind the seat and stuff I mean I'm okay what's the rifle behind the seat 30 out 6 it's a hunting rifle it's a hunting rifle it's a big rifle okay and what's what's in here okay I'm going to hold on to that just just for now all right and you don't have any weapons on you no sir no sir no weapons on me Budd okay can I have you come on back and you're just going to come back around to the passenger side okay can just have keep your hands out of your pockets oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah sure appreciate it everything all right oh yeah c patch you down make sure you don't have any weapons on you uh no we're not doing the paths right now are we I just I'm just asking just for my safety no I don't have nothing okay I'm going to have you stand right here and if I can just ask you to keep your hands out of your pockets at all times okay appreciate it just right here oh my bad sorry sorry sorry and what's your name 113 can I get a wo unit to head this way I'm code for common spelling yesy you got a middle name and birthday do you know your driver's license number uh is it going to be out of Arizona or are you from a different state no I'm from here hold on I think I might it might be right there I'm you just stay right here okay okay I'm sorry I'm sorry appreciate it come you keep your hands out of your pockets yeah I'm sorry [Music] do you have a valid license uh sure I had the license yeah should be how long have you had your license back uh maybe a couple weeks how'd you get it back where did you go to get it oh I had to go to the DMV down there at in Phoenix and I had to pay off a whole bunch of fines man viation 113 that's affirmative looks like you got a bunch of warrants from down south they're not going to be extraditable okay from up here but I just got to make sure everything okay yeah so it looks like your license is still not valid so we'll see what we can do to work with you but man come on man you're telling me you you've had it back for a couple weeks yeah I went down and I went paid like $370 worth of fines on one and like okay well I'm not here to to ruin your night I'm just I'm just doing my job um that being said I'm going to see what I can do to work with you um we're just going to have to dig into it just a little bit more Okay Okay cool so you got 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1920 of these I know have you I got warrants for no these are all different different suspensions no I've cleaned most of this up man i' okay some of them go way back so I mean you're talking back years I had to clean up man okay just got to make sure that you're you're good to be driving on a public roadway confirm out 113 I copy what's your wife's name okay I might have to go up and talk to her while I'm talking to your wife I'm just going to detain you okay no why why am I being detained for what one of one of your warrants looks like it's valid okay so you're going to be detained for what I'll explain all that to you as soon as I get the chance okay please don't TST too much in my I'm not going to argue I'm not going to fight I'm not going to arue just stay right here okay looks like he's got a warrant do you have an ID on you do you have a valid license I do okay how come he's driving if you're if you got a valid license he's stubborn listen to me can you go uh just hang out with her there is a 30 out of 6 in the back behind the seat tell me atast what's going I told you it looks like you got a warrant I copy and confirming he's still suspended copy it's going to be not eligible suspended effective of 111 2023 for failure to appear for criminal violation all right so right now you're driving on a suspended license which was suspended for a criminal violation you've also got a warrant for the the same thing so at this time I am going to place you under arrest okay can can you just I'm going to have you I mean can can you let me ride tonight cuz I got no no I'm not going to do that warrant there's no he has no say in that we're going to help you up all right I'm going to search you real quick cuz there anything in your pockets that I need to know about no nothing's going to hurt that's my mom's please don't please be careful with that I will my mom died like a year and a half two years ago man I've been up ever since you ever worked for Doc no no I I like I said I uh I work for a son of a I didn't even know I had that in there officer I'm sorry God damn it it's just got to be my little bag with 22 shells in it so we conduct a search incident to arrest um individual has a warrant and he's also driving on a suspended license he's got decent amount of methamphetamine right here um we'll test that but it appears to be methamphetamine a little bit of marijuana this I'm going to take to test because there's clearly a substance on the inside just possible paraphernalia he said he worked at a Goodwill this Arizona DOC badge so all the items that are not going to be taken for evidence I'll be released them back to the vehicle okay um for now you are going to be under arrest for the methamphetamine as well um since you're under arrest I got to read you read you your rights you have the right to remain silent anything you say can will be used against you in a court of law you have the right to an to the presence of an attorney to assist your part of questioning if you so desire if you cannot afford an attorney you have the right to have an ATT an attorney appointed for your prior to questioning you can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements do you understand these rights so I don't know if you remember me but a ago I talked to you on the phone did you yeah when did you get out of when did you get out of prison October 6th of 2015 man I got out I got my kids back from DCS man I did everything right your mom died man okay mom died on me bro it it what I don't have you been charged of any other felonies yeah there was there was felony DUI it was an aggravated DUI um prohibited possessor misconduct involving weapons and when was that was back in8 have you ever been charged with a like violent felony no no or convicted of it no sir negative okay no sir I I'm going to have you sit down I'm non dangerous and my mom died and I started getting high again okay I'm going to have you sit down in here and then we'll we'll sort out your vest okay could you please switch this to the front and kind of give on no no we don't do that we'll work on the we'll work on you saying goodbye in a minute okay okay ma'am so he had a little bit of drugs on him um he's getting charged with that is there anything in that in the vehicle that I should know about no okay if I search the vehicle am I going to find anything any pipes that he may have left or anything that I sure in the hell hope not can I search you real quick sure you got any Pockets I don't have any pockets okay all right is there anything else in the vehicle that I need to know about no no there's not nothing in the vehicles it it's okay so here's a meth pipe right here this was found on the passenger side floorboard got another firearm right here 22 long rfle okay and it's uh was a bullet in there in the chamber so there's been a 30 out 6 and a 22 rifle meth pipe it's pretty typical me math pipe clearly used and that's considered drug paraphernalia so she's got a butane torch in her purse the meth pipe was found below her in the vehicle can I ask you if you have questions okay so what's this for hey guys Kent here with ar hey real briefly I want to talk about our sponsor of this episode armored Republic look the reality is we're out here every day with law enforcement seeing the crazy and dangerous stuff that they see our friends at armored Republic were kind enough to send out these plate carriers and keep us safe as well armored Republic is the number one direct to Consumer armor manufacturer in the world they guarantee same day shipping in their A2 armor plates and testudo carrier do yourself a favor and pick up your play cares today you will freaking love them check them out at armed republic.com use code ar24 for 10% off your order from September 1st to the 31st what's this for that is just for him to go ahead and do the electrical stuff it's for the electrical stuff he's an electrician so okay when was the last time you used any drugs of any kind I don't actually can I take a look at your eyes sure you don't use any drug seure medicine that I I take because I and what is that um I'm diabetic so I also have di have you ever been arrested for possession of drugs of any kind no 20 years ago I was in Phoenix but that was reduced down to a misor it was only just the unlawful means of trans exportation at that point what was the original charge it was uh paraphernalia and this is your truck yes it is so it's your truck um well this is a pretty small car um have you ever seen him use meth or anything like that no you've never seen him use meth never it's been never when I lost my mom in 2017 we did math together and then I checked myself into rehab because I started drinking okay so obviously as a diabetic I can't consume thatth CU it'll kill me okay I'll be honest with you this is your truck there's been uh three weapons in it he's got methamphetamine on him you have a butane torch in your purse and there's a used meth pipe there's a used meth pipe found at your feet okay so can you shed some light on that I can't shed any light that's what I'm trying to tell you I'm not being an [ __ ] I'm just saying he's very secretive when it comes to his I'm not allowed to ask questions so I don't I don't ask questions because the less I know the better off I am but now you're telling me that he found drugs I'm assuming meth because there's a pipe right there right right and you've used but before so you know what it looks like exactly right right so again if I would have identified it he and I would have been having a conversation and I probably would have been packing my bags to go back to Phoenix because I myself can't handle being around that this is what it causes apparently you know what I mean like right so can you describe to me how he uses it as far as I know he's either doing smoking it or by needle okay is there any needles in here no there should not be anything in here but again surprise surprise I'm going to ask you to again when was the last time you saw him use I've never seen him use how do you know he typically uses with needles or because we used cord would you be willing to do a drug test or anything no I don't see the need to okay only because again I'm on medication that again puts me in an impairment that's why he drives most of the time directly at your feet is a used meth pipe and you have a butane torch in your purse and that must have fallen when it's on the side there no again he usually put stuff under did he toss anything to you when he was getting pulled over no no he didn't no okay so again he told me that he uses the torch for his job so I just they're going to be giving her her our rifles and stuff back right I'm going to take them for evidence for right now and then when when the case gets adjudicated you can request them back if you're able to have them I'm pretty sure we were allowed to have them well you can't you can't have them while committing a felony drug offense like that come on man please don't take my rifles got more ammunition in the stock and then this is one that was in the chamber okay thank you so in his in his pocket there was a 22 caliber live rounds and a 380 uh which was the gun that was in her purse and he obviously knew about it and had a bullet for it cuz I'm the one that uses not her okay so you're you're the only one that uses at the house not not her no okay I'm going to go ahead and put these back your trinket that you said was from your mom that'll be in there as well okay please please thank you okay all right so I'm going to take the weapons tonight okay you can have them okay the pistol that was in your purse the reason I'm taking that is cuz he had a bullet in uh in his pocket and that's clearly telling me that he knows something about it the only gun that that bullet goes to was the one in your purse that he he had mentioned earlier I am going to refer the uh possible charge of possession of drug paraphernalia to the county attorney in reference to you because of where it was and it's in your vehicle and the things that I had seen I'm going to document it all and I'll refer those so right now you're going to be free to go I'm not going to tell your vehicle because looks like you're capable of driving um I can't afford to get it out I got but as far as far as the weapons go and the drugs we can't be having that on the streets together okay I'm going to have you turn that way so that we can get your vest off you want me to take this off too the Jail's not going to let you have it please please let her have that too man okay you're not going to act I'm not going act out or nothing come on man I'm good I just want to get off the drugs man all right well then I'm here to help you do that just just Paul Greg try to get the ba out I mean let's see what we can do to get this straight up I need to get off these drugs I need to get off the damn drugs oh my I know but I couldn't do it what am I supposed to do give me a kiss please all right I'm going to close that window baby I love you love you too nice I made better choices damn man so basically what happened is we pulled the vehicle over for a civil trafficking violation there was a weapon in the car so we were able to secure that right away there was one behind the seat that I knew of it was a 30 out 6 um and then there was actually another 22 loaded 22 that was p back there driver has a suspended driver's license for a criminal violation in the past which is also a criminal violation in Arizona he has a valid and confirmed warrant out of Winslow PD so we placed him in custody during search incident to arrest he had pretty good amount of methamphetamine on him during a search of the vehicle we found a used meth pipe um she had a butane torch in her purse she denies any knowledge he took the fall if you will and said that everything was his so we're going to book him we're taking all the the weapons for evidence for now and if the County Attorney deems that he can have them back someday then he can request them back on another day so we're going to go ahead and get him booked into the jail [Music]