I had a child throwing crayons all over the place, hitting me, throwing crans at me. He was wearing back to punch me. So, I was getting ready to move and like, "Hey, man. Let's go. We're going to go over here." I've been hit crunching. So, we're not in our house waiting for an hour. >> Tension in the air, the behavior of the adults, and the way the children reacted. Taken together, those signs pointed to something deeply wrong. Once police recognized what they were dealing with, they knew this situation couldn't be left alone. >> I Yeah, since it happened. >> This is when when hero cops sense something is deeply wrong in this house. Here is Law Zone where features real police body cam footage documenting how officers handle tents and unpredictable situations as they happen. The first incident is that woman leaves two-year-old child outside while sleeping. >> I just fell asleep. I just slept. No. >> What about my business? When people look me up, they're going to see I'm a child abuser. I was diagnosed with a baby. >> On July 1st, 2024, officers responded to an apartment complex after a report of child neglect. Witnesses had seen a 2-year-old walking alone near the entrance of a parking lot. They stayed with the child in an attempt to locate the parents, but no one could be found. >> There there are two boys. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> No, nobody found you. >> No, I've been with her for over an hour. >> Do you know where you found her at? >> By walking towards the street. I was out running and I noticed her and I was like, "This does not look good." and she um I asked her where her parents were and she said she didn't she clearly >> hello your house >> so she was walking towards like the main road there >> but nobody has come out and looked for her in the last hour. >> Okay, >> I think she's just going >> she's just going around places. Yeah, because when I tried to do the same thing, she had me over there and over here. I don't think she really knows. >> Officers confirmed the exact location where the young dependent was observed and assess nearby traffic flow and residential layout. >> I'm going go see if there's a car seat in that yellow car, but certainly from the looks of her, who knows if she didn't have a car seat. I'll show you exactly where I found her. And my daughter said that she saw her walking around today. What's next? So, you saw her wagon? >> Right by that Mustang. >> Right by the Mustang. >> Yeah. >> Hey, miss. >> Oh, you're Oh, never mind. I No, like I'm looking for >> Okay, so she's right by the Mustang. >> Mustang. >> How's this area down here? >> This is supposed to be like a 55 and up community. >> I'm just here staying in my brother's condo and I'm like, it's, you know, >> yeah, >> looks like it could go 50/50, I guess. Officers determined the young dependent has been without direct supervision for an extended period and advise they will take protective custody. >> So was by the must was she in the grass or in the roadway? >> She was sitting Well, she saw me. She was in the road and then when she saw me, she ran and sat by the tire >> and I kind of went and looked to see where she went cuz I didn't see a parent and I walked. >> And you've had her for about an hour now? >> No, I clear the Yeah. longer than that. It's It's bad. Try and just make contact so we can't find a parent real quick. If not, I need to get a written statement from you just where you found her. Just kind of describing it. >> I'm going to call DCF real quick, too. So, >> the young dependent is placed in protective custody and transported toward a district office to meet child welfare personnel. >> Okay. I'm going to need a statement from you and um we're going to take this child into custody and >> Okay. >> Hopefully, I can identify the parents and go from there. >> Pop sandwich. >> Oh, yeah. Who made the peanut butter sandwich? Did you make it? He's coming. >> That's Is it mine? >> Mine. >> You can put her up front if you wanted. >> That's mine. >> Yeah. >> I don't know if it works with our seat belts. >> I don't think this one's going to fit. >> All right. Hey, we're going for a ride. >> She's in our custody. I'm going to have DCF meet us at the district office. >> I appreciate you guys. If you guys will hang out till the >> behavioral response unit comes, she'll >> officers inform the caregiver of a neglect charge and explain the immediate procedural steps, including booking and review by child welfare services. >> Find it at the jail with their scanners. That's a felony charge. So, now's the time to talk. >> I don't do anything. I don't do anything. >> All right. Have you taken any alcohol or narcotics in the last 24 hours? Cuz I don't want you if you need to go to the hospital. Okay. >> No. >> All right. Are you not pregnant or anything like that? >> I'm not pregnant. No. >> Okay. All right. I'm just asking if you just want to take a seat back there. >> No. No. No. >> You doing all right back there? >> I guess. >> All right. >> A child neglect charge. >> It's a child neglect charge. I want to be frank with you. Okay. Officers outline observed risk factors such as unlocked access points, nearby environmental hazards, and the length of time without supervision. >> Do you have any previous history of this? >> No, I just fell asleep. >> Um, like you're going to work with DCF for a parenting plan. State attorney is going to review everything. The judge has to review everything. So again, you're innocent till proven guilty. And then if I if it is proven guilty that I fell asleep. >> Even if it's proven guilty doesn't mean you're to be denied your child or anything like that. >> What about my business? When people look me up, they're going to see I I'm a I'm a child abuser. That's how I feed my child. The doors were locked. >> Again, you're you're aware that your child's been opening status check. >> Um you live near water hazard. You live on a second story flight hazard >> and home or clubhouse drive is right there. And your kids in diapers, too. Like I I got a four-year-old and I don't know what it is. And >> my son's three about to be three. >> Um there's my four-year-old right there. I don't know what it is. I wake up like he's out of diapers. I mean he's fully functioning. Go to the bathroom on his own. Everything. I still like wake up. >> I would have 4 hours or so. >> Yeah. >> And I just I just check on them because I I don't know. Maybe cuz I do this job, but >> I mean, we're in like a an apartment the size of like most people's room. Like it's like how how much could you really do? I thought, you know, without me lucky that nothing happened to your child. Okay. >> I know. But do I really do I know >> cuz if your child would have fallen in that water >> and having been to drownings and >> his father was killed in a hit and run when he was a year old and that could have happened too. >> So again, I'm not going for the whatifs. I'm just looking. >> Officers explain next steps including first appearance, bond determination, and a parenting plan and confirm the charge classification prior to transport. that 8 and 1/2 hours and what the the hazards, you know, I think there should have been a little bit more diligence there. Okay. >> I just >> you could disagree with me. >> Yeah, I know. I just when you're exhausted, you don't really wake up in the middle of the sleep. And if you don't, it's not really your fault if you don't wake up in the middle of the sleep. The only thing that I I could have really done differently, I can't help how hard I sleep, would have been to put like that door lock and possibly risk losing my apartment uh by putting another door lock up high. I can't help how hard I sleep. >> Well, and if you're taking cratium or supplements like that that uh get that, you know, mimic the effects of like a depressant or I think it is a depressant. Um, you know, those are things that you got to account for. You're going to be impaired by any kind of substance. You know, you got to, if it's going to make you sleep, you need to make sure that somebody's there to take care of your child. >> It doesn't make you sleep. It usually does the opposite for me. That's why I'm taking it so that I have the energy to go to the gym >> reaction to cranium. But I just know that it's often taken with my knowledge of it. It's >> I take it so that I don't have to take prescription medication cuz I was diagnosed with like ADHD and stuff like that. >> I got you. But my genuine hope is that from here forward if you get your kid back. >> I doubt I doubt it. Once they're in the system, I really doubt it. >> No, I >> I I'm going to try. I'm going to >> frustrated with the system before. >> I don't think you're going to you're going to see your kid again. I >> I think I'll see him. I don't think that I'll get him back. And I don't think I'll be able to afford to anyways because I think that this is going to ruin my business and I won't be able to afford to get him back. How long do you think I'll be in jail for? >> Usually they'll set a bond once you have first appearance. Um, >> I'm poor. >> Whatever the bond is, I have to pay 10%. The caregiver was charged with felony neglect of a minor without great bodily harm based on officer's findings that a very young dependent was unsupervised for an extended period near traffic and other hazards. Remember extended lack of supervision combined with environmental risks can lead to immediate protective intervention. Witness reporting and clear timelines are central to how neglect cases are evaluated. This is the reaction of netzens to this situation. Glad someone stayed with the little one and called for help. This shows how quickly officers have to make decisions based on time and surroundings. Clear explanation of the process from start to finish. Think this situation was already intense. The body cam catches a split-second decision that changes everything. Comment if you saw it coming. The next incident is when police rescue kid from a preschool teacher who terrorized the entire class. >> I had a child throwing crayons all over the place, hitting me, throwing crans at me. He was wearing that to punch me. So, I was getting ready to move and like, "Hey, man. Let's go. We're going to go over here." I've been hit, punched, things thrown at me. I am so sorry. And I didn't have a chance. On May 3rd, 2025 reviewed surveillance showing a 48-year-old former preschool teacher grabbing, pushing, and pulling a 4-year-old autistic minor. Allegations were reported by parents and a behavioral technician. >> Hi, Miss Alice. >> Hi, Miss Alice. How are you? >> Hold on. Wait a minute. Sorry. >> No, it's no problem. >> Hi. How are you? Good. Um, I'm Detective Good. >> I know you've had a rough day. >> Yes. >> Um, so I'm Detective Christine Rein with the sheriff's office. Don't get alarmed. You know, we come out to a lot of things. Anytime someone makes an allegation, I come out. You know, I make contact with people. Um, basically what I'm asking of you is if you'd be willing to conduct an interview with me. >> Now, I was on the way out, but I can if you want me to do it now or >> if you don't mind. >> No, that's fine. >> Okay. So, I'm going to read you something. It's completely up to you. You know it. When we get to the bottom of this list, we'll go from there. Okay. So, you have the right to remain silent. Do you understand that, Miss Alice? Okay. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law, which you understand, ma'am. Okay. You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have your lawyer with you present if you with you while you're being questioned. You understand, ma'am? >> Okay. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before questioning. You understand? Okay. If you decide to answer questions now without a lawyer present, you still have the right to stop answering at any time and speak with the lawyer. Don't you understand, ma'am? You may use any of these rights at any time during this interview. Do you >> teacher recounts the classroom sequence meal time preparation, a minor throwing crayons and striking staff. She knelt to intervene and then an incident occurred that she variously describes as tripping or a fall. >> Understand the rights I've read to you. Okay. So, is it okay if we talk about some Okay. So, the reason why I'm here today is um I was notified by a daycare. Um this incident that happened in a classroom. Um from your words, can you explain to me what happened in that classroom? >> Um we were getting ready for lunch and I had the kids coming. I had a child throwing crayons all over the place, hitting me, throwing crayons at me. Okay. >> I walked over not saying down hands. We're and I was getting ready to say, "Let's, you know, put your hands on the table. We're not gonna punch me in my stomach. >> Okay. >> And I was trying to scream. I was gonna up and like over to another area so we can talk and away from the other. He wasn't throwing upset when I either tripped or what, but it looks fell or I >> okay, right? >> And that's what the camera sees. >> Cried he didn't get hurt. There was nothing that an aid that came. She came back in. >> She out of the room. >> Okay, >> that was it. That's all that happened. I >> teacher states she did not intend to restrain. The minor expresses regret and acknowledges being struck one too many times before reacting. >> There was that was it. >> Okay. >> So, and he they've had hold and not restrain, but I wasn't restraining it. I just put my hands hands >> and I was going to say >> place the crayons. >> Yeah. Place his cray down where you know >> he was wearing that to punch me. >> Okay. >> And I was like we're not going to you know I just >> punch me. So I was getting ready to move and like let's go. We're going to go over here. And that's when it happened. But they have not fully resh but he can get >> fighty and >> and they've held on to him but I try not to that's as much as I do is I'll touch your hands and let's come here but >> I'm not going today with moving from place to another place. >> I was just taking from one chair and I was going to come this way >> and that was it. Just >> Yeah. >> Do you looking back feel as though maybe it was a little too much? I should not have touched. I should have just like turned around and ignored. And it was just one of those >> moments. >> Moments. Yeah. >> Detective describes the surveillance teacher's hands. On the minor, a forceful movement that caused the minor's head to snap back and the minor remaining on the ground. Teacher repeatedly says she does not remember portions of the sequence. >> That I got hit with one too many crayons. >> Okay. >> And I was just going to talk. That's all I was going to do. >> Gotcha. Okay. >> And I regret it. I wasn't crying. >> Yeah. >> Since it happened. >> Okay. Mhm. >> I am so sorry. I did not to go from one spot to another volley like that and I didn't have a chance to recover from it cuz she walked in the room. >> Okay. >> Instantly picked up and out of the room. I didn't have a chance to like see the right order, I think. >> Okay. So, I did watch the video. In a portion of it, you place your left hand tied. What was that for? Good. >> Mhm. Yes, ma'am. >> Wait, at the table or >> after after he's moved from the the seat to maybe 2 3 feet? >> I don't even remember touching. I was trying to up. I have no idea. I don't even remember that part. >> Your hand goes on the top side and you kind of hold there. >> I don't even remember doing that. I have no idea what I why I touch. >> Am I forgetting anything else? >> I have no idea. >> Have you seen the video? No, I didn't even see it. I just they just told me and I walked and I just that I was gone and I just I >> So here here's my concern from a a purely outside perspective, right? >> Is having a fit, right? You come over, you kneel down, put your hands on, you can tell that you're talking, right? You can still kind of having a fit, right? Your hands move by by the arms and you out of that chair with such force. It's almost like Have you ever watched like the the crash dummies? >> I don't remember doing >> Sorry. Yeah. Okay. >> But you know what I'm talking about where like the whiplash >> like you out of that that chair with such force that head snaps back. >> Oh, I don't. And then on the ground he's still having a fit and he does swing at you and then you with your hand on top head like this on the ground. >> Officers secure the teacher for transport, instruct her on procedures, hand placement, surrendering items, and gather identification and possible video evidence from the facility. >> I don't even remember any doing any of that. I swear I don't remember. All I remember is there and I turned cuz she walked in and I don't remember touching him on the head. I I have no clue. I don't even remember just one second. >> My last place I had one kid that was had some some issues but I've been hit punched things thrown at me. I've >> I don't know what happened today. I'm so I'm >> Would you agree though? Right. like it's not an ordinary teaching assignment, right? Like ordinarily I would never look at a teacher and say >> you getting hit as part of a job, >> right? >> But I think can we all agree that when you're dealing with especially like fouryear-old children that have special needs that >> there are going to be times that they act out that way. >> Even though them for a year, I'm still learning and changing changing and getting older. So we're still working. I'm still working >> and the aids I'm not always him but not always always. So >> it's >> well miss. >> So I'm >> Can we agree that a level of force is not the same as an adult, right? >> So >> if you are to from one point to another point >> in the way that we've seen it, it's a little it's excessive a force. Okay. Okay. Miss Al, I'm going have you step turn around for me. Okay, ma'am. >> Can I lock my door? >> My keys are mine. >> Back here. You want to get >> I'm going to go have you go palm to palm. Can you go palm to palm? >> Palm to palm. >> So like both palms. Relax your hands. Not like that. Like that. >> Three. >> Are you able to do that or no? That's >> three. You have a bader on your three, four, and six. Mom's phone number, honey. >> My phone's in my back pocket. >> Take care of all that for you. >> Which is your house, man? >> The um one. >> Is it this one or this one? >> I can't see anything. The whole >> This one? >> No, that one. >> This one. Do >> you want me to call your mom, honey? >> Yeah. I have a phone number. >> Um I don't know. I don't know. It's on my phone. >> I'm going to have you take one step in front of me. Mrs. Alice, where are your house? Yeah, >> we'll be able she'll have a bond in the morning. >> She got everything, right? Just I need to turn my TV off. And >> do you want me to go do that for you? You can watch me through the door so you know. >> Any animals or anybody? >> No. Okay. >> Did I already turn? Oh, yeah. It's right there. >> Okay. The top button. Um, >> anything else we need to do? >> If you can go to the air conditioner and see >> Turn it up. >> Yes, please. 77. Do I need my purse? >> Uh, >> the the less stuff that you take to do. >> Yeah, I think we're better off with that. >> Processing continues on scene. Officers confirm no contraband found during a search, discuss notifications, and complete custody procedures while the teacher expresses remorse and concern about the situation. >> Okay. >> You're not going to have access to any of it anyway. You at least have your phone. >> The vehicle's locked. >> I think it is. Yes. Okay. >> I'll make sure it's locked. >> The white red light should be blinking. I think everything else is fine. >> Okay. Okay. >> I'm sorry, Miss Alice. >> I don't even doing anything like that. >> Okay. Thank you. She might not. Yeah, it's terrific. She doesn't. >> Thank you. >> You know, I'll take the trust and close. >> How long have you been living here? >> Five years. >> Five years. Okay. >> So, I mean both have a child. >> Mhm. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Are you from New Jersey? >> No, I'm from Connecticut. Yo, New Jersey, Connecticut, California, >> all over. I can I'll be >> in front of the pass. >> I do not know. >> And I'll have to go to court and >> in the morning. Yes, ma'am. coming. >> Trying my best to not make this suspectable. Hey, the left one is the left cuff is kind of hurting my fibers. >> Okay. >> I can't. >> Your left one. This one. Okay. I want to make sure I'm >> there. I can find my watch. Do I have my watch on? >> You do have your watch. How is that so far? >> No. >> If you keep your palms No, the other way. I mean, >> this way. >> Yeah. It's a little bit easier on the wrist. The teacher was arrested and booked into the county jail. No bond information was provided in the transcript. >> No, they're good. Love that screen out there too. It's great. So, you're going to go ahead and spread your feet for me. >> Nothing hidden inside of you any place inside the bras. No contraband whatsoever. No drug paraphernalia. Okay. Oh, understand I'm not. Okay, Miss Alice, you're all set. I'm going to open this back door. Go ahead, take a seat. >> So, Yep. You just step in. >> Step in. I'm not that tall. >> Go ahead. Step up. >> There you go. Out. >> There you go. Just hit that new touchup. >> And if you lean forward, you won't lean on the cops any better. >> The teacher >> The teacher was charged with child neglect following the investigation. Remember, documented supervision and clear incident reporting help investigators reconstruct events when allegations arise. Staff physical intervention can lead to immediate law enforcement involvement. Deescalation and documented training are important in care settings. This is the reaction of netizens to this situation. Surveillance footage and reports make a big difference. Glad they reviewed the video. It's troubling to hear the teacher say she doesn't remember parts of it. Hope the facility updates training and support for staff working with minors who have behavioral needs. You think the officers were out of options here? Watch what happens next on the body cam and tell us if you would have done the same. The next incident is when DCF steps in after welfare check breaks their hearts. >> I just spoke 60. I don't want my kids to pass by the same me. On March 28th, 2023, officers responded to a welfare check at an apartment and locate four minors inside with no supervising adult present. >> Hi, >> what's going on? Did you get a call? >> Okay, hold on a second. Officers interact calmly with the miners, confirm ages, and check for basic necessities such as diapers and food. >> Figure it out. Hold on. >> My call. We'll be heading over to the shop. You just don't talk about kids. I got >> What's up, buddy? >> I like your shirt. How old are you? >> Yeah, he's 40 years old, Filipino. What's up, man? Officers conduct a walkthrough of the apartment and continue monitoring the miners while waiting for the adult to return. >> How are you? Where you going? >> Hey, where you going, bud? Come here. Come here. >> How are you? >> Is it your doggy? >> No. >> No. Whose dog is it then? What's your name? >> I don't know. >> I've got some diapers in here. >> I got one right here. >> Perfect. >> New or old. I mean, is it >> what someone >> The adult arrives at the apartment and is asked to remain present while officers continue their assessment. >> Yeah, I'll take >> another muscle. Hey, >> no, no, no. Why don't you come in and watch your kids? Okay. It makes sense to me, but she wasn't doing it before. >> It's never too Um, while they're doing background checks on >> officers observe the residence conditions and note the presence of an illegal substance in plain view. >> Does your office have >> are you out of do you have an office where we can breathe so we're not sitting in our house waiting for an hour or longer for Oh, hickory. >> Cocaine up here. So, you go take a look off your jaw there. Personal use. She said she's the only adult here. >> That's her debit card on there. So >> officers assist with safely preparing the miners for transport, including gathering belongings and arranging car seats. >> You take care of you, talk to you, and we'll have DCFS work with you to get your kids and the family members. Okay? For right now, it's not a long-term thing. It's just for right now. You got it. >> Hey, you understand? >> You'll be released on your signature and then >> listen, it's a mistake, but you got to learn to fix it. Okay? So come on, grab >> Don't do this for the kids. Just do it real nice. >> I don't want my kids to pass by the same me right now. >> We're going to work with your family and everything like that. >> Come on. >> We'll meet you right up there. >> Hey Evan, take his iPad. Is that >> here? Let them take the kids out first. >> I'm going to put the Yeah, I'll put this in the bag. I got a bag for them. >> You have Let's Here's the thing. We could easily come back in here. Those kids be upside down in that bucket of water or get into your Coke over there. >> Coke. >> Come on, dude. >> That's whatever. It's still out in the open. So >> whether or who it is, you got little kids walking around, they get into it, they're going to end up dead. >> So like I said, you made some mistakes. >> We're listen made some mistakes. We're going to get them corrected, but you're going to get arrested today and we're going to DCFS is involved. It's too late for >> officers inform the adult of the arrest process, explain cooperation expectations, and outline next steps. >> Anything else? Okay. >> What's your lesson? >> Go. >> Okay. Listen to this. Okay. How old are you? >> I'm like 28. >> 28. Okay. >> It's a mistake, but it's not the end of the world. They'll work with you. We will work with you. You just got to get past and be cooperative for right now. Okay. >> So, >> your kids are going to Jefferson Street, the office, for a little bit. You're going to come with us just downtown and uh we'll talk to you, get your fingerprints and photographs and let you know is for leaving the kids unattended and the dangerous You're not going to not get me arrested, right? >> You are going to be arrested. Yes, you're going to I mean, I'm not I'm I'm not taking out handcuffs or anything like that. As long as you're cooperative, if you >> The adult is placed under arrest without incident, and officers coordinate transport for both the adult and the minors. >> Act like you're not going to be cooperative. I'm going to put your hand. >> No, no, no. But I mean, I'm I'm going to come out. >> Yes. >> Right now, you're going to be released on signature. >> Yes. Absolutely. No. >> See what happen? I know. But you can't you can't be leaving them like this, right? >> I understand. That was my mistake. >> Sure. Hey, listen. Mr. Everyone makes mistakes, right? >> But it's a mistake. We just got to 160. Stand by. 15. Did you have traffic? >> I'm sorry. Your signals are available. >> Okay, good. Let's take one Chicago. Charles, >> I got a whole bad shirt. Uh, that training thing you're doing right now is going to start telling this way. I gave him your phone number. >> Be honest with me. Do you have anything else on you or anything? Do you have anything on you shouldn't have? >> What you mean? Anything drugs or anything like that you should have? No. No. Do you have your car keys with you? Yeah. >> Okay. Come on. Let's see. Listen. I need you to be calm for your kids. No need to I just spoke that sexy thing. >> It's fine. We can say that's the truth right now. We're not dealing with that. We're going to But you still can't leave it out like that. You know what I mean? >> Hey, I need you to be strong for your kids. Okay. Just here. Come over here and have a seat. Are those yours? >> They need your car seat. >> Yep. Okay. I'm going to go out this officer. Remember, your level of cooperation is going to determine how you be treated. We're going to let you use your phone and uh CFS. It's right now you made a mistake. Don't make it into another one. Okay? Be strong for your kids and right now get released and just a signature. All right. All right. Mr. Skip, come on. >> Okay, listen. >> Hey, all of us have kids, you know. Okay, we just you got to be calm here in one second. So, >> you have nothing on you, right? Hand you down and you got to go in handcuffs while you're in the car, but we're not doing in front of your kids. >> Quick ride. Nothing. Just your phone right here. >> Pardon? >> No. All right, guys. Behind your back, please. >> And again, we'll explain everything down there just like uh they have. >> All right, I'm going to walk over uh >> Yep. Those good. I'm going to lock them twice so they don't close on you. Those are okay. >> I'm over here. >> Yeah. You want to do that real quick? We're going to hurt the station. The kids are going to do anything. under um >> her phone was still in her pocket. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> I'll meet you down there. >> Yeah. Are you transporting or >> No, all right. The adult was charged with four counts related to endangering the life or safety of a minor. The charges were applied after officers confirmed the minors were left alone without supervision and documented environmental risks inside the residence leading to child welfare taking protective custody. Remember, leaving minors unattended can lead to immediate safety interventions and legal consequences. Welfare checks focus first on ensuring safety before addressing responsibility and charges. This is the reaction of netzens to this situation. I'm glad officers stayed focused on safety first. This shows how fast child welfare gets involved. A tough situation handled step by step. The tension is already high, or so it seems. What the body cam captures next saves a life. Pause and comment. What you do here? >> We didn't technically abandon him, but I know that's what it's called. He's just not safe there. >> He can't come home because I'm not having him harming her. He took a knife and cut himself and climbed out his window and called the police on his own. >> Police said that I had said >> and I've given him everything. On August 25th, 2023, officers responded to a child welfare office after a report that a mother refused to retrieve her 16-year-old son from a care facility due to ongoing safety concerns. >> Hi, I am Deputy Per. >> All right. Y'all have an idea why? >> Okay. So, may I ask why y'all? We didn't technically abandon him, but I know that's what it's called. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Every time. >> She details a long history of behavioral issues, prior placements in group homes, and multiple interactions with law enforcement and juvenile services. >> On a group home, every time he comes home, he runs away. And he's done threatened her life. So, >> and y'all have the records. >> And y'all have all the records. And >> he's just not safe there. >> And he can't come home because I'm not having him harming her or harming anything else there. and all he's going to do is run away and harm himself. So, we just didn't go pick him up from the group home today and they charged us. >> And they've known us for they've known for seven and a half months that this was numerous times. >> It's not our shift out. >> I know. >> Okay. >> So, >> yeah, I'm very familiar with him and the whole thing. >> And we have I mean, we have to go to court Monday morning at 8:30 in front of Judge Rutherford. She's familiar with John. >> Officers confirm there is an active juvenile case and that the matter is already known to the court, child services, and the assigned judge. >> He's still got a case pending and we've we've told the effects and we've told the group and we told the payer center, it's just not safe because he has said, "I want to go home." But then when he says, "I want to go home and you say, why do you want to come home now after 3 years of not want to be there?" is so I can run away again and I can't let him come home and run away and get hurt. >> I love him too much. >> We have warrants for y'all. All right. Um, is there somebody >> is there already up on >> Jeie Jones and Ashley Har? We knew that this was probably going to happen. So, I've already tagged Genie earlier and told her and she's couple of Ashley. I mean, >> they said they got >> The mother states she repeatedly asked for additional state support and believes the current charge resulted from escalating disagreements with child welfare officials. >> This all happens on day shift. Miss Ellis with define. >> Yeah, she's got to know his mental >> Oh, she does. >> She does. She's been out our house and she knows that there's no abuse or neglect. I have emails saying that she can't go get him. And I know why she's doing this. She's doing it because she has refused three times to take him. And I finally said, "I don't understand how the state of Georgia cannot help a state OF GEORGIA CHILD. WE adopted him from defax and we have got no help during this time." And I told her it was fine. This would be the last conversation I had with her that I was going to reach out to my state representative. And I did. I called Rick Williams and Rick Williams got the ball running for her to get him today. It's just spiteful. >> That's all it is. >> It's not our shift. We We >> Nothing against y'all. You know, it's >> We understand. >> I just want to be able to get y'all. >> We're going to see if we can go ahead and get y'all. Yeah, we're gonna work with y'all because >> I mean I'm not super familiar with him. >> I used to work for the city so >> deputies acknowledge the family's safety concerns and explain the situation will be handled as a misdemeanor with court proceedings already scheduled. >> Doc, what's his name? Um I always want to call him Toad, but I don't know if that's good. >> Toad. >> Toad. He's been out there. I mean Garcia has been out there. Everyone's familiar, >> right? >> And >> well, that was my lieutenant. >> Yeah. And it's just really I mean, it's really sad because what we're doing is not abandonment. It's for the safety of him >> cuz he's going to run away again all these juvenile shootings. >> It's not even the fact of his safety at this point. It's the fact of everybody. Y'all have other kids and all. >> I had my nieces this weekend. I had my nieces this weekend and that's why I was trying to figure out why y'all were out there. But >> I went ahead and called my friend who's at the bullet out and I was like, "I've got to bring the girls to you. Their daddy's in prison." And my niece just asked me, "Are you going to prison?" Like, "Daddy." I said, "No, not even you. I'm coming back." >> No, you're not going to prison. This is a misdemeanor. We're going to try and get you on bond and I will definitely do what y'all need to do as far as court side. >> Yeah. Well, I have all the >> The mother describes prior incidents involving runaway episodes and emergency responses, emphasizing fear for both the child's safety and the safety of others in the home. >> Police records I have, this is the third time, fourth time he's been in a behavior center. He's been at Green Leaf twice for trying to harm himself. He's been at Lighthouse. This is the second time he got out today. >> Two trips to YC. >> Two trips to RDC. Three Three to R YC. Um it's a safety for us. He has already told him that he's not going to try cuz I mean would you try to fight him? You just go for the taser, wouldn't you? >> Um >> it doesn't feel good. But me like he sees me as a weakness and his mama herself and he is we used to be like this and he's never really had a bond with him but like I said we've always been close and this is >> what killing me. >> What happened to cause the >> Is there something that happened between you and him? No, it's just >> he just kept on threatening me and then he kept on running away. And the last time he ran away, I was like, >> John, you can't keep on running away. We had deputies coming out there. >> They told him at first he run away three times, then you're if you run away another time, this was after the second time, if you run away another time, we're going to take you in. He ran again and Isaiah right told him he said I think it's Isaiah he said I'm turned you back over to your mama and John looked at me and said I told you I wasn't going to get arrested >> and then they had to come back out that night because he took a knife and cut himself and climbed out his window and called the police on his own >> said that I had said that we had done it >> that's what she was talking to us and then later on admitted he did to himself >> yeah Yeah, >> we was in the bed. We didn't even know. >> Officers coordinate logistics as the parents voluntarily comply with instructions, arrange care for other children, and prepare for temporary detention. >> I mean, it's like they're knocking on the door. The dogs were going crazy. And I was like, what in the world's going on? >> Yeah, you got some dogs. >> We They're actually >> love. >> One's a chini and she was probably the loudest. >> Okay, so Oh, somebody had some food there. disgusting. Hold on, let me go this way. So, I called uh our captain of patrol, Captain Williamson, and let him know that you guys have turned your stuff in. Um and he said that he is going to call the sheriff tomorrow and give y'all a hug. See, let's see if the sheriff will let y'all get on. But until then, you're going to have to stay with us tonight. Okay. Yeah. >> Notice the truck. >> Yeah, it's mine. >> Yours? >> Yeah. Um if if you could just um move it to where the patrol cars are in the line back there. >> Okay. >> Or better yet, you probably so that nobody hits it because I don't know how to drive. >> You can go park it not right here in the front to the next line. >> I just >> I know. Let me go ahead and take her back. >> Oh, you both. No, we're not. >> No, they came in. They came in. We appreciate y'all coming in. >> Well, and that's what that's what I told dispatch when they called. I said, >> I just need to know cuz I need to know what to do with the girls cuz I have my nieces. And >> are they where they're supposed to be now? They're with a lady named Fantasia. My friend is out front. Deputies inform the parents that they will be booked and later eligible for bond while the child's placement and care remain under state supervision. >> Can I just show her what's going on? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Cuz she's going to have to get on. >> She was out front. >> She was out front. >> It is what it is. >> It is. And she's just, "Hey, so you're gonna have to take care of my babies tonight because we're Yeah, we've got to stay tonight for abandonment and then they're going to call Sheriff Massie in the morning and try to get us a bond." >> No, you will get a bond in the morning. >> Oh, we will get a bond in the morning. >> We We going to have to talk to Sheriff M. So, please please make sure my babies are okay. Tanya let them know that she she's okay. It's just I won't let them have to spend the night with that either. >> We're just going to take y'all. Make you lock it. >> Tell you. Okay. >> We're going to take y'all back there at the same time. >> I'm going to cuff y'all in the front just cuz you have to go through the whole thing. Okay. >> But we'll do it in here. >> Do I need to put my wallet and stuff in the truck or >> you want to keep it? You can if you don't want to. You don't want to. >> You going to put it in there. >> You're going to need your ID. >> Yeah. I mean, >> you don't need your ID. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I hate this. >> I hate our rings. >> Yeah. They're going to want to take all your toys, necklaces. >> Yeah. You took my earrings off today. They were aggravating me. Guess God was giving me a sign. >> Isn't it bad that parents have to get >> punished for doing what's right for their kids? >> Well, at this point, it's not even just the fact that it's what's right for him. It's y'all's safety on top of everybody else's safety. >> Yeah. >> So, I mean, >> I mean, we have dogs. We have like And then him cutting himself. I mean, it's just we've thought long and hard about it. And when he started saying, "I don't want to come back. I don't want to come back." I was like, you know, a good parent would respect their child's wishes. And if he's got some genetics that we're just not equipped to help, >> you know, like we can't give him that therapeutic care that he needs. But I'd be honest with you. I would do it all over again. I would adopt him all over again. >> Since he was eight, >> came to us in diapers. At eight, >> the charge is formally explained and officers reiterate that the court will ultimately decide custody services and next legal steps. >> Seven. He was seven when he came to us. >> He was still in diapers and he was wearing a 40 and I've given him everything in my life. >> Let's uh get this over with tonight. >> Get it figured out tonight. Me neither. >> I really feel bad. Like I did not want to do this. >> It's okay. It's no more just gave me haircut. probably you guys or try to hurt yourselves. >> I can't take this back with us. >> Yeah. I try not to use it, >> right? >> It's crazy these days. >> You know, the way this world is, it's, you know, you got to do what you got to do. You got you got to definitely protect yourself. >> Disin that food. Yeah. All right. Thank you. Just have a >> refusing. >> I can come back. >> Go ahead and call Theo. Tell him to give us >> Well, they know they know. >> We're going to call him. >> He's asleep right now. I don't know. >> Yeah, he's asleep. >> What's the What's the cause? >> Child abandonment. Something about something with defense. >> The parents are charged with abandonment of a dependent child misdemeanor. Remember, situations involving severe behavioral challenges can place families in impossible positions where safety and legal definitions collide. When ongoing risk exists, courts and child welfare systems, not parents alone, determine long-term placement and responsibility. This is the reaction of nizens to this situation. This is heartbreaking. You can tell the parents were trying to protect everyone involved. It shows how complicated child welfare cases really are, not just black and white. I hope the kid gets the treatment he needs and the family gets support instead of blame. What do you think about these situations? Comment below to share your thoughts and like this video if you want to continue calling out such cases. To stay updated, don't hesitate to subscribe to Law Zone for more content. >> Crazy. >> He's a liar. God knows. I know. And that's all that matters. >> I've never seen this. >> I think that's the second time y'all been here like we're not going to do that. Can't wait to get >> on September 1st, 2024, officers arrived at a residence following a domestic violence call involving a heated dispute between a couple over their children's behavior. The woman alleges she was assaulted and choked by her boyfriend during an argument claiming self-defense while children were present in the home. >> The point is when I've had enough, I've had enough. Yeah, but you got >> Yes, ma'am. >> He's not going to put his hands on me like that and choke me and slam me on the ground. So, you can take him away from my house now. >> Okay, hold on. Let's start from scratch. >> I'm sitting on He wakes up every day and talks about how bad my kid is and I'm sick of it. His kids are little brats and they're bad, too. Okay. And I'm tired of it. I held my tongue long enough. So, this morning when he started, I said, "I'm sick of you waking up every day and talking about how bad my kid is." I said, "You can get your [ __ ] and leave." So, I went inside. I sat on the couch. I called his mom. You can call his mom and verify this. I said, "You need to come get your son because I'm tired of him waking up every day and talking about how bad my kid is." He come over there, gets in my face. Your kid's a littleing punk. All he does is this and that. Proceeds to get on top of me. >> Chokes me by my throat, picks me up, slams me to the ground by my throat. I'm kicking him, grabbing him because he's got me by a throat where I can't breathe. picks up my phone, throws it across the room. Okay, his mom's on the phone the whole time, so you can verify. Then he's still yelling his script. >> The man denies choking her and states she initiated the physical altercation by hitting and scratching him, including striking him with an iPad. >> My kids outside, his two kids are inside while he's steadily attacking me. My kids outside in the garage, and I said, "You need to leave." He said, "The cop's already been here one time because of this. Who you think is the problem?" I said, "No, the problem is I don't stand I stand up to you men that put your hands on me. That's the problem." >> Okay. Who is he to you? >> He's my boyfriend, but not anymore. So, he's not on this lease. So, you can take him and leave >> or he can get his stuff and leave. >> I think that's the second time y'all been here like >> We're not going to do that. We're not going to do that. >> My kids are inside. >> Yeah. because hey stop >> touch her. >> Yes, you did. You're a gun. >> You're mad because I stupid. >> Stop my dad. >> This This is the second time y'all been here. No. >> So what I mean >> she's crazy. >> What? Well, what took place today? >> Nothing. She's crazy. I'm telling you. >> Well, something took place today. >> She mad about something that got said yesterday. >> Her kid's bad. He's disrespectful of my kids. >> I said something to him. She's got mad. She starts hitting me, scratching me, hit me with the [ __ ] iPad. It's broken there. She was on the ground. I told her to chill the out. Stop. She said, "I'm calling the cops." I said, "Call them." It's the second time in a month y'all been here for the same thing. Two different people. Y'all ain't got to worry about nothing. >> Officers separate both parties. And note, this is not the first police response to similar incidents at the residence. >> I'm packing my [ __ ] I'll be out of here today. I pay the bills here. She can't She makes $500 a week. She can't afford. I paid this here. >> Her name is on the lease cuz she was on a lease with her ex-boyfriend. >> Y'all were here maybe a month ago about the same thing. They were fighting, fist fighting, this that and the other. Everybody told me she was crazy. I said, "Whatever. She's cool." Just the same thing y'all were here for. So, I moved in. My little girl's birthday party was yesterday. >> Hey, buddy. Go inside. >> Yeah, go inside for a minute. And uh she comes in there. He's mean and bad mean to my kids. He's just a little to him. Anyway, that's that's what started it all. So, she comes in there, she call first thing she does, she calls my mom. Don't bring my mom in it. And then she comes in there. Come I'm getting in the shower. She comes in there antagonizing me. And I tell her, "Leave me the alone. What's wrong with my kid? What's wrong?" I said, "He's mean my kids." Blah blah blah. Going back and forth about him. She throws the iPad at me, hits me, starts scratching me. Scratches on my neck somewhere. She scratches my neck. >> And I put her on the ground. I said, "Stop. Leave me the alone. By then my kids came in there. So I'm not doing that in front of my kids. That's a no no. So I had to go cuz she's following me through the house. I had to go get my two kids, lock them in her bedroom. So they didn't witness none of this. So I mean I I know y'all can look it up. Y'all were I don't know if you came one of y'all came here maybe a month ago, month and a half ago about the same thing but a different guy. >> Officers interview the children. One child reports that both adults were yelling and physically fighting, but cannot identify a clear aggressor. >> Grab your Grab your license for me. >> And Swammy broke my iPad. Go look in the bedroom. You probably picked it up by now. Took my phone, slammed it across the room. Look at my phone. No. Tell me. Call his mom and ask his mom. She was on the phone. >> She was on the phone when he attacked me. Picked up my phone, threw it across the room, broke my son's iPad. It's probably still on the floor. He can play victim all he wants. That's fine. Play victim. Get your [ __ ] and get out in the house. >> Okay. Where where's the marks on you? >> He grabbed me right here by my throat and choke slam me. >> I defended myself by scratching him because I couldn't breathe. You want to take me? Take me. I don't care because at the end of the day, he's a liar. God knows. I know. And that's all that matters because I'm Call his mom and ask his mom. Go ask his kids. Go ask his kids. I was sitting on the couch. He come over there and attacked me. Go ask his two kids. >> They all saw him. >> His two kids did. My kid was in the garage. >> Go ask his kids what happened. Call his mom and ask her what happened. >> Tell me how stop do my stop telling me how to do my job. Okay. We I've dealt with this with you before and you won't let me talk. When I when I try to try to figure the mess out, you you want to try to just run everything. It's not going to happen >> because the point is when I've had enough, I've had enough. ran over. >> But you got to let me do my job. And like I said, this happened the last time. You kept telling me you're going to do this, you're going to do that. Go back up there, buddy. You're going to do this. You're going to do that. No, that's not how this works. >> I didn't say I'm going to do this and do that. >> Yes. The last time I was The last time I was out here, you're telling me how to do my job. >> Okay. >> All right. Now, with the way you acted right there, you look like the aggressor. >> Yeah. Because when I've had enough, I've had enough. >> But if we're here and I say, "Don't start." And then you go after him, doesn't look good, >> right? >> Nope. But when I've had enough, I've had enough. >> Where's your How old are your youngest? >> Uh, Daddy Kate just turned seven. Parker's four. >> Can I talk to your seven-year-old? Of course. >> Can I talk to you, sweetheart? >> Come on, baby. >> Hey, sweetheart. Do you have >> visible injuries are observed on the man while officers note an absence of visible injuries on the woman. >> Birthday yesterday. Happy birthday. >> Thank you. >> You know when my birthday was? >> The day before yesterday on the 30th. But I'm a lot older than you. Did you see what happened this morning? >> Not really. >> Well, what did you see? >> All I really saw was them fighting. >> What? What? What do you mean fighting? >> Well, they were just fighting in the living room. >> What? What? Like what? Were they yelling or were they Did Well, who was yelling at who? >> Well, they were both yelling at each other. >> Okay. Where was your daddy at? Was he sitting down or was he standing up? >> I would say he standing up. >> And where was she? Where was the other lady? >> Sitting down. sitting down. Okay. Did you see anybody put their hands on anybody? >> They both put their hands >> Who put their hands on who first? >> I don't. >> You don't know? >> Don't know. >> How did they put their hands on them? >> I don't really know. >> You don't know? Like I'm going to punch you or I'm going to grab you. >> Don't really know. >> Don't really know. Okay. Thank you, baby. I appreciate it. What'd you get for your birthday? >> A lot of stuff. >> A lot of stuff. You know what I got? >> What? >> Nothing. >> That's what happens when you get old. cuz she has no marks on her. >> Yeah. All I did was grab her by her shoulders. She was already down and just told her to chill the out cuz by then I looked and I seen all them in my periphery. >> I've never had a confrontation with a woman, much less nothing like that. And it's especially not going to happen in front of these babies cuz this one is hers. He's already been >> put through the ring. You know what I'm saying? >> But y'all don't have to worry about this cuz my brother Yeah. My brother's on his way. I'm getting all my and I'm out of here. I got you. >> Officers speak with the man's mother by phone, who does not corroborate the woman's claim of being attacked. >> Her out. >> Who's the closest that could come watch the little one? Her her son. >> Her person. >> Yeah. >> Uh, probably her dad. >> That's who she wants to call all the time. >> I mean, she would more than likely leave him with the neighbor. They're very close. Amanda, >> family. >> He stays with his papa a lot. >> Does he? >> Yeah. All the time. >> Okay. I mean, nothing's happened with that recently. >> With what? >> Him causing issues or >> Papa? >> Yeah. >> Well, what happens is that's where it all starts. He goes with his papa >> and her brother lives there and he just does whatever he wants to do. >> So, when he comes back here, he's No, he does have >> But you're living here. That's your new address right now. >> Yeah. But >> what's a fun? >> I'm going back here. >> This is the address where >> Yeah. Uh 912. So, he goes to his papa's house and does whatever the hell he wants. There's no. >> So then we he has um they call it stage one autism versus asberers. >> Yeah, >> that's what he has. >> I think they stopped using that term. >> Yeah, they did. >> But you looking at him and talking to him, you never tell. I It took me like a week and a half, two weeks to see any sign of it. >> It's just like I mean he's he's smart. He talks. It's just when he gets told or something, he has controls. He know how to yell real loud, he does that. But um that's what happens. It goes over there to those tacos and it comes back and Huh. Yeah, dude. Y'all seen it out there? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> She hit me in the side of the head. I guarantee I got a bruise. That's why the iPad's in a million pieces. She hit me with the iPad. >> Oh, that's why I forgot that. Hey, sweetie. Can I ask you a question? Another question? >> Yep. >> Did Do you see How' the iPad get broken? You know? >> No. >> Never saw that. >> You never saw that? Nobody threw it or something? Yeah, >> the red one. Yeah, I guess it's red. >> So, you don't see you didn't see anybody throw it or anything? >> No. >> What about your little brother? >> No. >> No. >> Okay. Her name is Barbara. >> Barbara? Was she on the phone when all this was going on? >> No, she called her earlier and I told her, "Don't call my mom." >> Mhm. >> She just hung the phone up. >> Okay. She's Okay. She's saying that she was on the phone and all that. >> She was on the phone earlier >> cuz we were in here talking and then I went back there. I had a shower running when she was on the phone. I was getting in the shower there. I was going to go to my mom's house just because and that's when she come back there [ __ ] with me and that's where it all happened back there. >> Okay. >> Based on injuries, witness statements and behavior on scene officers determined that the woman is the primary aggressor. >> She put her hands on me a couple times before that this morning in the laundry room like she's some grown man. She grabbed her arm and went to my neck and pushed me up against the door. No, what are you doing? Chill. I never seen a side of her. But we have a bunch of mutual friends and all and everybody's like, "Dude, crazy." >> The lady here said that you were on the phone during the whole time that I had to call you and she you would corroborate that she was attacked by your son. >> No, that's not true, officer. Now, she c she did call me. He said to come with him that they were arguing and he came in the room while I had her on the phone and they started yelling at each other. Then we got disconnected and I tried calling Russell back and I said, "Russell, put the kids in the vehicle and leave." Of course, they were arguing arguing and arguing. I said, "You have to you cannot do this in front of the children. live in your truck and me with children. And he said, "You should see the scratches on her." And and he said, "She's crazy. Everybody told me she was crazy." I said, "Okay, Russell." And then we got disconnected again. And my my other son is on his way up there right now. I was trying to tell Russell just get in his truck and leave with the children. They were screaming and yelling at each other, but she did not say that he attacked her or put his hands on her. He did not She did not say that. Now, I'm one of those. If she did, I can tell you because my son knows not to touch a woman. And she did not say that he attacked her. She just said, "Come with him. He's talking ugly about my children." And and then he came in the room and they started arguing again and I couldn't talk to nobody. Okay. >> I just finished talking to your mama and your mom pretty much corroborated what you were telling me. >> Is there any way that I can you can like make her leave? >> Oh, she's going to jail. >> Okay. >> She's going to jail for battery and and um cruel to the children cuz the fight happened in front of the children. >> Yeah. THAT'S WHY I LOCKED ALL OF THEM in their room cuz I could not get her to stop in hers cuz I already been through it with this actual dad. >> Well, I'm sure y'all. Officers explained Georgia's family violence statutes and informed the woman she will be arrested. >> And and she tried to she tried to overtalk me the last time I was out here and it don't happen with me. I'm going to do my job. So >> that's why you got the badge, buddy. >> But she just >> I don't want I don't want nothing bad to happen to nobody. But >> well babies with with the way Georgia is and um family balance because it is family violence because you guys are residing together. >> Am I going to get trouble? >> No. Good. >> She has no injuries. >> Yeah. I I did not touch her. All I did was >> literally she was on the ground. She jumped on me. I put her on the ground. I'll never put my hands on them. I don't care what they do unless I heard a child. So, and I grabbed her shoulders just like that. I said, "Chill the out." She was going crazy, dude. I mean, >> well, she like I said, she says that you you choked her around the throat. She don't have any marks. She has no marks. You have severe marks on your neck and then light marks. >> Yeah. And then um she hit me somewhere with the iPad. But >> the um statutes on uh family violence is simple battery is >> maybe this. >> Mhm. >> Um and then we leave it we leave that up to the victim if they want to prosecute that. >> She drew she drew blood and and that that's battery. >> You have no say so in it. >> Um we have to act. So she's going to be on jail. She ain't going to like it. Plus the way she acted out there. She come running in like a bull. She should >> Where do you think that's going to get you when you're talking to the authority? >> You know what I'm saying? But I mean, you would think obviously I don't think her and not were married, but her prior relationships was the same thing. Same thing. Same thing. You would think, you know, you learn from your mistakes and but yeah, her >> I'm going try to talk to this. I should have known. >> I'm going to try to talk to her about who she wants the baby to go to. >> She'll probably say her dad. He goes there a lot. Yeah. I won't be able to get But I'll get my clothes. You How long you've been here? >> A month and a half. >> You You was set for residency, so you have a right to the house. >> Thank you, man. All right. >> Sorry, guys. >> The woman is arrested. The children are temporarily placed with a neighbor and family, and the man begins packing to leave the residence. >> I did what you said. I called the mama. She didn't corroborate anything you said. Um, I talked to the children. They didn't corroborate anything you said. So, this is He's got injuries. You don't. All right. So, you're going to go to jail. >> Okay. >> Uh for battery, family violence. >> All right. And cruelty to children. >> Yeah. >> So, turn around. Put your hands behind your back. Do you have somebody to come watch your son, your neighbor or somebody so your dad can come? >> He's not leave. He's not going to be in my house while I'm not here cuz my aunt's in this house. >> Oh, he you let him. He's been here for a month. >> So, he's established residency here. >> My dad's gone. >> Don't Don't leave my kids with him. >> I'm not. That's why I'm trying to get That's why I'm trying to get you to call somebody. Um, could your neighbor watch until your dad can come home like last time? >> Um, call me. >> I'm not going to place threats, but he better be out in my mother house before I get home. You want to take n take n for threats, too, >> cuz I don't know. >> Here, put it. >> Promise, baby. Jesus. >> That is the last they'll his kids will see him. I promise you. Hey, come get me from jail and come get Riker. >> Okay, get from jail and come get >> Come get Riker right now. Call Amanda back. That's tight, dude. >> Hold on. I placed a finger in there. I placed a finger. >> Um, >> come send somebody to get me from jail and send come get Riker from Amanda. Let me call Amanda. >> Is that Amanda that lives next door? >> Bullet County. >> Is that Amanda? >> I'm not going to Bullet County. >> Is that Amanda? >> Yeah. Okay. All right. >> Is that Amanda that lives next door? >> Yeah. >> Okay. I'll walk over there cuz I remember she and the baby went over there that one time. >> How beautiful. >> That's very That's fine. It's fine. That's fine. Um, you're Amanda, right? Yes. >> All right. Can you She's going to jail. She assaulted him. Can you watch the baby until her granddad can come? >> Yes. I just talked to um her mom. >> Her dad and her brother didn't answer. Her mom said she'll get ready and come get him. >> Okay. Can you watch him until Yes. >> And then he's packing his stuff? Yeah. He's packing his stuff up to >> to leave, >> but she's going to jail because >> I can't assault somebody like that. >> Okay. >> So, hi. >> Yeah. >> Did he do something to her? >> She has no marks. None. whatsoever. And then everything she asked me to do, call his mom and crawl at her story and then like that's not what happened. I asked the children. No. >> Okay. >> So, he's got multiple and it's actually his head starting to swell right here. I got >> saw on the side. >> I got to get that picture. I would tell you to get all your stuff today and get out. I told her that you you have residency, but she's already making threats. It won't be good if he he's here when I get out of jail. She's not going to get out of jail because it's family violence and she's got to see a judge. So in my house, >> but I would >> Okay. >> Hey, come here, pal. >> Come here. >> I would take the day to move all my stuff. >> Yeah, I'm going to go get a U-Haul and move it. You're going to go over there with him for a little bit. Okay. And play. >> Your your grandpa's going to come. >> Okay. Papa's going to come get you in a little bit. You're going to go play with him for a little bit. All right. >> You guys can play while we get ready for Hudson's birthday. >> It's his birthday today. Okay. >> Your birthday, too, man. >> Birthday. You had a slide and I got one over there. >> Went a couple days. my birthday was. >> The woman was charged with battery family violence and cruelty to children. The woman was arrested as the determined primary aggressor under family violence statutes. The youngest child was temporarily placed with a neighbor until a family member arrived. The case will proceed through court review with custody and protective conditions determined by a judge. Remember, domestic conflicts involving children escalate quickly and often result in serious legal consequences. Witness statements, visible injuries, and behavior during police interaction heavily influence law enforcement decisions. This is the reaction of netzens to this situation. The kids being interviewed really changed how this situation played out. You can see how repeated toxic relationships create the same outcome every time. Glad the officers focused on protecting the children first. The tension is already high, or so it seems. What the body cam captures next saves a life pause and comment what you do here. The next incident is when >> Hold your head up. God and our power bus would go off because we we just >> on September 15th, 2024, officers responded to a roadside call involving a heated dispute between a couple with young children present in the vehicle. >> Moving guys. >> Hey, did y'all get in a fight at the store? I was trying to defend myself because he had my one-year-old in his hands and I've been on the phone with my sister this whole time and I was just trying to get away. I was trying to stay at the dollar store with both of my kids so that my mom could come and get me and take me to my sister and and he wanted to take my son from me. So I was trying to get my son from me and he was just kept trying to hold him and hold him and hold him from me. So, I was trying to like defend me and my son. That's why my knuckles are busted. >> It's because I was TRYING TO GET MY BABY from him. He done threatened my life and he threatened my kids' life earlier this morning. Okay. >> So, I tried to get away from him. This isn't the first time that I've had to get away from him. >> There's been multiple reports where I've been trying to get away from him. Officers calm the scene, confirm the children's immediate safety, and coordinate temporary arrangements with family members. >> Yeah, I think we uh had one before. So, just calm down. It's fine. We're here now. >> I just want to go to MY SISTER. I'VE GOT PORTAL WEDNESDAY. LIKE, I DON'T NEED ALL THIS. >> Where does your sister live at? >> She's on the phone. >> Okay. Where does she >> Where do you live? She told me to give you the phone. >> Are the babies okay? My Yeah, MY SON'S GOT like marks on him from where I was trying to hold him from his dad, but >> right >> I'm the only one that's on THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE BECAUSE I WAS GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE AT THE TIME. SO, he's not on it. But every time I try to kill him to go get a DNA test, he >> said about 8:30 you can come get her. >> You know what I'm saying? So, I'm the only one that has >> So, what we can do is we can put her in like protective custody at the sheriff's office until you're able to get here. Let me get all this figured out and I'll give you a call. Get her get your number from her. So, just be a phone call from me. >> Stay open. >> All right. Thank you. >> Look at there. >> You want a bear? >> No. I was like, I don't like that. >> Label. Label likes bears. >> You want a bear? >> You know who this is? >> The mother describes ongoing control, verbal threats, and a physical altercation while attempting to protect her child. >> It's his mom. I don't want her around me. She said, "Yeah, but I'm not going to deal with today." So, I go back to the car and I tell Ethan what she had said. And then he's like, "Oh, well, I'm just not going to work today. I'm just not going to work today." There's plenty of messages on his phone where he'sing said over and repeatedly, "I'm just not going today." And I'm like, "Okay, well, you know, that's great. You see what I'm saying? Like, I lost my job. Our kids need this." You see what I'm saying? Right. So then he presumed to tell me on the way back to our house that he was going to beat my ass whenever we got there because I'm the reason that he couldn't have the job because I was a piece of all these othering things. And then weing get there and then he starts screaming at me to get out the car, get out the car, get out the car that he was going toing uh beat my ass because it was my fault that he didn't have the job. And then he takes JJ and he goes inside. goes somewhere >> in the house in Clarksville. And then I was like, "All right, I'm not going to do this." So he come outside and he's like yelling at me to get out of his car, get out of his car, get out of his car. And at this point, Luna Bell's still in the car. So I'm like, "No, I'm not going anywhere." And then I get out and then he presumes to like he hit me on the side of my face. HE DIDN'T HIT ME HARD, BUT he did hit me. He hit me right here on the side. Officers document visible marks on both adults and take statements separately to assess the situation. >> My face. He didn't hit me hard, but he did hit me. >> And so he goes back inside and he comes back out and I'm saying I'm I'm about to call the law. You see what I'm saying? Like I'm about to get escorted out. This isn't the first time that it's had to happen. And then he was like, "That's all right cuz IF YOU CALL HIM, I'M call the kid." And that's whenever I was on THE PHONE AND I CALLED the 911 emergency and I said he said he was going to get my >> and he tried he took my phone from me and then that's whenever y'all heard screaming on the 911 call. >> He took my phone from me and he threw it in the woods and then >> your phone that you got? >> No, this is his phone because I made him give it to me so that I can call my sister. Like my son had it in his hands and I was like JJ, let mama hold the phone. Let mama hold the phone, baby. Please let mama hold the phone. So he let me hold the phone and that's whenever I've been on the phone with my sister this whole time and she's still on the phone right now. >> Where was the phone at in the woods? At the >> It's OVER THERE AT MY HOUSE. He threw it in the woods. >> Y still Are y'all still living off of Martin? >> Yes. That's where the phone is in the woods. And then he's like, "Get in the car. We got to go cuz I don't want to go to jail. I don't want to go to jail." I'M LIKE, "OKAY, WELL YOU KNOW WHAT?" >> AND HOW DID he get the marks on his face? >> Because self-defense. >> Okay. You you call those marks for self-defense? >> Yeah, self-defense. He was trying to take my kid from me. >> AND NOT ONLY THAT, but how YOU GOING TO PUT your hands on me and throw me over the center console into the dashboard? >> Yeah, understandable. Do you have any >> I'm pregnant. >> I understand. Do you have any marks on you? >> I have this on me. I know that he tried to >> The father gives his account minimizing physical contact and stating the conflict escalated from relationship and financial stress. poked me several times. My sister >> your head up. >> My sister's been on the phone with me. >> There. >> Let me get my phone and get some pictures. This damn guy is puking. Excuse me. He's puking in the back of my damn car. >> You give me an up. >> It's good, man. So, hey, tell me what's been going on right here. All right, let's start from when this argument started. This morning has started a new job. They're supposed to start a new job today. >> Okay. I got up and our power was go off because we we've been struggling and uh I would take her to mama's and then her my mama had words apparently she come out my mama's house all mad. So I said I'm just not going to go to work. It went from there to arguing more and more and it just escalated and finally I just got tired to do it. cuz I told her I was taking her to her sisters and when I was on the way to go see my mom and tell her that I didn't go to work and what was going on and take her to her sisters when y'all pulled up. >> So what happened at the uh store up there? >> Were y'all ever at the park general? >> No. >> No, sir. >> At the dollar store we pulled up there because her sisters I guess she was going to get out and wait on her sister and I told her no. I didn't want just sitting there with my youngest and then it would have just taken the youngest out there in the parking lot that I asked her to wear sister cuz she's got my phone on the phone with her sister. >> Officers determine there is no clear primary aggressor due to injuries on both parties and prior history. >> You got a driver's license? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. >> It's in there. I think it's in the car. >> You got a wallet in there? >> Yes, sir. >> I'll get your wallet. >> I don't want my kid as she was. I take her to her, >> right? >> Because I don't want to argue in front of my kids. cuz I just don't want to take it my kids. >> Right. >> You know what I'm saying? Bro, >> right. So, while back we had y'all had a dispute or whatever and she went to the Panama with the kids. >> Yeah. She go right back cuz she I do love her and she know she's got problems, bro. >> I don't want her going to jail. Just like I don't want to go to jail, >> right? >> That's why I said there ain't been no no physical, no nothing. I'm just trying to get I'm trying to have a better life for my kids, right? It was hand, bro. >> Right. So, how'd you get the marks on you? >> I hit my head on the door. You >> hit your head on the door? >> Yeah. When I was getting back in here and right here, I scratched it up with I don't want nobody going. >> Okay. So, a while back, we had this where you went. >> We did. And I come back because I thought that everything was going to be okay. And I thought that he had changed. And you see what I'm saying? like hopes and hopes and dreams. >> I love you too, Ethan, but I can't be with you, man. >> I don't want you to go to jail and I hope you know what I mean. I just want out and I want our kids gone. Like, I can't I just need away from you. >> Put him in there and come over here to this car and talk to me about something real quick. >> He's going to get out. That's why. >> Can she hold him? >> Going to jail or something? >> Both of them. >> Both of us is going to jail. >> Mhm. For what? >> Domestic battery. >> Domestic battery. >> Mhm. >> Both adults are informed that they will be arrested under mandatory domestic battery procedures. >> I don't understand >> because >> yeah, >> both of you's engaged in it. There's no way for us to determine the primary aggressor. Both of you have marked. So, you both got a job. I'm telling you, he was the primary aggressor and she was doing what she had to do to get him off of her because he was trying to her and her kids. >> Well, you had the opportunity to get out already one time before and come back >> because I thought that he had changed. >> Okay, I understand that. But >> so this is going to violate my bond. >> You're on bond for what? >> For charging for my brother. Like >> that's what I'm saying. And I don't want either one of us to go to jail. >> Well, that's >> if I can like I don't even care. You see what I'm saying? Like it's not it. I was just calling because I wanted to get away from him because I don't have a ride other than y'all, >> right? >> Because he wouldn't let you out the car. >> So please, like, don't do this to me because I won't see my kids. Can you bring him back over here to talk to me? Like both of them. Like I don't care. I don't want him going to jail. I don't want to go to jail. You see what I'm saying? Like, it's not nothing to do with anything like that, >> right? >> And I'll even walk over there and talk to Ethan. >> No, we ain't doing that right here for >> So, I asked him if I could please speak to you. >> Okay. >> All right. I'm not Only reason that I called is so that I could get away. I don't have a ride. You see what I'm saying? I don't want no charges pressed against, but I This will violate my bond. >> I understand. >> Hang on, son. That's the risk that you run. Y'all should not be in this damn vehicle with these kids. >> And I understand that. And I was trying to get away. >> He's busted up more than you are. >> Officers arrange for the children to be released to a family member and ensure car seat and safety concerns are addressed. >> So, technically, we could just take you to jail, but I see marks on you, too. So, we're taking both of you off to jail. Okay, that's the issue. >> Let me just talk to the law real quick. >> Hello. >> Hey. >> Hi. >> Um, the kids are coming to my house, but my her mama, our mama lives there in town, so she's going to come and get the kids. >> I'm the only one on their birth certificate. So, >> have you Are you and Ethan married? >> No. >> Have you ever been married? >> None. >> All right. So, the kids will go where they where you want them to go? >> Yes, ma'am. Crystal, I love you. And I don't know your number, >> SO I GOT TO FIND a pen SO I CAN WRITE IT DOWN. >> LOOK AT THERE. YOU WANT TO COME TO ME? BOY, you a >> mama needs to hurry up and get >> here, buddy. >> No. >> No. You want the green uniform guy? >> Okay. >> She's 6 months old. >> Why is she not strapped in? >> I was trying I was in the process of trying to get her out of the vehicle whenever he was trying to take him from me. I got you. >> I mean, I was trying to get out. >> I got you. Hey, Johnson, do you mind standing by with her real quick? Little baby. >> Um, listen. All right. So, my mom >> Do you want to go with that man in the green? >> Hey, buddy. >> No. >> My mother is on her way. >> What number is that? >> My sister's. >> Is that the garage? >> That's where Yeah, that's where my kid All right. Can you please give him that number? >> Both parents are taken into custody while the children are transferred to family care. That's where our kids will be because I'm just I'm not going to deal with it. Crystal, I'm giving him your number so that he can call you and talk to the babies. >> Who can call me? >> Ethan, >> you're pressing my button. >> Not after I heard him threaten them children's life. No, ma'am. He cannot call me. >> Yeah, that's not the smartest thing in the world. >> He's not on nothing. >> No, brother. I was married. I'm still a peoples on my ID, but legally I'm a Burns because I just got a divorce. I was married with Cory Peoples whenever I had both of them. >> Gotcha. >> He is fascinated with that camera. >> He loves electronics. >> You got some happy babies. >> You got some happy babies, >> man. I'm not even worried about that right now. I'm going to jail and I'm going to lose like my babies, man. >> No, you're not. You're not going to lose your kid. >> Like, they're all I got. >> You're not going to lose your >> Just cuz I wanted to get away and he wouldn't let me get away. >> You made that 911 call before you. >> Do I ever go to your mom's house? >> Yeah, sometimes. >> He don't let me talk to my mom that much. He don't really allow me to talk to none of my family. >> The only reason I ask that so when she pulls up, they ain't going to be like, I'M NOT GOING TO HURT. >> JJ might, but he's going because I don't want my kids with Sandy. I won't never get to see him and I won't never get to talk to him. >> Yeah. Is he Deputy Johnson? Tell him what's up. >> Hey, buddy. >> You going to talk to him? Say hey. >> Hey. >> Hello. Uh-uh. >> No. >> Okay. >> Hey. >> Hey. >> Who you talking to now? >> Hey boo. >> What? >> He He's been drawn to me. >> He feels >> Find something to play with. Just get Hold on. I'll be back in a minute. >> All right. You taking that phone with you to jail? >> No, this is his phone. >> So, he can have it. I'm just trying to make sure she's got a bottle and everything cuz that's their bag. >> Sierra, >> what? >> Before he gets the phone, delete my number out of it. >> You have anything on that she's not supposed to have at the jail. >> It's just a bad day, not a bad life. Let's get this. All right. If it takes getting away from him for your children, hold your head up. more. >> I'll be with you in just a minute. >> You don't want it? >> You don't want it? >> Have a good day. >> Yes, ma'am. You too. Y'all be safe. >> Can you CAN YOU TAKE THE CAR SO THAT ETHAN HAS SOMETHING >> IN THE YARD? >> PLEASE DO because I don't want him to be without anything. I know, baby. I know. >> I just can't do this anymore. >> What's your phone number? >> I know that. >> I don't have a phone number. >> I know you lost your phone. Um, just give me a phone number to put in the >> um >> none of your information. >> You can put my sister in. >> That's fine. Use this as a wakeup call for these kids. These children don't deserve this. Okay. >> Yeah, I know they don't. I was just trying to get out. >> I understand. I understand that. I know how this situation probably went. Y'all probably >> put these in the front for you. >> Just so that uh >> Did you get you a cigarette? >> Yeah. Okay. >> I have a couple hits of them >> in the car. >> Yeah. >> In front of the kids. >> Not really. No. The kids was asleep. It was this morning. I don't know. She just crashed me when I like I said all I did was push it off of me. >> And then after that it was over with. You know what I'm saying? She just started screaming talking about she wanted to go to her sisters or to her mama's or something. And I was trying to take her. I was trying to go mama first and like go in and talk to mama and let it calm down a minute. >> The woman was charged with battery and child abuse. Both adults were arrested due to evidence of mutual physical involvement and mandatory arrest policies. Children are released to a family member for temporary care and supervision. Court proceedings will determine responsibility, custody considerations, and any protective orders. Remember, domestic disputes escalate quickly when children are present, often leading to legal consequences for both parents. Calling for help can protect children, but unresolved cycles of conflict increase long-term risks for families. This is the reaction of netzens to this situation. Those kids were the real priority. Glad officers focused on their safety. It's painful to watch how toxic relationships keep repeating the same outcome. Calling the police was the right move, even if it ended badly for both adults. You think the officers were out of options here? Watch what happens next on the body cam and tell us if you would have done the same.