Heads. Heads. Get out of ground. Get out of ground. Taser. Taser. Taser. >> You are under arrest. >> Only Cams provides body cam footage for transparency and educational purposes only. On March 24th, 2025 in Port Charlotte, Florida, a routine patrol spotted a woman with an active warrant. Samantha Jean James. >> Had this way. Get out of ground. Get out of the ground. Taser. Taser. Taser. Taser. Taser. Taser. >> No. No. I got her. I got >> I got her. I got her. >> Stop. Don't taser. Don't taser. Don't taser. >> You are under arrest. >> Why? >> Why? >> For what? >> That's a double question. >> She's a driver. Yes. Go back to the car. Watch the car. >> For what? For what? What did you just do? >> Well, I just crashed the car. >> Yeah, because you're stupid. That's why. >> What are you looking to text coming at me for? >> You have warrants for your arrest, young lady. Number one. Number two, when you see a police officer, you don't flee. And I don't even know if you don't have a license. So, that's why you're in handcuffs. Okay. >> Okay. >> Hold on. Let me double lock them. >> What started as a simple traffic stop quickly turned into an attempted escape and a demolition derby. What are the hell radio? Did you get this one? >> Yeah, I did. >> All right. Roll around. Why is my radio saying out of range? It's weird. [Applause] Can you just stay out there for a second? Tell have an issue with my handheld. Show me out of Ali's with the Norah units. Going to have a subject Samantha James in custody after a short foot pursuit. She also tried leaving in the vehicle and she accidental for you. Negative. She hit an unoccupied vehicle. >> I got a female. Do you have one? You got one, right? >> Have one. What? >> A female. >> No, we are. >> All right. Let me see if there's one available. >> Search. Hold on. >> Hey, stop yelling. >> Anyway, so it doesn't >> Stop yelling if you if you if Listen to me. I'll put you on the ground very fast. Why? >> Stop yelling. You're under arrest. You're not going to be yelling in public. You got me? >> Yes. >> You be cool, we'll treat you cool. >> Okay. >> It's very, very simple. All you got to do is follow orders. Okay. >> 60. That's what I got here. >> I don't know why my radio is saying that. >> There we go. >> We're going to have a few more search. for me. [Music] >> Oh, yeah. >> We'll take care of you. One second, sir. >> Star one. >> Yeah. I don't know what's wrong with something that happened on the food chase. Uh, do you have a female deputy available to me search this for me? >> Hi, you can see Michael 329. Thank you. We're going to be right in front of all these barking. You won't miss us. Your call has been updated. >> Star1, copy the tag on the vehicle that was struck >> out of Vermont. It's going to be a truck tag. 487 Adam 273. 487 8273. Stand by for the tag in the vehicle. Suspect driving. >> The female unit's almost here, too. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, >> no, no. What? >> No, no, no. >> Young lady, you're not going to dictate what happens. You understand? Okay, sir. >> You are not in control and you are not in charge. >> Okay. >> I know it was a little bit much, but it's all done. No hard feelings, okay? But again, as long as you act like a young lady, an adult, they'll treat you as such, okay? But the minute you get out of control, you're going to get treated like that. Okay? Zero tolerance. You understand me? >> Yes, sir. >> All right. I appreciate that. Thank you. Cuz you did some damage to this gentleman's nice truck. Okay. >> Well, frankly, you didn't need >> away like you did, but that it is what it is. I don't know what is going on. >> Getting arrested. >> Oh, >> do you have a license? >> Yes, sir. >> Zone. >> I'm going to check. I just want to make sure you're coming over pretty good. >> It's uniform on my handheld. I I reset it. Maybe >> I'd rather have her search for the female before we put her in the car. >> Let me give her Give Central. >> She tried to stall the police even more by >> the ambulance. >> Check you out. >> Are we going to play this game now, too? six. >> I can't go through. >> She's perfectly fine until >> Yeah, I know. >> Star One Central. >> Go ahead and start EMS. Reference this female. She appears to be allergic to handcuffs. [Music] Sit up. Stay there. Stop acting a fool. Okay. All you're going to do is delay going to jail. And you ain't going to get food. I know it sucks, Sam. No one likes to go to jail. All right. But let's not make it a bigger deal. It has to be. So, she was parked right where I was. I pulled up where you were. >> She stopped me and my lights. She goes to back up, slams into this gentleman's truck, then tries to pull forward, slams into the tree. I jump out to draw down on her. I didn't even get my gun out. And she decides to run and we end up running across the parking lot. >> She went running, too. Oh, she was giving her a valiant effort. >> So, do you want me to walk the dot or I mean it doesn't matter, but >> No, I mean I got it in plain view right there. >> All right. >> Want me to search anything else? >> Search. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Um and then I'm going to need to get this gentleman's information cuz this is his truck. And then this gentleman here in the black shirt was a witness. >> Somebody >> um >> I call a female her. We'll probably end up just handling the grass. It's just it's it's less hands on the pot. See, Samantha, I'm going to have EMS come check you just because, but like I said, it's not really worth playing games. All right, >> Star War. I'll sit here with her. >> No, right now she's got on a black tank top and red shorts. >> There may be a sweatshirt in the vehicle if you're looking for something specific. >> Holy crap. She actually got you. Oh man. Totally sorry you guys had to deal with that. We're going to get your information shortly. Who does this truck belong to? >> Okay, we'll get to we'll get your information shortly. Um, basically since we're working in a crash and all that, she is currently going to jail. She had a warrant. Um, sorry you even had to be in the middle of all this. So, >> do you know if she has insurance by any chance? >> We're about to figure that out. I don't know the I don't know the I don't know the information for the car and everything, but I'll figure that out shortly. All right. And you said you witnessed this is correct. >> The whole thing. I went back in and got him to >> Oh, that's >> Well, luckily you you did see it. So, >> the whole thing >> that helped us out a lot cuz you know who the car belonged to. So, made it a lot easier instead of us running around. >> Hey, who does a red truck belong to? You know, >> that's what I did. >> So, oh, well, well, we appreciate that. Thanks for doing that part for us. >> Um, I'll talk to you guys shortly. All right. >> Damn. Thank you. >> Got somebody right here. >> Female. >> Does uh she have a license? Is that shirt in the vehicle? >> I don't know. We haven't gone to it yet. We need to search and put in the car before we uh before we go to the car. >> Can I have a shirt? >> 10. Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Do you have one? >> Yes. >> Where in the car? >> In the trunk. >> Okay. Give us a minute. All right. >> Okay. It's some sweatpants, please. >> Huh? >> This is some sweatpants for all. >> Like I said, as long as you don't cause all this drama, I'll be more than happy to work with you. I just want a gray swe a gray sweater. I can to the jail. >> Okay. >> Hey, uh if you see a black long sleeve shirt in here, it says USA and white letters on the front. C is looking for it cuz I guess she just did a theft at Walmart and they got her on video. >> So black >> a black long sleeve shirt. Okay. >> With USA and white letters. >> All right. You stand up. Okay. I'll help you. Ready? There we go. One, two, three. All right. We're just going to go over to the front of this car. All right, H. I'm going to give you the same opportunity I give everyone. I'm going to ask the same questions I ask every single person. You have anything on you that's going to poke me, stick me, stab me, hurt me in any way? Okay. Do you have anything on you that you should not have on you when you go into the jail? The reason I'm asking is a third degree felony, >> right? Yeah. You're going to go through a body scan, so they're going to be able to Okay. I just like to ask and give everyone that opportunity. Okay. >> This is a that's a strip search. Can't >> I'm not stripping you down. I'm checking your waistline. >> You have to pass from the outside. >> Nope. You're under arrest. I can search anywhere I want. Camera on. >> Yo yo yo yo. You can't be doing it over. >> Okay, you need to stop pulling away from me. >> I'm sorry, but like you can't >> I can actually because you're going to jail. >> You can do it in the jail, but you can't do it on the side of the road. No, you can't fix my face, man. [Music] Oh, damn. The strap is wrong. Can you fix my my >> Spread your feet for me? >> Can you fix my boobs? >> As soon as I'm done, spread your feet further apart. >> How far do you want them apart? >> God. All right, I'm pulling them up in the front. You got it. >> No, I don't. >> All right, we're going to go back over there and sit down. Please, >> please, please, >> have a seat. >> Please >> have a seat. Have a seat. >> Can you please, please, please pull up my bra? My bra? >> I did pull up your bra. >> It's not even on my boob anymore. >> Thank you. >> Yep. Have a seat on the ground. I want you to kick off one of your shoes for me. One at a time or both. Doesn't matter. Hello. >> Hi. >> What's going on? >> I have no idea. >> Okay. >> I just came here for a search. >> Uh, is she request EMS? >> Hey, you >> called for why? >> What does she need EMS for? >> I don't know. She passed out. We just want to make sure she's okay. >> We want to jump for a warrant. Hey, what are you taking? >> I'm fine. You don't need us. >> Sure. You want us to check you out at all? >> What year is it? >> All right. What month is it? >> Oh, you're about to tell them. >> Where's he at? >> Okay. You know what city this is? >> All right. Who's the president of United States? >> All right. >> You're good. >> Okay. >> Sorry, guys. With James in custody, officers proceeded with a vehicle inventory search. What they found was staggering. The car was a mobile pharmacy of illegal substances. >> Damn, bro. >> They got more in the back. Probably East. That's going to be crack. >> Put all this back in here. >> What are you doing with all your evidence? Like where you putting it? They also found lots of items allegedly stolen from Walmart. >> Oh, there's a bunch of baby formula. >> I think it's all stolen. That's amazing. That's >> I don't know how you don't get caught stealing all this stuff. >> Someone's not ready to get more. >> Yeah. >> Then she went to Walmart and stole too. >> When officers asked Samantha about the stolen merchandise, her answer was simply, >> "Did you pay for any of the stuff from Ali's?" >> It's not my stuff. >> Okay, cool. >> That's not my stuff. She's good. Then check. >> Hey, listen to me. Was there anything on you we didn't find? >> We're going to go to the jail. You're going to go through a I'm going to tell you anyways. You're going to go through a body scanner. If anything's found on you, you're going to get charged. >> Third felony, right? >> Well, I'm going to tell you every time. So, >> I don't Yeah, yeah, it's on. This is her. >> Her failed escape and the resulting discovery led to her facing a lengthy list of severe felony charges including trafficking in fentinyl 4 g or more, trafficking in amphetamine more than 14 g, possession with intent to sell cocaine, possess marijuana over 20 g, possess controlled substance without prescription. Samantha James now faces severe penalties for operating what police describe as a drug enterprise. If you like content like this, please like and subscribe.