PUT YOUR HANDS OUT. NO, MAN. What the [ __ ] Are y'all serious? I'm only one [ __ ] female. What y'all doing? What am I under arrest for? So Only Cams provides body cam footage for transparency and educational purposes only. What began as a quiet night along Roosevelt Road turned into a high-speed pursuit that stretched nearly 5 mi ending with flashing lights, a SWAT standoff, and a child trapped inside the suspect's car. >> No. On May 6th, 2024, Wheaton, Illinois, just after 1:00 a.m., an officer clocked a silver Ford SUV speeding at twice the limit, 76 in a 35. When he tried to pull the driver over, she kept going. The SUV swerved across lanes, ran red lights, and even drove on the wrong side of the road. Minutes later, Kane County deputies located the SUV. Its tires shredded by spike strips, the vehicle disabled on the side of the road. Step out. Back passenger, keep both hands towards the front of the car, please, ma'am. Driver, are you going to comply? Open the door. Step out with both hands up. Okay. We need you to step out of the car, please. I'm not stepping out. I'm not done. I'm not done. Well, we're not going to approach the vehicle. I'm not stepping out. I'm not done. I'm not done. What? For nearly 40 minutes, officers pleaded with the driver to step out. I'm not stepping out. Wait. Shouldn't he live in Chicago? No, he don't. Hey, honey, listen. They for to work for Chicago PUT YOUR HANDS OUT. Hands up. Well, your dad working in the city of Chicago, he needs to live in the city of Chicago. Yeah, he has to live in Chicago. He can't live in Chicago and work for Chicago. Well, he lives in Chicago then. He lives in Chicago. Then he lives in Wheaton, why is he out here? Then he doesn't work for Chicago. Yeah. Then why he work for Chicago if he out here? You can't. You can't. You can't. I was working for Chicago, so you can't. All right, open the door. Both hands out the window. Reach as high as you can for me. Reach both hands out as high as you can. Both hands out. Both hands out. Both hands out. Both hands out. until SWAT arrived that the tense standoff finally come to an end. Put your hands behind your back right now. And behind your back. Wait. Wait. WAIT. WHAT? OW. Y'ALL BREAKING MY ARM. Put your other hand out. What y'all doing? Ow. OW. OW. OW. OW. HOW DO WE HAVE THIS [ __ ] What the [ __ ] Are y'all serious? I'm only one female. What y'all doing? What the what the Yeah. You have anything on your person that could No, ma'am. No, ma'am. No. No, nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. I don't have nothing. Good for you. That's good. >> I don't have nothing. I can see I can see I can see I can see. Make sure you get your phone, all right? All right. Tissues, please. What's that? Tissues. I don't have my wallet here right now, but we'll take care of that when I get back, okay? When officers opened the door, the smell of alcohol filled the air. Inside the car, a bottle of Don Julio Tequila and a Crown Royal bag containing cannabis. >> Sir, I don't know her last name. I just In the backseat, a frightened 12-year-old child. All right. Yeah. I'm Derek. I'm with the Wheaton Police Department. Um so, initially, we tried to stop your mom in our town and she took off from us. Do you know why she did that? No, I actually was asleep and then I kind of woke up cuz I thought a light was on. I'm like, "What's going on?" But I didn't ask my questions cuz she was blasting music, but Okay. that's really all that Okay. Um you're okay though. You're not injured at all. You had Did you have your seatbelt on the whole time? Okay. That's that's the main thing. We want to make sure you're okay, especially when there's a child in the car and we're running from the police, it's not a good thing. Do you Did she ever say anything about knowing that we were behind her? I know you said she was blasting music. I I didn't ask her. Okay. Did Did she you hear her say anything about the police or anything like that? She was just blasting the music. >> Okay. When you woke up, were you already here or was it before like you were driving down the road and then you woke up? >> driving down the road, but I didn't know if you if I drove by you or not cuz like the lights were on, then they were all silent. I'm like, Okay. Yeah, we we followed you guys for a while cuz she was going really fast. Um and then she actually started going the wrong way in traffic and we stopped pursuing you guys cuz we didn't want to get in a head-on collision with anybody, make anybody get injured. Um and then obviously the sheriff's office here located the vehicle and stopped it. Um but you're all right. You're not injured at all. Mhm. Okay. So, you know if anybody's coming that could come pick you up? Yeah. It's stepmother. Who's that? Your step stepmother? Yes, I I'm like Do you mind if I talk to her? 10 minutes away my GPS. Okay, and your name is Sarah? Yes. Hi, I'm Officer Hoots. I'm with the Wheaton Police Department. Um I'm sure you probably heard that whole conversation, but if you need any more details or explanation or anything, I can give that to you. Um So, what the woman that we just stopped, who is That's my fiance. Okay. What's her first name? Britney. Britney? Okay. Um So, she's going to be coming back to Wheaton to the police department. Uh she's got unfortunately a lot of charges she's looking at. Yeah. You okay? I'm Officer Hoots. My wife >> I'm sorry. You're right. I was just talking to Sarah. That threw me off. Um what was your name again? Britney. Britney. Yes. I'm Officer Hoots. I'm with the Wheaton Police Department. You can call me Derek, okay? Okay, Derek. Uh are you injured at all? Yes, I'm pissed. I see that a little bit. They >> [snorts] >> Yeah, I'm hurting. You doing nothing. I didn't harass you. So, here's the thing. I'm sure you have a lot of questions I do. I have a lot of questions. >> for you. We'll get to all [snorts] that. You are going to have to come back to the Wheaton Police Department with us, okay? Why, sir? >> because because you're under arrest for aggravated fleeing and eluding. Okay? When? When you were going through Wheaton. Sir, I was driving. What is I I know. I wasn't playing. What was that? Well, that's Well, and that's some stuff we'll talk about, okay? Uh you're going to have to come back with us. come and she's going to take Brooklyn back home, okay? It's a joke. I know. your fiance, right? Yeah. She's coming. She's going to bring Stay friendly. She right here? Not yet. She's 2 minutes out, okay? So, we're going to get out We're going to get I'll explain all that to you, okay? Like I said, I know you have questions. I have questions, too. I'm crazy. I live in But you're in DeKalb, right? Yes, sir. Okay. Yes, sir. Yeah, no problem. Um so, >> [clears throat] >> just sit tight for a few minutes. Try to take some deep breaths. Do you want the window down? I Like I said, I'll explain all that I'll explain all that to you. We have to go back to our police department. We'll talk there. We're not going to do it in the back of the car here. Okay. Okay? Um once we get back there, we'll get your nose cleaned up and you can go from there. >> please? Yeah, do you have any tissues, Ivan? I don't I don't think I do. I can check in the trunk if you I'll I'll pop it open. Let me see if I can find some, okay? Yeah, no, I got you. All right, THE BEST I CAN DO IS A GAUZE PAD, but it's better than nothing, right? I'll wipe you off there. What are we doing, sir? Like I said, we're going to talk about all that station, okay? My daughter's Can you mind just tilting your head back for me so I can see make sure it's not still bleeding. Why? Why me? Why? >> [panting] >> Why? I'm not a man. I'm not doing that. No, I understand. Why? >> Give me Give me 1 second, okay? I got to go get some stuff down. I'm going to come back. I'm going to talk to you again. We're going to get out of here, okay? >> Okay, sir. Thank you. Do you need this window cracked or are you okay? >> A little bit. Okay. Ivan, crack the window just a little bit for her, okay? To gather more information, officers spoke with Britney's fiance, Thanks for who had arrived at the scene to take custody of the child. So, they had to spike her tires because she was running from us for a very long time. Oh. Do you know where she was coming from? Chicago. Um, was she at a party, I'm assuming, cuz she smells like she's been drinking a lot. >> Uh, to my understanding, she was with her family. >> Okay. At a barbecue. Okay. So To my understanding. >> So probably drinking a little bit. I've been to the barbecue. I know how to barbecue. >> Yeah. >> So I mean, I know she's been drinking just because I can I can smell it on her, right? >> Okay. >> Um, so essentially, she comes through Wheaton and with the Wheaton Police Department, which is good 30 minutes away from here. Okay. >> minutes. Yeah, I know they're there. >> She comes down Roosevelt Road going 76 mph. It's a 35 mph zone. We tried to stop her. She doesn't stop. Um Okay. >> She ran multiple lights, speeding, and all sorts of stuff. Um, so I have to go through the vehicle. The vehicle does have to come with us. Okay. That's cool. Where will you guys be actually towing this vehicle? >> So it's it's going to be coming back to our police department. So >> Yeah. Okay. Uh, so because of the agg fleeing and eluding, it has to come back to our police department. It has to go through an Article 36 seizure process. I know about all that. I'm familiar >> I'm familiar with it. Yeah, you guys got to go through the vehicle and do DuPage County will do all that stuff as far as when you get the vehicle back and all that. So it could be a few weeks. Obviously, there's some damage. It's not going to be driven anytime soon. Uh, but they have to they have to do all that. Do you have an ID on you by any chance? I do. Sir. Brittany Geter was taken into custody and transported to the Wheaton Police Department. Just got to wrap up a couple things. >> Where's my kid? Where's my daughter? Where's my car? Your car's still right here. So what's wrong? What's What's going on? What? I didn't understand. What What was I fleeing? Sir, I'm not going to never lie to you. I swear to God. When? Do it like I started any trouble? I'm going I don't do this. I don't. I don't do this at all. You You You ran my background, right? I don't have one. Look at how old I am. I don't have a background, sir. I don't do this. Don't do what? Nothing. [snorts] I don't I don't get I don't get in trouble, sir. I don't get in trouble with the law. You hear me? All I was doing was trying to go home. I I would never be a saint for what? I'm licensed and insured. I I don't have no background and nothing. >> [snorts] >> Watch your head and come on out. Where officers conducted sobriety tests and obtained blood and urine samples. Keep your toes off the ground like this. Okay. And you can begin. One more time. I just I don't want you to bump into that. Want to make sure you stay safe, okay? I'm just I'm sad. Nothing was I'm sad. It seems like it. I hear you. I hear you. Okay. So here, why don't we do one more thing, okay? Want to look down at your foot for me? She was later booked and processed at the Wheaton Police Department. No, I agree. I agree with you. For the next 20 minutes, I have to kind of do what's called an observation, okay? During that, I can't have you touching your mouth or your nose or anything like that. Please, I really got to go. Please, let me out of the car. I get that. So for the next 20 minutes, I need to I need to just need you to try to hold together for me, okay? I can't have you touching your mouth or anything like that. Every time you do, I I used to Well, first off, again, remember I explained that was Kane County getting you out of the car. It wasn't me. I didn't pull you out of the car. Who was that? It was Kane County. It was Kane County that had to pull Why? Because you wouldn't Because you wouldn't get out of the car. You weren't listening to law enforcement to get out of the car. They had to physically remove you. Subsequent to an arrest for driving while under the The final result, she now faces 18 charges including DUI, aggravated fleeing, and endangering the life of a child. Spending the night in custody before being transferred to the DuPage County Jail. In Wheaton, what started as a simple traffic stop ended as a night of fear, confusion, and a mother's decision that nearly turned deadly. >> Where's my kid? Where's my daughter? If you like content like this, please like and subscribe.