She's like hanging on the door. I don't want to pull her cuz she's going to fall out. You want to >> There we go. >> Hello. >> What? >> Hey, you okay? >> Yeah, I'm more home. >> You're what? >> You're going home? >> Yeah, I'm right here. >> Okay. You Some people were a little worried about you were just sleeping here. >> What the [ __ ] >> I don't know. You tell me. >> We just parked. >> Are you okay? >> Yeah. >> You sure? >> Oh my god. You guys got my baby out here on me. your baby. >> Yeah, I just parked. >> Where's your baby? >> Right here. What the >> What the Back up. Sit. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Let me get my baby. Let me get my baby. Sit down. Sit down. >> My baby in my car my car seat. I just sit down. Sit down. Sit down. That's a law order. Sit down. It could have been a crash. I don't know. They just got here. >> I just got here. >> Sit down. No, I need you to sit down. >> Sit down right there. >> Sit down. >> I just heard. >> Are you listening to me? >> Yeah. >> See? See? See? See? Right there. Look. Look. Look where my finger is. Sit down. >> Sit down. >> I live right here. Right. I literally just parked. Are there any there any signal fours or signal threes in the area involving silver? >> No, you can you can pull it out. >> Thank you. >> Sit down again. >> Do you guys want to walk into my house? >> No, I want you to sit down. >> No. No, no, no. I want you to sit down. >> Can you check some other districts? Damage to the uh left side. I'm not going to ask you again. >> I need you to stay with your vehicle or I want you to sit down. You are not going anywhere. You're staying right here till I figure out why your son was laying in the floor of your car. >> Floor. >> Are you Are you missing something? >> Did you throw up to throw up a 21 shirt? >> I promise you. Well, we we I feel like we should probably check everybody out first. >> At this time, you were not going inside. You were listening. Yes. I'm Do you know who I am? >> I'm with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. And right now, you're being right now you're being detained until I figure out what's going on. Do you understand what I'm saying? >> No. Okay. You are being detained. You are not free to leave. >> What? >> I'm going to check your vital signs. I'm going to stay. >> No, you're going to stay right there. Yes. Yes. You're going to stay right there. >> Ma'am, >> I'm going to stay right here cuz they got my baby. >> Ma'am, listen to him, please. I'm listening. I think my baby is your baby right here. >> Listen to me. My concern is your baby. It was out of the car seat on the floor. >> No, he was not. >> Yes, he was. Yes, he was. Yes, he was. >> Just listen to him, please. We're not going to leave. I can't leave without you with your baby with your consent. >> I'm not leaving. I live No, no, no. Right here. You guys can walk. >> Put it that way first. Point it that way. Now you live over here. >> No, I live right there. You can walk me. You can walk me. I promise you in the neighboring district. I >> I live right here. I live right here. Listen with me. I can hold him. I can hold him. I can hold him. I can hold him. >> No, you're not going to hold him. You're going to wait right here. >> We're We're going to check his >> I literally just parked. I got here right now. I promise you. >> Okay. But we want to make sure he's okay. >> We're going to check underneath the car seat. Okay. >> He wasn't Yeah, because him. >> No, we found him underneath the car seat. My partner had to pull him out of underneath the car seat. Exactly. One, two. I literally just parked right now. >> So, my mom said that you double parked. So, you must you might have just parked. >> I didn't double, babe. Look, I literally just got here. I live here. I just got here. I promise you what I'm saying. >> Driver. >> Yes. She's a driver. Kid was laying on the floor in the car. She's got damage. She could have been in a signal three or four. And I need I need to call the I need to call the complainant to confirm that he swed him in to make sure that she was here for an hour before they accident on the laying on the floor for there's damage and she's I don't she was sleeping sleeping right there in the >> she was sleeping she was sleeping and you came you take one away you were sleeping three people had to wake you up and your child was in the back four sweating in distress in a hot car. Tell Tell me none of that's true. >> My baby has been sweating since he came out of my >> Oh, okay. You You called You You called this Mazda saying it was here for an hour, you said. >> Yeah, they they came in at about 5:00. >> Okay. You want to come up here and just talk to me real quick about it? >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. We'll be at the same place where the Mazda was. >> 137 sat 98 100%. >> I promise you. Somebody call us, say your vehicle was parked here for an hour. >> It was an hour, baby. >> Oh, okay. I'm just going to believe you instead of some unbiased witness. When that deputy comes back and lets you know how long you're here, then we'll we'll go from there. Okay. >> You guys need any anything else? I'm going home in my house. >> You're not going nowhere. You're staying here. Did you not hear what I said? You can't leave. >> You didn't say that part. >> Oh, I didn't say that. Okay. You detain You can't go nowhere. Just don't walk away. If you walk away, you're going to jail. >> For what? >> I don't have to tell you for what. Just don't go nowhere. I don't have money. >> Okay. If you walk away, you're going to jail. You understand that, right? If you try to leave, >> I'm making sure my car is locked. What are you guys trying? >> Go back over there. >> You guys want to walk into my house? >> Nope. >> So, what's the problem? >> He's checking some things out. >> I didn't hear that part. >> And when we find out, I'll let you know. He's going to go talk to somebody. Ask exactly how long we were parked here. >> Well, he doesn't know because I literally just parked. >> No, he doesn't know. That's why he's going to find out. >> Yeah. So, how would he know? >> Cuz he didn't go talk to the witness who saw you parked here for an hour. >> I wasn't here for an hour. Well, you guys can knock on my door. I literally had to take a [ __ ] >> Don't go nowhere. >> Knock knock knock on my door. >> Don't go nowhere. >> I live right there. >> Don't go nowhere. >> You got to take a >> Don't Don't walk away. >> I'm not Now you're going to jail, Marco. >> Hey, sorry. >> Is everything okay? >> Yeah. Just uh >> never mind. Hang tight. Hang tight. Still >> now you're going to jail. Now you're going to jail. >> No. No. No. No. I'm not going. >> Now you're going to jail. Come here. >> I'm not doing anything. >> Come here. >> Let go. Let go. Let go. Let go. Let go. Let go. Let go. >> Let go. >> Do Do you have a kid? >> Yeah, I have it. What are you doing? >> I'm not doing anything. >> Now you're definitely not doing anything cuz now you're going to jail. >> Drop this. >> And you smell like alcohol, too. >> I don't know. >> Let go. Let go. >> Let go of it. Let go of it. Let go of it. >> Let go of it. What the hell are you doing? You just made so much worse for yourself. >> Yo. Okay. >> Let go of it. What the [ __ ] are you doing? >> I don't give a [ __ ] >> Do what you're told to do. >> Hey. Hey. Let's get >> What are you What are you grabbing my She's grabbing. Grabbing you. >> Yes. >> Stop it. Stop it. >> We're all right. We're all right. We're all right. Come on. Come on. >> Stop it. >> We're all right. That's I got it. >> I'm not touching him. >> Yeah. Oh, you listen to grab. Are >> you trying to go for my gun? >> There's no way you're trying to go. >> I don't have >> I got it. YOU >> TRYING TO BITE? >> Get in the car. Get in the car. He's got my leg. Get in the car. Get in the car. He's got my leg, DUDE. GET IN THE CAR. >> WHY THE would I get in the car when I'm not doing >> Get in. GET THE >> GET IN THE [screaming] SIT IN THE CAR. SIT IN THE CAR. >> SLOW DOWN. Sit in the car. >> Get the off. >> Nope. That ain't going to happen. You keep kicking me and grabbing my >> You sit Sit up. She's going to kick. Get out. >> I'M NOT KICKING. I'M NOT KICKING. >> SIT BACK. >> GET the off. >> Get in the car. >> Don't kick me. You're going to be out of charges. YOU'RE LITERALLY DOING IT. >> I'M NOT. I'm not. >> Get in. Back up. >> Get in. Back up. >> Okay. Look. Calm down. We're good. >> You're fine. Just jump up. >> Slide back. >> No. Slide back. Slide back. >> Slide back. >> No. No. >> No. >> That's another charges. >> No. >> Poor. >> Get in the car. You're charging me for what? >> GET IN THE CAR. >> WHY ARE YOU PUTTING me in the car? >> Because you're going to jail. >> All right. Put on the ground. >> WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? I'm not doing over. Turn over. >> Calm the down. >> What's wrong WITH YOU? I SWEAR I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING. I SWEAR. >> JUST STOP. CALM DOWN. >> GET off of me right now. You're burning me. You're burning my arm. You put my arm. >> You're burning yourself. >> YOU'RE BURNING MY ARM. I'M >> You going to sit in the car? >> I swam. I can't. >> Ow. You're hurting my arms. Wait. You better take this off of me. >> Get your legs off. >> No, I I will put it inside, but I need TO TAKE THE CUFFS off of me. >> No, the cuffs ARE STAYING ON. OKAY, PUT YOUR FEET IN THE GROUND. LET'S GO. >> NO. WAIT. MY SHOE FELL OFF. My shoe fell off. No. My shoe fell off. No. My baby. My baby. And my shoe. >> Get in the car. >> No. No. No. >> Yes. Yes. Yes. >> No. No. No. My baby. Please. My baby. Please. No. No. Please get me out of here. Please. Please. Please. Yes. >> I swear 100%. I'm not going anywhere. Please take this over me. >> I CAN'T. NO. >> NO. ARE YOU PUSHING ME? I didn't do [ __ ] >> What do you want? >> What do you want? >> I want to go home. >> No. You want something? What do you want? >> I don't want anything. >> I'm not going home. You want to jail? >> No. My my No. Why would I go to jail? I literally live right here. >> Get the off of me. Where's my baby? You have the firefighters. >> Get the OFF MY NECK. YOU SHOULD TRY just lay on the ground. Calm down. Calm down. >> Call my MOTHER RIGHT NOW. CALL MY MOTHER RIGHT NOW. >> CALL MY MOTHER. >> How did she get out of here? >> Get the [ __ ] off of me. Call my mother for my baby. >> All right, Mike. Ma'am. Ma'am, if I call your mother, will you calm down? >> I will 100%. Please call my baby right now. Please calm down. PLEASE CALL MY MOM. YOUR MAIL. >> You calm down. I'm calm. >> What's your number? >> YOUR [ __ ] PHONE. I PROMISE YOU. >> WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? >> I'll tell you right now. >> Put the hair behind my hair. >> No. >> I can't. >> You may have not been told this before, but no. >> Take my baby. Take this off, please. >> Holy. She kicked me in the ball. She kicked me in my leg. She kicked him. She bit Nick. That's four felonies. >> After officers finally gain control of the suspect, she and her baby are transported to the hospital for medical clearance. An officer still at the scene now is able to speak with the witness to find out exactly what he saw that started all of this. >> At about 4:50, 5:00, I was going on a walk in the neighborhood and as I was coming around uh that side, I noticed a silver SUV coming in from the resident side of the gate. And as they came through the gate, they accelerated way above the the 15 mph speed limit. Kind of looked the other way as she was coming around the curve. And then I hear tires squealing as she's coming around the the turn over here. Um I noticed that the car approached the parking space uh aggressively immediately put her hazards on. Um at that point, I just figured, okay, I'm going to go inside my house. went inside the house for about an hour, left to go to Sprouts on Atlantic Avenue, and I noticed that the car's hazards were still on. >> Was it in the same Now, do you do you see the vehicle currently right now? >> Yes, the Maza. >> Okay. The Maza over there. Uh, is when you saw it pull in, did it ever leave that spot? >> So, she didn't start in that spot. >> She didn't start in that spot. >> No, she was double parked. I'll walk with you. >> No, it's fine. Just just from right here. It's fine. >> Do you see where that black Chevy is? >> She was double parked next to that black Chevy. >> Black Chevy. You mean the Camaro over there? >> The Camaro. >> Okay. Further down. Okay. She was double parked there >> and the the hazards were still on. >> So that's where you saw when you walked in and then when you walked out, where did you see the Mazda then? >> No. When I was leaving the neighborhood, I'm sorry. When I was leaving to go to Sprouts, she was still double parked next to that Camaro. >> Okay. Um, >> do you have any reason on why the vehicle would be here now? >> No clue. >> No clue. I thought it was odd that the hazards were still on and nobody left the car. So, I figured I'd call non-emergency services and I thought she was having a medical episode, like could have had a seizure or something. >> And you saw her in the vehicle? >> Yes. >> Okay. When you went to go leave to Sprouts, it was 6:00 p.m. >> I can tell you real quick. Okay. So, it was closer to 5:45 when I left. >> Okay. 5:45 when >> as opposed to 6:00. When I was heading to Sprouts, I called uh non-emergency services and just recommended maybe an EMT or like fire rescue can come out and check on her. It's just not normal to sit in your car with your hazards on. Did you see anyone get out of the vehicle at any point in time when you were looking at the vehicle? >> No, not once. >> This suspect, Monica, was charged with four counts of felony battery on a law enforcement officer, felony resisting with violence, resisting without violence, felony child neglect, and felony child abuse. Court records indicate the charges of resisting without violence, child neglect, [music] child abuse, and two of the battery charges were dropped. She has since pleaded not guilty to the remaining two battery charges and resisting with violence. As her case is still ongoing, she's presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. I used to say to myself, with every well-being check call, I hope this is not the one that leaves me in shock. Police answer thousands of these calls every year. People passed out, confused, off their meds. God only knows. But for every minute you delay in a hot car, a child's brain is literally cooking. Now, picture this mother's mindset. Not protective, not locked in on that child's safety because she knows that baby's in that car. And still, her focus is drifting and wrapped up in herself instead of her kid on the floor. When the officers step in and authorities in her space, she's unable to answer simple questions. Instead of switching into mom mode, she shifts into fight mode. Not because she's protecting her child, it's because she's protecting her warp version of the events. So, in a situation like this, when officers give commands, it's not just about control, it's about stabilizing a scene that's already way past safe. Remember, every second these officers are wrestling with her is a second that child is still vulnerable. And that's what makes these calls so dangerous because a distraction from the real victim. We lose kids in hot cars every single year in this country. Dozens of them. And most of the time, it's not monsters. It's overwhelmed or irresponsible adults who thought it'll be fine, but it never is. When you see officers getting firm and possibly getting physical, understand what's driving that urgency. It's not just anger. It's also the clock. Because while people like this woman act like this, a child's body doesn't get a second