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on January 25th 2025 in Lady Lake
Florida an officer conducted a routine
traffic stop for a possible fake license
plate but had no idea the driver was on
the FBI's 10 most wanted list sorry for
taking I didn't know if I supposed over
back there or not you're good okay all
right hands up this unsuspecting man
happens to be one of the FBI's 10 most
wanted fugitives Donald Eugene Fields II
on December 7th 2023 he was federally
indicted in St Louis on one count of
child trafficking the indictment accuses
fields of knowingly attempting to
recruit entice provide patronize and
solicit a minor into engaging in a
commercial sex act for over four years
Fields is also facing a multitude of
sickening charges in Franklin County
Circuit Court in Missouri court records
show that a warrant for his arrest was
issued by that Court after Fields
vacated his home and failed to show up
for a hearing on March 3rd 20122 after
he fled his home and disappeared into
the wind there's much more to this story
that the general public is isn't aware
of but first body cam footage shows how
Fields handles this traffic stop hands
up thank you driver's license
registration Insurance okay thank you
you got any weapons in the vehicle uh I
don't think so okay so whose truck is
this
Joe I I'm an employee okay so this tag
does not come back to this vehicle this
Tag's not assigned to any vehicle well I
don't know that I'm uh if you look H I'm
a construction guy but as the driver of
the vehicle you're responsible for it
you have to make sure that it's legal I
don't know which is why I'm going to ask
you for your insurance your registration
as well and she's okay great I work
right uh not trying to turn fast toward
you right here at L Lakes we're putting
the pot Boys in you want to take them
please M I don't know where the
information on truck is I don't know
that stuff you know well good thing you
got her with you
huh is that your license up outdated
ones she don't find it real quick give
me a second I got okay you have a
Florida license no no where do you live
while it's unclear how truthful Fields
is being about the truck and his
employment he is telling the truth about
being from Missouri when Fields was
added to the FBI's 10 most wanted
fugitives list back in May of 2023 the
FBI stated that the alleged trafficking
crimes took place in Missouri they also
said he was last known to reside in
Missouri with family there and in
Kentucky and that he had traveled to
Florida in the past considering this
traffic stop took place in Florida it's
possible that once Fields learned of his
addition to the 10 most wanted fugitives
list he fled to Florida as it was a
location he was familiar with my eyes
look second all right so you don't have
registration you don't have insurance
and all you have is an out of date
driver's license I got no my driver's Li
up to date okay this is my that's the
one that you have is an out of date oh I
mean we can call the owner the old owner
of the truck and the tag that's attached
to this truck does not belong on this
truck and I'm going to go check the
sticker as soon as I get another officer
here cuz it doesn't look right to me I'm
I don't know okay this is can I get in
trouble for that absolutely trouble as
you you're the driver of the vehicle
you're responsible for it it should be
in legal status as you're driving it
down the road so if the tag attached
isn't aign and you can't provide me a
tag for it it's going to get towed oh
come on yeah I can't let you drive a
vehicle on the road you can't provide me
insurance you have no valid registration
the tag that's attached to it is not
assigned to this vehicle it's a
non-licensed it's non a licensed vehicle
you can't drive it on the road maybe
it's someone swap tags I don't know
being check it it should be legal but
nothing else kind park it right at to
work right here my work's right there
we'll talk about that oh here
all what do you got in your wallet will
you check that for me what do I got in
my wallet no you have your ID in your
wallet your valid ID no that's that's
the only one he has
I look up okay hang tight for me I'll be
right back I didn't want to look at that
yeah that's what I thought that sticker
that's yeah what I call it that Tag's
not
attached the officer now runs the
expired license that Fields provided it
was a Missouri license under the name of
Walter Richard Long a public obituary
for the name Walter Richard Long shows a
male who passed away in a senior home in
March of 2021 one year before Fields
disappeared coincidentally long happens
to be from Missouri even though there is
no publicly documented connection
between fields and long it's possible
this could be the exact identity that
Fields has been using as cover for the
last few years the female passenger with
Fields was later identified as Jennifer
Anne Fields Maiden named Jennifer Anne
isgriggs indicating they're married
after running the expired license the
the officer returns to get the vehicle
identification
number huh no bin go figure Open Your
Door all right so we're going to have to
find it on the vehicle I need a VIN
right there okay thatle wor about there
could be us I don't know there could be
I always got a gun but I don't know if I
go ahead stop out the I I won't touch
nothing so I'm try to tell you wle I
didn't know sir I asked you that earli
if you had any weapons in vehicle you
told me no and now you said I could have
a gun I don't know ma'am you get back in
you get back in we're going to deal with
you one at a time okay you're fine
you're fine you're fine you want both of
them back there you're fine all right
walk back
here after getting both of them secured
the officers checked them for weapons
none were found on them another officer
then arrived on scene and used Lady Lake
Department issued fingerprint rapid ID
to positively identify Fields the
response revealed his true identity
which led to the officer's realization
that their suspect is much more valuable
than they previously thought St over
here my so this going to FBI Most Wanted
that this is him it's noted in the
police report that right after Fields
gave his fingerprint he and Jennifer
began acting as if they were saying
goodbye to each other they were then
asked to stay separated while the
officers complete their investigation in
the description of fields that the
officers have it is mentioned that he
has a distinctive tribal tattoo to
really confirm that this is indeed the
FBI Most want wanted fugitive that the
officers think he is they attempt to ask
him to reveal what's under his shirt Mr
long one more thing for me can you turn
around and lift your shirt show this
officer your back
please there you go that's
good no oh that's all what do you want
to
do come
on hey man put your arms while your back
what
put your hands behind your back all
right all
right stop I'm not pulling back the up
back at me stay back I have head
back I have head back surgery good for
you stop yelling unless you want to go
to jail too I'm Missouri would love you
for your warrants to calm down or do you
want handcuffs she fine you're calm good
you have someone you can call to can
pick you
up Fields was placed in the rear of a
squad car and taken to the Lake County
Jail without further incident as
Jennifer was being released from the
scene she asked to retrieve her personal
belongings from the vehicle she then
indicated there was a gun located in the
vehicle under the center console
officers then located a Taurus
Millennium G2 pistol in inside a holster
with a magazine inside it and an extra
magazine attached to the holster it was
loaded but had no round in the chamber
the gun was Within Reach of fields while
he was operating the vehicle meaning it
was also in reach throughout the entire
traffic stop while he was inside the
vehicle Fields wasn't alone in his
trafficking crimes one of his associates
was Theodore AKA Ted John Sartori senior
Ted provided cash a car a motorcycle
Christmas presents and vacations to
fields from 2013 to 2016 in exchange for
Fields giving him access to a young
female victim who was only 14 years old
when their exchange began Ted was
arrested all the way back in 2022 and
was sentenced in November 2024 to 10
years in prison after pleading guilty to
a felony charge of travel with intent to
engage in illicit sexual conduct as part
of his plea Ted agreed to pay more than
$25,000 in restitution to his victim the
victim said in court that sartori's
crime has caused lifelong trauma
hopeless relation ships flashbacks PTSD
and low self-esteem Fields has yet to be
sentenced however he is facing a
multitude of charges that will likely
result in a similar or even longer
sentence than Ted based on the listed
charges here are the typical Federal
sentencing guidelines 15 years to life
for child trafficking a maximum of 15
years for statutory likely 10 to 15
years for statutory 10 years to life for
child and up to 20 years or the life or
death penalty for witness tampering if
convicted on all counts sentencing would
likely be severe possibly 30 years to
life in prison depending on factors like
plea deals concurrent versus consecutive
sentencing and judicial discretion given
the severity of the crimes a life
sentence would not be unusual at 60
years old a 30-year or life sentence
would almost certainly mean he spends
the rest of his life in prison at the
time of his arrest the nine other
Suspects on the FBI's 10 most wanted
fugitives list were wanted for crime
crimes including drug trafficking sex
trafficking explicit content involving
children murder large-scale fraud
dangerous firearm possession stalking
and more the FBI's 10 most wanted
fugitives list was established in March
of 1950 Fields was the 531st Fugitive
added to the list of the total 495
fugitives have now been apprehended or
located 163 of them as a result of
Citizen cooperation and as with all
suspects Fields is Presumed Innocent
unless proven guilty in a court of law
now of course police are used to pulling
people over and on many occasions
occupants of the vehicle are wanted when
the person or persons are wanted by the
FBI it's a rare occurrence and as an
officer I probably ran thousands of
people when they come back wanted it's a
mix of adrenaline and caution because no
one knows how the situation will turn
out so today we're back in Lady Lake
Florida for a traffic stop and you guys
should know by now that with traffic
stops you never know what to expect to
imagine that you're the officer
investigating this traffic stop and
during your investigation you find out
that this guy is possibly wanted for
some pretty disturbing things and even
though you're a police officer You're
Still Human so as a cop what do you do
you stay professional and you do your
job now the officer approaches as she
lets him know that the tag isn't coming
back to the vehicle and to me his
behavior seems shady from the start
because most people have the proper tag
on their vehicle that they driving but
this man claims ignorance while putting
on his best confused face for this
officer but that usually never works
with police this officer turned over
every stone and we find out that the
driver is using someone else's ID but
the male named on the ID passed away in
2021 and while the initiating off is
getting the VIN number the driver
changes his tune and tells the backup
officer that there might be a firearm in
the car and this is why cops cannot
afford to be complacent and thank
goodness that these officers were
clearly not after the fingerprints came
back and the officer confirms his tattoo
we then find out who our driver really
is so it all makes sense of why he was
being so evasive and clueless about
driving laws that we all pretty much
learned during adolescence and then we
learned that there was a gun in the car
and in the reach of the male driver now
lastly due to the seriousness of this
case remember that human trafficking is
a multi-billion dollar criminal
Enterprise worldwide and every year
millions of men women and children are
trafficked worldwide including right
here in the United States it can happen
in any community and victims can be any
age race gender or nationality but
remember you can report suspected human
trafficking to federal law enforcement
by calling 1866 347 2423 and you can
also get help from the national human
trafficking hotline at 1888
37378 88 that's all I have guys remember
to be safe and I'll see you on the next
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