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On June 13th, 2025, the Tampa Airport Police Department was called to the scene at the airport for reports of a potential domestic assault and battery at the airport. The following shows the body worn camera footage of what happened during the incident. Hey guys, how are you? What's going on? So, she was arguing with this guy talking about he's not supposed to be here, blah blah blah. >> Are you involved in it? No, no, no, not at all. I was sitting there with my son. I need to see what what what's going on. What's the issue? >> I was trying to talk to my old lady, but she's mad at me, so I'm leaving. I got a 10-minute parking only. Well, what's she saying that you're not supposed to be around? Is she Is there a restraining order or something? >> No, we had a We didn't even have an argument this morning. So, they had a wellness check done on her this morning and she left. And her mom said, "Hey, just go check on her?" >> Yeah. Look I Look at my ticket. I'm leaving. I'm actually going to Clearwater right now. So, is she flying out? Yeah, she's flying out. I'm leaving. I'm leaving. You want to escort me out? Well, we need to make sure that she's good. So, hold on. Just hold on a second. Just wait a second. >> doesn't want me around her. So, I'm out of here. Like I said, you can have you can escort me to my car and then I'm out. Martin, now, is she saying anything happened or is this just verbal? He's wanting to leave. Yeah, she said get away from her, don't talk to her. I ain't got no paperwork saying she got a restraining order or nothing. Did he Did anything get physical between you guys? Did you put your hands on her? Did she put her hands on you? >> No, no. Okay, why is she saying that you grabbed her? >> I didn't touch her. I didn't I didn't touch her. >> I know, but why she Why is she Why is she saying that? I mean, she making stuff up or what? >> No, cuz I got I got a dispose and I said, "You want a cigarette?" And I said, "I didn't touch her physically." Cuz I asked I said, "Can she walk with me to the No. Okay, do you have an ID? >> No, I don't have it on me. You You have one, though? Yes. >> Okay, out of Florida? Yes. They hurt her I'm I'm telling you boss, man. Escort me to my car. I'm going to get out of here. Well, she's saying that you grabbed her, then there's there's >> you walk with me over there? I'm not Just wait right here. Please escort me to my car. No, just hold Just hold on. >> I'm letting you know he's escorting me to the car. >> first name? Michael. You know what I'm saying? Who's she to you? She's my wife of 10 years. She's your wife? Okay. >> Yeah, but she's she's leaving me. Okay. Okay. Control 131 you got your name and date of birth out of Florida. She This cop said we're I'm not going to do nothing. I'm out of here. >> she's here to fly out because >> She's leaving. She's leaving. But you were coming here to try to reconcile things or what? >> Okay. I'm not arguing with her. I said, "Can you walk with me to go get some water?" and then I'm out of here. Right. That's it. Okay. That's that's all that happened. I didn't physically touch you. >> it obviously got loud enough to where other people got involved and then Like I said, you can escort me out and I'll be gone, bro. I understand. I got six kids. I'm I'm going through a divorce. But if it doesn't need to get to that point of me escorting you out, then we don't have to do that. Well, you don't feel safe or her to feel safe or everybody feel safe. I'm on my way. Mhm. Perfect. >> Does that make sense? Yeah, I understand. Yeah. Once Hello. we dispel anything, then we'll be good. I'm I tried to talk to her and she the cop she got rowdy and I'm trying to have the cop escort me out. I'm going I'm going to her mom's house. They're They're like They're They're like an hour What's going on? So, so my girlfriend, she bought me a plane ticket a 3-hour drive to Boston, right? So, I'm trying to get away from The cops escorted me over here because of my kids' father. He tried to kill me and everything. All I wanted to do All I kept telling him was to leave me in the low. I'm going to call the police. I don't want no issues. I just want to get out of here. I just Who did you have an issue with? My baby daddy. Where's he? I don't know. He said he was going to fly where my girlfriend lived and everything. He went He went that way. Okay. >> I can show you a picture what he looks like. Did anything happen here? Um he he kept trying to get me to go back there and stuff and he put his hands on me and stuff. Where did he Like if you don't believe me, you can ask her. >> saying that. Listen, you need to let I got the chief. He's saying nothing happened. It was just this verbal. He's wanting to leave. Did he hit you stuff you like Like he grabbed me by my arm yanking it telling me to let's go let's go. He's like, "Oh, I got to So he grabbed her by the arm and yanked her trying to coerce her to the corner. Like I wasn't trying to start no issues here. I was just trying to get on the plane like I was supposed to go leave away from him. The police escorted me here. >> Who When was that? This morning. I've been here since 10:00. Okay. So do you guys have no kind Do you have like a no contact >> me not to be around him. Okay, is there no contact order in place? Um they they I guess she said something about they were going to put one in. Okay, but it's not. Um All I was trying to do is get out of here. >> have an ID? Yeah, I have an ID. How did he get here? I don't know how he got here. He just knew you were here? He just knew I was here. My girlfriend lied to him and said I was in the Orlando one and he he he's over here looking up everything. Good. He threatened to pull up at her house. He was like, "I'll do 67 to life. I'll do 67 to life." 249 go ahead. What? I'm wanting to grab her. Yeah. Okay. I didn't grab her. You look at the cameras. We're looking at cameras right now, bud. I'm not saying you did or didn't. I got to do my job. >> saying I grabbed her. Did you grab her by the arm at all? I I just >> So if I have the blanket the blanket The camera shows you grabbing her arm. But I didn't grab it any kind of way. If I did, I didn't grab it like Can you Can you grab my arm? No, I don't think >> No, no, no. Can I show you? I I I maybe did Can you talk to me? That was it. Well, then why did you >> If I did talk to If I did touch you, that was it. >> Well, that's not a grab. That's not That's a touch. Yeah. But, she's saying that's a grab. >> I didn't grab her. Cuz there's two There's three If you grab and yank, I mean, then that's a problem. >> didn't grab and yank her. Okay. She wouldn't let me get near her. Okay. I'm not saying you did anything. We just got to figure that out. Cuz Like I said, I didn't grab her. I didn't yank her. I didn't grab Did you talk to the Frontier guy? What did he say? That she was I only saw after this guy. Oh, okay. So, can you help me? I'm going to get for Southwest C. Tell me other side of C or left. Okay, so for Yeah, you'll run right into it. I don't know if I grabbed her or not. I don't I didn't think I grabbed her. I just wish I would have talked to that other lady. I'm pretty sure I didn't grab her. Huh? The other lady that walked up? I I didn't get to talk to her. Come on. Listen. Okay. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm just real dehydrated. >> you. Just hang out for 2 minutes. Yo, can you You going to come bail me out if I go to jail? Just going to be about 15 minutes. I'm going to I'm going to go right to work. Well, she's saying that. Uh I'm going to go to work as soon as I get out. I'm going back to work. I won't bother her no more. I'll go right back to work. >> She's leaving in She found her here. Basically. Listen, I don't I'm I'm I'm And uh He found her over there. >> Yeah, Tampa. Uh guy grabbed her arm trying to pull her towards the bathroom. They talked. Okay. And I was like Leave. She's like, I didn't want No. I told him to leave me alone. So, there it is right there. So, what was your argument about? I was So, like I like I just talked, we're going through a DCF case, 7 years. We're going to trial 20 days, 30 days. And she's just giving up. So, she's trying to leave you? She's leaving the whole six kids, whole situation. And I was just trying to talk to her to see if I can calm her down. How'd you know she was here? She told me. I got text messages. Okay. I I'm not worried about that being a lie or not. I'm just saying >> She told me she was here. I fronted you. And she was getting windy. >> Did she ask you to come here? No, I was on my way to her mom's house. Okay. Her mom said just go check on her. Okay. That's all her mom said, go check on her, make sure she's okay. Push likely at 5:15. I'm just waiting for How you doing, man? Hey, I'm Officer Richards, the Airport Police Department. Um I know my partner talked to you a little bit, but so, can you tell me kind of just a little bit of what happened or Okay. So, this morning, my girlfriend bought me a plane ticket. I got the permission to go to Boston because I told him I was done with him. Okay. Because he's so violent. And who's he to you? Huh? Who's he to you? He's my kids' father. Are you guys married? We're not legally married. >> You're not married, okay. No. >> But you guys have kids together? We do have kids together and even told >> even said to him that he is dangerous. Okay. So, >> have a restraining order against him or anything like that? >> I want to put one on him. >> Okay. Yeah, I would I would pursue that. >> So, do you think I'll be able to do that from up there? Because he he literally said while I was on the phone with her saying, "Oh, I'm going to find where she is." >> Are you trying to establish residency somewhere else? I'm trying to I'm trying to stay up there with her. If you get up there, then you can If you establish residency up there, you become a resident of that state, then you can you can um go to the courthouse and Okay. >> and file for a restraining order against him. All right. So, did at any point that it become physical or He he did grab me like this and he was like, "Come on, let's go to the bathroom." I'm like, "Why you trying to take me to the bathroom for? Okay. So he grabbed you by the wrist. I mean, did he squeeze really hard or was it just like a normal kind of grab and >> I was trying to pull away from him. Okay. Cuz I don't want to go with him. All I want to do is get on my plane and leave. >> Yeah, I got you. I got you. And where did that occur at? What do you mean? >> Where he Where he grabbed your arm? >> in this section. Like right here on the towel? Yes. >> Okay. Yeah, she's saying that they put her straight in order on me. But I was trying to get I was trying to get water. >> Boss, can you hang up on the phone real quick? I'm just trying to get some information. I'm on my I'm going with my dad. Hello. So the only other thing I can do is try to save whatever we have and Yeah. Yeah. No, I didn't park. She's been here all day. I literally was just drove by. She's been here since like 9:00 10:00. Yeah, I've been at at the house. I was literally just driving I was driving by. Yeah, I'm going to her mom's house. Michelle. Tampa. Tampa. Yeah. I I don't know. Man, he got like Put the phone in your pocket. He's about to take me to jail. >> Turn around. Turn around. Put your phone down. All right, come get me. >> Put your phone down. Come get me. You're going to have it. Does it show that I touched her? You have another pair. Yeah. Go. No, I'm going to have a second one. I don't want it. Does it show that I touched her? Huh? Does it show that I touched her? What am I being arrested for? Domestic violence. Violence? Touch her straight? Did I touch her? >> Unwanted. Unwanted touch. Does it show me physically touching her? Well, over here, yes. And then over there. Can't put your hands on anybody, even if it's the uh uh Without any force or nothing? If there's unwanted touch and you grab somebody, that's battery. Baby. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Uh Where are we going? Uh I don't know. Uh you You want me to write it or We just don't have it. We'd have to go back into the PD to get a car. I'm sorry. I love you. I didn't I didn't touch her, right? I mean, you grabbed her arm. Did you also slap her when you got here? No. On the right side? No. Did you see her face blood? No. I didn't, but I'm going to go watch cameras. When you watch the cameras before you I have I have other officers I can speak to. So, if you If I didn't touch her, you're going to let me know? Right? No. I'm saying if you're going to watch the cameras and make sure >> I'm going to do my job. Yes. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty. Thank you for watching.

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