On February 7th, 2025, officers in Tallahassee, Florida responded to a pawn shop where a group was attempting to cash over $100,000 in stolen U.S. Treasury checks. What followed was a two-hour interrogation built around a dramatic claim: that the man in custody had been kidnapped and forced to take part. We break down the Fourth and Fifth Amendment issues, the legal standard for a duress defense under Florida law, and where the suspect's own statements undercut his story. Case outcome as reported in the source footage.

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