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♪ bad boys ♪
♪ whatcha want, whatcha want ♪
♪ whatcha gonna do ♪
♪ when Sheriff John Brown comes for you? ♪
Let me see your hands.
♪ bad boys, bad boys ♪
♪ whatcha gonna do ♪
♪ whatcha gonna do when they come for you? ♪
♪ bad boys, bad boys ♪
♪ whatcha gonna do ♪
♪ when they come for you? ♪
Cops is filmed on location with the men and women of law enforcement.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
We're responding to a disturbance call
where a female was locked inside the tow yard
after she tried to retrieve her vehicle.
But it looks like she already fled the scene
and she's gonna meet back up with us here now.
And there's the owners.
They beat him over the head with a bat.
He's in the office on the floor.
I just came outside when the Sheriff's Department pulled up.
He's gotta be 36, 37 maybe.
- Where'd you get hit? - In the top of the head.
- On the back or up front? - Yes, in the back.
- Right there? - All over. She was beating me in the head with a bat
- while he was trying to hit me. - No, the cameras did.
- All right, bro. Just hang out, okay? - Okay.
- My back hurts so bad. - Did you get hit in the back too?
Yeah, pull my shirt up. She hit me like 30 times.
- You can see it right in the back. - I see that one right there.
- It was all up my back. - I just--
And it was the female that did this?
Yeah, he was-- he climbed through the gate
and started attacking me. I was defending myself
so I punched him in the face.
And she started beating me in the back of the head with a bat.
- Okay. - But he's like three times my size.
- Don't pick your head up. - So I was trying to hold him off me.
- Put your head back down, okay? - And she was beating me with a bat
or a piece of wood. I ran
and barred the back door.
Okay.
- And is this all captured on surveillance back there? - Yes.
Everything in here has cameras.
- They're in the red Mustang? - Yep, that's them.
- Okay. - That's them right there.
You sit tight with him. I'll go talk to them over there.
You just lay down! Ambulance is on its way.
Here, miss, I'm gonna talk to you real quick, okay?
- Okay. - So what happened?
This morning I woke up, my car was towed.
I guess you got notified that it was here?
Yeah. I went and got the money to get the car out.
I said I just wanted to get my car.
He gonna lock me in there and then he gonna say,
"Well, I need to see the registration on the car."
- You went into the fenced in area? - He let me in the fence.
- Who let you in? - The guy, the guy that was driving this wrecker truck.
- He let me in. - What does he look like?
- A big white guy. - Okay. He let you in there initially to look at the car?
Yeah. And he told me to get my registration out.
- I got my registration out of the car. - Okay.
And then he say you cannot get the car because it's not in your name.
So he just started closing the gate on you.
Yeah-- No, I walked through the gate. He done turned around and locked the gate.
But I said, "Why is you locking me in here? I come to pick up my car."
And then he said, "Nobody can come here but you."
I said, "Why is you locking me inside the gate?" I said, "It's not right
you lock me inside the gate. I don't even feel comfortable," you know?
And, um, then he was like, "Since you got a ***** attitude--
Since you got a ***** attitude." I said, "I don't have an attitude.
I just come to get my damn car, pay you your money and leave."
Okay, what happened after he wasn't gonna let you out of the fence?
- What happened after that? - He said, "You gonna let her out of this fence.
You're gonna let her out of this fence." So he was like, "No, I'm not.
And if you cross that gate, I'm gonna punch in your head."
And that's what he did. He went and swang at him.
- They started fighting each other? - Yeah,
and then I was trying to get him off of him.
And he was like-- he was just like a madman.
And he had him pinned to-- he had him pinned to the fence like this.
- He had him pinned to the--? - Yeah.
And then I said, "Let him go!" And then my baby-- my baby started crying,
that's when he let off of him.
Okay. What happened after that?
He ran back there in the back and I crawled out of the fence.
- He ran into the back? - And then we rolled on down the road because I didn't want--
So you got back in this vehicle and left after all that went down?
- I went right there because I was talking to the dispatcher. - Okay.
- Do you have identification on you or a driver's license? - Yeah.
Real quick, sir, I know you already told this deputy your story,
but I would like to hear the story as well.
What happened with her getting locked inside the fence here?
Well, he said to me, "Is that your car?"
I said, "No, it's hers." You know? So he said, "Well, come with me."
- Speaking to her? Okay. - Yeah.
So he went in the gate and he locked the gate.
I said, "Hey, man, what you doing?"
- So he closed the gate behind her and locked it? - He locked it, yeah.
- He actually like took keys and a lock? - He locked the gate.
Put the chain on and everything. Locked the gate.
So they went over there and she was digging through the glove box,
showing him papers for the car and telling him
that "The car is in my grandmother's name.
Here's my license, the registration."
So they wouldn't give her the car because it's in her grandmother's name.
No, he didn't want to give her the car, so I said, "Hey, dude, let her out of the fence."
"No, I'm not letting her out of the fence because she tried to steal the car."
I said, "No, she didn't try to steal no car, man. Let her out of that fence."
And I went to climb in through the fence.
So he turned back around and seen me climbing through the fence,
so he rushes me. And he picked me up against the fence
- and started hitting me. - Where'd he hit you?
He hit me in my ribs. He hit me under my chin
- and he hit me in my chest. - Okay. So she got out?
- Yeah. - What happened after that?
- He ran off into the-- - He ran inside the building there?
- Yeah. - And then you guys left? You got in your car and left?
Yeah, we came back out of the fence.
All right, just stand by with these other deputies over here, okay?
Okay.
I'm gonna talk to them inside, okay?
If we can play that video, that will determine for sure
what really happened out here.
There's the mustang that was out by the corner.
I want to see the initial...
The initial when they started getting into it.
- Okay, so he's trying to climb through the gate. - Oh, he did.
- Yeah, he come inside. - He's trying to keep him out.
He's like, "Get back." Yeah, he like was on him.
- There you go. - And she's punching him,
- kicking him. - Oh, that's why his back was all red.
'Cause she was kicking him in it.
He's trying to hold him out.
He has him pinned up against the fence right there.
He never blocked her or kept her inside there.
- So you just bring one in and it's policy to shut the door? - Yes.
You bring more than one of people in here, man, they cause us for a bad time sometimes.
Okay. They're alleging that they were locked in.
The gate's not locked. It's just hung in there.
So she's free to leave. All she has to do
- is pick the lock up and leave, right? - Mm-hmm.
- Oh yeah. - Yep, there it is.
- Bam! Oh, off to jail you go. - Oh, right in the head.
- Move. Six, seven... - Boom.
- And he's holding him. - ...eight...
That's a pipe. I counted eight at least.
Oh, they're still coming at him.
Yeah, he's retreating and they're tracking him down.
Yeah, so he's involved just as much,
so they're both gonna be charged with aggravated battery.
That's a transmission Jack handle.
- That's a transmission-- Okay. - It's missing.
We have a theft too.
We've gotta go over some things, okay?
Are you willing to answer questions or make a statement
- without an attorney being present? - Nope.
All right, that's it. What I need for you to do right now
is put your hands behind your back for me, okay?
Big Ed, get my baby.
We'll discuss your kid and everything in a second, okay?
Do you want to go 10-15 on him before he goes to the hospital?
- Is he going? - Yes.
Uh, yeah, go 10-15 on him.
I'll tell you what your charges are.
Your charges are gonna be aggravated battery with a deadly weapon
- and theft. - Theft?!
- Theft. - All right, ma'am, watch your head.
Let her get my pocket--
You will in a second.
He's got injuries, I guess, to his ribs.
He said he got punched in the ribs, stomach and chest and face.
They're automatically saying that I hit that man
- and I didn't hit him. - Okay.
All right, sir, you're gonna be arrested for aggravated battery
with a deadly weapon and theft as well, okay?
Your fiance's also going to jail as well for the same charges.
The video-- wit that, it'd be a real "He said, she said."
But after seeing his injuries and the video matching up,
it was enough evidence to charge both of them with the felony
and the misdemeanor.
Part of the problems that you have
where you work in the same city that you grew up in
is you run into a lot of family members and friends.
I remember one incident, we were chasing some guys over some fences.
We end up finding one of the guys hiding underneath a blanket.
As he stands up, the blanket ends up falling off his face
and I recognize him right away as one of my uncles.
I ended up arresting my uncle for resisting arrest at that time.
So there's a group of three guys
standing here on the corner, kind of no particular reason,
so I'm gonna go and check 'em out,
see what they're up to.
- Hey, what's up, man? - Not much.
- I'm just trying to wait for my taxi. - Yeah.
- What are you guys doing? - Um, I just came from my uncle's
- and I'm waiting for a taxi. - You're waiting for a taxi?
- Yeah. - Do you have an ID or driver's license with you?
All right.
- Ah... - You ever been arrested before?
Uh, yeah, I've been arrested before.
Yeah, what have you been arrested for?
Oh, here it is. Right here.
It's right here. Um, it was a long time ago.
Like when I was younger, I made some stupid mistakes.
- Mm, yeah, we all do that. - Yeah, it happens, but--
What was-- What was the reasons? Or what were your stupid mistakes?
Um, just being a stupid kid and not having a place to call my own,
like more or less. So, like, I was kicked out when I was--
Do does that translate into drugs?
Burglary? Um, no, not really, no.
Here, there it is. Like, um,
I got arrested for a stolen vehicle before.
Stolen vehicle? How long ago was that?
God.
Um, that was like three-- four years ago.
But I didn't steal the vehicle and even the cop--
arresting officer didn't go with proper police procedure
- and protocol. - So how did you end up here in this area tonight?
My uncle lives right there, that's why.
And I was waiting for the cab, so I was looking back over here.
Why not just wait at your uncle's house?
Well... I came with my friend right over there.
And basically he came out before me.
My uncle was trying to say, "Hey, there's something I need to give you."
You know? Something I left before. It was like a tool.
- Yeah. - But he went outside.
Didn't want to miss the cab. He's over here.
I'm like, "Why are you guys over here?"
- Are you on probation, parole or anything like that? - No. Huh-uh.
The only thing you've been arrested for was for that stolen vehicle about four years ago?
- Yeah, something like that. - Yeah.
You don't have anything illegal in your pockets right now?
No drugs, guns, weapons, nothing like that? Huhuh. I'm fine.
Okay. Is it okay if I check just to make sure?
Well, um, I-- I do kinda-- I mean--
You can if you want, but--
- This is a high drug area. - Well, this is--
There's a lot of people walking around, you know.
I'm not saying that you're one of those guys. But like I say,
we've had a lot of problem with trespassing going on in there and people using drugs.
- Okay, but-- - And you don't live here in this area, so--
- Yeah, but-- Yes, I-- - Well, I know, you said your uncle.
- Yeah. - I'm just saying you don't live here in this area.
Okay, well, I haven't done anything wrong.
Can you just do me a favor and just have a seat?
I didn't do anything wrong, did I?
Look, here's the deal, man. You have a warrant for your arrest.
- For what? - Some type of battery that you're involved with.
I haven't done any kind of battery of any kind.
- That's what you have a warrant for your arrest for right now. - Why?
So if you just do me a favor and put your hands back here.
I can't believe you're arresting me.
I-I'm serious. This is just-- I'm--
This is just un-- impossible.
- Interlace your fingers. - Okay.
Do you really feel like you need to arrest me? I haven't done anything wrong.
I just told you you have a warrant, sir.
- Oh, for-- for what? - For whatever you've done in your past.
You have a warrant and it's for some type of battery.
No sir, no sir.
I never have anything like that-- of the sort.
Is there anything illegal in your pockets I need to know about?
Okay, honestly, do me any good right now, yes, probably.
- Okay, stand up, stand up. - No, listen listen,
I have-- I have-- I have a little bit of something in my pocket, yes.
Do you have anything that's gonna stab or poke me?
- I don't think so. I have-- - Do you have a needle on you?
- Not on me. - Do you have one in here?
- Yes. - You do have one in here.
- They haven't been opened. - Never been used?
Never been used.
Is that the little something you were talking about?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is. - All right.
Anything else I'm gonna find? You say you have the needles in here?
- Yeah. - Okay, let's have a seat in the car.
So what's gonna happen exactly?
I-I-- I didn't assault anybody, but how do I--
Okay, well, you have that warrant. It's a misdemeanor warrant.
I have to book you into county jail for that warrant.
- On top of that, I found some drugs in your pockets. - Yeah.
Okay, so that's another issue we're gonna have to deal with.
- Okay. - So that's what we're working with now.
I'm not going to charge you with a bunch of crazy things or anything like that.
- Thank you. - All right, man, go and have a seat.
- Okay. - All right.
He kept saying that his uncle lived in this area
and that's why he was here
and kept pointing in that direction,
but when I asked, "If your uncle lives there, why are you over here,"
he didn't really have a valid explanation
other than he was waiting for some friends.
We have this that we found in his pocket.
We believe it to be methamphetamine which is pretty frequent in this area.
So we'll have to take it to the station,
test it out and just verify that that's what it is.
Hey, Michael, I want to talk about that little baggie
that I found in your right front pocket.
It's-- it's-- it's-- it's methamphetamine.
- It's methamphetamine. - Yeah, I'm just gonna-- you know.
Do you have a problem with drugs? Is that what's going on?
Um, let's just say that, like,
I medicate sometimes,
because right now I'm under a lot of pressure.
I'm getting a house sold in escrow.
- Mm-hmm. - Like I actually showed the people the house
and got the sale, but we only have two more days
to get everybody out of the house and get everything out.
So, you know,
I'm-- I guess you could say I medicate sometimes
- to compensate for-- - What?
Well, I probably should be on medication
for, um, bip-- manic depressive.
- Mm-hmm. - You know, so it's, um--
I'm an artist and it's one of those things--
- So does the methamphetamine kinda like help you out? - I call it medicine.
It's not the same thing as, like, it is for somebody else.
- For me it's-- It calms me a little bit. - Mm-hmm.
- So. - It does the opposite effect.
- Kind of, yeah. - Okay.
You obviously know it's illegal to possess it though?
Um...
Yes, I do.
Did you get it in this area or where did you get it?
No. I-I-I-- I had that from somewhere else.
- You had it on you? - I just decided to-- to like--
Well, I was gonna hang out with friends
and get high, I guess.
- Now I'm in here. - Okay.
I understand that I-- I--
You have every right to arrest me, I guess.
I don't know what the charge that it's originally stemming from,
that I'm being arrested for.
- I have no clue. - Well, once we get-- Once we get to the station...
That'd be really nice to figure out.
...I'll explain that warrant to you a little more.
- That would be great. - Okay?
I want to know what that's for, because I didn't do any of that.
Okay.
It's extremely hot,
working in Glendale in the summer.
With 40, 50lbs of gear on total, with all of our stuff
and dressed in all black, it can get extremely hot
because of how high the temperatures get here.
And it's a really dry heat, so it makes for very hot days out here.
...says they were driving through the parking lot.
All right, we have a shoplifting at one of our stores down here.
Loss Prevention actually tried to stop them
and they would not stop for Loss Prevention.
They got in their car and possibly are trying to drive off,
maybe towards home. We figured out what the address is.
So we're hoping we might actually run into them right up here.
There's a Honda Accord right here.
Right there, all right.
437-David. We have the vehicle on that lift.
We're gonna be trying to go Code Six with it here about 83 and Camelback.
It appears to be occupied by about four.
79 Lane.
So in that lane, Camelback just south.
Okay. I'm gonna wait till they get out.
437-David, final stop.
Put your hands up on the steering wheel for me.
- Is your car in park? - Yeah.
- Okay. - It's in neutral.
Do me a favor, turn the car off for me?
- All right. - Hand me your keys.
- Okay. What's this about? - Where are you coming from?
- Uh, the store. - Okay, what store?
Circle K down the road.
Okay, do you think it's a coincidence that I'm stopping you?
- Uh, yeah. - Okay, do you have your driver's license on you?
- Registration, insurance? - Yeah, can I get it?
Yep. No guns, drugs, bombs in the car?
No. Can I ask what this is about?
Yes, it's about a shoplifting from a Walmart.
Sorry, I don't shoplift. I don't even have nothing on me.
Okay.
Do you have your ID?
I'd really like to know what this is about.
Were you approached by anybody there that attempted to stop you?
No, nothing. I don't steal. I'm offended.
You can be offended if you like, but I'm telling you exactly why I'm stopping you.
Something may have happened that would have led to those circumstances?
Something may, but I didn't do ***** .
- So-- I'm sorry, sir. I didn't mean to cuss. - Okay, time out.
What do you mean by "Something may"?
I don't know. I was approached, so I'm assuming.
- Okay, you were approached? - By some dude, I don't know.
- He was in regular clothes so I ignored him. - A minute ago
I asked you if you guys were approached by anybody who tried to stop you
- for shoplifting, you said no. - And I said no.
Right. Now you're telling me you were approached.
He didn't say anything about shoplifting.
Okay. What is it that they told you?
He said, "Hey, can I talk to you?" I'm like, "No."
I just took it as he wanted money from me.
- Okay. - So...
- Ma'am, what's your first name? - Sonia.
Sonia, did you guys purchase anything at Walmart?
I did, but then I fell and I left the bag.
- You fell inside the store... - And I fell, yes.
- ...and you left the items you bought? - The manager was there. Yes.
And I was shaken up and I left it in the basket and I walked out.
Okay.
I'm looking at it real wide right now
- for a picture of the suspect-- book the-- the guy. - 10-4.
Clubb, male did have a 52.
I'm gonna have you step out of the car for me, okay?
You can keep your wallet right there.
Keep your wallet down on the seat for me. Step out.
Can I ask what you're putting me in cuffs for?
Yep. Okay, right now you're being detained for shoplifting
- and you're also showing a couple warrants. - I didn't--
- Stop! Do not move. - Hey, don't--
- No. Do not move. - I'm not, you're pushing me.
Keep your hands right where they are. Don't pull them away from each other.
I'm telling you why you're going in cuffs. You're also showing
showing that you have a warrant out of the city of El Mirage.
That's got two issues that we need to figure out.
All right, step back for me. We're gonna sit you right on the curb over here.
- Mitchell, can you watch them? - Yep.
All right, I'm gonna help you sit, if you just turn and face the roadway here.
Do you know what your warrant out of El Mirage might be about?
- No, I don't. - Okay. Do me a favor,
put your feet straight out in front of you, cross your legs at the ankles.
I'll go ahead and grab her too.
Sonia, do me a favor. Go ahead and step out of the car, okay?
All right, Brian, we're gonna hang out while I sort that out.
- We're also gonna sort out the shoplifting issue. - I didn't take nothing, man.
If you're with people that take something and you have
reasonable knowledge that they did take something, and that's taking place here,
under Arizona law you're guilty of the same crime that they're guilty of.
Okay? So if that's what's taking place
and you want to talk to me about it, you can let me know about that, okay?
- I didn't take nothing, man. - Okay. Like I said,
we're gonna sort that part out, but you're also showing some warrants
with another city, okay? That's the reason you're in handcuffs
- and sitting on the curb here, okay? - All right,
you wanna tell me about what happened today?
Look, I went in, I grabbed my stuff.
I thought he had the stuff, that we were paying separate bills.
I thought he had it. I threw it in the cart. We walked out.
They stopped us and I kept going, because I didn't know what was going on.
I paid for my stuff and I left it. I have the receipt.
- I showed you the receipt. - Right. Okay.
And I saw him coming out the door too.
I threw my bags in the cart and we walked out the door.
- I had my bags. - Okay. What was he carrying?
- I don't know. He had a basket and some stuff in the basket. - Oh, he did?
- Yeah. - Not bagged or bagged?
I don't know. I didn't even pay attention
because I was so shooken up from falling.
My butt hurt, I was shaking, I was nervous,
so I threw my stuff in the bag-- in the basket
and I walked out. And then next thing I know
somebody was walking out, saying "Excuse me, excuse me."
And me and the girl with the long hair just kept walking
- because I didn't know what was up. - Okay.
Did you guys split up or did you know she was taking it?
Just know when she's taking it herself it's not necessarily gonna be a crime.
No, we just split up. I always split up from her when we go shopping
'cause I don't like looking at girl stuff and whatnot.
At what point did you guys meet back up?
Uh, around the time that we-- I was about
to walk out the door and I walked out the door with my friends.
But I mean where inside the store?
Like still in the aisles? Past the cash registers?
Not past the cash registers. Like right there where the door was.
Did she have any items with her?
- She had a bag. - Like a Walmart bag or a different bag?
- Yeah. - Okay. Did she tell you she purchased the items
- or did you ask? - I never asked. I mean, who askes...
- I'm not saying I would ask. - Okay, all right, I'm just saying.
I'm just trying to piece it together. I wasn't there.
- I'm saying who would ask? - All four of you guys walked out together?
As far as-- Yeah. I walked out with them.
- Did she ever slip and fall on anything or was that-- - I don't know.
Like I said, we split up. I don't know.
I'm talking about when you were exiting.
- She said she fell. - You didn't see her fall on your way out
- or anything like that, right? That didn't occur? - No.
- No, I didn't see anything. - Okay, I understand.
Go ahead and have a seat, Sonia.
Right now you're gonna be detained for shoplifting, okay?
- Sonia, you are under arrest, okay? - Okay.
How much did you pay for that stuff within your cart?
I didn't have anything. It wasn't-- None of it was mine.
I didn't pay-- It was $350 worth of stuff.
Right, but I thought it was already paid for
because we walked away on-- in the garden section.
They've got cameras and I was just over there at the store.
I watched you through almost the entire time you were inside that store, okay?
Never once did any of that stuff that you guys put inside that basket
inside your shopping basket ever get put on a--
a checkout counter.
- No, I left-- - You pushed the shopping cart past all those cash registers
and she met up with you, then you guys walked out the door.
Yeah, I didn't grab it. I thought she already paid for it
so I wasn't even thinking. You know, I didn't think.
The entire time you were pushing the cart.
Yeah, but I don't ever think.
Okay. Well, that's a good enough story for me.
Okay, stand up for me.
Okay, you are going to jail for shoplifting.
And you have a warrant out of El Mirage.
Okay, have a seat.
I want you to show me on camera what I took out of that store.
All that, you can discuss all that with your attorney
and we'll talk about it in court.
132 and Bush.
I've got him at gunpoint.
Okay, gunpoint, 132 and Bush.
Cover is Code Three.
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