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♪ bad boys ♪
- ♪ whatcha want, whatcha want... ♪ - Stop! Get on the ground.
♪ whatcha gonna do ♪
♪ when Sheriff John Brown come for you? ♪
Taser! Taser! Taser!
- Ow! Ow! - ♪ bad boys, bad boys ♪
- ♪ whatcha gonna do ♪ - They're running.
♪ whatcha gonna do when they come for you? ♪
♪ bad boys, bad boys ♪
♪ whatcha gonna do ♪
♪ whatcha gonna do when they come for you? ♪
Announcer: 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.
Deputy Mastrianni: One of the coolest things about living here
in Richland County is we have the University of South Carolina,
and football season. being an SEC school,
one of my favorite things to do is going to the games--
tailgating, watching a good football game,
stadium packed with 90,000 people.
It's a fun experience for all ages.
- It's a real good time. - (Siren blaring)
(Engine revving)
Trying to catch up with this car.
It's moving at a high rate of speed right now.
We're trying to pull him over here.
Parkingson, coming up on Davies.
- (Radio chirps) - Right on Davies,
coming up towards Claudia.
- (Radio chatter) - He's not stopping.
He's driving at an extremely high rate of speed.
I'm trying to catch up to him here, get a tag.
- (Radio chirps) - South Carolina, Lima, India, Lima...
It's a blackened car, Hyundai Elantra.
Man on radio: Going back to Jaybird Lane, 2-9-69.
We'll try to get him stopped. We've got a couple of units on the chase with us now.
Couple of units up ahead, too, so...
We've got a unit up in front right now.
He's gonna try and slow him down here,
- see if we can get him stopped. - All units, stand by for bush hunt.
(Radio chatter)
Black do-rag, white shirt.
They were trying to slow him down here, he got around.
We're still in pursuit here. We're still lead vehicle.
We got another unit calling in for us, so...
Looks like he's trying to head back towards-- Jaybird is this way.
We'll try and get him stopped before he gets there.
Let me see your hands! Let me see your hands!
Keep your hands up!
Get out of the car! Get out of the car! Get on the ground!
Get on the ground!
- (Shouting) - (Sirens blaring)
Siren. Siren. Again?
- (Speaks indiscernibly) - It's the same dude from last time.
I gotta go to work, man.
- What else can I do? - You ain't got to go to work.
- Here we go again. - Same dude from last time.
- Again. - Second time...
- Yeah, man. Again. - ...in less than two weeks.
- In less than-- Yeah. - What are you doing, man?
- I got to work, officers. - What did we tell you last time?
I got to work. I don't know what to do.
- What happens if you stop? - I don't know what to do, man.
I mean, I'm in trouble. I got this 90 days
I don't even know what to do no more, man.
I got a mandatory 90 days this time.
There's nothing I can do, man.
What's-- what's her situation?
I don't know her, man. I was giving her a ride
to some hotel she was talking about going to.
- So, you're giving a ride there? - Is that the owner of the car?
- No, man. - Well, who's that?
I don't know her. She wanted to go to...
some hotel or some shit off of...
Not Deckard.
I don't know what damn road.
(Crying) 'Cause he just picked me up off the street.
He picked you up off the street? For what?
- For prostitution. - For prostitution?
Well, what did he say?
He just said he wanted to go see me.
Okay, did you guys make an agreement to do anything?
- No, not yet. - Not yet?
He said he was in trouble.
- Okay. - And then y'all started following us.
Okay. So... you don't know why he ran?
- No. - Okay, what was he saying in the car?
He was talking to his girlfriend.
- He was on the phone with his girlfriend? - Yeah.
All right, ma'am. Thank you very much. Just give me a few minutes.
Okay, now I'm gonna ask you a couple of questions about the female you had in your car.
Damn, damn, damn. I don't know her. I don't know her.
- You know her? - No, sir.
So, you picked her up for what reason?
She wanted a ride. She was walking. I gave her--
How come she's telling me you picked her up for prostitution?
I don't-- prosti-- come on, really?
- That's what she said. - I got a woman down there.
I picked her ass up from the Exxon.
Why would she basically guilt herself over there?
I don't know about a prostitute. I got a woman.
- I understand that. - I don't do prostitutes.
I give people rides when they want rides.
If she was a guy, I would've gave her a ride.
I don't do prostitutes.
So, why'd you run this time?
I just wanted to get the car close to home.
Get it close. You know it's still gonna get towed, right?
My woman lives right down there.
But this is the second time in two weeks you ran from us.
Man, I didn't run. I was driving slow.
Not at first you weren't.
- I thought you said you learned your lesson last time. - Well now... right.
- It is what it is, Officer. - Okay.
- AJ, you're killing me! - Mom, I'm sorry, baby.
- You're killing me, AJ! - I'm sorry.
- It's too much! - I know.
- Can't just keep doing this! - I know.
- I'm sorry, baby. - You got to stop!
- I'm sorry, baby. - You got to stop, AJ!
It's done. Ain't nothing else I can do, baby. I'm sorry.
- You're killing me. - You know this is not what I want.
- You know I love my kids. I love being there for my kids. - How much you love 'em?
- You know I don't wanna go through this kinda stuff. - Stop doing this!
I can't drive no more. I mean, what...
How am I gonna get my license if I ain't working?
- You know I ain't got no job now. - I know.
This is breaking all of us now, 'cause I owe you more money than a little bit.
- All right, man. - How can I pay you if I ain't working?
We're gonna have to get him going, ma'am, okay?
I love you, but I'm sorry, baby. I'm sorry.
You just killing me. Lord!
All I can do is just keep praying for you. Lord!
- I can talk to my woman now? - I'll tell you.
- Huh? - My woman, I can talk to her?
Yeah, she'll come talk to you.
Damn, baby.
Look, I'm sorry, baby. I'm sorry.
You know I love you.
Hope everything work out, man.
I don't know how long I'm gonna be gone, but I'm gonna miss you.
Gonna think about you and the kids the whole time.
I mean, I love you to death.
I love you to death. They charge me with prostitution, too.
It wasn't no prostitute, you know what I mean?
I ain't touch her. I don't know her.
Weren't nothing there and I don't do that.
I got you. Gonna think about you and the kids the whole time.
I hate to be in this situation all over again and putting all of this on you.
I know you needed my help. I'm sorry.
Love you to death, and I apologize.
That's all I can say, baby. Sorry. Sorry.
Sorry, sorry. Hope everything work out.
When I got behind the car, I looked and I went...
"I just went after one of these."
And when I get up to the car and I see you in the car--
you just told me last week you gotta feed your kids and stuff, right?
If you pull over, what happens?
I already know if I turn around, you're gonna be coming after me.
- Well, look what happens again. - I know.
This is the second time. You're gonna miss work,
- 'cause you work nights, right? - Shit.
The second time, I'm fired. Might as well say it now.
- So you know what you're being charged with? - No.
Failure to stop for the lights and sirens,
reckless driving, driving on a suspension, second offense,
and the county ordinance for loitering for prostitution.
Both you and her are gonna be charged with that 'cause she admitted to that.
Officer Roberts: I grew up in a rough area of New York.
Half my family are criminals and dealt with drug afflictions.
So by the time I became a police officer,
I was coming to the job with some experience,
enough for me to be able to communicate with people
on a level where I think we speak the same language.
We're heading over to check out a suspicious vehicle.
A pedestrian said they were walking by
and there were a couple of people inside of it smoking some drugs.
- Right here. - Inside of the Hummer?
Two people. The blue one right here.
9-7-5, you show us at Rachel's checking on this blue Honda.
License plate's gonna be 3-9-2...
(Static)
- Hello. Woman: - Hi.
- How you doing? - (Dog barks)
- (Jokingly) Ah! Oh my god. Woman: - Stop.
You got a killer dog there. Hi.
Can I just take that from you? Let go of it. Stop it.
Stop it. Be cool.
You be cool with us, we'll be cool with you. It's all good.
- What's your name, dear? - Lacey.
Hi, Lacey. This is not a big deal,
but the reason we got called here
was because they told us that you guys were doing some dope in the car,
now you're sitting there, you've got a meth pipe in your hand,
and then you've got your butane right there,
and bag of dope, and whatnot.
So, what is in your lap right there? Is that a scale?
- Yeah. - May I see that, please?
- Yes. - Thanks.
- I'm gonna open that up. Is that okay? - Yeah.
Okay. Keep-- Stop messing with your hand over there, please.
Did you just put more stuff inside of your bag?
Let me just take the bag from you. What I don't want
is I don't want to get hurt.
Keith, I'm gonna come around to your side of the car, okay?
I want you to stay in that position. Please don't leave.
I do not want you to leave.
I want you to take your left hand,
you're gonna put it at the spine of your back, right there.
Do not move from that position, do you understand?
- Yup. - I am going to detain you.
(Zip tie clicking)
Go ahead and step out of the car, Keith.
- Step back this way. - Yeah.
Separate your feet for me.
Do you have anything on you that I need to know about?
- No. No. - Am I gonna find anything inside of this car that's yours?
- Nope. - Okay. I want you to go ahead
and a have a seat on the curb over here.
Okay, Lacey, same deal.
Lacey: - Oh my god. - What's the matter?
- My dog. - I'm not gonna let your dog out.
Step to the right and I'll shut that door for you immediately.
So, this is his car?
- Yes. - Why are you sitting in the driver's seat?
Just visiting. I've been off and on with him for five years.
- So he's your boyfriend or whatever? - Yes, he is.
Okay. And what are you guys smoking right now?
Just a little meth in that car? I see some brown in that bag.
- I was smoking some. Just a little. - Okay.
Okay. Come sit over this way.
I'm gonna put you in the back of this police car over here.
Go ahead and have a seat.
So, pretty much what we have is the meth pipe
and the bag that was sitting in her hand when I rolled up.
And as much as she was telling me she was smoking meth,
that's heroin.
This guy was sitting here with a hundred dollar bill on his lap,
and this is a scale.
So, my guess is that they're selling dope together.
At this point, she's caught red-handed.
We'll see if he's willing to let her take the rap for the whole thing
or if he's gonna man up and admit why he's got that money in his lap.
What are you guys doing here in this parking lot right now?
We're about ready to go and play video poker right there.
- So, you're not over here selling dope? - No, dude!
- I'm not selling dope. - I found a digital scale.
Yeah.
This phone. There's two messages sitting here right on the front.
I'm not opening up the phone. This is what it looks like
- when I look at the phone. - Yeah, I hear you.
- What does that say? - "How much for a 'g'?"
- And what does the next one say? - "I got 10."
Okay. What does that sound like to you?
I don't know. She don't have a phone herself.
- She's been using my phone also. - Okay, so this is your phone?
Yeah. But she don't have a phone.
- "Hey, thank you, bro. I really appreciate you." - Yeah.
- "Bro"? - Yeah.
- That's a dude. - Yeah, I know. That's bullshit.
- So...? - Her friend, she...
She knows my friend Brad, right?
- "Yo, I got five bucks." - Uh-huh.
"Can you do anything with that?" "I got 10... bro."
Man, I'm not using, I'm not selling drugs, man. You don't have a phone--
I'm the only one with a cellphone, okay?
- And they know how to get-- they-- - Bro? Bro? Bro?
They're getting a hold of me through it, you know?
-- to tell her and shit.
Okay, so you're assisting her doing it.
- I'm not assisting nobody. - I guess what I'm saying is
you're saying people are calling you so that she can sell them dope.
You're not being honest with me. Bro is you.
You're the bro. Otherwise they'd say "lady," or "chickie,"
or whatever lingo they wanna use.
You're in the car. Come on. You threw a thing of foil right behind your seat
and then you threw a hundred dollar bill underneath your seat.
- No. No. No. No. - And I'm supposed to believe you're getting this money
- from working construction? - I just fucking dropped it, dude.
You guys rolled up on us, I was like, "Whoa. What the fuck?"
You know? It was in my hand.
So you're really gonna let her take the rap for this?
I just got out. She's been on the street
doing heroin the whole time, 'cause I've been in, okay?
And I never really fucked with that shit before.
I've always been a tweaker.
You know what I'm saying? It's in my files, it's in my MO.
Okay. I'm gonna bring you back to the car. I'm gonna chat with her.
Okay.
We got a phone call from a citizen
who was walking by your car while you guys were smoking up.
But when I walked up on you, clearly you had a bag of dope in your hand
and you had a meth pipe, but I didn't find any meth.
- Were you smoking heroin out of that pipe? - No.
- There really was meth in there? - Uh-huh.
Okay, where's the rest of the meth that was in that pipe?
- I just had a little bit. - Just a tiny bit.
- Yeah. - Okay.
Underneath you, you've got the digital scale,
another bag of heroin, and a cell phone that's got a bunch of text messages
from people ordering up dope on it.
It looks like you guys are selling dope together to support your habit.
Does that sound about accurate? Yes?
Okay. Are people ordering up on his phone
and you're carrying the dope?
- No. - No? So where-- Who's carrying the dope?
To be honest with you, this is only the second day we ever had that much, so...
So you guys weren't over here trying to make hand-to-hands in the parking lot?
That wasn't part of the plan, no.
- Did it happen accidentally? - Yeah, but it wasn't--
Somebody just walked up to you?
Somebody... that... Yeah. I'm so sorry.
No, it's fine.
- So lame. - Listen. Here's what's gonna happen tonight.
You're both going to jail for possession of the heroin
and you're both going to jail for the delivery of the heroin.
We'll help your dog out. We'll help make sure your car gets to where it needs to go.
- We've gotta make some better decisions. - Absolutely.
- Let this be the event that changes your life. - Absolutely.
Officer Cornelius: I've been with the city of Atlanta Police Department
for eight years now. I really enjoy working in this city.
It has a lot to offer. It's got different sports teams,
it's very diverse.
I really enjoy working here,
and I look forward to finishing out my career with the city of Atlanta.
We just saw a vehicle pulling out of a gas station.
The gas station's known for high drug usage.
The vehicle also has a brake light that's malfunctioning,
so we're gonna initiate a traffic stop
and then inform the driver of the infraction.
- Jeep Cherokee Orvis, 1-9. - What's up, fellas?
- Hey, how you doing? - I'm good. How are you?
Officer Cornelius. The reason why we pulled you over--
- you got a brake light out. - I just tried to fix that.
- Is that what you were trying to fix? - Yeah, if you turn it,
- it'll turn back in. - Oh, okay.
All right. You got your license on you.
No, I do not. I have a ticket from an officer yesterday--
he got me with no license.
- Do you have a license? - Yeah, I do have a license.
Okay. Do me a favor. Just step back here.
We'll get your info and we'll get you ran real quick.
What is that on your left arm?
- (Speaks indiscernibly) - I saw that.
(Radio chatter)
This is where I shot.
- I'm sorry? What's that? - I shot up and I-- This is the other day when I missed.
You gotta speak up. I can't hear you. I'm sorry.
I shot up the other day and I missed.
- You shot up the other day? - I'ma be honest with you.
- Okay, that's why I don't see any needles in the car. - No, I don't have any,
- but this is not my car. - This is not your car.
Are there any needles in the car that you know of?
- Not that I know of. - How long you been in the car?
He picked me up from my trailer park on Cleveland, right behind
- that strip club. - Okay.
If you don't mind, miss, hop out of the vehicle for me
- and stand at the front of the car, okay? - Yes, sir.
I don't have my-- I told you I don't have--
I'm just more concerned about this right here
- on your arm. - I know. I wanna stop.
I understand, I understand. So why was there dried blood on it?
- It was... I don't know. - 'Cause that's a fresh needle mark.
- No, it was dried blood. It was. - Yeah. That's from earlier today.
This was yesterday. I told you that.
- At what point yesterday? - Let's say 5:00 in the morning.
- 5:00 in the morning? - 5:00, 6:00.
Okay. What did you use?
- I use ice. - What's that?
- Ice. - Ice?
- I shot... - Methamphetamine?
How about the driver? Does he use ice too?
- Yes, he does. - Yes, he does?
I mean, I don't wanna talk about his business, but I wanna be honest with you.
- You gotta worry about yourself, right? - Yeah, of course.
Just hang out here for me, okay? Don't go nowhere.
- I know. I'm nervous. - Don't be-- it's all right. Don't be nervous.
All right, I've got K9 on the way, okay?
And if there's something on you guys or in the car, the dog's gonna alert 'em.
- I know. - So I'm gonna work with you guys before that happens.
- That's what I'm trying to do with you right now. - Okay, where's it at in the car?
- In the front. - Where's it at in the car?
- In the front. - In the front?
- I know Ryan keeps the stuff-- - Who's Ryan? This--
- The driver? - The driver. Yeah, the needle's in my purse.
- You get your needles out of purse. - He acquired--
- He purchased a half a gram. - Half a gram?
- Yeah, he put it in my purse, 'cause that was like... - He put it in your purse?
He told me, "Here, we'll put it--" I put it in my purse, 'cause--
So when y'all got in the car, you gave it back to him?
We haven't given it back. We just pulled out.
I appreciate you being honest with me, okay?
Ryan: All right, as an American citizen,
I have a right to a private life,
and a right, you know, not to be searched or seized,
or anything like that, you know.
I mean, weapons check? Yeah, more power to ya.
You guys are all good on that.
- Okay. - But I'm just trying to figure it out for myself.
- All right. Let me explain something to you real quick. - Yes, sir.
- I was at that gas station, okay? - Yes, sir.
I was at many other places tonight.
We also have undercover officers in the area tonight.
- Yes, sir. - Okay?
So we didn't just stumble upon your vehicle.
- Yes, sir. - I have reason to believe that there is at least half a gram
of methamphetamine in your vehicle right now, so...
- I can promise you there's not. - Okay, you promise me there's not.
- I do not do any sort of-- - Listen to me, listen to me,
- Yes, sir. - This is your one and only chance to be honest with me.
- Yes, sir. - If it's in there...
- Yes, sir. - ...and I find it, all bets are off.
Mr. Cornelius, I have no knowledge of any drug in that car whatsoever.
- Okay. All right. Hang tight for me. - All right.
(Dog barks, panting)
All right, the dog has alerted on the vehicle now.
So this is gonna be the sandwich baggie.
This looks like it's gonna be possibly heroin.
Even though...
the passenger told us it was crystal meth.
All right, what I've located under the driver's seat is a metal spoon.
Looks like they've been using it to mix up the heroin.
What I'm gonna do now is use a field test kit...
just to test and make sure that it comes back heroin,
make sure we get a positive reaction before we turn it in as evidence.
You can see we're starting to get a darker green color in there, floating around.
So that's gonna be a positive reaction for heroin.
I just spoke with Officer Basurto,
he was speaking with the backseat passenger.
He was saying he doesn't speak English at all.
He was saying that the driver went to that gas station
where we saw him at, and he went to go purchase the heroin from the gas station.
And then he was gonna shoot it up right there as well,
- but then he saw us. - The female passenger
she also mentioned when I was asking her who purchased it,
she said that the driver did, so...
- We're gonna take 'em both? - Yeah, they're both gonna go to jail.
We found the spoon under your seat,
perfectly placed, where y'all heated it up,
so it's in your wingspan, in your control,
so you're gonna go for the ticket. You're gonna get charged
with the brake light and the possession of heroin.
Maybe you should be careful who you let in your car next time, you know?
Be careful who you hang around with, who you associate with.
All right, I hope you get help.
- Right, thank you. - Okay?
And you know, that's a hard drug to get off of,
you know what I mean? But hopefully you take this as a lesson.
For once, I'm talking about rehab 'cause I'm scared.
Hopefully you'll use this as a learning tool
and just start making the right moves
- to get the help you need, okay? - Yeah.