Coast to Coast

>> MAN: ♪ Bad boys Whatcha want, whatcha want? Whatcha gonna do ♪ When Sheriff John Brown Come for you? ♪ Bad boys, bad boys Whatcha gonna do? 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. >> OFFICER TOMMY NIKKEL: We're getting dispatched to a, uh, assault call, police call. She was just assaulted by two Hispanic males, uh, in the area of the this, uh, grocery store. See if we can locate her and see if we can find some suspects here. >> ( over radio ): ...red shirt and blue jeans. Number two is gonna be white shirt and blue jeans. >> NIKKEL: Got, uh... sergeant has located our two suspects possibly. Just down the street. We're gonna try to get officers in the area before we try to contact her. >> ( over radio ): No, we didn't see 'em break through yet. >> ( over radio ): 'Kay, stay inside there. 240, give me one at 13th and Market. >> NIKKEL: All right, right now the sergeant has enough, uh, officers out to contain the perimeter and walk out this block, see if we can flush out that other suspect. 48, there's a gray car southbound on, uh, Park Place. The guy looks like he has a red shirt on. He's going past a patrol car right now. >> ( over radio ): 144, he does tag 067. I'm gonna need somebody else to stop it. I've got one on board. ( inaudible radio transmission) >> ( over radio ): 10-4. >> ( over radio ): Anybody at 13 and Market... >> NIKKEL: That's him! That's him! That's him! ( siren blaring ) We're pursuit of a car, suspect we had on foot. >> ( over radio ): 144, I'm gonna need more... I'm gonna need somebody to relieve me... ( siren blaring ) >> NIKKEL: We're in pursuit of a car has our suspect from the assault. Uh, possibly stolen a car from the area where they lost him on foot. Trying to catch up to him here. ( garbled radio transmission) ( sirens blaring ) >> ( over radio ): ...on 13th. He is back in among the houses. >> ( over radio ): ...westbound from 13th. >> NIKKEL: Yeah, he just bailed out of the car after wrecking. >> ( over radio ): 44, checking. ( sirens blaring ) >> Hook him. Hook him. I'm out of cuffs. Hook him. >> NIKKEL: I got him. Got him. Got him. ( siren continues blaring ) Come on, stand up. ( siren continues blaring ) Come on, stand up. ( siren stops ) ( inaudible radio transmission) ( panting ) ( siren stops ) ( inaudible radio transmission) ( panting ) >> You got anything on you? >> No. Just a... >> Did you guys have to tase him? >> NIKKEL: No. >> How old are you? ( louder ): How old are you? >> I need a lawyer. >> Huh? >> I said I need a lawyer. >> You need a lawyer? >> Yeah. >> You need to tell me what your name is first. >> I need a lawyer. >> NIKKEL: We're sitting on that corner. The next thing I know, I see headlights and a car slowly rolling out of the driveway. I switched the spotlight over and look in there, and I can see he's wearing a red shirt. >> LIEUTENANT WALKER ANDREWS: Yeah, either... he either stole it, found some of the keys, or he was close to home. >> NIKKEL: Yeah, he was right there on the corner where you were at. >> ANDREWS: Yeah, and that matches, too. We had a white... >> NIKKEL: Yeah. >> ANDREWS: That matches perfect. These are our guys. >> NIKKEL: Okay. >> ANDREWS: Good catch. Good catch. >> NIKKEL: We're gonna go over where the victim is. What, uh... Can you tell me a little bit about what happened? >> About... What do you mean? >> NIKKEL: What happened when they attacked you. >> Well, I started heading around the gas station so I could go home and go to bed, 'cause I had to get up and go to work in the morning, and one of them started running around this way and headed me off, and the other one came up, and they both started kicking me. >> NIKKEL: Okay. What... >> I was on the ground... >> NIKKEL: Can you kind of fill me in on what happened... what led up to that? How'd this whole thing start? >> 'Cause my boyfriend owes him some money. >> NIKKEL: Owes him some money? >> Yeah. >> NIKKEL: Is it for drugs? >> Yeah, it's for pot. >> NIKKEL: It's for pot? Okay. >> Mm-hmm. >> NIKKEL: So they... basically, you were in their, uh... >> They was in my apartment for a little while waiting on him. He was gone for three hours. >> NIKKEL: Never c... never came back? >> So we decided we'd go walk around and see if we could find him. >> NIKKEL: Okay. >> Well, we couldn't find him. I said, "Well, I'm gonna go home and go to bed. I got to go to work in the morning." >> NIKKEL: 'Kay. >> And they didn't like that idea. >> I said, "Well, you can sit outside right there and wait for him or whatever you want to do," you know? >> NIKKEL: Okay. >> He didn't like that idea, either. >> NIKKEL: So they didn't want to let you leave at all? >> No. >> NIKKEL: They're gonna bring him in front of that car. They can't see you, okay? >> Okay. >> NIKKEL: If you say, "Yeah, that's him," tell me why. >> Okay, that's good. >> Yeah, that's him. >> NIKKEL: That's him? >> ANDREWS: You positive? >> NIKKEL: Can you describe to me why that's him? >> 'Cause of his beard and his red shirt. >> NIKKEL: Red shirt, and you recognized the facial hair as matching? >> Yeah. >> NIKKEL: Okay. All right. >> 'Cause he's Mexican, but he looks black. >> NIKKEL: Okay. Here comes the second one. >> I already know it's him. >> >> ANDREWS: Look up. >> NIKKEL: Okay. >> It's him. It's him. >> Don't be looking down. You look up. >> I can tell. It's him. >> You can't tell me what to do. Huh? Who the hell are you? >> It's him. >> NIKKEL: That's him. >> That's him, absolutely. >> NIKKEL: How can you... how can you, uh...? >> 'Cause of his earring and his facial feat... It's him. It's him. >> NIKKEL: Okay. You recognize from the earring, facial... >> Yes, everything. >> NIKKEL: So everything matches. >> He was in my apartment for three hours waiting on my boyfriend. >> NIKKEL: Okay, you had a good look at him before, then. >> Yes. >> NIKKEL: Okay. Okay. >> ANDREWS: Angela, do you need to go to the hospital? Do you want to get looked at? We'll give you a ride down there. >> Yeah, might as well. >> ANDREWS: Okay. >> NIKKEL: Okay. >> ANDREWS: Go ahead and take her to, uh, the hospital, and, uh, if it looks like we need more photos, you got a camera with you? It wouldn't hurt to duplicate it. Good catch, guys. Good catch. >> NIKKEL: You injured in any way? >> No, sir. >> NIKKEL: You're not injured? All right. Making sure. You gonna tell anybody what's going on tonight, man? >> Yeah, I'm walking from Douglas Bridge, dawg. I just got out of work at 10:00. >> NIKKEL: You happen to match the description of, uh, someone we were looking for in an assault. ( man scoffs ) Had nothing to do with you, right? >> All right, man... >> NIKKEL: The reason I'm contacting you now is to let you know the reason you're in custody, explain things to you a little bit more. You're in custody for the aggravated battery on that woman, okay? ( man mumbles ) You understand that? All right, she's going to the hospital for, uh, medical attention, 'cause she's beat up pretty bad. So... you guys left her in a pretty bad way. Hey, man, just checking. Your hands okay? Everything's all right? All right. Right now I'm just kind of letting you know what's going on, where we're at at this point. You're in custody for the stolen car and, uh, the aggravated battery on that woman, okay? She's going to the hospital to get checked out. She needs... she's gonna need medical attention, okay? >> She needs it. >> NIKKEL: So... Yeah, she was beat up pretty good. >> She deserved every bit of it. >> NIKKEL: Well, like I said, I'm just over here to let you know what's going on. Uh, at this point, you know what you're in custody for, okay? >> ANDREWS: What did he say when you were contacting him? >> NIKKEL: I just let him know, uh, what he's in custody for. I let him know that the woman got beat up pretty good and that she's going to the hospital for, uh, medical attention, and he said, "That's fine. She probably needs it. She deserved every bit of it." >> ANDREWS: He made that statement to you? >> NIKKEL: Yes, he did. >> ANDREWS: Okay, put it in your report. >> NIKKEL: Will do. >> ANDREWS: The prosecution will like that one. >> NIKKEL: Always works well. >> FTO BRAD BELLFLOWER: Justin and I worked on a tactical team together. It's nice whenever, you know, whenever you're working together as a team. You know, you know how the other person works, and I think that makes the... your job just that much easier, you know, when you know what your partner's gonna do when, uh... Just, it makes it safer or it makes it more fun. >> DEPUTY JUSTIN GOULD: Brad, there's that guy right there. Psalm 23. >> BELLFLOWER: Oh, the yellow Lexus? >> GOULD: Yeah, that yellow Lexus. >> BELLFLOWER: Yeah, right there? >> GOULD: Here he comes. >> BELLFLOWER: There he is. Probably gonna run. ( garbled radio transmission) ( siren chirping ) Watch him, watch him, watch him. ( siren chirping ) >> BELLFLOWER: He's turning. >> GOULD: He's ditching. ( siren chirping ) >> BELLFLOWER: 372. >> GOULD: He's... ( siren chirps ) Out of the car! Now! Hands up. Turn around and face the car now. Get out! Turn around and get your hands on the car right now. You understand me? >> I got a license... >> GOULD: Turn around and put your hands on the car now! Being detained, you understand me? >> I didn't do nothing wrong. >> BELLFLOWER: What do you mean you didn't do nothing wrong? You knew we were pulling you over, and you want to make circles around the parking lot. >> I didn't know you was pulling me. >> GOULD: Where'd you stash all your stuff at? >> I ain't got nothing on me. >> GOULD: Yeah. >> I got a license and everything. I just took care of it. >> GOULD: It smells like weed in that car. >> My license is valid. >> BELLFLOWER: Okay, we'll see about that. >> GOULD: You're detained. You're not under arrest, you understand? >> Yeah. >> GOULD: What we're not gonna play is that little game of driving around the parking lot while you're stashing whatever you're stashing. >> I ain't stashing nothing. >> GOULD: You got something on your lip. >> I ain't got nothing. >> GOULD: You got weed on your lip! >> No, I don't! >> GOULD: Hold still. >> I ain't got no weed. >> GOULD: Face me. There. >> Come on, man. I ain't got no weed. That ain't no weed. >> GOULD: That's weed! >> Come on, man, my license is valid. You probably pulled me thinking my license wasn't valid, and it's completely valid. >> GOULD: I hope for your sake it is. >> I took care this, damn. >> GOULD: Brad, I already got it. He's already got weed bellowing out. >> BELLFLOWER: Okay. >> I ain't got no weed, man, damn. >> GOULD: Like I said, you're not under arrest. What I'm gonna do is, I'm gonna sit you down here. You have anything on you? >> I ain't got nothing. >> GOULD: Okay. >> Nah, you can search me, you can do whatever you want. >> GOULD: Anything in your pockets? >> You could search my pockets, get my pocket out... ( inaudible radio transmission) >> GOULD: He's got it up his, uh, hindquarters. >> It's just weed, man. I ain't got no... >> GOULD: It's in his butt here. >> You could take it out. You can take it out, man. It's weed. It's weed, man. >> GOULD: Oh, and the pills and the coke, that's not it, and you step on it, we're gonna have a real issue. >> BELLFLOWER: Oh, yeah, see, same thing you did last time when we played this game, right? Same exact thing. Where else? Anything else on you? >> No, sir. >> BELLFLOWER: That's it? In the backside? >> GOULD: Yeah. Come on over here. >> I'm sorry, man. >> GOULD: There's another baggie. Have a seat. >> That wasn't mine. >> GOULD: Well, it matches the other one that you have. >> No, no, that wasn't... >> GOULD: Sit. I'm gonna hold you. >> Please don't charge me with that. >> GOULD: Sit. Sit, sit, sit, sit. I'm gonna hold you. >> Oh, on the ground? >> GOULD: Just sit all the way down. Yeah. All right, there you go. Lean against the car and cross your feet. >> I'm sorry, man. I'm... I'm just sorry. >> BELLFLOWER: But, see, you see, I don't see how you can sit there and say you're sorry now that you got caught. But you've been playing this game for I don't know how long, and it's just ongoing, on and on and on, and now, all of a sudden 'cause you got caught, you're sorry. I don't believe that you're sorry. I believe... I believe that you're sorry that you're gonna go to jail now. I'm sure you're sorry about that. >> It ain't the point that I'm going to jail. Just the point, the fact that I got a drug problem. >> BELLFLOWER: Are you a... are you a user or a seller or both? >> I'm a user... with a bad problem, but I've been trying to quit for a while. >> GOULD: This subject is one of our known drug peddlers. He's, uh... Actually, you can see all the money he has here. We've, uh, we got him several times. He's actually bragged to some of the people on the street that he has gotten over on us and concealed *** on several occasions that we've never found. So you can see how many probably thousands of dollars that he has tied up here. We've, um, taken a good quantity of drugs from his... concealed in his rear end tonight. So, uh, we're gonna finish going through the car. We have our K-9 here. We're gonna finish searching the vehicle, and, uh, see what else we can find. So, he has a quantity of crack ***, uh, marijuana, ***, and some-some pills that we haven't identified yet. So we'll see what else we can find here. >> BELLFLOWER: You are busted dead to rights. You need to speak up. >> Please, I'm just scared, man, because I ain't never been in this big of a predicament... >> BELLFLOWER: Okay, but you've been to DOC before, right? >> Yes, sir. >> BELLFLOWER: Okay, so you have been in this big a predicament before. >> Yes, sir. >> BELLFLOWER: So you know the drill, and you need to be honest with us because if you keep lying to us, it's gonna keep spiraling downward. You know what I'm saying? >> Yes, sir. >> BELLFLOWER: Okay. Go ahead and stand up for me. >> GOULD: As you can see, we still got a lot of money here to count. He has it broken up in increments of a thousand roughly, so, um, we're gonna go through all this. As you can see, we got some pills. He had this in his, uh, hindquarters, so we definitely don't want to go in there without some gloves on. There's some marijuana and a good amount of crack ***. And, um, we're gonna test all that and, uh, make sure it is what it looks like. >> BELLFLOWER: You're gonna be going to the Brevard County Jail tonight, and you're gonna be getting charged with, uh, possession of ***, uh, possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance. 'Kay? You... you know you have a problem. It's only up to you that-that can do something about it. >> All I can say, man, is, don't follow my lead out here, man. >> BELLFLOWER: Don't follow your lead? Okay, well... well, we won't. But, you know, you have an opportunity to change that, so then maybe someday you might have a good reason to. All right, man, watch your... watch your leg. This guy's known as "Psalm 23," and he's even got it tattooed on the side of his neck. And as we all know, Psalm 23 is, you know, "As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death and fear no evil," something along those lines, and tonight he came into... he came into our valley, and, uh, I believe he has... he definitely has something to fear, especially if he ends up in prison. >> CORPORAL DAVID HILL: Been with the, uh, Hamilton County Sheriffs' Office for 14 years. At the age of 32, I decided to change careers and go into law enforcement. As soon as I got out of the academy, I was a lot older than most of the younger other officers, and, uh, for some reason they gave me the name "Pappy." ( garbled radio transmission) Gonna stop this vehicle up in front. He's got a, uh, flat tire on his trailer. I don't see a... tag on his trailer. Anyway, we're gonna stop him, let him know he's got a flat tire. 26, a traffic stop. >> ( over radio ): 26, go ahead. Okay. ( inaudible radio transmission) >> HILL: What's up, partner? How you doing, man? >> All right. >> HILL: You got the driver's license on you? >> Yeah. >> HILL: The reason I stopped you is, you know you got a flat tire back here on that trailer? >> I know, it blowed out on me back there. >> HILL: Did it blow out? I didn't know if you knew it or not, but it's... it's done, man. >> Yeah, I knew it. When it went, it went, it went... >> HILL: You got a... Is there a reason you don't have a trailer tag on that? ( men shouting in distance ) All right, hang tight. I'll be right back with you, sir. This guy's, uh, hollerin' and hootin' out here. ( inaudible radio transmission) What an idiot, huh? >> LIEUTENANT TOM BUTLER: Oh, yeah. If he comes back outside, he's going. >> Hey! >> Hey! Hey! >> Hey! Need some help. >> Hey! >> Hey, I ain't got nothing to do with it. >> HILL: Break it up. Break it up. >> I ain't got nothing to do with it. >> HILL: Break it up. Break it up. >> I ain't got nothing to do with it. >> HILL: Put your hands behind your back, man. >> I ain't got nothing to do with it. ( indistinct talking ) I ain't got nothing to do with it. ( garbled radio transmission) >> BUTLER: All right, settle down, we'll find out what's going on. >> I put my hands up. >> HILL: You got any ID on you, partner? >> No, I don't. >> HILL: What's going on in there, man? >> Nothing. He just started hitting me. >> HILL: You got any ID on you at all, you say? >> No, I don't. >> HILL: No guns, handknives, bazookas, anything like that? >> No. >> HILL: Why don't you watch him. Let me get rid of this guy and this trailer. ( garbled radio transmission) You're good to go, man. I just wanted to let you know about that tire. That's the reason I stopped-- I didn't know if you knew if was flat or not. >> Yeah, when I came out of the... I heard it. >> HILL: All right, you're good to go. >> All right. Thank you. >> HILL: All right. We're on a traffic stop here, and, uh, one of the patrons inside the bar decided to come out and start giving words with us. We go in and investigate that, and we find a fight inside here. What's going on? >> Nothing much. >> HILL: Hah? >> Nothing. >> HILL: You own this, or what? >> No. No, no. I'm just a patron. >> HILL: So what happened with, uh, with dude here? >> He started running his mouth. >> HILL: About what? >> Don't even remember. >> HILL: You got any ID on you at all? >> Yeah, he's got it. >> That gentleman out there, he stepped out the door with a bottle of beer in his hand, and I said, "Hey, hey, you can't do that. Get your butt back in here." >> HILL: Right. >> He said to him that, too. Well, then one of the officers... was coming, 'cause he heard him. >> HILL: Right. >> After the officers are turned, he just slopped his hat off and... took a punch at him. >> HILL: Took a punch at you? >> Oh, yeah. Yes, sir. You can ask anybody in there. >> HILL: Okay. What's your name, partner? >> My name's Brian. >> HILL: Brian, let me ask you something, man. We're out here conducting business, why you got to come out and flip us off and, uh, and start trouble, man? >> I-I wasn't the... the one. >> HILL: Hah? >> I wasn't the one. >> BUTLER: You mean, you weren't standing at the door flipping us off? You flipped me off... >> HILL: What's your social security number? >> BUTLER: Didn't I tell you to go back inside? >> 5-9... 2-1... >> BUTLER: Didn't I tell you to back in... >> HILL: How do you spell your last name? >> BUTLER: Could you tell me a little bit of what happened again after...? >> Well, uh, he's... I don't know, you guys pulled over that guy, and then, uh, he just... He's been pretty good all night, which, I told you, he's not a good guy. He's a bad boy. >> BUTLER: Yeah. >> He's knocked the hell out of women... But, uh, he hit... he, uh, hit my-my... over here in the face, and, of course, it went from there. >> BUTLER: 'Kay. We're gonna take him out of here tonight, obviously. >> Thank you. >> BUTLER: But I didn't know if you wanted to ban him from the establishment or not. >> Pardon? >> BUTLER: I didn't know if you wanted to ban him permanently from the bar or not. >> Well, we don't need this. I don't know, you might want to ask my boss about that. I-I'd prefer him not to be... >> BUTLER: When you're attending? >> ...my customers, obviously, and, you know. >> BUTLER: Mm-hmm. >> Appreciate your help. >> BUTLER: No problem. >> Very convenient how you just pulled into the parking lot like that, huh? >> BUTLER: Do you want to pursue charges now? >> Yeah, I do. >> BUTLER: Okay. >> Only because it's a friend of mine in there. >> BUTLER: Was your friend related to you? >> She's a friend of mine. >> BUTLER: Okay, the barmaid? >> Yep. >> BUTLER: 'Kay. Okay, so you want to pursue assault charges for him striking you? >> He hit me first, so... >> BUTLER: Okay. >> ...whatever charges you gonna bring, I'll bring. >> BUTLER: Okay, we'll have to have you sign some... a report and a complaint about the assault, okay? >> All right. >> BUTLER: We'll get that here in a second for you. >> All right? >> BUTLER: Okay? >> Fine. Thanks a lot. >> BUTLER: All right, just hang tight over here by the car. We'll get with you in a minute. >> All right. >> BUTLER: Okay, Brian, this is what's going on for, uh, you coming to the door and all that and causing, uh... a ruckus there, uh, using profanity and flipping us off and things like that-- you're being charged with disorderly conduct while intoxicated. And for the altercation with the other patron, you're being charged with assault, okay? What's gonna go on from here is, you're gonna be taken down to the justice center and booked in on those two charges, and you'll have to go to court in the morning, okay? >> Sir, I'm from Florida, man. I... I... I don't think I have anything to do with any of this. >> BUTLER: You didn't come to the door... using profanity? >> No, I didn't come to the door... I didn't come to the door. I didn't fight with that guy. >> BUTLER: You didn't come to the door flipping me off, saying you hated police and... >> No, sir. Why would I do that? >> BUTLER: You're not the guy I talked to and told go back inside, right? You're saying I'm mistaken in who you are? >> Yes. I think you are. >> BUTLER: And everybody else in the bar, them trying to get you back in after I told you to go back inside, right? And then Mike tried to pull you back in when you tried to come back out a second time, and then you swung on him and hit him in the mouth. >> Sir... >> BUTLER: And we've got three people inside the bar telling us the same thing, all right? So that's why these charges are gonna be, uh, filed against you, and you're gonna go to the justice center tonight, okay? So just hang tight, and you'll be transported out of here shortly, okay? You got any questions, Brian? >> No. >> BUTLER: Okay. >> OFFICER ( over radio ): 132 and Bush. I've got him at gunpoint. >> DISPATCHER: At gunpoint, 132 and Bush. Cover is Code Three. Captioning sponsored by FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY and LANGLEY PRODUCTIONS Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org