Cops

– (CLATTERING) – Heads up!

I smoked some marijuana! I'm a marijuana smoker!

Hands up! Hands up!

Hold it! Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!

"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.

I definitely enjoy the investigative aspect.

I like hunting down suspects.

I like trying to dig and find out what I can,

...um, get to know them as best as I can even though they... I don't know them,

...or they don't know me, and just locating them...

...and, uh, getting justice for the victim, pretty much.

So right now we're attempting to locate...

...a subject, uh, that is known to District 3

...as the Target of the Month for the month of March.

Uh, we're trying to locate the subject.

He's got a warrant, uh, violation of probation,

...burglary, and fleeing to elude.

Uh, so we're tryin' to, uh, go to one of the many addresses...

...that he's known to be at,

...um, see if we can, uh, locate him.

10-4. The owner's reporting dogs that are constantly barking.

(ON RADIO) 10-4.

An open window. I'm gonna go... back, back.

(ON RADIO) I'm goin' inside. I'm goin' inside.

Hey, hey! Stop!

3-86-2, 10-31.

On foot!

We're heading southbound through the... through the residential...

Ooh-ooh!

Stop!

You're not gonna make it! You're not gonna make it, buddy.

– (MAN YELLING) Get your hands behind your back!

Let me see your other hand, Kevin!

Hi, 6-2, we're 10-12.

We're gonna be on the street just south of Oak.

Why do you guys want me so bad?

'Cause you got a warrant.

Please turn around.

– Got anything in your pockets, Kevin? – No.

Hey, try to sit up for us, okay?

– Can you sit up for us? – I can't.

Yes, you can.

You're all right.

Thanks, man.

Why'd you run?

Scared. I didn't wanna go to jail.

– What are you scared about? – Just didn't wanna go to jail.

You didn't wanna go to jail?

I got work tomorrow. I didn't wanna go, and...

Why didn't you just turn yourself in?

Could've been a lot easier.

I know.

Right? You been runnin' for a while, right?

I mean, I don't mean today. I just mean in general.

Oh, um... I just picked a dumb thing, goin' on probation.

– Yeah? – Yeah.

Well, you kinda made it a little worse, okay?

'Cause you caught another charge.

– Resisting arrest. – Resisting without violence.

Yeah.

On top of your others.

– You understand? – Yeah.

– Hang tight, okay? – Yep.

All right, what happened when you got to the door?

I got to the door, I saw someone that looked similar to Kevin,

...I said, "Kevin," twice. He said, "No, I'm Scott,"

"...but Kevin's inside."

He immediately let me inside.

As soon as I went inside, I got on the radio,

...keyed up, let you guys know I was goin' inside,

...um, lost visual of him, and that's when I heard...

...Bronson was in a foot pursuit, and I found out that you guys later made contact with him.

Yeah, well, I was behind the wrong house.

I heard you... I heard you get on the radio,

...say that we were... that you were goin' in,

I heard you call a 10-31, and I just s... I had to sit at the back of the house...

...with the fence, and just wait to see where you were gonna come from.

– Yeah. – That's when I saw him running. You were behind him,

...and then that's when we gave... that we were in 10-30... or pursuit,

...and we ended up tackling him up over here.

Yeah, that was a good catch, man. Good tackle.

It was awesome.

This is Dad.

– What's up, man? – We're gonna let you talk to him if you want to.

Yeah, okay. Thank you.

– Uh, just briefly, okay? – All right.

'Cause we need to get going.

– Hey, what's... what's up? – (KEVIN MUMBLES)

I might not be around for a while.

Well, give us a call when you get there.

– Yeah. – You got your... you got your free minute or so,

...and... on the phone. Give us a call and we'll...

We'll find out what's goin' on.

– Yeah. – When you get, uh...

– ...give us further notice. – Yep.

– All right? – Yeah.

All right, talk to you in a while.

All right, tell her I'll call her soon.

All right.

So, with you runnin' today,

...did you think you were gonna get away?

– I mean, you seem... – No.

– No? – No.

So why even try? Why...

It was the dumbest fucking thing I've ever done.

– Yeah. – I just... I don't know why, I just... I don't know why...

...I do that shit I really don't. When it's just, like, just... whatever,

...you came there, you seen me, you shoulda just took me, like...

– I don't know why I do that. – Well, listen, you're gonna go ahead and take care...

Care of everything now, right?

– And be locked up, though. – Hopefully, start off with a clean slate...

...once you take care of everything.

I'll be gone for a while.

Is that why you were runnin'?

'Cause you figured you were gonna be gone for a while?

Yeah, that I'm lookin' at at least five years,

...so I figured... "What the hell."

Do you understand your charges today?

The violation of your probation, the warrant that you had out since August of last year,

...and then, uh, the resisting without violence, and then, you... you provided...

...the... the false name to Leo, which is my partner back there, at the front door.

All right?

Do you have any questions for me?

– No. – All right, man, well, I wish you luck.

– (RADIO CHATTER) – I hope... I hope things get better for you, okay?

– Yeah, I hope so, too. – All right, buddy.

All right, ma'am. Thank you.

Yeah.

We'd been to the house a few times. Yeah.

I heard something about him hiding in the mattress?

Yeah. Mom cut out a... a hole in the box spring.

– That's where he'll stash at... yeah. – That's pretty clever.

– Yeah. – He wasn't too clever today, though.

– No. – No.

– He likes to run. – Exactly.

I was the Army for five years.

Military Police.

And then, decided to come to Martin County.

It's a great agency. The Sheriff's Office really takes care of you.

Lotta good people live in Martin County.

They... they really love the Sheriff's Office.

It motivates you to make sure that they don't have to worry...

...at night when they're sleepin', that we're gonna be out here,

...checkin' and keepin' an eye on their property...

...and their... their community.

All right, this vehicle we're stoppin' for no tag light.

He's out of Palm Beach. We've been havin' a lot of burglaries,

...where they've been takin', uh, boat motors...

Boat motors with, uh, SUVs.

– So far, he's not stoppin'. – (SIREN BLARING)

If you could advise St. Lucie County.

Maybe they got someone closer to the county line with sticks?

(ON RADIO) 3-0-4, I got sticks just north of Britt Road.

– (SIREN CONTINUES) – Uh, we're doin' 50. All right, so we're gonna...

...put out some stop sticks that we can stop this vehicle...

...we have fleeing and eluding.

Um... so we're gonna stop and see what happens.

(ON RADIO) Back off a little bit, so you don't hit the sticks.

Careful.

There he is on the right with the sticks.

(ON RADIO) 10-4, I got sticks.

He's hit the stop sticks.

(ON RADIO) I want all units just to back off,

...let the air out of 'em until he stops.

(ON RADIO) He's slowing down. Only doing right 40 now.

We're gonna wait till he comes to a stop, surround him and take him out.

Here we go, here we go.

(ON RADIO) He's stopped full here.

Get out the car!

Drop the keys!

Step out! Back up to me!

Turn around! Turn around! Back up!

Back up! Keep walkin'!

Keep walkin'!

Keep walkin'!

Hey, everyone? Hold on until we get one secured.

Keep comin', keep comin', keep comin'.

– Everyone? Keep comin', keep comin'.

Lay down on the ground.

Get on the ground.

What you runnin' for, dude?

I had weed in the car tonight.

Right here in his hand.

You're runnin' because you had a little weed on you?

That little bag you had in your hand?

That's... a pretty stupid reason to run.

– (RADIO CHATTER) – In a vehicle.

Just lean up against the car.

Nothin' else on you or in you, right?

'Cause we're goin' to the jail, so it'll be another felony.

– No... – No? Okay. Step back with me.

All right, man, just have a seat, I'll be back with you in a second, okay?

– What's your name? – Jonte.

– Jonte? – Yeah.

All right, Jonte. Why you runnin' from me?

'Cause the weed? Is that the only reason you ran for?

Well, look at me, um...