 Oh, holy hell. Hold on a second. We're robbery. Let's head that way. It's actually near the farm. It's we haven't got any more information So I'm assuming this was done. Maybe on foot. Yeah, maybe we can catch him There's two fellas running. I see that He just had a hand-handed transaction right there. Yeah, let's go. Let's be talking Howdy, yo Hey, yeah, just doing tonight. We're doing fantastically. Thank you. Really? Okay. So uh We have some reports here some suspicious activity occurring You guys wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you? Yeah, we'll just get in we need to run a car. Is there anything you're looking for right now? So we saw y'all we saw y'all run across the street illegally. Was there any what we are doing across the street? That's my bad Get here I shouldn't have jaywalked that that is from from the apartments from the apartments. Okay I don't mind if we uh Go ahead and search a person. So if you y'all have any weapons or anything on you that could have been using a robbery You wouldn't have enough drugs on you, ma'am. Would you we did we also see a hand-to-hand transaction occur with another fella Wait, what's that fellow out there? Yeah Me Yeah, you wouldn't have happened to see him just slide something into my pocket, right? That's exactly when this oh my god. Yeah He did that. Um, I I don't know. I haven't looked in my pocket since Yeah, do you know if I took a look? Yeah, I mean you can't I haven't looked I'm gonna have to search you as well, sir I'm gonna subject on knife. Okay. I'm just gonna be careful. Okay. Okay against your knife. How'd you get this knife? I bought it. So you got a blood sample on you here. What is this for? Oh, so that's a very awkward story So I I walk up in my apartments and there was a floor and I was a guy on the floor And I was able to pick up pick up his blood sample. Hey, I'm gonna go ahead and have to take this blood sample off you Yeah, that's perfectly fine. Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and remove this knife from you. Okay There you go face away from me Are you kidding me? Fine You guys saw me pass of the week. Why is she getting a one three three from one four then over one three three Yeah, she genuinely wouldn't know I found it and I was showing her it Where'd you find it? I found it in the apartments in the apartments, huh? I was gonna tell her to look and then you guys showed up and it was very awkward Is that really a fine way to see if she's found the apartments? Come on. You could do better than that Oh, that's genuinely what happened. I mean this this part is probably not so much to admit But I was I was rummaging people through people's rooms and I found it What the hell you weirdo? You know I got more problems, right? So I wasn't applying it. It was just literally just that Sounds like this son bitch was breaking an entrance. I'm gonna have to cuff him too Okay, so here's what we're looking at right now. I think we got uh, we can get the fella for uh drug trafficking Because he he has transferred or distributed a controlled substance. No, it would be a sales if anything Hey, hey What the hell are you doing? Okay. She she asked for the taxi. I'm a taxi driver Sorry, I'm trying to kidnap my friend. Don't you see the police and cuffs? Hey, somebody take you out, right? That's an obstruction of justice. Oh my god. What happened? What are you doing? What are you doing? I'm a taxi driver Yeah, well, you're all you're also you're also a criminal because you just you know what that's the guy That's the guy who gave me the weed What bro, what the fuck are you talking about? You also apparently you're growing marijuana. Okay, so we're gonna have to do this now Sir, y'all came into our crime scene while we're conducting our investigation you tried to Help one of our suspect escape custody. Okay, this man right there Spending just a little bit of time with him and seeing how he's been treated on the roads How he's barely have any money to survive Well, you should have thought about before breaking the law I feel like there's a there's a significant level of of common sense that says when you see two people cuff Outside of a building you don't drive up and start putting them in your vehicle Uh, I feel like that's such a severe obstruction of justice. We we can't just let them go I mean you you take somebody who's cuffed and try and put them in your vehicle and drive off I mean that's that is just so damn bad. We're gonna need at least one more cop car. It's the all of them Yeah, okay. Let's we can call for some backup here. All right. Let me ask you another question real quick I'm sorry to interrupt. Did either y'all give him marijuana? Absolutely not. We actually we just came back from the hospital We were just there not a long time ago because like I said that place definitely poisoned him They were telling us to go in no stuff. We don't even know how to grow marijuana I would never even consume marijuana and neither does he Because I don't think anyone's talking about growing or consuming. Yeah. Okay. So so no is the answer. Okay. Thank you Oh my gosh, old man. He can talk forever. Holy shit. I'm I'm gonna be honest. Yeah, I'm about to I'm about to go to jail myself Don't say that out loud. Come on Stay strong I'm mr. Mortar, right? All right. So the evidence and facts being presented. We believe that You have engaged in the sales of drugs by engaging and receiving the drug and give it somebody else at a sales She didn't give me the money But there's no right, right But she was walking to the ATM pulled up the money the money could have been used for the transaction No, the money was to get a rental car because that's the reason why we were meeting there in the first place Mr. Mortar, I called it. I said do you have any money? She said no I said, okay, let's meet the clothing store because we need to get money for a car That's that's how it was. I had no plans. I wasn't planning to sell it I wasn't planning to call cops. I hadn't even thought that far ahead. It was just I was going there to meet me They stopped me. They they told me to get rid of it. They said they'll be watching So I was like, okay, look what these guys gave me and I showed her and that's that's it Okay, son, this is what we're gonna do. We can't just not give you anything All right, and let you let you go scot-free. You obviously didn't make a transaction there of marijuana You gave it to her. Well, yeah, but either way, if you're trying to get me like for for distribution of Selling, I want to bench trial. Like I said, I wasn't giving I was showing out. It was no sale You know, can we get a bench trial for this guy? So I mean, I absolutely absolutely. Okay. All right What's your what a judge has to say? Well, they they damn near remodeled every building in this city. They did this place is massive If you thought Michelle Petey was big. Yeah, the most beautiful place I've seen the city. What the hell? It's a tic-tac-tac time with this one. All right Everyone here Do you swear and affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth Under pains and penalties of perjury So help you Buddha I do I so swear I do Clear if you want the first honors. Should I you know what you go ahead? Okay, it was Roughly an hour and a half ago actually we're responding to a suspicious activity taking place by the law school apartments off South Rockford Drive. Well patrol in the area of suspicious activity We saw two individuals who are later identified as Maeve Gray and Kai Martin and then from there we witnessed the both of them make a hand-to-hand transaction We asked them if they had any melee weapons on them We asked them if they think they were their cooperative and gave consent for a path down a search And I when I perform the path down the search on a grams width of marijuana was fine on her person She claimed that marijuana bag came from mr. Martin asked her they made that transaction We detained the both and as we were trying to conduct an investigation two individuals Approached the scene grabbed them as they're in cuffs I scored them into a gray and color seminal state stopped him place him on arrest All the suspects were taken to mission opd and processed perfect. Thank you All right, this is Patrick. Tell your first witness, please Maeve will be my first witness go ahead and begin to get up there I was at the apartment with Kai here. We went to the clothing store We got changed and then we ran back to the apartments to get a car And realized we didn't have money So I ran back to the ATM to get a hundred dollars and when I went to get the hundred dollars off These guys showed up the cops we and Kai, you know, I think he handed me something But you know, it wasn't it wasn't something terrible, but I didn't have a chance to check the cops came over They they told me they were gonna They wanted to search me they asked me permission and I said really no why they said I was jaywalking There was crime in the area and I was like I didn't give it crime But I guess I was dumb enough to let them search me and I had weed in my possession We did have probable cause right No, we had enough for Reasonable suspicion they're involved in the crime because we're near the robbery. That's where we're responding to However, they jaywalked so we had a reason to stop them They give consent to be fair Did you feel like you had to say yes To the request to search you yeah, they said that that was suspicious activity And it was in the area and that we were jaywalking Did you feel like you had to take the marijuana? It was objection objection your honor weird What use what you asked her clearly stated in her testimony that she was using the etm And didn't notice what her friend was slipping in her back pocket. It's more prejudicial than probative. There we go. There's the objection There we go. I'll sustain that She not noticed what she received So you did not notice what you received when he uh when he gave it to you right nope Do you know how uh how your friend here received the uh the marijuana? He didn't say anything before but like after he said some guys gave it to him I have to buy something if he's gonna testify He's gotta do the whole thing all the way through because we can't afford one. That's why god this damn state. What shit? Go go get up there. Get up there. Get the fuck up there Uh, so We're getting dressed at the clothing store. We went back to the apartment and then we went to rent a car But neither was having enough money. So we went to the bank We went to the etm to get money uh on my way two guys stopped me. They came in some week They told me that I have to get rid of the weed and they'll be watching I went over to the etm. I passed it to me and said These guys just gave me this look at that and then they saw it Also, didn't she lie wait. So is he saying they met the entire store? Which one is it? Uh, after that the two guys who gave me they try and pull up He told us he told us prior that he met her After the apartments, right Now the store is changing. Yeah, he told he told us that they did not Get any follow-up questions Who's showing the truth now the officers testified earlier. You gave them two different stories from where the marijuana came from What is the truth? The truth is that the guys gave me the weed. I originally lied Uh, because the guys threatened me What did they say? Well, they said I'll do what you would try to If you had to do it over again, would you make the same decisions? Uh, no Have you learned your lesson about jaywalking? Yes, good guys so many robbers No further questions your honor Hey, what are you even arguing the charge here doesn't actually work on these phones? I shared your pain and suffering because I feel like we haven't even talked about the charge itself I thought it was just me. Thank you Yeah, but I mean It clearly happened. I mean he said that it happened. Maybe they just want you to they just want us to always go when people want to judge Or you then court saying that's the only thing I would like to point out your honor at this time Uh, is that my clients? We're not even aware of their right to refuse Um, as I don't believe there is currently a fourth amendment right against illegal search and seizure Which causes somewhat of an issue in this regard I can't even raise a fruit of the poisonous tree point in this area I would like those motions or at least points of order taken in consideration when evaluating the evidence and the testimony aren't today I have no idea what she said, but I think we'll win if that I am putting this into recess I will be deliberating in such time bailiff is in charge Thank you. Did we win? No comment. Okay You see Different than four cases because we're giving a narrative as far as what happened and then we question the narrative, right? So do we now have to state our case that we didn't illegally search him? No, we I I did I read I I said they gave consent. What was I so right? I said, how many years has it been? Well, she's arguing they didn't know they could say no Just because they don't know doesn't make it illegal Yes Yeah, true. No, I mean if you if you run a red line, you didn't know what a red line means. That's still illegal I just feel like we didn't even get a chance to talk about what the actual reason is we got here Which is was it sale? He said we're saying it's sale and he says it's not sale because there was no exchange of money. All right after Going over the evidence and considering the testimony. There was no Transaction of money proven and there was no proof of any Exponentially or unimaginably high amount of cash on either person That brings into doubt whether or not a sale actually occurred And I do not believe that that was proven beyond a reasonable doubt For this reason, I will be finding mr. Martin Not guilty of sale of drugs. See that's not what that's not with the law says this court And this case will be adjourned with prejudice Thank you, your honor. That's not what you do. Thank you, your honor The sales of drugs. It doesn't really stay value or monetary gain The transaction is the giving of something in reception of something else. What if something else is zero dollars? Then that's a gift. That's not a transaction. So if I just give somebody You know a copious amount of illegal drugs. It is now out of my possession I can no longer be charged for possession And then it's just a done deal if they don't give me any money and they want to give me money You know a week later two weeks later. You can charge the person who has given the drugs with Sale of drugs because it fits for them and then you can discuss with them whether or not they want to testify on the person We gave it to them I think it's uh important to remember that the definition of these charges is very important and that we're pushing the appropriate charges on the appropriate people I just may get the sales of drugs Can you explain that one to me because she received the drug right right and as the charge is defined It's either a transaction that occurs or if you receive the drugs If they give it to you the sales of drugs Engages in a transaction to sell and or receive a controlled dangerous substance So so you can just hand you can just hand folks drugs now I think the the final thing that's important is it's just also very important that you can prove in some way From a fashion that there was an exchange that happened both ways So I couldn't really prove that he received it from those party or a different party But I could prove that he had in his person which would be possession and in her receiving it is fitting the bill Like you said would be sales So that would have been the correct charging It's one of those things that's probably just going to have to keep coming to bench trial as circumstances change the verdict will change Right because not every case is going to be the exact same. You're gonna have to different The different evidence different testimony. All right. Yeah, I mean well hell we appreciate the explanation I mean we we just gotta that's just something we gotta push for you know. Thank you. Okay. Yeah appreciate y'all You know what sir? Yes, it's me No, it's not me You don't have to play with me. I don't see any straps in your arms or whatever He's not the sheriff. He's he's an officer. Oh, uh, I sent you an email a long ago to uh, the captain's and Go ahead and answer this question go Um, well, this you know, it's just nice to see if I could get that interview lined up Maybe help you guys out a little bit with the police force. Absolutely. I am doing hiring for the pd Oh, you are really? Sir, here's the first step you need to do to join the pd. Okay first you need to go The hospital and get a physical Okay, so Okay, go down to the hospital get a physical passed out first We'll continue our conversation. You know what slag? You know if I just ran for mayor we could we could make we could we could make all these laws fixed You know what i'm saying? Yes, you can. Yeah, we need and we're probably a lot of laws change Especially as we go through them and figure out what what is it that um We understand what does not because the way things are written right now There's a lot of grain between Okay, so here's what we learned today We learned that the receiver of the drug should be should be this I guess getting the sales of drugs And then the person selling the drug should be the one that gets possessions Hi officer Patty Can I get my knife black please? Here you go. Did you learn your lesson today? Yeah, I should have booked you for about eight more things that I could have look I learned my lesson next time, you know, we'll put about eight things on you and we'll be on our way You have a nice day now son Absolutely