COPS (1989) s23e10 Episode Script

Ho! Ho! Ho! #8

This special edition of 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've been here nine years, it'll be ten in october.
How I see myself in ten years from now, I'd kinda like to promote to sergeant and work detectives for a couple years, and then eventually come back out and work in the field as a supervisor.
That's, that's where I'd like to be.
That's ten years from now.
Back in this particular area we've got girls that prostitute, the guys that prostitute back behind these smaller motels along the boulevard here.
Someone is outside the house.
She walked across the street.
I couldn't tell what she Hey! Huh? Come here.
What'd I do? I don't know.
What are you doing? You're walking up to cars.
That's my Uncle.
That's your Uncle.
Yeah.
So when I stop him, he's gonna tell me he's your Uncle? Yeah.
Stand right there.
Yeah, that's my Uncle.
Hey, pull over! That's your Uncle? Yeah.
He looks pretty white.
Sit on the hood of my car right there, dear.
Hey, hey, hey, hey! Hey, stop! On the ground! Don't move! I have a runner.
Stand by.
Get down! Get down! No, I ain't did nothing! No! No! No! Get on the ground! I didn't do nothing wrong! I didn't do nothing Roll over! Roll over! I didn't do nothing wrong! Give me your hand.
What am I going to jail for? For running from me.
I'm going to Potter county? I can't go to jail! Got one in custody for running.
Just South of the AISD building that houses the buses.
Try and roll over, dear.
Can you Can you please pick up my? Come on.
Get on your feet.
Ready? Yeah.
Get your foot under you? Come on.
Hop up.
Ready? Okay.
One, Two Three.
There you go.
Can you get my shoe and stuff? I'll get your shoes.
Make sure my money and stuff is in there.
Why you running from me, huh? There's your shoe.
Because the fact that I don't want to go to jail.
So you run? Yeah.
I don't want to go to jail 'cause I didn't do nothing wrong.
Hold still.
Hold still.
I'm going to jail.
Just got out of jail.
Got out of city jail.
Oh, lord! Oh, I'm going to jail! I'm going to Potter county now! I'm goin' to Potter county! Can you get my stuff?! Yeah, I'll get it.
Come here.
Can you get my stuff? Can you get my stuff, please? Stick her in your car.
Can you get my stuff, please? I'll get your stuff.
I don't want to go to jail.
Put your car over on Yeah.
There's the taser wire.
One hit her, and hit that purse obviously.
The other one I think actually hit her in the arm, but it didn't make a connection.
Here's her Potter county wristband, um, crack pipe I know there's lots of prostitution up and down ninth street here, so we come up here and see what was going on.
It's nice and warm, so people are gonna be out.
We pull up, and it's what I thought was a girl at first, was flagging cars down and going up talking to cars, that type of deal, you know, obviously making dates or something like that.
So, anyway, she's walking down the middle of the street, so I've got a reason to stop her, she's impeding the roadway.
So I go to stop her, uh, pull up here and have her, I was gonna tell her to sit on the hood of the car until I got someone else here with me.
As she walks back to sit on the hood of the car, she just walks by the car and takes off running.
Come on out.
Step right over to the back of this car here.
So, one got there, and the other one got the purse that he was carrying.
Is the bullet in there? No, there's no bullet in there.
It gonna hurt? No, it's not gonna hurt.
You didn't feel it go in, did you? No.
All right, you ain't gonna feel it coming out either.
Hold that light, will ya? Yes, sir.
Okay, hold still.
Where am I going? Potter county.
No, that didn't even bleed.
So you didn't feel that, did you? No.
Turn around.
Let me see the front of you.
Let me see your face.
You're not banged up anywhere on the face, are you? Is that a wig you're wearing? No, it's It's your hair? Yeah.
How come What are you doing out here? What am I doing? Yeah.
You're talking to people in cars that you don't even know.
Um, tell you the truth, um, I got bills to pay, or whatever, and, um, I have a kid to take care of, and I'm trying to take care of my kid.
My kid needed diapers, so I was out here doing what I do.
And what's that, prostituting? No.
Okay, what are you doing? Um, I have a boyfriend that's supposed to be picking me up, like, five miles from here.
Five Yeah, and I was waiting for him.
And my boyfriend name is raven.
So what are you doing flagging this guy down? Um, he stopped me, and, um, he gave me five dollars, so I took it.
And I don't turn down no money.
What'd he give you five dollars for? Five dollars.
I don't know.
He said, "here you go, here's five bucks"? Yeah, he just gave me five bucks.
So you're not out here prostituting? No.
You're not? Oh, no.
We both weren't.
Oh, no, I'm not.
Okay, you understand you're going to jail, right? Yeah.
For running from me, for being in the street and obviously being drunk.
Where did you just get out of jail? I just got out of jail at city jail.
City jail.
City jail? For what? > Uh, I got out of city jail for a hash and paraphernalia.
Okay, you also had a pipe in your purse, too, so Yeah, so You're gonna be booked for evading, impeding the roadway, pi and the crack pipe, okay? Okay.
I was born and raised in Pasco county which is just north of here.
Fifth-generation floridian.
Went to college, got my degree in criminology, come back home to the area.
Hillsborough county had the best reputation that I knew of, so I applied to get a job here, and I got drawed.
So I been here since 2001.
Couldn't imagine doing anything else.
She's got a white spaghetti top on, tattoo left shoulder.
Just got contacted by one of our canine units.
He's up to one of our local motels.
He observed a hand-to-hand deal behind one of the buildings.
We're gonna go up here and see if we can assist him.
The hotel's got a history of drug and prostitution.
The other units are already here, so I'm gonna make contact with him over here at the actual room that the male and female were observed going into.
Could you come to the door, please? Sheriff's office.
Can you come to the door, please? Hello? Hi.
How you doing? Are you okay? Yeah.
Can I, can we come in? We got a complaint about noise in here.
Is everything okay? Yeah, there's noth There ain't no noise in here.
Can I, can I come in? I'm on the toilet.
Who's in the bathroom? Yeah, who's in over in the bathroom? She There's nobody Ma'am? I'm seriously on the toilet.
There's nobody screaming.
I didn't hear no noise around here.
Can I come in and speak with you? We have a complaint from the office.
From the office? Yes, sir.
May I come in and speak with you? We just checked in.
Carrie, come on out.
Can I speak with you, please? Sure.
I mean, we just checked in.
I mean Thank you.
Hi.
Hi.
Can I speak with you? Yeah.
I'm fine.
Come on outside.
Yes, ma'am.
You got any I.
D.
With you, first of all? No, I don't.
You don't have any I.
D.
At all? No, I don't.
Okay, this is what Do you have I.
D.
? No, I don't have any I.
D.
On me.
Do you have I.
D.
Assigned to you? Yes.
Okay, now we're going somewhere.
Okay.
All right, but you just don't have it with you? No, I don't.
Okay.
You just come back to the room? We got a complaint from the the office.
Were you walking around here? Come on over here, Anthony.
All right, first things first: You don't have nothing in your pockets I need to know about, right? No.
No bombs, nuclear weapons, hand grenades, narcotics, anything like that? No.
Where do you live at? Yeah, right here in Seffner.
Okay, where at in Seffner? Ingley.
What are you doing here then if you live right around the corner? 'Cause my mom won't let me have girls at the house.
I'm staying up here with my girlfriend.
Okay, so this your girlfriend? Yeah.
Okay, so it's just you and her? Yeah.
All right, how do you know her? I met her a couple years ago.
A couple years ago? How long y'all been going out? For a while.
All right, do me a favor.
Just come right over here for a second.
Just have a seat right here by this pillar.
Have a seat.
But, well, you couldn't get the spellings quite right, so we didn't quite believe you to begin with.
I know.
Okay? Now you're gonna go with this deputy out to the car.
I'm gonna get the rest of this.
Okay.
Can I get my shoes on, please? I'll walk you back in, we'll get your shoes.
You need to man up and be truthful with what's going on.
I'm just staying over here, 'cause my mom don't like to have me having girls at the house.
Now, define girls.
Any girls at all.
So, I don't have any girls spend the night.
Especially ones you don't know their name, right? Yeah.
Okay.
How old are you? You're 28? Yes, sir.
Okay.
And you still live with your mama? Yeah, sometimes.
Okay.
When was the last time you bumped? Uh, it's been ten months.
Ten months? So you were dry on the wagon for a while is what you're saying? Yes, sir.
And you're getting back into it, unfortunately? No, I'm not getting back into it.
Say that again now.
No, sir.
No? No.
All right, then what are you doing over here then? I'm trying to get a piece of I don't know whatever you call it sugar tail.
You You're trying to get All right, you're trying to get what now? Some sugar tail.
You're trying to get sugar tail.
For lack of a better word.
That makes sense.
You're at a motel, you can't bring 'em home to mama.
Okay.
Name is bray, or another name is bray that the warrant is under.
How do you know this gentleman you're with? I've know him for a while, but I told him my name was Bailey.
So he thinks you're Bailey? Yeah.
Why would you tell him that? Because I have a warrant, and I didn't want anybody to know my name.
Oh, okay, okay.
The warrant just came out on the 12th of may.
I know, but I've been I've When I first met him was when I originally got discharged, and I was in trouble.
What was it for? Prostitution.
Okay.
Third conviction? Where do you normally shoot at? Low on my hands.
In the back of your hands? Yeah, on top of my hands.
Okay.
Where the big veins are on the top? All right.
Whoever it is, they have to leave a message, okay? Come on out to the patrol car.
Watch your step here.
No, I've been trying to get her off get her off of 'em, 'cause she was smoking crack when she first came out, and I told her, she's gonna do that, then I'm not gonna have nothing to do with her.
She went to that drug program, she got help.
She came out and she was good, and then now, she started messing up.
And I don't want to see her like that.
Do you know how she makes a living? Um no.
Do you know what she's been arrested for in the past? If you know her like you say you do? Yes, she's been arrested for prostitution.
Okay.
And, uh Do you even know her real name? It's Carrie Something like that.
I don't know.
Do you see how that? I'm kind of worried about your well-being if that's her prior arrest and what she does, and if she's still shooting and stuff like that, and you're spending time with her.
Right.
You see what I'm saying? Yes, sir.
You know.
It's not good for you.
Uh-huh.
Okay, just hang out right here on the curb for me, okay? Okay.
All right? Sit here? Yeah, just right there on the curb.
You seen what you said transaction-wise, found out what room they were in.
Come to find out, they've got a complaint on them already for the same activities of in and out of the room with different persons, uh, from the security company, or security guard that works on the property.
Right.
Made contact, find out who it is.
She's got a warrant for her arrest for prostitution After she gave us a fake name.
After she offers a false name to law enforcement.
That's right.
And, uh, find paraphernalia in the room on her admission that it was in the room, and that's kind of where we're at.
Right now we're going to do the paperwork on her, get her down to booking, and, uh, give a few nice, kind words of advice to the gentlemen who was spending time with her.
I got no charges on him, so he can come back and enjoy the room he rented for the night, but he'll enjoy the room by himself.
When you talk about working in Vegas, it's as unique as you can get.
As you'll see when we're out here, we're gonna come across drug dealers, we're gonna come across regular tourists asking questions.
We're gonna come across male prostitutes, female prostitutes, cross-dressing prostitutes.
It's the whole melting pot thing, is every walk of life is here in Vegas.
We're going to stop this young lady up here because she's walking in the street where the sidewalks are provided, so we're gonna stop and talk to her up here.
She looks to me like she might be doing something, uh So we'll stop and say hello to her.
Oh, this is it's a guy.
Come over and stand in front of my car, please.
Keep your hands where I can see them.
You know that.
We met before.
You know why I stopped you, right? Uh-huh.
You know why I stopped you, right? All this Walking in You can't be walking in the street.
All this dirt and, like, my foot already hurt, and my Okay, but you I got sandals.
I understand that, but you can't be walking in the street.
You know that, right? I did I didn't know.
It's, like, a bunch of stuff over there.
All right, I understand.
All right.
Uh, everything all right? Yeah, it's cool.
All right.
Keep your hands where I can see 'em.
Put 'em on the black bumper, all right? All right.
How many times you've been arrested? A lot.
Okay.
Patrol 374, 4-68.
Is there anything in there illegal? No.
Do you have a problem if I look in there? You can look.
Is your I.
D.
In there? I don't have an I.
D.
'Cause I just got out of prison, and I lost my You just got out of prison? Yeah.
Okay.
Let me ask you something.
Are you a male or a female? I'm a male.
Are you have you Are you in the process of converting yourself or anything like that? No.
Are you But you're still a male, right? Yeah.
Okay.
Do me a favor? I just want to make sure you don't have anything on you, okay, so I want you to put your hands behind your back.
Make sure you don't have anything on you, all right? Let me ask you real quick, 'cause I don't want to reach down.
Do you have is that a dress? Yeah.
Do you have underwear on? Yeah.
Okay, so you do? Do me a favor, spread your feet.
What's your first name? Vincent.
Vincent.
Okay, spread your feet, Vincent.
Do you have breasts? Are you in the process of getting them? Yeah.
Are you taking the hormones or something? I just don't want to be disrespectful.
Okay.
Are you? Do you have, uh, the male parts? Yeah.
Okay.
Okay.
See the palm of my hand? I'm just gonna reach underneath here.
Okay.
You don't have any dope on you or anything? I don't smoke dope.
What? I don't smoke dope.
Okay.
Good for you.
All right.
All right, step up to the car, all right? And you have no I.
D.
In here? You mind if I check? Uh, you can check.
Okay.
Thank you very much.
Is there anything illegal in here? Anything I need to be concerned with? No.
What do you do for a living? Um nothing.
What are you doing tonight? I was about to go to the store and then go home.
Is that right? Yeah.
And you've been arrested for what? Prostitution.
Okay.
Is that what you do? Well, I used to, 'cause I have HIV.
You have HIV? Yes.
And you're positive? Do you have full-blow aids, or are you just HIV? I have HIV.
Okay.
How long have you been doing prostitution? Uh, since I've been 15.
Yeah.
And how many times have you been arrested? A lot.
What did you go to penitentiary for? Um, felony for prostitution.
Felony? Okay.
Okay.
Just hang out here for a second.
Okay, so what are you out here? If you've been to prison for it, what are you out here doing it again for? You got no business out here doing it, right? Yeah.
You see what I'm saying? There's absolutely no reason for you to be out here doing that, right? I was I-I just left a friend's house, and then, I'm I was going to the store, and then I was going home.
Okay, but I guarantee you, if a dude pulled up and was trying to get-get with you, you'd be you'd be willing to do it, right? I'm not going to lie to you.
'Cause it's all about the money? Yes.
All right? You tell someone when they stop you that you got HIV? Yeah.
You're gonna tell a trick that you got HIV? Yes.
I'll be with you in a minute, all right? We didn't catch him doing anything illegal as in reference to prostitution-related, but we caught him walking in the street, all right? He's walking down the middle of the street.
Um, so that gives us a reason to stop him and talk to him, and as we, um, originally figured out, it's probably going to be a prostitute, and he openly admitted that if someone wanted someone tried to pick him up right now that he would be willing to do it, so we're gonna run him and see what we got, and, uh, I probably will put a call into vice and let them know that he's out here and out here doing stuff, so unfortunate we didn't catch him haling a car today.
Is this all the money you made just today? It's 20, 30 35.
About 45 bucks? How long you been out here today? I don't know.
You understand the felony prostitution, why you went to prison, right? Yes.
Do you know why that why that was? Um what you mean? Well, because you obviously Did you get picked up by vice? And because you have HIV, right? That made you eligible to go to prison, you know, because if you're out here, and you have tested positive for HIV, and you're picking up tricks and thank God it was an undercover then guess what? That was a saving day for us.
Obviously going to prison, you didn't learn your lesson.
Soon as my partner's done, he's gonna give you a ticket and send you on your way, all right? If I see you down here in the next hour, and you do something wrong again, you won't be getting a ticket.
Okay.
Understood? Yes.
I don't want you down here.
I don't want you out on the street at all.
But I can't stop you from going anywhere except for down here.
Down here, I can put you in jail.
And you know, if I put you in jail, you're good for 24 hours.
That's 24 hours, I'll have you off the street.
You follow me? Yeah.
Okay.
All right? You just got a huge break.
Okay.
All right? Okay.
It's a good thing you didn't get picked up again, 'cause you'd be going back to prison, all right? All right.
Take your stuff and go.
Thank you for your time.
He's been out two months, and he's already back doing it again.
As we looked at the money, he did some work today, but we didn't catch him doing that work.
But we will in the future.
I've got him at gunpoint.
At gunpoint, Cover is code three.

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