>> MATT: OFF THE TOP AT 6, 2, BROTHERS INSPECTING A HOUSE TO BUY AT
BUY AT AUCTION, FINDING OUT THERE SPENDING THE NIGHT IN JAIL. INSTEAD THE NEWS 6
INVESTIGATION FOUND THEY’RE
BOTH LICENSED REAL ESTATE
AGENTS. BUT DEPUTIES DIDN’T
BUY THEIR STORY, CHARGED WITH
BURGLARY. GLAD YOU’RE WITH US
TONIGHT. I’M MATT AUSTIN AND
I’M GINGER GADSDEN. THOSE
BROTHERS TURNED TO NEWS 6
INVESTIGATOR ERIK SANDOVAL TO
HELP THEM GET RESULTS ERIK,
WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND OUT GINGER
THESE BROTHERS SAY? THEY SPENT
THE ENTIRE DAY LOOKING AT A
LIST OF HOUSES THROUGHOUT
BREVARD COUNTY. AND WHEN THEY
GOT TO ONE ON MERRITT ISLAND.
>> MATT: NEIGHBORS CALLED THE
COPS ON THEM. AND WE GOT A
HOLD OF VIDEO THAT SHOWS WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN THEY GOT THERE.
>> YEAH, RIGHT. REMAIN SILENT.
ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN BE USED
AGAINST YOU IN COURT.
>> DASH CAMERAS WERE ROLLING
WHEN BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S
DEPUTIES DETAINED LET REAVIS
NATHAN AND HIS BROTHER IN
APRIL OF LAST YEAR. DEPUTIES
ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WERE
DOING WALKING AROUND A HOME IN
MERRITT AND REAL ESTATE
INVESTMENT.
>> IT IS A 431.9 NORTH ON THE
GRAND BEFORE DID
>> THOSE SAME CAMERAS ROLLED
FOR NEARLY 3 HOURS AS DEPUTIES
SEARCHED THEIR CAR, TOOK
PICTURES OF SANDY FOOTPRINTS
OUTSIDE THE HOME AND BUILT
THEIR CASE. THEY CLAIMED
NATHAN AND HIS BROTHER HAD
USED THIS SCREWDRIVER TO OPEN
THIS DOOR TO THE HOUSE AND
THEY CLAIM THEY STOLE 2
CINDERBLOCKS VALUED AT $2.
EACH.
>> SO YOU GUYS ARE. BEING
ARRESTED. BURLEY A
CONSTRUCTION SITE. POSSESSION,
BURGLARY, TOOLS HEAVY
>> PHONE?
>> NATHAN AND HIS BROTHER WERE
BOOKED IN THE BREVARD COUNTY
JAIL WHERE THEY WERE HELD FOR
NEARLY 24 HOURS ON 2 FELONY
CHARGES. AND ONE MISDEMEANOR
PROSECUTORS LATER DROPPED
THOSE CHARGES. ALL RIGHT. FROM
I DIDN’T COMMIT A CRIME.
>> I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE
THERE.
>> WE SAT DOWN WITH NATHAN WHO
TOLD US THE SAME STORY OF WHAT
HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
>> AND WE ASKED HIM WHY HE
THINKS DEPUTIES DIDN’T BELIEVE
HIM.
>> I REALLY FEEL LIKE MAYBE
THERE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, TYPE
A PROFOUND AT THAT LED TO
MORRIS OTHER THAN JUST, YOU
KNOW, THE CIRCUMSTANCES
PRESENTED ALL THE FACTS AS
MUCH INFORMATION AS THEY FOR.
>> I WAS STILL DOING THAT. YOU
KNOW, I WAS A CRIMINAL AND I
WAS A LOT ABOUT WHAT I WAS
DOING. NATHAN IS NOW SUING THE
BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE.
>> AND THE DEPUTY WHO ARRESTED
CLAIMING HE WAS UNLAWFULLY
STOPPED AND DETAINED OR
FALSELY ARRESTED.
>> AND MALICIOUSLY PROSECUTED.
>> JUST A NIGHT IN JAIL. WHEN
YOU DON’T HAVE ANY REASON TO
BE THERE IS A VIOLATION OF
YOUR 4TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS AS A
U.S. CITIZEN HAS A CITIZEN IN
FLORIDA.
>> NOW WE CONTACTED THE
BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE. THEY TOLD US THEY
DIDN’T WANT TO COMMENT ON
THIS. WELL, IT’S WINDING ITS
WAY THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM.
NATHAN’S ATTORNEY, THOUGH,
SAYS THAT MAY TAKE A WHILE AND
HE WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF IT
MAKES ITS WAY ALL THE WAY TO A
JURY TO HEAR. OF COURSE, WE’RE
GOING TO BE WATCHING TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS. ALL RIGHT. I
JUST DON’T EVEN HAVE THE WORDS
FOR THIS STORY. YOU’RE
REPORTING A SHOW THAT THIS IS
NOT THE FIRST TIME SOMETHING
LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED IN
BREVARD COUNTY. THAT’S RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, YOU MAY REMEMBER
THIS STORY A FEW WEEKS AGO, A
MAN WHO IS VISITING BREVARD
COUNTY FOR MICHIGAN ACTUALLY
SETTLED HIS LAWSUIT AGAINST
THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. HE WAS
ARRESTED FOR DRIVING UNDER THE
INFLUENCE. HE HAD BEEN
DRINKING THE BLOOD TESTS LATER
PROVED THAT NOW GET THIS.
NATHAN SAYS HE TEMPERED SKEWS
ME TEMPORARILY LOST HIS
FULL-TIME JOB, WHICH IS A
MEDICAID CASEWORKER BECAUSE OF
THIS ARREST. REAL ESTATE WAS
JUST AS PART-TIME GIG. AND
SINCE HIS ARREST, HE SAYS HE
CAN’T EVEN GET NEAR A HOUSE TO
LOOK AT EVEN POSSIBLY FLIPPING
IT BECAUSE HE JUST THINKS THIS
IS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND TO
THINK WE HAVEN’T HEARD ABOUT
THIS RASH OF CEMENT BLOCK
SETH’S GOING AROUND THAT IS A
NEW ONE. ALL RIGHT. YEAH.