COMING UNEXT. ♪ >> EARLIER THIS WEEK THE
BRADFORD COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE CALLED THIS AN INGENIOUS
WAY TO HIDE DRUGS
STUFFED INTO A FAKE FANNED A
SODA CAN BUT NOT INGENIOUS
ENOUGH TO OUTSMART THE DEPUTIES
WHO FOUND THE SECRET STASH
DURING A TRAFFIC STOP SODA CANS
AND OTHER DEVICES THAT LOOK AND
WORK LIKE EVERYDAY ITEMS BUT
ARE MADE WITH A SECRET
COMPARTMENT. THEY’RE EASY FOR
KIDS TO GET A HOLD OF AND AS
YOU’RE ABOUT TO SEE THERE AN
EASY WAY TO HIDE THINGS FROM A
PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO AND IN
THIS CASE, ONE LOCAL MOM,
PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT SHE
COULDN’T BE
FOOLED HERSELF. LET NEWS 4 JAX
CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR LAUREN
VERNO HIDE FAKE DRUGS AROUND
HER HOUSE AND PUT IT TO THE
TEST.
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WELL OKAY, YOU GOT IT. >> IN JUST A FEW HOURS EARLIER ON A MAJOR MOM
ELIZABETH ALFORD TOLD ME IT WAS
GOING TO BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
TO HIDE FAKE DRUGS AROUND HER
KIDS ROOMS
WITHOUT NOTICING. SO LET ME
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EXPLAIN HOW WE GOT TO THIS
HOWEVER IT IS A MOM TO A
1614 11 YEAR-OLD YOU HAVE A
PACKED HOUSE IS WHO I DO
AND SHE WAS NOT ONLY WILLING
BUT EXCITED TO LET US TAKE OVER
HER HOME WHY DID YOU AGREE TO
DO THIS. I HAVE WHAT I THINK
ARE REALLY GOOD KIDS.
HOWEVER.
>> I KNOW THAT THEY WILL MAKE
BAD CHOICES, I KNOW THAT
THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES.
I KNOW THAT THAT’S COMING AT
SOME POINT IN SO YOUR STORY AND
TREAT ME BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE
SURE I’M
ALERT AND ON TOP OF WHAT’S
GOING ON WITH THAT.
>> I WENT UPSTAIRS THIS IS THE
HARD PART STARTING IN HER 16
YEAR-OLD SON’S ROOM
AND ARE VERY CLEAN CHANNELING
MY INNER TEENAGER I HIDE ALL OF
THE ITEMS AS PROMISED IN PLAIN
SIGHT ALL RIGHT 6 ITEMS
AND NOW WAS ELIZABETH’S TERM SO
WE COULDN’T FAKE DRUGS INSIDE
YOUR KIDS ROOMS WITHIN A FEW
MINUTES OUT FOR GIVES UP ON THE
BEDROOM, TURNING HER SIGHTS ON
THE BATHROOM.
>> HEY I ONLY KNOW THAT BECAUSE
IT’S NOT THE BRAND ABOUT IT.
OH NO IT’S
REAL DEODORANT.
>> AND WITH A LITTLE
MANEUVERING.
>> SO THAT’S OKAY, IF YOU HAVE
FOUND THAT.
IF THIS HAD BEEN
THE BRAND THAT HE WEARS I WOULD
NEVER HAVE.
>> CHECK THAT.
>> NOW THEY
YOU KNOW.
>> YOU FOUND THE FIRST ONE OH
MY GOSH THIS IS GOING TO BE
HARD NEXT WE MOVE TO HER 11
YEAR-OLD THROUGH SHE CHECKS THE
DESK FOR A FEW MINUTES
COMPLETELY OVERLOOKING ONE OF
THE STASH DEVICES THIS IS
SCARY. THIS IS REALLY SCARY.
YOU CAN SKIP FIRMS YOU CAN SKIP IN HER BATHROOM. THAT’S WHERE AFTER ALMOST
LOOKING RIGHT OVER IT FOR FINDS
THE NEXT 10 AN ITEM.
>> OH MY GOODNESS, OKAY.
>> HEADING INTO THE FINAL ROOM
AFTER FINDS A WATER BOTTLE WITH
A HIDDEN COMPARTMENT FOR
ALCOHOL PRETTY QUICKLY. BUT
AFTER THAT.
>> COULD YOU HIDE SOMETHING.
YEAH, I GET UP.
SO THERE’S ACTUALLY 2 AND
THEY’RE THERE TO IN THE MAKEUP
DOOR THERE’S 2 IN THE US
BACKWARD.
>> THE DRAWER SHE LOOKED OVER 3
TIMES.
A CHAPSTICK CHILDREN FAKE PILLS TO END IN THE NEXT ROAR A LINT ROLLER FILLED WITH FAKE
MARIJUANA. THEN TURNING OUR
SIGHTS BACK INTO THE SECOND
ROOM. THIS IS SOMETHING YOUR
KIDS COULD HIDE DRUGS AND.
AND EVEN WHEN TELLING OFFERED
THERE WERE HIDDEN
DRUGS INSIDE.
>> YOU CAN HAVE TO END IT HE
TRYING TO GET THESE THINGS YOU
KNOW IT FELT LIKE THAT YOU’RE
READY. YEAH.
>> WHICH LEADS US BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED. YEAH, I’M JUST KIND OF BLOWN AWAY RIGHT NOW.
6 ITEMS HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT.
THE SECRET STASH DEVICES ALL
MARKETED ONLINE AS LEGITIMATE
HIDING PLACES A HOLLOWED OUT
LINT ROLLER HAIRBRUSH WATER
BOTTLE DEODORANT CHAPSTICK
AND SHARPIE I BOUGHT FOR LESS
THAN $10 APIECE DELIVERED IN 2
DAYS, SOMETHING NEWS 4 JAX
CRIME AND SAFETY EXPERT KEN
JEFFERSON SAYS SHOULD BE EYE
OPENING FOR ANYONE WITH KIDS
LOOKING AT ALL THESE ITEMS WHAT
IS THE ONE THING YOU KNOW YOU
WANT TO
TELL PARENTS.
>> THESE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES US
IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY THAT WE’VE
GOT
TO BE COGNIZANT A WE HOW HER
HEAD IN THE SAND THING NEVER
MUCH OUT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW
I TOLD YOU WHEN YOU CAME.
>> I SAID I HAVE TO NEAT FREAKS
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
HIDE ANYTHING IN THEIR ROOMS
AND BOY WAS I WRONG.
>> YOUR NEWS 4 JAX CRIME AND
SAFETY EXPERT KEN JEFFERSON,
OUR STORY HE SAYS THAT THERE
ARE 2 WARNING SIGNS FOR PARENTS
TO WATCH FOR FIRST.
A MAJOR CLUE CAN BE THE PRICE
TAG FOR EXAMPLE, LOOK AT YOUR
AMAZON ACCOUNT AND THEN YOUR
PURCHASE HISTORY AND FOR
INSTANCE, IF YOU SEE A $10
CHARGE FOR ONE SHARPIE SOME OF
THAT SHOULD COST ABOUT 2 BUCKS
FOR A PACK
OF 2. THAT MEANS YOU’RE GOING
WANT TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER
DEFINITELY ASKED SOME QUESTIONS
AND A SECOND WARNING SIGN IF
YOU ARE NORMALLY THE WANT TO
BUY THINGS LIKE DEODORANT OR
HAIRBRUSH FOR YOUR CHILD.
>> ONLY NOW YOUR CHILD HAS AN
ITEM THAT DIDN’T COME FROM YOU,
YOU NEED TO ASK ABOUT IT AND