we're now at the eagle county court in
eagle colorado where an officer is
called into a courtroom to assist
with an investigation a crime
seems to have been committed who
committed the crime
is still in question
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all right
sure
the item of interest is this small
packet filled with a suspicious white
powder which turns out to be cocaine
and we step outside so everyone can get
back to what they're doing okay okay i'm
gonna ask you a question okay
so let's step out of the courtroom i'll
miranda's you let's have a conversation
about what happened okay all right let's
do that
the guy next to me i heard something
next to me is that is that wrong
so i look down and i go like this you
know i go back i like
and and i see the little bag there this
guy said oh excuse me excuse me
something fell off this gentleman's
pocket i said did you literally see
something fall out of my pocket you know
this is a serious question
so why do all the independent witnesses
in there tell me that it came out of
your pocket
well it's like i tell you if somebody
sees if somebody saw something
it's fine yeah i don't think so if it
wasn't your drugs tell me whose drugs
you think it was
probably the next guy sitting standing
next to me okay which guy is that
the guy in the red yeah okay you know
there's camera right there let's look at
the camera because i have nothing
and did that come from you today out of
your pockets
the man in red doesn't speak english and
he's using an interpreter so this is
what we're going to do we're trying to
look at the video footage right now
so they do just that
did you see that look again
closely the evidence seems to be clear
in the courtroom there's videos
and it recorded it coming out of your
hand or your hat
as you had your hands behind your back
you are under arrest
turn around place your hands behind your
back juan bibriesca has narcotics
possession and a bond violation added to
the drug charges he was already facing
in court
i'm getting arrested again you are you
can't have cocaine it's illegal
and it's really bad when you drop it in
the courtroom in front of the judge
we're in the george layton criminal
courthouse in chicago illinois
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judge joseph clapps strolls through the
lobby as he's done
plenty of times over his 20-year career
only today he drops something on the
floor
normally this wouldn't be a big deal
only the item that
claps drops on the floor is reportedly a
loaded
satin silver revolver
in illinois weapons even if you're
properly licensed
are prohibited inside courthouses unless
you're an officer on duty
notice how as claps passes the security
desk
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he waves hello to a court security
officer and
the revolver falls out of his jacket
which is folded over his arm
with people watching he reaches down to
pick it up
stumbles a bit then casually puts the
object in his pants pocket and walks
away
when the judge arrives at the elevators
claps puts the gun
back under his coat and continues with
his day
but two other deputies standing by the
doors also took notice when claps
dropped his weapon
while they didn't take immediate action
they later report the incident to a
lieutenant
claps who did have a valid firearm
owner's id card
and a concealed carry license is charged
three days later
with carrying a concealed weapon in a
prohibited area
which is a class b misdemeanor
the judge was placed on administrative
duty and faced up to six months in jail
in a 2500
fine if convicted but just three months
later and despite eyewitness testimony
from the two deputies
he's acquitted of the charge the court
ruled the prosecution and failed to
prove beyond a reasonable doubt
that the object claps drop was actually
a firearm
next we head to bernalillo county
metropolitan court
in albuquerque new mexico it's
valentine's day
and instead of playing cupid this woman
is about to do something
stupid stacy ochoa has spent hours
observing the day's proceedings
posing as a criminal justice student
sitting in the gallery ochoa takes a few
minutes to chat with lawyers
then approaches the bench presumably to
continue the discussion
moments later she takes a seat in one of
the chairs reserved for inmates
waiting to see the judge as the lawyers
turn their attention to the clerk
ochoa slumps back
now pay close attention to her left hand
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ochoa waits another minute then quietly
leaves the courtroom
about 20 minutes later a group of
inmates enter the courtroom
one of them frank chappelle taps an
inmate sitting in front of him on the
shoulder
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waiting till everyone's distracted with
the business at hand
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the inmate reaches under the seat where
ochoa previously sat
say ochoa was not actually an
inquisitive criminal justice student
it was all just an elaborate ruse used
to pass
an illegal valentine's day pick-me-up
to a friend behind bars she was charged
with trafficking math and distributing
marijuana
received three years probation but there
is a happy ending
ochoa and chappelle were married in 2019
it's 1107 a.m in the lorraine municipal
court in lorraine ohio
the court's empty after a busy morning
and a security officer's making his
usual rounds
he comes across something unusual a
small
bag filled with some kind of powder he's
not entirely sure
what it is so he has it tested
it turns out to be cocaine so the court
rewinds the tape to 9 34
am just before the bag appears on the
floor
and this man steps up to the gate
watch closely as he moves his hat
one more time
a warrants immediately issued for lamar
reed's arrest
reid was in court on two traffic
violations
driving under a suspended license and
speeding
he now faces a fifth degree felony
charge and a max of a year in prison
next we head to the kalitz county
courthouse in washington state
it's 12 40 p.m just outside the security
desk
the woman seen here is michelle flavin
notice she's carrying a pink box don't
worry it's nothing dangerous
just a birthday cake for her
nine-year-old daughter
she's bringing it inside the courthouse
because she's afraid if she leaves it in
the car
her dog will eat it flavin asked the
security officer there in white to keep
an eye on the cake while
she meets with her sister inside her
cake should be fine
at a security checkpoint inside a
courthouse
a few minutes later this man robert
frederiksen arrives at the courthouse
frederickson's here because of an
indecent exposure charge
he's 50 years old
fredrickson and the woman in front of
him send their valuables through the
metal detector
just out of the frame frederickson sees
the birthday cake left with the officer
and what does he do he puts his hand
right in the cake and takes a bite a
woman notices the
shameless act and might be thinking
she's being punked
there goes fredrickson who appears to be
licking his fingers
he heads to the water fountain probably
to wash
evidence off his hands the woman calls
over another security officer
the officer in white meanwhile has eyes
on the cake
and can see the damage
not only is frederiksen busted
he's still licking cake from his fingers
the group gathers around the table and
that's when frederickson does
the inexplicable he goes back
for seconds the officer in white has
seen enough of this frosting filled
crime scene
frederickson and the cake are thrown to
the ground
a few more guards arrive then
frederickson is arrested
on top of the initial indecent exposure
charge he was facing that day
frederickson also picked up another
charge of third degree theft
which was the icing on the cake as for
flavin
a local grocery store heard about the
incident and provided her
with a brand new cake thanks for being a
fan of court cam
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