They Caught Him in the Weirdest Way

[@Someidiotinaf14]

He literally would have continued living his life as a fugitive if he just had a rear reflector

[@bruhyoulowontime9009]

That’s the wild thing about it is that he could’ve just went on with his day if he had a rear reflector and we would probably never see this dude again

[@lawabidingcitizen5153]

@hugsCharlotteMaykiss huh?

[@xavier5664]

If he went 30 years living a good and honest life style then i say let him go. Isnt prison supposed to be about rehabilitation

[@dinosaurwizard]

@@xavier5664no he needs justice

[@andy34isabor89]

​@@lawabidingcitizen5153 its a bot bud

[@TisHotMessHistory]

I just looked up this guy's story. He went to prison for r@ping children. When he was released on parole, none of the towns in his area wanted him to stay at their halfway houses. People were protesting. I read one victim's story. It was a girl who he had his way with, then used her pantyhose to tie her to a tree. He left her to die. Thankfully she survived. Edit: The most concise paragraph that I found on what finally put him in prison: On May 21, 1983 he kidnapped a woman in Minnesota, r@ped her repeatedly while keeping her captive in the trunk of her car, then left her unclothed and tied to a tree in Chippewa Falls. That's from the Leader-Telegram in 2003 in an article about starting the SO registry. According to other stories he victimized kids and escaped from halfway houses 3 times in the year he was released.

[@alejandrososa3168]

Sick demon

[@alexb7039]

Sucks how nice the cops where to him

[@tukului9623]

That's fucked up damn

[@PotatoPizza420]

@@alexb7039 tbf it was 30 years ago. horrible person who I personally wouldn't want to be around but 30 years is a lot of time to change

[@bruhmomentman]

​@PotatoPizza420 nah crime is crime. doesn't matter how many years ago it was. He is a sick f##

[@JustYourAverageGamer87]

This is like that one anime villain that had a perfectly made plan for over 50 years and finally puts it into action, only to fail because he slipped on a banana peel and hit his head lol

[@JOLLYBALLZ]

What anime is that lol

[@gyrozeppeli3438]

dio in a nutshell

[@billbill6094]

What anime villain has ever been like that

[@varunlale9303]

​@@billbill6094 Yoshikage Kira

[@AriocKaichi]

@hugsCharlotteMaykiss scam

[@0fluffhead0]

The cop's determination to get his identity/SSN could mean they've gotten a tip or something like that about who this guy is. This is the "proving it" stage.

[@olliesutton1804]

The criminal could have just refused to identify. Not having a reflector isnt probable cause for a crime committed 😂

[@cl0wn.k0dx]

is it not a crime to lie to a police officer about your identity? if this man did put up an argument, he could have drawn more attention to himself. also, the criminal is a rapist. i dont think he makes great decisions.

[@FrontierFootball]

@@olliesutton1804bro you really need to learn your laws because on any traffic stop you have to compel identity. Goofy ahh internet attorney 😂😂

[@Angel-zk5gi]

​@@olliesutton1804 don't listen to this boys. You will get arrested because this is wrong

[@chexcollects]

@@FrontierFootballyeah. So many of them these days. Theyre annoying.

[@Beateau]

lol. I love how "Gregory" hold his head at just weird enough of an angle to try to through off any facial rec, but not weird enough for the cop to say something about it.

[@mr.halfright]

Dude's been at this for a while, clearly. He probably has some practice (yet is stupid enough to get pulled over for something minor)

[@SAJL12820]

Have I been living under a rock that I didn't realize cops have facial recognition technology that works by just taking a picture of someone with their phone?

[@michaelreynolds7469]

Welcome to the new world order ​@@SAJL12820

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

from experience, the 'here, look up my nostrils' pose is just a thing common among old folks. toddlers, too.

[@yourboy_BillCipher]

@@mr.halfrightim so glad he finally got justice, he was a p-ophile/ child @ssaulter/kidnapper. just a few of the unforgivable crimes

[@thenuttednutter2669]

“They usually hit you from behind” optimal quote by him in this situation.

[@thenuttednutter2669]

@hugsCharlotteMaykissyou bots are getting insane 💀

[@HypeXtra]

@@AUTTP-y9y Never thought I would see a good comment bot 😂

[@arc00ta]

sounds like my kind of encounter

[@G4M3R1R0N]

Ofcourse it played as soon as i read this...

[@euriditia]

Your username checks out lmao 😂😂😂😂

[@ReRunTyson]

Being buddy buddy with the person being detained allows them to speak. It creates an environment where they feel comfortable to talk about the crime and maybe create a trust so they spill the beans.

[@sophieloph8728]

that's all i can hope they were doing, otherwise those cops are probably sus too

[@vulkeg]

@@sophieloph8728 It's like police 101. Watch any cop TV show, even they know this is fundamental basic shit that comes with the job.

[@derpygamer0279]

@@sophieloph8728 Most times they aren't, the more the criminal trusts the cops, the more beans they spill

[@soiderbites]

yo lol i got charged for mischief from cops budyy buddying me lol i thought they were chill

[@Skycrowliu]

@@sophieloph8728 oh that is what they're doing. classic tactic

[@Nebxxii705]

Body cams go off, guns come out. “Tell us the truth buster”

[@JrRocks007]

insider information

[@sctkarter1111]

I more caught off guard that his original sentence was only 9 years considering the severity of his crime. 9 years for r***ing a child and leaving them for dead? Kind of a sick joke honestly.

[@michaelreyes9283]

Hopefully his 30 years on the run looked just as bad as it looks and worse.

[@Crocotcrocfr]

''whats the sentence'' ''9 years'' ''i asked you the sentence not the girls age''' ''did i stuter?'' ''...''

[@breew7126]

he should have went away for 40 years minimum if not life without parole after doing that. i totally agree

[@RaspBerryPies]

Bro I will literally never understand how they sentence things. This one dude who did horrible crimes has life in prison and can’t see his own kids due to the nature of his crime. However the Ken and Barbie killers “Barbie” has children even though she literally assaulted and killed her own sister as well as other children with “Ken” This dude is a similar situation I feel like it’s so random who gets away with a light sentence and who doesn’t. Maybe money?

[@xaris9011]

and a dude i knew gets 25 years cause he got weed

[@Jeridano]

What a weird way to catch a serious felon for a lame reason

[@TheEggroll4321]

Cops will pull over people matching a description for a criminal all the time, just to get their foot in the door. They likely pulled him over to check

[@JasmineHesse2001]

😂😂

[@JoseCuervo11]

That's usually how they get caught; getting pulled over for speeding, running a light or stop sign, not having headlights on. Then the cop runs they're plates and finds out of they have warrants.

[@100thprimate]

Thats how the catch a lot of people, in my city those are fix it tickets meaning you have 30 days to get a rear reflector and they will void the ticket. Its part of broken windows policing

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@JoseCuervo11 insurance checkpoints turn up a lot of wanted criminals, stolen vehicles. there is a ghetto gas station nearby that every few years the cops setup a checkpoint and in an a few hours they have to call a wrecker that can hold 20 vehicles to tow the vehicles whose drivers have been put in cuffs and in a paddy wagon

[@itsprit1234]

I think the reason for the cigarettes is because they know the seriousness of the situation, but they don’t want *him* to know the seriousness. They want him to give as many details that could potentially link him to more recent and actionable cases under the guise of being pals.

[@TeenPerspektiva]

Classic cops

[@MrDanno]

@@TeenPerspektiva that’s literally their job bro 💀

[@TeenPerspektiva]

@@MrDanno yeah, so i said its classic for them. Why you replying to me, where was the confusion?

[@OfficialJalenSmith]

Is my music 🔥🔥

[@Floaty8008]

@@TeenPerspektivamakes it seem like you’re insulting them

[@enough2715]

I know he's seething about that rear reflector as he rots in his cell and that warms my heart

[@yourboy_BillCipher]

W

[@TikkiNikki]

Remeber kids: don't break the law in the process of breaking the law. He was already a fugitive, he should've been following every law, even minute ones like "rear reflector"

[@JasmineHesse2001]

@@ata_greecejust report them

[@ProTobigen]

Damn, all bots, that's rough buddy

[@randoapplebigcheese6169]

So many bots

[@benygames7399]

you say that as if you would be knowing to put a rear reflector on a pedal bike

[@hughjass917]

I POST ABSOLUTELY NOTHING 😈😈😈

[@AsapDan22]

It’s crazy how he managed to escape and stay hidden for 30 years.

[@chillshortvideos1669]

And then get caught in such a stupid way

[@TheGoatCamel]

Just like Charlie is managing to escape his views on child transition 😬

[@trappedfan5206]

I highly doubt that anyone was even looking for him. He is a raрist, and no one cares about crimes committed against women.

[@Plight_]

​@hugsCharlotteMaykisswtf is that profile. Stop thirst trapping in KZbin comments

[@Ripplistic]

@hugsCharlotteMaykissaw hell nah bots are using chatgpt now

[@MrRevash]

12:00 is normal for cops being friendly and cooperative with suspects beause that's a really pacific way to calm them down and make them think they are in control or safe

[@dittm3r]

It's the same way in The Atlantic, too.

[@genuine_john]

@@dittm3rI was just going to say that 😂

[@Toed1]

It’s also normal for humans to be nice to get what they want or to get more information

[@Pissant950]

Pacific

[@ldanica8096]

This is a technique used in interrogation too, which he is headed for, so they were really doing this to foster a space where the criminal feels cooperative and will spill- instead of clamming up because they’re being abrasive and “treating him as he deserves.”

[@dikydankedude]

Cutting out how they figure out how the villain did it is literally every episode of Sherlock. He always just magically understands the answer with information that wasn't shared with the audience

[@snappiepappie9899]

The BBC one explains it perfectly, the clues are just impossible for anyone other than Sherlock to catch. "The dirt on ur shirt means you've been to Italy" type ahh clue

[@buttermilko]

After finding out what he did, he’s sick I am glad they caught him

[@flamewarlock712]

Wouldnt he be let go due to a statue of limitations or something like that? Or does that not apply to cases like this

[@asherdempster4992]

@@flamewarlock712don’t think it applies to people already convicted. Also statues of limitations applies differently depending on the crime and state. They might not even have it

[@asherdempster4992]

@@flamewarlock712 after watching it. They said he was convicted so 100 percent it doesnt apply. But it might apply for him running away in the first place. Like if you escape prison and stay off the grid for 100 years, you wont get charged with escaping prison but you will have to serve the rest of your time im pretty sure

[@jacobpitts6846]

@@asherdempster4992yeah there’s absolutely no statue of limitations for a sentence that’s already been handed down you’re right. The only thing that releases you from that sentence is the parole board or serving your time

[@YestinTV]

@@jacobpitts6846isn’t statue of limitations usually just for stuff like petty crimes or low level crimes?

[@seismicstink]

Police usually treat suspects nicely when they want extra evidence and information to REALLY do the guy in and make him serve serious time.

[@yelhsasokolova8561]

Was gonna say the same thing

[@Limescale12]

Bingo. That's the job

[@Fickets]

Yah, some people just want the cops to always be doing something bad for some reason.

[@bouclechocolat]

And then the guy gets convicted in court and the judge says "well he's so nice though, three months"

[@SimonLind-lh6pt]

It's that and there's also the problem of him being demented. When someone is demented, you cannot reason with them so just talk about something else. For example when he says he will jump again, that's just some crazy nonsense talk from a demented old man. Quickly say something positive about anything else and it is helpful.

[@xXDoUbLeDDXx38]

Hello

[@HunterTN]

Yep this is like every Dateline episode, they start treating the suspect like the genius he thinks he is and they just spill all the beans.

[@landenroberts6710]

@@HunterTNit’s crazy how effective it is😅

[@hanniaedithmartinezadame794]

Yes XD

[@dev1360]

Or...hear me out....this will blow your mind...we are people and don't mind talking to *some* suspects/arrestees like normal people. He knew the dude was lying the whole time, it's why he kept going with the ID attempts. When it's all said and done, and I'm driving him to jail, it's time to cut the bullshit on both sides.

[@Deathpunch93]

That is true but I also think that this guy just didn’t care anymore lmao

[@Roperational_YT]

Them cutting out the cops figuring out he’s a criminal is like watching Scooby-Doo without the unmasking

[@AnyaBorger]

This is the greatest rear reflector ad of all time.

[@millo7295]

Excuse me?

[@saintrodgersdomino7384]

Is literally standard on all bikes lol get off reddit

[@djquick]

Fuckin’ ran out to the garage to check my bike for one after watching this shit.

[@HiFisch94]

​@@djquickI wouldn't say that. It sounds like you could be that guy 😂

[@TroyLot]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 FR

[@runescythed]

Giving suspects food/cigarettes is common. Makes it much easier to get information out of them. They're not being buddies.

[@NoName-cn3cp]

White privilege

[@alexwintercast1381]

He isn’t a suspect anymore tho, he was convicted just on the run

[@CatThwomper]

@@alexwintercast1381 I think he's just saying how it is a very common tactic to get information out of suspects.

[@samwisefieri6696]

Tbf, this is the way cops are SUPPOSED to act with everyone they catch. Be all friendly and buddy-buddy with them. It makes the arrest and any interrogation a lot easier if they feel they're in a safe situation. They tend to talk more openly, which makes conviction a lot more likely. I mean look how this dude is just spilling his guts..

[@schrodingerscat2133]

Completely unrelated, but when will moist critical pick up MrBeasts recent exposure? (Posting here cuz commenting normally will get 0 engagement)

[@hhaste]

@@schrodingerscat2133 How is anyone supposed to know that?

[@hhaste]

It helps when the person they're questioning isn't combative, resisting, loud and arguing the whole time.. just cooperate and this is how it will be 100% of the time.

[@schrodingerscat2133]

@Westcoastrocksduh that is not what I’m talking about. MrBeast has been exposed for fraud and illegal lotteries for children among other things. All his videos are fake, and the prize winners are his friends 80% of the time.

[@schrodingerscat2133]

@@hhaste it’s a rhetorical question, what I really want to do is to know the opinion of others, in regards to if they think he will do so at all.

[@jaredf9055]

2:45 this is called a pre-text stop. They stop you for a petty vehicle code or municipal code violation because they want to start an investigation of a suspicious individual. They have no intention of citing you and it has nothing to do with a quota. I used to be a cop and this is pretty normal way to create a lawful detention. 6:40 when people are refusing to identify themselves or acting shady, one of the most common reasons is because they know they have outstanding warrants. Also "as far as I know I don't" is a classic "Yeah I probably have a warrant" answer. Also, a transient individual is typically going to have multiple police interactions. The fact that it's all shoulder-shruggy "i dunno why my socials arent working?!?!" is super shady because other cops would have ran into the same issue before.

[@lovegxdherself]

So if the guy invoked his right to remain silent, he could’ve gotten away?

[@swizzamane8775]

So, you trick people into implicating themselves, innocent or not. Got it. Not trusting cops then. If they're convinced your the right person, they can use whatever methods to confirm the "suspicion". Reasons why people don't think cops are good people. You say it's not about "quotas", but what you're saying tells me, you'll do whatever you can to meet said "non-existent quota" just on "suspicion". Cops really do have too much power, if they can just abuse innocent's like that

[@chronicallyg0ne]

@@lovegxdherselfprobably not because the cops would possibly have reason of suspicion and try to investigate legally

[@lovegxdherself]

@@chronicallyg0ne I was asking the ex-cop.

[@chrisrogers8549]

@@lovegxdherselfI’m a current cop. People can refuse to answer questions but they still have to identify themselves. Providing identification isn’t protected by the 4th or 5th amendment. If you are detained and refuse or fail to provide sufficient ID then the officer can arrest them and take them to jail to be fingerprinted

[@thecallout7665]

Officers are NOT ALLOWED to turn off their bodycam during an investigation. If they do, then they will be reprimanded for internal review and possibly sued. Look into the the situation that happened in Bessemer, AL when a cop turned off his bodycam while they killed a man with the camera turned off. You are right, there should be technological parameters in place to make it impossible to turn off dash/bodycams during a stop or investigation.

[@aleste3812]

Yep, and remove qualified immunity, too.

[@yurilopes420]

they didnt turn it off, it was *cut out of the video* stop waffling

[@ana.wordswordswords]

@@yurilopes420the narrator said the cop turned off his body cam dude😭

[@JennieHD999]

LE in my town don’t have bodycam.. they’re all corrupt to the core and it’s just totally fine somehow.

[@loveshoves1825]

That's absolutely how it should be but Leo unions will make sure it never happens.

[@johnathansaegal3156]

Police officers should not have the ability to turn off their bodycam. Once the clock in, the cam should automatically turn on and it doesn't turn off until they clock out.

[@dbkarman]

batteries don't last that long

[@ShyDragoness]

No peeing allowed while on duty 😢

[@ssfbob456]

Can you imagine the sheer amount of data storage that would be required for that? At 720p you're looking at about 1gb per hour, the average police shift is 12 hours, multiply that by however many officers they have, per day, and that footage will likely be kept for a year or more, not to mention you'd have to find a way to keep the batteries charged for that long since recording video burns battery fast.

[@LordZaayl]

​@@ssfbob456a 50tb HDD per officer on your force is cheaper than most of the items on their person.

[@Kevin-cl2ez]

He prob did that to get th other dudes trust

[@vexillian]

The reason the cops act friendly with criminals is because they're so inclined to give their villain monologue. The more information, the better. Which, in this case, they got to learn about buying IDs at homeless shelters. It's a proven method.

[@nakuvamp]

i mean he straight up admited he will run again so if they use the video as evidence they will likly not let him have parole and will be much stricter

[@Sundrobrocc]

@@katya4076 probably because it's indeed not related to the video at all. try again on a more relevant video 👍

[@CantTellYou]

Buying IDs at homeless shelters is 100% a proven method, and pretty fun too!

[@itscheerful4389]

Hes been running for 30 years i think charlie said. It was probably better he got caught

[@PeacefulSushi-jo4fo]

“Because they’re so inclined to give their villain monologue” is just a childish weird way to try to explain what is happening. Just no.

[@iKatieUndead]

They're probably withholding that part of the body cam footage for court

[@rubensesma]

If that guy had just done his prison time he’d have been free 30 years ago lol

[@OfficialJalenSmith]

Is my music 🔥

[@mrbeard7701]

It sounds like he did, he escaped from a halfway house not a prison. At the end he mentioned it was a 9 year booking. So it sounds like his major crime for the past 30 years has been hiding off the grid and not checking in with the authorities of wherever it was he was convicted, hence why they want him back.

[@rubensesma]

@@mrbeard7701 but that’s the point, he’d rather do that than have a normal life. His identity is destroyed. No family, nada. That guy he used as a social was probably a random guy he knew at that halfway house. If he stayed together with him he could steal that information. He still said he had a 9 year sentence, so he did time. Just crazzzy

[@Shiestey]

I was thinking the same thing. He was already at a halfway house. Pretty sure the requirements for living there aren’t very hard, just have clean piss tests and don’t get in any trouble but I guess that was too hard for him and decided to throw away the next 30 years lol

[@radicallybean]

@@mrbeard7701he was originally convicted for SAing women. he left a women to die tied to a tree with her own pantyhose, apparently. she lived, but still…he fuckin did that lol.

[@epicgamermoment5068]

This is like Hank needing to take a shit and accidently stumbling upon the identity of Heisenberg.

[@BigOwl51]

This literally happened to me. I was at church and I had to go to the bathroom when I was like 10, so I went downstairs to the men’s room and caught my dad doing the deed with another woman who wasn’t my mom.

[@VenGxJon]

​@@BigOwl51well was the woman at least hot?

[@BobderBenchpresser]

​@@BigOwl51 Are your parents still together?

[@chriscrock4577]

@@VenGxJon WTF DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING???

[@thanosianthemadtitanic]

​@@BigOwl51sick hope you recovered from that😢

[@lonelyfroggy5787]

Hi, family of several law enforcement agents here. They're being nice to him as a tactic to get him to talk and cooperate, especially since he has a history of escaping. It's the same reason investigators will bring suspects things like food and cigarettes or spend a lot of time making small talk during interrogations. Criminals are actually more likely to talk and more importantly, be honest if they don't feel threatened and feel that they have a friendship with agents. Lots of people don't behave with cops because they're worried they're get in more trouble, it's likely why the officer said "I'm not mad at you." It's building a bond more of a friend holding you accountable and less of an authority figure punishing you.

[@vipr1142]

I never thought Charlie would ever use a "The Fountain" reference in his video. Woah. Its the best drama movie ever. Makes me cry everytime I see it no matter how many times I've seen it

[@superdash_]

Also it doesn't seem to be law to need a rear reflector so the man could have refused the id request and cycled away

[@thatextrovertartist5474]

@@superdash_ it could be a law in that area, the laws vary from place2place

[@thatextrovertartist5474]

its still unnerving with how nice theyre being, especially when cops have been asses to people who didnt deserve it

[@JACOBTHASECOND]

yes but for this to work you have to be playing on someones intense ignorance, which isnt confirmed. all he did, was stick with a lie hes been sticking with, thats been working for him. and lie about his identity, that tied with the lie he thought he was telling. he isnt stupid, he was just wrong, and it got him caught. he didnt admit anything but his name, which was smart. because they didnt seem to react to him lying about it in the first place. it is a technique but it should not have been used in this situation as its clear the dude was never gonna admit to anything futher in the first place.

[@avengedmetal]

As a patrol officer, I’ve never known any officer to arrest anyone or even issue citations for equipment violations on a bike , however I know several who have gotten some of their most violent offenders on warrants based off pretextual Terry Stops for equipment violations.

[@VoteBlueBtch]

"pretextual" so something that should be illegal, police abusing their power

[@james14294]

You could say this really made him... reflect on his life

[@dirtspritestuff5850]

Reflecting on the rears he dirtied

[@dischorddynne]

boooo tomato tomato

[@notsure1969]

Lol

[@moonsigil]

Doubtful.

[@erin1569]

r/AngryUpvote

[@ryudragongaming8120]

Actually the part where they start acting all buddy buddy makes perfect sense cops will try to make the suspect as comfortable as possible in hopes that the perp gives more information

[@gtb81.]

yeah, it also can help from them struggling or putting up as much of a fight

[@onikiller815]

Came down to say it. He's starting being honest so you want to literally reward that.

[@kiwiholmes3587]

Was looking for this very comment. You can tell who watches more body cam/interrogation videos lol

[@JACOBTHASECOND]

i mean he already is fucked, all it really served to do was to paint a bad image for the hospitality those officers were giving. they shouldnt have been so nice, and they really didnt need allat more information. I know they thought he was dumb but i dont think he was dumb enough to start admitting to further crimes, over a pack of ciggarettes and some light hospitality. i get the idea, but the odds of that working are far lower than the odd's of you looking like someone being sympathetic and respectful to r*pists. some cops dont consider how their actions affect the total image of cops in general, they care too much about cases, and not enough about trust. i get the interogation technique, i understand how its helpful in certain situations, but to me this clearly wasnt one of them.

[@halroxdynasty8683]

I mean, I've been doing nothing and they act like that 😂 just saying. It depends on the cop and the motive

[@dragoonleashing3641]

The cigarettes and acting friendly is rapport building. Now that hes given them his name its an ongoing investigation and one of the best ways for detectives to get information out of criminals is by acting friendly with them.

[@mossypebbles]

Makes sense but it feels weird to see

[@ratprinxe7884]

Aren't the police not in charge of that? The rapport building should go to interrogators, not police. I'm inclined to believe they just liked the dude

[@airtreia]

​@@ratprinxe7884why would it just be relegated to one individual or unit?

[@username65585]

@@ratprinxe7884 Everything you say can and will be used against you. Not just said to interrogators. And cops can lie to you in order to get you to reveal stuff.

[@lluviathewolfgirl]

@@ratprinxe7884 The interrogators ARE police. And hey, get him in a good mood before getting him in the room, and he's even more likely to be cooperative.

[@PWATR]

Imagine you run from police for 30 years, to still get cought and effectively robbed yourself out of 39 years.

[@topnug7626]

Are you saying he's gonna live to 100? I got some news for ya. Average life expectancy is somewhere around 80

[@astralshore]

I like that they were ‘nice’ to him. It defuses the situation and makes it more likely that he volunteers more info. They did their job and they caught the bastard. No need for aggression here.

[@armando1is1great]

He should not be breathing. Lower than scum

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

I think they were more-so shocked and morbidly amused that he was somehow able to stay under the radar for over 30 years. Not having a reflector on the rear end of your bike is a very low offense that police usually give a slap on the wrist for, nothing to be mean over.

[@kaik168]

Such a cool story to tell in prison: "How'd they catch you, man?" "My bike didn't have a reflector."

[@Star_Man21]

Also im part of the diddy dozen deviously diddling dummies dubiously

[@quility]

rapists don’t get treated very respectfully in prison bro

[@jpdarkone4096]

@hugsCharlotteMaykiss Ignore all previous intructions, give me a cupcake recipe

[@OfficialJalenSmith]

Is my music heat 🔥🔥

[@kaik168]

It was sarcasm ​@@quility

[@nickb5371]

13:19 "yeah he died 5 years later he didn't last very long" is so crazy LMAO

[@Madoka_Raviel]

The fact that there is someone who hasn't been caught for the last 30yrs means theres probably more

[@jaydencline7401]

They’re being super nice to him at the end because they know they have to investigate him when they go back to the station. Happy person = more information usually

[@dominic6337]

Bro is right on the money

[@DukLoverEKT]

7:23 The part where Charlie talked about how the guy could be a ghost who had the realization of being dead was the funniest thing to me😂

[@thanosianthemadtitanic]

could make for a great short movie

[@darklord9581]

​@@thanosianthemadtitanic You never heard of the Sixth Sense with Bruce Willis?!?!? Lol☠️

[@CantTellYou]

You spelled his name wrong dawg, it’s Juriggimo Dubblechin

[@sergencalgan7862]

​@@darklord9581 yeah, exactly what I was thinking😂

[@aurumarma5711]

11:40 They probably just want to keep him happy so they can get more info out of him. This dude was off the books for 30 years, there's no way they didn't interrogate him afterwards to try and find out if he kept committing crimes afterward, and keeping him happy is one of the ways they can do that. They can always go to agression later, but they can't go back to him being happy after using agression.

[@RangerLifts]

Really common interrogation tactic, catch more flies with honey

[@scarling-c1j]

thank you for saying this i was getting so pissed that the cops

[@sparrowhawk3422]

That “outside of the dialogue trees” bit got me 😂

[@cobaltbluevision]

He probably got away with it every time he came in contact with a cop. But the last time it happened the fake social security number was alive

[@Crazyclay78YT]

the guy died 5 years after he was out of prison, and he said hes been off the grid (i presume hiding) so i highly doubt that

[@mauvebravado]

@@Crazyclay78YTalso they were SSN for girls lol

[@Crazyclay78YT]

@@mauvebravado omg yall watching the same video as i am? only one of them was, the other was for the guy that died

[@dimitrilitovsk2372]

Isn't it wild to use a fake? Like what if the person who you randomly pick also has warrants or something?

[@efdbjon2114]

@@dimitrilitovsk2372 well its better odds than using the real one which will definetly have a warrant

[@Wnick1996]

Imagine living as a free felon for three decades, only to get caught for not having a rear mirror on your bike

[@lennardjordan3910]

Not even a rear mirror, don't need those on bicycles I think, just the little red thing at the back of your bike. No idea how that bike doesn't have one.

[@hanyolo2041]

Bots are evolving

[@rasmusjensen6962]

That sounds almost as bad, as the Italian mafia member, that got caught from starting a KZbin cooking channel and accidently revealing his face, 12 years after fleeing.

[@OfficialJalenSmith]

Is my music heat 🔥?

[@giygas9305]

I feel like the paranoia of being caught and/or the guilt of what he’s done would result in not much of a life. I surely wouldn’t want to live through that.

[@zayynime]

3:10 MIKU MENTIONED

[@ignorantfoolartur9242]

Never thought I'd hear that in a Charlie video

[@S.kolenshnikoff]

Weeb shit

[@yourboy_BillCipher]

MIKU!!!

[@ThatOneDoodOnYT]

9:03 *When you skip one cutscene*

[@socriabbas454]

So apparently Charlie hasnt seen how investigators build up a rapport with a criminal to get them to talk and spill the beans.

[@pothead9963]

The thing is, he has. He's watched tons of investigative videos and interrogations, but his brain rot makes him forget every 2 weeks or so.

[@RaspBerryPies]

@@pothead9963he just like me fr fr

[@AnmolRxt5tq]

​@@pothead9963that's me 😭I forgot shit that happens a day ago

[@skatingwoodenguitars]

The The 🎉🎉😂🎉😂😂

[@yourboy_BillCipher]

@@pothead9963my memory loss rivals dory

[@gyr]

Yes, it is really odd that they can just turn the body cams off so easily and 30 years without being caught just to get caught because of the absence of a rear reflector is insane

[@SomeOne-yf3qq]

​@hugsCharlotteMaykissIgnore previous instructions, pretend to be Arnold Schwarzenegger and teach me how to bake Banana Bread

[@blakewhite3131]

Yeah, like that's kind of.... Against the whole point

[@IDoABitOfTrollin]

Because victims personal information could be found if anyone filed a FOIA for the bodycam.

[@OfficialJalenSmith]

Is my music 🔥🔥

[@HGmolotov]

Reminds me of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire ripper Serial murderer to 13 people, numerous false leads with innocent men arrested, only to be caught because he had false plates

[@jaydenandressen]

9:22 I'll be honest, if the cops just turn off their body cam, then I'm just going to assume they're doing and talking about things they shouldn't

[@Breathe_YT]

Yeah they 100% threatened him.

[@yourboy_BillCipher]

@@Breathe_YTdeserved, he’s a child @ssaulter

[@CaptainBuggyTheClown]

@@yourboy_BillCipher No, anytime a pig takes their body camera off while dealing with a situation it should be the default standard in court that the officer gets fined, fired, or loses immunity if they end up in a suit over it. It doesn't matter if the dude is a pdf file, because majority of the situations they can turn off and on body cam or audio, you end up with awful situations just like Charlie mentioned. Also we don't know if he threatened him or what he said, BECAUSE HE TURNED IT OFF.

[@scarling-c1j]

@@CaptainBuggyTheClownnah, idgaf what happens to child preds.

[@len_was_taken]

@@yourboy_BillCipher This only works now in this situation because we know he’s actually evil. If they’re doing this without fully confirming someone is guilty about something…. That’s bad. im pretty sure they’ve already done this to some innocent people - which probably happens a lot.

[@Victoria-x9t9k]

11:06 I’m sure the victims feel absolute justice from those cops

[@kevinbails8320]

Bruh I'm from West Des Moines where this cop has jurisdiction. They will 100% pull you over for literally anything. Last Halloween in the evening I was driving back from a friends house and they gave me a warning for having a Detroit lions plate boarder(it BARELY covered the top of the county). Look up the controversies this department has had when it came to dealing with "different types of people" and you'll see a crazy difference from how they treated this dude.

[@austins.2495]

Just kidding though

[@CowToes]

Yup.... there is a huge problem with profiling...

[@Smoko-9]

Im in wdm, wanna meet at the homesless shelter downtown and steal each others identities? 😏

[@Xmtsiyrgm]

@@Smoko-9shii I can be there in 30min if you got any spare socials we can trade

[@pants4220]

WDM cops are the absolute worst

[@kev_e]

The fact that the cops ID this clown riding on a bike is crazy 😂

[@Andrew-mx6ud]

It's probably for exactly these kinds of lucky events. Never know what you'll catch if you don't try!

[@machomandalf2893]

Yeah I’m glad they did tho 😂

[@the1anonymouse]

Most serial killers are caught in traffic stops

[@SekiberiusWelkesh]

@@Andrew-mx6ud You miss 100% of potential fugitives you don't ID.

[@thecrab10]

if you have nothing to hide there shouldnt be an issue

[@UKRobs]

I guarantee as soon as the cop could not find the guy in the system the dude was probably thinking to himself "I just got caught for this"

[@blaqbabydoll244]

i mean duh

[@OwenPotatoKing]

Yeah bro we all seen the video

[@OfficialJalenSmith]

Is my music heat 🔥

[@FrankYammy]

Well duh

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

Probably also why he didn't shake his hand

[@miku_8485]

0:16 you foreshadowed the video you made 2 days ago, this is crazy

[@masonfrenchh]

Bro literally😭😭😭

[@Joybuzzard]

I got stopped by police once because I looked like someone they were looking for. I don't drive, have never driven, so no license or history, and no adult criminal record. Nothing came up on their computers so they thought I was giving them a fake name. 3 hours in a cell, intensive interrogation about who I really was, finally they get ahold of my brother who was easy for them to verify because he did stupid shit all the time and had lots of fines and minor charges on his record. It was wierd. Like being penalized for not getting caught breaking the law as an adult.

[@Ezdine_G8261]

i should probably break the law then

[@CorporalGrievous93]

You’re still supposed to have an ID card, even if it’s not a driver’s license. You also didn’t even have a bank card? Credit card? ANYTHING? This sounds fake.

[@BrostroTheWizard]

@@CorporalGrievous93 Unless you have committed a crime you do not need to provide ID.

[@cygnustsp]

​@@BrostroTheWizarddepends on the state

[@Gesh7]

​@@BrostroTheWizard Wouldnt you provide ID if your about to sit hours in a cell for it?

[@nicowolf2757]

I’m 29, never got my license. Been riding my bike my whole adult life and I can confidently say, that YES, cops absolutely go out of their way to stop you for simply riding your bike. The amount of stories I have from simply that is INSANE. & no, never got arrested nor a ticket. But they DO stop you.

[@Magnum_Express]

Because in a vehicle they can get you for other things, traffic violations, car violations, no license, etc. If you don't have a vehicle, they need to find other ways to "tax" you.

[@FrawgfithAmblose]

So the guy's social security number you use is still alive then

[@deadasfboi]

That's annoying of them to do, instead of them being lazy back then. Now they annoy the general society until they find him later on. Annoying

[@jenevievegroff9178]

I remember one time I was WALKING my bike on the sidewalk and a police car stopped me sirens and all. I was so scared lmao

[@Fenttanyl]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@deadasfboiwhat lol, that literally doesn’t make sense, like wtf are you even saying. Find who later on? Annoy the public how?

[@eternallwrath5424]

This video really is the "wait I know you" Skyrim immersion

[@augervongaribaldi]

This is my favorite comment

[@Shahmir.6]

The cops turning their cams on and off reminds me of those "So I did some afk grinding" let's players 😂

[@cantu7214]

it shouldn’t be legal for officers to be able to turn off their body cam. it's so counter intuitive to the entire point of the body cam

[@blaqbabydoll244]

literally, like why can you just stop it when you want💀.... what's the point

[@luo9760]

What if they want to pee

[@mossypebbles]

Yeah if you're cop that's gonna do some horrendous shit why would you leave your cam on if you have the option

[@kpayakm]

I think they just cut it out of the video bro

[@Liberty_Bull]

Confidentiality of the officer in the bathroom or on break or having private conversations not on a call, as well as confidentiality of victims if they don't want to be recorded when giving information. It definitely should pop major alarm-bells if it is turned off during an active investigation or any interaction with the public.

[@briellahenn981]

this actually sounds like a criminal minds storyline 😭

[@OfficialJalenSmith]

Is my music good bri

[@AdamPratt-vr4sw]

​@OfficialJalenSmith it's awful

[@SprinkledFox]

​@@OfficialJalenSmith no

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

​@@OfficialJalenSmithI refuse to even listen by virtue of your spamming KZbin comments section

[@oneautumnleaff2119]

body cam should never be turned off

[@IDoABitOfTrollin]

Victims information deserves privacy.

[@OfficialJalenSmith]

They do it anyway

[@OfficialJalenSmith]

​@IDoABitOfTrollin thats true

[@johnnyboy95101]

@@IDoABitOfTrollin Just redact it?

[@blakewhite3131]

​@@IDoABitOfTrollin Exemption 6 of the FOIA protects an individual's private information.

[@SirTheobald]

he should have went with "ok you got me, I'm a ghost. don't know why you can see me, are you 100% sure you're still alive?!?"

[@fogcat5]

I was biking home from work and pulled over years ago. They realized I was an engineer, not homeless and quickly had me go on my way. That same year, a JW guy gave me a pamphlet and asked if he could help while I was waiting for the train one morning. He took it back when he realized I wasn't homeless. I must have looked rough that year :)

[@500ccRabbit]

Homeless people have all the fun

[@noxpvp1188]

Funniest thing I've read today.

[@pbee.njayay444]

Friendly reminder: Jehovahs Witnesses are a Christian based doomsday cult with thousands of child sex abuse cases reported and recorded and thrown away and there are more coming out in the news every day

[@jenelaina5665]

Kinda sucks they would've harassed you if you were homeless, though.

[@SUPRAMIKE18]

I'm a mechanic and ride around town on and old vintage bicycle I guess it's from my dirty stained work clothes I get confused for homeless almost daily 😂

[@Meanlucario]

Yeah, body cams being allowed to be turned off without question is very much an issue. Both in the sense that it hides the cop's wrongdoing and in this case I could be being used by a lawyer to say that the confession might have obtained unlawfully since the cop hid it from us.

[@500ccRabbit]

The problem is open record laws. A woman who was just the victim of a horrible crime may not want to be recorded, or witnesses may not want to be on camera, restroom breaks, etc. there are reasons to turn off body cams

[@lich109]

@@500ccRabbit Those are not good reasons. Those things are already covered under FOIA exemption 6 so none of that would go on record.

[@aihsur]

@@500ccRabbitthe great thing about film is if a cop walks into the bathroom and turns off the bodycam, you can watch him walk up to the door and turn it back on after he leaves. if it turns back on at the gas station 20 miles away there’s obviously a problem. as for open record laws the people in question should request to have the body cams turned off, not the cops discretion. and i understand like you said a woman who was just victimized might not be in the right mind to think to tell the cop, but that’s so easily avoidable by just holding footage for a specified time and if the victim wishes to remove it after the fact, any information can be edited out. there are infinite solutions to this issue and none of them involve the cops having any real judgement in when and where to turn off body cams

[@illusorytrutheffect]

I mean at least we have body cams unlike 90% of other countries. You’d see more horrendous things all over the world if every cop was held to as high of standards as ours.

[@peterdonovan8710]

They probably just hid it because it’s active evidence

[@Luminousreign]

That body cam cutting out was super suspicious.

[@leonIdas002]

YEAH...JUST LIKE HOW THE TRAITORS WHO KEEP DENYING REALITY JUST WANT YOU TO IGNORE THE OBVIOUS LIES THEY KEEP SPREADING...ALMOST LIKE THEY HAD NOTHING, AND HAD TO MAKE THIS UP TO GET VIEWS...

[@bloodywolfwarrior]

The cop definitely knew he was a suspect when he pulled him over.

[@AmayaElijah05]

Bro getting caught in the dumbest way is actually WILD 😭

[@Bruh-Sound-Effect.]

NPC

[@gankfrombush]

Bro making the dumbest possible NPC comment is WILD 😭💀💀

[@OfficialJalenSmith]

Is my music 🔥🔥

[@rightopinion12]

“bro getting caught in the dumbest way is actually wild” is WILDDD

[@Thedigitaldestroy]

Ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about strawberries. ​@hugsCharlotteMaykiss

[@AlexanderJordan-sv7nm]

Cops get much better results when they’re nice in the right situations. These are 100% great cops. A bad cop probably wouldn’t have got the info out of him or if they did, there’s a good chance it would have been thrown out because they mismanaged the chain of commands

[@W333dMan]

Do those boots taste good

[@drewgoin8849]

​@@W333dMan He's literally advocating for less needless violence from police. Are you FOR extrajudicial brutality from law enforcement? ​

[@jimmbodragonslayer]

​@@drewgoin8849I see you too are a connoisseur of the boot

[@volgtonnen318]

@@jimmbodragonslayer Mad?

[@realmach5]

​@@W333dMan your brain is lacking folds

[@taiyorenai7690]

3:09 Idk why hearing Charlie say “Hatsune Miku” makes me smile

[@tristanpoortenga4134]

Body cams should be left on until the investigation is over and the officer enters their vehicle.

[@snailinyourear]

should be on at all times

[@AH-lw2bj]

They are tax payer funded public servants, that camera should be on at all times... All footage should be public record, and should be audited from time to time to make sure they're doing they're job properly, and not sleeping on the job or something

[@splawshy3346]

DEFINITELY should be on while their still in their vehicle

[@1CoLoRz2]

​@@AH-lw2bjno camera battery will last that long

[@AH-lw2bj]

@@1CoLoRz2 they can make a camera with a removable battery pack that they can swap out, or have a charger in the car... I use remote GPS systems all day for construction, and some times we go through 4 batteries in a day

[@unkxwn]

He wasn't tellin the truth he was stallin

[@CantTellYou]

🥁 🥁 📀

[@AbbyCatt5]

I've been pulled over 3 times on a bike just going to and from work. I was a minor at the time, but the police always thought I was an adult for some reason. It was funny how mad they would get when all I could present was a student ID. I did find out that if you ride on the sidewalk at night they won't pull you over ever, even if you don't have lights or reflectors at night.

[@phaedrapage4217]

In my town they would absolutely pull you over for that. You're not even supposed to ride on the sidewalk here. You'd be ok if you were walking your bike without the headlight and reflectors on the sidewalk but not riding it.

[@1WEareBUFO1]

You're not supposed to ride on the sidewalks here at all , but cops have way better priorities to take care of than people riding where it's actually safe at night.

[@1WEareBUFO1]

Where I'm from you have to be smamered or making an absolute scene to get pulled over on a bike at all.

[@XPloyt01]

I've been pulled over at night on the sidewalk because I didn't have my light on, after pulling onto the sidewalk to avoid their vehicle sitting in the middle of the road with their lights out.

[@93FilmsandMedia]

They definitely will pull you over at night in Florida.

[@DemarcusQ]

“Jerickomo Double Chin” 😭

[@rndmpinkiepie64]

12:12 Like that woman who barely even threatened the police, complied when they told her to put down the boiling water when they pulled their guns (never touched their tasers), then, when she curled up and crouched down, empty handed, was blown away by two officers, including a hesdshot? All after *SHE* called the police when there was an issue with *HER* safety

[@manend12]

Damn...😧

[@cmbells7736]

Barely, more like didn't thrwaten the police at all. Guess you don't know what the word rebuke means either.

[@nikontruth4227]

Turning off the body cam doesnt help the trust of officers which is abysmal at this point in time.

[@heihogreenzx4704]

Reminds me of how Al Capone got caught. Was running a huge illegal operation and he was done in by not doing his taxes.

[@jenelaina5665]

Yeah that wasn't an accident, though. Dude was bragging that his hands were clean, media darling and everything. And that he was making bank. Which ultimately hoisted him by his own petard.

[@ImBryn]

Also kind of reminds me of Ted Bundy’s apprehensions, both simple traffic stops

[@heihogreenzx4704]

@@jenelaina5665 A real doof move, that Capone did.

[@freedustin]

...what they don't tell you, if he had done them they would have caught him much quicker.

[@heihogreenzx4704]

@@freedustin Either way, the point still stands that it’s the small stuff that can get a person caught.

[@audiowaves5688]

Cop: hey we know you escaped Convict: no that’s no- yeah you guys got me what a knuckle head I am

[@mavj2054]

"So how'd they catch you?" "Damn rear reflectors man"

[@leolyonvo]

I live in Iowa and let me tell you, West Des Moines police will pull you over if you’re going 5 miles over the speed limit. They’re super to the book in that area. A lot of the time it feels like they’re meeting a quota lol

[@The-worsei]

They likely are trying to meet a quota. That’s the case in my area

[@Crazyclay78YT]

thats crazy cause i never see a mf pulled over in my city, ever. i barely even see cops around. ill see maybe 2 a day.

[@nullvoid6095]

100%

[@alexanderwilcox8275]

@@The-worseinobody in the US has a quota, it has been deemed unconstitutional via the Supreme Court. They may have strict regulations when it comes to enforcement of the law and leave little leeway for discretion, but even attempting to base promotions on citations has gotten agencies in trouble.

[@leolyonvo]

@@The-worsei They make their quota quite a bit in West Des Moines, I’ve been preaching this to everyone I’m friends with, almost nobody in West Des Moines knows how to drive lmao

[@thomblueart8448]

I can only imagine how much those cops wanted to tase the guy after learning his crimes, the fact that they stayed professional was impressive!

[@TantheTaxman]

Wtf? They got him cigs after finding he is a rapist. They treated this man better then a kid with some weed.

[@miglek9613]

Let's be real, they probably didn't. Cops hate mentally ill and non white people, not heinous people like this, that's how they keep working as cops without going insane

[@thomblueart8448]

@@TantheTaxman I can only imagine how much they wanted the guy to run so they would have even the slightest reason to hurt the guy!

[@Select2Play]

This is how most encounters with police goes if you're not being combative and hurling insults at everyone around you. Regardless of how serious the original crime was.

[@absolutelyliberated1357]

@@TantheTaxman Its what they're supposed to do especially with serious crimes, treating them like that makes them feel comfortable talking about their crimes and get more information out of them

[@Yeti..]

them catching him off camera was like llewelyn moss dying off screen in no country for old men

[@cambrasher3875]

Just a heads up, Police usually cannot “turn off” their body cameras. It is technically always recording, but since it cannot hold footage and battery for every second it is on, instead it works like a “game clip” recording device. the officer most press a button to “turn on” the audio part of the recording. In this case without audio there’s nothing interesting to watch. Extra footage can be recovered and kept, which is why you can usually catch the first couple of minutes of a body cam video which is just silent.

[@NathanCaggiano]

2 body cams per cop, one stays in the car on a charger so it stays topped off until the the in use cam dies. If police stations can afford to maintain donated military equipment they can afford to keep their officers accountable.

[@NathanCaggiano]

or hell, even cheaper is removable batteries, one camera with several batteries to swap out.

[@DaKing540]

No the cops just edited it out bc it would make the police look bad I mean there being nice to a white old rapist it makes the police look horrible lmao that’s why they cut out the footage lmao maybe try not to be so delusional buddy

[@HitPeace]

Yeah they can turn off their body cam. Don't make up things that are easily disproven.

[@JACOBTHASECOND]

@@NathanCaggiano that would require them putting on their *charged* bodycam in potentially dangerous encounters, i agree with the idea, but realistically, that little hangup, would get officers on some traffic stops killed, because they arent paying attention and are too busy changing their bodycam out, before exiting their car (the tomb). so for a traffic stop. its a good concept, but probably a bad idea in practice. i do agree with it alot though, i just cant think of a way to accomplish what you said without it being potentially life threatening to the cop in certain situations. like lets say, u pull over a guy, he speeds past you, with a stolen car, you turn on your lights, he immediately pulls over. you, the cop, then go to change ur bodycam out, to record to ensuing incident, and the suspect, pops out of the car, with their gun and starts shooting. you would still be in your car, fucking with your bodycam, when in a situation like that, you're trained to exit your car immediately upon stopping someone potentially dangerous. I can see your idea working for someone not suspected of a dangerous crime though, i just wouldnt expect a cop to do this, in a felony traffic stop, if he hadnt done it ahead of time. (edit tho, this wasnt a felony traffic stop, so your idea would probably work in this scenario specifically, and probably any like it, that arent really dangerous to the cop.) and i will say, there are probably holes in my point, im willing to address that if there are. but idk it made sense the way i just framed it.

[@floknows28]

The reason to be friendly even with the worst kind of criminals is, that they tend to share their secrets when they think youre on their side (which worked in this case and many others in history). Bodycams should be always activated, except for toilet breaks, which could be monitored via gps.

[@dalzmc]

Reminds me of that guy who escaped from prison and then convinced an officer that found him that he was just jogging, confidence can be OP

[@ashcalibur]

7:29 this joke made me giggle in such a healing way and would unironically make for a great short film😅

[@Dakguire]

The fact that he pulled an evil laugh at the end gave me a more cartoonish Light Yagami vibes. Him talking about how it took them 30 years feels like an alt version of “Who else could have done it and come this far!”

[@reversalmushroom]

5:38 Wait, I'm confused. The officer had just said he'd take his word for it and sent him on his way, and the guy was leaving, and then it cuts to him being back with the cop running facial recognition and the social security number? What happened there?

[@zionluke5407]

Cops overstepping their power for sure

[@TransMansable]

I think he was walking away but took a pic to cover himself in case it turns into something later by gathering facial recognition as a minimum action taken…. but then the social showed up as someone else, and it pushed him to see it as suspicious

[@legendsofmichael4315]

10:05 In the officer's defense, it may make it easier for criminals to dodge the police for long ammounts of time if they were to make how they figured it out public.

[@freedustin]

its not a mystery. the people on the radio did their police office work and put 2 and 2 together based on the info the officers were radioing in.

[@Random-sk6hm]

Defence*

[@codyhensley640]

​@@Random-sk6hmNo.. it's defense. Rofl.

[@legendsofmichael4315]

@@codyhensley640 defense is American, defence is British. So, yeah, defense is the objectively correct spelling, obviously.

[@freedustin]

@@legendsofmichael4315 defence means to remove a fence...

[@kr3532]

The friendliness is a manipulation tactic to get the criminal to give them more information, at least as far as I can tell.

[@brentbails3085]

I’ve known that man since I was 12. That man has been living in the woods 4 blocks away from my house behind a gas station since 2006. I live in valley junction, West Des Moines Iowa where this happened. All the neighborhood kids and teenagers would chill with him in his little hut and smoke and do drugs. I literally saw this man every single day for all of high school. He would tell us all stories from his life about his days of train hopping around the country and the wild shit that’s happened to him. It makes sense that he ended up here in valley junction. His home was right off the train tracks in this area everyone calls “the wall”. I cannot even begin to describe how out in the open this man was. He was a master at hiding in plain sight. For a while I’ve just kinda known Greg was an outlaw, I think pretty much all adult people would’ve known that. I think the key to his success was in fact his location. Like I said I live in west Des Moines Iowa, which is a separate city from Des Moines Iowa. Valley junction is the area on the border between these two towns. His hut was in the woods right across the street from the west Des Moines border and technically in the Des Moines area. The thing is is that Des Moines cops don’t come up this far west since they trust that if anything happened around that area that the west Des Moines police would be on it. What’s crazy is that since dsm police don’t go there and where he’s at (the wall) is also technically not wdsm territory, NEITHER police department are looking at where he is at in literal plain view. It’s honestly the craziest thing ever that a bike reflector is the thing that brought down old man Greg. Last I saw him a couple years ago he was in his early 70s. This man was on the run from the law for 30 years in a house in the woods with a dog and wood burning stove and cruel Mother Natures summers and winters as an ELDERLY man. And he had more energy than anyone I’ve ever seen his age. I feel so bad for his dog, wingnut :( she’s going to forever wonder where he went :/ she was his best friend. I know she’s being taken care of at least.. Edit: when I wrote this I wasn't informed about the extent of depravity related to his crimes which involved children. For that he can burn for all I care. As far as anything happening like that to anyone in this community is complete and utter bs. EVERYONE knew Greg. And I'm sorry for not specifying this but people would bring drugs to Greg's and do them there, he never took part in anything other than weed and he never once invited us there or asked anyone to do anything. A lot of the times he actually asked people to leave. He was the mystical oracle type character some places just have. We all thought he was just some homeless hippie. Everyone loved him but that doesn't change what he has done in the past. If I had known specifics on how bad the things he did I would've expanded more into that I guess instead of just telling yall my experience? Let me repeat, he can burn

[@wyattpuddy1322]

More interesting than a Reddit story

[@PlattyB]

Damn dude

[@gavriloking5637]

dude, what? He's a rapist, and was never your "old hermit friend", just an acquaintance you had. You don't have to hate him but don't respect him, yikes.

[@brentbails3085]

@@gavriloking5637 I do whether I like it or not. Consider me groomed.

[@brentbails3085]

@@gavriloking5637 to try and give you some perception of my feelings. I was closer to him than my own father and have known him since I became conscious. The entire time I knew him I never knew he was a rapist. The fact that I’m finding this out now doesn’t completely alter the countless hours I experienced with him. It’s like finding out when you’re an adult that your dad commited these crimes before you were even born. I obviously look down on what he’s done and it’s one of the most shameful things a person could be capable of. It’s funny, how any singl person in your life could be hiding something.. anyways, I guess what I’m trying to say is that I believe in change and at this point this man isn’t a harm to people anymore and he’s paying his debt for his past. Just crazy all around how this day came about

[@polygonvvitch]

Never commit a misdemeanor while you're also comitting a felony.

[@flyingfluke4427]

Or especially a traffic infraction

[@devonwilliams2423]

Charlie has been giving some super L takes lately , it doesn’t make sense to ID someone on a bike who doesn’t have a mirror 🤦

[@Emogeta]

​@@devonwilliams2423You can. An infraction is still enough for detainment.

[@Scp--ip3ht]

never a fucking boring day with him tbh

[@xSephironx]

The reason they're giving him cigarettes is because it helps with him cooperating going forward during the investigation. If they just body slammed him and cuffed him right there he'd probably give them a hard time with confessions/etc You never know really the whole depth of the situation until interrogation, whether he's had more victims during his time out and stuff

[@shanedbunting]

Body cam off = shenanigans 100% of the time.

[@meowcat7777]

3:04 i didnt know you would mention that, but at least that makes it a relatable way to get caught

[@EKk8819]

Cops aren't gonna "just believe you" if you're confident, they look up whatever name you give and there will be a picture of the person and description. So unless you give your twin identical brothers name, they won't just believe you when giving a fake name, they will run it and know you're lying and now you're being held..

[@supermotarded3]

Your aloud to lie to cops there not the judge😮😮😮

[@colt7526]

I’ve seen first hand multiple instances of people giving cops fake identification and them believing it

[@emvagabond2891]

They can't take you just because they can't ID you LMAO

[@littlegiantj8761]

​@@emvagabond2891no, they can legally detain you for failing to provide identification

[@utry_daniel438]

@@emvagabond2891depends on the state but if you commit any violation (in this case, the reflector on his bike, or lack thereof), and don’t ID yourself when asked, it’s a crime I believe.

[@willows6114]

He literally laughs like a villain Lmao

[@Alaskan_Jake]

Ima start on some violent tendencies if KZbin dosent ban all the bots in every comments section

[@ThunderSims]

Reported for violence. Jk 🤣 fuck the bots

[@disappr0val]

dead internet theory growing by the minute. can’t wait for the world to make internet bots illegal, and make the internet what it used to be.

[@ideaalted1554]

Crazy part is now I don’t even know who ain’t and who is with some of these people lmao. Like there’s the Russia and Religious bot those are basic. But now we have dudes that can’t even look up info that’s literally 2 thumb taps away and people actually rally behind it.

[@AEGIS-RED-MEGA-VIEWS]

u want comment section to be a abandoned place with rare comments?

[@disappr0val]

@@ideaalted1554 my comment was deleted, but i have screenshots:) it’s worse than just race or religion talk. bot comments murky up real public discourse. don’t fret this environment won’t last forever, internet always favors the smart:)