When Cops Have To Arrest Their Children | Forensic Files

Cops have to deal with all sorts of violent and horrifying criminals in their job. But what happens when it's
their own children that they have to arrest? Just stand in the car. You're arrested
for DUI. On the 28th of December 2022, a witness had observed a white vehicle strike a traffic light and then quickly
drive off. A part of the vehicle's bumper had fallen off in the road after the hit. Around 15 minutes after the
call, police located the suspect's vehicle at a gas station across the road where the driver was the last person
they expected. Come back from Applebee's? Yeah, I had a drink. Okay. How old are you? 21. My dad is a
Listen. Your bumper's in the road over there. Did you just hit that pole? No, I promise I did not. No? The very thing
21-year-old Teresa says is that her dad is an officer with the local PD, possibly hoping that he'd come and get
her out of the situation. But the cops at the scene are sure that things are way past that. You left Applebee's?
Yeah, I left Applebee's. You cut through the plaza. You came out by Lowe's and Chick-fil-A. Did you hit the traffic
pole that's right there? This part was hanging off already. I hit a deer in Pennsylvania cuz I go to
school in Do you smoke marijuana recreationally? I do not smoke marijuana universally.
Universally, smoking marijuana isn't the only part of her story that doesn't make
any sense. She's saying that her bumper was already hanging off from an accident
in Pennsylvania around 25 miles away, and it just happened to fall off right as another car identical to hers struck
a traffic light. But Teresa has a trick up her sleeve that might just get her out of this.
At least, that's what she hopes. You see this? This piece fell off at the traffic light
that you hit, that you knocked over. 670, do you have another unit out with you?
Hang out. Over the course of just a few minutes, Teresa brings up her dad over five times, obviously praying that he'll
be able to find a way for her to get out of this. But before he can come to rescue her, the cops are starting to
zero in on what really happened and begin to get at least some of the truth from Teresa. Did you drive away cuz
you're scared cuz you had maybe had one drink and you think you're drunk and you
might get arrested, but you don't seem like you're drunk? So you want to just tell the truth? Yes,
I'm telling you the So when after Applebee's, did you hit a traffic pole? You can't miss it. It lights up. It's
red, green, and yellow. I hit a curb. You hit a traffic signal. No, I hit a curb. Yeah, you went up the curb. You
hit the traffic signal. The traffic signal fell down, and you left. Okay. Well, listen.
Here's the thing. Your dad the sheriff's officer wasn't driving your vehicle tonight. In just this one short
conversation, Teresa admits that she did hit something, that she's more intoxicated than they realized, and that
she was texting while driving. Three driving faults that can each come with their own punishment. So now that the
truth has come out, the detectives decide to speak with her father John. But it turns out he's not there to help
her. Sheriff's office to brief us going on. Hey John, how are you? So your daughter hit a traffic pole.
Okay. Where's the damage on the car? Okay, the damage on that car on the car there, I think it was like the front
right front bumper. John explains that Teresa did hit a deer earlier and that the damage was on the front right
bumper. But it was nowhere near as serious as the damage the car was currently sustaining. Can I come out?
You guys out there? Uh that's up to you. I'll I'll see if she wants you to come out, if she wants, you know, you to
drive her home. Yeah, I I I appreciate it. I'll let me let me come out there and then and I'll see you guys. Be out
in a minute. Thank you. Okay. All right, sounds good. It looks like Teresa isn't
going to be getting the salvation she was hoping for from her dad. And just 5 minutes later, he arrives at the scene
to talk with the cops. So what she's saying like and where the damage was there, it just doesn't really
make too much sense, so tried to get some more information out of her, but with that that piece of bumper there. Is
this the one? The other one wasn't just like the bumper wasn't hanging like that.
Yeah, no. So what it was is basically this was intact. Okay. Um this piece was missing and there's scratches here.
Those were all that's all from uh the deer that she Who's all smoking? So right now, this is going to be my
call. That's your prerogative coming out. Okay, got you. It's going to be my call. Details. Okay, who's your
supervisor? Sergeant Campbell. Not that one. Dude, it's All right, I'm just asking. The cops who were first at the
scene almost seem as though they're expecting John to try and make excuses for his daughter and get extra nervous
when he asks who their supervisor is. Obviously, there are countless examples of corruption where officers, especially
those in the higher ranks, are able to use their power to prevent their family from getting into trouble. However, the
officers quickly realize all he's trying to do is gather all the information on the incident so he can make a fair
assessment himself. This quickly becomes evident as he checks his text messages from her to try and create a timeline of
events. I I want to show you this so you can see it. You home 10:39. Who do you think time do you think that initial
call came? Because she probably hit it and was like, "Dad, what the [ __ ] do I do?"
Somewhere between 10:45 and 11:00. That's about right. I'm going to be talking to her as close to the time as
we can. I mean, lying to her cuz she knows that I'm a cop. She knows she knows not to do that. Well, maybe she
didn't even Do you think she not once? I'm saying she didn't lie. Okay. I want to be very clear about it. But she might
not even look at the freaking car. It doesn't make any difference. However, despite John's willingness to help the
officers out, the sergeant at the scene asks him not to get involved so to guarantee the integrity of the
investigation. So far, everything other than Teresa's conduct has been perfect and is a great example of proper
policing. So, it's back to focusing on what Teresa had mentioned earlier. She says she'd only had one drink at
Applebee's, but it's starting to seem as though she may be a little more drunk than they realized. Suspicions that were
only confirmed after some field sobriety tests. Oh, your dad's right over here. You can stop with this [ __ ] Stand in
the car. Okay. You're arrested for DUI. Got it. Have a seat. After being forced into the police
vehicle by her own dad, Teresa was driven to the police station where her blood alcohol level was tested. It came
back as .17%, over twice the legal limit. As of this upload, Teresa is still awaiting her
penalty, but has been issued a court summons for driving under the influence, reckless driving, and failure to report
a car accident. Teresa's dad followed protocol perfectly, but Kenneth Adams' dad did the exact opposite when he tried
to abuse his power as a commissioner to try and save his son from prison. Tell me who I call to find out why he's in
jail. You want me to sue the son of a [ __ ] county sheriff? In November 2022, Kenneth Adams was pulled over for
running a stop sign. But as it turns out, Kenneth was in much more trouble than he realized. How's it going? Good.
What did I do wrong? Okay, so the reason I stopped you is you didn't come to complete stop at the stop sign.
I did. And then you didn't have your turn signal on. I sure did. Okay. I know for a fact I had my turn signal on.
Okay. That's why I was surprised you're pulling me over, but whatever. The officer then took his license and ran it
through the system where he would discover Kenneth had a warrant out for burglary and theft of a vehicle. All of
a sudden, Kenneth becomes defensive and refuses to exit the vehicle. All right. Can I Can I get you to step out of the
vehicle with me? What are you doing? No, what what's going on? Seriously, what's
going on? You have a warrant. How do I How do I have a warrant? I don't know how you're having a warrant,
but it's on our system right now. You have an active warrant out of 7th District Court here in St. Louis. I've
gone to No, that's incorrect cuz I've gone Well, it's on our system right now. I'm not going to argue with you about
it. You're going to go to jail tonight on that warrant, okay? No, I'm not. Dude, this is absurd.
you do have an active warrant for your arrest. And you And well, who who issued the warrant though? The court has issued
it. For For what though? Cuz I've gone to court for everything. There should not be an active warrant for me
anywhere, dude. Kenneth claims that he's already been to court for his previous crimes, but the warrant still calls for
his arrest. For the majority of smaller cases, the suspect is tasked with turning in the documents that prove that
they've been to court and completing any classes they were made to attend by the
judge. Without those documents, the court cannot confirm they attended anything. So when Kenneth forgot to turn
his in, the warrant remained open and the police had no way to tell that he had in fact been to court. Issued
October 13th. For what? It has felony charges, burglary charges. Dude, I've been to court for that. No, no, I've
been to court for that. You want to know the charges? Yeah, I do. So it has two burglary charges
listed, a theft charge, criminal mischief. That's all my old case. Uh three charges of burglary of a vehicle,
criminal trespass. Yeah, why why why is that floating up now? Kenneth was taken away to the station, but this is when
his father, Bruce Adams, turned up, who turned out to be the county commissioner
for the local area. How convenient for Kenneth. Immediately after arriving at the scene, Bruce demanded to know what
was going on and quickly started to show signs of corruption. Where's Kenneth? He's in jail. They took him. You all
right, took him to jail? They took him to jail and I sit here with the car. Why? For a warrant.
Who do I call to find out? To find out the warrant? You're a police officer. Tell me who I
call to find out why he's in jail. I got to be careful with this stuff, Bruce. Do
you understand that? Okay. That's the warrant. Okay, so it says warrant status active, offense burglary,
burglary, theft, criminal mischief, burglary of a vehicle, burglary of a vehicle, burglary of a vehicle.
to court over that. It's You saw the warrant right there. I even I showed you the He's already been
charged with that and he has a plea in the bay. It's on all of it. What do you want me to do? I
want you to turn him loose. I can't turn him loose, Bruce. Who can? Nobody can. He's been arrested
for a warrant. The courts can. And the warrant's false. Huh? The warrant's not false.
Who do you want me to sue the son of a county sheriff because he arrested my kid on a false warrant? The warrant's
right there. Bruce is obviously trying to abuse his position and influence the commissioner to try and save his son
from the law. But luckily, this officer stands his ground and refuses to cave in. Eventually though, Kenneth was
released from jail, the warrant was withdrawn, and no further action was taken against Bruce. But the officers
that arrested this law student weren't as lucky. Marion Humphrey Jr., son of retired
county judge Marion Humphrey Sr., was pulled over after an officer allegedly witnessed him driving dangerously.
Footage shows him swerving slightly after missing his exit. Marion is lit up by the officer and pulled over. He's
then told the officer witnessed him nearly wreck his car and is suspected of dangerous driving.
Yesterday. When did that happen? Sir, is this your vehicle? I'm trying to figure out
Yeah, cuz you're super nervous. So, I'm trying to figure out why you're so nervous. Being a law student, Marion
asks if the officer has probable cause for pulling him over. The officer struggles to give a good answer before
claiming Marion seems super nervous. First of all, being nervous isn't a crime and isn't evidence towards a crime
either. And secondly, Marion actually carries himself incredibly well in this situation. He complies with the
officer's requests, asks why he's being pulled over, and why he's being held. He
even calls his dad to listen in on the entire arrest, something the officer clearly didn't like as he then asks to
search Marion's U-Haul. If you bring a dog, is he going to alert on anything? No, he's not going to alert on anything.
Yeah, that's all and I'm sorry about that. It just It happens. I know it happens.
You can I don't want you to bring a dog because I don't think that's fair to me.
As a As a citizen, as someone who If the only thing I did was kind of I had I did not almost wreck Well, if you
don't want to bring a dog, just let me look in here real quick and I'll get you down the road.
I don't think I can bring a dog. I just think that's so invasive on my rights, but you can look in here if you like to.
Marion does an extremely good job of eloquently showing how terrifying it can be to be stopped by the police while
maintaining a calm and respectful tone with the officer the whole time. But regardless, Marion is placed in
handcuffs for over an hour while the cop searches vehicle with a dog. According to the officer, the dog smelled
narcotics and alerted the officers before even entering the U-Haul. The dog alerted on narcotics in the vehicle, so
I detained him and he's in the back corner while I search the vehicle. No, but he almost did, so that's
probably why he's back And he's arresting me. He's arresting me. Give me your other
hand. He's arresting me, dad. Where's the Where's the nothing in the I didn't do anything. Predictably, the
cops find nothing in the vehicle. Marion has since opened up a lawsuit against the officers claiming they violated his
fourth and 14th Amendment rights. As of this video's upload, the case is still ongoing.

These are times When Police Have To Arrest Their Own Children

Brief Summary

Two police encounters involving family members highlight accountability and corruption within law enforcement.

Key points

DUI Arrest of Officer's Daughter. A police officer's daughter is arrested for DUI after a hit-and-run incident.
Corruption Attempt by County Commissioner. A county commissioner tries to use his influence to save his son from jail.

Episode highlights

Corruption Attempt by County CommissionerA county commissioner tries to use his influence to save his son from jail.“Who do I call to find out why he's in jail?”7:18Jul 7, 2023

Episode quotes

But what happens when it's their own children that they have to arrest?

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