🏥 Scam Artist attempts to escape police through hospital bathroom ceiling
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- Опубликовано: 20 апр 2024
- Local press release:
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - Bernalillo County Metropolitan court judge Yvette Gonzales ordered Steven Byers to remain in custody until trial on Monday, Feb. 12. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s office arrested Byers on Friday, Feb. 9.
Byers has been on law enforcement’s radar for decades. He was previously convicted of scamming people through home improvement fraud.
On Monday, KOAT spoke with a BCSO undercover detective following Byers attempt to escape hours after his arrest.
“We had him locked down hard enough to where he was looking at how many of us there were. He stopped immediately and immediately surrendered [on Friday],” an undercover detective with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s office told KOAT on Monday.
“So, unfortunately, it’s one of those persons that we’re going to have to take extra precautions on and have a heightened awareness of his ability to escape, not just his willingness, but he’s intelligent,” the undercover detective said. “He knows what we can and can’t do with regard to, you know, basic human rights.”
Byers was arrested less than 24 hours after Target 7 reported his criminal history of swindling New Mexicans out of tens of thousands of dollars for nearly 40 years, including three women who’ve recently come forward to share their story with KOAT.
Shortly after his arrest on Friday, BCSO deputies told KOAT he attempted to escape custody at a local hospital in Downtown New Mexico. He was handcuffed to a chair while waiting inside of the emergency room.
According to the criminal complaint, Byers stated he was having “stomach issues” and asked to use the restroom.
“Due to Steven’s comments about needing to use the restroom and even being handcuffed in front of his body, I did not believe Steven would be able to manage this and clean himself effectively. Steven has been compliant up until this point and had previously used the restroom to throw up from these stomach problems with no issues,” the BCSO deputy wrote in Friday’s criminal complaint.
Shortly after, the deputy stated there was a loud noise that appeared to come from the ceiling above the restroom and hospital room directly to the north of the restroom. According to the criminal complaint, the bathroom door was open, and the deputy found a trashcan turned upside down, with ceiling panels removed.
“Steven climbed up into the ceiling of the first floor and was moving from north to south and back and forth, looking for a way out of the hospital,” the deputy wrote in Friday’s criminal complaint.
“This is something we see often with people who learn to manipulate New Mexico’s system. They always set up their escape by asking for privileges, which is, ‘can I be cuffed in the front? Can you take my cuffs off? I just need to use the restroom.,'” the undercover BCSO detective said.
“In this case, he said that he needed the cuffs to be in the front so that he could use the restroom appropriately, and that’s fine. But unfortunately, we don’t treat everybody like they’re an extreme risk. We trusted that he was going to comply, and he was truly there, at the hospital, with a medical condition and that he wasn’t going to try to escape,” he said.
Byers’ charges and upcoming court dates: 2/15 Evidentiary hearing- Contracting without a license 3/11 Bond Arraignment - Contracting without a license 3/18 Status conference - Larceny and tampering with evidence 3/18 Status conference - Larceny and theft 3/18 Status Conference - Possession of controlled substance and drug paraphernalia
Local press release:
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - Bernalillo County Metropolitan court judge Yvette Gonzales ordered Steven Byers to remain in custody until trial on Monday, Feb. 12. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s office arrested Byers on Friday, Feb. 9.
Byers has been on law enforcement’s radar for decades. He was previously convicted of scamming people through home improvement fraud.
On Monday, KOAT spoke with a BCSO undercover detective following Byers attempt to escape hours after his arrest.
“We had him locked down hard enough to where he was looking at how many of us there were. He stopped immediately and immediately surrendered [on Friday],” an undercover detective with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s office told KOAT on Monday.
“So, unfortunately, it’s one of those persons that we’re going to have to take extra precautions on and have a heightened awareness of his ability to escape, not just his willingness, but he’s intelligent,” the undercover detective said. “He knows what we can and can’t do with regard to, you know, basic human rights.”
Byers was arrested less than 24 hours after Target 7 reported his criminal history of swindling New Mexicans out of tens of thousands of dollars for nearly 40 years, including three women who’ve recently come forward to share their story with KOAT.
Shortly after his arrest on Friday, BCSO deputies told KOAT he attempted to escape custody at a local hospital in Downtown New Mexico. He was handcuffed to a chair while waiting inside of the emergency room.
According to the criminal complaint, Byers stated he was having “stomach issues” and asked to use the restroom.
“Due to Steven’s comments about needing to use the restroom and even being handcuffed in front of his body, I did not believe Steven would be able to manage this and clean himself effectively. Steven has been compliant up until this point and had previously used the restroom to throw up from these stomach problems with no issues,” the BCSO deputy wrote in Friday’s criminal complaint.
Shortly after, the deputy stated there was a loud noise that appeared to come from the ceiling above the restroom and hospital room directly to the north of the restroom. According to the criminal complaint, the bathroom door was open, and the deputy found a trashcan turned upside down, with ceiling panels removed.
“Steven climbed up into the ceiling of the first floor and was moving from north to south and back and forth, looking for a way out of the hospital,” the deputy wrote in Friday’s criminal complaint.
“This is something we see often with people who learn to manipulate New Mexico’s system. They always set up their escape by asking for privileges, which is, ‘can I be cuffed in the front? Can you take my cuffs off? I just need to use the restroom.,'” the undercover BCSO detective said.
“In this case, he said that he needed the cuffs to be in the front so that he could use the restroom appropriately, and that’s fine. But unfortunately, we don’t treat everybody like they’re an extreme risk. We trusted that he was going to comply, and he was truly there, at the hospital, with a medical condition and that he wasn’t going to try to escape,” he said.
Byers’ charges and upcoming court dates: 2/15 Evidentiary hearing- Contracting without a license 3/11 Bond Arraignment - Contracting without a license 3/18 Status conference - Larceny and tampering with evidence 3/18 Status conference - Larceny and theft 3/18 Status Conference - Possession of controlled substance and drug paraphernalia
02:04 "Uh oh"
Not to mention he has warrants with different agencies who were looking for me for crimes committed that were caught on camera
@@Savorwarnings And no escape charge tacked on, huh? Sounds like NM.
Talk about DUMB!
Retired officer here. Had a prisoner try to get through the ceiling in the jail one time. I just yelled up there "the dog is on the way, we'll put him up there and he'll take care of you. That prisoner came out of the ceiling ass over elbow. He couldn't get out of there fast enough.
Love it!
I get itchy just watching those guys climbing through that pink fiberglass insulation.
Right that stuff sucks you get a tiny bit on you and it itchers so much if i were the cops i would not let him wash 😅😅 he can stay itchy
Dude same
I've worked on construction sites for 13 years doing low-voltage jobs. I've dealt with all sorts of insulation all the time. Nowadays, they make them not as bad as it was 40 years ago. That insulation in the video isn't the old type. It isn't itchy unless you work with it for too long. I never had any problem with them. However, you need to use masks. Old types of real fiberglass is very bad. The first time I worked with it running my cables I cut my hand because it got big pieces of glass in there.
I would have been so pissed to be those nurses. All the rooms dirty, all the patients they had to move. The cops should have been the least of his worries with all that.
If it would have been my ER trauma room I would have been up through those tiles in a second pulling him out by the ear and he would have been cleaning up the mess BEFORE he got to leave. Don’t mess with the ER dude. That’s not the place to play your dog and pony show.
Just dont let him wash them pick installation is sooo itchy they suck when you just get i bit on you so all over you then not being able to wash it off would be punishment 😅
Uuuuhhh, ...."all" the patients?? I only saw "2" rolled to the hallway"! 🙄
At least he didn't try to escape by flushing himself. That would've been embarassing.
Steve: "That's funny. It always worked in the cartoons." 😶🌫
It's gonna be months before you're free of fiberglass.
My gosh have the hospital check out this officer’s 😮breathing
years from now a maintenance man or woman will find
" BROOKS WAS HERE "
scratched onto something up in that area
😂😂
Where, in the actial fuck, does this guy think he's going?! Desperation brings people face to face with their delusions. 🤦🏻♀️😳
Not desperation lol this is survival at his finest. 99% last thing I would've thought was climbing the damn ceiling bro. 😂😂😂😂😂This is insane
I love how you cover the ER keypad. Every ER across the country has the same key. IYKYK!
Shortest "pursuit" I've seen so far on this channel 😆
The scam artist failed at being an escape artist as well 🤦🏽♂️
Right he aint good at either of them he needs to give up
"He'll have to climb up to you." "We'll have a welcoming party for him!"
Man, that's one cute nurse!
Yeah, but she needs to ditch the black outfit.
She was cute but annoying to listen to 🥴
@@Kryten4000 not always possible. Scrub color denotes what job they have. For example a nurse is navy blue while a cna is light blue. Black can be respiratory care specialists, grey imaging, etc
The cops left him alone in the bathroom......BIG MISTAKE
Had the same issue happen to me. Patient fell through the ceiling onto an unoccupied gurney thankfully. No hidden wall areas. Patient was confined by fire walls
*Deputy hops down out of roof, probably covered in dust and grime* "Hey sarge😃"
😂like i rat trapped in a corner.
i was thinking the same thing just like a rat
So the suspect went from scam artist to escape artist.🤣
And now he's a jail artist.🤣
This Sheriff Deputy Definitely Deserves Award of the Year for Outstanding Performance by climbing up and down into close space WOW 🏆🏆💙💙Even I couldn’t because of closed in spaces and After you have been around the Fiberglass Insulation has messed up your Allergies big time.. take some medicine soon
Actually he needs a reprimand for un-cuffing that guy 😂 pretty quick thinking along the way tho
Alright, we found our organ donor for room 207
1, 2, 3, 4, 5...
Ready or not, here I come! 👮🏻♂️
I kinda have to respect the guy. He gave it a try, and peacefully threw in the towel when an easy exit wasn't happening.
I would have punched through that drywall instead of climbing back up😂😂
I was seriously thinking that too. 😂
Yup. My first thought!
He accidently fell and got two black eyes 😏🥺😘
Bit of an unorthodox "pursuit," but we'll take it
The hospital must have had a dull moment so he brought in the excitement
Someone said the night was feeling quiet
I dont think they liked his little Circus act 👮♂👮👮♀🤡👮♂👮👮♀
some people will do literally anything to escape the consequences of their own actions
That officer needs to clean his mouth up in a hospital.
This guy really needs to give up crime. Evidently he’s terrible at it!
Should have used a bedside commode 😂😂😂
the worst place to play hide and seek in a hospital is ICU
I feel bad for those poor patients having to get moved around and scared. Good thing they have nurse McHOTTY working to take care of them!
Right! She's got no business working that ER. Getting patients all hot and bothered and what not. BP's up all over the ward! Code Blue, STAT!
We could have done without Our Hero sitting in his vehicle sniffing and snorting.
Security : "who's in there?"
Cop : "Just open it before he gets away."
Lmfao 3:38
I wanna see him to try to escape a prison cell...............
It's been done before.
(OFFICER) Steven this only works in the MOVIES you DAS!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Last charge effecting an officers heath to exposure to fiberglass inhalation.
Ain't no way this dude did some stuff like that LMAO 😂🤣🤣😂
Bless you, officer.
WHO LETS A SUSPECT GO TO THE WASHROOM WITH OUT CUFFS ?????????????????
That's some Rat infestation...
I'm an ex cop in the UK. Some of the cops in the USA are goddamn incompetent 😂 you NEVER take eyes off a detained person, NEVER 🤡
What do you do in this situation? Go to the loo with them?
I spend a lot of time in the ER. This definitely would have entertained me for a bit!
If GTA or RDR were any indication, all he needs to do is stay hidden long enough and his wanted level will drop and the police will stop looking for him.
See, police do go above and beyond their call of duty!
Only idiots think otherwise. Only occupation where a few bad eggs ruins literally everyone’s reputation despite their hard work in a risky job with little pay.
Dad jokes for the win!!!
He has seen too many movies, lol.
In fairness, they wouldn't have found him unless they also climbed into the ceiling since he ended up in a wall
This is why they have leash laws.
👍👍. Officer !
🤦🏾♀️ Now this is what you call “ I’m not going to jail by any means necessary “ 🤷🏾♀️
Steven got up there and such important security guards can't, Hahahahaha to fat
He thinks hes in the series Prison Break!
I couldn’t concentrate on anything else once I saw that tall beautiful woman. She is absolutely stunning!!
He Wasn’t Scared! He saw an opportunity and Took it!
Can’t believe they didn’t charge him with escape.
Imagine, the cop goes in the patient room😳, and the patient yells🤔, to the cop,get the fuck!! out of here!!can't you see I'm fucking dying 🤣😂🤪🤪
Where does he think he's going?? They're going to lock it down big time.
All prisoners going to the restroom should have at least one hand handcuffed to the handicap rail, this way the staff and patience of the hospital would not have been disrupted nor would it have caused problems for the officers. " give them an inch and they'll take a mile."
Maybe it should be a standard exercise for the officers to go spelunking this way they can get in those tiny cracks and climb up and down inside the walls.😅💙🚔
Damnit Steven
This is something I have only seen on tv. Totally crazy!
😮😮 how absolutely idiotic.. THIS isn't Shawshank Redemption 😮😮😮
Oh I hope they play this video in the pod he's in.
I thought hospital bathrooms don't lock, in case of a medical emergency in there.
My hospitals has a key when someone pulls the red cable or having a medical emergency inside the bathroom. It is usually close to the nurses station and triage. All bathrooms doors lock
Where did he think he was going? Lol all that fiberglass insulation he went through makes me itch
He almost got away with it 😅
There was a ladder in the mech room
“Yeah I tried” - Did it for me 🤣
cop was negligent..period
Police Pursuits: From pit maneuvers to Pit stop escapes!!
The police officer will probably have health issues from that fiberglass he inhaled 😔
It's the ole green apple splatters trick.
That's hilarious. It's serious obviously, but also hilarious. 😂
The nurses should let the The Police do their Job and they should tend to their patients. Put them in another room don't let sit out in the hallway , they are probably sick and they're around all that noise and dust. That first nurse being nosey and not doing her Job. I won't be going to that hospital. 🙄🤨😡💞😳🥴
They need to stop bringing criminals to hospital….. or at least have a secure isle just for the crazy.
20:10 surprise mf! 👏
breathing all that fiberglass. hope the officer doesn't develop lung problems.
Mission Impossible theme song playing inside my head 🎶🎶🎶
🤣🤣🤣
If he didn't make the noise while up in the ceiling he might have been able to get away before they noticed he was gone. That tall nurse in the beginning of the video is the one who should get credit with alerting security and the police of his entering into the sub ceiling. If he was quite enough he could have went into a room on the other side of the building, dropped down, maybe find a set of scrubs and just walk out the front door, or a side exit.
Well that was entertaining!
Add escape attempt.
"I DON'T GIVE A $HIT ABOUT YOUR WORD BUT AHHH HES GONNA HAVE TO CLIMB UP TO YOU" LOL ALL THAT DAMAGE, MOSTLY FROM GAURD AND OFFICER LOL
The main cop has a big ego problem. Security was more professional.
nice pursuit
Police should not be able to mute there mics no matter what situation comes up
As a libertarian who actually supports law enforcement, I completely agree. BWCs are for not only the officers personal protection, but to capture any wrongdoing by the officer against citizens.
@@copenhagen6116But this wasn’t during a citizen interaction. Police need to be able to speak to each other privately.
Breathing in all that ASBESTOS 😮
I didn't see asbestos but I DID see a shitload of fiberglass flying around and I'm sure the cop inhaled some of it the way he was coughing.
I didn't see a lot of brilliance in their attempt to take the prisoner in custody. Get a step ladder from the beginning.
The criminal didn't need a stepladder lol
@butterflylady8875 no, he didn't but had the law enforcement had a ladder to begin with they could have gone directly to where the perp was and apprehended him very easily and not beat out and damage as much of the facility ceiling as they did....everyone seem to be able to hear him crawling around the ceiling.
If the hospital was built to code, there should be a fire wall between every room.
Your funny to think they don't shortcut that on everyjob
They section firewalls. Wings , large rooms etc. why he got stuck😂😂
That’s too many walls. It isn’t a prison or insane asylum. The expense and maintenance complications would be enormous.
@PolicePursuits FYI, The channel "Route33" just released a video with your watermark on it.
They should have the key to every room at the nurse's station!
You would think so, what if a patient passed out in there or something serious
It really bothered me that they couldn’t get into a simple bathroom. That should be a screwdriver or push pin issue.
The officer should have let Byers fall on the end of his flashlight while they were in the wall. Accidents do happen while trying to escape.
💪💪💪💪💪💪💙💙💙💙💪💪💪💪💪💪 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The main reason you always watch your prisoner even in the restroom!
No cop is going to go into a small restroom with someone while they shit.
"I hear it up there."
"Uh oh."
This is why "smart" defendants always want to go to the hospital because there are more opportunities to escape.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Typical hospital emergency room, 15 employees standing around watching and talking. Bunch of security guards and officers that obviously didn't have to pass any fitness tests.
At least security was more professional than the police. As an overweight security officer myself who’s dealt with law enforcement, a lot of them have big egos and think they’re above the law.
Democrats in action. get a ladder and look at the false ceiling, from above the floor level.
I’d be pissed if I was in the ER and and cop starts yelling at a criminal HE lost. Very unprofessional no matter how you look at it.
Very unhuman of you to figure a LEO shouldn't allow a non-violent offender use the bathroom.
If you HAVE TO present your putrid rot and hate present it towards your twin bro for what he did. Would a LEO be yelling if your twin bro had just used the bathroom instead of adding more charges on himself? Are you as stupid as your twin bro here?
How are these buildings built in the US.
Thats just crazy paperthic walls and nothing moch more!
Why was left alone an they knew he was facing a severe amount of charges from different agencies including the current charges as we speak
Because somebody decided that prisoners have a right to use the bathroom in private
At 28:01 this video is edited because we should hear what they're saying sergeant stopped his this officer only covered it. I don't see why officer's have cameras they can turn on and off. Probably some 🐂 💩 from the union contracts
It's not "edited", Axon body cameras have a built-in function where you can temporarily mute the camera (i.e. it keeps recording video but not audio). This is useful if, for example, your wife calls and you start talking about personal stuff or if you start discussing tactics/sensitive information with other LE.
Not everything's a big conspiracy, my guy.
I'll never forget the fear in my co worker when I touched pink fiberglass without realizing how awful it is for skin. Good thing it never did anything to me I washed it off in time but Jesus christ mf was covered in it yooo that stuff is inbeded in his pores that's insane!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂