Police Interview & Confession: "I Kicked Her Car"

Okay the time is currently 12:24 hours on

10/21 of 18. This is Officer Ryan Miller

- Police Department. What is your name sir

Jonathan. What's your date of birth? Ok uh

So you already said you're willing to do

the recorded interview so we have the

capability of recording your statement

would you like your statement to be audio

and visually recorded? okay and there's a

spot for you to initial. Right there if

you'd give permission for that. Right here

yeah. okay so the date is 21 times 12:24

And then if you could fill out your name

date of birth and all this stuff here. ok

um so these are your Miranda rights it

says you have the right to remain silent

anything you say can be used against you

in a court of law. you have the right to

talk to a lawyer and have them present

with you while you are being questioned

if you cannot afford to hire a lawyer one

will be appointed to represent you before

any questioning if you wish you can decide

at any time to exercise these rights and

not answer any questions or make any

statements do you understand each of these

rights that I explained to you? yes.

having these rights in mind do you wish to

talk to me now? yeah. alright so do you

know what this is about? yeah yeah about

last night. can you tell me what happened?

last night basically you know we were

obviously both drinking and you know she

was trying to take off and - who's she?

Sam. Samantha? yeah. okay so I was like ok

you know I'll hang around get your Uber so

you can go you know so then I went to go

try and give her a hug and then she just

started like throwing hits at me - okay -

you know so I got scared ducked under

grabbed her phone and I took off - you

grabbed her phone? - yeah - why'd you do

that? - huh - why'd you grab her phone?

i don't know i just like when I came down

it just ended up with me. by all means I

gave it back you know what I mean - okay

how long did you have it? mm, i don't know

about 30 minutes if that because I called

I called somebody at the party and I was

like hey I like have her phone I don't

want her phone I'm gonna give it back like

I don't want this you know - um who did

you give the phone to? I gave it Carson

Carson? yeah - Do you have Carson's last

name? -- I think - uh and you said that

you made a call on her phone? - No - You

did not? - No I didn't make any calls or -

did you log into the phone at all? nope.

nothing at all okay so you're not sure

what made you grab the phone? yeah - you

just reacted? okay - yeah I was just

instant reaction you know like I'm getting

hit right right first thing is boom I'm

outta there - okay - yeah - um what is

your relationship with Samantha? currently

we're not together anymore obviously yeah

when did you guys break up? um that i

don't i can't really say for sure 'cause

it's been like on and off - mhm - so she

hasn't really gave me like a basic we're

done till tonight - alright - were you

guys dating at the time of the party? -at

the time of the party? we were but we

weren't you know it was just yeah it was

just a lot of conflict - things were

fallin' apart type of thing - yeah - okay

alright. um so was there any arguments

before the issue with the phone? um no not

that - nothing I just - we tried to stay

away from each other it what it was - okay

so you guys are pretty much done at that

point? yeah we're staying away from each

other - yeah we were just trying to stay

away from each other you know - okay um

and did you guys go outside together? yeah

we were outside together. were you guys

out there to talk or what happened - yeah

we were just out there talking and you

know I was like I'll get your Uber like

go. sorry - background noise of them -

yeah you're fine - um so you guys were

talking about getting an Uber you said?

yeah she was I was not - okay you weren't

planning to leave with her or anything

like that okay and then from there - and

then from there yeah that happened and

yeah she started swinging at me and from

what I was told at the party is she wa -

had told everybody that I hit her which is

not true you know - okay - yeah so - well

I'll tell you right now she made no - oh

okay well - nothing along those lines - oh

okay well I'm just letting you know

because that's what everybody was telling

me when I showed up to the party - okay -

you know - uh - and I was like no I didn't

do that - okay so why'd you stick around

at the party then - huh - why'd you stick

around - what do you mean - stay at the

party if she's telling people stuff? cause

I didn't do it I don't have any reason to

be scared I have no reason to be afraid I

didn't do anything wrong - okay where was

the party at? It's - I don't know the

address it's like on Potter Street - on

Potter - yeah - in ---- yeah uh is it a

friend's house or - yeah coworker's so

we're all coworkers - where do you guys

work at? Consolidated - okay what's uh

who's the homeowner or who lives there

homeowner um Natasha Cruz I don't I don't

know her actual like marriage last name

okay but it's her house - yeah it's her

house and her husband's name is Diego I

don't know his last name either - okay but

you work with Natasha? yeah I work with

Natasha and Diego is her husband - okay -

mhm. so the whole thing goes down with the

phone you take it you have it for about a

half an hour and then - yeah I'm just like

wandering I'm just taking off and I call

somebody and I'm like hey I don't know

where I am - mhm - because I'm not really

familiar with Richland whatsoever - okay

and then you gave the phone to Carson

yeah and then I don't know what Carson did

with it from there - okay what happened

after that? after that um I like I said I

went in there hung around you know - mhm -

talked with some people and then finally

like grabbed my car was not good to drive

by all means so parked my car down the

street but I didn't wake up till about 8

8:30 this morning and - okay did you guys

argue any more you and Samantha argue at

all after the phone issue - no - okay

yeah I have not talked to her since - okay

mhm - um how did you leave - what do you

mean how did I leave - did you leave take

an Uber home did you drive home did a

friend take you home - um no I had my car

with me so I drove it down the street just

you know get myself away from everything

okay - I just fell asleep right there - ok

anything happen before you left? no I

didn't talk to anybody I just left - okay

yeah yeah because of so from my

understanding I was supposed to stay the

night at Carson's and Tio's you know so I

was like hey you know I was like what's

going on you know and they were like oh

well Sam's coming to stay here so you

can't stay here so I was like okay by all

means alright so that's why I fell asleep

in my car. okay um so you fell asleep in

your car just down the street - yeah I was

not good to drive - okay fair enough -

you know what I mean and I don't really

know Richland and you know it's not the

smartest move to make anyways - yeah no

drinking and driving is not a good idea

for sure um so did you sleep till like

this morning and then head home - yeah I

woke up at around 8 8:30 were you wearing

the same clothes you are now that you wore

then? no - okay what about like shoes - no

pants? different shoes? okay um alright

so Samantha's car was damaged at some

point last night do you know anything

about that - I don't - okay you didn't

weren't pissed off at her - nope - and

kicked it or anything like that - nope

just stayed trapped in my car woke up the

next morning and then left - okay - yeah

because me and Tio started talking and

she didn't want like anything to do with

me like - yeah - basically it was like

you're not coming to my house whether you

want to or not - okay - you know what I

mean - so here's what her car looks like

so someone kicked these two doors - yeah

okay there's footprints on both of those

doors - yeah yeah I can bring you my shoes

if that's what you want - you're wearing

Jordans right now right? huh yeah I'm

wearing Jordans right now - are these the

shoes you were wearing last night? no I

have my other Jordans at home I can

definitely get those to you if that's what

you'd like. so you have no idea who kicked

I do not sir - okay cause I'm gonna be

honest with you man - okay - the shoeprint

says Jordan on it - okay - like - yeah

and I had my Jordans at home - okay

yeah I can by all means I can stop by and

grab those - so did you kick the car? I

did not sir - okay so Samantha remembers

you wearing the white Jordans last night

yeah - you guys get in an argument you

take her phone get the phone back you're

obviously not in good relations had a

little bit to drink - mhm - and then her

car she goes to leave and finds that its

been kicked at some point during the party

okay - somebody wearing Jordans kicked the

car - yeah - and you're saying that's not

you? that's not me sir - k you find you

understand that's pretty hard to believe

right - yeah I do - okay so here's the

deal man I don't like being lied to - okay

okay so if you did it I would like you to

admit it and if you did it and you admit

it then we'll be done here okay I want the

truth that's the bottom line if you say

you didn't do it and you honestly believe

that okay but I'm telling you right now I

believe you kicked her car - yeah I did

not sir - you did not - I did not - okay

can you show me the bottom of your shoes

yeah I have my other pair of Jordans at

home too - so the pattern pretty much

exactly matches the side of the car like

like the top the round part and the dead

giveaway is the fact that it says Jordan

like I can see half of the word Jordan on

the footprint - yeah and those aren't my

only Jordans I have more - okay alright so

the story we're sticking with is you

didn't do this - I did not it sir - okay

I have other Jordans I honestly do - well

I'm not worried about the other Jordans

I'm just all the facts physical evidence

at the scene that's left on the car that

says you had a reason you were mad at her

you had the opportunity left nobody else

is around - but I did not leave I stayed

in my car - plus I mean the shoes match ok

how many people at the party were wearing

Jordans last night - I don't know - I mean

those are fairly rare shoes they're kind

of expensive nice shoes right - yeah they

are nice shoes - yeah and it exactly

matches the damage to the car so did you

kick the side of her car? I did not sir

okay why are you looking away from me when

you say that - I'm not looking away - you

glanced away like you couldn't look me in

the eye when you said that - I'm looking

you in the eye I honestly did not

alright - that that was me honestly I

wasn't even good to drive - and it's not

possible that just you were drunk and made

a mistake? I was not even good to drive

sir I really - I'm not talking about

driving I'm talking about kicking in the

side of a car - I did not - alright well

I'm gonna be honest with you man

everything here based on what I've been

told happened at the party last night plus

the damage itself and the evidence left

behind by the footprint that's the biggest

one right there - yeah - I mean if it was

any other shoe print I could probably see

that but the fact it's a Jordan and it

says so on the side of the car and you

come in here wearing white Jordans which

is what she described you wearing last

night - yeah and I have my other pair at

home - and you already admitted you got

into it with taking her phone - yeah and

I did take her phone by all means I did

okay - but I gave it back because my

intentions were not to take anything from

her - well you didn't give it back to her

you gave it back to somebody else and you

don't know what happened to it then after

that right - I'm sure he gave it back to

her because - how do you know that - I

don't know that - why didn't you just give

it back to her - because we were on off

terms she didn't wanna talk to me. she

didn't want anything to do with me - mhm

alright so here's what's gonna happen mhm

I'm gonna end the recording we'll stop the

interview. okay. so the time now is 12:37

hours on 10/21 of 18 this is Officer

Miller -- okay the time now is 12:39 hours

this is Officer Miller of the -- Police

Dept. uh after I ended the previous

recording I informed Johnny here that he

was under arrest I placed him in handcuffs

right here uh he started crying and he

admitted that he actually did in fact kick

the car so we're gonna talk about that

some more is that correct Johnny? yes sir

alright if you wanna have a seat we will

continue okay - I'm sorry - so let's back

it up a little bit here what happened when

you left the house

um all I remember is I started driving --

take me home and I just happened to drive

by Carson's house so then I got off and I

was upset so I kicked the car - so you

knew it was her car? - huh - you were mad

at her - yeah I was mad at her sir - you

were pissed off and just lost control

yeah I was drunk as could be yeah - okay

where was your car parked - uh at my

friend's house - in front of the house?

yeah - outside like on the street or like

in the driveway - no that's me - nope

you're right it is - go ahead and stand

I'm just gonna put this on silent - sorry

alright so let's set this over here for

now so we don't have any more interruption

okay so you saw her car parked um you said

you were driving when you saw it - yeah I

was driving when I saw it - okay what'd

you do then - I got out and I kicked the

car I was mad and I was upset and it wasnt

right of me to do it and I apologize I'm

sorry for it - how many times did you

kick the car? I only kicked it twice -

twice? that's it - on one side of the car

or like on two sides - yeah it was on the

driver's side - okay what did you do after

that? um parked my car and went to bed

were you still in the same area? no - no

where did you park at - i don't even know

where I was I don't know the neighborhood

I just I drove threw up a little bit and

then just ended up crashing in the car -

okay well glad you didn't crash that would

have made things even worse. okay do you

feel bad about what you did? I do and

honestly I'm sorry about it and I will

literally go out and apologize if I had

the chance - okay well honestly I don't

think she wants anything to do with you

right now - yeah I - she's pretty upset

I know I got the memo of it and I'm sorry

and I apologize for it and it won't

happen again - okay um - I'll do whatever

I have to - has this type of thing ever

happened before like with another girl or

anything? no - no so what happened when

this happened - um honestly I'm not the

biggest drinker - yeah - you know - okay

so I had a little too much to drink - okay

yeah - I've never I usually don't drink

much anyways yeah because I do boxing so

I play sport yeah - alright uh is there

anything else you wanna get off your chest

about this? um I just wanna make things

right - okay okay well - I'm sorry - why'd

you lie to me before man? I was scared

man like I had I don't - you ever heard

the phrase "The truth shall set you free"

I have but I don't truthfully honestly I

don't have a lot of people that I can go

talk to or are there for me or anything

like that - alright - you know what I mean

so I just - alright well honestly I

appreciate you being honest with me now I

would really appreciate if you'd been

honest up front and not lied to begin with

yeah - okay - I'm sorry I'm just scared -

I mean like I said man everything points

to you doing this and then you lie about

it and try and say it wasn't you - yeah I

just I'm just scared man - okay - you know

I don't want any problems you know if it

was up to me I'd go back and fix it I

wouldn't be here like I just don't want

any problems or you know if I have to pay

what I gotta pay to fix what I gotta fix

or - okay - do what I gotta do you know

alright - but I just don't want any

problems and I truthfully and honestly

like I apologize okay alright we're gonna

finish this up now uh like I said I'll uh

come up with a disposition here shortly

yeah so the time now is 12:43 hours on

10/21 of 18 this is Officer Ryan Miller

-- Police Dept. I'll be ending the ---