Crime Fix with Angenette Levy - 'Cocky' Florida Teen Mouths Off to Cops Then Calls Daddy for Help

Episode Date: December 4, 2025

Tara Palmieri, 19, was charged with a felony county of fleeing and eluding a New Smyrna Beach, Florida police officer in October. The officer tracked down Palmieri at a house nearby. Palmieri's father can be heard talking to her on the officer's body camera, telling his daughter that she has an attitude and that likely led to her being placed in handcuffs. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy goes through the video in this episode of Crime Fix — a daily show covering the biggest stories in crime.PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOW: Grow your own audience today – go to https://opus.pro/crimefix and get 65% off an annual Opus Pro plan for the month of November.Host:Angenette Levy  https://twitter.com/Angenette5Producer:Jordan ChaconCRIME FIX PRODUCTION:Head of Social Media, YouTube - Bobby SzokeSocial Media Management - Vanessa BeinVideo Editing - Daniel CamachoGuest Booking - Alyssa Fisher & Diane KayeSTAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LAW&CRIME NETWORK:Watch Law&Crime Network on YouTubeTV: https://bit.ly/3td2e3yWhere To Watch Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3akxLK5Sign Up For Law&Crime's Daily Newsletter: https://bit.ly/LawandCrimeNewsletterRead Fascinating Articles From Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3td2IqoLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lawandcrimeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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What? And Tara's dad is not happy. So you just totally screwed your whole up, nursing degree, everything. You just did it because you're being Tara, invincible. I'll take you through the arrest of Tara Palmery and where the case stands now.

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This is the most powerful tool for sharing ideas and editing like a pro. Go to opus.com slash crime fix to create your videos today and for November only, you can get 65% off an annual plan. Tara Palmeri was booked into the Volusia County Jail back in October on one felony count of fleeing and eluding law enforcement. A new Smyrna Beach police officer said Palmieri nearly hit him. when he told her to stop on October 3rd. Officer Scott Riera wrote in the police report, The Mustang was passing this vehicle in a no-passing zone and appeared to be traveling well over the speed limit,

posted 40 miles per hour. From there, I began walking towards the roadway and signaling for the Mustang to stop. Riera continued, I entered the asphalt shoulder of the westbound pioneer trail, travel lane, signaling for the Mustang to stop. I did this by holding up the palm of my car, my hand and facing it towards the oncoming Mustang. I did this in a continuous manner to alert the

Mustang to stop. As the Mustang approached me, it was not slowing down and still traveling at a high rate of speed. I chose to not enter the westbound travel lane on foot due to the fear of being struck by the Mustang. The Mustang then sped by where I was signaling for it to stop. After it passed me, it did not begin to slow down, but instead sped up. I then proceeded to run to my patrol vehicle and attempt to stop the Mustang in a marked patrol vehicle. Officer Riara, he wasn't happy about this. Not one bit. Cops don't like it when you don't obey them. So he went looking for the white Mustang and he found it parked in a neighborhood nearby. 15 Delta 21 just confirming you're at the police department.

Nine motor level. I'm out with my 12F vehicle at... ...and copy of 28. Go ahead with the tag. White Mustang. Where is it come back from? Your tag comes back out of Edgewater. Are you code four? Yeah, I was just trying to get that traffic across, but, uh, yeah, I'll be able to teletype getting a record for this thing.

It's unoccupied. That's all right. Yeah, okay. 8-1-0-1-ROTUS. Riera was on a mission for that Mustang in my call. Riera was on a mission. he found the car, and now he just needs to find that blonde driver. When I tried to confirm, he didn't answer.

His A-V-L is at the meeting. You guys say it's gasele, but I don't see him anywhere. Be it's 15 Delta 31, 15 Delta 32. Hi there. Do you guys know his white Mustang this is? Tell her to come out. I'll let him know in a second. Okay.

Yeah, can you have him step out? Hello. Hi. Do I look familiar? Yeah, I know. Yeah. Turn around, put your hands behind your back. back. You're under arrest for fleeing and alluding law enforcement.

What? I walked out, flagged you down, told you to stop, and you rapidly accelerated away from me. Yes, ma'am. It's all in body cam. Nope, I walked out of the road and was telling you to stop. You walked out on the road. Correct, and I was telling you to stop. It's all on body cam. You're under arrest for fleeing and alluding law enforcement. Come here. Can I just call her mom? Yeah, you call her mom. Is that on her phone right there?

4.060. 9 Motor Web Central. What turn? Go ahead. I have a female 1015. Mom. You've got a female for a search. What was your mom, sir?

I'll use. One else five on is live. It's clear with 50. I can be a route. And I'll be at 2793 Neverland Drive. I am a long. I am a law enforcement officer, fully uniform, telling you to stop because you're passing all those cars in a double yellow. I pass one car. No, you passed multiple.

I pass one car. It doesn't matter. You still fled law enforcement. And then you rapidly accelerated as he went by me. You didn't stop and do anything. Didn't even hit the brakes. No, I was going the speed limit. No, you weren't. Can I talk to someone else? It was just me there. I don't know who you want to talk to. Who do you want to talk to? Maybe he was stupid about him?

Yeah, he's on his way. You're more than welcome to. That's playing a leading law enforcement. And I'll be en route to 9 foot or 11. Until we get a cage car here, she can have a seat if she wants, okay? I'm calling that there's, give her that chair to sit. What? My mom.

She's not answering. Is she at work? Yeah. Go ahead, sit down for me. Do you have anything on you because I have a female that's going to come search you? No. While Officer Riera is talking to Tara in the garage, his supervisor is racing to the house, lights and sirens. Do you have anything on you because I have a female that's going to search you?

No. Tell it up? Oh, yeah. So, yeah, no, I literally was at Clubhouse and Pioneer. I hear her car accelerating rapidly. So I look and she's in the middle of passing vehicles. Coming back over, I'm in the road, hands up, telling her stop. Clearly look like a law enforcement officer.

No brakes, no lights, nothing. She just keeps going, guns it. Okay. That's what you're going to do. All right. 9xray 92 central. Can we go to court for this? Absolutely.

You're going to be going to court no matter what. And you said you have it on Dodge Camp? I have it on Body Camp. Even better because I was right there. Oh, okay. What's your name? Tara Palm Mary. So here's my take so far.

I don't know Tara Paul Mary, but it seems like she wants to go to court like she thinks she'll win. And just so you know, when we requested the footage from this incident, we were not provided with the body-worn camera footage of Riera, flagging Tara down in the Mustang, telling her to stop. Now, back to the garage where Tara's family is trying to reach her mom to bail her out. And Tara lets Officer Riera know what she thinks of being put in handcuffs for this whole thing. Is she out at work or who do you want to call because you're going to have to get bailed out? I know. I agree. Fleeing law enforcement is pretty ridiculous. I absolutely agree. Do you want me to take her to say that I agree, please? Do you, is she, have to. lost or no she's at Bank of America in Norman and I'm also I'm also

towing your car and putting it on a 30-day hold so just let you know so wait do we have a cage unit coming okay do you have the key to the car I'll get it okay hey dad they're arresting me for fleeing on a living I passed in a double line and then officer came I said I'm getting arrested because Because an officer said I was fleeing and alluding. I was driving on Pioneer Trail. He came out and ran in front of, like, he half ran in front of my, like he didn't even fully run in front of my car.

And then now I'm getting arrested for it because I parked at Mias because he said I was fleeing. But he wasn't even behind me without it's on. It doesn't matter. Don't need to be. Thank you. I absolutely don't need to have, like, sirens activate. I'm a fully uniform law enforcement officer. you to stop. Do you have your laptop in them? I did. I don't know. Can I talk to him? Officer Reair.

Okay. Hey there. It's Officer Air in Newseverne Beach Police Department. Do you have any what officer do? Officer Reair with the Newseverne Beach Police Department. Am I? Good, good. So literally I'm in the middle of the road. I'm a fully uniform police officer telling her to stop. Not only does she not even apply the break, she rapidly accelerates away from me to the point I have to run, jump in my car, which was parked several hundred feet away because I was investigating a hit and run crash and now all of a sudden she's gone nowhere so then I obviously find the car and make contact with her so I don't need to have lights and sirens on behind or anything like that I'm a fully uniform police officer I was giving clear hand

signals to stop and I have a witness who was the victim of my hidden run crash who watched the entire thing so you know of course that meets statute requirements for for fleeing and alluding I don't mean to be a jerk about or anything like that but that's that's where we're at Okay. How far does she go from when you try to gesture her to stop? Over a mile. I mean, she's over at 2793 Neverland Drive, and this was at Clubhouse and Pioneer when I was telling her to stop her vehicle.

So she didn't try to pull off the road down the street, nothing like that. Did she, was she able to see her? Oh, yeah, I am in a, I am in a, she just told me, I saw him in my uniform, didn't, so. That's all I need. And I know she saw me because I was about in the middle of the road to where she would, before she would run me over. So I didn't want to get rain over because she was already doing 65 plus. So, you know, I have everything I need for fleeing and eluding. It is what it is.

So she can take it to cool. It's going to go to court no matter what. But that's what I have. It needs statute requirements. That's what we're doing. Okay. Okay. Can you put her back on the phone?

Yeah, you're on speaker. Hey. You'll learn. Yeah. That's what you get. I guess it, yeah. All right. I mean, you'll learn a lesson eventually.

You know, so what do you got? Have you contacted your mom yet? She won't answer it. Okay, so you're going to, so you'll probably be in jail for the weekend then. Yeah, okay. So. Because you're not going to get out right away.

Why were you going that fast down? fast down finer trail. I passed one car. I passed one car because he was going like 30 and I passed him.

Okay, so what are you waiting? And it was a double yellow line so I shouldn't know. Why did what they? Because I didn't, he. Quiet, quiet. Quiet.

You'll stay in that place for a week. Listen to me. Do you hear me? Yes, sir. Do you hear me? Whoa. Tara Palmieri's dad.

Not happy. Not one. bit. You heard him say that maybe she will learn a lesson eventually. So maybe she's a handful. Now back to dad. Why didn't you pull over at the time when he waved you down to stop? Why didn't you stop? Because it wasn't like he was, I didn't even know. I just saw a person at white and black and then he had one hand out and it wasn't like he was in front of my car like that. He was just, he like literally was from the side, like completely the side. I wasn't going. 60. That's a hearsay. I was not going 60. From 30 to 60. I can't just do that when I'm in the

other line going over to the other side. He didn't. He didn't. He came over and found my car. It's all on body cams, sir. I was almost in the roadway. The reason I didn't go all the way in the roadway is because she was going so fast. I didn't want to get hit by her because obviously I could see that she was not slowing down. What he thinks. it's so cocky. I'm actually an instructor for speed measurement, so smart. I'm not laughing. I wouldn't be laughing. It's a felony. You committed a felony. Don't laugh

at that. Yeah, I mean, you're being cocky, you're not even being polite, you're not even using manners. This has been her the entire time, sir. I know. That's what I don't get with her. It's just total ridiculous. So you don't understand what you just did. I do.

Oh, you do you? Really? Like, how do you understand what you're doing? Because you're Being a smart ass the whole time to me, too. So I can only imagine how you're speaking to an officer. It's all on body cam. I've been trying to be respectful to her, but... Right. I don't get it.

Like, so you just totally just screwed yourself inside and out for what you just did big time, because now your car's going to get towed to the impound. You've got to pay to get that out too now. Yeah, there's a 30-day hold on it. There's going to be a 30-day hold on it. So your nursing stuff is going to be a... screwed up now too because you don't have no manners and you know what it's going to take something

like this to f*** you up now and now you're done because you're so arrogant cocky the whole time when you couldn't talk to the officer normally but you did it you had to be a real jerk didn't you this is terrible i know you tear you can't he's got the body cam on so you just totally screwed your whole stuff nursing degree everything you just did it because you you're being terror Invincible, but guess what? You're going to spend a weekend in jail. Tara Palmary's dad, he's furious. You're just flying coaching her real quick.

Kit, did you hear your dad? Yes, sir. All right, so when you get to jail, you get one phone call. Just follow her instructions. So you better figure out who you go call, you know, to get you out of jail. So when you call your mom and start at her and stuff, If she's going to make you stay. You call me, I'll make it sit, too, because I'm not putting up with this shit.

You know, you got an attitude, terror. It's going to change. I got to change. It's ridiculous. This might be your game changer. You know, you could have been probably polite to the officer from the get-go, and you probably wouldn't be in the situation you are right now. And I bet if you ask the officer that, your cockiness is probably what put you in that position right there?

I guarantee it. All right, she's getting searched right now by a female deputy. Do you have anything else for her? If not, we're going to load her up and do some paperwork, okay? Okay, thank you, sir. Yes, sir, no problem. She's off home by one. Yep, bye.

After the dressing down from Tara's dad and the search by the female officer, the rapport between Officer Riera and Tara seems to improve. Unless you want to talk to Mom, we'll go over here, okay? Actually, so you got to see you too. Actually, so you got jewelry on, do you want to leave that with them and not bring it into the jail, like the earrings and stuff and your necklace? Because they're going to take it all off when you get there. Can I take it out? Yeah, so, well, do you want, is this, what are you, to her, friend, sister?

Do you want her to take everything off and leave her with her? Okay, well, we can keep the earrings in. Are the earrings going to get taken out? Yeah, but they'll, you'll have a prisoner property at the branch jail, though. Well, I don't, I'd rather hurt her. Okay. So if I uncuff you, glad to take him out, you're not doing anything? No. All right. After Riera lets Tara leave her jewelry, then she's off to the jail.

It wouldn't be smart to run anyway. Are you good with that though? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I don't mind. And is your guys a cool car available? It should be. I mean, it won't take you that long, will it? That's all, I could just go straight up there.

No, it shouldn't take that long. I mean, I know how Jenkins is, though. He's going to want me to transport my other rest. Okay. Yeah, sorry. I'm supposed to have a moving on. 12, I guess not. No, I haven't.

Who's phone did I just get? It's all embodied in two on the previous signal three, so it's like. What did I just need it back? That's mine. This is mine. Oh, he already got your phone up there. Yeah, we already got me because she wanted to take that. Yeah.

Good. Just go ahead, put your hands like this together up front. There you go. I'm being very nice. I'm being very nice. This is normally behind. Don't have to pop these off? Yeah.

I'm double walking. I'm really not so sorry. We're going to go to his vehicle out here, okay? First one? So there's Tara Palmeri, being led to a squad car in handcuffs. She's then placed in the back of the cruiser for the ride to the police station. She doesn't seem particularly worried as she sits and waits to see what happens next. She and Riera even make a little bit of small talk.

What's up? Are we going to Daytona and near Samarla? Right now we're just going to go to the new Samarna Beach Police Department. Okay. Because we had to fill out the pit port first before taking you up there. and then he'll take you up there. Oh. Do you have enough AC?

Oh, yeah. That's cool. What's your name? My name is Officer Gott. Nice to meet you. I'm not really good. How long have you been a police officer? A little, almost 11 years.

Oh, well. Do you like it? Oh, I absolutely love it. I mean, if I didn't. I didn't like it, I wouldn't be, I wouldn't be doing it for 11 years. Um, Riverside and Miramex Street, Romeo pop off, box, truck, Lima, 6,7, How long do you think I'll be there for it? Where?

Um, like, just in general, like, the police station and stuff like that? Well, it depends. I'm pretty sure that it's a third degree felony, so you'll have a bond. Okay. So a couple hours, then you'll be able to bond out. So it shouldn't take down. Why does he wear white and you wear black? He is the motor unit. He is the one that deals with traffic and traffic only.

So his expertise is in traffic. So pulling people over, speeding, crashes, that's what he does. Okay. And then like you take people to jail or like other stuff, like shop, like that? That's what I do. Yeah, okay. Is it always like that? Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah, everywhere you go.

At night, you don't have motor unit, which is what he is. Oh, really? You don't have motor unit at night, so we do take crashes at night and stuff. Is there a reason for that or just... That's just the way the schedule is. But it also depends on the agency that you're with. Motor unit, I mean, the biggest thing about motor unit is you have a, you're on a motorcycle, nine times out of ten.

So having a motorcycle, riding a motorcycle at night is not the safest. No. No. Not on 15th century did you copy my transport. Okay. Okay. Yeah, he's gonna type out of the report. Okay.

Okay. And then you said he's gonna get me after me? Yeah, he's gotta type out the report and everything. Oh, come. Totally. And then I go to Daytona. Yeah, have you been there before? No.

11? I've been to the courthouse. Yeah, that's, yeah, it's completely on the other side. Tara is in the back of the cruiser for just a little bit, and then she has a question about her car. He said my car is going to be on a 30-day hole. Yeah. Is there anything to do about that or no?

The only thing that you can do is wait for the 30 days to be up before you can pull it out of the record yard. Oh, okay. Uh, sure. Not for 20, you're going to be one. Do you know where it's going to be or no? Uh, it should be Universal Toey. Will I get all that information?

Yeah, I'll get a hold of that information to give it to you. I'll be let me double check yep universal do you know where that's at? No all right I'll pull up the address for you thank you Does it always a 30-day? It usually depends. It usually depends. It depends on the situation. So he's saying 30-day hold because of the way everything transpired.

Yeah. So it just kind of really depends. kind of really depends yeah is it a new summer in other place or is it a new town universal towing yeah it's in uh orange city or or city port orange oh the address is 830 commonwealth boulevard do you know where that's at no okay do you need me to write it down and put it in your property yeah key getting taken with it too or will i be able to get my key and like get stuff so the key's got to stay with the car so when you get there um basically all you do is just get the key pay for whatever

needs to pay for get the key and drive it off after a few more minutes they arrive at the police department go ahead and slip out we're going to go on the right side of this car I'm just going to drive you over here because I don't get any reception when I'm near the building on my laptop. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.

Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. That's very important, actually. I have it.

Then the officer walks over and he tells his chief the entire story. What's up, chief? What? She's like, what? Yeah. I literally like, what? 15? No, she's like 19.

Well, she's in a clapped-out Mustang GT. Yeah, so I'm investigating a signal three, a Cliphouse and Pioneer. And all of a sudden, I just hear this car, like, rapidly accelerating. I'm like, I look, and she's passing a line of cars over the double yellow. I'm pretty much in the roadway telling her, like, stop, stop, just accelerating away from me. So I'm like, okay, so I hop my car, try to go find her, nowhere do you found somewhere. Okay, she probably cut into a coastal woods, so I found the car unoccupied. Then went to the house right next door.

I'm like, hey, do you know who this is? And they're like, yeah, she's inside. She just pulled up. And I'm like, yeah, can I talk to her? I was like, hey, remember, you know, do I look familiar to you? She's like, yeah, from the back of the road over there. I was like, all right, turn around, put your hands by your back. So, yeah.

What, did she have a reason? She literally admitted to the entire thing. No, I'm saying. Like, the ballot driver's license? Everything, yeah. I know the family, too. Like, I've known the family for a long time. I played football with her older brother.

Really? So I talked to the dad and everything. She admitted the entire thing to her dad. She's like, well, what are you supposed to do in the cop? Well, I thought they'd have lights and sirens. I was like, no. On my phone? Yeah, what do you want?

Yeah. So, yeah, I know. I couldn't believe it either. Not your normal. No, it's not. And get this, Riera and Tara even discuss that connection they have since he played football with her brother. I'm just trying to get you some AC. Yep, I know your dad.

I know your brother. Very well. So. Did you play baseball or like football with them? I played football with Nate for a long time. Yeah. I think my dad was the coach. He was.

Yeah. I'm going to see him in December. Your dad or Nate? No, Nate. Over in Guam? Yeah. Yeah, he has a wife and kids now over there. Yeah, I know, I follow him on Facebook.

Yeah. Yeah, his little boy is like one and a half now. You know, it's one thing. If you didn't, if the crime that I'm turning with wasn't a felony, I could have just wrote you a ticket and be done with it. But unfortunately, it's a felony no matter what, I have to make a physical arrest. So, you have like zero criminal history, right? Yeah.

I mean, one time I shoplifted when I was 16, but I don't think it's on there. Did they charge you with anything or no? No. Tara Palmerie, she was actually in court this week. She has pleaded not guilty to that one charge she faces, whether she will take this to trial or the case will be resolved by a plea that remains to be seen. but we'll stay on top of it for you. And that's it for this episode of Crime Fix.

I'm Ann Jeanette Levy. Thanks so much for being with me. I'll see you back here next time.