Dr. Insanity - Craziest Police Busts Of ALL TIME..

Episode Date: December 23, 2025

These are the Craziest Police Busts Of ALL TIME.. Credit to @codecamblue for the cases! Subscribe for more true crime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come back here and stand by the back side of the car. We're really detained right now, okay? Do you have anything illegal in the car? Okay. What the fuck? The majority of stops that cops make are simple and routine, but sometimes a simple stop can lead to some of the most shocking discoveries ever made. Jesus.

Four kilos? From busting $500,000 worth of illegal substances to discovering a missing body in a car. Here are four of the craziest unexpected police busts of all time, starting with a stop that ended up saving multiple lives. On January 24, 2022, a Walmart employee notified cops that a woman had stolen $300 worth of Legos from their store. Initially, there was nothing out of the ordinary about this, just a regular shoplifting call. And that's how the cops approached it when they spotted her vehicle and pulled it over. But just minutes later, the cops would discover something that would turn things from simple to one of the most strange and terrifying stops we've ever covered.

Hey, I'm Officer Johnson. Hi. Hey, do you get your license and insurance on you? So the reason we stopped you is today because there's a Walmart call in there. Did you suspect of possibly ringing up some items? I buy items. Yeah. Okay.

Again, things started out quite sensitive. Obviously, she denies the allegations of stealing, so the cops check her ID and decide how they want to approach the situation. But when the second cop comes back to ask her some questions, that's when things get crazy. So, what were you doing in Walmart? Yeah. Buying stuff? Okay. Because we're gonna call you stole Legos earlier.

As he's talking with the girl who identified as 20-year-old Mariah, he noticed the stolen Legos in the backseat, next to something that was much more. that was much more concerning. You rolled out in your back window for me? Thank you. What is all that? All right, go ahead and hop out real quick. You're going to be detained right now, okay?

Bro. Yeah, go ahead and secure her. Like, a bunch of fireworks wrapped together with, like, metal and shit and wrapped around. Explain to me what that device is in the back of your car that looks like a bomb. Uh, I didn't, my boyfriend made it. Okay, sit tight. As the cop said, he spotted what appeared to be an explosive device in the backseat of the car, right next to the stolen Legos.

Things just went from zero to 100 instantly, especially as the girl says she's been arrested multiple times before, and that her boyfriend is allegedly involved in this as well. And things only become more concerning when they look more closely at the device and see exactly how it's constructed. Can you start a supervisor out here? It looks like there's some sort of explosive device in the back of the car that someone has built. It's got like four big-ass fireworks, big old screws and shit all within that.

and then it's wrapped, got like a bunch of stuff wrapped around it, it's definitely made to awesome the image when it goes off. Even though the cops are fairly certain it's not set to explode remotely, they still have to take every precaution to protect the public. And so shut off the roads around the vehicle as quickly as possible. Then it's on to the next most important task, finding out exactly who made it and what they were planning to do with it. You asked her what the fuck then?

She just all she said is that her boyfriend made it. Oh. Um, so we probably want to figure out who boyfriend is. And, uh, if there's any more at his house, maybe. So what, what's the deal in the back of your car? You said your boyfriend built it? Mm-hmm. I honestly have no, I don't know nothing about fireworks.

Uh-huh. Okay. What's your boyfriend's name? What's name? Zane? Yeah. Okay. When did he make that?

Or? A couple days ago. Okay. Do you know why he made it or anything? She was then asked to call her boyfriend who arrived on foot soon later. She was then asked to call her boyfriend who arrived on foot soon later. If you think things are strange already, just wait until you see how he behaves. What's that, bud?

What's your name? Zane, come over here and hang out for a second. Is it? Do you have any idea on you? My girlfriend had it all hurt. Okay. Notice that the very first thing Zane asks is if he can get his car back. He wasn't told why he had to come to the scene, but it's obvious he's aware of exactly what's in that back seat

and is desperate to figure out a way out of this. Where'd you come from? My friend, I brought him up here. So you're not an arrest bit, but I'm going to detain you real quick because we've got some things we've got to talk about. So, man, I'll just cut to the chase and I'll tell you why we have all this shut down and everything. is it has to do with the little device you've made.

It looks like some fireworks tied together, some nolts and buds to it. So that's why we have this all shut down because it's kind of our protocol is, is it looks like an explosive device? You know, is it like active? Is it like volatile? Or if it falls, breaks, is it going to go up?

It's literally just fireworks. Like, if you take it apart, it's one bunch of little fireworks. With Zane in the backseat being questioned, tensions were high as they tried to figure out exactly what he was going to do with the weapon. But strangely, the only person who didn't seem nervous was Zane himself. And the reason why is even more perplexing than anything else in the whole case. So yeah, he said he's just out doing, he was going to do some redneck stuff today,

and he was going to take it out and blow up some watermelons with it. He said it's a couple of fireworks tied together. You have to light it like a normal firework. And he said, I just wanted to see what the stuff I taped to it on the outside would do if I lit it by a watermelon. All the screws and everything. Yeah, I said, were you trying to use it as a weapon? Were you going to, you know, go do anything today? He goes, no, I was just going to blow up some watermelons. And I said, okay.

I was like, all, cool. So he didn't even seem really nervous at all about it. As insane as Zane's story sounded, it turned out to be true. And a few hours later, the bomb squad determines the device to be safe, constructed out of fish hooks, bolts, and fireworks. Nevertheless, Zane was charged with illegally manufacturing an explosive device, and Mariah, with petty larceny for stealing the Legos. But not every case like this has such a happy ending, just like the cops found out when they

made the biggest bust of their careers while on a completely routine traffic stop. A criminal, I'm not a crook. I was not going to get in my car. But as the cops would find out, this man was much more than a criminal. He'd been hiding a deadly secret for almost 28 years. On the 16th of August 22, officers from the Okone County County, County Sheriff's Office were conducting random registrations on random vehicles when a Mazda flagged up as having no insurance and a suspended license. The driver identified himself as

Rai's second and immediately seemed not just anxious but terrified. What's your last name? Mr. Kim. S-E-K-E-K-U-C-C-E. All right, I'm going to have you go and step out the vehicle for me. All right, so here's what's going to happen is the Kim, okay? Unfortunately, I'm going have to place you into custody today? Okay, you're going to go down to jail? Oh, no. You've got to get booked in. I'm going to take your fingerprints and picture and you'll get a bond, but because you're driving on suspended license, we've got to go down in the jail. So I did not know. I have children, I have a sick uncle, and I run the household. I guess. Unfortunately, we don't have a choice

at this time. Please place you in the rest. Go ahead and turn around, put your hands on you back, please. Please put Aunt Lee on. Put your money back. Second was all but ready to leave before the deputies notified him that he was being detained for having no valid insurance, something that seemed to immediately set him off. From this point on, watch how Seckham acts around the cops. It's understandable to be nervous and uncomfortable in this situation, but something about the extent of Seckham's anxiety seems odd to the cops. Who set the phone up on the car? They're putting me under arrest right now. Dave, I don't know. But driving with to spend their license?

I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. And it's not even showing. Unfortunately, the law is different here in Georgia than it is in South Carolina. You have a suspended license. You have to go down to the jail and get booked in. But, sir, can you speak to my aunt? She has it. We're on speakerphone.

She can hear us right now. No, please speak to her. I'm the only one that can help with my own food at sick and I can use right now. Sorry about that. Unfortunately, we're supposed to. Please, sir. Please, sir. We're going to walk you to my parents, sir.

Sir, my aunt is old. She's 80 years old. Sir, please. I will not. I swear you can. Please check me. Okay. Please check everything on you. I'm going to search you and send you a rest. Huh? This is emergency 911? Yes. Praise for that. Okay. Okay. Separate your feet out of a little bit. Nothing in your pockets, right? Sir, please. What all do you need out of your car? Sir, I have a child at the house that they cannot take care of. What all do you need out of your car? Sir. I beg you, I beg of you all. I will not touch my car. You will take my keys out. second has committed is driving without the valid insurance and license necessary. This is not a major crime by any means and could be punishable solely by a small fine and a

short ban from driving. It's not the end of the world for second. And the cops are trying to communicate that to him. But nothing seems to calm him down. And the officers start to get suspicious. Sir, I do for my entire family. Okay. I don't have a choice here, man. I'm telling you that I told you, I was not going to get in my car. I swear to you, I wasn't going to get in my suspended license you drive in a car without insurance you've got that taken care they're doing it every day suspended registration you have to go down to the jail and get booked in take your photograph they're going to take your fingerprints they're give you a bond amount and you can bond out and then you can get on the way up to the hospital

but you can't drive sir i i said okay okay may i speak after you have a seat for me are you go sit down and then i'll listen to you okay so what do you want to tell me on on everything my aunt just had a stroke. My uncle just had a stroke two and a half weeks ago. I'm here helping my family. I don't even know who can come and bomb me out. I don't even know who can come and bond me out.

I'm not a criminal. I'm not a crook. I'm, if you, I look how old I am. Did you get a ticket or something? I didn't get it. I mean, why were they to spend your license in South Carolina? Second just isn't listening and only gets more anxious.

He's continuously pleading with the cops and attempting to seem like a respectable family man. But one major thing stands out in this piece of footage. In his attempts to seem trustworthy, he's been pretty consistently maintaining eye contact with the officers.

But take a look at what he's saying during the first moment he breaks eye contact for a significant amount of time. That break in eye contact implies heavily that what he's saying isn't the truth. And he subconsciously wants to look away in this moment because the bond of trust is broken. Obviously, in the grand scheme of

things, this could never be used to convict someone, or even be used as probable cause to search. But it is a pretty brazen sign of what the cops will soon discover. Yeah, I just found out that maybe when we had a car that I had to got repossessed, that I didn't take my name off of it. Okay. Um, I wouldn't imagine that they'd suspend you for a repossession. But that's what I'm saying. I don't, but there's no, no information is coming up. I won't drive i'll have my cousin can you slide your legs in for us you're not going to speak to me no unfortunately i told you i've already explained my position oh this hurts i don't have a choice uh oh look you can get in and get out all right i can get in and get out yeah like they'll book you in

if you have somebody that can bond you out you have a preset bond so you can bond out of jail you don't have to wait to see a judge well how much is that uh i'm not quite sure Don't give it to you when we get there, okay? We'll work with you, all right? We'll try to get you out as quick as possible. The cops are being extremely nice to Sack him, trying to put his mind at ease by repeating that it isn't a huge deal and that he'll be out by the end of the day.

But that wasn't the case at all. Sackam was taken back to the police station and processed, but when he was asked to scan his fingerprints, a match was found. And the name wasn't the one he'd given. Instead, it was Muhammad L. Amin, and there was a reason he was. on file.

28 years ago, in 1994, Muhammad allegedly shot and killed a man with a handgun at a train station before fleeing and seemingly disappearing entirely. It took a simple suspended license for the three-decade-long manhunt to come to an end, and Muhammad is currently awaiting trial. He will almost certainly be facing the full charges for his crimes, as violent crimes, especially those resulting in death, are exempt from the statute of limitations. even that didn't shock the police as much as this next bus did. When cops discovered almost a million dollars worth of narcotics,

given away by a simple, tinted window. These cops noticed a red SUV driving on the highway in Florida with windows that seemed too dark to be legal. So they pulled it over, with no idea exactly what they were about to uncover. Robert, can you roll down your back window, please? Thank you. Is this your car? Any issues with your driver's license today?

Well, yeah, other than being lost, suspended or anything else like that. Okay. The woman identified herself as 27-year-old Elizabeth, and she said she was on her way back from a trip to Texas where she had lost her license. Everything seemed mostly fine, though. Her insurance was in check, and she had the rest of her documents with her, so things should have ended at the window tint check.

Yes, the reason why I'm stopping is your side window tent, which I'll check here in just a minute. Is that something that you had done or something you bought the vehicle with? Yeah, unfortunately, even though you may purchase a vehicle with a window tender already on it, as the owner and the operator, you are responsible for whatever equipment is on the vehicle. Same concept as if you buy a car with a bad headlight or tail light or brake light or a crack wheel, or ball tires, or something like that. I'm going to measure them here in just a minute with my 10 meters.

Can you raise up your back window about halfway? I don't know if you can see that or not. Probably not, but your back window is coming in at 2% live transmitting. In Florida, the lowest you can have a window tent on the rear windows is 15%. And Elizabeth's are coming at 2%, meaning that barely any light can pass through from the outside. So she was asked to step out of her vehicle so the cop could take her information and write for a ticket. This is when a second officer arrived on the scene with a canine for a quick free air sniff around the car. This, too, is fairly routine and more of a formality than anything in this case.

They certainly weren't expecting the dog to alert, suggesting that there were drugs inside the car. Hey, Ms. Espinosa, any reason that canine was alerted to your vehicle? Okay, all right. Well, train police canine is alerted into your vehicle, so we're going to need to check it, just to make sure there's nothing in there that shouldn't be. Okay. You're not under arrest, but you are going to be detained. The Dane means that you're not free to go right now, okay?

I'm going to just have a seat from your freezer. Remarkably, Elizabeth has remained calm throughout this entire or, taking the tint charge on the chin and accepting her mistake. It's only when she picks up the phone when her demeanor starts to change. Take a listen to what she says next. Hey, can you let Maria now to go for my kids? I just got pulled over. I'm caught over.

I'm in Bucch now. And I need, I need, I need, okay, look at my head. I'm detained. Yeah. Didn't. No, didn't emberra. Because of the tents were too dark, and there's another one here in the K-9 oil, so I don't know. Elizabeth also said on the phone in Spanish that the cops were about to find everything,

and that she wasn't getting out of this one, and she was right. But what exactly was she hiding? It turns out she was transporting 26 pounds, or almost 12 kilograms of cocaine in her car, worth anything from $800,000 to $1.5 million. Elizabeth's demeanor is almost creepy. On the phone, she bluntly states how they're going to find everything, but to the cops, she's calm, collected, and compliant, even when she finds out it's all over.

Hey, this is what's going on. There's some items in the vehicle that we need to take a little bit closer look at. Okay. And we need to inspect the vehicle a little bit further. Okay. But we need to put the vehicle up on the left in order to do that. So there's a wrecker headed over this way. Okay.

And there's his business is just right up here at the next exit just north of us. Okay. After the vehicle was fully searched and all the cocaine recovered, she was prosecuted and sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by 36 months supervised release. But given the amount of products she lost, She's got a lot more to worry about than just the cops. But even this isn't the most insane thing that police can come across in traffic stops.

So many criminals seem to forget about smaller crimes while they're on a big job. And that's exactly the mistake this man made that led him to a murder charge. On July 29th, 2020, a Louisiana cop pulled over a vehicle speeding on the highway. It started just the same as any other traffic stop. But a search of the vehicle uncovered something horrifying. Sarger's a dead body in the Trump. Not only was Mitchell going almost 20 miles an hour over the speed limit, but he didn't even have a driver's license.

Do you have a driver's license? No, sir. Do you have a driver's license? No, sir. This charge alone could net him fines of up to $500 in six months in jail, not to mention the fines from the speeding ticket. But unbeknownst to the cop, Mitchell will be going back with more than just a speeding ticket. Is there any weed in the car, man?

Let's do stop. Step here. Is there any weed in the car? Yes or not? Just a duby and ass they're like Okay Anything else? When did you puff last?

Be honest Because I'm a drug recognition Hurt. The cop is looking to get Mitchell on more than just a DUI charge. An 18-year-old speeding in a car like this that stinks of weed tells the cop that there may be something

deeper to this traffic stop than a kid going too fast. But before he is, asks to search the vehicle for any other drugs, Mitchell starts to act increasingly suspicious. All right now, where are you headed till? I was headed back home. Where's home? What's your address? No, stop, stop. Come here. Where do you live? It's easy. It's easy to answer this. Where do you live? You don't know how to drive to your house?

I was coming from there how I got lost. So what's the address? I'm going for. You don't know your address? No, sir. Okay, come back here. Can I take a look at your car? Yes or not?

Yes, sir. Mitchell has now consented to the search of his vehicle. The cop is realistically only searching for weed and any other drugs possibly in the car. But he has no idea what he's actually about to find. A search of the front seats turn up nothing. But upon examining the outside of the car, the cop discovered multiple bullet holes across the left side of the vehicle. It's becoming more and more obvious to the cop that something is not right at all here.

And this suspect was likely caught up in something much bigger than he first realized. When'd all this happen? When'd all that happen? They have been. When? My brother, he said... How long ago? Days?

Yeah. Okay. Come back. Just leave this here. Come back here? Just stay right here in front of my car. Hey, it's Jesse again. I'm sorry to bother you.

I got this car speeding 7355. It's a black and orange Camaro. And it's got like three bullet holes in the left side of it. He said he thinks his brother said his car was in something. two nights ago. The officer's check of the vehicle returns nothing other than proof Mitchell is lying. His address comes back as somewhere completely different to where he's saying, and the car is registered to someone with a completely different surname.

Now, he says he lives in Winsborough, but he's got a Richwood address, and the car comes back out of Monroe, and he's got this, he's got a GPS thing put in, but he don't even know the address, so he's lying about it a bunch of junk. Where do you live? Be honest to me. Munro? Rich Wood. You don't live in Winsborough. Why would you try to bluff me on that? Why would you lie to me on that? Because I already knew that before this guy said something. What's up? Talk to me. You better stop lying to me right now. You're going to be in jail. I'm just going to my sisters. To your sisters? That's the last freaking lie you better tell me. This whole situation is already immensely confusing. But then all of a sudden, something even weirder happens. A completely random man pulls up at the scene claiming that his family are looking for him.

His family and Monroe is looking for him. Okay. Well, I got somebody pulling up behind his scooter. What do you mean they were looking for him? They're looking for him. The car missing. Hey. Okay, give me your phone.

Hey, man. He's not given that name, though. He's given another name. And when they give yet another different name from Mitchell and the owner of the vehicle, the cop rightfully is at a loss. This has gone from a traffic stop to a full-on mystery, and the cop is determined to get to the bottom of it. There's a kid that's been reported missing,

and they took the car from Monroe, and he lied to me about his last name. his address and where he's from. Random guy pulls up behind me, he said, hey, this guy's looking for that kid. I need to know if this car has been reported missing, stolen. And I know he's BSing to me about where he's going. He says he's going to his sister's house down here.

If you could, hey, talk to him. See if you can figure out if the sister thing is legit. He said this guy gave him the car. He's got the GPS on his phone on the back lid. He said that's where he's going. and I knew he was lying then Slowly things are starting to become more clear If Mitchell is telling the truth

It seems as though his brother is letting him drive a car That he stole from the original owner But that still doesn't explain the bullet holes Why Mitchell lied about his address Or why the random man appeared looking for him Knowing he was driving that vehicle But now on top of all of that The cop has also just been told over the radio

that there's a missing person report hidden amongst this mess. What I'm being told is that the boy who gave him permission to use the car is missing. So he's lying his ass off. We go looking for the person who owns the car, find out that the son of the owner of the car is missing, and now we've got bullet holes all in the car. I got you. So something's a bad.

The only thing he lied about was his address and wind up. If he knows something about this boy that's missing, there's bullet holes, I'd like to, at least, I guess I'll do as much good contact as I can. A few more calls are made, and it turns out the missing person is Michael Robinson, the alleged brother of the boy at the scene, and the man who gave him permission to be driving the car today. However, it's still unclear who owned the car in the first place, but the cop decides to forget about that for a moment and examine the vehicle, second time now that backup has arrived. Like, this looks close. Like, bam, bam, bam, bam. Yeah, in the boy.

See? Little did he know, this is where all his questions would be answered at once in the most gruesome way imaginable. I'm going to do the obvious thing I want to do. Hey. Put your hands up. Put your hands up behind your back. Put your hands behind your back. You have a right to an attorney, have one present during any questioning at any questioning at any Anytime you choose not to make any statements or answer any questions, you understand? If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you by the court.

Do you understand? Inside the trunk was the body of Michael Robinson, and all of a sudden, everything makes sense. 26 is 125-03057, 1257, 1250357. F-39 troop-f desk? Good. I need a supervisor out here. All right, I get the guy out. He's super nervous.

He lies to me about his address. He's got no driver's license. He says he's going to his house in Winsborough. Well, I find out he lives in Richwood. I'd pop the Trump. Sarger's a dead body in the Trump. Okay, so... I'm not. We've blocked in front of the car and behind the car. We've shut the trunk.

I have Franklin Perry's Sheriff's Office with me. We're at 82. Okay, we're not. We're doing. It turns out Michael Robinson wasn't related to Mitchell at all. Instead, he was merely an unintentional casualty of an armed robbery Mitchell was part of earlier. Who is that? Who is that? Who is who? That's Mike. That's Mike. How did Mike get there? Tell me. It wasn't me, man. I just hit him. I just hit him, bro. You just hit him?

I too. In the mayhem of the robbery, Mitchell shot Robinson multiple times with a handgun before loading him into his trunk and driving him away to Winsborough to dump the body. But of course, before he could make it, he was pulled over by the officer for speeding. Michael Mitchell is being charged for the armed robbery

and the second-degree murder of Michael Robinson. Mitchell is currently awaiting his trial, but is expected to be sentenced to life behind bars.