♪ it's midnight on the bustling las vegas strip. and the high life is in full swing. or suspected killer. >> what was she doing at the time. >> crying, i guess. >> the odds are good if you did the crime, you will do the time. >> i should have listened to my mom. that's what i should have done. >> caught by the cops. and maybe our cameras. >> are you charging me with

something? >> i am not charging you, i am a correspondent for a news store. i am not charging you with anything. "vegas undercover." this is one view of las vegas, looking down on the strip. the view of vegas you get as a cop is not as pretty, but just as riveting. every day in the city, police play a high stakes game of cat and mouse. now, here is the story. this lists every call, every police call. >> this is what we are doing right now at the las vegas metropolitan police department. >> the man in charge recently showed us the counterterrorism

center. >> we have 14 agencies that are represented here. >> it's the clearinghouse for all data related to any criminal activity occurring in southern nevada. it's also cutting edge technology, focused on fighting crime and preventing terrorism. >> all crimes and hazardhazards. >> this is at the fingertips of our watch commander. >> it's information that also helps police decide where to carry out their undercover stingz. this fencing operation run by the vegas intelligence unit. this strip has been a hot bet for criminals selling stolen goods. the store is meant to look like a business that sells car audio systems.

but it's really a place where thieves know they can come to unload stolen goods. the crooks think the men buying their loot are fellow bad guys, but they are really undercover detectives with the vegas intelligences unit. our hidden cameras have been rolling and we have been all watching it go down from this back room. not only did the one guy have a stolen car he brought in, but he has five others he wants to sell to the undercover officers. we listen to how easy it is to steal cars. and guns. >> i got about 62 altogether. >> guns? >> pistols and rivals. >> they contact us and let us know they have something they

want to unload. >> they have to make the first move? >> yes. >> they have to have possession of the stolen property before you have a conversation? >> absolutely. >> today the undercover team is getting ready for the arrival of a new customer. we are waiting for a guy to come in named adam isaacson. he will have a nissan quest. >> a man just released from jail. >> he got on to this place when he was in the county yale and he met a fellow inmate who had also done business here. and now here he comes. 22-year-old adam isaacson, driving the stolen car. he brought along a friend. i have a gps for sale that i got earlier, too. adam says he is an audio detailer who moonlights as a car thief. after negotiating a price for the car -- >> we agreed to 500.

throw this in and it will be 550. >> adam starts to relax and visit a while. >> he has a car detailing operation, so he has access to all kinds of cars. >> he brags to the undercover officers about his expertise at hot wiring fords, all makes and models. >> there's a hole -- >> i can get you brand-new mustangs all day long. >> adam tells the detectives something else, one of the hot cars was owned by somebody the police might actually know. that's right. a judge. a judge, adam says, he might be seeing soon regarding earlier trouble he got into.

>> he is my sentencing judge right now. >> adam and his friend leave promising to be back soon. >> nice to meet you. >> the police are planning on arresting adam and all the other suspects once the investigation is over. for now they let them walk. >> nice meeting you guys again. >> word of the fencing operation has spread quickly. one suspect referring others to the little shop. brad, for example, was the shop's first customer, and he sent this in woman, chevy. >> did brad tell you what this is all about, and chevy brought some of her friends, including levi. and now levi is back. introducing the shop's next customer, 21-year-old courtney miller. >> it's nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> dang, muscles. >> anyways, is this all you, or she gets the car list or what? >> he's --

>> i want to find out. i am curious. >> today courtney has a freshly stolen truck for sale. >> it's going to be noticed at work, and that's when it it's going to be reported stolen. >> is the original plates still on it? >> yes. >> she explains the truck belonged to her ex-boyfriend that recently dumped her. there was some guy that told me that i was too young for him, and -- and we were messing around, and then he just stopped talking to me altogether. >> okay. >> so uh-huh. >> i love these stories. these are great. it's an ex-boyfriend's truck, so to speak. >> what else did you get? anything else you want to sell. >> to get back at him she had

friends rip him off. >> they pretty much packed up his house and loaded it up. >> she negotiates a price. >> will you come back with the other stuff? >> of course. >> i was going to say 500, and i will throw in 520, because of the cab. >> 480 bucks and you can find your own cab. what are you looking for? is somebody going to talk to you up there? can you make it 550 and call it a day? >> they agree on $550 for the $30,000 truck. >> i am being generous because i would like you to come back. >> soon, courtney will regret maki making appearance on the store

front. >> do you blame yourself? >> yes, i should have listened to my mom. that's what i should have done, listen to my mom. coming up, and something courtney should not have done, challenge police to find her. >> catch me if you can. >> you said catch me if you can? >> those were my exact words. >> when "vegas undercover" continues. to give than to guess, we can take these last few days of shopping and our holiday budgets a lot further. ♪ more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. this 18-volt ryobi starter kit is just 89 bucks. ♪

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it's time for police to shut down the storefront sting operation. in all they recovered more than a million in stolen cars. arresting 68 suspects. remember adam isaacson? >> i can get you brand-new mustangs all day long. >> he was arrested and taken to police headquarters. and we asked him if he wanted to see the tape of his appearance in the storefront. >> i have got some video from that investigation, adam, and i would like you to take a look if

that's all right with you. >> sure, man. >> i showed him video of himself bragging about a car that was stolen from the daughter of a judge. >> this car apparently belonged to the daughter of a judge? >> i didn't know until months later. >> it's apparently my new sentencing judge. >> how do you suppose this will play in front of your sentencing judge, you talking about having position of her daughter's car. >> she is going to [ bleep ] fry me. >> that's not going to go over well, i'm thinking? >> no, it's not. >> like everybody else caught in the sting, he is clearly upset. >> i will die in prison. >> because? >> you guys are going to put this on tape and everything

else, it don't matter. >> why would somebody come after you? >> people don't come after you. anybody thinks you told, you die. period. end of story. >> but i told adam, it's clear he is not ratting on anybody during the interview. >> you are saying it's not so much you would be on television, it's the suggestion you would rat out somebody in front of the police? >> and i stole cars and blah blah blah, and i am talking to you right now. >> adam pleaded guilty to the crimes on the tore front, and will spend one to six years in prison. >> and remember 21-year-old courtney who ripped off her boyfriend after he dumped her? here she is at the local jail. >> we're doing a story on this investigation that was conducted by las vegas metropolitan police department. and you serviced in that

investigation. >> yeah. >> so we wanted to get your side of things. how did you get caught in the middle of all of this? >> i honestly do not know. i had a friend that had a friend that newsom people that were dealing with cars and things, and he took me to them and now i'm here. >> you had a friend who had a friend who newsom people. >> uh-huh. >> that sounds like the start of a bad story -- >> and it does not have a happy ending. >> she says the beginning of her story isn't so happy either. >> you have been in trouble with the law before? >> uh-huh. >> what for? >> which state. nevada of colorado? >> let's start with colorado? >> drug charges. they raided my house for manufacturing and distribution.

>> for what? >> were you using or selling? >> we were smoking. >> courtney told me she was smoking crystal meth for years, starting when she was on a kid. >> how long you have been on meth? >> since i was 11 years old. >> that's a tough, tough drug. you know how addictive it is, and what it does to your mind and body. >> uh-huh. >> recently, courtney says she was getting her life back on track. do you go to college? >> yes. >> what are you studying? >> criminal justice. >> how ironic. >> very ironic. >> in the days after the operation ended, she found out the police were looking for her. >> she is supposed to be here at 10:00, and we will pick her up. >> but this student of criminal justice did not study much of

how she should turn herself in. >> i was on my way back to my mom's house, i said if they wanted me to turn myself in, they needed to go and [ bleep ] themselves. catch me if you can. >> you said catch me if you can? >> yeah. >> they were not going to tell me what i was being charged with, and i am not going to be turning myself in not knowing, giving me a heads up for what i am being charged with. >> they had an arrest warrant for you? >> for what? they would not tell me why. i was not going to turn myself in unless i knew why i was being arrested. >> there was something she didn't know, that we had the undercover video to show her. >> can i show you something?

>> yeah, i would love to see some video. >> you would like to see it? >> yes. >>. what was going on in your mind when you saw that video? >> i am [ bleep ]. i should have listened to my mom. that's what i should have done. i should have listened to my mom. >> what did she tell you? >> why do you hangout with criminals. if you don't hangout with criminals, you won't go to jail. where do crooks steal cars to sell? sometimes they take them right off the street. >> we're right behind you now. as you will see this time, the police and our hidden cameras are watching. >> come on, fools. coming up, behind the wheel,

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you are watching the thief in the act of stealing a car. it happens over and over again. in fact, every 30 seconds a car is stolen somewhere in america. until just a few years ago, las vegas led the nation in auto theft. but the police here responded with a specialized unit called viper. and soon the crime numbers began falling. >> you have got state of the art bait car programs. >> we have been riding along with a lieutenant, showing us bait cars with hidden cameras and computers and thieves in the act.

>> two undercover detectives, a male and female drive a vehicle into a high crime area, and they get in tget out of the car and t arguing and then abandon the vehicle. at first just one woman jumps in. what she doesn't know is that the police are following her. >> we're right behind her now. we're with her, watching and listening to everything she says. she picks up three friends. and then rummages through the percent intentionally left by

police. the escalade was probably out for less than three minutes. the woman got in and grabbed it and picked up other people. >> now, they're running a red light. >> we better go to the house and park this [ bleep ] for a minute. >> it's time for the cops to cut off the power to the suv. >> kill it! kill it! kill it! >> oh, no gas. >> officers arrest all four people in the car and charge them with grand theft auto. before they are taken off to jail i get a chance to speak with them, starting with the driver who goes by misty. >> i am wondering if you could tell me what happened. >> the lady was arguing with her

boyfriend -- >> they wanted me to go get it. >> why you? >> i don't know. >> they are your friends? >> i don't know. >> so you just did it even though you didn't know? >> they said let's just take the car and park it. >> why not just turn the car off and call the police? >> i don't know. i was going to do that when i got here. >> what were you all saying to each other when you took off? >> nothing, let's just go park it. >> i could hear what you were saying, and that's not -- >> i said look through her wallet. >> yeah, and see if there is any money, so you were going to take the money -- >> because i have no money. >> i know, but you are not supposed to make money that is not yours, right? >> one of the other passengers, timothy dillon says misty has it all wrong. >> misty says you all said get in the car, start it and drive around and pick us up. >> i have no idea why she would

say that. >> she claims that's what happened? >> she got her opinion and i got mine. >> what is your opinion? >> she asked us if we needed a ride, and so we got in. >> i heard what was going on, and it didn't go down just that way. do you want to give me another shot at the story here? >> that's the one i'm going with. >> the other two suspects are siblings. he says he knew this was a bad idea. >> i said i'm not getting in there, and my sister was like, yeah, you are, come on, come on. >> yeah, i had some -- >> his sister, loretta, admits she has been drinking. what makes you decide it was a good idea -- >> to have a ride. >> a ride on this night that would land her and her friends behind bars. all four suspects pleaded

guilty. >> what will happen now? >> i am in trouble. >> coming up, thieves so bold they stole jewelry from one pawnshop and then hawked it at another. how they were finally put on ice. >> it's under the passenger seat up there wrapped in a towel -- >> when "vegas undercover continues." [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil

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guns drawn, and order terrified customers and employees to the floor as they splash display cases. it happens all over las vegas in a chain call super pawn. >> they pull up in front of the shop and go in and hit the pawnshop and get back in the car and drive off. >> the men carry guns and use pillow cases for their loot. they at one point forced the manager to open up the counters. >> yes, and they they make them open up the cash drawer. >> who are they?

the video from the pawnshop was of little use, because these guys are wearing masks. and then a tip comes in, jewelry stolen from one pawnshop is being hocked at another. this man is wearing a gold chain stolen that moment. antonio richard, a seven-time convicted felon. but is he one of the men wearing a mask during the robby. >> i did not have enough to get him identified from the victims in the pawnshop, so i had to do something to get these cases solved. >> the only way to know is to keep richard under constant surveillance. so he turns to a unit called rogue or repeat offenders program. they are trying to catch them in the act. >> we will look at their activities and see what they are doing. >> lieutenant ted lee says it's

the career criminals that commit most crimes. >> unfortunately, that's their business, that's all they know. >> we are following our main target. >> they are now assigned to watch antonio richard every waking hour. at first, it seems that richard is living a crime free life, and has a job as a curer. >> they get another tip. they are about to hit another super pawn. the suspects show up, but before the sergeant can arrive on the scene, the men are spooked when they see a store security guard, and they drive away. >> they are leaving the area of this pawnshop. >> but police follow the men, and arrest them a few blocks down the road. so were these the guys

responsible for those armed robberies? remember that white grand am got on surveillance, and turns out they were arrested riding in a grand am. investigators search the car. >> we are looking for any kind of clothing or firearms. >> they find masks made out of t-shirts just like the ones used in the robbery. >> the one we just pulled out has eye holes. >> a gun underneath the front seat. >> under the passenger seat wrapped newspaper a towel. >> and richard and jefferson were charged with several counts of robbery. a few weeks later i went to the local jail to speak with antonio richard. >> hey, antonio. chris hanson with dateline nbc. how are you doing? have a seat. how did it all start? >> doing something just to be

doing something. no reason behind it. >> richard admits he and another fellow were behind the masks, but had no intentions of hurting anybody. >> it doesn't seem like what it does. >> what is that? >> it's trying to make a situation happen, and richard says that he and his accomplice were going to sell the stolen goods. >> what were you doing with that? >> catching up on bills, and astrav junt things. >> arkansas, fix my cars up, you know, pay the pills, you know. blow a lot. you know, just gamble. >> at 42, antonio richard has

already spent more than ten years in prison. >> is prison a deterrent for you. >> i don't like being locked up, but i stay locked up, you know what i mean? so it's apparently something within me to where i must be liking this type of lifestyle or something. i really don't have the answers for some of the actions i have took, because i would like to know within myself. >> richard pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years to life behind bars. coming up, he is in hot water. >> how many people do you figure you guys scammed? but he says it's all his fault. >> i am done. i mean, are you charging me with something. >> i am not charging you. i am a correspondent for a television news show. plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our dedicated support teams help you know more so your money can do more.

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is it free estimates for -- >> 82-year-old kay dome was looking for somebody who could help her maintain her property. so the flyer she found on her doorstep seemed looking into. >> he left a card on my door and i got there and called. >> the landscapers went to work. did land scraping and trimmed bushes and you wrote them a check of 120 bucks. >> you are watching the actual video, here they are blowing and raking leaves, but what none of them knew is that somebody else was watching, too. a sergeant and his team of undercover detectives. >> it's a cat and mouse game.

>> turns out police had been surveilling the men for weeks. our cameras were along the way. >> he is wearing a dark long-sleeved t-shirt and tanned cargo pantsz. and david whiple is wearing a blue shirt. >> why would police follow two landscapers? because the cops already knew something else about these two. they were thieves. this is surveillance video of the men with another accomplice going on a shopping spree at a marshal's clothing store. >> it depicted them clearly as being the ones prying off security tags. >> surveillance cameras track them as they steal. >> what kind of stuff did they

steal? >> on that occasion, it was just clothing. wh whiple cut off the box of cologne. >> they pick up screens and pock out without playing for them. so cops suspected they were up to no good when they were caught here. >> he got done yard working, and he come to open up garage door. >> the landscapers told her they checked the water heater and said it was broken. >> well, looks like he is going back up to the house. >> so she agrees to pay them $1,000 to replace it. they load it into their truck and haul it away. >> and they are away, going

eastbound. >> but if the water heater was not broken, what were they up to. it seems these thieves got greedy, because the water heater was still under warranty. >> by presenting this sticker to the manager of the store, they could keep kay's water heater and get another one free. the plan was to pocket the $1,000 for the repair and then keep the new water heater for themselves. >> they move in. >> you know you are under arrest, right? grand larsony, that's what we're starting out with now. >> we have been following you guys for quite a while. we watch you guys every

morning -- >> could have been somebody that looked like me, but wasn't me. >> do you have any twins? >> do i have any twins? >> not that i know of. >> a few weeks later, gary stevenson came clean to police and while out on bail agreed to speak with us, too. when did this turn from a landscaping business into a criminal enterprise? >> about 2 1/2 years ago. >> he said he and his partner chose targets carefully, scamming people they felt was most vulnerable. we would completely break it to where the water is gushing everywhere, and then coming back and showing them how the water has to get fixed, and they would end up hiring us and fixing it. >> there were other scams, too.

>> basically, we would tell them, look, myrsummer is coming and it's really hot and it's going to crack your roof if you don't get it washed with chemicals and everything to keep it protected. >> you told these people you had a plan to protect your roof? >> but there were no repairs once they got up on the roof. just a hosing, literally. >> just spraying water. >> what did that do for the roof? >> nothing. clean it. >> how many people do you figure you skies scammed? >> we scammed probably about a good 100, 150 people. >> all elderly? >> all elderly. >> you are okay with that? >> i was strongly against it. >> that's because he says none of it was his idea. he blames this man, a man that forced him into a life of crime by beating him. >> if i am living with a guy who is beating me, making me pull

off scans, i am out of there. >> i was scared for my life, because when i got back with him, he said if i got away and he found me, he would break both my legs. i thought i can't do nothing, so i might as well do it, and if i didn't do it there would be consequences in it. >> did you feel trap? >> i felt trapped. i was scared for my life. >> why didn't you go to the police? i am in a bad situation, and he is making me commit crimes, and he is threatening my life? >> plus he threatened my life as well. if i went to the cops, the first place he would go is to my grandma's house. >> so who is this man that controlled the scammers.

rydell is a three-time convicted felon. he was being held on another case when we met him. gary stevenson told us that you were the man behind the scenes, where you would send these guys out, targeting other people. >> never. >> did you ever send gary or a guy named dave whiple out to punch holes in water lines? >> never. >> to destroy sprinkler systems so you could get paid for repairing them. he says now that he got caught, he is covering up himself. >> he can't take his own rap, so will lie about ever else. he says he never beat or threatened stevenson, instead he

says he helped me. >> if he didn't like it, why did he live there for four years. >> we asked him about allegations that he is a white supremecists, and that's when he decided to end the interview. >> i'm done. are you charging me with something? >> i'm not charging you with anything. i am a news correspondent. >> anything else you want people to know? >> it's [ bleep ]. the dude went to jail because he was stealing and made money for himself. he got caught and made lies about other people. >> david whiple also claims that his partner is making things up. >> did you ever go out and break sprinklers system so you could be hired to fix it? >> not once. >> you have gone and dug up somebody's water pipe, and poked a hole in it so you could charge

them to fix it? >> no. >> did you tamper with anybody's hot water heater? >> no. >> why would gary stevenson say all this stuff if it wasn't true? he said you would go up on roofs and pretend like you were treating them for the summer months, and all you were doing is spraying water up there? >> have no idea what he is talking about. >> you would open up a valve on a hot water heater to make it looks like it's leaking. >> it seems that whiple was also telling stories. he later pleaded guilty. >> let -- and as for gary, what do you say to all those elderly people that you helped to rip off? >> i was made to do it against my own will. >> coming up, a way from the

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hands up! hands up! >> as you have seen, the vegas police are on the streets, cracking down on career criminals in sin city. but they are also on top of the worst sin of all, murder. for years, we have been there as veteran detectives unravel murder mysteries in las vegas. lieutenant lou roberts is in charge of homicide. >> it's dark work, and there's

never any good news pn. >> what is the hardest part of this job for you? >> the families. i try to give them updates on the cases. it's not just the cases that occurred yesterday or the day before or the cases that we may have tomorrow. there are cases that are 20 and 30 years old, and 5 years old. you are constantly absorbing the family's pain. and trying to make them understand and trying to comfort them and let them know that we are trying to work the cases. that's a never ending process. >> a never ending process because there are roughly 115 murders a year in las vegas. like this one. the case of the romeros. a married couple shot in their home during the robbery. >> the wife was shot in the face. >> 64-year-old romero was found

dead in his bedroom, and his wife was shot in the face and told the police what happened. a process server came knocking that day and said he was looking for somebody who used to live there, and >> he dragged her in the closet and shot her in the face and left her for dead. >> detectives dig through court records and identify the process server. they act quickly, finding out where hoefer works. detectives tail them and move in for the arrest. >> let me see your hands! let me see your hands! now! >> soon, they learn there is much more to this case. he may have had an accomplice. >> tell the young gentleman that went in the house to come back

out here. >> his name is ricky freeman, and police pick him up. he volunteers even more horrifying information about yet another gruesome murder. >> two high profile murders are connected. >> he knows about the murder of contreras, who had been kidnapped randomly after finishing her shift as a waitress. >> that was a brutal crime. >> yes, she was stabbed and sexually assaulted and lit on fire. >> but it was unsolved until ricky freeman told police what he knew. >> how are you doing? i recently sat down with him at the local jail who is publicly speaking out about the murder for the first time. >> how did you meet him? >> he was barbecuing, and he offered us to eat.

>> freeman said he was 17 when he hit the process server. he delivered subpoena papers. >> he asked me if i wanted to go with him because i could drive for him. >> and then came the night freeman says everything changed. >> he said he was picking up a friend, and all of a sudden everything turned bad. >> but the woman was not a friend. it was prisma. >> freeman says he ordered him to drive to a remote place in the desert. >> you saw the sexual assault? >> yes. >> what was she doing at the time? >> crying, i guess. >> crying? >> yes. >> what was going through your mind as this was taking place? >> how am i going to get away and how am i going to run. what am i going to do if he

tries to come and kill me just like he is about to do to her? >> why didn't you just drive to the police department? >> because i don't know where any police stations are, and i did not see any police at the whole time of the drive. >> did you have a cell phone? >> no, he took my cell with him. >> why not go to a gas station or convenience station and call 911. >> because he would have gotten out and shot me just as easily. >> and instead of going to police, freeman continued to hangout with hover, and it was freeman that drove him to the romeros home the night they were shot. >> how did that go in? >> he went into the house, that he had to serve them papers, that's what he told me, and then he came back and said he shot him. i almost threw up. i thought i was about to die right there and then. >> but had you gone to the police after the first killing, romero would likely be alive

today. >> yeah, but i had no chance to get to the police. i had no chance to call police. he was always watching me and always right there. >> weeks later, still healing and grieving from the loss of her husband, roberta romero came to court and pointed out him as the one that pulled the trigger. >> he also shot at me. >> and they were charged with multiple counts of murder, rape and kidnapping. both men could face the death penalty. both have pleaded not guilty. >> my life is ruined because of him. >> what do you say to the victims' families? >> that i am sorry for not being able to stop him. i wish i could have. >> you can find more information about "vegas undercover" on our website, at dateline.msnbc.com. that's all for now. i am chris