"vegas, undercover raw." thanks for watching. this may not be the las vegas you know. this is the underbelly. >> shoot him in the face. >> an underworld filled with criminals. >> you invest in me. >> with undercover cops trying to catch those crooks. the. >> i told him to pretty much go [ bleep ] himself. >> in this episode, police set up a sting, a fake fencing operation for stolen goods. >> wipe the prints off.

>> how dangerous is this? >> very dangerous. >> with hidden cameras rolling, the bad guys unwittingly divulge in full detail how they commit their crimes. then we confront them in jail to dig deeper into the mind of a criminal. >> you go to prison. you die. end of story. >> it's real. it's revealing, and it's raw. how long were you on meth? >> i was on it since i was 11 years old. >> hello. i'm chris hansen. while reporting an undercover investigative story you get riveting material on the cutting

room floor. but now we're going to show you some fascinating never-before-seen footage from a series produced by nbc news that followed undercover operations conducted by the las vegas police department delving deeper into these raw tapes reveals striking details about the people caught in the police stings and gives you incredible access into a criminal world. all undercover sting operations are dangerous because you can't control everything. you try to control as much as you can. it's dangerous. we can't show the faces of the undercover cops who have given us this access. not only could it compromise f future operations, it could endanger their lives. what do we know about our guests tonight? >> we know his first and last name, a three time ex-felon. how we found out he is, he gave us his phone number. this is so and so, a gay and a girl's name plus their last name.

so we ran them and this was him. >> they knew this was a felon. they didn't know if if he had a propensity for violence. they didn't know if he was going be strung out on drugs or carrying a weapon. there's a lot we don't know. >> coming in with a nissan quest. >> is that a minivan? >> it's one of the top of the line ones. we will see. he's coming in to fence it. what's the going rate? >> our going rate is $200 on $10,000. that is what we have been telling ought crooks. we got all the booklets on the desk. they pull it open and look for the year and make of their car. it says $17,000, $18,000, and we go $200 on that. >> you walk into the store front through a regular door like you would see anywhere. there are shades over the window and there is a counter.

the undercover cops are on one side. the bad guys on the other. there is a small room where we basically have a control room set up where we can monitor all the hidden cameras. and we record everything that goes on. >> that's all right right there. see, going to park right in front. stay right there. stay right there. okay. it's okay. we already checked it out. let's get in the room. >> i'm in the back room, the control room if you will, with a sergeant who is overseeing part of this investigation. when they know that a crook is about to walk in it's all business. everybody has got a job to do. there is a briefing before. every visitor. and it's very serious. >> i don't know much about rides. let me get johnny. johnny, are you here? >> stand by. we have a beauty, literally.

there's a hole in the bottom, dude. you have to know how to do it. if you hit the wrong bar, it will set off the alarm or it will hit the theft light on the dashboard. slide it in, [ bleep ]. i can to it faster. >> you're a genius. >> i figured i'd wipe the prints off. might as well turn it into a business. >> he is a very confident guy. he, in very short order, talks about all the cars that he can steal. you know? he is an auto detailer. after several minutes of chatter they get down to business because what adam is really there to do on this day is sell the nissan -- the stolen nissan.

>> we agreed at $500. we will agree at $550? cool? you said you had some other rides you might want to get rid of eventually? >> adam tells the undercover cops that he has got five more cars that he can bring in. so, pretty early on looks like there is a good potential for him to be a very good customer. >> my 350-z -- >> adam starts talking about a stolen car the undercover cops had already bought it. >> is that the one we just bought? you are scaring me. >> he starts to tell this amazing story about how he stole it from the daughter of a judge. he is joking about it. >> so i got the keys and found out, somebody robs you and you go rob them, it's real good to have a nice fast car. >> that's funny. when you said that you freaked

me out. i didn't know if you sold me a car that belonged to a judge. >> if it's possible for the story to get any more outrageous, adam reveals to the cops that he is currently awaiting sentencing on previous charges and it's not just any judge. >> he is my sentencing judge right now. >> your sentencing judge owns the car you stole almost a year ago? >> yeah. >> finally back to the task at hand, adam gets back to the deal at happened, selling the stolen car and gps unit. >> $550 for the ride, the gps. appreciate it. nice meeting you, brother. >>. >> they want 0 to gather as much evidence as possible. they let many of these people walk to continue these crimes

because at the end of the investigation they will have a bigger pool of criminals that they will ultimately take off the streets. >> nice meeting you again. >> adam is a significant player. obviously he has been involved in previous crimes. he talks about stealing other cars. he is in a business where he has access to cars. adam is a pretty big deal in this investigation. coming up, when the cops do sweep adam up, i get an opportunity to talk to him and tap into the mind of a criminal. >> i will die in prison. >> and criminals keep coming to the store front. >> it's going to be -- yes. >> so this just happened today? >> yes. >> when vegas undercover raw continues. program you get 5% back, on everything. everything. everything. everything. everything. everything. everything? [ all ] everything?

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the storefront fencing operation, a sting run by the las vegas police department stays open for a little less

than a year. when the cops close up shop, they round up all the criminals they caught and that's when i confront them including adam isaacson. chris hansen with "dateline" nbc. how you doing? we're doing a story on this investigation. we were able to talk to some of the people arrested in the sting. both as they were being brought this in, but also later, actually in the local jail. adam is actually interviewed at the police station after his arrest. so he is in an interrogation room and he is under arrest. can you tell me how you got mixed up in the middle of all of this? >> bad choices. >> bad choices? how old are you, adam? >> 22. >> in this store front you go on for a long time and talk to

these undercover cops -- >> i what? >> you go on for a long time and talk to the undercover cops about how many cars you have stolen. how easy it is. you can take fords if you have an old car antenna. >> just to make them buy the one that i had. >> what kind of car was it that you sold to them? >> somebody called me up and said that they needed to get rid of a nissan van. >> and so you drove it over there? >> i didn't get in the car until a half a block away. >> you met whoever stole the car, right? got in, drove it over there just to do the deal? >> yeah. >> now you said in that conversation and i was actually in the back room listening and watching because we had our hidden cameras in there. >> i recorded it on my cell phone as well. >> you recorded it as well? >> i believe so. >> you said you stole quite a few cars? >> right.

>> is that 2r50u true? >> i just wanted the guy's attention. >> so you were trying to get some credibility with the guys? >> yeah. >> i have some video from that investigation, adam. i would like you to take a look if that is all right with you. this is you, right? [ inaudible ] >> the sevntencing judge. >> pretty good story, isn't it? >> is it true? >> no. somebody called me and wanted a set of rims. >> so did you steal the car from her? >> no. i never met the girl. >> how did you get the girl? >> how did you get the car? >> somebody called me up and said they needed to get rid of it so i brought it to the person who sold it to chris and i am sure you guys have that on video, too. >> this car apparently belonged

to the daughter of a judge. >> i guess so. i didn't know until months la r later. >> did you know the gal, the daughter of the judge? had >> never met her before a day in my life. >> but you know the judge. >> apparently my new sentencing judge. >> how do you suppose this is going play in front of your new sentencing judge, talking about having possession of her daughter's car. >> she's going [ bleep ] fry me. >> that's not going go over very well, i'm thinking. >> no, it's not. >> this is where our int interview takes a turn i never saw coming. so what's your plan? >> honestly, i'm 22 years old and you're going show this on tv. i will probably go to prison and get stabbed and killed. if you want to know the truth, that's what is going happen. it's going get me killed. period. point blank. end of story. i will die in prison.

i will be murdered. >> why? >> because you guys are going put this [ bleep ]. on tape and everything else. it doesn't matter. >> why would somebody come after you the? >> people don't come after you. anybody thinks you told, you die. period, end of story. >> adam seems to be worried that for some reason he is going be thought of as a snitch. we had no indication that he was a snitch. no information that he snitched on anyone. so my gut is that he was just trying to figure out a way to keep that interview off of national television. so you are saying it's not so much you would be on television but the suggestion that you are trying to rat out people in front of police. >> the fact that i have stolen cars and i am sitting here talking to you right now. that's what will kill me. i will die because of it. >> what should happen? >> i don't know. >> you tell me. >> what i want to happen? >> what do you want to happen?

>> what i want to happen, i don't want to say in front of your camera. >> it's your choice. >> you're right. it is. you can't help me get out of prison. >> i came here to be fair and get your side of the deal. i appreciate your talking to me. if there is anything else you would like to tell us, now would be the time. if not, i will get out of your hair. >> how does it benefit me if i tell you something? exactly. it's nice speaking to you. >> i hope it works out for you. adam pleads guilty to several of his crimes related to the storefront including possession of stolen vehicles and sentenced to 14 to 72 months. coming up. >> i was strong-armed with a gun. >> a violent carjacking throws a wrench into the secrecy of the undercover operation. and more raw video. >> we packed up the house and

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the storefront operated for the better part of a year. 100 crimes. very successful. it was very important in this investigation that the undercover cops had credibility. i have looked into the eyes of a lot of criminals and i can tell you when they are suspicious or whether they are comfortable and these undercover cops really did a masterful job of making these folks comfortable. of having conversations that would not raise suspicion. these guys are out there without a net. how dangerous is this? >> it's very dangerous as a uc. >> uc stands for undercover.

>> some background but you don't know exactly who you are dealing with in some cases here? >> most of the time you don't. we have id'd them through fingerprints or names. at least 95% of them are multiple convictions. they're all bad characters. >> could be carrying weapons? >> absolutely. >> courtney. >> nice to finally meet you. >> so courtney comes in with levi and if you were to see her walking down the street you wouldn't say there is a car thief. or somebody who would be dealing in stolen property. she almost has a happy-go-lucky attitude. >> is this your truck? >> no. >> oh. >> this is your truck? >> no. it was some guy that told me i was too young for him.

we were messing around with each other and he stopped talking to me altogether. >> okay. >> and so -- >> i'm sorry. i love these stories. these are great. so this is some guy's truck, an ex-boyfriend, so to speak, and you said, screw you, i'm taking your truck? >> no. i had my homeboy do it. >> we pretty much just packed up his house and just loaded it up. >> courtney opens right up. she is very willing to give the undercover cops a lot of detail. her boyfriend, she says, dumped her saying she was too young. i guess he didn't do it very ceremoniously. very little follow-up. and that's what she used to justify stealing his truck. >> two pieces of 40 and a deuce deuce. >> when she talks about guns, that really gets the attention of the undercover cops.

>> a big gun, shotguns are a little bit more. aks, you know what i'm talking about? >> i'm like yeah. >> you're ghetto. you have an ak? you think. >> what's the price? >> is it a wooden stock? is it a polycarbonate? >> it's not an ak but an sks? >> mm-hmm. i just want to know the price. it's an sks. >> it is worth as much. they go for about 600, $700. >> what about an hk? >> hk what? how do you know so much about guns? you're scaring me. you're not going come back and rob me? >> no. >> she really wants to move these stolen items. the truck, potentially some guns because she knows the ex-boyfriend is going get home and he's going to realize the

stuff is gone. >> it's going to be reported stolen. >> that's when he will be home. >> so this just happened today. >> yes. >> is his house key on there? >> uh-huh. >> is this his address? is there more -- >> we packed up his whole house. and we took it. >> all right. so this is the address and we have his house key. >> there's nothing left. >> you really cleaned his whole house out? >> he's a bachelor. he called me young. >> she looks like a nice young woman. i guess the old saying is true about scorned women. and courtney is definitely a scorned woman. >> and you have the ability or have these things that you talk about? >> i have them, yes. >> no but yes. >> i like you. >> now that courtney has

seemingly won over the undercover cops, they get down to negotiating the sale of the pickup truck. >> okay. so i was thinking $25,000 this s-30. it is a year old now. how many miles on it? >> 15,000. >> 15,000? >> mm-hmm. >> i don't know. will you come back with the other stuff? >> oh, of course. >> i will -- how about, i was going say $500. i will throw in $520 because of the cab and i will pay for the cab back? or $480 and you can find your own cab. what are you looking for? is somebody going talk to you from up there? >> it's going come to me. can't we just make it $550 and call it a day. >> i don't have a $50 bill. do you have change? >> do you smoke? >> yes. >> a couple of these.

>> yeah. you have me sold. >> courtney doesn't necessarily seem dangerous, but she is angry it at this ex-boyfriend. i wondered when i saw the video tape for the first time if maybe she wasn't a little high, just the way she was touching her face and moving her hair around. she certainly didn't seem to grasp the gravity of the situation that she was committing a felony that could put her in prison. she was acting like it was a trip to the dry cleaners or something. coming up, six months later i meet up with courtney in jail. have you ever been in trouble with the law before? >> uh-huh. >> for what? >> which state? nevada or colorado? >> and courtney shares startling personal details. >> how long were you on meth? when "vegas undercover raw" continues.

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good morning, everybody. i'm betty nguyen. here is what's happening. all is well at the international space station after astronauts made a rare space walk on saturday. they replaced a pump in homes of stopping an ammonia leak. so far it appears the mission was successful. doctors in bangladesh say the seamstress who survived 17 days in a collapsed garment factory is in good condition. the 19-year-old was dehydrated and suffering from insomnia. aside from some scratches, she suffered no major injuries. now back to "vegas undercover." welcome back to "vegas underkofrp raw." you're getting a behind-the-scenes look at how a police sting works and what happens to the people caught in it. it's an all access pass to a dangerous underworld where you can understand how the criminal mine works.

there is perhaps no interview i did where this was more evident then when i sat down in jail with courtney, a woman who was willing to share so many personal details. hey, courtney. chris hansen, "dateline" nbc. how are you? >> good. i'm not -- >> not ready for this? we are doing a story on a investigation conducted by las vegas police department. and you surfaced in that investigation 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 knew some 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 knew some people. that sounds like the start of a bad story. >> it's a very it -- it does not

have a happy ending. >> it was startling to me the difference in her appearance in the store front she looked attractive. vivacious almost. in prison half of her hair was braided and she looked tough. she looked like she was just trying to survive. what do you say about the charges? >> i didn't do them? >> you didn't do them? >> huh-uh. >> how old are you? >> 21. >> you go college? >> mm-hmm. >> what are you studying? >> criminal justice. >> criminal justice? isn't that ironic? >> exactly. very ironic. >> she must have been absent the day the professor talked about how to deal with law enforcement. >> i told them if they wanted me to turn myself in to pretty much go [ bleep ] themselves because i wasn't going to turn myself in. i said catch me if you can. you said catch me if you can?

>> those were my exact words. >> courtney, you have to know that if you say that to police detectives, they're going to get you. >> they didn't get me right away, though. it took them three days. >> you sound proud of that. >> i'm not proud of that. they were not going tell me what i was being charged with. i'm not going to turn myself in without a heads-up. >> they had an arrest warrant for you. >> an arrest warrant for what? they didn't tell me why. i wasn't going to turn myself in. unless i knew why i was being arrested. >> have you ever been in trouble with the law before? >> uh-huh. >> for what? >> which state, nevada or colora colorado? >> let's start with colorado. >> colorado were drug charges. they raided my house for manufacturing and distributing. >> of what? >> crystal meth. >> crystal meth? >> mm-hmm. >> were you using or selling? >> just smoking.

>> smoking. that is a tough, tough drug. both in how addictive it is and in what it does to your mind and body. >> mm-hmm. >> how long were you on meth? >> i have been on it since i was 11 years old. >> since you were 11 years old? are you still on it? >> no. >> how long have you been off? >> since i have been in jail. for the last 12 days. >> is that what led you into this mess is drug use? >> mm-hmm. >> you are only 21 years old. >> i know. it's sad. >> what did it feel like to smoke it? >> awesome. the first hit when you blow it out it is just awesome. i don't know. it's just great. >> but it doesn't lead anywhere good. >> no it doesn't. not at all. >> all right. so in this case, the police

charge that you were involved in the theft of a pick-up truck and some other items from an ex-boyfriend and some of your pals helped you do it. and that you all got wind of this fencing operation and you brought the stuff there or some of it there and sold it. is that what happened? >> only the truck. >> only the truck. tell me how you got your hands on this truck. >> um, my friend told me that he had pulled a lick at the house. >> he had pulled a lick? meaning? >> meaning he had robbed the house. >> and whose house was this? >> an ex-friend -- i would say a boyfriend. >> and how come you broke up? >> he told me i was too young. >> you were too young? >> uh-huh. >> and how did you feel about that? >> it killed me inside.

like i wasn't doing any drugs when i had met him. i had just got back from colorado and that's -- it broke me. i just wanted him to be me my friend. he said he would be my friend and he would talk to me and he didn't. he wouldn't call me. i would text message him. and he wouldn't message me back. it hurt and i don't like being lied to. if you tell me you are going to be my friend and you tell me i am too young and you are 28 years old. no, no, no, no, no. just because i'm 21 and you're 28 and you go and party with my friends and you don't want to party with me, don't tell me you will talk to me and not talk to me. >> were you bitter towards him? >> no. not at all. >> did you want to get back at him? >> huh-uh. >> did you steal his pick-up truck? >> no. >> who did? >> a friend. >> a friend. so you get out of school that day and you go to your friend's house and there is [ bleep ] truck. >> uh-huh.

>> i didn't even know whose truck at first. >> and you say to your friends what? >> i say what the hell are you guys doing? they're like, he shouldn't have done you like that. >> so if you had to boil it down, what was it that got you into this mess? >> drugs. after he broke up with me, that's when i started going back to crystal meth because it hurt so i started hanging out with the old crowd that i used to hang out with years ago and i started smoking and i started doing more and more dirt. >> dirt meaning drugs? dirt doing drugs and crime. >> what other crimes? >> numerous. numerous. >> give me an example. >> more car theft. more -- >> so you stole cars. >> didn't steal them. i was with people who did do it. >> you helped? >> i was an accomplice. >> did you get caught for any of those crimes?

>> no. >> how long did this go on? >> up until the day i got caught. >> you know that was a sting operation in that storefront, and it was all recorded. audio and video. can i show you some of it? >> i would love to see it. >> i can show you. good. i have some right here. >> it's going to be noticed missing at 4:00. that's when it will be reported stolen. >> that's when he will be home? >> so this just happened today? >> nice. >> what was going through your mind when you saw that video tape? >> i'm [ bleep ]. >> you are looking at what? ten years? >> yeah, if they want to be nice. >> now you are 21 years old. how do you get your arms around going to prison for ten years? >> [ bleep ] like that. >> do you blame yourself at all? >> yep. i should have listened to my

mom. that's what i should have done. i should have just listened to my mom. >> what did she tell you? >> why do you hang out with criminals? if you don't hang out with criminals you won't go jail. >> what do you do now? >> pray. >> what do you want people to know most about your situation? in this case? >> i didn't rob the house. yes, i had the stolen vehicle because i was high and i needed to make another quick buck so i could go buy my sack. >> your sack, your crystal meth? were you high on that video? >> mm-hmm. i was really high. >> if you had to give a piece of advice to everybody out there who is 18 to 21 years old what would you say? >> don't do drugs. don't do them. it's not worth it. it will lead you to nowhere. regardless if you are getting high, regardless if you're getting high to go make a quick

buck, you need to know you will end up right here. >> courtney pleads guilty to the burglary and to grand larceny and is sentenced to two to five years with mandatory in-patient drug treatment. coming up. >> do you take cars or do you not? >> are you trying to strong arm me? >> a violent criminal threatens the whole operation. >> this is one house here and this is our target house. >> when "vegas undercover raw" continues. for seeing your business in a whole new way. for seeing what cash is coming in and going out... so you can understand every angle of your cash flow- last week, this month, and even next year. for seeing your business's cash flow like never before, introducing cash flow insight powered by pnc cfo. a suite of online tools that lets you turn insight into action.

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word is really starting to get out on the street about this store front operation that it is an opportunity to unload stolen cars and other stolen items so this network continues to grow and more and more crooks are coming in. >> you said half hour. >> i can -- >> you can? what's up? >> i got a newborn child.

>> so kyle comes in with levi and they are two hours late. it is almost a little humorous because kyle says, you know, he wasn't on time because he had to deal with his newborn baby. so i guess even crooks have regular family babysitting issues. >> dude you got a baby, huh? >> yeah. >> first time the girl said, you sign off the rights. i don't care. whatever. i was like. whatever. i couldn't bring another kid into the world. so, i'm trying -- >> he does seem to be a fairly dedicated dad but based upon the conversation he had, he doesn't seem to have a great deal of respect for the child's mother. >> i tried to make it work but she has so much emotional problems. [ bleep ] >> what lady doesn't? >> i swear.

i would have been here on time. just sucks, you know? ain't no [ bleep ] ever told me or i ain't never been subject to anybody or any girl like that. having kids, want to do right by them. well, that, and it's going against what i think i should be doing. i would have kicked her to the curb a long time ago if it wasn't for the kid. >> levi and kyle do this deal for the truck for $550. they walk out happy to have the cash and kyle comes back a second time for what would be a first. >> do you jack cars or not? was it punched? did somebody come and steal it? >> no, no. like strong-armed them with a gun. >> why aren't you [ bleep ]?

>> the undercover cops realize that he got this vehicle through a carjacking. and he had a gun. and where as they are willing to let some of the other crooks go to commit other nonviolent crimes, this was something different. >> this isn't going tomorrow come back -- >> where can did did you get this from? this was on russ l over in the [ bleep ] area? i'm just walking through waiting for whatever and i see a cadillac and an escalade. i'm walking by, i see [ bleep ] this secretary desk. i'm like waiting, waiting. i'm trying to make something happ happen. i was walking out. just give me the keys. [ bleep ] i wasn't trying to be all blatant like.

>> they were worried if they let kyle go he might kill or hurt somebody. >> arresting kyle is a little tricky. this ises our target building. >> they need to do it in a way that doesn't tip off all the other crooks to the fact this is, in fact, a police sting operation. so they have to be very careful how they take kyle down. >> there is one house here and this is our target house. >> so they stake out kyle's house. he shows up. for a minute it looks like he may not go peacefully but ultimately they get him to surrender and they take him into custody. >> nothing on you? it. >> while it wasries can can i to arrest kyle in that word of the sting operation could get out, they did take another violent criminal off the streets and, in fact, word did not get out. and the integrity of the sting operation was still in place. kyle pleads guilty to several charges including robbery and possession of a stolen vehicle

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over the course of the las vegas police investigation, 38 criminals came through the door of the fake fencing operation. the majority of the crime the undercover officers encountered was auto theft. >> i can get them all day long. >> go outside in the parking lot and show the morons where the truck is. >> but some more unusual items made their way to the front. like this grenade. >> 300 is what the final set was. >> on ebay, right? >> and a guy with some big guns.

>> what have we got? [ bleep ] >> a 38 special. >> in all the cops confiscated more than a million dollars in stolen goods. 95% of the folks who came in to sell items had criminal history. whether they were selling a car or a gun, a first time offender or a felon, no way to predict what the next person who walked in would be like. >> i don't know. i haven't touched anything. i didn't touch anything. >> alison doesn't appear to fit the profile of some of the other people who got arrested in the sting operation. >> i am not a good get-away driver. >> she comes in, says she is doing somebody a favor selling this truck. she doesn't know a the lot about

it. >> 2002 is what he said. i don't know. i thought it was a '93 but he said it was a 2002. >> it's a '90s. >> it runs real good and goes fast. faster than my car. i know it has new tires. >> how the friend got the car? same clueless response. >> as far as i know he walked into the valet booth. i don't know anything. i asked him if i should be scared driving it. he said i honestly don't know. i've been driving it in the night and in the day. >> she doesn't appear to be, you know, the most experienced crook who has come into the store front operation but she does the deal and gets paid $200. >> this is not an '02. >> that's fine. you know what? if you gave me a dollar i would take it and go. >> here is five bucks. deal. >> when the cops shut down the store front, vegas pd rounds up the suspects.

>> flying sharp on you? >> no. >> and we set up shop to interview as many of them as we could. chris hansen, nbc "dateline." some who were so bold and brash are not interested in talking to me. but others like allison want to explain themselves. allison? chris hansen "dateline" nbc. how you doing? >> not very good. >> we're doing a story on the investigation. have you ever stole an car or a can you tell me what happened? >> i have no idea. >> have you ever stolen a car or a vehicle? >> i don't have a drivers license. is that you right here? >> yeah. driving it up and down boulder highway in the night and in the day. >> okay. those two guys who are talking to you? >> they are police officers. >> these are police officers and that's you right there. >> yeah. >> talking about driving around in a stolen vehicle. >> well, i mean, i didn't know

if it was or not. it was my friend's. he said he wanted to sell it. >> you told the police officers here in the video tape. >> nothing happen to me driving around in it? >> you thought you got it from somebody who stole it from a valet. >> yeah. well, that's what he said. he said it was his friend's. he had the keys. >> whether she is telling me the truth or not, i don't know. but it was a common theme. a number of these people seem to justify their involvement here because they didn't actually steal the car or the gun. they were just the middle man. >> i wanted the person out of my life. i wanted him to go back home. >> explain to me who the person was. >> this guy -- and he came over to my house and i couldn't get rid of him. couldn't get rid of him at all. >> so you decided to sell a stolen car for him to get rid of him? >> i didn't think it was.

i didn't think anybody would do that to me. i have a kid. he had the keys. >> you are a victim in all of this? >> yeah. i am a victim. >> but you were concerned this car might be hot. you talk about that with the undercover policemen. you say it might have been stolen at a valet car park. >> no, i said from a person that worked valet. >> did you have a title for the car? >> um, you know what? i'm not sure. >> if you don't have a title then you can't sell the car. you are not allowed to just take stuff and go to a place and sell it. >> i can't -- >> that's against the law, right? >> yeah, i guess so. i just wanted -- you don't understand. i wanted this guy out of my house. he was a weirdo. >> you are facing felony charges here. >> well, i don't -- i mean -- i hope there is something i can do about it. if i could get them another car i would. i would do anything. i have an 8-year-old that has no dad that can't be where i'm at.

he can't stay -- >> where is your 8-year-old now? >> he's at school. >> at school? >> yeah. >> how would you describe the situation you're in now? >> awful. absolutely awful. >> where do you go from here? >> i don't know. i imagine i have to go to jail and i don't want to and i would do anything not to because i love my kid and i didn't know i was doing anything wrong. i didn't make a dollar. i just got this guy out of my house. >> have you been in trouble with the law before? >> yeah, a long time ago. >> for what? >> for drugs and that was it. i don't have a drafr's license. i don't go anywhere. i don't do anything. i have my 8-year-old. i thought god gave me him to straighten my life out. i am so sorry. i don't know what to say or do to get out of it. i didn't know this. i am sorry. i'm sorry doesn't get me out of it. >> thank you. i appreciate it. good luck with everything. >> thanks. >> all right.

>> well, you have sympathy for anyone who is in a touch spot. clearly allison was not some one-woman crime wave. but when you take a look at the victim and you realize the hassle that that person has gone through, having had a vehicle stolen, you know, you tend to feel a little less sorry. allison pleads guilty to attempted burglary and possession of a stolen vehicle and is sentenced to probation. while reporting on this investigation, i was able to look into the eyes of some pretty seasoned criminals. one thing that struck me was the difference i saw between the hidden camera footage we have been able to show you where you can see most of them acting tough and hardened and the way the same criminals acted when i spoke to them in person. they were more open and vulnerable giving you a gripping look into the mind of a criminal. that's all for this edition of "vegas undercover raw."

i'm chris hansen. thanks for watching. scandal or just playing p l politics? let's play "hardball." good evening. let me start tonight with benghazi. do republicans have a smoking g gun? no. do they have enough to keep the story alive? yes. and today we learned that the state department asked for and received changes made to the administration's talking points after the attack. that doesn't mean that hillary clinton or president obama orchestrated a