i was on top, so i won. this may not be the las vegas you know. this is the underbelly. >> [ bleep ] shoot him in the face. >> an underworld filled with criminal. >> i'll make your next move your best move and if i invest in you, then you have to invest in me. >> with undercover cops trying to catch those crooks. >> i told them to pretty go [ bleep ] themselves and catch me if you can. >> in this episode, police set up a sting. a fake fencing operation for stolen goods.

>> how dangerous is this? >> i would say it's very dangerous. >> with hidden cameras rolling, the bad days unwittingly divulge in frightening detail. >> they're capable of a crime spree. >> boom! >> and then we confront them. >> chris hansen, and i'm with "dateline" nbc. >> in jail to dig deeper into the mind of a criminal. >> i wasn't selling -- >> you think it's funny? >> i don't think it's funny at all. >> it's real. >> it's revealing, and it's raw. >> are we going to get letters? nothing. hello, i'm chris hansen. a team of producers, photographers and i spent more than a year following several sting operations conducted by the las vegas police department. we were given unprecedented

access to law enforcement and an underworld that exists beyond the glitz of the vegas strip, but only a fraction of what we saw was ever broadcast until now. in this hour of vegas undercover raw you'll meet criminals and hear how they committed their crimes and then i confront many of them in jail where some lies are told, but also some revealing truths are exposed. >> this is the [ bleep ] police we're talking about, dude. >> brad is one of the very first people to walk into the storefront. he seems like a pretty hard guy, rough guy, i wouldn't want to go up against him in a dark alley. >> let me kull my homegirl and i'll get her out there. >> i'll shoot them in the face. it's retarded, homes, they turned [ bleep ]. >> he's agitated because he's

supposed to show up with some cars and his minions are supposed to bring them in and they lose the car. >> hey, would you go outside in the parking lot and show these [ bleep ] morons where the truck is, and if you have a [ bleep ] pistol, shoot them in the face. hold on. hold on. hello? you found it? and you remember where you're going? >> all right. all right. >> the undercover detectives are trying to just make conversation to be credible as they wait for these cars to show up. >> i've got to hear this story before we're done about what you were telling about the front. >> all of a sudden brad opens up with this very physical description of how he stole this pickup truck, this vehicle. >> this is 5:30 in the [ bleep ] morning, homes and i'm in a pissy-ass mood and [ bleep ] behind this and a work truck comes and he's trying to get up

over the curb, over the bushes to pass us. >> it's disturbing to hear brad talk about this particular victim and i said you know what, dude, i'm not even going to [ bleep ]. i'll shoot him and i got my pistol and i said i'm just going to pistol whip him and it falls off the curb and skates all of the way down the side of my car and little did i know the black plastic on the fenders just left black plastic all over -- it didn't hurt it. >> but still, they actually touched. >> i said here we go, dude. i got out of the car and what's going on? [ indiscernible ] >> and i put it right through his window, [ bleep ], and i threw it right into the [ bleep ] window, and [ bleep ].

i said you know what, dude? [ bleep ]. it's all fixed. >> you broke his window out? >> yeah. >> i thought that was his face, dude. >> a perfect shot right through the rings. i won't feel my finger no more. >> the tirade brad unleashes next may be difficult to hear and can only be described as racist. >> i don't like [ bleep ]. don't bring them to my [ bleep ] house. [ indiscernible ] >> i know how they are. >> they want to gather as much evidence as possible. so when these guys come in like brad they do a deal. they give them money for the car

and they want them to go back out and spread the word and bring in more cars because with each visit there is a better, broader, criminal investigation. >> yeah? we're cool. >> all right, dude. i appreciate it. >> so they let many of these people walk to continue these crimes, because at the end of the investigation they'll have a bigger pool of criminals that they will ultimately take off the street. >> your girl's doing good? >> yeah, she's good. >> excellent. >> brad ends up in jail, not for his participation in the storefront operation, but he gets pulled over in a traffic stop and there is an outstanding warrant in another matter so he gets put in jail before the end of the investigation. >> hi, brad. >> we were able to talk to some of the people in the sting both as they were being brought in, but also later, actually in the local jail. >> chris hansen with "dateline"

nbc. >> how are you doing? >> brad is there. he's an intimidating guy, a guy who by his own admission, a propensity toward violence and he's been living the criminal life and he's, by his own admission, a racist. hooz a bad guy. >> we're doing a story on this investigation that was conducted by the metro vegas police department, and i wanted to ask you a couple of questions about it if that's okay with you. >> investigation for what? >> well, for a lot of things, including people who are selling stolen vehicles. do you know anything about this? >> absolutely not. >> not at all. >> did you sell anyone any stolen vehicles? >> absolutely not. >> no trucks. no dodge chargers? >> absolutely not. none of that. >> you're sure? >> i'm positive. >> because maybe this is a big mixup. >> it wasn't me. >> do you think that's what it was? >> so you never have stolen a

truck or car. >> i went to prison for stolen cars. >> you did? >> yeah. >> when was that? >> 2005. >> and how long did you -- >> three years. >> three years in prison. how was that? >> it's prison. >> prison is prison. >> yeah. >> they take your freedom. >> you're from where? >> i'm from "dateline" nbc. i'm a reporter. >> i don't watch tv. >> you don't watch of it. >> there is a good chance that you're going to be on television. as we told you before we're doing this story on this investigation and there was a situation where people came into this storefront and sold stolen items to undercover police officer, and i'm wondering if i can show you a videotape really quick and i think you might want to see it. [ bleep ], here we go, dude. [ bleep ]. what's going on? boom -- >> it was fascinating because i

play the videotape and he's looking right at it, and he has this very distinct, physical, facial reaction. it was almost like a twitch or a tick, and he knows at that moment that he's been nailed and he had no clue up until this very second that he was captured on videotape. >> how do you explain that? >> explain what? >> explain what was going on there. >> i was talking to somebody. >> who were you talk doing to? >> i don't know, but i'm done talking. i want to talk to my attorney. >> nothing i can do to make him talk, and so at that point he gets up and goes back to his cell. >> brad pleads guilty to possession of stolen vehicles and attempting to sell the stolen vehicles. he's sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison. when brad's taken off the streets the sting operation is still taking customers, and even as he sat in jail for months before the interview, he had no idea he was caught in its net.

>> brad is significant because he becomes pretty much a sales rep for the sting operation. the reason this is so important is that they need credibility. they need thieves, crooks out on the streets of las vegas to really buy into the fact that this is a fencing operation. it's not some sort of a police sting. so brad goes out there on the street and later in jail and lends the undercover investigators credibility. he goes out and says, look, this is really a fencing operation and all of these other crooks believe it, and so they start bringing in cars that were stolen, guns that were stolen. >> coming up, the front is open for business. >> you just want him to disappear? >> exactly. >> like this. >> [ bleep ]. >> word is out on the street and you'll meet some of brad's referrals including his girlfriend. >> i have never had a job in my life. >> watch raw video.

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the storefront operated for the better part of a year. some 40 criminals, a hundred crime crimes. it was very successful. it was very important in this investigations that these undercover cops had credibility. i've looked into the eyes of a lot of criminals, and i can tell you whether they're suspicious or 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? >> i would say this is dangerous. >> the u.c. is very dangerous. >> it stands for under cover. >> they've never built relationships with any of the suspects and they come in off the street and make the cold phone call to the number and they come in, so it's pretty dangerous. you have some background, but you don't know who you're dealing with in some cases. >> most of the time you don't. we've i.d. them through final g fingerprints or names and we tracked them to the ucs and they said it's them. they're ex-felons and all bad characters. >> could be carrying weapons? >> absolutely. >> the value in seeing this video raw is you get to see how a police sting operation works. >> most people don't get to do that. secondly, you really start to understand how the criminal mind

works. i mean, there are people in the city and all over the country and you get up every morning and it's their job to find the criminal opportunity and that's how they make their living. whether it's stealing cars and getting their hand on other hot properties or weapons and this is what people do 9:00 to 5:00 every day and it's fascinating. >> come on in. it's not much cooler, but a little bit. what's going on? >> alicia napodano gets brought into this by her boyfriend brad, and when brad is arrested and put in jail on those unrelated charges, she sort of takes over his place in the whole operation. she's now the one bringing in the stolen cars and encouraging other car thiefs s thieves and the cars into the operation. >> you seem stressed out. >> i'm [ bleep ] -- i'm fine.

>> you had some mean [ bleep ] happen the last couple of days. >> i don't get mad at brad for always running around, but it seems like i got out and he's still in there, like, now i'm the one running around trying to get everything all [ bleep ], trying to get money and it's just ridiculous. >> are you working right now? are you chucking for rent? >> i've never had a job in my life. >> shut up. >> how old are you? >> you've never had a job ever? burger barn or subway? >> i've never had to. >> i'm good with that. cool. >> to hear alicia tell it, she's just doing a favor for some friends, basically. some friends have some cars, they want to sell the cars. she knows about this operation through her boyfriend brad. she's the middle person, if you will, the middleman who is just going to bring the parties together so they can do this deal. >> they don't want [ bleep ] around, you know.

>> got it. do they know what they want for it, did they tell you? >> i'm not going to beat you up and i'm not going to be mean to you, but i know they gave you a price. >> he, okay, i'm going to be straight-up with you, [ bleep ], and try to get 35, but get whatever you can for it. >> okay. no way i can give you 35. >> i never paid $1500 for a car ever and you know that. >> the pricing and this was surprising to me how little these thieves would accept for these cars, basically it was $200 per $10,000 of real value for the vehicles. so in other words, you know, if you had a $20,000 car, you know, you were getting $400 whether it's a mercedes or a corvette or a honda or minivan, it doesn't matter. >> what they're telling some of these crooks is that these cars are going to be chopped up for parts. >> the last two i did with brad

i did 750. i know this is a little bit nicer of a car, but it's always -- i can pull the chevy fender up and sell a chevy fender like that, and alicia is here to sell a very nice car, a mercedes sl500. >> an sl500 is not --? they're not as common, and you can't do -- >> you can't chop it up. >> right. so, i mean, $800 and i'll give you more than what i did with brad over the last two, but again it's -- >> right. >> it's hard for us to move something like that. >> right. >> and the undercover cops do may a little bit more than what they normally would, $1250 in this case and the reason is they want her to keep coming back and to spread the word and bring in other crooks who have stolen items. >> in the case of alicia she does come back, again and again and again. >> you said you came from a

ballba valet? >> yeah. >> did you just snatch the key -- >> nice. >> basically, well, no. they left it in there because they'll park the cars and they'll park it in valet right before they, like -- they'll put them in valet parking and then the valet will come out and get into it and well, they leave the keys in a lot of times so the valet can drive it into the parking spot as they walk into the casino. >> somebody just did it. i don't have anybody do anything, really. >> right. >> but if they come to me with things and stuff. >> alicia becomes one of the very best customers, whether it's someone bringing in stolen vehicles and bringing in other customers. i think she came in a total of eight or nine times during the course of the investigation so they end up with a lot of camera videotape of alicia not been on

them. >> the first time alicia comes into the store front, you know, you would say she was a fairly attractive woman, but as she returns. >> do you have an update or what? >> a rough few days. >> she seems to age ask one can assume that life is rough for her out there in the streets. >> what? now what? >> don't laugh at my hair. >> oh, no. you looked like something's wrong. there is a big difference between the first time alicia walks in and the last time she walks in. she looks like a whole different person. >> when police decide to shut down the front and round up all of the alleged criminals that come through the storefront, alicia is swept up by the cops. she declined to talk to us, but does plead guilty to several crimes related to her activities at the front including burglary and possession of stolen vehicles. she's sentenced to four to 13

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the storefront's been operating for a couple of months and in comes cheryl miller, nicknamed chevy and here is another person who was referred to the operation by brad and she's got cars to sell, and she's got friends with cars to sell. >> you know what they want for it? this is a friend of yours? >> i took it off their hands so it's whatever -- >> so the person you got it from is the person who owned it? >> they owned it and turned it in for insurance or whatever. >> the first time she came into the storefront operation she actually had a mustang that was

given it to her from a friend who wanted to get the insurance payoff on tp. >> they just want it to disappear. >> i gave them $100 and here's the key. >> about 12:30 at night and started it and moved it out of the driveway. >> nice. >> how did you feel about that? >> i was, like -- they even know you're coming and you're still scared. >> one of the important things that these undercover cops are doing during this case is really giving the sales pitch, and in order to enhance their credibility, you know, they really wanted to gain the trust of the people coming in because they knew that they would spread the word and that would only bring in more customers and make it a more significant case and that's exactly what they do with chevy. >> and just to make sure you know what's going on, you can bring in cars.

i'm not a good salesman, so cars, guns, we do computers, you know, something from like a burglary or whatever because you know, brad, i'll take whatever, you you will not get top dollar here and the reason that is because i have to pay for rent and i have to pay for power and i'm as legitimate as you can possibly be without doing anything legitimate, right? >> a lot of what you just mentioned and all three. >> i'll be honest with the you. guns are huge because -- that won't be a mustang by tomorrow afternoon and it will be a wheel, a rim, maybe a fender, but the guns, they're out of town once a week. so if you get some you will get as much for an entire gun as you would for a car because the problem is i might be able to sell the air bag out of that car and the windshield and the rest of it's garbage to me. do you come across computers?

>> everything all of the alicia up and says your name, you will get money on the backend. >> there are always two undercover cops when chevy is there, one of them actually goes outside to look at this mustang to see, in fact, if it is what she's advertising. so for a little while, you just see the two of them and then the undercover cop who went outside to look at the car actually comes back into the storefront with one of chevy's friends. >> that's the kind of car that, i mean, i would pay $200 on. i told her if you guys are willing to do more business with us, and we'll establish something, you know what, i'll always get people that keeps coming back because that brings me money. >> if you're one time and that's it -- >> all right. >> so it's up to you guys. >> all right. >> you gray to keep us busy. >> we'll do 300 on this ride. >> cheffy is obviously someone

who is comfortable in criminal circles. >> she sees a business opportunity here and she has all of these contacts in the criminal world and she really believes that she can bring in a lot of folks with stolen cars to sell, and in fact, she does. >> this is -- >> the next time chevy comes in, she brings two more cars and five guns. that's a pretty big deal because now you're starting to see a very serious criminal case being developed against sheefy. >> how about 400 for all of the guns and five for the truck and one for the saturn. >> one, two, three -- >> chevy comes in a few more times, more guns, more cars. she gets paid, but ultimately the police wrap up this investigation and round up the suspects including chevy.

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criminals caught in the undercover sting operations by the las vegas police department? going into my interviews i never knew what i was going to get. surely, some lied to me, and i knew it, but others decided to open up, when i talked to chevy, a woman arrested for selling guns and cars in the sting, it quickly becomes clear that she's willing to share the intimate details of her life, providing us with a rare glimpse into the mind of a career criminal. >> hi, cheryl. >> chris hansen, i'm with "dateline" nbc. i wanted to ask you questions about an investigation we're doing a story on. >> it's a wide ranging story about a bunch of different investigations that have been conducted here in the las vegas area. one of them was a storefront fencing operation where people showed up and sold stolen cars, stolen guns, counterfeit money,

all kinds of things and you turned up in the storefront. do you remember anything about that in can you explain any of that to me? >> no. >> can i show you a videotape that i think you might like to see? >> yeah. [ indiscernible ] >> do you know anything about it? >> i don't know about the grip. >> now what were you talking about there, cheryl? i'd rather not comment. have you ever been in prison before? >> yes. twice. >> felonies? >> all felonies. >> i was born and raised in las vegas. a product of these streets. how did you end up in such a jam like this? >> well, when you're beaten from the age of 3 1/2 to the age of 14 you don't stand much of a chance. from the age of 14 i was on the streets. >> how do you survive at the age

of 14 years old on the streets of las vegas. i'm not from here, but i've spent a fair amount of time here. >> the criminals raise you. you get raised by criminals here. the streets are a sad thing. >> i'll bet. we've seen a fair share. >> born and raised. i'm a native. >> how do you break that cycle of crime? >> i'm guessing that you don't want to be here. >> you're asking a 40-year-old woman who has not broke the cycle. three children. i cared more about whafs doing and the drugs and everything else more than i did my own children. you tell me how to break the cycle. >> i'm not pretending that i'm an expert or that i know the answer here. >> right. >> i'm not trying to be holier than thou. >> and everybody that went to say their shop and everything else, cared more about the meth than they did their own children. doing this and going to prison since 1995. 25 years old and my first arrest and three flat for selling

drugs. >> three flat means three years in prison. >> three flat my first arrest ever. >> what kind of drugs were you selling? >> meth. >> what kind of drugs were you using? >> meth. everything, marijuana, meth. >> meth is a powerful drug. >> yes, it is. i've been doing meth since i was 16 years old. >> is it in some ways a relief to be in jail and away from meth and that lifestyle? >> yeah, it is. >> i have somewhere to sleep at night. my kids will graduate because they're not out with me. my oldest one just graduated because i didn't pursue getting custody of her. >> chevy was very forward about her life, and it was really emotional for me to sit there and listen to her because she

actually at one point that she was glad that she was in jail because she couldn't get her hands on meth and maybe then she would actually be able to have some sort of meaningful relationship with her children who could come visit her in jail. >> and how are they doing? >> fabulous. because i didn't raise them. >> do you talk to them at all? >> no. no. >> how hard is that for you, you know, in these long stretches of sobriety in jail to cope with the fact that you don't have a relationship with your kids? >> it tears you up inside. it tears you up inside. i don't even get letters, nothing. >> a handmade jailhouse birthday card to send to her for her birthday that just passed. it's hard. i don't get it i guess is what they call it.

>> now, obviously you realize that this is yet another case here. >> no, i don't. >> this investigation. >> no, i don't. >> do you remember being in this storefront? >> yeah, i do. i knew it -- >> yeah. i do. >> did you think it might have been an undercover investigation? >> i did. >> you went ahead and sold some five vehicles and six guns and you visited the store owner. >> i didn't sell five vehicles and six guns. >> you did not? >> i did not. >> did you help? >> i was there, you helped, yes. >> you were a part of the deals. >> yes. well, no, i just brought people there to do that. >> you were the middleman, so to speak. >> yes. >> so you had people who had vehicles and guns to sell and you knew of this place and these guys that were buying them and you put them the deal together. >> does that make you just as guilty as the people who stole the car? >> absolutely. absolutely. now you're jammed up yet another

time here. >> absolutely. >> were you getting the money to get by and survive or were you getting the money to get high? >> both. mainly to get high. i really didn't need a place to stay because wherever i was bringing the money to, they would let me stay. i was going to leave when i got out of prison in '07 and got caught up again, you know. i got caught up with the same people that i messed with before i went in. >> did you ever think of moving away from las vegas. >> absolutely. yes, i did. >> have you ever done it? >> no. >> why not? >> well, who knows? i don't know how to answer that question. >> were you suspicious when you were in that storefront? >> absolutely. >> but the money was good. >> the money wasn't each good, but it was money to get high with. >> i truly believe that chevy is remorseful. i truly believe that she was an addict and that was the reason

behind committing some of these crimes, but she gave up three kids and now as i'm talking to her you see somebody who really understands how she's blown her life. she knows that she's lost her kids and she knows that she's going to prison for a long time. >> chevy pleads guilty to several crimes related to her activity at the fake fencing operation including burglary, possession of a firearm by an ex-felon and possession of stolen vehicles. she's sentenced to eight to 20 years in prison. coming up -- >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. a treetrimmer uses his job to scout his prey. >> and in my jailhouse conversation he tells me how it all works. >> how much money did you get for all of this stuff? >> a percentage, maybe 50 bucks for a car. >> was it worth it?

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the fake fencing store, a sting operation run by the las vegas police station stayed open for the better part of a year, and it didn't take long for the word to spread in las vegas that the front is a good place to unload stolen items. >> i have them all here. >> all of them? >> it's been a [ bleep ] nightmare. [ indiscernible ] >> levi came into the storefront through chevy, came in through brad, and he's got a stolen car to sell. he doesn't look like a big-time tough guy or criminal. levi has a job.

>> tree trimmer. >> i thought you said tree jumper. >> he said the tree trimming job is a great opportunity to find cars to steal. it's a criminal opportunity. >>. >> sweet, dude. you do this often? because we can talk. >> apparently, levi does do this often. short low after his visit with chevy, he's back and this time on his own. >> i'm not out there to -- you know what i mean? >> yeah. is that how you got this thing? >> no, they were the keys to the car. >> like from someone's drafway? [ insdrediscernible ] >> in the driveway of the house? >> no. in the garage. almost from the very beginning he is justifying why he stole this car, telling the undercover

detectives that somebody stupidly left their keys sitting next to the car that was parked outside of the driveway. it was almost like that made it okay to steal it. >> the problem is that's not what happened. we know from talking to the victim that the car was locked in the garage. so levi was able to get into the garage, was able to get his hands on the keys and he took that car. >> >> yeah. basically what the cops did was take one of these magazines that advertises used cars, autotrader and wheeler dealer and they would assign a real value to a car based upon what a similar car was advertised for in the magazine. so say if a toyota came in and the magazine said it was worth $20,000 they'd pay $200 for every $10,000 which means $400 would go for the crook. >> that's an '05 and for an '07

you would add $200. that's an '05 and you're looking at, like, 12. we'll say 250 even and we'll give you 250 for it and then on the caddy. >> anywhere from 13,000 up to 25. so we'll call it, like, 18 and we'll do 300 for the caddy and i'll do 250 on the kia. >> okay. >> levi ends up being a pretty big player in this operation. he comes back four times selling about half a dozen cars. so he's very active in this investigation. >>. >> right on. so levi leaves the storefront and gets on the cell phone, calls him and says, hey, look, i just found this car running. i'll grab it and bring it over to you. he never shows that night, but levi comes back and actually tells the story to the undercover detectives.

>> i was waiting for my ride at 7-eleven to show up and i was going to take it somewhere for a little while, you know what i'm saying and i was just [ bleep ]. how did you even get it? >> around here somewhere? >> yeah. but it wasn't around -- he parked it in front of the front door and lefts it all of the way down on the last lane. and a 250 diesel. so you jumped in it and it was somebody else's ride? >> the opener comes out and grabs him, tosses him away from the car and gets his car back and i'm, like, [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] >> levi never gets the stolen car, and he was never able to bring it into the fencing operation. and levi won't be making any more trips to the fake storefront. when the cops shut it down they

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when the cops shut down the storefront in one big sweep, vegas p.d. rounds up the suspects. >> do you have anything sharp on you? >> no. >> and we set up shop to interview as many of them as we could. >> chris hansen with "dateline nbc." how are you doing. some who are bold and brash, are less so when i talk to them in the jail. >> it tears you up inside. >> and what got them here. many say drugs. >> chris hansen with "dateline

nbc." >> hi. >> why don't you have a seat? when i go to talk to levi in the jail, he clearly does not know that i know what i know. so he immediately starts lying. >> basically, what happened is, they had a situation. >> okay. >> where people came to undercover detectives with stolen cars, guns, all kinds of things. >> okay. >> and we had it that you surfaced in the investigation, that you showed up six times or thereabouts, with something like seven stolen vehicles. is that possible? >> that's not possible, but i have a possibility of what you're talking about. i know what you're talking about. >> you know what i'm talking about? >> yes, sir. >> but it's not possible. >> no, it's not possible. i was there, but it wasn't the vehicles that i stole.

it was vehicles that other people had stolen that i might have been there with them to take the vehicle -- >> i see. >> -- to the people that had -- >> -- wanted to buy them? >> yeah. >> but you also told these guys that there had been times when you actually stole vehicles. >> no. >> you found keys on the floor of garage, picked them up, and took the car. >> they. >> they? >> whoever i was with found the keys. >> but you were there. yes, sir. >> okay. you didn't say, oh, no, don't do that, that's an illegal act, that's a felony. >> no. >> you let them go ahead and is steal the car. did you ride in the car with them? >> i have rode in one once or twice. i have never actually picked up the keys, stuck them in the ignition and took the car myself. >> never, ever. >> no. ever, ever, once. >> not once. >> ever, once. >> now, that's interesting

because you actually show up in this investigation selling stolen cars. >> selling stolen cars. i wasn't selling stolen cars. >> you weren't selling stolen cars? >> no, sir. >> you think it's funny? >> i don't think it's funny at all. really. i don't think it's funny. >> because here's the thing. during that investigation, hidden cameras and microphones were running the whole time, and i have a video i'd like you to see if you'd like to look at it. >> yes, sir. >> okay. >> what happened? >> i was waiting for my ride at 7-eleven and i was going to take it somewhere for a while, you know what i'm saying, and i was [ bleep ] and caught up to me. >> where? how did you get it? what happened? >> now, levi, that does not look good, does it? >> no. >> how would you describe what you just saw? >> like i was glorifying something that had happened. >> you were glorifying something that had happened. >> yeah. >> the theft of a car. >> it's -- i mean -- >> you make it sound like you're the one who's stealing all the cars. >> just -- >> i'm just saying wait sounds like from seeing the tape and hearing the audio. >> you probably see that. it's probably because -- but in my mind, when i was -- what i

was doing is, was probably the least amount of crime in which i thought was the least amount of crime. at least it was like -- i had people come to me with the stolen car. they would call me up with the stolen car, and i would call them with the car that was stolen and i would call them and go to them. >> so this is just puffery, you were just pounding your chest making it look like you were a bad guy and tougher than maybe you were -- >> something like that. >> -- or more serious criminal than you were? >> i'm not saying i'm not a criminal. i'm not playing for any of this. but i could say yeah. >> now you also talk about being up in a tree, working as a tree trimmer and looking into somebody's house and seeing car keys, going into the house, getting car keys, and stealing the car. was that just b.s.? >> it was just b.s. >> why would you say it then? >> i don't know. >> why does somebody admit to a felony? if they didn't really do it? >> a lot of the time, it was b.s., like, oh, we're going to bring you the cars, we're going to be right here. >> but that wasn't b.s., though, is that you -- you know, put together seven deals to sell stolen automobiles, right?

>> just like as long as -- with them, i did. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah. seven times. >> yeah. >> how much money did you get for all this stuff? >> i would get a percentage, maybe 50 bucks a car. >> 50 bucks a car? >> maybe. i mean, i wouldn't -- >> was it worth it? >> no. i mean, i didn't steal a car, so i mean -- >> well, i know, but -- if you helped sell something that's stolen and you know it's stolen, you're still on the hook. it's a felony. you get that, right? >> i guess. now. but, yeah. >> did you ever think that maybe you should get some new friends, levi? >> yes, sir. >> it doesn't seem like this group is doing you very much good. >> it's just a group who i spoke to -- i mean, it's the drugs, it's the crystal meth. >> crystal meth. >> it's getting high, it's

doing -- being high, doing drugs. i mean doing it all. >> how often before going into jail this time did you smoke crystal meth? >> i was high at the time. >> you were high at the time. >> yes, sir. and, you know, i have been in jail this last time i realized that being high and doing drugs and doing it all -- every time i have ever been arrested or every time i've been in trouble or anytime i've ever done anything that was related to doing anything that was not good was being high, crystal meth, or doing drugs, doing dope, or something related to that effect, that's when i would be -- >> -- tempted to get into trouble. >> yes, sir. >> what's your plan? what are you going to do now? >> i guess i'm going to be going to prison. so i have no plan now. nothing i can do. >> levi pleads guilty to several charges, including burglary and possession of a stolen vehicle. he is sentenced to 6 to 19 years in jail. i asked the las vegas sheriff, when people see these undercover investigations, what the takeaway should be? he told me that he wanted the public to know that his officers are out there being proactive, being creative, and trying to stay one step ahead of the

cunning criminals that prowl the city. he says the crooks might be good at their trade, but his cops are much better. that's all for this edition of "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. >> i told him to pretty much go [ bleep ] himself. >> in this episode, police set up a sting, a fake fencing operation for stolen goods.