o.c. community theater crowd just loved him. here you are acting together? >> yeah, this is -- >> reporter: wesley's mom lorrie freilich often performed with dan wozniak. >> he was just such a fun guy. he was fun. he was a good actor. >> reporter: the man who in between acts was planning his wedding and apparently draining his buddy sam's bank account to do it. >> reporter: did he have money problems? >> always had money problems. you know, constantly going from one job to another. >> hi, my name is daniel wozniak, i'll be playing the role of -- >> reporter: money is a constant dilemma for dan. he's about to marry here she is as his co-star in that musical "nine." dan had no full time job and now he is in full-blown crisis. needing to finance his wedding and honeymoon. just as police are picking him up from his bachelor party and taking him to this interrogation room. >> and daniel was sitting here in this chair. >> reporter: it is to be a long night of questioning about how he came to possess and then manipulate a naive teenager to use sam herr's atm card.