Two Women Are Arrested at Target With Children In Tow — Then Deputies Question One of Their Names

Image Credit: Police Encounters TV / YouTube. Body-camera footage from an older Christmas Eve arrest in Florida is making the rounds again online after being published by Police Encounters TV in September 2026.

The footage has picked up roughly 10,000 views as it circulates again on social media, but the encounter itself dates to Dec. 24, 2025. According to the video, Flagler County sheriff’s deputies were called to a Target during an in-progress retail-theft investigation involving two women who had children with them.

What initially looks like a straightforward shoplifting arrest becomes considerably more complicated as deputies discuss additional accusations, arrange for someone to collect the children and try to establish the identity of one of the women.

Eventually, a passport creates another problem: deputies tell one of the women that the name she gave them does not match the name on the document.

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Police Encounters TV, which published the body-camera footage with legal commentary, says Flagler County sheriff’s deputies responded to the store on the evening of Dec. 24, 2025.

The footage shows the women being escorted through Target while deputies and store personnel deal with the reported theft.

One woman asks whether she can wait in a car with her daughter. A deputy tells her the group needs to stay together and directs everyone toward another part of the store.

Deputies then begin trying to identify the women.

One tells a deputy she does not have a driver’s license with her and eventually gives the name “Mia Wilson.” Asked where she previously held identification, she gives a series of answers involving Jamaica, Connecticut and a federal work permit.

The encounter shifts once a deputy reads both women their Miranda rights.

Each says she does not want to answer questions about the case, and the deputy tells them the criminal questioning will stop.

A short time later, however, the women are told they are being arrested.

The deputy describes accusations involving shoplifting and what he calls a scheme to defraud. He also tells one woman that deputies believe children who were with the group had been involved in placing merchandise into bags.

The video alone does not establish which of those statements ultimately became filed criminal charges, and Police Encounters TV’s discussion of Florida law should not be treated as a substitute for the arrest or court record.

The immediate issue then becomes what will happen to the children while both adults are taken to jail.

A deputy tells the women they can provide the number of a family member or another responsible adult who can come to Target.

One is allowed to make a call and tells the person on the other end that they have been arrested for shoplifting before the deputy limits the conversation to arranging pickup of the children.

The deputies explain that the women will be booked into jail and will later appear before a judge, who will address their charges and bond.

Because the arrest happened on Christmas Eve, one of the women asks whether the holiday could affect when that first appearance takes place. The deputy says he does not know whether court will be held on Christmas Day.

The identification issue resurfaces later.

A deputy approaches the woman who gave her name as Mia Wilson and tells her that a passport found during the encounter carries a different name.

“Who is Mia Wilson?” he asks.

She initially claims to be Mia Wilson before the deputy points to the passport and asks why she gave him a different name.

The woman responds that she had not provided her “actual full name.” Later in the exchange, she says she has autism and explains that she answers questions literally.

The deputy acknowledges the explanation but continues trying to establish her identity.

The footage also captures deputies asking for a Social Security number after saying the information already provided had not allowed them to verify who she was.

Police Encounters TV characterizes the exchange as a potential false-identification issue. Without the underlying Flagler County arrest record or subsequent court file, however, it is unclear from the available material whether prosecutors ultimately filed such a charge.

Eventually, deputies handcuff the women and prepare to transport them.

Before one is searched, a deputy asks whether she is carrying anything that could hurt someone or constitute contraband at the jail. He explains that bringing prohibited items into the facility could result in another charge.

The search includes checking her hair, something the deputy tells her is routine because officers have previously found concealed items there.

Nothing additional is shown being recovered during that portion of the footage.

The children, meanwhile, remain at the store until the adult contacted by the women arrives to take responsibility for them.

Olivia Richman has been a journalist for 10 years, specializing in esports, games, cars, and all things tech. When she isn’t writing nerdy stuff, Olivia is taking her cars to the track, eating pho, and playing the Pokemon TCG.

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