On October 30, 2019 Corporal John Ramsey of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop on a black and white tow truck for speeding. During the stop it was determined that Jeremy Dewitte was the operator and had several outstanding warrants for impersonating a law enforcement officer and illegally recording a person’s phone conversation without their knowledge. The warrants were a direct result of body camera video seized from Mr. Dewitte in association with his arrest on September 7, 2019 (footage on this channel).
Dewitte was transported back to the Sheriff’s office where he was interviewed by Corporal Ramsey. During the interview Dewitte stated that he maintains videos at his office for the purpose of dealing with complaints from motorists while performing escorts. With that information in hand, on October 31, 2019 a warrant was obtained to collect evidence from Dewitte’s place of business.
The original footage underlying this video was found on the desktop of a Metro State computer, in a folder titled “Jay’s cool stuff.†In the original video, the funeral escort ends around the 20 minute mark. But Jeremy’s body cam recording doesn’t. Watch what it caught.
Enjoy.
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In case you missed the note earlier today, here it is again:
A few weeks ago I posted to Patreon the Chicago Police Department ‘cage camera’ footage from Jeremy Dewitte’s Chicago arrest. In a comment on that video a supporter asked a question that many others have asked as well. I answered it there, and it’s a question that I want to answer more publicly:
"Has Jeremy Dewitte reached out to you at all? It’s pretty clear he’s aware that you’re posting about him. Has he reached out complaining about being the star of Real World Police lately?"
The answer is that Jeremy was in touch from the very beginning.
Much of the content in the first Dewitte video on Real World Police consisted of material that had also been disseminated to other media outlets, and Jeremy had no way of knowing that I had a lot more than what was shown. So he wrote to me with his go-to explanations:
(1) The guy behind the camera wasn’t him. It was a rogue employee he had already fired. The police edited the footage to remove all scenes where the person's reflection was visible, because those would reveal it wasn't him — "God as my witness."
(2) The guy who said “Stop pretending you’re a police officer†had been yelling racist comments immediately prior, but the police cut that part out to make Jeremy look bad for confronting him. [Not sure what that has to do with pulling someone over, but okay.]
(3) About his original arrest for impersonating a police officer, verbatim: "I was skipping school and my credit card declined and I was in academy and she said she was going to call cops that I was stealing and in no way was I. My card was not working. I got my first cridet card and had no idea. And I should he my police explorer badge and gave my name and driver lic and all to her. And I came back the next day to pay the gas. I was not wearing a badge that is a lie i had it in wallet. I even told her I was a explorer and in the academy. God as my witness."
(4) Jeremy complimented me on my investigative work and said that I was right about most of it. He did claim, however, that I got one thing wrong: "News flash… I love your report on the on probation have a gun. You do have the dates a bit wrong on that. And that was not my security company I dont know where that came from. Oh and the person that reported that i had a gun was the same sgt. That got me the VOP was a sgt. For orange county sheriff's office by the name of distefano."
Jeremy also claimed to have tons of footage that would exonerate him. Footage that would show that he was the real victim.
What Jeremy didn’t know was that I had all of the footage he claimed had been cut out, such as the footage leading up to his confrontation with the “Stop pretending†guy. It did not support Jeremy's story. I also had footage of the “guy that wasn’t him†introducing himself to someone on camera, by name. (Spoiler: it was him.)
Regarding #3, there is a whole video dedicated to showing the falsity of that story. In a 1998 sworn written statement Jeremy admitted that he did not pay for the gasoline at the time and had not paid for it in the month-plus since.
Regarding #4, I had claimed the following:
"At this point you need to know that Dewitte's probation officer had told him "to find gainful work in a field other than security."
Then…on 5/7/01 someone told Dewitte's probation officer that the convicted felon was in possession of a firearm. Who reported him? Why, one of the people that had hired him… to work as a security guard. Through his company. Wait for it… "Dewitte Security.""
Jeremy claims I got that wrong, however court records indicate otherwise. Evaluate the evidence and decide for yourself: http://tiny.cc/probationevidence
A fundamental tenet of ethical journalism is that you should provide the subject of negative coverage an opportunity to respond, but as far as I’m concerned, that responsibility goes out the window the moment you start lying to me. And Jeremy Dewitte has a problem with telling the truth.
Despite that, I provided Jeremy with an upload link through which he could send up to 5 TB of video at no cost to him. I asked that he send the exonerating footage he had been referring to. On January 9th, 2020, Jeremy stated that he had to get the footage from his attorney, and that he would send it in a few days.
I haven’t received a thing.
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4:42 "I understand you're in a nice car and everything".. Damn that's some hardcore bitterness and insecurity right there. I'm homeless and I wouldn't even be that rude to someone just for driving a nice car.
“Officer dewfyâ€from scary movie lol
at like 11:45 when he gets to the gas station he says the n word
I still don't understand why you'd even need a funeral escort, unless you're high profile in which case you'd get the actual police to protect you.
Is he actually talking to anyone, or just himself? This guy is amazing.
Dip$hit Dewitte is all bark, and fake everything.
I drive in these areas so often throughout the week. So happy that I've never crossed paths with this fuckboy.
Background musicðŸ‘ðŸ‘👌👌
I bet he is not talking to qnybody.
Police impersonator forgets his body cam is on, but he is not acop.
Isn't it funny that this guy can control that temper with a male calling him names and putting him on blast but with a female he just goes bonkers!!
8:40 officer doofy got afraid after the guy told him to follow him hahaha
I would say he deserves 3 years prison only for this video. If he does this on a regular basis.. give him 12.
Lmao the reaction of that dude in the black car was so perfect. He was polite and even smiled and was just like "are you a cop??…..well you're not" then drives away😂😂😂
9:18 “wouldn’t be the first time I’ve had EMPLOYEES not listenâ€
But Dimwitte, you don’t have employees. Only contractors.
What a tool!
Lol. Dude just drives off leaving Dimwitte looking like a big dumb douche, sitting there in the middle of the road.
whats the hurry in the USA to hire a security firm to bury a body
Start it. Finish it
Jeremy is the most chill guy in history. 🤣
11:44 he calls someone who “took his pump†a N**ger. Can someone check and either confirm or disagree with me? I’ve played it back a few times and it sounds to me like he used the racial slur but I’d like a second opinion, thanks!
11:43 “oh you took my pump nigga?â€
he says the N word at the gas pump Lmfao
I’m with “the police†as a state agent. 😂😂😂
How embarrassing it would be to have hired this guy to escort your lived one to the here after and the whole time he runs wild acting a fool like he's a cop.
can you please share the motor one YouTube channel. it's gold Jeremy shows all his cologne and pronounces them completely wrong it's gold. behind the scenes
I’d beat this dudes ass 😂😂 wouldn’t even stop lol
9:14 employees?
This guy is stupid, he is cocky as hell and one day just watch he is gonna piss someone off in the wrong mood, and or someone who as snapped, and they are gonna beat the shit out of him
Jeremy Dimwitt
I knew who it was before I even clicked
Would it be legal to run over and beat up a fake cop and not be charged.
Porsche driver knows better than to get into a fight in the middle of the street, wants to pull off at the corner.. Massengill-One goes straight. Porsche driver is an actual combat veteran who would have embarrassed DeWitte.