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really open up. when i talked with chevy, a woman arrested for selling cars and guns 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. hey, cheryl. hi. chris hansen. i m with dateline nbc. how are you? fine. would you like to have a seat? i wanted to ask you a couple 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 this storefront. do you remember anything about that? can you explain any of that to me? no. okay.
everything. marijuana, meth. now, 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 ll 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 told me at one point that she was almost 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
opportunity to find cars to steal. it s a criminal opportunity. oh, so you re doing the job. of. yeah. sweet, dude. you do this often because we could talk. apparently levi does do this often. shortly after his visit with chevy, he s back. this time, on his own. i m not out there i mean, this is just i mean, for whatever. your rate. yeah. is that how you got this thing? no. the keys were lying right next to the car. like in someone s driveway? yeah. sitting right there. in the driveway of the house? no, no. in the garage. the garage was wide open. he almost from the very beginning 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 in the driveway. it was almost like, you know,
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 last the next time chevy comes in, she brings in 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 chevy. about 400 for all the guns. we ll do 5 for the truck and then the 1 for the what s that 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. coming up i m there to greet chevy in jail. hey, cheryl. hi. a candid conversation with a career criminal. how do you break that cycle