VIDEO: Joliet Cops Tell Accused Thief To Stop Using Drugs After She Offers Bizarre Reason For Car Burglaries

JOLIET, IL — Joliet police responding to a car break-in in progress appeared to recognize the woman sitting in the front seat of someone else's automobile in body camera footage obtained by Patch.

The video shows the Aug. 16 arrest of Jessica Rodak, a 33-year-old Joliet woman whom police list as homeless. She was put into the Will County Jail following a series of vehicle break-ins and burglaries.

Joliet Patch is now bringing you more local police coverage by obtaining body camera videos from several of the arrest stories we've covered.

In the body camera videos from the Joliet police officers, Rodak can be heard claiming she was going into other people's cars because she is a medium, alleging that the vehicle owners killed their child and the child has been communicating with her to help solve what happened.

"Jessica Rodak!" the first female officer exclaims upon opening the driver's side door of the burglarized vehicle.

"Yes, I told you somebody has been f****** with me," Rodak answered.

"Why are you in people's cars, Jessica?" the officer asks. "Get it the f*** together! Get out of the car! Whose car is this?"

Eventually, the female officers tell Rodak to put her hands behind her back and that she's under arrest.

"For what?" she replied.

"For criminal trespass to a vehicle, and you're taking people's property, so theft," an officer answered. "What's in your bra right here? Do you have any needles?

The officer then tells Rodak, "well, you left your huffing cans in there and s**t."

"I don't do drugs," Rodak shouted.

"Oh, Jessica! You don't do drugs?" the officer replied.

"I take medicine. I don't take drugs," she insisted.

"What's in your bra?" an officer asked.

"Money," Rodak said.

"Money? It doesn't feel like money," the officer remarked.

The officer continued to check around Rodak's shirt and bra area before remarking, "Cigarettes? What's in the pack?"

Rodak's comments were inaudible, but the officer who heard them responded, "Jessica, shut up! You sound stupid."

"I'm going to school for this s**t," Rodak shouted.

"You need to go to a better school," the officer replied.

"JPD doesn't do federal s**t, I do," Rodak claimed.

That's when the exchange became heated, according to the video footage.

"Take a seat! Take a seat! Take a seat! Or I'm going to sit you down!" the officer commanded.

"I wanted evidence of all their s**t. You shouldn't be charging me. What they're doing is even worse," Rodak yelled.

That's when Rodak reminded the Joliet police officers she's a medium, a person who bridges the gap between the dead and those who are living.

"I'm a medium!" she yelled.

"Oh my God!" the officer responds.

"Yeah, that's why I was in the car. Somebody's dead. I'm a medium. A child is dead. They killed a f****** child. The child wanted me to know what they were doing so I can report that child to DCFS and to law enforcement," Rodak claimed.

"Sit down!" the female officer yelled.

Rodak demanded to know why none of the men on the Joliet police force were on the scene of her arrest.

"Why aren't the guys here?" she asked.

"Why do you think we need a guy here for?" the officer asked. "I'm checking you for needles."

At one point, Rodak proclaimed, "I'm going to sue you guys for this."

"Sue me. I don't care. Sue me," the officer replied. "They can sue you for breaking into their cars."

"They killed a child," Rodak responded.

"Jessica, please, stop using drugs," the officer told her.

As Joliet Patch previously reported, at 10:19 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, officers responded to the Red Roof Inn at 1750 McDonough St. for a burglary to a motor vehicle.

In that incident, police said two hotel guests came out of their room after hearing vehicle alarms sounding in the parking lot.

According to police, upon checking a Chevrolet Cruze belonging to one of the guests, they discovered the driver’s door open and observed a woman, later identified as Rodak, near the vehicle. Police said Rodak was in possession of property believed to have been removed from the Chevrolet.