Bodycam footage from a 2025 car fraud case in New York shows a woman returning to a dealership to finish some paperwork, unaware that sheriff’s deputies are already investigating the sale. Two vehicles had left the lot using another person’s identity, and the dealership was still waiting for its money.
The August 11 incident took place at a dealership on State Route 96 in Farmington. Employees had discovered problems with the paperwork used to obtain a Cadillac and a Ford truck worth more than $100,000 combined.
What began as a report of possible fraud soon turned into three arrests. One suspect fled on foot, leaving a deputy with a knee injury, while another spent much of her time with police explaining why she had agreed to sign documents under someone else’s name.
Newly published bodycam footage from Cam Stories TV captures the investigation as it unfolded. The woman at the center of the questioning insisted she had been promised a role in a luxury transportation business and had never received either vehicle.
One More Signature
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When Ontario County sheriff’s deputies arrived, dealership employees explained how the two sales had gone through. The customers had supplied a driver’s license, Social Security card, and financing documents that appeared legitimate.
One lender had even completed an identity check over the phone. Yet the woman whose identity appeared on the documents later reported receiving alerts about vehicles she had never purchased.
The dealership had used two different lenders for the transactions. Neither deal had produced the expected payment, even though both vehicles were already gone.
Fortunately for deputies, someone involved in the sales had forgotten to sign a document. Employees contacted the customer and asked her to return.
To their surprise, she actually showed up.
Coffee Gets Interrupted
As deputies checked the dealership, they found Iselynn Johnson making coffee. An officer approached and asked about the Ford truck and Cadillac before explaining that the purchases involved false identification.
Johnson denied knowing about the fraudulent documents. When the deputy asked her to stop making coffee, she agreed, but her day quickly took another turn.
After being placed in handcuffs, Johnson repeatedly asked why she was being arrested. The deputy explained that she was being detained while they investigated the transactions.
During questioning, Johnson claimed a former coworker had recruited her to help start a luxury transportation business. According to her account, she was supposed to sign paperwork so the group could obtain vehicles for a service similar to Uber.
A Strange Business Plan
Johnson told deputies she had poor credit and had questioned why she needed to use another person’s identity. She claimed the man organizing the purchases had assured her everything was legitimate.
Although she denied receiving either vehicle or any payment, Johnson acknowledged knowing the name on the identification was not hers.
When asked whether she thought using a fake ID was strange, she answered, “A little.”
Johnson maintained that she only wanted to join the proposed business. She also said she already owned a Chrysler 300 and had planned to use that car rather than take one of the dealership’s vehicles.
As the questions continued, deputies tried to determine who had supplied the false identification and who had driven away in the two vehicles.
One Suspect Runs
Meanwhile, deputies were questioning two other men linked to the transactions, Patrick Johnson Jr. and Chaz Davis.
During the investigation, Davis fled on foot. Bodycam audio captures a deputy calling out that someone is running, followed by a report that the suspect had jumped a fence toward a nearby trailer park.
A deputy injured his knee during the pursuit. He was treated at F.F. Thompson Hospital and later returned to work.
Patrick Johnson Jr. and Iselynn Johnson were arrested on August 11 and charged with second-degree grand larceny. Both were arraigned and released pending future court appearances.
According to reporting based on the sheriff’s investigation, deputies recovered both vehicles.
Davis remained at large until August 20, when deputies arrested him at a residence in Rochester. He faced grand larceny and assault charges connected to the vehicle theft investigation and the deputy’s injury.
Following his arrest on a warrant, Davis was arraigned and remanded to the Ontario County Jail.