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All right, folks, let's get into the crime news for today.
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Welcome back to Crime Wire Weekly. And in Iowa, Santa
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is facing a Louisiana extradition on six felony charges. I
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bet you never thought we'd start out the topics.
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That way negative. I don't know why Santa was in
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Iowa and not up at the poll anyway, because he
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had work to do.
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Well, we're going to tell you all about it. In
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New Orleans, a team has racked up forty nine ankle
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monitor violations in eighty three days. Of course he did,
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that's right, And you know we've been on kind of
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a tear with these ankle monitors lately. So we're going
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to expound on that. The killer in Hell on Wheels
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a podcast by exposed that you could go check out
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right now. Actually laughs at her new prison nickname that
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she has. So we're going to discuss that very interesting
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story there. Of course, that's a trending story all over
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the internet right now with that girl Louisiana. We're gonna
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go back there and we're gonna talk about a man
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with a lengthy criminal record being charged with rape recently
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in Baton Rouge.
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It's almost like criminals keep committing crimes.
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Yeah, yeah, and we're going to talk about some solutions there.
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In Wisconsin, a man opens up opens up fire on
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his hunting buddies. Yeah, you should never do that, and
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he mixed whiskey with it, which is probably a lot
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of the reason we'll talk about some solutions there. In Arizona,
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a man breaks into a morgue and you're just not
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gonna believe what he did. We're not even gonna tell you.
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You could guess it without us even saying.
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Yeah. Well, in the True Crime time Machine, we're going
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to go back and we're going to talk about the
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death of Phil Hartman, which occurred this day, many years ago.
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In Utah, a father is accused of abducting two children
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and then fleeing to Mexico. Wild story.
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That's the worst mother's worst fear, I would think right there.
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Yeah, we're gonna he's still on the leaves too, So
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we're going to cover that. Uh. The strangest accidental shooting
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you will ever hear occurred in Nebraska.
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Listen, we can take wagers right now nobody listening, nobody
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will be able to guess who was involved in that
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shooting right now and you're just think of your wildest
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story right now, and I bet you're not going to
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guess it.
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Yeah, well, we're going to tell you coming up sing
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in this one, nine point three million dollars in cocaine
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has been found hidden in Kim Kardashian's underwear.
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Listen, I knew I left it somewhere.
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Luck, you can in her underwear. You could probably hide
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at nine point three million dollars room in that back. Yeah, well,
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we'll talk about that too. Of course, we've got overtime
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come up after that on the Patreon channel. But we'll
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get into today's story and we're going to start out
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in well, I guess we're starting out in Iowa via Louisiana.
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I guess you could say where a seventy three year
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old Ames man, widely known as Santa Ames for his
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longtime role in portraying Santa Claus, is facing extradition to
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Louisiana after a Story County judge. And that's a hell
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of a county to live in. When you're Santa Claus,
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you live in Story County. That judge ruled that he
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is the same person named in a multi count felony
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warrant out of Saint Gabriel, Louisiana, which is only about,
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I guess thirty minutes from where we record right here.
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His name is David Grulich, and he's been held inside
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of that Story County Jail since his arrest on April
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twenty sixth, twenty twenty six on a fugitive from Justice charge.
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He's listed as the official contact for the Iowa chapter
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of the Inner National Brotherhood of Real Bearded Santas.
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I had no idea that's the same.
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Yeah, And he operates a website promoting more than twenty
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years of experience as a trusted community Santa. According to
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the Saint Gabriel Police Department, Grillik is charged with six
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felonies in connection with the alleged theft of approximately thirty
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seven thousand dollars from a Louisiana woman's retirement account. The
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chargers in detail are theft over twenty five thousand dollars,
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identity theft, access device, fraud over twenty five thousand dollars,
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monetary instrument abuse, bank fraud, and money laundering. So it
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tells me there he's he's stolen. He's stolen her identity
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and got a debit card or something. And has been
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with drawing money or credit cards or something of that nature. Allegedly,
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the alleged offenses occurred on October fourth and November fourth
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of twenty twenty five. Police say the stolen funds were
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traced to an account in Aims and investigator's identity find
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Groulok as a suspect after contacting the involved bank. Saint
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Gabriel Police Chief Kevin Ambo said officers built a very
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strong case before seeking that warrant. Quote, we were able
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to gain evidence that he took part in the crime
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and how much he was going to get paid. I'm
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not making any mistake arresting Santa. We did our homework.
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So Groulak has maintained his innocence. He told authorities he's
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never visited Louisiana, doesn't know anyone in the state.
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Court records have Wait a second, he's never visited Louisiana.
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Right now, children, if you are listening, that is a
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lie and this is not obviously the real Santa, because
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the real Santa has been to every state.
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There you go, all of them, all the states and
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around the world. Court records, however, showed the Louisiana warrant
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includes matching details, his full name, his address, his birth year,
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and his photograph. A Story County judge did confirm the
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identity match, and that cleared way for the extradition for seedings.
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And of course, if you're watching this on the Patreon,
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you can see the dude really looks like Santa Claus.
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I mean, yeah, it's shocking the resemblance there.
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So well, listen, tuble. He's in a lot of trouble.
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And first of all, I was looking up I was
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very interested in in this u ib rbs that he's
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part of the Santa Claus thing. Did you know that
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there is a Santa Claus oath? Yes, if you're what
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is it?
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I don't know the oath. I didn't memorize it, but
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I looked up the same thing you did. Oh you did,
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I I did not know prior to today or yesterday.
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Rather, I shall be dedicated to hearing the secret dreams
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of both children and adults. I understand that the true
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and only gift I can give as Santa is myself.
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Blah blah blah blah blah. Well, Santa Claus can't be
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stealing stolen credit cards apparently so, But you know, teachers
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need to raise, and Santa Claus is acting like he
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hadn't make it enough doing what he does. It's supposed
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to be from your heart, Sanna, don't be stealing from people, right,
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frowned upon?
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Yeah, crazy, twenty five thousand dollars nutting to sneeze at either,
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that's a lot of money.
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I wonder if this is someone that he knows or
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is related to or something like that. We'll see. I
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guess it'll come out. I was gonna wear my glasses goal, y'all,
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but I took them off because I don't. This is
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this is something that doesn't even need me to look
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that close. This is whild New Orleans.
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We're all familiar with New Orleans, right, high crime area,
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lots of fun and carnival, but also lots of problems there.
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And a nineteen year old man that is living there
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has racked up forty nine violations of his court ordered
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ankle monitor over an eighty three day period. So what's
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that like one every every day, every other day? I
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mean yeah, So he got forty nine violations over eighty
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three days before he was arrested following a swat standoff
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in the city's ninth ward Jamerian Banks was taken into
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custody after barricading himself inside of a home with at
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least one juvenile. The New Orleans Police were able to
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track him down using the signal from the electronic monitoring
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device during an investigation into a string of armed carjackings
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which were targeting ride share drivers. So, according to the police,
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Banks and these three other juveniles allegedly carried out multiple
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ride share related carjackings. The group would order a ride
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through these popular ride share apps, and then whenever the
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driver would pull up, they'd pull guns on them and
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then steal their car instead of getting in and taking
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a ride. So he's facing multiple counts of armed robbery, carjacking,
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contributing to the delinquency of juveniles, and additional offenses tied
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to the standoff. Now this is the deal. He was
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originally arrested in December of twenty twenty five on charges
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related to illegal possession of stolen property. Then in February
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of twenty six, the Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Tracy
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Flemings de Villiers. I believe it's how you would say that,
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but this judge released him on an electronic monitoring device
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with the condition that he attends school. Well, the records
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that were obtained by this WWL Louisiana, they show that
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Banks violated the terms of his release forty nine times
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over the next eighty three days, and many of the
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violations were on consecutive days or multiple times in a
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single day. So the CEO of Assured Supervision Accountability Program,
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his name is Matt Dennis, that was the company that
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was supposed to be monitoring Banks, and he said that
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his firm reported all of these violations to the court
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and to the Orleans Parish District Attorney's office, But the
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DA's office has stated that they have no record of
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receiving any such notifications. So it's cases like this that
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are drawing sharp criticism from Louisiana's Attorney General, Liz Merle,
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And she said, this is a direct quote. It acutely
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illustrates the unnecessary and indefensible danger pose to law enforcement
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and the public by the failure to hold individuals accountable
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for violating the terms of release on an ankle monitor.
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So during that Wednesday standoff, officers did recover a gun
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at the scene. A second juvenile get this wearing an
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ankle monitor as well. Was also taken into custody, and
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this incident has now renewed debate over the use and
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the enforcement of electronic monitoring in Orleans Parish, But the
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court officials have not commented publicly on this case.
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Yeah, so this is obviously not just a problem in
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Orleans Parish. It's a problem in the entire state of
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Louisian any probably a problem nationwide. A couple of couple
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of issues I have with this first, ankle monitors. The
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spirit of ankle monitors, I think has gotten so twisted
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since they've been introduced. Number One, ankle monitors, to me,
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should be something for someone that gets arrested for a
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drug charge, something like that. Non violate any non violent offense,
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put a on on an ankle monitor, and hey, you
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got to return to court. They're given these. In this case,
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this guy arm robbery, I mean arm robbery. They're freaking
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stealing cars from drivers of left and drivers of these
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ride share services. That is not ankle monitor worthy. In
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my view, I think that there's one way to fix us.
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You pass a law that makes any type of ankle
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number one, any type of violation of an ankle monitor
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automatic ravocation of bond. And you're gonna sit in jail
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until your trial period, no exceptions. And if you are
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charged with a violent offense of any sort, you don't
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get the ankle monitor option. You just you either, I
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mean you. I know there's an argument there for everybody's
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entitled to a bond, and I get that. And yes,
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there are a small percentage of cases where somebody didn't
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actually do something and they get charged with it. I
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understand that. So I don't know what the answer is
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as far as the raison these violent offenders are still
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getting ankle monitors is because if they get a bond,
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at least you can track them with an ankle monitor,
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whereas if they get a bond and you don't track them,
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you know, it's actually worse. But I don't know, man,
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I don't think the whole ankle monitor thing is working anymore.
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You've got problems not only from people just not following
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the restrictions that are placed on them with these ankle monitors,
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but you've also got problems with the companies actually monitoring
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the ankle monitors not doing what they're supposed to do.
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Yeah, So look, I don't know who's telling the truth.
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They're saying they sent it. The DA's office is saying
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they didn't get it. Maybe it's both. Okay, I'll give
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them both some grace there, But this is the thing,
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how in the hell are you going to take someone
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who at nineteen years old is already completely out of
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out of pocket doing things that I would never imagine
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doing at nineteen years old, thinks it's appropriate to pull
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weapons on people pull guns and is also fratnizing with
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other people who are on ankle monitors, which means they
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can't even pick the right friends to hang out with either.
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This I think was bad judgment and we've got to
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go back to the drawing board with these ankle monitors,
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because it seems like they're just using it as a
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way to go find the like a dog with a
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with a you know, a what is it when you
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get micro chipped or something like, just so we can
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we can know where you are when we need to
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find you. More than I assume that an ankle monitor
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is going to be something that's supposed to inherently keep
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the person in line, right because we can check, we
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can check you, we can see what you're doing, so
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you should stay in line because of the ankle monitor.
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This guy doesn't care. This guy does not care. No,