July 10, 2025

Crime Wire Weekly 7/11/25 | Texas Flood Search, Gulf Coast Stapletons Viral Guilty Plea, Goncalves Family’s 85k (Preview)

Show Notes
Transcript

In this episode of Crime Wire Weekly, hosts Jim Chapman and Kelly Jennings discuss a series of trending crime stories, including possible failures in the alert system for the Texas floods, The Gulf Coast Stapleton’s go viral after Joshua Stapleton’s guilty plea, The family of Kaylee Goncalves seeks to return 85k collected on GoFundMe, and so much more today! (See topics below)

*This is a preview, links to listen to the full podcast by following "Crime Wire Weekly" are below.

Topics (Full Podcast)

Texas flood rescue teams continue search for missing.
Gulf Coast Stapleton’s: Josh Stapleton’s guilty plea.
Kaylee Goncalves family seeks to return 85k
Woman’s death ruled a homicide while paddle boarding.
AZ woman assaulted and locked in shed for weeks.
Teenage girl turns herself in for parents murder.
(10) people charged with attempted murder after ICE ambush.
Woman bludgeons man to death and leaves PEDO note on his chest.

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All right, folks, so hopefully everyone had a fantastic Fourth

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of July. This is our first episode recording since and

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we're going to start off by telling you the topics

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we're covering today in the world of crime. And the

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first thing we are gonna discuss today the absolute sad, tragic,

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unimaginable story that is unfolded in Texas with the flooding

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along the Guadalupe River. Now you might be wondering where

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is the crime in that, And while the occurrence itself

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was no one's fault per se, there was definitely some

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failures there as it relates to advanced notice that may

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have helped save some lives. So we're going to discuss

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that give our opinions on it. We're also covering several

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actually cases out of Georgia today, one involving the Gulf

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Coast Stapleton's a very popular TikTok couple and the likely

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canceling of this couple due to not only Josh Stapleton's

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recent guilty pleaded child sex exploitation charges, but also his wife,

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Brittany's response to that plea. And also in Georgia, a

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seventeen year old girl is charged with the murder of

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her mother and her step father after months of pleading

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with TikTok creators to help find the killer.

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In Texas, ten people.

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Had been charged in an ambush at an ICE detention center.

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We're going to discuss that as well as the violence

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rising overall against ICE agents throughout the country. Kayleie Gonsalvez

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family is giving eighty five thousand dollars in donations back

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to go fund Meet. We're going to tell you why

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that is a woman in Florida stabbed demand to death

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and left a note on his chest with the word

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PETO for police to find.

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Is she justified. We're going to talk about that.

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An Arizona man is in deep trouble after he is

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charged with kidnapping, raping, and locking a woman up for

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weeks inside of a shed. We're going to talk about

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that a woman's found dead after going paddable and this

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occurred in Maine. Her death was ruled as a homicide

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and people are fearful in that state. We're going to

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tell you about that a Pennsylvania man beheaded his father

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live on YouTube and he had his day in court.

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This is a not only a tragic but very bizarre

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story that we're going to be discussing. So with that,

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welcome to Crime Wire Weekly.

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I'm Jim Chapman and I'm Kelly Jennys Kelly.

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We got a lot of news to cover today.

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I'm talking about a lot, a long.

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Way to go in a short time to get there.

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No, and all over the place too.

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I'm seeing states that we don't normally have a lot

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to go out of too.

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Yeah, Maine, of all places. I didn't think crime occurred

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in Maine.

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I didn't either.

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I thought it was just the best people just just

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do everything right.

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of crime, I guess, just like everywhere else in the world.

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But we're going to start this one.

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Off today in Texas, and let me tell you, tragedy

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doesn't do it justice. Horrific doesn't do it justice. The

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search for more than one hundred and seventy people still

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missing after flash floods has devastated Central Texas. This is

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stretched into as of this recording its seventh day, and

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the death toll just continues to rise. At least one

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hundred and twenty people are confirmed dead, according to local

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law enforcement. Ongoing search operations are still underway to find

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anyone lost in the debris after the catastrophic weekend storm,

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which caused the Guadalupe River to swell rapidly in near

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unprecedented levels.

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Hundred and sixty one people known to be missing in

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Kerr County alone. All of this is located in what's

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known as the flood prone Texas Hill Country west of Austin,

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the state capital, of course, of Texas. Ten others are

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missing in other parts of the Statesident Trump has signed

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a federal disaster declaration, and what that does is it

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allows FEMA to be deployed, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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a mess than it is currently. And what really makes

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this difficult in the realm of recovery of victims, etc.

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just hampers a lot of the efforts to rescue people.

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The flooding desks have occurred in Kerr County, where ninety

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five of those people died. That one county camp Mystic,

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of course, we've all heard about that, a girls summer

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camp that has cabins along the river. It's in a

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rural part of Kerr County. Twenty seven campers and councilors

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have been confirmed dead, and surviving campers described it as

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catastrophic the flooding. Some survivors said they woke up and

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water was rushed through the windows. Crews continue to search

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for five missing campers as of this recording, and one

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council or one child not associated with the camp is

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also missing.

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Friday of last week was the last time a missing

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person was found alive in Kirk County, but search cruise

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continue to serve a miles of the Guadalupe River in

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hopes of locating others lost in that flood. The river

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runs for approximately two hundred and thirty miles through a

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region that sits between Austin and San Antonio. Starts in

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Kirk County and then ends along the Gulf Coast. Now,

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the nickname for this area is flash flood Alley because

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the terrain makes it vulnerable to inundation. And the reason

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for that is is a sealed country. It doesn't have

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soil like we have here in Louisiana, where the water

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drains into the soil and it serves as kind of

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a sponge. This is rock underneath this. There's not a

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whole lot of dirt. It's like mountainside. So water doesn't

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doesn't it doesn't soak into the ground. It just kind

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of runs off as it hits the ground.

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So, first of all, I'm not in any way comparing

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the loss of life to what we experienced in twenty sixteen.

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So in twenty sixteen, we had what we locally referred

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to as the Great Flood, and all of us were

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impacted by this. I think it was like ninety two

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percent of our parish was wiped out. And we understand

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as far as the loss of property, okay, which does

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not equate to the loss of life that we're about

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to discuss. But to see everyone, everyone, y'all, not not

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a few people, not just a roadway, not just some people.

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Everyone's possessions stacked what felt like miles high, all the

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way down the road, every road you went down. We

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understand how that feels here. But these children and these

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adults that lost their lives in a horrific way. I

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was seeing some people ask questions media, of course, about

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like how come.

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They couldn't get out of the way. Why didn't they

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you know, how could this happen?

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Listen to a guy and I wanted to share this

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because it impacted me, And he said, this is how

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it happened because this was not a curated waterway that

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all of this water rushed through, meaning it was not smooth.

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Underneath this water. There were obstacles, and there were stop signs,

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and there were houses, and there were cars, and there

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were campers. So when the water rose, just because you're

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thinking you could tread this water, what happens is it

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creates that tumble roll underneath that suction. Plus you're slamming

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into things, you're getting stuck underwater.

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Because most people don't die in floodwaters.

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They die as a result of what's in the water,

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so and being unable to get away from it. So

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then they just made it even more tragic to think

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of all the and I know there's adults that we've lost,

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but these kids and the elderly, those tug at my heart.

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And to know that they were terrified and it was

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really just a free for all. It sounds like when

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the water took them, you just did the best you could.

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Of course, anytime you have a tragedy like this, you

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look at Wow, what could have been done better.

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Nobody's signing fault here. This was nobody's fault.

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Nobody intentionally did this, but there were some things that occurred.

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As I read you in that article, this was known

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as as flash flood Alley basically, and so this isn't

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the first time that this has happened, it's just the

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first time it's happened to this extent. This is one

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of the biggest ones, if not the biggest one, definitely

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the biggest loss of life because of the fact that

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these campers happened to be camping at the time that

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this occurred. So the issue becomes what was missing?

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Why was there not more warning?

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And when you ask those questions, Look, they've been debating

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for years getting sirens in that area because it is

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prone to flooding, and red tape kind of got in

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the way.

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You're well, And to add to that too, they use

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a system there and I can't remember the exact name

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of it, but it's where basically the highest person on

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the stream would call downstream and alert those neighbors, who

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would then called down and alert those neighbors. And they

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believe in that system and it's worked. But I saw

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that I don't know if it was a council meeting

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or what it was. That they thought that it was

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too extravagant and that it would kind of ruin the

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culture of their area to put those sirens in, and

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so they shot it down.

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And it was a councilman, and it was a counselman

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for that county, and it was an old timer and

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it is a guy that, hey, we don't need all

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this stuff. And then the issue became, we can't afford

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all this stuff. Well they're putting that stuff in now

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because the governor of Texas said, we're going to pay

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for it, and we're going to put it in because

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one of the issues and I don't know the expense

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of this stuff, but apparently it's not cheap.

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You know this in Dallas, Texas right here. Yeah, So

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we don't want to change the culture of our area,

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and it becomes city fied.

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You know, people get to that age where they don't

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like that.

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Flock there too, because it is country I'm gonna say

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country living, but it's laid back pace and it's you know,

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and they and people like that when they're vacation.

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Sure, had they had that, certainly there would have been

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more warning. But let me say this, when the river

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rises twenty six feet and forty five minutes, I don't

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care how many sirens are going off, You're gonna have problems. Yeah,

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there's just not enough time. And this is the middle

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of the night. This isn't two o'clock in the afternoon

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on a Wednesday, right, this is the middle of the

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night and you're asleep. Yeah.

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It's instances like this too that are bringing out the

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best of people, but also the worst. And I know

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I'm not gonna harp on that, but there are some

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people that have said some things that are.

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You can't take back. Just I want to hug these.

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Strangers, you know, and tell them, God, yeah, I can't

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fix it, you know, but I want you to know

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how much people care.

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We care. All over the world.

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People care, Yeah, they do.

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And look, I'm glad you brought that up because a

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lot of people have stepped up.

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Of course, the Cajun.

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Navy right here in this area is there now and

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working with agencies rescuing people. They're going through cars that

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were flooded and have now stacked on top of each

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other where sadly they're finding bodies left and right.

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My nieces inside these vehicles.

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Teacher at my school was one of the dead that's

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been found. It's far reaching, and so I'm bowing my head.

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Maybe you can join in and we can find more

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miracles and have this happen.

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All right, Well, let's go to Georgia.

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A seventeen year old girl in Georgia has been arrested

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in charge on the suspicion that she murdered her own

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mother and stepfather. On Tuesday, July eighth, the Carroll County

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Sheriff's Office confirmed in a press conference that Sarah Grace

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Patrick voluntarily turned herself in for arrest in relation to

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the February twentieth, twenty twenty five murders of her mother,

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Kristin Brock, who is forty one, and stepfather, James Brock,

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who was forty five. A press release shared on Facebook

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said that the victims died of apparent gunshot wounds. The

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couple's bodies were discovered in their bedroom. Patrick was charged

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with two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault.

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The press release cited mountains of physical and digital evidence

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and countless interviews as what led to the charges. From

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the very moment the nine one one call was received,

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a relentless investigation began, one that would span months, assume

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thousands of hours, and require the full weight of local

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and federal law enforcement partnerships. According to the press release,

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Carroll County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Ashley Halsey addressed the case

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during a press conference, and she said the Sheriff's office

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had charged Patrick as an adult, noting that they were

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still working to determine a motive. We don't know what

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goes through the mind of a child that wants to

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harm her parents, Halsey said to the assembled press. Halsey

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noted that it was possible others were involved with this case,

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and the press release stated that additional arrests are possible.

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Speaking to the press, she said that it was hard

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to tell if other family members had been involved in

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the crime or its cover up. However, she added that

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they had been nothing but cooperative during the investigation. Now,

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Patrick's biofather was with her whenever she turned herself in

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for arrest for the very horrific and sad case. According

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to Halsey, the teen is the one who called nine

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one one after her six year old sister discovered the

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victim's bodies. Halsey referred to the young girl as the

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saddest victim in the case. A big takeaway from this

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story is a mother and a stepfather will never be

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able to raise their children. According to Hulsey, police say

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that they have a mountain of digital evidence that points

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only to this seventeen year old girl.

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Yeah, and the most shocking thing about this story was

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the fact that this girl, this seventeen year old girl

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who has now turned herself in for the murder of

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her mother and stepfather, was going on TikTok for the

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last three or four months, and she was making videos

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asking people to help her solve the case, acting like

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she was grieving on these tiktoks for months. As a

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matter of fact, she was reaching out to high profile

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true crime folks on TikTok and saying, hey, can you

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help me?

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Can we do like.

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Cold case type stuff or help find the killer things?

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And these people were feeling sorry for this girl, and

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the whole time it was a sham because it appears

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allegedly that she killed her own parents.

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What drives somebody to do this without a mental defect

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is beyond me, you know what I'm saying. And if

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you don't have a mental defect, all we can says

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you're evil. I don't.

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I mean, if you kill your parents, you got to

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have some sort of defect somewhere, That's what I'm saying.

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And then to know that you're gonna you did this

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knowing that a six year old child, yeah, would be

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the one to find the body. And I'm saying that

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because if the teen called nine to one one, then

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she knew what they were walking into and she had

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the six year.

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Old obviously there one hundred percent.

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This clearly sounds premeditated. And then to try to seek fame.

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Yeah, and I did.

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I did go check out that TikTok and I mean

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she's on there and she's, you know, telling this story

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and supposedly it heard people going into her house and

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all this is a line she's been lying for like

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three months about this.

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Not cool.

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All right, We're gonna stay in Georgia.

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And one of the most trending stories there is right

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now out there on Google is the fact that a

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Georgia influencer apparently has been living a double life. Joshua

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Stapleton has been sentenced to prison for child pornography crimes.

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The Georgia native and social media influencer was sentenced to

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twenty years in prison. However, before we all get excited

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that finally someone who commits these kind of things got

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a stiff sentence, well, fifteen of that was suspended for

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probation following his guilty plead in court. Yees sexual exploitation

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of children was his actually final charges. Times twenty counts now.

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Stapleton maintained a virtual presence as part of the Gulf

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Coast Stapleton's with his wife, Britney Moore's Stapleton. They gained

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over nearly one hundred thousand followers through content such as

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workout videos, trivel posts. They're living the perfect life right.

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His online activity extended beyond his home town in Georgia,

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where he previously owned a state farm agency. Him and

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his wife are actually state farm agents. Between twenty eighteen

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and twenty twenty, authorities reported that he downloaded images involving

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pre pewbescent children. This ain't not that it's any better,

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but this isn't sixteen seventeen year olds this is pre

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pubescent twelve years or younger children in sexually abusive situations.

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Now I'll leave it up to you to figure out

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what sexually abusive situations are.

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But it's not good. It's disgusting.

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The investigation began following a tip submitted through IKAC Internet

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Crimes Against Children Program and was conducted by Bartow's law

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enforcement in coordination with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and

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US Department of Homeland Security. The investigation's findings and ensuing

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legal proceedings placed Stapleton in the Bartoo County Sheriff jail

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with this sentencing marked by non negotiated plea deal. And

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just quickly, what a non negotiated plea deal, y'all is.

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Let's say you were trying to plea bargain. See, originally

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he had forty counts. So he goes to the prosecutor

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and hey, let's make a deal. And the prosecutor makes

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a deal, but it's he didn't like the deal, and

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he says, Okay, I'm going to roll the dice. I'm

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going to let the judge pick the deal. And the

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judge in this case picked the deal. Cut that sentence

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from forty counts to twenty counts the charges rather and

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he got the sentence I just readie.

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Now. Since the news of this sentencing.

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Became public knowledge, reactions have been absolutely crazy all over TikTok,

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especially where they had a big following. His wife actually

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came out with a video in response to this sentencing

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and look, I'm not bad idea and appeared to be

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defending this guy to an Not only that, but it

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means that she knew about this even before she married them.

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These charges they had no secret.

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She said, what you think that helps you, lady? That

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didn't help you out to say we had no secrets.

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When the police approached him and the policeman actually asked him, so.

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What are you doing with these pictures?

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He said he was masturbating to them, and he actually

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told the policeman he didn't realize it was illegal to

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do that.

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Get out here.

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He's in a state farm agent and y'all, if you saw,

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look this guy, good looking guy.

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Both of them are a couple of wife.

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Very attractive and that's what obviously the appeal to this

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case is because it proves to everybody that sex offenders

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don't have a look.

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She's not a sex offender. She wasn't with him when

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he was.

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Doing this, but she said she she knew about the charges.

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She obviously I would assume doesn't believe them.

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But for her to have the audacity to then put

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your face on camera were people who are you're an

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influencer and then say.

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I knew about this, Okay, but he's a good man.

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The fuck he is. Leave kids alone in it.

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Sorry, I know I'm being aggressive here, but there's no

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excuse and shame on you. Let's go back to Texas,

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all right, I gotta, but it ain't gonna get much better,

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all right. Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged ten people

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with attempted murder following what they called an ambush of

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law enforcement late Friday outside in Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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detention facility. Authorities alleged the suspects conspired to create a

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disturbance outside of the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, which

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is located about forty miles southwest of Dallas, in order

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to lure ice personnel outside of the facility where they

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could shoot and kill them. A number of shots were fired,

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and the Alvarado police officer was shot in the neck.

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Acting US Attorney Nancy Larson for the Northern District of

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Texas said each has been charged with three counts of

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attempted murder of a federal officer and three counts of

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discharging a firearm in relation to.

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A crime of violence.

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If convicted, they each face a mandatory sentence of ten

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years to life behind bars, and eleventh suspect also faces

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up to ten years in prison on charges of obstruction

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of justice and conspiracy for attempting to conceal and destroy

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