Aug. 27, 2026

Crime Wire Weekly 8/28/26 | 49'ers Owner Busted, La. Bakery Cooking Up More Than Cakes, Kenny Chesney Wins Big!

Crime Wire Weekly 8/28/26 | 49'ers Owner Busted, La. Bakery Cooking Up More Than Cakes, Kenny Chesney Wins Big!
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Season 11

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York is caught answering an undercover prostitution ad, showing up at an Ohio mobile-home park with cash and a wedding ring still on his finger. Former University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling tearfully pleads guilty after her infant son is found wrapped in a towel inside a trash bag in her closet. In Livingston Parish, a local bakery is cooking up more than cakes. Counselor Karen Solomon—co-founder of a first-responder mental-health group—vanishes after her officer husband is found dead; days later her body is discovered with a gun nearby in what police call a tragic murder-suicide.
A woman who sued Kenny Chesney for $300,000 loses her appeal. Iryna Zarutska’s family files a lawsuit. Then we rewind to August 2003 and the Pizza Bomber case: Brian Wells walks into an Erie, Pennsylvania bank with an explosive collar around his neck, follows a scavenger-hunt note, and dies on live television when the device detonates before the bomb squad arrives.
Ex-cop Sean Grayson dies in prison. A man is charged after a crane grapple takes a co-worker’s head. Five people are shot in Washington. In overtime: a killer uses DoorDash to get the murder weapon, a husband tells police his wife died of postpartum depression, a mom helps her son clean up a murder scene, and a Penn State fraternity is caught forcing pledges to cut up cocaine. From NFL boardrooms to a Louisiana bakery to one of the FBI’s strangest unsolved-feeling plots that actually got solved—this is the week that refused to stay quiet.

Timestamps
05:00 49’ers Owner Jed York Arrested in Prostitution Sting.
09:00 Laken Snelling Pleads Guilty. 16:00 Dolly Parton Contest
22:00 Livingston Parish Bakery Cooking Up More Than Cakes.
26:39 Counselor Karen Solomon, Wanted For Husband’s Murder, Found Dead.
30:22 Woman Who Sued Kenny Chesney For 300k Loses Appeal.
35:11 Iryna Zarutska’s Family Files Lawsuit.
41:44 “The Pizza Bomber” TRUE CRIME TIME MACHINE
45:45 Ex-Cop Sean Grayson Dies In Prison.
50:13 Man Charged After Causing Co-Workers Head With Crane Grapple.
54:00 Quintuple Shooting in Washington.
OVERTIME
59:00 Man Uses Doordash To Obtain Murder Weapon
1:02:00 Man Charged After Claiming To Police Wife Died Due To Postpartum Depression.
1:07:00 Mom Helps Son Clean Up Murder Scene.
1:11:00 Man Uses Doordash To Obtain Murder Weapon
1:14:00 Penn State Frat’s Caught Forcing Pledges to Cut Up Cocaine.

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Hey, everyone. Welcome back to CrimeWire Weekly, a look at

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just some of the topics we'll be covering on today's show.

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In California, the owner of the San Francisco 49ers is

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caught wilding with a prostitute during a sting operation.

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Nobody's above it. They got the money.

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Yeah. University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling pleads in her

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criminal case regarding the murder of her newborn child. We're

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going to discuss that. A Livingston Parish, Louisiana bakery is

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caught cooking up more than just cakes this past week.

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I didn't know about that.

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Very popular Livingston Parish bakery. Oh, you're going to break it.

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You're going to know about it.

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Yeah, you're going to break the news to me.

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Irina, pronounce her last name for me because I really

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don't want to mispronounce Miss Irina's last name and disrespect

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her family. I believe it's Zarutska.

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Zarutska.

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Okay, Miss Irina's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

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Of course, that is the female that was stabbed on

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the subway that we all saw the horrific video of.

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It's pitiful. It just was pitiful.

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Really is. We'll be talking about that. Ex-cop Sean Grayson,

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who was imprisoned after killing someone who he claimed was

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attempting to throw boiling water on him, has died in prison. Mm-hmm.

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Tell you about that. A man uses DoorDash to obtain

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the murder weapon in a killing he is allegedly responsible for.

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We have more food-related crime.

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Yeah.

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With these dashers and dancers and prancing.

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I didn't even know you could DoorDash weapons or anything

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other than food.

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I didn't either.

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There you go. A mother helps her son clean up

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the murder scene after her son kills his girlfriend. Penn

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State fraternities are in deep trouble.

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Oh, yeah, that's a good one.

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Yeah, they're in deep trouble for forcing pledges to cut

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up cocaine.

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Hey, it sounds like a movie. This is going to

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become a movie. I bet money that becomes a movie.

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Right. Yeah. Right. All right. So we got some wild

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stories today. We got other ones we're also going to

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be covering. We've even got a fun quiz for KJ.

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We do.

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We do. And she didn't even know anything about it.

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That if she gets 80% of this quiz right, that's

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eight out of the 10 questions I'm going to ask her.

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And if she gets those right, I'm going to make

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a $ 200 donation to the Casey Frankowski Memorial Fund.

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Oh.

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Oh, God.

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Now it's like on the line.

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Now the pressure's on.

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It better not be geography.

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It's not going to be geography.

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Okay, because I quit.

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I knew better than that. I quit. I might as

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well not worry about paying any money to anything.

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If I issue geography questions. If you give me a

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math equation or geography.

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I'm done.

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It's over.

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So we'll do that with the second segment after we

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cover the first couple of stories.

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Got it.

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Before we get into it, Dolly Parton.

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Man, what a lost dude.

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Died yesterday as of this recording.

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Yeah.

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And look, people die and it's always, you know, it's sad.

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We don't want to lose people. But when you, Dolly

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was a good person. Dolly was, whatever may have been

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going on in her life, I don't ever remember bad

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press about her. And she carried herself with such charm.

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That one's really sad to me. I hate that.

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She was every man my age and around's first crush.

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Really?

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No doubt about it, man. I have multiple. Dolly was fine.

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I have multiple friends that told me that Dolly was

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their perfect woman. So when I heard she died, I

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started sending them messages. The message, breaking the news to them,

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and I have grown men going, I'll never be the same.

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Well, I'll go ahead and give you a hint. Our

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contest today is all about Dolly Parton.

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Oh, no.

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So there'll be questions about Dolly Parton.

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Okay. In my defense, I'm younger than you.

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It doesn't matter. These are not as hard as you think.

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They're common knowledge.

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Okay.

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So y'all can play along as well, and we'll see

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how Kelly does with that. But let's go ahead and

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kick off the show. We're going to start it off

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in San Francisco by way of East Palestine, Ohio, which

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I didn't even know there was an East Palestine, Ohio.

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I actually think I did know that for once in

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my life.

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Which is weird.

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But you don't know geography. I don't.

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But I remember it being weird when I read Palestine thinking,

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what an odd name in Ohio.

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Yeah. So San Francisco 49ers principal owner and CEO Jed

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York was arrested this past Sunday. on suspicion of soliciting

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prostitution after responding to an undercover online advertisement. York, who

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is 46, was taken into custody around 9.35 a.m. on

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Sunday at the Wheat Hill Mobile Home Community. This is

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in East Palestine, Ohio. It's close to the Pennsylvania border,

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and it's actually close to his hometown of Youngstown. Ohio

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authorities said he had arranged to meet a woman for

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sexual activity in exchange for money. After responding to an

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ad on a known prostitution website, East Palestine police assisting

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a human trafficking task force that was in op in

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the operation, uh, said that York used his cell phone

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to respond to this undercover ad. He discussed pricing, uh,

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Reports cite figures around $ 140 for full service and arrived

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at the location driving a rental car with the cash

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on him. He was booked on charges of engaging in

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prostitution and possessing criminal tools, which his phone was considered

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a criminal tool. On Monday, prosecutors amended the charge to

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misdemeanor disorderly conduct. I bet they did after they found

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out who he really was. York pleaded no contest to

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that and possession of the criminal tools. An administrative judge

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immediately found him guilty, and he was sentenced to one

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day in jail on each count. But he had already

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served a day in jail, so he actually only had

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to serve one day. And he was ordered to pay $ 1, 150

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in fines. The $ 160 seized during the arrest was forfeited,

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so he doesn't get his money for his hooker back.

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York posted a $ 5, 000 bond after the actual arrest and

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was released. Now, he served as the CEO of the

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49ers since 2008 and became the team's principal owner in 2024.

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He is a native of the Youngstown area. And, folks,

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this guy's worth $ 8 billion today. Yeah. And you're getting

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a $ 140 hooker.

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I'm wondering if part of the fun here or the

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eroticism for him was the danger involved. You know what

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I'm saying? Like the stealthiness of it to go to

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this trailer park with this supposed woman. Because you cannot

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convince me that there's not a woman out there when

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you got a billionaire over here with his pockets big

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that he couldn't just go find somebody.

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Yeah. There's no doubt about it. That was my first thought.

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Right.

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I mean, this guy doesn't need a hooker.

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No.

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And, like, if he's going to get a hooker, he's

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going to get one of his people to arrange. It's

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going to be, like, pretty woman or something. I mean, well,

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I guess that would be kind of like this. But

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it's going to be like a situation where he says,

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I need a, you know, like Diddy would do it.

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He could have done it like Diddy did it.

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Yeah, but hence the rental car, though. He's going to

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go to a trailer park.

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The owner of the 49ers, y'all. Wrap your mind around that.

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That's why the rental car makes sense, though, because it's

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part of the, It's part of the game, I guess.

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Maybe I'm making that up, but someone of that stature

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with that much money, you know.

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It's almost like he's a danger seeker.

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Yeah, like the thrill.

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The sexual aspect of it wasn't the... Actual sex, it

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was the fact that he was hooking up with a hooker. Yeah.

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You know, I mean.

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But the one hooker you got was the police undercover.

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That sucks.

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Yeah, man. Oh, my God. Well, then we know it.

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He might have been doing this shit all the time.

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Maybe.

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And this is the first time he got caught. He

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would have come out if he was.

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Yeah. Ooh, that's bad. Yeah. That's embarrassing more than anything. Golly.

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Crazy.

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All right, we're going to go on the other end

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of the spectrum, and we're going to go to Kentucky here,

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where Laken Snelling, the former University of Kentucky cheerleader accused

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of killing her newborn after giving birth on the bedroom

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floor of her off-campus home, has pled guilty to first-degree

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manslaughter and other charges. Snelling, who's 22, pled guilty Friday,

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August 21st to first-degree manslaughter, abuse of a corpse, tampering

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with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant

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in court. Not in court, sorry. There was a period

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there I misspoke. But in court, Snelling tearfully admitted to

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her role in the newborn's death, saying, quote, And my

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baby came unexpectedly. And instead of helping him, and then

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there's an, she said some other things, but we're not

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reading the entire statement here. But instead of helping him afterwards,

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I cleaned up and didn't tell anyone. She added that

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she ended his life saying I deprived him of oxygen.

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So under this plea agreement, prosecutors recommended that Snelling served

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10 years for manslaughter and an additional three years on

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the remaining charges for a total of 13 years. She's

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scheduled to be sentenced on October 16th. Snelling was initially

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arrested on October 31st of 2025, which was four days

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after her newborn baby was discovered wrapped in a towel

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inside of a trash bag stashed in a closet of

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her room. She was released days later after posting a $ 100, 000

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surety bond and had been staying with her parents in

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her home state of Tennessee. Snelling's concerned roommates called police

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after finding blood in her room and hearing her make

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strange noises. The medical examiner's office determined the infant's cause

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of death to be asphyxia by undetermined means. Snelling was

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not home when police arrived, but was later located and detained.

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She agreed to speak with police while receiving treatment at

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the University of Kentucky Hospital. During that interview, she told

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investigators that at 4 a.m. on August 27th, She gave birth, quote,

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to a baby which fell onto the floor of her bedroom.

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She explained she remained awake for another 30 minutes after

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giving birth before falling on top of the baby and

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going back to sleep. The affidavit is what stated all

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of these facts. When Snelling woke up again, she said

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her newborn was turning blue and purple. Snelling also told

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investigators she wrapped the baby in a towel like a

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burrito and laid next to the newborn on the bedroom floor,

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which gave her a little comfort in the moment. Those

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are her words. She then went back to sleep until

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around 7.30 a.m. when her alarm went off, after which

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she cleaned up the blood and afterbirth, placed the towel-wrapped

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baby and her placenta inside of a Ziploc bag, and

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put that into the trash. She then left home intending

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to attend class, but instead sat in her vehicle in

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the parking lot, and ordered McDonald's because she wasn't feeling

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well per the affidavit. She then returned home where police

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took her into custody. According to police filings, Snelling also

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searched a number of pregnancy-related topics on her phone prior

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to giving birth. Additionally, she took pictures of herself in

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labor and authorities saying afterwards that they were deleted in

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an attempt to hide the birth. Snelling was indicted by

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a grand jury in Fayette County, Kentucky in March of

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26th and she previously pled not guilty to the charges

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against her.

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She killed her baby, and she admitted to killing her baby,

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and they copped a plea with her and allowed her

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to plead to manslaughter. That's crazy to me.

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What are you doing? You're taking pictures during labor, which

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sounds selfish to me. It's about you, right? I'm in labor.

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Look at these photos. And then you have the baby,

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kill the baby, disregard it now because it's not about

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you anymore. And then order McDonald's.

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Cold.

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So cold. I just think intrinsically in all of us

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that the desire to protect children is something that the

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average person believes in. We protect our children. We protect

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our elderly. And we definitely protect our disabled. And she

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purposefully killed this baby. This baby, after carrying it, I

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can't understand what happened here. Well, of course not. It's murder.

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But then we give a plea deal to this. If

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that baby would have lived for 15 more years, let's

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just say, and that baby was 15 years old and

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she strangled him, she'd go to prison for the rest

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of her life. But because he's... just a few minutes

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old and no one got to know his personality and

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no one got to hold him and no one got

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to name him, then we cop a deal? Is that

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where we are in society? I don't understand the plea deal.

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I don't get it now. I will say this. I

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didn't get to watch a trial. I didn't get to mitigate.

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I'm not saying it's right. I'm not saying it's right.

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I'm not saying it's right ever, ever. I'm not never

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saying it's right. But I've got to wonder why the

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prosecutors were willing to do this and give such a

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low Penalty for it. What could be the factor there,

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the mitigating factor there that they thought that that was

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because she was indicted? I mean, I don't know, man.

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It seems like you would have won the case if

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you would have not copped the deal. So was this

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just to get a win for the prosecution and so

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they can have that conviction under their belt or? If

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I'm being honest, it's probably this. It's probably that she

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had no criminal record. It's a tragedy. It's horrific. But

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because she's this young, pretty little girl that they're willing

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to give her this deal, they get the conviction and

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they don't think that she's a threat to the rest

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of society. If I had to guess, I know that's

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very blunt what I'm saying right now. Off the cuff,

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that's probably why they gave her the deal that she

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wasn't this thug killing other people. But again, it doesn't equate.

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It doesn't make sense. Right. It does not make sense.

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And if she would have had a criminal record, if

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she would have been a drug addict, if she would

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have been out there, Casey Anthony being a hussy out

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there on the streets, I don't think that would have

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gone that way. I'm telling you, I think that her

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image is what helped her out here, and I don't

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get it.

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I'm sure that helped, but you want to discourage– shit

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like that.

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Oh, yeah.

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You don't want to reward people with light sentences.

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That's nothing. Fifteen years is nothing.

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Man, she'll serve half that.

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Yeah.

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She'll be out by the time she's 25 or whatever.

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Yeah.

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It's crazy.

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All right. So we're going to lighten it up a

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little bit.

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Okay.

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And we're going to go ahead and do that contest.

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Oh, gosh.

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And we're going to test KJ's knowledge of Dolly Parton.

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I feel so much pressure right now.

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And y'all play along with this. And it's going to

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be 10 questions, and we'll go ahead and start them off.

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And I'm going to give you multiple choice, Kelly, so

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I'll make.

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It even easier for you. Ooh, a 25% chance of

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getting it right.

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That's right. So where was Dolly Parton born? A, Nashville, Tennessee. B, Sevierville, Tennessee. C, Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Or D, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

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Well, that sucks because I was thinking she was from Oklahoma.

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Try it again. Give it to me.

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Nashville, Sevierville, Knoxville, and Gatlinburg. Don't tell me you don't

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know that one.

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I mean, Knoxville? Is it Sevier?

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Sevierville.

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Ah, that was my first guess.

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I've been there many times.

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That was my first guess, and I didn't go with

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my gut.

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Sevierville, Tennessee. You've never been in that area?

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No.

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You've never been to Gatlinburg, Sevierville, Smoky Mountains?

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Yeah, I've been to Gatlinburg.

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That's all the same area.

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Okay, well, I don't know geography.

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What is Dolly Parton's full birth name? A, Dolly Rebecca Parton, B,

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Dolly Jean Parton, C, Dolly Ann Parton, or D, Dolly

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May Parton?

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Rebecca.

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You're right. That was a total guess.

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I could tell. No, it wasn't. I heard the statement

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her nephew said.

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Dolly Rebecca Parton.

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All right.

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Which of these is one of Dolly's signature early hit

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songs that she wrote herself? A, I Will Always Love You. B, Jolene. C,

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9 to 5. Or D, All of the Above.

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All of the Above. She wrote Jolene because it was

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about a banker that she thought was flirting with her husband.

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I Will Always Love You was about Johnny Carson. And

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then what was the other one?

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What?

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For the Johnny Carson show.

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It was about Johnny? It was not about Johnny Carson.

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You want to make a bet? She was married.

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No, no, no, no.

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Not like love, like they were friends. Oh, okay. When

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the show was ending, I believe it was about the

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Johnny Carson show.

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I'll have to fact check that one.

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Fact check it.

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And then nine to five.

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Yeah, work and nine to eight. She wrote all of them.

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Right.

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Yay, okay.

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Okay. So all of the above.

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Do I get bonus for the- No.

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For the- Forgetting to write? Why would you get a bonus.

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For forgetting to write?

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Because I knew more. No, I didn't ask you that.

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In what year did Dolly Parton release her hit song

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9 to 5? 1975, 1980, 1985, or 1990?

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75.

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Wrong. 1980. So you're already down to 80%.

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The listeners are so mad at me right now.

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Let me get to the next one. What is the

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name of Dolly's theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee? A.

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Dollywood.

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Will you let me read the choices? A. Dollywood. B. Partonwood. C.

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Dolly Partonwood. Or D. Smoky Mountain Dolly.

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Dollywood.

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That's correct.

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Yes! We're back in it.

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Which major program did Dolly create to send free books

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to children from birth until they start school? A. Dolly's

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Kid Foundation. B. Imagination Library. C, Book Angels or D,

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Reading Rainbow Partners?

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Imagination Library.

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That's correct.

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Yes!

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Did you guess at that?

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No, I knew that.

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Dolly Parton and which famous singer recorded the classic duet

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Islands in the Stream? A, Willie Nelson. Kenny Rogers. B,

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Kenny Rogers. Will you let me get through? I feel smart. C,

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Johnny Cash. Yeah, but the people are playing along here. Oh,

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my bad, everybody. C, Johnny Cash or D, Porter Wagner?

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Let me think about it.

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You already answered Kenny Rogers. Okay. All right. Next one.

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In what 1989 comedy drama film did Dolly Parton star

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alongside Julia Roberts? B, 9 to 5. C, The Best

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Little Whorehouse in Texas. D, Rhinestone.

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Or A, Steel Magnolias. A, Steel Magnolias.

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Right.

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That one was so easy. I tried to switch up

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the alphabet to try to confuse you.

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Hit her, Malin.

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All right. How many Grammy Awards has Dolly Parton won?

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Oh, my God.

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Here we go. A, 5.

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B, 8, C, 11, or D, 14?

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How many Grammys has she won?

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Yes. 5, 8, 11, or 14? I mean, just take

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a shot.

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11. You don't know. 11.

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You're correct.

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Ah!

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So it comes all down to this. If you get

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this right, you will be at 80% and I will

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donate $ 200 to the Casey Frankoski Memorial Fund.

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Will you tell the people what that fund is real quick?

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I will when we're done.

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Oh, okay.

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So true or false, Dolly Parton once turned down an

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offer to have a section of the interstate highway system

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named after her. You got a 50% shot at getting

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this right.

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True.

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You're correct. So you got 80% right. which means I'm

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going to donate $ 200 to the Casey Frankoski Memorial Fund. Now,

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the mission of that fund is to honor Casey's life

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and legacy by supporting veterans, military families, first responders, and

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community initiatives that reflect the value she lived by, service, courage,

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and compassion. And you can visit it at CaseyFrankoskiMemorialFund.org. I'll

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link it in the description of this podcast. And through

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the donations, and community partnerships. That fund provides scholarships to

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New York State residents who demonstrate a commitment to public service,

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the armed forces, and or emergency management services. The fund

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also provides direct or indirect financial assistance to individuals in

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need who have shown dedication to public service, emergency management,

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armed forces, or other charitable organizations. Of course, Casey Frankosky's

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Lunt is a huge fan of this show. I've done

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a podcast specifically on Casey Fernkoski. She was killed along

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with several others in a horrific helicopter crash defending our

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southern border. So $ 200 is headed their way for me.

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If you'd like to check it out, you can do

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so as well.

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Please do that. But I just want to say, first

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of all, thank you so much to Casey and her

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family for her her service and for giving the ultimate

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sacrifice for all of us. But secondly, I'd like to

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say thank you to my mom for instilling the Dolly

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Parton values in me that she did today. And I'm

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so excited.

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Even though she didn't even know where she was born.

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I'm sorry. Sevierville! I knew it was Sevierville, but I

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went with my second choice.

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All right, let's go to Springfield, Louisiana for our next story.

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And we're going to tell you about a longtime bakery

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here in Livingston Parish known for its king cakes and pastries,

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And the fact that it was operating as a drug

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and firearm distribution hub, this according to the Livingston-Payers Sheriff's Office.

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On August 12th, agents with the Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division

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assisting the Louisiana State Fire Marshal, they executed a search warrant.

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At Navarre's Pastries in Springfield, Louisiana, investigators said they uncovered

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a distribution operation involving multiple narcotics and a large cache

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of weapons. Sheriff Jason Ord said agents found cocaine. MDMA,

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which is ecstasy, Adderall, and other controlled substances at this

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popular bakery. Seized items include approximately 42.8 grams of cocaine,

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about 200 doses of suspected MDMA, roughly 394 doses of Adderall,

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smaller amounts of Vyvanse and Xanax. Also, they had anabolic steroids,

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along with related paraphernalia. They recovered 52 firearms and $ 3, 500

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00:22:54.720 --> 00:23:00.089
in cash. Jules Navarre, 43, of Springfield, was arrested. He

468
00:23:00.150 --> 00:23:05.309
faces 62 charges, including 52 counts of possessing a firearm

469
00:23:05.329 --> 00:23:09.509
and And his bomb was set at more than $ 3 million.

470
00:23:09.950 --> 00:23:12.930
He is the son of the bakery's founder, Ernie Navarre,

471
00:23:13.009 --> 00:23:16.579
a Springfield native who was widely known in the community

472
00:23:16.630 --> 00:23:21.400
as the Donut King. He died in 2025. The elder

473
00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:26.619
Navarre began his pastry business way back in a meet

474
00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:31.359
in 1972 as Ernie's Donut King, later operating at what's

475
00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:35.279
known as the River Stop in Springfield. before opening Navarre's

476
00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:39.430
Pastries next door. The shop has been a longtime local

477
00:23:39.490 --> 00:23:45.109
favorite for king cakes, and the investigation remains ongoing. But

478
00:23:45.130 --> 00:23:48.839
it does explain how I ate several of their king

479
00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:50.539
cakes and gained 20 pounds of muscle.

480
00:23:51.569 --> 00:23:51.910
I mean, what?

481
00:23:51.930 --> 00:23:52.690
Couldn't figure that out.

482
00:23:52.769 --> 00:23:54.930
You didn't know. That's what it was. You were just.

483
00:23:55.210 --> 00:23:58.650
He had anabolic steroids in him. I should have known.

484
00:23:58.690 --> 00:24:01.430
Hey, look, new Louisiana thing we should start. Y'all know

485
00:24:01.470 --> 00:24:03.019
we love our king cakes. And when they put that

486
00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:05.039
king cake baby in there, maybe they could just shove

487
00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:07.920
a bullet in it because they're arms dealers now. Lots

488
00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:12.319
of businesses arguably probably do operate as a front for

489
00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:15.079
things like this. They just don't get busted in small

490
00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:17.000
areas like right here by our house. We're not used

491
00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.759
to that kind of stuff.

492
00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:20.490
Well, this was a family business, too, and his poor

493
00:24:20.549 --> 00:24:24.099
daddy died. opened this, you know, did so good, his

494
00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:27.460
whole life running his business, his son takes it over

495
00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:29.799
after he passes. And that's what happens.

496
00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:31.960
And that's going to destroy the entire legacy of that

497
00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:33.799
business that he built from the ground up.

498
00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.759
I think it's horrible.

499
00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.039
Yeah.

500
00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:39.099
All right, let's go to Massachusetts. And this one's turned

501
00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:41.859
out pretty wild. So the body of Karen Solomon, a

502
00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:44.660
woman suspected in the death of her husband, Kurt Solomon,

503
00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:49.329
has been located. Karen's body was discovered in behind Fairlawn

504
00:24:49.410 --> 00:24:54.029
Rehabilitation Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts. This was around 1 p.m.

505
00:24:54.450 --> 00:24:57.819
on Monday, August the 24th. Two employees at the facility

506
00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:59.660
were on a walk when they found her body in

507
00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:02.559
the woods. A handgun was recovered near the body, and

508
00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:06.940
that's according to the chief Paul Sochet during a news conference.

509
00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:10.230
The discovery comes less than a week after authorities began

510
00:25:10.269 --> 00:25:12.819
a search for Karen and alleging that she was connected

511
00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:14.960
to the death of her husband, who was a veteran

512
00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:18.019
police patrolman. Kurt was found dead on the morning of

513
00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:22.299
August 18th. She was 58 and he was 57. Soche

514
00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:25.839
said that the deaths were believed to be a tragic murder-suicide.

515
00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:29.119
During the news conference, Soche shared a statement from members

516
00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:31.960
of the Solomon family who said that they were heartbroken

517
00:25:32.109 --> 00:25:36.289
and rudderless amid this nightmare. The compassion, dedication and empathy

518
00:25:36.329 --> 00:25:39.329
of all agencies involved have given us light in face

519
00:25:39.430 --> 00:25:42.730
of darkness. So she said this reading the statement. And

520
00:25:42.789 --> 00:25:45.009
then there was another quote there. The selflessness of those

521
00:25:45.049 --> 00:25:47.950
who have helped us weather the storm cannot be expressed

522
00:25:47.990 --> 00:25:51.509
in simple words. Following the discovery of Kurt's body, Karen

523
00:25:51.529 --> 00:25:55.009
was named as a suspect in his death. The police

524
00:25:55.029 --> 00:25:57.130
department said at the time that she was presumed to

525
00:25:57.170 --> 00:26:01.660
be armed and dangerous. The police department initial written alert

526
00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:03.940
said that there was concern she may be armed. The

527
00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:06.660
details of Kurt's death have remained private, with Soche saying

528
00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:11.339
that domestic violence laws prevent the police from sharing more information. However,

529
00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:14.710
it was clarified that the Solomon family did not have

530
00:26:14.930 --> 00:26:19.230
any history of domestic abuse. Authorities also shared that other

531
00:26:19.269 --> 00:26:21.490
people were at the home at the time of Kurt's death.

532
00:26:21.869 --> 00:26:26.049
Kurt was a 31-year veteran of the Worcester Police Department.

533
00:26:26.130 --> 00:26:30.099
Karen co-founded Soche. First H-E-L-P, it's like the initials for

534
00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:33.369
Help First Help, which was an organization dedicated to reducing

535
00:26:33.410 --> 00:26:37.650
the stigma surrounding mental health among police and other first responders.

536
00:26:37.970 --> 00:26:41.089
The organization also supports first responders and their families and

537
00:26:41.170 --> 00:26:44.630
honors those who have died by suicide. She also lobbied

538
00:26:44.670 --> 00:26:50.769
for the Public Safety Officer Support Act. According to The Times,

539
00:26:50.829 --> 00:26:54.150
the legislation, which was passed back in 2022, expanded a

540
00:26:54.210 --> 00:26:57.670
federal benefits program to cover mental health injuries and deaths

541
00:26:57.730 --> 00:27:01.390
by suicide for first responders. The act also detailed that

542
00:27:01.470 --> 00:27:04.920
stress caused by exposure to one or more traumatic events

543
00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:08.619
while on duty is considered a personal injury in the

544
00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:11.509
line of duty. First Help issued a statement on August

545
00:27:11.630 --> 00:27:15.029
22nd saying no words can adequately convey the depth of

546
00:27:15.109 --> 00:27:17.190
grief surrounding this tragedy.

547
00:27:17.630 --> 00:27:21.839
Really crazy story because of what this lady did and

548
00:27:21.930 --> 00:27:27.400
made her life was exactly the opposite of what she

549
00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:31.119
ended up doing. You know, first of all, you murdered

550
00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:37.380
somebody and then tragically commit suicide. And your whole life

551
00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:42.579
you spent basically in suicide awareness for officers and first

552
00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:45.880
responders that are so troubled with things that they see

553
00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:51.470
every day that would totally shake the normal everyday person.

554
00:27:51.549 --> 00:27:51.809
Yeah.

555
00:27:51.910 --> 00:27:54.490
And so not to take away from the bad that

556
00:27:54.549 --> 00:27:56.670
she did, but the good here that was done is

557
00:27:56.789 --> 00:28:02.250
actually quite great, what she was working towards. Because Police

558
00:28:02.309 --> 00:28:06.490
officers see more in a year in terms of trauma-related

559
00:28:06.549 --> 00:28:08.930
events than most people would see in their entire lives.

560
00:28:08.970 --> 00:28:11.190
And so there's a lot to this. But what in

561
00:28:11.230 --> 00:28:14.230
the world had her going to kill her husband in

562
00:28:14.269 --> 00:28:15.329
the first place? Do we know?

563
00:28:15.349 --> 00:28:19.849
I mean, obviously, she snapped. Yeah. Something. No, we don't know, Kelly.

564
00:28:19.869 --> 00:28:22.670
Yeah. Geez.

565
00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:25.160
Nothing. Nothing could justify that.

566
00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:27.880
No, not at all. And it's weird to end your

567
00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:30.859
life and everything to end the complete antithesis of what

568
00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:33.920
both of you stood for, him for 30-something years in

569
00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:36.140
that line of duty, and then the way she went out.

570
00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.460
Yeah.

571
00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:40.880
Wow. All right. You like Kenny Chesney? You a Kenny

572
00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.559
Chesney fan?

573
00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:43.710
I used to. I kind of fell off that wagon.

574
00:28:43.730 --> 00:28:46.309
Man, I love Kenny Chesney. He's got I don't know

575
00:28:46.349 --> 00:28:50.089
how many number one hits. Always liked him since he

576
00:28:50.150 --> 00:28:54.339
first came out. into music. And I can't remember if

577
00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:56.859
I brought you this story on another podcast I used

578
00:28:56.880 --> 00:29:00.380
to cover or this one, but we're going to talk

579
00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:02.910
about it because there's an update on it. And if

580
00:29:02.950 --> 00:29:06.109
I'm not mistaken, we brought you this story on this

581
00:29:06.210 --> 00:29:10.170
particular podcast, but I'm going to tell you about it anyway.

582
00:29:10.190 --> 00:29:12.299
I'm going to give a refresher for those out there

583
00:29:12.390 --> 00:29:15.690
that may have not been listening at that point. And

584
00:29:15.730 --> 00:29:18.309
that is, it all starts with a California woman who

585
00:29:18.349 --> 00:29:23.990
was scammed out of more than $ 300, 000 by someone impersonating

586
00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:28.119
country music star Kenny Chesney. Oh my gosh. $ 300, 000. Well,

587
00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:32.720
she's lost her legal bid to hold the real singer responsible.

588
00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:36.700
So here's what happened. A woman named Patricia Lenson, she

589
00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:41.390
was contacted way back in February of 2021 by a man,

590
00:29:41.890 --> 00:29:44.349
and he claimed to be Kenny Chesney. He contacts her.

591
00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:49.309
The impersonator said he was facing financial difficulties, and that

592
00:29:49.329 --> 00:29:51.410
should have been your first clue, and needed money for

593
00:29:51.490 --> 00:29:56.390
things like appearing at the CMT Awards, repairing damaged instruments,

594
00:29:56.490 --> 00:30:00.390
creating music videos, and covering other business calls. He literally

595
00:30:00.630 --> 00:30:03.220
calls this chick out of the blue and tells her that. Now,

596
00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:06.779
according to Linson, the scammer convinced her of his identity

597
00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:10.799
by sharing details of about upcoming tours and releases that

598
00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:14.140
had not been yet made public. In April of 2021,

599
00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:18.500
Linson agrees to loan this guy, saying he's Kenny Chesney,

600
00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:23.940
more than $ 300, 000, which the impersonator promised to repay within

601
00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:27.059
just a few months. She was directed to send the

602
00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:31.099
funds to... Nairi Apalian.

603
00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.200
Oh, my God.

604
00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:35.009
That's the best pronunciation I'm going to come up with.

605
00:30:35.549 --> 00:30:39.710
But anytime someone tells you to send something to somewhere

606
00:30:39.730 --> 00:30:43.569
you can't pronounce, that's probably a good indication it's bullshit.

607
00:30:43.630 --> 00:30:45.890
Wait a minute. Are you telling me that that prince

608
00:30:45.910 --> 00:30:48.470
that contacted me is lying to me right now via email?

609
00:30:49.329 --> 00:30:50.849
All the money he's asking me to send? The prince

610
00:30:50.990 --> 00:30:53.990
is dead. No, not prince. A prince. Oh.

611
00:30:54.509 --> 00:30:57.630
A prince. A prince. I'm like, yeah, it's definitely a

612
00:30:57.650 --> 00:31:00.880
scam because he's no longer alive. Anyway, back to the story.

613
00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:07.819
The scammer described as Chesney's partner and basically told her, look,

614
00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:12.710
I need you to transfer up to $ 310, 000. And, of course,

615
00:31:12.849 --> 00:31:16.430
she went ahead and did that. And she figures out

616
00:31:16.529 --> 00:31:20.569
this is all bullshit. I'm getting scammed here because they

617
00:31:20.589 --> 00:31:23.230
never hooked up. They never went out on a date

618
00:31:23.269 --> 00:31:25.630
or any of these things that she thought were going

619
00:31:25.650 --> 00:31:28.539
to happen. So she comes up with another plan. She

620
00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:32.519
sues Kenny Chesney, the singer, because it's his fault.

621
00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:32.799
Right.

622
00:31:33.849 --> 00:31:37.630
So she files this lawsuit and she said she felt

623
00:31:37.730 --> 00:31:41.950
that Kenny Chesney may have leaked confidential business information to

624
00:31:42.009 --> 00:31:42.910
this scammer.

625
00:31:43.009 --> 00:31:43.329
Right.

626
00:31:43.670 --> 00:31:49.380
Who then made the scammer appear legitimate. And so that's

627
00:31:49.430 --> 00:31:51.500
why she got scammed out all that money. Of course,

628
00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:57.599
that's all ridiculous. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge basically said, yeah, definitely.

629
00:31:58.259 --> 00:32:02.359
That didn't happen. And dismissed her lawsuit to try to

630
00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:07.230
get $ 300, 000 out of Kenny Chesney. So she's ordered also

631
00:32:07.329 --> 00:32:14.160
to pay the singer's expenses, legal expenses related to the appeal. Look,

632
00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:17.450
this can't be a stupid person. I mean, they definitely

633
00:32:17.490 --> 00:32:23.269
did a stupid thing here. But if you got $ 300, 000

634
00:32:21.430 --> 00:32:24.849
laying around, you've done something in life to earn that

635
00:32:24.930 --> 00:32:29.539
money that you're probably a sharp individual in some respects.

636
00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:33.670
But come on, man. Really? Kenny Chesney going to call

637
00:32:33.690 --> 00:32:35.430
you out of the blue and ask you for money?

638
00:32:35.509 --> 00:32:39.029
Listen, I really, my heart always lies with victims of

639
00:32:39.150 --> 00:32:42.089
crimes because, you know, they didn't do anything. They're just

640
00:32:42.130 --> 00:32:46.990
victims here. But ma'am, you walked right into this one.

641
00:32:47.269 --> 00:32:50.710
And she's still a victim, but then she turns around

642
00:32:50.730 --> 00:32:53.180
and sees Kenny Chesney. And I got a problem with that.

643
00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:55.539
You know, just take it on the chin, man.

644
00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:55.700
Yeah.

645
00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.359
Yeah.

646
00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:59.380
Ma'am, why did you spend your money off to someone that,

647
00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:02.259
even if it was Kenny Chesney, if George Clooney reaches

648
00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.740
out to me and is like, Kelly, never met you

649
00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:06.019
before a day in my life, but I'm in financial trouble.

650
00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:08.180
Send me some money. I'm not going to be like, okay, George.

651
00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.660
Like, what the hell?

652
00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.200
Right.

653
00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:12.279
I barely loan money to my friend. I'm just kidding.

654
00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:14.299
I will if they're in danger or need. But, like,

655
00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:17.180
that's crazy. That's dumb. That's dumb.

656
00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:17.839
Yeah.

657
00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:21.450
Well. But my heart's with you, ma'am. Hope you recoup

658
00:33:21.470 --> 00:33:26.579
your funds through not suing someone. That's bad. OK, let's

659
00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:32.400
go to Charlotte, North Carolina. The family of Irina Zarutska,

660
00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:37.329
the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on that Charlotte light

661
00:33:37.390 --> 00:33:40.589
rail train last year, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit

662
00:33:40.650 --> 00:33:44.490
against the city of Charlotte and its private transit security contractor,

663
00:33:44.869 --> 00:33:48.349
alleging systemic failures that led or that may have made

664
00:33:48.450 --> 00:33:52.069
her death preventable. The suit was filed in Mecklenburg County

665
00:33:52.089 --> 00:33:56.220
Superior Court by Zarutska's uncle. His name is Frank Haskell.

666
00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:59.440
One day before the one-year anniversary of her killing, it

667
00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:02.920
names the city of Charlotte and Professional Security Services, also

668
00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:07.289
referred to as Professional Police Services, Inc., or PSS. The

669
00:34:07.329 --> 00:34:11.909
company contracted to provide security for the Charlotte Area Transit System,

670
00:34:11.969 --> 00:34:16.079
which is their CATS system. Zarutska was stabbed to death

671
00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:18.880
on August the 22nd of 25 while riding the Lynx

672
00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:22.019
Blue Line in Charlotte's South End neighborhood as she headed

673
00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:25.079
home from work. She had fled the war in Ukraine

674
00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:28.380
and settled in the Charlotte area with her family. DeCarlos

675
00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:31.199
Brown Jr. is charged in her death. He has a

676
00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:34.159
lengthy criminal record and a federal judge ruled in June

677
00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:36.739
of 26 that he was not competent to stand trial

678
00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:39.760
due to mental illness. He was ordered into a treatment

679
00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:44.280
program aimed at resorting or restoring his capacity. The lawsuit

680
00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:47.199
claims the city and PSS knew of ongoing safety and

681
00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:50.059
crime problems in and around the light rail system, yet

682
00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:54.050
failed to take responsible steps to protect its passengers. It

683
00:34:54.090 --> 00:34:59.050
alleges inadequate security staffing, a lack of physical barriers or turnstiles,

684
00:34:59.289 --> 00:35:04.369
and insufficient fare enforcement that allowed non-ticketed individuals to board freely.

685
00:35:04.730 --> 00:35:07.840
According to the complaint, the contract with PSS budgeted for

686
00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:12.230
219 security positions and and up to 39 armed guards

687
00:35:12.289 --> 00:35:15.219
for the relevant period. But the company had only about

688
00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:19.139
183 personnel and 11 armed guards at the time of

689
00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:22.309
the attack. The suit further states no security guard was

690
00:35:22.349 --> 00:35:26.099
aboard the train when Zarutska was killed. It argues violent

691
00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:30.260
crime on the system was foreseeable and that basic measures

692
00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:33.860
such as fare checks, barriers, or proper staffing could have

693
00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:37.420
prevented the stabbing. This case arises from the preventable death

694
00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:41.480
of Ms. Zarutska. The complaint states the defendants were responsible

695
00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:45.989
for protecting lawful passengers from known and foreseeable dangers. It continues,

696
00:35:46.369 --> 00:35:50.269
their failures caused the fatal stabbing. Attorney Laura Newton, representing

697
00:35:50.309 --> 00:35:52.889
the family and the estate, has said the lawsuit seeks

698
00:35:52.929 --> 00:35:57.010
accountability and transparency beyond the criminal case. The family is

699
00:35:57.050 --> 00:36:02.010
requesting a jury trial and damages of $ 175, 000. Punitive damages

700
00:36:02.210 --> 00:36:06.090
are sought against PSS, but not against the city. Newton

701
00:36:06.130 --> 00:36:09.610
has emphasized public safety concerns, noting that the suit aims

702
00:36:09.690 --> 00:36:12.829
to address failures that allowed a fair-paying passenger to be

703
00:36:12.869 --> 00:36:16.000
killed on public transit and to push for stronger security

704
00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:20.360
measures so similar tragedies do not occur. Zarutska's killing drew

705
00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:24.400
national and international attention, prompted a lot of scrutiny of

706
00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:27.989
Kat's security practices, and contributed to legislative changes in North

707
00:36:28.010 --> 00:36:33.809
Carolina known as Irena's Law, which is tightening pretrial release

708
00:36:33.869 --> 00:36:37.630
rules for repeat offenders and expanded mental health evaluation requirements.

709
00:36:38.070 --> 00:36:42.019
A recent state auditor's report also highlighted gaps in fare enforcement,

710
00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:46.150
physical access controls, and security on the system. The city

711
00:36:46.170 --> 00:36:48.590
of Charlotte has not publicly detailed a response to the

712
00:36:48.610 --> 00:36:51.860
new lawsuit in available reporting. The criminal case against Brown

713
00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:55.420
remains separate and ongoing pending a competency hearing.

714
00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:58.500
Yeah, and there's some of that I agree with and

715
00:36:58.559 --> 00:37:02.199
some of that I don't. Obviously, the full, you know,

716
00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:05.750
the main responsibility of all this is the asshole that

717
00:37:05.789 --> 00:37:08.590
stabbed her to death out of the clear blue when

718
00:37:08.630 --> 00:37:12.059
this poor girl was doing nothing. I do think that

719
00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:15.690
the city holds some responsibility if there was a lack

720
00:37:15.809 --> 00:37:21.269
of security there and it was a known dangerous transit

721
00:37:21.349 --> 00:37:26.699
system and they're not providing any sort of safe mechanisms

722
00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:30.440
for public transportation. They've got to be held liable for

723
00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:33.519
some of that. Would it have prevented what happened? Maybe,

724
00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:38.679
maybe not. Certainly that guy is ultimately responsible for that

725
00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:42.159
we all saw on the video. But I do agree that,

726
00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:44.679
and you know, it's sad, but sometimes you've got to

727
00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:47.269
hit them financially to make them actually care enough to

728
00:37:47.289 --> 00:37:48.170
do something about it.

729
00:37:48.309 --> 00:37:50.269
I think that the amount that they are going after

730
00:37:50.309 --> 00:37:54.309
is a very reasonable amount, too. I mean, $ 175, 000, I

731
00:37:54.349 --> 00:37:57.130
find to be extremely reasonable.

732
00:37:57.570 --> 00:38:00.599
Because they're going to negotiate down. Yeah.

733
00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:03.780
And so, first of all, that tells me that there's

734
00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:05.940
a level of reasonableness in what these people are doing.

735
00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:08.780
I think they really do want to see something change.

736
00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:11.280
But I agree because if he did not pay for

737
00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:14.289
his ticket and got on this transit system, which I

738
00:38:14.309 --> 00:38:15.690
don't know one way or the other if he didn't,

739
00:38:15.710 --> 00:38:17.969
but they keep bringing that up. But if you buy

740
00:38:18.010 --> 00:38:21.630
a ticket for a transit system, I have this belief

741
00:38:21.750 --> 00:38:23.670
that what I am paying for is not just the

742
00:38:23.710 --> 00:38:25.789
transportation in and of itself, but that it's going to

743
00:38:25.829 --> 00:38:27.469
be safe and it's going to be up to code

744
00:38:27.510 --> 00:38:30.849
and that there's going to be some sort of rule

745
00:38:30.889 --> 00:38:33.960
and regulation to what's happening. So if you're selling me

746
00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:35.500
the ticket and it's just to get me from point

747
00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:38.420
A to B, I think that's lacking because like when

748
00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:40.219
you go to a football game in a big stadium,

749
00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:42.940
the ticket is going to grant you access, but it

750
00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:45.909
doesn't mean that you just get, there's just free reign

751
00:38:45.989 --> 00:38:48.630
within the stadium. There's rules and there's regulations and there's

752
00:38:48.650 --> 00:38:52.329
safety and, and protocol in place. And so if he

753
00:38:52.349 --> 00:38:54.730
did not pay for that ticket, I totally understand why

754
00:38:54.769 --> 00:38:57.139
they're saying, if you would have better vetted this and

755
00:38:57.159 --> 00:39:00.420
you would have enforced access to this train and And

756
00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:03.380
then you could cut down on these people with mental

757
00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:05.539
health issues that may be jumping the train or getting

758
00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:07.980
the free rides. And then it results in someone's death.

759
00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:11.260
But it could. And, you know, in this case, if

760
00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:13.719
he sneaks on, he sneaks on. I mean, if you've

761
00:39:13.739 --> 00:39:16.860
got nine cops on the train, people still can manage

762
00:39:16.929 --> 00:39:21.869
to sneak on. But apparently they had no security at all.

763
00:39:22.349 --> 00:39:24.670
And I think that's the biggest issue is they're not

764
00:39:24.750 --> 00:39:29.469
providing any sort of security. So we'll see how that

765
00:39:29.530 --> 00:39:33.619
turns out. But, you know, lawsuits, sometimes I look at

766
00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:36.460
those and depending on the situation, I don't agree with it.

767
00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:37.920
This would be one I agree with.

768
00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:39.590
I'm with the family on that one.

769
00:39:39.869 --> 00:39:43.949
All right. Let's go to the true crime time machine. Okay.

770
00:39:44.769 --> 00:39:46.610
All right, so we're going to go to August 28th

771
00:39:46.650 --> 00:39:50.210
of 2003, exactly 23 years ago, and I'm going to

772
00:39:50.230 --> 00:39:55.590
take you to a quiet pizza delivery driver from Erie, Pennsylvania,

773
00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:58.460
who became the central figure in one of the most

774
00:39:58.559 --> 00:40:03.440
bizarre and closely watched crimes in American history. Brian Wells,

775
00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:08.340
who was 46, left Mamma Mia's Pizzeria... That afternoon, to

776
00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:13.320
deliver two sausage and pepperoni pizzas to an address near

777
00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:17.860
a television transmission tower on the outskirts of Erie. And

778
00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:21.570
I know, that sounds crazy, right? Instead of completing a

779
00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:25.389
routine delivery, he ended up walking into a PNC bank

780
00:40:25.449 --> 00:40:29.829
branch with a homemade bomb locked around his neck, armed

781
00:40:29.869 --> 00:40:40.789
with a cane-shaped shotgun and a detailed multi-page note demanding $ 250, 000.

782
00:40:37.110 --> 00:40:39.489
He handed the note to the teller, and he actually

783
00:40:39.570 --> 00:40:44.809
left with $ 8, 700. Police stopped him a short distance away

784
00:40:44.849 --> 00:40:47.860
in a nearby parking lot. He told officers that he

785
00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:50.980
had been forced to rob the bank, and the device

786
00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:54.619
around his neck was real in time to explode. So

787
00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:59.179
local television cameras, they find out about this quick. They're rolling.

788
00:40:59.320 --> 00:41:02.829
A bomb squad goes to the scene, and the device

789
00:41:03.150 --> 00:41:07.909
actually detonated at 3.18 p.m. which was 40 minutes after

790
00:41:07.949 --> 00:41:12.619
the robbery in just minutes before bomb specialists arrived. The

791
00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:18.099
explosion killed Wells, obviously, almost instantly. blasting a hole into

792
00:41:18.139 --> 00:41:22.079
his chest as he sat handcuffed on the pavement. What

793
00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:28.289
initially appeared to be a forced hostage situation quickly unraveled, obviously,

794
00:41:28.369 --> 00:41:34.130
and investigators recovered detailed handwritten instructions from this dude's car,

795
00:41:34.610 --> 00:41:38.260
directing him on a scavenger hunt to collect keys and

796
00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:42.280
codes that would disarm the collar bomb. The plot involved

797
00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:48.820
multiple conspirators and their names were Marjorie Armstrong, William Rothstein,

798
00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:53.150
and Kenneth Barnes. Federal authorities determined later that Wells had

799
00:41:53.170 --> 00:41:56.789
been involved in the planning to a limited extent. He

800
00:41:56.849 --> 00:41:59.590
believed the bomb was a prop. He didn't know it

801
00:41:59.630 --> 00:42:03.400
was real. Others in the group intended for the device

802
00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:07.400
to kill him. Armstrong was eventually convicted and sentenced to

803
00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:10.429
life for her role in the scheme, and she died

804
00:42:10.469 --> 00:42:15.420
in prison in 2017. Rothstein died before he could ever

805
00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:19.420
be charged, and Barnes got a reduced sentence after cooperating.

806
00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:22.900
The case is often called the collar bomb or pizza

807
00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:27.130
bomber case. It baffled the public and law enforcement for years,

808
00:42:27.550 --> 00:42:31.130
and there's been extensive media coverage on this. There's a

809
00:42:31.210 --> 00:42:36.690
great Netflix documentary actually called Evil Genius, the true story

810
00:42:36.710 --> 00:42:41.719
of America's most diabolical bank heist. And more than two

811
00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:47.070
decades later, this event is a striking example of how

812
00:42:47.210 --> 00:42:51.550
ordinary circumstances can spiral into one of the strangest crimes

813
00:42:51.610 --> 00:42:52.750
in FBI history.

814
00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:57.300
You got to be careful who you play games with. And,

815
00:42:57.360 --> 00:43:00.920
you know, he's both a victim and a suspect at

816
00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:04.119
the same time, which makes this weird. Because to a

817
00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:06.360
limited extent, right? He thought he was going to do

818
00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:07.599
this and maybe get some money.

819
00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:08.659
He thought it was a fake bomb.

820
00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:10.219
He thought it was fake and he thought he was

821
00:43:10.260 --> 00:43:14.179
going to do this. And, you know, these people go

822
00:43:14.219 --> 00:43:16.559
behind his back and they're really going to kill him.

823
00:43:16.969 --> 00:43:19.650
And I remember watching that bomb go off. I've watched

824
00:43:19.690 --> 00:43:20.860
the video. Have you watched it?

825
00:43:20.869 --> 00:43:21.389
I have seen it.

826
00:43:21.510 --> 00:43:21.710
Yeah.

827
00:43:21.929 --> 00:43:23.849
I watched the whole documentary on Netflix.

828
00:43:24.030 --> 00:43:27.469
I got you. And it's just devastating just to see somebody,

829
00:43:27.889 --> 00:43:29.610
I don't know, in that position. I don't like, even

830
00:43:29.630 --> 00:43:30.949
if you are a bad guy or even if you've

831
00:43:30.969 --> 00:43:33.590
made a bad decision. I still don't like seeing somebody

832
00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:36.400
that happened to them. And it's just wild that they

833
00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:39.659
were able to unravel it. Evil. That one's evil, too,

834
00:43:39.880 --> 00:43:40.179
right there.

835
00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:40.599
Very evil.

836
00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:43.840
All right, let's go to Illinois. And so this also

837
00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:46.900
had made big headlines, but it's kind of seeming to

838
00:43:46.940 --> 00:43:50.360
come to a conclusion here. Former Illinois Sheriff's Deputy Sean

839
00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:53.079
Grayson has died in prison less than one year after

840
00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:57.099
he was convicted in the 2024 fatal shooting of Sonia Massey.

841
00:43:57.510 --> 00:44:00.389
Grayson's attorney, Daniel Foltz, confirmed that Grayson died at the

842
00:44:00.469 --> 00:44:04.840
age of 32 around noon on August 23rd. Grayson died

843
00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:07.900
following a battle with colon cancer. He was diagnosed with

844
00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:11.119
stage 3 colon cancer in 2023. By the time he

845
00:44:11.139 --> 00:44:15.880
was sentenced in 2026, Grayson's cancer had progressed to maximum

846
00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:19.300
stage and spread to his liver, lungs, and rectum, so

847
00:44:19.340 --> 00:44:22.300
he was in pretty bad shape. Grayson was previously denied

848
00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:25.679
medical release by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board in July.

849
00:44:26.170 --> 00:44:29.010
And at that time, the legal team cited a 2022

850
00:44:29.010 --> 00:44:33.000
law in which individuals with a terminal illness or medical

851
00:44:33.079 --> 00:44:36.780
incapacitation could apply for an early release from prison. Prior

852
00:44:36.820 --> 00:44:39.739
to his death, Grayson was receiving medical treatment outside of

853
00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:43.469
Illinois Department of Corrections facility due to security and health concerns.

854
00:44:43.929 --> 00:44:47.369
Grayson was convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting Massey,

855
00:44:47.429 --> 00:44:51.070
a Black woman, inside of her home in July of 2024.

856
00:44:51.070 --> 00:44:55.119
Authorities reported to the home after she had called 911,

857
00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:59.329
to report a suspected prowler. Grayson, a white man, shot

858
00:44:59.369 --> 00:45:02.210
her three times during the visit, and he later claimed

859
00:45:02.289 --> 00:45:04.110
he was afraid she would throw a pot of boiling

860
00:45:04.150 --> 00:45:06.610
water on him after she had taken it off the stove.

861
00:45:07.389 --> 00:45:10.570
Grayson was sentenced in January of 2026 to serve 20

862
00:45:10.570 --> 00:45:13.920
years in prison. After his death was confirmed, Massey's family

863
00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:16.800
reacted to the news in a statement saying, quote, Sonia

864
00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:20.000
Massey's death was unjustifiable and she should be alive today.

865
00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:23.539
Sean Grayson's death in custody from cancer does not bring

866
00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:28.880
Sonia back. Attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci said on

867
00:45:28.900 --> 00:45:31.719
behalf of the family, we wish his family prayers of

868
00:45:31.820 --> 00:45:34.880
peace as we do for all who grieve a loved one.

869
00:45:35.219 --> 00:45:37.590
Sonia's family knows that pain all too well and will

870
00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:39.650
grieve her loss the rest of their days.

871
00:45:41.010 --> 00:45:43.130
Yeah, and everybody knows I'm not a fan of Ben

872
00:45:43.190 --> 00:45:48.090
Crump's by any way, shape, or form. But watching this video,

873
00:45:48.269 --> 00:45:53.780
I can see why this person's actions were found to

874
00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:56.949
not be justified. That's all I really have to say

875
00:45:56.969 --> 00:45:57.239
about it.

876
00:45:57.820 --> 00:45:58.050
Yeah.

877
00:45:58.320 --> 00:46:02.050
So, you know, I don't get into all the racial stuff.

878
00:46:02.070 --> 00:46:02.949
Yeah.

879
00:46:04.389 --> 00:46:06.090
I don't know what he had in his head. Did

880
00:46:06.130 --> 00:46:08.590
he believe she was really going to pour the boiling

881
00:46:08.670 --> 00:46:12.130
water on him? Only he could have answered that. But

882
00:46:13.150 --> 00:46:15.389
in the video, it didn't look justified to me.

883
00:46:16.090 --> 00:46:19.699
So I will say this. I don't think based on

884
00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:21.920
my set of knowledge that I have to date, which

885
00:46:21.980 --> 00:46:25.280
I have not extensively researched this one, but I don't

886
00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:29.119
find that he was a cop to be out there

887
00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:32.539
to hurt and injure people. When you're watching the video,

888
00:46:32.559 --> 00:46:35.619
I mean with malice, I don't know that that was

889
00:46:35.659 --> 00:46:38.630
his intention. Based on what I've seen, I do know

890
00:46:39.190 --> 00:46:43.630
that he fired on her. She was starting to scream,

891
00:46:43.690 --> 00:46:46.230
I rebuke you in the name of Jesus, I rebuke

892
00:46:46.269 --> 00:46:48.650
you in the name of Jesus. And early on in

893
00:46:48.690 --> 00:46:51.650
that video, he does ask her, how is your mental

894
00:46:51.710 --> 00:46:55.429
health doing? And so it seems to me, just based

895
00:46:55.469 --> 00:46:57.449
on the limited scope of knowledge that I have, that

896
00:46:57.510 --> 00:47:00.239
he may have had interaction with her prior to, or

897
00:47:00.659 --> 00:47:02.820
he knew that there may be mental health issues going

898
00:47:02.980 --> 00:47:06.460
into it. And I'm not convinced just on the limited

899
00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:08.880
scope that I have on this case, that that may

900
00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:10.760
not have played a role in why he jumped the

901
00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:13.900
gun so quick and was fast to shoot her. Because

902
00:47:14.300 --> 00:47:16.440
boiling water can do a lot of damage to you,

903
00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:19.519
I know it was two years ago. I remember we

904
00:47:19.539 --> 00:47:22.239
had a woman in Denham Springs that her ex threw

905
00:47:22.300 --> 00:47:26.340
boiling water on her. And I saw photos of skin

906
00:47:26.659 --> 00:47:30.829
gone and bloody arms and bloody face. Yeah. So I,

907
00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:35.309
you know, totality of circumstance matters in this one. What

908
00:47:35.369 --> 00:47:38.230
frustrates me with this case is that they always say, Sonia,

909
00:47:38.389 --> 00:47:41.590
a black woman. And, you know, Sean, a white man.

910
00:47:41.630 --> 00:47:44.789
They're trying to make this about race instead of about

911
00:47:45.349 --> 00:47:49.719
poor judgment and bad call and too quick to go

912
00:47:49.760 --> 00:47:52.550
with deadly force when there could have been other options available.

913
00:47:52.619 --> 00:47:54.570
And that, I think, is what frustrates me about this case.

914
00:47:54.889 --> 00:47:56.710
But I do want to end with this. I think

915
00:47:56.730 --> 00:48:01.309
that the statement that was given was actually quite nice

916
00:48:01.469 --> 00:48:03.829
by the family. I mean, they said, we wish his

917
00:48:03.889 --> 00:48:06.369
family prayers of peace as we do for all who

918
00:48:06.409 --> 00:48:08.289
grieve a loved one. And I thought that that actually

919
00:48:08.309 --> 00:48:11.289
was quite nice, the way that they worded that.

920
00:48:11.670 --> 00:48:11.889
Mm-hmm.

921
00:48:12.710 --> 00:48:15.150
All right, so let's go to Minnesota.

922
00:48:15.210 --> 00:48:15.329
Okay.

923
00:48:15.789 --> 00:48:17.550
And I'm going to tell you about a Minnesota man

924
00:48:17.590 --> 00:48:21.820
who has been charged after allegedly crushing his co-worker's head

925
00:48:21.880 --> 00:48:26.820
while playing with equipment. Christopher Crimmings, who is 34, was

926
00:48:26.880 --> 00:48:31.300
charged with one count of second-degree manslaughter after the incident

927
00:48:31.400 --> 00:48:35.409
at a worksite for a tree-trimming company. The Apple Valley

928
00:48:35.469 --> 00:48:39.559
Police Department responded to a report of an incident involving

929
00:48:39.639 --> 00:48:42.960
a severely injured man in a truck with a hydraulic

930
00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:47.929
grapple this past week at around 7 o'clock p.m. Officers

931
00:48:48.010 --> 00:48:51.849
found Tyler Lynch, who is 26, on the ground with

932
00:48:51.929 --> 00:48:54.469
blood around his body and a head injury. He was

933
00:48:54.550 --> 00:48:57.690
pronounced dead at the scene. The two had recently arrived

934
00:48:57.730 --> 00:49:00.659
at the job site at the time of the incident.

935
00:49:01.090 --> 00:49:04.420
Cremings told police he and Lynch were playing with shadows

936
00:49:04.539 --> 00:49:07.699
as he was operating the grapple, and Lynch was picking

937
00:49:07.780 --> 00:49:10.880
up branches from the ground. They noticed the shadows of

938
00:49:10.900 --> 00:49:15.150
the grapple, and Lynch prompted Crimmings to move the grapple

939
00:49:15.210 --> 00:49:19.510
so that its shadow appeared to be grabbing Lynch's shadow.

940
00:49:19.530 --> 00:49:22.599
So they're playing. hand puppets on the grass with all this.

941
00:49:23.000 --> 00:49:27.159
Cremings then opened and closed the grapple, crushing Lynch's head.

942
00:49:27.679 --> 00:49:31.460
Cremings claimed he was not monitoring the actual grapple or

943
00:49:31.539 --> 00:49:34.400
Lynch at the time. He is currently being held at

944
00:49:34.460 --> 00:49:38.309
the Dakota County Jail. Cremings told police he was unaware

945
00:49:38.349 --> 00:49:41.920
of any medical issues with the equipment. He said, quote,

946
00:49:42.059 --> 00:49:45.780
he and Lynch were fucking around when the incident occurred. Yeah,

947
00:49:45.820 --> 00:49:48.280
you could say that again. A witness saw the grapple

948
00:49:48.659 --> 00:49:51.679
come toward Lynch and either hit or pinch his head.

949
00:49:52.519 --> 00:49:57.409
There was blood on the grapple directly above Lynch. Now,

950
00:49:57.469 --> 00:50:00.150
according to Lynch's Facebook page, he had been working in

951
00:50:00.230 --> 00:50:07.639
professional and His stepbrother wrote on Facebook. He had absolutely

952
00:50:07.679 --> 00:50:11.179
no words, sending all the prayers possible for my stepdad,

953
00:50:11.260 --> 00:50:15.199
family member. And that was his family member's stepbrother. So

954
00:50:16.269 --> 00:50:18.369
this one, I mean, bruh.

955
00:50:18.869 --> 00:50:19.070
Yeah.

956
00:50:19.329 --> 00:50:20.250
That's why you don't play.

957
00:50:20.429 --> 00:50:24.670
This is exactly like that. This is exactly why you

958
00:50:24.710 --> 00:50:27.789
don't play. Because while they were probably just screwing around.

959
00:50:28.159 --> 00:50:31.639
I can totally see two goofballs playing on the site,

960
00:50:31.679 --> 00:50:34.820
and you're looking over, watching the shadows, and so you

961
00:50:34.840 --> 00:50:37.400
go to move the shadow, but you're not actually monitoring

962
00:50:37.539 --> 00:50:41.010
where it is with the guy, and you kill him.

963
00:50:41.489 --> 00:50:45.909
Pinched his head off with a tree crane grapple.

964
00:50:45.949 --> 00:50:48.750
Yeah, like it's not a joke. It's not a toy,

965
00:50:49.070 --> 00:50:51.750
and whether this, you know, it's an accident, it sounds

966
00:50:51.789 --> 00:50:54.550
like until we Anything else comes out. But that's why

967
00:50:54.570 --> 00:50:56.829
you don't play like that. That's why you don't do that.

968
00:50:57.309 --> 00:50:58.929
And that's why I'm always screaming to my kids, don't

969
00:50:58.989 --> 00:51:01.010
do that. You're going to do something stupid.

970
00:51:01.639 --> 00:51:01.860
Right.

971
00:51:02.400 --> 00:51:06.559
That's sad. All right. Let's go to Oregon. And quintuple

972
00:51:06.599 --> 00:51:11.130
homicide is not something that you hear a lot about.

973
00:51:11.369 --> 00:51:12.590
How many is quintuple?

974
00:51:13.170 --> 00:51:13.449
Four?

975
00:51:13.949 --> 00:51:14.849
It's five, is it not?

976
00:51:15.760 --> 00:51:19.420
Oh, yeah, that'd be quadruple. Quadtuple. Quadtuple?

977
00:51:20.320 --> 00:51:21.340
Quadtuple is four?

978
00:51:21.420 --> 00:51:23.820
Yeah, you're right. Quinn, five. Oh, yeah, because when you

979
00:51:23.840 --> 00:51:27.139
have quintuplets. Oh, there you go, guys. Blonde moment. There

980
00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:30.489
it is. Okay, so a multi-agency manhunt.

981
00:51:30.710 --> 00:51:33.050
She doesn't know geography or numbers.

982
00:51:33.070 --> 00:51:33.869
You set me up.

983
00:51:33.929 --> 00:51:37.530
No, seriously, at first it didn't occur to me. I

984
00:51:37.550 --> 00:51:38.949
took a guess.

985
00:51:39.010 --> 00:51:41.960
Two would be bi. Three would be tri. Four would

986
00:51:41.980 --> 00:51:44.099
be quad. Five would be?

987
00:51:44.260 --> 00:51:44.579
Quinn.

988
00:51:44.679 --> 00:51:44.940
Quinn.

989
00:51:45.650 --> 00:51:49.210
So I sounded dumb and then opened my mouth, proving

990
00:51:49.269 --> 00:51:53.920
that I am. Okay. A multi-agency manhunt for the suspect

991
00:51:54.019 --> 00:51:58.019
in a quintuple homicide near Forest Grove, Oregon, ended Sunday

992
00:51:58.039 --> 00:52:05.920
when authorities located him dead in Enumclaw, Washington. If you're

993
00:52:05.940 --> 00:52:07.829
from there, let a girl know if I just mispronounced

994
00:52:07.869 --> 00:52:12.300
that as well. On Saturday, August 22nd, 26, at approximately

995
00:52:12.300 --> 00:52:16.340
527 a.m., Washington County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to assist

996
00:52:16.380 --> 00:52:19.519
the Forest Grove Fire Department at a rural property in

997
00:52:19.659 --> 00:52:23.449
unincorporated Washington County. Why did I say that this was

998
00:52:23.489 --> 00:52:26.730
in Oregon if we were actually in Washington? Did I just?

999
00:52:27.050 --> 00:52:31.280
No, no, no. It's in Washington County, Oregon. There's a

1000
00:52:31.340 --> 00:52:32.429
Washington County Oregon.

1001
00:52:32.449 --> 00:52:35.889
Listen, geography and math, bro. I'll jack it up. All right.

1002
00:52:36.309 --> 00:52:40.469
A 911 caller had reported a vehicle fire. When firefighters arrived,

1003
00:52:40.789 --> 00:52:44.889
they discovered human remains and requested law enforcement assistance. Investigators

1004
00:52:44.909 --> 00:52:48.750
subsequently found the bodies of five people, along with several

1005
00:52:48.809 --> 00:52:53.369
domestic animals. The sheriff described the scene as unusually complex.

1006
00:52:53.409 --> 00:52:56.130
In my 22 years here, I have not been part

1007
00:52:56.389 --> 00:52:59.380
of or witnessed a scene quite this complex involving this

1008
00:52:59.409 --> 00:53:03.440
type of investigation, she said during a press conference. Detectives

1009
00:53:03.460 --> 00:53:05.800
with the Washington County Major Crimes Team are leading the

1010
00:53:05.840 --> 00:53:10.369
probe with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms

1011
00:53:10.429 --> 00:53:15.579
and Explosives and other agencies. Authorities identified 36-year-old Benjamin Parker

1012
00:53:16.019 --> 00:53:18.900
as the suspect. Investigators determined he was known to the

1013
00:53:18.960 --> 00:53:21.380
victims and said the killings were not a random act

1014
00:53:21.420 --> 00:53:25.320
of violence. Parker's exact relationship to those killed and possible

1015
00:53:25.460 --> 00:53:30.039
motive still remain under investigation. The names, ages, and genders

1016
00:53:30.139 --> 00:53:33.059
of the five victims have not been publicly released as

1017
00:53:33.119 --> 00:53:35.920
officials work to identify them and notify next of kin.

1018
00:53:36.360 --> 00:53:39.500
Details on the causes of death also have not been disclosed.

1019
00:53:39.519 --> 00:53:41.889
So this is big, you know. A lot going on.

1020
00:53:41.929 --> 00:53:46.380
So through the investigation, detectives tracked Parker. to Washington, roughly

1021
00:53:46.380 --> 00:53:51.059
50 miles southeast of Seattle. The police department located his

1022
00:53:51.119 --> 00:53:54.500
vehicle and found him deceased inside. Authorities believe that he

1023
00:53:54.519 --> 00:53:58.360
died by suicide. License plate reading cameras, including the flock

1024
00:53:58.409 --> 00:54:02.050
systems and other investigative leads, helped locate him. We do

1025
00:54:02.130 --> 00:54:04.349
not believe there's a risk to the community and that

1026
00:54:04.489 --> 00:54:08.170
this was our suspect and he did die in Washington,

1027
00:54:08.210 --> 00:54:11.619
Massey said. The Washington County Sheriff's Office emphasized there is

1028
00:54:11.719 --> 00:54:15.429
no ongoing danger to the public. The investigation continues.

1029
00:54:15.869 --> 00:54:19.969
Not a whole lot outside of what we already know.

1030
00:54:20.289 --> 00:54:23.690
And so if we get some more information, we'll bring

1031
00:54:23.730 --> 00:54:26.909
that along. I don't know who the people were that

1032
00:54:26.949 --> 00:54:30.280
he killed. Were they best friends of his? All of that,

1033
00:54:30.320 --> 00:54:33.699
I'm sure, as this comes out, will have already been released.

1034
00:54:33.719 --> 00:54:35.840
So you can do your own research on that.

1035
00:54:35.900 --> 00:54:39.110
But and the animals. So you wiped out everything.

1036
00:54:39.170 --> 00:54:42.500
Yeah. Well, I mean, five people and the animals.

1037
00:54:42.539 --> 00:54:45.599
But what I'm saying is killed five people and thought

1038
00:54:45.639 --> 00:54:48.090
enough that we, and then to try to set it

1039
00:54:48.130 --> 00:54:51.349
on fire, right? So he's trying to wipe every ounce

1040
00:54:51.409 --> 00:54:51.710
of it.

1041
00:54:51.829 --> 00:54:52.230
Yeah.

1042
00:54:53.050 --> 00:54:53.429
Anything.

1043
00:54:53.630 --> 00:54:56.650
He was hoping everything would burn up and nobody would

1044
00:54:56.690 --> 00:54:57.809
even find how to kill people.

1045
00:54:57.849 --> 00:54:59.550
Think about it. Because if you left, but if you

1046
00:54:59.570 --> 00:55:01.820
left your animals behind, then that would be also, so

1047
00:55:01.960 --> 00:55:03.480
I bet in his mind, he thought if I can

1048
00:55:03.500 --> 00:55:04.659
get rid of all of it, I can say they

1049
00:55:04.699 --> 00:55:06.659
left and they just left town. I don't know where

1050
00:55:06.679 --> 00:55:07.619
they went. They took their pets.

1051
00:55:08.099 --> 00:55:09.039
Certainly possible.

1052
00:55:09.099 --> 00:55:09.300
Sure.

1053
00:55:09.480 --> 00:55:16.460
Let's go into overtime. Let's get down to Fargo, North Dakota.

1054
00:55:16.519 --> 00:55:17.380
A famous movie.

1055
00:55:18.440 --> 00:55:20.059
I've heard of that. It had dogs in it.

1056
00:55:20.460 --> 00:55:23.000
Dude, that is one hell of a place to live in.

1057
00:55:23.099 --> 00:55:25.820
Shout out to my North Dakota people. Y'all are some

1058
00:55:25.909 --> 00:55:29.889
tough ass people. You're talking zero degree temperatures for like,

1059
00:55:30.789 --> 00:55:32.150
I don't know how many months out of the year,

1060
00:55:32.190 --> 00:55:34.730
but it's got to be at least three, four, five months.

1061
00:55:34.789 --> 00:55:37.010
That's a damn nature. You scary moment.

1062
00:55:37.130 --> 00:55:42.150
Snow. feet of snow all the time. Fargo. Them people

1063
00:55:42.170 --> 00:55:46.510
are tough, man. A 21-year-old Fargo man, however, is charged

1064
00:55:46.550 --> 00:55:49.889
with murder in the death of his girlfriend, whom authorities

1065
00:55:49.949 --> 00:55:54.789
say he dismembered using a reciprocating saw and other supplies.

1066
00:55:54.869 --> 00:55:58.909
Get this. He ordered through freaking DoorDash and had delivered

1067
00:55:58.949 --> 00:56:03.900
to his apartment. Joshua Alexander hiked faces charges of murder,

1068
00:56:04.099 --> 00:56:08.440
tampering with evidence, providing false information to law enforcement in

1069
00:56:08.500 --> 00:56:13.050
connection with the death of Isidore Wingle, who is 25,

1070
00:56:13.050 --> 00:56:16.409
of West Fargo. He pleaded not guilty to all counts,

1071
00:56:16.429 --> 00:56:20.889
of course, and he has a $ 5 million cash-only bond.

1072
00:56:21.349 --> 00:56:24.429
He was last seen on surveillance video at a Fargo

1073
00:56:24.550 --> 00:56:28.179
Walmart on the evening of January, way back in January

1074
00:56:28.340 --> 00:56:33.099
3rd of 2026. Wiggle was, not him. Mm-hmm. Her family

1075
00:56:33.159 --> 00:56:37.019
reported her missing several days later. After last seeing her

1076
00:56:37.320 --> 00:56:40.960
on New Year's Eve, police announced they had a suspected

1077
00:56:41.019 --> 00:56:45.030
foul play by mid-January. And Haidt, he had been dating

1078
00:56:45.110 --> 00:56:48.250
Winkle for about four months. Not long at all. So

1079
00:56:48.269 --> 00:56:51.449
they're investigating this. They finally figure out something ain't stirring

1080
00:56:51.469 --> 00:56:56.449
the Kool-Aid. They arrest him. And they say digital forensics

1081
00:56:56.530 --> 00:56:59.170
showed that on January 4th, the day after she was

1082
00:56:59.230 --> 00:57:03.769
last seen, he hits... the old Google, right? That's what

1083
00:57:03.809 --> 00:57:08.659
they all do. And he searches terms like Home Depot sawzall,

1084
00:57:09.519 --> 00:57:15.800
door dash, junk removal near me, dumpster, how to register

1085
00:57:15.860 --> 00:57:17.199
for a legal alias.

1086
00:57:18.559 --> 00:57:19.159
Oh, wow.

1087
00:57:19.219 --> 00:57:23.130
The same morning, a Home Depot receipt showed he purchased

1088
00:57:23.210 --> 00:57:28.210
a Milwaukee sawzall reciprocating saw, clear plastic sheeting, an extra

1089
00:57:28.250 --> 00:57:31.789
large trash bag, black duct tape, and a saw blade.

1090
00:57:31.889 --> 00:57:32.849
So he watched Dexter.

1091
00:57:33.570 --> 00:57:36.050
He must have. And these items were delivered to his

1092
00:57:36.110 --> 00:57:42.079
apartment via DoorDash. Police later recovered a 12-inch saw blade

1093
00:57:42.139 --> 00:57:47.539
from evidence linked to Height's residence and forensic analysis found

1094
00:57:47.659 --> 00:57:52.389
human bones, skeletal muscle, poor thing, and tissue on the

1095
00:57:52.449 --> 00:57:57.670
blade that matched her DNA. They got all kinds of

1096
00:57:57.690 --> 00:58:01.230
stuff here. Latex gloves with her hair on it. all

1097
00:58:01.369 --> 00:58:04.170
sorts of things. They found other items in the dumpster

1098
00:58:04.210 --> 00:58:10.219
at his apartment complex. Authorities believe he killed Wingle sometime

1099
00:58:10.239 --> 00:58:15.159
between January 3rd and early January 5th. The police described

1100
00:58:15.179 --> 00:58:18.340
the killing as heinous and diabolical. I think that's two

1101
00:58:18.420 --> 00:58:22.519
great words for it. He said he disposed of the remains,

1102
00:58:22.659 --> 00:58:27.750
placing them in a 27-gallon plastic storage tote, possibly because

1103
00:58:27.829 --> 00:58:32.099
they found he had ordered that. And her body, unfortunately,

1104
00:58:32.139 --> 00:58:37.780
has never been recovered. Search efforts have been ongoing, but

1105
00:58:38.929 --> 00:58:42.389
they have not recovered her body as of yet, unfortunately.

1106
00:58:42.469 --> 00:58:44.750
But they've got all the evidence in the world now

1107
00:58:44.829 --> 00:58:47.690
against this guy and looks like he's going to pay.

1108
00:58:47.989 --> 00:58:52.769
This is a worst nightmare. I know that word's overused,

1109
00:58:52.829 --> 00:58:56.340
but to think that your daughter... You know her body's gone,

1110
00:58:56.440 --> 00:58:58.159
and you know that she's been cut apart, and then

1111
00:58:58.199 --> 00:58:59.940
you don't know where she is to even give her

1112
00:58:59.960 --> 00:59:02.940
a proper burial. It's sick. And to only know someone

1113
00:59:03.110 --> 00:59:06.469
four months, and they're willing to do this to you,

1114
00:59:06.489 --> 00:59:08.190
that's crazy.

1115
00:59:10.340 --> 00:59:14.639
Such a jackass that you literally, I mean, I read

1116
00:59:14.679 --> 00:59:17.510
you the search terms on Google, but aside from all that,

1117
00:59:17.610 --> 00:59:21.349
you have the saw that you use delivered to your

1118
00:59:21.369 --> 00:59:23.590
house via DoorDash. And now you have a witness saying,

1119
00:59:24.010 --> 00:59:24.849
I brought him the saw.

1120
00:59:25.289 --> 00:59:25.610
Yeah.

1121
00:59:25.889 --> 00:59:27.909
I know he got it in his hands. Cause I'm

1122
00:59:27.929 --> 00:59:28.920
the one who delivered it.

1123
00:59:29.110 --> 00:59:29.329
Yeah.

1124
00:59:29.570 --> 00:59:33.059
It, You know, just stupidity.

1125
00:59:34.199 --> 00:59:38.489
It's stupidity and it's just not humane. It's not natural.

1126
00:59:38.550 --> 00:59:42.250
It's not normal. And then she won't be found. I mean,

1127
00:59:42.269 --> 00:59:45.380
she could be anywhere. You know what I mean? And

1128
00:59:45.429 --> 00:59:46.880
so I just, that is horrible.

1129
00:59:46.980 --> 00:59:50.340
Unless he speaks up, you know, that would be about

1130
00:59:50.380 --> 00:59:53.420
the only way you're ever going to get anywhere. Unfortunately,

1131
00:59:53.480 --> 00:59:55.380
on that, unless you're just.

1132
00:59:55.139 --> 00:59:57.219
What he's probably going to have to do is or

1133
00:59:57.260 --> 00:59:59.179
in his side is work a deal and say, if

1134
00:59:59.219 --> 01:00:01.599
I give up the body or the location, then, you know,

1135
01:00:01.619 --> 01:00:02.940
and that's definitely off the.

1136
01:00:02.880 --> 01:00:05.199
Table or something. If they have that North Dakota.

1137
01:00:05.219 --> 01:00:05.840
Yeah.

1138
01:00:06.619 --> 01:00:06.929
All right.

1139
01:00:07.010 --> 01:00:09.829
So we're going to talk about this case. And again,

1140
01:00:10.030 --> 01:00:14.159
it might bring up. Another case that we've already spoken about,

1141
01:00:14.260 --> 01:00:17.000
but a man whose wife was discovered dead in the

1142
01:00:17.059 --> 01:00:20.619
shower was taken into custody by authorities this week after

1143
01:00:20.659 --> 01:00:24.860
claiming his partner had died by suicide. Lindsay Barnett, 37,

1144
01:00:24.860 --> 01:00:27.150
was found covered in blood with her throat slit in

1145
01:00:27.190 --> 01:00:30.489
a horrific scene at the couple's Lakewood, Colorado home on

1146
01:00:30.590 --> 01:00:33.849
August the 13th, local authorities confirmed in a statement. The

1147
01:00:33.869 --> 01:00:37.750
statement also revealed that Patrick, which is also odd because

1148
01:00:38.289 --> 01:00:42.780
his name's Patrick, but Patrick Theodore Barnett, the victim's 40-year-old husband,

1149
01:00:42.820 --> 01:00:46.139
had subsequently been arrested in connection with her death. Patrick

1150
01:00:46.159 --> 01:00:49.800
called 911 around 6 a.m. on Thursday, claiming the victim had, quote,

1151
01:00:49.860 --> 01:00:53.380
cut herself and her throat, according to an arrest affidavit.

1152
01:00:53.420 --> 01:00:55.139
He told police he had spent the night in the

1153
01:00:55.179 --> 01:00:58.380
basement and decided to go apologize to Lindsay the following

1154
01:00:58.420 --> 01:01:01.349
morning after the pair had argued the night before. He

1155
01:01:01.389 --> 01:01:05.230
then discovered her bloodied body in the shower and dialed 911.

1156
01:01:05.230 --> 01:01:09.590
Per the affidavit, which was obtained by People magazine, investigators

1157
01:01:09.710 --> 01:01:12.869
uncovered a significant amount of evidence suggesting Lindsay did not

1158
01:01:12.909 --> 01:01:16.449
take her own life. Officials found a large pool of

1159
01:01:16.489 --> 01:01:19.219
blood on one side of the couple's bed, soil that

1160
01:01:19.239 --> 01:01:23.000
had fallen from a knocked-over plant, and additional dirt had

1161
01:01:23.079 --> 01:01:26.460
also made its way into the bathroom. Police also noted

1162
01:01:26.880 --> 01:01:30.769
that a dainty, bloody footprint appeared to belong... or appearing

1163
01:01:30.789 --> 01:01:33.340
to belong to a woman located between the bed and

1164
01:01:33.380 --> 01:01:36.920
the bathroom. Additionally, there was considerably more blood in the

1165
01:01:36.980 --> 01:01:39.340
bed than in the bathroom where the woman had allegedly

1166
01:01:39.400 --> 01:01:43.579
taken her own life. The blood spatter alone indicated that

1167
01:01:43.619 --> 01:01:47.989
the victim's body had been relocated prior to Patrick calling 911.

1168
01:01:47.989 --> 01:01:51.309
Lindsay's body also displayed numerous bruises on her arms and legs,

1169
01:01:51.349 --> 01:01:55.590
which investigators described as consistent with defensive wounds. The 37-year-old

1170
01:01:55.619 --> 01:01:59.809
was reportedly battling postpartum depression, a condition that has dominated

1171
01:01:59.829 --> 01:02:01.730
the headlines this year in light of the trial of

1172
01:02:01.769 --> 01:02:05.059
Lindsay Clancy, who stands accused of killing her three children,

1173
01:02:05.099 --> 01:02:07.119
which I need to point out right now, her husband's

1174
01:02:07.139 --> 01:02:10.090
name is Patrick. That's why I said that. Her legal

1175
01:02:10.130 --> 01:02:12.469
team contends the act was the result of a psychotic

1176
01:02:12.530 --> 01:02:16.760
episode triggered by postpartum psychosis. Investigators discovered that Patrick had

1177
01:02:16.780 --> 01:02:18.960
been unfaithful to his wife with a woman he met

1178
01:02:19.059 --> 01:02:23.599
online three months prior. On Thursday, his mistress contacted police

1179
01:02:23.619 --> 01:02:26.820
to request a wellness check on Patrick after losing contact

1180
01:02:26.860 --> 01:02:30.420
with him, she told authorities. Patrick allegedly informed the woman

1181
01:02:30.440 --> 01:02:32.639
that he and Lindsay were in the process of separating

1182
01:02:32.920 --> 01:02:35.059
and that the victim had been admitted to a psychiatric

1183
01:02:35.079 --> 01:02:38.139
facility following a suicide attempt the previous week, according to

1184
01:02:38.179 --> 01:02:41.429
the affidavit. The couple welcomed their second child in February

1185
01:02:41.469 --> 01:02:45.329
of 2025, according to social media posts. The children were

1186
01:02:45.389 --> 01:02:48.809
reportedly present at the scene when their mother died.

1187
01:02:49.250 --> 01:02:55.050
That's horrible. And this guy thinking that he can kill

1188
01:02:55.110 --> 01:02:59.380
his wife in the bedroom, then say she killed herself

1189
01:02:59.559 --> 01:03:04.739
in the bathroom. With the technology and science having advanced

1190
01:03:04.800 --> 01:03:07.260
to how it has today, it ain't never going to happen.

1191
01:03:07.760 --> 01:03:10.139
Never going to get away with that. There's too many

1192
01:03:10.199 --> 01:03:13.949
ways to determine where someone was actually killed.

1193
01:03:14.650 --> 01:03:17.190
Not to mention, it makes no sense that you would

1194
01:03:17.349 --> 01:03:19.389
cut your throat and all of that and then go

1195
01:03:19.429 --> 01:03:21.130
take a shower. Right. That makes no sense.

1196
01:03:21.210 --> 01:03:21.449
No.

1197
01:03:21.929 --> 01:03:23.030
Um, whatsoever.

1198
01:03:23.289 --> 01:03:25.210
And looking at this guy, he don't look like a

1199
01:03:25.269 --> 01:03:27.429
rocket scientist. You know what I mean?

1200
01:03:27.719 --> 01:03:29.920
He's got some bags under his eyes, probably because he's

1201
01:03:29.940 --> 01:03:31.079
stressed out.

1202
01:03:31.880 --> 01:03:33.420
Orange jumpsuit would do that to you.

1203
01:03:33.480 --> 01:03:36.019
But you know, you're already cheating on the poor woman. She's,

1204
01:03:36.730 --> 01:03:38.710
does or does not have postpartum depression. I don't know

1205
01:03:38.730 --> 01:03:42.150
if I believe what he says. Has your babies, is

1206
01:03:42.170 --> 01:03:44.309
your wife that you pledge to love and cherish for

1207
01:03:44.329 --> 01:03:46.360
the rest of your life, and because you can't keep

1208
01:03:46.380 --> 01:03:48.480
your pecker in your pants, then you're going to try

1209
01:03:48.500 --> 01:03:50.679
to say that she took her own life as well.

1210
01:03:51.199 --> 01:03:51.780
Give me a break.

1211
01:03:52.190 --> 01:03:53.250
You're a piece of shit. I think you're going to

1212
01:03:53.309 --> 01:03:53.989
get away with it.

1213
01:03:54.070 --> 01:03:54.969
You're a piece of shit.

1214
01:03:55.130 --> 01:03:59.710
Unbelievable. All right, let's go to Pennsylvania. And an 18-year-old

1215
01:03:59.789 --> 01:04:03.860
Pennsylvania man and his mother are facing charges after police

1216
01:04:03.920 --> 01:04:08.139
say the son fatally stabbed his girlfriend and the mother

1217
01:04:08.219 --> 01:04:11.500
helped clean up the crime scene, dispose of the evidence,

1218
01:04:11.880 --> 01:04:14.920
and leave the victim's body in her vehicle near a

1219
01:04:14.980 --> 01:04:19.840
college campus. Caroline Hines, who was 18... A recent high

1220
01:04:19.860 --> 01:04:25.010
school graduate and incoming freshman on the Penn West California

1221
01:04:25.090 --> 01:04:28.550
women's soccer team was found dead in the rear hatch

1222
01:04:28.670 --> 01:04:32.010
of her Jeep Cherokee. This is shortly after midnight on

1223
01:04:32.159 --> 01:04:38.599
August 20th, 2026. Officers located the vehicle near a California

1224
01:04:38.639 --> 01:04:42.860
public library that was close to the university campus after

1225
01:04:42.920 --> 01:04:46.530
her family grew concerned when she failed to return as expected.

1226
01:04:47.010 --> 01:04:50.949
and tracked their location. Blood was visible inside and outside

1227
01:04:50.969 --> 01:04:55.869
of that vehicle. According to criminal complaints and Pennsylvania State Police,

1228
01:04:56.230 --> 01:05:00.199
Hines left her family's home around 9.30 p.m. on August 19th,

1229
01:05:00.590 --> 01:05:04.920
met her boyfriend, Royce Moser, who is 18, outside of

1230
01:05:05.059 --> 01:05:08.599
his father's residence. The pair spoke while she sat in

1231
01:05:08.619 --> 01:05:12.119
the vehicle in the driveway. They discussed the status of

1232
01:05:12.199 --> 01:05:17.000
their relationship. Moser allegedly became angry over something she said,

1233
01:05:17.460 --> 01:05:20.780
told her to wait, I have something for you, went inside,

1234
01:05:20.880 --> 01:05:24.599
grabbed a large kitchen knife, returned, and stabbed her in

1235
01:05:24.639 --> 01:05:27.559
the chest. Hines fell from the vehicle and Moser then

1236
01:05:27.639 --> 01:05:30.969
placed her body in the rear hatch. Moser then drove

1237
01:05:31.030 --> 01:05:37.530
the Jeep to his home in Bellsville and court documents

1238
01:05:37.570 --> 01:05:40.449
stated she basically goes to the door and he says

1239
01:05:40.630 --> 01:05:44.190
that he had stabbed Heinz. that a demon had taken

1240
01:05:44.250 --> 01:05:47.030
him over and instructed him to do so and that

1241
01:05:47.070 --> 01:05:51.309
he was unsure whether she was dead or alive. Police

1242
01:05:51.550 --> 01:05:56.750
allege that his mother, 56-year-old Rachel, then assisted him, gives

1243
01:05:56.809 --> 01:06:01.690
him latex gloves, disinfectant spray, helped him clean the vehicle

1244
01:06:01.809 --> 01:06:05.489
of blood and clothing, and later threw the knife away,

1245
01:06:05.590 --> 01:06:10.119
placing it in the trash while also handling laundry for

1246
01:06:10.179 --> 01:06:13.860
her son. She instructed him To follow her vehicle towards

1247
01:06:13.920 --> 01:06:17.860
the university area, they left the Jeep with Heinz's body

1248
01:06:17.900 --> 01:06:22.739
still inside near the library. She drives her son back

1249
01:06:22.800 --> 01:06:28.030
home and she basically, he showers, she showers, they change.

1250
01:06:28.489 --> 01:06:32.250
Give her all this evidence and surveillance video captured them

1251
01:06:32.349 --> 01:06:37.349
driving while still wearing the blue latex gloves. Royce Moser

1252
01:06:37.389 --> 01:06:41.590
has been charged with homicide and tampering. And his mother's

1253
01:06:41.619 --> 01:06:45.610
been charged with conspiracy and all kinds of other charges herself.

1254
01:06:46.550 --> 01:06:49.590
And during a perp walk, you can see Rachel Moser

1255
01:06:50.130 --> 01:06:54.230
shackled barefoot. She told reporters she was sorry that her

1256
01:06:54.309 --> 01:06:57.260
son took a life while denying she helped cover it up.

1257
01:06:58.079 --> 01:06:59.480
You can't make that up.

1258
01:06:59.679 --> 01:07:04.519
No, you cannot. And I understand just off the top

1259
01:07:04.559 --> 01:07:07.920
that you initially would feel fear if your son came

1260
01:07:08.329 --> 01:07:10.090
and told you he had done something horrific that you

1261
01:07:10.159 --> 01:07:12.260
understand is about to ruin the rest of his life,

1262
01:07:12.300 --> 01:07:14.320
not to mention he may have hurt somebody. But your

1263
01:07:14.400 --> 01:07:17.380
next step, Once that initial shock hits you is you

1264
01:07:17.400 --> 01:07:19.559
get in your vehicle and say, where is she? And

1265
01:07:19.579 --> 01:07:22.300
you go try to assist her. You try to give

1266
01:07:22.360 --> 01:07:24.500
her help. You try to save her life and you

1267
01:07:24.519 --> 01:07:26.880
bring her to a hospital. Then we have to work

1268
01:07:27.019 --> 01:07:28.239
with what we've got from there.

1269
01:07:28.469 --> 01:07:30.590
Well, he was, he brought her to his house.

1270
01:07:30.769 --> 01:07:33.710
Well, but I'm just saying before you even knew that, like,

1271
01:07:33.789 --> 01:07:35.949
where is she? You know, take me to her. Oh,

1272
01:07:35.969 --> 01:07:38.230
she's in the car. Well, even better. You pull her

1273
01:07:38.289 --> 01:07:40.889
out and you try to give her some assistance. And again,

1274
01:07:41.389 --> 01:07:43.280
And then we just have to work it out from there.

1275
01:07:43.639 --> 01:07:47.000
You protect your son legally. You don't do it this way.

1276
01:07:47.460 --> 01:07:51.619
And I know we all know this, but wow, just wow,

1277
01:07:51.679 --> 01:07:54.530
because something I always try to instill in my oldest daughter,

1278
01:07:54.550 --> 01:07:57.349
and I'm not perfect by any stretch of the imagination,

1279
01:07:57.369 --> 01:07:59.809
and I make tons of mistakes. God knows it. I

1280
01:07:59.869 --> 01:08:02.579
know it. But I always try to teach, especially my

1281
01:08:02.619 --> 01:08:04.559
oldest one. I say, you've got to be able to

1282
01:08:04.619 --> 01:08:06.760
sleep good at night, no matter what you do. If

1283
01:08:06.800 --> 01:08:09.010
you screw up, you need to learn to apologize. If

1284
01:08:09.030 --> 01:08:11.369
you make a mistake, you need to rectify it. But

1285
01:08:11.550 --> 01:08:14.849
never in a million years can I understand. And, you know,

1286
01:08:14.869 --> 01:08:17.350
I'll help you through anything, but I can never understand

1287
01:08:18.069 --> 01:08:21.130
when it comes to someone has been brutally murdered and

1288
01:08:21.149 --> 01:08:24.939
you're willing, you're willing to cover up the body of

1289
01:08:25.279 --> 01:08:30.100
a young girl for your son is just beyond. That's weird.

1290
01:08:31.239 --> 01:08:34.260
All right, let's go to Penn State. And this story,

1291
01:08:34.420 --> 01:08:36.180
I don't know why I'm smiling right now, but I

1292
01:08:36.199 --> 01:08:38.600
find it to be just so out of the box.

1293
01:08:38.899 --> 01:08:44.510
But 14 people, including 13 current or former Penn State

1294
01:08:44.560 --> 01:08:49.369
University students, face charges in connection with a large-scale cocaine

1295
01:08:49.409 --> 01:08:53.890
trafficking operation that allegedly used fraternity members and pledges to

1296
01:08:54.010 --> 01:08:57.590
cut and package the drug as a form of indoctrination

1297
01:08:57.930 --> 01:08:59.869
into two off-campus cases.

1298
01:09:00.229 --> 01:09:00.729
Chapters.

1299
01:09:00.770 --> 01:09:04.479
And this is according to Pennsylvania attorney general Dave Sunday.

1300
01:09:05.300 --> 01:09:06.460
Does that sound like a movie? I know I said

1301
01:09:06.500 --> 01:09:08.279
it earlier. Doesn't that sound like the plot of a movie?

1302
01:09:09.039 --> 01:09:13.340
It sounds, Oh my gosh. So the alleged activity centered, um,

1303
01:09:13.760 --> 01:09:18.329
on the Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon fraternities, uh, And

1304
01:09:18.369 --> 01:09:22.619
primarily this occurred between 2023 and 2024. Authorities say that

1305
01:09:22.739 --> 01:09:26.319
bulk quantities of cocaine were brought from New York and

1306
01:09:26.359 --> 01:09:31.149
Philadelphia to State College, then cut, packaged and distributed mainly

1307
01:09:31.170 --> 01:09:35.880
to Penn State students from the fraternity house. This was

1308
01:09:35.920 --> 01:09:40.930
a coordinated and highly profitable drug trafficking crew revolving around

1309
01:09:40.979 --> 01:09:45.310
two senior members of the fraternities, other fraternity brothers and pledges. Now,

1310
01:09:45.350 --> 01:09:48.029
that's what Sunday said. And in fact, according to the

1311
01:09:48.069 --> 01:09:51.560
evidence uncovered, cutting and packaging cocaine was for some pledges

1312
01:09:51.640 --> 01:09:58.960
and indoctrination to the fraternities. Prosecutors identified Agostino, Abatillo, 24,

1313
01:09:58.960 --> 01:10:02.300
of Westbury, New York, which is a former Sigma Chi member,

1314
01:10:02.739 --> 01:10:05.949
and Thomas Robinson, 23, of the Pittsburgh area, a former

1315
01:10:06.050 --> 01:10:10.550
Delta Upsilon member, as the principal suppliers. The pair allegedly

1316
01:10:10.609 --> 01:10:14.189
made regular trips to obtain large amounts of cocaine. Abatillo

1317
01:10:14.649 --> 01:10:17.390
was described as being at the top of the operation.

1318
01:10:17.449 --> 01:10:21.270
Robinson was next in his hierarchy. Eight additional student age

1319
01:10:21.369 --> 01:10:24.949
defendants face misdemeanor charges related to possession and drug paraphernalia.

1320
01:10:25.270 --> 01:10:29.270
The 14th defendant is Paul Robinson, father of Thomas Robinson,

1321
01:10:29.289 --> 01:10:32.560
who was charged with felony tampering with evidence and hindering

1322
01:10:32.899 --> 01:10:34.979
the investigation. So it sounds like we have another parent

1323
01:10:35.659 --> 01:10:40.039
inserting themselves into this. their child's misgivings. At least four

1324
01:10:40.060 --> 01:10:43.460
of those charged with current Penn State, or were current

1325
01:10:43.479 --> 01:10:45.920
Penn State students at the time of the announcement. The

1326
01:10:45.960 --> 01:10:50.600
investigation dubbed Operation Drugs Unlimited involved the Attorney General's office.

1327
01:10:50.619 --> 01:10:52.279
They could have come up with something better than that.

1328
01:10:52.640 --> 01:10:56.239
Why wouldn't like Operation Frat Boy or Operation Keg Stand,

1329
01:10:56.279 --> 01:10:57.119
you know, like lame.

1330
01:10:57.159 --> 01:10:59.119
Operation Drugs Unlimited.

1331
01:10:59.319 --> 01:11:02.979
Lame. They should have done something better. Operation Khaki Shorts

1332
01:11:03.039 --> 01:11:04.659
and Boat Shoes. You know how they used to, I

1333
01:11:04.659 --> 01:11:06.020
don't know if they still wear that, but that's what

1334
01:11:06.039 --> 01:11:07.680
it was when I was in college. Anyway, there was

1335
01:11:07.699 --> 01:11:10.939
tons of people that were part of this investigation. Authorities

1336
01:11:11.199 --> 01:11:16.340
used confidential informants, controlled purchasers, including buys totaling nearly 74

1337
01:11:16.340 --> 01:11:20.729
grams from Robinson. Venmo transactions. That's where we are in

1338
01:11:20.739 --> 01:11:24.029
the world right now. We're paying for our Coke with Venmo.

1339
01:11:24.470 --> 01:11:25.109
I'm so dead.

1340
01:11:25.170 --> 01:11:27.069
I'd love to see the emoji for that one. Wait,

1341
01:11:27.090 --> 01:11:27.390
you ready?

1342
01:11:28.210 --> 01:11:31.829
Snapchat communications. Because kids are dumb enough to think that

1343
01:11:31.850 --> 01:11:32.909
the Snapchats go away.

1344
01:11:32.989 --> 01:11:33.930
Actually disappear.

1345
01:11:34.329 --> 01:11:38.590
And evidence, other evidence. Robinson allegedly cooperated after his arrest

1346
01:11:38.649 --> 01:11:41.670
and identified Abatillo, or Tio, however you say it, as

1347
01:11:41.710 --> 01:11:45.489
his source. Abatillo, I keep saying his name differently every

1348
01:11:45.520 --> 01:11:48.520
time I say it. He initially failed to appear for

1349
01:11:48.619 --> 01:11:52.060
arraignment and had a warrant issued. He later surrendered, was arraigned,

1350
01:11:52.199 --> 01:11:55.180
and ordered held without bail. Several others were released on

1351
01:11:55.279 --> 01:11:59.239
unsecured bail pending preliminary hearings. Penn State officials said said

1352
01:11:59.260 --> 01:12:03.779
they were horrified by the allegations. Delta Upsilon was placed

1353
01:12:03.859 --> 01:12:07.720
on interim suspension while the university investigates. Sigma Chi was

1354
01:12:07.800 --> 01:12:11.960
not a recognized chapter at the time. University leaders stated

1355
01:12:11.979 --> 01:12:15.550
they would cooperate fully with law enforcement and expand educational

1356
01:12:15.630 --> 01:12:18.850
and hazing prevention efforts. Maybe they need to bring the

1357
01:12:18.909 --> 01:12:22.050
cartel in and the cartel could tell them about what

1358
01:12:22.090 --> 01:12:25.770
they do. Sunday emphasized the seriousness of the case, noting

1359
01:12:25.949 --> 01:12:31.069
it involved an upper-level trafficking organization rather than typical low-level

1360
01:12:31.489 --> 01:12:32.210
campus dealing.

1361
01:12:32.710 --> 01:12:34.770
Yeah, and if you're looking at the pictures of this

1362
01:12:34.850 --> 01:12:38.840
on the Patreons, these look like frat boys. I mean,

1363
01:12:38.859 --> 01:12:40.560
that's what you think of when you think of a

1364
01:12:40.600 --> 01:12:44.380
frat boy. They're having fun in jail right now. But

1365
01:12:44.439 --> 01:12:50.640
I'm going to tell you what, I mean, bruh. It's

1366
01:12:50.680 --> 01:12:56.500
not beating somebody to death or having them drink to death,

1367
01:12:56.579 --> 01:13:00.329
which is horrific. They had a bad situation at Southern

1368
01:13:00.409 --> 01:13:04.909
University with a band student that they were really cracking

1369
01:13:04.949 --> 01:13:08.630
down here in Louisiana on these, what is it, hazing

1370
01:13:08.750 --> 01:13:13.630
incidents at these universities. But I find it interesting. Of course,

1371
01:13:13.670 --> 01:13:17.100
Sigma Chi, everybody's familiar with that very large fraternity, but

1372
01:13:17.119 --> 01:13:20.430
it has a lot of issues with hazings. Uh, no

1373
01:13:20.470 --> 01:13:23.130
offense to my Sigma Chi brothers out there that are listening,

1374
01:13:23.729 --> 01:13:28.529
but the name of the other fraternity is perfect. Oops-a-lon.

1375
01:13:28.590 --> 01:13:29.170
Oops-a-lon.

1376
01:13:29.310 --> 01:13:29.750
How about that?

1377
01:13:29.850 --> 01:13:33.449
Oops. That's what it should have been. Operation Oops-a-lon.

1378
01:13:33.710 --> 01:13:33.970
Yeah.

1379
01:13:34.029 --> 01:13:34.989
That would have been a good one.

1380
01:13:35.069 --> 01:13:36.989
I mean, the guy that came up with that, some

1381
01:13:37.029 --> 01:13:37.810
of them were great.

1382
01:13:37.909 --> 01:13:38.109
I know.

1383
01:13:38.140 --> 01:13:40.560
Some of these, and then you got a guy that's like,

1384
01:13:41.279 --> 01:13:42.880
what was it? What was it called?

1385
01:13:42.960 --> 01:13:45.880
It was just like, it was just like Operation Drugs Unlimited.

1386
01:13:45.960 --> 01:13:46.220
Yeah.

1387
01:13:46.600 --> 01:13:49.909
How corny. Come up with something better. I like keg stand.

1388
01:13:50.180 --> 01:13:51.310
They should have done that.

1389
01:13:51.770 --> 01:13:54.159
Listen, if there's anybody out there that does these type

1390
01:13:54.199 --> 01:13:57.899
of operations and they need some better names, let a

1391
01:13:57.939 --> 01:14:00.100
girl know. I am so ready to make up some

1392
01:14:00.180 --> 01:14:01.060
operation names.

1393
01:14:01.340 --> 01:14:02.899
I mean, you know, there was like 10 of them

1394
01:14:02.920 --> 01:14:04.739
sitting around. They're like, what are we going to call this?

1395
01:14:04.819 --> 01:14:08.020
And there's one guy and he's like, how about Drugs Unlimited?

1396
01:14:08.840 --> 01:14:09.100
No.

1397
01:14:09.239 --> 01:14:11.460
And the other guys were like, he had to be

1398
01:14:11.479 --> 01:14:14.380
the boss. And they, because they all thought it was stupid.

1399
01:14:14.399 --> 01:14:16.300
There's no doubt about it. Anyway, we're not hating them.

1400
01:14:16.319 --> 01:14:19.609
This could have been Operation Frat-tastic. Like, it could have

1401
01:14:19.630 --> 01:14:22.050
been something funny. So when it made the news, you know.

1402
01:14:22.069 --> 01:14:22.489
That's right.

1403
01:14:23.350 --> 01:14:25.310
But they let us down on that one. But hey, listen,

1404
01:14:25.510 --> 01:14:27.449
shout out. I would like to give some final thoughts

1405
01:14:27.489 --> 01:14:30.369
before you even ask me. Talk to your kids about

1406
01:14:30.590 --> 01:14:33.760
drug trafficking and that when they join a fraternity, don't

1407
01:14:33.880 --> 01:14:34.210
do it.

1408
01:14:34.680 --> 01:14:37.699
Yeah, if they actually cut cocaine, you may want to

1409
01:14:37.720 --> 01:14:40.659
join a different fraternity. That'd be your first option.

1410
01:14:41.470 --> 01:14:43.539
Do you have any final thoughts, Jim?

1411
01:14:44.180 --> 01:14:47.260
Yeah, I do. I want to thank all of you

1412
01:14:47.279 --> 01:14:51.920
for listening. I want everybody to remember the family of

1413
01:14:51.960 --> 01:14:55.260
Dolly Parton and their, you know, their thoughts and prayers.

1414
01:14:55.380 --> 01:14:58.350
And she's a total icon. And I don't care who

1415
01:14:58.359 --> 01:15:01.010
you are, how old you are. Everybody knows Dolly Parton.

1416
01:15:01.050 --> 01:15:04.750
Everybody saw her in the Dallas Cowboys uniform last year

1417
01:15:04.869 --> 01:15:07.770
at her age out there still doing what she does,

1418
01:15:07.829 --> 01:15:11.760
doing her thing. And they'll never be another one like her,

1419
01:15:11.800 --> 01:15:12.420
that's for sure.

1420
01:15:12.659 --> 01:15:14.779
You know what she said about bald guys, huh?

1421
01:15:15.359 --> 01:15:17.020
No, but I'm interested already.

1422
01:15:17.100 --> 01:15:18.979
I'm going to tell you. What did she say?

1423
01:15:19.020 --> 01:15:21.729
She was on a late night show and the guy said,

1424
01:15:21.779 --> 01:15:24.109
so what do you think about bald guys? And she said,

1425
01:15:24.170 --> 01:15:26.390
I guess I don't mind a bald guy. Just because

1426
01:15:26.430 --> 01:15:28.430
you don't have any hair anymore doesn't mean you're not

1427
01:15:28.470 --> 01:15:30.939
still a bald guy. Dang it. She said, just because

1428
01:15:30.979 --> 01:15:32.779
you ain't got any fuzz anymore doesn't mean you're not

1429
01:15:32.819 --> 01:15:33.500
still a peach.

1430
01:15:33.859 --> 01:15:38.449
Oh, I like that, Dolly. She's speaking my language. Very good.

1431
01:15:38.529 --> 01:15:40.750
Very good. Well, there's your final thought. Who can beat

1432
01:15:40.789 --> 01:15:41.569
that final thought?

1433
01:15:42.250 --> 01:15:42.470
All right.

1434
01:15:42.510 --> 01:15:44.250
Until next time, I'm Jim Chapman.

1435
01:15:44.310 --> 01:15:45.229
And I'm Kelly Jennings.

1436
01:15:45.310 --> 01:15:46.430
And we're your host of.

1437
01:15:46.550 --> 01:15:46.930
Crime.

1438
01:15:47.170 --> 01:15:47.590
Wire.

1439
01:15:47.909 --> 01:15:49.210
Overtime.

1440
01:15:49.229 --> 01:15:50.109
I knew you were going to do it.

1441
01:15:50.180 --> 01:15:50.520
Sorry.