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Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Crime Wire Weekly. A little
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look at the topics we're going to be covering today quickly.
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Louisiana crime crackdown. We're going to be reviewing the legislative
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session as it relates to crime. All of that has
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just come out in Louisiana. We'll do a quick review
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of that. In Florida, authorities have recovered 163 missing children
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in in a statewide sting that involves several departments. We're
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going to cover that. 40 pounds of beer goes missing.
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Have you been around a lot of beer lately, Jim?
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Well, it wouldn't. It ain't the type of beer I drink,
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but we'll get into that. A Lyft driver has been
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stabbed 11 times. We'll talk about that story. We're going
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to have a Labor Day weekend safety guide for you
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since you're hearing this just prior to Labor Day. In
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Times Square, a stabbing is making all the news. Horrific
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event occurred there in New York. We're going to be
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covering that. Tupac's murder trial has come to an end.
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Kifidi was found guilty. We'll be bringing you all those details.
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In Wisconsin, a stalker has collected some human remains that
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you may not expect. So we're going to be covering
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that story. Got a whole lot more coming your way.
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I'm Jim Chapman.
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And I'm Kelli Jennings.
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And Kelli? I guess you're ready to get into it.
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Let's be honest, Jim. Before we walked in here, Jim
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and I had one.
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Of our weekly disagreements. If you tell Kelly anything that
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means anything, it's a big argument to her. If you
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don't agree with her 100%, that's it.
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No, it was a spat. See, we can't even agree
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about disagreeing.
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That's true. That's a fact. All right, let's just get
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into the stories for today. How about we do that?
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And the 2026 session has come to an end in
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the state of Louisiana. And a lot of new crime
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bills have been passed and introduced. And we're going to
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get into the ones that really, I guess, matter and
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kind of stand out. The first is Act 309. That
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is the Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Act. And We talked
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a little bit about hazing and how some laws have
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been changed on that. This one is going to require
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that every student in Louisiana receive information on the dangers
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and prohibition of hazing.
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I wonder how they're going to implement that, if that's
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going to be like a web-based training that they have
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to do, or is this going to be like actual
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discussion of how kids, you know, how these things come
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to be and how people get wrapped up into it?
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I'd be curious to know.
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I think it's just going to be a handout. I
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don't think it's going to be like a web-based thing.
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I think they're going to give them like a booklet
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that says you shouldn't force someone to drink alcohol before
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they join a frat.
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Well, you know, people may disagree with me, but I
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hope that's not all it is because nobody's going to
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read that. No young person is going to want to
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read all of that. It's obvious that you're not supposed
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to like force drinks on somebody. I think what should
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be more in the information towards the kids is that
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when you find yourself on the receiving end of something
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like this, You need to have tools to be able
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to avoid being caught up in a hazing situation. Not
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that it's the victim or potential victim's fault that this
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is happening, but I think peer pressure, when someone feels
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like they're in a power position over you, I think
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that you're more inclined to go along with it if
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you're wanting to get into a fraternity or something like that.
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All right. There you have it. Act 539, Teacher Shield Act,
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requires principals to suspend from school a student formerly accused
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of committing a battery or assault of a school employee.
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That includes off-campus incidents if continuing from a documented altercation
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on campus, and it provides for the use of sick
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leave for those teachers.
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Yeah, and they should. Obviously, something happened for that to
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be now, you know, something we're putting into law. And
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it should extend outside of the classroom because why would
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you have motive to go attack your teacher?
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Right.
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That's uncalled for. It's ridiculous that we even have to
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make that a law.
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All right. Act 120 creates a crime of second-degree cruelty
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to the elderly or persons with infirmities and provides for
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circumstances constituting first- and second-degree murder in When the victim
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is in a public place and the offender creates a
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risk of death or great bodily harm by rather two,
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three or more persons.
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So am I understanding that correctly? Because it's having to
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do with infirmities, correct? So you have people that are
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being cared for.
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Or the elderly.
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Or the elderly.
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So the definition of elderly is not what you would think.
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65 or older would be what I think.
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60? 60. Wow. So I'm eight years from being considered elderly.
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So if you come with my ass in eight years,
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you're getting some serious charges. It basically enhances the crime
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is what it does.
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You shouldn't be hitting me.
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And I think that's great.
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I do too. I like it. I think it's good.
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But I will be trying to hit you for the
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next few years until that date.
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Act 271 prohibits post-conviction bail for a defendant who is
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convicted of aggravated offenses against a victim who is a minor.
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It does what? Say it again.
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You want me to repeat it? Yeah.
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What did you say? A veil. What did you say?
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No, I said Act 271 prohibits post-conviction bail for a
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defendant who is convicted of aggravated offense against a victim
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who is a minor. So basically what that means is.
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for those that are struggling to follow that one, is
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if you are a minor, okay, and someone gets convicted
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of an aggravated offense against you, they don't get post-conviction bail.
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So you can get bail pending sentencing. So you can
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actually spend time in jail, and then you get found guilty,
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but they're like, oh, we'll let him out until his
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sentencing date. You don't get that option here. Act 185
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requires an online app provider to verify a person's age
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to create an account if a minor and they must
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have parental consent before a minor can download an app
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or make a purchase.
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Absolutely. That's a no brainer. Now, how they're going to
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enforce that, I'll be curious to know, because if it's
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put in your license or something, your kid goes and
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steals your license and inputs it for you. I mean,
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but I'm glad it's there.
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I'm glad it's there.
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It's a safety measure. I mean, certainly, Kelly, there's ways
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around every one of these laws. But I mean, they're
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safety measures.
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I'm glad. It's holding them accountable. So they're not preying
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on children to freely be able to get on their
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sites or whatever.
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Act 211 prohibits the use of AI to create child
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sex abuse materials.
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That should be. That 100% should be. That's disgusting.
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Act 552 in the Kids Online Prevention and Anti-Grooming Act
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defines a minor as a person under 18, provides for
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other restrictions on platform owners and operators.
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That's good. I mean, we've got the grooming laws in
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place now, and it should extend to online platforms and
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everything else. I mean, I think all of these are good.
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So let's go to Florida now, and this one's huge.
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So Florida Attorney General James Uthmeyer and the Florida Department
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of Law Enforcement announced that a five-day multi-agency effort known
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as Operation Statewide Shield located 163 missing children ranging in
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age from two months to 17 years. How does that
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even happen? You're two months old and you go missing.
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Wow.
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So officials called it the first state-led statewide child recovery
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initiative and the largest operation of its kind in Florida history.
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Investigators used real-time intelligence and field work to identify, find,
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and recover children listed as missing and then move them
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quickly into child-focused services. Many of these kids have been
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victimized by those who prey on the most vulnerable. Thanks
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to the outstanding work of FDLE, the Office of Statewide Prosecution,
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And our state and local partners, these children are now
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safe and receiving the care they deserve. Florida will continue
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leading the recovery of missing children, hunting down every predator
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and prosecuting abusers to the fullest extent of the law.
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FDLE Commissioner Mark Glass said that the operation showed what
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coordinated agencies can do with a single mission, find the
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children and bring them home. Regional recoveries inside Florida, as
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reported by officials, 46 children from Tampa Bay, 41 in Miami,
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32 in Jacksonville. 21 from Orlando, 12 in Fort Myers,
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8 in Pensacola, and 3 in Tallahassee. The same effort
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also produced recoveries in six other states plus one U.S. territory.
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This is Alabama, California, Ohio, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee,
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and Puerto Rico, and also in 12 countries including Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Dominica, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Spain,
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and Taiwan. So all over the map. Authorities said many
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of the children had faced abuse, neglect, exploitation, or other
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criminal activity, including human trafficking. Once found, children who needed
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help were taken to local or by local officers to
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designated recovery hubs. They then received support from social services, welfare,
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child welfare, staff, medical providers, victim advocates, and other child-centered resources.
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Partners included BayCare Behavioral Health and other nonprofits. Investigators closed
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each case in Florida's missing endangered persons. Information Clearinghouse. Custody
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then shifted to the Florida Department of Children and Families
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and the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. Now, officials said
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multiple arrests were made and more were expected. The Attorney
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General's Office described three defendants, one wanted on three counts
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of lewd and lascivious acts where a minor was with
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a minor, plus a warrant for interference with child custody,
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another charge with lewd and lascivious battery on a victim
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aged 12 to 16, and a third charge with interference
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with child custody and resisting officers without violence. Local agencies
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included the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and Lee County Sheriff's Office
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were among those involved. The Office of Statewide Prosecution and
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the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office said that they were taking
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three felony cases generated by the operation and additional investigations
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remain open. FDLE led the effort with Rita Peters, special
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counsel to the attorney general for human trafficking, serving as
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legal advisor. Planners drew on earlier U.S. Marshals-led operations in Florida,
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and this was Operation Dragon Eye, which I like that,
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which recovered 60 missing children in 2025, and Operation Home
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for the Holidays, which found more than 120. Partners included
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a ton of organizations. There were municipal police departments, federal agencies,
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13 sheriff's offices, and more. The success of Operation State
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statewide shield reaffirms what partnership can accomplish when the government,
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faith organizations, not-for-profits, and the private sector come together. DJJ
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Secretary Matt Walsh said the work was not only about
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locating children, but keeping support in place afterward.
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I mean, that's great.
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That's a ton of children.
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I'm with it.
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I wonder sometimes when I go in Walmart and, you know,
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I look at those signs when I'm walking by that say, like,
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missing since, and they have their ages and their pictures.
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I'm wondering how many of those kids locally are the
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ones that had been moved off to Florida in these
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local states. Who knows? 163 children. I mean, that's like
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a whole grade in a school or something. 163 kids
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is a ton. I think five days' time, 163 kids, unbelievable.
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Unbelievable. I think that, you know, that's what it takes
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to really make a difference like they made here is
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task force, working together. That's why it's so important that
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these law enforcement agencies share this information. That's been a
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problem for a long time. And, you know, everywhere is
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the fact that law enforcement agencies used to not be
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as open about sharing information with other agencies. We had
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serial killers. running around this area for years. And because
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agencies weren't communicating with each other very well, you know,
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I'm not blaming anybody. Everybody wanted to catch these serial killers.
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But had information been freely shared and task force existed
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a lot earlier, maybe some of that could have been avoided.
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you're going to see good results like that.
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I sure hope that they share information. With other agencies
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from different states, how they did what they did, they
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can replicate it, improve it. And then this could just
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be a national outreach, you know, because these kids are
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traveling across state lines and we really could solve this.
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I really appreciate my tax dollars in general being applied
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to something like this. Bringing kids home is something that
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you can never put a price on.
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That's excellent.
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All right. Let's run a little segment here called They
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Stole What?
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They Stole What? What? Oh, wait. What did they steal?
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I'm sorry I messed that up.