March 19, 2026

*Preview* Crime Wire Weekly 3/20/26 | Melanie Curtin Verdict, Flamingo Assaults and Tarantula Toss

*Preview* Crime Wire Weekly 3/20/26 | Melanie Curtin Verdict, Flamingo Assaults and Tarantula Toss
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In today’s  episode KJ and Jim bring you the week’s trending crime related headlines. Check out the below for all the topics of the headlines we are covering today!

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Timestamps
03:00 The Melanie Curtin Re-Trial Verdict
16:00 Woman Charged For Posting Unredacted Warrant
20:00 Axe Welding Man Picks “The Wrong Guy”
24:00 UPDATE: No Charges in Teachers Death
27:00 UPDATE: Kori Richins Trial Verdict 
30:00 Flamingo Assault Leads to Serious Charges
35:00 U.S. Congressional Candidate Throws Tarantula At AirBNB Tenent
40:00 Louisiana Missing Teen Found After Snapchat Meetup
45:00 Florida Boat Rescue Gets Chaotic.

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Welcome back, folks, and we have a heck of his

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show coming your way today. Look at just a few

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of the topics. In Louisiana, a woman is sentenced to

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life in prison for engaging in an alleged rape during

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a threesome. She gets a new trial, she gets reduced charges.

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In just a few days ago, is found not guilty

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by a twelve person jerry. In Florida, a man is

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jailed after he picked the wrong guy to thright down

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to a local car wash with an axe. A woman

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in Tennessee takes doxing to a whole new level when

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she posts a man's unredacted arrest warren online. In Utah,

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we have a verdict in the Corey rich AND's murder case,

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and we have an update to the Georgia case involving

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your teacher killed during a high school prank. These stories

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and so much more coming your way today on Crime

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Wire Weekly.

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

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We're gonna start off here at home. We're gonna start

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off in Livingston, Paris, Louisiana, right where we record out

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of right now, and I'm gonna tell you about a

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Livingston Paris jury who on Tuesday, March seventeenth, twenty twenty six,

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found Melanie Carton not guilty on all charges of simple

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rape and video voyeurism after deliberating for about three hours,

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and this was at the end of an eight day retrial.

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Tears of joy filled the courtroom as in a unanimous

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twelve person jury delivered the verdict. Curtain, who had faced

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up to twenty five years in prison if convicted, burned

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down emotionally alongside her mother, fiance, and youngest son. Quote.

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I am so thankful for the people that prayed for

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me and fought for me, and I'm looking forward to freedom,

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Curtin told reporters outside of the courthouse. When asked what

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she had to say to Livingston Parish, she added, quote,

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I'm never coming back and I can't blame her there.

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The case dates back to November of twenty fourteen, when

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a video recorded at the home of the then Livingston

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Parish Sheriff's Office Deputy Dennis Perkins, captured a sexual encounter

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involving Curtin, Perkins, and another woman. Prosecutors allege the woman

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was unconscious and unable to consent with Curtin assisting in

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that assault. The video was discovered some five years later

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during the sprawling investigation into Perkins and his wife, Cynthia Perkins. Now,

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I want to note, and it's important to say, these

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timelines did not cross. Melanie Curtin was related to none

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of these child sex cases. And that's very important because

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it has been conflated and mixed up and people think

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that those cases were they do not. Curtin was arrested

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in February of twenty twenty. Now, in her first trials,

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she was convicted of first degree rape sentenced to life

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in prison without parole. However, the Louisiana First Circuit Court

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of Appeal overturned that conviction in twenty twenty three. They

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ruled that the trial judge improperly restricted her defense and

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alloud prejudicial evidence, which violated her constitutional right to a

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fair trial. The retrial proceeded on reduced charges of simple

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rape and video voyeurism. Defense attorney Jena Whet argued successfully

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that evidence showed Curtin was another victim of perkins manipulative

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say that three times fast behavior. We are happy and

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thankful that the jury had finally recognized Melanie as one

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of Dennis Perkins's many victims and that she can finally

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put this saga behind her, Wheat said after the verdict,

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the defense called just one witness, though a very powerful witness,

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in roughly thirteen minutes of testimony describing Perkins's pattern of

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instructing his partners to pretend to be asleep during encounters.

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Cartin did not testify. The prosecution, led by the Louisiana

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AG's Office, maintained the eighteen minute video, which was played

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twice for jurors with the courtroom cleared. Incidentally, each time

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clearly showed non consensual acts. The victim testified she had

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no memory of the night and only learned the assault

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when shown the video. Years later, Assistant Attorney General Erica

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Moore expressed her disagreement with the verdict but respect for

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the jury's decision, noting this case was tried in the

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court of public opinion and the media before it got

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to court. Attorney General Liz Merrell issued a statement expressing

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profound disappointment. Quote after a retrial, years of lays, extensive

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core proceedings, and other factors, this is not the outcome

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we had hoped for. In our disappointment, is a grave understatement.

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The victim in this case endured horrific abuse at the

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hands of Dennis Perkins and courageously testified about that trauma.

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I'm so sorry the system failed her. Miro praised the

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victim's courage in the prosecutor's efforts while criticizing court rulings

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that said she weakened, that said weakened Louisiana rape shield law,

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and a media campaign she believes influenced the process. She

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emphasized that Dennis Perkins convicted of heinous sex crimes including miners,

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including involving miners, and sentenced to one hundred years, and

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Cynthia Perkins remained behind bars curtain, as I said, was

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never accused of involvement in any crimes related to children.

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Judge Brian Abels did preside over this trial, and the

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vertict marked more than a day long legal ord deal

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for Carton, who maintained her innocence throughout.

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Yeah, this one was a very, very It almost feels

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like a personal one because it was local. So many

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people around here, I know made opinions based on what

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the media, you know, put out there. That's all you

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would know. And that goes both ways too, you know.

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I feel like there was media coverage that was shedding

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every party in good light and in bad light. I

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felt like it was kind of all over the place.

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But the facts are that Jem and I dedicated our

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time to go sit through every single day of this trial.

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We took meticulous notes. I know I did. I saw

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you taking meticulous notes. And I have to tell you

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that the jury got this one right. This jury got

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it right.

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Yeah. There was not evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, not

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even closed by any stretch. In my opinion, there were

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a lot of holes in this case, a lot of

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unanswered questions. And in this country, you have to have

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evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to convict somebody.

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Yeah, And I can tell you that I never followed

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the first trial and I did follow the second one

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because I was you know this curiosity. You want to know,

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you're curious about it. And what I can tell you

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is that I had preconceived notions before going into this

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trial to take notes. And my jaw literally dropped at

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certain points that the testimony, the testimony on the prosecution side,

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I think almost sealed the deal from me that it

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was not guilty more than anything. Yeah, their their witnesses

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were just not helpful to their own case.

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I don't know how you saw it, but that's how

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I saw it.

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Well, let's apparently how the jury saw it. Yeah, for sure,

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because it was unanimous. It wasn't a hung jury. It

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wasn't you know, what is it six five one way

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and seven the other. I mean, this was a unanimous

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not guilty verdict, which I think speaks volumes to proven

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the case.

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Yeah, And I can tell you.

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And they're difficult cases, these these consent cases. They're difficult cases.

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There's not fine lines there on a lot of cases

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that involved consent.

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And so I felt like the verdict that was reached

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was the same verdict I had in my head based

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off of the evidence that I heard in court.

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Yeah, period, period. And I know I'll add this and

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this is a personal opinion. I'm sure that people don't

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share it, but I never feared the government before this trial,

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and I can tell you it instilled a little bit

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of further reaching fear in me that things could go

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this far with not a lot of proof.

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Yeah. And you know what Kelly's referencing here For those

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that may be unfamiliar, I mentioned it in the in

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the article, but she was in prison for life, and

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it was it was several questionable rulings that created this

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new trial under reduced charges because the first case was

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thrown out. But I can only imagine having to resign

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your brain to you know, I'm in jail for a lot.

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I mean, she didn't foresee this appeal coming in her

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having another shot at proving her innocence in this case,

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which is really an oxymoron in itself, because you shouldn't

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have to prove your innocence you innocents. Just the opposite,

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And it's to avoid things like this from occurring. Now,

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what occurs in the public spectrum. Look, this is a

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social media world. You are not going to be able

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to control people's opinions on social media, and we've seen

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that many cases throughout the country. And the majority of

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the people on this jury, from what I understand, did

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not have familiarity with this particular case. As a matter

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of fact, one juror was interviewed afterwards and said they

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had no familiarity with Melanie Carton at all.

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Well, and there's something else here too that I think

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is interesting to a concept that we as people could

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at least consider is that when the appellate court originally

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ruled that, look this, basically, the deck was stacked against

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Melanie Curtain because of some rulings of evidence that was

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allowed and was not allowed, and they felt like it

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was an error. The way that that was done, they

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must have been correct, because what are the chances of

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someone going from life in prison to the new trial

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with these new rules in place of what can be

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allowed and not allowed, and then a twelve person jury

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unanimously say this person is not guilty. That must lend

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itself to that the decision made by the appellate court

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must have been the correct decision for them to flip

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flop that hard for a jury to flip flop that hard.

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Yes, and while we believe she's not guilty, and that

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jury believed that she is not guilty, it's important to

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note that they not guilty of verty can acquittal her

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the same thing. And what that means in a llegal

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definition is that this case was not proved beyond a

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reasonable doubt. There's only three people in this particular case

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that know the absolute well four because I'm a believer

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and I believe God knows the absolute truth. But aside

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from all that, it's the accused, the accuser, and Dennis Perkins,

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who is not talking, so you know, those are really

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the only definitive people that know. But based off of

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the evidence shown in trial, I wasn't I wasn't convinced.

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Nor was I so what I would hope for, And

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you know, every case is a learning lesson, and when

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you are specifically going every day to court, it's very different,

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I think than just seeing the headlines every day and

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something else. I learned that I think I already knew.

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But there are certain media outlets that posted the polar

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opposite of what was said in court. And some of

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them were spot on and were one correct, but there

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were some media outlets. When I tell you the absolute

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antithesis of what was said in court, my jaw dropped.

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And so this is where the due diligence of the

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public should come in. You should. I know, we don't

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all have time to go to trials, right and listen

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to them and all that, But before you get behind

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a keyboard and you start professing your beliefs on something

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when you have no foundation other than a headline, it

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taught me a lesson. Yeah, better take a step back

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you better watch what you say because you can be

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proven dead wrong based on evidence presented to you, right,

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you know.

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And one more thing on my end before we stopped

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talking about this look. I was there personally as a

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citizen of Livingston Parish, a concerned citizen of Livingston Parish

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who wanted to know what occurred based off of the

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facts that I saw in the trial and the looks

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that I was given and people I was with, I

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didn't care too much for you know, this is let

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me tell you something I fully believe is we are

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in open court, in the people's house, and everybody should

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encourage the public to participate in the court system, even

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if it's from the standpoint of a spectator learning more

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about the court system, which is what I was there for.

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I wanted to know what occurred in this case in

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my parish, Okay, and I had a lot of people

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from outside of this parish that were looking at me

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as if I didn't belong there, as if I was

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an enemy. I felt like I had formed an opinion

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either way, and these people were looking at me as

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if I was there to be critical of every step

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of the process. I didn't have an opinion one way

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or the other one. I shut up. So I didn't

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care for that. And so if any of those people

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are listening, don't make people feel uncomfortable for going to

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court and participating in the system.

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Yeah. And I'm going to add to it though and

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tell you this. I felt genuinely like I was public

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enemy number one for even questioning the prosecution's case, which

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that's not why I was there either. I wasn't there

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to question their case. I was there to get the

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facts of the case. And I agree, I felt like

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there were some intimidation factors that were being employed there.

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I don't think it was right, and I didn't appreciate

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it because I didn't do that to anyone else. I

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wasn't there to intimidate other people. I was there to

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just listen. Mere presence made others feel the necessary that

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they should glare or should make me feel like I

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shouldn't be there. It's dead wrong, and you're right. It's

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the people's.

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Court that's right. And there's no two other people who

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are more supporters of law enforcement. Heck, the Attorney General

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i've hated for, I support her.

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I like her.

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I agree with ninety nine point nine percent of what jesuays,

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they're kicking ass. I'm not. I'm not an enemy.

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Yeah, they're kicking ass. Getting all these fraud people arrested

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getting medicaid benefits. I mean, she's slaying it. If you

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watch I follow their feed, you know, getting all these

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child predators and all of this off the streets. Kudos

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to you, job well done. But there's also some cases

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that aren't that strong, and maybe it's a learning lesson

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for everybody, right, you know, all right, let's move on.

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Let's go to Tennessee. A forty eight year old woman

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has been arrested and charged with identity theft after allegedly

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posting an unredacted copy of a man's arrest warrant on

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social media exposing sinsitive personal information. Emily, who goes by

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Emma Berger, was taken into custody following an investigation by

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the Monroe County Sheriff's Office authority. Say Burger posted the

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document on March eleventh to the Facebook group Uncensored Voices

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of Monroe County Revamped, which included Mitchell Cook's full name,

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date of birth, driver's license number, and social security number. Cook,

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the subject of the warrant, reported to police, that he

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had not authorized the release of his personal details. Berger

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reportedly later removed the original post, redacted the sensitive information,

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and then reposted it, admitting in the new post that

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she had initially shared it unredacted. Monroe County Sheriff Tommy

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Jones explained in a statement, while many county records are

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public records and can be viewed by the public, certain

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information contained within those records is protected by law and

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is not permitted to be publicly disclosed, including personal identifying

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information such as social security numbers and driver's license numbers.

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He added that the d's investigation determined the unredacted posting

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constituted a criminal offense. The warrant originated from the Monroe

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County Clerk of Courts electronic system accessed by an authorized individual.

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According to Jones, the clerk is identified as Duana Martin,

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and ongoing probe is examining how Berger obtained the document.

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Berger was booked into the Monroe County jail and released

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after posting a three thousand dollars bond. It remains unclear

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if she has obtained legal representation. Her mugshot has been

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released by authorities, So.

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How did you get it? Get this that's the called

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unredacted warrant, and the question what risk do you take

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from posting an unredacted warrant? I mean, it's a warrant

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for arrest. I would have assumed that was public record.

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I would I would not have because I think about

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me and what information would I not want released to

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the public. Well, my social Security number, if there was

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a credit card number used in the I wouldn't want

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my credit card number out there. I wouldn't want my

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address if I was a victim put out there. So

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this is one of those situations where I would guess

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maybe she's ignorant of the law, realized it when someone

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pointed it out, went back and redacted it, but it

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was too late. You've already put it out there. So

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I don't know necessarily if it was malicious, but it

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was stupid. Well so, and I can tell you this too.

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I'm actually working on a case right now, and right

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there on national television they posted a photo during the

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trial and it had the social Security card right there

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because it was a piece of evidence, and it was

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unredacted and right there on national television. So to me,

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it begs the question, though, why can they pot but

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but why can they stream it on national television and

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not catch charges yet this woman obtained the document and

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posted it and does collect her es. I'm just curious,

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And I don't know the answer to that, right right,

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I don't have a law on that. I don't.

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I don't either. And maybe that he had catch chargers

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and you're just not aware of it.

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Maybe, but they haven't taken it down.

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Well she did, Yeah, Well makes you wonder, makes you.

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Wonder she shouldn't have gotten her hands on it in

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the first place. And there needs to be an investigation there,

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I agree. All right.

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Florida man jailed. We're going to tell you about this

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wild story. A thirty six year old man. He's behind

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bars after following a following a bizarre confrontation and a

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local car wash where he brandished an axe at two

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teenage employees, only to be subdued by one of those

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workers using mixed martial arts techniques. And I actually saw

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this video and this dude got his ass whip to say,

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you know, bluntly. Bryce Thayer was arrested. This was at

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the Tidal Wave Audience Spa. This was in a Calli, Florida.

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After deputies from the Marion County Sheriff's Office. They responded

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to reports of an armed individual threatening staff. Now not

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only was he armed, but it was with an axe,

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and we'll get to that. According to authorities, Fare arrived

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at the car washes employees were closing for the day.

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He was told to leave the property. He gets pissed off.

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He removes an axe from his backpack. He approaches two brothers,

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eighteen year old Lindon Pino and his sixteen year old

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sibling in a threatening manner. Surveillance footage captured the moments

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Fayre advanced with the axe raised in This prompted Pino,

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who trains in MMA, to lunge forward. His younger brother

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grabbed the weapon while Pino executed a takedown, throwing elbows

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to the face. Penny fared to the ground, and then

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he applied what's done as a body triangle, followed by

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a rear naked choke, and he restrained him until law

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enforcement arrived. He said, quote, I was locking up all

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the doors. I heard screaming, someone yelling. He walked up

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through the tunnel and that's when he tells him, you

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gotta leave, man, you gotta leave. And you see that

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in the video. Then he lowered the acts and that's

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when I shot a take down. He said, he got

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on top of him, and y'all it was UFC style.

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At this epay.

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Yeah, and this is a teenager man. He wasn't playing.

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Pinot express relief at the outcome, saying he's thankful that

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he was the one closing with his brother and not

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somebody else because he's able to protect his brother and

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that's exactly what he did, and he said that Thayer

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got everything he deserved. Upon arrival, deputies found there still

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restrained on the ground, took him into custody, and a

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search revealed a glass pipe used for matth amphetamine in

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his possession. Thayer's mudshot showed significant bruising on his face

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due to the altercation, and you should be seeing that

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right now if you're watching the Patreon video version of this.

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They are faced two counts of felony aggravated assault with

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the deadly weapon without intent to kill, which was kind

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of strange considering you had an axe. And he also

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had account of possession of that glass pipe drug paraphernalia

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and he's being held in Marion County Jail on an

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eleven thousand dollars bond.

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So this makes me think weird to me, Yeah, this

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is something that makes me think about something I always

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said to my students when I was teaching. They would say,

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Miss Jens, can I ask you something? I'd say, time out,

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don't ask me, that's a felony. You can ask me, though,

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And I know they would always laugh at me, But

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you know, I'm saying, like, look, asking somebody's wrong, you know,

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And it was just a joke. But this case in

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point right here, don't ask somebody. Maybe because he said

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that he dropped the weapon down before he attacked him,

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maybe that's where they got through without intent to kill.

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But you raise an axe at me, I'm assuming you're

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trying to kill me.

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Yeah, you would think that's attempted murder right there. But

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I'm not defending him, obviously. But in this case, I

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watched the video. He never like picked it up, and heck,

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he barely had time to get it out of his backpack.

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That guy was on good hey shut out to him.

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This kid right here is the prime example of every

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man should have the capability of being dangerous, but the

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authority to restrain it, and then that's when you use it.

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So that's awesome. Yeah, that's awesome.

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In his mud shot, y'all, his whole eyes closed.

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Yeah, his nose might with his nose might be pointing

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the wrong direction slightly too. All right, So we've got

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a big update for you here. We discussed this case

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last week and so I'm really excited to give you

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this update. All charges have been dismissed after five high

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school students involved in a senior prank that tragically resulted

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in the death of their math teacher when there was

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a crash after they were pulling this prank. The incident

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occurred on the evening of March seventh, twenty twenty six,

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when the teens identified as Jaden Wallace, Aiden Hucks and

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a Luke, Ariana Cruz and Elijah Tate Owens, arrived at

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Hughes's home in the Hall County as part of a

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senior prank tradition. According to the reports, the students were

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engaging in activities such as toilet papering or egging the

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property when Hughes, a forty six year old teacher and

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coach at North Hall High School, gave chase in his car.

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During their pursuit, Hughes lost control of his vehicle veered

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off the road and struck a utility poll, sustaining fatal injuries.

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The teams, who were in two separate vehicles, reportedly stopped

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after witnessing the crash and attempted to render aid to

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Hughes before emergency services arrived. Despite their efforts, Hughes was

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pronounced dead at the scene. Initially, the students faced serious charges,

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including vehicular homicide for Wallace, who was driving one of

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the vehicles, as well as reckless driving, criminal trespass, and

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littering for all that were involved. However, on March thirteenth

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of twenty six, Hall County District Attorney Lee I believe

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you would say Darra requested the dismissal of all charges,

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which was approved by a judge in the Hall County

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Magistrate Court. The decision came after Hugh's widow, Laura Hughes,

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publicly expressed forgiveness and advocated for the charges to be dropped,

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emphasizing that the tragedy was an accident and that the

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students had shown remorse. Laura Hughes gets charges dismissed against

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five teens and husband's death, noted one report highlighting her

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role in the outcome. In a statement shared through her attorney,

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she conveyed a message of compassion, stating that she did

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not want the young lives of the students to be

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further ruined by the incident. Hughes was a well loved

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figure in the community, known for his dedication to teaching

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math and coaching at North Hall High School.

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Yeah, and this is you know, we covered this extensively

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last week, but this is a situation of an accident.

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There was no intention here to hurt anybody, certainly kill anybody.

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It was just a prank that went wrong.

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Yeah, and my understanding of this was wrong. Originally, my

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understanding was that he ran out to kind of like

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scare him, like ah, because he was excited, and like

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fell and then they hit him. That is how I

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understood it. But this is totally different. I never knew

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he got in his car, drove it and wrecked it.

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And even before I knew that, I thought, this is terrible.

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This is an accident, but even more so now, right,

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you know, so prayers for all of those people. And

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I think, my God, the grace that that wife shows,

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because you know, people want to point fingers when there's

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a tragedy it makes you feel better, that's right. But

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she is obviously a woman of integrity, Yeah and understanding.

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All right, let's go to Utah and we have another

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update from a case that we brought you last week.

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Of course, Corey Richins, who is a Utah children's book author,

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this is all over the news. She was in trial

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these past several weeks for the aggravated murtyr of her

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husband after a fentanyl poisoning. A verdict has been reached

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and is guilty on all charges in that case. Prosecutors

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had argued that Richings fatally poisoned her husband, who is

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Eric Richinds. He was thirty nine years old. She used

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a lethal dose of fitting al and she actually laced

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what I learned was a moscow moscow mule cocktail. That

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was my man, How did I go fifty one years

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without knowing what a moscow?

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I don't know. M it's just not your drink of

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I don't want to taste it. What is your drink

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of choice? Usually beer? Yeah, that's why you don't have that.

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I mean, I have beer in a cold mug, but.

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This is a crafted drink.

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You know. Well, I'm gonna try it.

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We need to get fancy.

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I had to make one copper mug. Yes, that's that

470
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I remember.

471
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So we have to go do this for research purposes. Well,

472
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that's how we'll say.

473
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We'll do it next episode. So Richins pleaded not guilty.

474
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Of course, in this trash had nothing to lose. She

475
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maintained her innocence throughout those persons and she even did

476
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a dateline NBC interview where you know, she discussed all

477
00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:09.279
this that she had nothing to do with this. It

478
00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:13.799
was pretty pretty high profile even even before the trial started,

479
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because of the fact that she was a children's book

480
00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:21.079
author and she is now going to spend the rest

481
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of her life in jail. The verdict was read she

482
00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:27.720
hung her head twenty five years to life as her sentence,

483
00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:30.759
But she's probably gonna be there for the rest of

484
00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:32.920
her life if i'm if I'm guessing there is no

485
00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:34.799
death penalty that was sought in this case.

486
00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:38.440
Yeah, well, you know, I don't know how you could

487
00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:43.359
even defend that fentanyl showed up. You don't accidentally get

488
00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.880
ahold of that.

489
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Yeah, you know.

490
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So, in all honesty, I haven't followed this trial closely

491
00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:49.519
because I like for trials to end and then I

492
00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:52.039
like to go process on myself and go through it

493
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without the pressure of having to remember everything. And so

494
00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:58.359
that's what I'm going to dive into and check out.

495
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Yeah, and there was a ton of evidence in this case.

496
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And I mean even down to the guys. She bought

497
00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:06.079
the fentonyl frohim happened to be an informant.

498
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There you go.

499
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So the first thing you did was get a police

500
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and say I sold some to this you know, suburban

501
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white lady. I mean, quite fine.

502
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She gave me a copy of her book. I'm just

503
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