17-Stab Bloodbath: Utah Father Allegedly Attacks Sex Offender Who Targeted His Daughter | Crime Alert 1PM 12.08.25

A man in Utah is now jailed on an attempted murder charge after police say he lured another man to a public works area and stabbed him up to twenty times. A man in Florida is detained during a Christmas parade after deputies find him armed and wearing rifle-rated body armor while following a sitting member of Congress. Drew Nelson reports.

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Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew Nelson.
A man in Utah is now jailed on an attempted
murder charge after police say he claims he lured a
sex offender to a public works area and stabbed him
several times for making leering comments about his daughter. Dad
James garul Age, thirty two, was booked into the Carbon
County Jail this week. The attack happened late Sunday night

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in Wellington near a public work shed. Police say they
were called after a man covered in blood was seen
on someone's porch. The victim was later found a short
distance from there with multiple stab wounds. Doctors determining the
victim had been stabbed seventeen times. He survived and was
able to give police enough information to identify a suspect.
Officers later contacted Garulay at his home about two days

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after the attack. According to charging documents, Garoulay admitted he
met the victim at a post office several days earlier.
Police said Garoula told them the man made comments about
his daughter. Investigator say garula then searched for the victim online.
He believed the man was on the the Utah sex
offender registry. The victim has not been publicly identified. Police

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would not confirm whether the victim was actually on the registry.
Detective say Garoule later walked to the victim's apartment and
asked him to go for a walk to get some food.
Police say he lured the man to the area near
the shed where the stabbing occurred. Garule first denied the attack,
he later told officers he threw the knife away near
the scene. After a brief interview, he did admit that

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he did indeed assault our victim. That's Wellington Police Department
Sergeant Kevin Sakamano on KSTU. Garul is charged with attempted murder.
Police also confirmed he was already on probation for a
prior driving under the influence case. During a search of
his home, officers reportedly found evidence of narcotics use and
drug paraphernalia. The investigation remains active. Please don't take the

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law into your own hands like this. Please contact authorities
any time you need us. More crime and justice news
after this. A man in Florida is detained during a
Christmas parade after deputies find him armed and wearing rifle
rated body armor while following a sitting member of Congress.

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The incident unfolded Friday night at the Stuart Christmas Parade
in Martin County. Deputies moved in after the man drew
concern from spectators along the parade route. The Martin County
Sheriff's Office described his behavior as alarming. He wore a
hat pulled low over his face and layered clothing despite
the warm weather. Security was alerted by personnel of Congressman
Brian mast republican of Florida's twenty first District. Deputies and

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Stuart police detained the man before he could continue along
the route. During the detention, deputies discovered the man was
armed with a handgun and wearing a tactical armored plate
bulletproof vest under his clothing. Sheriff William Budenseig later described
what deputies uncovered, quote, this is legit rifle rated body armour,
its higher level than normal body armour, with that dagger

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tucked down in his pants, and he had a handgun
on his hip. The man was removed from the paraid
and taken to the Sheriff's office for questioning. Investigators from
the Martin County Sheriff's Office Stuart Police Department and FBI
interviewed him. After a full review, authorities found no lawful
basis for criminal charges, and he was released. Boden Seat
later said the man's behavior still appeared off. He said

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the man may have been experiencing a mental health crisis
or may have been high. The sheriff said the man's
family confirmed prior substance use issues. Investigators also confirmed the
man had previously served as a narcotics informant for the
Sheriff's office. The man told investigators he feared for his
life because of his past informant work. He said it
was that fear that led him to where the tactical

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gear deputies kept his weapons and vest. The Sheriff's office
is now seeking a risk protection order to keep him
away from firearms for the time being. Koi Dang Vu
was twenty five when he went missing April seventeenth, two
thousand and seven, from his home in Clark County, near Vancouver, Washington.
His family thus saw him sometime between midnight and one am,

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noticed he was gone around eight am. His bed did
not appear to have been slept him. His favorite jacket
was left behind, his main mode of transportation, as bicycle
was still at the house. He had never disappeared at
night before, and he never stayed away longer than an
hour or two. Authorities now believe Koy was a victim
of a homicide. Investigators think his body was placed in
a dumpster and later taken to a landfill near Boardman, Oregon.

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No suspects have ever been publicly named. Coy was deaf
since birth and could not talk. He also had a
mental disability and functioned at the level of a ten
year old. He used American sign language to communicate and
was known to be very outgoing, often approaching strangers. He
enjoyed basketball and video games. Coy was born in Vietnam,
but he was an American citizen and did not understand

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Vietnamese at the time he disappeared. He stood about five
feet five inches tall and weighed between one hundred and
five and one hundred eighteen pounds. Black hair, brown eyes,
His right arm and hand are slightly deformed. Anyone with
information is asked to contact the u FBI Field office
in Portland or Seattle eight hundred, call FBI or tips
dot FBI dot gov. For the latest crime and justice news,

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with this crime alert. I'm Drew Nelson,