A store clerk in Oklahoma is fired days after a midnight attack inside the 7-Eleven where she worked ends with her shooting a man who strangled her behind the counter. A Texas family is asking for a manslaughter charge to be dropped after a 5-year-old boy dies when a car driven by his uncle is hit by a passenger train at a barricaded crossing. Drew Nelson reports.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew Nelson,
a store clerk in Oklahoma, is fired days after a
midnight attack inside the seven eleven where she worked, ending
with her shooting a man who strangled her behind the counter.
Stephanie Dillneard is at the center of the case. She's
twenty five. She was working overnight at a seven eleven
in Oklahoma City. She learned last Monday that the company
(00:23):
was firing her after she fired her own gun to
defend herself. KOKH reports she took that call just days
after police cleared her under the state self defense law.
She said she had a scratch on her neck and
burns on her finger, and said she is lucky to
be alive, telling the TV station the attack took place
just before midnight. She had refused a one hundred dollars
(00:44):
counterfeit bill for Burrito's beef sticks and ice cream.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
He threatened me so that he was gonna slice my
head off, and then that's when I tried to call
the police.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Tilliard says the man grew more violent when she reached
for the phone.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Came behind the counter. I tried to run off, but
he grabbed his hands around my neck and pushed me
out of the counter space. That's when I pulled out
my gun. I shot him.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
The suspect is Kenneth Thompson, aged fifty nine. Police say
he ran from the store after he was shot. He
made it to MacArthur Boulevard and Northwest thirty fourth Street,
where he called nine to one one. Officers say they
did not immediately know the two calls were connected. Thompson
was arrested at the hospital on charges of assault and battery,
threatening acts of violence, trying to pass a fake bill,
(01:30):
and a parole violation. Tilliard said she had worked overnight
for more than two years without security. She says she
felt trapped during the attack, choosing between.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
My job in my life and I'm always going to
choose my life because there's people that depend on me.
I'm going I'm going home, you know that's my goal.
I need to be here for my kids.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Tilliard set up a GoFundMe after she was fired. The
page shows twenty eight, seven hundred and twenty one dollars
raised toward a thirty five thousand dollars goal, saying she
wants to save for a home and get her family
out of the city. Supporters commenting on the campaign say
she did the right thing, and some claim they will
never set foot in a seven to eleven ever again.
(02:11):
More crime and justice news after this. A Texas family
is asking for a manslaughter charge to be dropped after
a five year old boy dies when a car driven
by his uncle is hit by a passenger train at
a barricaded crossing in Terrant County. Officers charged twenty four
(02:32):
year old Fabian Riojas with manslaughter traffic accident. Police say
he drove a Dodge Charger around a lowered crossing arm
on Elliott Reeder Road, and a Trinity Railway express train
struck the passenger's side. Five year old Emilio Jacobi Martinez
died at the scene, while Rio Has was taken to
a hospital with minor injuries. Emilio's father, John Martinez, says
(02:53):
Riojas was giving Emilio a ride home. He is asking
for his brother to be released. He said Emidia loved
his own and said of his brother, quote, if he'd
had a chance, he would have given his life for
his nephew. Officers say the driver was observed going past
the barriers as the train approached forty three people were
on the train, none were hurt. Police say the crossing
arms were working just fine and the warning signals were active.
(03:18):
Carla Vicentini was last seen in Newark, New Jersey, during
the early morning hours of February tenth of two thousand
and six. She was twenty two. She'd arrived in the
United States only a few weeks earlier through a work
exchange program and was living with another exchange student. Witnesses
saw her leave the Adega bar and grill while intoxicated
and in the company of an unidentified white male. She
(03:39):
told a friend she was stepping outside to look at
a photograph in the man's car. She has not been
seen since. The FBI is offering a reward of up
to twenty thousand dollars. The case drew a lot more
attention in Brazil than it drew here. The New York
Times reports that Brazilian journalist Carlos Kolbach wrote more than
thirty five articles about her disappearance, and that the te
(04:00):
levision show Fantastico aired a segment about it. The Time
says the story quote was unnatural for the Brazilian press
because she entered the country legally and vanished under unusual circumstances.
Her disappearance sparked senate hearings in Brasilia. In New Jersey,
coverage was limited to one article, according to the Times,
and advocates struggled to draw attention from mainstream media outlets.
(04:22):
Carla had moved to Newark after leaving an overcrowded motel
room tied to her original job placement. She shared the
living room of an apartment and worked in local restaurants.
She called her mother every day until the night she disappeared.
The Times reports that some workers recalled a man named
Antonio buying her drinks. Her belongings were later found untouched
in her apartment. Authorities have told Brazilian officials that kidnapping
(04:46):
for sex trafficking is a possibility. Carla is white. She
was five feet seven and one hundred and forty pounds
when she disappeared, with blonde hair, brown eyes, multiple piercings,
and several tattoos, including a gray angel on her back,
a red and yellow camelle on her left hip, and
a tribal design on her lower back. She would be
forty two today. Anyone with information should contact the FBI
(05:07):
at eight hundred call FBI or Tips dot FBI dot gov.
For the latest crime and justice news. Follow Crime Alert
hourly update on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert.
I'm Drew Nelson.
Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew Nelson,
a store clerk in Oklahoma, is fired days after a
midnight attack inside the seven eleven where she worked, ending
with her shooting a man who strangled her behind the counter.
Stephanie Dillneard is at the center of the case. She's
twenty five. She was working overnight at a seven eleven
in Oklahoma City. She learned last Monday that the company
(00:23):
was firing her after she fired her own gun to
defend herself. KOKH reports she took that call just days
after police cleared her under the state self defense law.
She said she had a scratch on her neck and
burns on her finger, and said she is lucky to
be alive, telling the TV station the attack took place
just before midnight. She had refused a one hundred dollars
(00:44):
counterfeit bill for Burrito's beef sticks and ice cream.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
He threatened me so that he was gonna slice my
head off, and then that's when I tried to call
the police.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Tilliard says the man grew more violent when she reached
for the phone.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Came behind the counter. I tried to run off, but
he grabbed his hands around my neck and pushed me
out of the counter space. That's when I pulled out
my gun. I shot him.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
The suspect is Kenneth Thompson, aged fifty nine. Police say
he ran from the store after he was shot. He
made it to MacArthur Boulevard and Northwest thirty fourth Street,
where he called nine to one one. Officers say they
did not immediately know the two calls were connected. Thompson
was arrested at the hospital on charges of assault and battery,
threatening acts of violence, trying to pass a fake bill,
(01:30):
and a parole violation. Tilliard said she had worked overnight
for more than two years without security. She says she
felt trapped during the attack, choosing between.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
My job in my life and I'm always going to
choose my life because there's people that depend on me.
I'm going I'm going home, you know that's my goal.
I need to be here for my kids.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Tilliard set up a GoFundMe after she was fired. The
page shows twenty eight, seven hundred and twenty one dollars
raised toward a thirty five thousand dollars goal, saying she
wants to save for a home and get her family
out of the city. Supporters commenting on the campaign say
she did the right thing, and some claim they will
never set foot in a seven to eleven ever again.
(02:11):
More crime and justice news after this. A Texas family
is asking for a manslaughter charge to be dropped after
a five year old boy dies when a car driven
by his uncle is hit by a passenger train at
a barricaded crossing in Terrant County. Officers charged twenty four
(02:32):
year old Fabian Riojas with manslaughter traffic accident. Police say
he drove a Dodge Charger around a lowered crossing arm
on Elliott Reeder Road, and a Trinity Railway express train
struck the passenger's side. Five year old Emilio Jacobi Martinez
died at the scene, while Rio Has was taken to
a hospital with minor injuries. Emilio's father, John Martinez, says
(02:53):
Riojas was giving Emilio a ride home. He is asking
for his brother to be released. He said Emidia loved
his own and said of his brother, quote, if he'd
had a chance, he would have given his life for
his nephew. Officers say the driver was observed going past
the barriers as the train approached forty three people were
on the train, none were hurt. Police say the crossing
arms were working just fine and the warning signals were active.
(03:18):
Carla Vicentini was last seen in Newark, New Jersey, during
the early morning hours of February tenth of two thousand
and six. She was twenty two. She'd arrived in the
United States only a few weeks earlier through a work
exchange program and was living with another exchange student. Witnesses
saw her leave the Adega bar and grill while intoxicated
and in the company of an unidentified white male. She
(03:39):
told a friend she was stepping outside to look at
a photograph in the man's car. She has not been
seen since. The FBI is offering a reward of up
to twenty thousand dollars. The case drew a lot more
attention in Brazil than it drew here. The New York
Times reports that Brazilian journalist Carlos Kolbach wrote more than
thirty five articles about her disappearance, and that the te
(04:00):
levision show Fantastico aired a segment about it. The Time
says the story quote was unnatural for the Brazilian press
because she entered the country legally and vanished under unusual circumstances.
Her disappearance sparked senate hearings in Brasilia. In New Jersey,
coverage was limited to one article, according to the Times,
and advocates struggled to draw attention from mainstream media outlets.
(04:22):
Carla had moved to Newark after leaving an overcrowded motel
room tied to her original job placement. She shared the
living room of an apartment and worked in local restaurants.
She called her mother every day until the night she disappeared.
The Times reports that some workers recalled a man named
Antonio buying her drinks. Her belongings were later found untouched
in her apartment. Authorities have told Brazilian officials that kidnapping
(04:46):
for sex trafficking is a possibility. Carla is white. She
was five feet seven and one hundred and forty pounds
when she disappeared, with blonde hair, brown eyes, multiple piercings,
and several tattoos, including a gray angel on her back,
a red and yellow camelle on her left hip, and
a tribal design on her lower back. She would be
forty two today. Anyone with information should contact the FBI
(05:07):
at eight hundred call FBI or Tips dot FBI dot gov.
For the latest crime and justice news. Follow Crime Alert
hourly update on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert.
I'm Drew Nelson.
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