New Wheelchair for Paraplegic Man Robbed Twice While Standing By Helplessly | Crime Alert 6AM 10.08.25

A silver lining for a paraplegic man in Oklahoma City, regaining his mobility after strangers step in to replace the medical gear stolen from him during two home break-ins. The chief meteorologist for New Orleans TV station WDSU is on leave after police say he attacked his girlfriend while her two children slept nearby. An Indiana woman is charged with animal cruelty after police say they found her dead dog stuffed in a plastic tote soaked with chemicals. Drew Nelson reports.

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Crime alart, hourly update, breaking crime news now and.

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I never expected any of this, so I get it's
just amazing how much everyone's coming together to help me.

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I'm Drew Nelson, a silver lining for a paraplegic man
in Oklahoma City regaining his mobility after strangers step in
to replace the medical gear stolen from him during two
home break ins. Alan Prudome said thieves broke into his
Southeast Oklahoma City apartment twice in one week, taking his wheelchair, medication, cash,

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and the hand controls he used to drive a vehicle.
He told kfo R he woke up during the second
burglary to find two men inside. One tried to pull
the bag off from around his waist, while another came
out of his closet carrying a box of his stuff.
Eight days earlier, Prudome had returned home to find his
front door pride open and his valuables gone. He said

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the second break in left him terrified to stay alone.
Police have arrested one suspect, identified as Johnny Johnson the
Third and charged him with first degree burglary. Officers said
he lived in the same complex. They urged residents to
use good locks cameras and motion lights. Prudom said he
survives on disability and can't easily replace what was stolen.

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After Allen's story aired, a former serviceman swooped in.

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On behalf of wheelchairs for veterans. We'd like to present
you with this manual wheelchair.

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That's Stacy Reddick speaking to kfo R.

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I just cannot believe that somebody would steal this man's
medical equipment, so we jumped all over it.

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Prudom thanked the community for its kindness and said he
plans to close his GoFundMe, which raised ten eight hundred
and twenty two dollars of its sixteen thousand dollars goal.
Prudohm wrote that the donations will help replace personal items,
cover moving costs after his lease was terminated due to
the burglaries, and possibly go toward a vehicle that he
can use without help. More crime and justice news after this.

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The chief meteorologist for New Orleans TV station WDSU is
on leave after police say he attacked his girlfriend while
her two children slept nearby. Devin Lucy, age forty eight,
was arrested early Sunday at his home in Marrero. He
faces charges of domestic abuse with child endangerment, and resisting
an officer by refusing to identify himself. According to the

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Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, deputies said the incident began after
an argument at a festival in Gretna. The woman told
police that Lucy left the event and her mother drove
her back to his home. She said she pried the
door open and went inside. The pair argued again. Lucy left,
but later returned and allegedly punched her while she was
in bed. Her two children were asleep on a couch

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in the living room. Deputies wrote that the woman had
quote several small cuts and scratches on most of her
upper body, as well as several whelps on her forehead
and face. She told investigators quote they wrestled and she
fought back in self defense. Deputy say Lucy had visible
scratches on his face and refused to give his name
or date of birth. He also refused to put on

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clothing or clean his injuries. Lucy was booked into the
Jefferson Parish Correctional Center and later released. The station says
he has been placed on leave quote pending the investigation.
Lucy joined WDSU in twenty twenty one and was named
chief Meteorologist in August after Margaret Or retired. He is
a certified broadcast meteorologist through the American Meteorological Society and

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has worked in Denver, Las Vegas, Washington, d C. And
Kansas City. An Indiana woman is charged with animal cruelty
after police say they found her dead dog stuffed in
a plastic tote soaked with chemicals. Kylie Dodd was arrested
September twenty ninth, then charged with a misdemeanor count of
cruelty to an animal. Court record show she posted one
hundred and fifty dollars bond and is set to appear

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in court on November seventeenth. Police said they were called
to a workplace on South sixth Avenue in Beach Grove
after someone reported some when dropping off quote a dead
dog in a tote, poured chemicals on it and left
the tote at her work. Officers reported the blue tot
contained a dog quote covered in some type of chemical
and maggot's DoD told police she found the tote near

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her car after leaving work seven thirty pm. She said
she opened it and saw her dog inside. She also
claimed there was a note that read quote for Kylie,
here's your dog, but told officers she later lost it.
At first, she blamed another person and said they must
have put the dog in the tote, but police contacted
that person, who said they had not seen DoD or

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the dog since March. When confronted again, officers say they
quote made it clear it was known that she was
lying about the care and custody of the dog. Dodd
then changed her story. She told police Quote, the dog
just died and that she didn't know how. She admitted
she no longer lived in the apartment where the dog
was kept, and affidavit states quote DoD was periodically coming

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and checking on the dog. She told police she found
the animal dead in September twenty sixth when she returned
to the apart gartman. She said she wrapped the dog,
named Maze, in a blanket and placed it in the
tote while looking for Quote someone to bury her. Investigators
said Dodd acted alone. Animal control officers later took possession
of the dog's remains. For the latest crime and justice news,

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But this Crime Alert, I'm Drew Nelson.