Playing Pickleball? You're Under Arrest! | Crime Alert 2PM 12.04.25

A city on the California coast moves to permanently outlaw pickleball after neighbors complained the nonstop popping noise became unbearable. A Florida man is now in jail after deputies say a fake real estate scheme unraveled behind a front door that literally dared them to return with a warrant. Drew Nelson reports.

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Crime a art hourly update breaking crime news Now, I'm
Drew Nelson. A city on the California coast moves to
permanently outlaw pickleball after neighbors complain the NonStop popping noise
has become unbearable. The band was approved this week by
the Carmel City Council after weeks of packed meetings and
heated debate. The vote makes playing pickleball a misdemeanor at

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the only location in the city with pickleball courts. The
decision will take effect in thirty days, though a temporary
ban has already shut down pickleball players. Supporters filled a
recent city council meeting, arguing the city has ignored most
of the community. Carmel resident Terry Moran tells KSBW he
warned the city council from the start laws against ice

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cream cones and high heeled shoes, so this seems like
another crazy one and they're going to outlaw pickleball. Opponents
speaking at the city council meeting said the noise carries
through the canyon where the park sits Supporters fired back
that the ban goes too far and paints the city
in a bad light. We're not bad people, saying players sport.
Let's just have compassion on the neighborhood that's receiving this

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for There are other places for these people to go
in play. I can't what am I going to sell
my house and move away? Is acidin that this is happening.
It's embarrassing. You guys are a national embarrassment. City leaders
say they understand arguments on both sides. The mayor says
the council still hopes to work with residents and players
to find alternative locations for the courts. The city council

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rejected earlier compromise plans that would have limited playing time
or required quieter equipment. The dispute centers on that sharp
popping sound. Experts estimate the pickleball impacts often reached seventy
five decibels at close range. That's about as loud as
a vacuum cleaner. In comparison, a typical tennis match usually
stays before sixty decibels, while a basketball bouncing on hardwood

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reaches ninety decibels during active play. Neighbors argue that pickleball's rapid, repeated,
sharp pops make the sound feel louder and more intrusive
than other sports. For now, the courts at Forest Hill
Park will remain silent. The city attorney is expected to
finalize the permanent ordinance as the city searches for another
place where the sport may be allowed to resume. No

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word of pickleball players will be subject to arrest in
jail time. More crime and justice news after this Florida
man is now in jail after deputies say a fake
real estate scheme unraveled behind a front door that literally

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dared them to come back with a warrant. Christopher Music
is fifty seven. He lives in Daytona Beach. The Lucia
County Deputies arrested him after what they call a large
scale mortgage fraud investigation. Deputy say Music created fake documents
to make it look like he owned multiple commercial properties.
He then took out mortgages on those properties. Investigators say
he used the money to buy more properties he rented

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them out, He kept the rent and deputy say he
never paid off the loans. The Sheriff's office posted a
photo from outside Music's front door. The doormat reads quote,
come back with a warrant. The Sheriff's office writes quote,
we came back with a warrant after the arrest, deputy
said quote. After interviewing Music, VSO, Financial Crimes Unit detectives
established probable cause to execute a search warrant at his residence,

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thereby satisfying the doormat's request. Music now faces several felony charges,
organized scheme to defraud, grand theft over one hundred thousand dollars,
and forgery. His bond had set at two hundred and
twenty five thousand dollars. Investigators also revealed that Music has
a long criminal history, ten prior felony convictions, two outstanding
warrants out of Maryland. The Belusha County Sheriff's Office says

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the investigation is active. More charges could follow if additional
victims or fraudulent transactions are discovered. Twelve year old Stephen
Earlcraft Junior disappeared in Barryon County, Michigan on February fifteenth
of two thousand and one. He lived with his family
in Benton Township near Minton Harbor. That evening, he left
home between seven and eight pm to walk his twos.

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He did not come home for dinner, neither did the dogs.
At one am, his parents reported him missing. Police began looking.
The FBI joined the case days later. Agents interviewed neighbors.
Crews searched ponds and small lakes near the neighborhood. One
of his dogs returned home. Several days later, the second
dog was found blocks away. Stephen's footprints were later traced

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past and iced over pond near his home toward Harbor
Haven Ministries on Irving Street. Temperatures were below freezing and
he was not wearing a hat or gloves. Stephen was
a sixth grade student. He had just completed a five
day school suspension shortly before he disappeared. Administrators said he
defended himself in a fight. Both students were suspended. It
was the first time he had ever been disciplined. Otherwise,

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teachers described him as quiet. Investigators have explored both abduction
and runaway theories. Stephen Earlcraft Junior is white. At the
time he disappeared, he was five two, one hundred pounds.
He had sandy brown hair and green eyes. He had
a small red birthmark on the left side of his ribcage.
His nickname was Stevie. He was the last scene wearing
an aqua and purple Charlotte hornet's jacket, a tan and

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white striped shirt, tan parachute pants, and black lugs boots.
His family ties to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Lexington, Kentucky. Today
he would be thirty six. Anyone with information is urged
to contact the FBI Saint Joseph Michigan office at three
one three nine six five twenty three, twenty three, or
go to Tips dot FBI dot CoV for the latest
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your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. I'm Drew Nelson.