Tiny Victims: Toddler Hit, Baby In Stroller Dragged 350 Feet As Driver Speeds Away | Crime Alert 9AM 12.08.25

A hit-and-run driver in California is under arrest after a baby in a stroller and her toddler brother were run down and dragged down a city street in San Bernardino. Florida plans to execute two more man before year's end, setting a modern record for executions in the state. Drew Nelson reports.

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Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
I'm Drew Nelson.

Speaker 1 (00:04):
A hit and run driver in California is under arrest
after a baby and a stroller and her toddler brother
were run down and dragged down a city street in
San Bernardino, Chester. Lamont Gordon, twenty seven, was arrested on
Friday after investigators received tips from the public. San Bernardino
Police booked him for felony hit and run and reckless driving.

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Police seized his car as evidence.

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The crash happened just before five thirty pm a week
ago at Arrowhead Avenue and twenty seventh Street. Two women
and six children were crossing the street after visiting a friend.
A vehicle sped into the group. A three year old
boy was thrown to the ground. An infant girl remained
in her stroller as the car dragged it more than
three hundred and fifty feet. Neighbor's security video shows the

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driver did not stop the children of the son and
daughter of Marcello and Caarina Burgos. The toddler, Alonso Burgos,
suffered a broken leg. Surgeons placed a metal plate and
screws during surgery. The baby, Alina Burgos, suffered a brain
bleed and a ruptured spleen. Both were later released from
the intensive care unit. Speaking with KCBS from the hospital,

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their father, Marcelo Burgos, described the chaos.

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I kind of grabbed my son, my other clas four kids,
another two were right there.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
There was a lot of people with like a like
a blur door.

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Bill cam video showed neighbors racing to help as the
driver fled.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
Either one they weren't paying attention or two they did
on purpose as they took off. They really don't show
no signs of really caring.

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The dad says, baby's stroller's seat belt likely saved her life.

Speaker 3 (01:34):
She's doing good, but it was more like internal things
like internal bleeding and internal rupture. Spleen wasn't really much bruising,
just because she stayed in the car seat as she
got dragged through the stroller.

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The San Bernardino Police Department confirmed that the vehicle stopped
briefly after the stroller became dislodged. The driver then drove
around the stroller and fled at a high rate of speed.
After a public alert, community members provided the information that
led detectives to the suspect. A GoFundMe campaign has been
launched to support the family, with its latest update twenty
three thousand, three hundred ninety dollars out of a goal

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of twenty four thousand, with three hundred ninety six donations
in the campaign, Their aunt Yesenia writes, quote, Marcello is
now facing extensive medical expenses, time away from work, and
the long road of rehabilitation and recovery for both of
his children.

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Glad all my kids, you know, their life is kind
of like what's pushed me through it, that's was getting
hurt through it.

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Also more crime and justice news after this.

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Florida plans to execute two more men before years in
setting a modern record.

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For executions in this state.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
Governor Rohn Desanis has signed a death warrant scheduling a
lethal injection for Frank Athen Walls December eighteenth at Florida
State Prison. The execution would be the nineteenth carried out
in Florida in twenty twenty five.

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The previous modern era record was eight.

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Walls, age fifty eight, has been on death row for
the nineteen eighty seven murders of an Air Force airman
and his girlfriend in Okaloosa County.

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Court records show Walls broke.

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Into their mobile home in the early morning hours of
July twenty second, nineteen eighty seven, tied up Edward Alger
and Anne Peterson. Alger broke free and fought back. Walls
cut Alger's throat and then shot him in the head
while Alger continued to fight. Walls then turned to Peterson
and shot her as she struggled. Walls was arrested the
day after the bodies were found. His roommate tipped off deputies.

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He later admitted the killings. Walls was first convicted in
nineteen eighty eight on two counts of murder, two counts
of kidnapping, burglary, and theft. The Florida Supreme Court later
reversed the conviction and death sentence and ordered a new trial.
In nineteen ninety two, Walls was tried again. He was
again convicted and again sentenced to death. DNA evidence later
tied Walls to the rape and murder of Audrey Geigy

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in May of nineteen eighty seven. Walls pleaded no contests
to that killing. As part of the same plea agreement,
he admitted responsibility for the murders of Tommy Lou Widden
in March of nineteen eighty five and Cynthia Sue Condra
in September of nineteen eighty six, all five killings happening
in Okaloosa County. Walls has repeatedly challenged his death sentence.

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He argues that an intellectual disability should make him ineligible
for execution.

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His claims were.

Speaker 1 (04:21):
Rejected under both old and updated legal standards. State courts
upheld his senates again in recent years. Attorneys are expected
to file additional appeals in state and federal court. Florida's
most recent execution took place on November thirteenth. So far,
forty three people have been executed nationwide in twenty twenty five.
Florida leads the country by a wide margin. Mark Allen

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Geralds is also set to die by lethal injection that'll
happen tomorrow at Florida State Prison.

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Another Florida man is.

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In custody after police say a license plate reader recorded
its own theft and led officers straight to the suspect's home.

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Dora Police announced the arrest on Friday.

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According to our TV news partners at Fox thirteen, Tampa Bay,
officers said one person stole a flock license plate reader
from an intersection in the city. Police say the technology
captured the entire theft on video. The system then sent
automatic uploads to the police department. The device also has
a built in GPS unit. Investigators were able to track

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the stolen reader in real time. The signal led them
directly to the suspects house. Officers responded to that location
and took the suspect into custody. The license plate reader
has been recovered. The investigation remains active. For the latest
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Speaker 2 (05:43):
I'm Drew Nelson.