As the Justice Department faces news scrutiny over the Jeffrey Epstein case, the Feds urge the Supreme Court to deny Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal. A man camping in Idaho is mistaken for Travis Decker, the fugitive accused of killing his daughters. An Indianapolis mother is charged with trying to sell her baby for sex. A California farmworker dies after falling from a greenhouse roof during a chaotic immigration raid. A jury orders a Georgia hotel to pay $40 million to a sex trafficking survivor after the staff let the crimes happen. Drew Nelson reports.
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Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news. Now I'm Drew Nelson.
Yet more scrutiny on the Jeffrey Epstein case. The Justice
Department urging the Supreme Court to deny Glen Maxwell's appeal.
On Monday, federal lawyers asked the court to leave her
sex trafficking conviction in place, the request coming as pressure
grows over how the DOJ has handled the Jeffrey Epstein
(00:22):
case files. Sixty three year old Maxwell is serving twenty
years in prison. The New York jury found her guilty
in twenty twenty one on five charges, including sex trafficking
of a minor and conspiracy. Her release is set for
twenty thirty seven. She's currently being held in Tallahassee, Florida.
In her appeal, Maxwell argued that the case should be
thrown out. She said she was protected under Epstein's two
(00:43):
thousand and seven plea deal. She also claimed the statute
of limitations had run out. The Second Court rejected her arguments,
but she told the Supreme Court that different courts have
ruled differently on the issue. She said justices should step
in to clarify her. Lawyer, David Oscar Marcus, took aim
at President quote. He's known as the ultimate deal maker,
and I'm confident that he would agree that the government
(01:05):
should uphold its promises. Marcus went on to say it
was quote particularly unjust for Maxwell to stay in prison
over a quote broken promise from the government. The DOJ
filing comes after it told the public there was no
new information in Epstein's case. Some reports claim Congress may
call on Maxwell to testify. Sources say she is open
to it. Her lawyer did not reply to METIA requests
(01:27):
for comment. More Crime and Justice news after this, A
man camping in Idaho is mistaken for Travis Decker, the
man accused of killing his three daughters, triggering a massive
law enforcement response. The man named Nick was camping in
Bear Creek on July fifth when someone thought he looked
(01:50):
like Travis Decker. Your instinct isn't to think that was me.
So my first thought was, oh my god, we spent
the night next to a murder. That is it's rightening,
that's Nick. On Idaho's six News. Decker, of course, wanted
for the murder of his three daughters. In Washington, officers
question him for thirty minutes. They examined his tattoos, glasses, hat, beard,
(02:12):
shirt and earrings. He was eventually cleared. Decker, aged thirty two,
is still missing. He served in the Army from twenty
thirteen to twenty twenty one and has survival training. Police
say he killed Peyton, Evelyn and Olivia during a court
ordered visit on May thirtieth. Their bodies were found on
June second at a campsite in Shelan County. They had
zip ties and plastic bags on their heads. Cause of
(02:33):
death listed as asphyxiation. Decker's truck was found nearby with
two bloody handprints. Google searches from his phone showed he
looked up quote how to relocate to Canada and quote
jobs Canada. Decker's ex wife, Whitney, says she wants him
found quote dead or alive. He is white, five eight,
one hundred ninety pounds, black hair, brown eyes, and tattoos,
but he may have changed his looks. A twenty thousand
(02:55):
dollars reward is being offered. Anyone with tips should call
eight hundred three three one two. An Indianapolis mother is
charged with trying to sell her baby for sex. Morgan
d Stapp, thirty two years old, was arrested on July eighth.
She's accused of offering her seven month old daughter for
abuse in exchange for four hundred dollars. The FBI started
(03:15):
looking into her case last November. Snapchat reported messages from
her account, one message saying, quote, you can figure for
four hundred dollars. I'll provide my address. I live alone.
She later said her account was hacked. A search warrant
found seven thousand messages from her account over three days.
She'd asked people to buy nude photos so she could
quote buy diapers for the baby. She added over four
(03:37):
hundred users during that time. She's being held on a
two hundred thousand dollars bond, with her first court date
set for Friday. A California farm worker dies after falling
from a greenhouse roof during a chaotic immigration raid. Himei
a Lanise, aged fifty seven, died two days after falling
thirty feet during a federal raid at Glasshouse Farms near Camereo.
(03:57):
His family said he broke his neck and skull and
lost a lot of blood. Doctors found no brain activity.
His wife came from Mexico to say goodbye, and his
family chose to take him off life support at that time.
Alanie had worked there for ten years. He always sent
money to his daughter and wife in Mitua Khan, Her
niece wrote on GoFundMe, quote, they took one of our
family members. We need justice. The fundraiser has collected over
(04:20):
one hundred and sixty four thousand dollars. The raid began
early Thursday at Glasshouse sites in Camerao and Carpenteria. Federal
agents and National Guard troops carried out search warrants. DHS
said they arrested three hundred and nineteen people and rescued
fourteen miners from forced labor. Agents wore helmets and camouflage
as protesters clashed with law enforcement outside the property. Smoke
(04:42):
bombs were used. One protester fired a gun during the raid.
Alanis called his family and said he was hiding. They
believed he fell while running from agents, the DHS officials said, quote,
although he was not being pursued by law enforcement. This
individual climbed up to the roof of a greenhouse and
fell thirty feet. For US citizen and were also arrested.
During the protests, United farm Workers said some US citizens
(05:04):
were forced to delete photos from their phones. Glasshouse Farms
says they followed the law. President Trump praised the raids.
Governor Gavin Newsom of California called them chaos, fear and terror.
DHS says the investigation is still ongoing. At least ten
migrant children were found at Glasshouse Farms. A jury orders
a Georgia hotel to pay forty million dollars to a
(05:26):
sex trafficking survivor, including thirty million dollars punitive damages. The woman,
known as JG, was sixteen when she was trafficked at
the United Inn in Decatur, Georgia. She said she was
raped more than two hundred times in the course of
forty days in twenty eighteen. JG said the hotel let
it happen. Housekeepers clean her room many times a day,
(05:46):
seeing condoms and doing nothing about it. A law alert
with her name and photo even came out while she
was still there and nothing was done. The night manager
had warned the traffickers about police and even helped them
change rooms to avoid being Detective detectives called the hotel
one of the top five sex trafficking spots in the county.
JG says she still has nightmares and flashbacks. This case
(06:08):
is setting a legal precedent, as the verdict is expected
to influence other cases. More trials are scheduled this year,
including one involving a Super eight hotel in Tucker, Georgia.
Authority say this is the first civil sex trafficking case
under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act to reach a
jury verdict. For the latest crime and justice news, follow
crime alerts hourly update on your favorite podcast app with
(06:31):
this crime alert. I'm Drew Nelson.
Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news. Now I'm Drew Nelson.
Yet more scrutiny on the Jeffrey Epstein case. The Justice
Department urging the Supreme Court to deny Glen Maxwell's appeal.
On Monday, federal lawyers asked the court to leave her
sex trafficking conviction in place, the request coming as pressure
grows over how the DOJ has handled the Jeffrey Epstein
(00:22):
case files. Sixty three year old Maxwell is serving twenty
years in prison. The New York jury found her guilty
in twenty twenty one on five charges, including sex trafficking
of a minor and conspiracy. Her release is set for
twenty thirty seven. She's currently being held in Tallahassee, Florida.
In her appeal, Maxwell argued that the case should be
thrown out. She said she was protected under Epstein's two
(00:43):
thousand and seven plea deal. She also claimed the statute
of limitations had run out. The Second Court rejected her arguments,
but she told the Supreme Court that different courts have
ruled differently on the issue. She said justices should step
in to clarify her. Lawyer, David Oscar Marcus, took aim
at President quote. He's known as the ultimate deal maker,
and I'm confident that he would agree that the government
(01:05):
should uphold its promises. Marcus went on to say it
was quote particularly unjust for Maxwell to stay in prison
over a quote broken promise from the government. The DOJ
filing comes after it told the public there was no
new information in Epstein's case. Some reports claim Congress may
call on Maxwell to testify. Sources say she is open
to it. Her lawyer did not reply to METIA requests
(01:27):
for comment. More Crime and Justice news after this, A
man camping in Idaho is mistaken for Travis Decker, the
man accused of killing his three daughters, triggering a massive
law enforcement response. The man named Nick was camping in
Bear Creek on July fifth when someone thought he looked
(01:50):
like Travis Decker. Your instinct isn't to think that was me.
So my first thought was, oh my god, we spent
the night next to a murder. That is it's rightening,
that's Nick. On Idaho's six News. Decker, of course, wanted
for the murder of his three daughters. In Washington, officers
question him for thirty minutes. They examined his tattoos, glasses, hat, beard,
(02:12):
shirt and earrings. He was eventually cleared. Decker, aged thirty two,
is still missing. He served in the Army from twenty
thirteen to twenty twenty one and has survival training. Police
say he killed Peyton, Evelyn and Olivia during a court
ordered visit on May thirtieth. Their bodies were found on
June second at a campsite in Shelan County. They had
zip ties and plastic bags on their heads. Cause of
(02:33):
death listed as asphyxiation. Decker's truck was found nearby with
two bloody handprints. Google searches from his phone showed he
looked up quote how to relocate to Canada and quote
jobs Canada. Decker's ex wife, Whitney, says she wants him
found quote dead or alive. He is white, five eight,
one hundred ninety pounds, black hair, brown eyes, and tattoos,
but he may have changed his looks. A twenty thousand
(02:55):
dollars reward is being offered. Anyone with tips should call
eight hundred three three one two. An Indianapolis mother is
charged with trying to sell her baby for sex. Morgan
d Stapp, thirty two years old, was arrested on July eighth.
She's accused of offering her seven month old daughter for
abuse in exchange for four hundred dollars. The FBI started
(03:15):
looking into her case last November. Snapchat reported messages from
her account, one message saying, quote, you can figure for
four hundred dollars. I'll provide my address. I live alone.
She later said her account was hacked. A search warrant
found seven thousand messages from her account over three days.
She'd asked people to buy nude photos so she could
quote buy diapers for the baby. She added over four
(03:37):
hundred users during that time. She's being held on a
two hundred thousand dollars bond, with her first court date
set for Friday. A California farm worker dies after falling
from a greenhouse roof during a chaotic immigration raid. Himei
a Lanise, aged fifty seven, died two days after falling
thirty feet during a federal raid at Glasshouse Farms near Camereo.
(03:57):
His family said he broke his neck and skull and
lost a lot of blood. Doctors found no brain activity.
His wife came from Mexico to say goodbye, and his
family chose to take him off life support at that time.
Alanie had worked there for ten years. He always sent
money to his daughter and wife in Mitua Khan, Her
niece wrote on GoFundMe, quote, they took one of our
family members. We need justice. The fundraiser has collected over
(04:20):
one hundred and sixty four thousand dollars. The raid began
early Thursday at Glasshouse sites in Camerao and Carpenteria. Federal
agents and National Guard troops carried out search warrants. DHS
said they arrested three hundred and nineteen people and rescued
fourteen miners from forced labor. Agents wore helmets and camouflage
as protesters clashed with law enforcement outside the property. Smoke
(04:42):
bombs were used. One protester fired a gun during the raid.
Alanis called his family and said he was hiding. They
believed he fell while running from agents, the DHS officials said, quote,
although he was not being pursued by law enforcement. This
individual climbed up to the roof of a greenhouse and
fell thirty feet. For US citizen and were also arrested.
During the protests, United farm Workers said some US citizens
(05:04):
were forced to delete photos from their phones. Glasshouse Farms
says they followed the law. President Trump praised the raids.
Governor Gavin Newsom of California called them chaos, fear and terror.
DHS says the investigation is still ongoing. At least ten
migrant children were found at Glasshouse Farms. A jury orders
a Georgia hotel to pay forty million dollars to a
(05:26):
sex trafficking survivor, including thirty million dollars punitive damages. The woman,
known as JG, was sixteen when she was trafficked at
the United Inn in Decatur, Georgia. She said she was
raped more than two hundred times in the course of
forty days in twenty eighteen. JG said the hotel let
it happen. Housekeepers clean her room many times a day,
(05:46):
seeing condoms and doing nothing about it. A law alert
with her name and photo even came out while she
was still there and nothing was done. The night manager
had warned the traffickers about police and even helped them
change rooms to avoid being Detective detectives called the hotel
one of the top five sex trafficking spots in the county.
JG says she still has nightmares and flashbacks. This case
(06:08):
is setting a legal precedent, as the verdict is expected
to influence other cases. More trials are scheduled this year,
including one involving a Super eight hotel in Tucker, Georgia.
Authority say this is the first civil sex trafficking case
under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act to reach a
jury verdict. For the latest crime and justice news, follow
crime alerts hourly update on your favorite podcast app with
(06:31):
this crime alert. I'm Drew Nelson.
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