Hearing today weighs timeline for Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentencing | Crime Alert 6AM 07.08.25

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ next court appearance will be virtual hearing and take place later today.  This procedural session is slated to begin at 2 p.m. Eastern and will determine whether Combs’ sentencing—currently scheduled for October 3rd—can be expedited.

A gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire Monday morning at a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas — injuring a police officer before he was shot and killed by federal agents. 

Three people are dead, and ten others hurt after gunfire erupted early Monday in South Philadelphia. 

Alabama has scheduled a September execution using nitrogen gas for a death row inmate convicted more than two decades ago. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime or hourly update, Breaking crime news. Now we are
on Ditty Watch. That's right, the claw is ticking it down.
What do we expect to go down? In the courtroom?

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Nancy Ditty's court appearance will be virtual later today a
remote hearing before Judge A Ruined Subremerian. This procedural session
is slated to begin at two pm Eastern and will
determine whether combs sentencing, currently scheduled for October three, can
be expedited. The fifty five year old Combs remains detained

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at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after being convicted
last week on two federal counts under the Man Act
for transporting individuals across state lines for prostitution. He was
acquitted of racketeering, conspiracy, and sex trafficking charges, avoiding potential
life sentences, but he still could face decades behind bars.

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Prosecutors plan to seek a sentence of fifty one to
sixty three months, citing his mind in history, while the
defense aims for twenty one to twenty seven months and
argues for bail pending sentencing. In a letter to the court,
Comb's attorney says he wouldn't contact sex workers if released.
And proposed a one million dollar bond, home confinement, travel restrictions,

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passport surrender, and drug testing. But prosecutors oppose bail, calling
Combs a danger in flight risk. They point to his
quote extraordinary temper and pass violent conduct, including assaulting former
partner Cassandra Cassie Ventura and a twenty twenty four incident,
asserting that clear and convincing evidence supports continued detention. Colmbs

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has already spent ten months in custody since his arrest
in September twenty twenty four. If sentenced to the defense
recommended twenty one to twenty four months time served could
significantly reduce or eliminate additional prison time. Today conference will
also outline the pre sentencing process, including a Probation Office

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interview and submission of sentencing memoranda. For Combs. It could
mark a turning point between months longer in detention or
a potentially earlier release ahead of his October sentencing.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
Thank you more Criming Justice news after this.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
A gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire Monday
morning at a US Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas,
injuring a police officer before he was shot. And killed
by federal agents. Authorities have identified the shooter as Ryan
Luis Moscada, McCallan Police Chief Victor Rodriguez Sez. Muscada fired
dozens of rounds at agents and the building while wearing

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a utility vest. After he was killed, law enforcement discovered
more weapons and munitions and backpacks he'd brought to the scene.
Responding McAllan police officer, a ten year veteran, was struck
in the knee. It's still unclear if the injury came
from a bullet or shrapnel. Police say Miskada had ties

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to a Michigan address, but was reported missing from West Loca, Texas,
about an hour before the shooting. West Loka is roughly
twenty miles from the Border Patrol building. Investigators also recovered
Moscado's white two door sedan marked with letters, possibly in Latin,
on the driver's side door. Police say it's not yet

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known what the markings mean or whether they point to
a motive. Chief Rodriguez says there's no ongoing threat to
the public. The FBI is leading the investigation into why
Miskada carried out the attack and whether anyone else was involved.
Three people are dead and ten others heard after gunfire
erupted at early Monday in South Philadelphia. Police say the

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shooting broke out just before one am on a residential
block in the Grace Ferry neighborhood. All three of those
killed were adults. Among those wounded two juveniles. Police Commissioner
Kevin Bethel told reporters that numerous rounds were fired on
the street. Officers have taken one person with a weapon
into custody. Commissioner Bethel added that police had already been

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called to the same block late Saturday night into early
Sunday morning, and arrest were made at that time, but
what triggered Monday morning's violence remains unclear. Bethel called the
shooters coward wanna be thugs. The deadly incident comes after
a violent Fourth of July weekend in the city and
across the country, including at least eight people shot near

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a South Philadelphia nightclub. Police say the investigation into this
latest shooting is still ongoing. Alabama has scheduled a September
execution using nitrogen gas for a death row inmate convicted
more than two decades ago. Governor k Ivy has set
September twenty fifth as the execution date for nine year

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old Jeffrey Todd West. West was sentenced to death for
the nineteen ninety seven killing of Margaret Parrish Barry, a
thirty three year old convenience store clerk. Prosecutor said West
drove to Harold Chevrolet in Atala, where he once worked,
planning to rob the store. Barry was shot in the
back of the head while lying behind the counter. About

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two hundred and fifty dollars was stolen from a cookie
can used to store the cash. A jury convicted West
of capital murder and recommended a death sentence by tend
to vote. Attawa County Circuit Judge William Cardwell formally imposed
the sentence in nineteen ninety nine, calling the shooting clearly
deliberate and intentional, carried out execution style. West's girlfriend was

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also charged in the case. She pleaded guilty and received
a thirty five year prison sentence. Alabama last year became
the first state to use nitrogen gas as an execution method,
pumping nitrogen through a face mask to cut off oxygen.
Since then, the method has been used in six executions,
five in Alabama and one in Louisiana. Another nitrogen execution

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in Alabama is scheduled for August. West chose nitrogen after
lawmakers approved it, even before the state had finalized procedures
With this crime alert, I'm Jackie Howard.