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Juror number 6 was dismissed from Sean Combs' trial over "inconsistencies" he made about where he lived. The judge said that raised questions of candor and ability to follow instructions.
A granny who was gardening in her front yard is suddenly cuffed by gun-toting U.S Marshalls, stuffed in a jail cell and strip searched in a case of mistaken identity. She's now suing the feds for the fugitive faux pas.
Two California teenagers, aged 14 and 15, are accused of fatally attacking a 66-year-old man outside a church, according to prosecutors.
A 77-year-old Indiana man stands accused of killing his wife and two of her family members, saying they were tied to a Mexican drug cartel
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Lord hourly update, Breaking crime News Now.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I'm Jackie Howard. After days of rumors, Juror number six
was dismissed from shancohmb's trial over inconsistencies he made about
where he lived. The judge said that raised questions of
candor and ability to follow directions, and questioned whether the
juror just wanted to be on the Combs jury. Reportedly,
(00:25):
in an offhand remark to court staff, the juror, a
forty one year old corrections officer, mentioned he had moved
in with his girlfriend in New Jersey and had been
living there most of the time. Originally, the juror told
the court he was spending four to five nights in
his New York apartment. In follow up, the juror admitted
he moved to where his daughter lives with his girlfriend
(00:47):
in New Jersey. Two and a half hours after the
jury left the courtroom on Friday, the prosecution and shahancolmb's
defense was still before the judge, the defense plowing through
its objections to a long list of government exhibits intended
to be entered into evidence next week. Most of them
are messages involving Sean Combe's longtime chief of staff Christina Quorum. Surprisingly, Quorum,
(01:11):
who was portrayed as a co conspirator, will not be
called to the stand, but rather Brendan Paul, a former
personal assistant to Comb's, will He's been accused of being
Comb's druggmule. Prosecutors say they are confident they will rest
the case against Comb's next week. War Crime and Justice
News after this.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
I'm Nicole parton. Two California teenagers ages fourteen and fifteen,
are accused of fatally attacking a sixty six year old
man outside of church. According to prosecutors, the alleged incident
involved the teens returning multiple times to take turns assaulting
the victim before stealing his clothes and escaping the scene.
(01:58):
David Glenn, a resident of ox Nerd, was discovered severely
beaten and partially undressed outside Saint Anthony's Catholic Church on
the morning of June five, following the brutal attack that
occurred the night before. As detailed in a statement from
the Ventira County District Attorney's office, the two teenagers reportedly
(02:19):
targeted Pitchell while he was sleeping. Surveillance footage from the
church captured the disturbing events, as noted by the DA's office.
The video footage depicts the teens approaching mister Pitchell, who
was seated next to his wheelchair near the church's side door.
The statement explains the boys allegedly assaulted the victim, momentarily
(02:39):
stepping away before returning to inflict more pain. Pitchell indicated
that the boys continued to return to inflict violence upon him.
During their third assault, they reportedly unleashed yet another series
of attacks before stripping the man of his clothes and
fleeing the scene. According to prosecutors, a church volunteer later
(02:59):
to discovered the man near the side entrance, suffering from
significant injuries to his head and facial area. He was
declared dead at the scene. The teenagers were expected to
be a rained this week, but their hearings have been
rescheduled for June twenty four, as stated by the prosecutors.
The DA's office confirmed on Thursday that the teens are
currently being held at a local juvenile detention center and
(03:23):
are facing charges in juvenile court.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I'm Jennifer Gould. It was a grandmother's worst knife mare
that spiraled into a terrifying ordeal for a sixty seven
year old grandmother Kenny McCarthy was simply tending to her
roses in her Phoenix front yard in March of twenty
twenty four when six US Marshals rifles drawn swarmed her property,
(03:48):
mistaking her for a fugitive in a jaw dropping blunder
that landed her in jail and now in a federal lawsuit.
McCarthy is suing the US Marshal Service for a salt battery,
false arrest, and constitutional violations after a traumatic twenty four
hour nightmare that left her fearing for her life. McCarthy
(04:11):
has now relocated from Arizona and says she remains haunted
by the ordeal, constantly fearing another wrongful arrest. She spoke
to ABC fifteen News.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
I'm mad, I'm hurt all of a sudden, I'm on antidepressants,
I'm on medicine to sleep at night, all because somebody
didn't do their job right in the government.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
The Marshalls believed McCarthy was Carol Ann Rozack, a seventy
year old Oklahoma fugitive wanted for a nineteen ninety nine
parole violation tied to nonviolent crimes. Bodycam footage from the
terrifying encounter. Captures the Chaos agents were caught barking commands
as a bewildered McCarthy repeatedly pleaded, it was a mistake.
(04:58):
Take a listen, rest warrant, yes for you?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Who am I turn away? Gonna get hit?
Speaker 1 (05:07):
McCarthy was handcuffed and hauled away from her home without
any answers. Taken to a federal detention center in Florence, Arizona,
McCarthy was subjected to unimaginable humiliation. She endured not one,
but three invasive strip searches, and had her fingerprints taken
and DNA collected, and spent a sleepless, frigid night in
(05:30):
a cold cell, desperately insisting she wasn't rozac. While investigators
initially claimed McCarthy's fingerprints matched the fugitives, further analysis quickly
proved they didn't, leading to her eventual release. Prosecutors later
admitted they hadn't even had an analyst available to verify
the prince when she was first arrested. The entire case
(05:53):
was dismissed in April of twenty twenty four after prosecutors
admitted they had insufficient evidence, relying only on flimsy Facebook
posts and aliases to pursue the original warrant represented by
the Institute for Justice. McCarthy's lawsuit demands both compensatory and
punitive damages. The seventy nine page lawsuit alleges the marshals
(06:16):
failed to run basic checks to confirm McCarthy's ID, including
checking her photo ID her driver's license. While the Marshal's
Service acknowledge the mistake, they have offered no formal apology
for the egregious error. The Department of Justice's Inspector General
is now investigating the incident, spurred by demands from the
(06:37):
House Judiciary Committee. The investigation is expected to conclude by
mid twenty twenty five.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
I'm Drew Nelson, a seventy seven year old Indiana man,
stands accused of killing his wife and two of her
family members, saying they were tied to the Mexican drug
cartel and claiming he was tricked into signing away his
home before the shooting. On May twenty ninth, Patrick Waite
called one from his house in Halbstadt.
Speaker 6 (07:01):
Patrick wait said, I sought them all. I'm certainly not
proud of that fact at all.
Speaker 5 (07:06):
Gibson County sheriff Bruce Fano and telling Wfie they found
him waiting in the driveway. Inside, they found three dead
Alma Wait.
Speaker 6 (07:14):
She was shot in the head. Luria Tapia Garcia was
shot in the head. Fernando Tapio Ramirez Senior was shot
in the head. Juan Tapya Ramirez Junior was shot in
the chest and the neck.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
A child witnessed the attack and hit upstairs with two
other relatives.
Speaker 6 (07:29):
The officers were shell shocked. The witnesses were shell shocked.
Mister Waite was taken into custody without incident.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
There.
Speaker 5 (07:35):
Wait was charged with three counts of murder and one
kind of attempted murder. He pleaded not guilty, but also
told detectives quote I'm as guilty as guilty can be.
He later said, quote God will never forgive me.
Speaker 6 (07:47):
No one should have to view someone doing such a
horrific event, and this juvenile witness could be the key
that brings this whole case to closure.
Speaker 5 (07:55):
Waite's defense team filed a civil complaint accusing Alma and
her heir of elder abuse, fraud, and using threats to
force him out of the house. He claims Alma deceived
him into signing a deed that gave her sole ownership
of the home he had bought with his first wife
in nineteen ninety eight. The house had been in his
name until Alma filed paperwork in April of last year
(08:16):
to transfer it to her daughter. Court records show that
the house was listed for sale the day after the killings.
A judge has since halted the sale. Waight met Almah
in September of twenty twenty two through an online dating service.
Within weeks, she moved in. They married in March of
twenty twenty three without telling his children. Waite's lawyers say
Alma slowly cut him off from his family, blocked his
(08:38):
kids from communicating with his phone, and began pushing for
control of the house. The lawsuit claimed she told him
she needed to be added to the deed, but instead
he unknowingly signed over full ownership. Alma had been released
from federal prison in twenty twenty after a meth trafficking conviction.
DEA records shows she helped move large amounts of myth
across the country and worked with law enforcement. After her arrest,
(09:01):
She was under federal supervision until August of twenty twenty one.
The complaint says Wait had no knowledge of her past
or alleged ties to the Sinaloa cartel. His lawyers now
claim that both her sons were also involved in trafficking
and violent acts. The complaint says the family made threats
against Waite's life and that he feared leaving the house
because he believed they would steal from him. On the
(09:24):
night of the shooting, Wait told detectives he had killed
a snake with his forty five earlier in the evening.
He left the gun in his back pocket. When he returned,
he said, he and Alma argued about the gun and
then about the house transfer. He said that's when Almah
told him she had placed the home in her daughter's name.
When she turned to face him in the kitchen, he
shot her right there. Then he walked into the den
(09:45):
and fired at the others. At least one shot hit
Gloria Garcia, who was bedridden. Police found the gun on
a lawnmower in the garage. Bullet casings and fragments found
throughout the kitchen and living room. Wait told detectives he
regretted everything and said he didn't deserve to. He had
no criminal history before the killings. The home had been
known as the Weight Estate and was used for years
(10:06):
to host family and church gatherings with his late wife, Nancy,
who died in twenty nineteen. Weight remains in jail without bond.
A court hearing has been set for next Friday to
address the civil suit over the house. For the latest
crime and justice news, follow Crime Alert hourly update on
your favorite podcast app. With his Crime Alert, I'm Drew Nelson.
Crime Lord hourly update, Breaking crime News Now.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I'm Jackie Howard. After days of rumors, Juror number six
was dismissed from shancohmb's trial over inconsistencies he made about
where he lived. The judge said that raised questions of
candor and ability to follow directions, and questioned whether the
juror just wanted to be on the Combs jury. Reportedly,
(00:25):
in an offhand remark to court staff, the juror, a
forty one year old corrections officer, mentioned he had moved
in with his girlfriend in New Jersey and had been
living there most of the time. Originally, the juror told
the court he was spending four to five nights in
his New York apartment. In follow up, the juror admitted
he moved to where his daughter lives with his girlfriend
(00:47):
in New Jersey. Two and a half hours after the
jury left the courtroom on Friday, the prosecution and shahancolmb's
defense was still before the judge, the defense plowing through
its objections to a long list of government exhibits intended
to be entered into evidence next week. Most of them
are messages involving Sean Combe's longtime chief of staff Christina Quorum. Surprisingly, Quorum,
(01:11):
who was portrayed as a co conspirator, will not be
called to the stand, but rather Brendan Paul, a former
personal assistant to Comb's, will He's been accused of being
Comb's druggmule. Prosecutors say they are confident they will rest
the case against Comb's next week. War Crime and Justice
News after this.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
I'm Nicole parton. Two California teenagers ages fourteen and fifteen,
are accused of fatally attacking a sixty six year old
man outside of church. According to prosecutors, the alleged incident
involved the teens returning multiple times to take turns assaulting
the victim before stealing his clothes and escaping the scene.
(01:58):
David Glenn, a resident of ox Nerd, was discovered severely
beaten and partially undressed outside Saint Anthony's Catholic Church on
the morning of June five, following the brutal attack that
occurred the night before. As detailed in a statement from
the Ventira County District Attorney's office, the two teenagers reportedly
(02:19):
targeted Pitchell while he was sleeping. Surveillance footage from the
church captured the disturbing events, as noted by the DA's office.
The video footage depicts the teens approaching mister Pitchell, who
was seated next to his wheelchair near the church's side door.
The statement explains the boys allegedly assaulted the victim, momentarily
(02:39):
stepping away before returning to inflict more pain. Pitchell indicated
that the boys continued to return to inflict violence upon him.
During their third assault, they reportedly unleashed yet another series
of attacks before stripping the man of his clothes and
fleeing the scene. According to prosecutors, a church volunteer later
(02:59):
to discovered the man near the side entrance, suffering from
significant injuries to his head and facial area. He was
declared dead at the scene. The teenagers were expected to
be a rained this week, but their hearings have been
rescheduled for June twenty four, as stated by the prosecutors.
The DA's office confirmed on Thursday that the teens are
currently being held at a local juvenile detention center and
(03:23):
are facing charges in juvenile court.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I'm Jennifer Gould. It was a grandmother's worst knife mare
that spiraled into a terrifying ordeal for a sixty seven
year old grandmother Kenny McCarthy was simply tending to her
roses in her Phoenix front yard in March of twenty
twenty four when six US Marshals rifles drawn swarmed her property,
(03:48):
mistaking her for a fugitive in a jaw dropping blunder
that landed her in jail and now in a federal lawsuit.
McCarthy is suing the US Marshal Service for a salt battery,
false arrest, and constitutional violations after a traumatic twenty four
hour nightmare that left her fearing for her life. McCarthy
(04:11):
has now relocated from Arizona and says she remains haunted
by the ordeal, constantly fearing another wrongful arrest. She spoke
to ABC fifteen News.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
I'm mad, I'm hurt all of a sudden, I'm on antidepressants,
I'm on medicine to sleep at night, all because somebody
didn't do their job right in the government.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
The Marshalls believed McCarthy was Carol Ann Rozack, a seventy
year old Oklahoma fugitive wanted for a nineteen ninety nine
parole violation tied to nonviolent crimes. Bodycam footage from the
terrifying encounter. Captures the Chaos agents were caught barking commands
as a bewildered McCarthy repeatedly pleaded, it was a mistake.
(04:58):
Take a listen, rest warrant, yes for you?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Who am I turn away? Gonna get hit?
Speaker 1 (05:07):
McCarthy was handcuffed and hauled away from her home without
any answers. Taken to a federal detention center in Florence, Arizona,
McCarthy was subjected to unimaginable humiliation. She endured not one,
but three invasive strip searches, and had her fingerprints taken
and DNA collected, and spent a sleepless, frigid night in
(05:30):
a cold cell, desperately insisting she wasn't rozac. While investigators
initially claimed McCarthy's fingerprints matched the fugitives, further analysis quickly
proved they didn't, leading to her eventual release. Prosecutors later
admitted they hadn't even had an analyst available to verify
the prince when she was first arrested. The entire case
(05:53):
was dismissed in April of twenty twenty four after prosecutors
admitted they had insufficient evidence, relying only on flimsy Facebook
posts and aliases to pursue the original warrant represented by
the Institute for Justice. McCarthy's lawsuit demands both compensatory and
punitive damages. The seventy nine page lawsuit alleges the marshals
(06:16):
failed to run basic checks to confirm McCarthy's ID, including
checking her photo ID her driver's license. While the Marshal's
Service acknowledge the mistake, they have offered no formal apology
for the egregious error. The Department of Justice's Inspector General
is now investigating the incident, spurred by demands from the
(06:37):
House Judiciary Committee. The investigation is expected to conclude by
mid twenty twenty five.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
I'm Drew Nelson, a seventy seven year old Indiana man,
stands accused of killing his wife and two of her
family members, saying they were tied to the Mexican drug
cartel and claiming he was tricked into signing away his
home before the shooting. On May twenty ninth, Patrick Waite
called one from his house in Halbstadt.
Speaker 6 (07:01):
Patrick wait said, I sought them all. I'm certainly not
proud of that fact at all.
Speaker 5 (07:06):
Gibson County sheriff Bruce Fano and telling Wfie they found
him waiting in the driveway. Inside, they found three dead
Alma Wait.
Speaker 6 (07:14):
She was shot in the head. Luria Tapia Garcia was
shot in the head. Fernando Tapio Ramirez Senior was shot
in the head. Juan Tapya Ramirez Junior was shot in
the chest and the neck.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
A child witnessed the attack and hit upstairs with two
other relatives.
Speaker 6 (07:29):
The officers were shell shocked. The witnesses were shell shocked.
Mister Waite was taken into custody without incident.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
There.
Speaker 5 (07:35):
Wait was charged with three counts of murder and one
kind of attempted murder. He pleaded not guilty, but also
told detectives quote I'm as guilty as guilty can be.
He later said, quote God will never forgive me.
Speaker 6 (07:47):
No one should have to view someone doing such a
horrific event, and this juvenile witness could be the key
that brings this whole case to closure.
Speaker 5 (07:55):
Waite's defense team filed a civil complaint accusing Alma and
her heir of elder abuse, fraud, and using threats to
force him out of the house. He claims Alma deceived
him into signing a deed that gave her sole ownership
of the home he had bought with his first wife
in nineteen ninety eight. The house had been in his
name until Alma filed paperwork in April of last year
(08:16):
to transfer it to her daughter. Court records show that
the house was listed for sale the day after the killings.
A judge has since halted the sale. Waight met Almah
in September of twenty twenty two through an online dating service.
Within weeks, she moved in. They married in March of
twenty twenty three without telling his children. Waite's lawyers say
Alma slowly cut him off from his family, blocked his
(08:38):
kids from communicating with his phone, and began pushing for
control of the house. The lawsuit claimed she told him
she needed to be added to the deed, but instead
he unknowingly signed over full ownership. Alma had been released
from federal prison in twenty twenty after a meth trafficking conviction.
DEA records shows she helped move large amounts of myth
across the country and worked with law enforcement. After her arrest,
(09:01):
She was under federal supervision until August of twenty twenty one.
The complaint says Wait had no knowledge of her past
or alleged ties to the Sinaloa cartel. His lawyers now
claim that both her sons were also involved in trafficking
and violent acts. The complaint says the family made threats
against Waite's life and that he feared leaving the house
because he believed they would steal from him. On the
(09:24):
night of the shooting, Wait told detectives he had killed
a snake with his forty five earlier in the evening.
He left the gun in his back pocket. When he returned,
he said, he and Alma argued about the gun and
then about the house transfer. He said that's when Almah
told him she had placed the home in her daughter's name.
When she turned to face him in the kitchen, he
shot her right there. Then he walked into the den
(09:45):
and fired at the others. At least one shot hit
Gloria Garcia, who was bedridden. Police found the gun on
a lawnmower in the garage. Bullet casings and fragments found
throughout the kitchen and living room. Wait told detectives he
regretted everything and said he didn't deserve to. He had
no criminal history before the killings. The home had been
known as the Weight Estate and was used for years
(10:06):
to host family and church gatherings with his late wife, Nancy,
who died in twenty nineteen. Weight remains in jail without bond.
A court hearing has been set for next Friday to
address the civil suit over the house. For the latest
crime and justice news, follow Crime Alert hourly update on
your favorite podcast app. With his Crime Alert, I'm Drew Nelson.
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