October 10, 2025 • 32 mins
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Breaking Brett Jensen kicks the show off by talking about the controversy surrounding Charles Boatwright, a fugitive wanted for murder in Baltimore who was released from Mecklenburg County custody after officials failed to receive the necessary governor’s warrant within the legal 90-day window. Brett breaks down the timeline, explains why Mecklenburg authorities had no choice but to release him, and puts the blame squarely on Baltimore for the paperwork failure.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
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Speaker 2 (00:33):
News Talk eleven ten and ninety nine three WBT Brett
Jensen here with you on this Friday night edition of
Breaking with Brett Jenson.
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started tonight, I just want to say real quickly that
on Sunday, Vince Conchley and I are going to be
doing our October Fest on Facebook starting at six pm.
We have one on Saturday and then we have another
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one on Sunday, and Vince and I are doing it
together on Sunday live streaming.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Video all the above. And I will tell you what.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Vince actually reached out to me today and said, uh,
is there anything that you want to talk about? And
I said we'll figure it out. I said, let's just
make it up as we go along. Those are the
best type of shows. You just make it up as
we go along. So let's have a conversation and just
figured out what we're going to talk about, I said,
I said one thing though, I said, let's not talk
news or politics. Can we not do that for once,
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because we do that five days a week. Anyway, Let's
talk about something else.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
I said.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
I'd rather talk about pizza than talk about news or
politics on Sunday.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
So join us. It should be interesting and I think
it's going to be a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
And don't forget we also have our News and Bruce
coming up October twenty ninth, if I'm not mistaken, and
that's going to be at Highest Brewery, and make sure
you go to WBT dot com and check out the
tickets and get your tickets there, and that will be
a lot of enjoyment.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
All right.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
So there's a lot we're going to get into tonight,
but we're gonna start off the show with something that
actually happened last night during the show, and I just
didn't have time to get into it, and that is
the release of a prisoner, Charles boat Right.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Okay, So Charles Boatwright.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Was being held in the Meclbrough County Jail as a
fugitive in connection with a homicide and murder case out
of Baltimore. All right, well, it made news because he
was released without being extraded to Baltimore. So now you
got this person wanted for murder now roaming the streets,
and he was in Charlotte because you know, apparently all
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criminals now want to come to Charlotte because apparently they
know how easy it is right now with the city
council and everything else, you can pretty much do whatever
the hell you want to in Shawan. Apparently, well, the
Meckleber County Sheriff Gary McFadden released a statement talking about
that particular situation. But before we get into the statement,
and I'm going to read the statement, Isaac, go ahead
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and start playing the audio clip, if you will.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Concerning earlier today from Queen City News.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
The Mecklinberg County Sheriff's office is clarifying its decision to
release a man wanted for murder in Maryland. Baltimore police
say Charles Boatwright is a suspect in a July homicide.
Deputies in Mecklinberg County say they took boat Right into
custody back in July for an out of state warrant.
Court records show he was held on a seven point
five million dollar bond until his release on Wednesday. The
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Sheriff's office says it released boat Right because the ninety
day period that they could hold him past. Authorities say
while communicating with Baltimore police, they told investigators that they
would need what's known as a governor's warrant for boat
Right's extradition. Investigators reportedly told deputies they were securing it,
but officials say that warrant was never sent and they
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had no legal basis to hold boat Right once the
ninety days were up.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Okay, So just in case you weren't under clear of
what basically happened, I'm going to break this down for you.
He's arrested in July twenty twenty five, you know, just
a few months ago. He's arrested as a fugitive. Okay,
so they're holding him, and the Mecklamore County Sheriff's Office
they contacted the Baltimore Police Department and they said, look,
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we need a governor's warrant that is required to extradite him.
We have to have that and the Baltimore Police Department,
according to the Mecamore County Shriff's Office, confirmed that the
governor's warrant it would be in the process and it's forthcoming.
So they said, okay, great, and so the Megamore County
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Sriff's office, they said they can lawfully hold a fugitive
for ninety days and before the governor's warrant is issued,
and then they can hold that individual for another thirty
days after the government governor's warrant has been issued or received,
I should say so. The Megicverg County Sheriff's Office says,
despite repeated efforts to confirm receipt of the required documentation,
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no governor's warrant was received from Maryland within the legal period.
On October eighth, twenty twenty five, mister butt Wright's fugitive
charge was dismissed and he was released from custody. The
Mecamergan County Sheriff's Office does not determine who is and
is not released from the detention center, and at the
time of his release, the Meccicaberg County Shriff's Office had
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no legal basis to continue detaining mister buttwright, So basically
they're saying this, look, that's not on us. We did
everything that we're supposed to do, and legally we can't
hold him more than ninety days. It's a Baltimore problem
for not sending him like they are legally not allowed.
And then you like they did say, they don't say
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who gets to go in and who gets to go out.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
That's not their job.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
And if you read the documents, it says that the
District Attorney's office dropped the extra extradition the Meccamurre County's
DA office had to do, so they dropped. They dropped
the hold after ninety days because they didn't have a choice,
and they let them out.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
And now it's making news, Oh, they led a killer
on the street.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Well, yes, yes, this is an alleged killer that is
now being loose on the streets. But at the same point,
this is a Baltimore, Maryland problem. And if you know
anything about the crime in Baltimore and what a rat
hole that city is, just like Detroit, Memphis, Saint Louis,
you know, if you know anything about those areas, Baltimore
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is a.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Giant rat hole.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
And I keep saying with each passing week, Searott is
becoming more and more like Baltimore, between the city leaders
and the crime infestation that takes place up there.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
There's a reason why they based the movie out of Baldore.
The t showed the wire out of the out of
the town of Baltimore. There's a reason why.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yes, it may be true, it may not be true,
but at the same point, they chose Baltimore because it's
a rat hole, crime infested city.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Truly, truly is So that received.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
A lot of play tonight, or I should say last
night and then today. And also I want to mention
this real quick because it is something that happened literally
just moments before I came on air, CMPDY released a
statement saying that a teacher, a teacher has been charged
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with attempted murder. A CMS teacher has been charged with
attempted murder and the person charged is Ryl Harris Gates,
forty three. Real quickly, on Friday, detectives with cmpd's domestic
Violence Unit located in arrested Gates. Gates was transported to
the jail to or law enforcement centers to speak with detectives.
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Then Gates was then transferred to the custody of the
Mechalworok County Sheriff's Office, and it's a following attempted murder,
contaminate food or drink to render one mentally incapacitated or
physically hill, physically helpless, stalking, and damage to property. For
questions about Gates's current employment status, please reach out to CMS. Well,
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I mean we all know about that, right, Like we know,
CMS isn't gonna say hardly anything at all.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
But we'll see.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Well, like I said, there's no way, I mean, she's
probably been suspended, maybe suspended with pay, maybe suspended without pay.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
We'll see. But a CMS teacher, a female, has been
charged with attempted murder.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Okay, when we return Christa McCary, I met with her
earlier this afternoon, actually over lunch to do an interview
with her. She's running for the Charlotte City Council District six.
Early voting starts next week, so we're gonna have part
one of my two part series with Krista McCary as
she tries to win the city council seat vacated by
her husband, Tark Pacary.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
So all that's coming up next.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
News Talk eleven ten and ninety nine three WBT Brett
Jenson here with you on this Friday night edition of
Breaking with Brett Jenson seven oh four five seven eleven ten.
And again that's also not just the telephone number, but
I was also the WBT text line, which of course
is driven by.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
Liberty Buick gmc okay.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
So we are less than a week away from early
voting starting in the local races I mean Davidson, Cornelius, Huntersville, Charlotte, Matthews,
mint Hill, and Pineville.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
So it starts next Thursday, and for a.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Week or so it will be only at one place,
the hal Marshall Center Uptown, which will get no votes.
Like it's just, I know, I railed on this during
the whole Prime early voting primary, I should say, and
it's just it was absolutely moronic, and it's still moronic
that a place that no one goes to, no one
wants to deal with Uptown, no one feels safe. But yet, hey,
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we're gonna do the first week of early voting only
at one p place in Uptown. That has got to
absolutely change unbelievable. Nonetheless, with early voting starting next week,
this is a reminder that again a lot of candidates
will be trying to get your vote, and one of
them is Christop McCary, who is trying to take the
place of her husband who left to go to DC
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and then after a few months, you know, just decided
it wasn't for him and came back to Charlotte. But
she was running for Charlotte City Council in District six,
which is like, you know, the Myers Park, South Park
and South Charlotte in that whole area like that, like
going towards South Boulevard and stuff from the Charlotte you know,
from the Myers Park area. Well, anyway, I was able
to catch up with her earlier today, earlier today actually
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during lunch, and to grab an interview with her just
about you know, life as a candidate. What's the last
three months been like, what we can look forward to
going forward, and why she still thinks she's the best
person for this job and the issues that concern her.
Speaker 5 (10:54):
All right, Chris, And so we're in the final hours
leading up to the big general election here. What is
the last couple of months been like for you?
Speaker 6 (11:03):
I mean it's been great. Why my team and I
have been getting out into the community talking to the
constituents of District six finding out what is happening in
the city and really, but more importantly, what isn't happening
in the city that needs to be addressed.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
So what are the things that you think need to
be addressed?
Speaker 6 (11:24):
Well, first and foremers obviously crime, as much as the
CMPD leadership wants to tell you that crime isn't a problem,
and our mayor wants to say that in all, all,
in all, this city is a safe city. I think
the voters of Charlotte their eyes have been opened and
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they understand crime is a problem. It's hitting in their backyards,
it's hitting where they're grocery shopping, it's hitting across from
the mall, and it is a problem.
Speaker 5 (11:56):
So the last month or a half month and a
half or so two more, you know, since the arena
the murder took place in the light rail, and then
you had the visuals and like just then you had
the Senate or the core US Congressional Judiciary hearings here
in Charlotte, Like Charlotte has been getting a lot of
attention lately, and then you even had the FOP come
out asking for the National Guard. You know, when you
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talk to people do they talk about the crime like
when you just when you're just being normal, Christoph Acari,
or is crime still a topic?
Speaker 6 (12:28):
Absolutely? And you know what's really telling is it's the
people who are saying, oh, I don't really get involved
in local politics. They are concerned now more than ever.
Speaker 5 (12:39):
Speaking with Charlotte City Council candidate Christophaccari, who's running in
District six. So we know about the Arena Zaruska situation,
we know about the Arena Zeruska bill that just passed
up in Raleigh. We know that there's been a lot
of cats press conferences lately trying to keep safety on cats.
Is are there other issues that concern you about safety?
Speaker 6 (13:00):
Absolutely, we have a juvenile crime issue here in Charlotte,
and until we get a juvenile detention center opened back
up in Beckloomberg County, it's going to continue. Crime without
consequence cannot continue in Charlotte. So we need to have
our council, our County Commission, even cms, we need to
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all be working together and going to Raleigh and advocating
for the funding that is needed to get that reopened
because it is going to continue and get worse. The
crimes are getting worse and more juveniles are moving to
a life of crime in our city and it must end.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
I want to get away from politics for a second.
I want to get in the personal aspect. What's it
been like knowing over the last month or so month
and a half that you now have a partner home
trying to help you out as opposed from being six
and a half hours away trying to help you out.
Speaker 6 (14:00):
Well, first, it's been amazing to have Tark home. He
has been just as busy as ever, but it has
been fun to have this role reversal where I'm asking
if he can serve on PTA committees and getting in
the schools and volunteering, and I'm now at the meetings.
So it has been a really you know, new chapter
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in our life and in our marriage. But it's been great.
Speaker 5 (14:28):
Well, you know what, when he was in DC, everyone wondered,
how is Krista going to be able to serve on
the city council because it's not only just a full
time dome because you're also a full time mom and
the ptas and you were here by yourself, and he
was up in d C, and people always wondered how
that was going to be able to work and did
that ever concern you, because now that problem doesn't exist,
But did that ever concern you at that.
Speaker 6 (14:49):
Point, not at all. You know, Republican women were known
to get things done, So first of all, that is key.
But secondly, you know, I have a great network of
community around me, and you know, not running was never
an option. So there's too much on the line and
it's too important. And I'm doing it because I'm a
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mother and because of my three children. So it just
wasn't an option to fail.
Speaker 5 (15:18):
And you brought that up about that was one of
the reason why you wanted to run, and I was
going to I was just getting ready to ask you
in no way. I asked you this in July. But
here we are, you know, just hours away from the
start of early voting. You know, any second guesses, any
second thoughts on deciding to.
Speaker 6 (15:34):
Run, No, none, Again, it's just in my mind, losing
this race is not an option, and it's not because
of me. It's because of the future of our city.
We cannot allow this city to go to one party rule.
And there is no reason the Democrats haven't earned this seat,
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So I cannot imagine giving this seat up to yet
another voice, Democrat voice and having this echo chamber continue.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
So that is part one of my interview with christopherccary.
Part two will be next week as we get into
the one since sales tax plan, like what does she
think is gonna happen with that? And again thanks to
christopherccary who met with me earlier today to do this interview.
All right, so when we come back, there's a brand
new movie opening up about something that took place in Charlotte, Belmont,
I believe, Gastonia as well, and it's about it's called
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roof Man and Channing Tatum, who I actually like him.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
I think he's actually really really funny.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Well, he plays I believe, the lead character in this
and it's a very very interesting movie about something that
actually happened right here in Charlotte and the surrounding areas
concerning a burglar. So we're gonna get into that when
we return, but right now we're gonna swing on over
to the WBT newsroom with Anna Erickson. Welcome back to
Breaking with Bret Jensen on this Friday night, as we
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go up until seven o'clock tonight. Okay, I saw the
previous this like maybe three, four, five, days ago, and
it's about a movie called Roofman, and I was like, oh,
it looks kind of funny.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
That actually looks pretty good.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
And then like a day or so later, I realized
that the movie was based on something that actually happened
right here in Charlotte, North Carolina. And it's a wild
story and no, nobody's getting hurt, but it does involve
like criminals and cutting through rooftops and McDonald's and living
in a toy Toys r us. It's a wild, wild story.
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Well they've turned it into a movie. And so WBTV
like played a key role in this with like archival
footage and stuff like that. So here's a report that
WBTV did about the grand opening of Roofman, which actually
starts tonight here locally, and it's actually a really cool report.
And look, I always like to try and end on
something nice like this. So here's the report from WBTV
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about taking part in the movie Roofman and what fans
can expect to see on.
Speaker 7 (17:57):
Your side tonight. Getting ready for Opening the Eye eight.
Speaker 8 (18:01):
We all right going back in time and imagining how
things could have gone differently, like what if I made
different choices.
Speaker 7 (18:11):
Tomorrow Roofman opens in theaters across the country. The movie,
starring Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst and Peter Dinklin, tells one
of Charlotte's most notorious crime stories, and WTV played a
role in bringing that tale to the big screen.
Speaker 8 (18:24):
It actually starts with our archives. We're talking about those
dusty old videotapes that are more than a quarter century old. Now,
the whole story of Roofman started for us in nineteen
ninety nine. An unknown bandit was cutting through the roofs
of fast food restaurants. He was captured in the summer
of two thousand.
Speaker 9 (18:43):
The crimes couldn't have been more similar. Holes cut into
the roofs, Managers forced to open safes, workers told to
get into the coolers. A rifle used in both robberies,
but no one was hurt. In fact, the suspect was nice.
Speaker 10 (18:58):
The statements we got from everybody real polide and you
know he did put them in the cooler, but he
was not rough with.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Them or anything.
Speaker 7 (19:07):
Well, his name was Jeffrey Manchester, and it was just
the start of the story. He was convicted of those robberies,
but in two thousand and four he managed to escape
from the prison in Anson County, and he would make
his way here to Charlotte, where he would commit more robberies,
this time by living in big box stores.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
Right, I'd consider this one of the strangest cases.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
We've never worked.
Speaker 11 (19:29):
Police say this is where Jeffrey Manchester lived for at
least the last three and a half months. Before that,
he had lived in a different hiding place in Toys
r Us. Police say he moved underneath the stairwell and
stocked up on DVDs, video games, and even everyday items
like lysaw and for breeze, all behind a false wall.
Police say he put up he had.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
Had the skies pretty well.
Speaker 10 (19:50):
I mean it looked like a wall, and if he
was inside it had it secured with these bolts that
you couldn't have moved the wall, all right.
Speaker 8 (19:57):
They're part of a story where we ran when Manchester
was captured again in January of five. We can tell
you a lot of other stuff happened in between his
escape and his arrest that makes this story movie worthy.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
Now.
Speaker 8 (20:10):
The person who got the call from Roofman's producers asking
about all those archive stories was wbtv's operations manager Corey Schmidt.
Those producers also needed someone who could play a TV
news photographer realistically. Well, Corey was previously our chief photographer,
so yeah, he could do it, and he did. Are
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you going to see yourself in the movie.
Speaker 12 (20:36):
I'm in the movie for a few seconds. I'm not
the star, but I'm there.
Speaker 11 (20:39):
You're there, So we get a couple of glipses.
Speaker 12 (20:41):
Old blink, but I'm in the movie.
Speaker 3 (20:42):
There you go.
Speaker 8 (20:43):
It'd be an identification later.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
There he was. I saw him right there.
Speaker 8 (20:46):
Did you get to meet any of the stars.
Speaker 12 (20:48):
I got to meet Channing and I got to meet
Peter Dinklice, and so that was fun, but it was
real brief.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
We didn't sit around and chew the fat.
Speaker 12 (20:58):
But the director, Derek Cian Frans, he and I did
chat a bit. He was very interested in how we
do stuff in the news, how we set up how
we would have the cameras in lighting, and he and
I did talk a bit, and that.
Speaker 8 (21:08):
Was cool because as people in the news business, you'll
sometimes watch movies right and it's like, well, that's not
how we would do it, not at all, right, But
they were careful about that.
Speaker 12 (21:15):
Something that was very important to him that he wanted
it to be very real. And you know, if I said, well,
this isn't quite how we do it, he'd say, well
how would you do it? Yeah, And I'd explain how
we do things in news and he'd tell the crew,
all right, move everything over here whatever. Based on my suggestions,
they were pretty committed to it, and they were very
friendly because you go into it not knowing are they
going to think we're just some you know, small town
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hicck people and be annoyed by us?
Speaker 8 (21:39):
Oh?
Speaker 12 (21:39):
They were actually very respectful, very interested in how we
do things.
Speaker 8 (21:43):
Were you impressed by the level that they were going
to get all the details correct on this?
Speaker 10 (21:47):
Oh?
Speaker 12 (21:47):
Absolutely, Yeah. They wanted the gear as it would have
been when the stories were shown, because they showed a
lot of WBTV move footage in the movie. You see
a lot of actual WBTV material in the movie, and
they wanted the stuff we shot to look just like it,
and and it did because it's the same cameras, same cables,
same lighting, same microphones. So it's very authentic.
Speaker 8 (22:09):
So the premiere was what a couple weeks back, right.
Speaker 12 (22:11):
Well, the Charlotte Film Festival. I went and saw it
here in Charlotte for the first time, and it was awesome,
really enjoyed it. But it's going to be in theaters
left Friday.
Speaker 8 (22:21):
So what was that like though it'd be sitting there
at the theater, you know, knowing you had this role
in the movie.
Speaker 12 (22:25):
Well, I had prepared myself mentally and emotionally for the
fact that I might not be in it at all, right,
and the footage might not be in there at all,
and because I was going to be in some of
the background shots using the cameras. But no, I mean
I was in you see me for a few seconds,
but you see a ton of the video I shot,
and it was awesome. It was exciting because it's you know,
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when I started here, I thought it was so awesome
to see my video on TV with the news, and
it's it's like that all over again to see your
stuff on a movie screen.
Speaker 8 (22:54):
So you saw thumbs up, thumbs down with today.
Speaker 12 (22:56):
Thumbs up for sure. I really liked the crowd had
a huge reaction. And if you're from Charlotte to the
Charlotte area, there's a lot of Charlotte in the movie.
You notice local landmarks and places in Charlotte. You see
old CMPD Crown Victorias on the streets and so it's
it's very cool from that perspective, what.
Speaker 8 (23:15):
Are experience that you having stories to tell. Lory Schmidt's
our operations manager at Court. We're looking forward to the movie.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Appreciate you check it out there you go, Okay, So
I know this is a true crime story or a
lot of it will be true.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
You know, they always say based on a true story.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
And I hope that it's actually good because the last
movie involving crime here in Charlotte that was a comedy
was awful. It was about the Wells Fargo Highs from
those people from Gaston County and what I think there's
even a couple of people from Lincoln County. And it
had a lot of big time, big time celebrity stars
and comedians. But it was a horrible, horrible movie. I mean,
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it was just not even good. I'd rather have seen
like a real documentary, like a real movie trying to
be serious about it, but like the movie was so bad.
And you know, Kristin wigg and others were in it. It
was just a and I love them all, but it was.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
A horrible movie. Well, hopefully this movie with.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Channing Tatum and Peter Dinklish will be much much better.
And I hope it is because it is a fascinating story,
and I hope they don't turn it into a goofball
comedy of ara story like the Wells Fargo story, even
though in reality there was a lot of comedy of airs.
Speaker 3 (24:20):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Coming up next, the Carolina Panthers have a home game
this weekend against the Dallas Cowboys. The Carolina Panthers have
played two home games and they've won both of them,
Miami and Atlanta.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
And I got news for you. Dallas isn't that great.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
They've got a really good offense and the NFL's actually
worst defense. So we'll get into all that when we
return on a Panthers Friday. But right now, let's swing
on over to the WBT Traffic Center with Pam Warner.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Welcome back to Breaking with Brett Jensen for a few
more minutes.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
As we go all the way up until eight o'clock,
which is just a few minutes from now, it is
Panthers Friday. They have a big home game against the
Dallas Cowboys. Can they win? Make it three straight home
that's a very real possibility, even though the Dallas Cowboys
are actually favored. There is a real possibility that the
Carolina Panthers can win this game. Head coach Dave can
Al has met with the media earlier this week to
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talk about Sunday's game.
Speaker 13 (25:13):
Great focus and finished to the week. A lot of
communication and happening out there. The guys are excited about
this opportunity to play at home Bank of America Stadium,
and you know, just looking at them, you know, the
guys that are talking to each other, holding each other
accountable to stuff, working on things, and love the way
the direction that this team is going in terms of
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just the growth and the communication, with the way.
Speaker 10 (25:36):
Prescott is performing and the Cowboys defense kind of rebuilding
has a makings for a shootout of how important is
it for Bryce to get off the good start.
Speaker 13 (25:46):
It's important for us to play our version of football,
stay balanced, make sure that we're mixing our runs, play
actions and all those things, and execute, you know, for
four quarters. And it's important for us to come out
start fast and also just contine need to maintain and
finish those drives that we've been looking to finish and
put it all together.
Speaker 14 (26:04):
How confident are you've talked about the running back situation
being a good problem. What sort of week did Rico
have and do you think he can build on last
week or will that be tough with them potentially kind
of zoning in on.
Speaker 13 (26:18):
Him, just looking for him to do the same thing,
run with violence, to make the most of his opportunities.
And we're counting all the whole group, you know, and
it starts up front, but we're counting on the tight
ends as well, tied into all the things, and then
the wide receivers to get their hands on people in
the run game. And I just think the energy that
Rico brought to how he finished some of those runs,
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you know, should inspire the whole group. It takes all eleven,
let's all come off the ball violently and it just
ties in all those things. When you run the ball
aggressively like that, it should help our play action game
come alive.
Speaker 4 (26:50):
Now, this is a team we faced last year. How
much has their defense kind of changed obviously with some
of the trades might to go and Kenny Clark coming in.
What does that front look like now?
Speaker 13 (27:00):
Well, the structure is similar. It's a four down starting point,
a four to three defense, and with a couple of
different players that they've added to their team, some veteran players,
and then of course Kenny Clark, you know, Dante Fowler.
And it's a group that's just figuring out how to
play together, you know. And it's very similar to the
combination of guys that we've had come in and play
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as well. So I understand the challenge to get a
group to play really good football together. But this is
a group that has a lot of good faces and
a lot of good names over there, and so I
expect their best and we always do every week every
Sunday we're playing against pros. We prepared that way and
we're expecting their best.
Speaker 14 (27:39):
How encouraging was the pass rush kind of come into
life a bit last week?
Speaker 13 (27:44):
Yeah, it was great, and it really you know, speaks
to how we play the run and getting more pass
rush opportunities. And the more opportunities we got, the more
guys got into their toolbox and got into their their
technique of the rushes and to see their protection plan
and what they were trying to do. So I believe
that it's just that complimentary football. You know, you got
to win first down to get to second and longs
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to get to you know, longer third downs where we
can get into our blitz is get into our pass
rush combinations.
Speaker 10 (28:13):
On the pass rush, Prescott has like a ridiculous three
percent sack rate this year. It's been tough to get
him down. How cool would it be for a neck
to get his first sack into Prescott?
Speaker 13 (28:25):
That'd be great. And it takes all the guys. It
takes the full effort of the group, but also to
rush with discipline and to understand that Dak is a
mobile quarterback as well, and he can get off the
spot and make plays. So we have to be disciplined
about how we rush it. But we got to have everything.
Everything you got every single time. And yeah, I can't
wait for Nick to get, you know, his his first sack.
But he's been affecting the passer in his opportunities and
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that's the goal is really affect the passer. It helps
the entire unit.
Speaker 10 (28:50):
All's going to be facing his old team. He's a competitor,
he wants too. Well, you know it's something you're going
to be facing in December. And when you when you
play Seattle, how much extra do do you think you'll
put into this game? And we'll take away from them
at all.
Speaker 13 (29:06):
I hope it's never extra I hope you get everything
you got all the time from all of our guys,
and they understand that's the expectation. The expectation is that
we regard and respect every opportunity to go out there
and put great football on film, regardless of who we're playing.
It happens to be a lot of coaches that I
know on this other side as well.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
You know, when you have an.
Speaker 13 (29:26):
Opportunity to compete against people, you know, it's exciting, but
at the same time, you have to be focused on
the scheme. We have to be focused on executing our
game plan. Well, I expect Rico to do the same thing.
You know, this is run the runs the way they're
supposed to be, beyond your protection cues and run with violence.
And that's always the expectation for our whole group. So
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you know, I'm sure we asked that at different times,
but we have to approach everyone like this is the
greatest opportunity of our lives, this game right here.
Speaker 10 (29:54):
A couple more.
Speaker 15 (29:55):
I know you respect Dallas defense, but they do have
statistically the worst defense in the league. Their offense is
the best offense in the league. So how much pressure
does that put on your offense to be locked in
and take advantage of any opportunity that might exist with
their defense, which has been a little bit all over
the place this year.
Speaker 13 (30:13):
This game's about execution, expecting you guys to go out
one play at a time, execute the play, and it's
no further than that, can I get full effort? Can
we do our jobs one play after the other. That's
the expectation for us as a staff to execute a
game plan and for our players to go out there
and play the way we know they're capable of.
Speaker 5 (30:31):
Conversely to what Jeff asked, when you know a player
and you've coached.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
A player in the or on the other side, is
there any advantage in game planning when you know that player.
Speaker 13 (30:41):
Well, there can be. If there's some holes in a
player's game that you can try to exploit, you try
to use all the information that you have at your disposal,
you know, and that's a part of the nature of competition.
The beauty of our game is when you have a
little bit more information, how can you use that?
Speaker 3 (30:58):
You know?
Speaker 13 (30:58):
And at the same time, again it just comes back
to one play at a time and executing. You know,
and that's hard enough as it is, you know, in
a league where there's a lot of talent.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
All right, Look, Noah's sitting here saying that they think
the Carolina Panthers are gonna win, because you'd be silly
to think that there actually are gonna win. But I
will tell you they actually can win. And maybe they'll
go three for three at home, three wins at home,
three losses on the road. But the Dallas Cowboys, they
have a lot of issues, Like they have a really
good offense, and they again have the NFL's worst defense,
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and that's not even like Hyperberle, that's an actual stat.
So there's a chance. And here's the other thing. And
I know we're gonna hear this on Monday. Oh my god,
the stadium was half full of cowboy fans. It's half
full of cowboy fans all.
Speaker 3 (31:43):
Over the NFL. It's not a Charlotte thing. That's an
NFL thing.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
Whether you get the Cowboys, whether you get the Steelers
Green Bay to an extent, and then the Washington Commanders
to an extent, those four teams travel very well, but
specifically the Pittsburgh Steelers the Dallas Cowboys. So yes, there's
going half the stadium is going to be filled with
cowboy fans. Just go ahead and get used to it,
all right, everyone, that's gonna do it for us tonight. Again,
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Thanks for everyone who joined me this entire week, and
again thanks to Christophercari for joining me earlier in interview
this afternoon. Again, have a great weekend everyone. We're gonna
do this all over again next week. My name is
Brett Jenson, and you have been listening to Breaking with
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We have one on Saturday and then we have another
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Speaker 3 (01:19):
Video all the above. And I will tell you what.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Vince actually reached out to me today and said, uh,
is there anything that you want to talk about? And
I said we'll figure it out. I said, let's just
make it up as we go along. Those are the
best type of shows. You just make it up as
we go along. So let's have a conversation and just
figured out what we're going to talk about, I said,
I said one thing though, I said, let's not talk
news or politics. Can we not do that for once,
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because we do that five days a week. Anyway, Let's
talk about something else.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
I said.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
I'd rather talk about pizza than talk about news or
politics on Sunday.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
So join us. It should be interesting and I think
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Speaker 2 (01:56):
And don't forget we also have our News and Bruce
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Speaker 3 (02:10):
All right.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
So there's a lot we're going to get into tonight,
but we're gonna start off the show with something that
actually happened last night during the show, and I just
didn't have time to get into it, and that is
the release of a prisoner, Charles boat Right.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Okay, So Charles Boatwright.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Was being held in the Meclbrough County Jail as a
fugitive in connection with a homicide and murder case out
of Baltimore. All right, well, it made news because he
was released without being extraded to Baltimore. So now you
got this person wanted for murder now roaming the streets,
and he was in Charlotte because you know, apparently all
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criminals now want to come to Charlotte because apparently they
know how easy it is right now with the city
council and everything else, you can pretty much do whatever
the hell you want to in Shawan. Apparently, well, the
Meckleber County Sheriff Gary McFadden released a statement talking about
that particular situation. But before we get into the statement,
and I'm going to read the statement, Isaac, go ahead
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and start playing the audio clip, if you will.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Concerning earlier today from Queen City News.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
The Mecklinberg County Sheriff's office is clarifying its decision to
release a man wanted for murder in Maryland. Baltimore police
say Charles Boatwright is a suspect in a July homicide.
Deputies in Mecklinberg County say they took boat Right into
custody back in July for an out of state warrant.
Court records show he was held on a seven point
five million dollar bond until his release on Wednesday. The
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Sheriff's office says it released boat Right because the ninety
day period that they could hold him past. Authorities say
while communicating with Baltimore police, they told investigators that they
would need what's known as a governor's warrant for boat
Right's extradition. Investigators reportedly told deputies they were securing it,
but officials say that warrant was never sent and they
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had no legal basis to hold boat Right once the
ninety days were up.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Okay, So just in case you weren't under clear of
what basically happened, I'm going to break this down for you.
He's arrested in July twenty twenty five, you know, just
a few months ago. He's arrested as a fugitive. Okay,
so they're holding him, and the Mecklamore County Sheriff's Office
they contacted the Baltimore Police Department and they said, look,
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we need a governor's warrant that is required to extradite him.
We have to have that and the Baltimore Police Department,
according to the Mecamore County Shriff's Office, confirmed that the
governor's warrant it would be in the process and it's forthcoming.
So they said, okay, great, and so the Megamore County
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Sriff's office, they said they can lawfully hold a fugitive
for ninety days and before the governor's warrant is issued,
and then they can hold that individual for another thirty
days after the government governor's warrant has been issued or received,
I should say so. The Megicverg County Sheriff's Office says,
despite repeated efforts to confirm receipt of the required documentation,
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no governor's warrant was received from Maryland within the legal period.
On October eighth, twenty twenty five, mister butt Wright's fugitive
charge was dismissed and he was released from custody. The
Mecamergan County Sheriff's Office does not determine who is and
is not released from the detention center, and at the
time of his release, the Meccicaberg County Shriff's Office had
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no legal basis to continue detaining mister buttwright, So basically
they're saying this, look, that's not on us. We did
everything that we're supposed to do, and legally we can't
hold him more than ninety days. It's a Baltimore problem
for not sending him like they are legally not allowed.
And then you like they did say, they don't say
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who gets to go in and who gets to go out.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
That's not their job.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
And if you read the documents, it says that the
District Attorney's office dropped the extra extradition the Meccamurre County's
DA office had to do, so they dropped. They dropped
the hold after ninety days because they didn't have a choice,
and they let them out.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
And now it's making news, Oh, they led a killer
on the street.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Well, yes, yes, this is an alleged killer that is
now being loose on the streets. But at the same point,
this is a Baltimore, Maryland problem. And if you know
anything about the crime in Baltimore and what a rat
hole that city is, just like Detroit, Memphis, Saint Louis,
you know, if you know anything about those areas, Baltimore
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is a.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Giant rat hole.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
And I keep saying with each passing week, Searott is
becoming more and more like Baltimore, between the city leaders
and the crime infestation that takes place up there.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
There's a reason why they based the movie out of Baldore.
The t showed the wire out of the out of
the town of Baltimore. There's a reason why.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yes, it may be true, it may not be true,
but at the same point, they chose Baltimore because it's
a rat hole, crime infested city.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Truly, truly is So that received.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
A lot of play tonight, or I should say last
night and then today. And also I want to mention
this real quick because it is something that happened literally
just moments before I came on air, CMPDY released a
statement saying that a teacher, a teacher has been charged
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with attempted murder. A CMS teacher has been charged with
attempted murder and the person charged is Ryl Harris Gates,
forty three. Real quickly, on Friday, detectives with cmpd's domestic
Violence Unit located in arrested Gates. Gates was transported to
the jail to or law enforcement centers to speak with detectives.
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Then Gates was then transferred to the custody of the
Mechalworok County Sheriff's Office, and it's a following attempted murder,
contaminate food or drink to render one mentally incapacitated or
physically hill, physically helpless, stalking, and damage to property. For
questions about Gates's current employment status, please reach out to CMS. Well,
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I mean we all know about that, right, Like we know,
CMS isn't gonna say hardly anything at all.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
But we'll see.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Well, like I said, there's no way, I mean, she's
probably been suspended, maybe suspended with pay, maybe suspended without pay.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
We'll see. But a CMS teacher, a female, has been
charged with attempted murder.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Okay, when we return Christa McCary, I met with her
earlier this afternoon, actually over lunch to do an interview
with her. She's running for the Charlotte City Council District six.
Early voting starts next week, so we're gonna have part
one of my two part series with Krista McCary as
she tries to win the city council seat vacated by
her husband, Tark Pacary.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
So all that's coming up next.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
News Talk eleven ten and ninety nine three WBT Brett
Jenson here with you on this Friday night edition of
Breaking with Brett Jenson seven oh four five seven eleven ten.
And again that's also not just the telephone number, but
I was also the WBT text line, which of course
is driven by.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
Liberty Buick gmc okay.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
So we are less than a week away from early
voting starting in the local races I mean Davidson, Cornelius, Huntersville, Charlotte, Matthews,
mint Hill, and Pineville.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
So it starts next Thursday, and for a.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Week or so it will be only at one place,
the hal Marshall Center Uptown, which will get no votes.
Like it's just, I know, I railed on this during
the whole Prime early voting primary, I should say, and
it's just it was absolutely moronic, and it's still moronic
that a place that no one goes to, no one
wants to deal with Uptown, no one feels safe. But yet, hey,
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we're gonna do the first week of early voting only
at one p place in Uptown. That has got to
absolutely change unbelievable. Nonetheless, with early voting starting next week,
this is a reminder that again a lot of candidates
will be trying to get your vote, and one of
them is Christop McCary, who is trying to take the
place of her husband who left to go to DC
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and then after a few months, you know, just decided
it wasn't for him and came back to Charlotte. But
she was running for Charlotte City Council in District six,
which is like, you know, the Myers Park, South Park
and South Charlotte in that whole area like that, like
going towards South Boulevard and stuff from the Charlotte you know,
from the Myers Park area. Well, anyway, I was able
to catch up with her earlier today, earlier today actually
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during lunch, and to grab an interview with her just
about you know, life as a candidate. What's the last
three months been like, what we can look forward to
going forward, and why she still thinks she's the best
person for this job and the issues that concern her.
Speaker 5 (10:54):
All right, Chris, And so we're in the final hours
leading up to the big general election here. What is
the last couple of months been like for you?
Speaker 6 (11:03):
I mean it's been great. Why my team and I
have been getting out into the community talking to the
constituents of District six finding out what is happening in
the city and really, but more importantly, what isn't happening
in the city that needs to be addressed.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
So what are the things that you think need to
be addressed?
Speaker 6 (11:24):
Well, first and foremers obviously crime, as much as the
CMPD leadership wants to tell you that crime isn't a problem,
and our mayor wants to say that in all, all,
in all, this city is a safe city. I think
the voters of Charlotte their eyes have been opened and
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they understand crime is a problem. It's hitting in their backyards,
it's hitting where they're grocery shopping, it's hitting across from
the mall, and it is a problem.
Speaker 5 (11:56):
So the last month or a half month and a
half or so two more, you know, since the arena
the murder took place in the light rail, and then
you had the visuals and like just then you had
the Senate or the core US Congressional Judiciary hearings here
in Charlotte, Like Charlotte has been getting a lot of
attention lately, and then you even had the FOP come
out asking for the National Guard. You know, when you
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talk to people do they talk about the crime like
when you just when you're just being normal, Christoph Acari,
or is crime still a topic?
Speaker 6 (12:28):
Absolutely? And you know what's really telling is it's the
people who are saying, oh, I don't really get involved
in local politics. They are concerned now more than ever.
Speaker 5 (12:39):
Speaking with Charlotte City Council candidate Christophaccari, who's running in
District six. So we know about the Arena Zaruska situation,
we know about the Arena Zeruska bill that just passed
up in Raleigh. We know that there's been a lot
of cats press conferences lately trying to keep safety on cats.
Is are there other issues that concern you about safety?
Speaker 6 (13:00):
Absolutely, we have a juvenile crime issue here in Charlotte,
and until we get a juvenile detention center opened back
up in Beckloomberg County, it's going to continue. Crime without
consequence cannot continue in Charlotte. So we need to have
our council, our County Commission, even cms, we need to
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all be working together and going to Raleigh and advocating
for the funding that is needed to get that reopened
because it is going to continue and get worse. The
crimes are getting worse and more juveniles are moving to
a life of crime in our city and it must end.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
I want to get away from politics for a second.
I want to get in the personal aspect. What's it
been like knowing over the last month or so month
and a half that you now have a partner home
trying to help you out as opposed from being six
and a half hours away trying to help you out.
Speaker 6 (14:00):
Well, first, it's been amazing to have Tark home. He
has been just as busy as ever, but it has
been fun to have this role reversal where I'm asking
if he can serve on PTA committees and getting in
the schools and volunteering, and I'm now at the meetings.
So it has been a really you know, new chapter
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in our life and in our marriage. But it's been great.
Speaker 5 (14:28):
Well, you know what, when he was in DC, everyone wondered,
how is Krista going to be able to serve on
the city council because it's not only just a full
time dome because you're also a full time mom and
the ptas and you were here by yourself, and he
was up in d C, and people always wondered how
that was going to be able to work and did
that ever concern you, because now that problem doesn't exist,
But did that ever concern you at that.
Speaker 6 (14:49):
Point, not at all. You know, Republican women were known
to get things done, So first of all, that is key.
But secondly, you know, I have a great network of
community around me, and you know, not running was never
an option. So there's too much on the line and
it's too important. And I'm doing it because I'm a
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mother and because of my three children. So it just
wasn't an option to fail.
Speaker 5 (15:18):
And you brought that up about that was one of
the reason why you wanted to run, and I was
going to I was just getting ready to ask you
in no way. I asked you this in July. But
here we are, you know, just hours away from the
start of early voting. You know, any second guesses, any
second thoughts on deciding to.
Speaker 6 (15:34):
Run, No, none, Again, it's just in my mind, losing
this race is not an option, and it's not because
of me. It's because of the future of our city.
We cannot allow this city to go to one party rule.
And there is no reason the Democrats haven't earned this seat,
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So I cannot imagine giving this seat up to yet
another voice, Democrat voice and having this echo chamber continue.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
So that is part one of my interview with christopherccary.
Part two will be next week as we get into
the one since sales tax plan, like what does she
think is gonna happen with that? And again thanks to
christopherccary who met with me earlier today to do this interview.
All right, so when we come back, there's a brand
new movie opening up about something that took place in Charlotte, Belmont,
I believe, Gastonia as well, and it's about it's called
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roof Man and Channing Tatum, who I actually like him.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
I think he's actually really really funny.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Well, he plays I believe, the lead character in this
and it's a very very interesting movie about something that
actually happened right here in Charlotte and the surrounding areas
concerning a burglar. So we're gonna get into that when
we return, but right now we're gonna swing on over
to the WBT newsroom with Anna Erickson. Welcome back to
Breaking with Bret Jensen on this Friday night, as we
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go up until seven o'clock tonight. Okay, I saw the
previous this like maybe three, four, five, days ago, and
it's about a movie called Roofman, and I was like, oh,
it looks kind of funny.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
That actually looks pretty good.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
And then like a day or so later, I realized
that the movie was based on something that actually happened
right here in Charlotte, North Carolina. And it's a wild
story and no, nobody's getting hurt, but it does involve
like criminals and cutting through rooftops and McDonald's and living
in a toy Toys r us. It's a wild, wild story.
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Well they've turned it into a movie. And so WBTV
like played a key role in this with like archival
footage and stuff like that. So here's a report that
WBTV did about the grand opening of Roofman, which actually
starts tonight here locally, and it's actually a really cool report.
And look, I always like to try and end on
something nice like this. So here's the report from WBTV
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about taking part in the movie Roofman and what fans
can expect to see on.
Speaker 7 (17:57):
Your side tonight. Getting ready for Opening the Eye eight.
Speaker 8 (18:01):
We all right going back in time and imagining how
things could have gone differently, like what if I made
different choices.
Speaker 7 (18:11):
Tomorrow Roofman opens in theaters across the country. The movie,
starring Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst and Peter Dinklin, tells one
of Charlotte's most notorious crime stories, and WTV played a
role in bringing that tale to the big screen.
Speaker 8 (18:24):
It actually starts with our archives. We're talking about those
dusty old videotapes that are more than a quarter century old. Now,
the whole story of Roofman started for us in nineteen
ninety nine. An unknown bandit was cutting through the roofs
of fast food restaurants. He was captured in the summer
of two thousand.
Speaker 9 (18:43):
The crimes couldn't have been more similar. Holes cut into
the roofs, Managers forced to open safes, workers told to
get into the coolers. A rifle used in both robberies,
but no one was hurt. In fact, the suspect was nice.
Speaker 10 (18:58):
The statements we got from everybody real polide and you
know he did put them in the cooler, but he
was not rough with.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Them or anything.
Speaker 7 (19:07):
Well, his name was Jeffrey Manchester, and it was just
the start of the story. He was convicted of those robberies,
but in two thousand and four he managed to escape
from the prison in Anson County, and he would make
his way here to Charlotte, where he would commit more robberies,
this time by living in big box stores.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
Right, I'd consider this one of the strangest cases.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
We've never worked.
Speaker 11 (19:29):
Police say this is where Jeffrey Manchester lived for at
least the last three and a half months. Before that,
he had lived in a different hiding place in Toys
r Us. Police say he moved underneath the stairwell and
stocked up on DVDs, video games, and even everyday items
like lysaw and for breeze, all behind a false wall.
Police say he put up he had.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
Had the skies pretty well.
Speaker 10 (19:50):
I mean it looked like a wall, and if he
was inside it had it secured with these bolts that
you couldn't have moved the wall, all right.
Speaker 8 (19:57):
They're part of a story where we ran when Manchester
was captured again in January of five. We can tell
you a lot of other stuff happened in between his
escape and his arrest that makes this story movie worthy.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
Now.
Speaker 8 (20:10):
The person who got the call from Roofman's producers asking
about all those archive stories was wbtv's operations manager Corey Schmidt.
Those producers also needed someone who could play a TV
news photographer realistically. Well, Corey was previously our chief photographer,
so yeah, he could do it, and he did. Are
(20:34):
you going to see yourself in the movie.
Speaker 12 (20:36):
I'm in the movie for a few seconds. I'm not
the star, but I'm there.
Speaker 11 (20:39):
You're there, So we get a couple of glipses.
Speaker 12 (20:41):
Old blink, but I'm in the movie.
Speaker 3 (20:42):
There you go.
Speaker 8 (20:43):
It'd be an identification later.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
There he was. I saw him right there.
Speaker 8 (20:46):
Did you get to meet any of the stars.
Speaker 12 (20:48):
I got to meet Channing and I got to meet
Peter Dinklice, and so that was fun, but it was
real brief.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
We didn't sit around and chew the fat.
Speaker 12 (20:58):
But the director, Derek Cian Frans, he and I did
chat a bit. He was very interested in how we
do stuff in the news, how we set up how
we would have the cameras in lighting, and he and
I did talk a bit, and that.
Speaker 8 (21:08):
Was cool because as people in the news business, you'll
sometimes watch movies right and it's like, well, that's not
how we would do it, not at all, right, But
they were careful about that.
Speaker 12 (21:15):
Something that was very important to him that he wanted
it to be very real. And you know, if I said, well,
this isn't quite how we do it, he'd say, well
how would you do it? Yeah, And I'd explain how
we do things in news and he'd tell the crew,
all right, move everything over here whatever. Based on my suggestions,
they were pretty committed to it, and they were very
friendly because you go into it not knowing are they
going to think we're just some you know, small town
(21:37):
hicck people and be annoyed by us?
Speaker 8 (21:39):
Oh?
Speaker 12 (21:39):
They were actually very respectful, very interested in how we
do things.
Speaker 8 (21:43):
Were you impressed by the level that they were going
to get all the details correct on this?
Speaker 10 (21:47):
Oh?
Speaker 12 (21:47):
Absolutely, Yeah. They wanted the gear as it would have
been when the stories were shown, because they showed a
lot of WBTV move footage in the movie. You see
a lot of actual WBTV material in the movie, and
they wanted the stuff we shot to look just like it,
and and it did because it's the same cameras, same cables,
same lighting, same microphones. So it's very authentic.
Speaker 8 (22:09):
So the premiere was what a couple weeks back, right.
Speaker 12 (22:11):
Well, the Charlotte Film Festival. I went and saw it
here in Charlotte for the first time, and it was awesome,
really enjoyed it. But it's going to be in theaters
left Friday.
Speaker 8 (22:21):
So what was that like though it'd be sitting there
at the theater, you know, knowing you had this role
in the movie.
Speaker 12 (22:25):
Well, I had prepared myself mentally and emotionally for the
fact that I might not be in it at all, right,
and the footage might not be in there at all,
and because I was going to be in some of
the background shots using the cameras. But no, I mean
I was in you see me for a few seconds,
but you see a ton of the video I shot,
and it was awesome. It was exciting because it's you know,
(22:46):
when I started here, I thought it was so awesome
to see my video on TV with the news, and
it's it's like that all over again to see your
stuff on a movie screen.
Speaker 8 (22:54):
So you saw thumbs up, thumbs down with today.
Speaker 12 (22:56):
Thumbs up for sure. I really liked the crowd had
a huge reaction. And if you're from Charlotte to the
Charlotte area, there's a lot of Charlotte in the movie.
You notice local landmarks and places in Charlotte. You see
old CMPD Crown Victorias on the streets and so it's
it's very cool from that perspective, what.
Speaker 8 (23:15):
Are experience that you having stories to tell. Lory Schmidt's
our operations manager at Court. We're looking forward to the movie.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Appreciate you check it out there you go, Okay, So
I know this is a true crime story or a
lot of it will be true.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
You know, they always say based on a true story.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
And I hope that it's actually good because the last
movie involving crime here in Charlotte that was a comedy
was awful. It was about the Wells Fargo Highs from
those people from Gaston County and what I think there's
even a couple of people from Lincoln County. And it
had a lot of big time, big time celebrity stars
and comedians. But it was a horrible, horrible movie. I mean,
(23:51):
it was just not even good. I'd rather have seen
like a real documentary, like a real movie trying to
be serious about it, but like the movie was so bad.
And you know, Kristin wigg and others were in it. It
was just a and I love them all, but it was.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
A horrible movie. Well, hopefully this movie with.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Channing Tatum and Peter Dinklish will be much much better.
And I hope it is because it is a fascinating story,
and I hope they don't turn it into a goofball
comedy of ara story like the Wells Fargo story, even
though in reality there was a lot of comedy of airs.
Speaker 3 (24:20):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Coming up next, the Carolina Panthers have a home game
this weekend against the Dallas Cowboys. The Carolina Panthers have
played two home games and they've won both of them,
Miami and Atlanta.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
And I got news for you. Dallas isn't that great.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
They've got a really good offense and the NFL's actually
worst defense. So we'll get into all that when we
return on a Panthers Friday. But right now, let's swing
on over to the WBT Traffic Center with Pam Warner.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Welcome back to Breaking with Brett Jensen for a few
more minutes.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
As we go all the way up until eight o'clock,
which is just a few minutes from now, it is
Panthers Friday. They have a big home game against the
Dallas Cowboys. Can they win? Make it three straight home
that's a very real possibility, even though the Dallas Cowboys
are actually favored. There is a real possibility that the
Carolina Panthers can win this game. Head coach Dave can
Al has met with the media earlier this week to
(25:11):
talk about Sunday's game.
Speaker 13 (25:13):
Great focus and finished to the week. A lot of
communication and happening out there. The guys are excited about
this opportunity to play at home Bank of America Stadium,
and you know, just looking at them, you know, the
guys that are talking to each other, holding each other
accountable to stuff, working on things, and love the way
the direction that this team is going in terms of
(25:33):
just the growth and the communication, with the way.
Speaker 10 (25:36):
Prescott is performing and the Cowboys defense kind of rebuilding
has a makings for a shootout of how important is
it for Bryce to get off the good start.
Speaker 13 (25:46):
It's important for us to play our version of football,
stay balanced, make sure that we're mixing our runs, play
actions and all those things, and execute, you know, for
four quarters. And it's important for us to come out
start fast and also just contine need to maintain and
finish those drives that we've been looking to finish and
put it all together.
Speaker 14 (26:04):
How confident are you've talked about the running back situation
being a good problem. What sort of week did Rico
have and do you think he can build on last
week or will that be tough with them potentially kind
of zoning in on.
Speaker 13 (26:18):
Him, just looking for him to do the same thing,
run with violence, to make the most of his opportunities.
And we're counting all the whole group, you know, and
it starts up front, but we're counting on the tight
ends as well, tied into all the things, and then
the wide receivers to get their hands on people in
the run game. And I just think the energy that
Rico brought to how he finished some of those runs,
(26:39):
you know, should inspire the whole group. It takes all eleven,
let's all come off the ball violently and it just
ties in all those things. When you run the ball
aggressively like that, it should help our play action game
come alive.
Speaker 4 (26:50):
Now, this is a team we faced last year. How
much has their defense kind of changed obviously with some
of the trades might to go and Kenny Clark coming in.
What does that front look like now?
Speaker 13 (27:00):
Well, the structure is similar. It's a four down starting point,
a four to three defense, and with a couple of
different players that they've added to their team, some veteran players,
and then of course Kenny Clark, you know, Dante Fowler.
And it's a group that's just figuring out how to
play together, you know. And it's very similar to the
combination of guys that we've had come in and play
(27:22):
as well. So I understand the challenge to get a
group to play really good football together. But this is
a group that has a lot of good faces and
a lot of good names over there, and so I
expect their best and we always do every week every
Sunday we're playing against pros. We prepared that way and
we're expecting their best.
Speaker 14 (27:39):
How encouraging was the pass rush kind of come into
life a bit last week?
Speaker 13 (27:44):
Yeah, it was great, and it really you know, speaks
to how we play the run and getting more pass
rush opportunities. And the more opportunities we got, the more
guys got into their toolbox and got into their their
technique of the rushes and to see their protection plan
and what they were trying to do. So I believe
that it's just that complimentary football. You know, you got
to win first down to get to second and longs
(28:05):
to get to you know, longer third downs where we
can get into our blitz is get into our pass
rush combinations.
Speaker 10 (28:13):
On the pass rush, Prescott has like a ridiculous three
percent sack rate this year. It's been tough to get
him down. How cool would it be for a neck
to get his first sack into Prescott?
Speaker 13 (28:25):
That'd be great. And it takes all the guys. It
takes the full effort of the group, but also to
rush with discipline and to understand that Dak is a
mobile quarterback as well, and he can get off the
spot and make plays. So we have to be disciplined
about how we rush it. But we got to have everything.
Everything you got every single time. And yeah, I can't
wait for Nick to get, you know, his his first sack.
But he's been affecting the passer in his opportunities and
(28:47):
that's the goal is really affect the passer. It helps
the entire unit.
Speaker 10 (28:50):
All's going to be facing his old team. He's a competitor,
he wants too. Well, you know it's something you're going
to be facing in December. And when you when you
play Seattle, how much extra do do you think you'll
put into this game? And we'll take away from them
at all.
Speaker 13 (29:06):
I hope it's never extra I hope you get everything
you got all the time from all of our guys,
and they understand that's the expectation. The expectation is that
we regard and respect every opportunity to go out there
and put great football on film, regardless of who we're playing.
It happens to be a lot of coaches that I
know on this other side as well.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
You know, when you have an.
Speaker 13 (29:26):
Opportunity to compete against people, you know, it's exciting, but
at the same time, you have to be focused on
the scheme. We have to be focused on executing our
game plan. Well, I expect Rico to do the same thing.
You know, this is run the runs the way they're
supposed to be, beyond your protection cues and run with violence.
And that's always the expectation for our whole group. So
(29:46):
you know, I'm sure we asked that at different times,
but we have to approach everyone like this is the
greatest opportunity of our lives, this game right here.
Speaker 10 (29:54):
A couple more.
Speaker 15 (29:55):
I know you respect Dallas defense, but they do have
statistically the worst defense in the league. Their offense is
the best offense in the league. So how much pressure
does that put on your offense to be locked in
and take advantage of any opportunity that might exist with
their defense, which has been a little bit all over
the place this year.
Speaker 13 (30:13):
This game's about execution, expecting you guys to go out
one play at a time, execute the play, and it's
no further than that, can I get full effort? Can
we do our jobs one play after the other. That's
the expectation for us as a staff to execute a
game plan and for our players to go out there
and play the way we know they're capable of.
Speaker 5 (30:31):
Conversely to what Jeff asked, when you know a player
and you've coached.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
A player in the or on the other side, is
there any advantage in game planning when you know that player.
Speaker 13 (30:41):
Well, there can be. If there's some holes in a
player's game that you can try to exploit, you try
to use all the information that you have at your disposal,
you know, and that's a part of the nature of competition.
The beauty of our game is when you have a
little bit more information, how can you use that?
Speaker 3 (30:58):
You know?
Speaker 13 (30:58):
And at the same time, again it just comes back
to one play at a time and executing. You know,
and that's hard enough as it is, you know, in
a league where there's a lot of talent.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
All right, Look, Noah's sitting here saying that they think
the Carolina Panthers are gonna win, because you'd be silly
to think that there actually are gonna win. But I
will tell you they actually can win. And maybe they'll
go three for three at home, three wins at home,
three losses on the road. But the Dallas Cowboys, they
have a lot of issues, Like they have a really
good offense, and they again have the NFL's worst defense,
(31:30):
and that's not even like Hyperberle, that's an actual stat.
So there's a chance. And here's the other thing. And
I know we're gonna hear this on Monday. Oh my god,
the stadium was half full of cowboy fans. It's half
full of cowboy fans all.
Speaker 3 (31:43):
Over the NFL. It's not a Charlotte thing. That's an
NFL thing.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
Whether you get the Cowboys, whether you get the Steelers
Green Bay to an extent, and then the Washington Commanders
to an extent, those four teams travel very well, but
specifically the Pittsburgh Steelers the Dallas Cowboys. So yes, there's
going half the stadium is going to be filled with
cowboy fans. Just go ahead and get used to it,
all right, everyone, that's gonna do it for us tonight. Again,
(32:08):
Thanks for everyone who joined me this entire week, and
again thanks to Christophercari for joining me earlier in interview
this afternoon. Again, have a great weekend everyone. We're gonna
do this all over again next week. My name is
Brett Jenson, and you have been listening to Breaking with
Brett Jensen
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