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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome Douglas County Sheriff Aaron Hansome back to the program.
Good morning, Aaron, Good morning there.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
There could be worse the song.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Yeah, that's not bad. That's not bad, is it? Yeah?
We can do much worse than that, yeaheah.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Theybe some some Jimmy Hendrix would be inappropriate.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
But probably Well, you gave me a has up in
a story I had seen. I plan to mention it anyway.
Mike mcnidy was up on Channel six about puppies dumped
in a dumpster and as tremendous heat, unluckily they were found.
What can you tell us about what happened and how
(00:35):
the perpetrator apparently was apprehended.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Yeah, well, you know, it actually wasn't in the tremendous heat.
It was in the in the frigid cold. It was
back in February. Young man Douglas County resident Preston Woodall
decided that a box full of newborn pups and the mother,
which was pretty starved, in a macy. It was too
much work for him as a dog owner, and so
he he was going to dispose of these living creatures
(01:03):
next to a dumpster. Again in the frigid February attempts,
and luckily a citizen located the pups and called the
Humane Society. An investigation resulted in him being identified as
the culprit, and there was actually ten I think ten
or eleven warrants issued for his arrest, one warrant for
each count of cruelty and animals against the pups and
(01:26):
the mother for a banning them. We knew that mister
Woodhall was fancied himself as a sovereign citizen, so he
was going to be difficult to track down. They don't
like to tell the government necessarily where they lived, and
so he did us a solid. He eventually showed up
at the Sheriff's office to apply for a handgun purchased permit.
(01:47):
He had two problems. One, he had not cleared up
those ten eleven animal cruelty warrants, and under the force
box for a country of citizenship, he left that blank
because again, sovereign citizens don't like to claim citizenship to
the US. So that meant he had to come back
in to complete the form, and we were happy to
ward him with a brand new set of bracelets and
(02:09):
a free trip down to Douglas. Kind of correction and.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
He enjoyed that. Wow, Oh, he.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Didn't seem too upset with it. I think he was
glad to get the warrants out of the way.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
So what happens to a guy like that? What's the penalty?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Well, the penalty, unfortunately is not too significant. I know
that it is potential that you could stack the consequences
on themselves for each misdemeanor count that typically does not occur,
and in this case, I would imagine the maximum sentence
maybe is probably six months, no more than a year
(02:45):
for each typical they'll probably get resolved with probation of
fine or maybe minimum jail time. But you know, mister Woodall,
once he gets those warrants done and charges behind him,
he can feel free to come on back to reapply
for that hand of purchase permit because that does not
render him a prohibited person on the state or federal level.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Well, you can see why the sovereign citizen types want
to live here. Try that in China. So yeah, see
how that goes for Aaron. The case of Leo, the
duct tape dog, that was I think OPD wasn't it?
Did you have any connection to that one?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
You know, we worked that with the Nebraska Maine Society.
We have a relationship with NHS where we will help
them with follow up investigation, fugitive apprehension, and forensics investigation.
That one is still ongoing. I think that investigators have
narrowed down on a suspect, but I think there is
(03:44):
some complications and nuances regarding that suspect that maybe will
not make it as straightforward as you would typically see
for an animal cruelty or animal abuse case.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Okay, what's your experience with people who are man to
or abuse animals.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Yeah, I gotta tell you, I'm shocked. I I would
assume that it's been happening for years, but thanks to
the fact that Nebraski Maine Society has really up their
game and in terms of their enforcement office. Uh. You know,
it started with Mark Langan, retired OPD sergeant he ran
(04:24):
the uh uh the NHS Enforcement Division for years and
now with retired dcs O Captain Steve Glant. You know,
they're really growing that effort and I think and I
think it's good. I think most people appreciate him. If
you're gonna they're gonna abuse, neglect, or kill or hurt
innocent little animals, in our community. What else are you
capable of doing? And I will tell you this, we
(04:46):
get tons of response. This seems to upset people more
than almost any other crime when they see innocent animals
being hurt, abused or killed.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Right or or little kids or babies, because because they're
the de fenseless.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
They are, and you know, people love animals. And it
seems to me that whenever a story like this was
just shocking comes out and we all are just appalled
by it, and justifiably so, it does spike adoptions. People
you know, think all right, well maybe I can hop out,
and the Humane Society does see a little uptick and
people who come in and apply to adopt an animal.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Have you seen that too?
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Yeah, you know, I think that they by highlighting some
of these criminal actions, I do think it's good for
public education, and you'll see folks that want to come
in and adopt an animal. You'll see folks that want
to come in and deposit an animal for adoption. But
I think also what you'll see is you'll see folks
in the community contacting NHS like we did here recently
after some of our high profile arrests on animal neglect
(05:49):
and cruelty, And they've donated large sums of money to
NHS specifically to enhance their enforcement efforts. And that's great
also because that's the only way we're going to be
able to make these cases and save these animals or
bring justice to the animals that have already been killed
or neglected.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Well, the thing that's just and I'm no psychologists, as
you know, but I wonder if if somebody who's inclined
to do this to an animal, why would they have
an animal? Then? In other words, I'm thinking maybe they
want an animal, but just so they can abuse it,
you know, torture or something. And that's that's a problem.
They got something going on upstairs that's a danger to everybody.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Well, you nailed it earlier. I mean, if you're willing
to do this to an animal, what are you doing
to your kids? Or what are you not doing to
your kids? Are you're not taking care of your kids?
If you're even willing to dump off a boxful of
the instant puppies and trebbery, are you a good mom
or dad? Are you taking care of your kids? I mean,
it's just it's a red flag that cannot be ignored.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Especially if it's a little kid. If it's a little
kid that's seven, eight, nine, ten years old and they're
abusing animals, that's Charles Stark.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Whether they're under construction right there.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Uh, you know you're gonna not ten fifteen years from now,
they're gonna be doing it to people.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Was he knowing to do any of that?
Speaker 3 (07:06):
That's one of the stories that came out of his
life is that he used to abuse animals when he was.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
A little kid. Sheriff, thanks, always good to have me on.
I appreciate the time. Sheriff Aaron Hampson, Douglas County.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
If you haven't been around for the last seventy five
or eighty years, stark Weather was the most notorious mass
murderer in the country for a good long stretch.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
And he grew up in Lincoln. Well, look, anybody that
hasn't heard of Charles stark Weather is not listening to
k baby, So you know they might be new to
the area. Yeah, that's a national he was. He was.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
He was given capital punishment over sixty years sixty five
years ago.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Long time Charles Stark I know
Welcome Douglas County Sheriff Aaron Hansome back to the program.
Good morning, Aaron, Good morning there.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
There could be worse the song.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Yeah, that's not bad. That's not bad, is it? Yeah?
We can do much worse than that, yeaheah.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Theybe some some Jimmy Hendrix would be inappropriate.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
But probably Well, you gave me a has up in
a story I had seen. I plan to mention it anyway.
Mike mcnidy was up on Channel six about puppies dumped
in a dumpster and as tremendous heat, unluckily they were found.
What can you tell us about what happened and how
(00:35):
the perpetrator apparently was apprehended.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Yeah, well, you know, it actually wasn't in the tremendous heat.
It was in the in the frigid cold. It was
back in February. Young man Douglas County resident Preston Woodall
decided that a box full of newborn pups and the mother,
which was pretty starved, in a macy. It was too
much work for him as a dog owner, and so
he he was going to dispose of these living creatures
(01:03):
next to a dumpster. Again in the frigid February attempts,
and luckily a citizen located the pups and called the
Humane Society. An investigation resulted in him being identified as
the culprit, and there was actually ten I think ten
or eleven warrants issued for his arrest, one warrant for
each count of cruelty and animals against the pups and
(01:26):
the mother for a banning them. We knew that mister
Woodhall was fancied himself as a sovereign citizen, so he
was going to be difficult to track down. They don't
like to tell the government necessarily where they lived, and
so he did us a solid. He eventually showed up
at the Sheriff's office to apply for a handgun purchased permit.
(01:47):
He had two problems. One, he had not cleared up
those ten eleven animal cruelty warrants, and under the force
box for a country of citizenship, he left that blank
because again, sovereign citizens don't like to claim citizenship to
the US. So that meant he had to come back
in to complete the form, and we were happy to
ward him with a brand new set of bracelets and
(02:09):
a free trip down to Douglas. Kind of correction and.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
He enjoyed that. Wow, Oh, he.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Didn't seem too upset with it. I think he was
glad to get the warrants out of the way.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
So what happens to a guy like that? What's the penalty?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Well, the penalty, unfortunately is not too significant. I know
that it is potential that you could stack the consequences
on themselves for each misdemeanor count that typically does not occur,
and in this case, I would imagine the maximum sentence
maybe is probably six months, no more than a year
(02:45):
for each typical they'll probably get resolved with probation of
fine or maybe minimum jail time. But you know, mister Woodall,
once he gets those warrants done and charges behind him,
he can feel free to come on back to reapply
for that hand of purchase permit because that does not
render him a prohibited person on the state or federal level.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Well, you can see why the sovereign citizen types want
to live here. Try that in China. So yeah, see
how that goes for Aaron. The case of Leo, the
duct tape dog, that was I think OPD wasn't it?
Did you have any connection to that one?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
You know, we worked that with the Nebraska Maine Society.
We have a relationship with NHS where we will help
them with follow up investigation, fugitive apprehension, and forensics investigation.
That one is still ongoing. I think that investigators have
narrowed down on a suspect, but I think there is
(03:44):
some complications and nuances regarding that suspect that maybe will
not make it as straightforward as you would typically see
for an animal cruelty or animal abuse case.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Okay, what's your experience with people who are man to
or abuse animals.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Yeah, I gotta tell you, I'm shocked. I I would
assume that it's been happening for years, but thanks to
the fact that Nebraski Maine Society has really up their
game and in terms of their enforcement office. Uh. You know,
it started with Mark Langan, retired OPD sergeant he ran
(04:24):
the uh uh the NHS Enforcement Division for years and
now with retired dcs O Captain Steve Glant. You know,
they're really growing that effort and I think and I
think it's good. I think most people appreciate him. If
you're gonna they're gonna abuse, neglect, or kill or hurt
innocent little animals, in our community. What else are you
capable of doing? And I will tell you this, we
(04:46):
get tons of response. This seems to upset people more
than almost any other crime when they see innocent animals
being hurt, abused or killed.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Right or or little kids or babies, because because they're
the de fenseless.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
They are, and you know, people love animals. And it
seems to me that whenever a story like this was
just shocking comes out and we all are just appalled
by it, and justifiably so, it does spike adoptions. People
you know, think all right, well maybe I can hop out,
and the Humane Society does see a little uptick and
people who come in and apply to adopt an animal.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Have you seen that too?
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Yeah, you know, I think that they by highlighting some
of these criminal actions, I do think it's good for
public education, and you'll see folks that want to come
in and adopt an animal. You'll see folks that want
to come in and deposit an animal for adoption. But
I think also what you'll see is you'll see folks
in the community contacting NHS like we did here recently
after some of our high profile arrests on animal neglect
(05:49):
and cruelty, And they've donated large sums of money to
NHS specifically to enhance their enforcement efforts. And that's great
also because that's the only way we're going to be
able to make these cases and save these animals or
bring justice to the animals that have already been killed
or neglected.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Well, the thing that's just and I'm no psychologists, as
you know, but I wonder if if somebody who's inclined
to do this to an animal, why would they have
an animal? Then? In other words, I'm thinking maybe they
want an animal, but just so they can abuse it,
you know, torture or something. And that's that's a problem.
They got something going on upstairs that's a danger to everybody.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Well, you nailed it earlier. I mean, if you're willing
to do this to an animal, what are you doing
to your kids? Or what are you not doing to
your kids? Are you're not taking care of your kids?
If you're even willing to dump off a boxful of
the instant puppies and trebbery, are you a good mom
or dad? Are you taking care of your kids? I mean,
it's just it's a red flag that cannot be ignored.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Especially if it's a little kid. If it's a little
kid that's seven, eight, nine, ten years old and they're
abusing animals, that's Charles Stark.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Whether they're under construction right there.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Uh, you know you're gonna not ten fifteen years from now,
they're gonna be doing it to people.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Was he knowing to do any of that?
Speaker 3 (07:06):
That's one of the stories that came out of his
life is that he used to abuse animals when he was.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
A little kid. Sheriff, thanks, always good to have me on.
I appreciate the time. Sheriff Aaron Hampson, Douglas County.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
If you haven't been around for the last seventy five
or eighty years, stark Weather was the most notorious mass
murderer in the country for a good long stretch.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
And he grew up in Lincoln. Well, look, anybody that
hasn't heard of Charles stark Weather is not listening to
k baby, So you know they might be new to
the area. Yeah, that's a national he was. He was.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
He was given capital punishment over sixty years sixty five
years ago.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Long time Charles Stark I know
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