(KMN) 9.17: Money Mess - Hour 3

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So, as expected, Tyler Robinson was formally charged in the
charge in the Charlie Kirk killing yesterday. That was the expectation,
and of course that's what exactly happened. Officially charged with
aggravated murder and other crimes, and prosecutors have said that
they will pursue the death penalty. He confessed to his
family and his parents are the ones who actually identified

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him from police photos, confronted him and he admitted to
shooting Kirk. At that time, quote spread too much hate
and there was quote too much evil. That was what
he said to his parents. So what we now know
is the digital trail. We don't know everything, but here
is what has been shared by those that brought those charges. Yesterday.

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There was a note that was left for his roommate
slash partner boyfriend that allegedly told the roommate to quote
look under my keyboard. The roommate found a note that read,
I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and
I'm going to take it. Later texted his partner and

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said and urged them to delete that the exchange and
the roommate preserved it and it became evidence. So police
described this roommate as a biological male who was involved
in a romantic relationship with Robinson and he is transitioning
to be a female, and the roommate at first didn't
believe Robinson when he said he had done it, and

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we'll get into I guess what was exactly said back
and forth between the two, but his parents recognizing him.
It started when they grew suspicious when they saw the
pictures and suspected that the rifle they'd given him might
actually be the murder weapon. That was That was really
the big I guess the big early development in this
in finding the suspect was that they did find the

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murder weapon and the parents realized that could be that
could be the gun that they gave him that I
guess came from his grandfather. So he admitted involvement and
initially implied he planned to die by suicide that was
from a that was from his parents, but a family
friend who retired deputy persuaded him to surrender instead of
killing himself, so Robinson told investigators he planned the attack

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for about a week and a later texted quote, I
had enough of his hatred. Some hatred can't be negotiated
out He also referenced the engraved inscriptions on bullets that
were recovered at the scene, and one of the reported
inscriptions read hay fastiest catch and then an arrow and
a bunch of different arrows. Actually, so the death penalty

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being being sought out here is not a real surprise.
And what I've just now gotten a chance to see
that I was really looking for it. But those that
are in this community where they're from, and you know,
you see what appears to be just very normal people
that live in his neighborhood and that are in that community.

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And I mean, can you imagine living on the street
with somebody who did this or no, somebody, I mean
his parents even, I mean again, they were very strong Republicans,
it sounds like, and that's how he was raised. But
his mother did confirm that in recent years he had
really shifted to become much more liberal and was rapidly

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moving left, I believe, is what she told investigators. So
that's the latest there, And I'm sure this story will
not be going away anytime soon. Speaking of what will
not go away anytime soon, the Epstein files. So, I mean,
I hate to give the impression that I'm sitting around

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thinking about this, and I'm losing sleep because I can't
lie to you. I wouldn't even be able to fake
it that I genuinely care not to say that. I
want people who are potentially involved in awful things to
get away with it. It's just it's not something that
really consumes me. But what gets me interested in this
more than anything is the lack of awareness. I guess

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that's the best way to describe it. From from folks
of power that that think you're gonna believe or maybe
they don't think you're gonna believe it, maybe they just
don't care what you will and won't believe. But Cash
Bettel saying that Jeffrey Epstein only trafficked women for himself,
I mean that that like nobody believes that. I mean,
I guess if you clarified that we believe this and that,

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but here's what evidence we actually have none that supports it.
That's a different thing. But if you are somebody that
even a little bit is is looking for a conspiracy
here and trying to trying to sniff out maybe something
that's not there. As far as with withholding information, not
holding people accountable, the lack of transparency, you have like

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you don't have to be a conspiracy theorist at all
to see this and just know that something doesn't doesn't
doesn't smell right. So again he says that there's no
credible information that Epstein trafficked women or underage girls to
other people, and maybe that's maybe that's the truth, but
not many people myself included, really found that believable. And

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I don't. I don't think it's going away. I really don't.
I mean, I don't know what can be done. It
wouldn't mean this sounds unrealistic, Like I can't see this
being the way that that it that it plays out.
But is this just gonna be like something that comes
up in conversation for decades because people just won't let
it go. I mean, senators from both parties, of course,

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are pushing back. I mean the Louisiana Louisiana is John Kennedy,
the senator there in Louisiana, says, quote, this issue is
not going to go away. I think that's the best
way to I mean that that that that to me
is clear at this point. But also I can't point
to anything that that that is any sign of okay.
When we get to this point, then they're gonna have
to be fully transparent. This is when we get the information.

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I just they're gonna get because let's be honest, what
for the last however long two months, maybe it's been
the same thing. Yeah, there's nothing there. Our president's telling
us it's a democratic hoax. Cash Mattel says, yeah, there's
no there's no evidence, no credible information, and they're not
going to be really forced to do anything, are they.

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So I would recommend if it's consumed you and it
keeps you up at night, just try to find a
way to deal with it, because I don't know if
you're ever going to get what you're looking for. All right,
quick break, We've got trafficking weather updates on the way.
We'll see how the roadways are looking here as the
seven o'clock hour is underway, news ready to eight forty
whas we're not far from your next update of trafficking weather,
so stick around. It looks like when it comes to

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the roadways, we do have some accidents causing some issues.
This is one that took place within the last ten
minutes or so. Here a three vehicle accident that is
on I two sixty four east. That is the ramp
from Brownsboro Road, So looks like all lanes are blocked,
all lanes in the right shoulder blocks, so be advised.

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That looks like that's one that could cause some real issues.
From what I can tell right now from the traffic camp,
it hasn't created a huge issue just yet, but sounds
like that that won't last for long. So again, we'll
get another update coming for you here in just a
few minutes with Bobby Ellis. But I do want to
share something really quick just because I want to use
the platform here for for some positivity. You ready, John Alden,

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I want to I want to remind people to appreciate
those in your life that really have just been good
to you and have been consistent. And when that happens,
it's the norm, it's the expectation, and it leads you
to maybe potentially take that for granted. So, for those

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who don't know, my daughter is she is a special
needs kid. She is autistic and she is intellectually disabled.
So she plays in a baseball league called the Miracle League.
It's awesome and we have games every Saturday, and she's
playing fallball for the first time. Well this year this
this week for some reason, they weren't able to use
the field, so we had a game on Tuesday. We

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played last night, and each week there are there are
different local teams, high school teams that come out and
volunteer to help on the field with the special needs kids.
It's awesome. It's great as a parent to see that.
But also I love seeing the kids interact with as
a parent of a special needs kid, to see the
inclusion and just to see the the the not being

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weirded out by a special needs kid and understanding that
there are kids with differences. It's just it's encouraging to
me as a parent to see that, especially with young
kids that you know it can it can only help
and and help them and help of course you know inclusion.
But anyways, last night I showed up and I was
surprised to see that one of the teams that was
that was volunteering to help with with with the game

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on the field was the AAU team that my high
school basketball coaches currently did not know he was going
to be a part of it, but I showed up,
he was there and I realized what he was. It
was such a nice gesture. Twenty years ago I played
for this man. He has made such an impact on
my life. His name's Lee Barger. He still works for
the Bullet County Public School System, but twenty years ago

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was the last time I played for him, and he's
been so good to me, has been a big part
of my life. I think my experience with him growing
up has really been a big part of me being
where I am today, just kind of what I got
from that experience, and he just has always done great
things for me and I would have never expected it.
Was overwhelmed by just that surprise, but I'm not surprised

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at the end of the day because that's just what
he does. So he's been good to me. He doesn't
know what he means to me, and I was very
very happy to see that. Also, North Bullets baseball team
was out there helping. So I've just been since since yesterday,
I've just been kind of thinking, man, I really I'm
going to try not to take those kind of things
for granted. Because he had all the players, all the
special needs kids, signed autographs and for their AAU basketball team,

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they've got shooting shirts like warm up shirts, and on
the back of their warm up shirts it's going to
have all the sick. There's the signatures of the kids,
which just a great gesture and didn't have to do
it by any means, but did because he's good to
me and I greatly appreciate him. And if you've never
if you ever looking for something to do on a Saturday,
Fern Creek Park, some high level baseball action going on,

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and they do it big, by the way, not just
with a full day of games with specially these children,
but they've got a pa announcer, they've got a big
video board where they put the picture up there, and
it's a whole lot of fun. So check it out
if you ever. I don't know anybody that's ever gone
as a parent, as a spectator, I don't know anybody
that's ever gone that didn't walk away from that feeling
like it was well worth going and just good stuff.

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We got trafficking weather coming your way. Also a sports
update coming up right here on News Radio eight forty
whas so LMPD. They have taken some dramatic steps to
really crack down on illegal street racing and the dangerous
street takeovers that we've seen here and there in Louisville.
And instead of auctioning all for repurposing some of these

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seized vehicles. They're going to destroy a luxury suv. So
it's a twenty twenty one Dodge Durango Hellcat that is
worth an estimated one hundred thousand dollars. It was confiscated
by LMPD last year. And reason for the destruction is
this the suv apparently contained a bunch of stolen parts,
making it not street legal and ineligible for auction because

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of that. So the LMPD social media pages posted images
of this Durango alongside the industrial crusher that is set
to destroy it. So Mary Greenberg is personally going to
push the button to crush the suv at eleven am
this morning at the impound lot on Frankfort Avenue. And

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this is probably one of the worst ways to punish somebody, right,
I mean, clearly you need to be incarcerated if you
have committed a crime that leads to that type of punishment.
But I mean it's as far as real it really
really bothering you, is that the vehicle that you put
one hundred thousand dollars into or probably you know, stole

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things because it's got a bunch of stolen parts on it,
which is why it's ineligible to be auctioned off. I
mean that would I don't know. Maybe maybe you don't
have a whole lot of appreciation for the value of
things because you don't work and pay for them, you
steal it. I don't know, but I know that if
I had a vehicle that was one hundred thousand dollars
and I knew that it was just being crushed, I
would you know that that wouldn't sit well with me. So, yeah,

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the eleven o'clock this morning at the Frankfurt Avenue impound lot,
and there's gonna be some some folks on hand. Chief
of Chief Paul Humphrey and the traffic unit are going
to be there and going to talk to the media
and look the the issues that really created this this
crackdown was the street racing that was taking place. And
I mean, if you've ever witnessed what this looks like,

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you don't have to see it in person. I'm sure
that that that'll take it even further. But just the
aerial footage or just even street level footage of what
it looks like whenever a bunch of people with these
I guess custom made race cars essentially when they take
over a street. I mean, it's scary stuff. So I

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don't know if this will lead to people realizing, hey,
we probably shouldn't be out here doing this, because not
only will we help, will we be held accountable because
LMPD is cracking down on it, but also they'll they'll
they'll take it, they'll make an example out of us
and completely destroy the vehicle if it gets to that.
So they have seen some success as far as reducing
this illegal racing, but it's you know, I don't think

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we're ever going to be in a situation where it
never happens. But yeah, one hundred thousand dollars twenty twenty
one Dodge Durrango hell Cat. I got to be honest
with you, I didn't even know. I mean, I've heard
of a hell Cat, knew that it was a Dodge,
but I don't know that I knew that it was
it was a Durrango. Let me let me look at
look and see what one of these vehicles looks like. Yeah,
I've seen one of those before, and uh yeah, if

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I had this vehicle and it was crushed, it would
I would I would be devastated. But that's what they
have to do because again, a bunch of stolen, stolen parts.
Why is it that we enjoy? And I shouldn't say
we because I can really only speak for myself, but
I'm not alone. But there's some level of satisfaction with this,
right John take away the criminal component, but just seeing a.

Speaker 2 (14:23):
I think we as humans, we just like to see
things like get destroyed. That's why we like movies like
Transformers where people, you know, the mechs will go and
shoot down an entire city or a building and they'll
fight each other in the streets, and same with the
Marvel movies, that sort of thing. We just love to
see fighting and destruction. And I'm not I know this
isn't fighting, but this is a level of destruction, especially

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with something that's expensive, that definitely draws people's attention. I
feel like I.

Speaker 1 (14:47):
Think we also like to an extent to do the
destruction because it's true. Rage rooms, I mean, those are
grand theft auto those are a real thing the game.
Have you ever been to one of those rooms where
you just we just break stuff.

Speaker 2 (14:59):
I've heard of the I've never been to one.

Speaker 1 (15:01):
So I went to one whenever I this is before
I worked at iHeart, I was before I was able
to make this sort of what I what I what
I do for a living. I worked for a software
company and one of our team outings was to go
to that and it was it was, it was awesome,
but I felt like, why, why did I enjoy that
so much? I'm just destroying things. I'm breaking old box TVs,

(15:23):
I'm taking a sledgehammer release. Yeah, but maybe it's just
because I mean, I don't I don't feel like I
had any built up you know, aggression at that point.
But I remember leaving there feeling like, I don't know
if I should feel dissatisfied by doing that, but I did.
So Yeah, we uh, I mean, there are there are
YouTube channels, TikTok channels. That is just like buildings, you know,

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being demolished, and people just like to watch that stuff.
It's it's kind of a it's kind of odd. But yes,
today at eleven o'clock, they're going to crush this one
hundred thousand dollars illegal street racing vehicle. And I know
there'll be many on hand from the new stations. I
look forward to seeing it all. Right, quick break, we've
got trafficking, weather, updates on the way as we move forward,

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don't go anywhere, keep it locked right here on New's
Radio eight forty whas. So the sentencing is set for
today Brooks Howe and Steve Rodgers who were convicted earlier
this summer in the Crystal Rogers case. So he Brooks
Howk was recommended to be sentenced to life plus five years.

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And when it comes to what we actually see today,
I think most are just some way that's the recommendation,
that's what's going to happen. Really tough to know for sure.
I mean again, I wouldn't be shocked at all if
he gets life in prison. But also there's still an
attempt to appeal and get a new trial. And I

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hate to even put this energy out there, because it
did seem as if really the state of Kentucky and
probably even some folks nationally really healed like to see
Bargetown get that closure and to see the way that
they celebrated that there was finally justice for Christal Rodgers's family.
I mean, it was. It is a beautiful thing. And
I don't know many people out there that have followed

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this consumed all the seemingly endless shows, write ups, documentaries,
podcasts about this case. Specifically, I don't know anybody that's
consumed even a little bit of it that thinks that
that Brooks House was not involved or and responsible for
the murder of Crystal Rodgers. But when it comes to
the evidence, I mean, I remember, it was very fascinating
to me just to see that they don't really have

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any physical evidence at all. Now, again, some things just
don't make sense, and it's all about what you can
get a jury to believe, and clearly the jury didn't
have a hard time believing that these two, especially Brooks
Brooks House was responsible for this. But if he gets
a new trial, I mean, that would be a really
I mean, that would be tough, I think for the
family to hear. I mean, in fact, I know it
would because as of now they've got they have justice

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and he's getting to be getting ready to be sentenced,
and that doesn't bring back Crystal Rogers, but clearly that
something they fought for for so long, ten years in
the making. So I know there's been some pushback on
him getting a new trial, But unfortunately I don't think
this is totally over just yet. But we shall see. Him,
he's going to fight it. We heard the conversations he
was having while in jail on the phone with his family.

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I mean, he's going to try to fight this, and
I guess anybody would in that situation. But again, the
sentence is set for later today and we'll hear about
it one way or the other. Because again this is
anytime there's any development, any update, anything with this story,
it gets a lot of attention for obvious reason. So
again ten years later, he is now expected to be sentenced.

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All right, let's get to a quick update of trafficking
whether we also have a sports update coming your way
right here on news Radio eight forty whas