1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm John Lemley. Authorities in Sartel, Minnesota say 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: a mystery that began more than half a century ago 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: may finally be closer to a solution. Police now believe 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: a car pulled last month from the Mississippi River, along 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: with human remains found inside, are those of Roy Benn. 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: Ben was last seen September twenty fifth, nineteen sixty seven. 7 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: After breakfast at the kings Enn Supper Club, he entered 8 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: his metallic blue nineteen sixty three Buick Electra and vanished. 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: That mystery lingered for nearly fifty seven years until August tenth. 10 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: That's when an angler on the Mississippi near County Road 11 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 1: I spotted what looked like a vehicle under the water 12 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: and called police. The Stearns Minton County sheriffs Office dive 13 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: team went in, confirmed the find, and days later freed 14 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: the intact car from decades of sediment. Collins Brother's towing 15 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: brought it to the surface, where it was towed to 16 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: the Sartel Police Department. Investigators from Sartel Police, the Benton 17 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: and Stearns County Sheriff's Departments, and the Minnesota Bureau of 18 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: Criminal Apprehension combed through the vehicle. Inside, they found remains 19 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,839 Speaker 1: and evidence linking the car and the body to Roy Benn. 20 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,680 Speaker 1: A press release says that connection came from the remains themselves, 21 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: items inside the car, and the vehicle's VIN number. Officials 22 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: also noted Ben was wearing a dark suit, a white 23 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: French cuffed shirt, and gold and pearl cuff links. Back 24 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,839 Speaker 1: in nineteen sixty seven, Ben was a widower, the owner 25 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: of an apartment building and of Saint Cloud Gas and 26 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:46,119 Speaker 1: appliance service. His family described him as financially secure, with 27 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: no debts and possibly carrying thousands of dollars the day 28 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: he disappeared. Authorities say no one ever touched his bank accounts, 29 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: credit cards, or the registration of his car in the decades. 30 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: Sense loved one and said Ben was happy, with no 31 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: reason to walk away from his life. The remains are 32 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: now with the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office for further investigation 33 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: and formal identification. We turned to a sweeping crackdown on 34 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: organized retail theft in California. Authorities in Ventura County have 35 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: dismantled what they called a major theft ring responsible for 36 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 1: stealing ten million dollars worth of merchandise from Home Depot, 37 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: marking the retailer's largest theft case to date. The ringleader, 38 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: David All, who owns Arya Wholesale, reportedly orchestrated more than 39 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: six hundred thefts across seventy one Home Depot stores last 40 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: year alone. He allegedly paid thieves in cash for high 41 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 1: end electrical items, which were then resold online, including through eBay. 42 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: The forty count criminal complaint names All, his ex wife, 43 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:05,679 Speaker 1: and his brother in law, all facing prosecution. If convicted, 44 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: all could face up to thirty two years in prison. 45 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: Authorities credited recent funding and new legislation allowing multi county 46 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: prosecutions for enabling the bust. Turning now to Los Angeles, 47 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: a joint operation between the LAPD and the Sheriff's Office 48 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: has apprehended a burglary ring responsible for nearly one hundred 49 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: break ins throughout the region in early morning raids. On 50 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: August twentieth, seven men aged between twenty two and forty 51 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: seven were arrested. Three more suspects have since been added, 52 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: two men already facing attempted murder charges and another who surrendered. 53 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: That brings the total number of arrests to ten. Authorities 54 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: seized stolen luxury items, firearms, narcotics, burglary tools, and communication devices. 55 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: In a raid earlier this year, investigators had also uncovered 56 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: fake IDs, credit cards, its jewelry, and additional firearms. District 57 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: Attorney Nathan Hockman vowed to pursue maximum penalties, emphasizing that 58 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: close interagency cooperation and intelligence sharing proved pivotal in dismantling 59 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: the network. And finally, tensions are escalating in Washington, d C. 60 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: Where schools are reopening under the watch of armed National 61 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: Guard troops in the nation's capital. The federal deployment, ordered 62 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: by the President and hailed by supporters as a crime 63 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,799 Speaker 1: fighting tactic, has provoked sharp backlash. Thousands of National Guard 64 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: members some armed patrol neighborhoods, raising anxiety among parents and 65 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: community leaders. Since August seventh, over one thousand arrests have 66 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: been made, and the administration sites a drop in crime 67 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: as proof of its hardline approach. Yet city officials, including 68 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: Mayor Muriel Bowser, argue the move is heavy handed and 69 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: risks turning schools into fortresses. Chicago, where violent crime has 70 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: also declined, Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor 71 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: Brandon Johnson have denounced proposals to send federal troops there, 72 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: calling them unconstitutional and politically motivated. Thanks John for the 73 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 1: latest crime and justice news. Go to crime online dot 74 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: com and please join us for our daily podcast, Crime Stories, 75 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: where we do our best to find missing people, especially children, 76 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: and solve unsolved homicides. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.