WEBVTT - Crime Alert 07.29.24 5PM

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<v Speaker 1>Prime Alert. I'm Drew Nelson. Breaking crime news now. A

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<v Speaker 1>former Bicoastal woman is convicted of being the mastermind behind

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<v Speaker 1>an elaborate fraud, extortion, and money laundering scheme that wound

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<v Speaker 1>up with a man embezzling more than four million dollars

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<v Speaker 1>from his employer. Back in April of twenty eighteen, a

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<v Speaker 1>federal grand jury indicted Gina Rita Russell. She's thirty five

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<v Speaker 1>from New York and LA. She was the sixth person

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<v Speaker 1>convicted in the scheme. Officials say Russell met a New

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<v Speaker 1>York woman in October of twenty oh nine and convinced

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<v Speaker 1>her that she had psychic powers extorting money by claiming

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<v Speaker 1>bad things would happen without large sums of payment. The

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<v Speaker 1>woman started giving Russell money from her lawful jobs, then

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<v Speaker 1>lied to her father for more money for purported therapy,

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<v Speaker 1>sleep studies, and university classes. After the woman's father stopped

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<v Speaker 1>providing financial assistance, Russell convinced the woman to earn money

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<v Speaker 1>through sex work, advertising sensual massage services on backpay dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>The woman met a Maryland man through those ads, and

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<v Speaker 1>he allegedly fell in love with her and proposed to her,

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<v Speaker 1>even though he was already married with kids. The conspirators

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<v Speaker 1>extorted money in gold bars from him by claiming the

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<v Speaker 1>woman owed money to dangerous people. The man embezzled over

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<v Speaker 1>four million dollars from his employer that happened between January

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<v Speaker 1>and March of twenty seventeen. He converted the funds to

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<v Speaker 1>cash and gold bars, delivering them to New York area

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<v Speaker 1>drop off locations. Russell was sentenced to one hundred twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five months in federal prison and ordered to pay over

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<v Speaker 1>four point two million dollars restitution. From America's top ten

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<v Speaker 1>most wanted, The FBI is in pursuit of Omar Alexander Cardinas,

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<v Speaker 1>allegedly a gangbanger out of the Los Angeles area. He's

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<v Speaker 1>been on the most wanted list for two years as

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<v Speaker 1>of this week. Accused of killing a man in broad

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<v Speaker 1>daylight August fifteenth of twenty nineteen outside a barber shop

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of a busy shopping center in Silmar, California.

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<v Speaker 1>Police say Cardinas fired several shots from a handgun, striking

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<v Speaker 1>the forty six year old victim, Jabali Dumas in the head.

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<v Speaker 1>The victim died there while Cardinas drove away. Cardinas was

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<v Speaker 1>charged in April of twenty twenty, but authorities say he

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<v Speaker 1>might have fled to Mexico, and he's been charged with

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<v Speaker 1>unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. If he's not in Mexico,

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<v Speaker 1>the FBI says he may still be in southern California,

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<v Speaker 1>possibly working in construction. Omar Alexander Cardinas is aged nineteen,

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<v Speaker 1>five six or five seven, A white Hispanic between two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred forty and three hundred pounds. He goes by the

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<v Speaker 1>alias Dollar. He's got dark brown, wavy hair and brown eyes,

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<v Speaker 1>and was last known to wear a beard. The FBI

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<v Speaker 1>is offering a reward of up to two hundred fifty

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<v Speaker 1>thousand dollars for information leading to the arrest of Omar

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<v Speaker 1>Alexander Cardinas. More crime and justice news. After this, Dulce

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<v Speaker 1>Maria Alavez, age five, vanished without a trace on the

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<v Speaker 1>afternoon of Monday, September sixteenth, twenty nineteen. She was playing

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<v Speaker 1>at a park behind Bridgeton High School in Bridgeton, New Jersey.

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<v Speaker 1>Today she would be nine years old. Dulce was last

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<v Speaker 1>seen wearing a yellow shirt with a koala on the front,

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<v Speaker 1>black and white pants with butterflies and flowers on them.

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<v Speaker 1>And white dress sandals. The FBI is offering a reward

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<v Speaker 1>of five thousand dollars or more for information that leads

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<v Speaker 1>to her whereabouts. If you have any information concerning this case,

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<v Speaker 1>contact the FBI toll free at eight hundred call FBI,

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<v Speaker 1>or submit a tip online tips dot FBI dot gov.

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<v Speaker 1>An Indiana woman calls police to report her drug dealer

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<v Speaker 1>for selling her a bad batch. Sarah Harris, h thirty four,

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<v Speaker 1>called the cops telling them of an allegedly bad batch

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<v Speaker 1>of methamphetamine, which left her feeling like she was having

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<v Speaker 1>a heart attack. She called nine one one, not once,

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<v Speaker 1>but twice to compare about the quality of the myth.

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<v Speaker 1>Then she handed the drugs over the cops at her

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<v Speaker 1>home for testing. Harris admitted to snorting a line of

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff and felt quote something different unquote when it

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<v Speaker 1>touched her skin and nostrils, and told cops I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to turn the person in who sold the bad match.

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<v Speaker 1>Harris was charged with felony math possession, for which she

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<v Speaker 1>faces a thirty month prison sentence. A nurse aid at

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<v Speaker 1>an Indiana prison is herself behind bars after trying to

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<v Speaker 1>smuggle drugs into the prison hidden inside some frozen lasagna.

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<v Speaker 1>Forty six year old Regina Davis arrived at work like

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<v Speaker 1>any other day and dropped her stuff on the conveyor

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<v Speaker 1>belt to pass through the X ray machine. The Smoking

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<v Speaker 1>Gun reports a guard noticed the lasagna looked kind of off.

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<v Speaker 1>They investigated and found packages wrapped in electrical tape containing

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<v Speaker 1>about three ounces of cocaine and an ounce and a

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<v Speaker 1>half of pot inside the lasagna. During questioning, Davis said

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<v Speaker 1>she got the food from a girlfriend the night before

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<v Speaker 1>and was unaware it contained drugs, but photos of the

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<v Speaker 1>drug packages in their tape wrappings were found on Davis's

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<v Speaker 1>phone taken the day before. Davis later claimed she was

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<v Speaker 1>threatened by unknown individuals. She was arrested on two felony

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<v Speaker 1>narcotics trafficking charges and released on fifteen hundred dollars bond.

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<v Speaker 1>The latest crime injustice news, go to crimeonline dot com

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<v Speaker 1>podcast app with this crime alert. I'm Drew Nelson