1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Sumner, 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,639 Speaker 1: a County Republican Party chairman in Utah, was arrested Wednesday 3 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: and charged with aggravated child abuse after he repeatedly dunked 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: his teenage daughter's head in a bathroom sink because she 5 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: didn't clean her room to his specifications before going out 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: with friends. A police report says that Wasauch County officials 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: received a report on January twenty first from the Division 8 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: of Child and Family Services that the girl had told 9 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 1: them she did not feel safe in her home and 10 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: expressed fear for her life. The girl told child advocates 11 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: David Nefied Johnson, fifty four, punished her when she came 12 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: back home, telling them her father grabbed her by the 13 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: back of her neck, took her into the bathroom while 14 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: the sink was filling with water, and took her into 15 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: the bathroom while the sink was filling with water. She 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: said that Johnson dunked her head under, brought it out, 17 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: splashed water in her face, then dunked her head under again. 18 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: Girl also said there had been other incidents in which 19 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: her siblings were abused, including a younger brother whom Johnson 20 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: took him into the bathroom and forced his head under 21 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: the water. She said Johnson pulled her brother from under 22 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,199 Speaker 1: the water, splashed water on his face and nose, knocked 23 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: him down, and repeated the act again multiple times. The 24 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: girl told investigators, I don't feel very safe when I 25 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 1: go to bed. I feel like I can't sleep because 26 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: I don't feel safe. When my dad's not home, I 27 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: feel fine, but when he's home, I never feel safe 28 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: because I feel like something's going to happen. Johnson is 29 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: the Wasach County Republican Party chairman. The party's executive committee 30 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: released a statement saying, quote, the safety and well being 31 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: of children are paramount importance to our party and our community. 32 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: We are deeply concerned and troubled by the nature of 33 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: the allegations brought forward by the Hebrew City Police Department. 34 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: The Wasauch County GOP Executive Committee met in an emergency session. 35 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: In accordance with our bylaws. Vice Chair Patti Sprunt will 36 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: temporarily assume leadership to ensure the party continues its work 37 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: for the residents of the county without interruption. The committee 38 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: said no evidence had been presented so far and that 39 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: the community should refrain from judgment. Johnson was arrested on 40 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: Tuesday and booked into the Wasatch County Jail. More crime 41 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: and justice news after this. A California man behind bars 42 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: this week, accused of intentionally driving into a group of 43 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: children and parents conducting a youth baseball fundraiser outside a 44 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: Truckee grocery store. Jonathan Marr, forty nine, faces eight counts 45 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: of attempted murder in multiple counts of assault with a 46 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: deadly weapon, with several sentencing enhancements. Nevada County District Attorney 47 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: Jesse Wilson commented the allegations that this act was intentional 48 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: and directed at kids is hard to comprehend. Our office 49 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: will work through the criminal justice process and if the 50 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: evidence supports the charges, do everything we can to the 51 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: fullest extent of the law to hold this individual account, 52 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: send a clear message that this behavior has no place 53 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: in society, and protect the public from further harm. The 54 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: twelve U. Tahoe Titans were outside a Safeway store raising 55 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: money for an upcoming trip to Cooper'stown All Star Village 56 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: in New York when Mar drove into the group three players, 57 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: three parents, and a player's sibling were injured. Some of 58 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: the athletes were counting the crash to Casey R. Three, 59 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: I heard it like two seconds before or a half 60 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: a second before I got hit got hit by a car, Yeah, 61 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: I did, And I just remember getting pulled out a rebel. 62 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: Jamie DeWitt, a parent of one of the players, said 63 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: the moments leading up to the attack were odd. Put 64 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: a cigarette out on one of our signs and walked 65 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: into the store. He came back out and gave us 66 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: a terrible look and mumbled something we don't know. He 67 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: had hit us from behind with his truck and sent 68 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: us through the building. Court records show that mar has 69 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: a lengthy criminal history. A forty eight year old Tennessee 70 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: man has been arrested after he allegedly uploaded hundreds of 71 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: files of child rate material. Court documents showed that Michael 72 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: Francis uploaded five hundred and thirty nine images in one 73 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: hundred and forty five videos between May eleventh, twenty twenty four, 74 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: and October fifteenth, twenty twenty four. Google made the initial report, 75 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: but it went through multiple channels before it was sent 76 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: to the Memphis Police Department. According to an affidavit, filed 77 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: in the case. Google provided Francis's name as the one 78 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: the user provided, as well as two verified phone numbers, 79 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: both belonging to Francis. Additionally, the user uploaded non pornographic 80 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 1: images and videos during the same time period that were 81 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:42,840 Speaker 1: self produced and they matched known photos of Francis. Francis 82 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor and is 83 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: being held on the seventy five thousand dollars bond. He 84 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: is scheduled for a bond review later today. Police in 85 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: Pennsylvania issued a summons last week for a Maryland woman 86 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: involved in a road rage crash with a motorcycle in 87 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: Upper Allen Township. The The motorcycle was driven by a 88 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: man and carrying an eight year old girl. According to 89 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 1: Upper Allen Police, a Honda Accord struck the rear of 90 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 1: the motorcycle during a road rage incident on October eleventh, 91 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. Police identified the driver of the Accord 92 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: as twenty three year old Amya Steele, who they said 93 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: fled the crash scene, only to have her vehicle become 94 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: disabled a short time later. She was charged with aggravated assault, 95 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: simple assault, recklessly endangering another person. Harassment and reckless driving. 96 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: At the time, police said they were investigating a road 97 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: rage incident involving three motorcycles in a black Honda Accord 98 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: and asked for information from anyone that may have been 99 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: in the area and witnessed these vehicles in their behavior. 100 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: They provided no further information on the case, other than 101 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: to say Steele appeared for a preliminary hearing last Thursday 102 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: and was bound over to county court. They did not 103 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: provide any information about any injury suffered by the man 104 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 1: or the little girl involved in the incident, and no 105 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: local media appeared to have asked for the latest crime 106 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: and joy Just as breaking news, be sure to follow 107 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: the Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app 108 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: with this crime Alert. I'm Sydney Sumner.