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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Nicole Parton.

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Speaker 1: In Ohio, authorities believe they may have prevented a tragedy

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Speaker 1: involving a child after detaining a Marion County Children's Services

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Speaker 1: caseworker en route to a home visit. During the traffic stop,

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Speaker 1: officers discovered bags they suspected contained drugs in her car,

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Speaker 1: and she confessed to using fentanyl. The incident began when

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Speaker 1: police officers received a nine to one one call about

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Speaker 1: a case worker's vehicle swerving erratically. The driver, identified as

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Speaker 1: Erica Foofgeld, informed officers that she was on her way

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Speaker 1: to make a home visit for Marion County Children's Services.

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Speaker 1: Body camera footage obtained by ABC six shows an officer

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Speaker 1: asking Foofgeld about any medications that might impair her, to

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Speaker 1: which she replied no. Noticing her sluggish demeanor, officers requested

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Speaker 1: to search her car, and she consented. A police canine

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Speaker 1: signaled the presence of drugs, prompting officers to retrieve two

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Speaker 1: bags believed to contain about four grams of fentanyl from

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Speaker 1: her car door and beneath her radio. In the footage,

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Speaker 1: the woman is seen visibly distressed, pleading with officers please please.

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Speaker 1: When questioned about her drug use, the officer asked, with

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Speaker 1: you working for CPS, what makes you want to do fentanyl?

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Speaker 1: The woman admitted, I've had a problem in the past.

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Speaker 1: If you working for CPS, what makes you want to

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Speaker 1: do fenyl? I've had a problem of what is this?

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Speaker 1: What does this use for? She literally works around everybody

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Speaker 1: that should be able to tell this is going on.

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Speaker 1: Further exchanges revealed the extent of her drug use, with

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Speaker 1: a woman openly acknowledging fentanyl when asked what the substance

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Speaker 1: was and explaining that she smokes it using a straw.

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Speaker 1: When pressed about her frequency, she claimed every one once

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Speaker 1: in a while, adding I've done it so long, on

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Speaker 1: and off. I don't get high from it anymore. Before

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Speaker 1: any felony drug charges were filed, an officer remarked, she

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Speaker 1: literally works around everybody who should be able to tell

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Speaker 1: us this is going on. The woman was transported in

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Speaker 1: an ambulance accompanied by an officer who also was concerned

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Speaker 1: with potential fitanel exposure. On the way to the hospital,

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Speaker 1: she broke down again, expressing regret and crying I had

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Speaker 1: such a good future going for me, I just ft

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Speaker 1: it up. Following her arrest, Marion County Children's Services terminated

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Speaker 1: her employment, labeling her behavior as quote unacceptable. In a

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Speaker 1: statement to ABC six, investigators said the prosecutor's office noted

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Speaker 1: that funk Gil is facing three counts of felony drug

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Speaker 1: possession in Crawford County. However, they indicated that the lab

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Speaker 1: results for the drugs are pending, which could result in

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Speaker 1: heightened felony charging is based on the final amounts of fentanyl.

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Speaker 1: A resident at Funfgeld's home informed local news media outlets

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Speaker 1: that the woman is currently in rehab. Parents who previously

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Speaker 1: had Funfgueld as a caseworker reached out to police with

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Speaker 1: concerns regarding her relationship with their children and potential drug involvement.

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Speaker 1: Investigators also acquired personal files from the Marion County DCF office,

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Speaker 1: revealing that Children's Services retained her even after learning she

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Speaker 1: had been terminated from Franklin County for breaching their drug

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Speaker 1: policy or Crime and Justice News after this, a hospital

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Speaker 1: in Florida is taking legal action against a patient who

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Speaker 1: allegedly refused to leave their hospital room. In the lawsuit

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Speaker 1: followed earlier this month, Tallahassee Memorial Health Care stated that

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Speaker 1: the patient was admitted for treatment, later assessed and found

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Speaker 1: to no longer require quote acute care hospital services. The

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Speaker 1: patient was officially discharged on October six, twenty twenty five. However,

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Speaker 1: months later, the patient is still residing in the hospital room.

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Speaker 1: The complaint details that hospital staff have made numerous attempts

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Speaker 1: to assist the patient in safely completing their discharge, including

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Speaker 1: working with family members and providing non emergency medical transportation

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Speaker 1: to help the patient obtain essential identification. On November twenty four,

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Speaker 1: TMH issued a written notice instructing the patient to leave

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Speaker 1: the hospital. The lawsuit is seeking a temporary injunction to

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Speaker 1: compel the patient to vacate the hospital room, highlighting the

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Speaker 1: limited availability of beds, the impact of the patients continued

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Speaker 1: stay on their individual needs of care, and the diversion

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Speaker 1: of hospital staff resources to address this situation. Documents indicate

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Speaker 1: that a hearing is set for March thirty. Thirty five

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Speaker 1: year old Brittany t vanished from Brookfield, Massachusetts, on January tenth,

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, after last being seen leaving her home

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Speaker 1: on Main Street. Despite extensive searches, her whereabouts remain unknown.

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Speaker 1: Her community and family members continue to hold vigils in

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Speaker 1: hopes and prayers that the woman can be found. She

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Speaker 1: was last seen leaving her home, with conflicting reports about

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Speaker 1: her vehicle's condition. Her belongings were all left behind. Police

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Speaker 1: have no suspect in the case. Speculation ranges from a

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Speaker 1: misadventure in the cold weather to a third party involvement.

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Speaker 1: Family members say they are continuing the search and will

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Speaker 1: never give up hope. Police are saying anyone with information

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Speaker 1: can reach out to the tip Line at five zero

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Speaker 1: eight five four three seven five eight nine. Brittany is

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Speaker 1: described as a white female, standing five seven weighing about

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Speaker 1: one hundred and forty pounds. She has green eyes and

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Speaker 1: brown hair. For the latest crime in justice news, follow

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