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Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm John Lemley. We begin this hour with

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Speaker 1: a civil rights era murder that has been never fully solved,

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Speaker 1: the killing of William Lewis Moore. Moore was a thirty

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Speaker 1: five year old postal worker and civil rights activist who

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Speaker 1: set out on a solitary protest march in April of

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Speaker 1: nineteen sixty three. His plan was to walk from Chattanooga, Tennessee,

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Speaker 1: to Jackson, Mississippi, to deliver a letter urging the governor

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Speaker 1: to support racial integration. Moore, a member of the Congress

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Speaker 1: of Racial Equality, carried signs reading equal Rights for All

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Speaker 1: and Mississippi or Bust as he walked south along highways

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Speaker 1: through Alabama. But on April twenty third, nineteen sixty three,

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Speaker 1: his march ended in violence. Moore was found shot to

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Speaker 1: death along US Highway eleven near Attalla, Alabama. Investigators determined

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Speaker 1: he had been killed by gunfire from a twenty two

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Speaker 1: caliber rifle. Authorities quickly identified as suspect a local man

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Speaker 1: named Floyd Simpson. The rifle believed to have been used

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Speaker 1: in the shooting was traced back to Simpson, who reportedly

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Speaker 1: had ties to the Ku Klux Klan, but despite those findings,

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Speaker 1: a grand jury in Edwa County declined to indict Simpson

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Speaker 1: later that year, citing insufficient evidence. Moore's murder became one

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Speaker 1: of many unsolved crimes of the civil rights era. In

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Speaker 1: the days following the killing, activists from the Student Nonviolent

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Speaker 1: Coordinating Committee attempted to finish Moore's march, but they were

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Speaker 1: beaten and arrested by Alabama state troopers. More than sixty

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Speaker 1: years later, historians and researchers continue to revisit the case,

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Speaker 1: examining records and eyewitness accounts in hopes of shedding new

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Speaker 1: light on the circumstances surrounding War's death. For many civil

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Speaker 1: rights historians, Moore's story represents both the courage of individual

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Speaker 1: activism and the violence that confronted those pushing for equality

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Speaker 1: in the early ninetyen sixties. Still ahead this hour, a

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Speaker 1: deadly prank involving high school students in Georgia, a double

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Speaker 1: murder suspect whose flight delayed one of golf's biggest tournaments,

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Speaker 1: and federal extortion charges against a New York lobbyist.

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Speaker 2: Thanks John for the latest crime and justice news. Go

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Speaker 2: our daily podcast Crime Stories. More crime and justice news

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Speaker 2: After this now with the latest crime and justice breaking news.

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Speaker 2: Crime Onlines.

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Speaker 1: John Limley, a prosecutor in Georgia, has dropped criminal charges

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Speaker 1: against a teenager initially accused in the death of a

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Speaker 1: beloved high school teacher during what authorities described as a

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Speaker 1: prank gone wrong. The case centers on the death of

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Speaker 1: Jason Hughes, a forty year old teacher from Gainesville, Georgia.

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Speaker 1: Authority say Hughes died after a group of teenagers arrived

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Speaker 1: late at night outside his home and began wrapping trees

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Speaker 1: with toilet paper, a longste ending prank tradition connected to

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Speaker 1: prom season. Investigator say Hughes came outside as the teens

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Speaker 1: were leaving. At that moment, Hughes slipped on the pavement

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Speaker 1: and fell onto the street. He was struck by a

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Speaker 1: pickup truck driven by Jaden Ryan Wallace, an eighteen year

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Speaker 1: old student. Hughes later died at a hospital from his injuries.

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Speaker 1: Wallace was initially charged with felony vehicular homicide, while four

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Speaker 1: other students faced misdemeanor charges for trespassing and littering, but

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Speaker 1: prosecutors later dropped all charges after hughes family publicly urged

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Speaker 1: authorities not to pursue the case, saying the teacher had

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Speaker 1: cared deeply about the students involved. Officials save the teenagers

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Speaker 1: stopped immediately after the incident and attempted to render aid

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Speaker 1: until emergency crews arrived. The case has drawn attention across

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Speaker 1: the community, where Hughes was widely remembered as a mentor

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Speaker 1: and coach who dedicated much of his life to helping students.

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Speaker 1: Authorities in flora As say a deadly shooting near one

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Speaker 1: of the biggest events in professional golf triggered a mass

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Speaker 1: manhunt that briefly disrupted the player's championship. Investigators say Christian

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Speaker 1: Barrios is accused of shooting two people in the parking

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Speaker 1: lot of a Walgreens near the TPC Sawgrass golf course

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Speaker 1: in Pontevedra Beach. According to the Saint John's County Sheriff's Office,

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Speaker 1: the shooting appeared to stem from a domestic dispute. Both

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Speaker 1: victims were transported to a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds,

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Speaker 1: but later died from their injuries. After the shooting, authority

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Speaker 1: say Barrios fled onto the nearby TPC Sawgrass property, where

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Speaker 1: canine units began tracking him through areas close to the

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Speaker 1: tournament grounds. At one point during the search, investigators say

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Speaker 1: the suspect picked up a PGA Tour radio before discarding

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Speaker 1: it and stealing a black BMW. The chase ended roughly

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Speaker 1: an hour north of the golf course in Nassau County,

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Speaker 1: where deputies forced the stolen car off the sad road.

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Speaker 1: Barrios then fled on foot, but was captured shortly afterward.

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Speaker 1: Because of the search operation, officials delayed opening the gates

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Speaker 1: for spectators at the Players Championship as a precaution. The

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Speaker 1: tournament itself proceeded on schedule later that morning. Authorities say Barrios,

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Speaker 1: who turned thirty two on the day of his arrest,

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Speaker 1: has an extensive criminal history, and finally, federal prosecutors in

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Speaker 1: New York have charged a lobbyist with attempted extortion in

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Speaker 1: a case involving an alleged five hundred thousand dollars payment demand.

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Speaker 1: Authorities say Joshua Nas, a thirty four year old attorney

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Speaker 1: and lobbyist, was arrested and charged in federal court in Brooklyn.

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Speaker 1: Prosecutors say Nas attempted to force a former client and

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Speaker 1: the client's son to pay him half a million dollars

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Speaker 1: that he claimed was owed for lobbying services. According to

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Speaker 1: court documents, Nas allegedly recruited what investigators described as a

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Speaker 1: confidential witness to act as an enforcer in the u

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Speaker 1: S scheme. That person was allegedly directed to intimidate the

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Speaker 1: client's son, and prosecutors say NAS discuss possible threats that

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Speaker 1: could include physical assault or even abduction. The alleged extortion

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Speaker 1: plot began after the client had already paid about one

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Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars toward a lobbying agreement totaling six hundred

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Speaker 1: thousand dollars. When the client's son proposed paying the remainder

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Speaker 1: in installments, prosecutors say NAS became angry and escalated the dispute.

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Speaker 1: Nas has been released on a five million dollar bond

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Speaker 1: while the case moves forward. If convicted, he could face

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Speaker 1: up to twenty years in federal prison.

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Speaker 2: Thanks John for the latest crime and justice needs. Go

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Speaker 2: to find missing people, especially children, and solve unsolved homicides.

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Speaker 2: With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace