1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Crime alert, imancy, grace breaking, crime needs Now, an Oregon 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: first grader spills juice on himself and has to change 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: his shirt. That's when his teacher notices bruises and burns 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: all over his torso. When police arrived, the boy tells 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: him his parents punish him and his four year old 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: little sister with a taser. Cops searched Brandon Rodgers in 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: Heather Black's home, finding the taser and several other weapons 8 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: the parents are seen using on their children in home 9 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: surveillance footage. 10 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 2: Nancy Rogers and Black were initially arrested and released on 11 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 2: lesser charges, but when cops discovered evidence of clear abuse 12 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 2: rather than misguided punishments, Roger and Black were re arrested 13 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,639 Speaker 2: and denied bail. The two children now in the state's custody, 14 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 2: placed with other family members. Investigators have not revealed what 15 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 2: weapons other than the taser were used on the two children. 16 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: Brandon Rogers forty four, head the Black thirty six, charged 17 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: with assault, criminal mistreatment, and unlawful use of a stun gun, 18 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: with more charges expected. How about felony child neglect and 19 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: felony aggravated assault Just for starters? Cops called when Domingo 20 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: Pagan becomes disorderly at Disney's House of Blues in Orlando. 21 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: When cops arrived, Pagan extremely intoxicated, they try to escort 22 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: him out, he actually spits on the officers. Cops use 23 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: a spit mask to protect themselves from Pagan. When cops 24 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 1: try to load him into a patrol car, he briefly 25 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: loses consciousness and seems like he needs to vomit. As 26 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: cops remove the spit mask, he immediately spits on another officer. 27 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: Domingo Pagan, forty seven, charged with disorderly intoxication, resisting and 28 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: battery on a cop. Enjoy your jail, Cell Pagan or 29 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: Crime and Justice News after this. Now with the latest 30 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: crime in Justice, Breaking News Crime Onlines John Lemley. 31 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 3: We begin with a critical development and the long running 32 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 3: case of the alleged nine eleven an mastermind to lead 33 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 3: Sheik Mohammed and two co defendants. A military judge has 34 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 3: upheld plea agreements allowing the men to avoid the death 35 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 3: penalty in exchange for guilty. Please. The ruling issued by 36 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:17,559 Speaker 3: Air Force Colonel Matthew McCall overturns Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's 37 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 3: recent order to dismiss the Plea deals. McCall's decision, yet 38 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 3: to be officially posted, argues that Austin lacked the authority 39 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 3: to nullify the agreements after they were approved by Guantanamo's 40 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 3: top official. If left unchallenged, this ruling could allow the 41 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 3: men to plead guilty, potentially closing a chapter on the 42 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 3: government's nearly two decade effort to prosecute those accused of 43 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 3: orchestrating the deadliest attack on US soil. The Plea deals, 44 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 3: made public this summer, sparked political backlash and led Austin 45 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 3: to argue that such decisions in death penalty cases should 46 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 3: rest solely with him. However, McCall's decision warns that following 47 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 3: Austin's directive would grant Defense Secretary Mary's unchecked veto power 48 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 3: in military trials. Caroline Ellison, the former top executive at 49 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 3: Sam Bankman Freed's once dominant cryptocurrency Empire FTX, has officially 50 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 3: begun a two year prison sentence. As Crime online Sydney 51 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 3: Sunder tells this, this marks another chapter in a high 52 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 3: profile fraud case that left investors, lenders, and customers facing 53 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 3: billions of dollars in losses. 54 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 2: The thirty year old Allison reported to a federal facility 55 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 2: in Danbury, Connecticut. This according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, 56 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 2: she had previously pleaded guilty to criminal charges and provided 57 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 2: extensive testimony against Bankman Freed, her former boyfriend in ftx's founder, 58 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 2: ultimately contributing to his conviction and subsequent twenty five year 59 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 2: prison sentence. Allison, who served as the CEO of Alameda Research, 60 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 2: the cryptocurrency hedge fund under Bankman Freed's control, had faced 61 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 2: the possibility of spending decades behind bars. However, the judge 62 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 2: and prosecutors acknowledged your significant cooperation with the investigation, crediting 63 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 2: her for her assistance in unraveling the extent of the fraud. 64 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 2: During her sentencing in New York in September, Ellison expressed 65 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 2: deep remorse, tearfully apologizing and admitting she was, in her words, 66 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 2: deeply ashamed. Once a highly popular platform, FTX collapsed in 67 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 2: twenty twenty two after it became widely known that customer 68 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 2: accounts had allegedly been rated by Bankman Fried and other executives. 69 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 2: According to US prosecutors, the funds were used to fuel 70 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 2: a range of high risk investments, as well as to 71 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 2: make millions in illegal political donations, pay bribes to Chinese officials, 72 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,799 Speaker 2: and purchase luxury properties in the Caribbean. 73 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 3: Ellison Sentencing underscores the wider fallout of the FTX scandal, 74 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 3: one of the most significant cases in the history of cryptocurrency, 75 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 3: leaving a long list of victims and raising hard questions 76 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 3: about oversight in this rapidly evolving industry. 77 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: Thanks John, Lewis Thornton, fifty nine bars his roommate's car 78 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: to drive to a trail off Burnt Bridge Road, Hattiesburg, 79 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: Mississippi with his dog, Big Head. Several people see Lewis 80 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: and Big Head on their walk, nothing amiss, but Lewis 81 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: in Big Head never come home. When he doesn't answer 82 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: his roommate's calls, the roommate reports Lewis missing. Jones County 83 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: Sheriff's eventually find the roommate's car abandoned at the end 84 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: of a dead end road near the Trailhead searches turn 85 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,599 Speaker 1: up nothing. Canines returned to the trail to search for Lewis. 86 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: They've never even picked up a scent. Cadaver dogs find nothing. 87 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 1: Lewis Thornton six ' one one hundred and seventy pounds, 88 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: close cropped, gray hair, blue eyes, usually wears a baseball cap. 89 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: The dog, big Head, a brown pitbull with pointy ears 90 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 1: and a white diamond on his chest. No strays matching 91 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: the dog's description found. If you have info on Lewis Thornton, 92 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 1: called Jones County, Mississippi Sheriff's six zero one four two 93 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: five three one four seven. For the latest crimestice news, 94 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: go to crime online dot com and please join us 95 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: for our daily podcast, Crime Stories with this crime alert. 96 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: I'm Nancy Grace.