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Speaker 1: Crime a art hourly update breaking crime news Now. I'm

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Speaker 1: Nicole Parton. A former assistant principal from Nevada, has admitted

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Speaker 1: to charges of child endangerment after a student recorded him

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Speaker 1: allegedly attempting to groom her for sexual relationships. Howard Hughes,

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Speaker 1: who served as the assistant principal at Dell Webb Middle School,

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Speaker 1: was arrested in Texas following the emergence of audio recordings

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Speaker 1: that led police to investigate him. The arrest occurred as

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Speaker 1: Hughes was reportedly trying to leave the country. In one

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Speaker 1: of the recordings obtained by News eight, Hughes can be

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Speaker 1: heard saying, I can't believe I was that close to you.

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Speaker 1: Some things are happening on the inside of me. Take

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Speaker 1: a listen. Thank you read close. So things are happening

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Speaker 1: inside of you. Got any inciteles I am dangerous if

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Speaker 1: people wasn't out there right in the ogborhood, He's so tight,

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Speaker 1: might even kissy aearl. Hughes was indicted on seven charges,

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Speaker 1: but he reached a plea agreement with the Clark County

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Speaker 1: District Attorney's office concerning allegations of attempting to entice an

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Speaker 1: eighth grader into a sexual encounter. Core documents reveal that

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Speaker 1: Hughes pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to contact

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Speaker 1: a minor for criminal purposes and one count of child abuse, neglect,

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Speaker 1: or endangerment. He faces a minimum sentence of just a

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Speaker 1: year in prison for each count. In the recorded conversations,

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Speaker 1: Hughes expressed inappropriate sentiments, saying if people wasn't out there

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Speaker 1: right now, I would hug you so tight I might

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Speaker 1: even want to kiss you. Investigators from the Clark County

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Speaker 1: School Police Department reported that the relationship between Hughes and

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Speaker 1: the students lasted five months, beginning in October, when he

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Speaker 1: allegedly invited the student to his office for personal and

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Speaker 1: quote mental health counseling. The victim's father expressed his outrage,

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Speaker 1: saying it sickens me. No child should ever have to

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Speaker 1: get through that. It sickens me to my core. The

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Speaker 1: recordings also captured Hughes suggesting the victim download Watts app

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Speaker 1: to hide their communications, and mention that the age of

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Speaker 1: consent in Thailand was fifteen. The Clark County School Police

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Speaker 1: Department noted that Hughes misrepresented his age to the child

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Speaker 1: claiming he was thirty six, while in fact he is

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Speaker 1: sixty one years old. As a judge in the Clark

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Speaker 1: County District Court prepares to determine Hugh's sentence, his prea

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Speaker 1: agreement indicates that prosecutors will not oppose that he serve

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Speaker 1: his two sentences concurrently, which could result in him only

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Speaker 1: serving a year in prison. He will also be required

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Speaker 1: to register as a sex offender for an undetermined length

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Speaker 1: of time. Despite these developments, Hughes still holds an active

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Speaker 1: administrator license with the Nevada Department of Education for Crime

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Speaker 1: and Justice. News after this and now to Kentucky, a

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Speaker 1: couple of faiths his serious charges after allegedly confining their

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Speaker 1: non verbal children in a closet, leading to bloody injuries

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Speaker 1: as the children attempted to escape and claw their way out.

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Speaker 1: Stephanie Farmer thirty six and Casey Farthing, forty one, have

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Speaker 1: been charged with first degree criminal abuse of a child

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Speaker 1: twelve years or younger, unlawful imprisonment, and criminal mischief related

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Speaker 1: to their rental property. They are currently being held at

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Speaker 1: the Madison County Detention Center. The situation came to light

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Speaker 1: when a landlord in Richmond Kentucky, alerted the police about

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Speaker 1: the appalling state left by former tenants Farmer and Farthing.

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Speaker 1: An arrest report obtained by local news outlet WDK why

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Speaker 1: revealed that the couple allegedly inflicted about twenty five hundred

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Speaker 1: dollars worth of damages to their apartment. Upon arrival, police

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Speaker 1: found the residents in disarray, with evidence of severe neglect,

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Speaker 1: including an infestation of roaches, dirty diapers, and human waste. Moreover,

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Speaker 1: police discovered that the apartment featured locks on the outside

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Speaker 1: of several doors. In a closet of one of the bedrooms,

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Speaker 1: officers found marks on the walls and blood signs of scratching,

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Speaker 1: indicating a desperate attempt to escape. During interviews, Harmer and

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Speaker 1: Farthing revealed they had been living with their three children,

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Speaker 1: who are ages nine, eight, and five, the last being

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Speaker 1: a girl. The two boys, who are nonverbal due to autism,

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Speaker 1: said as disclosed by the daughter to child protective services.

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Speaker 1: All three children were locked away. Upon examination, authorities found

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Speaker 1: that one of the boys had dried blood on his

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Speaker 1: fingers and a broken nail in his attempt to claw

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Speaker 1: his way to freedom. Although the parents claimed the closet

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Speaker 1: locks were pre existing, the landlord contradicted that statement. Additional

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Speaker 1: signs of neglect were evident, as none of the children

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Speaker 1: had brushed their teeth in what police said appeared to

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Speaker 1: be ever, they were all all three still in diapers.

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Speaker 1: Harmer and Farthing were arrested over the weekend and are

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Speaker 1: set to face arraignment later this week. For the latest

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Speaker 1: favorite podcasting app with this Crime Alert. Di'm Nicole Parton