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

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Speaker 1: A teacher from Mobile, Alabama, has been arrested following the

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Speaker 1: emergence of a disturbing video showing her physically abusing her child.

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Speaker 1: Randy Nicole Staples, a forty four year old second grade

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Speaker 1: teacher at Cottage Hill Christian Academy, was taken into custody

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Speaker 1: after a clip surfaced on Facebook showing what is alleged

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Speaker 1: to be twenty two blows in a span of fourteen seconds.

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Speaker 1: The video, recorded by a family member inside a residence,

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Speaker 1: reportedly features the woman hitting her twelve year old son

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Speaker 1: with a belt or a strap and subsequently lifting him

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Speaker 1: by his hair while shouting obscenities. The Mobile County Sheriff's

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Speaker 1: office has confirmed that Staples is the child's mother. The

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Speaker 1: video was quickly removed from the platform after being posted,

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Speaker 1: warning this audio is very disturbing to hear.

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Speaker 2: Now, she wouldn't make it everybody, because you're.

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Speaker 1: Supposed to do understanding. You know what.

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Speaker 2: Everybody else say, place works house.

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Speaker 1: In May, Staples was recognized as the Teacher of the

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Speaker 1: Year by Cottage Hill Christian Academy. Mobile County Sheriff Paul

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Speaker 1: Birch commented on the situation, saying, it's almost like a

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Speaker 1: dual personality. By all accounts, she is regarded as a

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Speaker 1: good teacher and well respected, yet what occurs at home

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Speaker 1: is clearly the opposite. In response to the incident, Cottage

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Speaker 1: Hill Christian Academy released a statement indicating that after law

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Speaker 1: enforcement's investigation revealed Staple's inappropriate conduct unrelated to her teaching duties,

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Speaker 1: she was arrested and subsequently terminated from her position in

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Speaker 1: line with the school's policy. The school has pledged to

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Speaker 1: work with the Department of Human Services and the Mobile

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Speaker 1: County Sheriff's Office and the Mobile County District Attorney's Office

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Speaker 1: as the inquiry proceeds. Staples was booked into the Mobile

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Speaker 1: Metro Jail and faces charges that include felony wilful abuse

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Speaker 1: of a child under the age of eighteen. Sheriff Birch

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Speaker 1: condemned Staple's behavior in the footage, describing it as repulsive.

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Speaker 1: He stated, while parents have the right to discipline their

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Speaker 1: children as they see fit, this crossed the line into abuse.

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Speaker 1: It was disturbing to witness someone repeatedly strike their child

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Speaker 1: then pull them by the hair of the head while

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Speaker 1: yelling and cursing. There was never any doubt that she

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Speaker 1: would be arrested. More crime and Justice news after this,

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Speaker 1: a father from Florida is accused of confronting a man

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Speaker 1: who allegedly sold a thchc vape cartridge to his fifteen

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Speaker 1: year old daughter. Armed with a handgun, he organized a

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Speaker 1: fake meeting to express his anger and issued threats. According

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Speaker 1: to police reports, Alan Olsen, forty, has been charged with

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Speaker 1: aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after the reported dealer

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Speaker 1: claimed he felt in fear for his life during an

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Speaker 1: encounter at the Circle Kay gas station in Vlusha County,

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Speaker 1: where Olsen reportedly threatened to kill him. The alleged dealer

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Speaker 1: was so frightened by Olsen that he didn't realize he

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Speaker 1: ran a red light while escaping the circle k, resulting

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Speaker 1: in a collision with another car. As stated by law enforcement,

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Speaker 1: The affidavit notes that Olsen called out to him and

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Speaker 1: mocked him about the wreck, standing with his hands on

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Speaker 1: his sides and laughing. The dealer informed police that he

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Speaker 1: believed Olson was still armed during the confrontation. In the affidavit,

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Speaker 1: it is detailed that the dealer shouted to Olson that

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Speaker 1: he had contacted the police and then sought cover. Olson

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Speaker 1: returned home from visiting family that day. Upon arriving, he

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Speaker 1: noticed his daughter behaving unusually. She requested money to buy

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Speaker 1: ice from the circle k and went to the gas station.

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Speaker 1: When she came back, Her odd behavior prompted her father

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Speaker 1: to question her, leading to the revelation that she had

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Speaker 1: lied about purchasing a THHC cartridge. He then looked on

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Speaker 1: her phone and discovered her messages with the alleged dealer. Allegedly,

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Speaker 1: Olson texted the dealer from his own phone to arrange

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Speaker 1: a meeting to buy THHC. They agreed to meet at

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Speaker 1: the circle K, where Olson drove in his Chevy Colorado

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Speaker 1: to confront the man. The dealer noticed Olson's truck parked

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Speaker 1: suspiciously behind him and approached it. As he neared the

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Speaker 1: driver's side, Olsen admitted that he was there to buy

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Speaker 1: a THHC cartridge and began at asking if the dealer

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Speaker 1: knew his daughter. The dealer confirmed he did, at which

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Speaker 1: point he saw Olson holding a silver and black semi

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Speaker 1: automatic handgun. Olsen reportedly demanded that the dealer drive home

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Speaker 1: with him to speak to his parents and threaten to

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Speaker 1: kill him if he refused. Terrified, the dealer quickly retreated

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Speaker 1: to his own car and fled the scene, causing an accident.

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Speaker 1: Witnessing the crash, Olsen reportedly went home and experienced a

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Speaker 1: panic attack, needing his wife to help calm him down.

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Speaker 1: He stated in the affidavit that he felt bad for

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Speaker 1: what had happened. His wife told police that they discussed

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Speaker 1: not needing to involve law enforcement since Olson wasn't directly

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Speaker 1: involved in the crash. Soon after, their daughter received a

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Speaker 1: message from the dealer saying her father was going to

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Speaker 1: jail for a very long time. After learning about the message,

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Speaker 1: Olson and his wife decided to head to the circle

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Speaker 1: K and call police. Sheriff Michael Chitwood commented on the situation, saying,

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Speaker 1: the best course of action would have been to call

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Speaker 1: us far then you wouldn't be facing charges for brandishing

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Speaker 1: a firearm and making threats. He acknowledged the father's anger,

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Speaker 1: but emphasized that such actions only lead to further trouble.

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Speaker 1: A barber who witnessed the incident remarked, when the cops arrived,

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Speaker 1: they came from all directions, and I knew something big

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Speaker 1: was up. The sheriff said, if this happens, remember don't

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Speaker 1: take the law into your own hands, even though you

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Speaker 1: feel like it. Sometimes. For the latest crime injustice news,

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