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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now.

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Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. A couple from West Virginia has been

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Speaker 2: charged with first degree murder following the tragic death of

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Speaker 2: their four month old daughter, which was attributed to suspected

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Speaker 2: alcohol poisoning. The couple's arrest occurred last week after a

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Speaker 2: medical examiner revealed that the infant's liver tissue had an

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Speaker 2: ethanol concentration of three point two one zero, a level

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Speaker 2: that could be lethal for a child. According to reports

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Speaker 2: from WDTV, James Joseph Smith thirty four and Angel Talbot

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Speaker 2: twenty three are facing charges of child neglect resulting in

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Speaker 2: death and conspiracy. This has stated by the Braxton County

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Speaker 2: Sheriff's Department. The parents confess to applying rubbing alcohol to

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Speaker 2: the baby's gums daily for nearly a month to soothe

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Speaker 2: her because she was irritable and fussy. The couple called

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Speaker 2: nine to one one in the early hours of November

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Speaker 2: sixteen after finding their baby unresponsive and face down. They

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Speaker 2: met the ambulance at the bottom of their driveway and

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Speaker 2: the child was taken on board around five point fifteen am,

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Speaker 2: but was pronounced dead about fifteen minutes later. When deputies

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Speaker 2: arrived at their residence, they discovered cockroaches in various areas

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Speaker 2: and noted the lack of running water in the bathroom

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Speaker 2: and the kitchen. Smith explained that they would fill containers

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Speaker 2: at a spickeot located in a back room and use

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Speaker 2: that in the kitchen in the bathroom. Additionally, deputies found

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Speaker 2: drug paraphernalia on the premises. Smith and Talbert are currently

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Speaker 2: being held without bond while they await a bond hearing.

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Speaker 1: How could a beautiful, young first grade teacher be stabbed

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Speaker 1: twenty times, including in the back, allegedly die of suicide? Yes,

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Speaker 1: that was a medical examiner's official ruling after a closed

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Speaker 1: door meeting. He first named it a homicide. Why what

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Speaker 1: happened to la Greenberg a huge American miscarriage of justice.

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Speaker 1: For an in depth look at the facts, see what

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Speaker 1: Happened to Ellen on Amazon. All proceeds to the National

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Speaker 1: Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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Speaker 2: More crime and justice news. After this, a judge in

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Speaker 2: New Mexico had stepped down after a suspected illegal immigrant

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Speaker 2: and a member of the Trande Argua gang was arrested

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Speaker 2: at the judge's residence. Dot Aana County Magistrate Judge Joel

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Speaker 2: Kanno submitted his resignation in March. The officials of the

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Speaker 2: Administrative Office of the Court's informed Fox News Digital that

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Speaker 2: the Supreme Court District Judge Court did not receive it

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Speaker 2: until March thirty one. In January, homeland security investigations in

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Speaker 2: Los Cruse began an investigation into to Christian or Tego Lopez,

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Speaker 2: a Venezuela national, described as quote an illegal alien from

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Speaker 2: Venezuela with a suspected member of a criminal gang. He

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Speaker 2: was also allegedly living with another undocumented immigrant and was

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Speaker 2: found with firearms, according to court documents. In late February,

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Speaker 2: authorities executed two search warrants out of property believed to

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Speaker 2: be owned by Cono's wife, Nancy Cono. Ortego Lopez and

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Speaker 2: his housemates were arrested and agents confiscated four firearms from

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Speaker 2: the residents of April Cono, that's the daughter of Judge Joelcano.

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Speaker 2: Investigators discovered that Ortego Lopez had shared images on social

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Speaker 2: media posing with weapons, some of which he claimed belonged

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Speaker 2: to April Cono, who quote permitted him to hold and

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Speaker 2: occasionally fire different firearms. He reportedly confessed to illegally crossing

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Speaker 2: into the United States from Mexico in December. According to

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Speaker 2: court records, he mentioned meeting the judge's wife, Nancy, while

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Speaker 2: working looking on a glass door installation for her, and

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Speaker 2: that he had done several jobs for her. After being

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Speaker 2: evicted from his El Paso apartment in April, Nancy offered

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Speaker 2: him her casita, located behind the home she shared with

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Speaker 2: her husband. Judge Joel Cano. Ortego Lopez made his initial

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Speaker 2: court appearance in Los Cruse in March. During a detention

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Speaker 2: hearing on March fourteen, US Magistrate Judge Damien Martinez inquired

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Speaker 2: whether Assistant United States Attorney Maria Armilo was familiar with

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Speaker 2: Judge Cano. When she responded negatively, Judge Martinez noted he

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Speaker 2: had encountered the judge outside the courtroom multiple times and

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Speaker 2: suggested he doubted the judge would permit just anyone to

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Speaker 2: reside on his property. Judge Martinez determined that Ortego Lopez

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Speaker 2: did not pose a flight risk or a threat to

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Speaker 2: the community, and he was released on April eighth, and

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Speaker 2: assistant US attorney filed a motion to reevaluate Ortego Lopez's

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Speaker 2: pre trial release condition from the donee an Al County

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Speaker 2: Assessor's office indicate that the property where Ortega Lopez was

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Speaker 2: arrested is co owned by Nancy and her husband, Judge

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Speaker 2: Jose Kano. In his resignation letter, Judge Cono indicated that

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Speaker 2: his final day of service was March twenty one, quote,

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Speaker 2: wishing all the best to everyone. I hope you all

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Speaker 2: enjoy a happy retirement when the time comes for you.

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Speaker 2: A spokesperson for the Supreme Court, Berry Macy, announced that

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Speaker 2: the Court has scheduled an oral argument regarding the Democratic

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Speaker 2: Judge Connoe and April, which will be open to the

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