1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news now charges filed 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: after a North Carolina man mauled dead by a pack 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 1: of seventeen dogs, and now the dog's owner facing murder 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: charges and animal abuse charges as well. Michael Bodenheimer, seventy eight, 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: in his front yard dead. Police allege Elena Bryant, fifty six, 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: the owner of the seventeen dogs, was grossly negligent in 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: the care and control of the animals, resulting in a 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: mauling death. 9 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Sumner. Michael Bodenheimer was found lying in his 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 2: front yard and Thomasville, North Carolina, having sustained severe injuries 11 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 2: beyond the possibility of life saving intervention. Responding authorities that 12 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 2: it appeared Bodenheimer was attacked by multiple canines, the theory 13 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 2: later confirmed by an autopsy. It wasn't long after Bodenheimer 14 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 2: was discovered dead that officers found a large pack of 15 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: dogs at a neighboring property. Seventeen to be exact. The 16 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 2: mixed breed bully dogs, many of which still had bloodstains 17 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 2: on their fur, were picked up by Davidson County Animal 18 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 2: Control and euthanized netcropsies were performed by a local veterinarian 19 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 2: who determined the dogs were involved in the attack on 20 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 2: mister Bodenheimer. The dog's owner was identified as Elena Bryant, 21 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 2: fifty six. Nearly a month after Bodenheimer's death, a grand 22 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 2: jury determined police had enough evidence of Bryant's negligence that 23 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 2: she could be charged with second degree murder. Bryant is 24 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 2: also facing ten counts of felony animal abuse. Neighbors say 25 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 2: this is far from the first time Bryant's dogs have 26 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: wandered the neighborhood, but they never expected the negligence would 27 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: lead to a human fatality. 28 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: Them being out and doing what they did to Mike 29 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: not the first time they've been roaming. 30 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 2: It's the first time it coused fatality in a human. 31 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 2: The Bodenheimer family is now focused on honoring the memory 32 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 2: of their brother, husband, father, and grandfather. Michael Bodenheimer retired 33 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 2: after thirty five years with Duke Energy and continued to 34 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 2: serve his community as a volunteer firefighter, disaster first responder, 35 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 2: and regular driver with Meals on Wheels. They released a 36 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 2: statement that reads, in part, our family is heartbroken by 37 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 2: the loss of our father. He was deeply loved and 38 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 2: his absence has left a pain that words cannot fully express. 39 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: We are aware that chargers have been filed in connection 40 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 2: with his death. At this time, we ask for privacy 41 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 2: as we continue to grieve and support one another. We 42 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,959 Speaker 2: appreciate the support, prayers, and kindness that have been extended 43 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 2: to our family during this incredibly difficult time. Bryant is 44 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,639 Speaker 2: now being held on a five hundred thousand dollars bond 45 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 2: at the Davidson County Detention Center and will be back 46 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,119 Speaker 2: in court on Monday. A Pennsylvania man was arrested Wednesday 47 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 2: after he allegedly tried to solicit a fifteen year old 48 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 2: girl for sex. The Logan Township Police Department says the 49 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 2: girl was actually a decoy working with eight one four 50 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 2: pread hunters, and the group contacted them about the communications 51 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 2: between the decoy and sixty six year old Russell Howard Temple. 52 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 2: Detectives worked with the dear quoy to set up a 53 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 2: meeting with Temple at the Logan Valley Mall and arrested 54 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 2: him when he arrived. Temple has been charged with attempted 55 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: statutory sexual assault, attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse attempted aggravated 56 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 2: indecent assault, corruption of miner's, criminal use of a communication facility, 57 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 2: and unlawful contact with the miner. Temple was given a 58 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 2: two hundred and fifty thousand dollars bail and remains behind 59 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 2: bars at the Blair County Prison. More crime and justice 60 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 2: news After this, an Indiana police officer was arrested Wednesday 61 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 2: night on a domestic battery charge. An arrest report says 62 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 2: Ryan Miller, thirty two, allegedly assaulted a pregnant family member. 63 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 2: Miller is a corporal in the Chestersoon Police Department who 64 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 2: received an Exceptional Service award just last month for rendering 65 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 2: first aid to a man with a severe cut on 66 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 2: his arm. In June, Miller was arrested in the town 67 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 2: of Portage and Chestersoon Police Chief Tim Richardson said that 68 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 2: the suspect has been on administrative leave since early December. 69 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 2: He declined to say one why he was on leave, 70 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 2: citing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. As for 71 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 2: Miller's arrest, Richardson said he had not yet read reports 72 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 2: from Portage police and couldn't comment. Chesterson Town Council President 73 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 2: Aaron Collins did comment In a statement posted on the 74 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 2: town's Facebook page, she wrote, the Town of Chesterson has 75 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 2: been made aware of the arrest of a Chesterson Police 76 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 2: Department officer on allegations of domestic battery. Allegations of this 77 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: nature are taken extremely seriously. Conduct that endangers others or 78 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 2: undermines public trust is not tolerated by the Town of 79 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 2: Chesterson or the Chesterson Police Department. Colin said the allegations 80 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 2: would be thoroughly investigated by internal and judicial processes, including 81 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 2: the town's Board of Police Commissioners. The identity of the 82 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 2: pregnant family member is not yet known. A lawsuit filed 83 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 2: in October accuses Miller of negligence when he rear ended 84 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 2: a motorcyclist and his police cruiser in September twenty twenty four. 85 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 2: The town is also named a defendant in the lawsuit. 86 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 2: An Arkansas woman has been charged with with capital murder 87 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 2: after an eight month old boy reportedly died in her 88 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 2: care on Tuesday. Aaron Saul's, twenty three, had been running 89 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 2: a daycare out of her Little Rock home when Elijah 90 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 2: flower Day was found unresponsive and ultimately pronounced dead. Elijah 91 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 2: sustained multiple brain bleeds in a brain fracture, which Sauls 92 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 2: apparently confessed to causing when she revealed she struck his 93 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 2: head against a hardwood floor three times. Sauls allegedly said 94 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 2: she injured the infant because she had a headache and 95 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 2: was frustrated while changing his diaper. Elijah became hot and 96 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 2: sweaty after being injured. Saus reportedly gave him a bottle 97 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 2: and hopes he would feel better, but she found him 98 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 2: not breathing. Fifteen minutes later. A doctor told police that 99 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 2: they believed Elijah suffered the fatal injuries after he was 100 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 2: dropped off with Salts. Sauls, who was charged with capital murder, 101 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 2: was ordered on Wednesday to remain jailed without bond. She 102 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 2: is due back in court on January thirteenth. For the 103 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 2: latest crime and justice breaking news, be sure to follow 104 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 2: the Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app 105 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 2: with this Crime Alert. I'm Sydney Sumner.