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Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update breaking crime news Now. I'm Nicole parton.

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Speaker 1: A jury in Florida convicted Ryan Ruth of attempting to

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Speaker 1: assassinate then presidential candidate Donald Trump. Ruth, who acted as

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Speaker 1: his own legal representative during the trial, was found guilty

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Speaker 1: on all five counts, which included the attempted assassination of

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Speaker 1: a major political figure and assaulting a federal officer. Ruth's

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Speaker 1: arrest took place in September twenty twenty four at Trump's

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Speaker 1: golf course. A Secret Service agent testified that he noticed

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Speaker 1: Ruth before President Trump arrived at the scene. According to

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Speaker 1: the agent, Ruth pointed his rifle at him, prompting the

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Speaker 1: agent to fire, which caused Ruth to drop his weapon

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Speaker 1: and run without discharging his gun. Following the verdict, Ruth

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Speaker 1: reportedly attempted to stab himself in the neck with an

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Speaker 1: ink pen, which prompted panic in the courtroom and a

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Speaker 1: reaction from his daughter. US marshals intervened and subdued demand.

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Speaker 1: This marked the second assassination attempt against President Trump in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, following an earlier incident at a rally

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Speaker 1: in Pennsylvania where a bullet grazed. President Trump's Ear Attorney

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Speaker 1: General Paum Bondi remarked that the guilty verdict against Ruth

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Speaker 1: demonstrates the Department of justice dedication to holding accountable those

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Speaker 1: who resort to political violence. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche

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Speaker 1: emphasized the ruling sends a clear message that attempting to

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Speaker 1: assassinate a presidential candidate is an assault on the republic

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Speaker 1: and the rights of the citizens. The sentencing will be

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Speaker 1: determined by a federal district judge, with Ruth facing a

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Speaker 1: potential life sentence. During his lengthy closing statement, Ruth argued

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Speaker 1: that he did not intend to kill because he never

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Speaker 1: pulled the trigger, the gun was never fired, and no

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Speaker 1: one was harm insisting that meant quote no crime. He claimed,

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Speaker 1: quote I wanted to kill, but my actions within my

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Speaker 1: community and toward my coworkers and family show my obvious

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Speaker 1: non violence and gentleness. Referring to himself in the third person,

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Speaker 1: he insisted that the shooting would never have happened because

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Speaker 1: it was quote never in his heart. However, prosecutors contended

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Speaker 1: that Ruth had spent weeks planning to kill President Trump,

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Speaker 1: with prosecutor Christopher Brown stating those aren't coincidences, that's a plan.

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Speaker 1: Brown highlighted that Ruth had a loaded weapon ready to fire,

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Speaker 1: noting we don't have to prove motive, but you already

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Speaker 1: have that. You only have to decide intent. Prosecutors also

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Speaker 1: claim that Ruth had attempted to obtain an anti aircraft

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Speaker 1: weapon to target President Trump's plane. Initially, Ruth included a

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Speaker 1: witness list featuring Donald Trump and several activists, though the

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Speaker 1: connections were unclear. Judge Eileen Cannon dismissed many of those

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Speaker 1: potential witnesses for Crime Injustice News after this and now

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Speaker 1: to Texas, where a baby was discovered in a dumpster

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Speaker 1: at an apartment complex in North Austin. According to the

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Speaker 1: Austin Police Department, the baby was found in the eighty

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Speaker 1: six hundred block of North Lamar Boulevard after a report

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Speaker 1: of a sound coming from a dumpster around one thirty

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Speaker 1: five pm. Fortunately, the baby girl was alive and appeared

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Speaker 1: to be healthy, showing no signs of distress. Nevertheless, she

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Speaker 1: was transported to Dell Children's Hospital as a precautionary measure,

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Speaker 1: where she remains. Perry Lewis, a resident of the complex,

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Speaker 1: was about to leave when his neighbor alerted him of

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Speaker 1: some cries coming from the dumpster. He mentioned it could

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Speaker 1: be a baby, Lewis said, so we hurried over. Just

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Speaker 1: took us a moment. Upon peering into the dumpster, Lewis

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Speaker 1: discovered the baby girl amidst trash and debris. Her head

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Speaker 1: was covered in blood, he said, noting that the infant's

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Speaker 1: umbilical cord was still attached. Larissi Frostow, who was nearby,

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Speaker 1: quickly pulled the baby from the dumpster and began performing

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Speaker 1: chest compressions. They then contacted emergency services for assistance. Seeing

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Speaker 1: her in the dumpster upside down with her head in

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Speaker 1: the trash was heartbreaking, she said. I tried to open

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Speaker 1: her eye but I couldn't. Here, she is giving her

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Speaker 1: side of the story to news Channel five.

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Speaker 2: Just seeing her just covered in blood like that and

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Speaker 2: dirt and trash like she just wasn't nothing hurt me.

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Speaker 2: The way that she was founded in the trash can,

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Speaker 2: upside down with her head facing the trash can her feet.

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Speaker 2: ME trying to open up her eye and I couldn't

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Speaker 2: open her eyes just broke me, Like I didn't know

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Speaker 2: what to do. I'm like, is she dying on me,

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Speaker 2: like her I just started rolling to the back of

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Speaker 2: her head and I'm just like, please stay with me.

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Speaker 2: I'm hitting her chest is like talking to her. And

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Speaker 2: I think once she started hearing it was of mother's

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Speaker 2: and boys or females boys, that kind of like she

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Speaker 2: kind of felt that, you know, I heard that, and

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Speaker 2: she knew she was safe at that point, you know

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Speaker 2: what I mean. And I felt like she was just

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Speaker 2: holding on for us, you know what I'm saying. She

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Speaker 2: was just holding on because she means she's still as

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Speaker 2: potential in this life, and I'm just stayful and grateful

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Speaker 2: that she's hoping.

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Speaker 1: APD officer Aaron Townsend reported that the child was taken

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Speaker 1: to the children's hospital and as of yesterday indicated she

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Speaker 1: was improving, but remained in the hospital for further evaluation.

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Speaker 1: The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed that the baby

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Speaker 1: is healthy and expected to be discharged soon. Detectives are

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Speaker 1: actively investigating to locate the mother and any others who

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Speaker 1: may be responsible for the infant winding up in the trash.

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Speaker 1: Frost Show expressed her hope that the baby would eventually

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Speaker 1: find a loving home. She even named her Miracle Angel.

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Speaker 1: Believing her survival was a testament to her strength. She's

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Speaker 1: a miracle from God, an angel. Frostoll reflected. She was

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Speaker 1: crying in the dumpster, which is how she was found.

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Speaker 1: She saved herself before anyone else could. Authorities do not

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Speaker 1: yet know how long the baby had been in the dumpster,

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Speaker 1: but they suspect she will remain in the hospital until

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Speaker 1: arrangements can be made for her care. Once a baby

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Speaker 1: is surrendered and medically assessed, they typically enter the foster

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Speaker 1: care system. As of yesterday, the investigation remains ongoing and

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Speaker 1: no charges have been filed. Anyone with information is encouraged

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Speaker 1: to contact the APD at five poe two nine seven,

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