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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, Breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew Nelson,

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Speaker 1: a quadruple mputee professional cornhole player from Maryland, discharged with

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Speaker 1: murderer after a shooting inside a car in Charles County.

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Speaker 1: Deputy say twenty seven year old Dayton Webber is accused

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Speaker 1: of shooting and killing twenty seven year old Braderick Michael

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Speaker 1: Wells during an argument while driving on Sunday. Authorities say

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Speaker 1: two witnesses were in the back seat when the shooting happened.

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Speaker 1: Investigators say the argument broke out as the group traveled

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Speaker 1: through La Plated. They say Webber pulled out a firearm

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Speaker 1: and shot Wells in the head. Deputies say he then

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Speaker 1: pulled over and asked the witnesses to help remove Wells

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Speaker 1: from the car. They refused, got out and flagged down.

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Speaker 1: Police Authorities say Webber drove off with Wells still inside

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Speaker 1: the vehicle. A short time later, a resident in Charlotte

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Speaker 1: Hall found a body in the yard. Investigators identified the

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Speaker 1: victim as Wells. Our TV news partners at Fox five

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Speaker 1: DC spoke to Dianne Richardson of the Charles County Sheriff's Office,

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Speaker 1: thanking the witnesses.

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Speaker 2: I think the witness is helping. Really gave us a

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Speaker 2: good start, obviously, and then it was excellent police work

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Speaker 2: with not only our detectives in La Plata Police, but

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Speaker 2: also the authorities in Virginia.

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Speaker 1: Investigators say Weber's vehicle was later found in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Speaker 1: They say he was located at a hospital and arrested

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Speaker 1: after being released.

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Speaker 2: It's early in the investigation, but there is no evidence

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Speaker 2: at this point to suggest anybody who else was involved

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Speaker 2: in the shooting and that he acted alone on.

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Speaker 1: This Weber is known as a professional cornhole player who

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Speaker 1: became a quadruple amputee as a baby after a severe infection.

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Speaker 1: Online videos show him firing a rifle and a nine

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Speaker 1: millimeter handgun despite his disability. The American Cornhole League released

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Speaker 1: a statement acknowledging the allegations. The league says the situation

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Speaker 1: is extremely serious and that its thoughts are with those impacted,

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Speaker 1: including the family of Bradrick Michael Wells. The statement says

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Speaker 1: the case is an active legal matter and the league

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Speaker 1: will not comment further while proceedings continue. Whoeber now faces

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Speaker 1: charges that include first and second degree murder as he

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Speaker 1: awaits extradition back to Maryland more crime and justice news.

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Speaker 1: After this, a brave eight year old girl in Kansas

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Speaker 1: fights off a man who grabs her from behind during

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Speaker 1: an attempt at abduction. Then she escapes and leads police

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Speaker 1: back to him. In Wichita, police say twenty seven year

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Speaker 1: old Tanner Warren is now charged with attempted kidnapping and

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Speaker 1: attempted interference with parental custody. He's being held on a

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Speaker 1: forty thousand dollars bond. Investigators say this happened the morning

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Speaker 1: of March the seventh, as the girl walked from her

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Speaker 1: home toward her grandmother's restaurant along West Central Avenue. According

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Speaker 1: to court documents, the girl noticed a man walking behind

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Speaker 1: her for several blocks. He approached and said hey. Thinking

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Speaker 1: he might be a friend of her father, she replied hi.

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Speaker 1: As they continued walking, he asked for her name. She

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Speaker 1: realized she didn't know him and told him she could

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Speaker 1: not talk to strangers. Police say the man then said

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Speaker 1: her name, which caught her off guard. When asked how

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Speaker 1: she knew it, he told her it was a guess

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Speaker 1: and then told her she was pretty. Investigators say the

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Speaker 1: attack happened moments later. They say Warren came up behind her,

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Speaker 1: grabbed her around the waist with one arm and used

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Speaker 1: the other to cover her mouth. The girl told detectives

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Speaker 1: his grip was tight so she could not breathe. She

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Speaker 1: tried to scream, but could not get enough air. Police

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Speaker 1: say she fought back and struck him in the stomach,

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Speaker 1: causing him to loosen his grip and stumble. That gave

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Speaker 1: her the chance to break free. She ran to her

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Speaker 1: grandmother's restaurant and told her what had happened, and her

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Speaker 1: grandmother called nine one one. Officers searched the area and

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Speaker 1: found a man matching the description nearby on West Central Avenue.

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Speaker 1: Police say Warren denied knowing anything about the girl and

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Speaker 1: told officers he was quote just walking in the area

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Speaker 1: and wasn't trying to bother anyone. He also said, quote

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Speaker 1: she saw me walking and I was just like I

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Speaker 1: asked her who she was. I wasn't trying to flirt

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Speaker 1: with her or be uncomfortable. I would never hit on

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Speaker 1: an underage miner. Police arrested him at the scene. Investigators

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Speaker 1: say the girl's quick reaction and willingness to fight helped

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Speaker 1: her escape. A woman in Washington runs from deputies with

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Speaker 1: a kitten after a stolen car stop, then asks for

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Speaker 1: the animal back as she's taken into custody. This happened

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Speaker 1: in Tacoma, where deputies responded to a report of a

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Speaker 1: freshly stolen vehicle near Golden Given Road. K i RO

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Speaker 1: reports deputies moved into arrest two people inside the car.

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Speaker 1: Authority say the driver tried to run and was quickly

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Speaker 1: caught after a short foot chase. The passenger, a twenty

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Speaker 1: three year old woman, ran in the opposite direction while

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Speaker 1: holding a kitten. Deputies searched the area for several minutes

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Speaker 1: before finding her hiding underneath a pickup truck. When she

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Speaker 1: came out, deputies ordered her onto her stomach so they

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Speaker 3: WHOA, I'm trying to get my kid out on the ground,

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Speaker 3: Like goolder, cat, your arms.

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Speaker 1: Out, say. The kitten was not hurt and was later

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Speaker 1: turned over to the Tacoma Humane Society. Deputies say the

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Speaker 1: driver is now facing charges that include eluding, resisting arrests,

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Speaker 1: theft of a motor vehicle, driving with a suspended license,

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Speaker 1: and multiple felony warrants. They say the passenger is facing

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Speaker 1: charges of theft of a motor vehicle resisting arrests and

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Speaker 1: additional misdemeanor warrants. Neither of them have been named. A

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Speaker 1: surge in Lego thefts is exposing a growing black market

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Speaker 1: where high value sets are stolen and resold for quick cash,

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Speaker 1: with recent arrests pointing to organized crime. Albuquerque police say

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Speaker 1: they have made arrests in two separate theft rings targeting

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Speaker 1: Lego products, including one case that reportedly involved a police

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Speaker 1: department employee. Investigators say the schemes follow a pattern. Suspect

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Speaker 1: walk into retail stores, take high dollar sets, then resell

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Speaker 1: them for less than full value to move them quickly,

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Speaker 1: and in some cases they smash and grab at specialty stores.

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Speaker 1: That demand is being fueled by a growing adult collector market,

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Speaker 1: where older and hard to find sets can carry serious

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Speaker 1: value at a resale shop and Rio Rancho store owner

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Speaker 1: John Sillett says his business revolves around tracking down those pieces,

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Speaker 1: sometimes from decades ago.

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Speaker 4: Can I get a set from nineteen seventy eight? Can

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Speaker 4: I get a castle from my childhood? The answer is yes,

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Speaker 4: so we can find and acquire any set that you're

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Speaker 4: looking for.

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Speaker 1: But Kob reports the same demand that drives collectors is

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Speaker 1: also attracting thieves. Sillot says his shop has strict rules

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Speaker 1: to avoid buying stolen merchandise. Staff check identification and question

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Speaker 1: sellers who cannot explain where the sets came from.

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Speaker 4: If they don't provide id or justify the reason they're selling,

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Speaker 4: when they could take back to the original purchase location

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Speaker 4: and get full value, then that's immediately sets off alarm.

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Speaker 1: Belts belief say many of the stolen sets are not rare.

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Speaker 1: They are brand new still sitting on store show making

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Speaker 1: them easier to steal in bulk and resell quickly. That

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Speaker 1: is another red flag still it watches for when people

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Speaker 1: try to sell large quantities in his store.

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Speaker 4: They have a large amount of still available at retail sets.

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Speaker 4: That's a warning sign that there might be something going

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Speaker 4: on and we need to ask more questions.

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Speaker 1: Investigators say Lego sets are attractive to theft rings because

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Speaker 1: they hold their value and are easy to move. Some

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Speaker 1: rare sets can sell for thousands of dollars, while even

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Speaker 1: common sets can be flipped online for close to retail price.

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Speaker 1: Police say suspects often steal the items and unload them

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Speaker 1: at a discount, sometimes to small businesses or online buyers.

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Speaker 1: Who may not realize the sets were taken. Sill It

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Speaker 1: says someone tried to sell his shops stolen sets just

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Speaker 1: last week. As police continue to break up theft, rings,

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Speaker 1: store owners say buyers should watch for warning signs, especially

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Speaker 1: deals that seem to be too good to be true.

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