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Speaker 1: Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Local shops were spreading the word,

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Speaker 1: think right here, what else if it's during an aggravated robbery, burglary, rape,

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Speaker 1: You could do that here. This could be an aggravating circumstance, Allen,

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