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Speaker 1: Crime al Art hourly update breaking crime news Now. I'm

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Immigration and Customs Enforcement employee is one of sixteen

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Speaker 1: people accused of attempting to solicit a minor for sexual

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Speaker 1: acts during an undercover operation in Bloomington. Alexander Stephen Back,

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Speaker 1: a forty one year old auditor from Robbinsdale employed by ICE,

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Speaker 1: was apprehended as part of a police initiative dubbed Operation Creep.

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Speaker 1: As announced by Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges during a

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Speaker 1: press briefing on November eighteen, we.

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Speaker 2: Have the very best detectives here in the city of Bloomington,

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Speaker 2: and I, for the life of me, don't understand why

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Speaker 2: people want to come here and do this or do

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Speaker 2: it just period anyway, but especially coming here to the

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Speaker 2: city of Bloomington. Everybody worked so hard in this operation

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Speaker 2: and we arrested sixteen people. So I'm calling this Operation Creep.

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Speaker 1: As outlined in Back's criminal complaint, which was reviewed, he

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Speaker 1: allegedly responded to a prostitution advertisement on November thirteen, which

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Speaker 1: was created by law enforcement officials As part of the

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Speaker 1: sting operation. An officer posing as a seventeen year old

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Speaker 1: girl named Bella contacted him via text saying are you

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Speaker 1: okay if I'm a little younger than my ad says,

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Speaker 1: just trying to be honest, Back reportedly replied sure. The

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Speaker 1: undercover officer then clarified, okay, because I'm seventeen and one

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Speaker 1: guy got really angry with me. She reiterated her age

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Speaker 1: of seventeen and provided Back with an address in Bloomington.

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Speaker 1: Upon his arrival in a vehicle registered to his wife,

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Speaker 1: he was arrested and police confiscated his phone. According to

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Speaker 1: the complaint, when taken into custody, the man reportedly stated,

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Speaker 1: I'm ice boys. Chief Hodges noted that Back had previously

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Speaker 1: assisted in referring individuals to federal authorities, suggesting he may

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Speaker 1: now face federal prosecution himself. Back has been charged with

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Speaker 1: a felony related to prostitution for allegedly hiring or agreeing

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Speaker 1: to hire someone believed to be between the ages of

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Speaker 1: sixteen and eighteen. He was booked into the Hennepin County

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Speaker 1: Jail on November thirteen and released on a seventy five

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Speaker 1: thousand dollars bond two days later. A spokesperson for the

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Speaker 1: Hennepin County Court indicated that Back did not enter a

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Speaker 1: plea during his initial court appearance. He's set to be

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Speaker 1: back in court on December seventeen. The Department of Homeland

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Speaker 1: Security and ICE have not responded for Crime and Justice

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Speaker 1: News after this. A man with the same initials as

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Speaker 1: Vice President JD. Vance has been sentenced to two years

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Speaker 1: in federal prison for making threats against high profile figures,

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Speaker 1: including the Vice president and President Donald Trump Elon Musk

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Speaker 1: Donald Trump Junior. The US Attorney's Office for the Western

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Speaker 1: District of Michigan announced this on November seventeen. His name

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Speaker 1: is James Donald Vance Junior or JD. Vince. He received

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Speaker 1: his sentence from US District Judge Paul Maloney in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Speaker 1: This sentencing stemmed from threatening post James made on his

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Speaker 1: social media platform blue Sky during March and April. According

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Speaker 1: to the statement, he made explicit threats to kill four people,

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Speaker 1: including President Donald Trump and Vice President JD. Vance. In

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Speaker 1: one of his messages, he indicated a disregard for the

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Speaker 1: consequences of his actions, stating that he didn't care if

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Speaker 1: he was shot by Secret Service agents or sentenced to

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Speaker 1: life in prison. James posted under the blue Sky username

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Speaker 1: diaper JDV, where he made alarming statements. A court document

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Speaker 1: obtained by People dot Com includes a chilling message from James.

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Speaker 1: If Trump Vance or Musk ever come to my city again,

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Speaker 1: they will leave in a body bag. He further asserted,

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Speaker 1: I will either be shot by a Secret Service sniper

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Speaker 1: or spend the rest of my life in prison. I've

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Speaker 1: only got about ten years of life left anyway, so

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Speaker 1: I don't care either way. In a post, James outlined

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Speaker 1: his intentions to quote murder Trump Junior before he gets

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Speaker 1: Secret Service protection, which was in response to a post

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Speaker 1: about Trump Junior potentially running for president. In twenty twenty eight,

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Speaker 1: the US Attorney's Office indicated that James pleaded guilty to

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Speaker 1: two felony charges, threatening to kill or injure the President

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Speaker 1: and Vice President, and interstate threatening communications. Each of these

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Speaker 1: charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison

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Speaker 1: and finds exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. James

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Speaker 1: was arrested in June and entered his guilty plea the

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Speaker 1: following month. His public defender characterized James as a first

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Speaker 1: time offender with significant physical and mental health challenges. In

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Speaker 1: a court filing on November nine, requesting probation rather than imprisonment.

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Speaker 1: She emphasized that his his statements, while unacceptable, were rhetoric,

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Speaker 1: not actionable plans, and he took no steps to harm anyone.

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Speaker 1: The filing also noted his willingness to cooperate with authorities.

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Speaker 1: William Schenk, special Agent in charge of the United States

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Speaker 1: Secret Service's Detroit Field Office, commented on the case in

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Speaker 1: the US Attorney's Office statement declaring threats against our nation's

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Speaker 1: leaders and their families will not be tolerated. Schenk added

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Speaker 1: anyone who threatens the president, vice president, or any US

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Speaker 1: Secret Service protectee will be thoroughly investigated and held accountable

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Speaker 1: for their actions. And In Knoxville, Tennessee, a seventeen year

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Speaker 1: old girl, Nicole Williams, is missing. Williams was last seen

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Speaker 1: at five pm on Wednesday, November twelve, when she left

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Speaker 1: work at the wingstop on Chapman Highway. She was last

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Speaker 1: seen wearing her work clothes, including a black Nike jacket,

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Speaker 1: black and green shirt, black pants, a black visor, and

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Speaker 1: black slides, according to police. KPD shared a post asking

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Speaker 1: anyone with information regarding Williams's whereabouts to immediately contact the

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Speaker 1: East Tennessee Valley crime Stoppers at eight six five two

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