1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news. Now. I'm Drew Nelson. 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: A twelve year old boy is in juvenile detention after 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: police say he poured gasoline on his brother and lit 4 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: him on fire. The incident happened in Tremont City, a 5 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: small town in Clark County, Ohio. Police said a group 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 1: of children had been playing near North Street and Mulberry 7 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: Street around eight twenty pm, setting fires and handling gasoline. 8 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: Lieutenant Christopher Schultz told w HIO two of the boys 9 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: were brothers. 10 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 2: Choired gasoline and were throwing gasoline on each other and 11 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 2: setting it on fire. For whatever reason. 12 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: One of them caught fire and suffered second and third 13 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: degree burns. His injuries were serious, but not life threatening. 14 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: German Township ems transferred him to Dayton Children's Hospital. This 15 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: is on It's made me crime. I'll just make it now. 16 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: I'm a player for him. That's neighbor Bruce Mitchell. Police 17 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: received a nine one one call during the fire. The 18 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: transcript of the call shows the caller said, quote, I 19 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: need a medic. He got burned on his back really bad. 20 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: Him and his brother were playing with gasoline and fire. 21 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: Deputies determine the act was not an accident. They believe 22 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,479 Speaker 1: the gasoline was thrown and lit on purpose. Neighbor Deborah 23 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: Taylor can't believe it. 24 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 2: They fad and disturbing to hear and then gasoline, Yeah, 25 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 2: and to get a hold of it like that, to 26 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 2: throw it into the even think you don't think that's 27 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 2: not going to hurt. 28 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: The twelve year old now facis charges of aggravated arson 29 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: and felonious assault. Officers are looking into whether a social 30 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 1: media challenge played a role. 31 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 2: That's part of the ongoing investigation is to look into electronics. 32 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 2: We're also checking the area to see if we have 33 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 2: any other video recording. 34 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: Tremont City Police were first on scene, but the Clark 35 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: County Sheriff's Office took over the investigation. Officers are also 36 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: looking into whether other children at the scene played a part. 37 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: More Crime and Justice news after this. A woman in 38 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: small town, Iowa is facing multiple charges after police say 39 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: she was burning stolen American flags in the early morning 40 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: hours while naked. The incident took place around four thirty 41 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: am last Monday, and Bussy Deputies with the Marion County 42 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a nude woman 43 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: setting flags on fire. They found the suspect undressed from 44 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: the waist down with a flag tied around her head. 45 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: She was later identified as twenty one year old Brian A. 46 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: Laird of Knoxville. Deputy said Laird gave them a false 47 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: name when they tried to arrest her. She allegedly hit 48 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: a deputy in the face. She was placed in handcuffs 49 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: and put in the back of a patrol vehicle before 50 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: the door was closed. Police said she kicked the same deputy. 51 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: Authorities later learned the burn flags belonged to the city 52 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: of Bussy. At the jail, deputy search Laird's bag, finding 53 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: drug paraphernalia. Burning an American flag is legal under the 54 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 1: First Amendment, but she is still charged with the theft 55 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: and damage of property. She's facing third degree arson, fifth 56 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: degree theft, criminal mischief, indecent exposure, possession of drug paraphernalia, 57 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: assault on a police officer, and interference with official acts. 58 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: A five year old girl vanishes from outside her Pennsylvania apartment, 59 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: and more than three decades later, her case remains unsolved. 60 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: Lauren Maria Pico Jackson was last seen October fourth of 61 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty eight near the Park Spring apartment complex in 62 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: Spring City. She'd been digging in the dirt with other children. 63 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,839 Speaker 1: A friend later told police she saw her walking toward 64 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: her front door. She was only about one hundred feet away. 65 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: Her mother went inside the apartment briefly, and then when 66 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 1: she returned, Lauren was gone. Tracker dogs followed lauren scent 67 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: along Park Road, then under Route seven twenty four. The 68 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: trail ended near the Vince Motel, almost a mile from 69 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: the apartment. No other signs of Lauren turned up during 70 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: the large scale search. At the time, her parents shared custody. 71 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: Her father, Michael Jackson, lived in Philadelphia. He'd been planning 72 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: to seek full custody because he was worried about the 73 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: area where Lauren and her mother lived. He called it 74 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: a quote, drug infested neighborhood. Her mother, Christina O'Donnell, had 75 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: a history of drug use and had been arrested on 76 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: charges related to drugs before the disappearance. Months later, a 77 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: woman came forward and said she saw someone who looked 78 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: like O'Donnell trying to force a child matching Lauren's description 79 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: into a car at a nearby strip mall. The witness 80 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: said the girl was yelling, quote no mommy no, Mommy no. 81 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: James Coate, a former officer with East Vincent Police, said 82 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: this tip shifted the focus of the case. He told WHP, quote, 83 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: you have to think, Wow, Okay, there it is. It 84 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: makes all the sense in the world. Coate said he 85 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: wanted to make an arrest, but was told by the 86 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 1: District Attorney's office not to proceed due to issues with 87 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: the witness account. After that, the case slowed to a stop. 88 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: Coate left the department. The Chester County DA's office has 89 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: continued to treat the case as active, releasing few details. 90 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: Over the years, Lauren's father has stayed in contact with police. 91 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: He says he never gave up, telling the TV station quote, 92 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,559 Speaker 1: I can't believe these years went by and there's no answer. 93 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,359 Speaker 1: I Am not going to give up. Lauren had brown, 94 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 1: curly hair and brown or hazel eyes. She was white, 95 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,359 Speaker 1: two foot six, thirty four pounds. She had a club 96 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: foot and hip displasia. She also had scars from surgery 97 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: to fix a cleft palate and a double hernia. She 98 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: was last seen wearing a white pullover shirt with the 99 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: California raisins print, black knit pants, white sox, and white 100 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: rebox with pink laces. Today she'd be forty one. Anyone 101 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 1: with information is asked to call East Vincent Police at 102 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: six p'in one oh four three one sixty three sixty 103 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: three for the latest crime and justice news. Follow crime 104 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: alerts hourly update on your favorite podcast app with this 105 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: crime alert. I'm Drew Nelson.