1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm Drew Nelson. 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: Federal immigration agents sit down for lunch at a family 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: owned Mexican restaurant in small town Wilmer, Minnesota, then return 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: hours later to detain the people who served them. Agents 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement entered Altapatio on Wednesday, 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: ordered some food, and then left. After the restaurant closed 7 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: early that night, agents came back and detained the owners 8 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: and a dishwasher. The arrests forced the restaurant to shut 9 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,599 Speaker 1: down and sent shockwaves through the city. Wilmer has a 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: diverse population of just over twenty one thousand residents. Te 11 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:41,919 Speaker 1: WCCO the enforcement activity has changed daily life in their 12 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: little city. Some people are staying home, businesses are closing 13 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: or limiting service. Others say they have seen arrests happen 14 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: in plain sight. It's one to make sure everything was okay. 15 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: Apparently it's not because they're closed now. That's Wilmer resident 16 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: Brent Fees. He says the liquor store where he works 17 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: has lost about seven percent of its business since agents 18 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: began appearing in town. And they detained someone just across 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: the street from where I was working. The TV station 20 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: also spoke with longtime Wilmer resident Abdul Kadir Gall. He 21 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: retired from Jenny O, the meatpacker, site of more recent raids. 22 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,759 Speaker 1: Gall says it's time for citizens to stand up together 23 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: and get and bold these people out. We're not scared man. 24 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: City leaders are urging calm as tensions rise. Wilmer's mayor 25 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: asks residents to respect one another while federal activity continues 26 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: the Department of Homeland Security says agents were conducting surveillance 27 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: on a specific target when they ordered the food and 28 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: later made arrests during a vehicle stop. More crime and 29 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: just as news after this, a Texas fugitive wanted in 30 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: a death investigation is arrested wearing a hoodie with a 31 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: message that stuns investigators. Police and Asley say Cruz Dean 32 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: Wantzer was taken into custody on Tuesday, four days after 33 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: Margaret Pennington, thirty seven, was found dead inside a residence. 34 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: When Wanser was booked, police released a photo showing him 35 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: wearing a purple hooded sweatshirt with a chilling message printed 36 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: across the front. I will put you in a trunk 37 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: and help people look for you. Stop playing with me. 38 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: Asley Police say Wanser is not currently charged with murder, 39 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 1: but he is being held on multiple felonies. Those include 40 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: tampering with or fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair 41 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: a human corpse, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, 42 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: possession of a controlled substance, and a parole violation. Investigator 43 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: say Wanser was arrested following a joint manhunt involving the 44 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: Aslee Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal 45 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: Investigations Division, the Texas Rangers, United States Marshall Service, and 46 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: the Parker County Special Crimes Unit. Police have not disclosed 47 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: Wanser's relationship to Pennington or whether additional charges are expected. 48 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 1: Pennington's family describes her as creative, warm, and deeply loved. 49 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: In her obituary, Her family rights quote, Margaret had a 50 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: creative and sentimental spirit. Though small in stature, she had 51 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: a strong presence and a way of leaving an impression 52 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: on those who knew her. The investigation remains open. Anyone 53 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: with information is urged to contact the Asley Police Department 54 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: at eight one seven four four four three two two one. 55 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 1: A Sheriff's corporal in Florida responds to what he thought 56 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: would be a routine call about an animal on the loose. 57 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: It turned into a forty five minute chase with a 58 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: very uncooperative EMU. The call came in on January ninth 59 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: in Saint John's County. A large EMU was running loose 60 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: along a county road, weaving through traffic and refusing to 61 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: go home. Body camera video captures the moment Corporal Thomas 62 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: Kisler realizes just how strange the situation is. He tells 63 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: a dispatch quote, I'm in pursuit of an EMU, describing 64 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: the bird running southbound in the middle of the road. 65 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: As he closes in, the emu blatantly ignored the officer's commands, 66 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: starts kicking with its powerful legs, repeatedly trying to get away. 67 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: With no backup from animal control and the bird cornered 68 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: near a fence in the woods, Corporal Kisler improvises, using 69 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: a makeshift lesso fashion from a leash in his handcuffs. 70 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: He secures the emu's legs to keep it from kicking, 71 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: and finally brings the chase to an end. Secured. Look 72 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: at that I have a full set of cuffs on 73 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: this India. Yeah, say hello, you ain't going nowhere to 74 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: The EMU later identified as Tina, was reunited with her 75 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 1: owner and returned home safely, and according to the Saint 76 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: John's County Sheriff's Office, all criminal charges against the EMU 77 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: have been dropped. 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