1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Crime a art hourly update breaking crime news Now. 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:08,159 Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. A rapidly spreading wildfire, now referred to 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 2: as the Kenneth Fire, has prompted large scale evacuations in California. 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 2: Authorities are treating the blaze as a potential arson, and 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 2: a suspect has been apprehended. The fiery's advancing quickly through 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 2: the West Hills, necessitating the deployment of nine hundred weary 7 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: firefighters who have been redirected from other critical fires across 8 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:35,480 Speaker 2: southern California to safeguard homes and control the inferno. LAPD 9 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 2: Senior Lead Officer Charles Denzel informed News Nation that a 10 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 2: suspect is in custody believed to have deliberately ignited the fire. 11 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 2: Take a listen. 12 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: What we know right now is that the incident occurred 13 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: started here and about twenty minutes. Three minutes later, a 14 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: suspect was detained over Woolen Hill's area by citizens. 15 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 2: The officer confirmed that it was citizens who apprehended the 16 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 2: suspect in the Woodland Hills area. It is currently being 17 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,479 Speaker 2: investigated as a crime. Denzil confirmed when asked about the 18 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 2: intentional nature of the fire, He added that while there 19 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,919 Speaker 2: is no clear motive at this moment, the affected area 20 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 2: has been roped off for further inquiry. According to sources 21 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 2: from dailymail dot com, a local resident dialed nine one 22 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 2: one around four thirty pm to report a man attempting 23 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 2: to ignite a fire located in that area. The suspect 24 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 2: has been taken into custody at Topanja Station. Officials issued 25 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 2: a stark warning Thursday night, urging residents to heed evacuation orders. 26 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 2: Senator Adam Schiff emphasize the seriousness of the situation, saying 27 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 2: if you stay, You're going to die. He added, when 28 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 2: you receive an evacuation order, evacuate immediately. You may think 29 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 2: you can escape the fire, but you cannot outrun these flames. 30 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 2: Staying put could be fatal. The Kenneth fire has already 31 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 2: consumed nine hundred and sixty acres and poses a threat 32 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 2: to the Malibu Canyon area that's north of the one 33 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 2: oh one Freeway, which is home to many celebrities like 34 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: Courtney Kardashian and Will Smith. Mandatory evacuation orders are now 35 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 2: in effect as firefighters deploy aerial water drops in an 36 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 2: attempt to control the rapidly spreading flames which are being 37 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 2: fueled by those strong winds out of Santa Anna. Our 38 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,519 Speaker 2: prayers are with California. 39 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 3: I'm Drew Nelson. A Wisconsin judge grants the release of 40 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 3: a woman who, at age twelve stabbed her classmate in 41 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 3: honor of the fictional character slender Man. Morgan Geyser, now 42 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 3: twenty two, has spent nearly seven years at the Winnebago 43 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 3: Mental Health Institute. Under the current set of circumstances, Misguyser 44 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 3: poses a significant risk of bodily arm to herself or others, 45 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 3: or of serious property damage. On Thursday, a judge approved 46 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 3: her conditional release after a day long heit. This marks 47 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 3: her fourth petition since twenty twenty two, with two previous 48 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 3: requests withdrawn and one denied. The court cited her significant 49 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 3: progress in treatment and lack of recent symptoms as reasons 50 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 3: for her release. The stabbing happened in twenty fourteen when 51 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 3: Geyser and a Nissa Wire, both twelve at the time, 52 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 3: lured their friend Peyton Lightner, into a wooded area and 53 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 3: walkshaw Wisconsin. Guyser stab Lightner nineteen times with a kitchen knife, 54 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 3: while Wire urged her on the attack, left Lightner Critically injured, 55 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 3: She crawled to a nearby home, where a cyclist found 56 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 3: her and called for help. The girls later told investigators 57 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 3: they committed the act to a peace slender Man, fearing 58 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 3: harmed to their families if they failed. Slender Man is 59 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 3: a fictional character who was created at an online contest 60 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 3: that called for creepy paranormal images. The character quickly became 61 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 3: an Internet phenomenon. Tall and thin, often unnaturally so, wearing 62 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 3: a black suit with a white shirt and a black tie, 63 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 3: having an expressionless, pale face, sometimes shown with tentacles, he 64 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 3: is said to stalk and abduct children. He lurks in 65 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 3: forests and dark, secluded areas. Slender Man is thought to 66 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 3: control people's minds or compel them to act violently. Doctors 67 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 3: testified at Thursday's hearing that guys are no longer displays 68 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 3: symptoms of schizophrenia. Has been off antipsychotic medications for years. 69 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 3: When doctor testified, quote, she experienced fantasy as related to 70 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 3: these different fictional characters, her fantasy blurred with reality. Another 71 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 3: doctor said, quote, she has continued to take treatment seriously 72 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 3: and become consistently engaged and invested. Leitner's mother opposed Geyser's release. 73 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 3: In letters to the court, she described lasting physical and 74 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 3: emotional scars. Her daughter bears. Guys Are initially pleaded guilty 75 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 3: to attempted first degree intentional homicide in twenty eighteen, and 76 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 3: this a wire as her accomplice pleaded guilty to attempted 77 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,359 Speaker 3: second degree intentional homicide. She was released in twenty twenty 78 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 3: one under GPS monitoring. The state has sixty days to 79 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 3: draft a plan for Geyser's transition to a supervised group home. 80 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 3: Subject to court approval, she will remain under close monitoring. 81 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 4: I'm Jennifer Gould, a popular YouTube personality, is facing kidnapping 82 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 4: charges after allegedly kidnapping two women in a violent high 83 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 4: speed ordeal that ended with them abandoned on a desolate 84 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 4: Texas highway. The two women met Corey Pritchett Junior, better 85 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 4: known as Corey SSG, who has over fifteen million followers 86 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 4: across multiple platforms. Here he is in one of his videos, 87 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 4: ironically titled last to Get Arrested, Take a Listen. In 88 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 4: what began as a casual day back in November turned 89 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 4: into anything but that. The trio had gone to a 90 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 4: local gym together, followed by a trip to a bowling 91 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 4: alley and an ATV ride. However, tensions quickly escalated after 92 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,039 Speaker 4: a confrontation at the bowling alley with another group, The 93 00:05:56,080 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 4: situation became uncomfortable and the women of portally left early. 94 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 4: Realizing they had left their belongings in Pritchett Junior's car, 95 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 4: the women contacted him to retrieve their items. Pritchett Junior 96 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 4: suggested that they meet at a parking lot, but instead 97 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 4: of returning their belongings, he allegedly drove them westbound on 98 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 4: IT ten at speeds of over one hundred miles per hour. 99 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 4: During this terrifying drive, Pritchett Junior made several phone calls 100 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 4: claiming that someone was pursuing them. The situation escalated when 101 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:33,799 Speaker 4: Pritchett Junior reportedly pulled out a golden handgun, fired shots 102 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 4: into the air, and then pointed the weapon at the women. 103 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 4: He allegedly threatened them saying quote I'm going to f 104 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 4: y'all and then kill y'all end quote, causing the women 105 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 4: to fear for their lives. In an attempt to calm 106 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 4: the situation, one of the victims suggested they pray together. Surprisingly, 107 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 4: Pritchett Junior agreed and led the prayer, though the temporary 108 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 4: peace quickly shattered as his violent behavior resumes boomed. After 109 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 4: reaching a point on the highway, Pritchett Junior stopped the 110 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 4: car and ordered the women out, leaving them stranded on 111 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 4: the side of the road without their phones or any 112 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 4: means of communication. The victims walked for over an hour 113 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 4: along the highway until they were able to flag down 114 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 4: a passerby, who contacted law enforcement. After abandoning the women, 115 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 4: Pritchett Junior fled the country, but authorities were able to 116 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 4: track his movements through GPS data from a Life three 117 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 4: sixty app on one of the victim's phones. This information 118 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 4: led investigators to trace the route Pritchett Junior took during 119 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 4: the incident, helping to confirm the women's accounts. In a 120 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,679 Speaker 4: twist of fate, Pritchett Junior's own social media activity played 121 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 4: a pivotal role in his eventual tracking. He posted about 122 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 4: his plans to leave the United States. His mentions of 123 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 4: moving to Dubai led the FBI to discover that he 124 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 4: had taken a one way flight to Qatar on December ninth. 125 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 4: Despite managing to escape to Katar. Pritchett Junior now faces 126 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 4: aggravated kidnapping charges, and the FBI is working with international 127 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 4: authorities to secure his extradition back to the United States 128 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 4: to face the charges. For the latest crime and justice news, 129 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 4: follow the Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast 130 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 4: app with this crime Alert. I'm Jennifer Gould.