1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: Crime Lord hourly update, Breaking crime News Now, I'm Dave Mack. 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: Heroic is the word being used to describe the wife 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: of Minnesota Senator John Hoffman. As Hoffman and his wife Yvett, 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: came under fire in a politically motivated assassination attempting their 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: own home, Javette Hoffman used her body as a shield 6 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: to save the life of the Hoffman's adult daughter, diving 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: on top of Hope Hoffman. Hope was not hit in 8 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: the barrage of bullets fired at the Hoffman's Van's bolter, 9 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: allegedly driving what appeared to be a police vehicle and 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,639 Speaker 1: attired in clothing to resemble an officer, represented himself as 11 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: a police officer to gain trust and entry to the 12 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: Hoffman's home in Champlain, but they were not fooled. At 13 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 1: the two am attack. The Hoffman's chilling security camera footage 14 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: shows the suspect in a black tactical vest, body armor 15 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: and a hyper realistic silicon mask, armed with a flashlight 16 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: in a nine millimeter BURRETTA bolter allegedly knocked on the 17 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: front door and repeatedly shouted this is the police. Open 18 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: the door. When Senator Hoffman and his wife came to 19 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: the door. The suspect shined the flashlight in their faces, 20 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: said there was a shooting reported in the house, and 21 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: asked if the couple had any weapons. The Hoffman shouted, 22 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: you're not a cop, and then the suspect announced this 23 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: is a robbery and forced his way into the home. 24 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: When Senator Hoffman tried to push the suspect out of 25 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: the house, Bolter shot him and his wife. The Hoffman's 26 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,639 Speaker 1: daughter called nine one one. US Attorney for the District 27 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: of Minnesota, Joseph Thompson. 28 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 2: But the details of Belter's crime are even worse. They 29 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 2: are truly chilling. It is no exaggeration to say that 30 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 2: his crimes are the stuff of nightmares. Belter stalked his 31 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 2: victims like prey. He went to their homes, held them 32 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:53,279 Speaker 2: out as a police officer, and shot them in cold blood. 33 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: At two twenty four am, Bolter allegedly drove to a 34 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: state representative's house in Maple Grove that Lilawmaker was not 35 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: home as she and her family were on vacation. At 36 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: two thirty six am, after learning of the shooting at 37 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: Hoffman's home, New Hope Police dispatched an officer to the 38 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: New Hope lawmaker's house. When the officer arrived, she saw 39 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: Bolter's car parked down the block and believed Bolter was 40 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: an officer dispatched to the scene. The officer pulled up 41 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: next to Bolter, rolled down her window, and tried to 42 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: speak with him, but he did not respond and stared 43 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: straight ahead, So the New Hope officer drove to the 44 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 1: state senator's home and waited for other law enforcement. By 45 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: that time, Bolter had left the scene. After the Hoffmans 46 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: were shot, officers also proactively went to the home of 47 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: his fellow lawmaker, former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 48 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: Melissa Hortman, in the nearby town of Brooklyn Park. When 49 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: two Brooklyn Park officers arrived, they saw Bolter's SUV in 50 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 1: the driveway with emergency lights flashing and Bolter standing in 51 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: front of the house a few feet from the door. 52 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: When Bolter saw the officers, he alleged lee started firing 53 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: and rushed into the house, killing Hortman and her husband. 54 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: The Brooklyn Park officers fired at Bolter while he allegedly 55 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: rushed into the home, but Bolter escaped into the house 56 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: and out the back. The shooting sparked a massive two 57 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: day manhunt that included twenty SWAT teams, helicopters, and unmanned 58 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: aerial vehicles. Bolter was armed when he was apprehended in 59 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: a rural area late Sunday, but he was taken into 60 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: custody without incident. Just outside Lexington, Kentucky. Amy Nichols stands 61 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: accused of child abuse, knowingly neglecting a disabled adult, and 62 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: animal cruelty. Robert Ransdell and Matthew Harden facing charges of 63 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: child abuse and complicity to neglecting a disabled adult and 64 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: animal cruelty according to arrest citations. Cops responded to a 65 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: home in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, which is some thirty miles southwest 66 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: of Lexington, as part of a child neglect investigation. Three 67 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: children under the age of twelve, along with a disadvantaged 68 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: adult who has the mental capacity of a sixth grader, 69 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: were living in the home together. When cops walked inside, 70 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 1: they were met with a strong odor of feces and ammonia. 71 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: According to the report quote, the floor was covered in 72 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: feces and all surfaces were covered in garbage such as 73 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: rotten food. The refrigerator had a lock hanging from it 74 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 1: and contained rotten food and cockroaches, and none of the 75 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 1: food I observed in the house was safe to eat. 76 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: According to the police report. One of the kids reportedly 77 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: said they had not had lunch or dinner and had 78 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: only eaten cereal. There were also three dogs and five 79 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:59,119 Speaker 1: cats living in the home. Cops deemed the home uninhabitable 80 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: because it posed risk of serious illness or death to 81 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: anyone who lived inside. According to reports filed by police, 82 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 1: officers said it was the worst conditions they've ever seen 83 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: inside a home. All three suspects remain at the county 84 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 1: jail without bond. Anne Alabama, a sleeping dad allegedly killed 85 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: by his wife, and the children were the ones who 86 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: called nine one one. Annie Huffstetler, was arrested and charged 87 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: with her husband Sean Watson's murder. The father of five 88 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: was allegedly shot and killed by his wife while he 89 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: was sound asleep. The children reportedly called nine one one 90 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 1: after hearing the gunshot in the home. Officers found their father, 91 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: Shawn Christian Watson, dead at the scene. Watson was thirty 92 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: eight years old, and it's reported that his wife, Annie 93 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: was arrested and charged with his murder Dale County Jail 94 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: records indicate the forty two year old Annie Huffstetler is 95 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: being held without bond on a murder charge. She was 96 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 1: taken into custody shortly after six am local time. The 97 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 1: shooting occurred around two am. Watson found dead in his 98 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: bad Investigators say they believe there were five children in 99 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: the home when the shooting happened, but none of them 100 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: witnessed the alleged crime. For the latest crime injustice news, 101 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: follow Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcasting app 102 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: with this crime Alert. I'm Dave Mack.