1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Crime Alert I Nancy Grace of Breaking Crime News Now. 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: John Towers and employee at a public park in Putnam County, 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: New York carefully cleans the restrooms. In the women's restroom, However, 4 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 1: he also plants ten spy cams. Some of the cameras 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: appear to be ballpoint pins, battery packs, and buttons. Towers 6 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: takes roughly eight hundred explicit photos of women and girls using. 7 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 2: That restroom, Nancy. In addition to the eight hundred photos 8 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 2: and videos recorded inside the restroom, police found Towers uploaded 9 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 2: nearly six thousand similar files to the Internet. Many of 10 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: the files were named with young Police believed the cameras 11 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,559 Speaker 2: were hidden in the bathroom for at least eighteen months. 12 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: John Towers, fifty four, now charged with sex exploitation of 13 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: a child and possession of child porn. Estralla Pereira and 14 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: Miguel Ruis head to a Florida shopping center for bodybuilding 15 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: photos and they take with them, of course, a loaded 16 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: assault rifle. Pereira and Ruiz take turns posing with the rifle, 17 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: taking aim and a building in the shopping center. A 18 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: parent picking up their child from daycare there in the 19 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: center sees them with the gun and calls nine to 20 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 1: one one Pereira fifty and Ruis fifty seven and since 21 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: they were just taking photos, but guess what, they're both 22 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: charged with aggravated assault and carrying a gun on school property. 23 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this Now with the 24 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: latest crime and justice breaking news. Crime Onlines. John Limley 25 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: Police in Illinois say that a twenty two year old 26 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: male has been taken into custody in connection with the 27 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,279 Speaker 1: shooting death of a Chicago police officer who was killed 28 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: while off duty and on his way home from work. 29 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: We turned to Sydney Sumner with Crime Online for more. 30 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 2: The Chicago Police Department in the US Marshall's Great Lakes 31 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 2: Regional Fugitive Task Force have apprehended Xavier L. Tit Junior 32 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 2: in connection with the murder of thirty year old officer 33 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 2: Luis Wesca. This according to a post by Chicago Police 34 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 2: on x formerly known as Twitter. In a statement released 35 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 2: by the News Affairs Division of the Chicago Police Department, 36 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 2: the investigation into Tate's case is still ongoing. On April 37 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 2: twenty sixth, a Cook County judge issued an arrest warrant 38 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 2: charging Tate with the murder of Wesca. The officer was 39 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 2: shot numerous times just before three am on April twenty 40 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: first on the city's southwest side. He was later pronounced 41 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 2: dead at an area hospital. Superintendent Larry Snelling stated that 42 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 2: although Wesca was wearing his uniform, he was wearing something 43 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 2: over it, a normal practice for officers who were not 44 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 2: on duty. Officials say that Wesca, a six year police 45 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:42,239 Speaker 2: department veteran, was discovered outdoors suffering from gunshot wounds. Although 46 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 2: police have not established whether the shooting was part of 47 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 2: a carjacking, the officer's vehicle was taken. A day after 48 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 2: the murder, Chicago police released their first community alert, citing 49 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 2: surveillance footage showing a man they believed to be Tate, 50 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 2: shopping at two convenience stores and going into a shadowy alley. 51 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 2: A source briefed on the investigation reported that an individual 52 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 2: was in the vicinity at the time of the shooting 53 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 2: and later changed clothing. 54 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 3: On April twenty nine, hundreds of people gathered along Chicago 55 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 3: streets for Wesca's funeral procession. Wesca was laid to rest 56 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 3: in Chicago following a church service. A Pennsylvania nurse has 57 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 3: received a life sentence after entering a guilty plead to 58 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 3: three counts of murder and other offenses. This after giving 59 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 3: multiple patients doses of insulin that were either fatal or 60 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 3: potentially fatal. Once again Crime Online Sidney Sumner. 61 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 2: At a hearing in Butler, approximately thirty miles north of Pittsburgh, 62 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 2: forty one year old Heather Presty was sentenced to three 63 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 2: consecutive life terms and an additional consecutive term of three 64 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 2: hundred and eighty to seven hundred and sixty years in prison. 65 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 2: Prosecutors claimed that Presty was involved in the deaths of 66 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 2: at least seventeen patients in five different healthcare facilities spread 67 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 2: across four counties between twenty twenty and twenty twenty three. 68 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 2: The victims were said to range an age between forty 69 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: three and one hundred and four years old. Authorities claimed 70 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 2: that Presty's behavior was rooted keenly questioned by coworkers, who 71 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 2: indicated that she frequently made disparaging remarks about her patients 72 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,839 Speaker 2: and displayed contempt for them. Presty entered a guilty plea 73 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 2: to three charges of first degree murder in nineteen counts 74 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 2: of attempted murder, sparing her the possibility of receiving a 75 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: death sentence. She was first accused of killing two and 76 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 2: injuring three residents at a nursing home in May twenty 77 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 2: twenty three. Scores of additional charges against her were brought 78 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 2: about after subsequent investigations. Back in February, Presty argued with 79 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 2: her lawyers during a contentious hearing. While making it known 80 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 2: that she wished to enter a guilty plea. Presty spoke 81 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 2: very little as she entered her pleas, giving one word 82 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 2: answers to the majority of the questions. When asked by 83 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 2: one of her attorneys why she was entering a guilty plea, 84 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 2: Presty responded by saying, quote, because I am guilty. 85 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 3: Shortly after the first charges were brought against Presty in 86 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 3: twenty twenty three, her nursing license was suspended. 87 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: Thanks John. Betty Alexander lives alone Sullivan, Missouri. After her 88 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: husband passes away. Her adult children and grandchildren visit a lot. 89 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: My son John says she's not picking up the phone. 90 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 1: That's unusual. Her daughter Tanya can't get through to mom 91 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: and heads to the apartment inside. A meal is on 92 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: the table and it appears to have been there for 93 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 1: some time. Tanya finds her mom's glasses on the arm 94 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: of her recliner. That's odd as Betty only takes them 95 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: off to go to sleep. Betty has gotten pharmacy deliveries, 96 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: but daughter Tanya can only find one of the two 97 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: boxes at the apartment. She talks to neighbors who say 98 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: they last saw Betty three days ago. Betty Alexander does 99 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 1: not drive, so she must have left on foot or 100 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:43,799 Speaker 1: been picked up. Her purse was also left behind. Sullivan 101 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: PD searches the area and issues the Silver Alert, but 102 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: no sign of Betty. Betty Alexander now missing five years. 103 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: If you have info on Betty Alexander, called Sullivan, Missouri PD. 104 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: Five seven three four six eight eight thousand one five 105 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: seven three four six eight eight zero zero one. For 106 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: the latest crime in justice news, go to crimeonline dot 107 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: com with this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace.