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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Nicole Parton.

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Speaker 1: In Tennessee, a football coach at a local high school

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Speaker 1: is facing serious charges related to a drug trafficking ring

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Speaker 1: that involves more than a dozen law enforcement officers from

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Speaker 1: Mississippi and an astonishing fifty five pounds of cocaine. The

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Speaker 1: revelation sent shock waves through the community, leading to the

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Speaker 1: arrest of twenty individuals, including fourteen officers from Mississippi, as

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Speaker 1: part of a sprawling drug trafficking scheme that spanned over

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Speaker 1: a year. The situation took a startling turn when it

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Speaker 1: was revealed that Torrio Chaz Wiseman, the head football coach

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Speaker 1: of the Memphis Business Academy's team, was implicated in the scandal.

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Speaker 1: Wiseman is accused of taking bribes in exchange for facilitating

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Speaker 1: the transport of illegal drugs through Mississippi into Memphis, allegedly

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Speaker 1: accepting a five thousand dollars bribe for his involvement in

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Speaker 1: each transport. Memphis Business Academy has acknowledged the situation and

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Speaker 1: has placed him on administrative leave pending further developments. Additionally,

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Speaker 1: Wiseman had been selected to coach a team in the

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Speaker 1: upcoming twenty third annual AutoZone Liberty Bull High School All

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Speaker 1: Star Game. According to the US Attorney Clay Joyner, the

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Speaker 1: investigation began after the FBI intercepted conversations from individuals, often criminals,

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Speaker 1: who express frustrations about having to pay bribes to people

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Speaker 1: like Wiseman, and to.

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Speaker 2: Enhance the cooperation and coordination with our proud partners at

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Speaker 2: the United States Attorney's Office. I want to emphasize that

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Speaker 2: my presence is to underline the importance and the magnitude

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Speaker 2: of this case. This operation and these indictments are a success,

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Speaker 2: but they point to a troubling reality. We're talking about

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Speaker 2: fourteen current or former law enforcement officers, six co conspirators

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Speaker 2: who are alleged to have sold out the public, promoted

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Speaker 2: crimes that they should have been investigating and stopped, and

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Speaker 2: instead of working to stem the flow of dangerous controlled substances,

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Speaker 2: the evidence will show they took bribes to facilitate the

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Speaker 2: distribution of controlled substances.

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Speaker 1: Joiner continued by saying the case originated from complaints made

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Speaker 1: during arrest, and when the FBI looked into it, they

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Speaker 1: uncovered the full extent of the corruption within the community.

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Speaker 1: The town and local law enforcement. More crime and justice

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Speaker 1: news after this, A jury has awarded ten million dollars

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Speaker 1: to Abby's Warner, a former first grade teacher who was

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Speaker 1: shot by a six year old student in a classroom

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Speaker 1: incident that took place in twenty twenty three. Zerner filed

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Speaker 1: a lawsuit against the former principal, Ebony Parker, following the

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Speaker 1: tragic event. The jury's decision was announced on Thursday. The

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Speaker 1: shooting occurred at rich Snick Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia.

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Speaker 1: In her lawsuits, Werner stated that she has endured physical

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Speaker 1: pain and mental anguish as a result of the incident. Initially,

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Speaker 1: she saw damages amounting to forty million dollars. The jury

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Speaker 1: back in now with a ten million dollar award. Police

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Speaker 1: in top Shep, Maine, are urgently searching for two missing

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Speaker 1: children who were last seen leaving Woodside Elementary School on foot.

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Speaker 1: Please take a moment and listen to the story. Police

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Speaker 1: desperately need your help. Sophia Garza. She's seven or eight

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Speaker 1: years old. She was last seen wearing a white furry jacket.

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Speaker 1: She's in the company of Olivia Birch again seven or

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Speaker 1: eight years old. Last scene wearing a blue ll bean jacket.

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Speaker 1: Both children were last seen near the Woodside Elementary School

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Speaker 1: in Topsham, Maine. If you have seen Sophia or Olivia,

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Speaker 1: or have any information regarding their whereabouts, please call nine

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Speaker 1: to one one immediately or contact the County Dispatch at

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