1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm. 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 2: Nicole, pardon. Caleb Flynn, a thirty nine year old former 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 2: contestant on American IDOL, has been charged with aggravated murder 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 2: and a series of additional offenses following the alleged killing 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: of his wife, Ashley Flynn, at their Ohio home. A 6 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 2: grand jury in Miami County has issued an eleven count 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 2: indictment against Flynn, which includes charges of aggravated murder, three 8 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 2: counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault, three counts 9 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 2: of tampering with evidence, two counts of intimidation of a witness, 10 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 2: all in his criminal proceeding. Several of these charges are 11 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 2: specifically related to firearms. Prior to this, Flynn faced charges 12 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 2: of murder, two counts of felonious assault with a deadly weapon, 13 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 2: and two counts of tampering with evidence. The number of 14 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 2: charges now increasing. Prosecutors claim that Flynn used a nine 15 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 2: millimeter handgun and manipulated the crime scene to deceive investigators. 16 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 2: He has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his 17 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 2: bond is set at two million dollars. According to prosecutors, 18 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 2: Flynn allegedly tried to intimidate a witness in the days 19 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 2: following the shooting between February sixteen and February eighteen, although 20 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 2: the indictment does not specifically detail that witness. A nine 21 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 2: to one to one call obtained by Fox News Digital 22 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 2: features Flynn reporting that someone has broken into their home 23 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 2: shot his wife. Oh my god. He can be heard saying, 24 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: someone broke into my home. Someone broke into my home 25 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 2: and they shot my wife. My wife, she's been shot 26 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 2: twice in the head, and there's blood everywhere. Oh my god, 27 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 2: Oh my god, Oh my god. At the time of 28 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 2: the incident, only Ashley Caleb and their two children were home. 29 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 2: RP and juvenile daughter are locked in a room, the 30 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: dispatcher informed police. According to the outlet, just to clarify, 31 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 2: the juveniles are currently in their own rooms asleep, said 32 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 2: the dispatch. In a previous statement to Fox News Digital, 33 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 2: Caleb Flynn's attorney, Patrick Mulligan, expressed concerns that prosecutors were 34 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 2: quote too quick to accuse his client of murder. Caleb 35 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 2: Flynn entered a plea of not guilty and looks forward 36 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 2: to defending himself in the case. We are both disappointed 37 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 2: and worried about the rushed timeline and a parent rushed 38 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 2: to judgment. Mulligan said when investigators exhaust their leads or 39 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 2: struggle to find evidence, they often focus on the surviving spouse. 40 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 2: He said. Caleb Flynn gained attention as a contestant on 41 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 2: American Idol, where he expressed his deep affection for his 42 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 2: wife during a twenty thirteen Hometown interview segment. I absolutely 43 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 2: love the Lord and I love my wife more than anything. 44 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 2: She is very, very pretty. I love her, Flynn said 45 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 2: at the time. But you know, I'm a regular guy 46 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 2: who loves to sing more than anything else. For now 47 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 2: he's singing behind bars. Will Crime and Justice News after this. 48 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 3: I'm Drew Nelson. A Massachusetts police officer and her husband 49 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 3: are now facing child rape charters after a man says 50 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 3: they abused him for years, starting when he was a teenager. 51 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 3: The defendants are thirty one year old Samantha pel Rene, 52 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 3: who is a Plymouth police officer, and her husband, thirty 53 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 3: seven year old Daniel Farrand. They were arraigned in Plymouth 54 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 3: District's court on Thursday and both pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors 55 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 3: say the abuse went on for years. Plymouth assistant District 56 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 3: attorney Jim Duffy told the court the alleged victim was 57 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 3: taken into the couple's home and later forced into repeated 58 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 3: sexual encounters. 59 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 4: This continues on with the three of them, with the 60 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 4: alleged victim being forced to partake in these sexual encounters 61 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 4: with Samantha and Daniel. 62 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 3: According to investigators, The man, who is now in his 63 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 3: early twenties, went to state police on March fifteenth. He 64 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 3: reported that he had been sexually assaulted first by Farrand 65 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 3: and then by Farrand and pel Rene together on multiple 66 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 3: occasions from twenty eighteen through twenty twenty five. Court records 67 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 3: say the abuse began after the couple took him in 68 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 3: and later became his legal guardians. State police moved quickly 69 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 3: after the report. Arrest warrants were obtained, and both were 70 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 3: taken into custody at their home early in the morning, 71 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 3: and authorities say they went peacefully. In court, defense attorneys 72 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 3: pushed back hard on the allegations and focused on the 73 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 3: credibility of the accuser. Hel Rene's attorney, Joseph Krosky Junior. 74 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 5: There was a history with this young man. He was 75 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 5: a problem and we can document it. He had accused 76 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 5: someone falsely of sexually and appropriate behavior when he was 77 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 5: in high school. 78 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 3: Foraran's attorney to Murray. Kovach also challenged the claims laid 79 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 3: out in court filings. 80 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: I was baffled when I read the affidavit for the 81 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: restraining order, so his stories are inconsistent and I know 82 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: today is not the day of trial. 83 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 3: Despite the seriousness of the charges, both defendants were released 84 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 3: after posting bail. The judge set bail at twenty five 85 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 3: thousand dollars for for Rand and ten thousand and four 86 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 3: pel Reen. The court also imposed strict conditions. Not allowed 87 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 3: to have any contact with the alleged victim. They cannot 88 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 3: be around anyone under eighteen. They must surrender any firearms. 89 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 3: They must stay in Massachusetts and turn over their passports. 90 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 3: The Plymouth Police Department has responded to the case, saying 91 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 3: it is appalled and deeply disturbed by the allegations. The 92 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 3: department also confirmed Officer Pelrin's duty status is under review 93 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 3: and that an internal investigation is underway. The couple is 94 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 3: due back in court on June eighth. 95 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: I'm Jennifer Gould. A blood soaked morning at a Vero 96 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: Beach Public Library has ignited a desperate maritime manhunt after 97 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: a sixty four year old husband allegedly transformed a quiet 98 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: parking lot into a slaughterhouse with an AR fifteen style rifle. 99 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: Jesse Ellis is wanted on two counts of first degree 100 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: premeditated murder for the execution of his estranged wife, Stacy Mason, 101 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: forty nine, and her lover, fifty six year old Danny. 102 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: Both were highly respected Indian River County employees. This was 103 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: no spontaneous explosion of rage. It was a calculated, cold 104 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: blooded killing fueled by a deteriorating thirteen year marriage. Here's 105 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: Vero Beach Police Chief David Curry at the news conference. 106 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 4: Two individuals that were apparently seeing each other for a 107 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 4: period of time and one husband being upset about it. 108 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 1: The chief revealed that Ellis had recently obtained professional services 109 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: believed to be a private investigator, to track the pair 110 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: to their clandestine meeting spot. Chilling surveillance footage captured the 111 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: husband stalking Ully's Ford Ranger at seven am, having reportedly 112 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: parked his dark gray Ford F one point fifty on 113 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: a nearby street to avoid detection before creeping toward the 114 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: victims with the assaults. Rifle in hand. In a sickening 115 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: display of violence, Ellis allegedly sprayed the driver's side with 116 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: high velocity rounds to take out Uli, before circling to 117 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: the passenger side, where his wife sat. As a wounded 118 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: mason desperately tried to scramble from the truck and fell 119 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: onto the asphalt, Ellis allegedly stood over her and pumped 120 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: additional rounds into her body at point blank range to 121 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: ensure she was dead. The investigation has since shifted from 122 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: a search for a missing person to a high stakes 123 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: manhunt for a highly skilled and dangerous outdoorsman. Following the 124 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: double homicide, Ellis allegedly dumped his truck at South Beach 125 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: and walked directly into the ocean, fully clothed in a 126 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: mine bending twist. Fire Rescue crews actually intercepted him nine 127 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: hundred yards off sure, but the killer gave a fake 128 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: name and refused help before vanishing into the Atlantic near 129 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: Rio Maar country Club. Police executed a series of search 130 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: warrants at Ellis's Southern Indian River County home, seizing an 131 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: additional cash of firearms and digital devices currently undergoing forensic analysis. 132 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: Chief Curry noted that as an avid hunter, Ellis possesses 133 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: the survivalist skills necessary to navigate the rugged Florida coastline 134 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: and evade capture indefinitely. Here's the chief again at the 135 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: news conference. 136 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 4: You know, a crime of passion type incident. You know, 137 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 4: a marital issue where you know, it's very sad and 138 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 4: terrible what took place. But that's why we said we 139 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,239 Speaker 4: don't think there's a threat to the community. 140 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: The search has reached a fever pitch, with cadaver dogs 141 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: and high speed zodiac boats scouring the surf. While authorities 142 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: admit Ellis may have drowned, they are operating under the 143 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: grim reality that a double murderer remains at large. If 144 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: captured alive, Ellis is facing a capital felony that could 145 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: land him on death row. A routine child custody exchanged 146 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: at a San Antonio, Texas YMCA dissolved into a scene 147 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: of primitive violence after a scorned mother allegedly teamed up 148 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: with her replacement's ex boyfriend to carry it out a 149 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: calculated hit. Melanie Sierra Gomez thirty two and Abel Revs 150 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 1: Twenty six are facing felony aggravated assault charges after an 151 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 1: ambush that left Oscar Heavier Barbosa fighting for his life. 152 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: Investigators say the plot was a twisted alliance of X's, 153 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: where Gomez allegedly recruited Revas, the former flame of Barbosa's 154 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: current girlfriend, to settle a blood debt over a new pregnancy. 155 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: The trap was sprung at the Davis Scott Family YMCA 156 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: on Iowa Street. According to an arrest AFFI, David Gomez 157 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: lured Barbosa outside the facility via phone, leading him directly 158 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: into the path of a knife wielding Revas. Barbosa's current 159 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: girlfriend was on the line during the attack, hearing the 160 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 1: victim desperately plead quote are you going to stab me? 161 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: Over this? End quote, before the call cut to silence. 162 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: As Revs allegedly went to work with a folding blade, 163 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:38,079 Speaker 1: Gomez did not just watch. She reportedly became the muscle, 164 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: physically pinning Barbosa against a car and dragging him back 165 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 1: as he tried to run from the flurry of stabs 166 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 1: to his stomach in arms. Gomez, who was already on 167 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: probation for making terroristic threats, allegedly taunted the bleeding father 168 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 1: about getting his new girlfriend pregnant before Revs hijacked the 169 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: victim's car and fled. Barbosa was rushed into emergency surgery 170 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: and miraculously survived to id his attackers. Reves was hauled 171 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: into the Bexar County Jail held on a one hundred 172 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: and five thousand dollars bond, while Gomez has since posted bail. 173 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: And finally, it looks like one department needs a paddle 174 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: board patrol because this chase just went off road and 175 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: into the deep end. Here's the body camp before. 176 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 3: We asked you any questions to have a lawyer president. 177 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 5: Hey. 178 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 3: Hell running out light dail, good shirt sworts. 179 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: Chase Cruise, that is his name. Twenty eight gave Florida's 180 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: Volucia Sheriff's officer run for their money a chase haha 181 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 1: when he bolted mid Miranda and dove into the Halifax River. 182 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: Thinking he was home free, Cruise was shocked to see 183 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: Daytona Beach Shores officer trading their squad cars for paddle 184 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: boards to coast into his escape route. Aerial footage captured 185 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,599 Speaker 1: the moment lawman balanced their duty to hook the suspect 186 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: while floating in murky water. Talk about board to be 187 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: wild cruse was towed back to a waiting dock and 188 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: slapped with charges of loitering, prowling, and resisting arrest. It 189 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,959 Speaker 1: turns out when you try to tide over the law, 190 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: the police will sink your plans. BAM for the latest 191 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 1: crime and justice news. Follow the Crime Alert hourly update 192 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. I'm 193 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: Jennifer Gould.