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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 a surprising turn of events, the judge presiding over

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Speaker 1: Luigi Mangioni's federal trial has called for a hearing to

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Speaker 1: assess the legality of the search conducted on the accused

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Speaker 1: backpack during his arrest at McDonald's in December twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 1: Judge Margaret Garnett's ruling comes shortly after she expressed skepticism

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Speaker 1: about the need for an evidentiary hearing in the case

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Speaker 1: against a twenty seven year old Luigi, who is charged

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Speaker 1: with the murder of United Healthcare executive Brian Thompson. Mangioni

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Speaker 1: was arrested at the Altoona, Pennsylvania location on December nine,

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, concluding a five day manhunt for the

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Speaker 1: individual believe to have shot Thompson outside the New York

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Speaker 1: Hilton Midtown. Garnett has instructed US prosecutors to obtain testimony

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Speaker 1: from a police officer regarding whether established or standardized procedures

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Speaker 1: were adhered to during the interaction with Mangioni. The judge

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Speaker 1: indicated that the upcoming hearing will be concise and has

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Speaker 1: directed the involved parties to coordinate on scheduling within the

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Speaker 1: next two weeks. She also requested that the prosecution submit

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Speaker 1: a copy of the affidavits supporting the federal search warrant,

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Speaker 1: along with any pertinent documents. Reports indicate that Mangioni was

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Speaker 1: found with a backpack containing a ghost gun, counterfeit identification,

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Speaker 1: a notebook, and other writings expressing his dissatisfaction with the

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Speaker 1: US health care system. Investigators previously uncovered a three page

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Speaker 1: handwritten note referencing the healthcare sector, which included the statements

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Speaker 1: these parasites simply had it coming, according to law enforcement

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Speaker 1: sources cited by NBC News. In a separate manner, the

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Speaker 1: judge's evaluating emotion from Mangioni's defense team to dismiss two

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Speaker 1: of the four federal charges against him, a murder charge

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Speaker 1: LinkedIn firearm usage which could result in the death penalty,

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Speaker 1: and an associated firearms charge. Additionally, Mangioni faces two counts

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Speaker 1: of federal stalking, to which he has pleaded not guilty.

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Speaker 1: Mangioni's attorneys have contended in court documents that federal prosecutors

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Speaker 1: have biased the case by framing his December twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: four arrest as a scene from a Marvel movie, portraying

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Speaker 1: him as a shackled monster deserving of capital punishment, also

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Speaker 1: saying that the pre trial was way too lengthy.

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Speaker 2: And evidence usually take a half a day, maybe a day.

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Speaker 2: We were told this was going to be several days,

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Speaker 2: but this went on for three weeks unnecessarily, and lots

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Speaker 2: of witnesses were called. And in fact, today we were

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Speaker 2: fully expecting the case detective Detective Diaz to testify, and

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Speaker 2: it was only after Lieutenant Leonarready testified about the illegal

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Speaker 2: wiretap of Mangioni and Altuna Pennsylvania, that they withdrew statement notice.

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Speaker 2: And now suddenly we're not going to have the lead

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Speaker 2: case detective in this case.

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Speaker 1: The prosecution has refuted these claims, asserting that the charges

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Speaker 1: are appropriate. Tentative plans have been made for jury selection

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Speaker 1: to start on September eighth, with opening statements potentially occurring

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Speaker 1: as early as October, though this timeline is subject to change.

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Speaker 1: Mangioni is also confronting nine charges in a case initiated

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Speaker 1: by New York State prosecutors, including second degree murder and

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Speaker 1: various weapon related offenses, to which he has also pleaded

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Speaker 1: not guilty for crime and justice news after this and

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Speaker 1: now to Mississippia's seventy two year old grandfather admitted to

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Speaker 1: sexually abusing children for nearly a decade. R. J. Senders

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Speaker 1: was sentenced to four life sentences. He will serve them

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Speaker 1: concurrently in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

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Speaker 1: With that the possibility of parole passed. Christian Police and

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Speaker 1: Gulfport Police investigated the case and determined that Sanders sexually

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Speaker 1: assaulted children in both cities between twenty thirteen and twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty one. Police say Senders was quote entrusted with the

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Speaker 1: care and supervision of the victims when their parents were

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Speaker 1: at work. Sanders would watch his grandchildren, take them for

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Speaker 1: ice cream, play dress up, make music videos, but unbeknownst

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Speaker 1: to others, he was secretly molesting the children behind closed doors.

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Speaker 1: Officials said the abuse went for years until one victim

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Speaker 1: told a family member, then other victims came forward. Sanders

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Speaker 1: trial was set to start on January twelve, but he

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Speaker 1: entered a plea this week. During the hearing, officials said

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Speaker 1: Sanders admitted his guilt but offered no remorse. Judge Lisa

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Speaker 1: Dodson described it as one of the worst cases ever seen.

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Speaker 1: The Suffolk Police in New York launched a search this

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Speaker 1: week for a fifteen year old Saint James boy who

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Speaker 1: went missing on Friday, Thomas Medlin. He's a student at

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Speaker 1: the Stony Brooks School. He left the campus around three

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Speaker 1: thirty pm and ran to the Stony Brook train station.

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Speaker 1: Police said Thomas was last seen two hours later at

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Speaker 1: Grand Central station in Manhattan. The teen is described as white,

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Speaker 1: five four about one hundred and thirty pounds. He was

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Speaker 1: last seen wearing a black jacket with red stripes, dark

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Speaker 1: sweatpants with white stripes, and a black backpack. He wears glasses.

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Speaker 1: Anyone with information on thomas whereabouts is asked to contact

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Speaker 1: the Suffolk Police Fourth Squad Detectives at six three one

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Speaker 1: eight five eight eight four five to two. Police say

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Speaker 1: they believe the team to be in imminent danger. If

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Speaker 1: you have any information, please contact authorities. For the latest

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