1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, Breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: Nelson in Florida. A potential dog adoption turns violent when 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: a disagreement leads to one potential adopter pulling out a gun. 4 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: On Sunday, two women met in Tampa to discuss adopting 5 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: a dog. Dominique Amerosa and her mother run the Rags 6 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: to Riches Animal Rescue Group, and they were introducing a 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: potential adopter to Bluey, a two year old rescue pug. 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: The dog uses a wheelchair and needs special care after 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: being hit by a car. During the meet and greet, 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,840 Speaker 1: Amerosa realized the woman wasn't a good fit for Bluey. 11 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: She had several other dogs with her and it seems 12 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: she couldn't provide the care Bluey needed. She tells the 13 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: WTVT what happened next, puts the gun to the back 14 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: of my head. Here makes me crouch, and then she 15 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: moved it to my temple. That's where I got the cut. 16 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,160 Speaker 1: I don't know what was on her gun when Amerosa 17 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: told the woman it wouldn't work out, That's what led 18 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: to the firearm entering the equation. Amerosa says quote she 19 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: refused to give Bluey back. She elbowed my mom when 20 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: she tried to grab the dog. Amerosa threatened to let 21 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: the woman's other dogs go if she didn't return Bluey. 22 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: That's when the woman threw blue back at Amerosa's mom. 23 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: That's when she allegedly pulled the gun and put it 24 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: to Amerosa's head. The woman then let the scene, but 25 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: police quickly tracked her down. According to Tampa Police, the 26 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: woman's gun was taken into evidence. No charges have been 27 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: filed yet, but the investigation is ongoing. Officers took statements 28 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: from both women, who gave conflicting accounts of what led 29 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: to the fight. As for blue she is safe with 30 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: the rescue group and they are continuing to search for 31 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 1: a suitable home for her. More crime and justice news 32 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: after this. In Pennsylvania, a former police officer is found 33 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: guilty of misusing a state computer system for years searching 34 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: for personal information on numerous individuals. Eric B. Durr, forty, 35 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: a former Williamsport police officer, was convicted on twenty eight 36 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: counts of unlawful use of a computer after a three 37 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: day trial in Lycoming County. The jury found dir guilty 38 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: of using the state's jet system without proper authorization. The 39 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 1: system is meant for official police investigations only. Dirt was 40 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: found not guilty of charges related to unsworn falsification, tampering 41 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: with public records, and obstruction of law. These charges were 42 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: tied to other incidents during his time as an officer. 43 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: The misuse of the computer system happened between twenty fifteen 44 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: and twenty nineteen. Among those whose privacy was invaded, Agent 45 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: Nikita Bonnell testified that she did not know DRR had 46 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,679 Speaker 1: searched her name. During the trial, Deputy Attorney General Rebecca A. 47 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: Elo argued that dir Quote did whatever he wanted on 48 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: the JET system, using it to look up birth dates 49 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: and driver's license photos. The Assistant Police Chief says officers 50 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: are well aware the system is strictly for law enforcement purposes. 51 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: Dirt testified that he did not exceed his authority in 52 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: using the system. Dr Attorney argued that Dirt did not 53 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: act with any improper purpose. He suggested that Durr's actions 54 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: were a result of the way he was trained. His 55 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: misuse included running over thirteen hundred names and searching more 56 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: than ten thousand pages of information. Despite Dur's defense, the 57 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: jury convicted him on all of the computer misuse charges. 58 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: Derr faces sentencing at a later date. A fifty seven 59 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: year old Florida man is arrested for the seventy fifth time, 60 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: this time for using a barcode manipulation scheme to defraud 61 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: Lowe's Hardware stores. Mark Brants has been in and out 62 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 1: of jail since nineteen eighty five. He was caught allegedly 63 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: switching barcodes on items at Lowe's to pay lower prices. 64 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: The Hillsboro County Sheriff's office says he defrauded the store 65 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: of more than four thy five hundred dollars in merchandise 66 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: over ten incidents. Investigators also found online ads where Brents 67 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: tried to sell the stolen goods. Brent's was already on 68 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: probation for felony fleeting to elude, and he now faces 69 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: charges for organized scheme to defraud, retail thefts, and felony 70 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: petty theft. The sheriff says quote despite his lengthy criminal history, 71 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: he still has not learned his lesson. We will not 72 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: tolerate habitual offenders who continue to prey on our community. 73 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: In the Clearwater Police Department also file additional charges related 74 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: to the stolen property. A thirty four year old woman 75 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: in Florida is arrested for allegedly helping her daughter fight 76 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: a high school student at a bus stop, and the 77 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: video is going viral. Catherine Stephanopolis is facing a felony 78 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: child abuse charge after she apparently joined a brawl between 79 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: her daughter and another teen in Daytona, North Two girls 80 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: who had a falling out over the summer decided to 81 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: settle their differences by fighting at the bus stop. Stephanopolis, 82 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: who was waiting there after her daughter told her about 83 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: the planned altercation, allegedly got involved once the scuffle began. 84 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: Listen closely quote did she hit her with a Stanley cup? 85 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: Not them all hell? According to witnesses, as the two 86 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: teens started fighting, Stephanopoulos jumped in and put one of 87 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: the girls in a headlock. It escalated quickly when another student, 88 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: who tried to break up the fight, got into a 89 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: tussle with Stephanopolos's daughter. In the chaos, someone hit Stephanopolis 90 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: in the head with the stanley After the fight, Stephanopolis 91 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: and her daughter drove away. Police later arrested Stephanopolis and 92 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: charged her with aggravated child abuse. She was released on 93 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: a thousand dollars bond and reportedly expressed sorrow for her actions. 94 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: One of the teens was arrested on a FELLO in 95 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: the aggravated battery charge, while misdemeanor charges against the other 96 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: girl were sent to the state's attorney's office. Despite the 97 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: wild altercation, no one involved sustained serious injuries, only minor cuts, bruises, 98 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: and swelling. For the latest crime injustice news, follow the 99 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast. Staff With 100 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:57,799 Speaker 1: this crime alerg I'm Drew Nelson.