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Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm John Lemley. A former gymnastics coach, has

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Speaker 1: been arrested by the FBI in Iowa, more than three

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Speaker 1: years after being flagged for sexual abuse and suspended by

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Speaker 1: the US Center for Safe Support. The coach, Shaan Gardner,

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Speaker 1: is accused of producing child pornography. Authorities say he clandestinely

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Speaker 1: recorded young gymnasts, including children as young as six, with

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Speaker 1: hidden cameras as they changed clothing. These materials were discovered

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Speaker 1: during a twenty twenty four investigation triggered by a new

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Speaker 1: victim coming forward. Gardner, who worked at West Des Moines's

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Speaker 1: Elite Chow's Gymnastics and previously coached in Mississippi and Louisiana,

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Speaker 1: managed to secure a job at a hospital despite being

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Speaker 1: banned from sports in twenty twenty two. Highlighting gaps in

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Speaker 1: safe sports authority outside athletics, this case reopens difficult questions

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Speaker 1: about the effectiveness and transparency of abuse reporting systems in

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Speaker 1: youth sports, especially in the shadow of the Larry Nasser scandal.

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Speaker 1: Gardner remains in custody and awaits transfer to Mississippi, where

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Speaker 1: he will face formal charges.

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Speaker 2: Thanks John. For the latest crime and justice news, go

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Speaker 2: after this now with the latest crime and justice breaking

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Speaker 2: news crime Online. John Limley at.

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Speaker 1: This hour and American identified only as Martin D, has

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Speaker 1: been indicted in Germany on espionage charges. He's accused of

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Speaker 1: offering US military secrets to Chinese authorities. Martin D, who

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Speaker 1: formerly worked as a civilian contractor for the US Defense

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Speaker 1: Department and was stationed at a US military facility in Germany,

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Speaker 1: allegedly initiated contact with Chinese agents in the summer of

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty four or to offer classified information. Fortunately, or

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Speaker 1: perhaps due to ineffective follow through, no data appears to

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Speaker 1: have been transferred before his arrest in Frankfort last November.

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Speaker 1: The case now rests before a state court and Koblenz,

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Speaker 1: which will determine whether to proceed to trial. Wyoming authorities

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Speaker 1: are investigating a second fatal shooting involving an fe Warren

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Speaker 1: Air Force Base airman in Cheyenne. Twenty year old Airman

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Speaker 1: first Class Jaden Or has been charged with involuntary manslaughter

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Speaker 1: after allegedly firing an AK forty seven through a wall

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Speaker 1: during a night of drinking, killing a twenty three year

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Speaker 1: old man. The victim died at the scene or remains

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Speaker 1: in custody. This follows a similar shooting only a month earlier,

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Speaker 1: which resulted in additional involuntary manslaughter charges. That incident prompted

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Speaker 1: the Air Force to suspend the use of the sigsur

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Speaker 1: M eighteen handgun over safety concerns. Or's case, however, is

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Speaker 1: being handled by civilian prosecutors separate from the ongoing military investigation. Finally,

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Speaker 1: prosecutors in Utah have announced plans to seek the death

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Speaker 1: penalty in the case of Ryan Michael Bate, accused of

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Speaker 1: killing two police officers during a domestic disturbance. The officers,

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Speaker 1: Sergeant Lee Sorenson and Officer Eric Estrada, were fatally shot

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Speaker 1: by Bait, who reportedly fired from inside his home after

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Speaker 1: his wife had contacted nine one one regarding threats and abuse.

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Speaker 1: During the incident, a deputy and his canine were also

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Speaker 1: injured before Bait was convinced by bystanders to surrender. Authorities

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Speaker 1: have charged Bait with two counts of capital murder among

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Speaker 1: twenty total charges. Governor Spencer Cox's voice support for pursuing

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Speaker 1: the death penalty. In New York, the life of forty

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Speaker 1: six year old security guard Alan Etienne was honored in

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Speaker 1: Brooklyn by hundreds of mourners. Etienne, originally from Haiti, was

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Speaker 1: killed while shielding others during a July twenty eighth shooting

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Speaker 1: at a Manhattan office tower. The attack left four people dead,

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Speaker 1: including Etienne, a veteran NYPD officer, an investment executive, and

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Speaker 1: a real estate employee. A fifth person was wounded before

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Speaker 1: the gunman took his own life. Friends, family, and co

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Speaker 1: workers say Etienne was a devoted father and grandfather who

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Speaker 1: always put others first. His union is calling for greater

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Speaker 1: recognition of private security personnel, noting that many like Etienne

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Speaker 1: are immigrants working long hours in dangerous conditions. He is

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Speaker 1: remembered as a man who not only guarded a building,

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Speaker 1: but who in his final moments, protected the lives of others.

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Speaker 2: Thanks John for the latest crime and justice news. Go

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Speaker 2: to find missing people, victually children, and solve unsolved homicides.

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