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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 Sport. 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 needs.

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Speaker 1: Go to Crime Online.

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Speaker 1: John Limley at this hour and American identified only as

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Speaker 1: Martin D, has been indicted in Germany on espionage charges.

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Speaker 1: He's accused of offering US military secrets to Chinese authorities.

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Speaker 1: Martin D, who formerly worked as a civilian contractor for

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Speaker 1: the US Defense Department and was stationed at a US

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Speaker 1: military facility in Germany, allegedly initiated contact with Chinese agents

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Speaker 1: in the summer of twenty twenty four or to offer

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Speaker 1: classified information. Fortunately, or perhaps due to ineffective follow through,

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Speaker 1: no data appears to have been transferred before his arrest

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Speaker 1: in Frankfort last November. The case now rests before a

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Speaker 1: state court in Koblenz, which will determine whether to proceed

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Speaker 1: to trial. Wyoming authorities are investigating a second fatal shooting

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Speaker 1: involving an fe Warren Air Force Base airman in Cheyenne.

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Speaker 1: Twenty year old Airman first Class Jaden Or has been

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Speaker 1: charged with involuntary manslaughter after allegedly firing an AK forty

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Speaker 1: seven through a wall during a night of drinking, killing

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Speaker 1: a twenty three year old man. The victim died at

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Speaker 1: the scene or remains in custody. This follows a similar

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Speaker 1: shooting only a month earlier, which resulted in additional involuntary

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Speaker 1: manslaughter charges. That incident prompted the Air Force to suspend

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Speaker 1: the use of the sigsur M eighteen handgun over safety concerns.

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Speaker 1: Or's case, however, is being handled by civilian prosecutors separate

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Speaker 1: from the ongoing military investigation. Finally, prosecutors in Utah have

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Speaker 1: announced plans have announced plans to seek the death penalty

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

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

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Speaker 1: Lee Sorensen and Officer Eric Estrada, were fatally shot by Bate,

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Speaker 1: who reportedly fired from inside his home after his wife

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: by hundreds of mourners. Etien, originally from Haiti, was killed

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

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Speaker 1: 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 needs. Go

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Speaker 2: f fine missing people, especially children, and solve unsolved homicides.

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Speaker 2: With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace