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Crime Alert 02.21.25 | D.C. Teens Beat Man to Death in Mugging · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime alert, imancy, grace breaking crime is now. Brian Smith,
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  Speaker 1: the well known DC area of DJ walks home in
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  Speaker 1: the early morning hours from his Saturday night shift to
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  Speaker 1: Tane's lunch at him, he tries to defend himself. The
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  Speaker 1: fourteen and sixteen year old overpower him and beat him
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  Speaker 1: to a pulp. EMTs find him unconscious and severely injured
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  Speaker 1: phone and while at missing. Brian Smith dies in the hospital.
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  Speaker 2: A week later, Nancy, the teens are suspected in three
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  Speaker 2: other robberies that same day, and we're found sleeping in
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  Speaker 2: the back of a stolen car. Smith's family is devastated
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  Speaker 2: by the loss, still grieving another death in the family,
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  Speaker 2: Smith's brother passed away from a brain aneurysm just three
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  Speaker 2: months ago in the same hospital where Smith died. Smith's mother,
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  Speaker 2: lead us Endoval, is looking for justice, saying, quote, they
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  Speaker 2: killed my son over a credit card with a very
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  Speaker 2: low balance and a cell phone. These people have taken
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  Speaker 2: away my whole entire life.
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  Speaker 1: The Tanes fourteen and sixteen now charged three counts robbery
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  Speaker 1: and assault, but police expect to upgrade those charges to
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  Speaker 1: fellie murder. William Milstein knows his application to lease the
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  Speaker 1: Florida home will be denied when the owner gets his
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  Speaker 1: background check, so he comes up with a brilliant plan
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  Speaker 1: to get out of the requirement. He submits a letter
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  Speaker 1: from the quote Florida Department of Law Enforcement informing the
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  Speaker 1: realtor that he Millsteed is an undercover cop in the
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  Speaker 1: quote off grid Command Unit, whatever that is, and therefore
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  Speaker 1: cannot submit to a background check. Suspicious of all the
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  Speaker 1: errors in the letter, spelling and grammatical, the realtor immediately
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  Speaker 1: calls police. Turns out Millstate has thirteen prior felonies, two
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  Speaker 1: of them for impersonating an officer, and this makes fourteen.
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  Speaker 1: Guess what, I don't think he got the lease. More
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  Speaker 1: crime and Justice news after this. Now with the latest
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  Speaker 1: crime and justice breaking news crime online is John Limley.
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  Speaker 3: An eighty six year old Kansas City man, has pleaded
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  Speaker 3: guilty in a shooting that shocked theation. Andrew Lester admitted
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  Speaker 3: to second degree assault in the twenty twenty three shooting
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  Speaker 3: of Ralph Yarl, a black teenager who mistakenly rang his doorbell. Yarrel,
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  Speaker 3: now a Texas A and M freshman and ROTC member,
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  Speaker 3: was sixteen when he was shot in the head and arm.
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  Speaker 3: Lester had been facing first degree assault charges, which carried
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  Speaker 3: up to thirty years in prison. Under the plea deal,
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  Speaker 3: he could serve up to seven years when sentenced on
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  Speaker 3: March seventh. Prosecutors planned to seek five in court. Lester,
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  Speaker 3: appearing frail in a wheelchair, acknowledged his declining health. Yarrel
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  Speaker 3: and his mother, Cleo Nagby, sat in the front row
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  Speaker 3: after the hearing. Nagby called the plea quote a step
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  Speaker 3: toward accountability, but said true justice would require consequences that
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  Speaker 3: reflect the harm caused. Lester's lawyer, Steve Salman, has maintained
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  Speaker 3: his client acted in self defense, but Clay County Prosecutor
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  Speaker 3: Zachary Thomas said quote self defence has limits. The shooting,
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  Speaker 3: which ignited national debates on race and gun laws, remains
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  Speaker 3: the subject of a civil lawsuit filed by Yarle's family.
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  Speaker 3: Now to a disturbing case of alleged child sex trafficking
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  Speaker 3: unfolding on Long Island, New York. Nine people have been
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  Speaker 3: indicted after a missing teenager was found on a yacht
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  Speaker 3: last month. We go to Sidney Sumner of Crime Online
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  Speaker 3: with the details.
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  Speaker 2: In Suffolk County Court, nine individuals seven men and two
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  Speaker 2: women have pleaded not guilty to a series of charges
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  Speaker 2: including child sex, trafficking, kidnapping, rape, and endangering the welfare
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  Speaker 2: of a child. This follows the discovery of a fourteen
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  Speaker 2: year old girl on a boat docked in Islip last month,
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  Speaker 2: ending a nearly month long search. According to court documents,
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  Speaker 2: the defendants are accused of exploiting the vulnerability of the
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  Speaker 2: fourteen year old girl, who has not been named publicly.
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  Speaker 2: Prosecutors alleged she was repeatedly raped and essentially marketed for sex.
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  Speaker 2: The girl had disappeared from her Long Island home on
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  Speaker 2: December ninth, and was located by her father on January
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  Speaker 2: after he received an anonymous tip following a social media
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  Speaker 2: campaign and a reward offer. Among those indicted is Daniel Burke,
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  Speaker 2: accused of having sex with the teenager. In facing kidnapping
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  Speaker 2: and rape charges, Burke's lawyer, Oscar Chrisafio maintains his client's innocence,
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  Speaker 2: stating that the evidence suggests that she was never held
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  Speaker 2: against her will. Another defendant, Ralph Knowles, faces rape and
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  Speaker 2: related charges. His lawyer, Chase Brown, says Noles quote looks
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  Speaker 2: forward to his day in court where the truth will prevail.
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  Speaker 2: Our friends with Newsday are reporting that three defendants were
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  Speaker 2: remanded to jail, while the bail was increased for the
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  Speaker 2: other six.
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  Speaker 3: Additionally, three more individuals have been charged in connection with
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  Speaker 3: the case, but were not included in the initial indictment.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks John. Irene Fleming shares a home with a friend
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  Speaker 1: in rural Washington, southwest of George. Five pm, she says
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  Speaker 1: she's going for a walk. She's called on surveillance, leaving
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  Speaker 1: the home on foot. Hours later, she calls her family,
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  Speaker 1: saying she's in Wanatchi, Washington, an hour away from home
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  Speaker 1: by ca. She doesn't come home that night and stops
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  Speaker 1: answering calls Over the next week. Employees at several East
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  Speaker 1: Wanacchi grocery stores reports seeing a woman matching her description,
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  Speaker 1: but cameras cannot confirm those sightings. Irene Fleming thirty one
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  Speaker 1: five to one, one hundred pounds, brown hair, blue eyes,
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  Speaker 1: septum nose, piercing, clear frame glasses. Last scene wearing a
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  Speaker 1: brown jacket, blue jeans, and brown boots. If you have
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  Speaker 1: info on Irene Fleming, called Grant County, Washington Sheriffs five
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  Speaker 1: zero nine seven sixty two eleven sixty. For the latest
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  Speaker 1: crime and justice needs, go to crime online dot com
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  Speaker 1: crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.