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Crime Alert 03.19.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert I Nancy Grace breaking crime needs Now. A
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  Speaker 1: truck driver snaps to attention when a water bottle thrown
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  Speaker 1: by Dylan Belliston explodes on the truck's windshield. Belliston driving
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  Speaker 1: in the next lane. The truck driver starts to pull
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  Speaker 1: over to confront Belliston, but changes his mind. Bellaston then
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  Speaker 1: pulls up to the truck again, this time firing shots
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  Speaker 1: at the driver Nancy.
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  Speaker 2: After the shooting, the victim pulled into a love's travel stop,
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  Speaker 2: where he told authorities he slammed on his brakes to
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  Speaker 2: avoid the gunshots and return fire and fear for his life.
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  Speaker 2: It's not yet been revealed how Sheriff's identified Blaston as
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  Speaker 2: their suspect, but they were able to access a dash
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  Speaker 2: cam in the trucker's cab, which captured Blaston first throwing
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  Speaker 2: the water bottle, then pulling a gun and firing several
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  Speaker 2: rounds at the victim's truck on two occasions.
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  Speaker 1: Marion County, Florida Sheriff's catch up with Belliston on I
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  Speaker 1: seventy five. He's arrested on aggravated assault when his lover's
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  Speaker 1: partner threatens to expose their affair a zone of firefighter
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  Speaker 1: Gregory Nous sets on revenge after sending multiple threats of
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  Speaker 1: via text the firefighter. Noss decides to scale the man's
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  Speaker 1: town home to sabotage the plumbing and HVAC system. Then
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  Speaker 1: he puts holes in the roof. A neighbor notices him
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  Speaker 1: up on the roof and calls police when his feet
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  Speaker 1: hit the ground. He's charged with burglary, criminal damage, and harassment.
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  Speaker 1: Good bet his wife now knows about his affair. Good
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  Speaker 1: luck putting that fire out. More crime and justice news
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  Speaker 1: after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news,
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  Speaker 1: Crime alignes John Lemley.
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  Speaker 3: Nearly twenty years after being found guilty of killing his
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  Speaker 3: pregnant wife, Scott Peterson has now made a virtual appearance
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  Speaker 3: in court. We turned to Sydney Sumner with Crime Online
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  Speaker 3: for more.
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  Speaker 2: Peterson's Los Angeles Innocent's Project attorneys requested that a judge
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  Speaker 2: order new DNA testing and grant their invus to Gator's
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  Speaker 2: access to evidence related to a break in that occurred
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  Speaker 2: across the street from the couples California home. After a
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  Speaker 2: jury found Peterson guilty of murder and the deaths of
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  Speaker 2: Lacey and the unborn child, they intended to name Connor.
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  Speaker 2: Peterson was given the death penalty on Christmas Eve two
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  Speaker 2: thousand and two. According to the prosecution, he killed Lacey
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  Speaker 2: in disposed of her body in San Francisco Bay. Later,
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  Speaker 2: his death sentence was overturned and he was given a
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  Speaker 2: life term without the chance of release. Peterson's case has
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  Speaker 2: recently been taken up by the La Innocence Project. Court
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  Speaker 2: records revealed that the group suggests that Lacy Peterson might
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  Speaker 2: have witnessed a break in on Christmas Eve across the
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  Speaker 2: street from the couple's modesto house, been abducted and subsequently
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  Speaker 2: killed by the burglars. Two decades after the fifty one
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  Speaker 2: year old Peterson's arrest captured the attention of the country,
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  Speaker 2: the filings in San Mateo County Superior Court constitute a
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  Speaker 2: long shot attempt to clear his name. The director of
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  Speaker 2: the La Innocence Project, PAULA. Mitchell, says that the organization
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  Speaker 2: had filed motions on Scott Peterson's behalf in January quote
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  Speaker 2: to order further discovery of evidence in all lite how
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  Speaker 2: new DNA testing to support our investigation into mister Peterson's
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  Speaker 2: claim of actual innocence. In addition to tarps in a
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  Speaker 2: sizeable plastic bag discovered along the waterfront close to where
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  Speaker 2: the bodies washed ashore. Separately, the project is looking for
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  Speaker 2: DNA testing on items link to the break in. The
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  Speaker 2: group's lawyers are also requesting police reports, as well as
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  Speaker 2: audio and video footage from witnesses and suspect interviews related
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  Speaker 2: to the break in. The court filings assert that the
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  Speaker 2: Modesto Police department prematurely declared that the burglars were unrelated
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  Speaker 2: to the homicides and improperly concealed critical information.
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  Speaker 3: Prosecutor David Harris informed Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Hill that
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  Speaker 3: reviewing historical records would need time, as a significant portion
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  Speaker 3: of them, in his opinion, have previously been discussed through
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  Speaker 3: Peterson's trial and appeal. As part of an ambitious effort
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  Speaker 3: to pardon low level drug offenders, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy
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  Speaker 3: has announced that she would grant pardons to tens of
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  Speaker 3: thousands of people convicted of misdemeanor marijuana conviction dating back
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  Speaker 3: decades once again crime online Sydney Sumner.
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  Speaker 2: If approved, the pardons will cover any misdemeanor convictions for
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  Speaker 2: possession of marijuana or other class t substances and adult
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  Speaker 2: Massachusetts state courts that were handed down before March thirteenth,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. Healey, a former state attorney general, claims
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  Speaker 2: that most people won't have to do anything to have
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  Speaker 2: their felony records updated. Healey urged other governors to follow suit,
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  Speaker 2: calling the pardons the most sweeping issued by a governor
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  Speaker 2: since President Joe Biden's pardon of federal marijuana possession charges.
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  Speaker 2: In essence, a pardon is the governor's act of forgiveness
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  Speaker 2: following a conviction. Criminal records are not automatically sealed or erased.
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  Speaker 2: According to Healey's administration, the pardons do not extend to
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  Speaker 2: convictions for other marijuana related defenses like distribution, trafficking, possession
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  Speaker 2: of marijuana with the intent to distribute, or operating a
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  Speaker 2: motor vehicle well under the influence, nor do they extend
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  Speaker 2: to convictions from courts outside of Massachusetts, including federal court.
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  Speaker 2: Healey's decision may only take effect if it is approved
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  Speaker 2: by the Governor's Council.
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  Speaker 3: After the Council of votes, pardons would take effect immediately,
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  Speaker 3: but updating criminal records would take additional time.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks John Katie Proudfoot opens her son's bedroom to wake
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  Speaker 1: him up for school and finds the teen boy missing.
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  Speaker 1: She searches the home for Sebastian, but the artistic team
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  Speaker 1: nowhere to be found. Authorities believe Sebastian, just fifteen, left
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  Speaker 1: his Hendersonville, Tennessee home on foot in the early morning
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  Speaker 1: hours with just a flashlight. His dad, Seth says it's
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  Speaker 1: highly uncharacteristic of his son to wander, especially without shoes,
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  Speaker 1: but authorities are focusing their search on a wooded area
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  Speaker 1: near the home. Foot searches of over two thousand miles
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  Speaker 1: of terrain provide nothing. Canine's lost Sebastians sent at a
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  Speaker 1: nearby construction site. Sebastian Robbers just fifteen now missing three weeks.
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  Speaker 1: If you have info on Sebastian Rogers, please call Sumner County,
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  Speaker 1: Tennessee Sheriffs six one five four five one thirty eight
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  Speaker 1: thirty eight. For the latest crime and justice needs, go
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  Speaker 1: to crimeonline dot com with this crime alert. I'm Nancy
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  Speaker 1: Grace