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Seven-Year-Old Locked in Dog Cage for Christmas | Crime Alert Recap Saturday 12.28.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news.
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  Speaker 2: Now, I'm Nicole Parton. Authorities announced this week that seven
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  Speaker 2: individuals have been taken into custody and charged in relation
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  Speaker 2: to a reported drug trafficking operation on social media linked
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  Speaker 2: to Rutgers University. The extensive undercover investigation dubbed Operation ru
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  Speaker 2: ru Farm, revealed a private and closed social media platform
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  Speaker 2: used by Rutger students to buy and sell illegal substances.
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  Speaker 2: This according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor, Yolanda Seconi. This
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  Speaker 2: issued in her statement on Thursday, law enforcement officials confiscated
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  Speaker 2: significant quantities of marijuana, LSD, cocaine, psychedelic mushrooms, adderall xanas,
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  Speaker 2: a substantial amount of US currency, and firearms. This as
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  Speaker 2: detailed in a news release from her office. The operation
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  Speaker 2: uncovered that a Rutger's alumnus had established a private social
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  Speaker 2: media platform where quote drug dealers could list available substances
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  Speaker 2: and connect with potential buyers within the Rutgers community. Students
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  Speaker 2: who verified their affiliation with Rutgers were permitted to join
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  Speaker 2: this network and explore the quote menus of drugs and
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  Speaker 2: reach out to the dealers of their choice to arrange purchases.
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  Speaker 2: Among those charged is on New Deep Rivero, a twenty
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  Speaker 2: three year old from North Brunswick, facing one count of
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  Speaker 2: first degree leadership of a drug trafficking organization, two counts
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  Speaker 2: of second degree conspiracy to distribute drugs, and one count
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  Speaker 2: of third degree conspiracy to distribute drugs. Ruveri's LinkedIn profile
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  Speaker 2: indicates he graduated from Rutgers in twenty twenty two. The
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  Speaker 2: remaining charged individuals include a twenty year old Joshua Duffy,
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  Speaker 2: twenty two year old Zachary Peterson, twenty three year old
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  Speaker 2: Katherine Tierney, David Nootan who's twenty, Donovan Williams who's twenty,
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  Speaker 2: and Noah Leishman who's twenty one, each facing various charges
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  Speaker 2: related to possession and distribution of drugs. Rutger's representatives did
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  Speaker 2: not provide immediate comments. When contacted by the media on Saturday,
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  Speaker 2: Prosecutor Secone stated that the investigation remains active and ongoing,
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  Speaker 2: urging anyone with relevant information to reach out to the
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  Speaker 2: Narcotics Task Force in the office. She also emphasized that
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  Speaker 2: the charges against all seven individuals are simply allegations and
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  Speaker 2: they are presumed innocent until proven guilty. All have been
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  Speaker 2: taken into custody.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Drew Nilson. A woman in Texas facis charges for
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  Speaker 3: allegedly locking a seven year old girl in a dog
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  Speaker 3: cage under the Christmas tree for hours. The incident, reported
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  Speaker 3: to police through an electronic tip, has left the community shocked.
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  Speaker 3: Rose Marie Anderson is the suspect's name. She allegedly confined
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  Speaker 3: the girl in a cage at her apartment. Anderson h
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  Speaker 3: fifty five, appearing in court for the first time.
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  Speaker 2: The victim was zip tied in her mouth with dud tapes.
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  Speaker 3: According to documents, Anderson left the girl without food, water,
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  Speaker 3: or access to a restroom. The girl reportedly urinated on
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  Speaker 3: herself during confinement. Pelisse Anderson also kicked the cage while
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  Speaker 3: the child was inside. The abuse was allegedly meant to
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  Speaker 3: discipline the child for her behavior at school. Neighbors expressed
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  Speaker 3: disbelief over the incident, Rose Bennett telling Khou, quote, it's
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  Speaker 3: unbelievable that someone would do that to a child. For
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  Speaker 3: a child to endure that, it's heartbreaking. Another neighbor, Alante Rix, added, quote,
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  Speaker 3: there is no amount of discipline that could justify putting
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  Speaker 3: a child in a cage. She's a human being. Lisa
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  Speaker 3: McCosh is CEO of Justice for Children. She was on
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  Speaker 3: ktr K. This isn't fair by law.
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  Speaker 1: We are all mandated to report if we suspect abuse.
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  Speaker 3: Mcash urges the community to look for signs of child abuse,
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  Speaker 3: such as fear in the child around certain adults, unexplained bruises,
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  Speaker 3: or sudden changes and behavior. She adds quote, I hope
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  Speaker 3: this arrest encourages others to speak up and protect children
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  Speaker 3: in their communities. Anderson was arrested in charge with unlawful
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  Speaker 3: restraint and injury to a child. She posted a fifteen
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  Speaker 3: thousand dollars bond and is scheduled for a court appearance
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  Speaker 3: on January sixth. Record show Anderson is a single mother
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  Speaker 3: with three jobs. The child is now in foster care.
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  Speaker 3: Texas Department of Family Services spokesperson Melissa Lanford confirms quote
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  Speaker 3: CPS is investigating these abuse allegations alongside law enforcement. The
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  Speaker 3: child is now safe and receiving the care she needs.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Jennifer Gould. A tragic and gruesome act of violence
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  Speaker 1: has left a community and family in disbelief, as a
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  Speaker 1: father was accused of beheading his one year old son
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  Speaker 1: in a chilling domestic violence case. The father, Andre Demski,
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight, was arrested after a series of events unfolded
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  Speaker 1: inside his Sacramento home. Even authorities are now grappling with
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  Speaker 1: the shocking aftermath of what one Sheriff's deputy described as
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  Speaker 1: quote one of the most horrific things he's ever encountered.
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  Speaker 1: SCSO Sergeant Amar Gandhi spoke to the media.
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  Speaker 3: This is something that has shaken them. I can't think
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  Speaker 3: of a worst call in twenty years.
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  Speaker 1: It was four fifteen in the morning when deputies from
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  Speaker 1: the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office were called to a family
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  Speaker 1: disturbance in the neighborhood. They arrived to find Dempsky's wife,
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  Speaker 1: Angelina Dempsky, and her mother standing outside the home. The
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  Speaker 1: two women claimed that Andre had assaulted them. Concern, though,
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  Speaker 1: quickly grew when they realized the couple's young child, one
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  Speaker 1: year old Micah, was still inside the house with his father.
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  Speaker 1: According to the SCSO, Dempsky barricaded himself inside and refused
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  Speaker 1: to surrender. Deputies were left with no choice but to
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  Speaker 1: forcibly enter the home, and what they discovered behind that
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  Speaker 1: door was nothing short of horrific. In a nearby bedroom,
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  Speaker 1: the severed head of little Micah lay on the floor.
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  Speaker 1: Sergeant Amar Gandhi again.
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  Speaker 3: I mean just talking to the deputies initially thought it
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  Speaker 3: was a toy, is what it looked like, a doll,
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  Speaker 3: and quickly obviously determined it was a child's head.
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  Speaker 1: Detectives determined that Demski, after his wife and mother in
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  Speaker 1: law fled the home, had unleashed his rage upon his
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  Speaker 1: innocent little son. He was arrested after a brief struggle.
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  Speaker 1: Little Micah was described by his grieving family as a
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  Speaker 1: sweet little boy who was a kind and joyful soul,
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  Speaker 1: loving all people and going to the park. A makeshift
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  Speaker 1: memorial has since been made outside the child's home. It
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  Speaker 1: features flowers, teddy bears, and candles. Demski has been arrested
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  Speaker 1: in charged with murder, corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant,
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  Speaker 1: and assault by means of force likely to produce great
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  Speaker 1: bodily injury. He's being held without bail for the latest
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  Speaker 1: crime and justice news followed the Crime Alert hourly update
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  Speaker 1: on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert, I'm
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  Speaker 1: Jennifer Gould.