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"Im Not a Psycho" FLA Teen Accused of Killing Parents | Crime Alert Recap Saturday 01.05.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime al Art hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm
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  Speaker 1: Jennifer Gould. Newly released bodycam footage reveals the chilling claims
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  Speaker 1: of a seventeen year old now at the center of
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  Speaker 1: two high profile murder cases. This video, from Polk County
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  Speaker 1: Sheriff's Deputies in Florida, takes place in the aftermath of
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  Speaker 1: Colin Griffith's mother's death. It shows Colin Griffith cuff when
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  Speaker 1: he makes a jarring statement pick a listen to the
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  Speaker 1: bodycam obtained by Fox four News.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not a psychopath.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not this murder.
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  Speaker 4: I'm just trying to peacefully leave or peacefully coexists and
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  Speaker 4: just figure something out.
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  Speaker 1: This eerie and calm assertion coming on the heels of
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  Speaker 1: the teen's previous claim of self defense in the shooting
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  Speaker 1: death of his own father. It was back on September
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  Speaker 1: eighth of twenty twenty four. Colin and his mom, Catherine Griffith,
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  Speaker 1: were both at his grandmother's Hampton's home when a domestic
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  Speaker 1: incident broke out. Neighbors reported hearing a heated argument between
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  Speaker 1: mother and son outside the residence, where Griffith allegedly dragged
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  Speaker 1: his mother by her hair back into the house. Witnesses
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  Speaker 1: heard Catherine's desperate please of quote, let me go end quote,
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  Speaker 1: echoing throughout the street, painting a picture of a terrifying struggle.
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  Speaker 1: Two hours later, Colin called nine one one, claiming that
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  Speaker 1: during an argument, his mom had lunged at him with
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  Speaker 1: a knife and quote fell onto it end quote. Authorities
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  Speaker 1: arrived to find Catherine thirty nine, lifeless, her body bearing
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  Speaker 1: the gruesome marks of two deep stab wounds to the neck.
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  Speaker 1: The medical examiner's report contradicted Cody's accident narrative, instead finding
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  Speaker 1: the stab wounds to be deliberate and consistent with a
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  Speaker 1: violent attack. This tragedy follows the February twenty twenty three
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  Speaker 1: shooting death of Colin's father, Charles Griffith, in Lincoln County, Oklahoma,
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  Speaker 1: then only fifteen. Colin claimed self defense, stating his father
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  Speaker 1: had pulled a knife on him and chased him to
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  Speaker 1: the house before he was forced to shoot. While initial
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  Speaker 1: charges of first degree murder were filed, the case was
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  Speaker 1: later dropped due to insufficient evidence to disprove the self
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  Speaker 1: defense claim. Following his father's death, Colin moved to Florida
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  Speaker 1: to live with his mother, a move that ultimately led
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  Speaker 1: to this latest tragedy. The Polk County Sheriff's Office has
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  Speaker 1: charged Colin with first degree murder, kidnapping, and violation of
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  Speaker 1: a no contact order. Sheriff Grady Judd has described him
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  Speaker 1: as a quote violent predator end quote and a quote
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  Speaker 1: psycle path end quote, highlighting his lack of remorse in
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  Speaker 1: both incidents. Colin is now facing trial as an adult.
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  Speaker 1: In the meantime, Oklahoma authorities are now re evaluating these
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  Speaker 1: circumstances surrounding the death of Charles Griffith. In the light
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  Speaker 1: of these recent developments, I'm Nicole Parton.
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  Speaker 5: Wendy Williams was visibly emotional on Thursday as she made
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  Speaker 5: a heartfelt plea to escape ape her conservatorship and reclaim
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  Speaker 5: her freedom from a wellness facility in New York City
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  Speaker 5: where she has been mandated to stay. In a rare
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  Speaker 5: appearance on The Breakfast Club, the sixty year old former
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  Speaker 5: talk show host opened up about her current predicament, saying, quote,
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  Speaker 5: I'm not mentally impaired.
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  Speaker 4: First of all. To start with, my niece Alex knows
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  Speaker 4: a lot as well, you know, But I am not
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  Speaker 4: cognitively impaired, you know.
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  Speaker 3: What I'm saying.
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  Speaker 4: No, but I feel like I am in prison. You
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  Speaker 4: understand what I'm saying. I'm in New York City, right
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  Speaker 4: and al you know exactly what you're talking about. You
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  Speaker 4: flew from Miami to New York and you were right
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  Speaker 4: here with me. Go ahead.
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  Speaker 2: She's there in New York in this place essentially like
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  Speaker 2: what to call a luxury prison. This is her room.
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  Speaker 2: That's allegedly her apartment. But the thing about this apartment,
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  Speaker 2: and you know that's not Wendy, because you're there.
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  Speaker 5: It's small.
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  Speaker 2: She has a bed, a chair, a TV, a bathroom,
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  Speaker 2: and she's looking out one window.
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  Speaker 4: And excuse me, through my money, you know? So I
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  Speaker 4: had this person by the TV, you know kind of TV.
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  Speaker 4: I like, through these persons because all of my stuff
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  Speaker 4: is in store. Do you understand what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 5: Wendy went on to say, I'm surrounded by people in
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  Speaker 5: their nineties, eighties, and seventies. There's clearly something off with
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  Speaker 5: many of them. But I'm not one of those people.
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  Speaker 5: She further criticized the system that has placed her in
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  Speaker 5: this situation, saying this system is deeply flawed and has
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  Speaker 5: misrepresented me a lot. I haven't had access to my
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  Speaker 5: own finances for three years now. Williams described her daily
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  Speaker 5: life in the facility, which consists of spending her time
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  Speaker 5: alone in her room, eating meals in bed, and watching television.
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  Speaker 5: She said, quote, I can't make calls because I can't
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  Speaker 5: receive them. She explained, I don't even know what kind
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  Speaker 5: of phone I have. I can't browse the internet or
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  Speaker 5: use a laptop or an iPad. Her niece Alex Finny,
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  Speaker 5: who joined her during the interview, likened the place to
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  Speaker 5: a luxury prison, noting it has minimal furnishings, a bed,
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  Speaker 5: a TV in a bathroom with a view of the
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  Speaker 5: buildings across the street. Williams asserted that she doesn't have
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  Speaker 5: the freedom to come or go, as the elevators are
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  Speaker 5: secured and visitors face strict limitations, including Laura Lerosen from
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  Speaker 5: the Breakfast club being denied entry despite William's request. Additionally,
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  Speaker 5: she revealed she is regularly administrated medication, some of which
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  Speaker 5: she claims doesn't belong to her. Everyone acts like they're
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  Speaker 5: a caretaker, coming in and handing me peals and then leaving.
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  Speaker 5: Williams said, I've taken just two pills throughout my life
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  Speaker 5: and now there are seven, and I don't even know
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  Speaker 5: what they're for. I have consulted my doctor a long
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  Speaker 5: time to clarify the purpose. When she expressed a desire
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  Speaker 5: to see her doctor concerning her thyroid condition. She has
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  Speaker 5: Graves disease, which affects her thyroid function, she was reportedly
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  Speaker 5: told that her condition is perfect. Quote this is my life, people,
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  Speaker 5: she asserted with intensity. During the most point moments of
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  Speaker 5: the interview, Williams broke down fearing she wouldn't be able
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  Speaker 5: to celebrate her father's upcoming ninety fourth birthday in Miami, saying,
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  Speaker 5: I don't know if i'll get there. I don't know
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  Speaker 5: if they'll let me out of the facility. I'm so
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  Speaker 5: stressed over the possibility of missing my father's ninety fourth birthday.
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  Speaker 5: My life feels completely messed up, she cried, voicing concerns
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  Speaker 5: about potential repercussions for her interview. What if now they
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  Speaker 5: take my phone away, I won't be able to communicate
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  Speaker 5: with anyone When as cow fans could assist her, Finny
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  Speaker 5: encourage supporters to create as much awareness as possible by
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  Speaker 5: using the hashtag free Wendy on social media and by
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  Speaker 5: signing various petitions on change dot org and a GoFundMe campaign.
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  Speaker 5: We need to do whatever it takes to ensure my
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  Speaker 5: aunt can live with her life in dignity as she deserves.
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  Speaker 5: Phinney also noted this is still a legal matter. There
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  Speaker 5: are certain things my aunt and our family cannot discuss. However,
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  Speaker 5: I can say that my aunt sounds great. I've seen
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  Speaker 5: her in limited capacity, and she's clearly not incapacitated. That's
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  Speaker 5: why we fear her situation in this luxury prison. She
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  Speaker 5: is being held against her will and is facing consequences
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  Speaker 5: for reasons that others have fabricated.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Drew Nelson. An eleven year old girl in Syracuse,
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  Speaker 3: New York, is mistakenly handcuffed by deputies searching for a
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  Speaker 3: car theft suspect. The incidents sparking outrage after a video
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  Speaker 3: of the encounter circulates online. The girl was walking home
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  Speaker 3: from school on Monday with her cousin when on Deega
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  Speaker 3: County Sheriff's deputies stopped her. According to authorities, she matched
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  Speaker 3: the description of a young person involved in stealing a
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  Speaker 3: Kia and fleeing a traffic stop. The deputies noted that
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  Speaker 3: her pink jacket and camouflage pants resembled those worn by
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  Speaker 3: the suspect as seen in the video recorded by her cousin.
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  Speaker 3: The children repeatedly told deputies that they had the wrong person.
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  Speaker 3: One deputy showed the handcut girl a photo of the suspect, saying, quote, girl,
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  Speaker 3: you're gonna tell me this, ain't you. Despite the children
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  Speaker 3: pointing out the differences in appearance, the deputies insisted it
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  Speaker 3: was her. The girl began crying when additional deputies arrived. Eventually,
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  Speaker 3: one deputy determined she was not the suspect after comparing
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  Speaker 3: the photo more closely. The girl was released after seven
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  Speaker 3: minutes in handcuffs. One deputy apologized, stating, quote, I'm sorry
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  Speaker 3: about it, but you match the description pretty clearly. The
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  Speaker 3: girl's mother, who didn't want to give her name, expressing
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  Speaker 3: her distress to WSAZ, quote, she no longer wants to
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  Speaker 3: walk to and from school anymore. That was the only
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  Speaker 3: freedom she had and it's now gone.
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  Speaker 4: I can't make sense of that.
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  Speaker 5: I couldn't even finish watching the video.
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  Speaker 4: Even if it wasn't my child, I wouldn't be able
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  Speaker 4: to finish watching the video because that's not how you
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  Speaker 4: handle children.
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  Speaker 3: Allendega County Sheriff's office defends its action, saying the detention
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  Speaker 3: was quote lawful and reasonable, and that handcuffing detainees is
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  Speaker 3: standard procedure to prevent escalation. They acknowledged the girl's cooperation
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  Speaker 3: helped resolve the situation Quickly. Following the incident, Sheriff Toby
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  Speaker 3: Shelley met with the girl's mother and agreed to a
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  Speaker 3: new policy. Deputies must now notify a parent or guardian
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  Speaker 3: when a juvenile is detained, regardless of the duration. A
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  Speaker 3: spokesperson says the policy would be formalized soon. The suspect
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  Speaker 3: in the car theft remains at large and for the
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