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Judge Denies Lindsay Clancy Defense Bid to Investigate Lone Holdout Juror in Triple Murder Trial | Crime Alert 10.26.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvani. In Massachusetts, a judge has summarily dismissed
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  Speaker 2: an effort by Lindsey Clancy's defense team to investigate the
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  Speaker 2: lone holdout juror who forced a mistrial in her triple
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  Speaker 2: murder trial. Judge William Sullivan denied a motion filed by
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  Speaker 2: defense attorney Kevin Reddington seeking access to juror Michael Desrenville's
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  Speaker 2: initial questionnaire, an examination of his cell phone, and an
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  Speaker 2: order compelling him to be questioned in court. Clancy's attorney
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  Speaker 2: argued the inquiry was necessary to determine if Desrenville had lied,
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  Speaker 2: improperly used his mobile device during deliberations, or refused to
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  Speaker 2: follow judicial instructions before refusing to vote not guilty like
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  Speaker 2: his 11 fellow jurors. In his ruling, Judge Sullivan rejected
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  Speaker 2: each request, noting that post-trial information regarding a juror's impartiality
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  Speaker 2: cannot attack the necessity of a mistrial, as claims the
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  Speaker 2: juror may have lied only emerged after the deadlock. The
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  Speaker 2: judge also denied the cell phone examination, ruling the court
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  Speaker 2: cannot intrude into a juror's subjective reasoning or deliberations. Desrenville
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  Speaker 2: stood firmly behind his refusal to find Clancy not criminally
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  Speaker 2: responsible due to postpartum psychosis, explaining his decision to Fox
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  Speaker 2: News Digital.
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  Speaker 1: How methodical I thought Lindsay was in the execution of
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  Speaker 1: the children. So that was really big for me with,
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  Speaker 1: you know, from watching the video and also listening in
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  Speaker 1: the courtroom. the thought process that goes behind and to
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  Speaker 1: fulfill the commitment of doing that.
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  Speaker 2: Deserenville has referred to the slain children, five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson,
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  Speaker 2: and eight-month-old Callen as the three angels. The juror also
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  Speaker 2: denied lying under oath, insisted phones were only used during breaks,
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  Speaker 2: and defended his questionnaire responses to Fox News Digital. He
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  Speaker 2: is accusing a juror, you, of making a false statement.
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  Speaker 1: Your response to Kevin Reddington? I answered everything truthfully. I
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  Speaker 1: answered the questionnaire truthfully.
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  Speaker 2: Judge Sullivan also dismissed arguments that the four-person's deadlock note
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  Speaker 2: was ambiguous, denying any questioning of the juror. Clancy now
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  Speaker 2: awaits an upcoming hearing where her attorney will argue double
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  Speaker 2: jeopardy to dismiss all charges. If denied, prosecutors must decide
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  Speaker 2: whether to retry her. Clancy remains at Tewksbury Hospital awaiting
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  Speaker 2: her next hearing. More crime and justice news after this.
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  Speaker 2: A retired New York City police detective has been arrested
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  Speaker 2: in connection with a fatal shooting on the George Washington Bridge.
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  Speaker 2: Shortly after 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 20th, NYPD officers
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  Speaker 2: responded to 911 calls reporting a man shot on the
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  Speaker 2: outbound upper-level roadway of the bridge. Arriving officers discovered 46-year-old
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  Speaker 2: Corin Irvine unconscious in the driver's seat of his vehicle,
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  Speaker 2: suffering from a gunshot wound to the rear of his
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  Speaker 2: right shoulder. Irvine was transported to Englewood Hospital, where he
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  Speaker 2: was pronounced deceased. Following a search, police arrested 62-year-old Victor
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  Speaker 2: Romero on Wednesday, charging him with murder. The NYPD confirmed
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  Speaker 2: Romero is a former department employee who retired 25 years
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  Speaker 2: ago after working as a detective. While the department indicated
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  Speaker 2: the shooting appears to stem from a road rage encounter,
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  Speaker 2: investigators are working to confirm the final motive. The victim
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  Speaker 2: was an employee of Con Edison, In a statement, the
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  Speaker 2: company shared heartbreak over the tragic loss of a member
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  Speaker 2: of their family in a senseless act of violence, extending
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  Speaker 2: deep condolences to all who knew him. A GoFundMe organized
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  Speaker 2: for Irvine's loved ones remembers him as a beloved husband
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  Speaker 2: to Patricia and devoted father to his children, Leah and Hiro,
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  Speaker 2: celebrating his infectious smile, warmth, and zest for life. In Florida,
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  Speaker 2: a 47-year-old man is behind bars without bond after authorities
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  Speaker 2: say he attacked an elderly shopper with a box cutter
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  Speaker 2: inside a public supermarket because the victim looked like he
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  Speaker 2: was from the 1960s. Ramsey Thomas Lyons of Punta Gorda
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  Speaker 2: was arrested Saturday, October 10th and charged with felony aggravated
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  Speaker 2: battery on a person 65 or older following the violent
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  Speaker 2: incident on Tamiami Trail. According to a probable cause affidavit,
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  Speaker 2: 70-year-old David Terry was shopping around 3.45 in the afternoon
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  Speaker 2: when he felt what seemed like a punch to the
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  Speaker 2: left side of his face. Turning, Terry saw Lyons staring
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  Speaker 2: at him with a box cutter blade in his hand.
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  Speaker 2: After seeing blood on his hands, Terry retreated to customer service.
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  Speaker 2: Police arriving on scene found Lyons standing by the store
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  Speaker 2: entrance with his hands on his head. Investigators say Lyons
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  Speaker 2: admitted dropping the weapon so officers would not shoot or
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  Speaker 2: taser him. Lyons allegedly told police he had an undiagnosed
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  Speaker 2: mental illness, hated the 1960s, and entered the store intending
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  Speaker 2: to murder someone, stating he felt like acing Terry out
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  Speaker 2: by slashing his neck. Terry was treated at a hospital
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  Speaker 2: for a 4-6 inch gash extending from his cheek across
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  Speaker 2: his jawline and neck. Records show Lyons previously attacked a
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  Speaker 2: stranger in March 2025, punching a 16-year-old boy out of
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  Speaker 2: Port Charlotte, Wawa. Assault victim Gavin Gentry recounted the incident
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  Speaker 2: to Wink. He started to walk up to me and said, hey,
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  Speaker 2: I have a problem, and then he punched me. My
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  Speaker 2: brain was thinking, what if he had a knife or
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  Speaker 2: a gun? That moment, I could have died. Following that attack,
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  Speaker 2: Lyons entered a mental health court diversion program with probation
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  Speaker 2: ending in July. Lyons remains held without bond ahead of
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  Speaker 2: a November 16th court date. For more crime and justice news,
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  Speaker 2: be sure to join us for Crime Stories with Nancy
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  Speaker 2: Grace on Fox 1, YouTube, Sirius XM, and now streaming
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  Speaker 2: on Tubi. With this crime alert, I'm Sydney Silvani.