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Guatemalan National Arrested in Kidnapping and Sex Assault of 6-Year-Old NJ Girl | Crime Alert 09.12.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now. I'm Sydney Silvani.
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  Speaker 1: A six-year-old girl kidnapped from her bedroom in the middle
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  Speaker 1: of the night has sparked outrage in Washington Borough, New Jersey.
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  Speaker 1: Investigators report that 27-year-old Lester Noe Perez Amador, an undocumented
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  Speaker 1: immigrant from Guatemala, broke into a local residence during the
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  Speaker 1: Labor Day holiday weekend and abducted the young child. According
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  Speaker 1: to the Washington Township Police Department, family members reported the
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  Speaker 1: little girl missing just before 3 a.m. Saturday. Within an hour,
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  Speaker 1: responding officers spotted her returning home on foot. She was
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  Speaker 1: immediately transported to a local hospital for medical evaluation and treatment.
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  Speaker 1: Police say Perez Amador was known to the child victim.
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  Speaker 1: As evidence mounted, investigators uncovered horrifying allegations that Perez Amador
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  Speaker 1: sexually assaulted the six-year-old after kidnapping her. Authorities arrested him
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  Speaker 1: the next day, initially charging him with home invasion, burglary,
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  Speaker 1: and first-degree kidnapping, a charge carrying up to life imprisonment
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  Speaker 1: with at least 25 years of parole ineligibility under New
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  Speaker 1: Jersey law. On Tuesday, Warren County Prosecutor Jessica Cardone formally
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  Speaker 1: announced severe elevated charges, two counts of aggravated sexual assault
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  Speaker 1: and one count of endangering the welfare of a child,
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  Speaker 1: promising her office will relentlessly pursue full justice in court.
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  Speaker 1: The Department of Homeland Security confirmed it lodged an immigration
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  Speaker 1: detainer against Perez Amador following his arrest. DHS revealed he
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  Speaker 1: was previously arrested for a DUI in March 2024 and
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  Speaker 1: taken into ICE custody, but was released back into the
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  Speaker 1: community by the Biden administration. DHS is now publicly urging
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  Speaker 1: local Warren County authorities to transfer Perez Amador to ICE
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  Speaker 1: custody for deportation to Guatemala. He remains held inside a
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  Speaker 1: Warren County jail cell pending an October 19th court appearance.
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  Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this. In Alabama, a
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  Speaker 1: federal law enforcement agent whose job was to protect children
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  Speaker 1: from predators is now facing a devastating multi-count indictment for
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  Speaker 1: horrific sex crimes. Spanish Fort Police and a Baldwin County
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  Speaker 1: grand jury formally indicted 43-year-old Kent Blackledge, a special agent
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  Speaker 1: with Homeland Security Investigations, on charges including first-degree rape, second-degree rape, sodomy,
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  Speaker 1: sexual abuse, and incest involving a juvenile female. According to
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  Speaker 1: the Spanish Fort Police Department, detectives opened an intensive investigation
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  Speaker 1: on January 11 following a detailed report alleging sexual abuse.
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  Speaker 1: Blackledge was placed on administrative leave shortly after. Spanish Fort
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  Speaker 1: Police Chief John Barber commended the victim's extraordinary courage and
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  Speaker 1: resolve in coming forward against a high-ranking federal officer. Alabama
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  Speaker 1: Attorney General Steve Marshall is prosecuting the case after the
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  Speaker 1: Baldwin County District Attorney's Office officially recused itself because Blackledge
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  Speaker 1: serves as a key witness in other active cases. Marshall
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  Speaker 1: expressed profound disgust, noting Blackledge's professional duties directly involved investigating
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  Speaker 1: child exploitation cases and educating the public. Authorities confirmed there
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  Speaker 1: is one known minor victim and no indication of additional victims.
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  Speaker 1: Blackledge surrendered to law enforcement on September 5. If released
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  Speaker 1: on bond, he faces strict electronic GPS monitoring, home confinement,
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  Speaker 1: and a mandatory prohibition against contacting anyone under 18. Turning
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  Speaker 1: to Florida, newly released police body cam video from the
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  Speaker 1: Daytona Beach Police Department captures a late-night hit-and-run where a
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  Speaker 1: suspect tried to dismiss a violent crash. Surveillance video shows
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  Speaker 1: 24-year-old Elizabeth Boucher slamming her SUV into a parked Honda,
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  Speaker 1: shoving it completely across a lawn. When officers arrived on scene,
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  Speaker 1: Boucher attempted to downplay the heavy impact to investigating officers.
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  Speaker 1: So what happened? I guess I hit the front light
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  Speaker 1: of their car, but I don't know what really happened.
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  Speaker 1: You didn't just hit the front of the car, you
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  Speaker 1: just took the car completely off. When asked for her
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  Speaker 1: driver's license, Boucher handed over a passport instead. As the
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  Speaker 1: roadside investigation turned criminal, she pleaded with officers to avoid jail.
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  Speaker 1: Please don't take me to jail for this. Officers read
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  Speaker 1: Boucher her Miranda rights, but she adamantly refused all field
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  Speaker 1: sobriety exercises and chemical breath tests. You have the right
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  Speaker 1: to remain silent. With these rights in mind, are you
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  Speaker 1: willing to talk to me? No? Okay. Those are your rights.
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  Speaker 1: Will you be willing to submit to a sobriety exercise
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  Speaker 1: to determine whether if you're impaired to operate a motor vehicle? Nope.
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  Speaker 1: No exercise. Ma'am. Get over here. Get over here. Ma'am. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I got the one. Why? Why are you doing this?
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  Speaker 1: I am now requesting that you submit to a lawful
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  Speaker 1: test of your breath for the purpose of determining alcohol content.
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  Speaker 1: Will you submit? No. Boucher then insisted she and the
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  Speaker 1: officers were friends, prompting a swift reality check from law enforcement.
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  Speaker 1: Is that where you're all friends? To make matters worse,
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  Speaker 1: the victim told officers Boucher confronted and slapped her immediately
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  Speaker 1: after the crash occurred. Even after her arrest, Boucher expressed
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  Speaker 1: confusion while sitting alone inside the patrol car. Yeah, I'm
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  Speaker 1: just trying to figure out what's going on. Okay, just
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  Speaker 1: give us a minute, okay? Well, why am I sitting
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  Speaker 1: here all alone? Why is nothing happening? That's normally what
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  Speaker 1: happens when you are arrested. Daytona Beach police charged Boucher
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  Speaker 1: with DUI involving property damage, battery, refusing tests, resisting without violence,
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  Speaker 1: and drug possession. She has pleaded not guilty and returns
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  Speaker 1: to court in October. For more crime and justice news,
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  Speaker 1: be sure to join us for Crime Stories with Nancy
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  Speaker 1: on Tubi. With this Crime Alert, I'm Sydney Silvani.