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Alexander Brothers Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Sex Trafficking Case | Crime Alert 10.29.26 · Crime Alert Hourly Update

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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 federal courtroom in New York City delivers a major
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  Speaker 1: reckoning for three brothers once hailed as luxury real estate titans. Oren, Elan,
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  Speaker 1: and Tal Alexander have each been sentenced to 30 years
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  Speaker 1: in prison, months after their convictions in a high-profile federal
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  Speaker 1: sex trafficking trial. United States District Judge Valerie Caproni handed
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  Speaker 1: down the lengthy sentences on Tuesday, October 27, marking the
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  Speaker 1: end of a trial that concluded in March and exposed
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  Speaker 1: what federal prosecutors characterized as decades of predatory conduct. Federal
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  Speaker 1: prosecutors detailed the abuse in unsparing terms. In an official statement,
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  Speaker 1: United States Attorney Jamie McDonald condemned the trio, declaring that Elan, Oren,
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  Speaker 1: and Tal Alexander are convicted sex traffickers and serial rapists.
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  Speaker 1: McDonald stated that the defendants preyed on women and young girls,
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  Speaker 1: using drugs and violence to incapacitate them so they could
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  Speaker 1: rape them. The U.S. attorney emphasized that the defendants carried
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  Speaker 1: out these assaults for years, inflicting unspeakable harm on numerous
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  Speaker 1: young women while using their high-profile careers and social status
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  Speaker 1: to conceal the danger they posed. McDonald concluded that today's
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  Speaker 1: sentence makes clear that this craven, sinister conduct is extraordinarily
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  Speaker 1: egregious and will be met with serious punishment. Prior to
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  Speaker 1: their arrest, 39-year-old Oren Alexander and 40-year-old Tal Alexander were
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  Speaker 1: successful real estate brokers, while 39-year-old Alon Alexander worked as
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  Speaker 1: a security executive. but authorities revealed their illegal conduct dated
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  Speaker 1: back to high school. During trial, Assistant U.S. Attorney Madison
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  Speaker 1: Smizer argued the brothers masqueraded as party boys when they
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  Speaker 1: were really predators, using drugs, alcohol, and brute force to
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  Speaker 1: carry out rapes. The brothers have also been named in
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  Speaker 1: civil lawsuits alleging sexual assault, which they deny. Addressing the
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  Speaker 1: court during sentencing, Oren Alexander denied raping anyone, claiming he
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  Speaker 1: came of age at the time of the Howard Stern
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  Speaker 1: Show and the glorification of Playboy. Tal Alexander asked Judge
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  Speaker 1: Caprioni to sentence him to the same prison as his brothers.
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  Speaker 1: Prosecutors had sought life sentences, while defense attorneys requested 15 years. Then-U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Attorney Jay Clayton noted following the verdict that while the
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  Speaker 1: outcome cannot undo heinous abuse, It sends a message that
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  Speaker 1: New Yorkers want an end to sex trafficking in all communities.
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  Speaker 1: The case is featured in the Peacock docuseries The Wolves
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  Speaker 1: of Real Estate, The Alexander Brothers, where one woman stated,
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  Speaker 1: I didn't even know what to call what they did
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  Speaker 1: to me. Despite convictions, the brothers maintain innocence. In September,
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  Speaker 1: they hired attorney Alan Dershowitz, who confirmed working on their case,
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  Speaker 1: but denied seeking a presidential pardon from Donald Trump. More
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  Speaker 1: crime and justice news after this. In Central Florida, an
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  Speaker 1: Osceola County mother faces four counts of child neglect without
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  Speaker 1: great bodily harm after authorities say she left four young
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  Speaker 1: children home alone so she could travel to Las Vegas.
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  Speaker 1: The Osceola County Sheriff's Office released details outlining the case
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  Speaker 1: against 50-year-old Irene Miller. Deputies responded to Miller's residence on
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  Speaker 1: the night of October 21 after a girl called 911,
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  Speaker 1: reporting a dumbbell had fallen on her 9-year-old brother's head.
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  Speaker 1: Emergency personnel arrived to discover the injured boy alongside three siblings,
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  Speaker 1: ages 14, 12, and 11, left completely unsupervised. The boy
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  Speaker 1: was transported to a local hospital for medical treatment and discharged.
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  Speaker 1: When investigators contacted Miller, she allegedly stated she flew to
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  Speaker 1: Las Vegas for work on October 18 and planned to
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  Speaker 1: return October 23. Miller told deputies she arranged for a
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  Speaker 1: babysitter to commute from Tampa mornings and afternoons to prepare
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  Speaker 1: the children for school and check on them, but admitted
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  Speaker 1: the sitter was not required to stay overnight. Deputies coordinated
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  Speaker 1: with the children's father, who agreed to take custody of
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  Speaker 1: all four minors. When Miller touched down in Florida on
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  Speaker 1: the morning of October 23rd, deputies were waiting at the airport.
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  Speaker 1: Body camera footage shared on Facebook shows deputies approaching Miller
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  Speaker 1: off the plane, escorting her, and placing her in handcuffs
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  Speaker 1: before leading her to a patrol vehicle. It remains unclear
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  Speaker 1: whether Miller has entered a plea or retained an attorney.
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  Speaker 1: In Southern California, an educator and rabbi is charged with
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  Speaker 1: murder after authorities say he intentionally plowed his vehicle into
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  Speaker 1: a worker painting lines in a retail parking lot. According
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  Speaker 1: to the Ventura County District Attorney's Office, 35-year-old Abba Avraham
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  Speaker 1: Bryski of Agora Hills faces murder charges in the October
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  Speaker 1: 20 death of Nicholas Lang. Jail records list Bryski's occupation
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  Speaker 1: as an educator and rabbi. The fatal encounter occurred outside
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  Speaker 1: a Camarillo Costco around 8.30 p.m., where Lang was painting stripes.
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  Speaker 1: Prosecutors allege Bryski drove his Infiniti Q60 coupe directly at Lang,
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  Speaker 1: intentionally striking him. Sheriff's deputies responded at 8.37 p.m. near
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  Speaker 1: the gas pumps, where witnesses pointed out Bryski sitting inside
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  Speaker 1: his car. Lang, of Modesto, was transported to Ventura County
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  Speaker 1: Medical Center, where he died. Authorities have not disclosed a
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  Speaker 1: motive or if the two men knew each other. Ventura
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  Speaker 1: County District Attorney Eric Nasarenko called the incident a devastating
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  Speaker 1: and senseless loss of life, noting Lang was killed by
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  Speaker 1: someone demonstrating a shocking disregard for human life. In addition
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  Speaker 1: to murder, Bryski faces a weapons allegation and misdemeanor resisting.
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  Speaker 1: His arraignment was continued to November 18th. He remains held
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  Speaker 1: in custody without bail. 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.