True Crime Time For February 24, 2026 | Child Neglect, CPS Trafficking & California Disappearance

Summary

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Real Life Real Crime – True Crime Time For February 24, 2026

Episode Overview

In this gripping, wide-ranging episode of "True Crime Time For," Woody Overton and his wife, Cindy Overton, provide commentary and analysis on a string of shocking recent crime stories, mostly involving child neglect, animal abuse, government agency misconduct, and random acts of violence. The Overtons infuse their trademark blend of gallows humor, outrage, and personal insight, deepening the stories with their own experiences and candid perspectives.

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Main Topics & Key Discussion Points

1. Update on Ongoing Justice Campaigns

Timestamps: 01:57–02:56

• Woody revisits ongoing cases (#JusticeForHaley, etc.), urging listeners to call in tips and support GoFundMe efforts to secure scientific evidence in high-profile murder cases.

  "No tip is too small justice for Haley. Please go to the GoFundMe..." (Woody, 02:14)

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2. 1978 Chico, California Disappearance of Five Men

Timestamps: 04:15–05:05

• Woody recalls the baffling disappearance of five mentally challenged men from Chico, California, after a basketball game.
• Discussion highlights the enduring mystery of the case and lack of attention in pre-internet days.

  "They all disappeared." (Cindy, 04:57)
  "Never heard about that story. Probably because...I was playing with Luke Skywalker." (Woody, 05:05)

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3. Florida Child Neglect Case (Roslyn Perdoma)

Timestamps: 05:58–10:09

• Cindy reads from a local news story about a Miami woman accused of exposing her 3-year-old daughter to hazardous, filthy living conditions, including lice, malnutrition, and home filled with roaches.
• Woody and Cindy debate the phrasing ("letting" vs "making" the child live in filth).
• Details include drug presence in the house, and uncertainty about where authorities placed the child afterwards.

  "So the dollar lived in it." (Woody, 06:44)
  "Malnourished and expressed. She was hungry and thirsty." (Cindy, 08:33)
  "I want to beat that ass." (Woody, 08:37)

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4. Michigan Animal Neglect – Trooper Bitten (Brianna McCosky)

Timestamps: 10:09–15:52

• Woody describes police discovering dozens of dead/malnourished animals and a combative 22-year-old woman who bites a state trooper while resisting arrest.
• Discussion includes their own experiences with assaultive suspects and frustration at the perpetrator's apparent lack of remorse or personal upkeep.

  "That's years of evil just eating away at you...there's living hard and then there's living roadkill hard." (Woody, 15:37–15:38)

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5. California Sex Offender Stalks Mother and Child (Raymond Macias)

Timestamps: 21:25–23:54

• Cindy details the case of a 78-year-old registered offender stalking women and a 5-year-old across San Bernardino bus lines.
• Woody and Cindy underscore the need for vigilance and share the suspect’s prior record.

  "Y'all keep your head on the swivel. Watch who's watching you." (Woody, 23:27)

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6. Daycare Teacher Gives Laxatives to Toddlers (Yazelle Juarez)

Timestamps: 24:57–29:03

• Illinois daycare teacher faces criminal charges for giving laxatives to toddlers, leaving parents bewildered and angry.
• The Overtons speculate on her motives, express outrage, and highlight the broader issue of trust in childcare.

  "If I was that...I beat that motherfucker's ass. I would take that charge." (Woody, 27:00)

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7. Random Attack on Teenager in Daytona, FL (Sullivan Clark)

Timestamps: 29:05–32:09

• Cindy shares a story of a 13-year-old boy whose throat was randomly slashed while on vacation—surviving by sheer luck and a timely turn of the head.
• Descriptions by the father and Woody illustrate the close call and traumatic aftermath.

  "The crazy thing is I turned at the perfect time..." (Sullivan Clark, 31:00)
  "He'd be planning a funeral." (Woody, 31:52)

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8. Texas CPS Worker Charged with Child Trafficking (Hannah Sample)

Timestamps: 33:06–35:33

• Includes an ABC13 news clip: A young CPS worker removes a minor from state custody and engages in sexual activity with him.
• The hosts react with particular outrage, highlighting the betrayal of trust and demand for severe punishment.

  "That's not having sex. Raping them, raping them. That is a death...should be a death penalty case." (Woody, 35:18–35:26)

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9. Teen Murder in Forks, Washington

Timestamps: 35:33–40:49

• Cindy covers a 17-year-old who, after a party and being called a "tweaker," returns with a revolver and kills another young man.
• Discussion explores motives (bullying, mental health issues), and the ongoing risk dynamics in court.

  "I remember the rage overtook me... As soon as I pulled that trigger...I knew what I did." (Cowles, per court records, 39:45)

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10. Arizona Parents Lock Children Up—Severe Child Abuse Case

Timestamps: 41:34–47:37

• Parents accused of locking their 4- and 6-year-old sons in a filth-ridden room 24/7, barring them from bathroom access with zip ties, resulting in severe developmental delays and unsanitary, hoarder-like conditions.
• Neither child had ever been to a doctor or to school; both parents charged.
• Both hosts express strong disgust, but focus on the potential for the boys’ futures now that they’re in care.

  "I'm a bad mom sometimes." (Sarah Jackson, via Cindy, 42:21)
  "Yes, Ms. Jackson, we agree with you. You're a mother...and they also shithead of a wife." (Woody, 46:15)
  "They're gonna thrive. They're out of there now. They're gonna thrive." (Cindy, 47:27)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Woody on child abuse investigations:

  "I have a lot of victims that are grown ass adults and productive society now." (47:31)

• Outrage at public servant betrayal:

  "People always think pedophiles are men...she's raping them, that's not having sex, raping them." (Woody, 34:55)

• Humor amidst horror:

  "That's living roadkill hard." (Woody, 15:37)

• Real talk on criminal motivation:

  "It's all in the head, 99% mental. That's why we build prisons." (Woody, 23:56)

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Episode Flow and Tone

Woody and Cindy maintain a conversational, often darkly humorous tone, balancing raw anger over the crimes with moments of levity and pop culture asides (eg. GI Joe, Star Wars toys). Woody draws on his experience in law enforcement to comment insightfully on legal processes, offenders’ mindsets, and victims’ prospects. Both hosts frequently express empathy for victims and disgust for perpetrators—especially where children and those in positions of trust are involved.

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Important Timestamps for Reference

• Intro & Justice Campaigns: 01:45–02:56
• Historic Disappearance (Chico, CA): 04:15–05:05
• Florida Child Neglect (Perdoma): 05:58–10:09
• Michigan Animal Neglect (McCosky): 10:09–15:52
• CA Stalker (Macias): 21:25–23:54
• Daycare Laxative Case: 24:57–29:03
• Daytona Teen Slashing: 29:05–32:09
• Texas CPS Trafficking (Sample): 33:06–35:33
• Teen Murder (Forks, WA): 35:33–40:49
• Arizona Child Abuse: 41:34–47:37

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Final Thoughts

This episode epitomizes the Real Life Real Crime DNA: direct, emotional storytelling, a focus on justice and advocacy, and unfiltered reactions to the worst of human behavior. The hosts spotlight the crucial importance of vigilance, accountability, and community reporting—both in the fight against crime, and in supporting survivors.

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Transcript

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[Woody Overton]

Hello everybody and welcome to this episode of True Crime time for Tuesday, February 24, 2020 26. And I'm Woody Overton.

[Cindy Overton]

I'm Cindy Overton.

[Woody Overton]

And bringing this true crime time again, let's lay it down. A little chilly outside today. False summer last week. Cold now. Right. And then guess what? That gives me a chance to burn the rest of the firewood off the porch so there'll be no snakes living in in another month when it's 95 degrees. Then hashtag just for Bradley. Hashtag just for AO. Hashtag just barber Blunt, y'. All Call in your tips. No tip is too small justice for Haley. Please go to the GoFundMe and donate when you need to bring the rest of the scientific evidence home. It's a damn shame that we're having to do this, but Scott Rotter and Evidence Room, they've proven it and they're continuing but they Want to prove it over and over and over and over again. So the Cobb County DA has no choice but to pursue homicide charges. And actually, if they do that, they'd probably take a plea.

[Cindy Overton]

Oh, yeah.

[Woody Overton]

But meanwhile, on this day in 1978. Yesterday, I told you about 1979, but 1978, I was playing my GI Joe with the Kung Fu grip. The big dolls. Right. Maybe not at 8 years old, but the. Or we will wobbles. Remember those?

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah. I don't think you're playing with weeble

[Woody Overton]

wobbles at 8 years old. They. I probably just remember that tree house. And they had the. The hidden door in the wood. Yeah, the fake wood. I know, plastic. But, you know, I did have Spider man camera.

[Cindy Overton]

A camera?

[Woody Overton]

Yep. You had to put load the 9 millimeter.

[Cindy Overton]

Feels cool.

[Woody Overton]

And I don't ever think I got any pictures off of it, but I

[Cindy Overton]

was in my Big Wheel at that age at eight. Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

But Star wars came out in 1977. I know. I was playing with action figures. This is 1978.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah. Well, I would have been seven in eight. 78.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Cindy Overton]

I could still play on a Big Wheel at that age.

[Woody Overton]

I used to love Big Will.

[Cindy Overton]

I love it.

[Woody Overton]

But that break and the. I didn't have one for very long because I was a beast on bicycles. He'd make a ramp in the yard and jump off the ramp and shit.

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[Woody Overton]

But on this day in 1978, five young men were seen for the last time in Chico, California, after they watched a basketball game at California State University. Ted Weir, Bill Sterling, Jack Medburga, Jackie Huitt, and Gary Mathis were a group of men who were known to be mentally challenged. After the game, the boys never returned despite having a basketball game the next day. The car the men were in was discovered just days later without any clues as to where the men had gone.

[Cindy Overton]

Wow.

[Woody Overton]

They all disappeared.

[Cindy Overton]

Wow.

[Woody Overton]

That's crazy.

[Cindy Overton]

I know.

[Woody Overton]

I didn't know about that. I never heard about it. Never heard about that story.

[Cindy Overton]

I know.

[Woody Overton]

Probably because I was. They didn't have the Internet and I was playing with Luke Skywalker. And I had my favorite, Princess Lee. My favorite was. I did have Princess Leia. My favorite. My favorite was Han Solo. And Chewie and I had their. Their. The Millennium Falcon. The ship. And it had a hidden compartment in the floor.

[Cindy Overton]

You remember when WL used to talk like Chewie?

[Woody Overton]

Yeah. When he would go. We got to remind him that now he's 15, and it looks like he's 28. All right, so what do you have true crime time for today. It's time for family matters.

[Cindy Overton]

Starting off strong with this one. I have a, an issue with the way this is worded. It says, a Florida woman is accused of letting her 3 year old daughter live with filth, including a severe infestation of lice in her hair.

[Woody Overton]

Why do you have a problem with how it's stated?

[Cindy Overton]

Letting implies that the daughter wants to live that way.

[Woody Overton]

Read it again.

[Cindy Overton]

A Florida woman is accused of letting her 3 year old daughter live in filth.

[Woody Overton]

Well, she did let her.

[Cindy Overton]

She made her. It's a she.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, I mean, either way, she let her. She made her. She didn't clean up the trash. They got filth. And so the dollar lived in it.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah, right. Made to live in it. Okay. Roslyn Perdoma, who's 36 years old, is in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional center on a charge of child neglect without grade bodily harm. So on Sunday, the Miami Police Department was. A patrol officer with the Miami Police Department was in the area of Northwest fourth Avenue and Northeast eighth Street in Miami when he observed a nude adult female with a nude female child.

[Woody Overton]

Nice.

[Cindy Overton]

They were in the corner of the intersection. He asked the adult what was going on and whether she needed help. The woman, later identified as Predomo, told him her daughter was acting out and wanted to go outside, so she decided to go with her. However, when the mother wanted to go back inside, the toddler was resisting the officer report.

[Woody Overton]

The toddler's like, I want to go back in that nasty motherfucker. Right.

[Cindy Overton]

The officer reportedly told Perdamo to grab the child and go back home, but she was unable to do so safely.

[Woody Overton]

And weren't they naked?

[Cindy Overton]

The affidavit states that there was an indication the defendant was under the influence of alcohol.

[Woody Overton]

Oh, bet you not.

[Cindy Overton]

So the cop called on his radio for an officer of the Special Victims unit to help. Authorities checked on the well being of the child, finding in addition to lice infestation, the girl appeared malnourished and expressed. She was hungry and thirsty.

[Woody Overton]

Oh God, but I want to beat that ass.

[Cindy Overton]

Perdamo reportedly allowed officers to enter her home to retrieve clothing. And as they entered, of course they found a filthy setting. There was no edible food in the home and there were roaches all over what food there was all over the furniture and the clothing. The refrigerator and freezer were empty. And, well, they weren't completely empty because there were roaches inside of them. One officer observed what appeared to be a large nugget of marijuana in plain Sight near the victim's toys. So the mom was arrested and the drugs were seized. Officers reported the situation to Florida Department of Children and Families. And it is definitely unclear at this time where the child was placed. But.

[Woody Overton]

Well, you know what? She was placed somewhere with no roaches and a bathtub and food and love and protection. Right. And that lady beast mode. And this lady too. That. Now, you know, I don't. I don't do like what they call it, look shaming or anything like that. But wait till I show you a picture of this.

[Cindy Overton]

Okay?

[Woody Overton]

I mean talk about a face only a mama could love. Look at this. The. But this. I think that comes a lot from a lot of years of evil just eating away at you. So we are going to Michigan and the state police had to get involved in this case. Ladies case.

[Cindy Overton]

Okay.

[Woody Overton]

Because she was special.

[Cindy Overton]

Like special special.

[Woody Overton]

No. And state police say cats, rabbits, pigs and goats were found dead with dozens of live animals seized. Dozens of dead and malnourished animals were discovered at a rural Michigan property. And a state trooper was bitten on the wrist during the investigation that followed.

[Cindy Overton]

Goodness.

[Woody Overton]

By this. This queen, this special evil woman. According to Michigan State Police release. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Gladstone Post. Well, they received a call on February 3rd which said there was some animal neglect involving multiple individuals. Well, troopers started snooping about and they got enough to obtain a search warrant for a property along a County Road 426 in Cornwell, Cornell Township. State police said troopers executed the warrant. State police search warrant executed the warrant on February 4 and discovered several deceased animals at the location, including cats, rabbits, pigs and goats. Now the release said the troopers also located live animals in malnourished and unhealthy condition. Seized and removed 14 cats, 12 rabbits and one sheep from the property. Right.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

So while troopers were attempting to complete their investigation, a woman on the scene began resisting and obstructing officers and refuse to follow lawful orders. How do you think this is going to end for you?

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[Woody Overton]

At least one of those troopers there gives a about an animal. It's not just doing their job. They already got the red ass at you. Now you want to show your ass.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Well, we're going to show you our ass too. And then I used to tell people, you want to show your ass, I'll show mine. So the state police said the woman then bit one of the troopers on the wrist. She bit him. You. I wish a would. Right.

[Cindy Overton]

One did bite you.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, they did. But the. The. They got their justice too. But say police said the woman then bit one of the troopers on the wrist after she was informed that she was under arrest. She continued to fight with the troopers and attempted to bite another trooper before they were able to get her some real estate and take her ass into custody. Basically, it was a fight. The woman, identified in the release as 22 year old Brianna mccosky, was detained at the delta county jail estate. Police said she was arraigned on February 5th, my birthday, in the 94th District Court on three felony counts related to resisting, obstructing and assaulting the police officer. And her bond was set at a whopping $4,000 cash and she's due by court on the 19th. But the animal neglect investigation remains ongoing and will be submitted to delta county prosecutors. For you. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. State police were assisted by the delta animal shelter. You know, the, the. The times I did get injured on job fighting people and stuff and put the charge on them, the. The d. A. Would always have the respect, whatever it was, wherever they were to call me and say, hey, look, yeah, I'm thinking about offering to do a plea. Or you just want his ass go to prison or what do you want? Yeah, and usually you would want, I'm only gonna go to prison. Yeah, yeah, go to prison. But then they would call me after they go to prison. This actually did happen. D.A. called me and said, look, this dude's not already done like six years and it's a 10 year max. And he didn't have any, you know, thing before. Did you care if he gets out on parole? I said, nope, you. You can parole them, that's fine. But tell that he. If I ever see him again, I'm gonna kill him.

[Cindy Overton]

Oh, my gosh.

[Woody Overton]

Okay. And evidently it did because I never saw him again.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

So anyway, there's that. Well, there you have it. You get Leah Marie. Somebody's got to post that picture of that lady at 22. She looks like that. I can't imagine what she's gonna look like at 52.

[Cindy Overton]

Like you said, it's years of.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, that's because living hard. Yeah, there's living hard and then there's living roadkill hard. Yeah, right.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And biting the cops. Let me know how it works out for you. Yeah, you're gonna. You're gonna do some prison time.

[Cindy Overton]

Very animalistic behavior for all the animals.

[Woody Overton]

And that killed, therefore. That's why that was a beast mode. All right?

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[Cindy Overton]

I got a 78 year old California man. And this 78. 78 year old California man is accused of harassing and stalking a mother and her five year old child. And he also stalked other women as they rode a local bus from stop to stop San Bernardino.

[Woody Overton]

Like her masturbator yesterday.

[Cindy Overton]

Right. The San Bernardino Sheriff's Department says that Raymond Macias, who is a registered sex offender from Hesperia, was following females from various bus stops throughout the high desert to the transportation center in Victorville.

[Woody Overton]

And they do it all the time. It's like a serial butt sniffer. Stories and stuff like this. These people, this is what they do job.

[Cindy Overton]

They wake up in the morning, wake

[Woody Overton]

up in the morning, all they think about is, I'm gonna go stalk these people or I'm gonna go spanked the monkey in public or whatever.

[Cindy Overton]

Yep. He would follow him from, you know, place to place and he said, including a mom and her child while driving a red 2004 Shelby Silverado. times, Macias was accused of attempting to persuade victims to enter his vehicle.

[Woody Overton]

Fantasy continues.

[Cindy Overton]

He was following the mother and her child as they rode on local buses. This is what police say. Please.

[Woody Overton]

Meanwhile, while he's following, the whole time he's raping him in his mind.

[Cindy Overton]

Police are asking any other people who saw him stalking or harassing female riders to come forward. Investigators are releasing photographs of Macias and his vehicle in an effort to identify any additional victims or witnesses. And the Transit Operations Division's Victor Valley transit detail arrested Macias on Monday for the incidents. The woman he was stalking was 29 years old.

[Woody Overton]

Y' all keep your head on the swivel. Watch who's watching you. Right? Because if he could have done it, he'd have got him.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah. So California Department of Justice lifts lists Macias as a registered sex offender with the 2024 conviction for annoying or molesting a child under 18 years of age. And he lived in Hesperia at that time.

[Woody Overton]

And that's enough.

[Cindy Overton]

Okay?

[Woody Overton]

And there you have it, right? They it's all in the head, 99% mental. And that's this. Fuck sticks like this are reasons we build prisons. And I'll tell you about another. It's time for effed up professionals. Like we told y' all yesterday, we need a. A segment name for dumb criminals. And this one, this is just bizarre. It would fall under both the effed up professionals, but certainly just. I don't even know how. If you call this Dumb. So we're going out to Illinois and they got a daycare teacher who's facing multiple criminal charges after. What does she do?

[Cindy Overton]

Don't know. She robbed a bank.

[Woody Overton]

This time you got me for a million yesterday. I give you 10 million. Three guesses and I'll even tell you it. Naturally. She's a daycare teacher. Is up professional. She did some with the kids. What did she do?

[Cindy Overton]

She was slapping.

[Woody Overton]

Next.

[Cindy Overton]

She didn't change the diapers.

[Woody Overton]

Next.

[Cindy Overton]

She poisoned food.

[Woody Overton]

Next. Well, it was a good complete that

[Cindy Overton]

she poisoned their food.

[Woody Overton]

Okay, so a daycare teacher in Illinois faces faces multiple criminal charges after giving chewable laxatives to toddlers under her care.

[Cindy Overton]

Why would she do that?

[Woody Overton]

So Yazelle J. Juarez, who's 23 years old, of Sycamore, Illinois, was charged with three counts of attempted aggravated battery, causing Bali harm to victims under 13 years old and three counts of endangering the life or health of a child. According to the St. Charles Police Department, the investigation began when multiple parents contacted authorities and reported that their children had been giving laxatives while attending a daycare in 2400 block West Main street in St. Charles. Police identified three victims, all 2 years old or younger, who had been given the medication by Juarez, who worked as a teacher at the facility. Now, parents like y' all lifers and like Cindy is parents have been struggling to understand why their young children were experiencing unexplained symptoms for weeks before they discovered the cause. Juarez surrendered herself to police following an investigation, and after being processed, she was released. I'm about. If I was that to your friend,

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I beat that motherfucker's ass. I would take that charge. Yeah, I wouldn't kill her, but I

[Woody Overton]

damn sure knock her teeth out. She was released for custody and given a future court date to face charges which include both felonies and misdemeanors. So. And of course, if you have any more information, blah, blah, blah, call the St. Charles Police Department. The. The. I think you know, two years old or younger. I can only imagine and speculate in total speculation on my part. 2 years old or younger. Your kid's gonna. Anyway, they're probably wearing diapers still.

[Cindy Overton]

Well, they're probably potty training.

[Woody Overton]

All right, well then they. The. Was she giving them what's the. The chocolate laxatives.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah. Xlax.

[Woody Overton]

Xlax. So your kids coming home, you know, you're being the kid that's. I don't know how much two year old ways be given an adult dosage of laxative. So, you know, they're everywhere and dehydrating and everything else having to go to the doctor. And at some point, I bet you at some point somebody figured, wait a minute, your little Susie's been too. Yeah, well, little Bobo here's been pooing all over the place. And then Mikey down the street. Oh well, you know, common thread is the daycare. So what happens? Video cameras.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah. Thank goodness.

[Woody Overton]

Got the given laxatives to. There's no excuse.

[Cindy Overton]

There's no excuse. And then at that time, I mean.

[Woody Overton]

So you can't even put that on the face of the earth.

[Cindy Overton]

No, because if they're at the daycare having these accidents too, she's got to change the diapers if they're not potty trained or she's got to clean up the mess if they're in.

[Woody Overton]

If I was her, I'm not. But we're not saying she's a smart criminal. But if I was going to be twisted like that and do it, I would do it. Give it to them right before they went home. That's just so I didn't have to change it. Yeah, or maybe she had a helper

[Cindy Overton]

does she didn't like the helper. I was ridiculous.

[Woody Overton]

I don't know.

[Cindy Overton]

But sure I'm going to Florida.

[Woody Overton]

Maybe she wanted less kids in the class. All right, going to Florida.

[Cindy Overton]

We have a teenager who was attacked by a man on vacation with his parents. So a Florida man is accused of carrying out a random attack on a teenager who was vacationing with his family over the weekend. Sullivan Clark, who's 13 years old, was attacked while walking on the boardwalk in Daytona Beach, Florida. This happened on Saturday, February 14th. Authorities later arrested 44 year old Jermaine Long in connection with the attack. The teen's family said that the attack was completely random and took place about 10pm when they were headed back to their hotel. The mom said that the son was standing a few feet away from his parents and she saw a man walking up to like closer to the boy and he had a strange look in his eyes. And as he walked toward the teen, he suddenly slashed his throat.

[Woody Overton]

What?

[Cindy Overton]

Yes.

[Woody Overton]

Just. Just fuck that.

[Cindy Overton]

Sullivan received flash search.

[Woody Overton]

That's a lot of sights you want to see, I can promise you.

[Cindy Overton]

And he received 13 stitches and it looks like he likely survived because he looked up right at the time of the attack.

[Woody Overton]

I've seen him, I've seen. But even like Darla Rotary, right? The. How close is too close. Yeah, yeah.

[Cindy Overton]

That was about as close as you can.

[Woody Overton]

Anytime you slash the throat there's shit in there that's not meant to be cut.

[Cindy Overton]

Right?

[Woody Overton]

Period.

[Cindy Overton]

So the boy says, the crazy thing is I turned at the perfect time because I was on the phone, and I looked up at. At the slingshot, like, the ride thing, and that's how he got the side of my neck and not right here. So he got, you know, like.

[Woody Overton]

But still, the Carter ain't supposed to be cut.

[Cindy Overton]

The teen's father, Gerald Clark, said it was crazy. I mean, I saw my son's neck totally gashed open. I could see the meat in his neck. It was crazy.

[Woody Overton]

Yep. It's. I don't know. It was a millimeter how much fat he had on his neck. But that's. Y' all always got that yellow in there, he said.

[Cindy Overton]

Jared said Sullivan survived by a mere millimeter, but had just one more millimeter deeper, he would have probably had a different conversation.

[Woody Overton]

He'd be planning a funeral.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Right.

[Cindy Overton]

Long has been charged with a felony count of second degree aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. And he'll be in court. He was already in court on the 17th. 13 stitches. This is the.

[Woody Overton]

That is amazing. These alive.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And whatever deity he prays, who took care of him. For sure.

[Cindy Overton]

The

[Woody Overton]

shout out to our fans that invited us to the races in Daytona. Right?

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And I apologize we didn't get to go. And they had a pit passes and all that stuff. And we love y'. All and. And thank you so much. And hopefully next year, Right, for the Rolex race. All right. About to tell you one that. Not too many times I get pissed. I'm pissed about this one. Okay. It's time for Effed Up Professionals. Definitely Effed Up Professional. And I'm gonna try to play the. The audio clip first, and I'll tell you about it.

[ABC13 Reporter Mo Heider]

Her job was to protect children, but police say a former CPS worker is accused of the opposite. Huntsville police say Hannah Sample was charged with child trafficking while working for the Department of Family and protective services. ABC13's Mo Heider runs down the case. A spokesperson with the Huntsville Police Department says the victim was supposed to be in state custody, and they believe that the former worker was the one who helped get him out. Hannah Nicole Sample was a Texas Department of Family and Protective Services employee until July of 2023, according to the agency. That's also when Huntsville police say they were contacted by CPS about a missing minor. Court records identify as a boy. Turns out, instead of being in state custody, court records state he was staying with sample. Investigators tell ABC13, after being notified by the state agency, police found both the victim and Sample at this apartment complex along Lake Road where she turned herself in after an arrest warrant was issued. Huntsville police haven't said how they're able to locate the two. They did say during the investigation, detectives determined Samples somehow helped get him out of custody and let the juveniles stay with her while she, quote, engaged in sexual activity with him. We haven't been told by police how she was able to get him out of custody in the first place. We reached out to the Department of Family and Protective Services to ask questions about the accusations against Sample and declined to comment. As for what's next, according to court records, a pre trial is set for February 17th in Huntsville. Mohider, ABC13 Eyewitness News.

[Woody Overton]

So this woman. So it goes to show you, people always think pedophiles are men.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And this girl's like 23 years old, got a college degree to go work, save children, and she takes one out of the system. Well, how the. Okay, I guess it was her case and she's having. She's raping them. That's not having sex. Raping them, raping them.

[Cindy Overton]

That's.

[Woody Overton]

That is a death. That should be a death penalty case.

[Cindy Overton]

It should be.

[Woody Overton]

And you'll never make me believe otherwise. And so it's fuck her, right?

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah. I got a horrible teen that's murdering people in Forks, Washington. Do you remember that's where Twilight was. Remember I love the Twilight series, the books.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah.

[Cindy Overton]

They were with the vampires and it was based in Forks.

[Woody Overton]

I didn't know it was based in Forks, but I remember it. One of the actuals from here. One of the vampires was from here. Yeah.

[Cindy Overton]

Well, a 17 year old admitted to investigators to taking a handgun from his mother's closet before shooting and killing. This is one name Tristan Leshawn James Pisani. And he shot him after a party in Forks and he's been charged with first degree murder with a firearm.

[Woody Overton]

Geez.

[Cindy Overton]

Philip Z. Cowles, who's the murderer, remains in Clayland County Juvenile detention on a $1 million bill. He appeared in juvenile and he appeared in court at Juvenile and Family Services on Wednesday where he was formally charged with the murder of Pisani, who was 19. Michelle Devin was the criminal deputy. The chief criminal deputy prosecuting attorney attempted to persuade the Superior Court Judge Brent Basdin that cows should be shackled before entering the courtroom. Citing concerns about his rage. She said cows has been in counseling for expressing homicidal ideations. Delvin said Cowles has had expressed in August that he was going to cut up his dog and leave it on the football field.

[Woody Overton]

Nice.

[Cindy Overton]

And that the state had concerns for the safety of those in the courtroom. Cowles attorney here at Gaznick, argued that since Cowles arrest on Sunday, he's been a model inmate for those, you know,

[Woody Overton]

those days, those couple days, because then have access to his dog to cut him up.

[Cindy Overton]

Right. And that the circumstances that led to his rage Sunday, which he claims are alcohol and bullying, were not present in the courtroom.

[Woody Overton]

The good locks ass up and that won't be president again, he said.

[Cindy Overton]

But we do have plenty of law enforcement officers.

[Woody Overton]

I mean, yeah, because the cops are here and he's gonna behave because he can get the shit beat out of him.

[Cindy Overton]

So given those considerations in the presence of law enforcement, Basden allowed Cows to enter the courtroom unshackled. Not finding in this setting at this time, given the presence of law enforcement, that there's a risk. Basdin said. According to court papers, Gals admitted to paramedics, doctors and law enforcement officers that he shot and killed Pisani after being called a tweak. I don't know what a tweak is. And let's see what is a tweak.

[Woody Overton]

Here's some info about methamphetamine, maybe a meth head, maybe.

[Cindy Overton]

And so on top of being called a tweak, there was a series of antagonizing texts that just pushed him too far. Witnesses told investigators that Cowles showed up at a party at Pisani's home in Forks and was acting strange. And when Pisani asked Cows why he was tweaking, Cows said not to call him a tweaker. And then Cowles left the party with a friend and was dropped off at his home. Then he told investigators he took a knife, a revolver and a.44 caliber ammunition from the closet in his mother's bedroom before walking 1.7 miles back to the party.

[Woody Overton]

Nothing says in tent like walking 1.7. Armed with a.44 Calvert handgun and a

[Cindy Overton]

knife, he said, I knew what I was going to do, is what he said. In an interview with investigators and witnesses said Cowles went back to the house after the party had ended, aimed the gun at Pisani's head and said, don't call me a tweaker. And then he fired the gun. Cowles told investigators that Pisani being said, go ahead, do it. I remember the rage overtook me, Kal said, according to court records. As soon as I pulled that trigger, I didn't even have to hear that sound. I knew what I did. And that's when witnesses. That's when witnesses detained Cowles because that

[Woody Overton]

gun's loud as hell.

[Cindy Overton]

They struggled for the firearm. And one person held Cowles at gunpoint while kicking him in the head. And they also go on to say when they bully a guy, to no extent, eventually he's going to do something. They bullied me. They shouldn't have done what they did. I had to do something.

[Woody Overton]

Okay, well, everybody knows what we think about this, that I actually feel just a little bit or more snap because he got bullied. But I used to beat up bullies. But the. But because he's got to be. He's got to have a mental issue. Yeah, but. But he still killed that other dude. And that is what it is. Right? Hate that. That's a bad story. This one. I'm going to end it for the day with this one because you know what I hadn't done today? Hadn't got any tears from mama. But I'm about to go. It's time for family matters. So we're going out to Arizona. But this family matters in an Arizona mom and dad are accused of locking up their two kids, ages 4 and 6, and they locked them in a room for 24 hours a day, and they even barred them from using the toilet. And how they do that, you might ask. They put zip ties on the bathroom doorknob. And the lady's name is Sarah Jackson. She's 36 years old. And when she got interviewed by investigators, she said, I'm a bad mom sometimes.

[Cindy Overton]

Oh, my God.

[Woody Overton]

Right? And said, I'm overwhelmed and I don't have motivation. Well. Jackson and her children's father, Arthur Jackson, are charged with felony child abuse in connection with the. They're calling it deeply disturbing treatment of their two sons. And police were called after a concerned citizen observed a naked child through an apartment window as he was doing some work in the area. They said the children were found in extremely unsanitary conditions and showed signs of significant developmental delays. One child was non verbal and the other one was minimally verbal. Just fucking evil. Authorities would go to the. To the couple's apartment on January 29 after they received a tip and they performed a welfare check. And that led to the discovery of the unsanitary conditions, which included feces being found all over the home and an insect infestation the residents described as a hoarder situation with items piled up throughout the house and in the bathroom that the Jackson's kids were barred from using. They said just horrible living conditions. The. The police Said something that you wouldn't even wish on your worst enemy outdoors in a barn. Could be better conditions than what we saw in this apartment. Now, Jose Santiago, his administrator with the Glendale Police Department, told reporters that the conditions were so deplorable that the officers who responded were quite in shock by what they saw. He said these parents showed really no signs of any kind of remorse or any kind of shock. When our officers arrived, they basically acted as this was just a normal activity. Well, according to the probable call statement, Sarah Jackson told police that the reason for feces being on the walls and floors was that their boys are not potty trained and did not like to use the porta potty in the bedroom. Sarah said they put a gate on the bedroom because her six year old son started pooping on the floor and he likes to throw his feces. Sarah told the police that the children have not attended any school and have not been to a doctor since they were born. Sarah Jackson alleged that her husband doesn't say anything about the conditions of the home or the children and he is often away at work. The children were locked up in a room with zip ties and a gate while he's away.

[Cindy Overton]

Wow.

[Woody Overton]

Now, Arthur, he stated he works a lot and doesn't have time to scrub the apartment. This saw them in the police report. Arthur stated the kids are in the room but the gate closed when he's at work. He said he works up to nine hours a day, six days a week and he opens the gate when he's at home. Let him out like a dog. Right. Sarah Jackson, however, was asked how long the kids are using confined for and she admitted her boys are locked up in the room with the gate closed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And when in, when, even when Arthur is home.

[Cindy Overton]

Yes, she said.

[Woody Overton]

Quotations. The bathroom doorknob was zip tied to an eyelet screw so the children couldn't use it. And then now, thankfully, both children have been placed in the custody of the Arizona Department of Child Safety. And Sarah and Arthur Jackson were booked on two counts of child abuse and being held on twenty five thousand dollar bond. But she said I'm a bad mom sometimes. I'm. No, I'm. I'm a bad mom. Yeah. Yes, Ms. Jackson, we agree with you. Yeah, you're a mother. And they also shithead of a wife. If this dude's really out working nine hours a day, I mean you at least expect to come home. I'm not being. I mean, let's say the woman was working nine hours a day and. And the husband's staying home taking care of the house and the kids. You at least expect to come home and find your kids not covered in and locked up like locked up and locked out of a bathroom. Yeah. What do you think they're going to do?

[Cindy Overton]

Exactly. Where do you.

[Woody Overton]

Where do you go? Poop. Ms. Jackson.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

That's crazy.

[Cindy Overton]

That's crazy.

[Woody Overton]

And then and being non verbal and never been to a doctor, never been to a school.

[Cindy Overton]

They're gonna thrive. They're out of there now. They're gonna thrive.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah. I have a lot of victims that are grown ass adults and productive society now.

[Cindy Overton]

They will not do this to someone else. I have to.

[Woody Overton]

I hope not. Yeah. And. And we believe in unicorns and pots of gold at the end of the rainbows. And I'm Woody Overton.

[Cindy Overton]

I'm Cindy Overton.

[Woody Overton]

Holly child tomorrow. Love you. Peace.

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