True Crime Time For November 6, 2025 | Theft, Violence, and a Fight for Justice

Summary

Real Life Real Crime: True Crime Time for November 6, 2025

Episode Title: Theft, Violence, and a Fight for Justice
Host: Woody Overton
Date: November 6, 2025

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Overview

This episode of True Crime Time—a segment of Woody Overton’s acclaimed Real Life Real Crime podcast—offers listeners a raw, firsthand tour through several remarkable crime stories from across the United States. Known for his candid storytelling, investigative insight, and deep experience in law enforcement, Woody (solo-hosting in Cyndi Overton’s absence) delivers a mix of recent high-profile theft cases, bizarre acts of violence, stories of justice delayed and denied, and a few memorable “stranger than fiction” moments—all with his signature blend of gritty detail, humor, and advocacy for victims.

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Key Topics & Discussion Points

1. Multi-Million Dollar Train Cargo Theft in San Bernardino (01:57–09:54)

• Story:
  Law enforcement in San Bernardino County, California, uncovered a massive train cargo theft ring—recovering over $2.1 million in stolen goods and arresting three suspects after a coordinated operation among various police agencies, including railroad police.
• Woody’s Insight:
  “If I was going to be a thief, I’d be a really good one... I wouldn’t rob people standing on the corner, I’d hit a lick like this” (03:09). Woody breaks down how train police operate as a distinct entity, the complexity around obtaining search warrants, and the typical leverage of informants (“CIs”).
• Operation Details:
  • Initial search led to discovery of a prefabricated, locked room full of stolen BNSF railroad cargo.
  • Two further warrants and additional tips led to arrests and further property recovery.
  • Eventually, seven search warrants conducted at homes and storage units.
• Notable Quote:
  “As long as the world’s been turning, people have been stealing... some people a little smarter than others and go for a bigger fish, right?” (09:29)

2. Brawl at Bass Pro Shop Grand Opening, Odessa, Texas (09:54–17:45; continued at 23:16)

• Incident Recap:
  The opening day of Odessa’s new Bass Pro Shop turned chaotic when a fight broke out between customers—soon escalating to a wild, 20–30 person melee caught on camera.
• Woody’s Observations:
  • Describes the charged “testosterone” atmosphere at the store.
  • With tongue-in-cheek, plays and narrates the actual viral fight video:
    “Everybody’s swinging. I mean, it’s like 20, 30 people involved. Holy—That dude’s getting knocked…” (15:13)
• Law Enforcement Angle:
  Woody explains his measured response for responding officers to large fights—wait out the exhaustion:
  “...the longer the fight goes on, the easier it is for me as a respondent officer...when I get there, everybody’s wore out.” (15:50)
• Quote from a Witness:
  “These grown ass men act like idiots and you wonder why our schools are falling apart.” (23:16)
• Outcome:
  No arrests—parties declined to press charges, but were criminally trespassed from the store.

3. Train Accident Survival Story: Truman Duncan, Cleburne, Texas (23:16–30:32)

• Case Summary:
  In 2006, railroad worker Truman Duncan was severed in half by a train but, against all odds, remained calm, called 911, and survived.
• Woody’s Details:
  • Duncan, in shock, phones for help: “I need 911. I think I’m cut in two…”
  • The train’s weight helped staunch blood loss until rescue.
  • Duncan later went on to help mentor amputee soldiers and young rail workers.
• Notable Quote:
  “Pain is temporary, but what keeps you going—your family, your drive, that’s forever.” (Duncan, quoted by Woody, 30:25)
• Personal Reflection:
  Woody shares a similarly harrowing rail accident story from his own law enforcement experience.

4. Good Samaritan Assists Police Chase in Slidell, Louisiana (30:34–38:23)

• Incident:
  A bystander picked up Sgt. Jeff Carrs, who was on foot trying to pursue a shoplifting suspect. Together they caught up in her car; the suspect was arrested.
• Woody’s Commentary:
  “This goes to prove there are good people out there, right?...I can assure you, I’ve never been picked up by a citizen in a foot pursuit. Kudos to you, ma’am, for helping to save the day.” (39:43)
• Police Response:
  Department thanked the Good Samaritan, later identified but not publicly named.

5. Human Remains Discovered in Houma, Louisiana (39:43–41:28)

• Summary:
  Skeletal remains found in a wooded area—Sheriff Tim Soignet calls the ongoing case “unique and complex.”
• Woody’s Take:
  • Discusses the challenges of recovering and identifying remains, referencing the Bradley and Barbara Blunt cases.
  • Emphasizes: “There’s no such thing as a perfect crime...You have to get lucky every day; the cops only have to get lucky once.” (41:03)

6. Fugitive Sex Offender’s Faked Death & Capture (41:28–49:26)

• Story:
  An Oklahoma child pornography offender (Lennon) faked his death in a staged bloody “abduction” scene at a motel, only to resurface years later in New York under an alias.
• Key Details:
  • Lennon was named one of Oklahoma’s top ten fugitives; had a history of heinous offenses and evaded capture for 13 years.
  • Ultimately discovered living under a false name—a testament, as Woody notes, to the persistence of the U.S. Marshals.
• Woody’s Outrage:
  “Why in the fuck wouldn’t you not at least make him serve some time, right?” (42:05) “Once a chomo, always a chomo. Sex is 99% mental. This guy...he gets off on babies.” (46:46)
• On Louisiana Law:
  Praises recently enacted chemical castration penalties for sex offenders.

7. Advocacy for Bradley/Austin Cases and Local Justice Reform (49:26–57:40)

• Update:
  Woody rallies listeners to keep up the pressure in the unsolved Bradley and Austin (AO) cases, highlighting social media activism and community action in Vernon Parish.
• Memorable Moments:
  • “If real life, real crime had any part in instigating the shitstorm that’s going on in Vernon Parish, I’m proud of that.” (50:47)
• Warning to Accomplices:
  “If you haven’t reached out to me...you can go [expletive] yourself because now it’s surpassed the point...If you were standing there and you saw what happened or you have knowledge...that’s going to happen when they get arrested...all those people are getting arrested too.” (52:06)
• Personal Anecdote:
  Woody describes a request to conduct a polygraph in Vernon Parish jail and his absolute refusal:
  “You can’t pay me enough money to go to Vernon Parish jail for numerous reasons...I will never do a polygraph inside the Vernon Parish jail, ever.” (56:56)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Law Enforcement:
  “The cops only got to get lucky once—and that’s just the truth.” (41:03)
• On Crime:
  “Even as smart as I am, if I did that...sooner or later, you’re gonna get busted.” (41:09)
• On Call to Justice:
  “This is murder, y’all. Murder. So you better get up off your ass before the bracelets come on.” (52:36)
• On Community Help:
  “People like you are the reason why Slidell is a great place to live and work.” (Police Chief Danielle Susan, as recounted by Woody, 39:25)
• On Prison for Sex Offenders:
  “Maybe Mr. Lennon gets some prison justice.” (46:56)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Solo Host Introduction / Programming Updates: 01:57–03:09
• San Bernardino Train Heist Story: 03:09–09:54
• Odessa Bass Pro Fight: 09:54–17:45; 23:16 (follow up)
• Cleburne Train Accident: 23:16–30:32
• Slidell, LA: Citizen Helps Cop: 30:34–39:43
• Houma, LA: Human Remains Discovery: 39:43–41:28
• Oklahoma Fugitive Sex Offender: 41:28–49:26
• Bradley/Austin Case Update & Advocacy: 49:26–57:40

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Tone & Style

Woody brings a mixture of seriousness, black humor, and unfiltered honesty—common to the “true crime” genre when delivered by a retired detective. The episode combines newsy recaps, storytelling asides, pointed advice to would-be criminals, commentary on the justice system, and heartfelt appeals for community involvement and justice for victims.

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Summary For New Listeners

This episode is a showcase of Woody Overton’s uniquely personal, deeply informed, and unabashedly direct approach to true crime podcasting. Tackling stories that range from organized theft and wild public violence to tragic and bizarre individual tragedies, Woody mixes police protocol lessons, survivor inspiration, agency praise, and righteous anger at injustice—always with an eye to exposing how even the smartest criminals can, and eventually will, slip up.

Advocacy for cold cases is at the heart of his work—he closes with a strong push for action in ongoing Louisiana investigations and a moving endorsement to register as an organ donor, as always, “giving the gift of life.”

Transcript

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[Woody Overton]

Foreign hello everybody and welcome to this episode of True Crime time for Thursday, November 6, 2025. And I'm Woody Overton and Rolling Solo, y', all, bringing you the True Crime Time stuff that you want to hear. Right. Cindy is we are in the the midst of everything. Right. And she is gainfully employed, if you will, about real life, real crime, handling other stuff. So I'm going to be rolling solo on the next two episodes for today on Thursday and for Friday, we will be bringing a really different hashtag just for Bradley and hashtag just for ao. And it's probably going to come out on Sunday, y', all, because of we call it production delays, if you will. I can't really go into it, but patreon of convicts, you'll get it early as always, commercial free, probably sometime on Friday. And all lifers will get it on Sunday at 1201am okay, so stay tuned for that. Hashtag just Ms. Barbara Blunt. And unfortunately the hashtag just for Haley, even though we brought national attention to her case. And we're still going to do it, y', all. But we'll burn them down. We'll do a call to action. But I'm waiting on the district attorney's office, us who evidently isn't going to have a meeting with Ms. Barbara, although they said they will sooner than later. But we've got nothing from them. Right. So. Well, justice comes in all shapes and forms and that's that. Let's get down to it. I'm about to bring you the heat. Different stories from around the world. We're going to start with this was a little bit different going out to San Bernardino county in California. Now, if I was going to be a thief, I think I would be a really good one or a robber or, you know, I wouldn't rob people standing on the corner and grab their purses and stuff like that. If I was going to hit a lick. That's what they call it on the street when you rob somebody. I would hit a lick like this. In San Bernardino County, California, three people were arrested and more than $2 million in stolen train cargo was recovered when San Bernardino county deputies served a series of search warrants in Los Angeles county last week. So on Thursday, a group of local law enforcement agencies that included deputies from Victor Valley Detective Bureau, bnsf, Railroad police, y', all, if you don't know that, let me tell you that real quick. I learned that early in my career, the railroad is its own entity. They have their own police force and their own detectives and everything else. And did you know the only way you could stop a train even as a law enforcement officer, you could put park like your unit on the track with lights and stuff that that won't stop them. You got to set a Flare out on the track and call it in. But anyway that they, they don't play. And they are their own police force. But also the Homeland Security and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department served seven search warrants as part of an ongoing investigation into train burglaries in the Victor Valley area. And this is according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. So they gear up. You know, it's not easy to get a search warrant. You have to have probable cause. You can't just make up some shit and go to a judge and, and say, hey, this is what we're looking for. And the search warrants have to be defined in scope. Like if you're going to a house and you're looking for dope, the, you can't, I mean you could find a dead body, but you can't use pretense of going to look for a dope to go look for a body. Everything you're searching for has to be listed in a search warrant. If you find some other items of crime that are unrelated then you can get another search warrant for that. But it takes a minute. You have to have probable cause 50% plus one. And evidently they did it. They got probable calls and they served the first search warrant at 6am in the 4, 900 block of Mason street in the Southgate area where they said investigators were following up on information they gathered during previous investigations. Well that means they busted somebody for drugs or something else and they were like hey, give us information on such and such. Or you know, that person was like oh, I can tell you about these, this train stuff that's going on and they turn them into a CI and they use that to get their probable cause for the search warrant. But they said during investigation investigators located locked prefabricated room within a body shop. And well guess what, you get to search it, right? And, and you search for them to find, we searching this whole premises and you know, any locked doors, what have you, if you, if you're sm, you can actually work it into the search form where you can find pretty much anything. But so they located this room and they busted open the lock and guess what? The room contained a large amount of stolen BNSF property, the railroad property. So then they get two additional search warrants and they served on a, at a home across the street from this facility. And they arrested three suspects. They're identified as 46 year old Jorge Castillo, 41 year old Caesar Martinez and 34 year old Alfred Santo Reyes, all who are from Southgate. Now during those Two warrants. Authorities gathered evidence to serve three more search warrants at a home in Paramount. Well, what does that mean? That means one of those three gentlemen was like, fuck you. I don't want to be in trouble. I'll give you some information if you help me out with my time. So they did they get three more search warrants. And guess what they found more stolen BNS F property. The railroad property. They said evidence from the search warrant led investigators to nearby storage facility. And two additional search warrants were authored for two storage units where additional BNSF stolen property was located. Now, the last search warrant, which was authorized based on information from the previous search warrants. Rats. Led to the discovery of even more stolen property.

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And.

[Woody Overton]

And the BNSF railroad officials estimated that they recovered property totaling more than $2,118,000. 459. I don't know how you say it. To over $2,118,000. How about that? And they said the property would be returned to its rightful owners. So recently, more than two dozen people were arrested in a series of different search warrants in October which were also connected to train cargo thefts in the Victor Valley area. That's. That's pretty significant. And I'm imagining that if I was going to be doing the crimes, I would have my own professional crew like these guys did. I'm sure that it's cartel related and what have you. You see, you pay off somebody on the railroad to tell you give you the shipping container information and your target is specific items, items that you know you can flip. And $2 million of property listed what their value is. They could. They probably already had orders for it on the street and would have got at least 50 cents on the dollar. So a million dollars and you know, you got what, five people involved. That's a. That's a pretty good lick. $200,000 per person or for your organization. But as long as the. The world's been turning, people have been stealing and they're. And they're going to continue to do so. It's just some people a little smarter than others and go for a bigger fish, right? So. All right, now I'm going to take you to Texas and. Well, actually I've been in this place, but the. One of my favorite places to go or types of places to go are Bass Pros or Cabela's. And when I was in polygraph school in Texas for a long time that I had the weekends off and didn't drive back home and I would go to the Bass Pros or the Cabela's. And it's like Disneyland for me. They have all the animal displays and the antique firearms and the rare firearms rooms and I mean, you could go in these stores and spend. I did. I'd go in there and couldn't see everything in one day. On top of my hunting, fishing addiction. Right. Well, let's go out to Odessa, Texas, and the Bass Pro. And they've got them at pretty much everywhere. I don't know. I know they have some up north too. I think I've seen it in Wisconsin. But it's a big deal. And these stores are almost like. Like I said, almost like a theme park. But, you know, sometimes not. Well, even in Walmart, anywhere you go there can be an asshole. Right. So we're going to the Bass Pro shop in Odessa, Texas, and guess what happened? There was a huge brawl that broke out to. Well, actually, I haven't been to this store because it just opened. It's the day the Bass Pro is opening. It's a big deal. Ever ribbon cutting and in all kinds of cells and the public's excited and everything else. And this, this is this day in Odessa. And of course, everybody has their cameras out and everything else. And. Well, sugar, turn the ship. As the Desta Police Department says, they responded to the disturbance Saturday at approximately 2:52pm cops said two men started arguing while waiting in line for the restroom. And that's when the argument turned to fisticuffs. Right. They said. It's unclear what exactly started the argument, but in the video, you could see four men paired off in separate tussles. And then more guys start to running in. Right. I'm pretty sure. I mean, Bass Pro has a lot of stuff for females also, but there's a lot of testosterone floating around in those stores in these dudes. I'm gonna try to play this for y' all to see if it works. These dudes. Yeah. Two of them start fighting and two more. And then everybody just runs in and it's a fucking melee. Let me see if I can play this. This is the actual video of the fight inside the Bass Pro Nodesa. They're swinging. Everybody's swinging. I mean, it's like 20, 30 people involved. Holy. That dude's getting knocked. And guess what? No one's stopping it. Call a 911. There are some females involved.

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Total bedlam.

[Woody Overton]

I'm going, go ahead and stop that because it goes on and on, y'. All. And let me. I teach the young cops and Mama Karen or Talana can tell this, verify that. I. I used to say this. And we would get calls of like, you know, massive fights in certain neighborhoods or whatever. Fist fights, no weapons involved. The. The people would call it in, like they're calling them for Bass Pronoun. One dispatcher is going to say, okay, what's going on? Well, everybody's fighting. Do you see any weapons? Well, I'm pretty sure Bass Pros got every firearm in the world, but probably couldn't get to it. But they have knives and everything else, but no, no, no weapons involved. And everybody's fighting and da da, da, da, da. Well, if I got that call 361, you got a 103D, large fight, large scale fight at Bass Pro. I'm gonna be Tim4 en route. Well, I'm not rolling lights and siren. Oh, I'd ask. No weapons involved. Right? And yeah, it's not a murder scene. No one's cheating, none of that. Nope. They're just fist fighting. Okay, well, I gonna be the first one there and I'm gonna be by myself. You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna take my time. You know why? Because when you get there and fights, if you've ever boxed and you get in the ring, three minutes seems like 300 years when you're swinging, right? And the longer the fight goes on, the easier it is for me as a respondent officer when I get there. You know why? Because everybody's wore out. And if you watch this video, it's not like these people are training for the mma. And like our buddy Ryan Loder, they're not physically fit and whatever. And they. They fought for a couple minutes on here, and people are laying on the floor, people are out of breath and. And the screaming to continue, right? So. So they said instead of breaking them apart, the new recruits start throwing bows of their own, showing a little Southern hospitality right in the middle of the crowded store.

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[Woody Overton]

One woman can be heard screaming these grown ass men act like idiots and you wonder why our schools are falling apart. Well, the school district that serves Odessa reportedly received a D rating from the Texas Education Agency for the school last year. I'm sure they include safety and not just grade y'. All. This all comes just four days after the city announced the store's grand opening. In a statement and it said quotation an exciting day in Odessa Bass Pro Shops officially opened its doors with a grand opening and evening for conservation celebration. With new jobs, new energy and new visitors coming to town, Odessa's latest addition marks another step towards in forward in the city's growth and another reason to celebrate the great outdoors. West Texas style. Well, it was a celebration all right. And, and I, I guess the West Texas style might be a little bit of rough and tumble and according to the police, all parties involved declined to press charges and no arrests were made. But Bass Pro criminally trespassed the subjects who began fighting and they were all released from the scene. How about that? You can go to Bass Pro in the desk of Texas and, and get in a full blown fisticuffs. You know, I'm sure somebody's going to get sued, I'm sure. But somebody got a teeth knocked loose or something like that. You go over there and just ball it out and not get arrested, right? Everybody go, go free. But you can't come back to Bass Pro. That's probably like getting banned from Walmart. You get banned from one Walmart, you're not supposed to go to any Walmart in the United States of America. And there you have that. So. All right, this next story isn't as much as a crime as it is disturbing. And I have a story to tell about it. An experience or. Yeah, I'll tell you this, a story about it afterwards. Okay. And we are going back to Texas, all right? And a guy, you know, you get in trouble, no one wants to call 91 1. It's never a good reason to call 91 1. And this gentleman definitely didn't have a good reason, but he said I need 91 1. I think I'm cut in two. Well, 911 operator says what happened? Someone got run over. And this guy says it was me. I guess I'm going into shock. Hurry up man, because I'm about to pass out. But he was calm, y'. All. The. And this guy's name was Truman Duncan and he. Maybe it was the shock that was making him calm, whatever, because let me tell you what happened. He got run over by a train, all right? And he's calm and he's calling 91 1. So this going back to June 25th of 2006 and Cleburne, Texas, it was a Sunday and it is hot ass Sunday in the hot Texas weather, right? And Duncan worked at the work for the railroad and matter of fact he was a third generation and in his family to work for the railroad yet Gunderson Southwest Rail Services and what he was doing was coupling the cars together. This is a job he did every day. He'd done it a thousand times before. And you know, if you ever seen it, I don't know if you've seen it on movies or in the rail yards. They, every car that's hooked together, when you see them rolling down the train, they had a railroad man that has to get the engine to hook up to the first one and back up. And the couples hit, the coupling hits the next one, they connect in the back up. So somebody physically puts those together, right? And he's doing this just like he did a thousand times before. And those rail cars weigh approximately 20,000 pounds. And guess what? He was doing his routine job and the rail car jumped right and caused him to slip from the coupler and he fell underneath its carriage, underneath the car. And he said instinct kicked in and he grabbed a knuckle joint and trying to run backwards and leap clear. Well, he didn't make it. And the wheels called his legs and one snagged between the steel breaking axle and the other pin under the relentless grind of the train backing up, right? And guess what? Duncan was dragged 75ft along the the railroad tracks. And his body was severed just above the pelvis. He reached down and of course he says, I felt my hip and then it was gone. But his cell phone was clipped to his belt and it didn't get destroyed. And that's what would save his life. I can't believe this guy's still alive, but that would save his life. And he reached down, grabbed his cell phone and called 911. So while waiting for paramedics and you know those train yards are gravel and they're not asphalt. So he's laying in the gravel and waiting on the paramedics. Half his body has cut off and the train is still on top of him. And of course, if you imagine your body being cut in half, you got arteries. He's bleeding out. So what does he do, Mr. Duncan? He's like, I'm pretty sure I'm about to die. So he gets on the phone and he, he says, it's time for me to say some goodbyes just in case he didn't make it. So he calls his 19 year old son, Trey. Trey picked up his call and he later told the news reporters, I told him I loved him with all my heart and he was the best dad I could wish for. Well, guess What? It took 45 minutes for the first responders to arrive, and then they got to get him from underneath the train. Right. Remember, it's have a body.

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Let me tell you how he survived the, the sheer weight of the train on his lower body is what saved him, is what the doctors are saying it saved him by because it kept his blood pressure just high enough to avoid death. And the Emergency room surgeon, Dr. David Smith, figured he'd soon be signing a death certificate when he was informed of the extent of Duncan's injuries. And he said when I first heard the report, I thought for sure I'd be going down to pronounce somebody dead. When I got there, he was critical, he was unresponsive and his blood pressure was quite low. Well, they rushed Duncan into surgery and matter of fact for over three and a half hours when then guess what? He was in a coma for three weeks. And he underwent 23 more surgeries over the next four months and but finally he was released from the hospital. He lost both legs, his pelvis and a kidney. But he's alive. And not only is he alive, y', all, I, I guess I would be too, but they said he's happy to be alive. And he told reporters he, he never thought he was going to die. He said I want to see my babies grow up just like everybody else. I just want to live so I can see my kids grow up. And this blows my mind. Duncan eventually returned to work at his old company and went on to help soldiers who had lost limbs in war deal with the psychological impact. And he let them know life was good and it goes on. And as I'm telling you the story, Duncan is now semi retired and mentors young rail workers. And he sums up his experience in 2013 by saying pain is temporary, but what keeps you going, Your family, your drive. That's forever. All right, let me tell you a story. The I knew a lot of guys that worked on the railroad. The has got some ex in laws, I worked on the railroad, etc. And the Harry Brigniak, who was the former long term police chief for French settlement. We were sitting around Campfire 1 one year during hunting season and he had worked for the railroad before he became a cop. And he told me about a guy that was on they were backing up the cars, coupling, just like I told you. And the he said one of the guys got out of sight and then they called from on the radio and the he didn't answer so they had to go find him. And guess where he was. He was stuck in between the two couplings. So when the train backed up the somehow he was in the middle of it, the coupling went through his midsection and actually connected to the car behind him. And he's impaled, right? And he's awake. He's. He's wide awake. And they're like, he's like, oh my God. You know, the. And that this was probably, I don't know if it was four cell phones or whatever, but they said that they let him, or they called his wife to come out and say goodbye to him because they knew the instant they uncoupled him from the train, he was going to die. He was impaled and for whatever reason wasn't bleeding out. And it happened. And the, his family got to come out and say goodbye. I mean, could you imagine that seeing your significant other impaled on a couple. And you know, they got to get him off and you know, as soon as they pull him out, all his shit's coming out and he is going to be 10, seven. And that, that actually happened. So I don't know why I'm on the train trip today, but it is what it is. So we're going to bring it back to South Louisiana. And just above New Orleans, across Lake Pontchartrain is the city of Slidell, right? And Slidell sits on, pretty much sits on the Mississippi border that goes to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It's a decent sized city for Louisiana, has a good police department. I know a lot of guys there, good people, kind of a, I'd say more affluent area of one of the more affluent areas in, in Louisiana. And we're going to tell you about a good old fashioned foot pursuit where he ran like a little. So this is what happened. They said a scene straight out of an action movie turned dangerously real when a Good Samaritan picked up a cop on foot and the two began driving after suspects. And this is all in body cam footage. Footage. This happened shortly after noon Saturday, November 1st, in Slidell, Louisiana, when Sergeant Jeff Carrs started chasing a shoplifting suspect on foot at the Fremo Towns Center. And the video shows the chase became futile when the suspect jumped into a waiting car and was running like a little bitch, right? But that's when something unexpected happened. Another car pulls up alongside the officer and one rolls down the window and asks, want to hop in? A Good Samaritan witnessed events and realized that sergeant Cars wasn't nearest patrol car. She offered sergeant Cars a ride to which sergeant Cars graciously accepted. The citizen officer duo safely followed the suspects while sergeant Cars gave a play to play to responding officers. Via his police radio. Moments later, several backup officers arrived and were able to take the suspect into custody. Cars rushed from the woman's car before getting her name, which led to police posting a message that the department very much wanted to thank her if they could find her. She has been since been identified by police, but her name has not yet been released. Probably safety reasons, but Two suspects were arrested and charged with theft and resisting an officer by flight. The woman is from Navarre, Florida, while the driver is a man from Biloxi, Mississippi. Right, right across the line. They said to the Good Samaritan who I spoke with this morning, people like you are the reason why Slidell is a great place to live and work. That's Cord's Slidell Police Chief, Danielle Susan. And they said without hesitation, you assisted one of our officers, expecting nothing in return. Hey, Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile. Now, I don't know if you've heard, but Mint's Premium Wireless is $15 a month. 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Thank you. This goes to prove there are good people out there, right? The. That's crazy. I can pretty much assure you I've never been picked up by a citizen in a foot pursuit. And kudos to you, ma', am, for helping to save the day. All right, y', all, we're gonna go down. We're gonna stay in Louisiana and we're gonna go down south into the heart of Cajun country. Tahoma, Louisiana. That's H O U M a for all you lifers not from here. And that's in Terrebone Parish. And you my episode Shrimp Boat, where they found the. The dead pedophile and he wasn't gonna be taken alive. And they found down Terrebone Parish hiding on a shrimp boat and he was butt naked and all he had was a large dildo, right? So. But we're going down there and to Terrebone. Sheriff Tim Soniak says the Terrebone Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating discovery of what is believed to be human skeletal remains in a wooded area near Alma street in Richard Drive in Houma. Now, deputies responded after reports of the discovery and confirmed the presence of the remains of a dead person. Detectives and crime scene investigators were called. And naturally, what they do, they started their investigation quotations. Our detectives have continued to work this investigation steadily since the discovery. This is certainly a unique and complex case, but I have confidence that our team will do what is necessary to uncover the facts and circumstances surrounding this incident. As always, we ask for patience and understanding from Merck community. And as the investigation continues, that's according to the sheriff. This. The investigation is ongoing and additional information will be released when available. So the why am I throwing this one in there, y'? All? And let you know, like on Bradley's case, the Edmund Barbara Blunt's case, the you hear everything from wood chippers to, you know, they were dissolved in acid and all this, but you can never really get rid of a body. And we have. I'm not going to tell you what I suspect and what I think about Bradley's body, but the. Even if you cut them up and you weigh them down, if you put them in water or you bury them or whatever, you. You never going to get rid of all the evidence. All right? Now, again, if I was a criminal, I'd be a smart criminal. It'd be hard to catch me. I probably would cut the body up and drop it in 50 different waterways, and the meat's going to go away eventually, but you're still going to have bones or bone fragments, and the same thing's going to happen in Bradley's case, it's a matter of. How do I say this without giving away. It's a matter of the location, and the legality asserts the location. And then if you find one bone fragment, you're not gonna. I don't think we're gonna find Bradley. I know we're not gonna find Bradley's body wholly intact. It's just not gonna happen. It's not like, you know, dig down or go into the water and there's a whole skeleton. The you're going to find a piece. But you find that piece, by Louisiana law, you got to stop in, call in the local authorities, right? Pretty sure that's not going to happen. But down in Terrebone Parish in Houma, they found the skeletal remains, and they're working it as they should, and they'll do DNA and they'll enter them in the CODIS and all that. Bradley's case, it's gonna be a little bit different, and I'll explain when it happens, but it's gonna happen. And there's no such thing as a perfect crime. And you even as a smart smart as I am, if I did that, I'll live the criminal lifestyle. Sooner or later, you're gonna get busted. You have to get lucky every day. The. The cops only got to get lucky once. And that's just the truth. All right, y', all, this next story starts in Oklahoma and ends in New York City. Bizarre. Yeah, pretty much. The. The again, probably something that I would do if I was this type of person. So when Oklahoma, they had a convicted sex offender, and he was named one of Oklahoma's ten most wanted fugitives. And guess what he did, y', all, besides obvious being a sex offender? The in. His name's Lennon. Okay. Last name's Lennon. And in 2008, Lennon was convicted on charges of aggravated child pornography. And he got a 20 year sentence. But guess what? They suspended it. Now, why in the fuck wouldn't you not at least make him serve some time, right? So. Well, guess what? Three years later, and I'm sure it was a lot before then, in 2011, cops learned that Lennon was in possession of additional child pornography. Right. Special kind of asshole. So they hit his house, and the investigators found found chat logs, a desktop computer, and stacks of compact discs containing images of children and infants being violently raped and sexually assaulted. Children and infants. Motherfuckers. So guess they arrest him again, and he gets released on bond. Why? I do not know. Well, In March of 2012, they go to Lennon's residence, which is at the Super 88 motel and more. Well, he worked there also. But they went to arrest him, and guess what? He was nowhere to be found. But what was there was a shit ton of blood. They said that they found blood everywhere. So evidently, Lennon wanted to make it look like he had been abducted and murdered. And they said he staged an elaborate and bloody abduction and robbery scene, leaving behind falsified evidence to make it appear he had been abducted. They said he went to extremes. And we did determine that the large amount of blood at the stage crime scene actually was his. The police said this at a press conference. And just like that, Mr. Lennon disappeared. And this according to Johnny Coleman. He's a U.S. marshal for the Western District of Oklahoma, he said. And his whereabouts remain unknown. Until recently. Look, yes, marshals always get their man. And my experience, okay, you can't outrun that paper, one day, they don't get your ass. But Lennon, he's a little smarter than most because he evaded capture for 13 years. But detectives at the Moore Police Department and the U.S. marshal Service in Oklahoma kept investigating, and they tracked him to Canton under the alias Justin Phillips. He was enrolled. Lennon was enrolled at the Sunny Canton S U N Y I guess university. And he was enrolled under a state name. And guess what? They got his ass and they arrested him. And he's like you. My name ain't Lennon. Well, your fingerprints don't lie, Mr. Lennon. They took him in, fingerprinted him, and they confirmed his true identity. So the cops are looking into whether Lennon committed other crimes while he was on the run. Well, I can guarantee he didn't stop being a baby raper. They said search warrants are being run in New York on devices and residences, and we will see what they reveal to see if future crimes have been committed. This case remains active and under investigation. But with his capture, we can now begin the process of holding Lennon accountable for the crimes he committed against children in our community. Now Lennon is being held in New York while he waits extradition to Oklahoma. And you know, he's just a special breed of asshole. The I, I don't. You know, you get sentenced to 20 years, and three years later, they have enough information developed to come in and hit you again. And they find all kinds of baby raping babies, Bay infants, meaning this. This kid can't even talk. Or these kids can't even talk and you're raping them. And then you. I mean, prison is a full of dumb criminals. It's hard to catch a smart one. But this guy gets out 20 years suspended sentence. They get him again and they release him on bond. If I was him, I'd have ran too, right? And in. I don't know it. I don't know the. I don't know if I know Oklahoma has a death penalty, but if they got that raping an infant or kids on. On video, that you think he doesn't deserve a death penalty. But he's definitely going to run. We know that much. He is known for it. Well, maybe. Maybe Oklahoma won't let him out this time. Not throwing shame to my Okie lifers, but that's fucked up. And they're going to find so many more victims in the last 11 years. Because once a chomo, always a chomo. And sex is 99 middle. This guy mental. This guy's still young, and evidently he gets off on babies. And once you. Once you're. That's your gig. You're not giving it up. Hey, you know what? Louisiana. I'll give. I'll give a shout out to state. Louisiana. They just came through. And I know I'm gonna catch some shit for this. They just came through with the chemical castration law. For chomos like this, you get out of prison before you get out. They chemically castrate you now in Louisiana and for that and Governor Jeff Landry and all of them that made it happen. Because I can tell you that one priest was like 85 years old when I got him. And he told me, he said. He said, yeah, my shit doesn't work anymore. And he said, but I. I do it in my mind every day. Every day, right? Sex is 99% mental. Show mo chomo him. Maybe Mr. Lennon gets some prison justice. All right, y', all, the hashtag just for Bradley. Hashtag just for Aoke. Please continue to tag it everywhere. Look, man, holy smokes. This week's episode. Bombs being dropped. I'm gonna talk about, like, there's people out there. And I've. I've failed to mention this, like, Noser Brown. If you don't know who she is, then. Then look her up. She's been hammering Burning Parish's ass ever since Bradley went missing, pretty much. And then you have this new Facebook page. I can't remember the name of it. I'll talk about it on this week's episode. This. These. Holy. They are putting up mug shots. And everybody. It's all about Bradley's case. In AO's case, the. They are putting up mug shots crimes. I wouldn't want to be a. From Burning Parish involved in Bradley and Austin Abandoned his case. I put to you like that. Another person, I think it's. They're called Cajun grit or whatever. So people are coming out of the woodworks now and dropping bombs on these suspects. The. I'm gonna talk all about it on this week's episode. And the. You know, I applaud her. Hats off to him. And if real life, real crime had any part in instigating the shitstorm that's going on in burning Parish, that I'm proud of that. But the. You know, this whole talk to Woody and he'll get you a deal thing, I'm pretty much past that point. If you haven't talked to. If you haven't reached out to me and. And confessed and had me go off the record to the powers that be to try to get you some help, but because you're gonna be. You know, you're looking at time, but you can go yourself because now is surpassed the point of that it's going to come to the point where we don't need your help. The. If you were standing there and you saw what happened or you have the knowledge afterwards, direct knowledge after what's happened because one of the players that murdered Bradley or Austin told you, guess what? That's going to happen when they get arrested. And they're going to get arrested. When they get arrested, they're going to ask, who did you tell? Who was involved? Who have you ever told? And guess what all those people are getting arrested too for. Whether it's, you know, aiding and abetting or. Or just fucking keeping your mouth shut. This is murder, y'. All. Murder. So you better get up off your ass before the bracelets come on and try to get yourself some help. And people are doing it. So the. It's coming. And I'll tell you a real funny antidote, and I'll end it with this. I still do polygraphs from time to time, mostly for attorneys that I've done defense work for. And in when I got law enforcement, that's. I travel the country doing defense work. Not just polygraphs, but studying the cases and seeing where they're messed up and. And what have you. But I got a call yesterday from an attorney, I won't say from where. And they got a client that's locked up, guess where? In Vernon Parish. And they were like his. His paralegal. It's like, hey, Mr. Woody. And Mr. So and so wants to know, will you go to Vernon Parish and. And test someone? And I'm like, I don't know if you can really afford me anymore. And. And you know, I know he used to feed me back in the day. And, and the. I said, can we get them to Yalls office? Because our office isn't in Vernon Parish because I don't want to go to Vernon Parish where they know that I'm coming, right? She said, oh no, he's incarcerated. You have to go to Vernon Parish jail to do the polygraph. I said, you can't pay me enough money to go to Vernon Parish jail for numerous reasons. Number one, I know for a fact that the powers that be, meaning law enforcement, are looking for me. Number 10, I'm gonna show up at their jail. Number two, what if someone incarcerated in jail is one of my suspects? Fuck. That would come to burn and parish. And until we come with the proper authorities, I will definitely become an incognito. And I will never. I'll never. I don't want to ever say never, but I can pretty much guarantee you I will never do a polygraph inside the Vernon Paris jail ever. And maybe my grandkids might one day.

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