True Crime Time For September 24, 2025 | Child Abuse in Ohio, Teacher Misconduct Cases, and Shocking Crimes Across the U.S.

Summary

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Real Life Real Crime — True Crime Time for September 24, 2025

Child Abuse in Ohio, Teacher Misconduct Cases, and Shocking Crimes Across the U.S.

Hosts: Woody Overton & Cyndi Overton
Release Date: September 24, 2025

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Overview

In this week’s episode of "True Crime Time For," Woody and Cyndi Overton deliver a rapid-fire news roundup of twisted, shocking, and sometimes darkly humorous crime stories from across the United States. The cases run the gamut—from shocking child abuse, sexual misconduct by trusted adults, and predator teachers, to bizarre assaults and animal cruelty. The pair’s signature banter provides both gritty insights and moments of levity, all rooted in Woody’s decades of law enforcement experience.

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Episode Breakdown and Key Segments

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[03:14] Banter & Cold Case Advocacy

• Opening Chat: Woody and Cyndi muse—half-jokingly—about what the world would be like without crime. "There's no shortage of job security in this business," Woody quips, setting the tone for the episode.
• Advocacy Shoutout: Ongoing reminders for listeners to call tips on open cases, referencing Woody’s commitment to cold-case justice (esp. #JusticeForBradley and #JusticeForAO).
  • Quote: "If you do something bad, come and tell us. Because it's much better if you come and tell us what happened." —Cyndi Overton [05:17]

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[06:00] Family Matters: Disturbing Ohio Child Abuse

• Case Summary:
  In Columbus, Ohio, 30-year-old Billy Joe Tustin was arrested after throwing her 9-month-old son 15 feet, causing critical head injuries. She admitted to a pattern of abuse and suffered untreated mental health issues partly out of fear of losing custody.
  • Quote: "I can't imagine throwing a football 15ft, much less a baby." —Cyndi [06:18]
  • Context: Prior involvement from children’s services, prior domestic incidents, and neighbors’ warnings.
• Woody's Reaction:
  "It's unfortunate…you arrest and you make sure you say, ‘oh, watch your head,’ as they slam their head into the roof of the car when they're getting put in." [08:05]

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[08:22] "Effed Up Professionals:" Orlando Bar Attack

• Story:
  Bartender Jason Wilfredo Rocero became enraged after a customer challenged being overcharged. Rocero taunted the customer ("You can suck a dick" repeatedly), insulted his deceased mother, then escalated to violence—ultimately stabbing the customer ten times outside.
  • Quote: "He tells the...victim, 'You can suck a dick.' ...and then he made a comment about his mother, who is deceased." —Woody [09:26]
• Casual Commentary:
  The Overtons relate this to their own experiences with bad bartenders, humorously contrasting their own annoyances with serious criminal behavior.

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[15:00] Michigan "Liquid" Assault at Kroger

• Incident:
  A man followed women around a Kroger store and twice "discharged an unknown liquid" onto the backs of female shoppers’ pants. Testing and surveillance led to the arrest of 20-year-old Dion Otis Grant. He faces sexual assault charges amid suspicions the liquid was bodily fluid.
  • Quote: "How are you walking around just jizzing on people?" —Cyndi [17:37]
• Woody’s Take:
  "This incident—proven guilty until your semen comes back on these women's pants." [17:19]
• Release:
  Grant pleads not guilty, released on bond, and banned from Kroger.

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[21:20] Teacher Sexual Abuse: Minneapolis Case

• Coverage Clip:
  Woody plays a report on Aaron Germstead, a former teacher/coach now considered one of Minnesota’s most prolific child sexual abusers (127 victims catalogued in videos).
  • Quote (audio): "A former Minneapolis teacher and coach already convicted of sexually abusing multiple young boys has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 12 more..." —News clip [21:20]
  • Evidence: Germstead curated and labeled folders of victim abuse; sentencing will likely keep him in prison for life.
  • Host Reactions:
    "He is one of the most prolific offenders I've ever encountered in four decades." —Woody, paraphrasing law enforcement [23:49]
    "I really do think child molesters, especially serial ones like that, deserve the death penalty." —Woody [24:32]

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[25:21] New Jersey Teacher-Student Sexual Assault

• Case Outline:
  Former Wall High School English teacher Julie Ro pleaded guilty to sexual assaults on two students (one 17-year-old, one 18-year-old), including intercourse, nude exchanges, and sexting between 2017 and 2024. Sentencing includes sex offender registration and permanent forfeiture of public office.
  • Quote: "I mean that—when you were in high school, you couldn't get any dick? What's the deal?" —Woody [28:25]
• Context:
  Cyndi notes the increasing trend of female teacher misconduct being reported; Woody responds with dark humor and critique.

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[29:21] Florida Firefighter & Wife: Child & Animal Abuse

• Disturbing Bust:
  Jordan Hoffman (firefighter) and his wife Harley shared and produced explicit content involving the sexual abuse of children and various animals. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children traced digital evidence leading to their arrests; 70 charges in total.
  • Quote: "I don't know what wires got crossed in your brain where dog's penis turns you on." —Woody [33:53]
• Personal Law Enforcement Anecdote:
  Woody recalls a similar, notorious animal abuse case for added context.

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[34:22] Family Matters: Virginia Infant Strangulation

• Summary:
  In Loudoun County, VA, 21-year-old Alvaro Mejia Ayala was arrested for strangling his infant sister with a charging cord. The infant remains in critical condition.
  • Quote: "I was playing with my sister and may have killed her." —As told by suspect during arrest [35:55]
• Host Reaction:
  Cyndi: "Who plays by strangling their infant sister?" [36:19]

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[36:47] "Could've Been a Rapper" — Dead Body Discovery in Tesla

• Headline Story:
  Police found a decomposing body in an impounded Tesla registered to budding rap star D4VD in Hollywood, near Elon Musk’s new Tesla diner. Investigation ongoing.
  • Quote: "So you got some explaining to do—how's this rotting body in your Tesla, and you were in town?" —Woody [40:29]

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[40:54] Beast Mode: Dog Cruelty in Travis County

• Case:
  Felicity, a gentle pit bull with golden eyes, was found chained and attacked by multiple dogs. She was rescued, treated, and her story garnered widespread concern, but no suspects identified.
  • Quote: “She’s a survivor. Despite her ordeal, she’s on the mend...” —Cyndi [43:15]
• Hosts’ Note:
  Continued interest in learning who abandoned Felicity.

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[43:49] Slidell, LA: Worker Runs Over Colleague, Flees

• Incident:
  67-year-old Lillian Sellers ran over co-worker in parking lot, then lied about the victim’s injuries and attempted to tamper with evidence (video footage caught everything). Victim in critical condition.
  • Quote: "She literally runs over this lady then... picks up a piece of her bumper, puts it in her car... calls 911, said, ‘looks like someone fell in the parking lot’ and left." —Woody [45:01]
• Significance:
  Police say video footage crucial; Sellers faces multiple felony charges.

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[49:04] Surveillance Culture: Anecdote & Commentary

• Discussion:
  Cyndi recounts visiting the bank, observing the omnipresent cameras; Woody recalls the evolution of camera technology from when he was a PI in the 1990s. Both note how surveillance has become an inescapable part of solving crime.
  • Quote: "Videos are everywhere... people recording phone conversations, photographs that you send out on social media... you think people can't find out who you are... oh shit's coming." —Woody [48:34]

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Notable Quotes

• "There's always going to be crime. There's no shortage of job security in this business." —Woody [04:05]
• "He is the most... one of the most prolific offenders I've ever encountered in four decades." —Woody [23:49]
• "I really do think child molesters, especially serial ones like that, deserve the death penalty." —Woody [24:32]
• "Who plays by strangling their infant sister or sibling or anyone?" —Cyndi [36:19]
• "She literally runs over this lady... picks up a piece of her bumper, puts it in her car... calls 911, said ‘looks like someone fell in the parking lot’ and left." —Woody [45:01]
• "Videos are everywhere... you think people can't find out who you are... oh shit's coming." —Woody [48:34]

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Episode Highlights

• Chilling descriptions of child and animal abuse, exposing the dark depths of depravity Woody and Cyndi confront as true crime commentators.
• Honest, often raw, host reactions—balancing outrage, gallows humor, and informative asides about legal processes and investigative procedures.
• Multiple cases of teacher sexual abuse with detailed legal consequences.
• An unusual blend of hard-hitting crime stories and real-life procedural experience, peppered with authentic banter.

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Listener Takeaways

• True crime is rarely black-and-white. The episode repeatedly emphasizes the complexity of human motivation, the importance of mental health intervention, and holes in existing social safety nets.
• Surveillance and digital forensics are changing how all crime is investigated. Multiple stories hinge on camera footage or digital traces.
• Persistence in advocacy and community involvement remains crucial. Listeners are urged to provide tips and participate in ongoing justice campaigns.

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For those who haven’t listened:
This episode is a tough, unsparing look at the week’s most disturbing true crime news, layered with experienced commentary and the Overtons’ signature rapport—a must for fans seeking shock, insight, and straight talk.

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Transcript

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Hello, everybody. Welcome to this episode of true crime time for Wednesday, September 24th. And I'm Woody Overton.

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I'm Cindy Overton.

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Here it comes. More crime news from around the globe. Never know what you're gonna get.

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What if we woke up one morning and there was no crime news?

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Wouldn't it be some.

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That would be amazing.

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I had to go. Well, then I couldn't be a police officer either anymore.

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You're not a police officer.

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I was thinking about what jobs I could go get.

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Oh, well, no, but then you could go diamond mining. You could go. Or gold mining. Sapphire mining.

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Yeah.

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You go fishing.

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Yeah, I could do all that.

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If there was no crime, you wouldn't have to be a detective. And then we could do a podcast on all of the great your adventures.

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Yeah, and they should swim someone who isn't me.

[A]

Well, your new adventures, too.

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Yeah, that's true. That's true. But always going to be crime. There's no shortage of job security in this business.

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Or you could do it. Go do a crime. So we could have a story and we would pretend like it wasn't you.

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Well, then I was thinking that it's like a world where the crime doesn't exist anymore.

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Yeah, that would be amazing.

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That means the devil. I'd have to go. Bye. Bye. That's not gonna happen.

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Yeah, there's no good without evil, Right?

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Right. So let's get into it. Hashtag just for Bradley. Hashtag just for ao. I think y' all the patreon of convicts. And thank you so much for being patriotic. Convicts should get it on Thursday. Hopefully on Thursday if it's done editing. We're waiting on one thing and everybody else will get it Saturday morning. Continue to call in your tips. 3 1, 3R LRC tip. Look, if you're sitting there and you know and I already know who you are, the what happened and you're worried about getting in trouble, you need to need to talk to me because somebody's gonna get in trouble. But it is what it is. And the. The.

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And it kind of like what we always told our kids. If you do something bad, come and tell us. Because it's much better if you come and tell us what happened.

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Before we find more than one person involved, somebody's going to get a deal. The rest of them aren't.

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Yeah.

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All right, what you got?

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Well, first I want to do a shout out to Ray. In the app, they said that a tunnel and a cannon are exactly the same.

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Yeah, I saw that. And I commented.

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I just wanted to.

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Was that a nice moment for you? I'm gonna let you enjoy it for a second. Now give us some crime time. It's time for family matters.

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So we're starting off in Columbus, Ohio. On September 18, Billy Joe Tustin, 30 years old, was arrested and charged with felonious assault after throwing her nine month old son across the room.

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There you have it.

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She threw him about 15ft, causing him to land on his head. I can't imagine throwing a football 15ft, much less a baby. A baby. So police say the infant was brought to nationwide children's hospital in critical condition. And Tustin also admitted to spanking, slapping, and throwing the child shorter distances previously when she got frustrated. There was a three year old daughter in the home at the time, but the three year old wasn't harmed, supposedly. I bet the three year old was harmed when she was an infant. But neighbors and Tustin's boyfriend say that she had been struggling with severe mental issues and according to them, she feared seeking help because she believed that she would lose custody of her children if she sought help. So prior to the incident, Franklin county children's services had been involved with Tustin's family and they confirmed that there were previous reports and efforts to engage with her about custody issues.

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I.

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Regarding the three year old daughter, Tustin had reportedly been working to terminate the agency's involvement in her family's case before this recent abuse. So police say that there has been calls to the home as early as last week from neighbors who reported domestic disputes and threats of violence.

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Job security. It's unfortunate. I mean, I mean, I don't know. That's one of those that you arrest and you make sure you say, oh, watch your head as they slam their head into the roof of the car when they're getting put in. Right?

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Yep.

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This craziness in the world. And I'm about to tell you some more. It's time for effort of professional. They got some pretty crazy names for bars, the big ones and they have small ones holding the walls and everything in between. We're going to Orlando, where we're going to Grumpy's underground. Grumpies are crumpies. Underground. Anyway, so people in there just. It's a hole in the wall probably the size of a, I don't know, a small convenience store. And dudes in there getting his drink on. Well, and the bartender, Jason Wilfredo Rocero, he's 30 years old, and he was serving this dude, and he evidently charged the dude for more drinks than he got.

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Okay?

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So the guy, the, you know, got upset and he says, you know, said, hey, man, you didn't serve me those drinks. And the manager hears it, and she comes over and she kind of irons out the situation. But Rosario is still displeased. And he tells the. The victim in this case, you can suck a dick. You can suck a dick. You can suck a dick. I mean, the managers. Your manager, sorry, diffuse the situation. You had got it on your mind, right? You just kept repeating it over and over. You could suck a dick. And then Rosario goes on to make a comment about the victim's mother, who is deceased. I don't think he knew she was deceased, but he didn't. He made a comment about his mother. And then Rosario walks away from the victim, but then comes back to him and says, you know what? Let's take this shit outside, okay? And that's never going to end well, right? Anytime I've ever been a part of let's take it outside is fisticuffs, at least. So. But they go outside and they continue to do verbal kung fu. And then Rosario said to the victim, he said, your mother sucks dick and it's his dead mother, right?

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Yeah.

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So that's when the victim punched him and he fell to the ground. They tussled on the ground and Rosario pulls out a knife and started slashing the victim in the back. Rosario said, I got him before, you know, it all ended. So the. The cops called the victim, told the cops that the incident occurred so quickly he did not realize he had been stabbed. Well, cops are looking at him and they're like, yeah, you've been stabbed, homie. Ten times.

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Oh, my gosh.

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Seven to his left back area and three to the head. Of course, he was taken to the hospital. So the officers are investigating and the bar owner comes up them says, I guess it's a nickname for Rosario. Saucy stabbed somebody and it's not okay. And she identified the suspect of Rosario, whom she knew as Jock Hip Hop. The owner described Rosario as a hot headed and she had been planning on firing him after he'd worked just three shifts.

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Yeah.

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So as owner was speaking with the cops, Rosaro calls her on the phone. And the officer, she's like, rosario is calling now. So the officer answers the phone and tells Rosario, hey, you need to come back to the bar, homie. And the. He did. And the cops got an arrest for him and took him into custody. You know, I don't really understand what the deal is. Like, you and I were a place recently. Look at this, genius. You and I were at a place recently, and it was an elderly lady. And then she. We've known that she's been there for like 40 years. She's good and bad in every profession. And she was like. She's like the worst bartender in the world. No doubt about it. So we decided we're gonna have a fancy drink, y', all, and not drink a beer. And so we asked for the fancy drink menu. I mean, she's a nice lady. She just sucks. And asked for this fancy menu right there. Like the should be. I guess it's our number one drink on the fancy menu. And we said, well, I have two of these. And she's like, oh, I don't know how to make this. Well, you've been here for 40 years. This your number one drink?

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It was a hurricane. One of them, I think, was a hurricane.

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Yeah, but it was a fancy hurricane. Yeah. You're in New Orleans and you don't know how to make a hurricane. Right. It's called I don't want to make a fucking hurricane. And y'. All. A hurricane is very potent drink served here or made here in Louisiana, obviously during one of the hurricanes back in the 70s, Camille or something. But she was like, I don't do it. And I'm like, are you serious? And I told Cindy recording when she came back over. Do you have that recording? Sorry, don't worry about it. We'll have to play it. And she came back over and asked about it again. And she was like, what? You know, gave. Excuse. Excuse. And then I was like, this is so fucking stupid. And then I left. As soon as I left, she came over to Cindy and was like, well, I can make it. We have the ingredients. I can look up how to make it. I'm like, I don't. I don't want a bartender to give me one of your most popular drinks. I don't want you to have to look up the rules.

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She also said, well, we usually don't make drinks here. We usually don't make those types of drinks here.

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It's a fancy bar.

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Literally.

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Yeah. I mean, it's a bar inside of an establishment.

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Yeah, but. But that was her first excuses. Well, we usually. I mean, I don't even. What is this? Like, she literally asked what was on the menu.

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Yeah, well, at least she didn't say my mama sucks dick and to go outside.

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Well, you also treated her with a respect.

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I always did.

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So you weren't, you know, overchar. Like she sucks.

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Sucks to be her at the end of the day.

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It wasn't to. To be clear, like you said, we know that she's been there for over 40 years. We've had several encounters with her.

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I. I said that we. We. We known her from previous.

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Yeah.

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And they all sucked.

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Yeah.

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Right. Yeah. All right. What you got?

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We're going to a Kroger in Michigan.

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Kroger grocery.

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Yeah. So on September 5th, a woman was shopping at Kroger in Middle Belt on Middle Belt Road in Farmington Hills, Michigan. And she reported a man that was following her around the store.

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Right.

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Well, she noticed him following her and she just kind of paid attention. Whatever. But then he discharged an unknown liquid onto the back of her pants near her buttocks.

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Oh, so just fliz.

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But she. She. She left after that happened.

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Machine. It happened.

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She knew it happened. Okay, so she returned the next. She. The next day she goes to the police and she turned over the sold pants for evidence. Three days later on September 8, the same man returned to the same Kroger stalking hunting grounds. And store staff recognized him and called 91 1.

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Right.

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But before police arrived, he did the same thing to another female shopper.

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Did I say what the liquid was?

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No, that was the first thing.

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It's implied that. Yeah, he flung jazz.

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And so following her and he discharged something onto her pants in the same way.

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I don't know how that really works.

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So Farmington Hills police located and detained the man, and they. And he tried to flee the store. The victim's pants from the second incident were also collected for testing to determine what the liquid might be.

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Yeah.

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The suspect was identified as 20 year old Dion Otis Grant, who's a resident of Southfield. And he was charged with two counts of fourth degree criminal sexual conduct. One count for each of the women he targeted. And allegedly is all over this.

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Yeah, of course. This incident proven guilty until your semen comes back on these women's pants.

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So he'll be. He was arraigned on September 10, which this is a later story, but I just thought it was interesting because how are you walking around just jizzing on people? Sorry that.

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Well, he entered a not guilty plea and he was released on a ten thousand dollar personal bond. But he is forbidden for returning to that Kroger. So he's just moving on down the road, I'm sure. And is ordered not to have contact with the victims.

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I mean, yeah, I'm sure. It's like Derek Todd Lee used to sit in the parking lot and watch him go in and then follow him around. I don't think he can just do his own command. Probably got to work it up a little bit.

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I don't know.

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Maybe he did it. Yeah. Oh, Lord. All right, well, I'm gonna give you another. It's time for effort of professionals out to the Twin Cities and I'm probably going to play this be and it's a teacher and well, you know what, Let me play for you. A former Minneapolis teacher and coach already convicted of sexually abusing multiple young boys.

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Has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 12.

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12 more. 12 more. Aaron Drumstedt was supposed to go to.

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Trial next week, but today he struck a deal which could mean he'll spend.

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The rest of his life locked up.

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Cox nine investigator Nathan o' Neill has been tracking this case for more than a year and was inside the courtroom today.

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Former teacher and coach Aaron Germstead admitted to sexually abusing 12 more children, including one boy as young as 5 years old. His plea deal revealed in court today comes with a life sentence. Aaron Germstead is already serving a 12 year prison sentence for sexually abusing four young boys during sleepovers at his home. He was previously convicted in 2021 for sexually abusing multiple children spanning several years and multiple schools. How often would he have kids over at his house during basketball season? Every weekend. I probably went almost every weekend. The Fox Night investigators spoke with two former students who say Germstead targeted them when they went to Excel Academy in Brooklyn Park. He needs to be brought to justice. Today's guilty plea comes after investigators discovered a trove of new evidence against Germstead. Which led them to even more victims. This search warrant obtained by the Fox 9 Investigators reveals Germstead was found with a catalog of videos, all showing children.

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Police believe he abused.

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Well, he is the most. One of the most prolific offenders I've ever encountered in four decades. According to the warrant, the videos were highly organized and labeled with the initials of child victims. In total, there were 127 different sets of initials. They told me that one of my children was in those takes and videos. The first time we talked about it, all she showed me was two pictures of me and his hole. And then I cried. I'm like, that's sick. He must have done so much more to me. And then after saying that, she showed me the video she showed me which was worse. Yeah. Along with a life sentence, Germstead's plea deal comes with the possibility of parole after 30 years. His official sentencing is set for November for the Fox 10 investigation. I don't think he'll make it quite that long, but the multiple.

[A]

He's gonna be crying this whole 120.

[B]

127 that he videoed. And they showed the screen, y', all, on the picture of his computer screen. It has all the little manila folders lined up with 127 different victims. Like, this one kid was gonna. Or I guess he's not a kid now it's gonna deny it. Right. You're a young man. You're not gonna say anything. And then they show you a couple pictures, and you. Y' all like, yeah, that's. That's sick. If you did that. Then they show him the videos. Yeah, basically where he's been raped. And that dude's an. Multiple school districts shipped around. I mean, having kids sleep over and.

[A]

Coach and you have respect for, like, you know, like, him.

[B]

That's, you know, let's see. They do not have the death penalty. I think. I really do think child molesters, especially serial ones like that, deserve the death penalty.

[A]

Absolutely. They do.

[B]

And imagine because I've done it, having to go, first of all, you gotta identify the 127 kids, which means you got to go to school and show pictures to, you know, people that work there and identify them. Then you got to go knock on the parents door and say, by the way, here's your kid getting raped hands on video. Yeah. So he might not make it. But he was already in, you know, serving prison time. But he might not make it. If there's any justice.

[A]

Right?

[B]

What you got?

[A]

Well, I'm just gonna piggyback off of yours.

[B]

It'S time for F up professionals.

[A]

This one is horrible, but not as bad. We're going to New Jersey. A former English teacher named Julie Ro. She was an English teacher at Wall High School, and she pleaded guilty to two counts of second degree sexual assault involving former students. One of the incidents that she pled guilty to took place in 2017-2018, and then the other one was in 2024. She was arrested on July 3rd of 2024 after an internal school district staff was alerted to her inappropriate behavior. The accusations for the 2024 case include multiple sexual encounters with an 18 year old student between April and June of that year, which and that those encounters incurred in different townships, the townships of Brick Wall and Belmar. And according to prosecutors, Rosatello also exchanged nude photos with that student and sent numerous sex messages. The earlier case from 2017 to 2018 involves another student who was 17 years old at that time. And according to the probable cause affidavit, the victim says their relationship included vaginal intercourse at her residence in Brick, and text messages and pictures were recovered to support that claim. So the teacher resigned from her teaching position just before her arrest. And she had been working at the Wall Township public school since 2013. And, you know, it says she earned 62,000 annually. That doesn't matter. During legal proceedings, Rosatello entered the plea before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Jill G. O', Malley, and sentencing is scheduled for January 9th of 2026. Prosecutors plan to recommend she serve 10 years in state prison and impose the following penalties. Mandatory registration as a sex offender, which is under Megan's Law, and lifetime parole, supervision, and permanent forfeiture of any public office.

[B]

Crazy. The so many more women, you know, teachers and all that. Now I think probably because we're doing shows like this, it gets more reported, but it's just crazy.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And you know, raping kids or having sex with teenagers when you're a teacher. I mean that when you were in high school, you couldn't get any dick. What's the deal?

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

You're living in a fantasy world. You got to recreate what you missed out on.

[A]

Well, she's got a few more charges that are added. You know, part of this. She was charged with witness tampering and criminal sexual contact.

[B]

Well, there you go. So there you have it. Yeah, there you have it. So we're gonna go out to Florida. I can't really put this under family members or effed up professional work. Could go under both. Y' all didn't mean to go down this path today. But a Columbia County Florida firefighter and his wife. You know where this is going, right?

[A]

Where I'm assuming they had some type of sexual with kids and dogs.

[B]

All right, so Columbia County Florida firefighter and his wife are in jail for creating and sharing explicit sexual content involving the abuse of children and animals. Right. So In August of 2025, law enforcement agencies in Lake City, Florida began their investigation into 33 year old Jordan Hoffman, who's the firefighter and his wife, 27 year old Harley Hoffman. And this came in because they started because they got a cyber tip from the national center for missing Exploited Children. And that's. Those people are awesome. They sit around and monitor chat rooms and like that looking for any child possible child porn and then if they get it, they coming. So but the tip said that the Hoffmans were sharing explicit content via social media platforms. And so the cops looked at it forensically and they did the analysis and they yep, definitely confirmed the involvement of both of the husband and wife and the distribution of the illicit materials. So after receiving the tip, the digital forensic experts analyze data from social media platforms to trace the origin and distribution of the content back to Hoff the Hoffman's devices. So the cops do what they do and they get a search warrant and they hit the Hoffman's residence and sees all the electronic devices and in storage for those devices for to dig into deeper to look for evidence. They also recovered deleted files and trace communications related to the distribution of illicit materials and identify the Hoffman's as the primary contributors. Meaning they made the shit themselves. Right. So the authorities then arrest Jordan on August 25th and he now faces multiple charges including possession and distribution of illicit materials involving the sexual abuse of children and animals. The fact that they didn't just say dogs means to me that it was all different kinds of animals. Police arrested Harley, the wife three days later and charged with similar offenses as her husband. Now Florida news outlet WCJB say materials found show Jordan engage in sex acts with a dog. Harley was in the images with Jordan and the animals.

[A]

What the.

[B]

I guess he wanted to get his face down there too. So they got arrested and after they arrested Jordan, they were booked into the Columbia County Detention center and it got a combined total of 70 charges related to this case. So they are cooked.

[A]

How does that conversation go? Like hey, you want to go? And like who goes?

[B]

And I know I've told you this before, but we did one actually I've worked several of these where animals are involved and the one lady I Mean she was. She was a. You know by society standards should be a 10. Just an absolutely beautiful woman. The guy's successful and everything. And. And we got tips and did the sear worn and back then is VHS tapes the big ass cameras and grainy black and white the big square tapes and the. They had Great Danes and they had knitted mitts for the Great Danes so they could get Dane. The dog didn't know what it is. They. They got the dog with an erection and the husband would help the dog mount her up on her back and place the dog's penis into her. And dog wants town in a video.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Almost important for sexual deviant to commit the act is to video. I always say that but I don't know. I don't know how you get them to do it. I don't know what. What wires got crossed in your brain.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Where dog's penis turns you on.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And. And how you even broach that conversation.

[B]

And then we got. We got to share it. Maybe their reason they're sharing is that they're trying to get some back from other people.

[A]

I just.

[B]

That's not a normal sex life.

[A]

No.

[B]

All right. What you got? It's time for family matters.

[A]

We have a incident that happened in Virginia.

[B]

Loudoun Laven County, Virginia.

[A]

That's right.

[B]

Been there.

[A]

There's a 21 year old man named Alvaro Mejia Ayala and he was arrested after authorities say that he strangled his infant sister with a charging cord.

[B]

Like for a PlayStation or something.

[A]

I get. I mean. Yeah. And the infant remains in critical condition. So on the morning of September 17th of this year, police and emergency responders were called to an apartment in Hancock Place. And after that was after reports of an infant not breathing. And when they arrived they found the baby was unresponsive and the charging cord was still wrapped around her neck. But Mejia Ayala had took off. He wasn't there. But he was located a day later on Meadows lane Northeast around 3:18pm Investigators say that he contacted a friend for a ride and said I was playing with my sister and may have killed her.

[B]

Nice.

[A]

He is currently being held without bond and the charge currently filed as a felony count of strangulation with additional charges possible as the investigation continues. And his next court date is November 13th. I don't know who plays by strangling their infant sister or sibling or anyone.

[B]

I don't know. But hopefully they. I don't know. I mean it's been a running on show, that's for sure.

[A]

Yeah. We're hitting hard.

[B]

Hitting hard today. And the leaves are falling. It's the rest of this week's only going to be the highest. Gonna be in the 80s.

[A]

That's awesome, right?

[B]

It's gonna be nice. Trying to lighten the mood up, y'. All. But you know what? I could have been a rapper.

[A]

You could have been a rapper.

[B]

No doubt about it. I could have been a rapper back in the day and. But even if I was a rapper, I wouldn't drive a Tesla just because. Not nothing against Elon Musk, I just don't like Teslas and I wouldn't have lived in Hollywood, so. But we're going to tell you about both of those. Well, the rap star is D4VD. You ever heard of him? No. Me either. Say. And he's got a Tesla, but it got impounded.

[A]

You know why you parked it in the wrong place?

[B]

No, but they on D4VD has some neighbors and they were, you know how it was, kind of congested. Neighbors are going to be close. It's not like out here we can't see another house. Right. And the neighbors smelled something funky coming from the Tesla, so they called it in. And guess what they found in the trunk of the Tesla? A rotting, festering corpse.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Right. So D4VD had that in his shed. So when officers arrived, of course they were calling. They said they found a rotting body wrapped in a plastic sheet in luggage compartment which is found at the front in this kind of electric vehicle. Vehicle. Okay, all right. I said we were notified this morning and the car has been here for a couple days. Robert Peter, Los Angeles Police Department said the vehicle is registered in Texas to David and Anthony Burke, whose stage name is D4VD. And it's according to ABC7, D4VD was scheduled to play in Minneapolis, which our last order was in the one of the stores today on Tuesday. So at least he got a gig. And this is the latest stop in a world tour for the 20 year old. Steve's got it going on. He's got a world tour? Yeah, and a dead body.

[A]

How many places you have to go to make it a world tour?

[B]

I don't know, but he's going to 20 at least. But the the young star shot to Internet fame in 2022 when his quotations Romantic Homicide was a breakout hit on tick tock. Now, D4D has continued to post on social media in the last few days promoting his new album, but he's made no reference to the rotting body found inside his Tesla. And the. I don't really understand that. Actually, it wasn't at his house. The. The vehicle had been towed to a tow yard, and the people at tow yards said, hey, it smells like a body, and they call the cops. And all this happened. So the. Anyway, the tow yard where the gruesome discovery was made is just right next door to Elon Musk. New Tesla diner in Hollywood.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah, nothing yet. So we're gonna see what. D4. Maybe it's a promotional gig for him for his. And identified. Hadn't identified the victims. They hadn't identified anything, but it's his.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So you got some explaining to do.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

How's this Rod body in your Tesla. And you were in town.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. I don't know. Thought I'd take a little bit of a different beat there. D4VD.

[A]

Yeah, whatever. Goodness gracious.

[B]

What you got? It's time for beast mode.

[A]

We have a sweet little pit bull in Travis County. All right, so Felicity, which they describe on social media as a gentle pit bull with striking golden eyes, and she was discovered chained up to a pole. And so while she was chained up to a pole, of course she's helpless and unable to defend herself, right? So she became a target of multiple dogs who went up and started attacking her. When authorities with the Travis County Sheriff's Office arrived on the scene, they quickly realized the severity of the situation and called for backup. Felicity had sustained multiple wounds from the attack, and they said that the site was so disturbing that later posts about her rescue carried content warnings for the graphic injuries. The chaos stopped or subsided when rescuers managed to free her from the chain and rush her to safety. But they had to get through all the other dogs first. She was placed in the care of Austin Pets Alive, which is a well known shelter in the area. And staff began the process of treating her injuries. And they noted they. All of this is documented, like on the Austin Cares Like Facebook page. And so they were giving updates. Everybody was so concerned about Felicity, and so they said that she's safe, she's now calm, she's, you know, healing from the trauma. The reports don't detail exactly how many dogs attacked her or what breeds they were, but multiple agencies had to step in to cut to handle this incident. I don't know who the agencies are, but it says it remains unclear who has claimed Felicity, who chained her to the pole, why she was abandoned there. There's really no answers, just what I'm telling you. So for now, what we do know is that Felicity is a Survivor. And despite her ordeal, she's on the mend and resc. Doers and volunteers fight to give her a second chance for life.

[B]

So she basically got attacked by a.

[A]

Bunch of other dogs because she was chained to a pole. But nobody like just in a random pole, like nobody knows how she got in the backyard.

[B]

Nobody knows like, man, somebody chained her. That's how she got there.

[A]

I know, but we don't know who chained her.

[B]

Yeah, well, they're gonna find out. Okay, somebody owns all this dogs, right? Okay, I'm gonna use you stay on top of that story. All right, let's come back to Louisiana. If you run over somebody or hit something and I've worked these cases and you know, some people panic and drive off and, and. But they go like in a hide and stuff. Like the dude that flew back to Saudi Arabia, right. And, and that killed the guy on River Road, Baton Rouge. We're going to go to Slide there. Well, New Orleans, Slidell area, y'. All. Slidell is right across the lake from New Orleans Lake Pontchartrain. And listen to this Jewel for every. It doesn't look like it's intentional, but we're not ready to say 100%. Police say a Slidell woman ran over her co worker, then left her lying in the parking lot as she, quote, went to work as if nothing happened. Good evening. I'm John Snell.

[A]

And I'm Meg Gatto. Police believe the hit was an accident, but as Rob Messon reports, they say.

[B]

She tried to hide evidence afterward. A worker at Greenbrier Community Care center in Slidell is in critical condition after an accident Sunday night. Caught on video, a 67 year old employee from Greenbrier was driving recklessly backwards and run over the victim. Around 11pm Sunday. Police say 67 year old Lillian Sellers of Maneville struck and critically injured a co worker in Greenbrier's front driveway. Police say Sellers lied to co workers telling them a woman had fallen in the parking lot. The caller had advised that there was somebody that fell in the parking lot. So paramedics did transfer to a local hospital. Police say the victim was another Greenbrier employee who was taken to a nearby hospital. They say their doctors discovered that her injuries were not consistent with someone who had fallen, but were consistent with someone who had been struck by another vehicle. At that point, Slidell police came back here to the Greenbrier and discovered video which they say was disturbing. Police say they asked Sellers about the incident and got little response. She didn't want to give any. Any statement whatsoever shrugged. Sellers was arrested and now faces four charges, including reckless operation, hit and run, causing serious injury, negligent injury, and obstruction of justice by tampering with evidence. As the victim's co workers await words on her recovery. And Greenbrier Community Care issued a statement saying, our hearts are broken for our co worker. And they say they're cooperating fully with the police investigation. Let me tell you something. They have the video. This is underneath, like, the overhang where at the front door. And this woman is driving her vehicles back backwards. And she literally runs over this lady then. I mean, she was hauling ass, too. And then the. Other than what y' all just heard, they interviewed some people that work there and says she always drives like a bat out of hell in the parking lot, erratically and stuff like that. She runs over her and she gets out, picks up a piece of her bumper, puts it in her car. She walks up to the woman that's lying on the ground, the one that she ran over. And then she called 91 1, said, it looks like somebody fell in the parking lot and left. And then you heard what Chief Randall said. The. They're trying to interview her. And she just shrugged. Yeah, that's not gonna go well for you. And look, it's like, she better hope that woman doesn't die or she's gonna get a, you know, negligent homicide charge. But she was hauling. If you watch the video, she's hauling ass, like 20 plus. Who the. Drives that fast backwards? Yeah, and. And it's clear, as on the video, she ran her over, stops, picks up a piece of her car, puts it in her car, walks up to the woman who's laying on the ground. Obviously, I don't know. I'd be very surprised that this woman doesn't die because she. She ran over all four tires. Yep. There you go. Your mama, you know, didn't raise you right or something.

[A]

That's mind blowing.

[B]

67 years old. And there you have it. Slidell Police department handle that ass. Yeah, thank God they got the video.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I mean, because really, you wouldn't have. I mean, you have a woman who has it. Injuries consistent with that, but nobody saw it. Yeah, but the video.

[A]

Exactly. Thank goodness for the video.

[B]

Thank goodness for the video. Videos are everywhere. Recording equipment is everywhere. Vernon Parish, unfortunately for y'. All. The doorbell cameras, people recording phone conversations, photographs that you send out on social media, bloody spots that you shouldn't be sending. You think people can't find out who you are? Oh, shit's coming.

[A]

I was at the bank yesterday. And what I was doing took quite a while, all the different transactions. And there was, like, one person working the counter, one person working the drive through. And there was, like, the line behind me just get. Kept getting worse and, like, longer and longer. And I start looking up, and there's, like, cameras, like, every foot, it seems, every angle. I mean, every angle. But, like, I think I counted 20 cameras that I could see in my line of vision. And I was like, well, if I make eye. If I, like, look into that camera, is it gonna make me look guilty.

[B]

If I look up?

[A]

If I don't look at it, is it gonna make me look like I'm doing something?

[B]

Don't pick your nose. I might be watching the. The reason there's 20 instead of 10 is because they got robbed before, and I figured they cover every angle. Yeah. I mean, surely cameras are cheap now.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

When I was doing PI work back in 91, you know, this multiplexer, which can only run three cameras off of it was like six grand. And the cameras aren't like. Cameras are today. Yeah. I mean, they're almost free today.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So.

[A]

But that one other part that I was going to tell you is there was a guy standing next to the counter. I have no idea what he was there for, but the lady was printing up stuff that I needed, and she would have to walk from where she was to the stall where he was standing. So at one point, I freaked out. Like, you could probably see it on the video because instead of her walking around to get it, he was flirting with her the whole time. He jumped over, like, on top of the counter to grab it to hand to her, but I didn't know that's what he was doing. So I like, jump. Like, what the heck is he doing?

[B]

Pretty sure he must be the manager or something.

[A]

No, he wasn't from there. Like, he was like.

[B]

I'm pretty sure you're throwing him under the bus, because whoever the employee is, is not supposed to have people jumping over the bank counters.

[A]

She didn't know he was going to do it. And they don't know what bank I was at. I'm not throwing anybody in vote books, maybe.

[B]

Don't be defensive. It was a joke. Damn. You act like I'm calling the police because you didn't tell them. All right, I don't have anything else to you.

[A]

No.

[B]

Y' all enjoy the rest of your Wednesday. And I'm Woody Overton.

[A]

Cindy Overton.

[B]

I'll you later. Peace.

[A]

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