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A quadruple amputee professional cornhole player from Maryland is charged with murder after a shooting inside a car.
An eight-year-old Kansas girl fights off an abductor and leads police right to the bad guy.
A Washington woman refuses put down the kitten as she's placed under arrest.
Organized crime rings have a new target: LEGO.
Drew Nelson reports.
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I'm Dr. Nelson, a quadruple amputee professional cornhole player from Maryland
is charged with murder after a shooting inside a car.
In Charles County, deputies say 27-year-old Dayton Weber is accused of shooting and killing
27-year-old Bradrick Michael Wells during an argument while driving on Sunday.
Authorities say two witnesses were in the back seat when the shooting happened.
Investigators say the argument broke out as the group traveled through Laplated.
They say Weber pulled out a firearm and shot wells in the head.
Deputies say he then pulled over and asked the witnesses to help remove wells from the
car.
They refused, got out and flagged down police.
Authorities say Weber drove off with wells still inside the vehicle.
A short time later, a resident in Charlotte Hall found a body in the yard.
Investigators identified the victim as well.
Our TV news partners at Fox 5 DC spoke to Diane Richardson of the Charles County Sheriff's
Office thanking the witnesses.
I think the witnesses helping really gave us a good start, obviously.
And then it was excellent police work with not only our detectives and Laplated Police,
but also the authorities in Virginia.
Investigators say Weber's vehicle was later found in Charlotte's Phil Virginia.
They say he was located at a hospital and arrested after being released.
This early in the investigation, but there is no evidence at this point to suggest anybody
else was involved in the shooting and that he acted alone on this.
Weber is known as a professional cornhole player who became a quadruple amputee as a baby
after a severe infection.
Online videos show him firing a rifle and a nine millimeter handgun, despite his disability.
The American Cornhole League released a statement acknowledging the allegations.
The League says the situation is extremely serious and that its thoughts are with those
impacted, including the family of Bradrick Michael Wells.
The statement says the case is an active legal matter and the League will not comment
further while proceedings continue.
Weber now faces charges that include first and second degree murder as he awaits extra
addition back to Maryland.
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A brave eight year old girl in Kansas fights off a man who grabs her from behind during
an attempted abduction.
Then she escapes and leads police back to him in Wichita police say 27 year old Tanner
Warren is now charged with attempted kidnapping and attempted interference with parental custody.
He's being held on a $40,000 bond.
The gators say this happened the morning of March the 7th as the girl walked from her
home toward her grandmother's restaurant along West Central Avenue.
According to court documents, the girl noticed a man walking behind her for several blocks.
He approached and said, Hey, thinking he might be a friend of her father.
She replied, Hi.
As they continued walking, he asked for her name.
She realized she didn't know him and told him she could not talk to strangers.
Police say the man then said her name, which caught her off guard.
When asked how she knew it, he told her it was a guess and then told her she was pretty.
Investigators say the attack happened moments later.
They say Warren came up behind her grabbed her around the waist with one arm and used the
other to cover her mouth.
The girl told detectives his grip was tight so she could not breathe.
She tried to scream, but could not get enough air police say she fought back and struck
him in the stomach, causing him to loosen his grip and stumble.
That gave her the chance to break free.
She ran to her grandmother's restaurant and told her what had happened and her grandmother
called 911.
Officers searched the area and found a man matching the description nearby on West Central
Avenue.
Police say Warren denied knowing anything about the girl and told officers he was, quote,
just walking in the area and wasn't trying to bother anyone.
He also said, quote, she saw me walking and I was just like I asked her who she was.
I wasn't trying to flirt with her or be uncomfortable.
I would never hit on an underage minor.
Police arrested him at the scene.
Investigators say the girl's quick reaction and willingness to fight helped her escape.
A woman in Washington runs from deputies with a kitten after a stolen car stop then asks
for the animal back as she's taken into custody.
This happened in Tacoma where deputies responded to a report of a freshly stolen vehicle near
Golden Given Road.
K-I-R-O reports deputies moved into arrests two people inside the car.
Authorities say the driver tried to run and was quickly caught after a short foot chase.
The passenger, a 23-year-old woman, ran in the opposite direction while holding a kitten.
Deputies searched the area for several minutes before finding her hiding underneath a pickup
truck.
When she came out, deputies order her onto her stomach so they could put her in handcuffs.
Authorities say the kitten was not hurt and was later turned over to the Tacoma Humane Society.
Deputies say the driver is now facing charges that include alluding, resisting arrest, theft
of a motor vehicle driving with a suspended license and multiple felony warrants.
They say the passenger is facing charges of theft of a motor vehicle, resisting arrest
and additional misdemeanor warrants.
Neither of them have been named.
A surge in LEGO thefts is exposing a growing black market where high-value sets are stolen
and resold for quick cash with recent arrests pointing to organized crime.
Albuquerque police say they have made arrests in two separate theft rings targeting LEGO
products, including one case that reportedly involved a police department employee.
Investigators say the schemes follow a pattern.
Suspect, walk into retail stores, take high-dollar sets, then resell them for less than full
value to move them quickly, and in some cases they smash and grab at specialty stores.
That demand is being fueled by a growing adult collector market where older and hard-to-find
sets can carry serious value.
At a resale shop in Rio Rancho, store owner John Sillett says his business revolves around
tracking down those pieces, sometimes from decades ago.
Can I get a set from 1978?
Can I get a castle from my childhood?
The answer is yes, so we can find and acquire any set that you're looking for.
But KOB reports the same demand that drives collectors is also attracting thieves.
Sillett says his shop has strict rules to avoid buying stolen merchandise.
Staff, check identification and question sellers who cannot explain where the sets came
from.
If they don't provide ID or justify the reason they're selling when they could take
back to the original purchase location and get full value, then that's immediately sets
off alarm bells.
Police say many of the stolen sets are not rare.
They are brand new, still sitting on store shelves, making them easier to steal and bulk
and resale quickly.
That is another red flag Sillett watches for when people try to sell large quantities
in his store.
They have a large amount of still available at retail sets.
That's a warning sign that there might be something going on and we need to ask more
questions.
Investigators say LEGO sets are attractive to theft rings because they hold their value
and are easy to move.
Some rare sets can sell for thousands of dollars while even common sets can be flipped
online for close to retail price.
Police say suspects often steal the items and unload them at a discount, sometimes to
small businesses or online buyers who may not realize the sets were taken.
Sillett says someone tried to sell his shop stolen sets just last week, as police continue
to break up theft rings, store owners say buyers should watch for warning signs, especially
deals that seem to be too good to be true.
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