Thirteen police officers in Montana turn routine arrests into an insensitive game of “Crime Bingo,” triggering an internal investigation and a public apology. A substitute teacher in Florida is arrested after deputies say she helped set up a classroom fight between middle school students. Drew Nelson reports.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alart hourly update Breaking Crime Needs Now.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I'm Drew Nelson. Thirteen police officers in Montana turn routine
arrests into an insensitive game of crime Bingo, triggering an
internal investigation and a public apology. It all started in January.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Few teams of patrol officers were engaged in a Bingo
competition where success in the game hinged on whether they
engaged in actions listed on the Bengo card. Did look
like your standard Bengo card. Then they filled in squares
of things that they wanted to see happen or have
happened in order to check off that box in the
Bengo card. So an example of one of those was
(00:36):
to do a search warrant on a car, which in
and of itself that is part of their duties. The
concern is if then they manipulated anything in order to
be able to search a car.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Bozeman Police Chief Jim Veldkamp says they filled out customized
cards with other goals like arrest three people out of
one car, search a vehicle, or foot pursuit one square
simply read but as naked. The game, which lasted twelve days,
was called Midshift Bingo Beltcamp says the game was stopped
immediately after command staff learned about it, and internal review followed.
(01:08):
All twenty four cases linked to the game were examined.
Chief Feltcamp says, quote zero of the cases had been
affected by the game. Still, the Chief said the game
showed poor judgment. He says the officers involved were warned
how unprofessional the game was. Supervisors who had knowledge of
it were disciplined. The Chief left it at that, saying
otherwise they are treating it as an internal matter. City
(01:30):
leaders also brought in a third party attorney to review
the department's findings. County Attorney Audrey Cromwell says eleven fell
any cases from that period involved officers tied to the game.
Her office's filed motions seeking a judicial review to decide
what information must be shared with defense attorneys. Chief Fltcamp
says changes are coming to the department. Quote this is
(01:51):
not reflective of the values of our department. He says.
They will engage in better training and closer supervision. The
crime Bingo cards have now been made public. More crime
and justice news after this. A substitute teacher in Florida
is arrested after deputies say she helped set up a
(02:12):
classroom fight between middle school students. Last Wednesday, deputies were
called into a parent teacher meeting at LaBelle Middle School
in Henry County. A parent showed them a video that
she discovered on her child's phone. Substitute teacher Tiasha Holmes,
h twenty is seen holding back one student while another
taunts her. Both girls argue loudly. Holmes is heard telling
(02:33):
them to quote take it outside or take it to
the park. The video shows Holmes had earlier allowed one
student to call another classroom to bring the second girl
into the room. Deputies said Holmes knew a fight might happen.
No punches were thrown, but the Sheriff's office said there
were quote acts of intimidation and physical threat.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
We were really kind of taken back by the behavior
of what we saw on what we heard.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
That's Police Captain Susan Harrel on Wftxators found that Holmes
quote conspired with the students and facilitated the opportunity for
the altercation to happen. She was arrested the same day
on two counts of child neglects and eight counts of
contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She was taken
to jail and later released on thirty five thousand dollars bond.
(03:16):
Holmes had passed background checks and had worked off and
on in the district for two years. After her arrest,
Superintendent Mike Swindle said the Holmes was fired, demanned from
all county schools and added to their do not hire list.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
I know for sure that in the coming years we're
going to continue to add guardians. We have guardians that
are administrators and now some teachers, and we will be
adding hired guardians along with SRO officers.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Deputy say students involved in the incident may face juvenile citations.
A Connecticut man pleads guilty to a federal charge of
stealing nearly three million dollars from real estate accounts to
fund his risky day trading habit. On Friday, Timothy Minngioni,
aged thirty three, of Newtown, Connecticut, admitted in federal court
that he stole from the accounts he managed. As a
property asset manager. He worked with investors on real estate
(04:03):
deals in Connecticut and Florida. His job gave him control
over business bank accounts linked to rental properties. In April
of twenty twenty three, Minngioni began moving funds from those
accounts into his personal trading account with tedm or Trade.
He wrote checks and wired money to cover trades in
s and P five hundred options. He kept track of
the stolen amounts and sometimes returned the money, but by
(04:25):
spring of twenty twenty four he had lost more than
a million. By the end of September, he had taken
close to three million dollars in total. Benngioni pleaded guilty
to one count of interstate transmission of stolen money. He
faces up to ten years in prison. Joje Alvin W.
Thompson set sentencing for July fifteenth. He agreed to pay
two million, nine hundred fifty eight thou two hundred three
(04:45):
dollars in restitution. He's free on forty thousand dollars bond
as he awaits sentencing. A runaway goat in Georgia keeps
dodging police and leaping fences as officers try to catch
it before it wanders into danger. Police and Duluth said
the go it was last seen near Albion Farm Road.
Officers tried to trap it. The goat hop fences like
hurdles and trounced through backyards. Earlier sightings placed it in
(05:08):
Swanny and along Peachtreet Boulevard. Witnesses said it looked like
it quote had somewhere very important to be. No one
knows where the goat came from or who owns it.
D Luth police have nicknamed it the hooved Houdini. They
say the animal has unfinished business and keeps out running
every capture attempt. Officers said it's outsmarted them more than once.
(05:29):
While the chase is amusing to the locals, police are
warning that the goat could get hurts if it runs
into traffic. They're working with Gwinnett Animal Control to bring
it in safety. Anyone who sees the goat is asked
not to approach it. For the latest crime and justice news,
follow Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app
with this crime alert. I'm Drean Nelson.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
How could a beautiful young first grade teacher be stabbed times,
including in the back, allegedly die of suicide? Yes, that
was the medical examiner's official ruling after a closed door meeting.
He first named it a homicide. Why what happened to
(06:15):
Ellen Greenberg? A huge American miscarriage of justice. For an
in depth look at the facts, see what Happened to
Ellen on Amazon. All proceeds to the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children,
Crime Alart hourly update Breaking Crime Needs Now.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I'm Drew Nelson. Thirteen police officers in Montana turn routine
arrests into an insensitive game of crime Bingo, triggering an
internal investigation and a public apology. It all started in January.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Few teams of patrol officers were engaged in a Bingo
competition where success in the game hinged on whether they
engaged in actions listed on the Bengo card. Did look
like your standard Bengo card. Then they filled in squares
of things that they wanted to see happen or have
happened in order to check off that box in the
Bengo card. So an example of one of those was
(00:36):
to do a search warrant on a car, which in
and of itself that is part of their duties. The
concern is if then they manipulated anything in order to
be able to search a car.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Bozeman Police Chief Jim Veldkamp says they filled out customized
cards with other goals like arrest three people out of
one car, search a vehicle, or foot pursuit one square
simply read but as naked. The game, which lasted twelve days,
was called Midshift Bingo Beltcamp says the game was stopped
immediately after command staff learned about it, and internal review followed.
(01:08):
All twenty four cases linked to the game were examined.
Chief Feltcamp says, quote zero of the cases had been
affected by the game. Still, the Chief said the game
showed poor judgment. He says the officers involved were warned
how unprofessional the game was. Supervisors who had knowledge of
it were disciplined. The Chief left it at that, saying
otherwise they are treating it as an internal matter. City
(01:30):
leaders also brought in a third party attorney to review
the department's findings. County Attorney Audrey Cromwell says eleven fell
any cases from that period involved officers tied to the game.
Her office's filed motions seeking a judicial review to decide
what information must be shared with defense attorneys. Chief Fltcamp
says changes are coming to the department. Quote this is
(01:51):
not reflective of the values of our department. He says.
They will engage in better training and closer supervision. The
crime Bingo cards have now been made public. More crime
and justice news after this. A substitute teacher in Florida
is arrested after deputies say she helped set up a
(02:12):
classroom fight between middle school students. Last Wednesday, deputies were
called into a parent teacher meeting at LaBelle Middle School
in Henry County. A parent showed them a video that
she discovered on her child's phone. Substitute teacher Tiasha Holmes,
h twenty is seen holding back one student while another
taunts her. Both girls argue loudly. Holmes is heard telling
(02:33):
them to quote take it outside or take it to
the park. The video shows Holmes had earlier allowed one
student to call another classroom to bring the second girl
into the room. Deputies said Holmes knew a fight might happen.
No punches were thrown, but the Sheriff's office said there
were quote acts of intimidation and physical threat.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
We were really kind of taken back by the behavior
of what we saw on what we heard.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
That's Police Captain Susan Harrel on Wftxators found that Holmes
quote conspired with the students and facilitated the opportunity for
the altercation to happen. She was arrested the same day
on two counts of child neglects and eight counts of
contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She was taken
to jail and later released on thirty five thousand dollars bond.
(03:16):
Holmes had passed background checks and had worked off and
on in the district for two years. After her arrest,
Superintendent Mike Swindle said the Holmes was fired, demanned from
all county schools and added to their do not hire list.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
I know for sure that in the coming years we're
going to continue to add guardians. We have guardians that
are administrators and now some teachers, and we will be
adding hired guardians along with SRO officers.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Deputy say students involved in the incident may face juvenile citations.
A Connecticut man pleads guilty to a federal charge of
stealing nearly three million dollars from real estate accounts to
fund his risky day trading habit. On Friday, Timothy Minngioni,
aged thirty three, of Newtown, Connecticut, admitted in federal court
that he stole from the accounts he managed. As a
property asset manager. He worked with investors on real estate
(04:03):
deals in Connecticut and Florida. His job gave him control
over business bank accounts linked to rental properties. In April
of twenty twenty three, Minngioni began moving funds from those
accounts into his personal trading account with tedm or Trade.
He wrote checks and wired money to cover trades in
s and P five hundred options. He kept track of
the stolen amounts and sometimes returned the money, but by
(04:25):
spring of twenty twenty four he had lost more than
a million. By the end of September, he had taken
close to three million dollars in total. Benngioni pleaded guilty
to one count of interstate transmission of stolen money. He
faces up to ten years in prison. Joje Alvin W.
Thompson set sentencing for July fifteenth. He agreed to pay
two million, nine hundred fifty eight thou two hundred three
(04:45):
dollars in restitution. He's free on forty thousand dollars bond
as he awaits sentencing. A runaway goat in Georgia keeps
dodging police and leaping fences as officers try to catch
it before it wanders into danger. Police and Duluth said
the go it was last seen near Albion Farm Road.
Officers tried to trap it. The goat hop fences like
hurdles and trounced through backyards. Earlier sightings placed it in
(05:08):
Swanny and along Peachtreet Boulevard. Witnesses said it looked like
it quote had somewhere very important to be. No one
knows where the goat came from or who owns it.
D Luth police have nicknamed it the hooved Houdini. They
say the animal has unfinished business and keeps out running
every capture attempt. Officers said it's outsmarted them more than once.
(05:29):
While the chase is amusing to the locals, police are
warning that the goat could get hurts if it runs
into traffic. They're working with Gwinnett Animal Control to bring
it in safety. Anyone who sees the goat is asked
not to approach it. For the latest crime and justice news,
follow Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app
with this crime alert. I'm Drean Nelson.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
How could a beautiful young first grade teacher be stabbed times,
including in the back, allegedly die of suicide? Yes, that
was the medical examiner's official ruling after a closed door meeting.
He first named it a homicide. Why what happened to
(06:15):
Ellen Greenberg? A huge American miscarriage of justice. For an
in depth look at the facts, see what Happened to
Ellen on Amazon. All proceeds to the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children,
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