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♪ ♪

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- Hi, everyone, I'm Dan Abrams,
and this is "Court Cam."

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- You should be ashamed
of yourself.

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- I want dude off my case.
[spits]

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- Got a runner.

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[people yelling]

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- Get out!

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- This is not TV court.
This is for real.

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[tense music]

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- First up, we're in
Green Cove Springs, Florida,

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for a sentencing hearing.

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41-year-old Jonathan Davis
has pled guilty

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to leaving the scene
of an accident, causing death.

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Three years earlier,
police say

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Davis was driving
on a county road

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when he veered into
oncoming traffic

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and crashed head-on
into another vehicle.

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The driver of the other car

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is 23-year-old
Cassidy Mongeon,

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who was on her way home
from work.

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Davis, who had already
amassed 39 traffic violations

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over 20 years,
fled on foot and then spent

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the night in the woods
before heading home.

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Cassidy was discovered by
a couple, who, after arriving

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at the scene,
say they witnessed Davis

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running towards the woods.

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Cassidy had suffered
a severe brain injury

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and was placed on life
support at a nearby hospital.

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But the next day, as her
parents held her hand,

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Cassidy died.

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That same day, after he says
he saw the story on the news,

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Davis surrendered to police.

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He pled guilty and was
held on $75,755 bond.

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[dramatic music]

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Today, with the victim's
family seated in the gallery,

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Davis appears before

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Judge James Kallaher

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to hear his sentence.

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The state is asking
for the maximum,

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23 years in prison.

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But before the judge
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the state calls
Cassidy's loved ones

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to testify about their loss.

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First is Christina Mongeon,
Cassidy's mother.

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- He left my daughter
critically injured

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on the side of a dark road.

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He admitted to having
a cell phone on him.

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However, he did not have
the human decency

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to call 911 or render aid.

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- Next to speak
is Mike Mongeon,

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Cassidy's father,
who describes

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seeing his daughter
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But this time,
they were so swollen,

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they were bigger
than my hands, OK?

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All right?

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I'm mad all the time.

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All the time.

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The scenarios my family
are forced to be in

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because of--because of him,

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'cause of you!

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Justice for Cassidy.

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23 years.

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- I hope you get it, buddy.

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- Next is the defendant,
who faces the gallery

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to deliver his own statement.

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- I'm sorry.

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I messed up.

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I wasn't thinking,
and I left the scene.

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I didn't even expect her
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or anything like that.

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- I stand before you--
[indistinct chatter]

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- After his outburst...

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- I stand before you--
[indistinct chatter]

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- Deputies escort the victim's
father to the exit.

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- [speaking indistinctly]

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- Judge Kallaher has
the final word.

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- Davis must serve a minimum
of four years in prison

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before he can potentially
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Next, we go to Detroit,
Michigan, for an arraignment.

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38-year-old Kevin Pollard
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with criminal sexual conduct
against a minor.

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Four years earlier,
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met a woman from Arizona
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and invited her
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The woman brought her
seven-year-old niece with her.

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Not long after they arrived,
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touched the girl
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while her aunt took a nap.

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The girl told her mother,
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and Pollard was arrested.

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Pollard had previously
been charged

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for similar behavior
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but never convicted.

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Today, he appears before
Magistrate William Burton

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to hear if he'll make bond.

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Things get off
to a rocky start.

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- Say your whole name.

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- The beneficiary.

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- What's his name?

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- The beneficiary.

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[tense music]

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- You got a first name,
Mr. Beneficiary?

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- My name is
the beneficiary of the trust.

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- Of whose trust?

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- Are you stating
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that we are now administrating

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is the Kevin Pollard trust,
Your Honor?

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- OK.

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[overlapping speech]

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Bring up somebody else.

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- Thank you--

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[overlapping speech]

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- By refusing
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it seems Pollard is playing

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the sovereign citizen card.

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The magistrate tends
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before eventually
returning to Pollard.

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- Sir, I ask
the questions here.

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You give me yes or no answers.

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Is that clear?

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- It's very clear.

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- OK, listen.

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- Yes.

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- Are you also known
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amongst other names?

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Yes or no?

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- Are you stating
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that we are now administrating

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is the Kevin Pollard trust,
Your Honor?

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If so, Kevin Pollard is,
in fact, present today.

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It is you that is
Kevin Pollard, Your Honor.

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[quirky music]

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- Really?

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- Yes, Your Honor.
It is you.

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- Really? Really?
You want to go with that?

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- That is Kevin Pollard.
Yes, Your Honor.

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- I'm Kevin Pollard?

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- You are--you are Kevin
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I am the beneficiary.

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- And who are you?

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- I am the beneficiary
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- OK.

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Well, then, Mr. Beneficiary,

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take you and your trust
back to jail.

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- Can I speak to the clerk
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- You know what?

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I'll put you in time-out.

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Get your mind right.

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- Several minutes later,

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the magistrate tries again.

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But this time, he's not alone.

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- All right, beneficiary,
I'm going

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to give you another chance in
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- That's no problem.

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Can I have the clerk
present, please?

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- And sir--

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- A second magistrate,
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bypasses the defendant
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her questions to the jail.

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- DDC?

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- The gentleman that is
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in front of camera 1,

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what name do you have him
listed as?

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- OK, and, sir,

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you are identified
as Kevin Pollard,

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but you're considering
yourself the beneficiary.

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Is that correct, sir?

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- OK, are you stating
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that we are now administrating

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is the Kevin Pollard trust,
ma'am?

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- I'm not administrating
any trust

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'cause there is no trust
in front of me.

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But what I'm asking you is,

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you call yourself
the beneficiary,

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is that correct?

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- Yes, Your Honor.

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- OK, no problem.

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- The magistrate moves on
and addresses bond.

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- The people, go ahead,
as to bond.

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- Yeah, the people are asking
for $250,000 cash bond.

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No cash, no surety.

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If he's able to ever post bond,

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we'd like GPS tether
with home arrest.

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- OK.

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Counsel Kirkland, go ahead,

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as to bond, please.

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- Thank you, Your Honor.

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Mr. Pollard has maintained

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that he did not sexually
assault the little girl.

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I'd ask this court consider
a high personal bond.

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If not that, a 10% bond.

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- Thank you.

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I've heard the representations
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in this particular matter

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in reference
to the beneficiary.

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OK.

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There was a forensic interview
with the victim,

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and she disclosed that she was
touched by the defendant.

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Based on the representation,
based on the reading,

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this court is convinced
that Mr. Pollard, OK--

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I'm sorry, the beneficiary,
that he is a predator

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in this particular matter.

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That's why we're putting
at $250,000 cash.

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Also, there is another
bond condition.

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He's not to be around
any minor children.

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That concludes the arraignment
of the beneficiary,

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also known as Kevin Pollard.

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- That is not fair!
- That concludes this matter.

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Thank you.
- That is not fair.

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You cannot do this.

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Under oath and on record,
you cannot do this.

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I have rights,
and you violated them,

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and you was not my judge.

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- The magistrate entered
a plea of not guilty

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on Pollard's behalf.

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He remains in custody,
and his case is pending.

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- Next, we're in
Wyandotte, Michigan,

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for a probation
violation hearing.

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24-year-old Matthew Snead
has been convicted

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of driving a vehicle
while intoxicated.

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Eight months earlier,
Snead was sentenced

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to one-year probation

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and given a 30-day
suspended jail sentence.

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He was also ordered
not to consume alcohol.

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But after
a probation violation,

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he was ordered to wear
a tether to monitor

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any alcohol consumption.

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Today, Snead appears with
his attorney, Thomas Court,

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before
Judge Elizabeth DiSanto,

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because his tether recently

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showed an alcohol level
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another violation
of his probation.

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When asked how alcohol
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Snead offers
a curious explanation.

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- So Mr. Snead stated
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he tested positive for alcohol
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he received a haircut
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[quirky music]

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- Oh, sorry.
Aftershave was alcohol.

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Only alcohol,
if I recall correctly, right?

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- OK.

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- In an attempt
to resolve the matter,

268
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the state calls the owner
of the tether company,

269
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Jeremy Stradley,
to testify if aftershave has

270
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enough alcohol to cause
a positive result.

271
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- There's been
multiple studies done.

272
00:10:55,154 --> 00:11:00,059
As far as the absorption
of alcohol through the skin,

273
00:11:00,193 --> 00:11:01,561
it's just--it's not.

274
00:11:01,628 --> 00:11:03,596
It's just--to get to these
levels in this kind of time

275
00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:06,032
is not--it's not a feasible
thing, Your Honor.

276
00:11:06,132 --> 00:11:07,967
- Is that your testimony,
that it's impossible

277
00:11:08,034 --> 00:11:10,003
or it's just not likely?

278
00:11:10,069 --> 00:11:11,638
- It's not likely.

279
00:11:11,704 --> 00:11:14,307
- Judge DiSanto is not
prepared to make a ruling.

280
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So two days later,
she brings in

281
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the defendant's barber,
Tyron Varner,

282
00:11:19,479 --> 00:11:22,448
to testify about
the products he uses.

283
00:11:22,549 --> 00:11:24,918
- Walk me through
your haircut with Mr. Snead.

284
00:11:50,510 --> 00:11:53,880
- And you've been doing this
for how long with Mr. Snead?

285
00:11:53,980 --> 00:11:55,214
- Two years.
- OK.

286
00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:56,916
And you've been using
the same products on him?

287
00:11:57,817 --> 00:12:00,353
- The witness is excused,
and the judge

288
00:12:00,420 --> 00:12:02,155
is ready to make her decision.

289
00:12:02,222 --> 00:12:08,061
- I hear that the combination
of the disinfectant

290
00:12:08,194 --> 00:12:12,432
that's put on your face
does contain alcohol.

291
00:12:12,532 --> 00:12:14,434
I also heard the testimony

292
00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:18,004
that you've been using
these products for two years.

293
00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:21,641
- Yet you haven't tested
positive for alcohol

294
00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:23,643
from these products before.

295
00:12:23,710 --> 00:12:25,211
So see where
I'm going with that?

296
00:12:25,311 --> 00:12:32,352
♪ ♪

297
00:12:33,453 --> 00:12:36,990
- You also have had
random testing,

298
00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:39,659
and you haven't tested
positive for alcohol

299
00:12:39,792 --> 00:12:41,561
from the hair products.

300
00:12:41,628 --> 00:12:43,262
That's my point.

301
00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:49,802
- OK.

302
00:12:49,869 --> 00:12:53,640
Based on the testimony
of Mr. Stradley,

303
00:12:53,740 --> 00:12:56,409
it doesn't appear that
that would be

304
00:12:56,509 --> 00:13:00,046
what would cause
that alcohol event

305
00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:03,116
to go up to a .057.

306
00:13:03,182 --> 00:13:06,753
Court's going to order you
to continue probation.

307
00:13:06,853 --> 00:13:09,389
Court's going to order
30 days jail.

308
00:13:09,489 --> 00:13:10,657
♪ ♪

309
00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:12,592
I'm going to suspend
that jail, sir.

310
00:13:12,692 --> 00:13:14,260
I'm going to do a jail review.

311
00:13:14,394 --> 00:13:16,362
I'm just giving you
fair warning, sir.

312
00:13:16,462 --> 00:13:19,065
Any violation of any
term of your probation,

313
00:13:19,198 --> 00:13:23,002
any positive reading
on your tether,

314
00:13:23,069 --> 00:13:24,804
you're serving that 30 days.

315
00:13:26,072 --> 00:13:27,840
- The judge gives
Snead a break,

316
00:13:27,907 --> 00:13:30,276
continuing his probation
and ordering him

317
00:13:30,343 --> 00:13:34,280
to return to court
for a jail review in 60 days.

318
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♪ ♪

319
00:13:39,619 --> 00:13:41,554
- Next, we're in
Ypsilanti, Michigan,

320
00:13:41,621 --> 00:13:43,156
for a sentencing hearing.

321
00:13:43,222 --> 00:13:45,625
♪ ♪

322
00:13:45,758 --> 00:13:49,062
37-year-old Cushmeer Muhammad
has pled no contest

323
00:13:49,195 --> 00:13:51,230
to operating a vehicle
without a license,

324
00:13:51,297 --> 00:13:52,632
causing death,

325
00:13:52,699 --> 00:13:54,067
fleeing a police officer,

326
00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,336
and concealing
a stolen vehicle.

327
00:13:56,436 --> 00:13:59,038
♪ ♪

328
00:13:59,105 --> 00:14:01,107
A year earlier, police say
Muhammad was driving

329
00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,676
a stolen SUV
when he was pulled over

330
00:14:03,743 --> 00:14:05,945
for failing to use
a turn signal.

331
00:14:06,079 --> 00:14:08,214
When officers approached
the vehicle...

332
00:14:08,314 --> 00:14:10,283
- Hey, go on--get over here.

333
00:14:10,350 --> 00:14:12,418
- Muhammad drove away.

334
00:14:12,552 --> 00:14:15,955
Officers pursued, reaching
speeds of 90 miles an hour.

335
00:14:16,055 --> 00:14:17,623
But Muhammad eluded them.

336
00:14:22,829 --> 00:14:24,831
- But then about a mile away,

337
00:14:24,897 --> 00:14:27,233
Muhammad crashed
into another car.

338
00:14:27,300 --> 00:14:28,201
♪ ♪

339
00:14:28,301 --> 00:14:29,435
- Don't move!

340
00:14:29,569 --> 00:14:30,903
♪ ♪

341
00:14:31,037 --> 00:14:33,005
Stay right there!
Show me your hands!

342
00:14:33,072 --> 00:14:34,474
Show me your hands!

343
00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:38,010
♪ ♪

344
00:14:38,111 --> 00:14:39,912
[siren wailing]

345
00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:41,914
- The driver
of the other vehicle was

346
00:14:42,048 --> 00:14:43,883
62-year-old Elizabeth Messer.

347
00:14:43,950 --> 00:14:46,085
- Oh, [bleep].

348
00:14:46,185 --> 00:14:48,621
Real bad in there.
- Yeah.

349
00:14:48,755 --> 00:14:51,591
- Emergency services tried
to save Elizabeth...

350
00:14:51,657 --> 00:14:54,427
♪ ♪

351
00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,996
But she died at the scene.

352
00:14:57,063 --> 00:14:59,265
Muhammad just injured
his leg in the crash.

353
00:14:59,398 --> 00:15:02,201
- [groaning]
Please help me, please--

354
00:15:02,301 --> 00:15:03,636
- OK.

355
00:15:03,703 --> 00:15:05,905
- He would eventually make
a full recovery.

356
00:15:06,038 --> 00:15:07,673
[indistinct chatter]

357
00:15:07,807 --> 00:15:10,410
He was initially charged
with several other felonies,

358
00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:12,311
including carrying
a concealed weapon

359
00:15:12,445 --> 00:15:15,148
and felon in possession
of a firearm.

360
00:15:15,281 --> 00:15:17,583
Bond was set at $1 million.

361
00:15:17,717 --> 00:15:20,153
Muhammad pled no contest
in exchange

362
00:15:20,219 --> 00:15:22,789
for some of the charges
being dismissed.

363
00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:25,391
And it turns out
Muhammad was already

364
00:15:25,491 --> 00:15:29,162
on probation in another county
for breaking and entering.

365
00:15:29,228 --> 00:15:31,597
He also had a pending
drug trafficking case

366
00:15:31,664 --> 00:15:33,199
in federal court.

367
00:15:33,266 --> 00:15:34,667
♪ ♪

368
00:15:34,801 --> 00:15:37,370
Today, Muhammad appears
before Judge Patrick Conlin

369
00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:39,038
to hear his sentence.

370
00:15:39,105 --> 00:15:43,242
The prosecution is asking
for 7 to 15 years in prison.

371
00:15:43,342 --> 00:15:46,946
But first, Jason Messer,
Elizabeth's husband,

372
00:15:47,079 --> 00:15:49,248
delivers
a victim impact statement.

373
00:16:05,464 --> 00:16:07,433
But I can tell you
one thing, Judge.

374
00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:09,402
He could go home today--

375
00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:11,370
today, not serve one day.

376
00:16:11,470 --> 00:16:13,439
Let me give you
a ride home, pal.

377
00:16:13,539 --> 00:16:15,641
♪ ♪

378
00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:17,677
I'll give you a ride home.

379
00:16:17,777 --> 00:16:19,011
One-way trip.

380
00:16:19,111 --> 00:16:20,079
- Sir.

381
00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:21,681
- Sir.

382
00:16:29,555 --> 00:16:30,623
- Sir.

383
00:16:30,756 --> 00:16:33,793
Sir, your comments
are directed to me.

384
00:16:38,698 --> 00:16:40,833
- Before Judge Conlin
imposes sentence,

385
00:16:40,900 --> 00:16:43,236
the defendant has
a statement to make.

386
00:16:43,369 --> 00:16:45,204
- I really just want
to apologize to the--

387
00:16:45,271 --> 00:16:49,075
to the Messer family,
her husband.

388
00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:51,544
I really hope that, you know,

389
00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:53,880
that God can soften his heart

390
00:16:53,980 --> 00:16:55,815
and allow him to mourn

391
00:16:55,915 --> 00:16:58,217
and to allow him to understand

392
00:16:58,351 --> 00:17:02,154
that I wasn't trying
to hurt his wife at all.

393
00:17:02,255 --> 00:17:03,990
I was--you know, I made a--

394
00:17:04,090 --> 00:17:05,791
I made a bad decision.

395
00:17:05,892 --> 00:17:07,593
♪ ♪

396
00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:12,064
And I'm going to do everything
in my power to correct my ways,

397
00:17:12,198 --> 00:17:15,735
to discipline myself
to assure that, you know,

398
00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:17,436
that I can become the person

399
00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:19,906
that I'm--
that I'm trying to be.

400
00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:21,407
- When he's finished,

401
00:17:21,474 --> 00:17:24,443
Judge Conlin hands down
his sentence.

402
00:17:24,510 --> 00:17:25,878
- It is the sentence
of the court

403
00:17:25,945 --> 00:17:27,947
that you serve
7 years to 15 years

404
00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,783
in the Michigan Department
of Corrections,

405
00:17:30,917 --> 00:17:33,286
with credit
for 405 days served.

406
00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:34,754
Good luck to you.

407
00:17:34,854 --> 00:17:37,423
- Thank you, Your Honor.

408
00:17:37,556 --> 00:17:40,192
- Muhammad must serve
a minimum of seven years

409
00:17:40,293 --> 00:17:42,361
before he's eligible
for parole.

410
00:17:42,428 --> 00:17:47,099
He must also pay
$14,151 in restitution

411
00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:49,602
to the family
of Elizabeth Messer.

412
00:17:49,702 --> 00:17:51,604
As for Muhammad's
federal drug charge,

413
00:17:51,671 --> 00:17:53,572
that case was dismissed.

414
00:17:53,673 --> 00:17:58,377
♪ ♪

415
00:17:58,377 --> 00:17:59,946
- Next, we're in
El Dorado, Kansas,

416
00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:02,281
for a probation violation
hearing.

417
00:18:02,348 --> 00:18:04,083
♪ ♪

418
00:18:04,183 --> 00:18:07,119
40-year-old Crystal Haynes
has pled no contest

419
00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:08,921
to criminal trespass.

420
00:18:08,988 --> 00:18:11,090
♪ ♪

421
00:18:11,190 --> 00:18:14,060
Two years earlier, Haynes
was arrested for trespassing

422
00:18:14,193 --> 00:18:16,529
in a residential garage
and sentenced

423
00:18:16,629 --> 00:18:18,397
to a year of probation.

424
00:18:18,464 --> 00:18:21,233
But Haynes missed several
court appearances,

425
00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:23,536
and a warrant was issued
for her arrest.

426
00:18:23,636 --> 00:18:25,304
♪ ♪

427
00:18:25,438 --> 00:18:28,441
Today, she appears without
a lawyer from the county jail

428
00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:31,010
before Judge David Ricke,
who checks in

429
00:18:31,077 --> 00:18:34,313
with state prosecutor
Brett Sweeney about bond.

430
00:18:34,447 --> 00:18:36,949
- It looks like it's
a no bond hold, Your Honor.

431
00:18:37,083 --> 00:18:38,551
- Is that based on
previous failure

432
00:18:38,651 --> 00:18:40,786
to appear in regards
to this warrant?

433
00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:42,021
- It is, Your Honor.

434
00:18:42,154 --> 00:18:44,957
♪ ♪

435
00:18:45,024 --> 00:18:47,393
- Well, she's apparently
a very poor risk

436
00:18:47,460 --> 00:18:48,828
to let back out.

437
00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:51,197
I'm gonna leave the no bond
hold order in effect.

438
00:18:51,263 --> 00:18:53,032
♪ ♪

439
00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:57,370
- Haynes does not react well
to the judge's decision.

440
00:18:57,436 --> 00:18:58,604
- Please!

441
00:18:58,671 --> 00:18:59,839
- Um--

442
00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:03,042
- [crying,
speaking indistinctly]

443
00:19:03,109 --> 00:19:05,878
- What's the matter?

444
00:19:05,945 --> 00:19:09,148
- I want to go home.
[sobbing]

445
00:19:09,281 --> 00:19:10,883
- OK, I'm not
understanding you.

446
00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:13,552
But probably it's not gonna
make any difference.

447
00:19:13,619 --> 00:19:16,088
- I want to go home.

448
00:19:16,188 --> 00:19:17,556
- You want to go home?

449
00:19:17,623 --> 00:19:19,258
♪ ♪

450
00:19:19,392 --> 00:19:20,793
- Please!

451
00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:23,162
- If you were really worried
about deprivation

452
00:19:23,229 --> 00:19:25,564
of your liberty,
you would show up in court

453
00:19:25,664 --> 00:19:27,299
and take care of business,
Miss Haynes.

454
00:19:28,901 --> 00:19:30,369
- Apparently,
you don't want to do that.

455
00:19:30,436 --> 00:19:32,038
So we're gonna
have to leave you in jail

456
00:19:32,138 --> 00:19:34,907
so that we--we can get you
produced for court.

457
00:19:35,041 --> 00:19:35,908
The jail is right there.

458
00:19:36,042 --> 00:19:38,444
- [sobbing]

459
00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:39,879
- I think you probably
need to make

460
00:19:39,979 --> 00:19:41,080
a request to your attorney

461
00:19:41,147 --> 00:19:44,316
to have your court date
advanced, OK?

462
00:19:44,450 --> 00:19:45,951
Have it moved up.

463
00:19:46,052 --> 00:19:47,787
But for now, I'm gonna
leave the court date

464
00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,555
where announced.

465
00:19:49,655 --> 00:19:51,190
Anything else, Mr. Sweeney?

466
00:19:51,323 --> 00:19:53,392
- No, Your Honor.

467
00:19:53,459 --> 00:19:54,994
- The hearing comes
to an end,

468
00:19:55,094 --> 00:19:58,631
and Haynes is escorted
back to jail.

469
00:19:58,731 --> 00:20:00,433
A little less than
two months later,

470
00:20:00,499 --> 00:20:02,234
she was released on bond.

471
00:20:02,368 --> 00:20:04,336
But when she failed
to pay her fines

472
00:20:04,437 --> 00:20:06,639
and missed
even more court dates,

473
00:20:06,706 --> 00:20:11,077
Haynes was served another
warrant and arrested again.

474
00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:12,812
She remains in custody.

475
00:20:12,912 --> 00:20:15,481
Her case is pending.

476
00:20:15,581 --> 00:20:17,483
That's it for this edition
of "Court Cam."

477
00:20:17,583 --> 00:20:18,884
I'm Dan Abrams.

478
00:20:18,984 --> 00:20:20,352
Thanks for watching.

479
00:20:20,453 --> 00:20:24,924
♪ ♪