0:00

I don't know what you people are doing, but

0:02

you are you're really barking up the wrong

0:05

tree. We're asking questions. Sir, I have

0:07

nothing to say to you. A student in your program got taken

0:09

advantage of. Sir, you got about five seconds to get off my

0:11

feet. If you're asking us to leave, we're leaving. I'm definitely telling

0:13

you to leave. Not a problem. This is probably the problem. We're

0:15

asking questions as journalists. We are not doing anything more

0:18

than that. We are simply asking questions as journalists. We

0:20

called you on the phone. You are on private property.

0:22

You called me off the phone on us. You asked

0:24

us to leave. We're leaving. You then chased us. You

0:26

are on private... No. I chased you nowhere. I am

0:28

in my right here. This is this

0:30

is my property. You don't care about a young girl.

0:32

I don't care about your story. Who you were responsible

0:34

for. She was under

0:37

your care, correct? No. She

0:40

would never be alone with a convicted

0:42

criminal. Oh no. There's still children that

0:44

were taken care of. Just to be

0:46

clear, like we're talking like minor high

0:48

school students will be alone with criminals

0:50

in jail. Yeah,

0:53

I mean they have any reason why we do because they

0:55

hired 18. So

0:57

they're getting experience before they become an adult.

1:00

Yes, I'm aware that if you're intent

1:02

on doing something, it's almost impossible to stop.

1:06

As long as I've been here, I've had

1:08

correction officers engaged in sexual activity within the

1:10

facility and been prosecuted. We've sent people to

1:12

prison for that. And one thing I know

1:14

is that if somebody is intent on doing

1:16

something, it's very hard to stop it

1:18

completely because you can move around. And while

1:20

an officer is doing his rounds, you can

1:22

step inside a cell for a very short

1:24

period of time, engage in some nefarious activity.

1:27

Like brain contraband or something like that. Well,

1:29

believe the person is now 18. There

1:32

was at all times in

1:34

this particular incident, there was another officer

1:36

in that pod. I'm happy to be with you. I'm

1:39

AJ. I'm John. Just a couple of relations coordinator here. A

1:41

couple of relations, okay. Do you want to go? I'll be

1:43

on the ballot with the speaker. I

1:45

would prefer to speak on behalf of the district. So

1:47

as of last year then, have the program just ends?

1:49

Is it the sheriff's office has stopped it? Because from

1:52

my understanding, the sheriff's office told me that after they

1:54

learned the incident, they were the one for the stop.

1:56

No, that's not something that I'm aware of. That would

1:58

be a question that I'm... for

2:00

the sheriff's office. And that's something that, I

2:02

mean, are you aware that the sheriff's office

2:04

is no longer as

2:07

far as? Well, I believe

2:09

that we temporarily suspended it. Hey,

2:11

I can connect you down to

2:13

his office. However, we are on summer

2:15

break, so. We

2:19

really have skeleton crew here right

2:21

now. We'll try

2:23

the spine guard

2:25

and safety fan. I'm

2:28

getting to try one more person. Hold on.

2:31

The person at extension, 4-1-1-7, is

2:33

unavailable. So

2:38

no students, I can tell her that. No students

2:40

been assaulted through Butler Tech at the jail. Correct.

2:43

OK, well, thank goodness, man. So what happened

2:45

with the s***? Excuse

2:49

me? I

2:52

can't speak on students. I'll

2:55

give you my email address. And

2:59

you can send me an email with the

3:01

particulars that you know. I

3:03

will go through the proper channels with

3:05

Marshall Service headquarters to see what

3:08

information we can relay to you. But I

3:10

also believe with very respectfully

3:12

that you need to do a FOIA

3:14

request asking information. If there was an

3:16

investigation done by the Marshall Service, if

3:19

something's that effect, what information can

3:22

they provide you? I don't know if this jogs

3:24

your memory at all. Willie Attaway and Larkin McGowan

3:27

are the federal inmates involved. So there is a

3:29

record of this. Are

3:31

those people you'd be familiar with? Hardened, criminals?

3:36

I have no comment, sir.

3:39

If you did a similar language, we received an

3:41

email, and we are opening the investigation,

3:43

and this is better, and we hope we

3:45

are reaching out for a grand parade and

3:47

further an investigation. Are you able to confirm

3:50

that you are not aware of this

3:52

prior to us letting you know? Well,

3:56

what I can say is based on

3:58

what you guys advise. at

8:00

Butler Tech, an alternative

8:02

learning institution spaced in Hamilton,

8:04

Ohio. Now, we,

8:07

of course, are not going to reveal the name

8:09

of this person because she's

8:11

a minor, and she's

8:13

a victim of the incompetency of

8:16

her program's leadership and the jail's correctional

8:18

staff within the Butler County Sheriff's Department.

8:22

According to Butler Tech's website, students

8:24

on the criminal justice track will put

8:27

on a uniform and uphold the law

8:29

of the land with a future in

8:31

criminal justice and explore

8:34

all angles of law enforcement from police

8:36

training to court proceedings, forensics, and

8:38

investigations to crisis response. As part of

8:41

the internship program, this Jane Doe was

8:44

placed in the Butler County

8:46

Jail. Now, it should be noted until

8:48

2021, Butler County worked with ICE

8:51

to house immigrants while their asylum cases

8:53

were pending. For the first time in about 17

8:55

years, Butler County Sheriff's Office will

8:57

no longer work with ICE to jail

9:00

immigrants. The Sheriff terminated the contract with

9:02

the Department of Homeland Security this week.

9:05

WCPO 9 News reporter Courtney Francisco found

9:07

out what this means for people held

9:09

prisoner under the old contract.

9:12

Life inside Butler County Jail's immigrant quarters

9:15

will change over the next 60 days,

9:17

attorneys say. Immigrants will get released. Butler

9:20

County received a hefty sum

9:22

to do so. In 2017,

9:24

the Marshals made a deal with the jail for $8.2

9:27

million over five years to

9:30

house ICE detainees. In 2017, WCPO's

9:33

investigative team told you the federal government used

9:35

taxpayer dollars to pay the jail about $8.2

9:37

million over five years to

9:40

house ICE detainees. After somewhere around

9:42

17 years, the Butler County Jail ended

9:45

their contract with the Department of

9:47

Homeland Security citing that federal officials

9:49

continue to add unreasonable and cost

9:51

prohibitive mandates. Now, our source

9:54

indicated that the Butler County Jail now receives

9:56

$10 million in federal funding to house federal

9:58

inmates on behalf of the state. of the

10:00

U.S. Marshals. We did find a

10:02

2014 contract agreement between the United States

10:04

Marshals Service and the Butler

10:07

County Jail signed by current Sheriff Richard

10:09

Jones, which showed

10:11

a deal totaling $8.4 million.

10:14

That means that when Jane Doe started

10:16

her program, it was known she

10:19

would be working in proximity with

10:21

federal inmates, including, again, hardened criminals

10:23

guilty of everything up to and

10:25

including murder. Now, while

10:27

that may seem questionable, it could,

10:29

figuratively, all have been done above

10:32

board if all the

10:34

proper procedures had been

10:36

followed. They were not followed. And

10:39

what happened as a result cannot

10:42

be considered anything close to above

10:44

board. So according to our source,

10:46

Jane Doe, a high school student, a minor at

10:49

the time, was routinely

10:51

left unsupervised in the facility

10:54

with, again, hardened inmates. For reference,

10:56

here's a photo of where Jane

10:58

Doe might have worked during

11:01

her time in the program. Now, this minor

11:04

female, a girl, was then

11:06

coerced over the course of her

11:08

internship into smuggling contraband, including drugs,

11:10

cell phones, and cigarettes. However,

11:13

that pales in comparison to what

11:15

happened between Jane

11:18

Doe, this minor female,

11:20

and two inmates, Willie

11:22

Attaway and Larkin McGowan. Attaway

11:25

is being held at Butler County

11:27

for murdering the owner of a

11:29

store during armed robbery. A man

11:31

pleads guilty to murdering a convenience

11:33

store owner and five other armed

11:35

robberies in all. The robbery is

11:37

happening in Hamilton, Lebanon, Deerfield Township,

11:39

Blue Ash, and Madeira. 32-year-old Willie

11:41

James Attaway, now admitting to

11:43

murdering the owner of the Madeira Beverage. This

11:46

was back in February of

11:48

2021. And again, he pleaded guilty today. It was

11:50

one of the five places he robbed over a

11:52

two-day period after Attaway killed

11:54

this owner. He then went on

11:56

to rob two more convenience stores that very night.

11:58

He faces up to four. 45

12:00

years behind bars. That's just the cherry

12:03

on top of a long history containing

12:05

criminal drug charges, domestic abuse.

12:08

You can read up on it. Now, McGowan has

12:10

a criminal history of violent crimes, including burglary,

12:13

aggravated robbery, you know, the

12:16

run of the mill stuff. According to

12:18

our source, these inmates actively

12:22

manipulated, groomed and coerced Jane

12:24

Doe into sexual

12:26

acts, including not

12:28

limited to sodomy. These

12:31

claims are supported by letters

12:36

that we have obtained between Jane Doe and

12:39

the inmates. Now, the letters, which we

12:41

are about to show you, were shared exclusively with the

12:43

Mug Club Undercover Unit by one of our viewers. And

12:45

when I told you that Mug Club Undercover was going

12:47

to be a huge part of the future here of

12:50

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12:53

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12:55

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12:58

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13:01

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13:03

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13:06

for $20 off. None of this happens without

13:09

you. Let's take a look at

13:12

some examples of the

13:14

correspondence between

13:16

the hardened federal inmates and

13:19

young girl. This one here reads

13:21

as a masterclass in

13:24

manipulation written by Larkin McGowan

13:26

to Jane Doe. It

13:28

says, baby, I apologize about earlier. I

13:30

just don't want you to fuck up

13:32

what you got going on for one

13:35

of these clowns. Like I said

13:37

before, talk too much.

13:40

He already told everybody he got your Instagram.

13:43

It's cool to talk, but don't be too

13:45

friendly because start thinking

13:47

other shit. They

13:50

think you talking to them means that you like them

13:52

and you my bitch. So I can't

13:55

have that. And about

13:57

what I asked you last week about the new ports,

13:59

it's really simple. You won't

14:01

get in trouble if you listen to me and do it the

14:03

right way. You can literally just put them

14:05

in your bra until you get in. Here's

14:08

another one. The Jane Doe from

14:10

Willie Attaway, a.k.a. Bear, a.k.a.

14:13

convicted murderer. Bay?

14:17

My name Bear. I'm 32

14:19

years old. I have no kids. I'm

14:21

from Cincinnati. I grew up

14:23

downtown. I'm looking for someone I

14:25

can build with, get to know, and start a future.

14:29

Someone that's for me, like I'm for them. Someone

14:31

I can call my person. And Attaway

14:35

writes like this for pages and

14:37

pages, including, I just want

14:39

to be as safe as possible and I really want

14:41

to build with you. I'm not

14:43

in this relationship to use you or hurt you.

14:47

Only time I'll hurt you is when we make love. But

14:50

it will be more pleasure than pain. And

14:53

if that weren't romantic enough, write down an

14:55

address. I can get at

14:57

you at and that cash app

15:00

so I can keep them nails and sexy

15:02

ass feet done. Let's

15:04

turn up. I'm not playing with you at all. I'm

15:07

locking you down. You mine. You

15:09

my baby. I'm your dude. Write

15:12

me back ASAP to

15:14

my queen from your king. In

15:17

one particularly graphic letter to

15:20

Jane Doe, he writes, make

15:23

sure you write your phone number down on

15:25

a small piece of paper, ball

15:27

it up real small, and when you

15:29

do your rounds, flick it in my cell. My

15:32

celly is my homie from the streets, so we

15:34

good, and you ain't got to have no worries

15:36

dealing with us at all. It's

15:38

the others you got to be careful about.

15:41

So is you trying to be wifey or what?

15:43

Do you want to ride my f***s and big b***?

15:46

Can you handle 11 inches? Another

15:49

jam, a list of get to know you questions from

15:51

who we presume, based on the less

15:54

than stellar handwriting, is Larkin McGowan

15:57

reads, Do

16:00

you talk to three? Can you see yourself

16:02

being with me when I get out? Four

16:06

why you be entertaining these dumb ass n****s

16:08

in here? Five, what

16:10

do you like most about me? Six

16:13

do you s*** or a s***? Seven

16:16

have you ever been to Columbus? Eight,

16:19

what's your favorite position? P.S.

16:21

I was excited to see you today, and

16:23

I'm a call tonight between 9 and 9

16:26

30 and please stop accepting notes from these n****s.

16:30

And the s*** I be doing in my

16:32

cell and in the shower, you can't do

16:34

that with other people because you minds only.

16:37

Remember Jane Doe is a minor,

16:40

a girl. Of course these acts couldn't go unpunished. She

16:43

was charged with multiple crimes including a

16:45

class three felony. Attaway Jr.

16:48

and McGowan? They

16:50

haven't faced any punishment yet, but

16:52

there is an ongoing C-10 investigation

16:55

according to Chief Deputy Dwyer, and

16:57

according to Ohio.gov, a C-10 violation in

17:00

this case means that even if found

17:02

guilty, the inmates could really

17:04

face nothing more than a restriction of certain

17:06

privileges for a designated

17:08

period of time. Justice is served. So

17:16

in order to corroborate what the source

17:18

had given us, we

17:20

FOIA'd the incident report as well

17:22

as any communications between Jane Doe and

17:24

the inmates. We were successful with

17:27

the incident report confirming a

17:29

relationship between this girl,

17:31

Jane Doe, and the inmates, but

17:33

were denied the letters or any other forms of

17:36

communication. So naturally we had more than a few

17:38

questions, namely what

17:41

kind of a program, what

17:44

kind of a publicly funded program would

17:47

leave minors unattended

17:49

with murderers? We

17:54

reached out to Butler Tech for answers, and

17:57

what we got included a slew of contradictory questions. conflicting

18:00

answers across 24 separate phone

18:03

calls. First spoke

18:05

with Butler tech secretary Lacey Homan, who

18:08

assured us that under no

18:11

circumstances would a minor

18:13

ever be left alone in

18:15

this kind of a situation. So wait, so

18:17

you said they do a tour, but they're

18:19

not, she would never be alone with a

18:21

convicted criminal. Oh, thank God. So

18:25

I can promise her that there is never

18:27

going to be a situation where she would

18:29

be alone with some like hardened criminal. Correct.

18:32

Oh, thank goodness. Correct. So,

18:35

yes, they are. That's

18:39

great. So what kind of safety

18:41

measures do you guys have in place? Like, I think that's cool.

18:43

They get to see the jail and all, but like, obviously they

18:45

would be like supervised by, is that someone from Butler tech

18:47

that goes with them on the jail tour?

18:49

Yeah, they're criminal justice instructor goes and then

18:52

normally there's one or two other

18:54

chaperones. Incorrect. We

18:57

agree these are children. This

19:01

is not what we would call taken care of. So

19:03

next we reached out to the head of

19:05

the program, Aaron Fitzgerald, who

19:08

told us that while interns may from

19:10

time to time be left

19:12

alone, nothing bad

19:15

has ever happened as a result. Would

19:17

a student ever be alone with a criminal

19:20

in the jail? Yes.

19:25

If they're interning. If

19:27

they're interning. Okay, okay. So that's something you

19:29

get in, like, how do you go from

19:32

because she's 17 and she's like

19:34

so psyched for this. Yeah. I

19:36

mean, I select those students who are going to do the internships

19:38

their senior year. I mean, yes, they are.

19:40

They will be. I mean, those students who

19:43

do the internship as a jail, they will be working

19:45

in a full fledged facility.

19:49

That's like without supervision. I

19:52

mean, there will be there with officers, but I mean,

19:54

will there be times where you might be, you know,

19:58

alone with the inmates? I mean,

20:00

that possibility exists. OK. I

20:03

mean, so I mean, I just being real with you,

20:05

I can, you know. I appreciate it. I mean, that's

20:07

what I'm trying to, I'm just trying to

20:09

put out the fire. I

20:11

mean, there's all going to be all kinds

20:13

of paperwork before we do the internships that

20:16

they would have to sign. Just to be

20:18

clear, like we're talking like minor high school

20:20

students will be alone with criminals in jail?

20:24

Yeah, I mean, they have the reason why we do it, because

20:26

they hired 18. So

20:28

they're getting experience before they become an adult?

20:31

Yes. Why wouldn't you guys just? A

20:34

lot of our programs have internships. I mean, you

20:36

know, welding, fire, you know, IT.

20:38

I mean, and you know, here's the thing, I

20:40

can kind of like, I mean, there's probably there's

20:42

probably never been like an incident, right? I

20:47

mean, I mean,

20:49

we, anybody

20:51

can tell you that. But I mean, it's a

20:54

jail facility. So things, you know. Things

20:56

can happen, right? Things happen in

20:58

jail. No students ever died? Can I tell

21:00

her that? Yeah.

21:02

Anything like been assaulted, anything

21:04

like that? No. OK,

21:08

good. So no students, I can tell her that.

21:10

No students been assaulted through Butler Tech at

21:12

the jail. Correct. Finally,

21:14

we spoke with Butler County Chief Deputy Anthony

21:16

Dwyer, who told us that not only were

21:18

the interns left alone, but

21:22

something bad actually did

21:24

happen. What was incorrect about what I

21:27

had stated in my voicemail? Once

21:31

again, it's a pending criminal case. The

21:35

person in this case, the juvenile has been

21:37

charged. Did you know

21:39

that? Yeah. The juvenile was

21:41

charged with, it was conveyance

21:43

of a contraband, essentially. Yeah,

21:46

that was the original charge. And then there's

21:48

an underlying discussion about the other physical things

21:50

that went on in the facility with this

21:52

juvenile. We then tried to get some answers,

21:55

some help from

21:57

Hamilton High School, who shares

21:59

a campus. with Butler Tech. Unfortunately,

22:02

we got the runaround from HHS as

22:04

well until we were finally called back

22:07

by Principal Zari, who outright

22:10

denied any affiliation. Were

22:12

you made aware of this situation? The

22:19

Butler Tech criminal justice program is

22:21

not a satellite program here at

22:23

our campus. The program

22:25

was not made up of names cut and dry, except it

22:27

was promptly contradicted by

22:29

the Hamilton School Board. Hamilton

22:33

City Board of Education. Hey

22:35

there, I was just calling to see if

22:37

y'all were affiliated with Butler Tech Vocational School?

22:42

Yes, there's like a program

22:44

that has school kids' cake.

22:47

Awesome. So my kid wants to

22:50

do criminal justice. I

22:52

heard they got a great program there at Butler Tech. Yes.

23:01

So now we have a harrowing,

23:04

hair-raising incident involving a girl,

23:08

violent federal inmates, including a murderer, and

23:12

the high school can't help. I guess they're not responsible. The

23:15

tech school can't help. I guess they're not responsible. The

23:18

local sheriff's department can't help. I

23:21

guess they're not responsible. Maybe you could

23:23

argue that since this

23:26

involves federal prisoners under the

23:28

supervision of U.S. Marshals, they

23:30

should be the ones to deal with it. The

23:32

big question that we had as we continued

23:35

down this path is, did

23:37

they even know when

23:39

Chief Deputy Dwyer contacted my team on Monday,

23:41

June 17th, he told

23:44

us that he was almost

23:46

positive, the Marshals. They knew. Who

23:49

was made aware of this situation? Everyone

23:55

that's involved in this is aware, obviously

23:57

the Juvenile. So the Marshals, they're... the

24:00

kids, the kids family. You know, I can't confirm.

24:02

I'm almost positive that they spoke to the marshals

24:04

and notified them of the incident. Unfortunately,

24:08

when we spoke with

24:10

the very helpful, by the way,

24:13

Assistant Chief Deputy US Marshal Melissa Duffy, who

24:16

our source indicated was responsible

24:18

for the inmates initially,

24:21

she indicated that the marshals,

24:24

in fact, did not know. And

24:27

as a result of now knowing they were

24:29

launching an investigation, If

24:31

you decide to receive a female and

24:33

we are opening an investigation, that's just

24:36

matter. And we look forward to their

24:38

program to raise their further investigation. Are

24:40

you able to confirm that you were

24:42

not aware of this prior to us

24:44

letting you know? We were

24:46

not aware. Two days later, June 17, Duffy

24:49

informed us that the US marshals would be providing

24:52

a written statement and assured

24:54

us that they were taking the matter very

24:56

seriously. I just wanted

24:59

to confirm that you

25:01

weren't aware of this before we

25:03

called or brought it to your attention, right? Well,

25:06

what I can say is, based

25:09

on what you guys advised us

25:11

of on Friday, we are formalizing

25:13

a written response that

25:15

once it gets approval from Marshal

25:18

Service headquarters, I will forward to

25:20

you. OK. But

25:22

outside of the official response,

25:25

I want to say thank you for bringing this to

25:27

our attention. And I mean, very, we

25:30

are concerned. I can say that. And

25:34

we understand the sensitivity of the matter. And

25:37

hence why we are doing a written statement

25:39

that is going, it's

25:42

coming out between the Marshal

25:44

Service here, Southern Ohio and

25:46

Marshal Service headquarters. OK, great.

25:49

And as soon as I receive that, as

25:51

from my senior management

25:53

here locally, which I am a part of,

25:55

obviously, we will forward

25:57

it on. sure

26:00

that you receive it. As of this

26:02

recording, we

26:05

are still waiting to receive the

26:08

letter. Now during that

26:10

same call Dwyer also

26:13

downplayed Jane Doe's status as a

26:15

minor and

26:18

altogether the seriousness of the situation. I

26:20

don't know who you've talked to but generally with

26:22

a pending criminal case we don't talk much about

26:24

those. I also want to make sure that things

26:26

are accurate, that you're getting the right information and

26:28

not, I'm assuming as

26:31

a journalist you want to have

26:33

accurate information that you can

26:35

report. Yes sir, 100%. Right

26:37

and like I said when I listen to the message,

26:40

that's not accurate. Can we talk off the record?

26:43

I don't really know you sir, are you a

26:45

journalist or everyone that's involved in this is aware.

26:47

Obviously the juvenile... So the

26:49

marshals, the kids family. I

26:52

can't confirm, I'm almost positive that they spoke to

26:54

the marshals and notified them of the incident. I've

26:56

been involved in this for quite a while in

26:59

the jail and I'm aware that

27:01

if you're intent on doing something it's almost impossible

27:03

to stop. As long as I've

27:05

been here I've had correctional officers

27:07

engaged in sexual activity within the facility and been

27:09

prosecuted. We've sent people to prison for that and

27:12

one thing I know is that if

27:14

somebody is intent on doing something it's

27:16

very hard to stop it completely

27:18

because you can move around and while

27:20

an officer is doing his round you can

27:23

step inside a cell for a very short

27:25

period of time and engage in some nefarious

27:27

activity like brain contraband or something like that.

27:29

So it is difficult to stop that 100%.

27:32

This was a particularly alarming situation to us because

27:34

of the age of the student in question. I

27:37

believe the person is now 18. Copy

27:41

that. Well as far, I mean my

27:44

sources indicate that that's not the case but

27:46

you know we can double check that. Has

27:48

there been any change to the policy? Is

27:50

there anything that's changed as far as you

27:52

know supervisory roles inside the facility that could

27:55

prevent this sort of thing from happening again?

27:57

Well, and that's what I mentioned

27:59

to you earlier. when somebody

28:01

decides to go down that path,

28:03

it's virtually impossible to stop it

28:05

completely. The only information we have

28:08

during the interview was a consensual encounter

28:10

with an inmate. We

28:12

have the letters written between these two

28:14

federal inmates, Larkin McGowan and Willie Attaway.

28:16

We know what went on, sir. And

28:18

if you have those, we would appreciate

28:20

you sharing those with us, because it

28:22

might lead to the criminal case. You

28:24

have them, too. Letters

28:27

between two inmates? Yes, and the phone calls.

28:30

We understand there's video of her being sodomized

28:32

by these men on her cell phone. So

28:34

you're telling me there was a guard in

28:36

the earshot of this? There

28:39

was, at all times, from my understanding

28:41

of the investigation, another officer inside the

28:43

pod. I don't think that's accurate. I

28:45

think there was another cell phone involved,

28:47

and I don't believe that they authenticated

28:49

any video of the actual incident occurring,

28:52

that that's two separate issues. There

28:54

is a taped interview with her that is in

28:56

court as we speak, where you

28:58

have the whole interview of them talking to

29:00

her. At first, she denies the allegation, and

29:03

then she continues on to make other admissions.

29:05

And there is a fool that

29:07

is taped, and that is actually currently

29:10

in the court system now. There's a motion to

29:12

suppress her statement, and they've had

29:14

a first hearing, and there's another hearing pending. Who

29:16

filed the motion to suppress her statement? Excuse

29:19

me? Who filed the motion to

29:21

suppress her statement? Her attorney. If

29:23

somebody wants to come here so we can exchange

29:26

that information or receive it, yes,

29:28

we would take any information if it's relevant to

29:30

the case. Obviously, we want to get to the

29:32

truth of the matter, and I

29:34

believe at the time they did have her

29:36

phone, and they scanned her phone, so we

29:38

have all that. So if there's something else,

29:40

and I was aware of another video that

29:42

I believe is unrelated, but

29:45

yes, if somebody wants to bring information

29:47

in there and share it,

29:49

I'd appreciate that. Now, while we

29:51

were in Butler County, my team also visited

29:54

Butler Tech. Unfortunately, the place

29:56

was largely a ghost town with only

29:58

a secretary who knew very little. but

30:01

still looking for answers. The Mugg Club Undercover Unit

30:03

visited the home of Butler Tech

30:06

program lead Aaron Fitzgerald and

30:09

that is when the following exchange took

30:11

place. Hi,

30:20

I'm Aaron Fischel. Yes. Who are you

30:22

with, sir? I don't know with

30:24

Crowder. You're loud or with Crowder? What's your name? My name

30:27

is... What's your name?

30:29

I'm not gonna give you a last name right now.

30:31

Again, Aaron, you're the one we're asking questions to. Do

30:33

not contact myself again. Okay. Definitely

30:36

do not come to my property again. Okay.

30:38

Okay. I don't know what you people

30:40

are doing, but you are... you're really

30:42

barking up on the tree. We're asking

30:45

questions. Sir, I have nothing to say to you. A

30:47

student in your program got taken advantage of. Sir, you

30:49

got about five seconds to get off my feet. If

30:51

you're asking us to leave, we're leaving. Definitely telling you to

30:53

leave and not ever come back. I understand. The

31:02

nerve on... Now I'm

31:04

not on your property. Now we can stop. As

31:07

you are, this is the private interest group. It's

31:09

the private interest group? It's signs up front. We

31:11

have no business being here. Do not come back.

31:13

We will trespass. You've already told me that. I

31:15

already understand it. You're the one who came off

31:17

your property? This right here... no. I asked you

31:19

a question. This is private property. We are asking

31:21

questions as journalists. We are not doing anything more than

31:23

that. We are simply asking questions as journalists. We

31:26

called you on the phone. You are on private property. You

31:28

all make the phone on us. You asked us to leave.

31:30

We're leaving. You then chased us. You are on... I

31:32

know. I chased you nowhere. I am in my right

31:35

here. This is my property. That's

31:37

it. Are you saying you're in the program for

31:39

private... This is my property. This

31:42

is my property. This neighborhood is completely private.

31:44

You have no business here. My business was

31:46

to come talk to you. You asked me

31:48

to leave. So now we're leaving. Your business

31:50

is not to come talk to me. Please

31:53

do not contact me on my personal cell phone.

31:55

Do not ever come back to my house. The

31:57

story is coming out next week. I don't care.

32:00

I will tell you from the other side. You don't care about a young

32:02

girl. You don't care about a young girl. You don't care about a young

32:04

girl. You don't care about your story. You don't care about a young girl.

32:06

I don't care about your story. Who you were responsible for. She was under

32:08

your care, correct? No. Do not ever come

32:10

to my home again. Understood. So

32:20

with all that, a lot of questions still

32:25

remain. Only all of

32:27

them? Including

32:31

the ones that I'm sure are bothering you.

32:34

Is this program still

32:36

ongoing? And if it

32:38

is, have any changes been made to ensure the

32:40

safety of the students,

32:43

people involved? Who's

32:45

in charge of the safety? What

32:47

changes have been made? What

32:50

accountability has taken place? Who

32:52

is actually in charge of running an

32:54

investigation once an incident like this has

32:56

already taken place and ensuring that it

32:58

doesn't take place again?

33:01

Are you seeing how this could happen in any community

33:04

across the United States? Not just

33:06

with this type of a program, but any publicly

33:10

funded, taxpayer funded

33:13

program. It seems

33:15

that any time public funding

33:17

or grants are involved, people have a

33:20

vested interest in ensuring that that continues.

33:24

But where do you go? As

33:26

a tax paying citizen. For

33:29

accountability. For answers. When

33:32

your public servants aren't actually

33:34

serving you. Where

33:37

do you go when your public servants are actually

33:39

serving you up? To

33:42

predators. And I don't use that term.

33:46

There's not a hint of hyperbole. In

33:49

this case, we're actually talking about minors

33:53

with hardened, violent criminals.

33:58

We caught one. How

34:02

many more are there? How

34:04

could you possibly catch them? Let me ask you

34:06

this. Who would

34:08

have a vested interest in

34:10

possibly catching these incidents? And

34:14

how can you be assured that that person

34:16

has enough of a conscience to

34:19

risk going upstream against

34:23

the grain with everybody else who wants

34:25

to ensure that it never sees the

34:27

light of day? Where do you go? They're

34:31

your tax dollars. They're

34:34

your daughters, sons, community

34:38

members. Who

34:41

steps up? Who

34:43

do you go to? That can happen anywhere. And

34:46

it still is happening

34:49

everywhere. Thank

34:58

you.