'19 Kids and Counting' Star Faces Judge in Sex Crime Case

We have big new developments in the. Joseph Duggar alleged sex crime scandal. He made his first court appearance out. in Florida today, where he faces felony. charges. >> State your name, sir. >> Uh Joseph Duggar. >> Good morning, Mr. Duggar. You're here. for your first appearance after being. arrested. >> We also have another new jailhouse phone. call with his wife, Kendra. >> I I asked him to be my attorney. >> Yeah, I didn't I didn't know who exactly.

we should tell with things. That's good. >> Well, it's not for you. It's only for. me. >> And remember, she's his co-defendant in. Arkansas as well. And we found out about. phone and visitor logs for Duggar as he. was behind bars in Arkansas. Plus, we. have new reaction from his parents. amid all these allegations and this. scandal. Let's get into it all right. now. Welcome to Sidebar, presented by. Law & Crime. I'm Jesse Weber. So, you know, we've been following the.

Joseph Duggar Kendra Duggar scandal. There have been a lot of updates in this. legal saga. It can be hard to keep up. with what's going on. So, I want to kind. of do a recap of what you might have. missed because there have been a lot of. developments in the last 24 hours. So, from a jailhouse phone call to visitor. and call logs to also, by the way, his. first court appearance in Florida to new. family reaction. We're going to get into. it all. So, as we have been reporting, 31-year-old Joseph Duggar has been hit. with felony charges of lewd and. lascivious molestation of a victim less.

than 12 years old and lewd and. lascivious behavior conducted by a. person 18 years or older. And this is. per the Bay County Sheriff's Office out. in Florida. And this is all for. allegedly sexually abusing a 9-year-old. girl during a family vacation back in. 2020. Now, at the same time, he and his wife, 27-year-old Kendra, are also facing. charges in Arkansas. She was arrested. just days after he was hit with these. charges in Florida apparently as part of.

the ongoing investigation authorities. there charged them with misdemeanor. counts of four counts of endangering the. welfare of a minor second degree, four. counts of false imprisonment second. degree. Now, we think that this is. possibly connected to although we cannot. 100% confirm since authorities haven't. indicated it, but it seems allegedly it. is connected to this allegation that. there were locks on the kids doors in. the family home on the exterior of the.

doors. This is out in Arkansas and we. know the couple share four kids. However, here's something new. Duggar is. no longer housed at the Washington. County Detention Center. This was. reported by outlets like the Northwest. Arkansas Democrat Gazette, but then we. have footage that we're going to talk. about. So, he was booked on March 18th. Apparently, he was then taken by. authorities to Florida to face the sex. crimes charges and if you recall, he. waived extradition meaning he didn't. fight it. That's common in criminal. cases because instead of engaging in. what could be a prolonged fight about.

why you shouldn't be transferred to that. jurisdiction where you're facing charges. and many times you're going to remain. locked up while that fight happens, you. waive it, you go there, you go to court, you hear the charges, you fight bail, hopefully you get released if you're a. defendant because by all accounts if it. was just the Arkansas charges, these. misdemeanors, he probably would make. some sort of bail like his wife Kendra, but here are the idea would be you go to. Florida, try to make bail, if you make. bail there, probably going to make bail.

in Arkansas, and then you're out. Then. you're out pending the trial. That would. be my take for why he wanted to or. seemingly wanted to waive extradition. However, however, here is the thing. about bond for the Florida charges. So, I have video for you. This is new. I. have video from Joseph Duggar's first. court appearance in the Bay County. Courthouse in Florida from today. Take a. look. >> All right, who do we have first, ma'am? >> State your name, sir. >> Josh Duggar.

>> Good morning, Mr. Duggar. You're here. for your first appearance after being. arrested. for the second-degree felony of lewd and. lascivious conduct by a person 18 years. of age or older. You're also here this morning for your. first appearance after being arrested. for the life felony offense of lewd or. lascivious lewd or lascivious. conversation by a. offender over the age of 18 years of age. and a victim under the age of 12.

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pdsdebt.com/sidebar. pdsdebt.com/sidebar. Okay, so he's told the charges, and you. can hear life felony. First appearance, gets the paperwork, and I want you to. listen to this. You know how every. criminal defendant has a right to an. attorney and if they can't afford an. attorney one will be appointed to them. Listen to what Joseph Duggar apparently. requested. >> All right, sir. I reviewed the. application that you filled out and it. says that you do not want the court to.

appoint an attorney to represent you. So, I will not do so at this time, sir, but if you have a change in. circumstances, you can fill out another application for. the court to review then, okay, sir? >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yeah, you didn't want a court-appointed. attorney, wants to seemingly retain. private counsel, but there was an. attorney there. There was actually an. attorney there in court on his behalf. for the entirety of this case, it seems, and the issue of bond came up, okay? This is the big one. Now, when you talk.

about bond, issues of someone's criminal history, the allegations, whether they have ties. to the community, so are they going to. be a flight risk? All that came up. Take. a look. >> And I Mr. Sollin, are you here this. morning on behalf of Mr. Duggar? >> Yes, sir. I represent Mr. Duggar in this. matter. And your honor, the family is. asking for the most reasonable bond the. court is inclined to set and my. understanding is no prior criminal. history whatsoever not even a speeding. ticket. His father has.

town home Saturday and is here in in our. community ready to post bond if the. court is inclined to issue such. So, we're asking most reasonable bond court. is probably already. setting and uh. asking to be treated as fairly as as. anyone else with regardless of his. status in the television industry. >> Mr. Sollin, are you representing Mr. Duggar for first appearance purposes or. through the duration of the case, sir? >> Uh through the duration, your honor.

>> All right. Anything from the state. attorney's office? >> Yes, your honor. Good morning. We're asking for a substantial monetary. bond in this case. It's a serious charge. against the child. We ask that there be. a no contact placed with the victim as. well as no contact with any minors. Mr. Duggar, even though he doesn't have a. criminal history, has no ties to the. community. The alleged facts here was. that he was just on vacation and stay. here a short period of time. Same. ability to come here a short period of. time allows him to leave quickly as. well. So, no ties to the community, so. we ask for a substantial bond. Under. 903.46, factors you're allowed to.

consider uh to make sure he appears in. court. >> All right. And another judge determined. there was probable cause for your arrest. by signing of the warrants. Ms. Fambrini, do you have any criminal. history, ma'am? >> I show a child endangerment and false. imprisonment out of Arkansas this year. >> Your honor, I believe there are other. charges that may still be pending. As. you know, he has another family member.

that was arrested for these same. circumstances, and I don't think those. have been resolved in light of him. coming here. >> Mr. Saline, I'm not I'm not aware of of. anything else, sir. I'm just here this. morning on Mr. on Mr. Joseph Duggar's. case. So, um. So, Ms. Fambrini, you show those as. open, you said out of the state of. Arkansas? >> I don't show the disposition. I show. that they were charged. >> Okay. >> That is That is correct. They're pending. charges in Arkansas at this time.

>> All right, Mr. Duggar, I'm going to set. your bond amount this morning in the. lewd or lascivious conduct charge. at $100,000. I'm going to set your bond amount in the. lewd or lascivious molestation charge, which is a life felony, at half a million dollars. It's a total of $600,000 bond. Sir, you're going to have some other. conditions as well.

Sir, you were ordered to have no contact. with the alleged victim. That means. directly, indirectly through a third. party, or media. Do you understand the. no contact order, sir? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Sir, you were also ordered that you were. to have no unsupervised contact with any. minors under the age of 18. Your next court date, sir, is April 20th. at 9:00 a.m. >> Oops. Stand. Step to your right to the. seat. Ma'am, if you'll give us a moment.

>> Yes, sir. Yes, ma'am. >> And your honor, that's all I have in. this matter. >> Yes, sir. Thank you. Have a good day. >> Yes, your honor. And it's the same here. If I may be excused. >> Yes, sir. Have a good day, Mr. Saline. >> Have a good morning. >> Interesting when he says the family, right? The family wants a reasonable. bond here. Does that mean just Kendra? Does it mean Kendra? Does it mean other. family members? I want you to keep that. in mind because I want to get into the. family's response. But his bond was set.

at $600,000. So while I said that there might be a a. an effort to waive extradition, go. there, make bond, get you know, be out while this trial. progresses. $600,000 is a lot and I will. tell you at the time of this recording, I haven't seen anything as of yet to say. that he posted uh that bond, but we'll. see. He was also ordered to have no. contact with the alleged victim, no. unsupervised contact with minors. That's. very common in these kinds of cases and. his next court date is set for April.

20th. Now, in terms of new updates, right? I said. the latest developments, new updates. According to People magazine, we may. have found out who Joseph Duggar has. been calling when he was locked up in. the Washington County Detention Facility. in Arkansas and who visited him. So I. want to start there. Now while we. mentioned in a previous episode of. Sidebar that Joseph had called Kendra, we now have new audio. And I want to. give you a bit more context here. So. first the context. So Joseph was.

arrested March 18th. Reportedly it was. on March 19th that he called Kendra. Apparently, she didn't respond or pick. up. By the way, he also reportedly. called a management consultant that same. day. No further information on who that. person could be or who that company. might have been. PR consultant, crisis management, not. entirely sure. High-profile individual, very salacious allegations. Now, he. reportedly calls Kendra again March. 20th. They speak for about 8 minutes. This was reportedly 2 hours after Kendra.

was booked and then released on bond for. her Arkansas charges. Remember the. misdemeanor charges. So, there's this. phone call. Apparently, calls her again. March 21st, March 22nd, both calls. reportedly lasting 21 minutes. March. 23rd, he makes two calls to Kendra. again. First conversation lasting 20. minutes, second one about 9 minutes. By. the way, this is all based on reporting. from Page Six. March 24th to the 26th, he reportedly makes two more calls to. Kendra or at least Kendra's number, I. should say. And with each conversation.

lasting about 20 minutes. Now, here is the new audio between what seems. to be Joseph and Kendra. >> Hi. >> Hey, I know that we just just know that. we can't talk about a lot of. stuff here. Did Travis get a hold of. you? >> Yeah, I've been talking to Travis. >> Okay, good. >> I've I've got him as my attorney right. now. >> Okay. >> I don't know if you know that. I I asked. him to be my attorney. >> Yeah, I didn't I didn't know who exactly. we dealt with. But that's good.

>> Well, it's not for you, it's only for. me. I mean I mean he can he can work. with you, but it's just I they said I. needed somebody um for the case that. we've got going um with the kids and. stuff. >> Bunch of thoughts. Now, I mentioned this. in our last episode, but it's even more. pronounced here. There seems to be a. clear acknowledgment that they can't. talk freely seemingly about the. particulars of their cases, right? Not. surprising because usually before any.

jailhouse phone call, there is a message. that comes up that says this line is. being recorded. And we know those. jailhouse phone calls can be used and. have been used by prosecutors as. evidence at trial. Now, in terms of the. attorney, I mean, yeah, you really don't. have the same attorney representing two. defendants. Not always the case, but. it's rare because you have conflicting. interests with each defendant. Sometimes. you have conflicting defenses. Not. saying one here would blame the other,

but sometimes different levels of. culpability, competing interests. Sometimes an attorney would be. prohibited from representing two. defendants that have competing. interests. That's under the ethics. rules. But also here, think about it. Even though. there was a source uh that told people. that what Kendra is facing in Arkansas, those charges are not connected or. related to Joseph's charges in Florida, those allegations, and there's no. reporting to suggest otherwise, that.

they are distinct, and she hasn't been. implicated in what he's accused of doing. in Florida, he is facing a different. legal challenge and different. accusations in Florida that may or may. not affect the Arkansas case. So, he. needs his own attorney. Yes, they're. facing the same charges in Arkansas, co-defendants, but his legal saga, his. legal predicament, very different. And. she seemingly acknowledges that the. charges they face in Arkansas are in.

fact about their kids. We suspected that. We thought that. Right there. That was a theory that. after he was charged in Florida, authorities go to check out the house in. Arkansas, this is what we thought, probably pursuant to a warrant, and they. see something that facilitates those. misdemeanor charges. Was it about the. the or not? Not entirely sure, but she. seemingly acknowledges that the criminal. case is about the kids. Now, before I. even get into the visitor logs, the. potential visitor logs, and the reaction.

from Joseph's parents, this is new, the. patriarch, the matriarch of the Duggar. clan, this is some more of Kendra and Joseph's. jailhouse phone calls. >> How are you? >> Um I'm all right. I mean it's. I I've been spending a lot of time. praying and. reading Bible. They got me a Bible in. here, so I'm in. solitary. Um so I'm only. >> Yeah, uh. >> I'm I'm in the cell for 23 hours of the. day, so. but. >> Really?

>> Yeah, so it's like a 8 by 10 area, pretty small area, but I've been able to. >> Wow. >> read a lot. I actually been. resting some, but um not sleeping great. through the night. But. >> Yeah. >> But. >> I know. >> But it's good to hear your voice. >> Yeah, it's good to hear from you. I. >> And then they apparently talk about how. Joseph is going to sign over the. belongings he had with him when he was. booked to Kendra, so she can get them. And then there's this part.

>> Did you hear that I'm out here with uh. you hear where I'm at and everything? >> I don't know. Should we say it? Um. >> I think I think that'll. Well, I don't know. Maybe not. But they. got me a good place to stay that's very. private. >> Oh, praise the Lord. I'm happy about. that. >> Uh-huh. So. >> I was hoping. >> Yeah, and they took it. >> Well, um. I just. >> So you're doing okay? >> I'm I'm I'm trying to keep my spirits up. and I feel like reading the Bible is uh.

really been helpful to calm and not. think about all the. situation whole situation, so. it's been. uplifting, so. um. >> Oh, that's good to hear. >> The this one that I got, it's like a. some other NLT version or something like. that, but it's a it has a devotional in. it. It has some really good stuff, so. >> Okay, so you get a sense of what he was. maybe going through inside that. detention center, and we speculate why. solitary confinement, maybe high-profile.

individual, maybe it could have been an. issue. So anyway, he appears to no. longer be there, right? He's in Florida. So, one more thing I should mention, Five News, just going back to the. Washington Detention Center, the. Washington County Detention Center, Five. News at one point obtained part of a. phone call that Joseph made from the. Washington County Detention Facility, too, seemingly like about what he should. be thinking about extradition and those. kinds of issues. >> Hello there. This is uh Joe Dyer here. >> Yeah. >> Hey,

hey, we're I'm over here at the. Washington County um. >> Yeah. >> I don't know if you know if my dad. mentioned it to you or not. Uh. >> Yeah, yeah. >> I didn't know if we needed to talk. sometime about things or. how the process works here on this side, or if you know anything about that. >> yeah, the only issue Well, well, you're. you're there. Um you're in custody pending the. issuance of a governor's warrant by the. state of Florida. Um. and you can be held for 30 days. Now,

you you may be you may be you may be. entitled to bond. Um have they have they talked to you. about. I don't know if I'm allowed to They. talked. >> Yes. >> Have they talked to you about. >> Nobody. >> Have they talked to you about bond? >> Nothing. No. >> Okay. They haven't They haven't said they're. going to bring you before a judge. anytime soon? >> No, nothing of that sort. >> Okay. Um. Yeah, that's that's the that's the only. issue you've got now while you're in.

Washington County. Um you want to you. want to be out. Um and you know, you get ties to. community, you get your family here. Um I mean, the judge the judge should. set a bond. In which case you'll be out, pending. uh receipt pending our cell receipt of a. governor's warrant from from. from Florida. It's It's called It's It's called. extradition, which you may have heard. of, but. >> Okay. >> Um. But yeah, that's the only That's the. only issue you got here in Arkansas.

So. >> Okay. >> All right. Um they should um. Um and they should they should uh. I mean, you you should appear at the. court there for bond, but um. Let me know Let me know if that happens. >> Okay. >> Uh. if not, we can if not, we might be able. to get you in front of a judge for that. >> Okay. >> You have. 3 minutes remaining on this call. >> So, uh. I guess if that's it, I guess we'll just. uh. Thank you. Um yeah, if that's it, then I guess we. can uh.

circle back if we hear anything. Um. >> Yeah. >> I'm not too familiar with this process. since it's uh. >> Okay. >> first time. >> you if you if you. Yeah, I understand. But you know, if you. if you if you if you bump into a deputy. or something, say, "Hey, ask if you ask if you're getting a bond. hearing.". >> Okay. Okay. I'll I'll ask that. All. right, thank you. >> All right, mate. >> All right. >> Okay. Now, I mentioned the visitor logs. This is new, too. So, according to page. six, Joseph Duggar's attorney appears to be.

the only person who visited him when he. was at the Washington County Detention. Center. Maybe not surprising when you consider. the family's reaction to his arrest. And. let's start with the new one. Let's. start with the big reaction from the. parents. So, a spokesperson for the. Duggar family told people yesterday that. Jim Bob and Michelle, quote, "are. heartbroken over this entire situation. Right now, they are focused on loving. their family and helping Kendra and her.

children during this difficult time. They are praying for the victim,". seemingly in reference to the alleged. Florida victim. They ask for privacy and. appreciate the kind words and prayers. offered by so many. Now, now it's. interesting because based on the. jailhouse phone call I played before. where I believe you can hear the kids in. the background as Kendra is seemingly. talking to Joseph. And that statement, it seems like Kendra is with the kids, right? Even despite the allegations, the. charges.

in Arkansas. But from that statement, helping Kendra there doesn't appear to. be, at least as far as I can see, an. acknowledgement of her charges, right? It's more about his felony charges in. Florida. Now, I don't know if that was. deliberate or not. I don't know if that. really is the case or it isn't a. reflection on the charges or is a. reflection on the charges she faces. It's difficult to say one way or another. because we really don't know the. evidence. We really don't know the basis. for the Arkansas misdemeanor charges or. what the family thinks of those or I.

should say what the parents think of. thinks of those. I'll talk about the. family in a minute. I will say this. though, and it's something to think. about. You know, the Duggar family were. stars of this TLC show 19 Kids and. Counting and that lifestyle, that view. on parenting and religion can be very. different from what others are. accustomed to. It was about a. conservative Christian family, homeschooling. It was especially famous. for the family's strict rules about. dating and marriage. Amazon Prime. released a documentary called Shiny. Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets. One. of the things that the documentary.

really focused on was the teachings that. apparently motivated or guided the. Duggar family, IBLP, Institute in Basic. Life Principles. And this documentary. explained that you're talking about a. stricter lifestyle, abandoning vices. like music and TV and dating. The whole. idea of courtship, by the way, is. different, too. Getting to know someone, a romantic interest, not one-on-one, but. through family. How you parent or punish children may be. different. But again, just something to. think about. I have no idea what the.

family actually thinks about Kendra or. the charges. Although, I do have something to say about that. Now, I I want to go back to one other. point. So, no reported visitors. Why? Okay, what have we seen? What have we. seen from the uh family's reaction? So, I mentioned the parents. Joseph's brother Jason and his wife. Maddie, they took to Instagram with a. statement. Quote, "We, like many, have. spent the week completely shocked, confused, and grieved, to list a few.

emotions. We are disgusted to hear the. news about my brother. However, this. isn't about how it's impacted our lives. Our hearts are burdened because a. child's life has been turned upside down. due to evil actions of someone who. should have never hurt the vulnerable. This is something unthinkable. We are. angered by what has happened and we pray. God's righteous hand and the court. system will serve justice in the. situation as deserved. Maddie and I have. always had a special place in our hearts. for the vulnerable around us and we will. continue to do so. To fathom that.

someone would abuse their authority to. harass the innocent is vile. We ask that. you pray for the victim who has been. brave enough to share what has happened. We also ask that you pray for his family. at this time as his children must face. the reality of losing a father that. should have been a spiritual leader in. their lives. We stand with innocent. children always." I just have to say, he. is innocent until proven guilty uh in. the eyes of the law. They seem to kind of have made a. decision based on this, but I don't. know. I don't know. I mean, it's pretty.

strong words. Uh Ginger Duggar spoke. about the arrests on her podcast. She. was visibly emotional. She said, quote, "It has been such a long week. It has. been one of those weeks that feels like. years. I did not think my heart could. break like it has this week. The pain. and heartbreak that we've had over this. and just thinking of how it's affected. so many, yeah, it's just unthinkable. So. hard and painful on many levels." She. continued, "It's hard. All we can do in. these moments is cry out to God and ask. him to sustain us and give help because. you can't just be prepared for news like.

this. Jill Duggar, her husband Derek Dillard, put out a statement on their family. vlog. Said, "Quote, we were shocked. yesterday evening to learn of Jill's. brother's arrest. We are shocked and. heartbroken. We strongly condemn abuse. We support the rule of law and hope that. justice will be achieved. Our hearts go. out to the innocent juvenile victim of. this unspeakable crime and her family. We pray God gives her strength, comfort, and hope, and that she's able to get all. the help and support she needs and. deserves in the days ahead." Joseph's. sister, Joy-Anna Duggar, wrote on her.

Instagram story, "What has come out. about my brother is heartbreaking and. deeply disturbing. My heart is with the. victim and I am grieved by the pain and. harm caused. I have been a wreck this. week and I'm taking time to process. I. have a few pre-filmed commitments that I. have to post, but I will be taking some. much-needed time with my family. Thank. you for your prayers." How about this. one? Cousin Amy Duggar King released an. initial statement saying how she was. sickened, heartbroken, deeply angry, saying the courage it took for her to. come forward, meaning the alleged. victim, cannot be overstated. That. bravery deserves to be honored above all.

else. And while she initially said she. was praying for Kendra, she issued a. second, a follow-up statement after. Kendra's arrest, remember 2 days after. Joseph, "The world changed a few hours. later. These are serious charges. They. are not the same as Joseph's charges, but they are not small and I will not. treat them as small. The moment a person. faces criminal charges for the. endangerment of children, my prayers. shift to the children." So, that is a. direct reference to what Kendra is. facing there. And then there's Josh Duggar. Okay, this.

one's a bit different. He's currently, as we know, serving that 12-year. sentence in Texas for receiving child. sexual abuse material, child. pornography. His lawyer released a. statement to Us Weekly on his behalf. Says, "Josh Duggar does not know the. details of the claims that have been. made against his brother Joseph, but he. knows the media frenzy that any incident. regarding his family creates. He feels. for his brother because everything is. amplified out of proportion by the media. interest in his family. This makes the. pain of the criminal justice process. exponentially worse. Josh prays for his.

brother and he hopes that he can stay. strong. He too has felt the crushing. wave of accusation that is powered by. the media spectacle to which his family. is subjected. Go back to my original. point. Now you may be see if the. reporting is true why no one visited. Joseph. Okay. If you're new to this case. and you want a little bit more context. on all of this. I have to just go through this real. quick. There was an affidavit that was. filed with the Bay County Sheriff's. Office. Provides a few more details. So. the accuser, who apparently was 9 years. old at the time, told investigators,

allegedly told investigators that during. this 2020 family vacation to Panama City. Beach, Joseph had allegedly asked her to. quote sit on his lap numerous times. When she would sit on his lap, he would. allegedly cradle her with his arms. According to the affidavit, that pattern. shifted over the course of the vacation. The accuser told investigators that. Joseph began asking her to sit on the. couch beside him. And then this escalated or allegedly. escalated. He quote covered the parties. with a blanket.

And once they were covered, the. affidavit claims that Joseph would pull. the victim's dress up and touch the. victim's thighs. And that she described that he would. quote touch the top portions of her. thighs and went inch higher and higher. closer to the victim's waistline. Continued from there, the affidavit. states that during these incidents and. the accuser said they happened quote. several times, Joseph's hand allegedly. grazed the victim's genital area with. his hand outside of her underwear. The. accuser described feeling uncomfortable. and confused. And here's something that.

complicates the picture. According to. the affidavit, Joseph quote eventually. approached the victim and apologized for. his actions. That after the apology, the incident. stopped occurring. And after the. victim's forensic interview, you know, with law enforcement, Deputy Sheriff uh. Norris of the Bay County Sheriff's. Office, quote, requested the detective. and victim's father called Joseph. On. that call, according to the affidavit, Joseph allegedly admitted his actions. stating he touched the victim over her. clothing and then he, quote, admitted.

his intentions were not pure. Strong. allegations here. So, he's arrested. Joseph is arrested March 18th. You have. the video from the Washington County. that shows you him getting booked. You. have these angles of the officer. searching him and video of uh this. interaction as well. >> Anything on you that could be a deadly. weapon? >> Uh nothing at all. >> All right. If I could just look in your. pockets. >> No, nothing at all. >> Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you said you. had 1800 bucks in. You said not in my pockets. That means.

>> Yeah, no, no, no. I got some where else. >> You're taking it back. >> All right. >> Any injuries? >> Uh. >> Well, I don't have anything to trade. you. >> You've been here before? >> Um. not that I know of. >> Is that right? >> I I think I got a. My brother went to school right here. That was the first getting police. stopped for drinking. >> Oh, yeah. >> Pepper sprayed I was over here. >> Oh, really? >> Yeah. >> What's your name?

>> Uh Tyrone. >> How long you been here? >> Uh he was a cop before in Palm County. >> Oh. He was doing training here. >> Yes, sir. >> He did hard time in Palm County. >> I don't know what you're talking. >> All right. Remember what you lifted out. of your front left pocket 100 bucks and. 20 bucks. >> That's wonderful.

>> Uh. What was the talk about again? >> And they still do business. >> Sorry, what? >> I think I have 300. >> And this officer, do you know if I need. to put somebody in the. >> What's that? >> Say you didn't know of girl it was. >> Um. I'm not exactly sure if it's. >> You don't have to tell me anything you. don't have to tell me anything today. I'm going to go ahead and go.

>> So there you have it, okay? Some more. updates on the Joseph Duggar case. We'll.

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