d. c.. coming up in my next report, another look around the area. >>> while the occupy camp sites have been cleared out in many cities across the united states, the d. c. protestors have r making plans to -- are making plans to get their voices heard well into the new year. 9news now reporter jessica doyle is live at the square where if you drive by you still see the tents. good morning jess. >> reporter: good morning, it is chilly and they are in the tents this morning but today they plan on starting a new phase. they are calling themselves "occupy the vote d. c." and members of this movement plan a new round of hunger strikes as well as an online petition. now the goal here is to push capitol hill to recognize full democracy for d. c.. d. c. mayor vincent gray is among the supporters and at the same time he's finding himself in the middle of a controversy concerning whether crime is up because of pulling officers from other areas to come and police the occupy d. c. movement. kristopher ba

now d. c. mayor gray is among their supporters and he's finding himself in the middle of a different controversy concerning whether crime is up as a result of pulling officers off the streets to police the occupy protests. kristopher baumann is the chairman of the fraternal order of police. he said the mayor has made claims that the occupy movements have not caused an increase in crime. baumann tells 9news now that's simply not true. >> there's been a double digit increase in violent crime and overall crime in the city and as time has passed it has become worse and worse. in fact right now a 21% increase in violent crime through the city. >> they don't have to surveil us 24/7? okay, we can take care of ourselves. >> reporter: now, baumann has sent mayor gray a 20 -- a 40 page letter and supporting documents that claim that the occupy movement actually is to blame for the spike in crime. those statistics again, regular crime overall crime 10%. he says since the occupy movement began. now d. c. m

d. c. mayor gray is hoping the federal government will pick up the tab for the costs related to the occupy protests. the two encampments on the square and freedom plaza have cost the city more than $1.5 million sing october. the district is routinely reimbursed for costs like that. >>> jessica doyle is off this week. we're here with you at 6:0 still watching your money however. i'm in the web center. you still have to do some online shopping right? well, then stop procrastinating. because today is known as free shipping day. thousands of online retailers will send you purchases for free. and they guarantee delivery by december 24th to your home or anybody in the continental united states. the website to go to, freeshippingday.com. it boasts nearly 2600 online stores. and some pretty big names too. wal-mart, sony, dell, toys "r" us, bass pro shops among them and there's quite a few. a few do require a minimum purchase however and read the fine print. however, a few also are featuring some de

torre dunham joins us from d. c.the latest on the race for the republican nomination. >> reporter: jamie talk about i shake up in the republican field there's a new cnn time poll out numbers are quite stunning we're talking about two major headlines. rick santorum and newt gingrich. let's start with rick santorum. he's in third place in this latest poll out of iowa. rick santorum has posted about the fact he's visited all 99 counties in iowa on the day after christmas he was the only candidate who was out campaigning. and take a listen to what he had to say about his latest rise in the polls. >> look at the polls three months ago everyone said i was dead in iowa. polls change. convictions don't. >> reporter: polls definitely change and that gets us to our next point. newt gingrich he's really gone down in this poll. if you talked to newt gingrich or you've heard him speak over the last few weeks he said these negative ads airing out in iowa are affecting his campaign. he might be right about that. let's go in a littl

. >>> the chairman of d. c.ion says mayor gray is not painting the correct picture when it comes to how the occupy d. c. protests are affecting crime in the district. as ken molestina reports the union is linking a spike in crime directly to the occupy movement. >> reporter: d. c.'s mayor gray is being accused of making misrepresentations about a spike in crime. the mayor was on a local talk show two weeks ago. it was there that kristopher baumann tells us the mayor made rocks saying the occupy -- remarks saying the occupy movement has not caused crime to rise. baumann says gray is wrong. >> length of time there's been a double digit increase in violent crime and crime in the city. >> reporter: as a result he has sent documents to the mayor detailing what he claims is proof occupy movement is giving way to crime. baumann says the spike is being seen in districts where officers are being pulled from to control the occupiers. he says less cops a causing the crime to go up. >> this is on top of the fact we're down

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. >> several high-profile d. c. government buildings are vulnerable to being attacked with explosives. that's according to a new report from the d. c. protective services police department. >> during the last year undercover officers and recruits with pspd snuck several fake bombs into government buildings. at least three times they went right past screeners at the billson building -- wilson building. as well as unified communications center. the only building which passed the test was d. c. police headquarters. the findings were made public. they obtained a copy through the freedom of information act. >>> hoping to get a break in a cold case. police are releasing new sketches of the potomac river rapist. here's the sketch. take a look. they recrafted the image after having aged 14 years since the last crime. police say he struck randomly through 1991 through 1998 across montgomery county and dna evidence found at the murder scene of christine mazayan links him to the murders of 17 cases. this was in august of '98.

gary nurenberg tells us this tells d. c.ernment what it can do and can't do with its money. >> reporter: federal employees up in the air, not knowing if they lose their paychecks at midnight on friday. >> and everyone's scared because they don't know what's going to happen. >> reporter: the leaders talked and the president talked and d. c. watched closely. >> we also want to avoid a government shutdown. not only is that damaging for the whole country but certainly for the district of columbia. >> reporter: but in order to get the deal many republicans insisted d. c.'s government not have the right to spend its own funds on abortion services. >> i've seen this nonsense go on forever. republicans do things in the district they wouldn't do in their home jurisdictions and they have to get off of that. don't use the district as a sacrificial lamb. >> gary nuremberg, 9news now. >> one activist group plans to rally today to stop the deal but the protest isn't expected to change much. leadership says the measure is basically a done

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why d. c.'police chief is standing by a decision to expand a program that tracks your license plate information. >>> 5:40 this friday morning, this is cold outside but the nice thing is morning is that we've got very calm winds. i have the jacket and gloves and that's enough. here's a look at the day planner, dry air that got cold overnight. a nice sunny day. 41 degrees at 9:00. to the noon hour temperatures will get into the upper 40s and even 50ish in spots by noon. 52 at 1:00. this afternoon winds will turn northwesterly picking up 5 to 10 and temperatures rise into the middle 50s. i'll be back in about four minutes or so and we'll talk about the weekend coming up. right now inside to monika samtani. make you happy as well? >>> i think so, we're going to take a look in college park. this should make you happy. traffic is moving freely. leading route 1 on the outer loop the topside of the screen leading to 95 and silver spring you're going to be okay. more on maryland roadways coming up in my

. >>> d. c. councilman marion berry will make sure an irs lien against him for unpaid taxes is resolved. the irs filed the lien on berry's orange street house in southeast back in september. it was for more than $3,200 in unpaid federal taxes. berry who is no stranger to tax troubles released a statementing saying he has -- statement saying he has established is repayment plan with the irs on schedule. more legal trouble for tiffany aleston. a grand jury indicted her thursday for theft and misconduct in office. she's accused of adding an employee from her law firm to the maryland payroll even though the person's work they were doing was for the firm. this is aleston's second indictment in the last three months. in september she was indicted for allegedly using campaign money to pay for her wedding expenses. >>> it is 5:05 and time for the latest your money report of the morning. jessica doyle is off today. well, maybe, just maybe we could be in for a nice end to what's been a bad week for investo

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. >>> today in d. c. occupy protestors got in a shoving match with police. they surrounded a shed near mcfear son square. they gave them a deadline to teardown the structure. they didn't follow order. police convinced them to jump on an inflatable pad appeared others had to be removed. >>> they called it the bedlam series. it lived up to it last night. more than a dozen people were injured after a celebration in football country. oklahoma state fan took to the field after they beat the sooners. they pulled down the goalposts and some fans were tram manied as the crowd struggled to reach the exits. >> all right. let's talk about tonight's weather and one weather woe this evening, it has been a nice sunday, temperature warm, but foggy breaking out, mainly eastern maryland, the lower eastern shore, back up through dover and southern new jersey. it will be tough travel, i-95 north and east and this will spread from east to west over the bay. we are seeing some reduced visibility on the western side of the bay. 40 in baltimore, 44 at dulles. there is a new weathe

the latest coming up. >>> d. c. mayor vincent gray wants to federal government to pick up the tab for the city's costs related to the occupy protests. the two encampments on mcfearson square and freedom plaza have cost the city more than $1.5 million since october. the district is routinely reimburses for costs incurred by protests, marchs and rallies. >>> republican presidential candidates jump into the final weekend of campaigning before the holidays of last night they -- 408 days. last night -- holidays. last night they faced off in their final debate before the iowa caucuses, susan mcginnis has more. >> i believe i can debate barack obama and i think in serve three hour debates, barack obama would not have a leg to stands on. >> reporter: the gop front runner spent much of last night's debate plugging the conservative record and sending off a -- fending off attacks from his rivals. >> we can't have as our nominee from the republican forte someone who continues the stand for fannie mae and freddie mac. they need

they are asking for three key rights for d. c. residents. >> not just a delegate whose yes or no votes don't even count anymore and where the local laws and budget of the district are not under the review of congress. in recent years the -- not even just recently, through the history of the district, the district's own budget and laws have been hampered by congressional interference. >> reporter: the protestors will begin a 51 day strike of 24 hours and 51 the number 51, that represents washington, d.c. being the 51st state hopefully that's what they want and that's what they're protesting. the they also invite -- they also invited the mayor but he was a no show. back to you mike. >>> authorities say speed and booze were contributing factors in a deadly motorcycle crash this early morning in silver spring. 24-year-old kevin hinnant of laurel was i woulded. he crashed -- killed. he crashed and he was thrown if his motorcycle along the outer loop of the beltway around 1:00 this morning near silver spring. he didn't make it at the ho

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d. c. right now. 35. highs today under sunny skies going to the mid 50s. monika samtani stepping in now with our first look at timesaver traffic. >>> everything is looking fine all around town. no problems to report on the beltway. and lot of the overnight construction we deal with normally has been cleared up. for example, let's go down to 95 and take a live look at the prince william parkway. basically from dale city to 123, that overnight construction's gone. you're good to go headed out early this friday morning. further north look at springfield northbound on i-95. again light volume going to 395. to the 14th street bridge also looking fine if you're planning to head northbound on 395. and a last look here at 66 and falls church, no problems here on the utter loop at 66 and the inlier loop at route -- inner loop at rule 7. coming up in my next report. into maryland at 4:39. bark to you. >>> thank you. we begin with the developing story out of northwest washington. d. c. police are look

. >>> triple a mid-atlantic is out with the annual list of the best and worst in d. c. area traffic issues in 2011. now among the best, emergency legislation ends expired tags' arrests in the district. new traffic safety laws in maryland, a survey that found fewer distracted drivers on the beltway. the opening of the icc, i didn't think that would be on the list. is it really? and the continuation of major road construction projects such as the northern virginia hot lanes. and now to the worst. gas prices reach record numbers. also report found d. c. has the highest percentage of hit and run crashes in the nation. wow. carmageddon, you remember, i remember. i was stuck in that do you remember? the january winter storm that hit right in the middle of the afternoon. stranding drivers on roads all across the area. a deadlock in transportation funding and finally, continued questions about the accuracy and fairness of maryland speed cameras. >> amen to that. >> i'd be so glad if those that i got were recalled. taken back. >> i helped finance part of the maryland transportat

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police arrested schawb after a chase around the d-c beltway.she bailed out and staated running... bbtt is believed to be a former wab member of a notorious gang. 3 penn state.the university will nnw have to fight its firstt lawsuit ovvr allegations of assistant coach jerry sandusky. as bill caiaccio explains... the lawsuit ame down the same day the university held a town hall to talk about the accusati. accusationn. 3&"sandusky was part of the penn state family. we lllare. and i feel shamed.""he child sex abuse scandal that has shaken penn state brought together at a townhall meeting last night.it happened hourr after the first lawsuut wass filed againss penn state, former defensive footbbll coach jerry sanduuky, and a charity sandusky founded. sandusky is charred with the lawsuit is from a inth alleged victim -- a 29-year-old man who saas sandusky abuued him more than 100 times in the 900."he also pegan to coercc this child -- then 10 to satisfy his own &pperverse sexual impulses, which he couud noo control." sandusky's attorney insists his clienttis innocent.he says he talked to

we will see a high of 50 in baltimore and down towards d c. fall sunshine into new jersey. high pressure is controlling our weather patterns -- fall sunshine into new jersey. a storm system is approaching to the west -- full s unshine. we will see a monstrous blizzard from north texas in two western kansas into tonight with a strong winds. if you plan on doing any delaysng, uses tyou could see in denver. temperatures are bouncing back this afternoon. this storm will play a role in our weather pattern. it will pass to our north. when state into thursday. that is good news for us -- when state into thursday. it will keep the rain to the north. if it was going further south, which could be talking about snow. we will see increasing clouds tonight. not as cold. low 40's in the downtown area. mid to upper 50's tomorrow with isolated showers. mostly cloudy skies. as the storm passes to the north and west, will see a milder air move in. the first official day of winter, not too bad, 55. heavy rain possibility on wednesday. colder air and the start to arrive by the christmas holida

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republicano esta cuestionando al secretario del interior porque no han desalojado a los miembros de ocupando d-cel parque mcpherson square... el presidente del comite de reformas del gobierno en una carta al secretario ken salazar, indica que el parque acaba de ser renovado a un costo de cuatrocientos mil dolares en fondos de impuestos, y que los protestantes han destruido la grama entre otras cosas.. el departamento del interior esta evaluando el cuestionamie nto.... la crisis economica magnificada por el creciento desempleo y la reposecion de viviendas estaria originando tambien el aumento de la cantidad de ninos que se quedan sin casa y junto con sus familias se ven forzados a buscar la cobija de un refugio...maria rosa lucchini amplia... ¿sabia usted que mas de 1.6- millones de niÑos terminan desamparados anualmente ? y esta triste realidad podria agravarse... "una madre que viene a pedir ayudar a estos programas no viene sola y detras de esa persona es raro encontrar un nino solo, siempre hay dos, tres, cuatro ninos detras de cada familia" se culpa a la crisis economica.... un informe del c

trash inspectors in d-c are standing by their decision... to fine a woman 2-thousand cat litter..or not recyclingg3 litter.. patricia whitt - the environmeet.... anddthere the dirty cat litter.but than jjst the paper... when they snooped through her trash. they also found unshreeded bottles...and they admit for certain places... they go through the trash... lookingg for violations. &ppowland: "in all ommercial trash and reccylabbes to see e what is in there..to make sure is there anything that should recycled." wwite says she is going to appeal her the force wasn't with one man... who unleashed his jeei store.light sabee naas the star wars ssrieesis &pprobabby what one man was trying to recreete... when he attacced three peoole with a when police arrived ttissman yelling incoherennly.luckily no one was seriously injured. thee33-year--ld will face a cclifornia babyyis waking up at homm thii morning... after aalong struggle to survive. birth.in auguus... sheewas - since then... she's been in the neonaaal ntensive care unit aatlos nggles coonty medical center.mellnda is considered th

the 99%"the temperattre's dropping.but many occupy prottsters say they aren't leaving.ii washington d-c they faced off with police for hourss yesterday over this wooden structure builttii the middle peeple to stay."but pooice say the ssructureewas a safety conccrn.protesterssperched on top of it to prevent crews ended up being forced off by officers on cherry picker. "protect and defend!"ii all, at east 31 people were arrested throughoutttheeday.... and in the end... the structure was torn down.(nats structure falling)that kind of confrontaaion haan't been a oocupy protessers there put up supporter."this is somebody - who felt stronglyyabout the mooement, nd wanted to make sure that peeple stay warm." the snow is already fallinn in denverr.and thhugh there are fewer protesters than usual, some sayythey're ii it for the long haull"we're doing the lements ere. you know, we have a lot of ouu 24/7 prrtesttrs here getting crraaive and they've actuaaly coloradd hot pockee."but as the weather gett colder, fewwr protesters may be willing to rrsk rrstbite to keep the movement going.i'm riik vinc

and students from the living - classroom foundation. 3 a d-c woman is slapped with a fine... for not recyccing shredded newspaper.only in &pthis case... she was using thh newspaper to put in her cat's litter box.patricia white says -3 in some waas... she's already recyclingg 33 white: "i'm actually ttyinn to dd something really good for the environment by using tte shredded paperrand thee i get it." patriiia has een fined - 3 -- for 8 violationssalll orr plaaing the dirty, cat- soiled paper insideeher trash instead of the recycling binn when &ppatriiia sppke to the trash inspecttrrwho wrote her thh tickets...she says the inspeetor admitted to ddgging ttrough trash caan looking for violations.she's appealing the & fines....but hasn't been & successful so far. 3 decking the halls... may be hazardous to your health.a new survey finds the number of 3 up holiday decorations i n the rise.13- thousand peoppee &phave been treated in emerggncy rooms o far this yearrmost of the injuries come frommpeople falling off roofs and ladders. 3 pell, no ooe was injuued setting up the deccration

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a d-c womannwaa recyyllng shreddeddnewspaper she puussii her cat's litter alreadd?" it." atricia has been fined - more than 2 housand dollars - placing the dirty, nasty,,cat- soiled paper inside her trash when patricia spoke to the trash inspector who wrote hhr the tickets. she says the inspector admitted to diggingg through trash ccns looking for fines....buu hasn't beee g the appeal tt somebody's common pense. trrubbe with the law... but she sayy it's all a big ga misunderssanding. p ttke a look at this surveillance viddo.sure looks likeea robbery.looks llke a real gun.but eventually the ccerk figures out thattit's not....and snatches the gun out of the woman's hand.he chases her outside and ends up holdinn her there untii ppllce arrive.now laurie southeeland is chargedd ith attempted says..... robbery.but she - southerland ays: "i got in &pthe wrong poccee nd this toy gun feel out." out." yeah, thhtts not realll what p thinn forrthe lotteey.... loves lotto.she says she cash in some scratch-offs.the cops aren't buying itt 33 that's juuttdum --- dumb. why one town

d-c...competing with hollywood in the "sex-capades."ner resigns...after tweeting lewd pictures of himself to women. democraratic presidential candidate john edwards...indicted on charges he used illegal campaign donations...to hide his pregnant mistress. he's pleading not guilty. and republican candidate herman cain...sussending áhisá presidential campaigna"a&afte r denying sexual harassment allegationsa"a&and infidelity. and in new york, a hotel maid accuses the head of the international ponetary fund, dominique strauss-kahn, of attempted rape. prosecutors later drop the case...calling the woman "not credible." scandals ranged far beyond "he said, she said."in "operation fast and furious," federal agents lost track of more than a thousand guns they intended to purchase in arizona...til they reached drug cartels in mexico. but two lost guns were found back in arizona...where a u-s border patrol agent died in a shootout. ) attorney general eric holder calls "fast and furious" deeply flawed...but he says he knew li

33-year-old mitchell smith's family dropped him off at union station in washington d-c on december 16th. since he's blind, they left him the care of amtrak workers... who &pwere supposed to help him board his train to birmingham, alabama. but e somehow ended pp n a train to new orleans. 3 another passenger seated nearby says she heard amtrak workers tell smith that he could get off the train at charlotte and then wait for the next one out to birmingham. then... she says... they escorted him off. but no one in his family has heard from him since. now a detective in charlotte, north carolina is innestigating. 3 < 3 3 amtrak officials say they're video from the train stations... but so far... have been unable to locate mitchell smith. of course, his family &pis worried, but holding out years.melinda roeder... fox 45 news... at 5:30. &pone person was sent to the hospital after a fire broke out early this morning in charles village. village. fire crews were on the scene of the big boyz bail bonds on east 25th street just after 3 this morning. e

tighten &ptravel to cuba, bar tte energ fluorescent lightbulbs, aaloo ban abortion funding in washington, d-cthe ame.larson says, "i think all of this is theater. let's b honest about this, i mean this is all theattr. this is done, the machinations, the danne of the here." senior admiiistration offfciaas taae &pthh position nothing getssdon until everyttinn gets done. government funding bill, that has invvlved many compromises and could sttll fall apart is a high-risk gamble. on capitollhill, mike emanuel, foo news. 3 tell marylandds lawmakers you want thhm to help reach a deal to avoid a tax hike. head to com and click on the your dot - voicc taa on the leff side of the screen. p a.../ europp .../ ááafteráá... a... craaed... gunmaan.../ goes onn.. a.../ ppree.43-48 sirens up full full the... wail... of sirenn.../ drown out... the scceaming, .../ mobss..// ááasáá they... ran away... fromma christmas pageant.../ inn... belgium..../// áápoliceáá say... the man ...// lobbed... 3--grenades... into a crowd .../ ááandáá opened fire... with at....a... bus sttpp../ p acked with... innocent ppeple.../

the capitoo christmas tree will light up the sky arounn d-c toinght.the giant sierra white ffr arrivedl last week.since strrng ann all decorrtions set in place in preparation for the house john boeener will flip the switch to light up p they're till enjoying a big stage. &p the bakers at the "flavor cuucakery" in bel airr are the laaest winners of tte &pfood network's "cupcake wwrs". wars". joel d. smith is live at the bakerr now to see wwat the winnees are stirring up next. good morning joel d. 3 we're making tte seasoo bright here on fox45 mooniig news. &pwe're giving away all these gifts under our tree... in our countdown to christmas. christmas.all you have to do to win is ggt to the phone. phone.the 44h and 5th callerr at 4100481-4545 get to choose a gift rom underrthe tree. if you still need to pick p &pssme stocking stuffers... we've got some great ideass ideas.((1:17 yeah, pippy, i'm not coming in to work today. i &phave a pest problem. 1:20)) 1:22))from misttr popper's penguuns to mission impossible... the latest d-v-d releases sure to please annone llst.and will it ever start

smith's family dropped him off at union station ii washington d-c on december 16th. since he's blind, they left him the care of amtrak workers... who were supposed to help im board his train to birmingham, alabama. but he somehow ended up on a train to new orleans. another passenger seated nearby says she heard amtrak workers tell smith thht he could get off the train at charlotte and then wait for the next one out to birmingham. then... she says... they escorted him off. but no one in his family has heard from him since. now a detective in charlotte, north carolina is investigating. <"and he said in the confusion... o come here."> here.">amtrak officials say they're áánowáá reviewing surveillance video from the train stations... but so far... have been unable to locate mitchell smith. 3 3 it's a purple and black explosion... when it comes to the pro-bowl picks... back in 2003 and 2006... the ravens sent a club record 8 players to the pro bowl..this year's haul is not that big, but it came very close...7 ravens have been named as starters...now in his 16th n-f- l sea

a violent confrontation between police and occupy protessers in washington d-c yey yesterday"thissis peaceful ppotestthis is peaceful protest" built that wood structure saturday night.park police told protessers to ake it down.they refuued.then, police started arreeting peopleesome their half-finished barn...so they brought in a cherry-picker late last night to take them downin all... 31 people weee arrested. ...and crime continues to be a baltimore ccmp ii mmkeldin square.police say thhs woman - desiree nicholssn - stabbed another woman during an argummnt over a cat.it thh victim was rushed to johhs wounds in the arm and thigh. oq: we ave an leedisheartening obligation to rract react the victim is in stable pondition. nicholson is being held on 75-thousand dollars bail. hhs ssmeone been using baltimore'' "e-- card readers" &pto hack into credit carr accounts?two brothers who were victims offcrrdit card fraud to city parking officials. t rashid and jim malii say ttey're convinced someone used a skimming deviie to steal their account information att one of ttese parking kiosks. they b

rastic c are d-still ahead.. 3 3 3 map fibbr map 3 3 still ahead..o do. do.and where can you find -3 holiday traditions... mixed with civil waa history?we'll - tell you where... in your hometown hotspot. you're watching fox 45 mmrring news.. all llcal.. all mooning. & 3 ((brrak 2)) new this orning... a ppdestriin haa been hii and ccunty.it happened just after & 6 this morning in bee ir att the intersection of route 924 and vale road.the driver did stop ann stay at the scene.no worddyet on the circumstances 33 leslie johnson....the wife of former maryland countyy exxcutive, jack johnson wiill be sentenced for her part in her husband's corruption scandal.she admitted to fluuhing thousands of dollars down thh toilettand stuffiig &ppash in her underwear... as f-b-i agents aarived at thh &pcouple's hooe. jack johnson, was sentenced tuesday... to more than sevvn years in 3 a vvgil wiil be held tonight at virginia teeh... to honor a campuu police officer ssot down thursday.officer deriek crouse was conducting a traffic stop... when witnesses say the suspect

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