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00:15Hi, everyone. I'm Dan Abrams, and this is Court Camp.
00:19You should be ashamed of yourself.
00:22I won't do it off my case.
00:29This is not TV Court. This is for real.
00:40First up, we go to Lapeer, Michigan for a sentencing.
00:4544-year-old Chadwick Mobley has pled no contest to first-degree murder and felony firearm.
00:5414 years earlier, 20-year-old Andrea Alper was alone, house-sitting for her aunt,
01:00when Mobley entered the home, tied Andrea to a chair, and shot her once in the back of the head
01:06before leaving the scene.
01:10Andrea's boyfriend, 19-year-old Kenneth Grandin, was originally charged with and convicted of Andrea's murder.
01:17Grandin was sentenced to life in prison, but maintained his innocence.
01:22And three years later, that conviction was overturned after an appellate court found an issue with the verdict form.
01:30And four years after that, the case was reopened when advances in forensic testing helped investigators discover
01:38Mobley's DNA on a cigarette found at the crime scene.
01:44Mobley, now living in Utah, was arrested, charged, and pled no contest.
01:50Mobley didn't know Andrea.
01:52As for motive, he told investigators he was drunk the night of the murder.
01:58Today, Mobley appears before Judge Michael Nolan to hear his sentence.
02:02But first, members of Andrea's family deliver victim impact statements,
02:07starting with her stepsister, Carly Teachout, who faces the now convicted killer from just a few feet away.
02:14To say that Andrea's murder was life-altering is an understatement.
02:19I was 17 years old when she was taken, when you shot her to death.
02:26You were a coward, Chad Mobley.
02:30Only a coward would shoot and kill a 20-year-old woman in the back of her head.
02:34You are not good enough to be considered a monster, because even a monster would have told us why,
02:39which is all we've ever asked for.
02:41Chad Mobley, this will be the last time I think about you, you complete waste of life.
02:47Next to speak is the victim's aunt, Stephanie Hummer, whose house Andrea was watching the night she was murdered.
02:54There is not enough time I could be given for me to explain the absolute hell of losing Andrea in
03:02my home,
03:03as it is truly like January.
03:06My wish for you, Chadwick Mobley, is that Michigan had the death penalty,
03:11in which you could be led knowingly to a cold hard cheer, strapping your body down and ending your life.
03:19Before the judge imposes sentence, Mobley delivers a statement to the court.
03:24Firstly, Your Honor, I would just like to say that I'm so sorry to the victims and the family.
03:33I got no words that could bring them salt.
03:38But I am so sorry for their loss.
03:44The final person to speak is Judge Nolan.
03:47The question here is not whether a crime was committed, but why.
03:51What happens here today is not justice.
03:54How can the court possibly offer justice to this family, when we can't even give them answers?
04:05It's not justice for Andrea Felber's family.
04:08It's been 4,901 days for this family with no answers.
04:17There's no justice being done today.
04:22The judge sentenced Mobley to life in prison.
04:25He'll have no chance at parole.
04:31I'm gonna hold you in contempt, okay?
04:33And we're gonna give you some jail time, okay?
04:40Next we're in Detroit, Michigan, for an arraignment.
04:4627 year old joshua gubin has been cited for driving without insurance registration or valid
04:53license plates a year earlier gubin was pulled over for the infractions given a 90 ticket and
05:01ordered to report to court and today he appears before judge sean perkins to enter his plea
05:08gubin's represented by attorney elwood berry do you have documentation for this vehicle
05:14uh yes i do all right here's the registration hold up let's see what you have that's expired
05:26i have an insurance policy here the only thing about this is i don't see a valid date
05:34oh god you cannot be serious i'm serious i'm surprised i'm not getting the same courtesy
05:42as the others this is blowing
05:44i don't see a proper date on this insurance policy that you sent me so you're asking to see a
05:59what
05:59a valid what i'm asking to see the date on the insurance policy you gave me an insurance policy
06:06i have that but it has no date on it all i showed was proof that the truck was insured
06:13registered all right i'm not gonna i'm not gonna deal with it all right let's set a trial date
06:19i'm trying to get this dismissed this is literally holding me back right now
06:28nice thanks for uh no i seem clear why i'm not getting the same courtesy your name is sean perkins
06:37yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah okay i i get it i don't need to hear the blabby blabby blab just
06:42stop talking to me i showed all my proof i showed all the proof i showed the proof
06:49this is sean perkins at this point judge perkins seems to have had enough
06:54have a good day mr uneducated judge
07:00have a good day mr goob and you keep on
07:03i'm gonna hold you i'm gonna hold you in contempt and we're gonna give you some jail time okay
07:13what a clown
07:16you done anything else are you done anything else now
07:22i'm gonna hold him in contempt i'm gonna give him 30 days wayne county jail all right
07:27do you have an absolute every single proof of documentation that i needed to and refused to
07:34dismiss my stuff have a great day we're not talking anymore all right we're done talking
07:3930 days wayne county jail
07:44goobin served the 30 days in jail for contempt and two months later was found guilty of not having a
07:51valid registration he paid 108 dollars in fines and court costs and the insurance and license plate
07:57charges were dismissed the case is now closed
08:08next we go to pine bluff arkansas for what's called a quorum court hearing
08:18quorum court is a legislative body of elected officials who conduct county business including
08:23enacting ordinances and appropriating funds the meetings are open to members of the public who
08:29can voice their opinions about items on the agenda today 76 year old garland trice approaches the mic
08:37where he'll have three minutes to address the court trice is known to the justices having
08:43spoken at past quorum court hearings that senior justice alfred carroll who's just off camera
08:55please state your name the video is still going we have the public out here
08:59they want to know who's speaking if you'll shut up i will
09:04thank you sir thank you sir thank you would you hear me i heard you say be quiet then
09:11thank you sir all right my name is garland trice
09:17i just witnessed certain quorum court members not answering the road call took place
09:26mr trice would you address the business that's on the agenda please the best i can recall
09:31mr trice would you shut up so i can finish please address the
09:35because i'm not gonna fix you as the county judge okay i'm not the county judge
09:40so i've got three minutes
09:44y'all have not had no committee meetings so how can you pass anything if you've not had a committee
09:51meeting trice seems to believe that the justices have been conducting quorum court business
09:57outside of proper committee meetings
10:02the justice in the pink shirt has just informed the court that trice's three minutes are up
10:13and trice is not happy about you need to shut up
10:19you don't tell me to shut up
10:23another justice chimes in and scolds trice
10:28now that's what you're not gonna do you're not gonna you're not gonna disrespect me sir
10:32you play with him like this you're not gonna play with me like this
10:37as things escalate jefferson county sheriff lafayette woods jr addresses trice
10:43i'm not gonna sit down no i'm not gonna sit down
10:46no you ain't gonna tell me to sit down
10:52thank you sir
10:56when trice refuses to comply he's removed from the courtroom and can be heard arguing in the hallway
11:08he's escorted out of the building where a witness records the incident
11:12as trice resists deputies trying to put him into a cruiser
11:38deputies eventually get trice in the vehicle and transport him to the station
11:43where he's charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest
11:47trice suffered no injuries during the arrest
11:50he's yet to enter a plea and the case is pending
11:57next we head to siren wisconsin for a bond hearing
12:0349 year old lee moritz has been charged with violating a no contact order and intimidating a victim
12:11a year earlier moritz's ex-wife was granted a four-year no contact order against him claiming domestic abuse
12:19but nine months later police say moritz violated the order when he texted his ex multiple times
12:26then three months after that he made contact again and was ordered to appear in court
12:33today moritz appears without an attorney before judge malicia mogin to hear if he'll be released on bond
12:40the state is represented by assistant district attorney jose villard
12:44mr moritz did you receive a copy of that new complaint and that's what it looks like in your hand
12:49yes did you read it i didn't read the whole thing but do you understand that charge and that maximum
12:55penalty
12:57i really don't okay well it's easy they're alleging on june 13th 2025 you violated that
13:04you broke the law you had contact don't say a word
13:08okay and it's alleging that you knew you had contact and you knew you weren't supposed to have
13:13contact with that domestic abuse injunction okay
13:16i spoke to jose and he didn't help me at all i had not supposed to he's state he's on
13:21the opposite side
13:22oh i see i don't know how this works okay i have no idea how this works he's the attorney
13:27that
13:28prosecutes you so he's not the guy who can help you oh if you're looking i i miss i don't
13:34i don't
13:34understand how any of this works what you would probably like to do is retain your own attorney or
13:41um apply for a court appointed attorney i don't have enough money to buy an attorney right now
13:48okay so at this time you're representing yourself and that's fine and you can do that
13:52not guilty plea is going to be entered on your behalf mr villa what is an offer that can be
13:57presented your honor at this time i cannot present an offer we have further cases that are coming down
14:02the pipeline okay so you can understand mr moritz there are more allegations of you doing the very
14:09same thing and it looks like more charges more cases are coming down the pike okay
14:17i it's all greek to me but i need to talk to her because she did all my business work
14:24all my taxes
14:26and i need some documents from her to get i didn't abuse anybody i've never abused anybody in my life
14:34there is in effect a domestic abuse injunction that says absolutely zero contact you can have
14:45zero third-party contact unless it's through an attorney so that's your option but i need some
14:51paperwork from her and i told you i need it i don't have any money so my life's in your
14:57hands here on it's
14:58not in my hands i'm at your mercy so i'm not going to argue with you i don't want to
15:03argue
15:03then stop what if she contacts me though and i'm not allowed to ignore it sounds like it's uh
15:12you know kind of off-sided why can she contact you and you can't contact that's what i don't
15:17understand that's the law that's not justice okay all false allegations okay again i just want to go
15:25home no you don't want to just go home you want to continue to argue and to argue and to
15:30argue and
15:31to argue and to argue so stop moritz was released on a 500 bond and ordered to appear again in
15:42two
15:42months he's also been charged with one additional count of violating the no contact order he's pled not
15:48guilty and all three of his cases are pending
15:55it's not a waste of time it's my job
16:02next we're in el dorado kansas for a preliminary hearing
16:0628 year old taylor parit has been charged with criminal theft identity theft and theft
16:14three months earlier police say parit stole his co-workers per diem card and while using that
16:21person's name and date of birth withdrew 853 dollars from the account he was arrested charged and then
16:29released on a 7 500 bond on the condition he not travel outside the state of kansas
16:37and today parit appears virtually before judge david rickey to discuss next steps in the case
16:43the prosecutor is amber norris parit is represented by public defender james watts
16:49the judge already seems annoyed at the defendant having previously ordered him to appear in person
16:56mr parit we need to clear something up right from the start you were in court on november the 25th
17:03where this hearing was set and you were specifically told that you needed to appear at the judicial
17:08center in el dorado or at your attorney's office do you have an explanation i had a family emergency
17:16a family emergency you know it's just amazing to me mr parit how many family emergencies pop up
17:21when somebody has a court date you've decided on your own not to follow the court's order and quite
17:26frankly mr parit i don't like it where are you at right now physically
17:32i'm in houston texas on my way to indiana
17:40do you have your restriction on your bond not to leave the state of kansas
17:45yes sir
17:48so you violated that that order too right yes sir
17:55judge rickey checks in with the public defender
17:58mr what's miss norris had made a proposal about resolving this matter it's my understanding
18:04mr priest wishes to accept that offer that would be accounts two and three identity theft and
18:10misdemeanor theft dismissing count one all right mr parit i trust that is what you're intending to do
18:16today is that correct yes sir
18:20it seems parit has left the hearing
18:24did i lose my defendant
18:26yes your honor
18:30your honor just spoke with mr parit he's signing back on right now
18:40and there he is
18:43mr parit yes sir what happened the lost connection
18:50lost connection
18:53is your vehicle moving
18:56yes sir i'm not driving
19:01pull over
19:03i'm not driving
19:04i don't care
19:06pull over
19:07i don't want to get motion sickness watching you on screen
19:12this is a serious matter mr parit
19:15you don't seem to be taking it seriously at all
19:18once the defendant is off the road
19:20judge rickey returns to the plea deal
19:23how do you plead to the charge in count two identity theft
19:27guilty
19:28and in count three theft
19:30guilty
19:31mr parit do you know where el dorado kansas is
19:33yes sir
19:35okay
19:36you seem to have forgotten that today when you were supposed to have been there
19:42but your sentencing will be with you being present in el dorado kansas and nowhere else do you understand that
19:49yes sir
19:51taylor parit is ordered by this court to be personally present at the butler county judicial center in el dorado
19:57kansas and no other location
20:00i need you to repeat that back to me mr parit where do you need to be
20:04butler county judicial center
20:06and what city and state is that
20:09oh
20:09el dorado kansas
20:11all right
20:13three months later the judge sentenced parit in person to eight months in jail suspended along with 18 months probation
20:21he was also ordered to pay eight hundred and fifty three dollars to the victim
20:26and six hundred and thirty eight dollars in fines and court costs
20:29which he did
20:32that's it for this edition of court cam
20:34i'm dan abrams
20:35thanks for watching
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