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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?
04:37Hey, clown.
04:40Next, we're in Detroit, Michigan, for an arraignment.
04:4627-year-old Joshua Goobin has been cited for driving without insurance, registration or valid license plates.
04:55A year earlier, Goobin was pulled over for the infractions, given a $90 ticket, and ordered
05:02to report to court.
05:04And today, he appears before Judge Sean Perkins to enter his plea.
05:09Goobin's represented by attorney Elwood Berry.
05:12Do you have documentation for this vehicle, Mr. Goobin?
05:15Yes, I do.
05:17Where are they?
05:19Here's the registration.
05:21Hold it up, let's see what you have.
05:24That's expired.
05:26I have an insurance policy here.
05:29The only thing about this is I don't see a valid date.
05:34Oh, God.
05:36You cannot be serious.
05:38I'm serious.
05:39I'm surprised I'm not getting the same courtesy as the others.
05:43This is blowing my mind.
05:44I'm giving you the same.
05:45I'm giving you the same.
05:46Goobin!
05:46Goobin!
05:47Goobin!
05:49Goobin!
05:49Don't say anything, Mr. Berry.
05:52I don't see a proper date on this insurance policy that you sent me.
05:57So you're asking to see a what?
05:59A valid what?
06:01I'm asking to see the date on the insurance policy.
06:04You gave me an insurance policy.
06:06I have that, but it has no date on it.
06:09All I showed was proof that the truck was insured, registered.
06:13All right, I'm not going to deal with it, all right?
06:17Let's set a trial date.
06:19I'm trying to get this dismissed.
06:22This is literally holding me back right now.
06:25You're getting dismissed on the date of the trial.
06:28Nice.
06:29Thanks for, uh...
06:30Nah, it's been clear why I'm not getting the same courtesy.
06:33Your name is Sean Perkins?
06:37Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:38Okay, I get it.
06:40I don't need to hear the blabby, blabby, blab.
06:41Just stop talking to me.
06:45I showed all my proof.
06:46I showed all the proof.
06:48I showed the proof, Mr. Sean Perkins.
06:51At this point, Judge Perkins seems to have had enough.
06:55Have a good day, Mr. Goobin.
06:56Mr. Uneducated Judge.
07:00Have a good day, Mr. Goobin.
07:02You keep on coming out of terms.
07:02How are you evening, Judge?
07:04I'm going to hold you in contempt.
07:07And we're going to give you some jail time, okay?
07:13What a problem.
07:16You done?
07:17Anything else?
07:18Are you done?
07:19Anything else now?
07:22I'm going to hold him in contempt.
07:24I'm going to give him 30 days Wayne County jail, all right?
07:29I showed him every single proof of documentation that I needed to and refused to dismiss my stuff.
07:36Have a great day.
07:36We're not talking anymore, all right?
07:38We're done talking.
07:39That's what I'm talking about.
07:4030 days Wayne County jail.
07:44Goobin served the 30 days in jail for contempt.
07:47And two months later was found guilty of not having a valid registration.
07:51He paid $108 in fines and court costs, and the insurance and license plate charges were dismissed.
07:59The 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 enacting ordinances and appropriating funds.
08:26The meetings are open to members of the public who can voice their opinions about items on the agenda.
08:33Today, 76-year-old Garland Trice approaches the mic, where he'll have three minutes to address the court.
08:40Trice is known to the justices, having spoken at past quorum court hearings.
08:51That's senior justice Alfred Carroll, who's just off camera.
08:56Please state your name. The video is still going. We have the public out here.
08:59They want to know who's speaking.
09:01If you'll shut up, I will.
09:04Thank you, sir. Thank you.
09:06Would you hear me?
09:07I heard you, sir.
09:09Be quiet then.
09:11Thank you, sir.
09:13All right.
09:14My name is Garland Trice.
09:18I just witnessed certain quorum court members not answering when a roll call took place.
09:26Mr. Trice, would you address the business that's on the agenda, please?
09:30The best I can recall.
09:31Mr. Trice, would you please?
09:33Will you shut up so I can finish?
09:34Would you please address the agenda?
09:35Because I'm not going to finish you as the county judge, okay?
09:38I'm not the county judge.
09:39I'm not the county judge chair on the meeting, sir.
09:41So I've got three minutes.
09:44Y'all have not had no committee meetings.
09:47So how can you pass anything if you've not had a committee meeting?
09:51Trice seems to believe that the justices have been conducting quorum court business outside of proper committee meetings.
10:00You okay?
10:01Time.
10:02The justice in the pink shirt has just informed the court that Trice's three minutes are up.
10:10You okay?
10:11Time.
10:13And Trice is not happy about it.
10:16You need to shut up.
10:19You don't tell me to shut up.
10:21What you can't do is get this put up out of here.
10:24Another justice chimes in and scolds Trice.
10:28Now that's what you're not going to do.
10:30You're not going to disrespect me, sir.
10:33You play with him like this.
10:34You're not going to play with me like that.
10:37As things escalate, Jefferson County Sheriff Lafayette Woods Jr. addresses Trice.
10:43I ain't going to sit down.
10:44No, I'm not going to sit down.
10:46No, you ain't going to tell me to sit down.
10:47Fine.
10:48Fine.
10:49Fine.
10:49Fine.
10:52Fine.
10:56When Trice refuses to comply, he's removed from the courtroom and can be heard arguing in the
11:02hallway.
11:08He's escorted out of the building where a witness records the incident as Trice resists deputies trying
11:15trying to put him into a cruiser.
11:19Hey!
11:22Hey!
11:24Taser!
11:25Taser!
11:28Get out of the car!
11:32Get out of the car!
11:34Get out of the car!
11:36Get out of the car!
11:37Get out of the car!
11:39Deputies eventually get Trice in the vehicle
11:41and transport him to the station
11:43where he's charged with disorderly
11:45conduct and resisting arrest.
11:48Trice suffered no injuries
11:49during the arrest.
11:50He's yet to enter a plea and the case
11:53is pending.
11:57Next, we head to Siren,
11:59Wisconsin for a bond hearing.
12:0349-year-old Lee Moritz
12:05has been charged with violating
12:07a no-contact order and
12:09intimidating a victim.
12:11A year earlier,
12:12Moritz's ex-wife was granted
12:14a four-year no-contact
12:16order against him, claiming domestic
12:18abuse.
12:19But nine months later, police say Moritz
12:22violated the order when he texted
12:24his ex multiple times.
12:26Then three months after that,
12:28he made contact again
12:30and was ordered to appear in court.
12:33Today, Moritz appears
12:35without an attorney
12:36before Judge Malicia Mogan
12:38to hear if he'll be released on bond.
12:40The state is represented
12:42by Assistant District Attorney
12:43Jose Villard.
12:45Mr. Moritz, did you receive a copy
12:47of that new complaint
12:47and that's what it looks like
12:49in your hand?
12:49Yes.
12:50Did you read it?
12:51I didn't read the whole thing.
12:53But do you understand that charge
12:55and that maximum penalty?
12:57I really don't.
12:59Okay.
13:00Okay.
13:00Well, it's easy.
13:01They're alleging on June 13th,
13:022025, you have violated that.
13:04You broke the law.
13:05You had contact.
13:07Don't say a word.
13:09Okay.
13:09And it's alleging that you knew
13:11you had contact and you knew
13:12you weren't supposed to have contact
13:14with that domestic abuse injunction.
13:15Okay.
13:16I spoke to Jose
13:17and he didn't help me at all.
13:19I had a lot.
13:20You're not supposed to.
13:20He's the state.
13:21He's on the opposite side.
13:22Oh.
13:23See, I don't know how this works.
13:25Okay.
13:25I have no idea how this works.
13:26He's the attorney that prosecutes you.
13:29So he's not the guy who can help you.
13:31Oh.
13:31If you're looking.
13:32I miss.
13:33I don't understand how any of this works.
13:37What you would probably like to do
13:39is retain your own attorney
13:41or apply for a court appointed attorney.
13:44I don't have enough money
13:45to buy an attorney right now.
13:48Okay.
13:48So at this time you're representing yourself
13:50and that's fine and you can do that.
13:52Not guilty plea is going to be entered
13:54on your behalf.
13:54Mr. Vila, what is an offer that can be presented?
13:58Your Honor, at this time I cannot present an offer.
14:00We have further cases that are coming down the pipeline.
14:03Okay.
14:04So you can understand, Mr. Moritz,
14:06there are more allegations of you doing the very same thing.
14:11And it looks like more charges,
14:13more cases are coming down the pipe.
14:15Okay.
14:17I, it's all Greek to me.
14:20But 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.
14:31I didn't abuse anybody.
14:32I've never abused anybody in my life.
14:34There is in effect a domestic abuse injunction that says absolutely zero contact.
14:43You can have zero third party contact unless it's through an attorney.
14:48So that's your option.
14:50But I need some paperwork from her.
14:52And I told you how to do it.
14:54I need it.
14:54I don't have any money.
14:55So.
14:56My life's in your hands, Your Honor.
14:58It's not in my hands.
14:59I'm at your mercy.
15:01So.
15:01I'm not going to argue with you.
15:03I don't want to argue.
15:03Then stop.
15:05What if she contacts me though?
15:07And I'm not allowed to contact her.
15:08Ignore it.
15:10Sounds like it's a, you know, kind of lopsided.
15:14Why can she contact you and you can't contact her?
15:17That's what I don't understand.
15:18That's the law.
15:19That's not justice.
15:21Okay.
15:21It's all false allegations.
15:22Okay.
15:23Again.
15:24I just want to go home.
15:26No, you don't want to just go home.
15:28You want to continue to argue and to argue and to argue and to argue and to argue.
15:33So stop.
15:37Moritz was released on a $500 bond and ordered to appear again in two months.
15:43He's also been charged with one additional count of violating the no contact order.
15:47He's pled not guilty and all three of his cases are pending.
15:53Sorry.
15:55Sorry.
15:55It's not a waste of time.
15:56It's my job.
16:01Next, 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.
16:20And while using that person's name and date of birth, withdrew $853 from the account.
16:26He was arrested, charged, and then released on a $7,500 bond on the condition he not travel outside the
16:34state 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.
16:46Parit 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.
17:00You were in court on November the 25th, where this hearing was set, and you were specifically told that you
17:06needed to appear at the judicial center in El Dorado or at your attorney's office.
17:11Do you have an explanation?
17:13I had a family emergency.
17:16A family emergency.
17:17You know, it's just amazing to me, Mr. Parit, how many family emergencies pop up when somebody has a court
17:22date.
17:23You've decided on your own not to follow the court's order, and quite frankly, Mr. Parit, I don't like it.
17:30Where are you at right now physically?
17:33I'm in Houston, Texas.
17:36On 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?
17:52Right?
17:53Yes, sir.
17:55Judge Rickey checks in with the public defender.
17:58Mr. Watts?
17:59Ms. Norris had made a proposal about resolving this matter.
18:03It's my understanding, Mr. Parit wishes to accept that offer.
18:06That would be counts two and three, identity theft and misdemeanor theft, dismissing count one.
18:13All right, Mr. Parit, I trust that is what you're intending to do today, is that correct?
18:17Yes, 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.
18:34Right now.
18:41And there he is.
18:44Mr. Parit?
18:45Yes, sir.
18:46What happened?
18:47The lost connection.
18:50Lost connection.
18:54Is your vehicle moving?
18:56Yes, sir.
18:57I'm not driving.
19:01Pull over.
19:03I'm not driving.
19:05I don't care.
19:06Pull over.
19:08I don't want to get motion sickness watching you on screen.
19:13This 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, Judge 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?
19:34Yes, 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.
19:48Do you understand that?
19:49Yes, sir.
19:51T.R. Parit is ordered by this court to be personally present at the Butler County Judicial Center in El
19:57Dorado, Kansas and no other location.
20:00I need you to repeat that back to me, Mr. Parit.
20:03Where do you need to be?
20:04Butler County Judicial Center.
20:06And what city and state is that?
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.
20:22He was also ordered to pay $853 to the victim and $638 in fines and court costs, which 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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