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From YouTube: CMPD Weekly Press Briefing - December 18, 2019
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You're watching the weekly press briefing from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
A
We
appreciate
everybody
coming
this
morning.
Our
department,
sexual
assault,
cold-case
unit,
was
launched
back
in
2006
now
for
the
past
13
years,
these
dedicated
officers
and
detectives
have
provided
an
enormous
role
in
bringing
justice
to
sexual
assault.
Survivors
and
family
members
of
survivors
who've
been
victimized.
The
unit's
success
is
predicated
on
diligence,
teamwork
and
an
unwavering
commitment
to
justice.
A
B
Wanted
to
take
just
a
few
minutes,
bring
some
folks
down
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
work.
That's
been
going
on
upstairs
and
a
lot
of
it
I
think
unrecognized.
As
these
detectives
don't
look
for
praise
they
do
it
because
of
the
passion
motivation
that
they
have
and
dedicated
to
the
work
that
they
do
today.
I'm
I
brought
down
sergeant
Daryl
price.
B
B
It's
incredible
to
watch
and
each
morning,
I
am
excited,
really
kind
of
just
to
drop
in
and
find
out.
You
know
what
cases
they're
working
on
and
any
updates
that
they
have
also
brought
down
Matt
Mathis.
He
is
over
our
crime
lab
and
I
brought
down
some
of
the
the
analysts
that
worked
upstairs
with
him.
The
work
that
they
do
exceptional
exceptional
work
together
as
a
team,
the
lab
and
the
cold-case
unit.
They
have
solved
since
2006
over
500
cases.
B
So,
having
said
that,
I'm
gonna
bring
up
sergeant
price
following
him
will
be
Matt
Mathis
with
the
lab,
and
there
will
be
additional
time
for
everyone
to
ask
questions
if
you
have
them
so
having
L
by
the
way
sergeant
price.
If
you
he
was
actually
issued
a
magnifying
glass
to
look
at
fingerprints
when
he
first
came
on
law
enforcement.
So
that's
how
long
this
guy
has
been
a
detective
right.
Sorry,
no,
okay,
not
quite
but
sergeant
price.
C
I
record
a
few:
if
you
recognize
me,
I've
been
around
for
a
little
long
so
today
and
we'll
talk
about
a
couple
of
cases,
and
one
in
particular
is
pretty
interesting
because
it's
our
first
genealogy
based
case
I'm,
sure
everybody
here
knows
a
little
bit
about
genealogy,
that's
how
they
saw
the
Golden
State
killer
case.
So
in
2000
I'm.
Sorry
in
1991,
a
young
lady,
Alta,
Monterey
Road
was
burglarized
the
middle
of
the
night
by
subject
to
crawl
to
a
window
and
violently
sexually
assaulted.
C
C
However,
this
profile
was
not
in
CODIS.
Codis
is
a
national
DNA
database,
and
that
indicates
one
of
several
things.
Person
didn't
commit
a
felony
after
a
particular
date,
so
he
wasn't
entered
into
CODIS
or
they're
deceased.
So
later
in
2008,
we
got
a
connection
to
another
case
matching
that
case,
which
led
us
to
start
investigating
a
series
of
cases.
C
That's
a
sexual
assault,
kit
initiative,
that's
who
we
have
four
of
our
grants
through
and
kind
of
talk
to
them
about
what
we
could
do,
so
they
offered
to
fund
the
testing
for
genealogy,
so
starting
in
early
this
year,
working
with
Terrebonne
laboratories,
our
lab
working
directly
with
them.
We
gave
them
our
profile.
They
were
able
to
narrow
that
down
and
give
us
what
we
thought
wasn't
got
list
of
suspects.
They
provided
us
with
one
name
and
using
our
trap
unit.
C
C
C
Okay,
another
case
back
in
June
of
1993,
and
this
this
made
a
small
blurb
in
the
news
last
week,
but
I
won't
talk
about
how
violent
of
an
assault
it
was.
This
lady
was
gardening
at
her
church
when
she
was
assaulted,
she
was
hit
over
the
head
and
she
was
unconscious
after
the
sex
assault.
She
was
actually
thought
to
be
dead,
so
she
was
partially
buried
in
some
leaves
and
debris.
C
That
case
had
been
working
extensively
throughout
the
years.
Our
laboratory
did
some
really
good
work.
They
retested
the
evidence.
Again.
They
found
some
new
evidence
that
led
us
to
a
subject:
John
Arab,
John
eagerly
and
y'all
will
get
that
information
as
well.
John
eagerly
had
passed
away
in
2014,
so
we
were
unable
to
make
an
arrest.
In
that
case,
however,
it
being
a
positively
linked
end
to
that
case.
He
had
been
in
and
out
of
prison
since
1973.
C
C
D
For
those
of
you
who
are
not
familiar
with
the
crime
lab
we're
very
fortunate
in
Charlotte
to
have
this
forensic
resource
available
to
assist
in
criminal
investigations.
The
crime
lab
includes
analyst
in
our
biology,
which
is
our
DNA
section,
chemistry,
fingerprints,
firearms
and
a
number
of
other
areas
of
forensic
lab
testing.
D
The
crime
lab
has
tested
more
than
4,000
evidence
items
in
for
DNA
in
2019
from
over
1,500
cases.
So
far
this
year,
the
crime
lab
has
received
CODIS
hits
in
296
cases.
That's
the
combined
DNA
index
system.
These
data
base
hits
identify
individuals
associated
with
that
evidence
and
also
link
cases
to
cases
this.
D
Dna
work
is
very
meticulous,
very
painstaking
work
and
it
takes
an
enormous
amount
and
a
commitment
to
detail
to
test
this
evidence
is
not
unusual
for
analysts
to
spend
hours
and
sometimes
days
on
examining
a
large
piece
of
evidence
to
find
out
one
DNA
profile.
That
may
be
that
one
key
piece
of
information
in
the
investigation
this
morning
I
convinced
a
couple
of
our
analysts
to
come
out
from
behind
the
scenes
or
with
me
or
Kelly,
Shay
and
Tony
Ron
case,
both
Kelly
and
Tony,
our
DNA
analyst
and
our
session
and
they're.
D
Here
representing
the
entire
crime
lab
today,
so
with
that,
I
would
like
to
say
Kelly
and
Tony.
Thank
you
for
the
hard
work
that
you
do
and
the
important
work
that
you
do
as
well
as
the
crime
lab
staff
in
closing.
I
would
like
to
mention
about
the
support
that
we
give
not
only
the
CD
in
the
department
for
the
crime
lab,
but
also
the
federal
grants
that
we
have
that
help
support
not
only
the
crime
lab,
but
also
the
cold
case
units.
D
Since
2006,
we
have
received
over
five
and
a
half
million
dollars
from
federal
and
private
grants
that
includes
National
Institute
of
justice,
the
Bureau
of
Justice
Assistance
and
the
District
Attorney
of
New
York.
That
funding
has
gone
to
has
used
to
fund
personnel
equipment
and
DNA
testing
in
cold
cases,
sexual
assault
investigations
and
other
lightboard
I
know
you
guys
have
questions
about
what
the
information
you've
had
this
morning.
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
captain.
F
C
You
talking
about
for
cold
case
unit
sexual
assault,
cold
kitchens.
We
are
one
of
the
few
sexual
assault
cold
case
units
in
the
country.
There
are
a
handful
of
others.
There
are
a
good
many
homicide,
cold-case
units,
but
fortunately
back
in
2006
we
were
able
to
start
the
unit
and,
through
our
chief
we've,
been
able
to
continue
to
fund
it
she's.
C
So
we
have
really
been
blessed.
You
know
when
we
started
the
unit
we
survived
on
grant
money
and
the
grant
money
and
then
finally,
it
ran
out
and
the
decision
of
our
Chiefs
was
to
continuous.
It
was
such
a
good
thing
we
continued
and
through
that
we've
grown
from
one
person
in
two
thousand
six
to
eight
people
today
that
are
solely
working.
C
That
is
still
under
investigation.
Obviously,
as
a
cold
case
gets
work,
let's
say
we
might
still
have
as
many
as
three
thousand
open
sex
assault
cases
they're
not
all
currently
in
CODIS.
So
as
we
work
them
and
we
keep
entering
more
cases,
he
could
hit
on
other
cases.
We
don't
generally
speak
to
the
suspects
family,
so
I
really
don't
know
what
their
their
response
was.
We
didn't
get
any
phone
calls
from
them
if
I
do
get
calls
I
take
the
calls,
but
we
talk
to
our
victims
and
our
victims.
Families.
G
C
E
C
Are
other
companies
that
do
that
type
of
work
when
we
decided
to
do
this,
we
got
quotes
from
two
different
companies.
There
are
at
least
three
that
I
know
of
they're,
probably
more
it's
it's
a
pretty
new
technology,
as
everybody
knows:
they're
they're,
public
databases.
So
so
there's
there's
no
issues
with
that.
F
C
I
knew
it
was
a
good
thing,
because
DNA
was
kind
of
a
new
thing,
not
super
new,
but
CODIS
and
and
convicted
felons
having
to
put
their
DNA
in
the
database.
So
I
knew
that
we're
going
to
start
getting
a
lot
of
DNA
hits
so
cold
case
was
logical
to
me.
It
was
logical
that,
because
I've
been
a
detective,
I've
been
a
supervisor
of
detectives
and
when
a
CODIS
hit
comes
in,
you
have
to
drop
everything
to
work
that
so
taking
manpower
away
from
an
active
unit.
To
do
that
was.
It
was
not
logical.
C
Act
like
they
don't
remember
and
I
truly
believe
they
did
and
they
committed
so
many
crimes
that
they
can't
remember
the
the
one
particular
one
in
this
case
I
think
this
person
remembers
and
everybody
is
shocked
and
I-
think
a
lot
of
people
today,
with
the
emphasis
on
I,
mean
to
turn
on
the
television
every
channel
is
some
crazy
police
show
where
they
saw
Prime
in
60
minutes,
so
I
think
everybody
out.
There
thinks
that
happens.
C
C
C
C
E
C
D
I'm,
just
just
basic
information:
a
lot
of
those
profiles
originate
with
places
like
ancestry.com
or
the
23andme
or
other
companies
that
do
that
type
of
work.
Once
once
that
consumer
has
an
opportunity
to
get
the
results
back,
they
can
actually
download
that
information
and
then
upload
it
to
one
of
these
public
access
databases
and
it's
those
public
access
databases
of
where
this
work
is
being
done.
These
connections
are
being
made.
A
So
we
sent
out
a
press
release
last
week
about
mr.
Gurley
who
had
passed
away
and
we
will
send
out
a
release
shortly
about
the
McNamee
case.
I
think
it's
without
a
doubt,
fantastic
work
done
by
our
detectives
and
it's
good
for
our
community
to
know
that
we
will
never
give
up
to
provide
another
update
on
a
recent
sexual
assault.
I
have
captain
dance
is
going
to
come
back
up
here
and
provide
that
update
cabinet.
B
Play
a
little
foundation
here,
some
of
you
had
inquired
about
this
case.
Others
have
not.
We
had
an
incident
on
the
15th
of
December.
Shortly
after
midnight,
a
female
was
walking
to
her
residence
in
the
vicinity
of
200
East
bland,
a
person
who
she
did
not
know
came
into
her
home
sexually
assaulted.
Her
and
following
the
sexual
assault
took
some
credit
cards
that
belonged
to
her.
She
called
and
reported
that
case.
B
This
was
yesterday
actually
located
it
great
work
by
patrol,
as
always,
they
located
the
vehicle
and
the
individual
vehicle
was
registered
to
and
once
he
was
placed
under
arrest,
detectives
were
able
to
locate
multiple
other
credit
cards
that
led
us
to
several
others,
who
may
have
very
well
been
victims
of
sexual
assaults
as
well.
We
have
charged
this
individual
in
two
case.
Two
cases
we're
gonna,
send
out
the
press
release
following
this
with
his
name
and
all
of
the
charges.
B
There
are
two
other
individuals
right
now
we're
speaking
with
that,
so
there
may
be
some
additional
charges.
I
would
like
to
point
out
briefly
one
of
the
things
when
I
had
asked
detectives:
why
is
he
not
being
charged
in
all
four
cases?
Apparently,
there
was
some
hesitation
from
some
of
these
women
who
were
victims
of
these
sex
assaults
because
of
alcohol
consumption
'z
and
things
that
they
felt
like
they
could
have
done
differently,
which
would
have
changed
the
circumstances
and
I
just
want
to.
B
You
know,
make
it
clear
to
anyone
out
there
that
this
person's
a
predator
there
is
nothing
that
gives
individuals
like
this,
the
right
to
do
what
he
has
done
and
if
you
are
a
victim
of
any
kind
of
sex
assault.
Regardless
of
the
circumstances
please
come
forward,
we
need
you
to
take
people
like
this
off
of
the
street,
charge
them
appropriately
and
put
them
behind
bars
where
they
belong.
B
Last
thing,
I'm
going
to
comment
on
and
I'll
take
up
questions
if
you
have
them
is
in.
We
had
a
couple
inquiries
about
the
Brooks
homicide.
The
money
through
Crimestoppers
continues
to
go
up.
We
expect
it
to
continue
as
more
time
passes,
it
cuts
up
to
$11,000.
Now
somebody
out
there
knows
something
about
this
case,
whether
through
hearsay,
overhearing,
the
conversation
or
just
suspicious
that
someone
they
know,
may
be
involved.
Please
come
forward
and
share
that
information.
B
B
I
will
talk
with
detectives
upstairs
and
find
out
if
we're
at
a
point
where
we
can
put
some
of
those
photographs
out
some
of
the
videos
out.
We
do
have
video
evidence
and
we
do
have
some
stills
obviously
were
hesitant,
sometimes
to
put
those
out
because
it
could
interfere
with
the
case
and
but
I
will
inquire
about
that.
If
we're
at
a
point
we'll
be
happy
to
share
anything
that
we
can.
E
B
E
I
B
Going
to
talk
about
that
right
now,
don't
have
that.
If
there's
something
we
can
put
out,
we
will
shortly
again
just
to
summarize
folks
the
work
done
upstairs.
It's
amazing
these
these
folks
from
the
lab
go
in
and
for
an
entire
day,
sit
in
a
room
with
artificial
light
sources,
and
just
like
you
can
imagine
it
looking
like,
but
they
sit
there
all
day,
sometimes
just
looking
for
a
speck
of
evidence
and
that's
locking
people
up
from
cases
thirty
years
ago
and
bringing
closure
to
some
of
these
survivors.
B
B
Have
we're
continuing
to
get
crimestopper
tips
for
continuing
to
get
phone
calls
emails
with
lots
of
information,
and
so
a
lot
of
work
has
been
done.
We
have
to
stop
down
that
case.
I
came
in
over
the
weekend
and
detectives
upstairs
combing
through
some
of
that
stuff
and
so
they're
they're
hungry
to
solve
it.
I
have
no
doubt
that
they
will
just
like
most
of
their
cases.
All
right
have
a
good
day.
I
A
You
captain
dance.
We,
in
addition
to
the
press,
release
about
the
magnet
case
we
well.
We
do
have
some
b-roll
of
our
crime
lab,
as
well
as
our
sexual
assault
detectives
in
the
area
where
they
work,
which
we
will
share
with
you
in
the
very
near
future.
Thank
you
all
for
coming
have
a
great
week
and
if
I
don't
see,
you
have
a
see
next
year,
a
great
day.