WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:00.440 That's right. 2 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:02.879 It is seven five here at Kentucky in this morning 3 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:04.879 news coffee and company with you here on news Radio 4 00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:09.279 eight forty whas. Yes, So be advised here soon if 5 00:00:09.279 --> 00:00:14.599 you are speeding through a construction zone here in Kentucky, 6 00:00:14.279 --> 00:00:18.440 you will I shouldn't say that, you'll you're guaranteed to 7 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:20.600 get pulled over, but there's going to be those cameras 8 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:23.239 set up and you won't see law enforcement, but the 9 00:00:23.239 --> 00:00:26.039 cameras will see you in law enforcement will be there 10 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:28.719 ready in waiting to pull you over and probably give 11 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:31.760 you a very expensive speeding ticket. So just be prepared 12 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:34.000 for that. And it's certainly needed given the fact that 13 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:36.119 there have been a lot of accidents that have taken 14 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:40.640 place in these construction in these active work zones across 15 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:43.359 the state. And that's why the House Bill six sixty four, 16 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:46.520 the Jared Lee Helton Act, was put in place. So again, 17 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:49.960 it'll start later this summer and in the fall, and 18 00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:53.719 it'll be a statewide expansion in the coming years. So 19 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:55.399 you're not going it's not something they send you in 20 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:57.679 the mail or anything like that, which I don't think 21 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:00.000 that happens in Kentucky, but I know other states. If 22 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.000 if you're running a red light and they catch your 23 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:04.840 license plate, they'll mail you a citation or a warning 24 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:06.799 or something like that. So this is not the same thing, 25 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:11.680 but somewhat somewhat similar. So again, just be prepared. I 26 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:15.400 could be wrong here because I you know, I assume 27 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:17.359 most people just know, like, hey, the last place I 28 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:19.680 want to get caught speeding or get pulled over as 29 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:21.599 in a construction zone. But I hadn't really thought about 30 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:25.239 it when it comes to the fact that you may 31 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:27.120 just be you may be able to better get away 32 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:30.959 with it. I mean, that's that's probably what's happened a 33 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:33.280 lot of times, is that people realize, oh, I'm going 34 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:36.079 way over the speed limit because it's a big time 35 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:38.719 reduction and speed because of the active work zone. But 36 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:42.680 it's not necessarily safe for law enforcement to be sitting 37 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:45.519 and waiting and be able to accurately get your speed 38 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:49.120 and then of course speed from wherever they're sitting and 39 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:51.959 then pull you over, because again there's a reason that 40 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:55.760 there's a very very strict speed limit because there's an 41 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:58.239 active work zone going on. Therefore, you've got to be safe. 42 00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:01.879 So if law enforcement was just sitting there waiting within 43 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:03.959 the active work zone, I mean getting out of there 44 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:07.519 without being a very dangerous situation, and of course getting 45 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:10.039 out of there quickly would be an issue. So now 46 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:11.439 that's why these cameras are going to be able to 47 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:14.800 hold people accountable and clearly hopefully keep people safer on 48 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:17.319 the roadways. It's not just those who work out there 49 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:20.080 that get injured. If you're going fast, there could be 50 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:23.039 nobody actively working. But when you're going much faster than 51 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:25.280 what that speed limit is, you can also end up 52 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:28.319 in a wreck. So thirteen hundred crashes, seven deaths, one 53 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:31.280 hundred and eighty five injuries in Kentucky last year, and 54 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:34.599 most of the victims were drivers or passengers, not those 55 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:38.199 that were actively working. So again, there's multiple reasons why 56 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:41.439 you are advised to slow down when there's an active 57 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:44.719 work zone going on. So just again, just keep that 58 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:48.039 in mind. And I'm just thinking now, I don't know, 59 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:50.759 maybe I should. It's not like I assume. It's not 60 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:52.479 like I assume the worst in people. But I'm sure 61 00:02:52.479 --> 00:02:54.159 there is some listening that realize you I actually have 62 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:56.159 a better ability to get away with speeding because of 63 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:58.719 the situation. All right, let me tell you guys about 64 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:01.280 the situation that's going on at County Forward. So there's 65 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:04.199 summer sales event that's going on as we speak, and 66 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:06.080 if you don't know about it, I'm going to tell 67 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:08.599 you about it. You can enjoy zero percent APR financing, 68 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:11.159 no cash down and no payments for ninety days, plus 69 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:14.199 get a two year twenty five thousand mile maintenance plan 70 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:15.439 on most new forwards. 71 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:18.240 Think about that. Who wouldn't take advantage of that? Right now? 72 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:20.719 You can also say it twelve thousand dollars off MSRP 73 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:23.400 on the twenty twenty four point fifty and the twenty 74 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:26.840 twenty four expedition. When you think of showing up to 75 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:30.000 a car lot to look into a vehicle, I'm sure 76 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:31.319 some of you think, yeah, it's the last thing I 77 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:33.439 want to do. I don't like pushy salesmen. You don't 78 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:34.919 have to worry about that at Track Cutting Forward. The 79 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:36.240 people that have worked there have worked. 80 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:38.439 There a long time. They're not turning over. 81 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:40.639 Their sales staff like a lot of other dealerships because 82 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:42.680 it's the place that people in that industry want to work. 83 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:43.319 The culture. 84 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:44.879 It's a family owned business. They've been around for a 85 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:47.319 long long time, and I encourage you go check them out. 86 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:50.840 They're in Oldham County, just ten minutes from Louisville Exit 87 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:53.759 eighteen off of I seventy one. So again, it's Try 88 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:55.719 County forward, all right, So what I want to do 89 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:58.080 coming up after we get another update on traffic and weather. 90 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:00.039 This is an interesting reddit thread that I think I 91 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:04.039 think would be a great time to utilize the talkback 92 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:07.039 feature on the iHeart radio app because this reddit thread 93 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:10.479 is fascinating to me as a parent. But someone started 94 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:13.680 a Reddit thread sharing a specific story about how much 95 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:16.720 money they had to spend on their kid, and it's 96 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:18.920 led to a lot of different stories about the most 97 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:24.000 expensive thing that has ever come their way because of 98 00:04:24.079 --> 00:04:26.959 something their kid did. There's some that are just what 99 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.079 they purchased, right, because obviously there's certain things they are 100 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:30.680 going to cost a lot of money, but this is 101 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:33.399 more so just like what did your kid do to 102 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:35.680 where you had to, you know, pay for it? And 103 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:38.319 there's some really interesting ones here and I've yet I 104 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:40.959 can't think of one that was that tappened just yet, 105 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:42.800 but my kids are really young. But I'm sure many 106 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:44.759 of you listening can think of something that your kid 107 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:46.680 did that you ended up having to pay for and 108 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:49.560 then they paid for it via punishment from you for 109 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:52.439 obvious reasons. I'm sure. So if you want to use 110 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:54.920 the talkback feature, you can. It's on the ihet radio app. 111 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:56.839 All you do is just click the microphone button while 112 00:04:56.839 --> 00:04:59.120 listening to us here on eight to forty whas, and 113 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:01.279 then you you share whatever it is you want to share, 114 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:03.480 and then we have it. It's that easy, So take 115 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:05.480 advantage of it, all right, tracking on weather updates coming 116 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:07.279 your way right here right now on news radio h 117 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:11.759 forty whas. Something I want to dive back into is 118 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:16.959 the continued conversation about this violent criminal Armand Langford who 119 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:19.759 was let out on shock probation only to consistently show 120 00:05:19.800 --> 00:05:23.160 that he is in fact a violent criminal and now 121 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:26.319 a family just left traumatize. But we're learning a little 122 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:28.600 bit more just about the details as far as his 123 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:32.839 record and not only the decision that the judge made, 124 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:37.399 but I mean, he wasn't even technically eligible for what 125 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:40.600 she wanted him to potentially, I guess. I mean, I 126 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:43.279 can't even I can't even wrap my head around the decision, 127 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:47.079 so we don't even need to go there. But yeah, 128 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:50.040 the mental health claim, I'm no expert, but when you 129 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:53.079 hear just the details of that part of it, I mean, 130 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:55.519 what do I know? But I have a hard time 131 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:57.319 believing that that has anything to do with why this 132 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:02.079 person is a violent criminal. But again, just just just 133 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:05.519 my thoughts, can't prove that by any means. But anyways, 134 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:08.680 it is seventeen here Kentucky and this morning news coffee 135 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.040 and company with you here on news Radio eight forty Whas. 136 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:12.959 I know a lot of you listening are parents, some 137 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:16.399 of you are grandparents, and I am sure you've had 138 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:18.879 an issue over the years with one of your kids, 139 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:21.480 maybe because they were being a knucklehead, or maybe it 140 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:24.600 was a complete accident that has led to you having 141 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:28.439 to come out of your pocket for some money. And 142 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:31.199 I'm sure it's gonna happen to me at some point, 143 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:34.120 but it has yet to happen just yet. But the 144 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:36.480 guy started a Reddit thread that really led to this 145 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:40.120 thing exploding and people sharing their different stories. But his 146 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:44.839 young son apparently dropped rocks into an open sewer clean out, 147 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:48.560 filling it completely. The fix he had to hire an 148 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:50.399 excavator to dig up the line. 149 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:52.480 Well he didn't, but I. 150 00:06:52.399 --> 00:06:55.959 Guess the city wherever he lives did whoever did, and 151 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:58.519 that bill ended up going to the dad of the 152 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:02.240 of the sun here and it was seventy eight hundred dollars. 153 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:05.680 I can't imagine having an unexpected seventeen hundred dollars expense 154 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:06.519 for something. 155 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:06.920 Quite like that. 156 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:11.600 But others have said five thousand dollars for a toddler's 157 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:15.959 dental work after being bribed with candy. I mean, that's 158 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:18.000 I don't know if you can blame it specifically on that, 159 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:21.160 but here's a good one. Oh wow, this is I 160 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:23.800 thought it said twelve thousand, one hundred and twenty thousand 161 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:26.040 dollars in water damage when a four year old left 162 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:29.160 a bathroom faucet running for forty five minutes while the 163 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:30.040 family was out. 164 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:32.360 Yeah, that could be. It could be tough. 165 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:36.519 A seven hundred dollar bill to replace a car bumper 166 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:41.439 sensor because a kid thought they were buttons. That that's that, 167 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:43.959 to me is way more realistic than any of the 168 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:47.079 others that I've that I've heard so far. A car 169 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:49.639 bumper sensor, I don't even know where those are located. 170 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:52.839 But I could see a kid not realizing that if 171 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:54.600 they keep messing with it that it might damage it. 172 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:56.680 And I could also see that being something that costs 173 00:07:56.759 --> 00:07:58.959 close to seven hundred dollars to one thousand dollars, not 174 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:03.560 something you know, crazy crazy expensive. This is fifteen thousand 175 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:06.519 dollars after a child totaled the family van. Yeah, that'd 176 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:09.720 be expensive. And I don't know if you're this This 177 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:11.839 one depends more on like the situation. If it's a 178 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:15.439 young kid who ends up realizing that the keys in 179 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:17.360 the vehicle and he gets in and just you know, 180 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:20.120 clearly doing something that he shouldn't do. But you can 181 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:22.279 still chalk it up to like a young kid literally 182 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:24.439 not really knowing what they're doing and not knowing better, 183 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:27.800 you would probably be more I mean, you would hate 184 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:30.120 the expense, of course, but you're probably more scared and 185 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:32.279 relieved that it wasn't worse. But if it's like a 186 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:35.279 teenager that just you know, went out and destroyed the 187 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:41.799 family van, I mean that that happens still not good thing. Yeah, 188 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:45.039 there's now been two different stories about kids leaving water 189 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:48.840 on that left to either a collapsing ceiling or just 190 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:52.399 water damage that is super substantial within a house. Oh, 191 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:54.759 this one another one that I could see happening. Maybe 192 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:57.840 it's happened to you fifteen thousand dollars for sewage clean 193 00:08:57.919 --> 00:09:00.519 up after flushing wet wipes clogged in the main line, 194 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:02.720 thinking that wet wipes were the same thing as you know, 195 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:07.879 toilet paper. Let's see, oh this one I did this. 196 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:11.799 Oh my god, I'm having some I'm having some PTSD 197 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:15.399 here because I don't think I've ever been more. I 198 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:18.159 don't think I've ever felt like I disappointed my mother 199 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:22.679 more than whenever she got a phone bill whenever I 200 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:26.720 was a teenager, because at that time, text messages weren't free, 201 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:31.720 minutes weren't free, ring tone downloads weren't free, and I 202 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:34.200 don't believe the bill ever got to four thousand dollars. 203 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:36.759 But I just remember, that's like the worst I've ever 204 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:40.159 felt as far as just doing something that completely screwed 205 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:42.399 my mom over and I had no way to fix 206 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:45.000 it out. It was I was like fifteen, and yeah, 207 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:47.320 that was bad. So I guess that's mine as a 208 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:49.639 kid myself. But my kids have yet to put me 209 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:51.200 in that position, but I'm sure i'll be there one day. 210 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:53.759 And again, this is a great opportunity to utilize the 211 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:56.360 talkback feature if you've got a story like that with 212 00:09:56.480 --> 00:10:00.720 your child, that has maybe just innocently made a mistake, 213 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:02.799 and yet it's cost you a lot of money. I'd 214 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:04.159 love to hear it again. Talk by feature on the 215 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:06.840 Aheart radio app. Just clicked that microphone button and it's 216 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:09.080 that easy, all right, Traffic of weather updates coming up 217 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:11.240 here right now. We've got also another sports update coming 218 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:14.320 your way with Scott Fitzgerald on news Radio eight forty whas. 219 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:20.519 Thank you very much, John. I'm still finding my footing here, obviously, 220 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:24.120 still the new guy on news radio eight forty whas. 221 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:26.720 And there's certain things that remind me of that, and 222 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:32.039 I guess it's just my appreciation for sarcasm. I could 223 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:36.159 be a smart ass. But when I hear a story 224 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:41.080 presented that a judge says that the decision to let 225 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:44.799 armand Franklin out on shock probation was a mistake, I 226 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:47.799 was waiting for somebody to confirm that, as if it 227 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:50.480 wasn't quite clear that it was a mistake that this 228 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:52.039 person who should not have been let out on shock 229 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:55.039 probation was and then of course continued to show that 230 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:58.399 they're a violent criminal. But anyhow, it is in fact 231 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:01.440 the fact, So I guess that's why it's presented. But 232 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:06.559 when it comes to that, I'm glad that the this 233 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:09.120 is good news, but I was worried that there would 234 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:14.840 be some level of noise surrounding this situation, almost like well, okay, 235 00:11:14.840 --> 00:11:18.440 well now that the news. I think it's keep Kentucky safe, 236 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:22.559 now that that bill's passed. And of course, had his 237 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:25.039 attorney tried to get him shock probation now it wouldn't 238 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:26.519 be possible because he'd have he would have had to 239 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:28.879 have served eighty five percent of that fourteen year sentence. 240 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:31.720 That is encouraging to know that moving forward, this became 241 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:36.279 an issue to a point that they had to make 242 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:37.240 a change, which they did. 243 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:39.879 That's good. But if I was the. 244 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:42.039 Victim here the family, I mean, it's the last thing 245 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:43.120 I would want to hear. I would want to I 246 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:45.279 would want somebody to be held accountable for this, and 247 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:48.960 I don't think that's going to happen. But I mean, 248 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:54.639 imagine this judge being presented with another situation where they've 249 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:56.279 got to make a tough decision. Look, that's the job, 250 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:58.879 that's what you sign up for. But and look, you're 251 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:01.600 gonna get some wrong, trust me. That's that's It's not 252 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:03.519 like every it's not like every decision a judge makes 253 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:05.519 has to be perfect or they can't do it. But 254 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:08.399 this is this is one that is just an example 255 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:12.399 of being unfit. Really, I mean, that's just that's just 256 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:16.919 what it is. And the mental health component has been 257 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:20.559 has been mentioned when it comes to armand Langford and 258 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:23.519 and just that being a factor in how he was 259 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:25.200 able to get out. But I mean, if you look 260 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:27.120 at I mean, here, here are the details about him 261 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:29.320 for those who really don't know much about him. Specifically, 262 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:32.200 he was sentenced in twenty twenty four for a bunch 263 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:35.519 of ATM robberies and was in prison, did time at 264 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:38.759 the rot Correctional Facility, and was also in Louisville Metro 265 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:42.360 Corrections many times. And he sounds like he was a 266 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:44.320 good inmate there, which I guess that was a factor 267 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:47.360 when the decision was made. But still, I mean that 268 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:51.279 this guy has consistently been a violent criminal and the 269 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:56.879 quick release after he was sentenced to fourteen years, he 270 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:59.759 just can't make any sense of it. I mean, status 271 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:03.039 sets and labeled him a low risk for reoffending. But 272 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:07.159 also he was ineligible for mental health court, which ironically 273 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:11.759 disqualified him from the very structure Judge Green believed he needed. 274 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:13.440 I mean, these are things that, again, all of this 275 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:18.559 was avoidable, and I'm not and I'll probably put the 276 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:20.360 disclaimer on this more than I need to. I'm not 277 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:23.919 making light of any mental health issue or any mental health. 278 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.799 Mental health is a real serious thing and it has 279 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:31.200 impacted people's you know, life in an awful way, and 280 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:33.080 it does lead to people doing things that they would 281 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:35.279 never do with their mental state. Was not what it is. 282 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:39.039 But when you hear the attorney for Langford arguing that 283 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:45.320 his clients suffers from paranoia and personality disorders, I got 284 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:48.720 paranoia all the time, I got personality disorders. I'm most 285 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:51.320 the most insecure person you'll ever meet. And again I'm 286 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:53.440 not making fun of it, but though again maybe there's 287 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:55.360 layers to it. I'm not a professional by any means. 288 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:57.000 I'm an idiot when it comes to that kind of stuff. 289 00:13:57.519 --> 00:14:02.279 But come on, like, oh, the reason he was putting 290 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:06.320 a gun to people's back at ATMs. He pistol whipped 291 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:09.879 somebody when he robbed them. He's paranoid. I mean, what 292 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:13.159 you're doing paranoid, I'll get you. I mean, it's just 293 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:18.200 insane that this individual was let out of prison, and 294 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:21.480 I don't know what the accountability is going to be 295 00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:25.120 for that decision. And again, I know judges will tell 296 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:28.559 you they've made decisions that they later learned were the 297 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:30.399 wrong ones, and that's just how it works. But this 298 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:34.080 is a different level, and it led to an awful 299 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:38.960 traumatic experience for a family that was avoidable. It just was. 300 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:43.399 And I hope they can find healing in some form 301 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:47.200 or fashion, because I can't imagine that that won't be 302 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:49.879 something that sticks with you for the rest of your life. 303 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:53.759 All Right, we'll get to another update of traffic and 304 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:55.840 weather right here on news Radio. 305 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:59.759 Eight forty WHAS seven forty six. 306 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:02.480 Here he Tucky in his morning news Coffee and Company 307 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:05.279 with you here on news Radio eight forty whas. So 308 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:08.639 I was asking parents earlier if they have any similar 309 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:12.240 stories from this Reddit thread where a dad started a 310 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:14.679 thread that has really taken off as he shared the 311 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:17.879 story of his son. I don't know how old he is, 312 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:22.600 didn't mention that specifically, but his son was I guess, 313 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:26.279 playing with playing with rocks and he ended up filling 314 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:29.960 up a sewer clean out and filled it up all 315 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:32.200 the way, started just dropping rocks in it, and that 316 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:34.320 led to a seventy eight hundred dollars bill for this 317 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:36.840 dad because that needed to be repaired and his son 318 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:39.080 was responsible, and that's just how it works. So I 319 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:41.159 asked others to chime in, and my wife was listening, 320 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:43.840 and she chimed in, reminding me that I was wrong. 321 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.200 I said that my kids, being as young as they are, 322 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:49.600 I don't have any similar story. And I do, and 323 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:51.879 it was rather recent. It wasn't to the level of 324 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:55.120 seventy hundred, seventy eight hundred dollars or anything close to that, 325 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:57.320 but it is a very similar story as far as 326 00:15:57.360 --> 00:16:01.039 just your kid doing something without even realizing that they are. 327 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:04.960 They are taking money from their parents without knowing it. 328 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:08.840 So my son got a PlayStation four, which, now that 329 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:10.799 he's had it for a while, I do realize, like 330 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:13.080 I knew I already. I've known for a while that 331 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:17.120 he spoiled, but he's too young to really even play 332 00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:19.879 that as far as a lot of games without needing help. 333 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:22.279 And I'm glad he has it, and I play with 334 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:25.120 him at times, and I'm sure he'll appreciate having it. 335 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:28.320 I know he appreciates having it. But anyways, I was 336 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:30.919 leaving this place at six o'clock when I was still 337 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:32.960 doing afternoon sports, and all of a sudden, I got 338 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:36.879 like eight emails in a row PlayStation dot com, and 339 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:39.480 each one I clicked on was just a random expense 340 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:43.679 of him clicking buttons on his PlayStation, buying games, buying 341 00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:46.440 added characters for games, and I think he ended up 342 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:48.759 being like a three hundred and thirty something dollar expense, 343 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:52.440 which was, you know, not good for us. I guess 344 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:55.879 maybe I forgot about it because it was such a clear, 345 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:58.159 innocent thing that he had no clue what he was doing, 346 00:16:58.159 --> 00:16:59.759 and it was my fault, like I didn't set it 347 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:02.879 up where he couldn't do that, which is a real 348 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:05.119 dumb move on my part, one of many that I 349 00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:08.640 that I've made. But yeah, I have since disabled the 350 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:11.519 ability for him to purchase anything without having me do it. 351 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:16.000 But yeah, that was that was a big goof, And yeah, 352 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:18.640 I mean that that that's kind of uh. Although I 353 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:21.920 can't I knew that text messages and what not weren't 354 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:25.119 free whenever I was a teenager, and I was I 355 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:26.599 never really would think like, oh, this is gonna be 356 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:28.440 an expensive bill, But like I just I just I 357 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:30.240 guess lied to myself, Oh, won't be that bad, It'll 358 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:32.119 be fine. And then my mother got the phone bill 359 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:34.000 and man, again I said it earlier. I'm not sure 360 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:40.119 if she's if I've ever felt more disappointment from my mom. 361 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:42.799 And it was bad, and you know, thankfully the family recovered. 362 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:44.720 But yeah, looking back now that I'm older and I 363 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:46.920 have kids of my own, that's a real scumback thing 364 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:49.440 to do. It just starts, you know, back then, text 365 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:51.240 messages weren't free, minutes weren't. 366 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:52.160 Free, there was roaming. 367 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:56.359 Uh, you had bring tone downloads and all that stuff, 368 00:17:56.400 --> 00:18:00.200 and it adds up. So I'm sorry, Mom, I I 369 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:03.480 know that was That was not wise on my part 370 00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:06.200 and it was inconsiderate. And I can't give you the 371 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:07.839 excuse that my son has. He didn't know what he 372 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:11.240 was doing. He's just clicking buttons. So anyhow, all right, So, 373 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:13.759 right now, when it comes to the real estate market, 374 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:16.160 I'm sure a lot of you out there have hit 375 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:19.440 pause when it comes to either buying a home, maybe 376 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:21.799 being a first time home buyer, or maybe selling your 377 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:24.480 home just because of the market. And I get it, 378 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:29.000 because the economic shifts right now are all over the place. 379 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:33.160 There's a lot of uncertainty, and that makes sense for 380 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:34.960 you to be hesitant, But I'm telling you don't have 381 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:39.200 to be because if you were someone that just believes 382 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:42.599 that you know, nobody would buy your home, that's not true. 383 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:44.480 And if you're somebody that believes, well, it's just a 384 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:47.400 terrible time to buy, you could be wrong. And there's 385 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:50.279 nobody to help you with that process and explain things 386 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:52.359 to you better than my friend Bob Skoler of the 387 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:55.240 Scholar team at Remacs Properties East. I mean, if you're 388 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:57.559 looking to buy, you could actually consider this a great 389 00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:59.279 time to be honest. In a market like this, you 390 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:02.720 could find your with more negotiating power, facing far less 391 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:05.000 competition than you're typically going to see. And if you 392 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:06.960 want to sell, you just want to make sure that 393 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:09.359 your home is priced right for faster results. There are 394 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:12.160 people looking to buy homes. You just got to find 395 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:14.720 the right buyer, and Bob Sikohler can help you do 396 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:17.119 exactly that. He'll even come to your house free charge 397 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:20.359 an obligation walk through, give you honest feedback about what 398 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:22.880 matters and what doesn't. He'll help you understand what your 399 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:25.400 home is truly worth in today's market, and it's probably 400 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:29.279 worth a lot because again the market. So don't let 401 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:32.480