Tyler Robinson Preliminary Hearing Continues | Crime Alert 07.09.26

Prosecutors flesh out surveillance footage of Tyler Robinson's alleged movements on UVU campus before and after Charlie Kirk's shooting. Charges dismissed for Doctor previously accused of trying to kill his entire family by driving Tesla over cliff. Burglar calls 911 to report his truck stolen in hilarious moment of 'karma' served cold. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Silvanni.

Speaker 1: We begin today in Utah, where dramatic new evidence has

Speaker 1: been unveiled in the assassination case of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Speaker 1: Tyler Robinson, the suspect accused of pulling the trigger, allegedly

Speaker 1: interacted directly with Turning Point USA staff members hours before

Speaker 1: the fatal shooting occurred. Robinson appeared in court Wednesday for

Speaker 1: the third day of a high stakes preliminary hearing. Authorities

Speaker 1: accused Robinson of killing Kirk during a Turning Point USA

Speaker 1: rally on the campus of Utah Valley University back on

Speaker 1: September tenth, twenty twenty five. On day two of those proceedings,

Speaker 1: which were streamed live, prosecutors introduced critical surveillance footage tracking

Speaker 1: the movements of an individual they insist as Robinson before

Speaker 1: and after the gunfire. David Hole, the Utah law enforcement

Speaker 1: agent who led the investigation into Kirk's murder, testified Tuesday

Speaker 1: that campus cameras track the suspect. Agent Hole noted that

Speaker 1: Robinson interacted with staff and even ate lunch at a

Speaker 1: Chick fil A on campus that afternoon.

Speaker 2: At that time, he makes contact with some representatives from TPUSA,

Speaker 2: So he goes about campus, visits the amphitheat to area,

Speaker 2: the courtyard or quad. Correct, he went to Chick fil

Speaker 2: A in this armsen billing, puta some food and satonate

Speaker 2: the food.

Speaker 1: Though subsequent footage revealed the individual later changed his attire.

Speaker 1: Narrating over surveillance footage, Prosecutor David Sturgell questioned Agent Hole

Speaker 1: about the visual evidence connecting Robinson to the scene.

Speaker 2: You believe this is mister Robinson returning to campus. I do, yes, okay,

Speaker 2: and what do you believe it's mister Robinson. The shoes

Speaker 2: are the same, and the images that we have from

Speaker 2: my viewing and seeing mister Robinson on the video, it's

Speaker 2: the same person. He's noticeably wearing different clothing. He is

Speaker 2: wearing different clothing, and he also is walking with a

Speaker 2: gait or limp in the studio.

Speaker 1: Beyond the clothing change, prosecutors presented shocking footage of an

Speaker 1: individual positioned on the roof of a campus building around

Speaker 1: the exact time of the shooting, who later lowered himself

Speaker 1: from the structure while holding an object. Sitting through this

Speaker 1: agonizing testimony was Kirk's widow, Erica Kirk, who has maintained

Speaker 1: her presence in the court room. The late activist family

Speaker 1: is also in attendance, but frequently depart when witnesses detail

Speaker 1: Kirk's death. Ahead of the hearings, this week, the Kirk

Speaker 1: family released a heartbreaking social media statement noting that every

Speaker 1: single court proceeding serves as a painful reminder of his

Speaker 1: death and the loss that has irrevocably impacted their lives

Speaker 1: in the lives of his children. They added that they

Speaker 1: remain deeply grateful for the outpouring of support, prayers, and

Speaker 1: kindness that has sustained them during the darkest days of

Speaker 1: their lives. More crime and Just news after this. In California,

Speaker 1: a stunning legal resolution has emerged for a Pasadena radiologist

Speaker 1: accused of intentionally driving his tesla off a two hundred

Speaker 1: and fifty foot cliff with his family inside the vehicle.

Speaker 1: Forty five year old Darmesh Arvind Patel is no longer

Speaker 1: facing criminal charges after completing a two year mental health

Speaker 1: diversion program. Pateel originally faced three counts of attempted murder

Speaker 1: following the January twenty twenty three crash on a notorious

Speaker 1: stretch of Highway one known as Devil's Slide in San

Speaker 1: Mateo County near Pacifica, which injured his forty one year

Speaker 1: old wife, Niha Patel, and their two children, a seven

Speaker 1: year old girl and a four year old boy. Because

Speaker 1: Patel completed the program, his passport was returned and a

Speaker 1: no harassment order lifted. San Mateo County District Attorney Steve

Speaker 1: Wagstaff issued a statement Tuesday, July seven, explaining that under

Speaker 1: California law, Judge Cho had no discretion and was required

Speaker 1: to dismiss the charger of entirely. During court proceedings, two

Speaker 1: doctors testified that Patel was experiencing a psychotic episode, believing

Speaker 1: his children were victims of sex trafficking. While the defense

Speaker 1: claimed major depressive disorder, prosecutors argued he would not benefit

Speaker 1: from diversion. The dismissal stands in contrast to the California

Speaker 1: Highway Patrol's initial finding of probable cause for an intentional act.

Speaker 1: Immediately after the plunge. Multiple witnesses heard in the hotel

Speaker 1: paramedics her husband intentionally tried to kill them. However, Nihal

Speaker 1: later stated through defense attorney Josh Bentley that she did

Speaker 1: not want him prosecuted. Patel has since surrendered his medical license. Finally,

Speaker 1: police and Maryland say a recent commercial burglary case delivered

Speaker 1: an instant dose of cosmic justice. Near the ninety three

Speaker 1: hundred block of Baltimore National Pike in Ellicott City, twenty

Speaker 1: nine year old Jalen Goddard allegedly smashed a window to

Speaker 1: rob a Verizon wireless store, leaving behind blood evidence. He

Speaker 1: stole merchandise and ran outside, only to find his vehicle gone.

Speaker 1: Goddard had left his truck running across the street with

Speaker 1: keys inside, and another thief drove it away. Stranded. The

Speaker 1: suspect actually called police to report his stolen truck at

Speaker 1: the exact moment dispatchers received the store's burglary alarm. Officers

Speaker 1: reviewed surveillance footage, matched his cuts to the blood of

Speaker 1: the scene, and confronted him on camera.

Speaker 2: So the gigs up.

Speaker 1: It's whether you want to be honest about stuff or not.

Speaker 2: You know what I mean? I do all right, truck?

Speaker 1: Oh my god, that's kind of some karma right there,

Speaker 1: ain't it.

Speaker 2: I left?

Speaker 1: Yeah, that's some karma right there, dude. For more crime

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Speaker 1: I'm Sydney Silvanni