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"MELODEE BUZZARD'S MOM ARRESTED, ANTONIO BROWN'S ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE & 'BROKE MY HEART' VERDICT"

"MELODEE BUZZARD'S MOM ARRESTED, ANTONIO BROWN'S ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE & 'BROKE MY HEART' VERDICT"
"MELODEE BUZZARD'S MOM ARRESTED, ANTONIO BROWN'S ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE & 'BROKE MY HEART' VERDICT"
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"MELODEE BUZZARD'S MOM ARRESTED, ANTONIO BROWN'S ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE & 'BROKE MY HEART' VERDICT"

Reid Carter covers three major developments. Ashlee Buzzard arrested on false imprisonment charge as nine-year-old daughter Melodee remains missing—investigators discovered mother changed wigs during cross-country road trip, switched license plates to avoid detection. Former NFL star Antonio Brown arrested in Dubai on attempted murder charge—accused of shooting man after celebrity boxing event in Miami on May 16, bullet grazed victim's neck. LaTosha Daniels found guilty of second-degree murder for killing Pastor Brodes Perry while repeating "You broke my heart"—shot him multiple times then wounded his wife Tabatha, jury convicted on lesser charges than first-degree murder, sentencing December 17.

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0:03 Caloroga Shark Media, Good morning, I'm read Carter. Tuesday, November eleventh, twenty twenty five. Three major stories breaking this week. California. Ashley Buzzard, mother of missing nine year old Melody Buzzard, arrested Friday on false imprisonment charges not related to her daughter's disappearance, but investigators revealed disturbing new details. Ashley wore wigs during a cross country road trip with Melody in October, changed wigs multiple times trying to avoid recognition. Also switched license plates on the rental car California plate to New York plate, then back again. Melody was last seen October ninth, near the Utah Colorado border. She's been missing thirty two days.

0:55 Her mother won't cooperate, won't tell investigators where Melody is, whether she's safe, whether she's alive. Ashley Buzzard is in jail on one hundred thousand dollars bail, but not for anything related to Melody, for preventing someone else from leaving a location against their will, false imprisonment, separate victim, separate crime while her daughter remains missing. Miami. Former NFL star Antonio Brown arrested in Dubai charged with attempted murder shooting. After a celebrity boxing event on May sixteenth, Brown allegedly grabbed a handgun from a security staffer, fired two shots at a man he'd fought with earlier. Bullet grazed the victim's neck. Brown fled to Dubai, hid there for months.

1:41 US marshals finally caught him. Extradited to New Jersey, awaiting transfer to Miami. Faces fifteen years if convicted Tennessee verdict. In the Broke My Heart murder trial, LaTosha Daniels found guilty of second degree murder. Killed pastor brodes Perry while repeating you broke my heart as she shot him. Also shot his wife Tabitha in the shoulder. Jury convicted on lesser charges than prosecutors wanted second degree murder instead of first degree reckless endangerment instead of attempted murder. Acquitted on firearm charge. Sentencing December seventeenth. I'm reed, Carter. Today, a mother arrested while her daughter remains missing, an NFL star facing attempted murder, and a woman who killed her lover because he broke her heart. This is celebrity trials. Last week, we told you about Melody Buzzard, nine years old from Vandenburg Village, California, near Lompoc, homeschooled, rarely seen outside her home.

2:48 School officials reported her missing October fourteenth, after prolonged absence from check ins. Investigators learned Melody was last seen a year earlier, A full year Nobody reported her missing. Teachers checking on her, no neighbors seeing her, no family visits, just a nine year old girl disappearing for twelve months before anyone noticed. Then, school officials realized Melody hadn't checked in for her independent study program. They called authorities. Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office started investigating, went to Melody's home on Mars Avenue, spoke with her mother, Ashley Buzzard, forty years old. Ashley was uncooperative, refused to provide information about Melody's whereabouts, refused to say whether Melody was safe, just said she had a right not to cooperate. Lawyered up immediately.

3:35 Investigators dug deeper learned Ashley and Melody went on a road trip October seventh, rented a white twenty twenty four Chevrolet Malibu from a local rental agency. Surveillance footage captured them at the rental location, both wearing wigs. Melody, nine years old, dressed in a hoodie pulled over her head, wearing a wig darker and straighter than her natural curly brown hair, disguise making her harder to identify. Ashley also wearing a wig different color than her normal hair, also disguising her appearance. Why why disguise a nine year old child? Why disguise yourself when renting a car for a road trip with your daughter? Investigators tracked the rental car over the next three days October seventh through tenth. The car traveled through five states California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Nebraska, then back to California, seventeen hundred miles and three days cross country road trip mother and daughter, But nobody knows why, what was the purpose? Where were they going? What were they doing? Surveillance footage from gas stations and rest stops along the route shows something disturbing. Ashley changed wigs throughout the trip multiple times, different colors, different styles, trying to avoid recognition, trying to make sure nobody could identify her from one state to the next. Investigators also discovered Ashley switched license plates. The rental car had California plate nine

5:08 MNNG one zero one, but during the trip, Ashley removed it put on a New York plate hCG nine six seven seven, fake plate or stolen. Drove with the New York plate for part of the journey, then switched back to the California plate before returning the car. October tenth. This is deliberate deception, consciousness of guilt, someone trying to avoid detection, avoid being tracked, avoid being identified. Why would a mother taking a road trip with her daughter need to avoid detection? October ninth, last confirmed sighting of Melody gas station near the Utah Colorado border she was with Ashley.

5:49 A gas station employee later told investigators they saw Ashley with a person wearing a purple wig. Looked like an adult, not a child. Could have been Melody, could have been someone else unclear. October tenth, Ashley returned to Vandenburgh Village, returned the rental car, the white Chevrolet Malibu, same car she'd rented with Melody three days earlier, but Melody wasn't with her nine year old missing mother returned alone four days later. School officials reported Melody's absence, Sheriff's investigators began searching, executed search warrants at Ashley's home, at a storage locker she rented at the rental car. FBI joined the investigation, treated Melody as endangered missing child. Investigators found no sign of Melody, no indication where she is, whether she's alive, whether she's safe, just gone vanished somewhere between Colorado Utah border in California, or maybe earlier. Maybe Melody never made it past the first day of the trip. Nobody knows.

6:54 Ashley refused to cooperate, still refuses, won't answer questions, won't tell investigators where Melody is, whether she left her somewhere, whether something happened to her, just silence through her attorney, no comment. Friday, November seventh, investigators arrested Ashley Buzzard. Law enforcement vehicles surrounded her home. Body camera footage shows Ashley being led out in handcuffs, booked into Santa Barbara County jail, Bail set at one hundred thousand dollars. But the arrest wasn't for Melody's disappearance, wasn't related to the missing childcase, something else entirely. Detectives learned about a recent incident. Ashley prevented a victim from leaving a location against their will.

7:39 False imprisonment felony charge. Different victim, not Melody, someone else. Sheriff's office won't say who, won't release details, says it would impede the ongoing missing person investigation. So Ashley sits in jail on false imprisonment charges, but not for anything related to her daughter. Melody remains missing day thirty two. Now, nobody knows where she is, whether she's alive, whether she's being held somewhere, whether she's dead. Melody's family is devastated. Her half sister, Corina masa daughter of Melody's late father from another relationship, told reporters she thought there would be answers when she learned about Ashley's arrest. Thought maybe investigators found something, maybe Ashley confessed, maybe Melody would be found, But no, just an unrelated charge. Melody still missing. Corina said Melody was rarely seen even among family. Their father died when Melody was a baby. Ashley isolated her, homeschooled her, kept her away from relatives. Nobody saw Melody regularly, nobody could verify she was okay, and now she's gone. Melody's grandmother told KUTV that Ashley is bipolar needs to be in a hospital. Said, Ashley has mental health issues that make her unpredictable, dangerous, that Melody shouldn't have been in her care, but child services never intervened, never removed Melody,

9:11 never checked on her, and now it's too late. Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office is asking for public help. Anyone who saw Melody during the October seventh to tenth road trip. Anyone who has surveillance footage from gas stations, hotels, rest stops along the route through California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Nebraska. Anyone who remembers seeing a woman with different colored wigs traveling with a child. Melody Buzzard nine years old, four feet six inches tall, sixty pounds, brown, curly hair, though she might be wearing a wig, brown eyes, last seen October ninth, near Utah Colorado border. If you've seen her, if you know where she is, if you have any information, call Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office at eight zero five six eight one four one five zero thirty two days missing.

10:02 Every day that passes reduces the chances she's alive. Every day her mother stays silent is another day Melody could be suffering, or dead or lost forever. Make it make sense. Some people shouldn't be parents. Ashley Buzzard is one of them. Melody Buzzard should be in school today, should be playing with friends, should be learning, growing living. Instead, she's missing, been missing for a month, and her mother won't help find her. Someone has to say her name, Melody Buzzard. We'll be right back with Antonio Brown's arrest in Dubai, the attempted murder charge, and the shooting after a celebrity boxing match that could send him to prison for fifteen years.

10:58 Antonio Brown thirty seven years old former NFL star wide receiver twelve year career. Played for Pittsburgh Steelers, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, seven Pro Bowls, four first team All Pro selections. Led the league in receptions twice, led in receiving yards twice, led in receiving touchdowns twice. One of the best receivers of his generation, nine hundred twenty eight career receptions, twelve thousand, two hundred ninety one receiving yards eighty three touchdowns, Hall of Fame numbers. Should be celebrated, should be remembered as one of the greats. Instead, he's in jail, charged with attempted murder, facing fifteen years in prison. Thursday, November sixth, US Marshalls arrested Antonio Brown in Dubai, extradided him to Essex County, New Jersey, being held pending transfer to Miami, where the charges originated. The arrest stems from an incident May sixteenth, twenty twenty five, six months ago, celebrity boxing event in Miami, influencer boxing, YouTube stars TikTok personalities fighting for entertainment. Antonio Brown attended.

12:09 Was there as a spectator or participant? Reports unclear. After the boxing match ended, Brown got into a fistfight with another man, Zul Karnane quame Nantambu, thirty one years old Miami resident. They argued, escalated, started fighting punches throne typical bar brawl stuff. Security separated them, broke up the fight. Brown walked away. Should have been the end of it, go home, cool off, move on, but Brown didn't move on. According to the arrest warrant, Brown approached a security staffer grabbed the staffer's handgun, took it, then walked back toward Nantambu. Raised the gun, fired twice, Bang bang, two shots at close range in a crowded venue after a celebrity boxing event.

12:57 People everywhere could have hit anyone. One bullet grazed Nantambu's neck, didn't penetrate, didn't kill him, but came close inches away from severing his carotid artery, inches away from murder. The second bullet missed, hit a wall or the ground. Nobody else injured. Fortunate could have been a mass casualty event. Brown fled left the scene, disappeared, went into hiding. Nobody knew where. Arrest warrant issued, Miami police looking for him. US Marshals involved federal fugitive hunt. Over the next six months, Brown posted on social media from Dubai multiple times, photos, videos showing himself in luxury hotels, on yachts, living lavishly in the United Arab Emirates. No extradition treaty with the United States, safe from American law enforcement, or so he thought, but US marshals are persistent. They tracked him, worked with international partners, finally located him, arrested him, brought him back Thursday, Brown was flown to Essex County, New Jersey, not Miami, New Jersey. First unclear why, maybe logistical reasons, maybe legal proceedings.

14:11 Miami Police spokesman Mike Vega wouldn't explain, just said Brown is being held pending extradition to Miami. Brown is charged with second degree attempted murder felony carries maximum fifteen years in prison up to ten thousand dollars fine if convicted. His attorney, if he has won, hasn't commented. Brown hasn't made a statement beyond social media posts. One post on X handed over the keys to the socials and CTESPN to my team while I go through this fight for my innocence. Happy to showcase love and entertainment. All love and respect to everyone for the support. Hashtag free a B translation He's claiming innocence, says he's fighting the charges, wants people to support him free AB classic celebrity deflection act like you're the victim, ignore the fact you allegedly shot someone. This isn't Brown's first legal problem, not even close.

15:09 Long history of arrests and allegations. Accused of rape and sexual assault by his former trainer civil lawsuit. Brown denied the allegations. Case settled. Confidentially arrested in Florida for battery of a moving truck driver. Brown allegedly threw rocks at the driver during a dispute. Plead no contest probation. Multiple domestic violence allegations over the years from different women. Brown denied them, some cases dismissed, others settled. Pattern of violent behavior toward women. Failure to pay child support multiple baby mamas, multiple court orders. Brown ignored them. Eventually paid after court intervention, walked off the field mid game Tampa Bay Buccaneers playing New York Jets. Brown took off his jersey, threw his gloves and shirt into the crowd, waived to fans, left the stadium during the game. Never played in the NFL again.

16:06 Coach Bruce Arian said Brown was done, cut from the team career over Brown claimed he was injured that Arians forced him to play hurt. Arian said Brown quit abandoned his team either way. Brown's NFL career ended in disgrace. Now attempted murder charges. Allegedly grabbed a security guard's gun, shot someone after a boxing match, fled to Dubai, hid for six months, got arrested, facing fifteen years. Make it make sense? A man with generational wealth, hall of fame, talent, everything anyone could want, throws it away repeatedly, over and over, legal problems, violence, terrible decisions, now attempted murder. Some people can't help themselves, can't control their impulses, can't handle success.

16:54 Antonio Brown is one of them. He had everything, lost it all, now sit. It's in a New Jersey jail, awaiting extradition to Miami, where he'll face trial for attempted murder, where a jury will decide if he's guilty of shooting a man over a fistfight at a boxing event. Zulkar Nain Quame Nantambu survived, bullet grazed his neck. He's lucky to be alive, inches away from death. All because Antonio Brown couldn't walk away from a fight, couldn't control his anger, had to escalate, had to shoot your tax dollars at work. US marshals flying to Dubai to arrest a former NFL player who shot someone and fled the country, bringing him back to face justice fifteen years maximum if convicted. Brown deserves every day of it. Friday November seventh, Shelby County, Tennessee verdict in state versus LaTosha Daniels. We covered this trial last week that broke my heart. Murder case. LaTosha Daniels, forty six years old, accused of killing Pastor Broodes Perry and shooting his wife Tabitha at their Collierville apartment April fourth, twenty nineteen. LaTosha drove from Arkansas to Tennessee with a loaded nine millimeter Ruger handgun. Knocked on the Perry's door around nine pm. Tabitha answered invited Lytosha inside. They'd known

18:24 each other from church in Little Rock, friends, or so, Tabitha thought. They sat on the couch, chatted, caught up about kids, tennis life. About forty minutes later, Brodes came home. He was agitated, questioned why LaTosha was there, called her an unexpected guest. Tense conversation, uncomfortable. Brodes kept pressing LaTosha to leave. Finally, Lytosha said she'd go. The three walked toward the door. Tabitha led LaTosha and Brodes followed. When Tabitha reached the stairs, she turned around, nobody behind her. She walked back saw LaTosha pull a gun from her jacket. Bang bang bang. LaTosha fired multiple times at Brod's he collapsed.

19:10 Tabitha tried to shield her husband. LaTosha told her to move. Tabitha refused. LaTosha shot her in the shoulder, kept firing. Brodes shot multiple times in the head in torso. As she shot, LaTosha repeated one phrase, you broke my heart, over and over. You broke my heart. You broke my heart, You broke my heart. Brodes died at the hospital multiple gunshot wounds. Forty two years old, executive pastor at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, husband, father dead. Tabitha survived bullet in her shoulder, remained there for months before surgical removal. Still experiences pain, permanent injury, permanent trauma. Police arrived as LaTosha was reloading the gun, arrested her, charged with fur first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, employing a firearm during a felony. Latosha's defense crime of passion. Broodes Parry manipulated her into a two year affair, lied to her, told her he was in an open relationship that his wife, Tabitha approved, that they practiced ethical non monogamy, all lies.

20:22 LaTosha testified she bought the gun to kill herself, not to hurt anyone else. Drove to Tennessee to confront Broodes one last time. Just wanted answers, just wanted closure. But when she saw him, when he acted like she meant nothing, she snapped, lost control, pulled the trigger. Doesn't remember the moment she shot him, just remembers the rage, the heartbreak, the betrayal. Prosecution argued premeditation. LaTosha bought the gun hours before the shooting, drove three hours from Arkansas to Tennessee, went to the Perry's apartment, waited forty minutes, then pulled the gun and executed. Brodes shot Tabitha when she tried to intervene, reloaded the gun. That's not passion, that's murder.

21:08 The trial lasted a week. Tabitha testified described the horror watching her husband die, getting shot herself, hearing Lytosha repeat, you broke my heart as she killed him. Tabitha also revealed Brodes had been cheating, not just with LaTosha, with multiple women, told them all he was in an open relationship, ethical non monogamy recommended books about polyamory, had a book club where he communicated with women through an app. Tabitha found it odd asked him about it. He said it was innocent. Just book discussions all lies. So brodes Perry wasn't innocent. He was a pastor who preached morality while cheating on his wife, who manipulated multiple women into relationships, who lied to everyone. But that doesn't justify murder, doesn't make Lytosha's actions right. Friday afternoon, jury returned with a verdict not guilty of employing a firearm during a felony, acquitted on that charge. Guilty of second degree murder for killing brodes Perry, lesser charged than first degree. Jury didn't believe it was premeditated. Believed LaTosha acted in the heat of passion. Emotionally disturbed crime of passion, not calculated execution.

22:22 Second degree murder carries fifteen to twenty five years in Tennessee. Guilty of reckless endangerment for shooting Tabitha, lesser charge than attempted murder. Jury didn't believe Letosha intended to kill Tabitha. Believed she was focused on Broodes. Shot Tabitha recklessly not intentionally reckless endangerment is a Class D felony carries two to four years Lytosha's bond was revoked, immediately taken into custody. Sentencing scheduled December seventeenth. Prosecution wanted first degree murder, life in prison, didn't get it. Jury convicted on lesser charges, partial victory for the defense, but still guilty, still going to prison. Defense attorney Lauren Fuchs told reporters LaTosha is genuinely remorseful, not just for Tabitha, for Brodes too. Never meant to kill him, just wanted him to feel the pain she felt, got carried away, lost control, regrets it every day. Fuchs also said brodes Perry was manipulative, controlling, cheated on multiple women, lied to all of them, used his position as pastor to exploit vulnerable women. LaTosha was a victim too, victim of his manipulation, of his lies, of his betrayal. Maybe maybe brodes was manipulative, maybe he exploited women, but LaTosha made a choice, bought a gun, drove to his home, shot him multiple times, shot his wife.

23:54 That's not victimhood, that's murder. Brodes Perry was forty two years old, executive pastor, father, husband, cheater, manipulator, but alive, should still be alive, should be held accountable for his lies, for his affairs, for the women he hurt, but through accountability through consequences, not through murder. Tabitha Perry lost her husband, lives with permanent injury, permanent pain, permanent trauma, watched him die in front of her, got shot trying to save him, all because LaTosha couldn't handle heartbreak, couldn't walk away, had to make him pay. Make it make sense. A woman drives three hours with a loaded gun to confront her lover, shoots him multiple times while repeating, you broke my heart, shoots his wife when she intervenes, then claims it was passion, Claims she lost control, claims she didn't mean it. The jury believed her partially second degree murder, not first degree, fifteen to twenty five years, not life reck neckless endangerment, not attempted murder, two to four years. December seventeenth, sentencing judge will decide exactly how long LaTosha Daniels spends in prison for breaking Brodes Perry's heart then stopping it permanently.

25:18 That Celebrity Trials for Tuesday, November eleventh, twenty twenty five. Melody Buzzard missing thirty two days, her mother arrested on unrelated charges. Still won't say where Melody is, whether she's alive, whether she's safe. Antonio Brown arrested in Dubai on attempted murder charges. Allegedly shot a man after a boxing match in Miami, fled the country, hid for six months, now facing fifteen years. LaTosha Daniels found guilty of second degree murder and reckless endangerment. Killed pastor brodes Perry while repeating you broke my heart. Sentencing December seventeenth tomorrow. Updates on these cases and whatever else breaks. I'm read Carter, this is Celebrity Trials