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>> BREAKING NEWS FROM FOX24. >> WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT AMID THE ONGOING ALLEGATIONS THAT JOSEPH
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DUGGAR INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED THE VICTIM YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS OLD IN FLORIDA. AND WE'VE LEARNED TONIGHT THAT DUGGAR AND HIS WIFE ARE NOW FACING CHARGES HERE IN
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ARKANSAS. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING AT 5.30, I'M JOSH OPEN TO DOUG WARNER JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM THE DIGGER HOME IN SPRINGDALE. DOUG, YOU WERE ON SCENE WHEN AUTHORITIES ARRIVED THERE EARLIER TODAY.
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WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED TONIGHT? >> AND THE REASON WE'RE HERE AT THE AREA, THAT'S IT WAS THE DUGGAR FAMILY COMPOUND,
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THE ONE THAT WAS PROFILED ON 19 KIDS AND COUNTING WITH THAT REALITY SHOWS ON THE AIR FOR YEARS WAS THIS WAS THE FIRST STOP FOR TINY TOWN
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POLICE TODAY WHEN THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR JOSEPH DUGGAR'S WIFE, KENDRA DUGGAR TO SERVE HER WITH WARRANTS, 8 COUNTS.
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WE'RE TALKING 4 COUNTS OF ENDANGERMENT OF A MINOR AND THE SECOND DEGREE AND 4 COUNTS OF FALSE IMPRISONMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE. NOW
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WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO. I JUST WE CAN. THIS IS WHEN 3 DIFFERENT UNITS AND ANOTHER CAR APPROACHED THE GATES
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HERE. WE UNDERSTAND WITH VET POLICE, TINY TOWN, POLICE WAS A CHILD ADVOCATE JUST BECAUSE SINCE THE FATHER IS CURRENTLY BEHIND BARS FACING THOSE
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CHARGES OUT OF FLORIDA, THAT DATE BACK TO 2020 CRIMES WITH A MINOR. THOSE ALLEGATIONS COMING FORWARD JUST A FEW DAYS AGO THERE WAS A CHILD
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ADVOCATE HERE JUST IN THE EVENT. NOW, IF IF THE MOTHER WAS TO BE TAKEN AWAY AGAIN, THEY DID NOT LOCATE HER HERE. THE GATES NEVER OPENED. THEY
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WERE TOLD SHE WASN'T HERE, EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS I'M TOLD A PREARRANGED MEETING THAT SHE WOULD BE SERVING THOSE WARRANTS RIGHT HERE AT THIS COMPLEX, EVEN THOUGH JOE AND
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KENDRA ACTUALLY LIVE IN THEIR OWN HOME ABOUT A MILE SOUTH OF HERE AS THE CROW I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE SHE HAD DECIDED TO TURN HERSELF IN AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY
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SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND I LEARNED JUST BEFORE 5 O'CLOCK THAT, IN FACT DID TAKE PLACE THAT SHE HAS TURNED HERSELF JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN THESE
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COUNTS. THESE 8 THAT CHARGES THAT SHE FACES IDENTICAL TO CHARGES THAT WERE LEVIED ON JOE EARLIER TODAY. THEY ARE
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COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM JOE DUGGAR FACES OR JOSEPH DUGGAR FACES OUT OF PANAMA CITY. THAT'S AN ALLEGATION THAT CAME FORWARD. SOMEONE 5 TO 6
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YEARS LATER SAYING THE RECENT AND INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING THAT TOOK PLACE IN AND OTHER SITUATIONS CONNECTED TO THAT
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TINY TOWN. POLICE TELLS THESE ALLEGED INCIDENTS, THEIR VIEW SURFACE WHILE THEY WERE HELPING FLORIDA INVESTIGATORS THROUGH THAT NO SPECIFICS
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GIVEN AS TO WHEN THESE INCIDENTS TOOK PLACE. BUT AGAIN, THAT IS ONGOING. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. AND CANTOR, AS I'M TOLD IN THE
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LAST HALF HOUR, AT LEAST WITH STILL VISITING WITH TINY TOWN POLICE BUT HAS TURNED HERSELF AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL. NOW FACING 8 ADDITIONAL CHARGES, JUST LIKE HER
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HUSBAND BASED OUT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY HERE IN TINY TOWN. APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. THEIR DOG.
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>> JOSEPH DUGGAR SISTER JILL DUGGAR. DILLARD REACTING TO THE NEWS IS STATING HER FAMILY IS SHOCKED AND HEARTBROKEN BY THE SITUATION. ADDING, QUOTE, WE STRONGLY CONDEMN ABUSE. WE SUPPORT THE
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RULE OF LAW AND HOPE THAT JUSTICE WILL (transcript cut off here)
missing transcript pieces: BE ACHIEVED. OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE INNOCENT JUVENILE VICTIM OF THIS UNSPEAKABLE CRIME AND HER FAMILY."