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By Khaleda Rahman
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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has cracked down on YouTubers in the Tucson, Arizona, neighborhood of missing person Nancy Guthrie following complaints from neighbors, arresting three people on Monday.
A spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department told Newsweek that it has "received numerous complaints about individuals blocking roadways, trespassing and disrupting the peace in the neighborhood. Deputies initially issued warnings, followed by the posting of no-trespassing signs and the issuance of citations for violations. Despite those efforts, some individuals continued to disregard the law."
The spokesperson added: "After reviewing video evidence showing one of the arrestees urinating in public behind a makeshift tent, Sheriff Chris Nanos has directed deputies to take a stronger enforcement approach."
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Alexander Zabel Jr., 54, who runs the "Criminal Network” page on YouTube, was arrested and charged with two counts of obstruction of a highway or public thoroughfare and one count of public nuisance, the sheriff's department said. His YouTube account later shared a clip of the station's report.
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Troy Bradshaw, 34, who runs the "DAA JUICE" page, was charged with one count of public nuisance. A post on the “DAA JUICE” X account early Tuesday said he had been subsequently released on bail.
Damien Todd Enderle, a 46-year-old man who helps run local crime blog 857 Tucson, was charged with one count of public nuisance, the sheriff's department said. He was cited and released.
He said he and the other YouTubers were not being a public nuisance in a YouTube livestream on Monday night.
"The officer told me, 'I don't want to arrest you. You're not doing anything. I have to give you a ticket,'" he said. "He said, 'if you sign here, I don't have to take you into jail.'... So I signed the paper. He gave me a charge for public nuisance."
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How Long Has Nancy Guthrie Been Missing?
The arrests come more than four months after Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie, disappeared from her home in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood of Tucson. Nanos, who is leading the investigation, has come under pressure to solve the case, which has drawn national attention and the interest of online true crime sleuths.
Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her home on January 31 and reported missing the following day. Authorities believe she was kidnapped and said drops of her blood were found on the front porch.
In February, the FBI released surveillance footage from a doorbell camera, showing a masked man, whom they called a suspect, outside Guthrie's front door on the night she disappeared.
Despite a massive search involving thousands of law enforcement officers and volunteers, there has been no sign of her since she was reported missing and authorities have yet to publicly identify a suspect or announce an arrest in the case.
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Sheriff Nanos' YouTuber Crackdown
Nanos previously told KVOA in Tucson that his department would crack down on what he called “egregious” behavior in the neighborhood.
“The complaints got to be pretty egregious in that the behavior of those individuals was becoming pretty scary, pretty frightful,” he said. In April, the sheriff's department increased patrols in Nancy Guthrie's neighborhood after neighbors reported being harassed by YouTubers.
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Nanos told the station that anyone who continues such behavior after receiving citations would be subject to arrest.
“If somebody's just out there from one of our local media outlets or even a YouTuber and they've not been cited, then fine. We'll give you a citation and expect you to be reasonable with us and not come back,” he said.
“But if we happen to look at you and say, ‘No, you've received a ticket. You've been cited for this same behavior that didn't do you any good... you've upped the ante for me, so we're going to now take you to jail.”
The sheriff's department spokesperson told Newsweek: "Sheriff Nanos will no longer tolerate behavior that disrupts the community or violates the law. Effective immediately, individuals found in violation of the law may be cited and released on a first offense. However, repeat offenders may be arrested and booked into the Pima County Adult Detention Complex on charges of public nuisance under Arizona Revised Statute 13-2917, a Class 2 misdemeanor."
Savannah Guthrie Opens Up About Difficulty Returning To Work
Savannah Guthrie said it was “not easy” returning to work while continually thinking about her mother’s disappearance.
She spoke about what it has been like since she returned to work in April during a conversation with Jenna Bush Hagar on the Today show on Wednesday.
“It’s really hard to come back,” she said. “I’ve been trying so hard to hold it together and I promise I will.”
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She said the support of her colleagues and the show’s crew have really helped her.
“I’m happy to be back and it’s like the two hours of my day—it’s not that I’m not thinking about it, because I am—but it’s something to do,” she said. “It brings me a lot of joy to be with everybody. But no, it’s not easy.”
Savannah Guthrie and her siblings are offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the recovery of their mother.
A separate reward of more than $200,000—including $100,000 from the FBI—is being offered for information about her whereabouts or information that could lead to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.
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