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Florida woman says she secretly recorded Jared Fogle 

                                                                                                    handled the investiga-         him to prison for more than
                                                                                                    tion into Fogle would not
                                                                                                    confirm whether she was        a decade.
                                                                                                    involved in their case, but
                                                                                                    they have said their inves-    Herman-Walrond     told
                                                                                                    tigation began several
                                                                                                    months ago based on a tip      WWSB-TV in Sarasota, Flor-
                                                                                                    to Indiana State Police re-
                                                                                                    garding Russell Taylor, the    ida, that she recorded her
                                                                                                    then-executive director of
                                                                                                    the Jared Foundation.          conversations with Fogle
                                                                                                    However, Fogle’s plea
                                                                                                    agreement does mention         for the FBI over more than
                                                                                                    that witnesses in Florida,
                                                                                                    Georgia and Washington         four years. The FBI in Flori-
                                                                                                    state provided record-
                                                                                                    ings and information it        da did not return requests
                                                                                                    says show Fogle “repeat-
                                                                                                    edly discussed with them       for comment. FBI Special
                                                                                                    his interest in engaging in
                                                                                                    commercial sex acts with       Agent Wendy Osborne in
                                                                                                    minors or stated that he
                                                                                                    has done so in the past.” It   Indiana said the agency
                                                                                                    says the recordings “were
                                                                                                    produced beginning in or       cannot discuss “anything
                                                                                                    about 2007 and continu-
                                                                                                    ing thereafter.”               related to the investiga-
                                                                                                    The suburban Indianapolis
                                                                                                    man is expected to enter       tion” into Fogle.
                                                                                                    a formal plea at a later
                                                                                                    date to one count each         Herman-Walrond said she
                                                                                                    of traveling to engage in il-
                                                                                                    licit sexual conduct with a    didn’t know why Fogle
                                                                                                    minor and distribution and
                                                                                                    receipt of child pornog-       would have confided in
                                                                                                    raphy. The case has de-
                                                                                                    stroyed Fogle’s career with    her.
                                                                                                    Subway and could send
                                                                                                                                   “He would tell me the ages

                                                                                                                                   he was interested in, boy

                                                                                                                                   or girl,” Herman-Walrond

                                                                                                                                   told ABC News. “He indi-

                                                                                                                                   cated the fact that he has

                                                                                                                                   done it before and told

Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle leaves the Federal Courthouse in Indianapolis following                                         me in gross detail what

a hearing on child-pornography charges. A Florida woman says Fogle told her years ago about                                        transpired.”

his interest in having sex with minors and that she went to authorities who told her to record the                                 Fogle attorney Ron Elberg-

conversations.								                                      (AP Photo/AJ Mast)                                                     er declined to comment

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A         Rochelle Herman-Wal-          16 and received child por-                                             on the reports.
Florida woman says former     rond, a former journal-       nography produced by
Subway pitchman Jared         ist, told media outlets she   the former director of his                                             Assistant U.S. Attorney Ste-
Fogle told her years ago      wore a wire to record         charitable foundation.
about his interest in having  conversations of Fogle,       It is unclear how Herman-                                              ven DeBrota said he can-
sex with minors and that      who agreed Wednesday          Walrond knew Fogle. The
she went to authorities       to plead guilty to allega-    Associated Press could not                                             not confirm the names of
who told her to record the    tions that he paid for sex    reach her for comment.
conversations.                acts with girls as young as   Authorities in Indiana who                                             any sources the govern-

                                                                                                                                   ment used in its investi-

                                                                                                                                   gation, including the wit-

                                                                                                                                   nesses who provided the

                                                                                                                                   recordings.q

Police: Man who beat homeless Mexican said ‘Trump was right’ 

BOSTON (AP) — The Mexi-       ico in Boston, confirmed      and then saw the Leaders                a wall between the United      “I think that would be a
can government con-           the victim was a Mexican      walk away laughing, pros-               States and Mexico to crack     shame,” he said, but de-
demned an attack on a         citizen. He said his govern-  ecutors said. The victim                down on illegal immigra-       clined to condemn the at-
sleeping homeless man         ment would “take the nec-     was treated for a broken                tion. He recently said he      tack. “I will say, the people
that police said was com-     essary measures to defend     nose, serious bruises and               would deport the millions      that are following me are
mitted by two brothers,       the rights and interests of   other injuries.                         of people already in the       very passionate. They love
one of whom said that         Mexicans,” The Boston         Scott Leader told troopers              United States illegally, sort  this country. They want this
Donald Trump was right        Globe reported.               after his arrest, “Donald               them into groups of “good      country to be great again.
about deporting “all these    The brothers, Scott Leader    Trump was right, all these              ones” and “bad ones” and       And they are very passion-
illegals.”                    and Steve Leader, were        illegals need to be deport-             then allow those deemed        ate.”
The brothers urinated         being held without bail on    ed,” according to a state               good to re-enter the coun-     He took a harder-line ap-
on the 58-year-old man,       charges including assault     police report filed in court.           try.                           proach on Friday.
punched him and beat          and indecent exposure.        Trump, a Republican presi-              Asked about the home-          “Boston incident is terrible.
him with a metal pole while   They pleaded not guilty.      dential candidate, has in-              less man’s beating before      We need energy and pas-
he slept near a Boston train  Witnesses flagged down        flamed Latinos by describ-              a New Hampshire town           sion, but we must treat
station, police said.         a state trooper at about      ing Mexican immigrants as               hall on Wednesday night,       each other with respect,”
Daniel Hernandez Joseph,      12:30 a.m. Wednesday          “criminals” and “rapists”               he said he hadn’t heard        Trump tweeted Friday
the consul general of Mex-    after they saw the attack     and saying he would build               about it.                      afternoon.q
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