Locked In with Ian Bick

Locked In with Ian Bick

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  • I've Been a 911 Operator for 10+ Years - Here's What They Don't Tell You About the Job | Chris Barret

    Chris Barrett has spent ten years as a 911 dispatcher in New Jersey — answering the calls that come in at the worst moments of people's lives, deciding what help to send and how fast, talking callers through situations most people never have to face, and carrying the weight of everything those calls produce long after the shift ends. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what the training for that job actually involves, what the calls that still haunt him really looked like from the dispatcher who took them, how to de-escalate a caller in crisis, how dispatchers decide what kind of help to send, what the strangest calls he has ever received actually involved, and what ten years of sitting on the other end of the most desperate phone calls available does to a person's mental health.

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    #911dispatcher #emergencyservices #truecrimecommunity #911

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    Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:

    https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en

    https://ianbick.com/

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Meet Chris Barrett 00:23 Early Life and Family 01:38 Adventurous Childhood 03:16 Career Aspirations 04:29 Why Firefighting? 05:23 Getting into Dispatch 07:08 The Dispatcher Test 08:03 Training and Trial by Fire 10:49 Common Newbie Mistakes 12:58 Warrant Checks Explained 14:20 Dispatch Center Setup 15:27 Anatomy of a 911 Call 17:44 Handling Silent Callers 19:43 Treating Everything as an Emergency 21:05 Prioritizing Calls 22:44 De-escalating Callers 27:03 Sponsor: Cash App 28:39 Calls About Suicide 33:56 Staying on the Line 34:50 When All Lines Are Busy 35:45 Busy Times and Call Volume 37:22 Most Common Calls 39:42 Regular and Mental Health Callers 41:03 911 vs Non-Emergency Lines 43:46 Focusing in a Noisy Room 45:19 Starting a Bad Day 47:56 Emotional Calls and Moving On 52:04 Calls Per Shift 53:12 Quiet Moments 55:27 Handling Car Accidents 01:02:04 Hypervigilance After Work 01:03:34 Sirens Off-Duty 01:05:03 Bonds with Officers 01:09:59 Mental Health Resources 01:11:43 Changes in Dispatching 01:19:01 Civilian vs Officer Dispatchers 01:20:43 Media Portrayals 01:24:42 Spotting Inconsistencies 01:27:26 Hardest Calls 01:32:42 Strangest Calls 01:37:28 Alarms and Tech 01:40:41 AI in Dispatch 01:42:01 Career Longevity 01:43:43 Career Lessons

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    1 hr 47 min
  • I Was a D1 Basketball Player — Then Got 45 Years In Prison | Harold Doby III

    Harold Doby III grew up in Georgia with a mother who worked as a correctional officer and a father who was secretly a drug dealer — and when his father was sentenced to 19 years in prison Harold was seven years old and sports became the thing that kept everything together. He had his first child at 16, went on to play Division 1 and Division 2 college basketball, played overseas until an injury ended his career, and then fired a single shot from his licensed firearm in self defense during a bar altercation he says he was not a part of — and watched that decision produce a nearly $200,000 restitution order, 20 years of probation, and eventually a 45 year prison sentence when job loss and injuries made the restitution impossible to pay in the time the court required.

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    #justice #selfdefense #truecrimecommunity #prisonsentence

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    Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:

    https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en

    https://ianbick.com/

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Introduction: From D1 Ball to Prison 00:25 Growing Up in Augusta, Georgia 01:16 Dad's Arrest and Double Life 03:16 Avoiding Trouble and the Golden Kid 05:21 Teenage Mischief and the Firework Incident 06:04 Dad's Legacy and Impact 07:57 Could He Have Avoided Prison? 09:21 Siblings and Different Paths 10:48 Becoming a Father at 16 12:42 Turning Point: Moving to Florida 14:27 College Hoops and the Georgia State Struggle 16:34 Finding a Home at Augusta State 18:16 Going Pro Overseas 21:01 The Career-Ending Foot Injury 23:07 Life After Basketball and a New Purpose 25:49 Sponsor: Cash App 28:06 The 2019 Night That Changed Everything 31:29 Self-Defense and the Warning Shot 32:42 Arrest and the DA's Game 36:34 A String of Unhelpful Lawyers 40:02 Tased by Police and Losing an Eye 41:13 The Open Plea and Sentencing 45:45 The Impossible $155,000 Restitution 49:15 Betrayal and the GoFundMe 51:55 Life on Probation and the Criminal Justice System 54:39 The Violation and 45-Year Sentence 56:34 The Disappearing Restitution Payments 58:54 Depression and the Reality of Prison 01:01:44 Jackson State Prison: A Brutal Introduction 01:03:28 Studying the Law and Winning the Appeal 01:05:51 Filing Motions from Prison 01:07:21 Prison Gangs and Violence 01:08:32 Witnessing Murder and Survival Mode 01:11:00 Accountability and Growth in Prison 01:12:40 The Appeal Process and More Obstacles 01:16:26 Delays and the Viral Facebook Post 01:20:20 Release on Conditions 01:22:25 Life Now: Work and Probation 01:24:16 The Future of the Case 01:25:17 Would He Have Gone to Trial? 01:26:53 Final Lesson for His Daughters 01:27:31 Closing Thoughts

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    1 hr 28 min
  • I Was an IRS Special Agent for 20+ Years — Here's How the IRS Actually Puts People in Prison for Taxes | Robert Nordlander

    Robert Nordlander spent over 20 years as a special agent with IRS Criminal Investigation — investigating complex criminal tax and money laundering violations, working undercover operations, executing search and arrest warrants, and building the cases that sent tax evaders and money launderers to federal prison — and in this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he finally tells the complete truth about what that career really looked like from the inside. He shares what cases the IRS Criminal Division actually goes after and prosecutes, what it actually takes to put someone in prison for taxes, the different types of money laundering he investigated, why small business owners evade taxes more than anyone else, how cases came to him and what the investigation process actually looked like, some of the most significant cases of his career, and what the new world of influencers and social media income is producing in terms of tax crime that most people never see coming.

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    #irs #taxes #truecrimestories #accountant #cops

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    Thank you to CASH APP for sponsoring this episode:

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    Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App's bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Discounts and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures.

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    Connect with Robert Nordlander:

    Website: https://www.nordlandercpa.com/

    Buy his books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Robert-Nordlander/author/B0BMZT4CNK?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=a4257f70-b089-4db0-8020-c9bd7e35d743

    Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:

    https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en

    https://ianbick.com/

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Meet the Ex-IRS Agent 00:21 Growing Up and Early Career 02:00 From Chips to IRS Agent 03:48 The CPA Advantage 05:40 IRS CI Origins and Its Role 06:34 Stationed in Alabama 07:19 Dad's Blessing and Career Shift 09:03 First Case: Identity Theft 10:50 The IRS 'Funny Box' Explained 12:05 Tax Protesters and False Refunds 13:37 Sentencing for Tax Protesters 14:59 Statute of Limitations for Tax Crimes 15:38 Hiding Income: The Small Business Owner 16:36 How Agents Find Cases 18:40 Data Mining for Evasion 20:47 The Value of IRS CI to Prosecutors 21:09 Drug Dealers and Tax Returns 22:12 Civil vs. Criminal: Making the Call 24:30 Choosing Cases Worth Prosecuting 25:40 Cash App Sponsorship 27:40 Dollar Amounts Drive Cases 29:34 Most Common Businesses for Fraud 30:42 Contractor Cash Schemes 31:32 Investigating Contractor Fraud 32:51 Why Celebrities Don't File 34:14 The Tax Gap and Who's Responsible 35:30 Are Business Owners Honest? 36:50 Influencer Tax Issues 38:12 The Fiji Hotel Example 39:22 Influencer Contracts and Tax 40:20 Ignorance and Willfulness 41:30 Influencer Cases and Richard Hatch 43:08 Tax Preparer Liability 44:42 Return Preparers: No License Needed 45:29 Preparer Mistakes vs. Crimes 46:53 Abuse of Earned Income Tax Credit 48:55 What Happens to the Clients? 50:00 When to Tell a Subject They're Investigated 51:42 Undercover Work and Surveillance 55:27 Common Lies from Suspects 57:37 Finding the Second Set of Books 58:26 Pissed-Off Partners as Informants 58:49 State vs. Federal Cases 01:00:35 The Length of Federal Investigations 01:01:36 Finding Bank Accounts 01:03:40 Using Flight Rosters as Leads 01:05:27 Structuring: The $10,000 Myth 01:07:19 A Surprising Case: Murder and Taxes 01:12:28 Expectations of Repayment 01:13:12 Most Egregious Money Hiding 01:15:40 PayPal, Venmo, and Cash App 01:17:52 Money Laundering Evolution 01:20:51 Cryptocurrency and the IRS 01:24:17 Unreported 1099 Income 01:26:46 Tips and Minor Tax Evasion 01:27:43 Is the System Fair? 01:29:00 The Tax Boycott Myth 01:31:00 Tax Protesters Are Filing 01:34:19 Jury Trials and Complex Cases 01:37:52 Testifying and Simplifying for Juries 01:42:10 Winning at Trial: The Odds 01:44:00 Robert's Role as a Consultant 01:45:58 Retiring from the IRS 01:47:53 Life on the Defense Side 01:52:56 IRS Layoffs and Efficiency 01:56:58 The Most Important Lesson 01:58:52 Truth Has Many Friends 02:00:18 Final Thoughts and Resources

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    2 hr 2 min
  • I Was a CIA Operative for 25 Years — Then I Got Set Up & Sent to Federal Prison | Michael Wayne

    Michael Wayne grew up in Mississippi, attended the Naval Academy, left after his father died, built a career in business and investments while running a hedge fund for fifteen years, spent twenty-five years as a clandestine CIA contractor operating across some of the most sensitive and most dangerous missions available — and then went to Ukraine after the 2022 Russian invasion to organize humanitarian aid, evacuate women and children from combat zones, train Ukrainian soldiers, and deliver equipment to the front line before discovering widespread corruption tied to Ukraine aid that he says reached powerful US politicians. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what twenty-five years as a CIA contractor actually looked like from the inside, what changed after 9/11 in the intelligence world, what the Ukraine work actually involved, what the corruption he discovered actually implicated, and what the DOJ prosecution that followed his decision to push back against that corruption actually produced — including a wire fraud conviction, a federal prison sentence at FPC Montgomery, and what he believes was a deliberate government effort to make him a convicted felon before he could become a whistleblower.

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    #TrueCrime #espionage #cia #prisonstory

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    Thank you to CASH APP for sponsoring this episode:

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    Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App's bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Discounts and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures.

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    Connect with Michael Wayne:

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialmichaelwayne/

    Website: https://officialmichaelwayne.com/

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    Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:

    https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en

    https://ianbick.com/

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Intro and Guest Introduction

    01:31 Family and Entrepreneurship

    05:00 The Call to the Naval Academy

    12:42 The Challenges of the Naval Academy

    15:17 Leaving Annapolis After Two Years

    17:51 The Tragic Loss of His Father

    21:41 The Funeral and a Call from the Captain

    24:23 Choosing Family Over Country

    28:55 Rethinking Leaving Annapolis

    31:14 The Plan to Return Falls Apart

    36:24 The Decision to Stay Out of the Military

    37:57 Mississippi State and Running the Family Business

    41:17 Sponsor Break: Cash App Security

    44:27 College Life and Degrees

    55:36 Buying Properties and Developing a Strategy

    01:00:20 Moving to Atlanta and Sports Betting

    01:03:30 The Unexpected Call from an Agency

    01:08:40 The First Interview for a CIA Contractor

    01:14:40 The Path to Becoming a Contractor

    01:19:03 Interviews and the Training Invitation

    01:24:05 Paramilitary Training and Selection

    01:29:07 Understanding Classification and Compartmentalization

    01:34:55 The Intensity of the Initial Training

    01:39:19 Field Exercises and Testing Survival Skills

    01:47:26 The Importance of Knowing Your Limits

    02:01:20 Working as a Paramilitary Contractor

    02:04:20 A Career of Off-the-Books Missions

    02:07:09 Getting Shot and the Impact of 9/11

    02:12:30 The Post-9/11 World and the War on Terror

    02:24:03 A Screenplay That Predicted 9/11

    02:31:10 Transitioning to a New Role and Grad School

    02:37:50 Living as a NOC (Non-Official Cover)

    02:42:10 The Intensity of the NOC World

    02:47:51 Running a Hedge Fund as Cover

    02:57:21 Making Money and Helping a Nonprofit

    03:02:41 Volunteering in Ukraine After the Invasion

    03:05:00 The Corrupt Side of Humanitarian Aid

    03:10:34 Protecting Aid and Empowering People

    03:15:14 The Hidden World of Powerful Elites

    03:21:18 Learning You're a Target

    03:28:08 The Plan to Discredit Him

    03:34:55 A New SEC Inquiry and the Missing Questions

    03:39:01 The Target Letter and the DOJ

    03:44:37 Attempting to Investigate the Management Company

    03:50:59 The Reverse Proffer: The DOJ's Show of Force

    03:57:20 Realizing the System Can't Be Beaten

    04:01:44 The Threats That Forced His Hand

    04:03:42 The Strategic Choice to Plead Guilty

    04:08:35 The Courtroom Deal and Sentencing Guidelines

    04:12:00 The Aftermath of the Guilty Plea

    04:16:08 The Hit to His Reputation

    04:18:24 The FBI Agent and the Press Release

    04:22:47 Dealing with the PSR and Sentencing

    04:27:44 The Leak and the Fallout

    04:31:14 The PSR: A Document Full of Falsehoods

    04:35:35 The Sentencing Hearing

    04:40:20 The Judge's Unusual Statement

    04:45:36 Getting a Year and a Day

    04:50:00 A Trip to Federal Prison Camp

    04:56:30 The Confusing Charges and the Real Crime

    05:04:20 The Plea Deal and the Missing Documentation

    05:09:30 The Sentencing Hearing and a Shoutout to the Judge

    05:12:10 The Camp: A Place for the Forgotten

    05:16:08 Life After Prison and the Supervised Release

    05:21:01 The CIA and the Burning of Bridges

    05:25:20 Finding a New Path Post-Prison

    5 hr 31 min
  • I'm a Gambling Addiction Psychologist — Here's Why You Can't Stop Gambling | Dr. Michael Zhang

    Dr. Michael Zhang is a PhD psychologist whose work focuses on gambling addiction and behavioral change in the modern digital environment — and in this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he tells the complete truth about what gambling addiction really is, why it starts, how online gambling and sports betting have created the most dangerous and most accessible addiction environment in history, what it actually takes for someone to finally get help and enter recovery, and what the psychological reality of rebuilding looks like for the people who make it through.

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    #gambling #casino #psychology #addictionrecovery

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    Connect with Dr. Michael Zhang:

    Website: https://incumental.com

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@drmikezhang

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.mikezhang

    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drmikezhang

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmikezhang

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    Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:

    https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en

    https://ianbick.com/

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Introduction: Meet Dr. Michael Zhang

    00:18 Dr. Zing's Background and Path to Gambling

    01:15 Getting Into Gambling Treatment

    03:47 Defining Gambling Addiction

    06:13 Recreational Gambling vs. Addiction

    06:55 Gambling in Prisons

    12:22 The Gambling Industry's Reach

    13:20 Prediction Markets: A New Gambling Front

    14:17 Celebrities and Influencers Promoting Gambling

    19:00 Understanding the Gambling Mode

    20:55 Activating the Gambling Mode

    23:10 Ian's Story: When Gambling Becomes Survival

    24:29 The Birth of a Gambling Mode

    26:00 Big Wins and the Illusion of Freedom

    29:27 Naming the Gambling Mode

    33:59 Naming the Recovery Mode

    36:00 Gambling vs. Building a Life

    38:28 The Elusiveness of Gambling Wins

    41:40 Fake Wins and Real Worth

    46:48 Rebuilding and Walking Away

    53:20 The Message of Thanks and Goodbye

    57:57 A Message to the Younger Self

    01:04:09 Gambling and Suicidal Thoughts

    01:07:14 Activating Recovery Mode

    01:10:01 Supporting Loved Ones with Gambling Addiction

    01:12:34 The Ripple Effect of Gambling

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    1 hr 15 min
  • I Became a Shot Caller in Federal Prison — Here's What That Life Really Looks Like | Danny Walsh

    Danny Walsh grew up in Texas with a mother consumed by addiction and a father who was never in the picture — and when he and his brother essentially raised each other as teenagers on their own the path toward trouble found them both before anyone was old enough to stop it. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares how an early sentence in the Texas Department of Corrections led him to become a peckerwood and join one of the most notorious prison gangs in the Texas system before a federal conviction in his early 20s handed him 25 years and sent him into the most brutal maximum security federal penitentiaries in the United States. He opens up about becoming a shot caller — the power, the rules, the violence and the politics that position actually involves — what spending years in solitary confinement did to him mentally and what the PTSD that prison produced has made reacclimating into society nearly impossible in ways that the system that put him there has done almost nothing to address.

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    #shotcaller #federalprison #truecrimestories

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Growing up in a rough Houston neighborhood

    04:08 Early drinking and harmful experiences

    06:06 Normalizing poverty and abuse

    06:55 Time in isolation and breaking down demons

    08:15 Fighting to stay un-institutionalized

    09:59 The dangers of accepting prison as home

    10:40 A bus station lesson in institutionalization

    11:40 Refusing to accept a prisoner's life

    12:52 Youthful dreams of the military and football

    13:48 Arrested and learning the code

    15:15 Brother's tough lessons on loyalty

    16:32 Drug use and the cycle of incarceration

    17:42 Facing federal charges and refusing to snitch

    19:43 The deal is a lie: 25-year sentence

    22:20 Betrayed by a lawyer and becoming hardened

    24:39 Why the excessive sentence?

    25:45 Rejecting the state's offer on principle

    28:01 Adapting from state to federal politics

    29:49 TDC initiation: riots and lockdown

    34:05 Surviving lockdown and a cell fire

    36:15 Joining a Texas prison gang

    38:08 Your gang arrives in the feds

    39:37 Taking control and building respect

    41:07 The lie of gang philosophy

    44:32 The failure of the prison system

    46:40 Fighting for resentencing and 11 years over time

    48:42 Release: 23 years later and a new world

    52:35 Initial struggles with a changed society

    54:55 Getting a job and building a new life

    58:02 Fired by the state for tattoos

    01:00:49 The struggle for identity and self-love

    01:02:55 Jail habits that persist

    01:04:24 Why not join another white gang?

    01:05:43 Misconceptions about white inmates

    01:08:12 A fight for respect over a TV

    01:13:40 Relationships with other races and gangs

    01:18:00 Prison economy and cross-racial business

    01:20:18 How did you become a shot caller?

    01:23:56 Dispensing justice and avoiding trouble

    01:27:10 Sex cases and the white racial code

    01:30:40 The meaning behind prison tattoos

    01:34:38 Regretting gang involvement and ink

    01:36:43 The origins of the Woods and Texas gangs

    01:40:22 Are all white guys 'peckerwoods'?

    01:41:06 Why did you stay in the gang in the feds?

    01:42:08 Treachery within your own ranks

    01:45:39 Can the BOP eliminate gangs?

    01:49:10 Why the feds keep you divided

    01:55:20 The burden of being a shot caller

    01:59:40 Becoming an animal and losing yourself

    02:02:50 The mental toll and nightmares of prison

    02:05:28 Learning to keep your word and integrity

    02:08:48 Feeling compelled to violence

    02:11:10 Coping with the trauma of solitary

    02:14:24 The need for prison reform and support

    02:18:15 Released with no help or programs

    02:23:52 Job struggles and endless punishment

    02:29:36 The ongoing stigma of a felony

    02:32:26 Corrupt guards and a lack of control

    02:36:10 The chaos of maximum-security life

    02:39:20 Debunking the 'sit to pee' myth

    02:43:04 You were left alone and the system failed you

    02:45:40 Learning to navigate prison safely

    02:48:00 Proving yourself and survival instincts

    02:50:07 Good guys in bad gangs

    02:53:35 A close call with a conspiracy to kill you

    03:00:52 Saved from a plot and changing your ways

    03:03:39 Why are you here and how did you survive?

    03:04:48 The struggle to find a job after power

    03:06:48 Women and bad company send men back

    03:08:23 Finding peace in a wine bar

    03:10:12 Learning to love yourself and move on

    03:12:42 Cherishing freedom and family

    03:16:32 Advice to your younger self

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    3 hr 30 min
  • I Killed Someone in Self Defense — Then Spent 10 Years in Prison Proving It | Erico Montalvo

    Erico Montalvo grew up in Rhode Island without a father in the picture and a mother too consumed by the streets to be present — and by the time the system found him he had already cycled through juvenile detention multiple times and built an identity that the streets had shaped long before he was old enough to understand where that path was going. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what happened just days after he turned 18 — an accidental altercation with a veteran that turned into a self-defense situation that ended in the veteran's death — and what being charged with murder instead of recognized as a victim of circumstance actually produced over the ten years he spent fighting his case from inside a Rhode Island county jail before finally taking a manslaughter plea deal and accepting a 13 year sentence.

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    #prison #selfdefense #truecrimestories

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    Connect with Erico Montalvo:

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RicoStillMadeit

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ricostillmadeit/

    Website: https://linktr.ee/Ricostillmadeit

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    Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:

    https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en

    https://ianbick.com/

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    Timestamps: 00:00

    Guest Introduction

    00:22 Early Life in Providence

    02:00 Mother's Mental Health & Upbringing

    03:13 Father's Deportation

    05:00 Feeling Like an Outsider as a Kid

    07:36 First Wrong Turns & Finding Identity

    10:31 Gang Culture in Providence

    16:00 Homelessness & Juvenile Detention

    19:27 Getting His GED in Juvenile

    21:00 Sponsor Segment: Factor Meals

    23:07 Turning 18 & a Spiritual Warning

    28:00 Close Calls on the Streets

    30:40 The Night of the Incident

    37:22 Fight, Stabbing, and Escape

    43:03 Learning the Victim Died

    43:50 Realizing the Victim Was a Veteran

    47:00 Hiding Out and Seeking Help

    50:03 Getting Arrested

    52:54 Interrogation & Initially Charged with Murder

    01:00:00 First Lawyer & a Broken System

    01:05:59 Meeting Dawn Huntley, a New Lawyer

    01:09:32 Adapting to Prison Life

    01:13:00 Finding Faith in Prison

    01:21:00 Starting to Turn His Life Around

    01:30:00 Facing a 60-Year Offer

    01:37:00 COVID Stalls the Case

    01:41:00 Considering Trial

    01:49:00 A Shocking Plea Deal: 25 Years with 3 to Serve

    01:55:50 Walking Through the Sentence

    02:03:11 Release and Adjusting to Freedom

    02:08:00 Finding Purpose and New Community

    02:14:20 No Regrets and a Mission

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    2 hr 19 min
  • I Was a Doctor — Then Got Sent to Federal Prison for 14 Years | Rich Morgan

    Rich Morgan graduated from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1998, completed his residency at NYU Rusk Medical Center in 2002, and had everything a decade of medical school and training was supposed to produce — until a common dental procedure exposed him to opioids and changed the direction of everything he had spent his career building. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what the ten year opioid addiction that followed that dental procedure actually looked like, what writing fraudulent prescriptions to pharmacies to fuel his addiction and eventually selling prescriptions to drug dealers actually involved, what getting caught after a customer cooperated with the government actually felt like, and what being sentenced to 168 months in federal prison as a doctor — and navigating the federal system as a Jewish inmate — actually required of him before he was finally ready to rebuild what the addiction and the federal system had taken.

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    #doctor #prison #truecrimestories

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    Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Introducing Rich Morgan

    00:16 Growing Up on Long Island

    01:04 Parents and Early Life

    01:51 Dreaming of Medicine

    02:17 The Incident That Inspired Him

    03:33 Fascination with Fixing

    04:33 Medical Shows and College

    05:31 College and Med School

    06:18 What is a DO?

    08:46 DO vs MD Schooling

    09:57 The Growing Prevalence of DOs

    11:05 Salary and Residency

    12:15 The First Pill

    14:09 The Spiral Begins

    15:12 The First Pill Experience

    17:19 Dentists and Overprescription

    19:30 Writing Himself Prescriptions

    21:39 Life at the Height of Addiction

    23:12 9/11 and Its Impact

    26:10 Sponsor Break: Weight Loss by HIMS

    27:33 No Oversight in Hospitals

    28:56 Pharmaceutical Wild West

    31:16 Self-Image and Dope Sickness

    33:16 Patients and Slipping Up

    38:53 The Deal with a Dangerous Patient

    40:49 Arrest and the Fallout

    44:00 Sponsor Break: Factor Meals

    46:01 Released on Bail

    49:01 Sentenced to 14 Years

    52:32 Why No Manslaughter Charge?

    56:56 The Real Reason for Selling

    58:05 Wife's Reaction and Family Drama

    01:01:50 Comparing Sentences: Jared Fogle

    01:02:39 Meeting Mobsters in Prison

    01:04:33 Father's Support

    01:06:06 First Stop: Transfer to Prison

    01:07:40 Life at Morgantown

    01:12:44 Pedophiles in Prison

    01:16:51 Respect as the Doctor

    01:20:05 Medical Care in Prison

    01:23:24 Jewish Power in the Federal System

    01:27:00 Power of the Jewish Community

    01:28:25 Money and Influence Behind the Scenes

    01:31:03 Taking Advantage of Religious Rights

    01:33:52 Smuggling and Prison Life

    01:37:08 What Happened to His Medical License

    01:43:13 A New Career at His Med School

    01:48:49 A Bad First Date

    01:51:15 Inmate Dating and Visiting Lists

    01:56:40 Final Thoughts and Thanks

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    1 hr 58 min
  • I Was a Tango Blast for 10 Years in Federal Prison — Here's What That World Really Looks Like | Eli44

    Eli44 grew up in Texas, took to the streets at a young age, did his first bid in the Texas Department of Corrections where he joined the Tango Blasts, and then caught a nearly 15 year federal sentence that sent him into federal medium security facilities and federal penitentiaries where he spent nearly a decade navigating the gang politics, the violence, and the disciplinary transfers that define life as a Tango Blast inside the federal system. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what being a Tango Blast inside the federal system actually looks like — the rules, the politics, the violence, and the specific survival mindset that nearly 10 years inside some of the most brutal federal facilities in the country required of him — and what finally getting out and turning his life completely around actually took after everything those years produced.

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    #crimestory #prison #truecrimestories

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    Thank you to FACTOR & HIMS for sponsoring this episode:

    Factor: Head to https://factormeals.com/lockedin50off and use code lockedin50off to get 50 percent off and 1 free breakfast item per box for 1 year, while supplies last until!

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    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thereal_eli44/

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd1XjhE0mMb34j-FwQsez3A/feed

    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thereal_eli44

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    Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:

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    https://ianbick.com/

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Introduction

    00:20 Growing Up in Austin

    01:47 Finding the Streets and Music

    04:21 Early Hustle and First Arrests

    05:59 The Katrina Clash and Carrying a Weapon

    08:00 The Music Scene and Getting Deeper

    10:10 Jack Boys and Robberies

    13:29 Caught with Drugs and a Gun

    15:31 Going to TDC and Getting Initiated

    18:00 Life in the State Prison

    20:00 The Music Blows Up

    22:00 Returning to the Drug Game

    24:04 The Setup and Getting Caught

    34:00 The Arrest and Aftermath

    36:48 The Feds Get Involved

    40:35 Cartel Pressure and Family Threats

    44:00 Federal Sentence and Time in County

    47:59 Life in the Federal Pen

    54:00 The Politics of the Yard

    01:04:00 A Standoff and Stealing an Amp

    01:09:00 The Theft and Its Consequences

    01:13:00 A Show of Force and Diplomacy

    01:20:00 A Fight and a Stabbing

    01:29:00 Spiritual Awakening at Atwater

    01:36:00 The SMU Program

    01:44:00 Meeting Kodak Black

    01:50:00 The Horrors of the SMU

    01:55:00 Texas Syndicate Rivalry

    02:00:00 Life After the SMU

    02:00:04 The SMU Experience

    02:02:30 Coming Home and New Beginnings

    02:04:55 Current Life and Outreach

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    2 hr 11 min
  • The FBI Set Me Up While I Was Running for Mayor — Then I Got Sent To Prison | PG Sittenfeld

    PG Sittenfeld grew up in Ohio in a good family, went to Princeton, worked in nonprofits, and eventually built a three term career on Cincinnati City Council before an unexpected FBI indictment for bribery and extortion — built around an undercover operation he argues never should have produced charges — derailed everything he had spent his career building at the exact moment he was running for mayor. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what the FBI indictment actually looked like, what going to trial and losing some counts actually felt like, what the 16 month sentence and the four months he served inside federal prison actually required of him, and what eventually getting out for appeal, losing that appeal, receiving a pardon from Donald Trump, and then having the Supreme Court rule in his favor actually produced in terms of what he now understands about the federal justice system and the people who run it.

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    #fbi #truecrimestories #ohio #prison

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    Connect with PG Sittenfeld:

    https://pgsittenfeld.com/

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    Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:

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    https://ianbick.com/

    Timestamps:

    00:00 Introducing PG Sittenfeld

    00:18 Upbringing and family life

    04:20 Going to Princeton

    07:20 Moving to England

    09:07 Returning to Cincinnati

    10:40 Running for city council

    14:34 Life as an elected official

    18:26 The FBI investigation begins

    24:50 The cooperating witness

    25:44 The prosecutorial Truman Show

    31:36 The day of the arrest

    44:32 A year and a half to trial

    47:45 The trial and the verdict

    52:00 The inconsistent verdict

    56:20 Jury selection and deliberation

    57:31 Sentencing to prison

    01:01:42 Reporting to prison camp

    01:05:25 Life inside the camp

    01:13:43 The Sixth Circuit ruling

    01:15:31 Shocking early release

    01:19:41 The Supreme Court petition

    01:21:52 Receiving a presidential pardon

    01:26:18 Lessons learned and moving forward

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    1 hr 31 min

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