Crime Fix with Angenette Levy - Dad Set Fire To Murder His 3 Children: Police

Episode Date: December 19, 2024

Pedro Luis Parra Pulgar is accused of trying to murder his three children by setting a fire at their home in Fulshear, Texas in November. Sgt. Brandon Moseley of the Fulshear Police Department pulled one of the sons — a three-year-old — from the burning home and he was taken to the hospital. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy talks with Sgt. Moseley about the rescue in this episode of Crime Fix — a daily show covering the biggest stories in crime.PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOW: Download the FREE Upside App at https://upside.app.link/crimefix to get an extra 25 cents back for every gallon on your first tank of gas.Host:Angenette Levy  https://twitter.com/Angenette5Guest:Sgt. Brandon Moseley https://www.facebook.com/FulshearPoliceCRIME FIX PRODUCTION:Head of Social Media, YouTube - Bobby SzokeSocial Media Management - Vanessa BeinVideo Editing - Daniel CamachoGuest Booking - Alyssa Fisher & Diane KayeSTAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LAW&CRIME NETWORK:Watch Law&Crime Network on YouTubeTV: https://bit.ly/3td2e3yWhere To Watch Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3akxLK5Sign Up For Law&Crime's Daily Newsletter: https://bit.ly/LawandCrimeNewsletterRead Fascinating Articles From Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3td2IqoLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wondery Plus subscribers can binge all episodes of this law and crimes series ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. I hear him, I hear him, go. I hear him, I hear him. He's going back there. A police officer springs into action, pulling a child from a burning home. The boy's own father accused of setting that fire to try to kill him and his brothers. That officer is here to tell us about the rescue and I'll tell you

what charges the dad faces. Welcome to Crime Fix. I'm Anjanette Levy. I see a lot of videos in this business and this video that I'm going to show you makes my heart skip a beat, maybe even two. Back on November 6th, police in Fulshire, Texas, that's 35 miles west of Houston, got a call about a fire. When police got there, they found a house on fire and two teenage boys were outside and they told the officers that their younger brother was still inside. Can you imagine? Take a look. Come on, buddy. You best. You best. Now, the little boy that you saw Sergeant Brandon Mosley pull from the house was just three years old.

He was suffering from smoke inhalation. Thank goodness now he's okay. An investigation led to the arrest of 46-year-old Pedro Luis Parapolgar. Parapolgar is now charged with three counts of attempted murder and arson. He's accused of trying to murder his three children. According to his indictment, Polgar starts a fire by placing an open flame to an ignitable substance, knowing that the habitation was subject to a mortgage or other security interest, namely a mortgage. The police chief has previously said that Parapulgar poured gasoline around the house before setting that fire.

Here's Pulgar's mugshot. You can tell he has burns and he looks absolutely terrible. He suffered injuries during that fire and stayed in the hospital for a time, but was then booked into the Fort Bend County Jail. He's being held now on a $2.3 million bond. ICE, that's Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, has also placed a hold on him. The governor of Texas has even weighed in on Parapelgar's arrest. Greg Abbott posted on X earlier this week, he better spend the rest of his life behind bars. I want to bring in Sergeant Brandon Mosley of the Full Shear Police Department. So tell me, Sergeant Mosley, take me back to November 6th. And when you get that call, what happened? Well, I was training somebody who had just recently joined the police department.

And me being in the field training capacity. I'm sitting in the passenger seat when the call drops and it's, the call comes in as an assist agency with the fire department. We, we check by with them on various calls often. So I'm not thinking anything more than, you know, what I ended up encountering, but yeah, so, you know, we, we hit to the call and, you know, when we get to the, the residents, we, we, you know, I mean, you can see the smoke coming from a mile away and we normally would just,

you know, kind of help with the perimeter and let fire do their thing. But, you know, when, when we first got there, there were two people outside and I overheard them say that they believe their sibling was still in the house. And that's what got me to, along with assisting officers, check the perimeter of the house. I want to tell you about Upside. It's a free app that gets you cash back on things like gas, groceries, and restaurants. This is real cash back. It's money that appears in your Upside app that you can transfer straight into your bank account. I used Upside when I went to Dunkin' Donuts recently for a cup of tea. I claimed an offer for Dunkin' on the app, paid as usual using a card, and followed the steps and got cash back.

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That's promo code CRIMEFIX for extra cash back. So you can see the smoke, you said from a mile away. So this is a serious I mean, it's a serious fire had been going probably for a little bit before you got there and you show up. And it's my understanding these were teenagers or, you know, older children. And they think their sibling, I mean, who's a three-year-old boy is still inside. I mean, my gosh, take me then to that moment because I read that you are a dad. So you're thinking to yourself, not only as a police officer, but probably just as a good human being and a dad, oh my gosh, there's a kid in there. Yeah. I mean, you know,

it's just, it's, it's our job as well. I mean, I'm in police mode, so to say. So, uh, you know, I, at that time, I don't really reflect on my own, you know, personal circumstances with my kids, but, uh, um, but you know, obviously when someone's life is potentially in danger, we're there to act and and you know it's our responsibility so that's just what i'm doing uh but yeah we um we checked the perimeter luckily fire had broken a lot of the windows it's uh you know with their standard procedures on a house fire and so because of that i was able to hear a small whimper through a bedroom window when we were checking. And it was, I believe that the child was in and out of consciousness because I was there for a little bit, didn't hear anything.

Kind of went back in a split second. I mean, just heard just a very, very small sound. So faint that when I replay my body camera it won't pick up on the camera so it's just something i guess me being in person um with how faint it was you know we just luckily we were able to hear it um when i heard the whimper you know i'm not thinking i'm going into helping somebody so that's just what I did. Crawled through the window, removed, I believe, some type of bicycle or toy that was on top of them off and picked them up and passed them through the window to my coworkers. Wow.

So you thought he was in and out of consciousness. And I know that also I read that the boy had suffered from some smoke inhalation. Yes, ma'am. So do they think that maybe he was sleeping at the time that the fire started or just couldn't get out of the house, or maybe he was fearful and was hiding, something like that? Yeah, I don't think that we really know a lot of those details. I'm not sure if he was sleeping or not.

I just know I found him on the bedroom the bedroom floor i didn't find him in the bed but um i i don't know how long he was in there i know i was only in there for a couple seconds and and i felt horrible the rest of the week because of it so i can only imagine what he went through um and but yeah so um where was dad when this was going on? Because we saw, you know, the mugshot, obviously he was injured. He's accused of setting the fire. I know you can't go into details about that part of the investigation. Was he in the house?

Was he outside the house? Yeah, he was still in the house. At the time I was helping this child out, we didn't know where he was. We had no information that he was in the house. We, at the time, um, I was helping this child out. We didn't know where he was. We had, uh, no information that he was in the house. We had no contact with them. Uh, it was later on in the scene that, uh, fire personnel were able to locate him and pull him out of the house. And was he conscious? Do we know? Uh, yes, ma'am. I believe he was subconscious. Okay. You were able to then meet up with the boy again. So tell me when that happened. Yeah.

You know, I reached out to the parent and make sure that he was okay. We've had a good, good communication back and forth. And, and she, she let me know when he was out of the hospital. I said, you know, if you wouldn't mind, I'd like to buy him, you know, some type of toy and meet him again. And so she arranged for that to happen. It was pretty awesome. She brought him up to the police department.

I bought him some little remote control car. And it was just good to see him in that kind of state. You would never have thought that he he had he didn't look anything like what he looked on my body camera um he was he looked completely healthy looked good i didn't know that he received a full bill of health and um and it was just good to to see him um in that light versus uh you know what i had experienced with him on the sixth did he remember you i mean did he um voice any type of like memory about what happened or was he maybe just so out of it at the time and he just thought oh i'm gonna go i get to go meet a police officer i mean he's a

three-year-old kid he's a little boy i think i think it was more he was interested in meeting a police officer i i would imagine he probably wouldn't remember a lot with the state he was in when we found him. So, but I'm not sure. I don't know how much he remembers or not, but I do know he was excited just to be around police officers, especially when he found out he was getting a gift as well. So. Did you let him at least sit in the cruiser and maybe like, you know, do something with the sirens or anything like that? No, no, we, we did. We were unable to get that far. I know they had other responsibilities that day.

So I was just lucky that she was able to fit us in their schedule, but yeah, no, he, he was awesome. It was fun. It was almost, you know, I was doing something for him, but I guess subconsciously it was almost something good for me as well. I just I wanted to make sure he was healthy. I wanted to put my own eyes back on him. And and so, you know, that that helps, you know, close the chapter in our book as well on this end. So, yeah, definitely. So how are mom, mom and the little boy and then the older siblings? They're all doing OK now. Yeah. The last I've talked to her, they're they're all doing okay now yeah the last i've talked to her

they're they're all good and happy and you know they're very thankful for for our services and and um you know that whole family's been very supportive and you know any any time anyone supportive of of police officers and first responders is something, you know, we definitely appreciate. Yeah, definitely. Well, thank goodness that you were there. And, you know, I know that you sprang into action as you would, because this is your job. But really, you know, that little boy is very fortunate that you were there. Sergeant Brandon Mosley, thank you so much for coming on. I really appreciate it. Yes, ma'am. Thank you for giving us the opportunity. Let's take a look again at that body camera footage of Sergeant Mosley rescuing the little boy. I hear him. I hear him. Go.

Are you here? I got him back here. We have him. I got you. Come here. We got him. Back up. We got him.

Back up. I got him. I got him. I got him. I got him. I got him. Come on, quick. Give it to me. We got the kid. Back up. We got the kid. Back up. I got him. I got him. Get him. Go, go, go. I got him. I got him. I got him.

Come on, buddy. Come on, buddy. You best. You best. And that's it for this episode of Crime Fix. I'm Ann Jeanette Levy. Thanks so much for being with me. I'll see you back here next time.