The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Man Steals Car During Sobriety Test Then Gets Tracked Down By Airtag
Episode Date: October 2, 2024Charlamagne Tha God Gives Donkey of The Day To A Man Who Steals Car During Sobriety Test Then Gets Tracked Down By AirTag. Listen For More!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions,
but you just don't know what is going to come for you.
Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love.
I forgive myself.
It's okay.
Have grace with yourself.
You're trying your best.
And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing.
Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before.
Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app,
Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Niminy here.
I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called
Historical Records.
Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman,
Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop.
Flash, slam, another one gone.
Bash, bam, another one gone.
The crack of the bat and another one gone.
The tip of the cap, there's another one gone.
Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history,
like this one about Claudette Colvin,
a 15-year-old girl in Alabama
who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.
Check it.
Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records.
Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise.
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Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, 1974.
George Foreman was champion of the world.
Ali was smart and he was handsome.
The story behind The Rumble in the Jungle is like a Hollywood movie.
But that is only half the story.
There's also James Brown, Bill Withers, B.B. King, Miriam Akiba.
All the biggest black artists on the planet.
Together in Africa.
It was a big deal.
Listen to Rumble, Ali, Foreman, and the Soul of 74
on the iHeartRadio app,
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your podcasts.
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a pro hockey veteran going on my
10th season in New York. And I'm
Anya Packer, a former pro hockey player
and now a full Madison Packer stan.
Anya and I met through hockey, and now
we're married and moms to two awesome toddlers, ages two and four. And we're excited about our new podcast, Moms Who Puck,
which talks about everything from pro hockey to professional women's athletes to raising children
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Hey, everyone. This is Courtney Thorne-Smith, Laura Layton, and Daphne Zuniga. On July 8,
1992, apartment buildings with pools were never quite the same as Melrose Place was introduced to the world. We are going to be reliving every hookup, every scandal, and every single wig removal together.
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Donkeys of the day, I'm Charlamagne.
I'm a Democrat, so being donkey of the day
is a little bit of a mixed question.
So like a donkey, be home.
Donkey of the day. a little bit of a mixed question. So like a donkey. Donkey of the Day.
The Breakfast Club,
bitches. Now I've been called
a lot in my 23 years, but Donkey
of the Day is a new one.
Donkey of the Day from Wednesday,
October 2nd goes to a 39-year-old man
from St. Paul named Kyle Van Wert.
Now I'm going to tell you something. Times is hard
out here. Okay, there's a very
wide gap between the haves and the have-nots. That's why all these politicians need to remember these wise
four words from James Carville. And those words are, it's the economy, stupid. That's it. Nothing
more, nothing less. People want to know how you're going to put more money in their pocket and people
want to know how you're going to keep them safe. It's that simple. If you're talking about how I
can save money, if you're talking about how you can make my bills lower, if you're talking about how I can save money, if you're talking about how you can make
my bills lower, if you're talking about me being able to afford a nice vacation every now and then,
you are talking my language. And you know another thing money can buy that we don't talk about
enough? What? Transportation. Okay, people want to be able to afford a dependable set of wheels. I'm
not talking about no Bentley, Phantom, Range Rover. No, we're not chasing luxury cars. We're sticking
to the non-luxury cars that we're used to.
The Fords, the Hondas, the Nissans, the Kias.
Folks just want a reliable set of wheels to get them from A to B.
We take that for granted in our society.
There is someone out there listening to me right now who can't afford a car.
They're waiting for public transportation right now.
They're waiting for somebody to get them a ride.
They're watching people drive by, dreaming of one day owning that 2013 Toyota Avalon
you take it for granted.
Okay, and this is how we get to Kyle Van Wert.
See, there was a woman who got pulled over in St. Paul
and the officer thought she needed a sobriety test.
So as the officer was giving the woman a sobriety test,
there was a man named Kyle.
And Kyle was sitting there at a nearby bus stop
minding his business, daydreaming of the
day. He don't have to ride public transportation anymore, praying for the blessing of a Nissan
Altima. Okay. He just wanted him a nice little premium car. And he sees this woman getting a
sobriety test as he's sitting at the bus stop. He starts thinking to himself, look at this woman,
possibly drunk and driving, mismanaging the blessing of a car, and then a voice told Kyle another person's mismanagement of a blessing is an opportunity to show God
what you would do if you had said blessing.
And then this happened. Let's go to NBC11 for the report, please.
As part of the statewide Toward Zero Deaths Enforcement focused on arresting impaired drivers,
a St. Paul police officer pulled over a woman he says was speeding,
driving a Lincoln Navigator at about 6 p.m. Sunday. And according to a criminal complaint,
when the officer began field sobriety testing, a completely unrelated man who was sitting on a nearby bus stop bench got into the driver's seat of the woman's car. Police say the man was 39-year-old
Kyle Van Wert, who has a long history of minor crimes involving drugs and theft. Before the the woman's car. The woman was driving a car that was parked in the middle of the street. The woman was driving a car
that was parked in the middle
of the street. She was driving
a 29 year old Kyle Van Wert,
who has a long history of minor
crimes involving drugs and
theft. Before the officer could
stop him. Court papers say Van
Wirt sped away in the woman's
SUV. Let's go. He drove away in
the Lincoln Navigator. The
woman told police her iPhone
and other electronics were
still inside. So using the iPhones Find me app, the woman was able to help police track it. to Apple Valley, where they found the iPhone apparently tossed out the window by the thief.
But little did he know that the woman
still had an Apple AirTag dangling from the keychain.
Oh.
They found the SUV, chased it,
and finally arrested Van Wert.
What part of Grand Theft Auto mission is this?
Kyle was sitting at the bus stop
waiting for somebody to be drunk,
be too drunk to notice their car's missing.
OK, and he jumped right in and stole it. That's not even criminal behavior.
That's just opportunistic stupidity. OK, Kyle, even though I'm giving you the credit you deserve for being stupid.
I see your vision. OK, I can understand what you did there.
You at the bus stop, this woman getting a sobriety test in your mind, in your mind.
You was like, if I had the blessing of a car, I would never drive drunk.
But you got to wait on the Lord, Kyle.
You got to wait on Jesus.
Have patience and wait for the things you want most.
Don't chase it.
Don't run after it.
Please don't steal it.
If God wants you to have it, he will give it to you.
Amen.
You can't take it.
And that's what Kyle did.
And you heard in the news report, he didn't get away simply because the young woman had an Apple AirTag inside her vehicle.
Not to mention, everything is a tracking device nowadays.
You heard the news report.
The woman left her phone and other electronics in the car.
He threw it out the window, but she still had the Apple AirTag on her keychain.
Also, I need to say, the woman did not get a DWI.
St. Paul police said she was not over the legal limit.
But guess who was?
Kyle.
Damn it, man.
Kyle was high and on drugs.
Police just waiting on his blood test to come back.
And as you heard in the news report,
he has a history of drugs and theft.
Wouldn't surprise me.
Wouldn't surprise me at all.
If you steal a car in the middle of a sobriety test
while the police are right there,
then it's safe to say it's probably you who needs the sobriety test.
Please give Kyle Van Wert the sweet sounds of the Hamilton's.
You are the donkey of the day.
You are the donkey of the day
He aimed a little too high, too.
What you mean?
Yeah, you don't do that with the Lincoln Navigator.
You got to stay with the premium vehicles.
You know what I'm saying?
Stay with the premium vehicles.
Like Altima?
Nissan.
Yeah, yeah.
Nissan, Altima, Maxima.
You know, Toyota, Camry. You know Altima? Nissan. Yeah. Nissan, Altima, Maxima, you know, Toyota,
Camry, you know,
Avalon. Like, stay right in that range.
You want to play a game? Nope.
I want to play a game. I don't know what race he is.
I really don't. Oh. I have no idea.
Can we guess and then just Google it?
I don't know. Can we go? If you can pull up his picture. Party pooper? Pull up his picture.
I don't know. I really have no idea what race he is.
Oh, I'm lying. I do.
What I'm talking about?
Okay.
Let's play a game.
Do we really need to play a game?
You feel like it's a shoe-in?
I mean, all right, I guess.
His last name is Van Wert, guys.
Kyle Van Wert.
So he white?
Yes.
I don't think that means a game.
You was thinking black at first? Yeah, I was a little. I was thinking a little black at first. think that means a game. You was thinking black at first?
I was thinking a little black at first.
I was thinking a little black at first too.
Yeah, a little five.
Why?
Why?
Just was.
No.
The way the story went.
Why?
Tell me more.
Tell me more.
I don't have to.
Go ahead.
Tell us why.
Identify as a cat right now.
I'm just a meow.
Ask me a question.
Go ahead.
Nope. Meow me a question. Go ahead. Nope.
Meow.
All right.
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Early in the morning.
The Breakfast Club.
As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions,
but you just don't know what is going to come for you.
Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love.
I forgive myself.
It's okay.
Have grace with yourself.
You're trying your best.
And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing.
Alesha Keys, like you've never heard her before.
Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app,
Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Hey, y'all.
Nimany here.
I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records.
Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman,
Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop.
Flash, slam, another one gone.
Bash, bam, another one gone.
The cracker, the bat, and another one gone.
The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history.
Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama
who refused to give up her seat on the city bus
nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.
Check it.
Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records.
Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise.
Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app,
Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories,
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Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, 1974.
George Foreman was champion of the world.
Ali was smart and he was handsome.
The story behind The Rumble in the Jungle is like a Hollywood movie.
But that is only half the story.
There's also James Brown, Bill Withers, B.B. King, Miriam Akiba.
All the biggest black artists on the planet.
Together in Africa.
It was a big deal.
Listen to Rumble, Ali, Foreman, and the Soul of 74 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Hey, everyone.
This is Courtney Thorne-Smith, Laura Layton, and Daphne Zuniga. On July 8th, 1992, apartment buildings with pools were never quite the same
as Melrose Place was introduced to the world.
We are going to be reliving every hookup, every scandal, and every single wig removal together.
So listen to Still the Place on the iHeartRadio app,
Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.