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Don't click on link, they appear to show the footage that he was trying to sell. I didn't watch the video nor want to, but I don't feel like the site should get any more hits peddling the video. Correct me if I am wrong about the content. Guy is a douche.

Here is what the article says

A jerk in Ohio is being charged for entering a car after an accident and filming the two injured teenage victims, one of whom later died from his injuries, while calling them “idiots” and making no effort to help them.

The two victims, Zachary Goodin and Cameron Friend, both 17, were critically injured, after the driver lost control of the car while crossing railroad tracks and crashed into the side of a tree.

Paul Pelton, the man charged, and nearby neighbors rushed to the scene. As the neighbors were attempting to help the two boys, Pelton opened the back door and leaned into the car to film the boys right after the accident, then later attempted to sell the footage to local media after posting it on Facebook.

In a response video he later posted on Facebook, he says he posted the original footage of the victims because she wanted to “educate” other young drivers about the importance of “not speeding and driving recklessly.”

Lorain Police Detective Buddy Sivert said Pelton only committed a crime when he entered the car without permission. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 30 days in jail and a $250 fine.

“We searched to try to find anything to charge him with,” Sivert said. “It is not a crime to stick a camera where a kid is dying or try to sell it.”
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