Locked In with Ian Bick

Dusty Turner was granted parole in January 2026 after spending more than 30 years behind bars for a murder he has always maintained he did not commit. Growing up in a military family, Dusty achieved his dream of becoming a Navy SEAL at just 19 years old and joined SEAL Team 4 in Virginia. But in 1995, one night in Virginia Beach changed the course of his life forever, setting off a chain of events that would take him from one of the most elite military units in the world to an 82-year sentence in Virginia state prison. More than three decades later, Dusty is finally out and telling the complete story of what happened that night, the decisions that followed, the evidence that emerged years later, his fight for freedom, and what it feels like to rebuild his life after losing more than 30 years behind bars.
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#prison #wrongfulconviction #navyseals #truecrimestories
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Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:
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Timestamps:
00:00 Framed for Murder
00:37 Growing Up in Bloomington
01:04 A Normal Childhood
02:53 Parents' Careers
03:06 Military Influence at Home
04:02 Choosing the Military Path
05:01 No Regrets About Career Choices
06:19 Boot Camp in Orlando
07:30 Special Boot Camp for SEAL Wannabes
08:22 Why I Wanted to Be a SEAL
10:10 The Water's Pull
11:40 SEAL Reputation in the 90s
14:24 Choosing a Specialty: Photography
16:07 Photography in the SEAL Teams
17:41 Developing Photos and Finding Art
18:44 Straight to BUD/S
19:52 Memories of BUD/S
22:28 Betrayed by the Navy
24:06 Holding Onto BUD/S Memories
26:18 Did SEAL Training Prepare Me for Prison?
27:24 Graduating BUD/S
28:49 Army Airborne School
29:55 Joining SEAL Team 4 at 19
30:58 SEAL Team 4's Mission
31:02 Probationary Period and Training
32:46 The Day Before Arrest
33:26 Ordered to Tell the Truth
35:25 What I Witnessed
37:36 The Night of the Murder
40:00 Meeting Jennifer
41:04 Billy's Anger and the Confrontation
43:19 Fateful Circumstances
45:06 The Attack
46:48 Billy's Violent History
50:20 My Partner, a Psychopath
52:21 After the Murder
55:41 Duty Bound to Protect Him
57:20 No Conflict in My Actions
58:34 Driving Away and Leaving the Body
01:00:30 The Weight of the Burden
01:01:01 Billy's Callous Words
01:02:22 News Reports and Pressure
01:03:04 Decision to Report
01:04:00 The Polygraph Test
01:06:30 Relieving the Burden
01:09:48 Arresting Billy Brown
01:10:56 Helping Find the Body
01:11:28 My Own Arrest
01:13:33 If I Knew It Was My Last Night
01:15:17 Mistakes and Regrets
01:17:54 Life in County Jail
01:18:52 Calling My Parents
01:20:37 Meeting My Attorney
01:21:56 No Plea Deal
01:22:54 Separate Trials
01:23:46 Evidence Against Me
01:24:49 Testifying at Trial
01:26:42 My Lawyer's Performance
01:28:45 Prosecutors Knew the Truth
01:29:31 Arrest to Sentencing
01:30:29 Life Sentence
01:31:37 Billy's Confession
01:32:35 Abandoned by the SEALs
01:34:25 The Judge's Bias
01:35:07 First Prison: Buckingham
01:36:20 Learning to Adapt
01:37:48 Navigating Prison Culture
01:40:45 First Impressions and Treatment
01:42:40 Did People Believe My Story?
01:45:28 Expecting Early Release
01:46:39 The 2008 Writ of Actual Innocence
01:48:13 Appeals and the Single Word
01:49:22 The Word: Restraint
01:53:01 Supreme Court Overturns Release
01:54:24 Feeling After the Overturn
01:55:28 Contacting the Victim's Family
01:56:59 Life Forever Altered
01:59:39 A Parole Board Member's Courage
02:01:00 Becoming Parole Eligible
02:04:16 What Haunted Me Most
02:09:10 What Kept Me Alive
02:11:02 First Day of Freedom
02:14:11 Who Stuck By Me
02:15:21 Family Losses
02:16:27 Reclaiming Lost Senses
02:19:06 Hardest Adjustments
02:21:20 Parole Conditions and Fear
02:21:53 How to Help
02:26:13 Staying Positive
02:27:34 What Good Came From This
02:29:25 Final Thoughts and Veterans Work
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Laquan Rouse grew up in New Jersey associating with gang members without ever joining, was a star athlete who had every reason to believe sports would define his future — until he got shot three times his senior year of high school and had to decide who he was actually going to become. He straightened his life out and became a New Jersey correctional officer, spending three years working the floor inside Trenton State Prison and other New Jersey facilities where he earned respect from inmates, witnessed corrupt guards, and accumulated funny stories and hard truths. Then he walked away voluntarily — and is now sharing why.
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#CorrectionalOfficer #PrisonGuard #PrisonStories #TrueCrime #NewJersey
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Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:
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Timestamps:
00:00 Crazy Smuggling Story
00:14 Meet Laquan Roose
00:37 Growing Up in Jersey City
01:13 Family and Upbringing
02:00 Only One in Law Enforcement
02:35 Views on Cops as a Kid
03:04 High School Troubles
04:36 Switching Schools
05:01 Family in Education
05:26 Why Getting Into Trouble?
06:00 Dad's Work Ethic
07:19 Struggle vs. Discipline
08:00 Getting Shot
08:51 Gang or Personal Beef?
10:49 Out at 2 AM
12:18 The Shooting Details
14:30 Hospital and Family
15:27 The Pursuit Continues
16:36 Getting Help
17:33 Wanting Revenge
19:45 Cops Investigate
20:17 Leaving the Hospital
22:03 No Retaliation
23:33 Parents Want Cooperation
24:18 Back to School and Football
27:46 Normal for the City?
28:50 Block Culture
29:18 Family Gang Involvement
29:48 Avoiding Gangs
31:03 Junior College
31:57 Impact of Environment
32:14 Protecting Younger Brother
34:01 Fixing the Community
35:13 Sponsor: Factor
36:52 After Junior College
37:27 Getting into Corrections
39:05 The Pay
39:38 Family Reaction
40:52 The Academy
42:14 Training Scenarios
44:04 Fighting Training
44:19 Dropout Rate
44:48 First Prison Experience
46:00 Super Cops
46:47 Street Guys Turned COs
47:08 Being a Chill Cop
47:25 Trenton State Prison
48:28 First Witnessed Events
49:24 Keeping Things Under Wraps
50:21 Nothing to Lose
52:55 Earning Respect
55:50 Transfer to Rahway
56:11 Past Follows You
56:55 Friend Serving 75 Years
58:39 How Other Officers Treated Him
01:00:13 Corruption Among Officers
01:01:21 Fetty Wap Situation
01:03:41 Young Officers and Old Heads
01:04:07 Respected Inmate: Snowball
01:05:52 Handling Snitches
01:08:00 Craziest Check-In
01:10:58 K2 and Its Effects
01:15:41 Cell Searches
01:17:07 Strangest Things in Cells
01:19:35 Cell Phones in Prison
01:20:42 Food and Contraband
01:23:48 Officer Downtime
01:25:36 Cell Assignments
01:26:34 Shift Differences
01:27:36 Control Over Inmates
01:29:08 Sex Offenders
01:31:19 Worst Part of the Job
01:32:30 Squat and Cough
01:33:51 Female Officers Hookups
01:35:11 Max B Encounter
01:35:21 Expecting a Long Career
01:35:48 Why He Left
01:42:48 Life After Resigning
01:43:43 What He Does Now
01:44:42 Misconceptions About Prisons
01:46:04 Why Experience Both Worlds?
01:48:00 Final Thoughts
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Michael L. Burge grew up in North Carolina and Virginia, watched his parents split, was a good kid overall — skipped college, started working, got caught up with the wrong crowd, started robbing houses and businesses, and received a 17 year sentence in the North Carolina state prison system that took him in at 23 years old and handed him back to the world at 40.
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#northcarolina #truecrimestories #prisonlife
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Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:
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Timestamps:
00:00 Facing 40 Years
00:51 A Turbulent Childhood
02:55 The Custody Battle
05:08 Losing Contact with Mom
10:20 Moving to Charlottesville
14:14 Reuniting with Family
16:09 High School Years
21:56 Love and Switzerland
25:00 The Robberies Begin
31:20 The Arrest
36:42 The Robberies in Detail
41:04 The Cost of Crime
44:57 Family Reactions
47:20 Facing the Sentence
52:24 No Snitching
55:22 Thinking of Victims
56:54 First Day of Prison
01:01:00 Life in Max Security
01:03:45 The Weight of Time
01:08:06 Rock Bottom
01:10:32 A Life-Changing Book
01:12:24 Why Prison Changes People
01:15:50 The Bad Days
01:19:07 Hurricane Helene
01:25:54 Giving Back Inside
01:28:30 The Purpose of Programs
01:30:30 Watching Others Go Home
01:33:34 Fear of Reentry
01:37:37 The First Day Out
01:43:53 Hardest Adjustments
01:46:29 Dating After Prison
01:49:24 Making Amends
01:51:55 Facing Judgment
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Jason Keller became a criminal defense attorney in Arizona, developed addictions to drugs and alcohol that compromised every professional boundary available, took on clients who were members of the New Mexican Mafia, and eventually crossed the single most alarming line available for an officer of the court — smuggling drugs and cell phones into prison for the same clients he was supposed to be defending — before getting caught and receiving a sentence of over six years inside the Arizona state prison system he had spent his career navigating from the other side of the courtroom.
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#mexicanmafia #arizona #truecrimestory #prisonstory #lawyer
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Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro: A Lawyer's Fall
00:34 Early Life and Legal Beginnings
03:10 Career as a Public Defender
05:43 Early Career and Private Practice
08:36 The Path to High-Profile Clients
12:39 Blurring Lines and Rationalizing Wrongs
15:04 The Plea Bargain System
20:46 First Drug Use and College Life
24:01 Addiction in the Family
26:30 Why Criminal Defense?
30:52 The Best Trial Attorneys
33:11 Respect for Public Defenders
38:42 Why the DUI Wasn't a Wake-Up Call
42:39 Life on Probation and Relapse
46:00 Treatment and the Road to Sobriety
52:00 A Moment of Clarity
54:00 Facing the Bar and Moving Forward
57:00 Drug Use in Daily Life
01:01:02 Did You Hurt Clients?
01:08:26 The Story of the Arrest
01:11:44 The Paperwork and the Heroin
01:21:03 Addiction and Decision-Making
01:23:50 Saying No and the Fallout
01:26:56 The Phone Request and Intimidation
01:31:44 Living in Fear and Paranoia
01:35:38 Getting the Phone In
01:38:48 The Charger and the Arrest
01:41:12 The Arrest and Bond
01:44:19 Family Reaction and the Fallout
01:46:56 Judge Takes Him Into Custody
01:49:41 Fear of the Mexican Mafia
01:52:00 The Second Case and Father's Involvement
01:56:00 Plea Negotiations and New Prosecutor
02:00:00 The Deal Falls Apart
02:04:00 Sentencing and Prison Time
02:06:36 The Extra Years
02:09:00 Punished for Not Cooperating
02:11:48 Life in Prison
02:16:12 Surprising Lessons from Prison
02:20:56 Good People in Prison
02:24:20 Re-Entry and Rehabilitation
02:25:25 Total Time Served and Reflection
02:27:23 Meeting His Wife and Telling His Story
02:28:48 Family and Children
02:30:56 Speaking Out and Helping Others
02:34:58 What He Knows Now
02:37:02 Gratitude and a New Life
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Officer Wayne James studied criminal justice and psychology in college, always knew he wanted to work in law enforcement, and has spent four years as a correction officer at Nassau County Correctional Center — building a firsthand understanding of prison politics, inmate behavior, and the specific daily reality of what life inside a county correctional facility actually looks like from the officer managing it. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what his upbringing gave him that protected him from going down the wrong path, what working inside Nassau County Jail really looks like, what prison politics and the culture behind slashings actually involve, what the difference between working with male and female inmates actually requires of an officer, and what building genuine respect from inmates actually looks like from the person who has to do it every single shift.
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#correctionalofficers #nassaucounty #truecrimestories #prisonguard
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Connect with Wayne James:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officer_waynejames/
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Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:
https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction to Officer Wayne James
00:33 Growing Up in a Two-Parent Household
01:47 Martial Arts and Discipline
02:17 The Importance of Structure
02:58 Early Dream of Law Enforcement
04:07 Degrees in Sociology and Pre-Law
05:48 Applying Education on the Job
07:14 Balancing Professional Distance and Respect
08:38 Sharing Personal Background with Inmates
10:32 The No-Snitching Trap
13:02 Defining Snitching vs. Self-Preservation
14:56 The Cost of Not Taking a Deal
15:56 Discovering Snitches in Jail
16:29 Path to Corrections
17:24 Starting at Age 28
18:52 Nassau County Correctional Facility Overview
20:55 One Person Per Cell Policy
21:00 Safety Benefits of Single Cells
23:26 Countering the Buddy System Argument
25:16 Classification Issues in Prisons
27:21 Building More Prisons vs. Reform
28:29 Open Dorms and Gladiator School
29:51 The Culture of Slashing
31:05 Prison Politics and Rules
33:31 Psychology of Claiming Phones
34:18 Why Not More Phones?
36:34 Awaiting Trial and Conviction Rates
37:31 Court Accuracy in Bail Decisions
38:56 Genuinely Bad People
39:59 Encounter with an MS-13 Leader
41:21 Interacting with Violent Offenders
42:24 Fear and Self-Defense
43:52 Officers Killed by Inmates
45:07 Power Trips and Bad Officers
47:44 Female Officers Supervising Males
50:55 Female Inmate Charges and Behavior
52:00 Evil in Women vs. Men
53:39 Wrongful Convictions and Evil Acts
54:13 Central Park Five and Prison Trauma
55:29 Shower Safety and Surveillance
56:33 Need for Standardized Prison Operations
58:03 Overtime and Officer Safety
59:04 Why Not Hire More Staff?
59:55 Pay and Overtime Addiction
01:01:19 Consequences of Refusing Overtime
01:01:44 Notable Inmates: Nicki Minaj's Brother and Fentanyl King
01:03:43 Respectful Dangerous Inmates
01:05:11 Sharing Meals with Inmates
01:07:12 Chess and Double Homicide
01:08:31 Everyone Is One Accusation Away
01:10:45 Talented Inmates and Narrow Minds
01:13:30 Learned Helplessness and the Doll Test
01:15:45 Historical Oppression and Inferiority
01:16:50 Parenting as the Root Solution
01:18:12 Challenges of Single Parenting
01:20:15 Leaving Corrections for Policing
01:21:47 Inmate vs. Incarcerated Individual
01:24:29 Parenting as the Overall Solution
01:25:59 Should Police Work Corrections First?
01:27:43 Final Thoughts and Book Promotion
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