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Arizona elected official charged with alleged adoption scheme

An elected official in Arizona is in jail and charged with more than 60 felonies for allegedly running a multi-state adoption scheme. Prosecutors says Paul Petersen preyed on pregnant women from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific and lured them to the U.S. He allegedly promised them up to $10,000 to give up their babies for adoption. Nikki Battiste reports.
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