Crime Fix with Angenette Levy

The 16 children pulled from the home on Ohmer St. are now in foster care, but information about their conditions has been kept private due to Ohio law. The child endangerment investigation into their parents and grandparents, Gary Siders, Sr., Christina "Lynn" Siders, Gary Siders, Jr,, and Elizabeth Siders, is continuing. But even some Siders family members are raising questions about how this hap...

The attorney representing Gary Siders, Jr., asked the judge presiding over his case to issue a sweeping gag order preventing public officials from discussing it. Judge Laina Fetherolf Rogers signed an order provided by attorney R. Lee Roberts without hearing from the prosecution. The Columbus Dispatch is asking the Ohio Supreme Court to bar the judge from enforcing the order as the attorney for Ch...

Joel Kohnert was a lieutenant with Broward Fire Rescue, and his wife, Jennifer Kohnert, was a stay-at-home mom. The Kohert's life in social media looked picture-perfect. But the state attorney in Broward County, Florida, said the Kohnerts abused their 12-year-old foster daughter for years. And now, the Kohnerts face new charges related to the biological children. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy bre...

The parents of the 16 Siders children found in a home in Vinton County, Ohio, were summoned to court for their children in another county nearly five years ago. The juvenile court in neighboring Gallia County issued truancy complaints involving six of the children after they failed to attend school in 2021. The case was ultimately dismissed after Elizabeth Siders and Gary Siders couldn't be served...

Four members of the Siders family face 16 felony counts of child endangering in Vinton County, Ohio. Elizabeth Siders, 33, gave birth to the 16 children. Questions have surfaced about the births of the children and whether red flags were ignored. Birth records for the children reveal where and how they were born. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy visited Vinton County and shows us the neighborhood wh...

Phillip VanScoy, 32, faces 11 felony charges related to child sex abuse material and tampering with evidence in Marion County, Ohio. VanScoy is a farmer and a married father of three who often quotes the Bible on social media. VanScoy has pleaded not guilty to the charges, but law enforcement is concerned he may have been trying to infiltrate youth groups to gain access to children. Law&Crime'...

The investigation into the Siders' home in Vinton County, Ohio, is moving forward as the mother of the 16 children removed from the home asks the judge grant her release from jail. Elizabeth Siders' attorney has asked the judge to allow her to be released without posting cash bail saying she is indigent. Elizabeth also wants to be reunited with her children, according to her lawyer. Meanwhile, Gar...

A routine cosmetic procedure turned fatal when Hillary Brown tragically died following complications at her husband's medical clinic in Navarre, Florida. Now, plastic surgeon Dr. Ben Brown faces charges of manslaughter by culpable negligence as a tense courtroom battle unfolded over the case's medical examiner. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy breaks down the judge's crucial new ruling on whether th...

Employees at a bar in Key Largo, Florida called the sheriff's office for help in May 2026 for a man they said was drinking while his young daughter was playing in the water. Monroe County Sheriff's body-worn cameras recorded Luis Del Ra Ortiz's encounter with deputies. The video shows Ortiz cursing at deputies as witnesses described what they said happened at the bar. Ortiz faces a number of charg...

Days after her arrest on child endangering charges, new details about the mother of 16 children removed from a house in Vinton County, Ohio, are emerging. Elizabeth Siders, her husband, Gary Siders, Jr., and his parents, Gary Siders and Christina Siders, all face charges related to the conditions the children endured. Records show Elizabeth married Gary Jr. in 2008 and had a baby less than two mon...

Arizona woman Laura Owens was indicted on seven charges after prosecutors alleged she falsely claimed she was pregnant with “Bachelor” star Clayton Echard’s child. Investigators believe Owens used altered ultrasound images and a fake video to try and win him over. Owens reportedly has a history of faking pregnancies and is now wrapped up in a legal battle inside the courtroom. Law&Crime’s Ange...

Sheriff's deputies and state agents found 16 children in a rural Ohio home on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, as they executed a search warrant. The Vinton County Sheriff and the state's Attorney General said the conditions in the home resembled something from a third-world country and one of the children was near death. Gary Siders, Sr., Christina Siders, Gary Siders, Jr. and Elizabeth Siders all face 17...

State agents searched Richard Gallagher's home in A lb uquerque, New Mexico in December 2025 after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about Child Sex Abuse Material or CSAM. Agents said Gallagher admitted to creating the images. Now, Gallagher has pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation charges. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy goes through newly-released foota...

A man called 911 for help from a home in Morris County, New Jersey, and said there was blood everywhere. Chester Township Police and EMT's found Brooke Hanlon, 35, stabbed to death in her home. Hanlon was a therapist and mom to a baby who was less a year old. Now the search is on for the person who killed her as investigators remain tight-lipped about the case. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy goes...

Alex Murdaugh was back in a South Carolina courtroom for the first time in more than two years after the state's highest court vacated his double murder conviction. Murdaugh is accused of the June 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul. Alex is asking the judge to allow unknown male DNA found under Maggie's fingernails to go through advanced DNA testing as he mounts a defense. Law&Cri...

Former New Jersey middle school teacher Ashley Fisler, 36, was already in jail on six counts of aggravated sexual assault. Now a grand jury has added six more charges — including manufacturing child sexual abuse material, possession of CSAM, and pattern of official misconduct. Prosecutors say she sexually abused a former student for years, starting when he was just 12. Law&Crime's Angenette Le...

Haleigh Knight was a nurse who was living a double life as a con artist. In 2024, she set up a Go Fund Me account and proclaimed that she was suffering from pancreatic cancer. The story was a lie. But that didn't stop Knight from posting videos on TikTok claiming she was undergoing chemotherapy. Her victims said she ran other scams, too. Now Knight has learned her punishment for the crime. Law&amp...

Lance Mulonas, 61, and Rosa Tiru Lamourt, 45, are in jail in Volusia County, Florida facing charges related to an incident involving a 16-year-old boy at their home in Deltona. Volusia County sheriff's deputies say the 16-year-old boy dropped off the couple's daughter on Sunday, June 21, 2026, and the couple blocked him in the driveway, held a knife to his throat and waved a gun at him. Law&Cr...

In November 2024, Danielle Rheude, 32, received a call about the urgent hospitalization of one of her twin daughters, aged 4 months. Rheude's fiancé, Andrew Kammerer, was later charged with murdering baby Evelyn Kammerer and injuring her twin. Then detectives in Goshen, Ohio, reviewed cell phone evidence and turned their investigation toward Rheude. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy goes through Dani...

Chad Essert, 44, is back in Ohio to answer to 70 felony charges involving allegations that he had sexual contact with a girl in a Young Marines program. Deputies in Pinellas County, Florida, took Essert into custody on a warrant. Essert had been on leave from his job as police chief of the village of Bethel. Now he's entered a plea, and his attorney is denying the allegations. Law&Crime's Ange...

Jason Kinsey was a newborn baby who died seven days after he was born in September 2025. Jason died after police in Markle, Indiana, said his father left him unattended while playing video games and the family's pit bull mix, Chomp, attacked and killed him. Now, nine months after Jason was killed, six of his family members have been charged in connection with his death. Law&Crime's Angenette L...

Rex Heuermann, the confessed Long Island Serial Killer, is going to prison for the rest of his life for the horrific murders of seven women over 17 years. Heuermann pleaded guilty to seven murders and admitted to an eighth. Families of his victims spoke about their loved ones before the judge sentenced him and blasted Heuermann's lack of remorse. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy goes through the sen...

Rodney Harrison was the Suffolk County Police Commissioner who was instrumental in building the Gilgo Beach Task Force that identified Rex Heuermann as the murderer of eight women on Long Island over a nearly 20 year period. Heuermann will be formally sentenced on June 17, 2026 to several consecutive life sentences. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy talks with Harrison about the case, the victims and...

Chad Essert, 44, is the police chief of Bethel, Ohio. But years before that, Essert worked as an instructor for the Young Marines program. During that time, the Clermont County prosecutor says Essert groomed a girl who was taking part in the program and had sexual contact with her from 2005 to 2010. Now, Essert faces 70 felony charges related to the allegations. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy look...

Makala Pendley was a mom of seven who was pregnant with her eighth child. In February 2026, an Indiana Children's Services case worker reported Makala and her seven children missing. On June 8, Makala's body was found in a ditch in Mexico. The father of her children has been arrested for her murder. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy talks with Makala's uncle in this episode of Crime Fix — a daily sho...