Crime Fix with Angenette Levy

Minutes after news broke that legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, had been murdered in their home theories about the case began to crop up online. Some theories included linking the murders to Reiner's political activities and others to speculation about his family life. The quick arrest of the Reiners' 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, put some of the chatter to rest but so...

Former Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines was in court Thursday as a special judge was set to consider a list of pending motions in his murder trial for the shooting death of Judge Kevin Mullins. The Commonwealth has asked for a change of venue and Stines was hoping to be granted bail. But special Judge Christopher Cohron adjourned the hearing just as it began only saying that it was important t...

The cause and manner of death for Christopher Scholtes have been determined by the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office. Scholtes was scheduled to surrender to court officials in Pima County in November after pleading guilty to 2nd degree murder in the death of his daughter, Parker. Parker died in July 2024 after Scholtes left her in a hot car in their driveway. But on November 5, Scholtes fa...

Miami Police are trying to figure out how Dr. Helen Garay Sanchez ended up dead in the freezer of a Dollar Tree store. Social media posts reveal that Garay Sanchez was a mother of two and a doctor visiting her father in Miami from her native Nicaragua. Employees at a Dollar Tree store in the Little Havana neighborhood found her body in the freezer of the store on the morning of Sunday, December 14...

Darci Lambert and Jordan McGuire are charged with first-degree murder in the death of their daughter, Locklynn McGuire. On November 18, Darci returned home from work and heard noises coming from Locklynn's room. She later checked on her and found that their pit bull, Ella, had killed Locklynn. Oklahoma City Police said Jordan McGuire told them he locked Ella in the room with Locklynn because Ella...

Benjamin Naylor thought he was getting a visit from a “Secret Santa” on December 3. But the man who showed up at his workplace was the head of “Predator Poachers.” The organization conducts stings with people members meet online. Now Naylor, 31, faces a number of charges in Cincinnati, Ohio related to child sex abuse material. Law&Crime’s Angenette Levy talks with the head of Predator Poachers...

Christina Formella faces more than 50 felony charges related to allegations that she groomed and sexually abused a teenage boy when she was a special education teacher at South Downers Grove High School in Illinois. Following her arrest in March, the DuPage State's Attorney said his office was aware of one sexual encounter between the boy and Formella in her classroom. At a hearing in June, prosec...

Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, appeared in court for the first time Thursday, December 11. Robinson was wearing civilian clothes as his family appeared in court to support him. Before court began, Robinson adjusted his tie and smiled and laughed as he spoke with his attorneys. Lawyers representing the media are asking for access to a transcript...

Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding is accused of running one of the largest cocaine operations in the world. Wedding competed in the Olympics for Canada in 2002. But the FBI said in 2011 he started a cocaine ring that grew to one of the largest in the world and led to the murder of a government witness. The feds have released a new photo of Wedding in the hope that someone will turn him along...

Two-year-old Locklynn McGuire was killed last month when Oklahoma City Police said the family's pit bull, Ella, attacked her in her bedroom and mauled her to death. Police say Locklynn's father, Jordan McGuire, put her in her bedroom with Ella and locked her in the room with the dog despite the dog attacking her earlier that month. Now Jordan and Locklynn's mother, Darci Lambert, face a first-degr...

Trinity Poague was acquitted of the most serious charge of malice murder in the death of baby Jaxton Dru but found guilty of two counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated battery and one count of cruelty to children. Poague, a former beauty queen, had been accused of beating JD to death in her dorm room. JD was the son of Poague's on-again, off-again boyfriend, Julian Williams. Law&am...

Justin and Amber Hicks had just moved into their dream home in Acworth, Georgia in 2021 when a man broke in an murdered them. The Hicks' two-year-old son was found in a dirty diaper, covered in their blood. Detectives determined that a neighbor, Matthew Lanz, had broken into the home and killed the Hickses. Lanz was 22 at the time. A judge recently found him guilty during a bench trial and sentenc...

Samantha Strable became internet-famous for all of the wrong reasons. The hunting influencer, who goes by Sam Jones online, sparked international outrage last Spring when she took a baby wombat from its mom for a selfie in Australia. The prime minister wanted her barred from the country. Now Strable is being accused of lying about being a resident of Wyoming so she could hunt elk, bear and antelop...

Award-winning art teacher Nikki Baird was celebrated as a “Teacher of the Month” and a beloved figure in her Kansas school community. But detectives say the image she crafted was a facade. Baird now faces four felony charges accusing her of grooming a student for years and engaging in unlawful sexual relations while he was still in school. Inside the affidavit: handwritten love notes and alleged e...

Tara Palmieri, 19, was charged with a felony county of fleeing and eluding a New Smyrna Beach, Florida police officer in October. The officer tracked down Palmieri at a house nearby. Palmieri's father can be heard talking to her on the officer's body camera, telling his daughter that she has an attitude and that likely led to her being placed in handcuffs. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy goes throu...

Laura Owens, 35, has pleaded not guilty to 14 felony charges including perjury, tampering with evidence and fraudulent schemes and artifices related to allegations she lied to two men about being pregnant with their babies. Owens was scheduled to go on trial in January 2026 on charges related to her claiming she was pregnant with former "Bachelor" Clayton Echard's child. But the trial has now been...

Yezmar Ramos-Figueroa,22, was a physical education teacher at Cross Pointe Christian Academy until last October. Osceola County Sheriff's detectives said the school fired Ramos-Figueroa after they discovered she was sexting with a 13-year-old student. Detectives said they found texts and photos on the teen's phone where Ramos-Figueroa told him to "stick to his story." Law&Crime's Angenette Lev...

Morgan Geyser, 23, is back in Wisconsin after her arrest in Illinois. Geyser is accused of cutting off her GPS monitoring ankle bracelet and leaving a group home in Madison where she had been living following her conditional release from a mental health institution. Now, Wisconsin's Department of Health Services is asking a judge to revoke her conditional release. A hearing is set for December 22....

Lisa Singh faces two felony charges of Indecent, Lewd or Lascivious Touching of Certain Minors in Duval County, Florida. Sheriff's detectives say Singh kissed a teen boy in September, forced him to touch her breasts and threatened to harm him if he told anyone. Singh is part of a contest to become a centerfold for Maxim magazine. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy goes through the specifics of the all...

Chasity Worrick was going to a food bank with three of her children on Veterans Day when a man tied to a car theft and shoplifting at Dick's Sporting Goods punched her in the face and tried to steal her car. Police in Grove City, Ohio were already chasing the suspect and his friends when Worrick's 5-year-old son, Aidan, chased the man who punched her. The entire ordeal was recorded by surveillance...

Blanca Simpson first met Alex Murdaugh through his family's law firm. But then she started working for him and his family as a housekeeper and became good friends with Maggie Murdaugh. After Maggie, and her son, Paul Murdaugh, were murdered in June 2021, Simpson became a witness in the trial. She also took Maggie's prized dog, Bubba, who played a pivotal role in Alex's murder trial. Now Simpson is...

Amanda Greger, 37, faces charges of child endangering and tampering with evidence after police said a one-year-old baby girl in her care suffered a brain bleed and other serious injuries. The baby, identified as Layla, was left with Greger while her mother worked an overnight shift on November 9. Prosecutors in Clermont County, Ohio said the mother returned home and found blood on the walls and he...

Morgan Geyser, 23, was approached by police at a truck stop in Posen, Illinois Sunday night as she slept on the sidewalk with a friend. Video from an officer's body-worn camera shows Geyser's reluctance to give her name. Geyser is accused of cutting off her GPS ankle bracelet and running away from a group home in Madison, Wisconsin. She and Anissa Weier stabbed one of their friends in 2014 to impr...

Morgan Geyser, 23, was living in a group home after her conditional release from a mental health facility where she was being housed following her involvement in stabbing of her friend in 2014. Madison Police said Geyser cut off her GPS monitoring bracelet and walked away from the group home in Wisconsin on Saturday, November 22. Geyser was captured in Posen, Illinois the following night at a truc...

Chris Smith went on a first date with Leslie Reeves in November 2021 and doesn't remember one moment of their encounter. Smith lived in rural Illinois and awoke in a hospital bed weeks later. Prosecutors would later say Reeves' ex-boyfriend, Bobby Tarr, broke into Smith's home and shot him in the head and Reeves. Reeves did not survive but miraculously Smith recovered. Law&Crime's Angenette Le...