Crime Fix with Angenette Levy

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...

Derek Rosa, 15, is scheduled to go on trial in January 2026 for the gruesome murder of his mother. Rosa called 911 in 2023 and told the 911 dispatcher that he stabbed his mother, Irina Garcia, to death, according to Miami-Dade County prosecutors. Now new, grisly details about what Rosa allegedly said and did before and after the crime are coming out in newly-filed court documents. Law&Crime's...

Christopher Millwater was found stabbed in the heart and lungs on November 10 in the parking lot of the Stony Brook Yacht Club on Long Island. In the months before Millwater was murdered, his ex-girlfriend, Kacy Corso, posted on Facebook about him calling Millwater a "grave robber" and accusing him of vandalizing a memorial. Now Corso and her new boyfriend, Victor Panebianco, are accused of corner...

Laura Owens, 35, faces 14 felony charges related to allegations she faked pregnancies and lied about them under oath. The charges involve two men in Maricopa County, Arizona. Owens appeared in court this week to answer to new charges but her attorney withdrew from the case. Now taxpayers will fund Owens defense. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy goes over the latest in the case and the evidence in th...

Dwain Hall, 53, faces murder and kidnapping charges in the death of Sonia Exelby. Exelby traveled to the Gainesville, Florida from the United Kingdom on October 10. Concerned family members reported her missing because they feared she was vulnerable and traveled to the U.S. to meet people who would kill murder her at her request. Detectives with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said they...

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was on a livestream with YouTuber Jack Doherty on Sunday night when four people allegedly broke into his home and held his mom against her will. 6ix9ine, whose legal name is Daniel Hernandez, wasn't home at the time but a security camera recorded the incident. The home invasion happened days before Hernandez is scheduled to be sentenced for violating his supervised, federal...