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The Crime Wire Weekly is hard-hitting, thought-provoking look at this week’s most compelling news headlines in the world of crime. Hosted by award winning hosts Kelly Jennings and Jim Chapman and
Executive Produced by Envision Media Production.
Enjoy new full-length episodes every Friday with occasional breaking crime news throughout the week.
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Today we cover a major Florida undercover operation resulting in hundreds of arrests and charges, along with cases involving alleged attempts to exploit children and a Louisiana man accused of a fatal stabbing attack. We also discuss a deadly Learjet crash, a passenger accused of threatening to hijack a flight, and several Halloween-related crimes, including a shooting at a Spirit Halloween store and the sentencing of three brothers convicted of sexual assaults.Other cases include a mother accused of abandoning her young daughter, assaults at a haunted attraction, and alleged assaults involving police officers and children. We close with reports on a prison escape in Tennessee and a Florida homeowner accused of killing two roommates.Timestamps00:31 Plane Crash, Polk County Sting, and Halloween Crimes01:39 Polk County’s 281-Arrest Sting Operation08:00 Quadruple Homicide in Terrebonne Parish12:42 Fatal Learjet Crash in Palm Beach24:32 Flight Diverted Over Hijacking Text32:10 Public Pool Indecency and Dinosaur Assault37:17 Alexander Brothers Sentenced for Sex Crimes41:51 Mother Accused of Abandoning Her Children45:38 Haunted Attraction Supervisor Charged With Assault49:55 Fugitive Search and Police K-9 Encounter56:25 Soap Punishment Leaves Child Injured1:00:45 Shooting at a Spirit Halloween Store1:04:05 Escaped Murderer Sparks Multi-State Manhunt1:09:30 Roommates Killed in Ice Cream Dispute1:13:34 LSU-Bama ShowdownVIDEO VERSION OF CRIME WIRE WEEKLY ON PATREON can be found via either link below: Exposed PatreonUnspeakable Patreon
This week’s episode is packed with wild headlines: a Louisiana woman loses $10K to a Bon Jovi impersonator scam, Boosie Badazz’s son gets arrested for robbery, and a New Jersey school teacher is busted for prostitution. We also cover the sentencing in the Faith Hedgepeth case, a man arrested after a diaper-wearing tantrum, a police officer who stole a dead man’s identity, and a pregnancy fraud scheme tied to The Bachelor. Plus, an Ohio man is convicted of killing an officer to avenge his son’s death, a Missouri man shoots his girlfriend in the hospital, a look back at President McKinley’s assassination 125 years later, and more chaotic stories in Overtime.Timestamps02:16 Louisiana Woman Loses 10k to Bon Jovi Scam.05:50 Boosie Badazz Son Arrested for Robbery.12:33 New Jersey School Teacher Arrested for Prostitution.16:15 Faith Hedgepeth Killer is Sentenced.22:49 Man Arrested For Diaper Wearing Tantrum *Lustful Lawbreakers*29:43 Police Officer Steals Dead Mans Identity.33:46 “The Bachelor” Pregnancy Fraud Scheme.36:01 Ohio Man Who Killed Officer to Avenge Son’s Death Convicted.39:24 125 Years Since President McKinley’s Assassination *True Crime Time Machine*42:49 Missouri Man Shoots Girlfriend in Hospital.45:55 Trick or Treat Halloween Game - Overtime 52:54 Convicted Man Caught with Unthinkable in Jail. - Overtime
We open with a man extradited to Louisiana after an investigation into the online exploitation of an Acadiana child—including allegations he tried to push the minor toward demise. From there we head to Alabama, where a man is accused of using a chainsaw to kill his grandmother and aunt inside their home, then turning a court appearance into its own spectacle. Former University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling has been sentenced in the case of her newborn son, whose body was found in a closet; she previously admitted in court that she “ended his life.”DNA technology finally closes a long-dormant West Virginia sexual assault and abduction cold case. A maintenance worker is caught on a nanny cam going through a tenant’s underwear drawer. Two 15-year-old girls in California are arrested after authorities say they spent months researching and plotting a school shooting. The man who appeared on The People’s Court with his then-fiancée is charged in her 2011 disappearance and murder.In Florida, a man is accused of shooting his girlfriend outside a bar and then running her over while his young daughter and the family dog were present. In our Lustful Lawbreakers segment we cover the domestic dispute that started over a missing sex toy and ended with both parties in handcuffs (before they reconciled). And we close with the Montreal woman killed in her apartment while she was on a work Zoom call with colleagues—her attacker now charged with first-degree murder.Timestamps02:16 Online Predator Extradited to Louisiana12:50 Alabama Chainsaw Double Murder15:33 Mental Illness, Violence, and Accountability22:15 Laken Snelling Sentenced in Newborn’s Death33:49 A Decade-Old Murder Solved38:43 Maintenance Worker Caught Violating a Tenant’s Home45:46 Teen Girls’ School Shooting Plot Foiled50:01 The People’s Court Killer Arrested54:24 Girlfriend Murdered in Front of Her Child58:49 Lustful Lawbreakers: A Missing Dildo1:03:55 Montreal Murder During a Video Meeting1:06:54 Tragic Accident During Ecuador Mass1:10:47 Mother Fights Off Home IntruderVIDEO VERSION OF CRIME WIRE WEEKLY ON PATREON can be found via either link below: Exposed PatreonUnspeakable Patreon
We start with a Baton Rouge man facing charges after his 92-year-old father was found beaten to death inside the family home—despite a protective order already in place from a prior assault. Then we head to the Poconos, where a mother has been charged in the double homicide of her husband and 3-year-old son inside a Great Wolf Lodge hotel room. Authorities say she called for help afterward, telling responders she wanted to be with them. From there, the stories only get stranger. A Brazilian man is planning to remarry the wife who severed his penis after she learned he cheated on her—and he’s using compensation money from the incident to fund the wedding and a prosthesis. In Florida, an ICU nurse was arrested after a patient’s family member watched her siphon fentanyl from an IV bag she wasn’t even assigned to. In our Lustful Lawbreakers segment, a FaceTime call that started one way ends in charges and exposure. We dig into the newly released 911 recordings from Christa Pike’s botched execution attempt in Tennessee, which reveal delays, code confusion, and a prison call initially dismissed as false. Actress Selma Blair is in the news after an alleged in-flight meltdown that left flight attendants injured and led to assault charges—her team points to a medical emergency and missed medication.We also cover the final moments of Florida inmate James “Chicken-Head” Robertson, executed after he killed his cellmate specifically to land on death row. When asked for last words, he kept it short. In International Indiscretions, German police seize a humanoid robot after it allegedly groped a teenage girl outside a fast-food restaurant while the incident was livestreamed. And a Florida woman’s Instagram beef escalates into a nightclub fight involving a snatched necklace and a bite. Overtime brings the Goliath roller coaster tragedy at Six Flags Over Georgia, where a beloved local teacher was ejected from the ride and fell to his death; an 84-year-old Louisiana man’s explosive arrest after investigators say he was manufacturing and selling homemade devices near a school (Elderly Outlaws); a jet ski sexual assault case; and the San Diego chef who was quietly running a kitchen for years under an alias before U.S. Marshals caught him as a long-time Iowa fugitive wanted in a kidnapping and shooting.Timestamps05:00 Man to be Charged in 92 Year-Old Father’s Beating Death.12:00 Mother Charged in Double Homicide at Great Wolf Lodge.16:00 Man to Re-Marry Wife Who Severed His Penis.21:00 Florida ICU Nurse Arrested for Siphoning Fentanyl.26:22 When FaceTime Sex Goes Bad   *Lustful Lawbreakers*32:00 Crista Pike’s 911 Recordings Paint Story.39:00 Selma Blair Had a Fit on a Flight.44:00 The Last Words of “Chiken-Head” Prior to Execution.48:00 Humanoid Robot SA Claim  *International Indiscretions*52:11 Florida Woman’s Instagram Beef Leads to Arrest. OVERTIME57:00 Goliath Roller Coaster Death.01:02:00:45 84 Year-Old’s Explosive Arrest *Elderly Outlaws*01:07:01 Jet Ski SA01:11:02 Chef Caught After Years on the Run.VIDEO VERSION OF CRIME WIRE WEEKLY ON PATREON can be found via either link below: Exposed PatreonUnspeakable Patreon
In Baton Rouge LA,  A City Hall bathroom becomes a crime scene, Gypsy Rose Blanchard says her partner died of an overdose on his birthday, and Tennessee’s botched execution of Christa Pike leaves lawyers saying she may never recover.  Gypsy Rose Blanchard tells reporters she believes Ken Urker overdosed in Raceland, Louisiana, on his 34th birthday. Deputies found drug paraphernalia and a handgun at the scene. The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office says it has found no evidence of foul play, and toxicology is still pending.Christa Pike’s lawyers say the Tennessee death-row inmate may never fully recover after a failed lethal injection in which multiple needles were used and two doses of pentobarbital did not stop her heart. She remained critically ill under guard. Governor Bill Lee paused the rest of the year’s executions. An Iowa substitute teacher, Stephanie Mullaley, is fired after an administrative law judge finds she offered students extra credit for cash donations to a personal GoFundMe tied to her education goals.She is later denied unemployment. Lustful Lawbreakers follows a construction worker whose workplace fantasy crosses the line. International Indiscretions tracks a cocaine case in which the evidence on the shelf turns out to be flour. A self-described demonologist posts private information online and learns the internet does not forget. President Trump approves a U.S. Army firing squad for Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 in the 2009 Fort Hood attack. It would be the military’s first execution by firing squad since World War II. True Crime Time Machine goes back to October 9, 2002, and the execution of Aileen Wuornos, the Florida serial killer whose final statements still fuel the debate over the death penalty. DNA confirms remains found by a fisherman along Brushy Creek in Montague County, Texas, belong to Fort Worth flight attendant Rana Nofal Soluri, missing since March 2025. Her former roommate, Dennis Day, is already charged with murder.Overtime: a Georgia man walks out on a Red Lobster bill, and a New York man’s death on the subway is as shocking as the video that followed it.Timestamps05:00 Baton Rouge Man Booked in City Hall SA Case.10:00 Gypsy Rose Blanchard Says Partner Ken Uker OD’ed 16:00 Christa Pike Lawyers Say She May Never Recover From Botched Execution.20:00 Iowa Teacher Fired After Extra Credit Offered for GoFundMe Donations.24:22 A Construction Workers Dream   *Lustful Lawbreakers*30:00 Cocaine Evidence Swapped For Flour *International Indiscretions*34:11 Self Described “Demonologist” Posts Private Info Online.37:44 Trump Approves Firing Squad in Fort Hood Shooter Case.41:13 The Execution of Aileen Wuornos  *True Crime Time Machine*50:00Flight Attendent’s Remains Found After a Year Long Search. OVERTIME55:00 Georgia Man Skips Out on Red Lobster Bill.57:45 New York Man’s Death On Subway Is Shocking.VIDEO VERSION OF CRIME WIRE WEEKLY ON PATREON can be found via either link below: Exposed PatreonUnspeakable Patreon
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