Latest / Crime Stories with Nancy Grace / Crime Alert 02.29.24

Transcript

Crime Alert 02.29.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Crime alert, I mean see grace breaking crimemes now. David
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: Steinmanz says Paul Brennan had been like a father to
• 0:07
  Speaker 1: him during the time. Brennan was married to his mom,
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: Laurie Steinmetz, but that did not keep twenty nine year
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: old David Steinitz from shooting both mom Laurie and stepdad
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: Paul Brennan.
• 0:20
  Speaker 2: Nancy police found the couple unresponsive around nine am outside
• 0:23
  Speaker 2: their home in Little Swamaco, Wisconsin. Investigators immediately suspected David
• 0:28
  Speaker 2: Steinmetz because of his contemptuous relationship with Brennan that had
• 0:31
  Speaker 2: brought them out to the home on several occasions. Steinmetz
• 0:34
  Speaker 2: admitted to the murderer, saying he was high on meth
• 0:36
  Speaker 2: and hadn't slept for five days when he opened fire
• 0:39
  Speaker 2: on the victims in their front yard. Steinmetz pleaded no
• 0:42
  Speaker 2: contest to two intentional homicide charges.
• 0:45
  Speaker 1: Steinman sentenced to two life sentences without possibility of parole.
• 0:51
  Speaker 1: Bryce and burglar ransacks at Pennsylvania home, making off with
• 0:54
  Speaker 1: a staggering haul. Investigators revealed the suspects thatch jewelry and
• 0:58
  Speaker 1: silver dollars a mind boggling two quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars.
• 1:04
  Speaker 3: But here's the kicker.
• 1:05
  Speaker 1: Those bills are practically worthless, valued at only ten dollars
• 1:10
  Speaker 1: each as collectors items due to hyper inflation in Zimbabwe.
• 1:16
  Speaker 1: The thief also manages to pocket thirty bucks lease change. Okay,
• 1:21
  Speaker 1: have fun with that Zimbabwe and money. More crime and
• 1:24
  Speaker 1: justice needs after this. Now with the latest crime and
• 1:29
  Speaker 1: justice breaking news Crime Onlines John Lemley, a.
• 1:32
  Speaker 3: Grand jury in Arizona's most populous county has indicted a
• 1:36
  Speaker 3: man in connection with the stabbing deaths of two women
• 1:39
  Speaker 3: in the Phoenix area. The suspect also connected to the
• 1:43
  Speaker 3: death of a woman at a New York City hotel room.
• 1:46
  Speaker 3: We turned now to Sydney Sumner with Crime Online for more.
• 1:50
  Speaker 2: Twenty six year old rod Almonsori was charged with two
• 1:53
  Speaker 2: counts each of attempted first degree murder, aggravated assault, an
• 1:56
  Speaker 2: attempted sexual assault. He was also charged with one count
• 1:59
  Speaker 2: each of attempted armed robbery and theft of a means
• 2:02
  Speaker 2: of transportation. This according to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office,
• 2:06
  Speaker 2: the direct accusations that were brought last week against Almonsori
• 2:09
  Speaker 2: have been replaced with grand jury indictments. Almonsori is believed
• 2:13
  Speaker 2: to have stabbed an eighteen year old woman in the
• 2:15
  Speaker 2: neck at least three times in a McDonald's ressroom in
• 2:18
  Speaker 2: the City of Surprise, Arizona. Almonsori has been identified by
• 2:21
  Speaker 2: Phoenix police as a suspect in the assault on a
• 2:24
  Speaker 2: woman who was stabbed in her car there the day before,
• 2:26
  Speaker 2: although the women who were attacked in Arizona both survived.
• 2:29
  Speaker 2: Almonsori is being investigated by New York police for the
• 2:32
  Speaker 2: murder of a woman in that city. Earlier in February,
• 2:35
  Speaker 2: employees discovered Denise Olius Erncibia's body on a hotel room floor.
• 2:40
  Speaker 2: A broken clothes iron was discovered close to her body,
• 2:43
  Speaker 2: and police say that blunt force injuries to the head
• 2:45
  Speaker 2: were the cause of her death. Our friends with the
• 2:47
  Speaker 2: Arizona Republic newspaper have revealed that at a hearing, City
• 2:51
  Speaker 2: of Surprise police detective Jeremy Goebel testified that Almonsori had
• 2:55
  Speaker 2: informed him he planned to kill and rape sex workers
• 2:58
  Speaker 2: as well as members of his own family. Goble also
• 3:01
  Speaker 2: testified that Almonsori told him how he attempted to kill
• 3:04
  Speaker 2: Olias Ornciba at the hotel because he believed she had
• 3:07
  Speaker 2: cheated him. On time by showing up late for scheduled
• 3:10
  Speaker 2: paid sex. He choked her, stomped on her head, and
• 3:13
  Speaker 2: covered her head with a sock in an effort to
• 3:15
  Speaker 2: suffocate her.
• 3:16
  Speaker 3: Dakota Johnson, the defense lawyer for Almonsari, stated that his
• 3:20
  Speaker 3: client has a history of hearing voices and has received
• 3:24
  Speaker 3: a schizophrenia diagnosis. According to a federal lawsuit, staff members
• 3:29
  Speaker 3: at Wyoming State Youth Detention Facility repeatedly strapped one teen
• 3:34
  Speaker 3: in a restraint chair for up to twelve hours a day,
• 3:37
  Speaker 3: laughed at another while withholding the leg brace he required
• 3:41
  Speaker 3: for his disability, and locked others in solitary confinement for
• 3:45
  Speaker 3: weeks at a time. Once again Crime Online Sidney Sumner.
• 3:49
  Speaker 2: While most other states are restricting or outlawing teens solitary confinement,
• 3:54
  Speaker 2: the Wyoming Boys' School is accused of committing abuses that
• 3:57
  Speaker 2: coincided with several state financial cuts that orse the closure
• 4:00
  Speaker 2: of a portion of the facility. The case, which was
• 4:03
  Speaker 2: filed in US District Court in Casper, claims that solitary
• 4:06
  Speaker 2: confinement is partially detrimental to the growing brains of teen inmates.
• 4:10
  Speaker 2: According to the complaint brought by three former inmates, against
• 4:14
  Speaker 2: the Wyoming Department of Family Services Wyoming Boys School intended
• 4:17
  Speaker 2: the facilities personnel, including Superintendent Dale Weber, teens may develop
• 4:22
  Speaker 2: permanent psychological problems like paranoia and anxiety as a result
• 4:26
  Speaker 2: of the practice. One former inmate suing the institution claims
• 4:29
  Speaker 2: that he was restrained for up to twelve hours a
• 4:32
  Speaker 2: day for two weeks at that time, with his hands, stomach,
• 4:35
  Speaker 2: and feet buckled. This resulted in an attempted suicide and
• 4:38
  Speaker 2: long lasting psychological damage. The complaint also claims that facility
• 4:42
  Speaker 2: staff removed a leg brace that one inmate needed due
• 4:45
  Speaker 2: to a birth deformity. They made fun of the way
• 4:47
  Speaker 2: he walked and nicknamed him a clown and zombie because
• 4:51
  Speaker 2: of his disabilities. As a result, the lawsuit claims he
• 4:54
  Speaker 2: now needs reconstructive leg surgery to correct the damage.
• 4:57
  Speaker 3: Spokesperson Clint Haynes with the Wyoming Department of Family Services,
• 5:01
  Speaker 3: which is in charge of the Wyoming Boys' School, says
• 5:04
  Speaker 3: that his office denies the lawsuits accusations of misconduct.
• 5:09
  Speaker 1: Thanks Chom. Naziah Harris, just thirteen, gets off for school
• 5:12
  Speaker 1: bus Detroit, Michigan, January nine, and has not been seen since.
• 5:17
  Speaker 1: Naziah lives with Grandma and Nat Harris, who reports from
• 5:20
  Speaker 1: missing the next day. Police conduct extensive helicopter and canine
• 5:25
  Speaker 1: searches and several search warrants issued. No trace of Naziah.
• 5:30
  Speaker 1: Police interview suspects, no arrests. Crime Stoppers offering over two
• 5:35
  Speaker 1: thousand dollars reward for info leading to Nazia's whereabouts. If
• 5:39
  Speaker 1: you have info on Naziah Harris just thirteen, please contact
• 5:44
  Speaker 1: Detroit Police three one, three, five nine six two two
• 5:48
  Speaker 1: six zero or crime Stoppers eight hundred. Speak up for
• 5:54
  Speaker 1: the latest crime injustice needs, go to crime online dot
• 5:56
  Speaker 1: com with this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace.