Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 02.03.23

Episode Date: February 3, 2023

Armed Robber barricades himself from police. Woman tries to sneak drugs to an inmate. For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an iHeart Podcast. Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking crime news now, Nathan Rowell robs a gas station at gunpoint then takes off on foot. Rowell, 34, breaks into a homeowner's detached garage and barricades himself inside. Colorado cops alert neighbors, warning them to stay indoors and away from their doors and windows. Nancy, evidence gathered at the gas station tied Roel to the robbery, as well as several others in the area over the last few months. Roel, a parolee at the time of the robbery, has been convicted of eight prior felonies that combined

held a sentence of nearly 41 years in prison, much longer than Roel actually served. Roel tries to run, but he's blocked by a cop perimeter and arrested for ag robbery, burglary, menacing and theft. Janice Johnson visits Nicholas Rice in an Alabama prison and brings several

protein drinks to the convicted fentanyl dealer. Medical staff suspect the bottles have been tampered and testing reveals they contain meth, marijuana, and suboxone, a medication used to treat opioid addiction. Rice allegedly arranged for the delivery that contained 24 grams of meth, 24 grams of marijuana, an unknown amount of suboxone, and a battery. Nancy Johnson was taken into custody during a hearing for Rice and both

are now staying in the same prison. Both Johnson and Rice now charged with conspiracy to commit controlled substance crime. More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Limley. A New Jersey woman who was recently elected to her borough council has been found shot to death in an SUV parked outside her home. 30-year-old Sayreville Borough Councilwoman Eunice Jumfor was found around 7.20 p.m. Wednesday. She had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Jumfor was elected to her first three-year term in 2021 when she ousted an incumbent. Authorities have not arrested anyone for the shooting or released the names of any suspects or a possible motive for the attack. Sayreville, a borough of roughly 45,000 people, is about 30 miles south of Manhattan. Two South Carolina men are facing hate crime and obstruction offenses following the murder of a transgender woman. According to the recently unsealed five-count federal indictment, Daquah Ritter is accused of fatally shooting dime dough in Allendale August 4, 2019. And along with obstruction, Xavier Pickney is also accused of providing

faults and misleading statements to law enforcement in connection to the case. Ritter's hate crime charge alone carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, and the obstruction charges for both Ritter and Pickney is at most 20 years. An ex-gynecologist convicted of sexually abusing hundreds of patients has been ordered to spend the next two months in jail as he awaits sentencing. After hearing statements from some of the victims during the bail hearing, U.S. District Judge Richard Berman tersely shot down defense attorneys seeking to allow the doctor, Robert Haddon,

to remain free while awaiting an April sentencing hearing. Haddon had worked at two prestigious Manhattan hospitals until complaints about his attack shut down his career a decade ago. The 64-year-old Haddon was convicted last week after less than a day of deliberations at a two-week trial, in which nine former patients described how he sexually abused them during examinations when they were most vulnerable. Israeli police have arrested an American tourist after he allegedly knocked down and broke a statue of Jesus in a church in Jerusalem's Old City.

Images on social media show the statue horizontally on the floor after apparently being pulled down from a stand at the church. The incident occurred in the Church of the Flagellation, which is located on the Via Dolorosa, the route believed to have been walked by Jesus to his crucifixion. Police say they made the arrest with the assistance of a church security guard. Video on social media shows a man sitting atop the alleged vandal who is heard saying, you can't have idols in Jerusalem. This is a holy city. Police say the man's mental health

is being assessed. Brittany Reynolds, 35, breaks into a North Dakota church, removes her shirt and shoes, then dumps potted plants in the building and rips down a statue of Christ that falls to the floor and shatters. When cops spot Reynolds exiting the church, she tries to run, but she's arrested on criminal mischief, still topless, and suspected to be on drugs. For the latest crime and justice news, go to CrimeOnline.com. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. This is an iHeart Podcast.