Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 02.07.23

Episode Date: February 7, 2023

Driver hits bicyclist, stabs him dead. Purdue professor busted on drugs, soliciting. For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to an iHeart Podcast. Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking crime news now. Michael Mamone riding in the Pacific Coast Highway bicycle lane when Van Roy Smith crashes into him from behind. Smith, 39, then gets out of the vehicle and stabs Mamone repeatedly. Crime Online's John Limley. Nancy bystanders had to pull Smith off of the injured biker and restrain him until police arrived.

Authorities are unsure of the motive behind this brutal attack, but witnesses described hearing Smith muttering about white privilege before stabbing Mamone. Smith's ex-wife told police she was afraid of Smith as his behavior became more erratic during a custody battle over their twin daughters. Mamone dies of his injuries. California cops recover a knife and a BB gun when they arrest Smith on use of a deadly weapon and murder. Purdue professor Sergei Marcharette reported for approaching women offering money in exchange for sex.

Indiana police look into the reports and identify multiple victims, also learning the award-winning author is dealing meth on campus. Macharet became a professor at the university in 2014, teaching aeronautical and astronautical engineering. Nancy Masharette was placed on leave and barred from campus following his eventual arrest. A plainclothes police officer made contact with Masharette to gather evidence before pulling his car over several days later. Masharette, 65, arrested during a traffic stop, charged with dealing meth and unlawful proposition. More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Limley. A teenager was fatally shot at a county fair in a rural part of Florida known for its annual rodeos.

Sydney Sumner is with Crime Online. The Arcadia Police Department says that the shooting of the 17-year-old boy at the DeSoto County Fair on Saturday appeared to be an isolated incident and there was no further threat to the public. The gunman hadn't been caught by midday Sunday. Because of the fatal shooting, the DeSoto County Fair Association closed the midway Sunday and said the only events taking place would be a livestock grooming contest and a junior Miss DeSoto County pageant. The pageant would be limited to contestants, exhibitors, and family members. Arcadia is

located almost 90 miles southeast of Tampa. Two abducted children who had been missing from Missouri for almost a year have been found in a Central Florida grocery store with their non-custodial mother, who was taken into police custody. Christy Gilley was arrested last Wednesday on an out-of-state fugitive warrant. Court records show 36-year-old Gilley remained in jail on Sunday. High Springs police officers found Gilly and the two children in a Winn-Dixie supermarket after running a routine vehicle tag check that indicated the vehicle's owner was a fugitive. High Springs is located about 22 miles northwest of Gainesville, Florida. The children had been missing from Clay County, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City, since last March. Authorities have arrested and charged

two suspects in connection with an alleged plot to attack the power grid in Baltimore, Maryland. Once again, Crime Online's Sydney Sumner. The suspects, who were identified as Sarah Beth Clendaniel of Maryland and Brandon Russell of Florida, are accused of conspiring to shoot at energy substations in Norrisville, Reisterstown, and Perry Hall. According to our friends at WJZ-TV, the FBI says it views the suspects as, quote, racially or ethnically motivated extremists. The arrest comes several months after a number of law enforcement agencies warned of vandalism incidents targeting power substations in North Carolina as well as Washington State, which knocked out electricity for tens of thousands of customers and raised concerns

about the stability of the U.S. power grid. Senators who want to impose tougher penalties when U.S. airlines strand or delay passengers say they might finally be able to turn their ideas into law because of outrage over debacles like the one at Southwest Airlines in December. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Edward Markey of Massachusetts say they will again offer a, quote, passenger bill of rights that would, among other things, allow customers to file class-action lawsuits against airlines and legislation to limit airline fees. A trade group for the largest U.S. airlines issued a blistering

attack on the legislation. Both the passenger rights and airline fee proposals from longtime critics of the airline industry have floundered in the past, and they lack support so far in the new Congress. But the lawmakers argue they can succeed this time by attaching their ideas to must-pass legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration. Neighbors call Florida police after hearing a loud argument coming from next door. Officers hear a woman scream, so they kick in the door. Kevin Mayorga tries to force the door back shut, but cops use a taser to subdue him inside. They find a woman unharmed but in distress.

Why? Because Mayorga bit the head off her pet python during the argument. Mayorga 22 now charged with resisting officers and animal cruelty. For the latest crime and justice news, go to crimeonline.com. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. You're listening to an iHeart podcast.