Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 04.21.23

Episode Date: April 21, 2023

16-year-old at the wrong address shot by the homeowner. Girlfriend shot dead after refusing to have her boyfriend's baby. 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. Ralph Yorle's mom asked him to pick up his younger siblings from her friend's house. He mixes up the numbers in the address and knocks at the wrong door. Homeowner Andrew Lester comes to the door, shoots through the glass, hitting the honor student Yorle in the head Cheating twice more after the teen boy falls to the ground. Crime Online's John Limley. Nancy, Lester told police that he was in bed when the doorbell rang, so he answered the door with a.32 caliber revolver.

Lester said Jarl was pulling on his screen door and assumed he was a burglar, so he shot him out of fear. At the hospital, Jarl told police he was just waiting on the front stoop when he was met with gunfire. As Jarl ran away, he heard Lester yell, don't come around here. Jarl released from the hospital,

now recovering, Lester, 84, charged with aggravated assault and felony gun use. Jade Alvarez gets a ride from a friend to boyfriend Adam Bird's house. That's the last time Jade is seen alive. That night, Bird asked Alvarez gets a ride from a friend to boyfriend Adam Bird's house. That's the last time Jade is seen alive.

That night, Bird asks Alvarez to have a baby with him. Alvarez refuses. Bird gets angry and shoots his lover. Alvarez dead. Alvarez's friend became concerned when the mother to a three-year-old son would not return her phone calls. She told authorities she left Alvarez with Bird. Bird, who had an outstanding warrant for aggravated robbery, was arrested and questioned, admitting

to authorities he shot and killed Alvarez. Based on Bird's confession, authorities identified Alvarez as a woman they found shot dead several days before the arrest. Bird, 23, now charged with murder. More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Lim Lake. A sister who discovered a crime scene in which four people were shot to death arrived to broken glass, bullet holes,

blood, and guns thrown about the home. And the suspect later arrested at the scene of a highway shooting with what appeared to be blood on him. Police found multiple cartridge casings of varying calibers in the vehicle driven by the suspect after shots were fired at vehicles along Interstate 295, wounding three people. A state police affidavit released Thursday as the suspect, Joseph Eden, made his first court appearance contained grisly details, a note found at the scene, and a timeline for the events. Eden showed no emotion during the

brief hearing other than to acknowledge to the judge that he understood the charges. Police have yet to discuss what might have been a motive behind the shootings on a rural property in Bowdoin and then along a busy interstate highway about 12 miles from Maine's largest city, Portland. Updating a story we brought you just moments ago, the 84-year-old man who shot Ralph Yarl when the black teenager went to his door by mistake has pleaded not guilty in a case that has shocked the country and renewed national debates about gun policies and race in America. Sidney Sumner brings us that update from Crime Online.

Andrew Lester walked into the courtroom with a cane and spoke quietly during Wednesday's hearing, his first public appearance since last week's shooting. Authorities say he shot Jarl, a 16-year-old honor student, first in the head, then in the arm, after Jarl came to his door because he had confused the address with the home where he was supposed to pick up his younger brothers. Jarl was shot at point-blank range in the head, but miraculously survived the bullet. The case is among three in recent days involving young people who were shot after mistakenly showing up in the wrong places. A 20-year-old woman was killed in upstate New York when her boyfriend pulled their car into the wrong driveway.

Meanwhile, in Texas, two cheerleaders were shot after one of them mistakenly entered a car thinking it was hers. A Las Vegas teenager pleaded guilty as an adult Wednesday to felony charges that a prosecutor says could get him decades in prison for attacking a high school teacher and leaving her unconscious in a classroom a year ago. The incident, which included allegations of sexual assault, left the teacher hospitalized with multiple injuries and focused attention on a sharp rise in violence at the time in the sprawling Clark County School District, the nation's fifth largest.

Crime Online is not naming the defendant due to his age. Now 17, he pleaded guilty to attempted murder, attempted sexual assault, and battery with a deadly weapon causing substantial bodily harm. His pleas avoided trial in Clark County District Court. Two former New Mexico State basketball players have filed a lawsuit alleging they were sexually assaulted by teammates and that the coaching staff and other administrators did nothing when they reported the assaults. With more, Crime Online's Sydney Sumner. The lawsuit was filed by Deuce Benjamin and another player who said three teammates forced them to pull their pants down below their ankles, then assaulted them. Benjamin had earlier referenced the alleged assaults while announcing his departure from the team on social media. Chancellor Dan Arvizu canceled the season

in February after Benjamin took his allegations to school police. Arvizu framed the allegations as stemming from a hazing episode. The civil lawsuit filed in district court in Las Cruces, New Mexico, took issue with that description, saying, The lawsuit listed as defendants the New Mexico State Board of Regents, two former members of the coaching staff, and three former players. Tyler Morrell, just trying to deliver a pizza, notices Pennsylvania cops chasing a car driving towards him. The car abruptly stops. The driver jumps out, trying to run on foot. Morrell has to step

off the sidewalk so the suspect doesn't bump into him, but Morrell sticks a leg out, tripping the suspect. Cops catch up and cuff the guy. Both cops and Coco's pizzeria commend Morell for bravery and still delivering that pizza unharmed. For the latest crime and justice news, go to crimeonline.com. For This Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. This is an iHeart Podcast.