Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 08.13.24 | Family Lures Sheriffs into Ambush

Episode Date: August 13, 2024

Crazed family tries to lure neighbors to shooting ambush, catch sheriffs deputies instead. Ohio State Trooper's brave rescue mission caught on bodycam! Stay informed, stay safe, and stay ahead with "Crime Alert Hourly Update.” Follow now on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/Crime_AlertSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to an iHeart Podcast. Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now. Florida sheriffs respond to a 911 call about an unstable trespassing neighbor. They find Julie Sulpizio trying to convince her neighbors to walk in front of Sulpizio back to her home. Deputies find two dead dogs outside her home. Her husband and children are not answering the door. Deputies enter the home through the back door. Husband Michael opens fire. Deputy Michael Link shot multiple times, dying later. Nancy Link's partner Harold Howell is also

shot but manages to escape the home and call for backup. Deputy Stefano Gargano is also shot while trying to enter the home. Inside, sheriffs find Michael Sulpizio and two daughters, Savannah and Cheyenne, all dead of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Before the sheriffs entered her home, Julie Sulpizio said, quote, my king will kill all of you. She reportedly told her neighbors that husband Michael was, quote, her god. Julie Sulpizio admits the family planned to lure their neighbors to the home and then kill them in an ambush. She's now charged with murder and seven counts of attempted murder. Ohio State Trooper Alec Callis patrolling fairgrounds when he notices a group of people trying to climb a ladder up onto raised train tracks. The group explains they're

chasing their dog, Miley, down the tracks. Well, Callis offers to look for the dog himself and walks down the track with bait, a yummy bag of potato chips. Miley is initially wary of Callis, but takes him up on the chips in the heartwarming moment where the dog, Miley, is reunited with her family, all caught on body cam. Thanks, Trooper Callis. Rescue by potato chip. More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Limley. We begin in Wisconsin as a recent autopsy has ruled that the death of a black man penned to the ground by security guards outside a Milwaukee hotel is a homicide. Let's bring in Sydney Sumner of Crime Online for the latest. The man, identified as Devontae Mitchell, suffocated while being restrained on June 30th. According to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office, Mitchell was also under the influence of cocaine and methamphetamine at the time of his death. The findings detailed that

the immediate cause of Mitchell's death was, quote, restraint, asphyxia, and toxic effects of cocaine and methamphetamine. This confirms the Medical Examiner's Office's preliminary determination that Mitchell's death was a homicide. Previously, the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office and police investigators stated they were waiting for the full autopsy results, with the case being reviewed as a potential homicide. Assistant Medical Examiner Lauren A. Decker signed the autopsy report on July 31. It stated that Mitchell's fatal injury occurred while he was, quote, restrained in prone position by multiple individuals after drug use. The report also noted Mitchell's hypertensive

cardiovascular disease and morbid obesity as significant conditions. Mitchell stood six feet tall and weighed 301 pounds. An investigative report released by the medical examiner's office revealed that Mitchell was restrained by four individuals after being combative in the hotel lobby. According to police, he entered the Hyatt Regency Hotel, caused a disturbance, and fought with the guards as they escorted him out. Relatives and their attorneys, who reviewed hotel surveillance footage provided by the district attorney's office, described seeing Mitchell chased inside the hotel by security guards and then dragged outside where he was beaten. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing Mitchell's family, stated that a bystander's video circulating on social media

shows security guards with their knees on Mitchell's back and neck. Crump, representing Mitchell's family, stated that a bystander's video circulating on social media shows security guards with their knees on Mitchell's back and neck. Crump has questioned why no charges have been filed in connection with Mitchell's death. In a statement, Crump and Mitchell's family called for immediate charges against those involved based on the autopsy findings and the homicide ruling. Now to Indiana, where a man charged in a mass shooting over a stimulus check has now been sentenced after taking a plea deal. Once again, Crime Online's Sydney Sumner. That Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 145 years in prison for the fatal shootings of three adults and a seven-year-old girl following a dispute over federal COVID-19 relief money. The Marion County Prosecutor's Office says that

28-year-old Malik Halfacre pleaded guilty in June to four counts of murder and one count of attempted murder related to the attack that occurred in March 2021. The shootings took place inside an Indianapolis home where Halfacre's former girlfriend was shot and injured. The bodies of her seven-year-old daughter, her mother, her brother, and a male cousin were discovered at the scene. Authorities revealed that the argument leading up to the shooting centered around stimulus money that Halfacre's ex-girlfriend had received. After the violent act, Halfacre took the money, his girlfriend's purse, and her car, then fled the scene with their 6-month-old daughter, who was unharmed during the incident.

Court documents indicate that Halfacre was later apprehended in the attic of a friend's home. The child was safely located at a relative's house. Thanks, John. Nicole Anderson, 56, lives in Randolph Township, Minnesota with her mom. Just before 9 a.m. July 6, she tells her mom she's going for a walk to check the mail and will be right back. Half an hour later, she's still not home. Her mom reports her missing. Dakota County Sheriff searched the neighborhood with drones and dogs. No sign of Nicole. She left all her belongings and meds at home. Sheriffs interrogate Matthew Suttles, her boyfriend, and search his home, but he is ruled out as a suspect. Nicole's brother says Nicole recently chased off a man claiming to be

a woodcutter. She says she found him prowling in her yard, but he has not been identified. Nicole, 5'10", 135 pounds, pixie-cut blonde hair, brown eyes, last seen wearing a gray sweater, camouflaged pants, and house slippers. If you have info on Nicole Anderson, now missing over five weeks, please call Dakota County, Minnesota Sheriffs, 651-438-8477. For the latest crime and justice news, go to crimeonline.com. And please join us for our daily podcast, Crime Stories. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. You're listening to an iHeart Podcast.