Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 09.13.23

Episode Date: September 13, 2023

Roommate beats man to death. Sheriff's deputy caught street racing.  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. Felix Martinez waits on the porch of his New York home for roommate Richard Shills. When Shills arrives, Martinez attacks, punching, choking, stomping on Shills until he's unconscious. Martinez then strips Shills naked and urinates on him. Neighbors call 911 and cops find Martinez smoking a cigar on the porch. Nancy, it's unclear what spurred the brutal attack on Shields, 10 years Martinez's senior. Shields was rushed to the hospital where doctors worked to treat his various serious injuries, including blunt force trauma to the head, for five days. Martinez

has now been arraigned and is held without bond. Shields dies of his injuries. Martinez, 46, now charged with murder. Two motorcycles blow by Florida cops at double the speed limit. One pulls over Sheriff's Deputy Brian Espinal. Espinal denies he was street racing, even though the arresting officer watched him speed through a red light, weaving through heavy traffic. The deputy finally admits he was trying to impress his girlfriend. Espinal now transferred to administrative duties, a.k.a. a desk job, facing reckless endangerment. More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news,

Crime Online's John Limley. Calling the murders brutal and heinous, a judge has sentenced a man to 110 years behind bars for killing a former girlfriend and her grandmother outside an Indiana facility that manufactures seating for vehicles. Details now from Sydney Sumner with Crime Online. By pleading guilty to the killings of 21-year-old Promise Mays and 62-year-old Pamela Sled in 2021, 28-year-old Gary Farrell II was able to avoid the death penalty. It was on

August 18, 2021, as the Rossville women were preparing to begin their workday at NHK Seating of America in Frankfort that Farrell, a co-worker, shot them outside the plant. After crashing his vehicle into a construction zone shortly after the murders, the Frankfort man was apprehended and taken into custody. According to our friends with WISH-TV, Clinton's Superior Court Judge Justin H. Hunter stated in his sentencing decision that the two family members, quote, watched the other being shot and that the killings were deliberate, brutal, and heinous. Hunter continued, saying even though Promise Mays had shown only kindness for the many people she encountered in her brief and precious life, Farrell acted out an entitlement

to control and possess her, whether in life or in death. NHK employees create and manufacture automobile seating at the plant located in Frankfurt, about 50 miles northwest of Indianapolis. After the accused victim in a domestic violence incident at their home refused to cooperate with prosecutors, criminal charges against Las Vegas Aces player Raquanna Williams have been dropped. According to her attorney, Williams now expects to return to the team for the WNBA playoffs, which began this week. Williams remained silent during her time in the courtroom and declined to make any comments as she left the building. The 33-year-old shooting guard known as Bebe was

an important player in the Aces' championship run last season, but due to a back ailment, she hasn't played this year. Despite holding a place on the roster, she cannot play for the squad because of her arrest. Now to Spain, where state prosecutors have charged soccer official Luis Rubiales with sexual assault and coercion for allegedly kissing a player on the lips without her consent after the Women's World Cup. Once again, Crime Online's Sydney Sumner. After Spain defeated England to win the championship on August 20th in Sydney, Rubiales, the now-suspended president of the Spanish Soccer Federation, kissed Jenny Hermoso during the award ceremony. Two days after the incident, Hermoso formally accused Rubiales of sexual assault. Prosecutors then submitted their evidence for prospective criminal charges against him before Spain's national court in Madrid.

The prosecution claims that Rubiales might have used coercion when, in Hermoso's account, he allegedly forced her to speak out in his defense just after the controversy broke. Rubiales has maintained that the kiss was consensual. In statements made by both Hermoso and her players' union, the soccer player denies that there was anything consensual about the kiss. Rubiales must now appear in court to provide opening testimony, this after a request from the prosecution. A formal court investigation would then take place if the national court judge agreed to hear the matter, with a recommendation for the case to either be dismissed or tried. Rubiales could be fined or given a one-to-four-year prison sentence for sexual assault under a sexual

consent statute passed last year. Under the new law, there is no longer a distinction between sexual harassment and sexual assault. Brittany Duff makes plans to get a fresh start after her violent husband's arrested for the second time. She spends several months with her aunt and plans to move into her late father's home. But the home burns to the ground. Brittany moves in with her mom in West Virginia where she confides she feels someone's out to get her. Days later, Brittany leaves on foot carrying a backpack. After 10 days with no contact, her family reports her missing. An investigation reveals Duff got a ride to Kentucky where a friend

gets a frantic voicemail in which Brittany says she's scared and trying to get home. Brittany Duff, maiden name Horn, 32, now missing over a year. If you have information on Brittany Duff's disappearance, please contact West Virginia State Police 304-235-6000. For the latest crime and justice news, go to crimeonline.com. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. This is an iHeart Podcast.