Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 09.28.23

Episode Date: September 28, 2023

Youth pastor attacks family, sets their home on fire. We hope these cops liked to move it, move it.  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. A fire breaks out at the Richard family home. Neighbors call Kansas firefighters who find five children and mom, Stephanie Richard, all suffering from severe lacerations. As they're pulled from the fire, they tell EMTs that dad, Matthew Richard, attacked them, then set the fire himself. Nancy, Matthew Richard is a youth pastor at Crossroads Christian Church in Shawnee, Kansas. Richard's biography reads that, quote, He's a big kid who loves teaching little kids about Jesus.

The oldest of the five children injured is 19 years old. Each of the victims is expected to make a full recovery from their injuries. It's not clear what sparked Richard's attack on his family, but the investigation is still ongoing. Missouri cops have the tough job of picking up a ring-tailed lemur, an exotic animal not meant to be a pet. When the owner tries to hand over the lemur to cops, the door to the cage falls open. The lemur takes off. Of course, chase ensues. Several cops repeatedly try to corner the lemur takes off of course chase ensues several cops repeatedly try to corner

the lemur body cam footage shows out of breath officers trying to toss a towel over the lemur third time's a charm word is the lemur will not face evading cops or resisting arrest charges now that's one wild tale more crime and justice news after this now with the latest crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Limley. In a confrontation that police initially claimed involved a driver lunging at an officer with a knife outside a vehicle, a judge has now dismissed murder and other charges against a Philadelphia cop who shot and killed the driver through a rolled-up window. With the latest, Sydney Sumner with Crime Online. Municipal Judge Wendy Pugh agreed with the defense counsel who claimed the

officer might have feared for his life because he believed the driver, 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry, had a gun. Irizarry was seen clutching a knife close to his right leg as officers approached his stopped vehicle in footage from a police body camera that was played at the preliminary hearing of dismissed officer Mark Dial. After a brief pursuit caused by erratic driving, the officers had stopped Irizarry on a residential street. The decision was reached following a 20-minute viewing of the terrifying film in a courtroom that was crowded with police and Irizarry's family members. According to his lawyers, it was shortly after noon on August 14th that Dial discharged his weapon at close range, acting in self-defense. Irizarry's family members seem shocked and upset by Pew's decision, which prosecutors expect to appeal. The victim's

relatives told the press that police shouldn't have to shoot someone dead just because they are speeding or acting unreasonably. Body cam video reveals Dial shot Irizarry roughly seven seconds after exiting a police SUV and approaching the vehicle. He discharged a total of six rounds. After being reported missing late Monday morning, Baltimore police have now discovered the body of the founder of a software business whose career achievements put her on a Forbes 30 under 30 list earlier this year. According to the authorities, 26-year-old Papa LaPere had experienced blunt force trauma.

Available records state LaPere may have lived in the apartment building where her body was discovered. At a news conference, officials identified a suspect in the case, 32-year-old Jason Billingsley, who was paroled following a previous sex assault case last October. He admitted guilt to first-degree sex assault in 2015, this according to court documents. Officials claim they had no grounds for thinking LaPierre was acquainted with Billingsley. Richard Worley, the acting chief of police for Baltimore, says Billingsley needs to be regarded as armed and dangerous. A Louisiana man who escaped his attempted murder conviction in 1991 has now been apprehended more than three decades later after police discovered him hiding in Mexico.

Once again, Crime Online's Sydney Somner. The FBI says 63-year-old Greg Lawson was located in Mexico and returned to the United States. In 1991, Lawson was charged with shooting a man in Bienville Parish. According to our friends with KSLA, Lawson left the courthouse as the jury was about to enter the courtroom to find him guilty of the charge of attempted murder. His truck later discovered a block from the courthouse. The FBI shared a video of Lawson being escorted by police at an airport on X, formerly known as Twitter. In the footage, Lawson seems to laugh nervously as police restrain him with handcuffs.

Daniel Baker, known to residents of Redding, California as Marv Ellis, is a local do-gooder. Marv spends his weekends, thanks to community donations, at Caldwell Park, hosting Marv Well, cooking, passing out free tacos to those in need. One night, Baker leaves the home he shares with his mom on foot, reportedly upset. He never returns. Friends and community have been searching for Baker, posting flyers, sharing them online. No success. Reading PD believes Baker could be in danger, classifying him as an at-risk missing person. Daniel Baker,

44, now missing two weeks. If you have info on Daniel Baker, please contact Reading PD, 530-225-4214. Repeat, 530-225-4214. For the latest crime and justice news, go to CrimeOnline.com. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. This is an iHeart Podcast.