Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 11.23.23

Episode Date: November 23, 2023

Woman,  tortured by co-worker giving her a ride home, rescued by police.  Speeder tries to give cops the slip. Officers meet him in his driveway. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an iHeart Podcast. Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking crime news now. Chloe Jones takes a ride from a co-worker, William Mozingo, but he doesn't take her home. Instead, he takes her to an outdoor shed, beats her with a baseball bat, and ties her up in the ceiling crawl space. He tortures her for four days until Ohio cops track him down and rescue Chloe. Nancy, police have just released the body cam footage of the rescue and Mozingo's arrest. Jones is seen being helped down a ladder through a hole in the ceiling of the shed. Her face is extremely battered, her eyes nearly swollen shut. Jones's family reports she suffered broken fingers, a broken arm,

facial fractures, and a brain bleed. Jones says the thought of her son kept her going through the beatings and threats against her life. William Mozingo, now charged with kidnap and aggravated assault. Blue lights flip on when the Florida Highway Patrol spots a late-night speeder. Instead of pulling over, Javier Rodriguez-Rafael makes a U-turn and takes off with the cop close behind. He shuts off his lights, trying to, quote, disappear, and then makes a hard left, shaking the trooper or does he? When the 21-year-old gets home, the trooper's waiting in the driveway to book him on fleeing. You know, there's no place like home.

More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Limley. A Kentucky judge has declared a mistrial after jurors and the trial of a former Louisville police officer accused of the police raid that killed Breonna Taylor were unable to reach a unanimous decision on federal civil rights charges. With more, here's Sydney Sumner with Crime Online. Brett Hankison was accused of violating Taylor's rights, her boyfriend's rights, and the rights of her next-door neighbors by using excessive force.

On March 13, 2020, Hankison opened fire with 10 shots into the black woman's window and a glass door after the officers were attacked during an improper search for drugs. Though none of Hankison's shots hit anyone, a few went into a nearby apartment. Over the course of several days, the 12-member predominantly white jury worked in vain to deliver a decision. They said they were at a standstill in a note they sent to the judge. They resumed their discussions after hearing from U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings, who encouraged them to keep trying. During the jury deliberations, the judge stated that there were occasionally, quote, elevated voices coming from the jury room, prompting court security staff to go inside. Subsequently, the jury informed the judge that they were unable to reach a verdict on either

of the two counts against Hankison, which led Jennings to declare a mistrial. After Taylor's door was breached the night of the raid, Hankison claimed to have witnessed Taylor's boyfriend shooting into the hallway. Reversing course, he fired rounds into the side of the apartment as he dashed around the corner of the building. Former Police Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly was injured by Taylor's boyfriend's gunfire, falling to the ground and firing six rounds. Sixteen shots were fired down the hallway by Officer Miles Cosgrove. One of his bullets killed Taylor. In the federal trial, Cosgrove was called to testify by the prosecution,

while Mattingly testified as a defense witness for Hankison. Hankison might face a new trial as a result of the mistrial, but federal prosecutors will make that decision later. A jury has found the man who broke into the San Francisco home of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi guilty of federal offenses, including attempting to take her hostage and using a hammer to attack her husband. After almost eight hours of deliberation, the jury found David DePapp guilty of both assaulting a federal official's close relative and attempting to kidnap a federal official. DePapp did not respond when the verdict was read. He could spend up to 50 years behind bars. It was just a few days before the midterm elections last year that the then 82-year-old Paul Pelosi was attacked in the couple's home. The incident was caught on police body camera

footage, sending shockwaves through the country's political world. A long-awaited bill has been signed into law by New York Governor Kathy Hochul that will automatically seal the criminal records of New Yorkers who serve out their sentences and remain out of trouble for a predetermined amount of time. Once again, Crime Online's Sydney Sumner. With the passage of this legislation, New York now follows a long list of other states that have recently done the same, including California, New Jersey, and Michigan. Many organizations, particularly advocacy and labor groups, view the years-long struggle to pass the act as a significant success in the reform of the criminal justice system. The most

recent criminal justice reform enacted by the governor of New York, known as the Clean Slate legislation, will automatically seal the majority of criminal records three years after a misdemeanor conviction or parole and eight years after a felony conviction. Most Class A felonies, including murder and sexual offenses, will not be eligible for sealing. Erica Frazier, 17, spends a night with friends in Brooksville, Kentucky. 8.30, the group breaks up and Frazier drives off with a girlfriend. The two girls come across Shane Simcox, an older boy Frazier has a crush on. Frazier offers them a ride and her friend gets out. Around 9, Frazier drops Simcox off at the home he shares with his grandfather. But Erica herself never makes it home. The next day,

her black Pontiac Bonneville found parked between two bales of hay in a field outside of town. Her purse found in the car, keys found in another field across the road. Police find no fingerprints, no foreign DNA, or any evidence of foul play. Erica was a straight-A student, no history of runaway. This is the first time she failed to pick up her paycheck at a part-time job. While Simcox is a person of interest in the disappearance, there's been no evidence he's involved. Erica Frazier, now 33, missing over 16 years. If you have info on Erica Frazier, contact Bracken County Sheriff's

606-735-2700. For the latest crime and justice news, go to crimeonline.com. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. This is an iHeart Podcast.