Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 12.06.23

Episode Date: December 6, 2023

Disgruntled Walmart employee threatens to shoot co-worker. Cops called over Oreo battery.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to an iHeart Podcast. Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking crime news now. Adrienne Edwards disciplined by her Walmart supervisors for her mouthiness. After that meeting, Edwards finds the co-worker who brought the issue up and threatens to shoot him. As Adrienne Edwards leaves the store, co-workers call police. Oklahoma cops find Edwards sitting in her car outside the store with a loaded gun in her lap. Nancy, multiple witnesses reported overhearing

the threats from Edwards. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, occupations in retail are some of the most exposed to workplace violence. Locations where alcohol is sold are even further affected. The incident is indicative of the extra stress that retailers experience during the busy holiday season. Edwards now charged with threatening a violent act. John Sandoval picks an early morning fight with his wife and when he tries to make himself a cup of coffee and finds no water in the pot. They argue he throws a package of Oreos at her, knocking her to the ground, then puts his hands around her throat.

But let's go before choking her at her daughter's urging. Mama calls police and Sandoval, 70, now charged with battery on a senior by Oreo cookie. More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Limley. We begin in Pennsylvania as a man attempts to steal merchandise

from a Philadelphia department store, then returns 15 minutes later and stabs two security guards, killing one and wounding the other. With the latest from police, Sydney Sumner with Crime Online. The attack occurred shortly before 11 a.m. inside a Macy's store. According to authorities, security personnel noticed the individual attempting to steal some hats and took back the items. When the man returned, he stabbed a 30-year-old male guard in the throat and a 23-year-old male guard in the face and arm for attempting to assist his co-worker. After being transported to a hospital, the older of the two guards was soon declared dead. Police stated that the other guard was receiving medical attention for his wounds,

but they did not provide any more information regarding his condition. Police say that following the attack, the stabbing suspect raced out of the store and threw a knife onto the tracks at a southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority train station. Later, according to authorities, he was apprehended at a different septa station in the city. The identities of the two guards and the suspect have not been announced. Officials stated that the charges faced by the suspect were unclear for the moment. The incident resulted in no additional injuries being reported. In response to allegations linked to a $60 million bribery scam involving a legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear power stations, one that already resulted in a 20-year prison

sentence for a former state House speaker, Ohio's top utility regulator has now entered a not-guilty plea. U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker's office announced that Sam Randazzo, the former chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, is facing an 11-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury November 29th. The allegations center on Randazzo's alleged acceptance of bribes from Akron's First Energy Corp. in exchange for regulatory favors. Rondonzo made his first appearance in Cincinnati's U.S. Federal Court earlier this week. In one of the most egregious and epic betrayals in the history of the United States Foreign

Service, prosecutors have now charged a former career diplomat with working for decades as a covert spy for communist Cuba. Once again, Crime Online's Sydney Sumner. As Manuel Rocha sat in handcuffs in Miami federal court, he began to weep. The 73-year-old is facing accusations that since joining the U.S. Foreign Service as early as 1981, he had been involved in clandestine activity on behalf of Cuba, including meeting with Cuban intelligence agents and lying to U.S. officials about his interactions. The details of how Rocha might have helped Cuba are

few in the complaint made public this week. However, it offers a compelling case study of what U.S. officials claim are persistent attempts by Cuba and its notorious advanced intelligence services to identify American government leaders who are susceptible to being flipped. During his two decades as an American ambassador, Rocha held important positions in Bolivia, Argentina, and the U.S. Interest Section in Havana. After his brief court appearance, he was placed under arrest pending a bond hearing. The details of how Rocha came to the notice of Cuban intelligence agents remains undisclosed by the Justice Department, as does the nature of any sensitive information he may have supplied during his time at the State Department or during

his lucrative post-government career, which included a position as special advisor to the commander of U.S. Southern Command. The FBI arrested Rocha at his Miami home on Friday. Thanks, John. Karen Rae Bosta leaves the North Carolina home she shares with her mom to run errands then meet with friends. That evening, she texts mom she'll be home for dinner. She never shows up. 10 p.m., she's caught on surveillance footage at a grocery store. One week later, her car found a mile from the store locked, keys missing.

The day after, she did not return home. Bosta's credit card was still active. The user, Thomas White, is questioned. He says he found the card on his front porch, but then he fails a polygraph. White denies being involved in Karen Ray's disappearance, but cops believe he knows what happened to her. If you have info on Karen Boston,

now missing over eight years, call Edmonton PD 252-482-5144. For the latest crime and justice news, go to crimeonline.com. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. You're listening to an iHeart Podcast.