Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 12.07.23

Episode Date: December 7, 2023

Mom attacks young boy for unbuckling his seatbelt. Drunk driver crashes into cop.  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 neighbor watches as Pamela Gainesville pulls into the driveway of her Florida home, but instead of going inside, she drags her six-year-old son out of the car by his hair and throws his car seat at him. She then puts him back in the car, slapping him multiple times, throws things out of her car, demanding the boy get them. Well, the neighbor calls police. Nancy, the neighbor provided police with doorbell footage of the incident. Gainesville says she was disciplining the child for unbuckling his seatbelt during the drive home

and that she only spanked him, but the video of the incident refutes that claim. Gainesville, 47, charged with child abuse. A main cop gets out of his patrol car for a late night traffic stop, blue lights still on. As he's talking to the driver, a Toyota Corolla slams into his police cruiser. So while the cop is checking on one car, another car slams into the mall. The officer immediately checks on the driver and finds a drunk Christopher Clare. Testing later reveals Clare's blood alcohol three times over the legal limit. Both cars heavily damaged, but everybody walks away unharmed. Well, it's true again.

Never a lack of business for police. More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Limley. We begin in Texas with a day of widespread violence in two major cities, leaving six people dead and two police officers recovering from gunshot wounds. Now Texas authorities charging a man with capital murder. For more, we turn to Sydney Sumner with Crime Online. Austin Interim Police Chief Robin Henderson stated that a cyclist was also shot and wounded during a series of attacks that started during the morning hours and concluded with the suspect smashing his car in the evening during a police pursuit. All told, four of the deceased were discovered in two separate Austin homes, while the other two were found about 80 miles away in Metro San Antonio.

Chief Henderson stated that it was unclear what, if any, connection the man had to the victims, and declined to name the suspect right away. She stated that officials did not link the Austin attacks until the final one, which occurred more than eight hours after a school police officer was shot and wounded in a high school parking lot on the other side of town. Meanwhile, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar stated in San Antonio that the deaths of two victims were discovered after deputies noticed water streaming out of a home, as if something was leaking inside. He stated that the deaths appeared to have occurred prior to the Austin shootings. The suspect's identity is being withheld, but the Travis County District Attorney's Office did say that he had been charged with numerous counts of capital murder. According

to authorities, the individual is in his 30s. Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement saying that the state would, quote, impose the full weight of the law on this criminal for his despicable crimes. Prosecutors in Pennsylvania have announced that a man has been charged with murder and numerous other offenses after he allegedly stabbed two security officers who prevented him from stealing items from a Philadelphia department store, killing one and seriously wounding the other. 30-year-old Tyrone Tunnell was being held without bail. His case will have a preliminary hearing in two weeks.

The stabbings occurred at a Macy's location Monday at around 11 a.m. According to police, Tunnell was trying to steal hats when the security guards, 23-year-old Christian Mitchell and 27-year-old Eric Harrison of Frankfurt, noticed him and retrieved the items. After that, authorities say Tunnell left the store and came back a short while later with a knife. When one of the guards attempted to assist Harrison, he approached Harrison and stabbed him in the neck. He then stabbed Mitchell in the face and arm. According to investigators, neither of the guards were armed. Harrison was taken to a hospital after the attack and was pronounced dead there a short time later.

Prosecutors say Mitchell underwent surgery for his injuries and remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced that the Justice Department is looking into the killings and kidnappings of Americans during the October 7th Hamas onslaught on Israel. Once again, Crime Online's Sydney Sumner. Garland made his remarks while also announcing a war crimes lawsuit brought against four Russian soldiers suspected of torturing a U.S. citizen during the invasion of Ukraine. The accusations are the first brought under a nearly 30-year-old law allowing U.S. prosecutors to punish persons for inhumane treatment of Americans during wartime. Given the slim chances of the Justice Department apprehending any of the four defendants, all of whom are fugitives, the charges are mostly

symbolic, at least for the moment. However, U.S. officials hinted that more indictments might be forthcoming and characterized the case as a turning point in their ongoing probe into Russian war crimes. The four Russians are said to be part of either the Russian military or one of its proxies. It's been reported that two of them are commanding officers. Thanks, John. Christine Parker, mother and grandmother, suffers a traumatic brain injury and takes daily meds. After days of no contact, family asks cops for a welfare check. They find Parker and her two dogs gone, her meds left behind. Idaho neighbor security cameras catch Parker driving away from the neighborhood the day before.

Parker is seen in her gray truck with her two border collies in the bed. Parker is picked up on surveillance cameras again that afternoon in Nevada. Her family says she has no ties there. A week later, a hunter finds her truck abandoned in a remote part of the Eugene Mountains. No sign of Parker or the dogs. Without her meds, she could be paranoid or withdrawn. If you have info on Christine Parker now missing four months, please call Lander County Sheriff's 775-635-1100. For the latest crime and justice news, go to crimeonline.com. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. This is an iHeart Podcast.