Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Midnight Golf Cart Horror: Retired NYC Restaurateur Charged After Wife’s Fatal Fall | Crime Alert 6AM 12.10.25

Episode Date: December 10, 2025

A Florida man now faces a DUI charge after his wife is killed in a late-night golf cart crash in a Nocatee neighborhood where residents had long feared a deadly accident was only a matter of time. A murder trial is underway in California after a one-year-old boy died in a hot car while his mother got lip filler injections. A California family is now suing a cruise line after a drunken outburst on a ship ends in a death ruled a homicide. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking Crime News Now. A former New York City restaurant owner charged in a golf cart crash that leaves his wife dead. According to reports, she falls from the golf cart, hits her head on the ground, and dies after being airlifted to a local hospital. Straight out to Drew Nelson for more. Nancy, it happened inside a neighborhood where residents feared a deadly accident was only a matter of time. Angelo Theodosu, 64, was arrested in St. John's County. after the November 30th crash that killed his wife, Christina Theidosu. Deputy said Theodozu showed signs of impairment and refused a breath test.

He was charged with misdemeanor DUI. Authority said Christina fell from the cart and hit her head on the concrete. She later died at the hospital. Neighbor Christopher Barnes said residents woke to chaos in the middle of the night. We woke up to all the lights out here, came outside, saw that, in fact, she was already loaded in the ambulance, I think by the time we got out here. According to the St. John's County Sheriff's Office, the crash happened around 10.45 p.m. on Recollection Drive in Nocatee. Christina was airlifted to Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, but died the following day. Barnes says Angelo was visibly distraught at the scene. Her husband was out here, and the police were talking to him. He was pacing around, and the golf cart was all the way down by the mailboxes. Theodosu's attorney, L. Lee Lockett, told the St. John citizen that his client maintains his innocence. Quote, he didn't cause the accident. He was not impaired. He also said Theodosu is heartbroken, adding, quote, he's distraught. He's depressed as he can

be. The couple had recently retired to Florida from New York, where Angelo previously owned a restaurant in Jackson Heights, Queens. According to our partners at the New York Post, residents continue to raise safety concerns about speeding golf carts, a lack of stop signs, and growing traffic on nearby Greenway paths. Barnes says neighbors had worried about the area long before the crash. We kind of imagine it's only a matter of time before there's an accident at this. intersection. Thanks, Drew. More crime and justice news after this. A murder trial is underway in California after a one-year-old boy died in a hot car while his mother got lip filler injections. Opening statements began Monday in Kern County Superior Court

in Bakersfield. Prosecutors and defense attorneys outlined sharply different views of what happened. The defendant is Maya Hernandez, age 20, of Isalia. She's charged with second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and child cruelty. The case centers on the death of her one-year-old son, Emilio Gutierrez. Her two-year-old son, Mateo, survived. Prosecutors told jurors that Hernandez left both children strapped into their car seats inside a Toyota Corolla for more than two hours on June 29th. Outside temperatures were in the triple digits. Investigators say the inside of the car reached as high as 116 degrees. Emilio was later pronounced dead from heat stroke. Stephanie Toconi of the Kern County District Attorney's Office describes Hernandez

sitting inside the spa, socializing while the children were outside. A person who is supposed to protect, supposed to put her two sons above everything else, chose herself. She knew before she got out of her car that if she left them in the car, that they could die. Toconi told jurors the cosmetic procedure itself took only 20 minutes. But she said Hernandez stayed in the building for nearly two hours and never went outside to check on the children. Text messages shown in court show the spa had told Hernandez she could bring the children inside to wait. Witnesses described the waiting area as child-friendly. In fact, several parents were inside with their children at the time. One man testified that he walked his service dog near Hernandez's car

earlier in the afternoon. The windows were tinted. He couldn't see inside. He said the pavement was so hot. He worried about his dog's feet. At exactly 4.33 p.m. Hernandez left the spa and returned to the car. Witnesses said she came back inside moments later, carrying Emilio. They described him as limp with blue lips and limbs. Mateo was red, drenched in sweat, gasping, and lethargic. Police body cam video showed first responders performing CPR. Emilio was pronounced dead at 5.48 p.m.

Mateo survived in the hospital. The defense does not dispute that Emilio died from heat exposure. Assistant public defender Terrell Wakeman told jurors, this case is a tragedy caused by a mistake, not murder. Before she went into the business, Ms. Hernandez left her keys under the seat. The car was running. The air conditioning was on. Ms. Hernandez thought that the car would stay running, that the air conditioning would likewise remain on.

Investigators learn the Corolla model automatically shuts off after an hour if it remains in park and is not manually restarted. Wakeman has said he will concede the involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges, but will challenge the murder count. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to all charges. If convicted of second-degree murder, she faces a potential sentence of 15 years to life. A California family is now suing a cruise line after a drunken outburst on a ship

ends in a death, ruled a homicide. Michael Virgil, 35, died aboard Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas on December 13, 2024. He had boarded the ship in Los Angeles with his fiancé Connie Aguilar and their young son. who had autism. They were headed for Ensenada, Mexico. Their cabin was not ready, so they were directed to a bar to wait. Virgil remained at the bar while Aguilar took their restless son to check on the

room. Attorneys say Virgil was served 33 alcoholic drinks over the course of a few hours. The report states he became belligerent. He was violent with staff and guests. The report says he tried to rip ceiling panels down to use as a weapon. Security guards took him into a stairwell. Several guards placed their full body weight on him. The medical examiner ruled his death, the homicide. The cause was mechanical asphyxia with ethanol intoxication and underlying medical conditions listed as contributing factors. The FBI has investigated.

The Department of Justice declined criminal charges against the guards. This week, Virgil's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Royal Caribbean. Their attorney Kevin Haynes spoke to K-CBS. They were hoping to create the best memories and then the worst possible memory was created. The TV station asked if Virgil should have stopped himself drinking. They have an undeniable, non-delegable duty not to over-serve him. That's the law. He is not pouring the drinks.

They have 100% control over whether they stop pouring the drinks. The lawsuit claims Virgil was overserved, restrained with excessive force, pepper sprayed, and injected with the sedative haloperidol, the drug also known as halidol. is a powerful antipsychotic medication used mainly to control severe agitation, psychosis, and violent behavior. The lawsuit alleges those actions directly led to his death. The family argues that the situation would not have escalated if the room had been ready and if alcohol service had been cut off. His body remained in a refrigerator on board until the ship returned to Los Angeles at the end of the voyage December 16th of 24. Thanks, Drew. For the latest Crime and Justice

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