Crime Wire Weekly 10/17/25 | Donna Adelson Sentenced - Cali Model Manhunt - Pennsylvania Sexcapades Equal Jail (Preview)

0:00 Hey, folks, we got a lot of topics to cover today in the world of crime. In Louisiana, a man robs the same Baton Rouge bank that he robbed eleven years ago. A wild story coming out of the Bayou State. And Florida, Donna Adelson his sentence for her role in the murder of her former son in law. In California, a playboy model is on the run after being sought for a string of high end burglaries. In Arkansas, a man whose trial for second degree murder is three months away, he just announced he's running for sheriff. And guess what he's likely gonna win. We're going to be talking about that one. In Pennsylvania, a woman is in prison for get ready for it, loud sex. These stories and more we're coming at you today on Crime Wire Weekly. I'm Jim Chapman and I'm Kelly. I bet you didn't expect that last one, Kelly Jennis.

1:03 I was not ready. It's a fact. It happens in the United States of America. Well, God bless her loud sex. Listen, you heard it here first many ways more than one. We're silly this morning, y'all. I don't know what it is. It's we woke up. It was pretty beautiful outside in South Louisiana. It's so cool. Yeah, sixty two degrees when I woke up this morning. We'll take it. We will take it. Now we're going to get into today's stories. But before we do, Kelly has a little announcement to make, and she's looking at me like I have three heads because she has no idea what we're about to announce. But Kelly, you got a series coming up?

1:49 Do you not? Unspeakable? A True crime. Podcast by Kelly jens I do, and y'all, I have been working my butt off to make sure that this is the most detailed, in your face storytelling of South Louisiana serial killer Derek Toddley. It is probably the most requested case that she gets, or one of the most requested for sure to cover. And this is going to be different than anything you've ever heard out of Unspeakable, a true crime podcast by Kelly Jennings, and that is very highly produced. We even outsourced some production for this one. Not that Jim Chapman couldn't handle it, but you know, got a lot of irons in that fire sometimes, so we outsourced some of the production side of what is going on with this particular podcast, And we've got a treat for you today.

2:44 Right now, you're going to hear the trailer for what Kelly, what are we calling it? DTL DTL. Here it is. In the sultry heat of Louisiana, where the bayous whisper secrets and the air hangs heavy with the scent of magnolias, a darkness lurked beneath the surface. Derrick Todd Lee was a man whose charm masked a sinister reality. He was a monster. Lee, a seemingly ordinary man with a disarming smile, led a double life that would unravel in a series of murders in the capital city of Baton Rouge and the surrounding areas. As the first reports of disappearances and murders began to surface, South Louisiana was thrust into a nightmare, igniting a frantic search for answers. The true horror was just beginning, and the hunt for a serial killer eventually known by just three letters, would reveal not only the depths of Dereck Todd Lee's depravity, but also the resilience of those most affected by his evil acts, the families, and the survivors. This is DTL.

4:01 So there you have it. Get ready for it. It's headed your way, right, Kelly. That's right. And listen, every victim matters, Every single victim matters, and so the series is going to give each victim their moment and so we can learn all about them and everything that happened in their specific circumstance. So I hope that y'all will come along for the ride and that you really enjoy the series. That's right, and that will be headed your way November third, the first episode of that series drop. So let's get into the crime related headlines for today, and we're going to start off in Louisiana. Shout out, and I'm going to tell you about a Zachary man who held up a region's bank at gunpoint earlier this year, only to have his plans foiled by a pair of good Samaritans. Well, he had his pleading with the State of Louisiana on felony charges Tuesday morning, and this was inside of a Baton Rouge Federal courtroom. Quarrels Harris, who is fifty two and are police to charges a bank robbery, possession of a firearm and using, carrying, possessing, and brandishing a firearm during or related to the furtherance of a violent crime.

5:13 So those are called enhancements. And with those enhancements, he's facing up to forty seven years in federal lockup on the charges. If the judge determines he had three prior convictions for violent crimes, well guess what life sentence on those three strike laws? And so he had a gun in his possession while being a convicted felon, which is yet another charge. Now, Harris's charges stem from a May eighth robbery at a Region's bank branch on Sherreo Force Boulevard and Batton Ruage. He stole twenty eight hundred dollars from tellers after holding employees and customers at gunpoint inside that bank. But here's the wild thing about this story.

5:57 It was a second time Harris had robbed that Kler bank. Well, he likes to bank. In one little he. Walked into the exact same Regions bank in April of twenty fourteen, pointed a gun at a pair of tellers and told them, quote, you know what time it is, give up the money. I mean, you know, that's a pretty smooth way to rob a bank. You know what time it is? Yeah, I do with that gun? Boyt it an't me. I know what you want. Harris pleaded guilty to first agree robbery in that case. This was in twenty fifteen. He was sentenced to ten years in prison for that robbery. So in this most recent robbery, he stole a two thousand and eight Honda Civic. I might would have picked a quicker car to still, but he steals that Honda Civic that he noticed idling in a driveway near his home. He lived in Zachary. This was on May eighth. He drove the stolen car two Regions Bank and walked in the bank. This is just after ten am, wearing a purple LSU sweatshirt. I mean he's gotta fly his colors, right. He lingered around in the lobby near the deposit slips for several minutes until the teller called him to her window. He then pulled out a twenty two caliber pistol and a black bag and demanded money, ordering the teller to quote, give me everything you got.

7:18 He must have watched a movie or two as a kid. He must have, so he didn't say, what you know what time it is this time, that's what I was disappointed about. He told the teller she had three seconds to give him the money and threaten to shoot her if she put a die pack in the bag. The teller didn't have any cash in her drawer, so she begins collecting money from a drive through counter. Harris noticed the teller in the next lane counting out cash for another customer, and he bumps that customer out of the way, and he begins waving and pointing his gun at customers and employees. Then reached over the counter and snatch the cash out of the second drawer. The customer that Harris knocks out of the way. He noticed the gun was positioned betwe qween Harris and the counter, and Harris wasn't really paying attention to the gun, so the customer grabbed the gun. He wrestles Harris to the ground. He managed to dislodge the weapon from Harris's hands. Another customer picked up the gun and then slid it across the floor.

8:16 The bank employee then called nine to one one and reported the robbery. During the scuffle and after they disarmed Harris, the customer wrestled with him on the floor in the bank's lobby for about seven minutes until police arrived and took him into custody. That's a while, yeah, to be on the ground. Yeah, so he must have been you know, he must have been someone who could handle himself. So, standing in a West Batterye jail jumpsuit, Harris was subdued as he answered the judges questions during the hearing, and the assistant US attorney read the allegations out loud in the courtroom. The judge asked Harris if he agreed those were the facts, and he basically said, it's all true.

8:56 So you didn't even deny. You know what time it is? Judge said, you know what time? Oh yeah, prison time now. Earlier in the preceding, the judge asked Harris if he was satisfied with the representation he received during the case, and Harris was very complimentary, and he said, she's been the greatest person I've ever met as far as an attorney is concerned. And he's met several attorneys in his time. He knows how to compare them. That's right. And his public defender incidentally, was Marcy Blaze. Well, way to go, Marcy Blaze. You have been a good representation of the people. You come highly recommended from mister Harris, and he knows what time it is, so.

9:40 I'm I mean a criminal, but he only got a couple thou I mean, why would you rob it in the early morning hours. I would want to do the robbery towards the end of the day when there's more money hopefully. I mean, you know bank robbers, well, I guess some of them don't think it out. He seems like he was someone that did things kind of sporadically and on the spurt of the moment. Because he steals the Honda Civic that was idling. I doubt he woke up that day and said, I'm going to go look for a car idling he got out of his house. Opportunity. Look at that somebody somebody's letting their air conditioner room while they're inside grabbing their booksack or something, and I'm going to take this and go rob it back. But the same bank. No, that's the curse the Hodific though, because I had one in high school and she got me everywhere I needed to be.

10:25 Yeah, No, I ain't hating on Honna Civics, but I'm hating on him for bank robberies. I mean, you know, get you get. You know what come it is? You know what is stylish? Jesus Christ, you got run to Pope. Actually you actually just need to make sure you can out fight everyone in the lobby. Yeah, Carby Damp, no doubt. That is a freaking g you know, a gash you would be after seven minutes. That's a lot which you're with your adrenaline and and everything. So yeah, shout out to him. Didn't say his name, but shout out to you. You know, you know you are, you know what. Is Take that trophy? All right? So now let's go to Arkansas where an Arkansas father who allegedly killed a man he found in a truck with his teenage daughter is now running for sheriff. Aaron Spencer, who's thirty seven, announced his plan to run for Lone County Sheriff on his campaign's Facebook page Friday, October the tenth. Spencer, who was charged with second degree murder, is scheduled to stand trial in January of twenty twenty six. He is accused of fatally shooting Michael Fossler on October eighth, twenty twenty four.

11:29 The shooting occurred after the military veteran allegedly found his fourteen year old daughter in a truck with a sixty seven year old man. And if you remember we covered this previously when this first broke we did, yeah, so, Spencer allegedly told police that Fossler kidnapped his daughter and lunged towards him when he ordered him out of the truck. He told police he had no choice. At the time of the shooting, Fossler was facing multiple charges, including Internet stalking of a child, sexual assault, sexual indecency with the child, and possession of child pornography. I'm the father who acted to protect his daughter when the system failed, Spencer said in the one minute Facebook video, and through my own fight for justice, I have seen firsthand the failures in law enforcement and in our circuit court. I refuse to stand by while others face these same failures. Spencer said his campaign to run for sheriff of the department that arrested him isn't about me. It's about every parent, every neighbor, every family who deserves to feel safe in their homes and safe in their community. He said, It's about restoring trust where neighbors know law enforcement is on their side and families know that they will not be left alone in a moment of need.

12:36 Yeah, and look, I don't know how much people have followed that story. I can tell you it's one of the top requested stories that for Exposed I get right now is to cover this particular case, very very crazy case. And look, this guy's probably gonna win. Sheriff. Well, the first time I've ever heard of someone charged with second green. And I'm not gonna say I'm mad at it. I'm not either. I mean, obviously, this guy's been a repeat offender to multiple people, multiple families, because he was already you know, under the scope for other things that he's done. Sex offenders are known statistically not be able to be rehabilitated. So he rehabilitated him for him. Yeah, and he stopped him. And this is the thing, you know, whenever they go to court on this one, and this is why. And again I don't have every single detail of the case. I just have what's been released in the media. But even if you're the law if you're the law enforcement officer responding to the scene, you know, your perception of the events is everything. Whenever a law enforcement shooting, you know, an officer shoots somebody, your perception doesn't always have to be accurate. It's just you have to prove that what you perceived to be the threat was actually, you know, what you thought was going to happen, if that makes sense. And this dad, I remember in our previous coverage of this thought that the guy when he launched, thought that he had a weapon that he was pulling. And so I just I'm not sure why the charges.

14:03 Well, I understand the look, anytime someone's killed, there's gonna be charges brought and they're gonna leave it up to a judge and a jury to the side. But this was an active I mean, his child. I guess it wasn't an active kidnapping though, was it. I don't remember. Because the girl was taken from the home and in the car of this guy. This to me is just gonna be it is what it is. I get you go through the through the you know, due process. Yeah, yeah, you have to. I mean, because the guy was he's not denying he killed the guy. He's just saying the guy lunched at him. There's there's no video, so it's they're gonna have to try that through the system. Because just because the guy says that's what happened doesn't necessarily mean it happened. I believe him, Yeah, yeah, yeah, But I'm saying they're gonna an officer is not gonna bear that responsibility. He's gonna bring it to a district attorney and say, uh, you decide whether this guy needs to be charged. And the district attorney would rather charge him and have a jury find him not guilty than when you're dealing with a murder. Yeah, just let the guy roll. But I can tell you the entire state of Arkansas right now's eyes are on this case. It's the biggest case in Arkansas well.

15:17 And obviously to me, if he's able to even put his hat, you know, in the in the run for sheriff, he must not have a criminal record. This father and the way this. Guy was a war hero, and look he did what most fathers would have done. Yeah, I expect that. I hate to say that, but I expect at the point that a sixty seven year old man has taken my fourteen year old daughter, he's a known sex offender. There's no question in my mind as a parent that that's not. Good, no doubt about it. There we go. I agree with you. All right, Let's go to Mississippi and a Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping, and killing a twenty year old community college student. He is set to be executed. Actually this would have occurred two days ago, but luck we are in real time right now when we're recording this, so he's been executed by this point.

16:06 But I'm going to tell you what led to this. Charles Crawford, fifty nine, has been on death row for more than thirty years. The scheduled lethal injection, which was surprising because a lot of states are going away from lethal injection having problems getting the drugs. Apparently Mississippi was able to do. That comes several months after the execution of Mississippi's longest serving death row inmate in a year of increasing executions, Nach Wide. Crawford was convicted of abducting Christy Ray from her parents' home in northern Mississippi. This was on January twenty ninth of nineteen ninety three, when Ray's mother came home her daughter was gone and a handwritten ransom note had been left on the table. The same day, a different ransom note made from magazine cutouts and concerning a woman named Jennifer was found in the attic of Crawford's former father in law. The note was turned over to law enforcement, who began searching for Crawford.

17:04 He was arrested a day later and said he was returning from a hunting trump. He later told authorities he blacked out and did not recall killing Ray. That is so convenient, so convenient. At the time of his arrest, Crawford was days away from going to trial on a separate assault charge that stemmed from an attack in nineteen ninety one in which Crawford was accused of raping a seventeen year old girl and hitting her friend with a hammer. Despite his assertions that he had experienced blackouts and did not remember committing either rape or the hammer attack, Crawford was found guilty of both charges and two separate trials. His prior rape conviction was considered an aggravating circumstance by jurors in Crawford's capital murder trial for race killing, paving the way for his death sentence. Over the past three decades, Crawford tried unsuccessfully to overturn that death sentence. His lawyers are currently appealing to the US Supreme Court, arguing that Crawford should be granted a new trial because the six Amendment rights were violated in his nineteen ninety four trial.

18:10 And it goes through I'm not going to read all this, but it goes through all these appeals that he's made that they all make when they're getting sentenced to death. Now, the plain lethal injection was to be the third in two days in the United States, after executions Tuesday in Florida and Missouri. A total of thirty seven men have died by court ordered execution so far this year in the United States. So there you have that, and they're really rolling out these executions now nationwide after several years of. Not being able to really if you can, and then there was some moratoriums and things that had happened, and just you know, there's nothing. I think it'd be crazy too.

18:56 Sometimes I find people like, hell, yeah, execute them all. I mean, as a human being, I think that justice must be served, But I will never be excited about somebody's execution. I find that kind of bizarre. When people are that, you know, callous, and that's why they get all these And again, I'm not airing on the side of the guy here. I'm just saying what he did at those victims was callous. But I think this is how we distinguish ourselves from these monsters. You know that we weigh and we measure. And that's why I took thirty years, is because they wanted to give every chance possible to look through this case. But and that respect, good riddance, because you're a predator, right and nobody was safe around you. Yeah, no, good, all right. Now we're gonna go to Georgia, where a professor and mother of three children was fatally shot by her roommate who mistook her for an intruder. Erica Anderson, thirty one years old, died in a shooting in Columbus, Georgia that authorities have deemed accidental. Anderson had returned home just after midnight on Monday, October thirteenth from a with her husband and kids, who are living in Indiana. Coroner Buddy Brian said that Anderson's roommate had received alleged terroristic threats from her son, so when she heard a noise while she slept, she picked up a gun and fired two shots. The second bullet struck Anderson. You have to think about the roommate that shot her. Brian reportedly said, I'm sure she's devastated, as anyone would be under the circumstances. Anderson had begun work as a lecturer in costumes in the Department of Theater and Dance at Columbus State University in August. Prior to

20:29 her current role, she taught costumes at Southern Utah University and the University of Florida. She has worked professionally in theaters and opera houses across the US, such as the Sarasota Opera and Utah Shakespeare Theater, and backstage for iatsee on touring Broadway shows. She sounds like she was a really talented woman based on what we're hearing here. Anderson's husband is currently undergoing cancer treatment. Erica had just started this semester at Columbus State University as a professor in the theater department. She was so passionate about her work and her students, and she was truly excited about building her future with the university community. She had already come to love and. I'm yeah, obviously, an accidental shooting horrible. The timing on that it was apparently the estrange son of her roommate that was upsetting the roommate, and I guess she thought her son was going to come in there and do something to her. I don't know, but she was. Probably No one feels worse than her. But maybe this happens more often than people think.

21:35 Hey, look I have a friend that her friend. Okay, so this isn't my personal friend, but we were talking one day and she's like, you're not gonna believe what happened. I said, what happened. Her friend went on a bachelorette trip to like Biloxi or something like that. Well, while they were on the bachelorette trip, one of the bridesmaids who was pregnant, went into labor. So since she had to go have the baby, all the bride they decided, look, we're all going to go back home and then we'll I guess, reconvene and do this at another time. So she came back home. Her husband was not expecting her back, and when she came in the house, he lit her up. He shot her multiple but she lived, thank god, I know, and they're still married from what I understand. So I'm like, oh, you would never win a fight with me. But again, if you shot me multiple.

22:22 Times, yeah, that's that's a very scary situation. And look, it happens. Kids come home late at night and their parents maybe don't expect them, and it's happened. It's your sad situation. You need to really make sure you see who it is you're shooting before you shoot. Imagine how scared that can happen. Yeah, and imagine how scared that roommate must have been to think that she needed to shoot like her son must be A. Yeah, apparently. All right, let's hey, let's pray for all of them and say that even the because these kids now their dad has cancer and their mom is deceased. So in praiers to that family. All right, let's go to back to Louisiana and we're going to go to New Orleans this time. And I'm gonna tell you a story that when I came across this, I'm like, man, this is why I'm not a correctional officer.

23:11 Right here, a New Orleans man serving time at the BB sixty Rayburn a correctional Center, has been sentenced to life in prison. And you know, not gonna believe what he did to get it. And I was actually shocked that he got life in prison for this, although I do uh, I do understand it. So he assaulted a correctional officer with human feces. Judge William Garris sentenced thirty seven year old to Marcus Porter uh after a jury convicted him a battery of a correctional officer. Testimony showed that during a security round at Rayburn, a correctional officer gave instructions to Porter, who ignored the order. Instead, Porter reached into his toilet, grabbed a handful of feet and flung it at the officer, striking him in the face, arm and leg and y'all in the industry they call that gassing an officer. A second officer was also hitting the head and shoulder before staff subdued Porter. At the time, Porter was serving a twenty year sentence stemming from eight convictions in five separate Ordleans Parish cases, including manslaughter, second degree battery, aggravated battery, and bringing contraband into a penal institution.

24:31 Say not a nice guy, right. His manslaughter conviction was originally indicted as a second degree murder charge after a German woman visiting New Orleans was reported missing Her decomposed body was later found in Armstrong Park with her throat slash. In addition to these offenses, Porter had prior convictions for aggravated sexual battery and just a ton of other battery convictions, multiple contraband violations. But you threw shit in a CEO's face and he turned twenty years into life. Well I wonder if he had disease. You know, that's obviously gonna be the first thing that I would want to know. But I have walked on a tier. I have walked on a tier, well actually not even on it, near it while they were cleaning it after a huge gassing incident. Shit was splattered on TVs, on walls, and it smelled all to be damned. Sure, that is the most disgusting and vile thing. And clearly this dude's an animal.

25:32 I'm looking at his picture right now too. Don't even look nice. And that's judgy, but hey, here I am. But yeah, I don't think society's missing much by this guy not being out on the loose. Yeah, he wasn't very you know, very upstaining citizen to start with, apparently, and so life in prison for him. Now, see you later, Alligator speaking of alligators, Let's go to Florida, all right now. According to the Usattorney's Office for the Central District of California, on the night of December thirty first, twenty twenty four, twenty nine year old Jonathan Rinderneck worked as shift as an Uber driver and drove two passengers on separate trips between ten fifteen pm and eleven fifteen pm. The passengers reportedly told authorities they remembered that Rinderneck appeared agitated and angry. Rinderneck, who formerly lived in the area, allegedly dropped off a passenger in Pacific Palisades. And I know right now, you said, wait a minute, I thought were going to Florida. Just hang in there with me for a second here California, right, well, it'll make sense, okay, But dropped off a passenger in Pacific Palisades before driving towards Skull Rock trailhead there, he purportedly tried to contact a former friend, walked up the trail, took videos with his iPhone, and listened to a rap song, which prosecutors said he had listened to repeatedly in previous days.

26:53 The music video included things like being lit on fire, at approximately twelve twelve am on January first, The US Atorney Office said that the Lackman fire began. Rinder Neeck reportedly called nine one one several times during the next five minutes, but didn't get through because his cell phone was out of range. He eventually connected with dispatchers at the bottom of the hiking trail and reported the flames, but by that time and an individual in the area had already told authorities about the fire. Prosecutors alleged that rinder Neck drove off, passing fire engines driving in the opposite directions. He reportedly turned around and followed the fire engines to the scene, driving at a high rate of speed. Allegedly, rnder Neck went up to the same trail he did earlier and observed the fire and firefighters, taking more videos with his cell phone. According to the US Attorney's Office, in an interview on January twenty fourth, Reinerneck lied about his whereabouts to authorities when he first observed the fire, claiming he was near the bottom of the trail when he initially saw the fire and called nine one one.

27:52 Investigators reportedly obtained geolocation data from Reinderneck's cell phone revealing that he was standing in a clearing thirty feet from the fire as it rapidly grew. Authorities said the Palisades fire was a holdover fire, which is a continuation of the Lackman Fire that began early in the morning of New Year's Day twenty twenty five. Firefighters purportedly suppressed the Lackman fire, but unbeknownst to anyone, the fire continued to smolder and burn underground within the root structure of dense vegetation. On October eighth, federal prosecutors announced that Riinderneck, who is now living in Florida, was arrested on a charge of destruction of property by means of fire. Reinderneck faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison and a statutory maximum sentence of twenty years in federal prison if he's convicted. Acting US Attorney Bill Esselay said the complaint alleges that a single person's recklessness caused one of the worst fires in Los Angeles has ever seen, resulting in the death and widespread destruction in Pacific Palisades. While we cannot bring back what victims lost, we hope this criminal case brings some measure of justice to those affected by this horrific tragedy. Special Agent in Charge Kenny Cooper of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Los Angeles Field Division added the horrific loss and life, life and property was significantly felt by ATF members, and we are honored to utilize our expertise to provide answers to this community. We remain committed to serving with integrity and distinction.

29:23 Yeah, and just to give you an idea of how bad that fire was, y'all, and the fact that this was essentially started by a guy and a lighter, which is so crazy. Sixty eight hundred structures burned to the ground, twelve people were killed, one hundred and five thousand people were evacuated, and twenty four thousand acres were burned, all because of this jackass. And you know, we talk a lot on this show and on our our own crime podcast about the fact that Google has become a very valuable tool for law enforcement because it can go back and track what you were searching. Right after this fire, they were able to track via Google that this jackass had searched. Can you go to jail for a cigarette?

30:22 Starting a fire. Well tell me that pretty much? Yeah, I mean, like, that's that's some pretty strong evidence you probably started the fire. The sentencing here, the sentencing here to me doesn't seem harsh enough. After I went and listened and watched to some of the accounts, and one stuck with me of a woman who had I believe he was disabled, a disabled son, an adult disabled son, and she had to leave him because she could not physically, she couldn't physically carry him, and he told her go, mom, he passed away. Yeah, how does a mother make that decision to leave her son because she can't physically move him? And he gave his mother the gift of saying it's okay, you can go.

31:05 And I say the gift because you know she'll have to live with this forever. And then he's just facing that's nothing. Nothing. He wiped out people's memories in their lives. Sixty eight thousand different people lost structures. You know, And to put into perspective, if I were to go and interview one person from every structure and them tell their story, I couldn't cover. That in a year, Right, I agree? So you know I have no remorse or no compassion, Right, now for this guy, I don't know. I just feel like that's an under under sentencing. All right, I agree with you. Let's go to California.

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