December 29, 2025 • 4 mins
Braun Levi dies after being hit by an alleged drunk driver
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Lord hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm Dave
mac bron Levi is a high school tennis star in
southern California whose family lost their home in the Palisades
Fired to start off twenty twenty five, the Bronze relocated
to Manhattan Beach, settling into a new routine when tragedy
strikes again.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Levi is walking with a friend across the pulvit Of
Boulevard in Manhattan Beach, California, at twelve forty five am
when a woman with the record of drunk driving arrest
slams into the eighteen year old. Police say thirty three
year old Jeniah Belt was intoxicated when she was behind
the wheel of the suv this struck Levi. Belt was
allegedly driving with a license that was suspended as a
(00:43):
result of a previous drunk driving arrest from twenty twenty three.
First Responders found Levi in the road. He was transported
to a hospital where he later died from his injuries.
At his memorial service, attended by hundreds, Bronze sister Adel
Levi of his plans to attend college.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
It breaks my heart that UVA won't get to.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Experience his life.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
I can't count how many times he called me and said,
a te I'm so excited for college.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
What's it like?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
So to all the seniors about to graduate, Braun is
so proud of you. Go crush college the way he
would have. Bron, I love you more than words can see.
You change my life for the better, and I'll spend
the rest fun missing Mune, living for you.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
According to core records obtained by the Los Angeles Times,
Belt had a blood alcohol level almost twice the legal
limit at the time of the collision. She was arrested
at the scene after the four passengers in her vehicle fled.
Belt was released from custody, but arrested again months later.
In November, Levi's family filed a two hundred million dollars
(01:58):
wrongful death lawsuit against Belt. Belt now charged with second
degree murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and driving with
a suspended license. She is scheduled to be arraigned in
Los Angeles County on December thirty first. In a first
(02:22):
floor apartment in an Oakland Park, Florida complex, a series
of nine to one one calls are made as violence unfolds.
In one call, the defendant himself allegedly alerts dispatchers to
the fact that there are three children inside the apartment
as the domestic dispute becomes a physical altercation.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
To give an apartment.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Okay, I'm not quite understanding.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
So at this apartment you are having an argument with
your friends.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
No, my famous argument with the white point. Is it
physical or is it just arguing off? It is physical?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
See it.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
At around twelve fifty five am, the stabbing is reported
in another phone call. Deputies encountered Ramirez ant the apartment
and struggled with him while trying to apply pressure to
stop the bleeding from apparently self inflicted wound. Inside, fire
rescue crews find Fayane Ramirez suffering from multiple stab wounds.
She's pronounced dead at the scene of the crime. Investigators
(03:32):
quickly confirm the woman was pregnant and lived in the
apartment with her three other children. One neighbor says it
sounded like furniture like hitting, and there was a lot
of screaming, while another neighbor walking past the site said
they opened the door and when I walked back, like
to go home, I see a body laying on the floor.
(03:54):
Apparently somebody got stabbed in the neck. At the time
of the slagh, the victim had an active restraining order
out against the defendant. Thirty seven year old Mario Alejandro Ramirez,
stands accused of one count of murder, dangerous and depraved
without premeditation. According to Broward County Sheriff's Office records, Ramirez
appeared in court for a bond hearing and is being
(04:16):
held without bond in the Broward, Maine Jail. The judge
ordered medical and mental health evaluations. Ramirez is also on
an immigration related detainer. The motive for the woman's death
remains unclear. For the latest crime and justice breaking news,
be sure to follow the Crime Alert hourly update on
your favorite podcast out with this crime Alert, I'm Dave
(04:38):
Mac
Crime Lord hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm Dave
mac bron Levi is a high school tennis star in
southern California whose family lost their home in the Palisades
Fired to start off twenty twenty five, the Bronze relocated
to Manhattan Beach, settling into a new routine when tragedy
strikes again.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Levi is walking with a friend across the pulvit Of
Boulevard in Manhattan Beach, California, at twelve forty five am
when a woman with the record of drunk driving arrest
slams into the eighteen year old. Police say thirty three
year old Jeniah Belt was intoxicated when she was behind
the wheel of the suv this struck Levi. Belt was
allegedly driving with a license that was suspended as a
(00:43):
result of a previous drunk driving arrest from twenty twenty three.
First Responders found Levi in the road. He was transported
to a hospital where he later died from his injuries.
At his memorial service, attended by hundreds, Bronze sister Adel
Levi of his plans to attend college.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
It breaks my heart that UVA won't get to.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Experience his life.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
I can't count how many times he called me and said,
a te I'm so excited for college.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
What's it like?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
So to all the seniors about to graduate, Braun is
so proud of you. Go crush college the way he
would have. Bron, I love you more than words can see.
You change my life for the better, and I'll spend
the rest fun missing Mune, living for you.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
According to core records obtained by the Los Angeles Times,
Belt had a blood alcohol level almost twice the legal
limit at the time of the collision. She was arrested
at the scene after the four passengers in her vehicle fled.
Belt was released from custody, but arrested again months later.
In November, Levi's family filed a two hundred million dollars
(01:58):
wrongful death lawsuit against Belt. Belt now charged with second
degree murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and driving with
a suspended license. She is scheduled to be arraigned in
Los Angeles County on December thirty first. In a first
(02:22):
floor apartment in an Oakland Park, Florida complex, a series
of nine to one one calls are made as violence unfolds.
In one call, the defendant himself allegedly alerts dispatchers to
the fact that there are three children inside the apartment
as the domestic dispute becomes a physical altercation.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
To give an apartment.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Okay, I'm not quite understanding.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
So at this apartment you are having an argument with
your friends.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
No, my famous argument with the white point. Is it
physical or is it just arguing off? It is physical?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
See it.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
At around twelve fifty five am, the stabbing is reported
in another phone call. Deputies encountered Ramirez ant the apartment
and struggled with him while trying to apply pressure to
stop the bleeding from apparently self inflicted wound. Inside, fire
rescue crews find Fayane Ramirez suffering from multiple stab wounds.
She's pronounced dead at the scene of the crime. Investigators
(03:32):
quickly confirm the woman was pregnant and lived in the
apartment with her three other children. One neighbor says it
sounded like furniture like hitting, and there was a lot
of screaming, while another neighbor walking past the site said
they opened the door and when I walked back, like
to go home, I see a body laying on the floor.
(03:54):
Apparently somebody got stabbed in the neck. At the time
of the slagh, the victim had an active restraining order
out against the defendant. Thirty seven year old Mario Alejandro Ramirez,
stands accused of one count of murder, dangerous and depraved
without premeditation. According to Broward County Sheriff's Office records, Ramirez
appeared in court for a bond hearing and is being
(04:16):
held without bond in the Broward, Maine Jail. The judge
ordered medical and mental health evaluations. Ramirez is also on
an immigration related detainer. The motive for the woman's death
remains unclear. For the latest crime and justice breaking news,
be sure to follow the Crime Alert hourly update on
your favorite podcast out with this crime Alert, I'm Dave
(04:38):
Mac
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