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.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Crime Alert.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
I'm Nancy Grayce breaking crime is 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.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
It happened inside a neighborhood where residents feared a deadly
accident was only a matter of time. Angelo Theodoso, sixty four,
was arrested in Saint John's County after the November thirtieth
crash that killed his wife, Christina Theodoso. Deputy said Theodoso
showed signs of impairment and refused to breath test. He
is charged with misdemeanor dui. Authority said Christina filled from
(00:42):
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.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
We woke up to all the lights out here, came outside,
saw that, in fact, she was already loaded the AMBLCE.
I think by the time we got out here.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
According to the Saint John's County Sir OF's office. The
crash happened around ten forty five pm on Recollection Drive
in Knokate. Christina was airlifted to Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, but
died the following day. Barnes says Angelo was visibly distraught
at the scene.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
Her husband was out here and the police were talking
to him. He was pacing around and the golf cart
was alway down with the mailboxes.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Theodos Who's attorney, el Lee Lockett, told the Saint John's
Citizen that his client maintains his innocence. Quote, he didn't
cause the accident. He was not impaired. He also said,
theodos who 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
(01:42):
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.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
We kind of imagine it's only amount of time before
there's an accident at this intersection.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Thanks Dreue. More crime and justice news after this.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
A murder trial is under way 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, twenty, of Isalia. She is charged with
(02:28):
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 trapped into their
car seats inside a Toyota Corolla for more than two
hours on June twenty ninth. Outside temperatures were in the
(02:50):
triple digits. Investigators say the inside of the car reached
as high as one hundred and sixteen degrees. Emilio was
later pronounced dead from heatstroke. Stephanie Toconi of the Kern
County District Attorney's Office describes Hernandez sitting inside the spa
socializing while the children were outside.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
Person who was 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.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Could die to Cony told jurors the cosmetic procedure itself
took only twenty 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
(03:42):
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 four point thirty three pm, Hernandez left the
spa and returned to the car. Witnesses said she came
back inside moments later. Carrying amelia. They described him as
(04:05):
limp with blue lips and limbs. Mateo was red, drenched
in sweat, gasping and lethargic. Police bodycam video showed first
responders performing CPR. Emilio was pronounced dead at five forty
eight pm. 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
(04:28):
caused by a mistake, not murder.
Speaker 6 (04:31):
Before she went into the business, mister Nandez left her
keys under the seat, the car was running, the air
conditioning was on. Mister Nandez thought that the car would
stay running, that the air conditioning would likewise remain on.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
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 fifteen
(05:04):
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, thirty five,
died aboard Royal Caribbeans Navigator of the Seas on December thirteenth,
twenty twenty four. He had boarded the ship in Los
Angeles with his fiancee, Connie Aguilar, and their young son,
(05:25):
who had autism. They were headed for Ensnata, 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 thirty three alcoholic drinks over the
course of a few hours. The report states he became belligerent.
(05:47):
He was violent with staff and guests. The report says
he tried to rip sealing panels down to use as
a weapon. Security guards took him into a stairwell. Several
guards placed their full body weight on him.
Speaker 7 (06:00):
To get German's part.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. The cause
was mechanical asphyxiate 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 KCBS.
Speaker 7 (06:25):
They were hoping to create the best memories and then
the worst possible memory was created.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
The TV station asked if Virgil should have stopped himself drinking.
Speaker 7 (06:33):
They have an undeniable, non deligable duty not to overserve him.
That's the law. He is not pouring the drinks. They
have one hundred percent control over whether they stopped pouring
the drinks.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
The lawsuit claims Virgil was overserved, restrained with excessive force,
pepper sprayed, and injected with the sedative haloperidol. The drug,
also known as haldahl, is a powerful antipsychotic medication used
mainly to control severe agitation, psychosis, and violent behavior. The
lawsuit aledges those actions directly led to his death. The
(07:06):
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 sixteenth of twenty.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Four Thanks Drew for the latest crime in Justice. To use,
go to crimeonline dot com and please join us for
our daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our best
to find missing people, especially children, and help solve unsolved homicides.
With this crime alert, Imansi Grace
Crime Alert.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
I'm Nancy Grayce breaking crime is 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.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
It happened inside a neighborhood where residents feared a deadly
accident was only a matter of time. Angelo Theodoso, sixty four,
was arrested in Saint John's County after the November thirtieth
crash that killed his wife, Christina Theodoso. Deputy said Theodoso
showed signs of impairment and refused to breath test. He
is charged with misdemeanor dui. Authority said Christina filled from
(00:42):
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.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
We woke up to all the lights out here, came outside,
saw that, in fact, she was already loaded the AMBLCE.
I think by the time we got out here.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
According to the Saint John's County Sir OF's office. The
crash happened around ten forty five pm on Recollection Drive
in Knokate. Christina was airlifted to Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, but
died the following day. Barnes says Angelo was visibly distraught
at the scene.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
Her husband was out here and the police were talking
to him. He was pacing around and the golf cart
was alway down with the mailboxes.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Theodos Who's attorney, el Lee Lockett, told the Saint John's
Citizen that his client maintains his innocence. Quote, he didn't
cause the accident. He was not impaired. He also said,
theodos who 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
(01:42):
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.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
We kind of imagine it's only amount of time before
there's an accident at this intersection.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Thanks Dreue. More crime and justice news after this.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
A murder trial is under way 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, twenty, of Isalia. She is charged with
(02:28):
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 trapped into their
car seats inside a Toyota Corolla for more than two
hours on June twenty ninth. Outside temperatures were in the
(02:50):
triple digits. Investigators say the inside of the car reached
as high as one hundred and sixteen degrees. Emilio was
later pronounced dead from heatstroke. Stephanie Toconi of the Kern
County District Attorney's Office describes Hernandez sitting inside the spa
socializing while the children were outside.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
Person who was 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.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Could die to Cony told jurors the cosmetic procedure itself
took only twenty 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
(03:42):
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 four point thirty three pm, Hernandez left the
spa and returned to the car. Witnesses said she came
back inside moments later. Carrying amelia. They described him as
(04:05):
limp with blue lips and limbs. Mateo was red, drenched
in sweat, gasping and lethargic. Police bodycam video showed first
responders performing CPR. Emilio was pronounced dead at five forty
eight pm. 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
(04:28):
caused by a mistake, not murder.
Speaker 6 (04:31):
Before she went into the business, mister Nandez left her
keys under the seat, the car was running, the air
conditioning was on. Mister Nandez thought that the car would
stay running, that the air conditioning would likewise remain on.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
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 fifteen
(05:04):
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, thirty five,
died aboard Royal Caribbeans Navigator of the Seas on December thirteenth,
twenty twenty four. He had boarded the ship in Los
Angeles with his fiancee, Connie Aguilar, and their young son,
(05:25):
who had autism. They were headed for Ensnata, 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 thirty three alcoholic drinks over the
course of a few hours. The report states he became belligerent.
(05:47):
He was violent with staff and guests. The report says
he tried to rip sealing panels down to use as
a weapon. Security guards took him into a stairwell. Several
guards placed their full body weight on him.
Speaker 7 (06:00):
To get German's part.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. The cause
was mechanical asphyxiate 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 KCBS.
Speaker 7 (06:25):
They were hoping to create the best memories and then
the worst possible memory was created.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
The TV station asked if Virgil should have stopped himself drinking.
Speaker 7 (06:33):
They have an undeniable, non deligable duty not to overserve him.
That's the law. He is not pouring the drinks. They
have one hundred percent control over whether they stopped pouring
the drinks.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
The lawsuit claims Virgil was overserved, restrained with excessive force,
pepper sprayed, and injected with the sedative haloperidol. The drug,
also known as haldahl, is a powerful antipsychotic medication used
mainly to control severe agitation, psychosis, and violent behavior. The
lawsuit aledges those actions directly led to his death. The
(07:06):
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 sixteenth of twenty.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Four Thanks Drew for the latest crime in Justice. To use,
go to crimeonline dot com and please join us for
our daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our best
to find missing people, especially children, and help solve unsolved homicides.
With this crime alert, Imansi Grace
Host
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