May 9, 2025 • 5 mins
Stepfather shoots and kills 15-year-old boy because he didn't rake the leaves. ER 'patient' lodges himself in the ceiling.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alert, i'mancy grace breaking crime is now. Darkshawn Williams
gets in an argument with his teen step son when
he comes home from work to find the boy has
not completed any chores. The argument escalates. The stepdad Williams
retrieves a handgun and shoots the teen boy in the chest.
He calls nine one one and admits to the crime.
(00:22):
The boy's unconscious and not breathing by the time EMT's arrived.
Despite life saving measures, the boy is pronounced dead on
the scene, Nancy.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
It turns out William's step son had not raped the leaves,
en raging Williams, who had already been arguing with the
boy's mother over his behavior. The couple apparently argued over dinner,
and his wife did not return home in an attempt
to de escalate the argument. After shooting the fifteen year old,
Williams called his wife and told her, quote, your son
(00:52):
is dead. Michael Clemens was set to turn sixteen next month.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Darshawn Williams, forty eight, now facing murder, assault, child abuse
and gun charges over incompleted chores. Staff at a California
hospital highly suspicious their latest walk in is on drugs.
When a staff member notices the man's been in the
bathroom a really long time. He pokes his head in
to find the man gone and ceiling tiles out of place.
(01:19):
Cops are called. They can't find the man. No one
answers when they call. A pole camera finally spots him
lodged between a metal support beam and an h SHIVEC unit.
The man confirms he's stuck. Firefighters have to cut him free,
causing five thousand dollars of damages. The patient now facing
(01:41):
vandalism charges.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
More crime and justice needs after this.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news crime
online is John Limley.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Two women have been shot and wounded on the campus
of Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology in Inglewood, California,
in what an authorities or calling a case of workplace violence.
The gunfire broke out inside an office at the aviation school,
located about a mile from Los Angeles International Airport. Inglewood
(02:12):
Mayor James Budd says the suspect is believed to be
a former employee. One of the victims is reported to
be in critical condition. A man matching the suspect's description
was taken into custody. After leaving the scene, Los Angeles
police say they stopped a vehicle that had been flagged
as a regional alert. The campus went into lockdown for
(02:34):
about an hour. Chris Becker, president of the Inglewood campus,
said the school is typically peaceful and that safety is
a top priority, especially given its focus on aviation training.
Spartan College operates multiple campuses nationwide. Its Inglewood site serves
roughly five hundred students, primarily in aviation maintenance programs. A
(02:58):
former fashion executive facing sex trafficking charges has been ruled
mentally unfit to stand trial. Crime Online correspondent Sidney Sumner
has more.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Michael Jeffries Wants, the powerful CEO behind Abercrombie and Fitch's
rise to prominence, has been declared mentally incompetent to stand
trial on federal sex trafficking charges. The ruling came in
recent days from US District Judge Newsrat Chowdery, who cited
a preponderance of the evidence showing that Jeffrey suffers from
severe cognitive decline, including Alzheimer's, Louis body dementia, and lasting
(03:33):
effects of a traumatic brain injury. Jeffrey's legal team submitted
evaluations from four medical professionals who concluded his condition as
progressive and cannot be reversed. As a result, the judge
ordered that he be hospitalized for up to four months
in a federal facility to determine whether treatment might restore
his competency. The charges filed in October accused Jeffries and
(03:56):
two others, his romantic partner Matthew Smith, and an associate,
James Jacobson, of luring men to sex parties with promises
of modeling opportunities. Prosecutors say the events, held in locations
including New York City and the Hamptons, involve drugs and coercion.
All three men have pleaded not guilty. Jeffries has been
(04:16):
free on a ten million dollar bond since his initial
court appearance. The court will reassess Jeffrey's mental state following
his hospitalization.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Michael Jeffries' co defendants remain free on bond as the
case moves forward.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Lechay is Stein's sixteen honor student, George Washington High Aurora, Colorado,
James of being a nurse over the summer she interns
at University Colorado Hospital, but plans to spend the rest
of her time working and has a job interview already
lined up. The day of the interview, her mom goes
to wake her up and finds le'chee gone. She reports
(04:51):
her daughter missing, Lay's phone gone while it closed charger.
All home surveillance video catches lachee A walking near a
bus stop Pa. Yoria Street two twenty three a m.
That's the last known signing of La Shia. Police fear
she was lured from her home and sex trafficked. There
have been possible sightings ofle Shaia in Aurora and as
(05:14):
far as Kansas City. Lochaa Steine African American, five six,
one hundred and fifty pounds long, possibly braided, black hair,
brown eyes, quarter size round scar on her chest. If
you have info on Lochaa Steine, call Aurora, Colorado PD
three zero three six two seven thirty one hundred. For
(05:38):
the latest crime and justice needs, go to crimeonline dot
com and please join us for our daily podcast. It's
called Crime Stories, and we do our very best to
find missing people, especially children, and solved unsolved homicides. With
this crime Alerk, I'm Nancy Grace
Crime Alert, i'mancy grace breaking crime is now. Darkshawn Williams
gets in an argument with his teen step son when
he comes home from work to find the boy has
not completed any chores. The argument escalates. The stepdad Williams
retrieves a handgun and shoots the teen boy in the chest.
He calls nine one one and admits to the crime.
(00:22):
The boy's unconscious and not breathing by the time EMT's arrived.
Despite life saving measures, the boy is pronounced dead on
the scene, Nancy.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
It turns out William's step son had not raped the leaves,
en raging Williams, who had already been arguing with the
boy's mother over his behavior. The couple apparently argued over dinner,
and his wife did not return home in an attempt
to de escalate the argument. After shooting the fifteen year old,
Williams called his wife and told her, quote, your son
(00:52):
is dead. Michael Clemens was set to turn sixteen next month.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Darshawn Williams, forty eight, now facing murder, assault, child abuse
and gun charges over incompleted chores. Staff at a California
hospital highly suspicious their latest walk in is on drugs.
When a staff member notices the man's been in the
bathroom a really long time. He pokes his head in
to find the man gone and ceiling tiles out of place.
(01:19):
Cops are called. They can't find the man. No one
answers when they call. A pole camera finally spots him
lodged between a metal support beam and an h SHIVEC unit.
The man confirms he's stuck. Firefighters have to cut him free,
causing five thousand dollars of damages. The patient now facing
(01:41):
vandalism charges.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
More crime and justice needs after this.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news crime
online is John Limley.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Two women have been shot and wounded on the campus
of Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology in Inglewood, California,
in what an authorities or calling a case of workplace violence.
The gunfire broke out inside an office at the aviation school,
located about a mile from Los Angeles International Airport. Inglewood
(02:12):
Mayor James Budd says the suspect is believed to be
a former employee. One of the victims is reported to
be in critical condition. A man matching the suspect's description
was taken into custody. After leaving the scene, Los Angeles
police say they stopped a vehicle that had been flagged
as a regional alert. The campus went into lockdown for
(02:34):
about an hour. Chris Becker, president of the Inglewood campus,
said the school is typically peaceful and that safety is
a top priority, especially given its focus on aviation training.
Spartan College operates multiple campuses nationwide. Its Inglewood site serves
roughly five hundred students, primarily in aviation maintenance programs. A
(02:58):
former fashion executive facing sex trafficking charges has been ruled
mentally unfit to stand trial. Crime Online correspondent Sidney Sumner
has more.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Michael Jeffries Wants, the powerful CEO behind Abercrombie and Fitch's
rise to prominence, has been declared mentally incompetent to stand
trial on federal sex trafficking charges. The ruling came in
recent days from US District Judge Newsrat Chowdery, who cited
a preponderance of the evidence showing that Jeffrey suffers from
severe cognitive decline, including Alzheimer's, Louis body dementia, and lasting
(03:33):
effects of a traumatic brain injury. Jeffrey's legal team submitted
evaluations from four medical professionals who concluded his condition as
progressive and cannot be reversed. As a result, the judge
ordered that he be hospitalized for up to four months
in a federal facility to determine whether treatment might restore
his competency. The charges filed in October accused Jeffries and
(03:56):
two others, his romantic partner Matthew Smith, and an associate,
James Jacobson, of luring men to sex parties with promises
of modeling opportunities. Prosecutors say the events, held in locations
including New York City and the Hamptons, involve drugs and coercion.
All three men have pleaded not guilty. Jeffries has been
(04:16):
free on a ten million dollar bond since his initial
court appearance. The court will reassess Jeffrey's mental state following
his hospitalization.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Michael Jeffries' co defendants remain free on bond as the
case moves forward.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Lechay is Stein's sixteen honor student, George Washington High Aurora, Colorado,
James of being a nurse over the summer she interns
at University Colorado Hospital, but plans to spend the rest
of her time working and has a job interview already
lined up. The day of the interview, her mom goes
to wake her up and finds le'chee gone. She reports
(04:51):
her daughter missing, Lay's phone gone while it closed charger.
All home surveillance video catches lachee A walking near a
bus stop Pa. Yoria Street two twenty three a m.
That's the last known signing of La Shia. Police fear
she was lured from her home and sex trafficked. There
have been possible sightings ofle Shaia in Aurora and as
(05:14):
far as Kansas City. Lochaa Steine African American, five six,
one hundred and fifty pounds long, possibly braided, black hair,
brown eyes, quarter size round scar on her chest. If
you have info on Lochaa Steine, call Aurora, Colorado PD
three zero three six two seven thirty one hundred. For
(05:38):
the latest crime and justice needs, go to crimeonline dot
com and please join us for our daily podcast. It's
called Crime Stories, and we do our very best to
find missing people, especially children, and solved unsolved homicides. With
this crime Alerk, I'm Nancy Grace
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