Reid Carter delivers justice updates across America. In Florida, Sheila Agee is finally convicted of encouraging her son to murder Brooklyn Sims after her first trial ended in mistrial due to a juror doing crossword puzzles during deliberations. Fraser Michael Bohm pleads not guilty to killing four Pepperdine students while driving 104 mph, hiring Karen Read's lawyer for his defense. The Nicholas Kassotis dismemberment trial continues with gruesome testimony about defensive wounds and bone-cutting attempts. Plus, Steven Lawson gets 17 years for his role in Crystal Rogers' murder. From crossword chaos to justice served, Reid breaks down the verdicts that matter.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Caalarogus Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter, and welcome
to celebrity trials. Justice moves at different speeds for different people.
Sometimes it takes years, sometimes it takes hours. Today we've
got verdicts, sentences, and new trials beginning, including an update
(00:24):
on that Florida mother who texted her son into murder.
Turns out the first jury couldn't convict her because one
juror was more interested in crossword puzzles than justice. Well,
the second jury had no such distractions. Let's start with
breaking news from Pensacola. Remember Sheila Agy, the mother who
(00:48):
allegedly called her teenage son a motherfucking bitch if he
didn't murder the mother of his child, The one who
coached him via text message on where and how to
kill eighteen year old Brooklyn sims Well. Folks, Justice finally
caught up with her. After less than three hours of deliberation,
a Florida jury found Sheila Agy guilty of principal first
(01:09):
degree premeditated murder. But let me tell you about the
circus that was her first trial back in November. Because
this is what happens when you don't take jury duties. Seriously.
Picture this. A woman is on trial for encouraging her
son to commit murder. The evidence includes text messages where
she's literally planning the killing. The victim's family is in
(01:32):
the courtroom desperate for justice, and what's juror Sally Sue
Smith doing crossword puzzles during testimony during deliberations crossword puzzles.
When other jurors confronted her about it, she felt threatened,
said she had a pacemaker and the stress was affecting
her heart rate. Judge Coleman Robinson had to declare a
(01:52):
mistrial because this one juror turned the deliberation room into chaos.
The judge called her behavior unhinged and apologized to the
other jurors who had to deal with her unpleasantness. Jury
foreman Vladimir Gousarov later revealed that when they tried to
discuss the racist language in the text messages where the
(02:13):
N word was used as slang between Keith and Sheila,
this same juror insisted it was racially motivated and refused
to understand context. She just could not understand what was
being said. Gusarov told reporters they went through thirty two
pages of texts line by line, and she still didn't
get it or didn't want to. But this week, with
(02:35):
a new jury paying attention instead of filling in seven down,
justice was swift. The evidence was overwhelming. Text messages starting
at eight forty am plotting murder Sheila, calling Keith a
coward if he didn't kill Brooklyn, instructions on where to
do it so the baby wouldn't see, warnings not to
use her vehicle. Sheila took the stand in her own defense,
(02:57):
claiming she loved Brooklyn and did nothing wrong. She said
Brooklyn was the best mom I've ever seen. Really, Sheila,
you loved her so much you texted your son to
murder her. Even Keith testified for his mother's defense, claiming
she never wanted me to hurt Brooklyn. But the jury
saw through it. The text messages don't lie. Brooklyn Simms
(03:21):
is dead because a mother turned her son's anger into murder.
Sheila Age will be formally sentenced later, but she's facing
life in prison. Good she can do crossword puzzles in
her cell for the next forty years. Fraser Michael Boehm
stood in a Van Nuy's courtroom on Wednesday and pleaded
(03:43):
not guilty. To murdering four Pepperdine University students not guilty
after driving one hundred four miles per hour in a
forty five zone after data from his BMW's black box
proved he was accelerating right before impact. This twenty two
year old rich kid from Mallae killed Neev Rolston twenty,
Peyton Stewart twenty one, Ashaweir twenty one, Deslynd Williams twenty one,
(04:08):
all seniors, all members of Alpha Phi Sorority, all with
their whole lives ahead of them. They were walking along
Pacific Coast Highway on October seventeenth, twenty twenty three, when
Boehm's BMW slammed into them at over one hundred miles
per hour. His excuse road rage. He claims someone in
(04:29):
a white Honda Civic was chasing him, so he had
to flee at twice the speed limit. The female driver
of that civic, she says she never made contact with
his car. Photos of her vehicle show no damage. But
here's what really makes my blood boil. Boehm has hired
Alan Jackson as his attorney. You might recognize that name.
(04:49):
Jackson just got Karen Reid acquitted of murder charges. Now
he's representing a spoiled brat who turned pH into a
killing field. During his preliminary hearing, Bohm's previous this attorney
actually called him a kid and noted he had no
prior driving violations. A kid. He was twenty years old
driving a BMW at one hundred four miles per hour.
(05:11):
That's not a kid. That's a killer with a luxury car.
The data doesn't lie. In the two point five seconds
before impact, Boehm accelerated from ninety three to one hundred
four miles per hour. He wasn't fleeing, he was flying,
and four young women paid the price. Victor Calandra testified
he saw Boem driving erratically, swerving between lanes before they
(05:35):
ended up at a traffic light together. This wasn't sudden
road rage. This was a pattern of dangerous driving that
ended in quadruple homicide. Bohm's next hearing is September fifth.
The victim's sorority sister, Bridget Thompson, told Court TV she'll
be at every hearing. It hurts me that they can't
be in the courtroom to represent themselves. It gives me
(05:58):
peace to know I can be there. That's the difference
between real people and entitled killers. Bridget Thompson shows up
for her sisters. Fraser Michael Boehm showed up to court
in a suit his parents probably bought, claiming innocence, while
four families plan funerals. Back in a moment, Welcome back
(06:28):
to celebrity trials. I'm Red Carter, and we're closing with
updates on two trials that show just how evil people
can be when they think they won't get caught. The
Nicholas Cassadis trial is in full swing in Liberty County, Georgia,
and day two brought us exactly the kind of gruesome
details you'd expect from a man accused of cutting his
wife into pieces. Prosecutors are painting a picture of a
(06:51):
former Navy jag officer, a prosecutor himself who knew exactly
how to commit murder and clean up after it. Medical
examine Keith Lehman testified about the defensive injuries on Mindy
Castis's hands and forearms. You know what defensive injuries mean.
She fought back. She tried to stop her husband from
(07:11):
killing her. Layman also testified about unsuccessful attempts to cut
through bone that couldn't be attributed to decomposition. Think about that.
This monster didn't just kill his wife. He tried to
saw through her bones to dispose of her body, and
when that didn't work cleanly, he kept going anyway. The
States theory Kesotis owed his first wife one point five
(07:35):
million dollars from a divorce judgment and was on the
run with Mindy to avoid paying the defense. They claim
a mysterious CIA connected figure named Jim McIntyre was controlling
their lives and forced them to flee right a shadowy
government operative made you dismember your wife. That's your defense.
(07:56):
But here's the kicker. Prosecutors have a target receipt showing
Casodis bought condoms an old spice on his way to
meet his third wife just days after Mindy's death. This
man scattered his second wife across two counties and immediately
went shopping for date supplies. District Attorney Lori Bio put
it perfectly. The killer was a prosecutor. He would have
(08:19):
known to clean up, and boy did he try. Crime
scene wipes were found everywhere near Mindy's remains. But you
can't clean up evil Nicholas. You can't wipe away what
you did. The trial is expected to last two to
three weeks, with prosecutors calling at least thirty five witnesses,
seven women and five men. Will decide if this monster
(08:40):
spends the rest of his life in prison. Finally, some
actual justice to report. Stephen Lawson, one of three men
convicted in the Crystal Rogers case, was sentenced to seventeen
years in prison on Wednesday. For those who don't remember,
Crystal was a mother of five who vanished on July third,
(09:02):
twenty fifteen. Her body has never been found, but three
men have now been convicted in her death. Lawson and
his son Joseph, abandoned Cristel's car on the Bluegrass Parkway
the night she disappeared. They tried to make it look
like she'd broken down and wandered off. Instead, they proved
they were part of a conspiracy to murder an innocent mother.
(09:23):
The judge agreed with the jury's recommendation, seventeen years for
conspiracy to commit murder, five years for tampering with evidence
to be served. Concurrently, Brooks Hawk, Cristel's boyfriend, was convicted
of murder. He and Joseph Lawson will be sentenced on
August twenty First, you know what strikes me about this case.
(09:43):
It took nearly a decade, but Kentucky didn't give up.
They kept investigating, kept pushing, kept looking for justice, even
without a body. Three convictions without remains. That's how you
honor a victim. When killers think they've been clever. Stephen
Lawson is seventy years old. Seventeen years might be a
life sentence for him. Good you help murder a mother
(10:04):
of five, You deserve to die in prison. What a
week in the world of celebrity trials, folks. We've got
mothers texting murder instructions entitled Brat's Killing, sorority sisters at
one hundred four miles per hour, Navy lawyers dismembering wives,
and conspirators finally facing justice for a decade old murder.
(10:27):
You know what all these cases have in common. Arrogance,
the absolute certainty that they could get away with it.
Sheila Age thought she was clever using text messages to
coach murder. Fraser Michael Boehm thought his BMW made him invincible.
Nicholas Cassotis thought being a prosecutor meant he knew how
to get away with murder. Stephen Lawson thought abandoning a
(10:49):
car would cover up a killing. They were all wrong.
Justice might be slow, asked Crystal Rogers, five kids who've
waited ten years. Justice might be messy, the jurors who
had to deal with Sally Sue Smith's crossword puzzles. But
justice is coming today. Take a moment to think about
Brooklyn Sims, those four Pepperdine students, Mindy Casotis, and Crystal Rogers,
(11:14):
real women with real families who deserve so much better
than the monsters who took their lives. I'm read Carter.
With celebrity trials, stop doing crossword puzzles during murder trials.
Slow down on pch and for God's sake, don't buy
condoms on your way to meet your next wife while
your current wife is in pieces. Justice isn't always fast,
(11:34):
but verdicts are forever. We'll see you tomorrow.
Caalarogus Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter, and welcome
to celebrity trials. Justice moves at different speeds for different people.
Sometimes it takes years, sometimes it takes hours. Today we've
got verdicts, sentences, and new trials beginning, including an update
(00:24):
on that Florida mother who texted her son into murder.
Turns out the first jury couldn't convict her because one
juror was more interested in crossword puzzles than justice. Well,
the second jury had no such distractions. Let's start with
breaking news from Pensacola. Remember Sheila Agy, the mother who
(00:48):
allegedly called her teenage son a motherfucking bitch if he
didn't murder the mother of his child, The one who
coached him via text message on where and how to
kill eighteen year old Brooklyn sims Well. Folks, Justice finally
caught up with her. After less than three hours of deliberation,
a Florida jury found Sheila Agy guilty of principal first
(01:09):
degree premeditated murder. But let me tell you about the
circus that was her first trial back in November. Because
this is what happens when you don't take jury duties. Seriously.
Picture this. A woman is on trial for encouraging her
son to commit murder. The evidence includes text messages where
she's literally planning the killing. The victim's family is in
(01:32):
the courtroom desperate for justice, and what's juror Sally Sue
Smith doing crossword puzzles during testimony during deliberations crossword puzzles.
When other jurors confronted her about it, she felt threatened,
said she had a pacemaker and the stress was affecting
her heart rate. Judge Coleman Robinson had to declare a
(01:52):
mistrial because this one juror turned the deliberation room into chaos.
The judge called her behavior unhinged and apologized to the
other jurors who had to deal with her unpleasantness. Jury
foreman Vladimir Gousarov later revealed that when they tried to
discuss the racist language in the text messages where the
(02:13):
N word was used as slang between Keith and Sheila,
this same juror insisted it was racially motivated and refused
to understand context. She just could not understand what was
being said. Gusarov told reporters they went through thirty two
pages of texts line by line, and she still didn't
get it or didn't want to. But this week, with
(02:35):
a new jury paying attention instead of filling in seven down,
justice was swift. The evidence was overwhelming. Text messages starting
at eight forty am plotting murder Sheila, calling Keith a
coward if he didn't kill Brooklyn, instructions on where to
do it so the baby wouldn't see, warnings not to
use her vehicle. Sheila took the stand in her own defense,
(02:57):
claiming she loved Brooklyn and did nothing wrong. She said
Brooklyn was the best mom I've ever seen. Really, Sheila,
you loved her so much you texted your son to
murder her. Even Keith testified for his mother's defense, claiming
she never wanted me to hurt Brooklyn. But the jury
saw through it. The text messages don't lie. Brooklyn Simms
(03:21):
is dead because a mother turned her son's anger into murder.
Sheila Age will be formally sentenced later, but she's facing
life in prison. Good she can do crossword puzzles in
her cell for the next forty years. Fraser Michael Boehm
stood in a Van Nuy's courtroom on Wednesday and pleaded
(03:43):
not guilty. To murdering four Pepperdine University students not guilty
after driving one hundred four miles per hour in a
forty five zone after data from his BMW's black box
proved he was accelerating right before impact. This twenty two
year old rich kid from Mallae killed Neev Rolston twenty,
Peyton Stewart twenty one, Ashaweir twenty one, Deslynd Williams twenty one,
(04:08):
all seniors, all members of Alpha Phi Sorority, all with
their whole lives ahead of them. They were walking along
Pacific Coast Highway on October seventeenth, twenty twenty three, when
Boehm's BMW slammed into them at over one hundred miles
per hour. His excuse road rage. He claims someone in
(04:29):
a white Honda Civic was chasing him, so he had
to flee at twice the speed limit. The female driver
of that civic, she says she never made contact with
his car. Photos of her vehicle show no damage. But
here's what really makes my blood boil. Boehm has hired
Alan Jackson as his attorney. You might recognize that name.
(04:49):
Jackson just got Karen Reid acquitted of murder charges. Now
he's representing a spoiled brat who turned pH into a
killing field. During his preliminary hearing, Bohm's previous this attorney
actually called him a kid and noted he had no
prior driving violations. A kid. He was twenty years old
driving a BMW at one hundred four miles per hour.
(05:11):
That's not a kid. That's a killer with a luxury car.
The data doesn't lie. In the two point five seconds
before impact, Boehm accelerated from ninety three to one hundred
four miles per hour. He wasn't fleeing, he was flying,
and four young women paid the price. Victor Calandra testified
he saw Boem driving erratically, swerving between lanes before they
(05:35):
ended up at a traffic light together. This wasn't sudden
road rage. This was a pattern of dangerous driving that
ended in quadruple homicide. Bohm's next hearing is September fifth.
The victim's sorority sister, Bridget Thompson, told Court TV she'll
be at every hearing. It hurts me that they can't
be in the courtroom to represent themselves. It gives me
(05:58):
peace to know I can be there. That's the difference
between real people and entitled killers. Bridget Thompson shows up
for her sisters. Fraser Michael Boehm showed up to court
in a suit his parents probably bought, claiming innocence, while
four families plan funerals. Back in a moment, Welcome back
(06:28):
to celebrity trials. I'm Red Carter, and we're closing with
updates on two trials that show just how evil people
can be when they think they won't get caught. The
Nicholas Cassadis trial is in full swing in Liberty County, Georgia,
and day two brought us exactly the kind of gruesome
details you'd expect from a man accused of cutting his
wife into pieces. Prosecutors are painting a picture of a
(06:51):
former Navy jag officer, a prosecutor himself who knew exactly
how to commit murder and clean up after it. Medical
examine Keith Lehman testified about the defensive injuries on Mindy
Castis's hands and forearms. You know what defensive injuries mean.
She fought back. She tried to stop her husband from
(07:11):
killing her. Layman also testified about unsuccessful attempts to cut
through bone that couldn't be attributed to decomposition. Think about that.
This monster didn't just kill his wife. He tried to
saw through her bones to dispose of her body, and
when that didn't work cleanly, he kept going anyway. The
States theory Kesotis owed his first wife one point five
(07:35):
million dollars from a divorce judgment and was on the
run with Mindy to avoid paying the defense. They claim
a mysterious CIA connected figure named Jim McIntyre was controlling
their lives and forced them to flee right a shadowy
government operative made you dismember your wife. That's your defense.
(07:56):
But here's the kicker. Prosecutors have a target receipt showing
Casodis bought condoms an old spice on his way to
meet his third wife just days after Mindy's death. This
man scattered his second wife across two counties and immediately
went shopping for date supplies. District Attorney Lori Bio put
it perfectly. The killer was a prosecutor. He would have
(08:19):
known to clean up, and boy did he try. Crime
scene wipes were found everywhere near Mindy's remains. But you
can't clean up evil Nicholas. You can't wipe away what
you did. The trial is expected to last two to
three weeks, with prosecutors calling at least thirty five witnesses,
seven women and five men. Will decide if this monster
(08:40):
spends the rest of his life in prison. Finally, some
actual justice to report. Stephen Lawson, one of three men
convicted in the Crystal Rogers case, was sentenced to seventeen
years in prison on Wednesday. For those who don't remember,
Crystal was a mother of five who vanished on July third,
(09:02):
twenty fifteen. Her body has never been found, but three
men have now been convicted in her death. Lawson and
his son Joseph, abandoned Cristel's car on the Bluegrass Parkway
the night she disappeared. They tried to make it look
like she'd broken down and wandered off. Instead, they proved
they were part of a conspiracy to murder an innocent mother.
(09:23):
The judge agreed with the jury's recommendation, seventeen years for
conspiracy to commit murder, five years for tampering with evidence
to be served. Concurrently, Brooks Hawk, Cristel's boyfriend, was convicted
of murder. He and Joseph Lawson will be sentenced on
August twenty First, you know what strikes me about this case.
(09:43):
It took nearly a decade, but Kentucky didn't give up.
They kept investigating, kept pushing, kept looking for justice, even
without a body. Three convictions without remains. That's how you
honor a victim. When killers think they've been clever. Stephen
Lawson is seventy years old. Seventeen years might be a
life sentence for him. Good you help murder a mother
(10:04):
of five, You deserve to die in prison. What a
week in the world of celebrity trials, folks. We've got
mothers texting murder instructions entitled Brat's Killing, sorority sisters at
one hundred four miles per hour, Navy lawyers dismembering wives,
and conspirators finally facing justice for a decade old murder.
(10:27):
You know what all these cases have in common. Arrogance,
the absolute certainty that they could get away with it.
Sheila Age thought she was clever using text messages to
coach murder. Fraser Michael Boehm thought his BMW made him invincible.
Nicholas Cassotis thought being a prosecutor meant he knew how
to get away with murder. Stephen Lawson thought abandoning a
(10:49):
car would cover up a killing. They were all wrong.
Justice might be slow, asked Crystal Rogers, five kids who've
waited ten years. Justice might be messy, the jurors who
had to deal with Sally Sue Smith's crossword puzzles. But
justice is coming today. Take a moment to think about
Brooklyn Sims, those four Pepperdine students, Mindy Casotis, and Crystal Rogers,
(11:14):
real women with real families who deserve so much better
than the monsters who took their lives. I'm read Carter.
With celebrity trials, stop doing crossword puzzles during murder trials.
Slow down on pch and for God's sake, don't buy
condoms on your way to meet your next wife while
your current wife is in pieces. Justice isn't always fast,
(11:34):
but verdicts are forever. We'll see you tomorrow.
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