#7 Dino Tomassetti
On Christmas morning of 2021, 29-year-old bodybuilder Dino Tomassetti entered his parents’
mansion in Long Island, New York. Inside the home were his parents, 65-year-old Rocco Tomassetti and
64-year-old Vincenza Tomassetti, his one-year-old son, and his son’s mother, Klarisa Perez. Dino
had been in the midst of a custody battle with Perez, and despite not having custody, he still
tried to leave the mansion with his son. When His parents and Perez prevented him from doing so,
Dino lost his temper. A heated argument ensued which led to Dino pulling out a gun and shooting
both his parents in anger. His mother suffered a bullet to the head, while his father received two
bullets—one in the back and another in the wrist. Luckily the gun ran out of bullets, but Dino
proceeded to pistol whip his father multiple times before hastily fleeing the scene in his Cadillac
Escalade. Police tracked down Tomassetti in New Jersey later that same day thanks to GPS
technology in his vehicle. Rocco and Vincenza were rushed to the hospital where they underwent
surgery and miraculously made a full recovery. Dino faces charges of endangering the welfare of
a child, first and second-degree assault, and two counts of attempted murder in the second degree.
#6 Dani Reardon
What was supposed to be a fun party at a friend’s house on September 14,
2014, in Orlando, Florida turned into an award-winning female bodybuilder getting arrested
after drinking too much. Then 24-year-old Dani Reardon, also known as “Little Monstar” for her
crazy strength and ferocity despite her 5-foot height, is a pro competitor for the International
Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness. After having one too many drinks that night,
she started acting belligerent. When her boyfriend of 3 years, Ian Schofield, tried to take her home,
she tackled him and shattered the windshield of his truck with a single kick. She yelled
at fellow party-goers and even hit multiple vehicles with plants that she ripped out of
the ground. Despite her boyfriend’s refusal of pressing charges, officers arrested her
anyway. While in the back of the cop car, she banged her head repeatedly against the cage
that separated her and the officers. Ultimately, she was charged with resisting arrest and battery.
#5 Craig Titus and Kelly Ryan
Craig Titus and Kelly Ryan were legends in the bodybuilding world, each with multiple
championship titles and awards under their belts. Their reputation as the perfect power couple grew,
and they earned the admiration of both fans and fellow bodybuilders alike. At
a bodybuilding competition in 2001, Titus met Melissa James, a dancer in her mid-twenties with
aspirations of opening her own dance studio. After a first failed attempt at doing so,
Titus offered to help James by inviting her to live with him and Ryan in Las Vegas,
while working as their assistant. James accepted the offer, but shortly after moving in with them,
she began to see that what she had hoped would be a promising step forward wasn’t what it
seemed. Titus and Ryan’s turbulent, drug-filled relationship resulted in countless rampages and
unsettling behavior. James started getting into more disagreements with the couple—particularly
Ryan—when rumors surfaced that she was having an affair with Titus. James decided to move
back home, but on the day of her flight, an altercation broke out between James and the couple
when she threatened to expose their secrets. On December 14, 2005, Melissa James’ charred body
was found in the back of Ryan’s car. The autopsy revealed that James had been tasered five times,
beaten, strangled, and injected with toxic levels of morphine before the couple drove her body
out to the middle of the desert and set it on fire in an attempt to dispose of the evidence.
Titus and Ryan attempted to flee, but it was short-lived. The couple were captured by police
within a week. On August 28, 2008, Titus was convicted of second-degree murder, kidnapping,
and arson. He was sentenced to 21 to 55 years in prison and is still behind bars to this day. Ryan
was convicted of arson and battery with a deadly weapon, and sentenced to 2 consecutive terms of
3 to 13 years in prison. On October 24, 2017, Ryan was released on parole after 12 years behind bars.
#4 Tammy Steffen
In a shocking case of cybercrime that spanned from August of 2016 to July of 2018, Tammy Steffen,
a 37-year-old bodybuilder and mother of four from Pasco County, Florida, could no longer keep up
with her cyberstalking games. Over the course of two years, Steffen anonymously harassed,
cyberstalked, and threatened six of her fellow bodybuilding competitors as well as her former
business partner. The FBI confirmed that Steffen created at least 369 Instagram accounts and 18
email addresses, all used to harass and send threatening messages to her victims;
messages like, “I plan to slice you up into little pieces.” It wasn’t just messages, though. Steffen
also called her victims, using voice-disguising software to hide who she was. She even went as
far as involving her own 12-year-old daughter in her schemes. She staged the fake kidnapping
of her daughter with the intention of pinning it on her former business partner, seeking revenge
because she accused him of destroying her chances of winning a fitness competition. On July 9, 2018,
Steffen called the police reporting that someone left a headless doll on her front porch, with a
note that read, “new toy for the kids.” Five days later, she called the police again to report that
her daughter was almost kidnapped by a Hispanic man. She coached her daughter on the description
to give to the police. In a bush, Steffen planted a laptop case containing a notebook
filled with personal information about Steffen and her house as fake evidence. Investigators realized
that something was off when Steffen’s daughter asked what the consequences would be if she
told the truth about what happened. Eventually, police found a surveillance video from Walmart
that showed Steffen purchasing the laptop case and notebook. They then launched an official
investigation into Steffen that led the FBI to uncover her online activity. Steffen was arrested
on July 17, 2018, for filing false police reports, tampering with evidence, and child neglect.
A few days later, witness tampering charges were included when Steffen called her daughter from
jail and pressured her to take the blame for the kidnapping scheme. In November of 2018,
she faced charges of threatening communications online and cyberstalking. Steffen ultimately
pleaded guilty on December 21, 2018, and was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison.
#3 Terrence Murrell
Thirty-four-year-old British model Terrence Murrell had been on the run from British police
since October 2018, after they discovered that he was part of a gang that was shipping
illegal steroids from China to the UK to sell. With the UK police in hot pursuit to bring him to
justice for this illegal activity, he fled to Bali where he lived as a fugitive for several months.
While in Bali, he was selling adult content to fund his luxurious lifestyle. Little did he know
that this decision would land him in even more trouble—this time, with Bali authorities.
Indonesia has strict anti-adult content laws, and Murrell was arrested on July 28, 2019, in Kuta
for producing adult content. While under arrest, police tagged on additional charges for drug use,
and overstaying his visa by 150 days. Meanwhile, British authorities worked together with the Bali
police to send Murrell back to the UK, where he would face charges for the illegal drug smuggling
and dealing. When questioned about his involvement with the gang, he told police that he personally
bought the drugs for himself with the intention to “look his best as a male model,” but evidence
to the contrary resulted in him being sentenced to three years and one month in prison. He was
also ordered to pay back over 31,000 pounds that he made from illegal drug smuggling and dealing,
or face an additional 15 months added onto his sentence. It didn’t end there. There’s
a possibility that after serving his sentence in the UK, that he may still face charges in
Indonesia for the production of adult content, pending the final results of that investigation.
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#2 Melissa Bumstead
On September 1, 2021, a package being shipped to 30-year-old bodybuilder Melissa Bumstead
was flagged by Customs and Border Protection. While the manifest for the package claimed
that its contents included vitamins, massage oil, and a t-shirt, agents discovered six different
steroids and other prescription medications upon opening the package. On September 10, 2021,
Bumstead was arrested by the Martin County Sheriff's Office in Florida.
They believed that she was importing drugs from Montreal, Canada without the proper prescriptions,
which is a felony in the United States. She was arrested on six counts of possession of controlled
substances without a prescription. Bumstead was released from jail a day later on September 11,
2021. There have been no updates on this case.
#1 John Riccardi
John Riccardi was a bodybuilder living in Los Angeles. In 1983, then 58-year-old Riccardi
had an unhealthy obsession with his ex-girlfriend,
41-year-old Connie Navarro. Their two-and-a-half-year relationship had come
to an end due to arguments between the two, and witnesses testified to Riccardi stalking Navarro
post breakup. At one point, Riccardi even broke into Navarro’s house, and found her
15-year-old son David Navarro at home. He handcuffed him, threatened him with a gun,
but decided to leave shortly thereafter. Just a week after this incident, on March 3,
1983, Riccardi came back to the Navarro residence where he fatally shot Navarro and her friend,
42-year-old Sue Jory, before fleeing the scene and disappearing for eight long years. Luckily,
Navarro’s son wasn’t home at the time. It wasn’t until the case was featured on the popular show
America’s Most Wanted that police were able to finally catch up to Riccardi thanks to tips
received from viewers of the show. Riccardi was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder
and received the death penalty. However, the Supreme Court of California overturned the ruling,
and gave Riccardi a new sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Navarro’s son
went on to become a famous musician, playing guitar for the noteworthy bands Jane’s Addiction
and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He also hosted the popular reality competition TV series Ink Master.
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