Number 6 Markeith Loyd A Florida judge sentenced 46-year-old Markeith
Loyd to death in early March of 2022, roughly five years after he’d gunned down his ex-girlfriend and
an Orlando police officer. In January of 2017, Loyd was on the run as a wanted man for the
death of his pregnant ex, Sade Dixon, who’d been fatally shot in December of the previous year.
On January the 9th, a Walmart shopper spotted him and alerted 42-year-old Lieutenant Debra Clayton,
who was also at the store. She tried to confront Loyd outside but he opened fire on her. Clayton
was shot four times with the final fatal round released as Loyd was standing over her in the
parking lot. After a nine-day manhunt, officers found him hiding under a home. He allegedly
resisted arrest and was taken into custody with force, resulting in him losing an eye
and suffering brain damage. During his initial court appearance, he stated that he planned to
represent himself and directed a profanity-laced outburst at the judge and present law enforcement,
claiming that he’d been a victim of police brutality. Loyd maintained that he never tried to
resist as he crawled into the road from under the home and, in reference to the officers, said “they
done took my eye, broke my nose, broke my jaw”. He cursed at the judge directly upon being removed
from the courtroom. The man’s mental health came into question throughout the trial and a clinical
psychologist noted that Loyd suffered from the delusional belief that he was a slave whom his
masters, the judge and prosecutors, were intent on destroying. In 2019, Loyd was sentenced to life in
prison after being convicted on multiple charges in connection to Dixon’s death. Three years later,
he was given the death penalty for the Clayton slaying. As the latter sentence was handed down,
much like his initial court appearance, Loyd once again verbally lashed out in the courtroom.
Number 5 Olivia Lara A courtroom in Fall River,
Massachusetts, was cleared in January of 2014, following the emotional outburst of a woman facing
human trafficking charges. 38-year-old Olivia Lara was accused of procuring teenage escorts
for the patrons of a Fall River bar and then driving them to meet their clients. Lara started
crying when a judge set her cash bond at $100,000. She professed her innocence and repeatedly sobbed
“I didn’t do it” as she was being led out of the courtroom. In a video-recorded incident,
Lara then began screaming and thrashing uncontrollably as she reached the door. She threw
herself to the floor and two officers struggled to bring her under control while simultaneously
clearing the room. In 2018, she pleaded guilty to the lesser crime of deriving support from escort
services. She was sentenced to the three years she’d already served in jail while her case was
pending and was released on bail. Number 4 Kendrick Keyanti Gregory
Following his extradition from New York City, Kendrick Keyanti Gregory appeared in a courtroom
in North Carolina, in connection to a crime spree he’d been accused of carrying out in Raleigh,
in August of 2015. At the time, 21-year-old Gregory was on probation from an unrelated case,
for breaking into two vehicles. His rampage began with the fatal shooting of 64-year-old Thomas
Melvin Durand, owner of the Mr. Pawn check cashing shop on Capital Boulevard. After the shooting,
he assaulted and abused a female teenager before robbing and non-fatally shooting another man. Two
days later, the police used a mobile app to track an SUV that had been reported stolen in Manhattan
and arrested Gregory in Brooklyn, without incident. They retrieved one handgun from
his pocket and found another under the driver’s seat. In October of 2015, he was indicted by a
Wake County jury on 10 charges, including murder, assault, robbery and kidnapping. As he entered
the room during a subsequent court appearance, Gregory yelled out "tell the illuminati I am the
antichrist. I'm here to take over the world" while having a crazed look in his eyes. At the end of
what was a brief hearing, he stated the Empire State building was “going up in flames”. His
mother told a media outlet that he suffered from mental health issues and that he’d previously been
in and out of medical facilities. Gregory was eventually sentenced to life in prison without
the possibility of parole. Number 3 Kwauhuru Govan
In February of 2004, Sharabia Thomas left her home in Brooklyn, New York City, and headed for
school never to be seen alive again. She was found inside two laundry bags on the side of
an alleyway adjacent to 130 Palmetto Street in Bushwick. Thomas, at the time in her late teens,
had been restrained at the wrists and ankles, had suffered blunt force trauma to her head and torso,
before having her neck fatally compressed. The following year, the dismembered remains of
Bushwick resident Rashawn Brazell, who was also in his late teens, were discovered in a subway tunnel
and at a Brooklyn recycling plant. His head was never found. Thomas’ murder went cold until 2016,
when DNA material from her nail clippings linked 38-year-old Kwauhuru Govan to the crime. The man,
whom at the time was imprisoned in Florida on an armed robbery charge, was charged with murder. A
personal notebook with the sketch of a chair-like device meant to restrain women during intimate
encounters was found among his personal items and the restraints in the design matched the ligature
markings found on Thomas’ arms. The following year, DNA also linked Govan to the murder of
Brazell, who was his neighbor and who lived within blocks of Thomas. Law enforcement feared they were
dealing with a serial killer who could’ve claimed more victims in Florida, California and New York.
After being charged with the second cold case killing, Govan had an outburst when he was
arraigned in court on February the 22nd of 2017. He refused to be fingerprinted by administrative
workers and had to be hauled into the courtroom by a dozen police officers, who hoisted him off
the floor while he was in handcuffs and shackles. Giovan kept screaming at reporters that he was
being framed, also professing his innocence to the judge and claiming that he couldn’t even
dissect a frog. In another bizarre episode, during a court appearance on March the 3rd,
he reportedly mouthed “you know I love you” to Brazell’s mother. As of subsequent updates, he
was convicted of killing Thomas and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, in September of 2018,
with the Brazell case still pending. Number 2 Kamil Kalwarski
Polish national Kamil Kalwarski was enraged at the prospect of being hauled off to Teesside
Magistrates Court, in Middlesbrough, England, for breaching a restraining order that barred
him from contacting his ex. He threatened that he would set himself ablaze in court, which led to
staff removing flammable substances from the room. During his hearing, in July of 2020, 38-year-old
Kalwarski snuck hand sanitizer and a cigarette lighter inside the courtroom. Midway through
his case, as he sat before District Judge Timothy Capstick, Kalwarski poured the liquid on his left
arm and then set it ablaze. In the moments that followed, he ran towards the bench, knocking over
a clerk. Fortunately, officers were on alert due to his previous threats and promptly took
control of Kalwarski. They also put out the fire before any major damage was done. The incident was
deemed an “extraordinary outburst” by Kalwarski’s own defense lawyer. The culprit himself later
mentioned that he’d been trying to bring attention to what he’d felt was unfair treatment by the
courts system. Kalwarski maintained that he’d been trying to get people to listen to him and that
he’d only tried to harm himself. He subsequently pleaded guilty to multiple charges that included
assault, affray and using threatening behavior. Number 1 Luis Enrique Monroy Bracamontes
On October the 24th of 2014, Luis Enrique Monroy Bracamontes, a Mexican immigrant living in the US
illegally, went on a rampage that resulted in the death of two Northern California sheriff’s
deputies. He and his wife, Janelle Marquez Monroy, were in a car in the parking lot
of a Motel 6 in Sacramento. Their vehicle was approached by Sacramento Deputy Danny Oliver,
aged 47. Bracamontes shot and killed Oliver with a 9mm handgun before he and his wife committed a
series of carjackings. One motorist was shot in the head when he resisted, but ultimately
survived. The couple, both in their 30s at the time, crossed into Placer County. Bracamontes
gunned down Deputy Michael Davis Jr. and seriously wounded Deputy Charles Bardo using an
AR-15 assault rifle. The former’s death tragically reflected that of his father, Michael Davis Sr.,
who was reportedly killed on a law enforcement job on the same day in 1988. Following a manhunt
in the area, the couple were taken into custody. Bracamontes’ ensuing trial would
attract considerable media attention, in no small part due to his courtroom outbursts. Arguably the
most terrifying of them occurred on the second day of his trial, in January of 2018. Even though he’d
entered a not-guilty plea, Bracamontes began smiling and laughing in court as he admitted
to killing the deputies. He also claimed that he felt no regret and said "I will break out soon and
I will kill more." As Bracamontes was escorted out of the courtroom, he told the jurors “I’m
going to kill one of you”. Later on, in another outburst, he launched a rant laden with 23
expletives at the judge and jury as well as “the dead cops and their stupid families”. Bracamontes
was convicted on two counts of first degree murder with special circumstances and sentenced to death.
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