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have an update on the woman who pushed and killed barbara guster
in manhattan back in march lauren has had a few court dates and during those we've learned a bit
more information about what happened to cause this woman to shove an 87 year old woman to the ground
in a brief recap barbara graster was a vocal coach grandmother that was leaving her home on march
10th barbara was hailing a cab to go and attend a show one of her students was performing in
when a woman she didn't know started accosting her and violently shoved her to the ground
people around tried to help barbara the best they could but she'd suffered severe head trauma
in the fall she was rushed to the hospital but died five days later from several brain bleeds
tonight more details in the investigation that led the suspect in the street shove attack of an
87 year old to turn herself in earlier this week the manhattan da's office releasing a timeline
of how they identified lauren posienza who is facing manslaughter and assault charges
in the death of barbara guster but posienza's attorney continues to defend her character she's
a law-abiding citizen who has got a college education she's got a work job she's engaged
she's got a beautiful family she's never been in trouble in her life prosecutors say an eyewitness
to the assault who gave guster first aid helped identify the suspect seen in surveillance video
notably the d.a claims to also have video of the suspect spending over 20 minutes in the area after
the alleged attack having a physical altercation with her fiance near the scene and even watching
the ambulance arrive for guster prosecutors say surveillance video taken at posienza's apartment
building that very night shows her wearing the same outfit as the suspect in the surveillance
video moments after the attack her attorney remains doubtful when law enforcement pulled
surveillance footage from the area they saw the woman clearly and released the images to the media
almost immediately they were able to identify the woman as 26 year old lauren passienza
pasianza had fled new york city that night and had been hiding at her parents home on long island
they put out a warrant for her arrest and with her lawyer she did surrender herself and where
we left off penzienzo was out on bail but in may her bail was revoked when the judge
deemed her to be a flight risk and she is now being held in prison while she awaits trial
her lawyer arthur dela has represented clients such as harvey weinstein
and rudy giuliani and has argued that pasienza didn't know gustearn was elderly
and that panzienza was being targeted by the media due to her socioeconomic status
in the hearings we also learned that lauren is claiming that she was drunk the night of
having 10 glasses of wine that evening and was angry when was asked to leave chelsea park
she said she was angry about being asked to leave and was arguing with her fiance
and pushed barbara guster because she was in the way
the prosecution described her behavior as a tantrum and barbara gestern was killed as a result
in july panzienzo was offered a plea deal of 15 years in prison with five years
of post-release supervision in exchange for a guilty plea which she has declined
and opted to plead not guilty she faces 25 years in prison for manslaughter
he also said we feel that pushing someone one time not knowing their age or any disability rises to
the level to satisfy the elements of manslaughter in the first degree we will keep pursuing justice
the best we can and then went on to discuss how hot it was going to be in rikers prison during
the upcoming heat wave passienza's next court date is in september and it looks like this case
is going to trial so let me know if you want me to cover that when it starts lewis edward
flood was discovered living in british columbia canada after 20 years on the run for criminal sex
offenses with minors flood had been featured on the television show america's most wanted in 2011
in hopes that the public would be able to help get him back in custody
it was in july of 2022 that a tip came into the rcmp in creston bc that reported flood in the area
the rcmp contacted the u.s marshal service idaho state corrections and the idaho state police and a
coordinated effort was made to arrest flood he was arrested on july 21st and extradited back to the
u.s on july 25th where he will serve the remainder of his 13-year sentence no word yet on if he
committed any further attacks while on the run or how he remained undetected in canada for so long
back in april two brothers from lyons illinois a township near chicago were arrested on charges
related to the deaths of their mother and sister who were discovered buried in the property in
august of last year the discovery was made when utility workers learned that there was a man
living in a home that had services shut off officers conducted a welfare check on the
homeowner who was documented to be in her 70s jean lelco michael loco 45 and john lalco 41
were living in the residence without running water for over a year officers immediately noticed
that the home had a significant hoarding problem there were jars and containers of urine and feces
and several cats and dogs in poor condition they had a shelter collect the animals and ask the men
to leave the home the home was determined to be inhabitable and the men were interviewed by police
as to their mother's whereabouts initially john had told officers that their mother
was out of town but when they were interviewing michael he revealed that gene had died in 2015.
when officers asked how she had died michael said that their sister had pushed her down the stairs
and their mother had deteriorated in the days following the fall officers asked where their
sister was and they said that she died of covid in 2019 at 42 years old officers noted that there
not able to determine the cause of death due to the severe degradation of the bodies
nor could they confirm how long they had been deceased the mother's skull showed evidence of a
fracture consistent with a fall but they could not determine if that had been what killed her there
was also speculation about jennifer contracting kovid in 2019 as the first confirmed death due
to kovid was in february of 2020. michael in his interviews told officers that gene and jennifer
had been difficult to take care of michael stated that his sister suffered from several mental
health issues which could have potentially been motivation if they'd been murdered
both brothers were taken to the hospital to be evaluated physically and mentally and released
a couple hours later when it was determined there was no cause for concern they were then housed by
a private organization while the investigation was ongoing officers speculated that the local
brothers didn't report their mother's death because they would lose their only source of
income which was their mother's social security checks which totaled a thousand dollars per month
neither michael nor john had ever worked they were both unmarried without children and neighbors had
the neighborhood so far only michael has been charged with concealment of death though it is
expected that john will be charged as well it is also expected that federal charges of theft will
be filed for both of them for illegally cashing their deceased mother's social security checks
for six years both are being held in custody while they await further court dates and the judges
ordered michael to be given psychiatric assistance before his next court date which is in may
krista abelseth was 16 years old when she was sexually assaulted by the then
30 year old john barnes christa said she'd been drinking with barns and had suddenly become very
tired and intoxicated the last thing she remembered was being offered a ride home
however krista awoke naked on the bathroom floor in barnes's home
she hadn't been conscious during the sexual assault and had become pregnant as a result
she didn't initially report the assault as she didn't know the laws around filing police reports
bearing in mind she was also only 16. however when she was seeking therapy in 2015 she was informed
that she still was within the window to report the crime which she did krista didn't inform her
attacker that she had kept the child and raised her child as a single parent for five years before
barnes learned the child and immediately sought custody of the little girl then krista recently
lost custody when she gave her daughter a cell phone which had been prohibited by the judge
this just sounds like a grave miscarriage of justice and then i mean that's just the first
part of all of this right that's the that's the rape from 16 years ago when you were 16. but now
you have a 16 year old daughter and you've lost complete custody um and you're paying the man
child do you have any idea why he came back into your life he found out about her six years into
her life and then four years later decided to go for custody why did he do that did he ever say why
it just was never enough for him he just wanted more and more and more um
he basically just wants her to himself during during any of the custody hearings
were you able to assert in court to this judge jeffrey cash
this man raped me when i was 16 and now he's taking my child and you're ordering me to pay him
yes it has been brought up in court more than one time so the judge is aware of our ages and what
took place but did the judge ever say and this is the picture of judge jeffrey cash on the screen
right now did he respond to you did he give you an answer did he say anything on the record in court
no he did not acknowledge it at all the daughter now 16 brought forward allegations that her father
had sexually physically and emotionally abused her krista was back in court to request full custody
which was also the teen's wish initially the request was denied due to insufficient evidence
despite evidence from the hospital confirming that the 16 year old had injuries consistent
with sexual assault barnes also stopped allowing krista to visit or communicate with her child this
is when krista took to the media alleging that the courts were protecting a known child predator
and was a danger to her child the story garnered international attention demanding criminal action
on july 15 the judge on the case ordered that the teen be placed in the care of a third party while
he looked into the sexual assault allegations from both krista and her daughter the age of consent
in louisiana is 17 and due to krista's age when she gave birth no matter what the circumstances
had been it was illegal and should have been investigated during the initial custody trial also
barnes was held in contempt of the courts during that hearing and ordered to pay krista's legal
fees for not allowing her to communicate with her daughter so far there have been no updates
from the courts even though there was supposed to be a verdict on july 15th regarding the custody
arrangement but the courts couldn't come to a decision so it's being pushed to a later date we
don't know when the next court dates are but it is hopeful that krista is reunited with her daughter
in california the gem and jewelry show was getting ready to move the event to the pasadena convention
center in san mateo it is a traveling convention that features rare private collections for display
and during the move on july 11th all of the precious wares were loaded onto an armored vehicle
driven by brink security the contents of the vehicle have an estimated combined value of over
a hundred million dollars the vehicle had two drivers who had stepped away from the vehicle
at a rest stop and left the truck unattended for 27 minutes when they came back the vehicle
had been robbed the thieves are alleged to have bypassed the vehicle's locking system specifics
haven't been released so as to not jeopardize the safety of other vehicles in the fleet
initially it was reported that the loss was less than 10 million in value
but it is now being discovered that several of the collectors had under-insured their jewels because
insuring these items is incredibly expensive the owners impacted aren't huge corporations
they are usually individuals or families that rent out the items to trade shows to not only
share the items with the public but it also helps to cover the costs of insuring them
the gem and jewelry show has been operating for years and has never had an issue before they
have also exclusively worked with brinks to secure the items and have never had
any issues this is an ongoing investigation and i'm sure we're gonna hear more about this later
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