Crime Wire Weekly 9/25/26 | Marketplace Murder, Grief Scam, and a Tip That Stopped a Shooting

Kentucky’s $167 million Powerball winner is back in cuffs for the fifth time since the jackpot. In Lake Charles, a caretaker is accused of pouring bleach into a handicapped man’s water bottle and handing it over. A Texas dad is killed after a Facebook Marketplace meetup. And in Arkansas, a tip-line call gets law enforcement to a student’s door before a threatened school shooting can become another headline.

Lustful Lawbreakers: A Vermont couple lands in Florida jail over public nudity. Then Louisiana’s “SlimyDude” is arrested in a sexual assault case that started online and ended in handcuffs. A Roblox widow says a male escort used her grief to drain nearly $6 million. A Tennessee Wendy’s manager is arrested after a TikTok “stunt” that left a neurodivergent coworker tied to kitchen equipment. In Alaska, a man shooting around with a gun kills his girlfriend — then turns a second gun on himself.

And in Elderly Outlaws, a West Virginia woman is accused of leaving her husband stranded on the toilet for 19 hours. OVERTIME A Florida man already locked up over a drone feud is accused of trying to hire a hit on his neighbor. A California woman is stalked for a year — then killed. A hunter is arrested after fatally shooting a woman he said he thought was a deer. And closer to home: parents are accused of giving a child a THC gummy, then leaving for an LSU game.

Timestamps
05:00 Kentucky’s 167 Million Powerball Winner’s Fifth Arrest.
10:00 Louisiana Caretaker Pours Bleach Into Man’s Water Bottle.
14:00 Texas Dad Killed During Facebook Marketplace Meetup.
18:00 Arkansas School Shooting Thwarted By Tip-line.
24:22 Vermont Couple Arrested For Nudity In Florida *Lustful Lawbreakers*
30:11 Louisiana “SlimyDude” Arrested In SA Case.
37:44 Roblox Widow Accuses Male Escort of 6 Million “Grief Scam”
48:45 Tennessee Wendy’s Manager Arrested After TikTok Stunt.
52:13 Alaska Man Shoots Girlfriend While Playing With Gun, Then Shoots Self.
54:00 West Virginia Woman Leaves Husband On Toilet For 19 Hours. *Elderly Outlaws*
OVERTIME
58:00 Florida Man’s Murder For Hire Plot Over Drone Dispute.
01:01:00 California Man Stalks Woman For A Year and Then Kills Her.
01:07:00 Deer Hunter Arrested After Killing Woman He Thought Was Deer.
01:11:00 Parents Feed Child THC Gummy and Leave to Attend LSU Game

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