1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: Crime Alart, hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Jennifer Gould. 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: Imagine saying goodbye to your grandkid at a bus stop, 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: only to have a savage stranger yank you from your 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: car and drag your body like roadkill for nearly half 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: a mile. That is the gut wrenching fate that befell 6 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: sixty seven year old Donald Russell, a devoted grandfather whose 7 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: routine drop off in Toledo, Ohio erupted into a deadly nightmare, 8 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: one that ended with his attacker smashed to smithereens on 9 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: a roaring interstate. The horror kicked off at the Greyhound 10 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: station on Emerald Avenue. Russell had just bid farewell to 11 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: his granddaughter Annia fl when thirty eight year old Jesse 12 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: Motes pounced. Modes, a father of three from West Virginia, 13 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:56,639 Speaker 1: allegedly assaulted the senior and hijacked his red Ford Fusion 14 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: in a scene of pure carnage. Russell came entangled in 15 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: his own seat belt and was dragged approximately half a 16 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: mile to South Erie Street, his body grinding against the pavement. 17 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:15,479 Speaker 1: Granddaughter Anita Fell, spoke to KTBX three News, my grandpa 18 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: was dragged out of the car by his feet. Somebody 19 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: hijacked the car and was pulling him out of the 20 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: car when I was just so scared. The brutal friction 21 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: tore the clothes from his back and left him scraped 22 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: raw with kidney failure and critical internal wounds. While Russell 23 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: initially clung to life in a coma, Toledo Police confirmed 24 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: he succumbed to the catastrophic injuries on February twenty third. Karma, however, 25 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: did not miss its exit. Modes burreled onto northbound Eye 26 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: seventy five, lost control, and wrecked the stolen car. In 27 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: a frantic bid to escape on foot, the carjacker leaped 28 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: over a cement barrier and sprinted directly into the path 29 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: of a commercial semi truck. He was pronounced dead at 30 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: the hospital shortly after. Authorities have not released a motive 31 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: from motes sudden descent into violence, no word if he 32 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: has any priors. The Toledo Police Department is continuing to 33 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: review the case as autopsy results remain pending. The investigation continues, 34 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: Police urge any one with information on the case to 35 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: contact crime Stoppers at four one nine two FI five 36 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: eleven eleven. More Crime in Justice News After this, the 37 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:42,679 Speaker 1: scales of justice have not just tipped in Riverside County, California, 38 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: They've been obliterated. In a move described as a quote 39 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: stab in the gut, Naomi Renee Volado, the twenty eight 40 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: year old woman who mowed down a twenty one year 41 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: old bicyclist while texting her boyfriend, was released from prison 42 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: early by the judge sentencing her to nine years for 43 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty killing of Benjamin Montalvo and Corona, California. 44 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: Valado walked free after serving less than a third of 45 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: her time, leaving a grieving family trapped in a life 46 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: sentence of agony. Ben's mom, Kelly Montalvo, spoke to ABC seven, 47 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: why do they give a sentence if it's not going 48 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: to be enforced. It's a huge slap in the face. 49 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: This was not a tragic accident, it was a lethal 50 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: pattern of negligence. Prosecutors revealed Volado was impaired and exchanged 51 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: twenty four texts in the minutes surrounding the impact, catapulting 52 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: the young man into the air before she fled to 53 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: fix her windshield and cover her tracks. Even more sickening, 54 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: this was her fifth at fault crash and her fourth 55 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: hit and run. Hours after bailing out. Following the killing, 56 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: she was caught on camera toasting in Las Vegas, captioned 57 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: quote living our best life end quote, while the Montalvos 58 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: were shopping for a casket. California Department of Corrections officials 59 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: cite good merit credits for the early release, but Kelly 60 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: Montalvo is not buying it, saying quote, there's no way 61 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: this woman has been rehabilitated in just two and a 62 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: half years end quote. Riverside County prosecutors also strongly opposed 63 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: the release, labeling Volato a clear danger to the community 64 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: as the killer returns to the streets she once treated 65 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: as a personal texting zone. The Montalvo family continues to 66 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: back SB nine oh seven in Sacramento to classify vehicular 67 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: manslaughter as a violent felony, which would block these get 68 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 1: out of jail early cards. And finally, talk about a 69 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: wasted effort. Huber Heights, Ohio traffic stop turned into a 70 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: real refuse to cooperate when a fleeing driver tried to 71 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: trash his problems. After ditching his car and vanishing, the 72 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 1: suspect decided to recycle a hiding spot by diving into 73 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: a bin bin. There done that, he thought he was 74 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: home free until a startled sanitation worker flipped the lid 75 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: and found a hefty surprise staring right back at him. 76 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: The worker, of course, alerted police and the suspect, now 77 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 1: dubbed Oscar the Grinch popped his head out and bolted, 78 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: literally running out of his shoes. Officers did not let 79 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: him linger long. They picked up the trail and hauled 80 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: him off to jail. It's safe to say his stinky 81 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: getaway plan was officially now in the can, and now 82 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: he is in a heap of trouble. For the latest 83 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 1: crime and justice news, follow the Crime Alert hourly update 84 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: on your favorite podcast. Act with this crime Alert. I'm 85 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: Jennifer Gould.