Cake Toppers

This episode examines Lisette Lee, the supposed Samsung heiress who lived a mysterious life of privilege and luxury until her arrest for narcotics trafficking in 2010. The product of an illicit multi-national love affair, Lee was adopted at a young age and moved from South Korea to Beverly Hills. It was there that she molded and shaped various personalities to manipulate those around her. She went to great lengths to get what she wanted; allegedly kidnapping men, setting up surveillance, and wiretapping “team LL:”, her crew of minions. The team was formed after Lee became romantically entangled with David Garrett, a street level drug dealer who partnered with her to move mass amounts of marijuana. Lisette chartered a private jet, Garrett got the drugs, and the squad flew 7,000 lbs of pot from LA to Columbus over 14 different trips.

This episode features the case of Clarence Heatley and his “Preacher” Crew. The “crew” extorted, kidnapped, and even killed to gain notoriety on the streets of the Bronx and Harlem. Heatley’s top lieutenant was a former housing cop named John Cuff. His team included “janitors” whose job was to clean up the mess after Preacher’s victims were tortured and murdered. It was rumored that they once kidnapped singer Bobby Brown and held him for ransom over a drug debt. By the early 1990s, the NYPD and FBI formed a task force to take down the Preacher Crew. Both Heatley and Cuff admitted their crimes in plea deals to avoid the death penalty.

In her early 20s, Thelma met her husband, Jackie Wright, a major player in the Philadelphia drug game. When her husband was murdered, Thelma was faced with a choice: start life over on the straight and narrow or take over the family business. With a taste of success and the lure of easy money, she started transporting cocaine and heroin between Los Angeles and Philadelphia. But life in the game was not what she bargained for.

This episode explores the gangland matriarch Maria “Chata” Leon and the criminal underworld created by her murderous brood of gangbanger children. Leaders of the Drew Street Clique of the Avenues Gang, this family ruled a small pocket of Los Angeles for decades. By way of slinging crack cocaine and methamphetamine Maria Leon accrued a great amount of wealth but her status in the hood dwarfed any financial gain she could earn. With an air of invincibility, Maria Leon commanded a reign of terror in L.A. only to be brought to justice by vast federal RICO indictments and multiple military style police invasions into her neighborhood. Maria now awaits her third deportation in federal prison in California.

This episode explores the case of Luis Felipe, also known as “King Blood.” From a prison cell, Felipe founded the New York chapter of the Latin Kings street gang. Felipe’s own writings would incriminate him as the orchestrator of murders and crimes against his own members. He is now serving a life sentence in solitary confinement.

This episode of features the case of ‘Q’, the Motor City connect. In the shadows of a broken city, Quasand Lewis made millions by way of a complex drug trafficking organization. At the height of ‘Q’s success in Detroit the Lewis Organization raked in $178 million in drug profits. Following the drugs and the money, the federal government launched “Operation Falling Star” in order to take down ‘Q’ and build the largest drug related prosecution in the history of the state of Michigan.

This episode features Carlos Lehder, Medellin Cartel member and self-proclaimed Nazi. Lehder revolutionized the cocaine business by taking over an island in the Bahamas and using it as a way station between Colombia and the U.S. On Norman’s Cay, the Colombian Rambo meets his match in a professor and diving enthusiast named Richard Novak who will stop at nothing to protect his paradise. Lehder is eventually run off the island and resorts to terrorizing authorities in his homeland to stay out of jail. After years on the run, he’s extradited to the U.S. and sentenced to life plus 135 years. When he agrees to testify against Panamanian dictator, Manuel Noriega, he disappears into witness protection.

Roger transforms Maria and Joe’s boring white-and-beige home into a homebuyer’s dream.

A woman has her 400-square-foot bungalow packed full with furniture and clutter.

A collection of eclectic furniture and art hinder a couple’s attempts to sell their loft.

Roger Hazard helps Michael and Rick rid their condo of the Southwest decor that hinders them from selling it.

Homeowners Tim and Andy work with Roger to stage their house, once a bed and breakfast, and let go of prized possessions.

Roger helps newlyweds Joel and Dana update their home.

Roger tries to rid Greg and Amy’s house of the jungle they’ve accumulated.

Roger draws attention away from Cheryl’s antiques to showcase the home’s architectural splendor.

Roger helps homeowner Randall preserve the charm of his Art Deco condo while making it modern for potential homebuyers.

A military family is having trouble winning over buyers for their split level home with its pink kitchen, patriotic living room and truck stop spare bathroom.

A living room crowded with rodeo memorabilia and a basement that is being used for storage keep a horse ranch in Pine Bluff, Wyo. from being a favorite among potential buyers.

Roger and his team help Gigi rid her house of clutter.