Author: Edward Campbell

A required safety check that could have revealed a 6-year-old girl was still inside a daycare van was not carried out on the morning she died in Cordova, Tennessee, according to state investigation records. Winter Jones, a nonverbal 6-year-old girl with autism, was left inside a daycare vehicle for nearly six hours on Aug. 13 after she was supposed to be taken from Kid University to Macon Hall Elementary School. The driver, 49-year-old Tametria Norry, later told Tennessee state inspectors that she did not complete the required walk-through of the van because she was hot, according to records from the…

A dispute involving a small lottery windfall ended in a fatal confrontation in a Portland apartment parking lot, where 75-year-old James S. Miller was struck by a vehicle in November 2025. Mary Ann McKinzy, 55, is now facing second-degree murder, first-degree assault and negligent homicide charges in connection with Miller’s death. She was arrested in Bakersfield, California, on Aug. 5 and returned to Oregon on Sept. 18, where she was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center. According to court documents, Miller had won $3,200 through the lottery while he and McKinzy were in a relationship. Prosecutors allege that Miller…

A Maryland man convicted of killing a McDonald’s employee during an overnight shift in Gambrills has been sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years, more than four years after the shooting. Ja’Quan Dontremique Green, 25, of Middle River, received the sentence Wednesday, Sept. 23, in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court for the 2022 killing of 23-year-old Britrain Marcelus Gray. A jury found Green guilty of first-degree murder and using a firearm during a crime of violence on Jan. 21, 2026. Gray was working at the McDonald’s at 1130 Crain Highway South in Gambrills shortly before 5 a.m. on May…

A Miami man’s Tinder date ended with two watches reportedly missing from his apartment, including a Rolex valued at $37,000, and police later arrested the woman he had met through the dating app. Alexia Jocelyn Flores, 24, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the reported theft and is facing a second-degree grand theft charge, according to the arrest report. The incident was reported early Sunday, Sept. 20, at an apartment building in the 1100 block of Brickell Bay Drive in Miami. According to investigators, the man told police that he matched with Flores on Tinder and took her out to…

A Gilbert man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after killing his 91-year-old stepfather with a hammer and attacking his 81-year-old mother inside their home last year. Gary Crawford, 58, was sentenced on September 23, 2026, to natural life in prison, followed by an additional 21 years. The sentence came after Crawford pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in connection with the November 2025 attack. The case began on the evening of November 22, 2025, when Gilbert police were called to a home near McQueen and Elliot roads for a welfare check. A family…

A Pennsylvania father has been sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty in a case involving his 2-year-old daughter, who suffered severe frostbite after being left outside during bitter winter weather while he slept inside the family’s Cumberland County home. Joshua Ryan Kitner, 29, pleaded guilty Tuesday to endangering the welfare of a child. Two aggravated assault charges that had been filed against him were dropped as part of the plea agreement. The sentencing brings a major legal development in a case that began after the toddler was discovered outside a home on Steelstown Road in North Newton…

A 4-year-old Georgia girl died after she was found unresponsive inside a large trash can filled with water and fish at a home in Macon, according to authorities and an incident report. Jayde Wooten was found at a home in the 1200 block of Rocky Creek Road on Saturday, Sept. 19. Deputies were called to the residence shortly before 2 p.m. after a report of a medical emergency. Jayde was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The circumstances surrounding the discovery emerged from an incident report. Jayde’s father told investigators that he had returned home and…

A road-rage dispute on Indianapolis’ east side escalated into a frightening confrontation when a 19-year-old woman allegedly blocked a school bus carrying 37 children and entered the vehicle while holding a loaded handgun. Jamiya Sutton is facing multiple criminal charges following the Sept. 16 incident near East 36th Street and North DeQuincy Street, according to court records and police reports cited by local media. Investigators say Sutton was driving a Kia K4 when she became upset after she believed the school bus had pulled out in front of her. Sutton reportedly told police that she struck a construction sign during…

A Florida man is facing a manslaughter charge in the 2024 death of his 3-month-old godson after investigators said the baby was left alone with a bottle propped against a stuffed toy. Dane Edwards, 24, was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri, and later extradited to Osceola County in connection with the death of Skylar Fisk. He is charged with manslaughter by aggravated child abuse. The case began on March 5, 2024, when deputies responded to an apartment complex on Meridius Place after receiving a report of an unresponsive infant. Skylar was taken to a hospital, where he later died. According…

A Sanger ISD student has died after a school bus overturned Thursday evening in Denton County, leaving a community grieving and an investigation underway. The crash happened around 5 p.m. on Huling Road near Lois Road East. The bus was traveling north when it left the roadway, struck a culvert and rolled over, according to preliminary information from investigators. There were five people aboard the bus: the driver and four students. The driver was identified as 38-year-old Jesse Padgett of Sanger. Three students and Padgett were treated for minor injuries at the scene. Another student, a 13-year-old, was taken by…