Author: Edward Campbell

A 27-year-old man is dead and a woman remains hospitalized after a shooting at a Newport, New Hampshire, home that investigators believe may have been a domestic incident involving a romantic couple. Newport police responded to a report of a shooting at a residence on Putnam Road shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22. When emergency crews arrived, they found a woman suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the area and a man deceased inside the home. The woman was treated at the scene before being transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. She was initially listed in critical but stable…

A new lakefront park in the Town of Plattsburgh is moving closer to becoming a destination for local families, with $1.28 million in state funding supporting a planned children’s playground. The grant will help pay for a large adventure playground at the Battlefield Memorial Gateway, a developing waterfront park near U.S. Route 9 and Sunset Drive. The playground is being designed around the military and maritime history connected to Lake Champlain, giving children a recreational space that also reflects the area’s past. The funding comes through New York’s NY PLAYS program, which is providing grants for playground projects across the…

Krystal Farmer, the Michigan mother accused of leaving her two young children alone for days in severely unsafe conditions, has pleaded guilty to all seven charges in the case. Farmer, 27, entered the guilty pleas Monday in Genesee County Circuit Court. The case stems from a February welfare check that led police to a Flint Township home, where officers found her two children, both with special needs, alone inside. The children, who were 3 and 4 years old at the time, were found in a home filled with trash and human waste and without food that was suitable for them,…

What was supposed to be the beginning of Jesni Sam and Dave Fiji’s life together ended in tragedy just minutes after their wedding celebration in North Georgia. The couple married May 29 at The Revere, a wedding venue near Dawsonville, Georgia. After the ceremony and reception, they boarded a Robinson R66 helicopter for a planned “helicopter send-off” from the venue’s property. The flight was headed toward DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. According to the lawsuit filed by Sam on Sept. 22 in DeKalb County State Court, the helicopter took off despite worsening weather conditions. About five minutes after departure, the helicopter crashed into…

A Louisville woman is facing multiple charges after police said she crashed into a tree while driving with three children in the vehicle, leaving the children injured and raising additional concerns about alcohol use and child safety. Jamel Pugh, 39, was arrested after the single-vehicle crash on Wilart Drive in Louisville on Sept. 19. According to police and court records, officers found the damaged vehicle after it struck a tree. No other vehicles were involved. The three children inside the vehicle were reportedly distressed when officers arrived. One child had blood coming from her nose and mouth, while two others…

Kamari Gates, 20, received the sentence after pleading guilty in July to first-degree manslaughter and attempted murder in connection with the September 2024 shooting that left 38-year-old LaToya Hill dead. The shooting happened on Sept. 17, 2024, at a home in Portland. Hill and her fiancé, Danielle McGruder, 41, had just returned after dropping their daughters off at school. Hill was outside near the home when Gates approached and shot her in the head, according to the case details. McGruder, who was inside at the time, heard the gunshot and went outside to find out what had happened. Gates then…

A Washington couple has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Salem Health after alleging they were left to arrange transportation for their deceased infant son themselves and were told to drive his body nearly four hours back to Seattle. Aleksandr and Nataliya Yeremeyev filed the lawsuit in Multnomah County Circuit Court on September 18, 2026. The case involves the death of their son, Michael, who was eight months old when he died at Salem Hospital in Oregon in September 2024. According to the complaint, Michael was born with Down syndrome and other significant health conditions. He spent the first six…

An 80-year-old worker at Deltona Lakes Elementary School has been arrested after investigators accused her of striking a 9-year-old student in the back of the head during a cafeteria incident. Maria Luz Graham, who worked with the school’s extended-care program, was arrested Sept. 21 and charged with felony child abuse without great bodily harm, according to investigators and court records. The incident happened Sept. 17 while students were getting food in the school cafeteria. The child later told her mother that Graham had accused her of behaving disrespectfully and hitting other students. The girl denied hitting anyone. According to the…

A retired Pembroke Pines police sergeant and his wife were found dead inside their Florida home this week, as investigators examine what authorities describe as an apparent murder-suicide. John Baker, 62, and his wife, Joanne Baker, 59, were discovered Monday morning at their home in the 8300 block of Pine Drive in Pembroke Pines. Deputies had received a report of two people found unresponsive at the residence shortly after 7 a.m. Investigators said the preliminary findings indicate that Joanne shot John before turning the gun on herself. Authorities said there was no ongoing threat to the surrounding community. The official…

An 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged after a shooting in DeKalb County left two young brothers dead and two women injured Sunday night. Julian Ellis was taken into custody Tuesday in connection with the shooting on North Hairston Road. Police say he is facing two counts of felony murder and six counts of aggravated assault. The victims were identified as 11-year-old Jamarion Rolle and his 12-year-old brother, Jakhi Clark. Both boys were shot during the incident. Jamarion was pronounced dead at the scene, while Jakhi was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died. Two women,…