Author: Edward Campbell

A 6-month-old Florida girl was hospitalized in critical condition after her 7-year-old brother found her unresponsive in a playpen, with doctors later determining that her blood alcohol concentration had reached 0.383, according to police records. The incident happened Sept. 8 in the Port Richey area of Pasco County. According to an arrest affidavit, the girl’s brother returned home from school and noticed that she was not responding normally. Her parents, Jessie Waldroup, 36, and Desirae Uzunboylu, 27, were reportedly asleep in the living room at the time. The boy alerted authorities, and the infant was taken to a children’s trauma…

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Nearly a decade after 16-year-old Paris Gustin was shot and killed following an egg-throwing incident, one of the men involved has been sentenced to prison. Martin Antonio Cruz, 31, was sentenced Monday to one to 15 years in prison for manslaughter in connection with Gustin’s 2016 death. The sentence includes credit for more than nine years Cruz has already spent in custody. The case began in the early morning hours of July 5, 2016, when Gustin and two other teenagers were riding in a Honda Civic in Salt Lake City’s Fairpark area. The teenagers had…

A Colorado Springs woman is facing second-degree murder charges after police say she reported a man’s death months after he allegedly died, then acknowledged that his remains had been cut up and kept inside the home. Sheldon “Shelly” Wilson, 62, was arrested after she and her daughter went to the Colorado Springs Police Department’s Police Operations Center on Sept. 19 to report that a man was dead at their home on Tappan Drive. Police responded to the residence and found the man’s remains before detectives began a homicide investigation. According to arrest documents, Wilson told investigators the man had died…

An 8-year-old Spokane girl died Sunday after firefighters responding to a water leak entered her apartment and found her unresponsive in an overflowing bathtub, according to court documents. The girl’s mother, 23-year-old Travionna C. Johnson, is facing charges of first-degree manslaughter, second-degree manslaughter and first-degree abandonment of a dependent person. She appeared in Spokane County Superior Court Monday, where her bond was set at $500,000. The incident happened at an apartment on East Baldwin Avenue in Spokane’s Logan neighborhood. Firefighters were called to the building after a neighbor reported water coming from an upstairs unit. When responders arrived, the apartment…

A 36-year-old Little Canada man is facing a criminal vehicular homicide charge after investigators say he struck and killed a pedestrian early Sunday morning, left the crash scene and later stopped at a nearby McDonald’s drive-thru. Alex Ray Kisch was arrested after police connected a damaged 2023 Nissan Rogue to the fatal collision on Viking Drive near Lillehei Plaza. Court documents allege that the vehicle had visible damage after the crash, yet surveillance footage showed it continuing to the restaurant before returning to Kisch’s apartment. Police were called to the area at about 2:25 a.m. Sept. 20 after someone reported…

Adasia Jones, 22, has been charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle in connection with the death of 26-year-old Darius Allen of Racine. Police were called to the 500 block of Hubbard Street at about 2:58 a.m. Sunday, September 20, after a report that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle. Officers found Allen in the roadway with serious injuries. Allen was taken to Ascension All Saints Hospital before being transferred to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee. Police said he was in critical condition with several internal injuries. Authorities were notified around 7 a.m. that Allen had died.…

A 22-year-old man is facing criminal charges after a vehicle struck two people in south Fort Worth early Saturday, leaving both victims hospitalized with serious injuries, according to Fort Worth police. Yoriel Cabrera was arrested following the September 19 crash in the 5700 block of Crowley Road. Police said he was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and intoxication assault with a vehicle causing serious bodily injury. Officers were called to the area shortly after 12:30 a.m. after receiving a report of a hit-and-run. When they arrived, they found two adults who had been struck by a vehicle.…

A woman accused of assaulting a teenager and swinging a knife at another person was arrested Tuesday night after barricading herself inside a Sacramento home, according to police. Sacramento officers were called shortly after 6:30 p.m. to the 20 block of Howe Avenue following a report of an assault. Police said the situation escalated when the woman allegedly swung a knife at someone before retreating into a nearby home. The incident led police to bring in crisis negotiators and a SWAT team as officers worked to resolve the standoff safely. Police later said a 15-year-old had been punched during the…

For the people who knew Cheryl Macy, the story of her final hours is only part of what they want remembered. Macy, 76, was found fatally shot inside her Iowa Hill home on Sunday, Sept. 20, during a rapidly developing law enforcement search for Derek Spencer, 44. Authorities later identified Spencer as the suspect in Macy’s killing. He was fatally shot by Placer County deputies early Monday after an hourslong standoff in a heavily wooded area. But as the investigation continues, Macy’s family is choosing to focus on the woman they knew rather than the circumstances of her death. “She…

A routine trip home turned into a confrontation Monday afternoon when a Philadelphia woman stepped in after witnessing a 63-year-old woman being sexually assaulted in the Point Breeze neighborhood. The incident happened around 4:15 p.m. near 18th and Federal streets, according to police. Investigators say the older woman was approached from behind by a man she did not know, who grabbed and inappropriately touched her before leaving the area. No injuries were reported. Mary Martin, who was riding her bicycle home from work, said she noticed what was happening and immediately confronted the man. When he continued trying to leave,…