Author: Edward Campbell

A 25-year-old Orangeburg man is facing charges after deputies investigating severe injuries to a 1-year-old child discovered a home where the child and a vulnerable adult were allegedly living in extremely poor conditions. Justice Anderson was charged with unlawfully placing a child at risk and neglect of a vulnerable adult following an investigation at a residence on Manlicher Drive in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. The investigation began on Friday, Sept. 4, after medical personnel at MUSC Health notified the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office about a 1-year-old child who had suffered severe injuries. Deputies then went to the residence where the…

A West Virginia father is facing multiple criminal charges after a crash in Clay County killed his two young sons and seriously injured another child who was riding in the vehicle. James Edward Neal Jr., 34, has been charged with two counts of child neglect resulting in death in connection with the deaths of his sons, 7-year-old James Edward Neal III and 13-year-old Zayden Andrew Hurley. The crash happened Aug. 22 as Neal was driving an SUV with the two boys and a 14-year-old friend of the children. The group was reportedly returning from a football event when the SUV…

A Springfield man is facing multiple felony charges after police say he struck and killed a pedestrian, left the crash scene and later appeared to have a teenager behind the wheel of the same SUV. The victim was identified as 50-year-old Darryl Moore, who was hit shortly after 11 p.m. Sept. 4 near Ridge Road and North Limestone Street in Springfield, Ohio. Moore was taken to Springfield Regional Medical Center and later flown to Miami Valley Hospital, where he died from his injuries. Investigators say Moore was walking along North Limestone Street while pulling a wheeled trash container. Surveillance footage…

Iesha Thomas, 31, is accused in the death of Cameron Young following an early-morning confrontation on West Red Oak Drive, according to authorities and court records. Memphis police were called to the 200 block of West Red Oak Drive shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday after a report of a person suffering from a serious wound. Officers found Young on the ground with injuries to his neck and shoulder area. Young was still able to speak with investigators and reportedly told officers that a man wearing a red shirt and black pants had stabbed him at a Shell gas station. He…

A confrontation involving a group of juveniles at Weston Cemetery in Wood County, Ohio, has resulted in criminal charges against multiple adults, according to law enforcement and court records. The incident happened July 10 at Weston Cemetery on Van Tassel Road. Authorities say several children were involved in a physical fight, and investigators later accused adults at the scene of helping facilitate the confrontation rather than stopping it. Rachel Bell Ankney, 41, of Weston, is accused of encouraging children to fight and failing to properly intervene. She faces charges of endangering children and contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of…

A Clark County family is grieving the loss of 4-year-old Hellayna Michelle King, who died after falling from the back of a tractor and being struck by the vehicle on Sept. 2. The accident happened on Red River Road, according to Clark County Coroner Neal Oliver. Hellayna was riding on the back of the tractor when she fell. The tractor then accidentally backed over her, the coroner said. Hellayna, known to her family as “Layna,” was born Oct. 5, 2021, in Fayette County, Kentucky. She was just one month away from her fifth birthday. Her family remembers her as an…

EAST POINT, Ga. — A video recorded inside a LongHorn Steakhouse kitchen on Camp Creek Parkway is drawing widespread attention after showing what appears to be roaches, food debris and other unsanitary conditions in the restaurant. The footage was recorded by Sean Headley, a former employee who said he worked at the East Point location beginning in April. Headley said he decided to document the kitchen after becoming frustrated with conditions he believed were unsafe for employees and customers. The video shows food scraps and trash scattered around parts of the kitchen, along with a roach moving across the floor…

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A DeKalb County police officer was injured during a domestic dispute response that escalated into gunfire and an hours-long standoff at an apartment complex. Officers were called to the Reserve at Stone Creek Apartments on South Harrison Road at about 11:23 a.m. after a report of a domestic dispute. When officers arrived, a suspect opened fire, according to the information provided by authorities. One officer was injured during the response and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The officer was later released. Authorities have not said whether the officer was struck by gunfire or…

ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia death row inmate Stacey Humphreys is making a final legal effort to avoid execution as his scheduled Sept. 16 death date approaches. Humphreys, 53, is set to receive a lethal injection at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson for the 2003 killings of Cyndi Williams and Lori Brown. His defense team has asked a Cobb County court for a new sentencing trial, arguing that misconduct by a juror during the 2007 penalty phase affected the decision to impose the death penalty. The request was the subject of court proceedings this week,…

A Runnemede woman accused of trying to arrange the killings of her former boyfriend and his daughter has now been indicted on federal murder-for-hire charges, according to federal prosecutors. Jaclyn D. Diiorio, 28, was arrested and charged with two counts alleging the use of interstate commerce facilities in connection with an attempted murder-for-hire scheme. Prosecutors say she used a cellphone to communicate about plans to have two people killed in exchange for money. The alleged plot dates back to March 2025. According to the federal indictment, Diiorio allegedly communicated with a person she believed could carry out the killings. The…