Author: Edward Campbell

A frightening encounter in Haverhill, Massachusetts, left a local man injured after he stepped in when a coyote approached a 2-year-old child Friday evening. The incident happened in the area of Broadway and Forest Street as neighbors were preparing for a child’s birthday gathering. The coyote reportedly focused its attention on the toddler before moving toward the adults nearby. The child’s mother, Katie Murphy, said her daughter Remi was only feet away from the animal. To the young girl, the animal initially looked like a dog. Her neighbor, Julio Delgado, quickly intervened when the situation became threatening. Delgado moved to…

A Miami-Dade couple is asking for answers after they say they were confronted and physically attacked by women they did not know while walking to work Sunday night in northwest Miami-Dade. Felyz Rodriguez and Davin Lopez said they were simply walking when they heard women inside a car yelling at them. What started as a verbal exchange quickly escalated, according to the couple, who said one of the women sprayed them with pepper spray before the confrontation turned physical. “I want to know why, I want to know what we did,” Lopez said. Rodriguez said there was no reason for…

A 53-year-old Doral, Florida, man has been arrested on a felony child abuse charge after police said a dispute over his 11-year-old daughter’s iPad escalated into an alleged physical assault at his home. Husain Maki Habib was arrested Sept. 17 and charged with one count of child abuse without great bodily harm. The case began after the girl contacted her mother from school the following morning and reported what had happened at her father’s home the previous night. According to the arrest affidavit, Habib had told his daughter to stop using her iPad and prepare for bed. Police said he…

DETROIT — Jaquoya Wix was taking a break from her shift at a Chipotle restaurant in downtown Detroit when she was attacked in an alley near Woodward Avenue on Sunday afternoon. Wix, 34, was approached by a man at about 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 20, police said. Investigators said the man pulled out a knife and stabbed her multiple times before running from the area. Despite being seriously wounded, Wix managed to reach a nearby business seeking help. She later collapsed outside, where people in the area attempted to assist her. Emergency crews took her to Detroit Receiving Hospital, where…

A 34-year-old resident at a New York nursing home died after choking during a meal, and three employees are now facing criminal charges over the care she allegedly received before and during the incident. The case involves The Grand at Mohawk Valley in Ilion, Herkimer County, where New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the arrests and indictments of dietary aide Mary Stocking, nurse Mara Lasher and facility administrator Michael Sutter on Sept. 17, 2026. According to investigators, the resident had arrived at the facility just three days before her death on Aug. 23, 2025. She had been transferred from…

A Memphis woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2024 shooting death of Church’s Chicken employee Anitra West, bringing a criminal case that began with a dispute over a food order to a close. Monica Williams pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in West’s death and to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, according to the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office. She received an effective 30-year sentence. The shooting happened on July 8, 2024, at the Church’s Chicken on Park Avenue in Memphis’ Orange Mound neighborhood. West, 48, was working at the restaurant when she became…

A 3-year-old boy died after being found face-down in a backyard pool in Evansville, Indiana, on Saturday afternoon, September 19. His mother, 41-year-old Amie Jo Farber, has been charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death. Police were called to a home on North Second Avenue shortly before 5 p.m. after witnesses discovered the child unresponsive in the pool. Someone pulled him from the water and began CPR before emergency crews arrived. The boy was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The child’s name has not been publicly released. According to investigators, Farber arrived at…

New testimony in the case of an 8-year-old Lynwood boy has provided a disturbing account of the months leading up to his death, including allegations that he was severely malnourished, restrained and repeatedly abused before his body was found inside a freezer in his parents’ apartment. Isaiah Harrison was found dead in October 2025. His parents, Destiny Harrison and Daniel Monzon, along with his paternal grandmother, Ana Carcamo-Zarceno, are charged with murder and torture. All three have pleaded not guilty. The case returned to court this month for a four-day preliminary hearing in Compton, where witnesses described what they said…

A road rage confrontation in Estero, Florida, took a violent turn when a woman allegedly threw a glass jar of vegan mayonnaise through another driver’s open window, striking her in the face. Christine Sweet, 57, was arrested after deputies said she was involved in the August 20 confrontation on Corkscrew Road near Interstate 75. The other driver suffered a cut beneath her eye and later received medical treatment. According to the arrest report, the incident began when the vehicle Sweet was riding in moved in front of another vehicle near Corkscrew Road and Three Oaks Parkway. The driver who was…

A crash in Dallas’ Kessler Park neighborhood early Saturday morning left several vehicles damaged and a property narrowly avoiding more serious damage. What has raised additional concern among residents, however, is how long it took police to reach the scene. A nearby resident said he heard a loud crash at about 12:40 a.m. and went outside to see what had happened. He said a vehicle had struck the property, hitting multiple vehicles and coming close to a home. The resident said a woman was behind the wheel and appeared to be hurt. He called 911 after hearing her complain of…