Author: Edward Campbell

EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police and Crime Stoppers are asking for the public’s help identifying two men accused of breaking into a Central El Paso vape shop after crashing a stolen vehicle into the business. The burglary happened around 3 a.m. July 30 at Golden Vapor, located at 4700 Dyer St., according to Crime Stoppers of El Paso. Investigators say the two men used a vehicle to reverse into the business, creating an opening that allowed them to get inside. The suspects then ran into the store and took approximately $2,890 worth of merchandise. The burglary also caused…

EL PASO COUNTY, Texas — Deputies responded to a serious-injury crash early Saturday morning, Aug. 22, in the 900 block of O.T. Smith Road near Tornillo, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. The crash was reported at about 2 a.m. Investigators determined that an off-road vehicle had been traveling north on a paved pedestrian walkway alongside O.T. Smith Road. The walkway is intended for pedestrians and is not open to motor vehicles. According to investigators, pipe barriers had been installed along the center of the walkway to prevent vehicles from entering the area. As the vehicle approached the…

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — Authorities are investigating after a 2-year-old child who was reported missing early Wednesday was later found dead, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The child was reported missing around 4:30 a.m. and was last seen in the 9900 block of Blackwell Road, officials said. Deputies with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and troopers with Oregon State Police responded and began searching the area. The child was located at about 5:41 a.m., authorities said. Officials have not released further information about what led to the child’s death. The circumstances surrounding the case remain under investigation. Detectives…

ALMA CENTER, Wis. — A 17-year-old Alma Center Lincoln High School senior has died after suffering an injury during a football game Thursday night, according to district Superintendent Drew Semingson. Adam Massman was injured during the game and received emergency medical treatment on the field before being taken to a hospital, Semingson said. The school district was informed Saturday afternoon that Massman had died from the injury. “This loss touches our Lincoln family in many ways,” Semingson said. Massman was a well-known student-athlete in the Lincoln school community. He played quarterback and defensive back for the football team and also…

PARK CITY, Utah — Newly unsealed court records show that investigators pulled Verizon phone data belonging to Park City Police Chief Wade Carpenter and former Summit County Sheriff David Edmunds as part of a growing obstruction of justice case tied to Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby. Summit County detectives filed the warrant back in May, seeking records from three phones — Rigby’s, Carpenter’s, and Edmunds’ — after investigators concluded the devices may have been used to interfere with a criminal case. The filing stayed sealed for months before becoming public on Aug. 11. At the center of the case is…

Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives have shut down part of a residential street in Pompano Beach while they investigate the death of a bicyclist. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue and BSO deputies responded around 5:30 a.m. Sunday to the intersection of Northwest Sixth Avenue and 17th Street, near the 600 block of Northwest 17th Street. Crime scene tape now surrounds the area as detectives comb the scene for evidence. Footage from the location showed a bicycle lying on its side along the roadway, with several personal belongings scattered nearby — details that point to the moments before the fatal incident. Officials have…

A car caught fire Saturday evening after slamming into an Amtrak train near the Fort Lauderdale-Oakland Park border, sending flames and thick smoke into the air along the tracks. The crash happened around 7:30 p.m. near Powerline Road and Prospect Road, according to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue. Emergency crews received several 911 calls reporting the collision, with callers saying a vehicle had caught fire near the tracks. Firefighters from both Fort Lauderdale and Oakland Park responded to find the car engulfed in flames right next to the stopped train. Crews moved quickly to put out the fire, then boarded the…

The family of 22-year-old Asia Bennett, who died after being shot by a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer on August 11, is pushing for the release of body camera footage before they lay her to rest. Officers were sent to a home on Westdale Drive around 10:45 p.m. that Tuesday after a report of a battery with injuries. According to JSO, the man at the home told the first responding officer that he had argued with Bennett, his girlfriend, and that she was inside holding a knife. JSO says Bennett then walked outside carrying several items, and when the officer ordered…

Two drivers picked the wrong spot on Interstate 295 to test their cars’ top speed — directly in front of an unmarked Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office vehicle. The incident unfolded on the night of Friday, Aug. 14, on the Buckman Bridge, a roughly 3-mile stretch of I-295 connecting Jacksonville’s Mandarin area to Orange Park. Officer Ernesto Valerio, a 22-year JSO veteran assigned to the Specialized Traffic Enforcement Unit, was driving an unmarked SUV when he noticed a red Chevrolet Corvette and a gray Dodge Challenger riding side by side, slowing down traffic behind them. Bodycam footage released by JSO on social…

A dramatic scene unfolded in Oakland Park on Saturday evening after a car collided with an Amtrak train and burst into flames, sending smoke and fire high into the air. The crash happened just before 7:30 p.m. near Powerline Road and Prospect Road. According to family members who spoke with reporters, the vehicle involved belonged to a woman who was a family friend — and her car had reportedly developed engine trouble right before it was struck. The car had apparently gotten stuck on the tracks after breaking down, and the driver managed to get out just before the train…