Crime

The Florida district ordered checks of Promethean boards across its campuses while police investigate the fatal incident at Riviera Elementary. PALM BAY, Fla. — Brevard Public Schools is inspecting Promethean video displays across its campuses after one fell on a 5-year-old student at Riviera Elementary School, killing him and raising questions about similar equipment used throughout the district. Superintendent Mark Rendell announced the inspections Thursday, one day after Bellamy Dawkins-Morris was critically injured when a …

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Prosecutors say the 14-year-old is an abuse victim and have not filed charges against her in the newborn’s death. SALINAS, Calif. — The rescue of a missing 14-year-old Monterey County girl in Mexico has shifted attention back to her status as an alleged sexual abuse victim as authorities pursue cases against both of her parents and continue investigating the death of her newborn. The teenager was located in Mexico with her biological father, Sergio Galvez …

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Investigators said the 3-month-old was found with 20 fractured ribs and a skull fracture during a hospital evaluation. GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — Two Guilford County parents have been arrested and charged with felony child abuse after authorities said their 3-month-old child was hospitalized and found to have numerous fractures, including 20 fractured ribs and a skull fracture. Deiza Rodriguez, 29, and Kiano Leroi Evans, 24, were arrested Oct. 2 and each charged with felony child …

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State corrections officials say Tyree Reynolds completed his five-year prison term before his Sept. 25 release. BALTIMORE, Md. — The man accused of killing 12-year-old Khloe Ishway during gunfire near a youth football game had been released from Maryland state custody eight days before the shooting, according to the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. Tyree Reynolds, 23, was released Sept. 25 after completing a five-year prison term, the department said. Police allege …

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Both people involved were juveniles employed at the restaurant, while authorities have not disclosed a motive or possible charges. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Authorities were working Thursday to determine what led to a deadly stabbing involving two juvenile McDonald’s employees in northwest Harris County, as officials withheld their identities and had not announced whether the detained worker would face charges. The stabbing happened late Wednesday at a McDonald’s in the 13300 block of Louetta Road. …

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Police say Roy Anthony Lopez reported killing his wife after arriving at a San Jose hospital with her in a vehicle. MORGAN HILL, Calif. — A 37-year-old Morgan Hill man was arrested on suspicion of murder after police say he arrived at a San Jose hospital Saturday and reported that he had killed his wife, who was found critically injured in a vehicle outside. Roy Anthony Lopez arrived at Good Samaritan Hospital at about 9:20 …

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The woman’s husband told investigators her behavior had recently changed, while police confirmed several earlier welfare calls to the family’s home. NORTHLAKE, Texas — A newly released arrest affidavit provides a more detailed account of the hours before a Northlake woman allegedly stabbed her husband and two young children, as investigators review a history of welfare-related police calls to the family’s home. Holly Leeann Flores, 37, was arrested Tuesday after police responded at about 4:20 …

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The former Webb County deputy pleaded guilty after sexually assaulting a woman during a 2024 traffic stop in Laredo. LAREDO, Texas — A former Webb County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after admitting he violated a woman’s civil rights by sexually assaulting her during an on-duty traffic stop, federal prosecutors said. U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo sentenced Ignacio Rodriguez IV, 29, to 240 months in prison on Sept. …

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Dariela Cardona and Erick Von Gerbitz were killed outside a Lindale Street home after taking a child to school. HOUSTON, Texas — The family of a north Houston couple is seeking justice after Dariela Elizabeth Cardona, 29, and Erick Von Gerbitz, 41, were fatally shot outside a home Monday morning, shortly after they had taken a child to school, according to police, relatives and local reports. The Oct. 5 killings have left relatives mourning two …

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Friends mourned 23-year-old Nathaly Ramirez as police investigated her death as a homicide and searched for answers about the balcony fall. NEW YORK — An 8-month-old girl remained in critical but stable condition Wednesday after surviving a fall from a 15th-floor Bronx apartment balcony that killed her 23-year-old mother, Nathaly Ramirez, as police investigated the mother’s death as a homicide. Ramirez and her daughter were found outside the Allerville Arms apartment building at 2550 Olinville …

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