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Girl, 11, Dies By Suicide After School Bullies Say ICE Will Deport Her Family: Reports
An 11-year-old Texas girl has died by suicide after classmates bullied her for being Hispanic and threatened to have ICE agents deport her family, according to reports.
Jocelynn Rojo Carranza of Gainesville, TX, died on Saturday, Feb. 8, five days after she was rushed to a hospital, Univision 23 reported. She was a student at Gainesville Intermediate School, about an hour north of Dallas.
Her mother Marbella Carranza told Univision that students repeatedly taunted her daughter, saying her family would be deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
"I waited a whole week for a mi…
Lucky Streak: $10K Lottery Ticket Sold In Newark
New Jersey Lottery players struck gold last week, with multiple $10,000 winning tickets sold as part of the $1,000,000 Spectacular game.
The winning tickets were sold at the following locations:
Wayne: Plains Pharmacy at 578 Valley Road, sold on Saturday, Feb. 15.
Newark: Elm & Union Convenient Store, 109 Elm St., sold on Feb. 10.
Hillsdale: Quick Shop, 48 Paterson St., sold on Feb. 11.
Dover: BP gas station, 18 Route 46 East, sold on Feb. 13.
A ticket winning the $1 million prize was sold in Perth Amboy on Feb. 11.
Lottery officials urge all players to check their tickets and claim t…
Details Released In Cult Leader Arrest For Parent's, Border Agent’s Murders
A bizarre twist has emerged in the murders of a Pennsylvania couple and the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont, as suspects with ties to a cult-like group have been arrested.
Michelle Jacqueline Zajko, 32, of Media, Pennsylvania, Jack Amadeus LaSota, 34, of Berkeley, California, and Daniel Arthur Blank, 26, of Sacramento, California, were arrested in Allegany County, Maryland, according to the Maryland State Police in a statement released on Monday, Feb. 17.
The trio was taken into custody in the 10,000 block of Piney Mountain Road in Frostburg, Maryland at around 2:30 p.m. on…
Court Blocks Son's Lawsuit Over Deadly Newark Police Shooting, Citing Missed Deadline
A lawsuit filed by the son of a man killed in a police shooting against the City of Newark has been dismissed after courts ruled the claim was filed too late, records show.
The case stems from the Jan. 28, 2019 shooting of Gregory Griffin, 45, who was fatally shot by Newark Police Officer Jovanny Crespo during a high-speed chase. Crespo fired into the moving vehicle multiple times, striking Griffin and his passenger, Andrew Dixon. Griffin died the next day.
Crespo was later indicted on charges of aggravated manslaughter, assault, and official misconduct, but when Griffin’s family — namely h…
