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Mother Charged With Murder After Toddler Dies From Fentanyl Poisoning In DC: Feds Mother Charged With Murder After Toddler Dies From Fentanyl Poisoning In DC: Feds
Mother Charged With Murder After Toddler Dies From Fentanyl Poisoning In DC: Feds A District woman has been arrested and charged with murdering her 3-year-old daughter who ingested a fentanyl and died, federal authorities announced. Sasha McCoy, 27, was arrested late last week and charged in DC Superior Court, where she pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and first-degree cruelty to children for allegedly allowing her child to ingest a lethal dose of fentanyl. It is alleged that in October 2022, the toddler got into the fentanyl, and during her court appearance on Friday, a judge found probable cause that McCoy committed the murder and held her without bo…
Second Suspect Arrested For Mother's Day Shooting Of 10-Year-Old Arianna Davis In DC: MPD Second Suspect Arrested For Mother's Day Shooting Of 10-Year-Old Arianna Davis In DC: MPD
Second Suspect Arrested For Mother's Day Shooting Of 10-Year-Old Arianna Davis In DC: MPD A second person has been arrested in connection to the Mother's Day shooting that killed 10-year-old Arianna Davis in DC last year. Dallas McKinney, 19, of Southeast DC, has been arrested and charged with murder, joining 19-year-old Koran Gregory, who was arrested last fall following an investigation. Shortly after 9 p.m. on Sunday, May 14, 2023, investigators said that Davis was hit by a stray bullet in the 3700 block of Hayes Street NE, after dozens of shots rang out in the area. Officials said that the family heard the gunshots while driving through the area, and later realized that the…
No Charges After 3-Year-Old Culpeper Boy Found Shot Dead In Pennsylvania: DA No Charges After 3-Year-Old Culpeper Boy Found Shot Dead In Pennsylvania: DA
No Charges After 3-Year-Old Culpeper Boy Found Shot Dead In Pennsylvania: DA A 3-year-old boy Virginian boy's parents will not be charged after he shot himself dead at Tucquan Family Park Campground in Pennsylvania on Oct. 20, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office announced on Wednesday, Nov. 22. "This mistake in judgment ultimately led to the child’s death but did not rise to the level of a criminal act based upon the nature and intent of the circumstances,"  DA Heather Adams explained in the release. The boy was found shortly after a shooting was reported at the camp located at 917 River Road, Holtwood, Martic Township, Lancaster County First Deputy Cor…
Police Arrest Mother's Day Shooter Who Killed 10-Year-Old Arianna Davis In DC Police Arrest Mother's Day Shooter Who Killed 10-Year-Old Arianna Davis In DC
Police Arrest Mother's Day Shooter Who Killed 10-Year-Old Arianna Davis In DC An arrest has been made months after 10-year-old Arianna Davis was shot on Mother's Day and later died at an area hospital in Washington, DC. Southeast, DC resident Koran Gregory, 19, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed for his role in the fatal shooting, Metropolitan Police Department officials announced on Monday, Sept. 18, following a four-month investigation. Shortly after 9 p.m. on Sunday, May 14, Metropolitan Police Assistant Chief Andre Wright said that 10-year-old Arianna Davis was hit by a bullet in the 3700 block of Hayes Street NE, after dozens of s…
Toddler Who Died In Fall From Alexandria High-Rise ID'd By Aunt Toddler Who Died In Fall From Alexandria High-Rise ID'd By Aunt
Toddler Who Died In Fall From Alexandria High-Rise ID'd By Aunt Support was surging for the family of a 3-year-old boy who fell to his death from an Alexandria high-rise in June 2023. The tot was identified by his aunt, Melissa Velasquez, as Dylan Velasquez, on a GoFundMe campaign launched for his parents.  Police said only that the boy fell from a building at the Arrive Apartments on Yoakum Parkway on Wednesday, June 28, just before 2 p.m. Dylan Velasquez.GoFundMe photo Melanie Velasquez Melissa says on the campaign that her nephew fell from a window. "This loss became a traumatic tragedy for my family who never thought this could be a story for …
Maryland Woman Sentenced For Assisting In The Murder Of Woman, 7-Year-Old Child: Report Maryland Woman Sentenced For Assisting In The Murder Of Woman, 7-Year-Old Child: Report
Maryland Woman Sentenced For Assisting In The Murder Of Woman, 7-Year-Old Child: Report A Baltimore woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after authorities say she did nothing to stop her boyfriend from murdering a woman and her young child back in 2015, officials announced. Kiara Haynes, 37, was convicted of two counts of aiding and abetting the use and discharge of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime and crime of violence, causing the death of Jennifer Jeffrey and her 7-year-old child on May 27, 2015, according to the Department of Justice. “The murders of Jennifer Jeffrey and her child were a senseless tragedy,” said US Attorney Erek L. Barron. “Not o…