Infant dies after mom allegedly puts him in dryer
Infant dies after mom allegedly puts him in dryer
BOGALUSA, La. - A mother was booked on a charge of first-degree murder for allegedly placing her 3-month-old son in a clothes dryer and turning it on.The infant had third-degree burns over 50 percent of his body and suffered blunt force trauma to the head, the St. Tammany Parish coroner said.Police Sgt. Darryl Darden said Lakeisha Adams, 18, called police to her home on Monday to report that someone had killed her child. When officers arrived, they found Jailand Adams on a sofa. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Darden said Adams admitted during questioning to putting the infant in the dryer and turning it on, but did not say why.Adams also has a 1-year-old child who was placed in state custody, police said.If convicted, Adams faces death by injection or a life sentence. The first-degree murder charge is mandatory under Louisiana law because the victim was under age 12.
Woman, 82, Convicted of Attempted Assault
WACO, Texas Dec 7, 2005 — An 82-year-old woman has been found guilty of attempted assault on a peace officer for trying to hit a Sheriff's deputy on the head with her cane in August.
Ester McCullough was found guilty by a retired judge during a nonjury trial.
Defense attorney John Hand said McCullough fired a shot into the air to scare away one of the neighbor's dogs. Hand said the two neighbors have been involved in a dispute for about seven years.
The deputies said they were talking to McCullough outside the house to try to find out where the gun was when she tried to go back inside. One deputy grabbed her leg, forcing McCullough to hop around on one foot.
She complained that the officer was hurting her hips, which had been surgically replaced, and tried to hit him on the head with her cane. Another deputy deflected the blow with his hand.
Hand said McCullough had been willing to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges, but prosecutors sought the felony charge.
"If there is a gun involved and she is threatening to kill people, I don't think that is something that should be taken lightly," Brady said. "I think this woman is cantankerous."
McCullough has a previous misdemeanor conviction for deadly conduct, which also involved a gun, according to court records. Hand said she shot a hole in a car when her daughter's boyfriend caused a disturbance an refused to leave.
A prosecutor recommended that McCullough be placed on probation for three years and fined $400. She'll be sentenced when a background report is complete.
Dog saves 3 Germans from fire but burns to death
BERLIN (Reuters) - A Belgian shepherd saved the lives of three people from a burning building by waking them up with loud barks but perished in the flames, apparently because he was afraid to jump out of the window, police said on Wednesday.
"The dog noticed the smoke and fire first and pulled the covers off one 42-year-old man sleeping on a couch and woke up a couple, aged 45 and 47, in the bedroom with loud barks," said police spokesman Hartmut Labahn of the blaze in a second-floor apartment in Zirchow on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom.
"The whole top floor apartment was on fire when they jumped out of the window, but the dog unfortunately didn't make it out and was burnt to death," he said. "There was so much commotion that the people didn't realise the dog didn't jump with them. They kept shouting his name but he never made it out."
The spokesman said the dog "might have been afraid to jump".
BOGALUSA, La. - A mother was booked on a charge of first-degree murder for allegedly placing her 3-month-old son in a clothes dryer and turning it on.The infant had third-degree burns over 50 percent of his body and suffered blunt force trauma to the head, the St. Tammany Parish coroner said.Police Sgt. Darryl Darden said Lakeisha Adams, 18, called police to her home on Monday to report that someone had killed her child. When officers arrived, they found Jailand Adams on a sofa. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Darden said Adams admitted during questioning to putting the infant in the dryer and turning it on, but did not say why.Adams also has a 1-year-old child who was placed in state custody, police said.If convicted, Adams faces death by injection or a life sentence. The first-degree murder charge is mandatory under Louisiana law because the victim was under age 12.
Woman, 82, Convicted of Attempted Assault
WACO, Texas Dec 7, 2005 — An 82-year-old woman has been found guilty of attempted assault on a peace officer for trying to hit a Sheriff's deputy on the head with her cane in August.
Ester McCullough was found guilty by a retired judge during a nonjury trial.
Defense attorney John Hand said McCullough fired a shot into the air to scare away one of the neighbor's dogs. Hand said the two neighbors have been involved in a dispute for about seven years.
The deputies said they were talking to McCullough outside the house to try to find out where the gun was when she tried to go back inside. One deputy grabbed her leg, forcing McCullough to hop around on one foot.
She complained that the officer was hurting her hips, which had been surgically replaced, and tried to hit him on the head with her cane. Another deputy deflected the blow with his hand.
Hand said McCullough had been willing to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges, but prosecutors sought the felony charge.
"If there is a gun involved and she is threatening to kill people, I don't think that is something that should be taken lightly," Brady said. "I think this woman is cantankerous."
McCullough has a previous misdemeanor conviction for deadly conduct, which also involved a gun, according to court records. Hand said she shot a hole in a car when her daughter's boyfriend caused a disturbance an refused to leave.
A prosecutor recommended that McCullough be placed on probation for three years and fined $400. She'll be sentenced when a background report is complete.
Dog saves 3 Germans from fire but burns to death
BERLIN (Reuters) - A Belgian shepherd saved the lives of three people from a burning building by waking them up with loud barks but perished in the flames, apparently because he was afraid to jump out of the window, police said on Wednesday.
"The dog noticed the smoke and fire first and pulled the covers off one 42-year-old man sleeping on a couch and woke up a couple, aged 45 and 47, in the bedroom with loud barks," said police spokesman Hartmut Labahn of the blaze in a second-floor apartment in Zirchow on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom.
"The whole top floor apartment was on fire when they jumped out of the window, but the dog unfortunately didn't make it out and was burnt to death," he said. "There was so much commotion that the people didn't realise the dog didn't jump with them. They kept shouting his name but he never made it out."
The spokesman said the dog "might have been afraid to jump".
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