Author: Voxtrend News
An 84-year-old pedestrian, identified as Edward Pickles, died Thursday evening after being struck by a vehicle in north Phoenix near 32nd Street and Campo Bello Drive, just north of Bell Road. According to the Phoenix Police Department, officers were called to the scene at around 7:30 p.m. to discover Mr. Pickles lying in the roadway with life-threatening injuries. Paramedics raced him to a nearby hospital, but despite extensive medical efforts, he succumbed to his injuries. Investigators say preliminary findings indicate he was crossing mid-block — outside of a marked crosswalk — when the vehicle struck him. Visibility may have been…
In what his neighbors describe as a devastating blow to a tight-knit community, 64-year-old Antonio E. Morris of Sylacauga lost his life following a head-on collision Wednesday morning on Shelby County Road 11, about a mile west of Chelsea, in Alabama. The crash occurred around 8:30 a.m., when the Toyota Tacoma Mr. Morris was driving collided with a Ford Transit van, and he later died of his injuries at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital on Thursday. According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Mr. Morris was behind the wheel of a 2001 Toyota Tacoma when it…
Late Thursday night around 11 p.m., a devastating hit-and-run crash occurred near the intersection of 2nd Street and Euclid Avenue just outside the heart of the University of Arizona campus in Tucson. According to the Tucson Police Department, a vehicle struck three pedestrians and fled the scene, leaving two students dead and a third critically injured. The two students who died have been identified as 19-year-old Sophia Troetel and Josiah Santos. A third student, Katya Castillo‑Mendoza, was also struck and remains hospitalized with serious injuries. Authorities report that shortly after the crash, the suspected driver — a 19-year-old — was…
In a case that’s shaking up Kansas law-enforcement circles, former police chief Joel Womochil, 39-years-old and once at the helm of the Burns Police Department, has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for his role in a disturbing child-exploitation conspiracy. Womochil pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a child-production of child pornography, each count carrying a 30-year prison term set to run consecutively. The plea and sentencing came after investigations revealed his role as the central figure in two separate conspiracies spanning from 2019 to 2021. In the first conspiracy, law-enforcement detail…
The close-knit community of Gaithersburg is reeling after the heartbreaking death of 20-year-old Chester Brandon, who lost his life in a pedestrian collision early Friday morning, October 31, 2025, on the 3300 block of Bladensburg Road in Prince George’s County. According to the Prince George’s County Police Department, officers responded at approximately 12:40 a.m., and found Chester suffering from trauma in the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene, despite the efforts of responders. The driver remained on site and is cooperating with the investigation. Chester’s passing has sent waves of sorrow across his hometown. Friends and neighbors remember…
The sun had just dipped low on Thursday afternoon when eight‑year‑old Zeke Hondow was riding his e‑bike home from school on the bike path near the interchange of Kawana Way and the Sunshine Motorway at Mountain Creek on the Sunshine Coast. At approximately 3:36 pm, Zeke collided head‑on with a 15‑year‑old also riding an e‑bike in the opposite direction. Emergency services arrived swiftly and rushed Zeke to the nearby Sunshine Coast University Hospital, but despite their efforts he succumbed to his injuries. Both riders were reported to have been wearing protective headgear at the time of the crash. According to authorities, the older boy is voluntarily cooperating with the police investigation. The…
A quiet Thursday morning near mile marker 42.5 on southbound Interstate 5 in rural Gold Hill, Oregon turned fatal when a 47‑year‑old man from Shady Cove, Oregon attempted to flag down passing drivers and was later pronounced dead at the scene. The victim, identified as Steven Jason Worthington, had been reported by multiple 911 callers at 8:01 a.m., prompting a swift response from local first‑responders. Deputies from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) and paramedics from Rogue River Fire District 1 arrived rapidly and began life‑saving efforts, but Worthington was officially pronounced deceased at 8:36 a.m. on October 30. The Sheriff’s Office later issued…
The afternoon of Monday, Oct. 27, brought a tragedy to the oil-field area off Vera Road in China, Texas, where authorities now say 68‑year‑old Guillermo Contreras of Liberty, Texas was fatally struck by the trailer of an 18‑wheeler. Deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded around 1:45 p.m. following reports of a serious injury at the site. When first responders arrived, they found Contreras gravely injured, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Capt. Crystal Holmes of the sheriff’s office noted that Contreras was “working at an oil‑field off Vera Road” when he was struck by the trailer portion of the truck.…
A quiet residential street in Flowery Branch, Georgia was shaken this week when law‑enforcement took into custody 33‑year‑old Stanley Bruce Fyfe IV at his home on Paradise Point. The charge: four hundred counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. The arrest came after a year‑long investigation carried out by the Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) Internet Crimes Against Children Unit. The case began to unfold in June 2024 when the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) submitted a cyber‑tip to the HCSO pointing to suspicious digital addresses tied to Fyfe’s home. Over the following months, investigators received six additional…
In the early hours of Thursday, October 30, a routine domestic-disturbance call ended in tragedy at the Pharr Apartments in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood. A 32-year-old man, identified by police as Durante Schofield, was killed by gunfire after his father, 54-year-old Durante Rowe‑Tolliver, arrived to help break up a heated argument between Schofield and his girlfriend. According to arrest warrants filed by the Atlanta Police Department, officers responded around 12:22 a.m. to a domestic dispute at the apartment complex on Pharr Rd. NW. The girlfriend had called Schofield’s father to intervene. While officers spoke with the woman inside the unit, the…