Police: Pennsylvania Mom With BAC 3x Legal Limit Killed Son, 11, In Head-On Crash
A pregnant Lancaster County mom had a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit when she struck another vehicle head-on, killing her 11-year-old son, authorities said.Jennifer Johnson, 35, of Manheim Township, was charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI, aggravated assault of an unborn child and several other offenses stemming from the Lititz Pike crash on Feb. 23, Manheim police announced.
Johnson was driving on the bridge into Lancaster City in the 1100 block of Lititz Pike when she struck another car carrying four people around 8:30 p.m., authorities said.a
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Covid-19: North Jersey Mom Dies Days After Giving Birth
Support is surging for the family of a North Jersey mom who died days after giving birth.
Joanna Jimenez, of Paterson, was diagnosed with COVID-19 when she was eight months pregnant with her third child.
Jimenez delivered baby Ashton on Feb. 13, but died days later -- never able to hold her newborn.
More than $38,100 had been raised as of Monday on a GoFundMe for Jimenez's three sons -- Jordan, 15, Christian, 8 months, baby Ashton -- and husband, Chad Augustus, left mourning her unexpected death.
"She is a light of love, peace, and positivity which illuminated everyone around her,"&n…
Man Busted For Attempting To Choke Woman In Area, Police Say
An area man was arrested on a warrant by police just minutes after he had been released from prison for an event last year in which he allegedly attempted to choke a pregnant woman.
Michael J. Rhodes III, 23, of Catskill in Greene County, was arrested on Friday, Feb. 5, for an incident which took place on Monday, June 15 in Ulster County, said Saugerties Chief of Police Joseph A. Sinagra.
According to Sinagra, on June 15, Saugerties Police initiated an investigation into a report of a domestic dispute between Rhodes and a female victim.
The victim reported to police that on…
Pregnant Paterson Woman ID'd Accused Killer Before She Died, Authorities Say
UPDATE: An ex-con whom a pregnant Paterson woman identified as her killer shortly before she died was convicted of murder following a jury trial.
Donqua “Quay” Thomas, 32, faces a minimum of 30 years in state prison without parole, with the possibility of a lifetime term, when he is sentenced on Sept. 22.
The woman he killed, Remy Lee, 31, was two weeks away from delivering their newborn son when Thomas shot her four times in broad daylight in a parking lot at the city’s Brooks-Sloate Terrace co-ops on Oct. 29, 2020, jurors in Paterson found.
Thomas had been sitting in a car, waiting …
