All Blog Posts Tagged 'Sheriff's' (2)

DECATUR, Ga. -- A DeKalb County grand jury has indicted a former sheriff's deputy on two counts of murder in the June 9 shooting deaths of his wife and a day laborer killed in the deputy's home.

Derrick Yancey, a 17 year veteran at the DeKalb County Jail, turned himself in at 2:45 p.m. Thursday afternoon.



Yancey told police early in the investigation that he shot and killed day laborer Marcial Cux-Puluc, who Yancey claimed fatally shot… Continue

A baby girl born in a Lauderdale Lakes home two weeks ago went from her mother's womb into a trash-filled white garbage bag.

The little girl survived the ordeal and is in good health, while the mother sits in county lockup, charged with attempted murder, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.



Here's how authorities say it happened:



Meshia Morant, 30, a Jamaican living illegally in the United States, was staying with… Continue