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A helicopter pilot working for the Department of Homeland Security pleaded not guilty last month to allegations that he lied to investigators over his role in the 2005 drowning of a would-be illegal immigrant in South Texas, reports say. The pilot, James Peters, faced four counts of making false statements to investigators who had questioned him regarding the death of a Mexican citizen, Carlos Delgadillo Martinez. Reports say Peters is accused of lying to investigators regarding an incident in 2005…

Houston police have been asking for the public’s assistance in locating a motorist involved in a fatal hit-and-run traffic accident at 2000 State Highway 6 about 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 6th, reports say. The victim, a male, age unknown, was walking in the roadway of State Highway 6 northbound when he was struck by a vehicle of unknown make and model. The vehicle then fled the scene. There were evidently no known witnesses. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at…

Reports say a teacher’s assistant became so enraged last week she threw a toddler to the floor, killing him.   Melissa Calusinski, 22, allegedly threw 16-month-old Benjamin Kingan to the floor threw when she became frustrated for his being too noisy. Benjamin later collapsed and died from His skull fractured, reports say.   Calusiniski was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and ordered held in lieu of $5 million bail. A criminal check apparently showed nothing that would have…

  Charges against the owner of a Casper, WY childcare facility were filed after an infant died in October last year. The child, Tyler Parker, was found by his mother with what appeared to be severe hypoxic, conisistent with suffocation.  Sara Beth Whited, 48, faces one count of child endangerment.   The mother came to the facility and found her son blue and purple and cold. She tried to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but found his jaw basically locked, reports say….

Christina Suzanne Lyons, 32, a day care director in Kyle, TX, has been charged with capital murder following the November death of an infant in her care, reports say. The indictment alleges Lyons intentionally caused blunt force trauma to the child’s head. She could face life in prison if convicted.   Lyons, who remains in custody with bond set at $500,000, reported that a two-month-old infant had been injured at the Little Lyons Club Daycare. Lyons apparently said she put…