Detention officer Rico George was assaulted by inmate Bakari Stokes-Martin at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 15, 2025. George is recovering, while Stokes-Martin faces multiple new charges.

Roger Tillery, a 74-year-old veteran, was killed in a DUI-related crash in Sylvester, Georgia, on February 7, 2025. The driver, Gary Curry, faces multiple charges, including vehicular homicide.

Earnest Harrell, a truck driver from Edmond, Oklahoma, died in a crash on I-40 near Seminole after Jase Wilson, driving the wrong way, struck Suhaib Hassan’s semi-truck, causing Harrell’s fatal collision with the semi and leaving Hassan critically injured.

On February 6, 2025, in Houston, Texas, a wrong-way crash on I-45 caused by Monica Valdez resulted in the death of engineer Steve Nartey.

On February 5, 2025, in Gaines County, Texas, Mindy Moreno, 35, was killed in a crash involving a semi-truck on US 385.

A fatal accident in Cedartown, Georgia, on February 4, 2025, has resulted in the death of Lynn Keener and the subsequent arrest of Taylor Brooke Smith.

A fatal car crash in Odessa, Texas, on February 3, 2025, claimed the life of William Thompson, 30, after a collision at the intersection of Faudree and Eastridge. Brittany Redmond, 33, and Trintin Conner, 29, were involved and sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Ricky Marquez, 42, was shot and killed outside a San Antonio, Texas, nightclub on February 3, 2025.

Patricia Cooper, 65, lost her life in a car crash on February 1, 2025, in Hall County, Georgia, when a stalled truck caused a fatal collision. The truck’s driver, Brian "Keith" Crowe, was arrested and charged with second-degree homicide by vehicle.

Forest Skelton, 28, of Mannford, died in a single-vehicle crash on January 30, 2025, in Pawnee County, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is investigating the incident, which also injured three other individuals.

Emerson Dermody, a 22-year-old resident of Perkins, Oklahoma, was involved in a serious car crash on State Highway 33.

A fatal car crash on State Highway 33 in Payne County, Oklahoma, on January 14, 2025, claimed the life of 19-year-old Larry D. Birdine III and injured 41-year-old Steven Vaughn. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the collision.

Vincent Riggie, 32, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Oklahoma County Detention Center on January 18, 2025. Despite life-saving efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of death is under investigation, raising concerns about inmate safety.

Jacob Shane Dieball, 27, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Cleveland County Detention Center and later pronounced dead. This marks the sixth inmate death in the last year, raising concerns about jail safety and conditions.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash on December 7, 2024, at US-70 and US-271 near Soper, Oklahoma. One person was killed, and several, including Shelby Noah and Shawn Noah, were injured.

A new civil lawsuit has been filed against the Catholic Diocese of El Paso and the St. Joseph Parish in Lordsburg alleging the organizations knew that Father Lawrence Gaynor had a “proclivity to sexually abuse children” and that Gaynor groomed and abused an unnamed child in Lordsburg.

The lawsuit, filed in New Mexico’s Third Judicial District Court, claims the abuse happened in the late 1960s and says the unnamed victim has been “suffering in silence for over fifty years.”

The official facing allegations passed away decades ago, but attorneys representing the victim say the church has an ongoing duty to keep parishioners safe.