COBB COUNTY, Ga. Dec 17 2017– A man is in jail after he struck and killed a crossing guard near a Cobb County school, police say. Channel 2 Action News received the mugshot of Lamonte Whitaker, who has been charged with vehicular homicide. Police said he hit Edna Umeh in late November near Lindley Middle […]
WEST HARTFORD, CT Oct 5 20217— After 15 years of dedicated service to West Hartford Public Schools, crossing guard John Singletary, 88, celebrated his retirement on Friday. Singletary, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War who was a longtime employee of the Connecticut Department of Corrections, was a stalwart guard at his post on […]
CLEARWATER, Fla. Aug 10 2017 – A Pinellas County Circuit Court judge sentenced a Clearwater man to 18 years in the state Department of Corrections for vehicular homicide of a school crossing guard. Julius Johnson, 31, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a slew of charges, including first-degree felony of leaving the scene of a crash involving death, […]
Tallahassee FL June 1 2017 Leon County’s last day of school was an emotional one for a Tallahassee crossing guard all the kids call “Grandma.” “Bye Bye! Have a good summer. Ya’ll be good for the next crossing guard, okay?” Rosa Pledge Flowers has been helping kids at Griffin Middle School cross the street for […]