All articles tagged with #involuntary manslaughter
A DeKalb County police officer, Derrick Harris Jr., was charged with involuntary manslaughter and two counts of reckless conduct after a 19-year-old man, Seth Jayden Eccles, who was handcuffed, was shot during an arrest tied to an armed USPS robbery probe; Eccles died at a hospital and an autopsy is pending. Harris has not yet been arrested and plans to surrender as the investigation continues.
A Staten Island tour bus driver, Jing Sheng Dong, 48, involved in a Virginia crash that killed five people has been indicted on three additional involuntary manslaughter counts and a misdemeanor reckless driving charge. He previously faced two involuntary manslaughter counts. The crash occurred on I-95 in Stafford County as traffic slowed for a work zone; the bus struck six vehicles. Victims include four members of a Greenfield, MA family and a Worcester, MA woman. Nearly 40 others were injured. The National Transportation Safety Board and Virginia state police are investigating; the bus was operated by E&P Travel.
A Stafford County grand jury indicted Jing Sheng Dong, the bus driver in the fatal I-95 work-zone crash, on five counts of involuntary manslaughter and a reckless driving charge, after investigators said excessive speed prevented the bus from slowing for a work zone. Five people were killed and dozens injured; Dong is hospitalized and held without bond awaiting court appearances.
A deadly I-95 bus crash in Stafford County, Virginia, killed five and injured dozens after a bus failed to slow for a work zone, with speed cited as a factor by the NTSB. Driver Jing Sheng Dong, 48, who earlier faced a speeding arrest in Maryland, is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and is hospitalized in custody. The 34-passenger bus operated by E&P Travel Inc. was en route from New York City to Charlotte; Dong also had a 2024 speeding citation in Virginia.
A motor coach driver, Jing S Dong, 48, was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after a Stafford County, Virginia crash killed five and injured more than 40. The NTSB is probing factors including speed, fatigue, and the driver’s language barrier, noting Dong is a non-English speaker from China. The bus struck a vehicle in a work zone on I-95, impacting the Doncev family from Massachusetts and others; Dong is in custody with his first court appearance postponed until after hospital discharge, and a GoFundMe for funeral expenses has surpassed its original $50,000 goal.
Five people died when a speeding motorcoach crashed into traffic in a Virginia work zone on I-95, including Dmitri and Ecaterina Doncev and their two children traveling from Massachusetts to a wedding; Priscilla Mafalda of Worcester also died. Bus driver Jing S. Dong, 48, was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter as the NTSB investigates speed and driver-language factors. The bus, operated by E&P Travel Inc., was traveling from New York to North Carolina.
A Staten Island bus driver, Jing S. Dong, 48, has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after a Virginia I-95 crash in Stafford County killed five people and injured about 44; investigators say the bus failed to slow in a work zone, crashing into six vehicles, including an Acura that carried four members of a Greenfield, Massachusetts family who died, and a Suburban where another person died. Thirty-four passengers were aboard; the bus was operated by E&P Travel on a New York to North Carolina route. The NTSB is investigating and a preliminary report is due in about 30 days, with investigators reviewing the driver’s activities prior to the crash.
Durham police charged 26-year-old Joseph Savarino with felony death by motor vehicle, involuntary manslaughter and failure to reduce speed in the crash that killed 15-year-old Cardinal Gibbons freshman Jack O’Shea, who was riding an e-bike. Savarino had previously faced a misdemeanor DWI and recorded a BAC of 0.11% about 3 hours 45 minutes after the crash; he posted $100,000 bond, surrendered his license, and was released as the Durham County DA’s Office pursued the new charges following a thorough investigation.
A southern California mother faces involuntary manslaughter and additional counts after her 14-year-old son, riding a high-powered Surron e-motorcycle, struck and killed an 81-year-old man. Prosecutors say she allowed illegal riding despite warnings, adding charges of felony child endangerment, accessory after the fact, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor; she could face up to about 7 years and 8 months in prison if convicted. The case highlights ongoing debates over parental liability and safety around e-motorcycles for youths.
An Orange County mother, 50-year-old Tommi Jo Mejer, is charged with involuntary manslaughter after her 14-year-old son—illegally riding a Surron e-motorcycle outside El Toro High School in Lake Forest—hit 81-year-old Vietnam War veteran Ed Ashman, who died two weeks later. Deputies warned Mejer last year that letting her son ride the vehicle could lead to charges, but prosecutors say she allowed him to ride despite the danger. This case marks OC’s third parent charged this year for letting a child ride an e-motorcycle; e-bikes under 20 mph have no licensing restrictions, while higher-speed e-motorcycles require a license, registration and insurance.
Nation Alexanders Wood, 25, pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the March 24 shooting death of Samantha Emge in San Francisco's Sunset district; bail was set at $300,000 with conditions including warrantless searches, no weapons, electronic monitoring, and potential passport forfeiture, with Emge’s family attending the court appearance.
In San Francisco’s Sunset district, 22-year-old Samantha Emge was killed when her boyfriend Nation Wood allegedly fired a gun that went through a wall while she was showering; Wood says it was an accidental dry-fire and has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Bail was set at $300,000 with electronic monitoring if released, and multiple hearings are planned as investigators continue to determine exactly what happened.
Antoine Watson was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 killing of 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee in San Francisco. Although sentenced to eight years in prison, the sentence was suspended and he received five years’ credit for time served, placing him on probation with weekly therapy and conditions including staying away from the victim’s family and the crime scene; the case helped spur Stop Asian Hate discussions, though prosecutors did not file hate-crime charges.
Colin Gray was found guilty of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter for allegedly enabling his 14-year-old son to access a firearm used in the September 4, 2024 Apalachee High School shooting that killed two students and two teachers; his son Colt Gray faces 55 counts and awaits trial, with sentencing for Colin to come.
Four Massachusetts State Police Academy staffers, including Sgt. Jennifer Penton, were charged with involuntary manslaughter and causing serious bodily injury in Trooper Enrique Delgado-Garcia’s 2024 death after a boxing training session. A nine‑month grand jury investigation led by independent counsel David Meier found Delgado-Garcia suffered concussion-like symptoms before fatal head injuries the next day, prompting academy reforms and an outside assessment of training culture. The suspects were summoned to court rather than arrested; Delgado-Garcia, 25, died Sept. 13, 2024, with the death later listed as accidental.