Updated: 7:39 PM EDT April 29, 2021
An Iredell mother has been charged with felony involuntary manslaughter after deputies said she left her 5-month-old in a hot car back on Sunday, April 25.
The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said they received a call about a 5-month old in respiratory distress at a home located on Old Mountain Road, north of Troutman.
The sheriff s office said their deputies, Troutman Fire and Iredell County EMS personnel were all called to the home. The child was pronounced dead at the scene, deputies report.
Deputies said the preliminary finding from an autopsy points to the cause of death as environmental hyperthermia. Deputies said that finding is consistent with the suspect making statements about leaving her child in a car seat, inside the car, for several hours on Sunday.
Updated: 7:39 PM EDT April 29, 2021
An Iredell mother has been charged with felony involuntary manslaughter after deputies said she left her 5-month-old in a hot car back on Sunday, April 25.
The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said they received a call about a 5-month old in respiratory distress at a home located on Old Mountain Road, north of Troutman.
The sheriff s office said their deputies, Troutman Fire and Iredell County EMS personnel were all called to the home. The child was pronounced dead at the scene, deputies report.
Deputies said the preliminary finding from an autopsy points to the cause of death as environmental hyperthermia. Deputies said that finding is consistent with the suspect making statements about leaving her child in a car seat, inside the car, for several hours on Sunday.
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April 29, 2021
IREDELL CO., N.C. A Florida man is under arrest after pretending to be an officer and trying to scam an elderly woman in Iredell County, N.C. out of money.
Authorities say Carlton Thomas, 51, will be extradited to Iredell County and charged with felony obtaining property by false pretense and felony exploitation of an elder adult, after convincing a woman he was an officer and getting her to send him $20,000 in cash.
Carlton Thomas
Deputies say they responded to the home of the elderly victim in western Iredell County on Wednesday, April 21st, and upon arrival, they learned the victim was told by a caller, who claimed to be a police officer, she had outstanding arrest warrants that he could help take care of.
ICSO: Financial fraud reaches Florida from West Iredell
Location of Incident: Western Iredell County
Suspect(s): Carlton Ross Thomas, 51 years Old
4036 Angel Oak Court
Tampa, Florida 33613
Sheriff Darren Campbell stated: On Wednesday April 21, 2021, the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office received a call in reference to an elderly citizen in western Iredell County possibly being the victim of a scam.
Patrol deputies responded to the victim’s home and met with the victim. The deputies learned the victim had been told by a caller, who claimed to be a law enforcement officer, had told the victim there were arrest warrants outstanding for them. The suspectthen told the victim, he was trying to help clear up the confusion and take care of the warrants. The suspect then convinced the victim to send 20,000.00 dollars in cash by FedEx, overnight to an address in Gainesville, Florida. The victim t
The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an infant.
The Sheriff’s Office responded to a call yesterday (April 25) regarding a five-month-old child in respiratory distress at an address on Old Mountain Road, north of Troutman. When Deputies arrived, the Troutman Fire Department and Iredell County E.M.S. were already on the scene.
The child was pronounced deceased by emergency personnel. The area was secured as the Sheriff’s Office initiated its investigation. Persons of interest were located and interviews were conducted. A search warrant for the residence was conducted and items were seized.
An autopsy is scheduled later this week. This investigation is on-going.