Mercy Morales, 22, and the mother’s boyfriend, Victor Almanza, 18, were both charged with injury to a child. (Harris County Sheriff s Office)
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A couple was arrested for suspected child abuse after a 1-year-old died at a hospital Friday, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
The child, Fernanda Morales, suffered multiple blunt force injuries, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a tweet.
Her mother, Mercy Morales, 22, and the mother’s boyfriend, Victor Almanza, 18, brought the child to Signature Care Emergency Center at approximately 11 p.m. Thursday, authorities said. Morales and Almanza claimed the child fell from her rocking horse and became lethargic. Medical personnel at the emergency center determined the child suffered multiple blunt force injuries, not consistent with “falling off a rocking horse”.
Man taken by LifeFlight after roll-over crash
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A man in a single-car crash is being taken by LifeFlight to a hospital, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted.
The car rolled off a bridge at Texas 99 and Cumberland Ridge. No other vehicles were involved.
Deputies from the Sheriff s Office are investigating.
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Before joining the Chronicle, she worked at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where she investigated sexual abuse and cover-ups in the independent fundamental Baptist movement. She was also a fellow at ProPublica, where she wrote a piece on mental illness and criminal justice in Mississippi. Another ProPublica story of hers about domestic violence victims in Connecticut getting arrested for calling the polic
The largest jail in Texas is nearing capacity. Experts warn it could become a hotbed for COVID-19. By Zoe Christen Jones
January 28, 2021 / 7:36 PM / CBS News
There s rising concern that the largest jail in Texas could become a hotbed for COVID-19 as the facility nears capacity. The Harris County Jail in Houston is currently at 97% capacity, a number that corrections officials and criminal justice advocates believe puts both staff and inmates at risk.
There are currently about 9,000 inmates housed at the facility and around 60 have contracted the virus, a Harris County Sheriff s Office spokesperson told CBS News. Since last year, 2,600 inmates have tested positive and six have died.