Category: True Crime

Reports Say Blacks Arrested at Nearly Five Times the Rate of Whites

Florida Mom Shot Dead on Zoom Web Call Meeting by 2 Yr Old Son

A Florida man has been charged in connection with the shooting of a young mother during a work-related Zoom call.

Shamaya Lynn, 21, died when her own toddler obtained an unsecured handgun, pulled the trigger, and fired.

According to court documents, the gun’s owner, Veondre Avery, 22, kept the weapon in a backpack decorated with animated characters form a children’s show and that his 2-year-old son — the toddler who fired the fatal shot — knew how to use toy guns.

Veondre Avery

One of the participants in the fateful multi-party Zoom was selected to immediately alert the police to what occurred.

The colleague who telephoned 911 said that a child began “jumping on the bed without a shirt on and looked like he was wearing only a diaper” during the Zoom call. The colleague said that “she heard a loud noise and the child in the background beginning to cry.” The victim’s “head fell backwards and moved forward back into [the view of the] screen.” The college noticed “blood on [Lynn’s] nose” before the victim again moved “back off screen.” No one responded when colleagues called out for help.

Eventually, after several minutes had passed, the colleague told police she heard Avery enter the room and yell. The Zoom call remained active while Avery called 911 himself. The colleague said she tried to call out to Avery but that he apparently couldn’t hear her; the child was the only other person in the room when the gunshot rang out.

Florida Veterinarian Sentenced to 21 Years for Having Sex With Dogs

According to the Miami Herald, the file-sharing company Dropbox tipped off authorities that someone with an IP address matching Prentiss Madden’s had received more than 1,500 files of suspected child pornography. That prompted an investigation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that led agents to search Madden’s home in Miami-Dade County in February, when they uncovered several devices with images and text conversations containing evidence of child porn, and — to the horror of the owners of Madden’s four-legged patients — the sexual exploitation of animals.

Madden pleaded guilty to charges of receiving child pornography, possession of child pornography, and creation of “animal crush” videos, a term that refers to videos that depict the harming of animals for sexual gratification. Madden is the first to be charged in South Florida under the federal Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which Donald Trump signed into law in 2019. 

In addition to depicting Madden’s preference for underage people and a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy in Orlando, the criminal complaint describes in stark detail online exchanges between Madden and unidentified third parties, in which Madden admitted to and shared photos and videos of himself performing sexual acts on dogs.

What a weirdo! Read more on Miami New Times.