In brief: Feds request documents in Christie lane closure
Federal prosecutors investigating September’s massive and deliberate traffic jam at the foot of the George Washington Bridge want to see the documents gathered by a state committee also probing the mess, another sign that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie won’t be free of the controversy anytime soon.
The two Democratic legislators leading the state committee announced Friday that they would turn over all documents related to the lane closures in Fort Lee, N.J., saying the federal subpoena “reaffirms our progress in uncovering important information about the apparent abuse of government power and threat to public safety.”
Baby crawls into street after sister takes him from crib
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah – Police say a baby found crawling across a busy four-lane street in northern Utah after his 7-year-old sister took him out of his crib is safe at home.
The driver who rescued the 1-year-old boy about 5:45 p.m. Friday returned him to his mother and called police in Brigham City, 60 miles north of Salt Lake City.
The unidentified mother told police she was resting and had put the infant in a crib to sleep.
Police said her 7-year-old daughter took the baby out to play and he somehow got out of the backyard.
They said the baby crawled less than a block and was found in the lane closest to the sidewalk.
Police said charges are unlikely, but the case has been turned over to the Division of Child and Family Services.
Mother carrying dead baby arrested on murder charge
LIVERMORE, Calif. – A young mother has been arrested in California on suspicion of stabbing her infant to death after first attempting suicide at a popular park, police said.
Officers responding to reports of a car collision Saturday at Del Valle Regional Park east of San Francisco found the mother carrying her baby’s lifeless body in her arms. The woman also had a laceration to her body.
The woman, in her early 20s, was arrested on suspicion of murder, the Contra Costa Times reported. Her name wasn’t immediately released.