A former Eugene day care worker pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree criminal mistreatment and tampering with evidence related to the 2018 death of an infant in her care, while having charges of criminally negligent homicide and manslaughter dismissed.
Nicole Sumpter was charged in connection to the death of a 9-month-old infant that stopped breathing in her care at Little Big Blessings in Eugene. The infant, William Cannon, died days later in the hospital.
Sumpter was sentenced Lane County Circuit Court to three years of probation for the two charges, which included knowingly withholding “necessary and adequate” medical attention and physical care from Cannon, and intentionally deleting photo evidence.
Actor Zachery Ty Bryan, who played Tim Allen s oldest son Brad Taylor on Home Improvement in the 90s, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two Class A misdemeanor counts stemming from a domestic violence case.
The charges were menacing and assault in the fourth degree constituting domestic violence. Lane County (Oregon) District Attorney Patricia Perlow told USA TODAY that Bryan was sentenced to three years of bench probation with multiple conditions, including partaking in a batterer intervention program and having no contact with the victim.
Six other charges related to an October incident – harassment, coercion, strangulation, interference with making a report and second counts of menacing and assault in the fourth degree – were dismissed.
Despite early report, Oakridge man killed by police was not on drugs
An Oakridge family is setting the record straight about their loved one after he was shot and killed by police.
Posted: Feb 5, 2021 1:23 PM
Updated: Feb 5, 2021 6:07 PM
Posted By: Jacob Roberts
OAKRIDGE, Ore. – An Oakridge family is setting the record straight about their loved one after he was shot and killed by police during an altercation in October 2019. Family members of Marcus Hartsfield, 27, said toxicology reports confirmed he was not on drugs, contrary to what was initially reported by the Lane County District Attorney’s Office.
Hartsfield was killed by an Oakridge Police officer after the officer responded to a home on Rainbow Street for reports of a suicide in progress. When he arrived, the officer found Hartsfield in a fight with several other people, all covered in blood. The officer said Hartsfield lunged at him with what was later determined to be a razor blade before he shot him.