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NBC News
2 days ago
- NBC News
Authorities arrest alleged associate of man suspected in deaths of 4 in Tennessee
A man described as an associate of the suspect in a quadruple homicide in Tennessee earlier this week has been arrested on suspicion of helping the fugitive, authorities said Saturday. Tanaka Brown, 29, was arrested and jailed Friday. He has been charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. Brown is being held without bond in Lake County Jail, the bureau said. He is accused of helping Austin Robert Drummond, 28, who remained at large Saturday night. Authorities have been searching for Drummond in connection with the deaths of four people Tuesday in Tiptonville. The four bodies were discovered after an infant was found abandoned in a car seat in Dyer County, setting off a scramble to find the baby's guardians, Stephen Sutton, a spokesperson for the sheriff's offices in Lake and Dyer counties, said at a Friday news conference. 'The baby is safe and is being cared for,' Sutton said. Drummond has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, possession of a gun during a dangerous felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Suspect Austin Drummond. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Drummond was out on bond when the killings took place, Danny Goodman, district attorney for Dyer and Lake counties, said Friday. He had been released on bond related to an incident that allegedly took place in prison, where he was serving time for aggravated robbery, Goodman said. It's not clear whether Brown or Drummond have retained legal counsel. The public defender's office for the judicial district that covers Lake and Dyer counties was not available to provide information late Saturday. Drummond is described as armed and dangerous, and anyone who spots him was asked to call 911. 'Getting Austin Drummond in custody is a priority,' the U.S. Marshals Service said. Two vehicles associated with Drummond have been found, authorities said. A white 1988 Ford pickup with red side panels was located in Dyer County on Saturday, and authorities are asking anyone with security video of the truck to send it to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Drummond's white 2016 Audi A3 was found abandoned Friday in Jackson, about 74 miles southeast of Tiptonville, the bureau said. He is believed to still be in the Jackson area, bureau Director David B. Rausch said Friday. 'This incident has this community on edge,' Rausch said. Jackson is about 87 miles northeast of Memphis. Authorities have previously identified the victims as Matthew Wilson, 21, the abandoned child's father; Adrianna Williams, 20, the mother; Cortney Rose, 38, the maternal grandmother; and Braydon Williams, 15, the maternal uncle. Authorities haven't said how they died but have described their deaths as the result of murder. 'There is a familial relationship between the suspect and the family,' Rausch said. A relative of the victims said Thursday in a Facebook post that the suspect has 'literally been nothing short of amazing to us and our kids.' According to the post, Drummond previously dated a sister of Rose. Rausch said the suspect showed a sign of compassion — dropping the child off — so "there is hope for him to be able to come in and have a conversation about what happened.' Dennis Romero
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
From Martha to Diddy, Trial Sketch Artist Draws History Live From the Courtroom
It was in the final moment of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' marathon federal trial when Elizabeth Williams found her eyes locked with the rap mogul for the first time. The career sketch artist had followed his movements in the courtroom, sometimes using binoculars to capture him. She was mirroring his expression of absolute shock that moment on July 2, when he learned he was being denied bail and sent back to one of New York's most notorious lockups. The two sat there in the federal courtroom, flabbergasted, their gazes locked on each other. Normally, Williams would start with the head. But this time, Combs' eyes, and the pure shock they revealed, were first to the canvas.'I saw this face,' she told The Hollywood Reporter, pointing to a sketch, from her tight midtown Manhattan studio space in what used to be an upstairs nail salon. 'He was so shocked. I've drawn his face so much so it was easy to get it. He was relatively close to me. I couldn't believe it. I don't think he could either.'She has been sketching since 1980, toggling between fashion illustration and criminal courtrooms. But as strange days have hit the worlds of news and couture, her subject matter has veered away from runway struts and toward the legal drama unfolding in federal and criminal courts. More from The Hollywood Reporter Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to Lower-Security Texas Prison Where She'll Be Housed With Two Famous Inmates Sean "Diddy" Combs' Lawyers Now Seeking Acquittal on Guilty Verdicts, Months Ahead of His Sentencing Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Attorneys File Motion for His Release From Brooklyn Lockup Williams digs out stacks of sketches, showing her renderings of some of the most definitive legal moments of the past few decades. There's Martha Stewart, surrounded by bodyguards ('All these older men that Martha wanted to be around'). There's one from the Pizza Connection mafia case. A livid Stormy Daniels being cross-examined by Michael Avenatti, Ghislaine Maxwell leaning in with her attorney, Luigi Mangione's sneakers and Donald Trump's accordion hands all appear in the array of bold sketches of these cases most tense moments. 'My go-to materials? A brush pen with two sides. A big orange crayon, high-end, oil-based. A water brush,' she explains, then detailing the coastal stylistic divide of her craft. 'I work with line, not pastel. That's a West Coast thing. East Coasters do portraiture with pastels. I build structure from line. Line is truth.' But it wasn't her memorable rendering of that shared moment of locked-eyed shock with Diddy that made the cover of the Daily News and NewDay. Williams sketched the moment that the mogul dropped to his knees to thank the Lord after he beat the bulk of the feds' charges. She describes the scene surrounding the verdict as 'drawing a person falling out of a window.' For Williams, the work of a sketch artist is about transmitting the mood in the room in these moments. All of the drama should come through. 'I want people to see it like I saw it. I want them to get a sense of being there,' she says. In a sketch of Cassie Ventura walking past Combs after testifying — his former partner, turned 'victim 1' and a key witness for the prosecution — Williams managed to convey the emotional rupture between the two. 'They were like ships in the night. Ten years of intimacy, and now they might as well be on different planets,' she said. Over the decades she's been at it, the job of a sketch artist has shrunk and shifted along with the news media. Gone are the days of her mentors and first years cutting her teeth jetting around with fancy meals and expense accounts. Nowadays, she knows she has a day's work ahead if the phone rings in the morning. She admits that it is slowly becoming increasingly untenable. She is now one of only a few sketch artists covering the courts nationwide — when cameras are barred from the courtroom, they provide out only visual clues to what's unfolding. 'It doesn't pay well. It doesn't have regular hours. The news business has changed. We used to get flown all over — NBC, CBS, ABC had the budgets,' she said. 'Now? It's social media. Dilution.' Nevertheless, Williams has the temperament of a seasoned pro who wouldn't trade her front row seat to several of modern history's key moments for anything. And she's committed to documenting history in real time, one trial at a time. 'Individuals must be as pictured. You can't make stuff up. That's how I was taught,' she says. 'I want people to see it like I saw it. I want them to get a sense of being there.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter From 'Party in the U.S.A.' to 'Born in the U.S.A.': 20 of America's Most Patriotic (and Un-Patriotic) Musical Offerings Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Most Notable Deaths of 2025 Solve the daily Crossword
San Francisco Chronicle
4 days ago
- San Francisco Chronicle
Woman killed and her 2 children hospitalized after Bay Area traffic crash
A woman died and her two children were hospitalized Thursday after a traffic collision in San Mateo, police said. Officers, responding to a collision report in the area of Alameda de las Pulgas and Highway 92 around 6:17 p.m., discovered two vehicles, including a Ford SUV and a Toyota Prius, at the scene, according to the San Mateo Police Department. The Prius driver, a 30-year-old woman, died at the scene, police said. She was not immediately identified. The woman's two children, boys ages 5 and 7, were brought to a nearby hospital for treatment and were listed in critical but stable condition, police said. The Ford SUV's driver, a man, was also brought to a hospital and treated for minor injuries, police said. The identify of the man, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was being withheld, police said. Investigators said that the Ford's driver failed to stop at the eastbound Highway 92 off-ramp at Alameda de las Pulgas during a red light when the Prius was traveling northbound during a green light. The Ford then broadsided the Prius, police said. Police said they had not yet determined why the driver of the Ford did not stop, but said drugs and alcohol did not appear to be factors in the crash.
