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Dallas family blames sheriff's office for overdose death of 21-year-old jail inmate
Quinnetta Brinkley's family knew she was coming home from the Dallas County Jail in July. No one thought they would reunite at a funeral home after investigators alledge said she was murdered after another woman smuggled fentanyl into the jail. Opal Brinkley, her 74-year-old grandmother, said the family was grieving without any answers from authorities. Opal Brinkley said she started raising Quinnetta Ariana Brinkley, known as Ari, when the girl was two years old. She also took in Ari's siblings due to parenting issues, and raised them in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. Ari's family described her as having a strong independent streak with a knack for defending herself. Her uncle Reginald Brinkley said that is how she ended up in jail. "She wasn't there because of some, the way it makes it seem like that she is, like she was a drug addict," Reginald Brinkley said. He blamed her failure to return home on the Dallas County Sheriff's Office. "When she got out, she was coming back here," he said. "And she's not coming back here. And she's not coming back here. That's it for her." An arrest affidavit said Daisy Zuniga, 26, faces a murder charge in his Quinnetta Brinkley's death. Authorities say Zuniga confessed to hiding drugs in a body cavity so Dallas police officers would not find them during an arrest for trespassing. The drugs also got by the Dallas County Jail's X-ray scanner and a strip search, investigators said. Inside the jail, the affidavit said, at least four women including Zuniga took Xanax pills that contained methamphetamine and fentanyl. It's unclear if the women knew what was in the pills. All four women who took the pills had a second dose, after which they needed medical treatment. Ari Brinkley was found around 8:23 p.m. and pronounced dead less than an hour later. Her family said they got notice from the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office but have not heard from the Dallas County Sheriff's Office. "I'm still waiting on it," Opal Brinkley said. "To this day, no one has talked to me from the jail." The Dallas County Sheriff's Office declind to comment due to the ongoing investigation. Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, in an interview with CBS News Texas, said he believes Quinnetta Brinkley's next of kin was notified. Price said that as he awaits the outcome of the sheriff's investigation, he is standing with the officers because he's seen what they do. "Contraband is always a challenge for us," Price said. "It's not the fact that they missed anything. I mean, it was in her cavity, you know, it wasn't like she, you know, had it around her neck or in her hand." Price also said the death was reported to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. In the meantime, the Brinkley family is dealing with a wound her uncle said is just starting to open. Plus, Ari had a one-year-old daughter who does not realize her mother isn't coming home. "Motto, to protect and serve went out the door," Reginald Brinkley said. "Now she's gone because somebody didn't do their job."
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
CBP Nabs Suspect Wanted In Dallas County For Soliciting Minor Online
Customs and Border Protection Officers arrested a man on Memorial Day wanted in Dallas County for online solicitation of a minor. CBP officers at the Brownsville Port of Entry arrested 71-year-old Gerardo Zubiri Perez, a Mexican national, on May 26, according to a press release. Perez was wanted by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office on a felony warrant for 'solicitation of a minor.' 'Our frontline CBP officers carry out their duties with vigilance, and their efforts helped uncover an outstanding warrant for online solicitation of a minor out of Dallas County,' said Tater Ortiz, port director of the Brownsville Port of Entry, in the release. Officers at the Gateway International Bridge referred Perez for 'secondary inspection,' according to the release, where they used 'biometric verification and federal law enforcement databases' to verify his identity. Then, they found he was wanted on an 'outstanding felony arrest warrant for solicitation of a minor.' Perez was 'placed in custody' in Cameron County 'pending final adjudication of the warrant,' according to the release. According to Cameron County Jail records, he was booked on May 26 and faces charges of soliciting prostitution from a person under 18 years of age. His bond was set at just more than $100,000. 'Criminal charges are merely allegations. Defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law,' the release reads. The National Crime Information Center helps law enforcement collaborate on 'outstanding warrants,' according to the release. The database has helped CBP officers make arrests for escape, fraud, homicide, larceny, military desertion, money laundering, narcotics distribution, robbery, and sexual child abuse. 'This apprehension illustrates CBP's commitment to its border security mission and to keeping our communities safe,' Ortiz said in the release. CBP officers arrested a suspect wanted on a rape warrant from Illinois on May 21, as The Dallas Express reported at the time. The same day, Border Patrol agents arrested a twice-deported sex offender — previously convicted of assaulting a 14-year-old girl — at the Texas-Mexico border.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Bacoon Ride to go on with slight detour due to trail bridge fire
DES MOINES, Iowa — The annual Bacoon Ride will take place in June as planned, despite structural damage to a key trail bridge in Adel caused by an arson fire earlier this week. The Iowa Bicycle Coalition said a slight detour has been approved for the June 14th ride on the Raccoon River Valley Trail, due to the bridge fire on the east side of Adel. Three people have been arrested and charged in connection with the fire, according to the Dallas County Sheriff's Office. Dizzying work going on at Des Moines parks! Five minutes with Ben Page The original planned route for the Bacoon Ride included the damaged bridge. The ride's host, the Iowa Bicycle Coalition, said it has worked with Dallas County Conservation, the City of Adel, Adel Police Department, the Iowa State Patrol, and the Iowa Department of Transportation to create a detour that will safely get riders out of Adel and back on the Raccoon River Valley Trail. The detour will take riders south on S 6th Street to Highway 6, where they will cross the Raccoon River and travel east until turning north on Prospect Avenue to rejoin the trail. The Bacoon Ride is in its 11th year and the largest single-day bike ride in the state. 'Our hearts go out to the City of Adel as well as to Dallas County Conservation, who are showing tremendous leadership in this dramatic moment. We want both our registered riders, residents of the area, and the general public to understand that the Bacoon Ride will continue to support Dallas County Conservation with a portion of proceeds from ticket sales going directly to the county based on the number of registered riders,' said Iowa Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Luke Hoffman. If you'd like to help with Dallas County Conservation's efforts to rebuild the bridge, you can donate here. You can register for the Bacoon Ride here. Judge OKs Iowa limits on K-6 gender identity, sexual orientation teaching but not elective programs Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen to retire Bacoon Ride to go on with slight detour due to trail bridge fire Can you create 166,000 outfits out of 50 items? Iowan shares how he did it in new 'anti-fashion' magazine Governor's bill tackling doctor shortage passes House and Senate Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Yahoo
Fair Grove man faces felony charges after gunshot wound found in child
DALLAS COUNTY, Mo. — A man from Fair Grove faces several felony child abuse and neglect charges after a reported dog bite of a child led to the discovery of a more serious injury. According to court dockets, Dustin Lee Stephenson, born 1987, is charged with one count of abuse or neglect of a child causing serious emotional or physical injury, as well as three counts of abuse or neglect of a child, in Dallas County Circuit Court. The probable cause statement says the incident occurred on April 10, 2023, when law enforcement from the Dallas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) were dispatched to a location in Dallas County for a child who had been bitten on the hand and in the genital area by a pit bull dog. The statement says a nurse at Citizen Memorial Hospital's (CMH) emergency room called the DCSO to take a look at the child because they felt there was more to the story than just a dog bite. The DCSO arrived at the CMH emergency room, where they met with Stephenson and the victim. The statement says that at the ER, Stephenson told the DCSO he had been putting on clothing when he heard the dog make a 'grunt' type of noise. When he looked up, the victim had blood on her hand and her belly. He told the DCSO that the dog was killed in the residence's backyard. The statement says around an hour later — after the ER put the victim under anesthesia to perform more cleanup and inspect of the wounds around her genital area — dispatch advised the DCSO that the ER had discovered a bullet lodged in the victim's pelvis area through X-rays. Noel woman dies after being struck by a car on the highway Law enforcement returned to the ER, where they were informed that the dog bite injury to the victim's genital area was, in fact, an entrance wound. A projectile bullet was lodged in her pelvis area near her tail bone, the statement says. The DCSO met with Stephenson and a witness in the hospital room, and neither one could explain the victim's injuries. Stephenson confirmed he owned guns, and according to him, they were locked in a cabinet. Stephenson said that after the dog bite incident, he had to unlock the cabinet to get a .38 revolver to kill the dog. One of the incident's witnesses fired six rounds into the dog. That day, the DCSO was granted a search warrant for the residence where the incident occurred. During the search, they recovered a black Taurus .38 revolver and a box of ammunition. They also found a bloody diaper with a bullet entrance hole. The bullet was removed from the victim at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis. The bullet had entered her vagina labia and passed through and lodged in her rectum. She was fitted with a colostomy bag. The DCSO retrieved the bullet from the hospital on April 12, 2023. The DCSO conducted forensic interviews with the other three children who were in the home during the time of the incident. In an interview with one child, he said he was 'trying to shoot the car because the car was mad,' the statement says. The child said he retrieved the gun from the black cabinet in his father's room. The interview was discontinued after the child provided different accounts of the incident. When the DCSO interviewed Stephenson, he maintained that he thought the dog had bit the victim and that the firearm from the incident had been locked in a cabinet when he went to retrieve it to kill the dog, the statement says. Stephenson stated it is possible that the cabinet was not locked, and that it was possible one of the child witnesses had obtained the firearm, had an accidental discharge and shot the victim, and then returned the firearm to the cabinet while he was asleep, according to the statement. Stephenson is currently held in the Dallas County Jail with a $60,000 bond. He's due in court on June 10. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Fire causes ‘significant' damage to Raccoon River Valley Bike Trail bridge in Adel
DES MOINES, Iowa — A fire on a bike trail bridge over the Raccoon River in Adel early Monday morning caused significant damage. The Dallas County Sheriff's Office said it was notified about a bridge fire on the east side of Adel around 2:01 a.m. The bridge is part of the Raccoon River Valley Bike Trail. Fire damages defunct Des Moines restaurant building Because of the location and terrain around the bridge, firefighters faced challenges in accessing it. A portion of Highway 6 was temporarily closed during firefighting efforts. The DCSO said the bridge suffered significant damage and is unsafe for use. The section of the trail that the bridge is part of was already closed because of scheduled maintenance and improvements. Officials are continuing to investigate the cause of the fire. Fire crews from Adel, Dallas Center, De Soto, Redfield, Minburn, Van Meter, and Waukee all assisted in putting out the fire. Fire causes 'significant' damage to Raccoon River Valley Bike Trail bridge in Adel Rob Sand announces run for Iowa governor Before they name a 2028 nominee, Democrats will have to decide which state will weigh in first Forecast: Warmth and a storm chance Extended Forecast: How will the rest of May shape up? Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
