Search called off for teen who went overboard while on graduation celebration cruise in the Bahamas
The search for a Louisiana teen who went overboard while on a graduation celebration cruise has been called off, the United States Coast Guard announced Friday, citing Bahamian military officials.
"We were informed by [Royal Bahamas Defence Force] this evening that they were suspending the active search efforts pending further developments & were not requesting further @USCG assistance after notifying the Robbins family," said Lt. Cmdr. Matt Spado, Coast Guard liaison officer in an update posted to Twitter early Saturday morning.
"We offer our sincerest condolences to Cameron Robbins' family and friends," Lt. Cmdr. Spado added.
Cameron Robbins, 18, a recent graduate from University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was on an excursion in the Bahamas when he allegedly jumped overboard on a dare, WAFB reported.
Students from multiple area high schools were on the pirate-themed boat for a graduation trip, the outlet also reported. The students from U-High, including Robbins, had only been in the Bahamas for a few hours before they boarded the sunset cruise.
The U.S. Coast Guard District Seven deployed search and rescue assets to assist the Bahamian military in its efforts. The USCG's Miami-based command center and aircrews supported the RBDF from the initial report of the incident through Friday evening, according to a statement acquired by WAFB.
Justin Morgan, who was Robbins' baseball coach, described the new graduate as well-loved, a fierce competitor, and a hard worker, CNN reported.
"It's just a really emotional time for us right now. We're just trying to send up those prayers and give our support," Kevin George, director of the University Lab School told WBRZ in an interview prior to the search being called off.
"There are lots of kids that are on this vacation and it's just something parents throw together and put together," he also said, adding that he believed 10-15 of U-High's students were also on the trip.
George said Robbins had attended the school for 13 years. He described Robbins as an "athlete, great kid, great smile, great head of hair. Just one of the kids you're so proud of when they cross the stage."
Watch coverage from WBRZ below of the initial search for 18-year-old Cameron Robbins, who went overboard while on a celebratory sunset cruise in the Bahamas.
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2-year-old daughter of Tampa Bay Buccaneers star linebacker drowned to death in family pool
The 2-year-old daughter of Tampa Bay Buccaneers star linebacker Shaquil Barrett drowned to death in a swimming pool at the family's home on Sunday, according to police.
Around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, officers responded to a call about a child who had fallen into the family pool of Barrett's home in the Beach Park neighborhood in South Tampa. Barrett's 2-year-old daughter Arrayah was rushed to a local hospital, but she was later pronounced dead.
Police said, "The investigation is ongoing. It is not believed to be suspicious in nature at this time, but a purely accidental and tragic incident."
Barrett and his wife Jordanna have three other children, but Arrayah was their youngest child.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers released a statement, "Today's tragic news is heartbreaking for all members of the Buccaneers family. Our thoughts and prayers are with Shaq, Jordanna and the entire Barrett family during this unimaginably difficult time."
"While no words can provide true comfort at a time such as this," the NFL team added. "We offer our support and love as they begin to process this very profound loss of their beloved Arrayah."
The Tampa Police Department is investigating the sudden death.
On April 19, Barrett wished his daughter a happy second birthday in an Instagram post.
"Happy 2nd bday to my cutie girl. So sweet and cute. You made our family complete. I love you baby girl," Barrett wrote on Instagram.
Barrett is currently recovering from a torn Achilles injury that sidelined him for the second half of last season. Barrett is entering his fifth season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after starting the first four years of his NFL career with the Denver Broncos. In 2019, Barrett led the NFL with 19½ sacks. Barrett is a two-time Pro Bowl player and two-time Super Bowl champion.
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Twin toddlers drown in backyard pool after great-grandmother with Alzheimer's reportedly leaves door open
Twin toddlers drowned in their backyard swimming pool Thursday after their great-grandmother, who has Alzheimer's, reportedly left a back door open, the Daily Mail and other outlets reported.
"We received a 911 call about 9:44 this morning, and upon arrival, one of the parents had actually gotten the juveniles out of the pool," Oklahoma City Fire Department Battalion Chief Greg Merrell told KOCO Thursday.
OKCFD said the siblings, a boy and a girl, were 18 months old.
The twins were reportedly transported to Integris Baptist Medical Center where the pair were confirmed dead around 1 p.m, according to KFOR.
The twins' mother, 37-year-old Jenny Callazzo, had pulled Locklyn and Loreli from the the backyard pool of their Cobblestone neighborhood home and was administering CPR when OCPD arrived on the scene, the Daily Mail reported.
A family relative told the outlet the toddlers gained access to the pool after Jenny's grandmother, who has Alzheimer's, left a back door open.
KFOR's aerial footage shows the greenish, murky water of the pool and an open door leading to the pool's deck.
Neighbors said Jenny was distraught as she climbed into the back of an EMS vehicle while responders tried to save her children.
"They brought out two little children and put them in separate ambulances and they were doing CPR on them," neighbor Mike Bernard told KFOR.
"My prayers go out to that family because little children are precious," Bernard also said.
The family moved to the home about a year ago, according to Bernard, who said he had met other family members, but not the little children before.
It is not clear how the children got into the pool nor how long they were in the pool, OKCFD told KFOR.
Neighbors say six children in total lived in the home, along with two parents and one grandmother in the northwest Oklahoma City neighborhood.
Oklahoma City Police told the outlet the incident does not appear to be criminal in nature at this time.
Authorities are looking at the event as a tragic accident, KOCO reporter Kolby Terrell said, reporting from the scene near North Council Road and Northwest 125th Street.
Drowning is the leading cause of death for children between the ages of 1-4, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Watch KOCO's coverage of the tragic event below.
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Drowning victim found with winning lottery ticket in his wallet: 'He was super excited'
On Sept. 13, Gregory Jarvis played a Club Keno add-on game called "The Jack" while at the Blue Water Inn in Caseville, Michigan, WJRT-TV reported.
And the 57-year-old hit the $45,000 jackpot, the station said.
Blue Water Inn owner Dawn Talaski recalled to WJRT that somebody in the establishment exclaimed that "someone just won The Jack."
Jarvis replied, "Great," she told the station.
Then someone asked Jarvis if he was the big winner, and sure enough, he was, according to Talaski.
"He was super excited," she told the station, adding that Jarvis "was here every day" and a "very nice guy."
No social security card, no winnings
Six days later — the night of Sept. 19 — Jarvis was back at the Blue Water and buying rounds of drinks, WJRT said, adding that he still had not cashed the $45,000 ticket.
"He couldn't cash it because he didn't have a Social Security card at all," Talaski told the station. "It wasn't any good, so he applied for a new one."
She added to WJRT that once the money was in Jarvis' hands, he was planning to "go see his sister and his dad in North Carolina."
But when Jarvis exited the Blue Water that night, it was believed to have been the last time anyone saw him, WJRT reported.
Talaski told the station she figured something was off when he didn't come into the bar the following day — and several days after: "Sometimes he's up north working; he wasn't here all week, and we thought, 'Something is wrong.'"
Last Wednesday, Jarvis' boss came into the Blue Water Inn and said Jarvis hadn't shown up for work, WJRT reported.
Body found
Then on Friday morning a resident along a Saginaw Bay private beach in Caseville called police saying a body had washed ashore near a boat — and it was Jarvis' boat, the station said.
"We are thinking that he was tying up his boat, slipped and fell, hit his head, and that's where he ended up in the water, no foul play suspected," Caseville Police Chief Kyle Romzek told WJRT.
And Jarvis' winning lottery ticket was still in his wallet, the station said.
Romzek told WJRT his department conducted further investigations after learning about the winning the lottery ticket.
But the chief noted to the station that after interviewing people at the bar, authorities learned "he was well-liked around here" and "he was nice guy." Plus, the autopsy showed Jarvis had injuries consistent with hitting his head on the boat, and he drowned.
Other concerns were then "off the table," Romzek told WJRT.
Anything else?
The Michigan Lottery Commission confirmed to the station that winners of prizes of more than $600 have to provide photo identification and their Social Security cards — the actual cards — to collect their money, the station said.
Jarvis' relatives now have the winning ticket, WJRT said.
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