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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A good Samaritan has died after trying to save two people from drowning. Chopper4 was over Miami Beach near 54 Street about an hour before sunset. READ MORE: 'It Is A Lie': Rep. Matt Gaetz Denies Allegations Of Sex Trafficking Police say a 49-year-old man ran into the ocean to help a father and young girl who were in trouble. READ MORE: Florida Keys 'Egg-Splorers' For A Good Cause But that man ended up being rushed to a hospital where he died Wednesday night. MORE NEWS: Arrests Made In Largest Meth Seizure In Miami-Dade History A second person was able to rescue the child, but the father is still missing. … [Read more...] about Good Samaritan Died Trying To Rescue 2 People Off Miami Beach

Police arrested a man on charges of child enticement at an Ohio park on Friday, thanks to the quick judgment of a nearby Good Samaritan. The good samaritan witnessed the man, William Wayt, talking to a seven-year-old boy in the park, saying her motherly instincts kicked in when she felt something was not right about that situation. “First, the little boy was over there playing by himself, and all of a sudden, the man grabbed him, walked him all the way over here,” Roshelle Roe told WXIX. Roe was walking past Grant Park with her two kids in tow when she said the man took a piece of clothing out of the kid’s backpack and placed it on the boy. “I wanted to go say something to him, but I felt like that wasn’t my place, because I wasn’t sure,” Roe said. “It could have been a family member.” Then, things started to escalate when the man lit up a cigarette and handed it to the boy not just once but three times. It was at that moment when Roe called 911. Once the police … [Read more...] about Police: Good Samaritan Blocks Potential Child Enticement at Ohio Park

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A Riverhead man is being held without bail for allegedly sexually abusing a child . Prosecutors say Jose Samuel Carabantes Pineda, 35, was arrested after a good Samaritan heard screaming coming from a minivan in the parking lot of the Big Lots store in Riverhead on March 20. READ MORE: New York City Public Schools Doing Away With '2-Case Rule' For Coronavirus-Related Closures After hearing the screams, the good Samaritan approached the vehicle and knocked on the window. According to authorities, Carabantes Pineda had his child victim in the back of the minivan restrained with duct tape and had sexually assaulted her. When the good Samaritan knocked on the window, Carabantes Pineda allegedly  jumped into the driver’s seat and drove off. The good Samaritan called 911 and followed Carbantes Pineda to his home, prosecutors said. When they arrived at the home, Carabantes Pineda allegedly made the victim get into another vehicle and took off. … [Read more...] about Good Samaritan Stops Sexual Assault Of A Child In Parking Lot After Hearing Screams From Minivan, Prosecutors Say

STAMFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) — Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed a bill Tuesday that will make it easier to help someone experiencing a heroin overdose. As WCBS 880’s Paul Murnane reports, Malloy’s signature extends the state’s Good Samaritan law to first responders and providers of the life-saving drug. READ MORE: NYPD On Hunt For Suspect Who Yelled Slurs At Asian Mother, Spit Twice In Her Direction On 5 Train Shawn Lang, the director of public policy at AIDS Connecticut and a member of a statewide overdose prevention panel, said the bill settles the uncertainty in Connecticut over the use of Narcan, which reverses the results of a heroin overdose. Malloy Signs Bill Allowing Good Samaritans To Use Heroin-Overdose Antidote “We hope it’s going to give prescribers the confidence to write prescriptions and not worry about liability, but also give confidence to family members who might get a prescription to save the life of someone that they love,” Lang told … [Read more...] about Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy Signs Bill Allowing Good Samaritans To Use Heroin-Overdose Antidote

close Video Asian woman's suspected attacker had been paroled after murder David Lee Miller on suspect Brandon Elliot's background, growing outrage A daughter of the Asian American woman who was beaten during a hate crime assault in New York City earlier this week has come forward to thank a Good Samaritan who stepped in to divert the attacker’s attention. Elizabeth "Liz" Kari’s mother is the 65-year-old woman who was walking to church in Midtown around 11:40 a.m. Monday when she was viciously attacked, she wrote on a GoFundMe page to benefit her mom. On Wednesday, the New York Police Department (NYPD) announced the arrest of lifetime parolee Brandon Elliot, 38, who had previously served time for murdering his mother, according to police and sources. Startling police video shows the suspect repeatedly kicking and attacking the Filipino woman as she walked along the sidewalk of West 43rd Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. … [Read more...] about Family of NYC Asian hate crime victim thanks anonymous Good Samaritan who diverted attacker’s attention