Sheriff: Woman purposely drove into teens playing basketball Man bitten while using barbecue tongs to remove rattlesnake
GREENVILLE, N.C. – A white North Carolina woman was charged with driving her car into a yard where three Black teenagers were playing basketball Sunday afternoon, injuring one of them.
The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office said that Daina Renee Forrest, 35, of Greenville, had been driving around and threatening the three teens by waving a knife and cursing. The release said Forrest “intentionally veered her car off the roadway and partially into the yard to strike the children.”
One teen was taken to the hospital for treatment and Forrest’s car had damage to the front that was consistent with hitting a person, according to a release. Sgt. Lee Darnell, a sheriff’s spokesman, said the injuries appeared to be minor.
Forrest was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and a count of felony cocaine possession. Jail records indicate she was being held Tuesday.
CORONA, Calif. – A Southern California man is recovering after he was bitten by a rattlesnake when he tried to pick up the poisonous reptile using barbecue tongs, authorities said.
The man spotted the snake Saturday evening near his home in the Sycamore Creek community of Corona and was worried about it coming into contact with children, according to a statement from Riverside County Animal Services.
When he tried to remove the rattler using the tongs, the snake struck and bit him on the hand, Animal Services spokesman John Welsh said. The man, who was not identified, was treated at a hospital and released.
“He told me that he was feeling remarkably well,” Welsh said Tuesday. “He said he definitely felt that he had dodged a bullet.”