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Honestie Hodges, Girl Who Was Held At Gunpoint By Police In 2017, Dies Of Coronavirus
Honestie Hodges, the young girl who was at the center of a Grand Rapids police controversy three years ago has died from coronavirus.
Honestie Hodges, the girl who was at the center of a Grand Rapids, MI police controversy three years ago has died after a two-week battle with coronavirus, her family confirmed.
“It is with an extremely heavy heart that I have to tell all of you that my beautiful, sassy, smart loving Granddaughter has gone home to be with Jesus,” Hodges grandmother Alisha Niemeyer wrote in an update Sunday, Nov. 22 on a GoFundMe page.
Honestie Hodges battle with COVID
Speaking to a local outlet, HodgesHonestie Hodges grandmother said Honestie was “healthy” and “happy.” and had no underlying health problems.
“It just went down from there, like incredibly quickly,” Niemeyer told News 8 Monday. “There was no way we thought this was ever going to happen. You know (we thought), ‘She is going to get better; she is going to come home and we are going to have a birthday party.’”
According to the GoFundMe page, Honestie, 14, went to DeVos Children’s Hospital on her birthday (Nov. 9) for stomach pains and tested positive for COVID-19. She was sent home but later the same day became more ill.
She went back to the hospital in an ambulance.
The grandmother, in subsequent written updates, said Honestie was placed on a ventilator on Nov. 14.
“By the time I saw my granddaughter, she wasn’t communicating in any way,” she said.
“Honestie was admitted to the intensive care unit. She was immediately given an iron transfusion, a blood transfusion, put on oxygen and later placed on a ventilator. Less than two weeks after her diagnosis, she was gone.”, said Niemeyer.
Police Encounter Leads To Law
In December 2017, a then 11-year-old Honestie Hodges made headlines when she was handcuffed at gunpoint by officers and placed in a cruiser as they searched for a suspect in an attempted murder.
Hodges, her mother and another relative were just leaving their Grand Rapids home when they encountered police looking for one of their relatives in a stabbing.
Her brief detainment led to written policy changes in how Grand Rapids police interact with children at scenes. The changes were monikered the “Honestie policy.”
The family has set up a GoFundMe to help with expenses.
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5-year-old helps save his family from house fire
5-year-old Juwan Perry Jr. is being held a hero after saving his family from a house fire. Juwan’s mom says if it wasn’t for her son they likely wouldn’t have survived.
5-year-old Juwan Perry Jr is being held a hero after alerting his mother to a house fire, saving his family lives.
5-year-old saves family
On Apr. 5th around 4:40 am, Juwan woke up to the smell of smoke in his home in Warren, Michigan.
He said he saw flames and called for his mother.
His screams came just in time, and his mom Brittany was able to get all seven of the children in the home outside to safety.
Juwan’s mom says if it wasn’t for her son they likely wouldn’t have survived.
As for Juwan, he told WXYZ-TV his motivation for helping save his family despite the fear. “Because I love everybody,” he said.
The Warren Fire Department got the fire under control but the home is a total loss.
To help in recovering from this devastating loss, a GoFundMe has been launched to support them during this challenging time.
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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes northeastern United States
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake in Lebanon, New Jersey shook the northeastern United States on Friday morning.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook the northeastern United States on Friday morning.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected near Lebanon, New Jersey, at 10:23 a.m. Friday.
The earthquake was felt in New Hampshire down to Maryland.
According to the Richter scale, which is used to measure earthquake magnitude, they considered the event a “light” earthquake. Still, the geological survey posted on X that it was “notable.” They went on further to say earthquakes are “uncommon but not unheard of along the Atlantic Coast”.
It’s not yet clear if anyone was hurt in Friday’s quake.
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9-year-old cancer survivor killed in tragic school bus accident
A family is in mourning after a 9-year-old cancer survivor was tragically killed in an accident in Orlando.
A family is in mourning after a 9-year-old cancer survivor was tragically killed in an accident in Orlando, Florida.
9-year-old cancer survivor tragically killed
Elyas Amyr Marshall-Rodriguez got off the bus Tuesday afternoon and, as he was walking away from the bus, he dropped his football when he crawled under the bus to get it and the vehicle began moving.
Marshall-Rodriguez was in remission for leukemia when he was killed on Tuesday after being diagnosed at 2-years-old, according to his family who spoke at his vigil.
He loved life
“He was the life of the party,” said Trenae Gayle, Marshall-Rodriguez’ cousin. “He loved football; he loved basketball. He loved all sports.”
The family has set up a GoFundMe.
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the incident and the investigation is currently ongoing.
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