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Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Yahoo
Gwinnett mom grateful 5-year-old daughter is recovering after father's police chase crash
A 5-year-old girl is recovering after surviving a crash in Lilburn when her father allegedly drove from police with the child unrestrained in the vehicle. 'I still can't get over the fact that she could have not been here. But I am thankful,' her mother, Jilliana Burris, said. The incident began around 2 p.m. last Monday when Lilburn police officers spotted Joseph Harris, who was wanted on felony warrants, driving Burris's car. When police tried to stop him, Harris sped away with 5-year-old Jaida inside, police said. 'It was very frightening and scary because I didn't even know that she was not still in my neighborhood,' Burris told Channel 2 Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Matt Johnson. TRENDING STORIES: Rep. Buddy Carter: Granddaughters are grappling with 'traumatic' experience from Texas camp floods Family of 3 boys injured in boat explosion on north GA lake speak about fiery rescue 4-year-old, 15-year-old die in separate drownings over July 4 weekend Police say Harris, 39, ran a red light at Lawrenceville Highway and continued speeding down Arcado Road before crashing and rolling the vehicle. Jaida was not secured in a car seat, according to arrest warrants. Instead of getting medical help for his injured daughter, Harris picked up the child and ran into nearby woods, according to police. Officers from Lilburn police, Gwinnett County police, and the Sheriff's Office set up a perimeter before Harris finally emerged with Jaida and surrendered. The little girl spent two days at a hospital with facial cuts requiring stitches and internal injuries from the crash. Doctors performed extra tests because she also has sickle cell disease. 'I just thank God that that's the only thing that happened to her because it could have been worse,' Burris said. Harris faces eleven felony charges, including fleeing police, child cruelty and aggravated assault, according to jail records. He is being held without bond. The crash totaled Burris's car, and as medical expenses continue growing. She set up an online fundraiser to help with expenses. 'This is definitely not the way I entered on spending my birthday week, but I'm thankful that my child is still here,' Burris said.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Yahoo
Converse teen added to Texas' 10 Most Wanted List
Mar. 11—AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Joseph Harris to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List. Texas Crime Stoppers is now offering a cash reward of up to $3,000 for information leading to his arrest. All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous. According to a DPS news release, Joseph Joshua Harris, 18, from Converse, has been wanted out of Bexar Co. since Feb. 24, 2025, for capital murder by terror threat and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. His criminal history consists of past arrests and charges as an adult for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, theft of a firearm, evading arrest/detention, unlawful carrying of a weapon, burglary of vehicles and engaging in organized criminal activity. Harris is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds. More information about Harris or updates in the event of his arrest can be found here. Funded by the Governor's Public Safety Office, Texas Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards to any person who provides information that leads to the arrest of one of Texas' 10 Most Wanted Fugitives, Sex Offenders or Criminal Illegal Immigrants. So far in 2025, DPS and other agencies have arrested 14 Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives, Sex Offenders and Criminal Illegal Immigrants, including three sex offenders and four criminal illegal immigrants — with $20,000 in rewards being paid for tips that yielded arrests. To be eligible for cash rewards, tipsters MUST provide information to authorities using one of the following three methods: — Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477). — Submit a web tip through the DPS website by selecting the fugitive you have information about then clicking on the link under their picture. — Submit a Facebook tip by clicking the "SUBMIT A TIP" link (under the "About" section). All tips are anonymous — regardless of how they are submitted — and tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name. DPS investigators work with local law enforcement agencies to select fugitives for the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives, Sex Offenders and Criminal Illegal Immigrants Lists. You can find the current lists — with photos — on the DPS website. Do not attempt to apprehend these fugitives; they are considered armed and dangerous.
