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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Massachusetts father and 10-year-old daughter viciously assaulted during scenic fishing trip
A man and his daughter were targeted with racial slurs and had rocks thrown at them during an unprovoked attack while enjoying a fishing trip on a Massachusetts lake. To celebrate Memorial Day Weekend, Sheron Brown, a Black father, took his 10-year-old daughter, Azaylia, to Shady Point Beach in Lunenburg for a joyful father-daughter fishing trip, as reported by Mass Live News. But the outing quickly turned dark when a white man on the shore made it clear he wanted them gone, hurling racial slurs and launching rocks near their boat. The man, identified as 66-year-old David McPartlan, was later arrested and charged with four counts of assault. 'Never in 1,000 years would you expect to be out doing what you love with the person you love, my daughter, and someone aggressive and yelling out things that are just awful and atrocious,' Brown told NBC Boston. Last weekend, Sheron and Azaylia grabbed a large pepperoni pizza from Athens Pizza - her favorite - and made the 10-mile drive to the nature-filled campground for a fun, near-summer day out on the water. 'My daughter simply wanted to eat pizza and catch a fish with her dad on Memorial Day,' Sheron wrote in a post shared to Facebook. Planning to float, fish and enjoy their meal, the pair headed to Lake Shirley to launch their boat after finding Whalom Pond too crowded for their outing. Together, they chose to fish in a different part of the lake than usual, thoughtfully staying clear of other boaters enjoying the holiday weekend. However, their peaceful afternoon was shattered when Azaylia faced racism for the first time - a man on shore hurled rocks at their family while shouting racial slurs, an incident Sheron captured on video. In the footage, a shirtless white man, identified as McPartlan, is seen standing on his property with his dogs, facing the water where the father-daughter duo were fishing. 'His first words were, 'Don't fish here next to my dock, go somewhere else. Why are you here?'' Sheron told NBC. The situation quickly escalated as McPartlan grew increasingly aggressive, shouting and swearing at Sheron and 10-year-old Azaylia with rising intensity. When Sheron tried to ask him to calm down in front of his child, McPartlan responded: 'You guys think you own the lake', the father recalled in an interview with Mass Live. Seconds later, McPartlan hurled a large rock that splashed into the water just feet away from their boat. In disbelief, Sheron asked: 'Did you just throw a rock at me?' Then, in a shocking moment captured on video, McPartlan is heard saying, 'Oh yeah, I'm throwing rocks at you, *****,' using a racial slur directed at Black individuals. 'It seemed like he was trying to establish some kind of invisible boundary where I can't fish towards his dock, even though that was not my intention anyway,' Sheron told NBC. 'There was at least 65 feet between us, which is a considerable distance,' he added. As McPartlan fell silent for a moment, 10-year-old Azaylia - who was sitting quietly on the boat, listening - asked her father what they had done wrong, according to Mass Live. 'We didn't do anything wrong,' Sheron responded, as reported by the outlet. 'This guy is being mean.' When McPartlan began repeating the slurs, Sheron then told him he had no choice but to call 911 - especially after what his young daughter had just been forced to witness. 'I told him, "Hey, I'm gonna record this if you're not gonna stop," the father told NBC. According to Sheron, the video ended just moments before McPartlan picked up a large stick. The altercation finally came to an end after nearly 20 minutes, when Lunenburg police, responding to Sheron's call, informed him they were struggling to locate him on the open water, Mass Live reported. When police arrived to McPartland's property, he told them, 'I slipped a word out that maybe I shouldn't have but I was pissed,' according to a police report obtained by NBC. When police asked what the word was, he responded: 'I'm not going to admit it'. He also allegedly admitted to throwing rocks around the boat. Sheron, a competitive fisherman who has spent countless hours on his custom fishing boat over the past 13 years, said this is the first time he had ever encountered anything like this on the water - despite the fact that most Lake Shirley residents are white, Mass Live reported. Now, he wonders how this experience will emotionally impact his daughter in the years to come. 'I don't want my daughter to have a bad light of white males, or lake residents. I want her to treat people all the same,' Sheron told Mass Live. However, 'racism does exist,' he emphasized. 'My daughter witnessed it, where someone calls her father that word... I'm forced to explain things to her when I may not be ready. I'm forced to explain something to her, under duress, after I choke back how I feel, what I may want to do,' he added. 'I'm not prepared. How do you prepare for that situation?' McPartlan, of Ayer, was charged with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and two counts of assault to intimidate. He is due in Fitchburg District Court on June 16, as reported by NBC News. It was not immediately clear whether he had retained an attorney to respond to the charges. McPartlan did not immediately respond to for comment. 'Ignorance is not bliss. I firmly believe it's a choice,' Sheron wrote to Facebook.
Times of Oman
25-05-2025
- Times of Oman
Police rescue two citizens after boat sinks off Musannah coast
Muscat: The Royal Oman Police (ROP), has rescued two citizens whose boat sank off the coast of Musannah, South Al Batinah Governorate while they were out on a fishing trip. The ROP said in a statement :"The Coast Guard, led by the South Al Batinah Governorate Police, rescued two citizens whose boat sank off the coast of Musannah while they were out on a fishing trip. The boat was towed and the two citizens were brought to shore in good health."
CBC
21-05-2025
- CBC
2 men reported missing found dead near Hopedale, police say
Two Hopedale men overdue from a fishing trip over the long weekend have been found dead, police say. In a statement released Wednesday morning, the RCMP said the pair, aged 41 and 47, were last seen the night of May 16. Police in Hopedale received a report the next night around 10 p.m. The men were travelling on a snowmobile, heading toward a cabin just outside the Labrador community. Hopedale Ground Search and Rescue personnel followed tracks to the water and they observed poor ice conditions. "The two men and the snowmobile they had been traveling on were located submerged in the water just outside of Hopedale," said the statement. Police are still investigating and the office of the chief medical examiner is involved.
CBS News
19-05-2025
- CBS News
Two dead, child missing in a river, after a train strikes pedestrians in northern Ohio
At least two people are dead, and a child is missing, after a train struck a group of pedestrians near the Sandusky River in northern Ohio. The accident happened about 7 p.m. Sunday near the Miles Newton Bridge, which is one of two bridges crossing the river in downtown Fremont. The rail tracks are about 40 feet above the river. Fremont Police asked bystanders to stay clear of the area, which is a popular fishing location. The Miles Newton Bridge, which follows Hayes Avenue, was closed for the search and investigation; the nearby State Street Bridge remained open to traffic. Several dive teams and first responder drone teams were called to work in the area. Fremont Mayor Danny Sanchez said during a press conference Sunday evening that the fatalities were one woman in her late 50s and another woman in her late 30s, who are believed to be mother and daughter. Sanchez said the group of people was walking on the train tracks when the accident happened. A child about age 14 months old was rescued from the water Sunday night and taken to a hospitqal. First responders were looking for another child, age 5, who did not make it out of the water. Sanchez said the family was visiting from Fort Wayne, Indiana, for a fishing trip. It is spring white bass fishing season in Fremont, with out-of-town visitors among the downtown anglers this time of year.
Malay Mail
10-05-2025
- Malay Mail
Four months' jail, caning for Malaysian who entered Singapore waters illegally and rammed police boat
SINGAPORE, May 10 — A Malaysian boatman has been sentenced to four months and six weeks' jail, and three strokes of the cane by a district court here, after he was arrested last month for illegally entering Singapore waters, according to local media. The Straits Times (ST) reported Muhammad Rasidi A. Razak, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of illegally entering Singapore, and one count of navigating his boat in a rash manner so as to endanger human life. One additional charge of failing to stop his boat upon police orders was taken into consideration during sentencing. In the April 18 incident, Muhammad Rasidi brought two passengers — also Malaysians — on a fishing trip. They set out from a jetty at Sungai Melayu, Johor, and went to fish at sea off Puteri Harbour. Muhammad Rasidi later steered his boat into waters off Pulau Sarimbun, where his vessel was spotted by an officer from the Singapore Police Coast Guard (PCG) who was patrolling the area. The accused attempted to speed off towards Malaysia, prompting a pursuit by the PCG. During the chase, Muhammad Rasidi's boat collided with a PCG vessel twice. He stopped only when the PCG officer drew his pistol and gave warnings to freeze the boat and switch off the engine. Court documents did not state whether the two passengers have been charged with any offence, ST reported. — Bernama
