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Aug 072012
 

TUCSON – A 10-month old girl is in critical condition after nearly drowning in a bathtub this afternoon – the woman who was watching her has been charged with Child Abuse.

Tucson Fire and Tucson Police responded to an apartment in the 3600 block of north Campbell Avenue at about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday afternoon after a 10-month old girl was found unconscious and not breathing in a bathtub full of water. TFD personnel immediately performed CPR and rushed the child to a local hospital.

The child remains in critical condition in the hospital.

Upon investigation, detectives from TPD’s Dependent Child Unit learned that 27-year-old Zada Davis was caring for the baby, as well as her 7-year-old child, and another 8-month old baby.

Davis put the baby in the bathtub sometime between 2 p.m, and 2:30 p.m., leaving the water running with toys in the tub, TPD officials state. She then began doing other things around the house, leaving the child alone in the bathroom. After about 10 minutes, Davis returned and found the bathtub overflowing, with the child floating in the water.

Davis pulled the baby out of the tub and called 911, and a neighbor performed CPR until Tucson Fire personnel arrived. The other children in the house were not involved in the incident.

As a result of the investigation, Davis was arrested and charged with one count of felony Child Abuse and booked into Pima County Jail.

Aug 072012
 

GILBERT, AZ – A five-year-old boy died Sunday after being pulled from a community pool in Gilbert .

The accident happened Saturday at a neighborhood pool near Baseline and Val Vista.

Gilbert police tell ABC15, Clayden Hammond was found face down in the pool. The boy died at the hospital.

“He was still as a statue,” said Bella Padilla who tried to save the boy’s life.

That was was one of the first signs that caught the attention of seven-year-old Bella.

She said the five-year-old was under water for three or four minutes.

“I was like dad, he’s scaring me. I just kept coming closer and closer. My dad went over there and nudged him,” said Bella.

“He was hovering just above the surface of the pool, face first, lifeless. I didn’t get a response from him so I knew he wasn’t with us,” said Bella’s father Louis Padilla.

It was at that point Padilla, a decorated war hero, knew he had to move quickly.

“I brought him to the side of the pool and right away we started doing CPR on him. We never got a heartbeat, he had no response. He had a lot of water in him,” said Louis.

According to the Gilbert police department, Hammond was visiting from New Mexico. He came in town to visit his grandparents.

Witnesses tell ABC15 his grandparents were in the pool when the incident happened.

Aug 072012
 

GILBERT, AZ – A 5-year-old New Mexico boy has died after being pulled from a community pool in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert.

Gilbert Fire spokesman Brian Ruffentine said the child was found in the main pool at the Val Vista Lakes Clubhouse near Baseline and Val Vista roads.

Gilbert police said Sunday that 5-year-old Clayden Hammond was with his older brother and grandmother at the pool when he was found unconscious Saturday.

Ruffentine said it was unknown how long the boy had been in the water.

Adults at the scene started CPR before firefighters arrived.

He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and taken off life support overnight.

It’s unclear how the boy drowned in the pool, which was filled with other families.

Clayden, his brother and their parents were visiting the Phoenix area from New Mexico.

Police did not know where in New Mexico they were from.

Aug 072012
 

PEORIA, AZ – Authorities say two brothers have drowned at Lake Pleasant.

A spokesman with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said one brother was having difficulty while swimming and the other tried to help him.

Chris Hegstrom said both ended up drowning.

The bodies were recovered by divers 9 feet below the surface.

The brothers were identified as Thanh “Matt” Nguyen, 20, and Dan, 19.

Aug 072012
 

A 4-year-old boy had a close call in a community pool in Maricopa mid-afternoon Sunday.

The unidentified boy was swimming with family members in the Villages subdivision near John Wayne Parkway and Smith Enke Road when he began to struggle.

“He went under and took a couple of big gulps of water, and family members pulled him out of the pool,” said Jon Sheaffer, a firefighter and spokesman with the Maricopa Fire Department.

Family members began CPR, and the boy coughed and vomited. He was taken to Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa to be checked out as a precaution.

“It was fortunate, not necessarily that it happened, but that his family members were keeping an eye on him, or else it could have been tragic,” Sheaffer said.

Maricopa firefighters go into schools to deliver messages about fire and water safety.

“Whether that program had an impact, I can’t say … but it brings awareness,” Sheaffer said.

“Even if it’s a matter of seconds, keep your eyes on your little ones and other people’s little ones.”

Aug 072012
 

PHOENIX – A 1-year-old boy is in extremely critical condition after being found in the family pool Tuesday.

Air15 captured video of the home near 35th Avenue and Thunderbird. You could see the house has green and murky pool water and a short fence.

Fire officials said five adults lost track of the boy until they found him in the pool.

A neighbor heard the commotion and jumped over the wall to help the baby.

Firefighters said a dog attacked the neighbor as he tried to perform CPR, but he’s expected to be okay.

The circumstances of how the toddler got in the pool are still unclear.

Firefighters performed CPR on the boy before transporting him to the hospital.

Aug 072012
 

PEORIA, AZ – Authorities said they have found the body of a man who drowned at Lake Pleasant Saturday.

The man went missing after he and two other men stole two canoes from the Maricopa County Flood District.

Peoria police spokesman Jay Davies said the three men were out at the lake Saturday when they stole the canoes.

One man got into a canoe by himself and somehow fell out and the other two jumped out of the second canoe into the water after him.

Davies said there was a struggle among the three men, and the man who had fallen into the lake went under water and did not resurface.

Police started searching for the man Saturday night, but did not find his body until Sunday morning.

The other two men Edwardo Mercado, and Julian Tamayo were able to swim to shore and were detained by people from a private lodge nearby until police arrived.

The two men were taken to a local hospital for dehydration.

Davies said both men were from El Mirage, one 20 years old and the other 26.

They were taken into custody and possibly face theft or burglary and trespassing charges, according to Davies.

Davies said an investigation continues into whether this was an accidental drowning or a possible homicide.

Aug 072012
 

GILBERT, AZ – A 1-year-old girl is in extremely critical condition after falling in a backyard pool Monday night in Gilbert.

Gilbert Fire Department spokesman Mike Connor said the girl’s family lost track of her until someone went outside and found her in the pool.

Air15 captured video of the home near Power and Queen Creek roads. Police crews on scene were trying to determine the circumstances of how the girl got into the pool.

The family started CPR until fire crews arrived. It’s unclear how long she was in the water.

Firefighters said the house did not have a pool fence.

The girl was flown to Cardon Children’s Medical Center in extremely critical condition.

Aug 072012
 

GOLD CANYON, AZ – Authorities say a 3-year-old boy who was pulled out of a swimming pool Monday in Gold Canyon has died.

“I just can’t believe he’s gone,” the boy’s grandmother, Beth Sutton said.

According to Pinal County Sheriff’s spokesman Elias Johnson, deputies responded to a drowning call around 5 p.m. Monday on the 17000 block of  E. Paseo del Canto Street.

When crews arrived, they found the boy’s 27-year-old father performing CPR on him.

The child was blue in color and was not responsive.

He was transported to Arizona Regional Hospital by the Apache Junction Fire Department where doctors were able to establish a faint pulse.

The child was then flown to Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa where he was in extremely critical condition.

The boy passed away around 1:15 a.m. Wednesday, according to Johnson.

The child’s grandmother said the boy and his father had been living at their home for nearly a year.

“Watch your babies. You have to have a minimum of one set of eyes on them at all times,” Sutton said.

The child was outside with a Labrador Retriever when he somehow fell into the water.

“We’ll never know exactly what happened,” Sutton said.

Deputies said there is a protective safety fence around the pool, but the entrance was left open.

The father claims he was away for approximately two minutes.

“Don’t walk by an open gate to your pool and say I’ll just be a minute. Fix it. Close it,” the boy’s grandfather, Tom Sutton advised other parents and grandparents.

Aug 072012
 

TEMPE, AZ (CBS5) –

Tempe police detectives have arrested the parents of an 11-month-old boy on charges related to the boy’s  near drowning in a Tempe hotel on Aug. 5.

Summer Dawn Angelly, 23, and Jasen Anchondo, 28, were arrested Aug. 12, according to detectives.

Tempe police officers said the infant’s 4-year-old sister had found him in the bathtub under running water at the Days Inn at  1221 E. Apache.

Police said the mother ran to the motel office screaming, and the motel manager, Gina Padilla, ran to the room with a cell phone and called 911 after seeing the child.

“He was purple and his eyes were rolled back,” Padilla told CBS 5 News. “He wasn’t responding at anything.”

According to officers, the father maintained  the child was “OK,” but the manager said the child didn’t appear to be breathing.  She called 911 and took CPR direction from the dispatcher and guided officers to the room.

The boy was taken to a local children’s hospital.  He was released Aug. 10 and appears to be making a full recovery, police said.

Both parents admitted to being aware their son was left unsupervised in the tub with the water running.

Both Angelly and Anchondo said they were asleep in bed when the boy’s sister awakened them, saying that her little brother was “asleep in the tub,” officers said.

Police called Child Protective Services, and the sister, a 2-year-old brother, and a twin 11-month-old brother are in the care of CPS.

The parents and four children moved to Tempe from California approximately eight weeks ago, and had been staying with a family member prior to moving into the motel, officer said.

Angelly and Anchondo each are charged with one count of child abuse, a Class 2 felony.