Deaf Man Arrested After Standoff With SWAT

EXCLUSIVE: SWAT standoff with Deaf man in Grand Prairie ends peacefully.



GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. - (KVUE News) A standoff with police ended peacefully Monday morning when a man upset about his girlfriend's arrest surrendered after threatening to kill himself.



According to Grand Prairie police spokesperson Lyle Gensler, police responded to a domestic situation at the Sugar Creek Apartments in the 900 block of Duncan Perry just after midnight Monday and found a man and a woman - both legally Deaf - involved in a dispute outside their apartment.



Police determined the woman was intoxicated, and she was arrested for public intoxication.



The arrest upset her boyfriend, who called 911 using Texas Relay, a service that provides telephone access for people with speech or hearing loss. He indicated he had a gun and told dispatchers he wanted his girlfriend to be released from custody or he'd kill himself.



"He has a computer in there that he can talk to via Skype and talk to a live person, and that person can relay to us what he's signing," an officer explained during the standoff. "And that's only if he wants to talk to us.



We've talked to him a couple of times, we've explained to him what's going on, but he still seems unhappy with the whole situation." ... Read more: http://www.kvue.com/news/state/241179071.html

Deaf Texas Mom 'Would Never Have Hurt Baby'

A Deaf mom 'would never have hurt Baby' who died of abuse.



KHOU DALLAS - The mother of a five-month-old baby girl who police say died of abuse told News 8 Wednesday her husband drank a lot and "resented" the child. Maria Zuniga is Deaf. She answered our questions using a sign language interpreter.



Richardson police investigators said she failed to stop her husband, Hector Quiñones, from repeatedly hitting the baby's head on a counter. Zuniga told News 8 that Quiñones who has some slight hearing hurt the baby while she was asleep.



"And now, I'm just going to miss my baby," Zuniga said through the interpreter. "I would never have hurt her. I'd never spanked her, touched her in a bad way, never hurt her." Zuniga said she and her husband argued about taking the baby to a hospital. When they finally did, doctors called police. Quiñones faces a capital murder charge. ...READ MORE: http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/Deaf-mom-would-never-have-hurt-baby-who-died-of-abuse-205781491.html



Deaf parents kill baby that won't stop crying, cops say.



RICHARDSON, Texas - Abclocal.go.com: A couple in Richardson, Texas, are charged in the death of their infant daughter. Police say the father has confessed to his role and is charged with capital murder. And they say the mother did not stop the alleged abuse.



Police say a 5-month-old girl died from her injuries at the hands of her parents at their home. The parents, Maria Zuniga and Hector Cupich-Quinones, were drunk Saturday night, police say.



Both are Deaf. They fought with each other that night. "And then there was a dispute over who was going to take care of the child. The child I guess was a little fussy and they couldn't get the child to quiet," said Sgt. Kevin Perlich, Richardson police.



Charging documents show that the couple was drinking. Quinones allegedly shook the child and slammed her across the kitchen counter. He later admitted to it, police say, saying he was frustrated by the child's crying. "It is my understanding that even though they're Deaf they can pick up vibrations and hear some sounds and stuff like that," said Perlich. ...READ MORE: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/national_world&id=9087742

History of Dylan Quick's Biography

VIDEO: New Details: 2011 report sheds light on Dylan Quick's past.



KHOU.com: HOUSTON - Dylan Andrew Quick, the 20-year-old accused of stabbing 14 people on the Lone Star CyFair campus, is now on suicide watch.



On Wednesday, a court-ordered psychologist and his parents visited him in jail. According to a new report, Quick has struggled with suicidal thoughts for years. As you can seen at Prosecutors: College stabbing suspect Dylan Quick had long-held killing ‘fantasy’



More than two years ago, Quick simply vanished. His parents called Texas EquuSearch. Frank Black worked on the case.



On Tuesday, Black was watching news reports of the Lone Star College stabbings.



“They said they had him in custody and they showed pictures of him and I said that guy looks real familiar to me,” Black said. “I saw the hearing aid.”



So, Black went back through his old records. He said he “matched ‘em and said ‘that's the guy right there!’”



It was the same Dylan Quick who had been reported missing back in January of 2011. He was 18 at the time.



Black remembered friends and family saying Quick was sheltered, in part because of his impaired hearing.



“Said he’d been kinda pampered and coddled and stuff,” Black continued.



His notes recall the text Quick sent his parents: "If I continue to live at your house, I would probably commit suicide". ...READ MORE: http://www.khou.com/news/crime/Lone-Star-College-stabbing--202450261.html

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Watch Video: (Captioned) - A Deaf student suspect in Texas college stabbings had dreams of success, bloodshed, some say.



Abcnews.go.com: A Deaf college student accused of going on a stabbing spree at a Texas campus attacked his victims with such force that "pieces of blade" were found in at least one of his 14 alleged victims, according to police.



Dylan Andrew Quick, 20, allegedly used a razor utility knife to stab and cut fellow students at Lone Star College Tuesday, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.



"There were pieces of blade in at least one victim, broken blade pieces in the area where the cutting occurred, and the handle to a razor-type knife (X-Acto-style) was found in a backpack that Quick was carrying when he was arrested," the sheriff's office said in a statement.



Quick told police he has "had fantasies of stabbing people to death" since he was 8 years old. He also indicated he had been planning the attack for "some time."



Quick has been "matter-of-fact" with investigators, Sheriff Adrian Garcia said at a news conference today. ...READ MORE: http://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-college-stabbing-suspect-left-pieces-blade-victim/story?id=18922338#.UWZBezdbySp

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A Deaf college student suspect in Texas college stabbings had dreams of success, bloodshed, some say.



CNN - Dylan Andrew Quick overcame a childhood disability and had big plans for the future. But on Tuesday, the 20-year-old student went on a stabbing spree on his Texas college campus, authorities said.



By the time campus police took him into custody, 14 people had been injured at Lone Star College. It's unclear how many of the injured were stabbed and how many suffered other injuries. The campus shut down Tuesday, but will reopen Wednesday.



Quick landed in jail. For now, his plans for the future may be in jeopardy.



Overcoming obstacles: Quick was born Deaf and received a cochlear implant at age 7, CNN affiliate KPRC reported. An article on how he overcame challenges early in life appeared on a Lone Star student blog the first week of April. The implant gave him the ability to hear, but he had to play catch-up to learn how to speak English. His mother homeschooled him and got him involved in Lone Star's library programs, when he was a teen, according to KPRC.



Quick became a voracious reader and developed a close connection with the school northwest of Houston, where he later became a student, the affiliate said. He was planning to finish his associate's degree there and transfer to the University of Houston to study accounting. The young man dreamed of starting a book club. But Quick had also been harboring a darker dream, police said. ...READ MORE: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/10/justice/texas-college-stabbing/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Stabbing Suspect in Police Custody. (Captioned)

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Deaf Man Suspect in Texas Campus Mass Stabbing Spree

VIDEO: Dylan Quick named as suspect in Texas community college stabbing spree. One of suspects stabbed 14 people in Long Star CyFair College where in Houston area. Some of friends who witness say That man is deaf because he has cochlear implants on him. His real name Dylan Quick.



WLS CYPRESS - The I-Team has new developments to report in the latest episode of campus violence.



The attacker was in custody Tuesday evening after cutting or stabbing 15 people on one of the Lone Star College campuses near Houston.



The I-Team has learned that police have identified the man as 20-year-old Dylan Quick, a student at the college.

At least one of the victims is now in critical condition after authorities say Quick slashed them with an X-Acto-style knife. While at the campus police station, Quick allegedly said he was planning to murder as many people as possible but that the blade of the knife broke.



A motive is not clear, according to investigators. Quick is hearing impaired, according to neighbors. Friends say Quick was studying accounting and planned to transfer to the University of Houston.



The suspect was tackled and stopped by other students, but not before he ran a path and used the knife to attack 15 students. Some were taken to the hospital by ambulance. Others were airlifted by medevac helicopters. ...READ MORE: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=9059049



Suspect profile: Who is Dylan Quick? - HOUSTON - A man being questioned in connection with a mass stabbing at Lone Star College's Cy-Fair campus has a long history at the school.



Dylan Quick, 21, was featured in the college's student spotlight on April 1. The profile had been posted on a blog site, but was removed Tuesday evening.



According to the story, Quick was born completely Deaf and received a cochlear implant when he was 7 years old.



"The first few years after receiving the implant, Dylan says he was busy learning English, just as if he were an ESOL student," the article read.



Quick was homeschooled and his mother involved him in the college's library teen activities when he was 12 years old, according to the story. The program helped him increase his hearing and communication skills. ...READ MORE: http://www.click2houston.com/news/Suspect-profile-Who-is-Dylan-Quick/-/1735978/19685226/-/format/rss_2.0/-/poswin/-/index.html

Woman Kills Her Two Deaf Children, Commits Suicide

VIDEO: A hearing woman kills her two Deaf children, commits suicide in India.



Unable to witness the plight of her two Deaf children, a 30-year-old woman allegedly killed them before committing suicide in Hamirpur district.



According to the sources, the woman was upset over the disabilities of the children. Husband of the woman works in Shimla while she was living with the minor children in Jharrajputan village of the district, police said.

Last night, she allegedly fed Sulphas tablets to the two children and later consumed it herself, police said. After consuming the poisonous tablet she called up her husband to inform about it, police said.



The youngest child, a girl, died on the spot while the woman and the son succumbed in a hospital later, police said.



"I am fed with my life and can not bear the stress anymore" these were the words wrote by Vandana Sharma before she hung herself to ceiling fan of her house. On Wednesday when neighbors discovered foul smell they got suspicious after which the door of the house was made to open.



Vandna Sharma's body was found hanging with ceiling fan while dead three kids were in bedroom. She killed them by smothering pillow. Two were girls and a son was two and half years old who was Deaf by birth. Her Husband is posted in Ratnagiri and stays there most of the time. Vandana Sharma could not bear the the stress and ended up her and three innocent kids lives. SOURCE

Rescued 70 Deaf Chinese From Human Trafficking

Exclusive: 360 arrested for enticing Deaf to commit crime in China.

BEIJING - Chinese police have arrested 360 suspects for their involvement in enticing Deaf-Mute to engage in robbery or burglary, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said on Tuesday.



Police in 21 provincial regions have uprooted 61 such criminal gangs and rescued 70 Deaf people during a recent joint campaign, according to a statement released by the MPS.



The suspects deceived the students from Deaf schools via social networks on the pretext of offering job opportunities or going traveling, when in fact the purpose of the approach was to force them to commit crimes such as robbery or burglary, the statement said.



Yang Erdu, a most-wanted suspect, together with other prime suspects, was captured by police during the campaign, according to the statement.



China issued an action plan for fighting human trafficking (2013-2020) last week, urging greater measures to crack down on abduction-related crimes and appropriately relocate the victims of human trafficking. SOURCE

CODA Tried To Kill Deaf Parents In House Fire

VIDEO: South Carolina Sheriff: Gaffney man tried to kill Deaf parents in house fire.



GAFFNEY, SC - A Gaffney man was arrested after investigators said he tried to kill his Deaf parents in a house fire Monday morning after stealing from them. A Gaffney man who is a child of a deaf adult, often known by the acronym "CODA", is a person who was raised by Deaf parents.



Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Mueller said 22-year-old Fletcher Edward Blanton removed a lighted fire alarm system in the home before setting the Ford Road house ablaze.



Deputies said Blanton reported the fire after he awoke to smoke inside the home, then woke up his parents, who were able to get out of the home safely.

Following their investigation, deputies said Blanton intentionally caused a fire that damaged the home and also stole $4,850 of tools and electronics from his dad the same day as the fire. Blanton was charged with third-degree arson, grand larceny and two counts of attempted murder. SOURCE



Goupstate.com: Gaffney Man Charged with Arson, Attempted Murder of Parents.



A Gaffney man has been charged with attempted murder after deputies say he set fire to the home he shared with his hearing-impaired parents.



Fletcher Edward Blanton, 22, of 1333 Ford Road has been charged by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office with grand larceny, third-degree arson and two counts of attempted murder, arrest warrants state.



Sheriff Steve Mueller said firefighters and deputies responded to a fire about 1:30 a.m. Monday. An incident report states that Blanton told investigators that he awoke to find smoke inside the home, got his parents out of the house and called 911.



Firefighters, however, found evidence that the fire had been intentionally set, Mueller said. Investigators found that Blanton had disconnected a special fire alarm with a flashing light designed for the hearing impaired and thrown it outside. ... Read more: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20130214/articles/302151006