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By  Julius Whigham II and Bill DiPaolo The Palm Beach Post RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Quick action by neighbors and firefighters — and a little luck — saved three infants trapped inside a burning apartment on Friday that police say was set on fire by their father after a domestic dispute with the children’s 19-year-old mother. Using hammers, chairs and whatever they could grab to smash through hurricane windows, neighbors entered a burning second-floor unit at the Stonybrook Apartments. They handed a 3-year-old boy and a 1-year-old boy out the window. children inside . (Photo/ Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office)" />Velmando J. Williams, 22, set the apartment on fire with his three children inside . (Photo/ Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office) “They kept pounding and pounding. They were using hammers and chairs, anything they could get their hands on. They wouldn’t stop until they got those kids out,” said Riviera Beach Mayor Thomas Masters . A video taken at the scene ...

| Share | Share | Share | Share Aug. 13--RIVIERA BEACH, FL-- Quick action by neighbors and firefighters -- and a little luck -- saved three infants trapped inside a burning apartment on Friday that police say was set on fire by their father after a domestic dispute with the children's 19-year-old mother. Using hammers, chairs and whatever they could grab to smash through hurricane windows, neighbors entered a burning second-floor unit at the Stonybrook Apartments. They handed a 3-year-old boy and a 1-year-old boy out the window. "They kept pounding and pounding. They were using hammers and chairs, anything they could get their hands on. They wouldn't stop until they got those kids out," said Riviera Beach Mayor Thomas Masters . A video taken at the scene shows neighbors struggling to pound through the doors and flames coming through the roof. "There's a newborn baby in there! Somebody locked the doors! Somebody get that baby out of there," a woma...

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. -  Quick action by neighbors and firefighters -- and a little luck -- saved three infants trapped inside a burning apartment on Friday that police say was set on fire by their father after a domestic dispute with the children’s 19-year-old mother. Using hammers, chairs and whatever they could grab to smash through hurricane windows, neighbors entered a burning second-floor unit at the Stonybrook Apartments . They handed a 3-year-old boy and a 1-year-old boy out the window. >> Read more trending news “They kept pounding and pounding. They were using hammers and chairs, anything they could get their hands on. They wouldn’t stop until they got those kids out,” said  Riviera Beach Mayor Thomas Masters . A 1-month-old girl was still inside, residents told firefighters when they arrived about 6 p.m. Firefighters were unable to see through the heavy smoke. A thermo- imaging device led them to the child. She was lying on a bed. A door had somehow landed on top of...

RIVIERA BEACH Quick action by neighbors and firefighters — and a little luck — saved three infants trapped inside a burning apartment on Friday that police say was set on fire by their father after a domestic dispute with the children’s 19-year-old mother. Using hammers, chairs and whatever they could grab to smash through hurricane windows, neighbors entered a burning second-floor unit at the Stonybrook Apartments. They handed a 3-year-old boy and a 1-year-old boy out the window. “They kept pounding and pounding. They were using hammers and chairs, anything they could get their hands on. They wouldn’t stop until they got those kids out,” said Riviera Beach Mayor Thomas Masters . A video taken at the scene shows neighbors struggling to pound through the doors and flames coming through the roof. “There’s a new-born baby in there! Somebody locked the doors! Somebody get that baby out of there,” a woman screams in the video. A one-month-old girl was still inside, residents told firefi...

A father in Florida is being held without bond after allegedly setting an apartment on fire with his three children inside before escaping through a window, authorities say. Velmando Jahvon Williams , 22, remains jailed at the Palm Beach County Jail on three counts each of attempted homicide and false imprisonment, as well as first-degree arson and battery charges, jail records show . Williams set the apartment on fire Friday during an argument with the children’s mother at Stonybrook Apartments in Riviera Beach, she told WPTV. “I’m trying to get over it, but I can’t,” the children’s mother, Tranice Smith, told the station. “I have no words for him. None.” Williams held Smith down by her shirt prior to setting the fire, but she was able to break free by ripping her shirt off during the scuffle, according to a police report obtained by the Palm Beach Post . Smith then told Williams she was going to call police about the domestic dispute, prompting him to tell her that he was going to...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The family and friends of a young mother who died along with her two children in an early Sunday morning apartment fire still haven’t come to grips with the loss of their “guardian angel.” A day after the fire, the cause of the blaze that resulted in the deaths of Alexandra Angah-McCray and her two children, 4-year-old Aimee McCray and 3-year-old Adriel McCray, is still under investigation. RELATED: Mother, 2 Children Dead Following Morning Apartment Fire Alexandra’s family and friends spoke only to WJZ’s George Solis  as they mourn the loss of their loved ones. It’s a conversation they never expected to have. This horrible turn of events unfolded just days before the family prepared to celebrate the birthday of one of her children The family now grieving after the deadly apartment fire that not only claimed Alexandra’s life, but the lives of her two young children. “To lose that part of us, it feels like we just lost ourselves,” said Bine Fofana. “It hurts us. It...

Velmando Williams . (PBSO) RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) —  A man accused of setting fire to an apartment complex in Riviera Beach with children trapped inside , stabbed their mother in the head during a fight, minutes before flames ripped through the apartment, police said. The fire happened Friday night at the Stonybrook Apartment complex on Martin Luther King Jr . Boulevard in Riviera Beach. Authorities believe the fire began in the living room on two couches, likely from an accelerant. Video shared to CBS12 showed people breaking through the locked apartment door to rescue two young children trapped inside . Riviera Beach firefighters found the third child , a one-month-old girl, underneath a door. It may have saved her life, firefighters said Saturday. Velmando Williams , the father of two of the woman's children, her 3-and-1-year-old sons, is accused of setting the fire. Police wrote in the arrest report the woman, after being stabbed by Williams, ran out of the apartment ...

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Police have just made an arrest following an apartment fire in Riviera Beach. Police said they' ve charged Velmando Williams for setting a fire at the Stonybrook Apartments. Advertisement Police said based upon statements from the mother of the three children and other witnesses at the scene, Velmando J. Williams was located near the apartment complex and detained for questioning. A State of Florida Fire Marshal confirmed the fire was not an accident but was an intentional act of Arson. The young children's mother advised that the father of her children, Velmando J. Williams set the apartment on fire during an argument that occurred between the two of them. Following extensive investigation, detectives determined that Velmando J. Williams set the fire. He was charged with Attempted Murder, False Imprisonment, Simple Battery Domestic , and First Degree Arson. Williams was arrested and transported to the Palm Beach County Jail . Emergency workers pulled ...

AG Sessions announces plan to roll back limits on military gear for police AG Sessions announces plan to roll back limits on military gear for police Updated: Monday, August 28 2017 1:57 PM EDT 2017-08-28 17:57:50 GMT Attorney General Jeff Sessions made the announcement in Nashville. (WSMV)" alt=" Attorney General Jeff Sessions made the announcement in Nashville. (WSMV)" src="src" style="border: 0px;" /> Attorney General Jeff Sessions made the announcement in Nashville. (WSMV) Attorney General Jeff Sessions was a featured speaker at the national convention for the Fraternal Order of Police at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. More >> Attorney General Jeff Sessions was a featured speaker at the national convention for the Fraternal Order of Police at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. More >> Nashville volunteers heading to Texas to help with hurricane relief Nashville volunteers heading to Tex...

There were nine of us living in my first flat in Paris. It was grand on the outside, with a trompe l’oeil and marble staircase in the entrance hall, but grimy and dark inside. Only three of my flatmates had full-time jobs, and they all smoked. All the lights in the hall were broken. I moved there from London nearly four years ago, during the gloomiest days of François Hollande’s presidency, long before the youthful reformer Emmanuel Macron took power this year. Economic growth at the time was weak, unemployment double that of the UK today, and polls showed two-thirds of French people thought the nation was in “decline”. My flatmates, who I found online, were all 25- to 35-year-olds from the provinces who had come to Paris to find work and, passing their days in our tiny kitchen, were victims of this faded France. Within rigid labour markets many struggled to find jobs, or the right jobs, and were frustrated and angry. They protested in the street, talked incessantly about politics a...