Former GA Beauty Queen Gets Life After Killing BF’s 18-Mo-Old Son | Crime Alert 8AM 12.08.25

During her trial, prosecutors alleged that  Trinity Poague harbored resentment towards the child because she desired to have a baby with her boyfriend, the child’s father. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Nicole Parton.
Trinity Polk has been convicted on five charges, including two
counts of felony murder, on Friday, December five, As reported
in a video of the sentencing shared by Court TV,
it was Judge W. James Sizemore, Junior of the Southwestern

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Circuit Court of Georgia that stated during the proceedings, I
don't usually elaborate on handing down a sentence. However, the
reality is that you will serve a life sentence which
is fitting for the crimes of which you've been found guilty.

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The verdict reads as follows. As to each count. On
count one, it says, way the jury find the defendant
not guilty. On counts two, three, four, five, and six,
the verdict reads way, the jury found the defendant guilty
of felty murder two counts, aggravated battery two counts, and

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to child in the first degree.

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Additionally, the judge announced that Pogue would face an extra
twenty years in prison to be served concurrently. Throughout the sentencing,
Pogue maintained her composure, although she displayed significant emotion earlier
that day. During the hearing, when the judge's decision was
handed down, Pogue was arrested in January twenty twenty four,
according to a press release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

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The agency reported that a boy later identified as Romeo
Angelis or known as Jaxton Drew, was discovered unresponsive on
a campus of Georgia Southwestern State University on January fourteen,
twenty four, where Pogue, then eighteen, was a student. During
her trial, prosecutors alleged that the former beauty queen harbored

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resentment towards the child because she desired to have a
baby with her boyfriend, the child's father. In an indictment
previously uncovered by WDHN, authorities in Sumpterner County described the
abuse from the college girl to the eighteen month old
as involving blunt force trauma to the head and torso,

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resulting in liver failure and brain damage. On the day
that Toddler died, fellow students in Pogue's dorm recounted hearing
a child crying for an extended period of time until
it abruptly stopped. It was reported by Lily Waterman, a
student at the university. She said, in part and no
one knew what would happening. We just heard the baby

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crying and then suddenly it stopped, and we wondered did
the baby die. In twenty twenty four, Pogue was crowned
Miss Donaldsonville, but lost her title following the charges related
to the toddler's death. According to the Early County News
for Now, Trinity Pogue will spend the next thirty years
behind bars. More crime and justice news after this. Authorities

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in North Carolina have arrested a thirty three year old
man following a stabbing incident on a commuter train in Charlotte,
resulting in serious injuries to another person. This indictment occurred
just months after a tragic knife attack claimed the life
of a Ukrainian refugee on a different train in the
same city. Oscar Solarzano has been charged with attempted first

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degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and several other
offenses related to the attack that took place on Friday afternoon,
as reported by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police in a statement.
According to police, a victim sustained a stab wound and
is currently listed in critical condition at a nearby hospital.
As of Saturday, solar Zeno remains in custody without bond.

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A magistrate judge indicated in a court document that he
is in the US illegally and has prior deportation history.
He is scheduled for a hearing on Monday morning, and
arrest warrant filed in a North Carolina court alleges that
solar Zeno appeared to be under the inflows, exhibiting slurred
speech as he confronted the victim. Court and jail records

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do not indicate that the man has legal representation. This
incident follows the death of twenty three year old Irena
Zarutzka from Ukraine, who was killed in an apparent random
attack on a Charlotte train that was captured on video.
Her family revealed that she had been living in a
bomb shelter in the Ukraine before fleeing to the US
to escape the conflict. De Carlos Brown Junior has been

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charged with first degree murder in connection with Zarutzka's death
in a state court, and has also been indicted federally
for causing death on a mass transportation system. President Trump
addressed the most recent stabbing incident on his Truth social
media platform questioning another stabbing by an illegal migrant in Charlotte,
North Carolina. What's going on in Charlotte? Do you need

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my help? He said? Police say the investigation is ongoing
as the victim it's currently fighting for his life in
a nearby hospital. And now to Colorado, where police are
asking for the public's help and locating a missing fourteen
year old Wyatt Farmer. Police describe him as a white
male with blonde hair, blue eyes, six three, one hundred

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and seven pounds. He's missing from East Lowry Boulevard. Whyatt
was last seen on December two. He has not been
seen or heard from since he left his home on
foot around seven pm. Why It was last seen wearing
blue jeans, a black T shirt, and a black and
white cap. Police said he left his home without his

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shoes or cell phone. They believe the boy to be
in danger and are asking anyone with relevant information to
please come forward and call the Denver Police immediately at
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Parton