“It was the day of miracles,” said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd

Pilot dies, family avoids disaster as plane crashes into home in Florida

ABC News
By Anthony Rivas, Jason M. Volack and Christine Theodorou
Feb 24, 2019

The plane crashed into the bedroom of 17-year-old Carmele Ngalamulume, pinning and trapping her against a wall until her brother, who was in the next bedroom, could run in and save her. There were three other children playing in the driveway of the house, according to Judd. Their mother was taking a shower when the plane dropped from the sky.

A nightmare came true for one family in Florida when a plane fell from the sky and crashed through the roof of a home.

The pilot of the flight was killed, but a trainee pilot and eight people inside the home all walked away with minor injuries.

“It was the day of miracles,” said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd during a press conference, referring to the fact that everyone inside the house survived.

The twin-engine aircraft fell into the house in Winter Haven, Florida, at around 1 p.m. while its pilot, James Wagner, 64, and his trainee, Timothy Sheehy, were practicing simulated engine failure training, Judd said.
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Highest-ranking civilian at Polk Sheriff's Office beat to death by husband

Highest-ranking civilian at Polk Sheriff's Office beat to death by husband, deputies say

By Amy Pavuk, Orlando Sentinel
9:51 a.m. EDT, September 19, 2011

The highest-ranking civilian at the Polk County Sheriff's Office — a woman who managed all administrative aspects of the agency — was beaten to death by her husband over the weekend, authorities said.

Beatrice "Bea" Dickey, 44, was found early Sunday in Plant City with blunt-force trauma to her head.

Authorities said Dickey's husband, Lawrence Douglas Dickey, admitted to beating her with a baseball bat. He was arrested on a first-degree murder charge.

As executive director of the Office of Business Affairs at the Sheriff's Office, Bea Dickey was the third-highest ranking executive staff member after Sheriff Grady Judd and Chief of Staff Steve Lester.
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