Fatal MVA Motorcycle vs Car

From CMPD:

Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Major Crash Investigation Unit are investigating a fatal crash that occurred near the 7100 block of East W.T. Harris Boulevard in the Hickory Grove Division.

On Sunday, January 19, 2025, shortly after 1:30 a.m., officers responded to a motor vehicle crash with injuries near the 7100 block of East W.T. Harris Boulevard. When officers arrived, they located a red 2012 Ford Fusion and a red 2017 Yamaha FZ-09 motorcycle with heavy damage in the middle of the intersection. Officers located the operator of the motorcycle, Anthony Ayala, 25, lying unresponsive in the middle of the roadway. MEDIC responded to the scene and pronounced Mr. Ayala deceased. 

Two passengers of the Ford Fusion, Edgar Zabir Gonzalez-Perez, 20, and a juvenile, 10, were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Another passenger in the Ford Fusion, Roberto Emanuel Ortiz, 14, was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and subsequently pronounced deceased. The driver of the Ford Fusion, Sara Perez, did not report any injuries.  Mr. Ayala was wearing a DOT-approved helmet, and all four occupants of the Ford Fusion appeared to be wearing their seatbelts at the time of the collision.

Detectives with the Major Crash Investigation Unit and the DWI Task Force responded to the scene to begin their investigation. The initial investigation indicates Mr. Ayala was driving southbound on East W.T. Harris Boulevard at an extremely high rate of speed when he collided with the Ford Fusion that was driving northbound on East W.T. Harris Boulevard and attempting to make a left turn onto Hickory Grove Road.

Speed and impairment are suspected factors in this collision for the operator of the motorcycle. Toxicology results are pending. Speed and impairment are not factors in this collision for the driver of the Ford Fusion.

Cedar's Take:

Might be the DOB of the motorcyclist is wrong. Any chance he's 29 and not 25? There is a lot of unpack here more so if the speeding rider is Anthony Ayala DOB 08/25/1995.

Another One Bites The Dust

According to CMPD on Saturday, January 18, 2025, shortly after 12:30 a.m., officers attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 9500 block of Walkers Ferry Road in the Freedom Division. 

The vehicle did not stop and fled from officers at a high rate of speed. 

Officers did not pursue the vehicle but located it a short distance later in the 11200 block of Windy Grove Road in the Freedom Division. 

While officers were conducting their investigation, they located someone yelling for help in Lake Wylie. 

They rescued the male subject from the lake and began life-saving efforts. The subject was transported to a nearby hospital by MEDIC where he was pronounced deceased.

Steve Smith Ibarra Photos Courtesy MCSO

The victim in this case has been identified as Steve Smith Ibarra, 35. The victim’s next of kin has been notified of his death.

Mr. Smith if ID'd correctly has a colorful criminals record. Serving 5 years and 11 months for armed robbery, and possession of a stolen vehicle in 2006 followed by his release in 2011.

But following that released the thinking of Mecklenburg courts took a stunning turn towards criminals as being victims.  

The following years of Mr. Smith's criminal history is troubling he saw more than 50 cases most dismissed by the Mecklenburg DA including possession of a stolen vehicle in March of 2022.

Crimes that would have kept him safe in prison simply cut him loose with every arrest.

Once again proving incarceration saves lives.

 

Ahylea Willard's Killer Remains Behind Bars More Than 2 Years After Her Murder

On a cold October night in 2022 Ahylea Willard was shot dead while fleeing for her life.

Her body was found the next day, in the grass, behind an apartment building on Snow Lane in Charlotte.

A video was circulated on social media that showed several black kids gawking at Willard’s cold lifeless body. Some even joking about getting some gloves and then stealing her jewelry.  Another young voice stating that he wasn't gonna touch a dead body and that "Five-Oh" was on the way.

Such is the mentality of black youth in Charlotte.

32-year-old Ahylea Willard had traveled from her home in Asheboro, N.C., to Charlotte to have dinner with a friend.  How she ended up on Snow Lane has still not be revealed by CMPD.

In the days after her body was discovered, CMPD released photos of Willard’s Mercedes Benz that was stolen after she was killed.  

Three weeks later Tyquawon Parker, 27, was arrested by the Guilford County Sheriff's Office on outstanding warrants for murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with the shooting death of Ahylea Willard. 

Tyquawon Bernard Parker Photo Courtesy MCSO

Parker was arrested through a joint investigation that included Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, Greensboro police and Guilford County deputies. 

On November 21, 2022 Parker was indicted by a Mecklenburg County grand jury for the murder of Ahylea Willard as well as felon in possession of a firearm and armed robbery.

Parker has been held in the Mecklenburg County Jail since his arrest. His trial has been repeatedly postponed and is now set for December 31, 2025.

His defense attorney asked the court to set a bond so that he could be released but that request was denied. Parker remains held without bond.

The facts of the case are simple Parker armed with a 45 caliber handgun threaten Willard and demanded the keys to her car. When she ran, he chased her down shot her in the neck killin her. Parker then took her car keys and stole her car and fled the scene.

Parker had been previously convicted of 3 counts robbery with a dangerous weapon and a 1st degree burglary that he committed in 2016. He was released from prison in 2021 after 4 years and 10 months. He was released from parole one year later in June of 2022, less than six months before killing his victim.

Of his prior crimes he should have received a longer than ten year prison sentence and that would have spared Willard's life.

The case a languished in the Mecklenburg County Courts due to caseload and inefficiency. Distinct Attorney Spencer Merriweather has not made the case a low priority and only this past december did the court appointed defense attorney Robert Reeves make a request for an review of the GSR tested. That motion was granted.The trial date no listed at 12/31/2025 which is simply a punt into 2026 if not pressed by the defense attorney. 

This is where cases go to die and eventually be dismissed.Odds are that Parker like many Charloot's most dangerous felons will be back on the streets before long.

Where is he now?

Cedar's Take: Incarceration saves lives.

Pineville Officer Involved Shooting Suspect ID'd

The Pineville Police Department has named the deceased in the Tavern 51 Officer Involved Shooting as Coleton Maxwell Floren DOB 07/20/2000.

Coleton Maxwell Floren Photo Courtesy MCSO

Floren was on active probation for weapons and drug charges. Records show dozens of charges (42) between 2017 and 2024. With a total of six convictions in Union and Mecklenburg Counties. 

As a convicted felon Floren was prohibited from possessing a firearm.

Video released shows Floren pacing behind seated patrons with a weapon which he raises towards one patron.

The Local Paper Goes To Court Pineville Releases Audio

Pineville released recordings of a 911 call and police radio communications from the incident Monday afternoon. In the 911 call, the caller — another customer — said the police needed to get to the bar quickly because Floren was “drunk out of his mind” and threatening to “shoot up the place.” 

Floren was mad, the caller said, because he wouldn’t let Floren buy him a drink. He told the dispatcher he saw Floren with three guns and that he pointed a 9mm gun at him and threatened to kill him. 

He said he didn’t know what other guns Floren had. At one point, after the customer said Floren left the bar and went outside, the caller went to a nearby Planet Fitness to keep an eye on Floren. 

When a police officer arrived, the caller pointed Floren out to him. In the background, an officer can be heard giving Floren commands, including to tell him to turn around and to stop, before two shots can be heard and someone yells. Then the audio cuts off.

In the police radio communications recording, which was over 13 minutes long, an officer was given information that the customer in the 911 call provided, as well as a description of Floren, who was wearing a white hoodie and black sweatpants, according to the recordings. 

Around two minutes into the recording, an officer confirmed he arrived. The audio then cuts to the aftermath of the shooting. The recording does not include the initial confrontation, the officer commanding Floren to stop, or when the shots were fired. 

Another also confirmed shots were fired by a police officer, and that MEDIC was needed. At one point, while the officers were waiting for medical support to arrive, an officer confirmed they were near the Planet Fitness and that Floren was still breathing. 

Another officer at the scene later said he found Floren’s gun beside a trash can in front of a store called Cigar and Vape. 

Investigators also put down markers near items at the scene, an officer said. 

Cedar's Take: 

Based on additional facts, Floren may have been unarmed at the time he was engaged by the Pineville Officer. However the perceived threat is still present given Floren's actions and the Officer's knowledge at the time.

Still there will be no fire storm of media coverage, no protests, no vigil held at the shopping center where Floren apparently threatened patrons. Because Floren is white his life apparently didn't matter as much as if he was black. 

Finally Media's portrayal of Tavern 51 as a "bar" is rather sad. Tavern 51 is no more a bar than Hickory Tavern, or the now closed Fox and Hound, or others in the area.

Just A Little Distraction

Here's an idea let's recruit some officers from the Czech Republic

Marisa Burkdoll

Marisa Burkdoll is a west coast baddie from the Visalia Police Department. 

She joined the California department in 2016 after graduating from the Fresno City College Police Academy.

Captain Perry Phipps, Officer Marisa Burkdoll, Lieutenant Brian Winter.

Burkdoll and her Sister

But Officer Burkdoll is most famous for being harassed by California's "COP Watch" idiot.

While just a normal traffic stop, with a citation for speeding, window tint, and a illegal modified muffler, this guy who posts as "COP WATCH" tried to get a reaction but his bull shit gets only his wallet lighter by a couple of Franklins.

Daniel Rogers Just Another Fatal MVA in Charlotte or Was It?

According to CMPD:

Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Major Crash Investigation Unit are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash in the Hickory Grove Division. 

On January 8, 2025, at approximately 5:23 am, officers with the Hickory Grove Division, Charlotte Fire and MEDIC responded to the 5100 block Hickory Valley Court in reference to an overturned vehicle.

When first responders arrived, they located an unresponsive black male lying near the vehicle with extensive injuries. He was later identified as Daniel Rashawn Rogers, 26. 

Photo Courtesy MCSO

A Toyota Sequoia was located tipped over on its driver side and a metal garbage dumpster that was tipped over.

Two female passengers were located with the vehicle. The front right passenger was identified as Allexis Keianna Oliver, 22. The second-row right side passenger was identified as Tania Marie Newman, 31. Both female passengers were transported to Novant Health Presbyterian with non-life-threatening injuries.

Mr. Rogers was pronounced deceased on scene by a CMPD officer.

Cedar's Take:

A whole lot of things just don't add up. It's a dead end parking lot. The Toyota Sequoia while a SUV and inherently top heavy isn't prone to falling over in parking lots, even at higher speeds.  

The two females were basically uninjured. 

Roger was issued a traffic citation on September 11, 2023 for failure to wear a seat belt. Later pleading guilty and paying $180.00 fine and costs of court. 

This clown was stopped just a two weeks ago on December 27 when NCSHP lit him up again charging him with:

No Insurance

Failure to Wear a Seat Belt

Expired Registration and Tag

Speeding 70 in a 50

Driving While License Revoked

(Props to NCSHP for trying to save this victim from himself.)

The time seems odd as well. 5:23 am?

Tania Marie Newman has a long DMV record with various registration and unauthorized use citations. 

Next up Corner's Cause of Death.