Young mother thrown from boat leaves behind grieving husband, 4 children after tragedy in Alabama bayou
A young family in Alabama is grieving after a devastating boat accident led to the death of 27-year-old Brittney Sherman.
Sherman, of Wilmer, Alabama, was boating in Bayou Sara near Saraland in Mobile County on June 15 along with her husband, 30-year-old Cody Sherman, and the couple's four children.
Advertisement
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) confirmed to Fox News Digital that two boats were involved in a collision at approximately 5:50 p.m. Sunday.
Authorities said the incident involved a 20-foot Avid Center Console vessel occupied by the Sherman family and a 26-foot Regulator Center Console.
According to officials, the impact of the collision caused Brittney to be thrown overboard.
Despite the swift arrival of emergency crews, search efforts were hampered by the bayou's murky waters, making it difficult to locate Sherman in the aftermath of the crash.
Advertisement
4 Brittney Sherman died after a devastating boat accident.
Facebook/Brittney Harville Sherman
4 Sherman was boating in Bayou Sara near Saraland in Mobile County on June 15 along with her husband, 30-year-old Cody Sherman, and the couple's four children.
Facebook/Brittney Harville Sherman
On Monday morning, search and rescue personnel resumed the search for the missing mom. At approximately 10:50 a.m., personnel recovered Sherman's body about 100 yards from the spot where she had entered the water.
Two other passengers aboard the Avid vessel sustained injuries in the crash. Cody was transported to USA Health University Hospital in Mobile for medical care. One of the Shermans' children, 4, was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Advertisement
The operator of the Avid boat was not injured in the collision. Likewise, the operator of the Regulator vessel was unharmed.
4 On Monday morning, search and rescue personnel resumed the search for the missing mom.
Facebook/Brittney Harville Sherman
4 The operator of the Avid boat was not injured in the collision.
Facebook/Brittney Harville Sherman
The ALEA Marine Patrol Division is continuing to investigate the cause of the crash. No charges have been filed. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Mobile County Medical Examiner's Office for comment.
Advertisement
Cody and Brittney shared four children together. In the wake of her passing, Cody expressed the weight of raising the children alone.
'Brittney I love you more than anything in this world,' Cody wrote on Facebook. 'I promise to take care of these babies for you, sweetheart! I know that you are up there watching over us.'
'Please show me how to do this,' added Cody. 'I'm not sure how I'm gonna make it and I'm gonna do my best to make you proud. I love you until we meet again!!'
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
19 hours ago
- Yahoo
Defense attorney for suspect in Aliza Sherman's murder hints at strategy: I-Team
CLEVELAND (WJW) – The accused killer of Aliza Sherman was in court on Tuesday for his first pretrial and his attorney is now hinting on plans to fight the charges. Gregory Moore, 51, is accused of killing Sherman in 2013. Her murder went unsolved for 12 years. Moore was indicted on several charges, including aggravated murder, on May 2. His defense attorney, Jon Paul Rion, is questioning why prosecutors are filing the charges now. 'The delay in this case is of concern,' Rion said. 'It is not clear if there is any new evidence.' What is the Prenatal Equal Protection Act? New bill would effectively ban abortion in Ohio Prosecutors allege the murder happened because Moore was not prepared to take her case to trial. Prosecutors have also said there is technology available now that was not available more than a decade ago when the murder happened. 'You have a due process right to have a trial within a reasonable period of time, when all the witnesses and evidence are available for both sides,' Rion said. 'If there are material witnesses or other evidence no longer in existence that could adversely affect the defendant, in this case Greg Moore, the court has to look if it's even fair to have a trial.' Cleveland Clinic to extend hours for surgeries, specialty appointments at many NE Ohio locations Sherman's estranged husband died last year. Prosecutor's have said he was not a suspect in the case. Moore remains jailed on a $2 million bond but his attorney said he may file a motion asking for a bond reduction. Moore is due back in court next month. His trial date has been set for March 30. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Post
21 hours ago
- New York Post
Seattle journalists attacked by agitators call out far-left media for covering up violence at protests
Two independent journalists who say they were assaulted while covering immigration protests in Seattle accused local media outlets and city leaders of turning a blind eye to violence from the radical far-left agitators. Cameron Higby is an investigative journalist who focuses mostly on protests, especially those of the violent variant. He described his scary encounter at an anti-ICE rally in downtown Seattle in detail with Fox News Digital. Advertisement As evening fell, he said Antifa took over streets downtown and became violent. Videos posted to his social media show rioters trying to break into buildings and blocking cars from being able to proceed through the area. Higby said that Antifa stopped drivers and demanded they say, 'F— ICE' and lit fires under the cars of drivers who wouldn't comply. One video clip shows rioters hurling an object at a car that tried to escape. According to him, one woman was 'so terrified that she abandoned her vehicle in traffic.' 4 Independent journalist Cameron Higby was filmed being thrown to the ground, punched and kicked by masked protesters in Seattle on June 14, 2025. X/camhigby Advertisement Once Antifa returned to the federal building, Higby said things quieted down, so he sat down on the sidewalk. Even though he was dressed like Antifa and wearing a gas mask, he was identified by one man who told him to leave. 'Before I could stand up I was pinned up against a wall,' he said. Higby said three men approached and tried to remove his mask and helmet. 'Then I was picked up by somebody and was choked out, punched in the head twice with sap gloves, which are filled with steel or lead shot. And then he kicked me in the face. I pepper sprayed him and he ran away. They then later found a black Jeep Wrangler that they thought belonged to me. They destroyed it, and the poor guy had to drive his car home with a busted windshield,' Higby recalled. Advertisement 'I ended up with a concussion, nausea, dizziness, ringing in the ears, light flashes, and some headaches. I had to go to the ER and urgent care.' Higby is no stranger to violent behavior at protests he's covered in the past – sharing that one day he was bear sprayed at 'point-blank.' But he said this weekend's assault left him shaken like never before. Higby said three men approached and tried to remove his mask and helmet. 'This is definitely the worst attack I've had on me, depending on how you look at it. I've been assaulted a lot, probably more times than I could count. This is probably the most violent assault. If I wasn't wearing a helmet, I'd probably be dead or in the hospital in critical condition. I mean the staff clubs are like brass knuckles basically. The helmet's dented and he punched me so hard that if you slow the video down you can see the filter of the gas mask actually fly off just from the impact of the hit.' Advertisement 'This literally could've killed me,' he said of the assault, which video only captured after it was already underway. 'If one of my friends hadn't grabbed him and pulled him back, if that hadn't happened, he probably would have kept going.' 'Thankfully, I was able to grab my car keys and my phone and all that. Otherwise, even if I managed to get away, I would have been stranded. I couldn't contact anybody, I wouldn't be able to drive my car,' Higby added. Higby claimed that his sources told him the Seattle Police Department was told not to intervene in the protest – a decision he said would have come from city officials. 'There is a detective on the case now. So it's an extremely slow crawl, and we've just had to twist the arm of the SPD,' he said. 'I don't have any animosity towards the rank-and-file police officers… I know SPD wants to take care of this problem, but they just can't.' The Seattle PD confirmed to Fox News Digital that Higby filed a police report. As for media coverage, Higby said the local media 'hasn't covered anything about it,' and The Seattle Times, along with Mayor Bruce Harrell, 'said everything was peaceful, it's all good.' Brandi Kruse is another local, independent journalist who was attacked by masked protesters on Saturday at an anti-ICE protest in Tukwila, Washington, just south of Seattle. 4 Journalist Brandi Kruse is followed and heckled by Antifa during an immigration protest. Youtube/unDivided with Brandi Kruse 4 While the 'No Kings' protest had remained peaceful, things quickly escalated into violence after Kruse arrived at the DHS Antifa protest. Youtube/unDivided with Brandi Kruse Advertisement She was out covering the anti-Trump 'No Kings' protest in the city that day when her team heard that Antifa was planning to try to disrupt immigration enforcement activities outside a Department of Homeland Security facility in Tukwila. While the 'No Kings' protest had remained peaceful, things quickly escalated into violence after Kruse arrived at the DHS Antifa protest. 'At that point, there hadn't been any sort of confrontations between police and these protesters,' she recalled. 'I would say it took less than two minutes for the assaults to start. So we didn't even really get a chance to do any reporting on the ground there because, within moments, this group was mobbing us.' Video of the encounter that Kruse posted to YouTube shows protesters spraying her with water and trying to block her camera with black umbrellas and protest signs. Several people surrounded Kruse and her armed security member while chanting, 'F— you, fascist,' and 'Nazi.' As Kruse and her team walks away from the crowd to create some distance, they continued to follow her and harass her, she says. Advertisement 'They had no interest in leaving me alone. They kept yelling at me to leave,' she continued. Kruse said a woman dumped a full water bottle on her head, a few people hit her from behind with their signs and one man ran at them and sprayed insecticide in her face as her team tried to get away. 'This thing sprayed a pretty far distance and it burned immediately. And that person followed us for maybe 10, 20 feet, just continuing to spray us in the face with what we later found out was hornet killer,' Kruse explained. 4 Several people surrounded Kruse and her armed security member while chanting, 'F— you, fascist,' and 'Nazi.' Facebook/Brandi Kruse Things turned violent after an undercover army veteran offered assistance to Kruse and her team. Advertisement 'As soon as Antifa realized that this army veteran was with us they pounced on him,' she said. 'There's this part of the video that shows them knocking him to the ground. There's maybe six or seven black-clad Antifa members, and they're kicking him. They're stomping him. It was absolutely brutal.' She said one person threatened the man with a gun before Kruse's security was able to pull the 'innocent bystander' out. Another civilian drove up at this moment and rescued the three from the violent crowd. 'At that point, I didn't really know the driver, but I knew that it was probably better than the situation we're in. So we pile in with this guy, and we just take off as they're pelting his vehicle with who knows what,' she said. Kruse filed a police report with the Tukwila PD afterward. The police confirmed to Fox News Digital a report had been filed, and an investigation was ongoing. Advertisement Kruse is familiar with these protests, having covered them extensively in her 15-year journalism career. She previously worked at a Fox affiliate in Seattle for several years and now hosts a political commentary show called 'Undivided.' In her experience, it's not unusual for Antifa to attack journalists or 'anyone who is exposing their criminal conduct.' She said she was previously assaulted by Antifa during the 2020 summer of protests when the group took over parts of the city. Kruse recalls this experience in the new Fox Nation streaming series, 'Summer of Chaos: Inside Seattle's CHOP Zone.' Every morning, the NY POSTcast offers a deep dive into the headlines with the Post's signature mix of politics, business, pop culture, true crime and everything in between. Subscribe here! 'This is a very violent faction of left-wing extremists with a long history of assaulting journalists in Seattle, including myself,' Kruse said. She accused local left-wing outlets like The Seattle Times of covering for violent extremists. On Saturday night, the paper published a report on the protest without mentioning the violence by the protesters. Their report documents Tukwila Police using tear gas against protesters and frames law enforcement as the instigators of violence. 'If you'd just read The Seattle Times article, you would think that the police unleashed on peaceful demonstrators,' Kruse said. 'So you have these media outlets that absolutely cover for violent left-wing extremists. And so Antifa doesn't target them in the same way, because why would they?'
Fox News
a day ago
- Fox News
Rapper Fat Joe slams child sex abuse claims as $20M extortion scheme
Rapper Fat Joe is facing a $20 million lawsuit for allegedly engaging in sexual abuse against minors, among other accusations. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday by his former hype man, T.A. Dixon, in the Southern District of New York. The suit accuses Fat Joe, whose real name is Joseph Antonio Cartagena, of a "sustained campaign of exploitation." The rapper "systematically engaged in coercive labor exploitation, financial fraud, sexual manipulation, violent intimidation, and psychological coercion," Dixon claimed in the 157-page lawsuit, obtained by Fox News Digital. The lawsuit added that it was "all intended to enrich" Fat Joe and his associates "while deliberately suppressing, silencing, and erasing [Dixon's] substantial creative, artistic, and commercial contributions, which were foundational to Defendant Cartagena's professional success and personal brand." Fat Joe's lawyer told Fox News Digital, "The lawsuit filed by Tyrone Blackburn and Terrance Dixon is a blatant act of retaliation — a desperate attempt to deflect attention from the civil suit we filed first, which exposed their coordinated scheme to extort Mr. Cartagena through lies, threats, and manufactured allegations." It added, "Law enforcement is aware of the extortionate demand at the heart of this scheme. The allegations against Mr. Cartagena are complete fabrications — lies intended to damage his reputation and force a settlement through public pressure. Mr. Cartagena will not be intimidated. We have taken legal action to expose this fraudulent campaign and hold everyone involved accountable." Blackburn, Dixon's attorney, told Fox News Digital, "Fat Joe is Sean Combs minus the Tusi [a drug also known as "pink cocaine"]. It is clear he has learned nothing from his 2013 federal conviction," referring to the rapper's previous conviction on tax evasion charges. Fat Joe's alleged exploitation extended "beyond financial fraud," Dixon's lawsuit claimed, adding he was allegedly forced into "humiliating situations, including sex acts performed under duress and surveillance, accompanied by threats" that he would be left in foreign countries if he did not comply. The lawsuit also claims that two of Fat Joe's associates, Peter "Pistol Pete" Torres and Richard "Rich Player" Jospitre, who were also included as defendants in the lawsuit, "actively engaged in physical threats, violent assaults, and intimidation tactics on Cartagena's explicit instructions, sustaining a climate of fear and coercion against Plaintiff and others who challenged the Enterprise's control." He claimed he was "coerced into more than 4,000 sexual acts to maintain his standing within the Enterprise." Dixon also alleged that during his time with the rapper, he "personally witnessed" him "engage in sexual relations with children who were fifteen and sixteen years old." "In exchange for cash, clothing, and payment of her cell phone bill, Defendant would get oral sex and other sexual acts performed on him by Minor Doe 1," the lawsuit claimed. Dixon said Minor Doe 1 was 16 years old. He claimed that Fat Joe began having sex with a second minor when she was 15 years old after a concert overseas and paid for her to get a Brazilian butt lift. Fat Joe also allegedly had sex with a third minor girl who met the rapper before she turned 16. He was "in love" with the third minor and "even contemplated leaving his wife" for her, the lawsuit claimed. "In a recorded conversation, Minor Doe 3 and her 15-year-old cousin describe in detail to Plaintiff how 'inappropriate' it was for Defendant, who was in his late 30s at the time, to be fawning over children," the document alleged. Dixon also worked as a "lyricist, background vocalist, security team member, and creative collaborator" during his time with the rapper, the lawsuit said, claiming he was "systematically excluded" from getting "fair compensation, proper attribution, and the substantial royalties and profits generated from his creative labor. Instead, Plaintiff was consistently underpaid, denied songwriting credits, and deliberately concealed from royalties and backend compensation." Fat Joe sued Dixon earlier this year for allegedly defaming him on social media after Dixon claimed the rapper flew a 16-year-old across state lines for sex, according to Variety.
