Crime

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Crime Two White Men Charged In "Attempted Lynching" At Indiana Lake Sean Purdy and Jerry Cox have been charged with multiple crimes. By Karlton Jahmal July 18, 2020 3.7K Views
Pop Culture Andrew Brown Jr.'s Family Attorney Says Body Cam Footage Dispels D.A.'s Claims Chance Lynch, the attorney representing Andrew Brown Jr.'s family, says that it's "unfathomable" that District Attorney Andrew Womble is trying to place blame on Andrew Brown Jr. when unreleased police body cam footage directly contradicts his claims. By Joshua Robinson May 13, 2021 1308 Views
Crime El Chapo's Wife Arrested For Drug Trafficking: Report Police claim El Chapo's wife was trying to help the incarcerated drug lord escape prison. By Aron A. February 22, 2021 7.2K Views
Crime Kodak Black Court Photo Surfaces As Rapper Faces 8 Years In Prison Kodak Black is facing some hard time in prison. By Alex Zidel August 23, 2019 53.0K Views
Crime Cop In Breonna Taylor Case Defends His Actions, Calls Protesters "Thugs" Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, a cop involved in Breonna Taylor's death, justifies his actions in leaked e-mail to colleagues. By Aron A. September 22, 2020 3.1K Views
Crime Bobby Shmurda Insists He's A Changed Man But Parole Board Wants Him To Finish Sentence Transcripts from Bobby Shmurda's September parole hearing reveal why the board denied his release. By Aron A. October 18, 2020 9.4K Views
Music Turkish Rapper Ezhel Acquitted On Charges Of Promoting Drug Use In Lyrics Ezhel finds freedom despite attempted censorship. By Matthew Parizot June 19, 2018 1018 Views
Crime Mass Shooting Leaves Nine Dead, 26 Injured In Dayton, Ohio: Report It was the second mass shooting of the day. By Alexander Cole August 04, 2019 3.6K Views
Crime Bobby Shmurda's Attorney Speaks On Case, Says Bobby's On Rikers Island Bobby Shmurda's attorney, Howard Greenberg, speaks on the case against Bobby, revealing that he spent Christmas in prison on Rikers Island. By Patrick Lyons December 27, 2014 54.2K Views
Music Meghan Cuniff Shockingly Gives Tory Lanez Credit After He Called Her Out On New Album "PETERSON" Tory Lanez also called out various other individuals and entities on his new one-of-one prison album "PETERSON," including Roc Nation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2025 2.5K Views
Music Amber Rose & Ray J Claim Tory Lanez Didn't Shoot Megan Thee Stallion Amber Rose recently joined Ray J's livestream to defend Tory Lanez in the Megan Thee Stallion case... And ask Ray to be less lewd. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025 3.6K Views
Sneakers Cool Kicks Update: Feds Find $500K Worth Of Stolen Nike Product Authorities seized $500K in stolen Nike goods from Cool Kicks’ warehouse as founder Adeel Shams faces ongoing criminal charges. By Ben Atkinson October 07, 2025 2.4K Views