Crime

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Music Lil Reese Is Serving A 5 Year Prison Sentence Lil Reese will be eligible for parole in 2026. By Cole Blake December 23, 2024
Crime Mariah Carey Is "So Grateful" To Police After 3 Men Arrested For Break-In: Report Investigators reportedly stated that the 3 men were responsible for a string of crimes in Atlanta. By Erika Marie August 22, 2022
Crime Marilyn Manson Turns Himself In On Assault Charges The singer finally puts an end to the 2019 incident. By Taya Coates July 08, 2021
Music Skilla Baby Recovering After Being Grazed In The Head During Drive-By Shooting Skilla Baby was the victim of a frightening drive-by shooting on Thursday night while on Eight Mile Road in Detroit. By Alexander Cole May 23, 2025
Politics Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Praises Police, Says Uvalde Shooting "Could Have Been Worse" A reported 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered during the shooting, and Abbott has been under heavy criticism. By Erika Marie May 27, 2022
Music Diddy Accuses Federal Police Of Raiding His Prison Cell And Taking His Trial Materials Diddy's legal team is still going hard against the prosecution. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 18, 2024
Music Jam Master Jay Trial: 2 Men Found Guilty Of Murder Two men have been found guilty in the murder of Jam Master Jay. By Cole Blake February 27, 2024
Music Tory Lanez Appeals Again In Megan Thee Stallion Shooting Case, Brief In Limbo Meghann Cuniff reports that the brief isn't in the records yet, but that it builds off of the rapper's December request for a vacated sentence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 26, 2024
Pop Culture Andrew Tate Responds To The UK's Sexual Assault And Human Trafficking Charges Andrew Tate's response comes after U.S. federal authorities reportedly launched an investigation into him and his brother Tristan. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 30, 2025
Pop Culture DJ Envy Arrest Possible If Radio Host Doesn't Produce Bankruptcy Documents For Ex-Business Partner's Company Envy has until January 8 to get all requested documents to a court-appointed trustee. By Ben Mock December 21, 2023
Music Chingy Liked Gunna's New Album, Doesn't Think He Should Have Admitted YSL Was A Gang Chingy likes Gunna's new stuff but has some advice about how he handled his plea deal. By Ben Mock July 15, 2023
Music Big U Refutes RICO Charges On Instagram Before Turning Himself In Big U has been arrested and accused of "mafia-like" crimes, and he shared some crucial insights before giving himself up. By Elias Andrews March 19, 2025