Crime

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Crime YFN Lucci Pleads Not Guilt In Gang Racketeering Case: Report Lucci has been accused of being associated with Bloods gang members in Miami and Atlanta. By Erika Marie June 18, 2021
Crime Travis McMichael Testifies That Ahmaud Arbery Was "Just Running" Before Fatal Shooting The defendant said that he brandished his gun in order to "de-escalate" the situation, despite Arbery never having made any threats nor displaying a weapon. By Nancy Jiang November 20, 2021
TV Brendan Dassey Of Netflix's "Making A Murderer" Denied Clemency Brendan Dassey will remain behind bars. By Milca P. December 23, 2019
Music Diddy Accused Of Drugging And Assaulting Singer In New Lawsuit The mogul has more allegations. By Elias Andrews February 03, 2025
Music Diddy's Businesses Removed From Dawn Richard's Ongoing Abuse Lawsuit While many of Diddy's companies are in the clear for now, Dawn Richard is reportedly prepping a second complaint. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 16, 2025
Crime Minneapolis Trucker Who Drove Into Protestors Released Without Charges Truck driver Bogdan Vechirko has been released from police custody without any criminal charges after "unintentionally" driving his truck into a crowd of protestors on the 35W Bridge. By Alex Zidel June 02, 2020
Crime Foolio Allegedly Arrested For "Fleeing/Attempting To Elude Law Enforcement" A document has circulated online showing that the Florida rapper is being held without bond. By Erika Marie April 06, 2022
Crime Rihanna, T.I. & Meek Mill Offer Help For Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed Many believe Rodney Reed was wrongly convicted of murder. By Alexander Cole November 04, 2019
Crime Eric B. Avoids Jail In 17-Year-Old Case, Receives Probation He's happy it's all over. By Erika Marie November 22, 2019
Crime Man Steals Plane, Threatens to Crash It Into A Walmart The pilot has since landed the plane. By Rex Provost September 03, 2022
Music California Supreme Court Decides If They Will Uphold Tory Lanez's Conviction An appellate panel previously found more than enough evidence proving that Tory Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion, affirming Lanez's sentence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 27, 2026
Politics Kash Patel Claims There Are Over 100,000 Gang Members In Chicago Kash Patel's claims about Chicago come as Donald Trump has deployed 500 National Guard troops near the city. By Cole Blake October 08, 2025