Crime

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Food NYPD Cops Lied About Being Poisoned At Shake Shack: Report It has been determined that the NYPD officers who claimed they were poisoned at Shake Shack showed zero such symptoms. By Alex Zidel June 22, 2020
Music YNW Melly Wants YNW Bortlen & His Girlfriend’s Phone Calls Excluded From Retrial According to Melly's attorneys, the phone calls are "irrelevant" to the case. By Caroline Fisher May 23, 2024
Crime Flash Mob Thefts Of Luxury Brand Stores Increases, 9 People Charged: Report In San Francisco this week, approximately 80 people robbed an outlet store in a massive smash and grab incident. By Erika Marie November 26, 2021
Pop Culture Detroit TikToker Arrested For Robberies After FBI Tracks Him Through His Videos The man was identified by the shoes he wore during the robberies and his TikToks. By Thomas Galindo February 27, 2022
Sneakers Shoe Palace Employee Fatally Shot While Trying To Break Up Fight Over Shoe Raffle 26-year-old Jayren Bradford was reportedly shot and killed when arriving at work at Shoe Palace on Wednesday afternoon. By Joshua Robinson August 12, 2021
Music Boosie Badazz Concert Shooting Results In Three Injured Victims Boosie Badazz has a long and checkered history with shots being fired at his shows. Unfortunately, history repeated itself on Monday. By Elias Andrews March 11, 2025
Sports Shannon Sharpe Lawsuit Dismissed After Negotiations With Sexual Assault Accuser There aren't many details about Shannon Sharpe's settlement in this sexual assault lawsuit, whose plaintiff did not attend a recent hearing. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 18, 2025
Music Judge In G Herbo Fraud Case Allows Him To Communicate With Team & Half Brother: Report A judge approved the rapper's request to modify some conditions of his release. By Madusa S. April 03, 2021
Crime Marijuana Banned In Chicago Public Housing Despite Upcoming State Legalization Despite the legalization of cannabis continuing to happen across States, Chicago will not allow the substance to be smoked in its public housing properties. By Noah C November 10, 2019
Music Lil Zay Osama Is A Free Man Again After A Brief Prison Sentence Lil Zay Osama has been released from prison after serving several months for gun charges stemming from an incident in 2022. By Cole Blake February 23, 2025
Music Diddy Sends His Key To New York City Back To Mayor Eric Adams After Cassie Video Reveal NYC's Mayor Eric Adams sent Diddy a letter to two addresses earlier this month, and a couple of days later, they reportedly got the key. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 15, 2024
Crime Drake Bell Pleads Guilty In Child Endangerment Case It is unclear whether the Nickelodoen star will be serving jailtime. By Yoni Yardeni June 23, 2021