Crime

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Music Pop Smoke Was Shot & Then Kicked As He Lay On The Ground: Report Details of Pop Smoke's final moments were shared during a preliminary hearing for one of the suspects charged with his murder. By Erika Marie May 07, 2021
Pop Culture Nicki Minaj Seemingly Doubles Down On Kenneth Petty's Innocence After Footage Of Accuser Leaks A video of Jennifer Hough detailing her case against Kenneth Petty circulates online. By Aron A. August 25, 2022
Pop Culture University Of Idaho Slaying: 2 Victims Made Frantic Calls To A Friend Shortly Before Murders Kaylee Goncalvez and Madison Mogan called someone named Jack ten times altogether before they were tragically killed. By Hayley Hynes November 19, 2022
Pop Culture Yaya Mayweather Faces Life In Prison As Stabbing Case Moves Forward Yaya Mayweather, the girlfriend of Youngboy Never Broke Again, is in serious trouble as the state of Texas decides to move forward with her stabbing case. By Alex Zidel April 21, 2020
Music R Kelly Leads Fans To A Social Media Roast Session After New Prison Photos Surface Some Internet users think that R Kelly looks stuck in the 2000s in these prison photos, whereas others don't believe this is actually him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2025
Gossip Lil Meech Released From Jail, Haimov Jewelers Issues Statement: "We Reached Out" Meech faces charges of first-degree grand theft after Haimov claims he never finished paying off a $250K luxury watch and tried trading it in at another jeweler. By Erika Marie May 18, 2022
Music Pooh Shiesty No Longer Faces Life In Prison After Pleading Guilty Pooh Shiesty faces over eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one charge. By Alex Zidel January 04, 2022
Editor's Pick Lil Wayne Kicked Off Private Jet For Smoking Weed The pilot of a private jet turned his plane around after Lil Wayne and his entourage ignored his "no smoking" warnings. By Patrick Lyons July 21, 2015
Relationships Woman With Trouble At Time Of His Death Reveals Alleged Shooter Was Her Ex-BF Jamichael Jones was given a preliminary hearing date of June 15th after surrendering himself to authorities. By Hayley Hynes June 07, 2022
Gram JayDaYoungan Arrested On Accessory To Second-Degree Murder Charges: Report The charges stem from an incident last year that left one man dead. By Erika Marie September 20, 2021
Crime Kodak Black Officially Released From Prison Kodak Black's Presidential pardon came through swiftly. By Alexander Cole January 21, 2021
Pop Culture FG Famous Arrested For Retaliation Shootings After Friend JayDaYoungan's Death His arrest, unfortunately, coincided with his fallen friend's funeral in Louisiana. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2022