Crime

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Music Young Thug's YSL Trial Postponed To 2024 After Co-Defendant Stabbing Young Thug received some disappointing news in court on Tuesday. By Cole Blake December 12, 2023
Football Chad Wheeler Released From Seahawks After Domestic Violence Arrest Chad Wheeler is accused of strangling his girlfriend until she lost consciousness. By Aron A. January 27, 2021
Music DJ Akademiks Breaks Down Tory Lanez & Megan Thee Stallion's Court Docs With Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez embroiled in a heated legal battle, Akademiks gives an in-depth breakdown of some key court documents. By Mitch Findlay January 29, 2021
Crime Ernest Johnson Executed Despite Pleas From Pope, Politicians: Report Advocates claim that Johnson lived with an intellectual disability and should not have been put to death. He was convicted of a 1994 triple murder. By Erika Marie October 05, 2021
Crime R. Kelly Attacker Sentenced To Life In Prison: Report The Latin Kings member who admitted to assaulting R. Kelly has been sentenced to life in prison in a racketeering case that involved two murders. By Aron A. October 28, 2020
Gossip Mississippi Man Arrested After 15 Bricks Of Cocaine Discovered Across City Of Biloxi 37-year-old Joey Ware has been charged with aggravated drug trafficking. By Hayley Hynes August 17, 2022
Gossip Cardi B To Share Herpes/HPV Test Results With Judge In Tasha K STD Lawsuit Cardi is suing YouTuber Tasha K for her “highly offensive” claims from 2018 and 2019. By Hayley Hynes November 25, 2021
Crime Ariana Grande Fan Arrested After Showing Up At Her Home With Love Note Ariana Grande wasn't home when a superfan showed up at her doorstep in the middle of the afternoon with a love letter. By Erika Marie March 17, 2020
Crime Pop Smoke Murder Suspects Identified, Bail Amounts Revealed Pop Smoke's suspected killers have been identified and all of their bails are set at $1,000,000. By Alex Zidel July 10, 2020
Crime Over 50,000 Pounds Of Cocaine Seized In Historic European Drug Bust A record-setting drug bust in Europe resulted in 50,000 pounds of cocaine being seized, this week. By Cole Blake February 27, 2021
Crime A$AP Rocky Will Reportedly Avoid Mentioning Race In Assault Case The reality of A$AP Rocky's Swedish predicament appears grim. By Mitch Findlay July 22, 2019
Music Rick Ross Brings Up Lil Durk's Legal Struggles While Encouraging Youth To Avoid Crime While Rick Ross and Lil Durk don't stray from tough topics of street life in their music, they have both tried to make up for their past. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025