Crime

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Music D4vd Charged With First-Degree Murder In Celeste Rivas Hernandez Case: Everything We Know After seven months, D4vd was arrested for the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Here’s everything you need to know about the charges. By Aron A. April 21, 2026
Music Gene Deal Banned From Diddy Trial After Alleged Altercation Outside The Courthouse Diddy's trial is continuing with more witness testimony on Thursday, but it looks like Gene Deal won't be in attendance. By Cole Blake May 29, 2025
Music Keefe D Planned 2Pac's Murder, Las Vegas Police Allege According to authorities, Keefe D was the "shot-caller" of the group that carried out 2Pac's murder. By Caroline Fisher September 29, 2023
Music YNW Melly Will Not Testify, Defense & Prosecution Rest Their Cases YNW Melly will not take the stand in his ongoing double murder trial. By Cole Blake July 18, 2023
Crime 215 Unmarked Graves Behind Mississippi Jail: What We Know Jackson, Mississippi police are responsible for the unlawful burying of over 215 bodies in unmarked graves behind a local jail. By TeeJay Small January 15, 2024
Music YNW Melly Demands Immediate Release Due To Allegedly “Debilitating” Jail Conditions YNW Melly is reportedly suing the Broward Sheriff's Office. By Caroline Fisher November 03, 2024
Music YNW Melly Trial: Prosecutors Claim Rapper Has Child Porngraphy On His Cell Phone The images are reportedly of Melly's girlfriend at age 17. By Ben Mock September 16, 2023
Crime Kodak Black's Prison Guard Attack: Rapper Was High & Grabbed His Testicles Kodak Black was recently sentenced to forty-six months in prison. By Alex Zidel November 14, 2019
Sports Antonio Brown Accuser Details How He Allegedly Had Sex In Front Of Her Brown has maintained his innocence throughout all of this. By Alexander Cole September 23, 2019
Music XXXTentacion's Murder Suspect To Ask His Mom & Baby Mama Hard Questions Michael Boatwright will reportedly be taking depositions from XXXTentacion's mom and baby moms. By Alex Zidel July 30, 2019
Music Judge Rejects Pooh Shiesty's Bond Proposal In Gucci Mane Case A federal judge ruled that around-the-clock private security wasn't enough to justify releasing Pooh Shiesty before his 2027 trial. By Erika Marie July 21, 2026
Crime T.I. Says He Told On His Dead Cousin To Avoid Gun Case T.I. recalls pinning a gun charge on his dead cousin in a resurfaced clip from a 2020 episode of “expediTIously.” By Aron A. December 06, 2022