Crime

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Crime Bill Cosby's New Appeal Claims His Trial Was Unfair Due To "Decades-Old" Testimonies Bill Cosby is continuing towards his efforts to be released and acquitted from prison by filing a new appeal in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. By Keenan Higgins August 12, 2020
Crime Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse Appears In Court The 17 year old killed two protesters and injured another last month in Wisconsin. By Dre D. September 25, 2020
Crime Elijah McClain’s Parents File Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Aurora PD The family of 23-year-old Elijah McClain, who was murdered last year at the hands of Aurora PD officers, has officially filed a civil rights lawsuit against the department and paramedics. By Keenan Higgins August 11, 2020
Crime T.I. Brings Awareness To Elijah Weatherspoon's Shocking Death T.I. wants answers in the case of Elijah Weatherspoon, an 18-year-old Black man who was drowned following an outing with seven of his white friends. By Alex Zidel September 01, 2020
Crime R. Kelly Owes Almost $2 Million In Taxes R. Kelly is using his tax debt to argue that he should not be considered a flight risk. By Alex Zidel April 20, 2020
Crime R. Kelly Will Not Get Plea Deal In Child Pornography Case This coming October, disgraced singer R. Kelly is set to face a judge during his first federal trial for child pornography charges. By Mitch Findlay June 18, 2020
Crime YNW Melly Associate's Attorney Calls Rapper's Fans "Delusional" YNW Bortlen's attorney says that YNW Melly will likely not be released from prison anytime soon. By Alex Zidel May 25, 2020
Food Here's What YNW Melly, R. Kelly, YFN Lucci, & More Are Having For Thanksgiving Dinner YNW Melly, Suge Knight, R. Kelly, and YFN Lucci's Thanksgiving meals have been revealed. By Alex Zidel November 25, 2021
Crime 21-Year-Old Murdered In Her Baltimore Salon Days After Reporting Violent Burglary Destiny Harrison told authorities, "I'm scared for my life." By Lynn S. December 26, 2019
Sports Redskins WR Cody Latimer Arrested For Assault & Gun Charges NFL Wide Receiver Cody Latimer was arrested after shots were fired inside a Colorado apartment. By Cole Blake May 16, 2020
Crime Tekashi 6ix9ine: Nine Trey Godfather Denied Release Despite Covid-19 Concerns Tekashi 6ix9ine was granted release from prison and now many of the others associated with the case want out as concerns over COVID-19 ramp up. By Alexander Cole April 10, 2020
Random R. Kelly Really Just Missed Court Because Of His Toenails... We need a second docu-series on this. By Alex Zidel October 30, 2019