Crime

Updated: Fri. Oct. 17, 4:30 p.m. ET: Twitter celebrated Michael Dunn’s sentence Friday in the shooting death of unarmed teen Jordan Davis over “loud music.” He was sentenced to life plus 105 years by a Florida judge. The sentence comes in the aftermath of the shooting of unarmed Ferguson, Mo., teen Mike Brown by white […]

A Baltimore high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave and a student is facing charges after a fight inside a school was caught on camera, according to WBALTV 11. The incident happened Friday at Carver Vocational-Technical High School in West Baltimore, Md., after a verbal confrontation turned physical, the report says. School investigators […]

    Chicago has long been known for its gun violence, recording 329 homicides so far this year and a total of 441 last year. Weapons seizures are also off the charts, with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office collecting an estimated 1,500 guns a year and some ammunition, Sheriff Thomas Dart told Reuters. And while […]

  Vonderrit D. Myers Jr. (pictured) allegedly fired a shot at a St. Louis police officer before he was fatally shot earlier this month, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The shooting touched off days of protests and came on the heels of the death of Michael Brown, 18, who was unarmed when he was […]

  Updated: Oct. 17, 4 p.m.: Judge Charles Price of Alabama’s 15th Judicial Circuit Court on Thursday ordered the Rev. Juan Demetrius McFarland to step down from Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, NBC News reports. The move came after church deacon filed a lawsuit to force him from the pulpit after he confessed to drug use, […]

A $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the Oct. 2 fatal shooting of Aniya Parker, 47, a transgender woman who fell prey to three men in a “robbery gone bad” in Los Angeles, reports KTLA.com. Surveillance video from a nearby business captured Parker as she encountered the men at […]

  UPDATED 10/1/14, 5:16 P.M.: The Rev. Al Sharpton has released the following statement on Michael Dunn’s guilty verdict: “The conviction of Michael Dunn of first degree murder vindicates the committed work of the parents of Jordan Davis and all of us, who despite setbacks still tried to get the courts to deal with issues […]

UPDATED October 1, 2014 at 4:50 p.m. ET: CNN is reporting a first-degree murder guilty verdict in the so-called “loud music” trial of Michael Dunn, who was charged with killing Florida teen Jordan Davis in 2012. The jury took less that 6 hours to come back with a decision. Watch the moment of truth in […]

  In New Jersey, a 26-year-old Black man Tysean Fitzpatrick was shot by a White off-duty police officer Basil Warren, after he allegedly attempted to steal the cop’s truck and run him over with it. The incident took place early Tuesday morning in the Delanco Township and an investigation is still ongoing. SEE ALSO: La. Deputy […]

Breona Watkins, 19, (pictured) was slapped with a laundry list of charges–child abuse without great bodily harm, resisting an officer without violence, operating without a valid driver’s license, and no safety belt for a passenger under 18, after police reportedly found her crying 5-month-old infant in the trunk of her car. SEE ALSO: Few Details About […]

Following the likes of dashing felon Jeremy Meeks (pictured below), whose mugshot caused an unbelievable Internet explosion, now Angela Coates (pictured) reportedly has Twitter followers swooning, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. SEE ALSO: Lamar Hawkins III: Family Mourns 14-Year-Old Boy Who Committed Suicide Inside School Bathroom The 22-year-old former Jet beauty was reportedly cuffed on August 26th in […]

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley has offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the murder of 8-year-old Haiwayi Robinson. Robinson’s body was found a few miles from her home Thursday. The girl was last seen alive at approximately 4:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon while walking to her cousin’s apartment. Despite the reward, Gov. […]