Crime

Sheryl Pagan Todd (pictured), the Mother of Houston Texans player Jeoffrey Pagan, was arrested and reportedly charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of her mother’s boyfriend, Walter J. Stevenson, 69, according to USA Today. SEE ALSO: Janay Rice Breaks Silence On Instagram, Describes Public Intrusion As ‘Horrible Nightmare’ A warrant reportedly states that the 56-year-old […]

Brooklyn residents Precious Parker, 30 and Sabrina James, 23 are facing charges of robbery and unlawful imprisonment after they reportedly robbed, then forced three White tenants out of their apartment building at gunpoint just because they were ‘tired of white people moving into the area,’ according to a police report states the New York Daily News. The […]

Ray Nagin (pictured), who will forever be remembered as the mayor who held New Orleans down, as the city tried to withstand the deadly and destructive cyclone Hurricane Katrina back in 2005, is headed to federal prison on Monday to begin his 10-year stint for corruption, according to The Times-Picayune. SEE ALSO: Simone Battle: X […]

Judy Evon Bingham (pictured) is facing felony charges of cruelty to children in the first degree and battery, after being arrested for reportedly dragging a kindergarten child, who had misbehaved, across a classroom floor and down a hallway to the school’s office, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The East Cobb, Georgia Tritt Elementary School educator […]

The man who had been stalking Robin Roberts (pictured), the chatfest co-anchor of ABC’s “Good Morning America (GMA)” was deemed unfit to stand trial by a Manhattan judge and was reportedly not present in the court room when the decision was reached, according to the New York Post. RELATED:  First Lady Supports Robin Roberts Coming […]

Douglas Poynter (pictured) of Kentucky was reportedly so hellbent on getting neighbors Jesus Alamo (pictured below) and his family out of their home, that he allegedly terrorized them by writing, “KKK wants you to burn,” on their fence with green paint, among other offenses. Now Poynter is facing a slew of charges, including criminal trespassing, attempted arson, terroristic threatening, wanton endangerment, […]

Theodore Wafer, the White suburban Detroit man who shot and killed Renisha McBride last fall, was sentenced on Wednesday to serve at least 17 years in prison. Wafer apologized to the family of McBride in attendance just before his sentence was delivered and the family agreed that the decision was fair. RELATED: Juror: ‘No One’ […]

Attorney Ben Crump spoke with Roland Martin during the radio portion of “NewsOne Now” to discuss the latest developments in the Kendrick Johnson case. According to Crump, the U.S. attorney’s office is expected to deliver computer hard drives that contain video from the gym where Johnson was found dead.  Listen to their conversation below. Be […]

Tahreem Zeus Rana,  an Atlanta police officer who allegedly murdered Vernicia Woodard, 26, a woman that he met online, was arrested at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Thursday as he was attempting to escape to Mexico, reports CBS46.com. Police allowed Rana, who had been placed on a no-fly list, to go through airport security to ensure that he […]

Tyrell Johnson, 25, and his girlfriend, Josephine Laidler, 26, (both pictured above) reportedly told Hialeah, Florida police officers that they saw nothing wrong with leaving their one and four-year-old children in their running car shortly after midnight Thursday while they went to play the slot machines. Now the couple is charged with child neglect and have been […]

After missing five-year-old Ja’Naya Thompson was sexually assaulted, possibly by two men, and hanged with a pair of socks in an abandoned trailer in Gulfport, Miss. on July 16, her alleged abductor, Alberto Julio Garcia, 29, helped her family search for her, reports WLOX.com. Julian Gray, 31, may also face charges in Ja’Naya’s murder. “We found […]

One of the jurors who rendered a guilty verdict in Theodore Wafer’s murder trial has come forward to say that “no one” believed he killed Renisha McBride in self-defense. “I’m surprised the jurors didn’t think he was honest,” said Wafer’s attorney, Cheryl Carpenter. Well, according to the juror, who spoke with the Detroit Free Press, […]