Crime

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Crime

An unarmed pizza delivery was shot by two Philadelphia police officers who profiled him as a shooting suspect, reports NBC Philadelphia. SEE ALSO:  Leonore Draper: Chicago Activist Fatally Shot After Leaving Anti-Violence Fundraiser L.A. Clippers Stage Protest Against Owner Donald Sterling [VIDEO] Philippe Holland, 20, was delivering pizza for Slices and More Pizzeria and Grill […]

Kevin Clash (pictured), the famous voice of Sesame Street‘s most-beloved puppet Elmo for 28 years has reportedly been cleared of three sexual abuse charges due to a statute of limitations law by the U.S. Court of Appeals, which upheld a New York State judge’s ruling from last July, according to People Magazine. RELATED: Kevin Clash: Sexual […]

Kevin Canty (pictured above), a retired New York City police officer, stands accused of fatally shooting his wife, Jessica Mera (pictured below), 40, ten times in front of their two children on Saturday morning after reportedly accusing her of sleeping with another police officer. According to the New York Daily News, Canty, who has confessed to the crime […]

Queens, N.Y., Supreme Court Judge Richard L. Buchter (pictured above) broke down in tears after sentencing a former housing court officer and assistant girls basketball coach Kerbet Dixon (pictured) to at least 25 1/3 years behind bars for sexually abusing two young relatives in 2008 and 2009, according to the New York Daily News. SEE ALSO: Watch Thug […]

Quaneisha Torres (pictured) of Fredricksburg, Va., is under arrest for reportedly running her husband down with a van, WJLA reports. SEE ALSO: Grambling State Student Found Dead In Park One state trooper claims he saw Torres standing over a male around 10:30 p.m. Sunday and slammed her husband in to a guardrail. And when he managed […]

Crime

Alexandria Shelton, a 21-year-old senior at Grambling State University, was found dead in a drainage ditch in Girard Park near the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s campus, reports KNOE.com. SEE ALSO:  Angela Rabotte: Autopsy Reveals Missing Atlanta Stripper Was Murdered [VIDEO] Shelton was supposed to meet friends and when she never showed, they called her cell phone. According […]

A boy’s mother and two others were all arraigned Tuesday, in Flint, Mich., on child abuse charges for the beating of her 11-year-old son that was captured on video and posted to Facebook, according to NBC News. The mother of the child, Demitria Latrion Powell, 28, Uteas Michelle Taylor, 42, and Stefon Tirrell Felton, 40, […]

Crime

UPDATED Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 12:00 p.m. ET– DC police report finding the man in the video they released (pictured above) and that he is cooperating with the investigation into the disappearance of Relisha Rudd. However, they may be no closer to finding her, even after talking with him. Associated Press reports: Police said Monday they’ve interviewed […]

Nation

According to an autopsy performed by the Gwinnett County Medical Examiner’s Office on April 4, Angela Rabotte, 26, died from a gunshot wound and her death has been ruled a homicide, reports the Gwinette Daily Post. Lilburn police spokesman Capt. Thomas Bardugon said the department has received “several” tips. “I can confirm we are interviewing […]

Nation

A 16-year-old Virginia Beach boy (pictured) is speaking out against Patience Perez (pictured), a 23-year-old married mom and a security guard at his school, who approached him for sex when he was just 15-years-old a year ago. The boy, along with his mother, decided to come forward after Norfolk and Virginia Beach judges failed to give […]

Irea Nall (pictured) was arrested and charged with assault, inciting a panic, and aggravated trespassing when she reportedly forced her way in to Ohio’s Groveport Madison Middle School cafeteria and struck a child who she thought was her daughter’s tormentor, according to The Columbus Dispatch. SEE ALSO: School Bus Driver Mocks Crying Child And Makes Students […]

When the news broke that Scottsdale, Ariz., homeless Mom Shenesha Taylor (pictured) had been arrested on March 27th because she left her two young children in her SUV with the doors locked and windows cracked while she went on a job interview, the story touched countless folks. Consequently, Amanda Bishop was inspired to start a […]