Crime

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Crime

Rapper Snoop Lion (pictured above) has donated money toward the funeral of 6-year-old Tiana Ricks (pictured) of California, who was reportedly murdered last weekend, according to the Los Angeles Times. RELATED: The Game Helps Bury 6-Year-Old Girl Shot Dead In Front Of House Tiana and her father were reportedly attending a party at a Moreno Valley home last […]

Homeowners Shelly Owens (pictured), her fiance, Kevin Durham (pictured), and their children had their Council Bluffs, Iowa, home vandalized and then set ablaze in what police are referring to as a “hate crime,” according to KETV 7. SEE ALSO: Ga. Girl Charged With Stabbing 2-Year-Old Sister To Death Rejects Plea Deal [VIDEO] On Tuesday, Owens […]

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Ty’Aisa Jackson, 14, rejected a plea deal Wednesday and will now face life in prison for stabbing her 2-year-old sister to death, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. She will be tried as an adult. RELATED: 13-Year-Old Girl Charged With Killing Her 2-Year-Old Sister As previously reported by NewsOne, the Dekalb County, Georgia teen, who was 13-years-old at the […]

Entrepreneurial gangsta thug Suge Knight (pictured) was arrested yet again early Wednesday morning near Beverly Hills for reportedly failing to appear in court for driving without a suspended license. There had been a warrant out for his arrest, according to TMZ. SEE ALSO: Former Boxing Champ Oscar De La Hoya Back In Rehab Knight was reportedly spotted by […]

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A New Orleans man was found dead in his bed Sunday after being struck by an accidental shotgun blast from a neighboring apartment, according to the Times-Picayune. SEE ALSO: Fire Booty Twerking Girl Part Of Jimmy Kimmel Prank Rene O’Quin’s fiance found his body in his apartment on Destrehan Avenue in Harvey, a neighborhood within […]

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Simone A. Baker was cited by Kansas City police for allegedly beating up her child’s kindergarten teacher in response to her son’s allegations that the educator put a scratch on his neck, according to The Kansas City Star. When the 6-year-old boy told Baker that his teacher struck him, she called the Hickman Mills School […]

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The 41-year-old New Jersey Transit bus operator who was caught masturbating on the job on June 24 had no words at his arraignment on Wednesday; instead, he let his lawyer speak for him, reports theGrio.com. RELATED: New Jersey Bus Driver Caught Masturbating On Video “We don’t have any comment,” said Frank Arleo, defense attorney for George Simpson, Jr. “We […]

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This week, another autopsy was released of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson (pictured) who was found dead in his school’s gym. The autopsy indicates that Johnson was actually murdered, according to the Valdosta Daily Times. SEE ALSO: Twerk Fail: Girl Sets Herself On Fire Twerking Johnson’s body was found inside a rolled-up wrestling mat in Lowndes High School’s […]

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On Tuesday, recently acquitted George Zimmerman (pictured) was pulled over by police for speeding, making this the second time he has been pulled over in a little more than a month, according to WTSP. RELATED: George Zimmerman Busted For Speeding In Texas, Gun In Car [VIDEO] After reportedly driving 65 mph in a 45 mph zone, […]

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When two would-be robbers spotted their intended victims last week in Charlottsville, Va., they likely believed their caper would end with them sticking up two blindsided men and running off with their valuables. But Gerald Allen, 18, and Johnny Calderon, 19, ending up being under attack themselves when their supposed-to-be victims turned the tables and […]

After a four hour stand-off with a SWAT team, two women and one man in the crime ravaged Central City neighborhood of New Orleans were taken in for questioning in the murder of 1-year-old Londyn Samuels, reports the Daily Mail. SEE ALSO: Mother Of 1-Year-Old Boy Shot In Brooklyn Speaks Out Baby Londyn was in […]