Crime

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Former wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins Mark Duper (pictured) was recently taken in to custody and charged with one count of felony child abuse for allegedly beating up his 17-year-old son until he lost consciousness during a fight at his Jacksonville, Fla., home, reports The Florida Times-Union. SEE ALSO: ‘Aunt Viv’ To Wendy Williams: […]

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An NYPD officer gave a powerful assist to a class-action lawsuit against stop and frisk Thursday, according to a New York Daily News article. RELATED: NYPD Cop: I’m Labeled A Rat Because I Spoke Out Against ‘Stop And Frisk’ Officer Pedro Serrano (pictured), who also testified in Manhattan Federal Court Wednesday, secretly recorded deputy inspector […]

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Twenty-three-year-old Milwaukee Father Christopher Robinson now faces multiple felony charges, after it was revealed that he had taken a number of photos on Facebook with wads of money. Why should this matter? Because Robinson hasn’t made a single child support payment for his 2-year-old child and has been claiming indigency, according to CBS58. SEE ALSO: […]

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A Dallas judge sentenced a 31-year-old mother to 16 years in prison for not preventing the death of her daughter from diabetic complications, the Dallas Morning News reports. SEE ALSO: Angry Man Takes Mic From Kansas City Mayor During Speech Georgia Jones (pictured) pleaded guilty to felony injury to a child in the May 2008 […]

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While Bronx resident Nicholas Peart (pictured left) testified at Manhattan Criminal Court Tuesday, he broke down in tears as he recounted his experience with the city’s maligned stop-and-frisk policy, according to the New York Daily News. SEE ALSO: Michigan Grandma Found Guilty For Shooting Grandson During Argument “I felt criminalized,” Peart, who is Black, said. […]

UPDATE 3/20/13, 11:37 a.m. EST: Black has apologized for his behavior. Black claims that Mayor James is “disillusioned” when it comes to the true state of the city: “This is Derron Black. I’m here on 11th and Locust, downtown Kansas City at police headquarters. It is the 19th day of March, 6 p.m., and I’m […]

On Tuesday, medical assistant Adrienne Moton (pictured below) seemed to drive nails in to Dr. Kermit Gosnell‘s (pictured above) coffin as she described facilitating the deaths of at least 10 babies, according to the U.K. Daily Mail. RELATED: Philly Abortion Doctor Agrees To Freeze Most Assets Moton is the first employee to testify in the capital […]

Talicia Kiavonna Morrison (pictured) was taken into police custody after she and another acquaintance got into a slugfest that ended with her gouging the other woman’s eyeball right from its socket, reports the New York Daily News. SEE ALSO:Houston Man Accused Of Raping And Impregnating 11-Year-Old Girl The brawl took place on March 16 in […]

As information continues to surface regarding the events surrounding 16-year-old Kimani Gray‘s shooting by NYPD officers on March 9th, it appears that the initially unnamed Officers Jovaniel Cordova (pictured below left) and Sergeant Mourad Mourad (pictured below) reportedly cost the New York Police Department hundreds of thousands of dollars due to previous civil rights violations, […]

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A Detroit woman claims that her home on the city’s southwest side was robbed twice and she got little help from the cops, Fox 2 News Detroit reports. Ashley Ball (pictured) says the first time her home was jacked was on Tuesday, when she arrived home to see that her door had been “pried open […]

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Mark West (pictured), a high school assistant principal in Harris County, Texas, was arrested Monday and charged with having an improper relationship with a student after he allegedly had sexual relations with a teen during a prom event last year, reports the Houston Chronicle. SEE ALSO: Marlyand Man Dies Of Rabies From Kidney Transplan The […]

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An Illinois police officer was charged with criminally infecting a male partner with HIV, the Chicago Tribune reports. SEE ALSO: Keep The Big-Soda Ban And Live Longe John Savage, 38, of the Cicero Police Department allegedly had a sexual encounter with a 24-year-old man and did not inform him of his HIV status. Savage was […]