Crime

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Talk about a love seat!  Gerard Streator (pictured) of Wisconsin was arrested, when an off-duty officer witnessed him actually having sex with a couch that had been placed on a street curb, reports the Smoking Gun. SEE ALSO:   Police Kill Disabled Man In Houston Ryan Edwards, an off-duty policeman, was jogging at around 11:00 p.m. […]

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A subway pervert–supposedly he is reformed now–might dodge prosecution, according to the New York Daily News. Back in 2002, authorities say Jason Mack (pictured) grinded against a 14-year-old girl on a crowded 1-train in New York City, leaving stains on her jeans and jacket. Then he did it again in 2006. SEE ALSO: Why Don’t […]

What a cruel way to treat your uncle! That’s what Walter Richardson (pictured) thought when a teen, who affectionately referred to him as “Unc,” helped to drive him to the VA Medical Center in Detroit on Friday and took off with his wheels–and his prosthetic leg inside of the trunk. SEE ALSO: ‘Mom In Chief’ […]

Fed up with the level of senseless gun violence that is happening in many Black communities across the nation, Minister Louis Farrakhan (pictured center, in tan suit), in a speech entitled “Stop the Killing,” told a crowd of nearly 200 that Blacks must take responsibility for the gun violence in their communities, according to the […]

The family of 38-year-old Melvin Dillard Jr. (pictured) is suing a Delaware hospital, after Dillard went to their emergency room for chest pains and was released. The problem? Dillard ended up dying of a heart attack while he was waiting for a ride home in the medical center’s lobby, reports the Cape Gazette. SEE ALSO: 13 N.Y.C. […]

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Brandi Worley (pictured) was spit on, called the N-word and physically abused by a White male while monitoring hurricane cleanup in Grand Isle, La., last week, WBRZ-TV reports. She caught much of the assault on her cell phone. Scroll down for news video Here is some of what the man, Josh Jambon, said on the […]

A 34-year-old mother killed herself and her two young boys after her husband threatened to leave her, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. The Tampa Bay Tribune reports that Murphy Brown arrived home early Saturday morning to find his wife, Dawn Brown, and two children dead. Dawn reportedly hanged herself from a bedroom ceiling […]

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Are you your brother’s keeper? For Jessie Adams and Willard Elam the answer is obviously, “No.” Bail was set at $100,000 and $75,000 today for Adams and Elam, respectively, who have been charged with stealing two checks from President Barack Obama‘s headquarters in Chicago and depositing them into fraudulent bank accounts. SEE ALSO: What Tax […]

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Florida minister Michael Charles Campbell (pictured) has been convicted of raping a girl repeatedly and now faces up to 60 years in prison for his offenses, according to the Orlando Sentinel. SEE ALSO: A Year After Troy Davis: What’s Changed? Lying to her father that he was going to have her volunteer at a funeral […]

Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson (pictured), the sidelined NFL player whose recent head-butting incident with his reality show bride Evelyn Lozada tarnished his reputation (pictured), has been handed a sentence of probation and anger management classes for the assault, reports TMZ.  Johnson agreed to the edict in exchange for a guilty or no-contest plea. SEE ALSO: Actor Ben Vereen Divorcing […]

Orane Gowans (pictured) was trying to get his five-month-old daughter to stop sucking her thumb and so he allegedly struck the child on her hand, hoping that would stop the habit. SEE ALSO: Educators Tackle Black Male Achievement But he ended up braking it in several places instead, WPTV reports. The 28-year-old was arrested and […]

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When Felecia Phillips‘ son, Terec Smith, told her that he was being bullied by an older kid at school, she escorted him to his bus stop at 7 a.m. on Wednesday to confront him. SEE ALSO: ’60 Minutes’ To Interview Obama, Romney CNN reports that, as Phillips and Terec approached the bus stop, she says […]