Crime

A 23-year-old Florida woman is accused of beating her ex-boyfriend with a his own prosthetic leg in an child custody dispute over their 2-year-old son, Fox 10 TV reports. SEE ALSO: The Myths Behind Black Males, Success Jadian Faye-Marie Hatfield was arrested on Aug. 31 on multiple felony charges in connection to the alleged Aug. […]

Brandon Nicholas Lawson was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of armed robbery in the Atlanta area with his baby momma and infant child in tow, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The 21-year-old was cuffed for allegedly stealing a vehicle and using a fake name when police apprehended him but there was already a warrant out for the […]

The tale of former high school football player Brian Banks as he continues to piece  his life together seems ripped right from the script of a TV crime show. At the age of 16, Banks’ life changed for the worst when he was charged with rape of a fellow student, eventually taking a no contest […]

Keith ‘Keyoko’ Sumlin (pictured) has been charged with second-degree murder and criminal transmission of the AIDS virus after he had sex with a 15-year-old teen he met online, the Miami Herald reports. SEE ALSO:  Study Shows Black Consumers Are Loyal To Brands Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? LIKE Us On Facebook! The Penbrook Pines, […]

Lamin Sillah immigrated to the United States from his native Gambia in November of 2011 to study accounting and work to send money to his new wife back home. MUST READ: 10 Ways To Avoid Overdraft Fees >But the New York Daily News reports that, on Tuesday night, just ten minutes before his shift ended […]

David L. Scott (pictured) has been charged with second-degree murder for allegedly killing 42-year-old Roger Wilkes over a bag of Cheetos during an argument in downtown St. Louis, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. MUST READ: Did He Deliver? Grading Obama’s Master DNC Speech Authorities say that Scott and Wilkes got into an argument over the […]

Atlanta police are searching for a couple who have brought along an infant ‘accomplice’ in a stroller to assist them in pulling off a series of armed robberies in the Atlanta suburb of Buckhead, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. SEE ALSO: Rising Hispanic Politicians Reveal Cuban/Mexican Political Divide When a 60-year-old man was heading home Saturday night from a suburban […]

When Major Harris III suspected his girlfriend of creeping around on him a few years ago, his jealousy not only enraged him; prosecutors say he became a domestic terrorist. SEE ALSO: Obama, Clinton Set Aside Rivalry For DNC The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that Harris used root beer to waterboard his ex-girlfriend while chocking her […]

Georgia’s Fulton County Assistant District Attorney Miya Griggs was arrested and charged with obstruction, simple battery and disorderly conduct Friday night outside of an Atlanta restaurant when she allegedly tried to intervene in the police line of questioning of a male acquaintance, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? LIKE Us On Facebook! Griggs allegedly confronted Atlanta […]

Griselda Blanco, (pictured) known to the world as the “Cocaine Godmother,” was gunned down by two assassins on motorcycles in Colombia, the Miami Herald reports. SEE ALSO: Steve Harvey Talks About His Struggles Blanco was leaving a butcher shop in Medellin, her hometown, when two gunmen on motorcycles pulled up and fired several shots into […]

At least five firefighters have been been put on administrative leave after being accused of sexually assaulting and drugging strippers at their fire station in Nashville, Tenn., NewsChannel 5 WTVF-TV reports. SEE ALSO: Steve Harvey Talks About His Struggles Those men are Capt. James Overton (pictured), engineer Kerry Sales, and firefighters Darrin Bell, Quincy Corbitt […]

Osvaldo Rivera, who reportedly goes by the nickname “Popeye,” has been arrested after allegedly slashing the throat of 6-year-old Dominick Andujor (pictured) in his home in Camden, N. J., on Sunday morning, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Giancarlo Esposito Coming To NBC With No Power — Literally Want to Keep Up With […]