Crime

The Cook County, Chicago medical examiner’s office ruled the death of three-week-old Emonie Beasley-Brown a homicide after an autopsy revealed that she died of suffocation, reports the Chicago Tribune. Police arrived at the family’s residence in the Englewood area of Chicago to investigate a report that Emonie’s 14-year-old mother was missing. Upon their arrival, the police heard an infant’s […]

And the seemingly unending saga between NFL’s Chad ‘Ochocinco’ Johnson (pictured left) and his soon-to-be ex-wife of 43 days Evelyn Lozada (pictured) continues.  Now, according to RadarOnline, a friend of the battling duo has come forward and claims that the latest domestic violence episode in the Johnson household is definitely not the first. RELATED: When […]

Kenneth Lamont Vaughan (pictured) was charged with felony larceny after allegedly robbing an elderly woman who passed out in her motorized wheelchair while shopping at a Roxboro, N.C., Walmart, reports the New York Daily News. She reportedly passed out after taking her medication. The 42-year-old man was cuffed four days after the incident. SEE ALSO:  5 […]

In yet another unbelievable turn of events, Mark O’Mara, George Zimmerman‘s lawyer, announced on Monday that Zimmerman is nearly broke and will ask the public to pay for his client’s defense, according to the Orlando Sentinel. RELATED: No Surprise: Zimmerman To Use Stand Your Ground Defense In Murder Trial O’Mara — who seems to literally […]

The 911 call made by a concerned neighbor in the Chad Johnson and Evelyn Lozada domestic violence case has been released to the public. RELATED: REPORT: Miami Dolphins Release Chad ‘Ochocinco’ Johnson Lozada To Press Charges Against Husband: “He Said ‘F**k His Career’” [VIDEO] As previously reported by Newsone, Johnson allegedly head-butted Lozada during an argument over a condom […]

Eric Williams (pictured), ex-hubby of VH1 “Basketball Wives” co-star Jennifer Williams, recently took the low road, when he took to his Twitter account and poked fun at the recent marital domestic violence debacle involving Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson and his new bride, Evelyn Lozada. Rather than offering sympathetic words of encouragement, Williams socked Lozada in the kisser […]

Leila Tarantino (pictured), has filed a lawsuit against the Citris County Sheriff’s Office for a 2011 traffic stop during which she alleges that a female officer removed a tampon during a road side strip search in plain sight of oncoming traffic, the Sun Sentinel reports. SEE ALSO: Black Christian Olympians Tarantino alleges that the incident […]

Queniya Tykia Shelton (pictured below), 7, was killed after being tossed from an SUV driven by her mother Errika (pictured left), following a high-speed chase by deputies on a Spartanburg, South Carolina Interstate on Tuesday, reports WYFF News 4. SEE ALSO: Reports: Dwight Howard Headed To Lakers The deputies began pursuing Errika’s late-model SUV after it was spotted tailgating other motorists […]

Two young men are suspected of carjacking an 87-year-old woman on Tuesday morning, Fox 2 Detroit reports. SEE ALSO: Teacher Accused Of Discriminating Against Black Students Sees Case Move To Federal Court Johnnie Mae Ethridge (pictured), told Fox 2 that she is still “scared and shaken” from the traumatic experience. Ethridge was only two blocks […]

A 38-year-old grandmother, Charlene Fears, is accused of stabbing to death her 4-year-old grandson, Roderick Geiger III (pictured with his mother), at their Buffalo, N.Y., home last Wednesday. SEE ALSO: Dad’s Drug Dealing May Be To Blame For Son’s Death WKBW-TV reports that police officers  Robert Yeates and John Michael Mulderig were on a routine […]

In February, NewsOne covered the tragic story of Norcross, Ga., football star and junior high valedictorian Nicholas Jackson II. In what seemed at the time a senseless, haphazard incident, Jackson II was mowed down with bullets, after seven men charged in to his home while he was playing PlayStation and fatally shot him in the […]

Jarell Tucker, 13, was gunned down on an Indianapolis street and police are searching for convicted felon Glenn Ervin Beard, 56, in connection with his murder, reports the IndyStar.com. SEE ALSO: Murder In Nicetown, PA: Mother Of 9 Found Gunned Down In Alley According to witnesses, Beard punched Tucker for unknown reasons and the boy ran to […]