Crime

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Donald R. Sherman (pictured left) attempted to rob a Broadview, Ill., bank on Monday while disguised as a woman by claiming he had a bomb, according to the Chicago Tribune. SEE ALSO: So Foolish! Kids Strapped To Hood Of Car While Man Drives Drunk The 51-year-old donned dark sunglasses, a wig, and hat with the word Obama […]

Aaron Stefanski (pictured left) and Jessica Clark (pictured) were apprehended by police for allegedly strapping four children to the hood of their car and then driving away after they left a liquor store Monday evening, reports WANE News. SEE ALSO: Punk Rock Front Man Switching Sexes The Fort Wayne, Ind., couple were spotted by someone who […]

Singer Houston Summers (pictured) who made sweeping headlines back in 2005, after suffering an emotional breakdown and gouging his left eye out with a plastic fork, was arrested by the Los Angeles police for driving under the influence of drugs, reports TMZ. SEE ALSO: Tackling The Black Obesity Crisis The LAPD pulled Summers over, after they saw him […]

Danielle Slaughter (pictured) pleaded not guilty on the grounds of insanity, after being charged with stabbing her 6-year-old daughter to death with a pair of scissors last March in Las Vegas, reports the Las Vegas Sun. SEE ALSO: 9/11 Mastermind On Trial After the murder, police found 27-year-old Slaughter running naked down her street and covered in blood.  […]

UPDATE, May 24, 2012 — 12:00 AM EST: Jurors deliberated for less than 4 hours on May 2, before finding Pedro Espinoza, 23, guilty of 1st degree murder for the 2008 shooting death of 17-year-old football star Jamiel Shaw Jr. in Los Angeles. They have suggested that he receive the death penalty. Read more here. […]

Two Darlington, South Carolina elementary school bus aides Tomeka Self  (pictured in blue)and Rosanna Dudley (pictured in white) were arrested and charged with assault and battery for repeatedly striking a 10-year-old special needs child who could not speak. The incident was recorded on camera, reports Carolina Live. The St. John Elementary School student sat defenselessly […]

Crime

A Dallas woman is accused of cutting off a man’s penis before stabbing him to death, The Dallas Morning News reports. SEE ALSO: Justice for Jennifer Hudson Cristal Paulette Richardson, 28, (pictured) faces a murder charge in the death of  Cedric Lamont Owens, 34, after he was found dead in a Motel 6. LIKE NewsOne […]

Jordan Hill of the Los Angeles Lakers  faces a third-degree felony assault charge after he allegedly choked and shoved his girlfriend of two years, Darlene Luna, last February at his Houston apartment reports ESPN. SEE ALSO: Wall St. To Slash 21K Jobs Hill, who is in his third year in the league, was a Houston […]

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The dueling Iversons are at it, yet again!  NBA star Allen Iverson and his estranged wife, Tawanna, who have been battling throughout their divorce proceedings, are entangled in an even more heated war of the words.  Tawanna is now demanding a restraining order against her husband, whom she is referring to as having demonstrated “threatening” behaviors that are […]

Christopher Scarver (pictured left), the man who ended the life of serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer (pictured right) in 1994, is now looking to have his story told.  The convicted killer is reportedly contacting publishers, with the hopes that he can finally reveal his version of the gory facts involving Dahmer’s murder, according to TMZ. […]

Kenisha Thomas (pictured), the Baltimore Mother accused of stabbing her 8-month-old daughter five times during a visit to the Department of Social Services (DSS), was charged Thursday with attempted first-degree murder, child abuse and assault, reports WBAL-TV. SEE ALSO: New Web Series Lets Black Women Talk The attack happened on Tuesday morning, when Thomas visited DDS to have […]

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Gem trader Kurt Kaiser was having a bad day on April 17 when he met a nice-looking lady at the bar. But what he didn’t know was that the woman, Erika Cooper, was a conniving hooker looking for a John to take advantage of, the Daily Mail reports. SEE ALSO: Fast Food In Hospitals? Say […]