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Tyshekka Collier (pictured) is facing two counts of assault and battery and another count for disturbing a school when she mistakenly walked into her son’s middle school last Wednesday and slapped a boy across his face whom she mistook for her own child, reports Gawker. SEE ALSO: Meet The Best Investor No One’s Ever Heard Of The […]
From the this-is-getting-so-tired files, George Zimmerman‘s brother, Robert Jr., spoke with Piers Morgan Thursday night to say that even though surveillance video shows that George had no visible bruises or blood on his person, George’s medical records will confirm that he was not only injured by 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, but was in the fight of […]
The police department that is handling the Trayvon Martin murder has now threatened to arrest reporters who approach, e-mail, or attempt to question any city employee about the case during non-working hours, according to the Miami Herald. SEE ALSO: Woman Arrested For Trespassing In Hospital, Dies In Jail The city of Sanford, Fla., and its […]
SARASOTA, Fla. — A Florida teenager received a life sentence Wednesday after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two young British tourists last April, a case that generated blaring tabloid headlines in the U.K. press. SEE ALSO: Michelle Obama To Appear On “Biggest Loser” Shawn Tyson (pictured), 17, sat […]
Homer “Tank” Wright, 80, was arrested after shooting Anthony Robinson, 19, who broke into his residence in an attempt to steal liquor, reports the Chicago Tribune. Wright was awakened at approximately 4:00 a.m. by his 75-year-old wife who heard a noise. Wright confronted Robinson — who had broken through some plywood over a bathroom window […]
Hashim Nzinga (pictured), a top brass member of the New Black Panther Party, was arrested Monday at his probation office in Lawrenceville, Ga., and charged with a possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, reports The Atlanta Constitution-Journal. A warrant was put out after evidence surfaced that Nzinga allegedly tried to pawn a semi-automatic handgun […]
A 4-year-old girl was shot in the ankle Saturday by a hidden gun that was wedged under a mattress as she jumped up and down on a it at her home, reports the Chicago Tribune. SEE ALSO: Miss Universe Boots Transgender Contestant According to police, the illegal gun belonged to Jarquise Upton (pictured), who is the boyfriend of the child’s mother. Upton […]
UPDATE: April 2, 2012 — 8:37 P.M. EST: More details continue to emerge surrounding the death of 18-year-old Ervin Jefferson. When Jefferson, his mother, Candy Grimes, and sister Precious, 17, pulled into their driveway they noticed two cars parked in front of their home. Once they parked, Jefferson got out of the car and approached […]
On Tuesday, ABC News broke the news that a final phone call between slain teenager Trayvon Martin and a 16-year-old female friend took place just minutes before neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman killed him, after a supposed confrontation. While there isn’t any official audio of the call, Trayvon’s parents stood behind the friend’s account, stating […]
SALEM, Mass. — Family members of the Massachusetts woman accused of slashing her children’s throats and setting fire to her apartment say she has a history of mental illness. SEE ALSO: Morehouse Grad Leads Kidney Disease Flight They tell The Salem News (http://bit.ly/GDmGZr ) that they didn’t see any warning signs before 25-year-old Tanicia Goodwin […]
Cheryl Olds (pictured), a former Chicago tollbooth worker who was accused of pocketing toll money, pleaded guilty Monday to official misconduct, reports the Chicago Tribune. SEE ALSO: Stereotypes Hurt Black-Teen Programs The 51-year-old was charged with two counts of theft and misconduct for stealing $874 in tolls, after she was caught on a video surveillance […]
ELMIRA, N.Y. — A football stolen from the grave of 1961 Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis has been found. SEE ALSO: Cops Should Stop Defending Trayvon Martin’s Shooter Elmira media outlets report that a couple walking in Elmira’s Woodlawn Cemetery on Saturday found the ball under a bush near the grave and returned it to […]