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Their parents probably didn’t “like” this situation. Francis Mutemwa, 17, and Aldayne Fearon, 18, were arrested and charged with misdemeanor criminal trespass after allegedly breaking into CNN’s Atlanta newsroom to check their Facebook pages, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. SEE ALSO: The Simpsons Go Couture After driving to the Omni Hotel in Mutemwa’s mother’s red […]

Dr. Conrad Murray, the man convicted of  involuntary manslaughter of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has filed legal documents requesting to be released from prison pending appeal, reports TMZ.com SEE ALSO: Home Births Up 29 Percent Included in the grounds for appeal, Murray contends that he did not receive a fair trial, citing: Improper […]

NYPD officer, Michael Daragjati, 32, “pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court to misusing his authority as a police officer to intentionally violate a [Black] man’s civil rights,” reports the New York Post. SEE ALSO: White Girl Forces Black Teen Into Noose On January 24, Daragjati admitted that he fabricated charges when he arrested the man […]

On Friday, defendant Orville Brooks (pictured below), who had been charged with setting girlfriend Tara Best (pictured left) on fire, was sentenced to more than 200 years in prison, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. SEE ALSO: Bank Robber Shoots Himself In The Foot (VIDEO) Convicted on 14 counts that included aggravated battery and criminal intent […]

MIAMI (AP) — A U.S. man who helped build a trauma center in Haiti after January 2010’s devastating earthquake was treated at that hospital after being critically wounded during a robbery in the capital of Port-au-Prince, his wife and doctors said Friday. SEE ALSO: Romney Fights Back David Bompart, 50, of Columbus, Ohio, was shot […]

Chicago police allege that 17-year-old high school student Joshua Merritt (pictured) was a victim of a hate crime, with three white teenagers facing charges in the assault. SEE ALSO: Bank Robber Shoots Himself In The Foot (VIDEO) Merritt told police that on Dec. 23 he received an invitation to hang out with his friend and […]

Andre Davis, a former professional wrestler, who went by the names Gangsta of Love and Sweet Sexy Sensation, has been sentenced to 32 years in prison  for having sex with women without telling them that he’d tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS. SEE ALSO: Welfare Office Bans Pajamas Davis, a 29-year-old man, was […]

Vernice Ruenell Zagerman (pictured) of Houston was placed behind bars and charged with child endangerment, after allegedly trying to give her 3-year-old grandchild away at a gas station, according to the Houston Chronicle. SEE ALSO: Bank Robber Shoots Himself In The Foot (VIDEO) According to police, Zagerman kept harassing motorists at a Shell station on […]

NEW YORK — In corrections systems nationwide, officials are grappling with decisions about geriatric units, hospices and medical parole as elderly inmates – with their high rates of illness and infirmity – make up an ever increasing share of the prison population. SEE ALSO: Bank Robber Shoots Himself In The Foot (VIDEO) At a time […]

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt banned at least 10 Americans and Europeans from leaving the country, including the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood, hiking tensions with Washington over a campaign by Egypt’s military against groups promoting democracy and human rights. SEE ALSO: Has GOP Racism Become The Norm? The United States warned Thursday that the […]

Meriden, Conn., police and the Department of Children and Families (DCF) were called, after a 4-year-old special needs preschooler pulled out marijuana to share with his classmates at snack time. SEE ALSO: Bank Robber Shoots Himself In The Foot (VIDEO) The child’s teacher at Hanover Elementary School told investigators that she witnessed the child pulling […]

DAVOS, Switzerland– Haiti’s president suggested Thursday that he might pardon former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, saying reconciliation for his nation is more important than making the man known as “Baby Doc” pay for his bloody rule. SEE ALSO: Remembering Ugandan LGBT Activist David Kato In an interview with The Associated Press, Michel Martelly pledged to respect […]