A Philadelphia rapper was shot and killed last Friday in East Mount Airy in what police believe was an attempted robbery, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. See also: DMX Plays Wheelchair Basketball With Injured Troops John Wilson, better known as rapper Tommy Hill, was talking to the manager of a bar he left without paying when he […]
A 23-year-old Bronx, N.Y. man who was acquitted of murder in March after spending 4 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit was fatally shot last Monday near his home, police say. See also: Ohio Craigslist Murders: Second Body Identified See also: The Top 5 Unsolved Hip-Hop Murders David Clarke, the ex-murder […]
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man on Wednesday was acquitted of locking five teenagers in an abandoned home in 1978 and burning them to death in retaliation for stealing marijuana, ending a case that went cold until 2008 because no bodies were ever found. A jury in Newark found Lee Evans not guilty […]
Despite the negative stereotypes of athletes and crime, it is rare that athletes are actually charged with murder. Sometimes the issues are domestic, sometimes the charges are false, but all make for disturbing stories. Here are five of numerous professional athletes charged with murder. See Also: See Also: Black Travel: How About Europe And A […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio-Jack Manigault, the brother of former “Apprentice” and TV-One’s “Ultimate Merger” star, Omarosa Manigault was murdered in Youngstown Ohio. Police claim that Manigault was killed by his girlfriend’s ex lover, 22-year-old Marco Cardenas who had broken into their home. Omarosa Wants To Tie The Knot With New Boyfriend Michael Clarke Duncan Omarosa From “The […]
AUSTIN — An Austin, Texas man is in police custody after he was arrested for running over and killing his mother with his car. EMS responders were transporting 72-year-old Virginia Samuelson from her car to an ambulance to treat injuries she suffered from a fight with her son Shaun Samuelson, 45, when he intentionally ran her […]
WOBURN, Mass. — A former Harvard University student was sentenced Friday to three years in prison after pleading guilty in connection with the 2009 fatal shooting of a Cambridge man during a drug robbery inside a dormitory. By pleading guilty Friday, Brittany Smith, 24, admitted she hid the gun used in the shooting of Justin […]
Did you know that 95 percent of the music downloads in the United States are downloaded illegally? Or did you know that an estimated 10,000 prostitutes flock to the Super Bowl every year? Studies of these crime trends always make for good news headlines because it always makes you wonder “How is this happening?!” Here’s […]
ATLANTA — Police said late Friday that former NBA player Javaris Crittenton, who was once suspended by the league over guns in the locker room, has been charged with murder after a woman was shot on an Atlanta street. Police spokesman Carlos Campos said police have secured a murder warrant for the arrest of Crittenton, […]
OAKLAND– The former leader of a once-influential Oakland community group was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for ordering the killing of three men, including a journalist who was working on a story about the financial troubles of the organization. Oakland Post Editor Chauncey Bailey was the first American journalist killed on U.S. […]
BOONTON, N.J-Kashif Parvaiz admitted to orchestrating the killing of his wife, Nazish Noorani, with his mistress, Antoinette Stephen. Noorani and Parvaiz were both shot in the Boonton, New Jersey but police began to suspect he was involved after they discovered flaws in his story. Parvais’s original story had police suspicious of a hate crime after […]
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A New Jersey rappper was found shot dead in an SUV in suburban New Jersey. He was also shot before the SUV was torched along with his body. The rapper, Kampane, real name Rhian Stout, was so badly burned it took a day for police to identify the body. The New York […]
