Crime
According to X (formerly known as Twitter), Jermell J. Jones, a 41-year-old employee at Chuck E. Cheese in Tallahassee, Florida, was arrested by the Tallahassee Police Department for credit card fraud. The incident occurred while he was performing his duties in the mascot costume, leading to his arrest on charges including credit card theft, criminal […]
A woman was shot and killed by a police officer at the end of a SWAT standoff in Houston’s Heights area. The standoff began Tuesday night and lasted for seven hours. Police had tried to de-escalate the situation using negotiators, but after the woman made threats and pointed a gun at officers, they opened fire. […]
Jackie Johnson, district attorney who was charged with illegally interfering with the Ahmaud Arbery, made her first court appearance.
TOMBALL — A 17-year-old Tomball teen tragically shot and killed his 16-year-old brother early Monday morning, according to the Harris Country Sheriff’s Office. The shooting occurred before 3:30 a.m. in the Stoney Creek subdivision. Six teens between the ages of 16 and 17 were in a barn behind a home drinking alcohol and mishandling a firearm […]
Jussie Smollett's conviction for staging a hate crime against himself was unexpectedly overturned. Here's a full timeline of the investigation.
Florida man John Lapinski was arrested with weapons and was targeting Black and Jewish people, police say.
Susan Smith, who drowned her young children and told police a fictional Black man did it, was denied parole after nearly 30 years in prison.
The man convicted of murdering Memphis rapper Young Dolph is getting more years behind bars. As reported by ABC24, Justin Johnson was sentenced to 50 more years in prison in Shelby County, TN during a hearing on Friday, Nov. 1. The new sentence will be added to the automatic life sentence he received upon his first-degree murder conviction on Sept. 26.
Jury selection is beginning in the manslaughter trial for Daniel Penny, the ex-Marine who choked an unarmed Black man to death on a New York City subway. Here's a timeline in the case.
Las Vegas police Sgt. Kevin Menon was indicted for allegedly arranging fake arrests of people, the "majority" of whom were reportedly Black men.
Sean Combs' alleged and unspeakable brutality did not happen in a vacuum. The industry that created him is accountable, too.
Conspiracy theorists are putting forth a number of unverified claims going viral about Sean "Diddy" Combs' arrest for sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
