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Adnan Syed, a subject of the influential true crime podcast Serial, could be one step closer to freedom. According to the Associated Press, Baltimore prosecutors filed a motion Wednesday seeking to vacate Syed’s conviction at age 17 for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee. The request came after prosecutors and the defense uncovered new evidence that points to […]
A federal jury has convicted R. Kelly of additional sex crimes, according to CBS News. The verdict was announced Wednesday in Chicago, less than three months after the disgraced singer received a 30-year prison sentence for sex trafficking and racketeering in New York. The latest trial stemmed from videotapes in which Kelly is allegedly seen sexually abusing a 14-year-old […]
The feds have ramped up their search for Michael Pratt, a co-owner of adult entertainment company GirlsDoPorn. According to the FBI, the 39-year-old New Zealand national has been added to the agency’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Pratt in 2019, after he and his associates were accused of conspiring “to […]
Memphis police have arrested a man who allegedly broadcasted a shooting spree on Facebook Live. According to WREG, the first attack was reported around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at a gas station in South Memphis, where a man was fatally shot. A woman was critically wounded shortly after on Norris Road near I-240. Police have not confirmed whether […]
MF DOOM’s widow says she’s made multiple attempts to retrieve the late rapper’s rhyme books, but a certain music executive refuses to give them up. In a statement provided to Complex, Jasmine Dumile claims the precious document remain with Eothen “Egon” Alapatt, the president and founder of Now-Again Records. Egon reportedly met DOOM about 20 years ago, when […]
Philadelphia police say at least three people were killed in citywide Labor Day weekend shootings. According to WPVI-TV, a total of 10 people—including those killed—were wounded Saturday morning in eight separate shootings; the first of which reportedly took place after 1 a.m. Saturday near Chew Avenue and Locust Street in the Germantown neighborhood. Police say the 26-year-old […]
A Florida man has been charged for dumping dead animals at a memorial site dedicated to Parkland shooting victims. According to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, 29-year-old Robert Mondragon is facing two counts of removing or disfiguring a tomb or monument, five counts of violation of probation for battery and indecent exposure, as well as a single count […]
Attorneys for Nicole Linton, a traveling nurse accused of killing multiple people in a fiery car crash, say she may have blacked out just moments before the tragic incident. According to legal documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times, Linton’s lawyers argue their client experienced a “frightening” mental breakdown in “the days, hours, and minutes” leading up to […]
A 30-year-old in Washington said a woman he met on a dating app took him hostage and robbed him at gunpoint with an accomplice. As the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department shared in a press release, the unidentified man informed deputies he traveled to meet the woman, who described herself as a similar age to him, after connecting on Plenty of […]
Flint, Michigan rapper Cliff Mac, real name Clifton E. Terry III, has been charged for allegedly paying a man $10,000 to kill a woman. As revealed in a statement from the Eastern District of Michigan Attorney’s Office, a federal grand jury issued an indictment charging the 31-year-old with murder-for-hire resulting in personal injury, conspiracy to […]
