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A 6-year-old boy was taken into custody Friday after allegedly shooting his first grade teacher. According to CNN, the incident took place during an altercation between the pair at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News. Police didn’t provide details on what sparked the argument, but said the student had pulled out a handgun just moments before firing a […]
An Arizona death row inmate has asked the court to withdraw his execution request, saying the lethal injection process amounted to “cruel and unusual punishment.” According to AZCentral, 51-year-old Aaron Gunches filed a motion last year asking the state Supreme Court to issue his death warrant. The inmate was sentenced to death nearly 15 years ago, after he […]
Following the capture of El Chapo’s son Ovidio Guzmán López this week, Mexican authorities announced that at least 29 people died during his arrest. Per Reuters, Mexican security forces captured the alleged drug trafficker on Thursday, and the city of Culicán was engulfed in violence between authorities and suspected gang members. During the dramatic arrest of […]
The University of Texas has terminated Chris Beard, the embattled men’s basketball coach who is facing years behind bars. According CBS News, the school announced the decision on Thursday, nearly a month after the 49-year-old was arrested for allegedly assaulting his fiancée. Shortly after his arrest, the school confirmed Beard had been suspended indefinitely without pay. “The University takes matters of interpersonal […]
William “Rick” Singer, the architect of the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scheme, will spend the next several years behind bars. According to CNN, the 62-year-old Florida resident was sentenced to 42 months in prison on Wednesday for his role in the years-long scandal, which exposed inequalities within the U.S. higher education system. The sentencing came nearly four […]
Young Thug’s fast-approaching RICO trial could become a star-studded affair. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the state of Georgia intends to call up to 372 witnesses during the high-profile trial. The list reportedly has 157 current and former members of the Atlanta Police Department, 11 Georgia Bureau of Investigation members, and more than 60 law enforcement officers with agencies like […]
Waka Flocka Flame says his near-death experience turned out to be a huge blessing. During an interview on the Club Shay Shay podcast, the 36-year-old reflected on his shooting in Fulton County, Georgia over a decade ago. The incident reportedly went down in the afternoon of Jan. 19, 2010 at the Bubble Bath Car Wash in Atlanta, where Waka—born Juaquin Malphurs—was […]
Andrew Tate’s high-dollar car collection has reportedly been seized. According to Insider, Romanian authorities confirmed the seizure on Wednesday, less than a week after the controversial figure was arrested on human trafficking and sex abuse charges. Romanian outlet Gândul reported that nearly a dozen vehicles were taken from Tate’s Bucharest property; these included a Rolls-Royce Wraith, an […]
Antonio Sledge a.k.a. Mounk Tounk pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to violate the RICO Act and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, becoming the seventh defendant to enter a plea deal in the ongoing YSL criminal case, WSB-TV reports. As part of his plea deal, Sledge admitted to being […]
Tory Lanez was found guilty on Friday in his highly publicized assault trial, according the The New York Times. Lanez was found guilty on all three charges, which included assault with a semiautomatic firearm, having a concealed and loaded firearm in a vehicle, and discharge of a firearm with gross negligence. Law & Crime’s Meghann Cuniff, who reported […]
