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A Virginia man crafted an elaborate scheme to defraud bankruptcy court. Russell Geyer pleaded guilty to a number of crimes in federal court on Wednesday, after faking his own death to conceal assets from federal bankruptcy court and fraudulently using a Florida attorney’s identity to cover up his plot, KTRK-TV reports. The 50-year-old pleaded guilty […]
As the coronavirus sweeps through the nation’s correctional facilities, New York City has provided inmates at Rikers with a way to occupy their time. Officials told the New York Daily News on Friday that thousands of inmates were given off-brand handheld gaming devices similar to a Nintendo Game Boy. In March, the city used taxpayers’ dollars […]
R. Kelly continues to lobby for his release. Billboard obtained legal documents filed by Kelly’s attorney, Steven Greenberg, on Friday. In the documents, Greenberg alleges that the singer tested “1/10 of one point below diabetic.” This status, coupled with Kelly’s high blood pressure, cholesterol, and weight issues, places him “at the very top of the high-risk category” for people […]
6ix9ine has responded to 50 Cent admitting that he wouldn’t work with the “Gummo” rapper now that he’s been released into home incarceration. 6ix9ine fired his shot in the comments section of an Instagram post by The Shade Room, writing, “Won’t be the first time 50 abandons his son……. lemme just mind my business.” Fif’s latest remarks […]
Dedrick D. Williams, one of XXXTentacion‘s murder suspects, has asked a judge to free him from jail on bond over COVID-19 concerns. TMZ published a report early Monday in which a letter from Williams to Michael A. Usan, a criminal division judge in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. In the letter, Williams —one of four […]
Michael Avenatti is now a free man … well, more free than he was yesterday. According to CNN, the disgraced celebrity attorney was released from a New York federal jail early Friday over fears of coronavirus. Avenatti—best known for representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels—was granted temporarily release earlier this month after his legal team claimed he was […]
Young Chop continues to add to his legal troubles. Per the Gwinnett Daily Post, the producer was arrested by the county’s Sheriff’s Office on Thursday for allegedly violating his probation. The Chicago native currently lives in the Atlanta area. It’s unclear what Chop did to violate his probation, but he was initially arrested on Feb. 26 for allegedly […]
A Connecticut man is in custody after he broke into a closed restaurant and spent four days drinking liquor and eating food. The New Haven Police Department reportedly found Louis Angel Ortiz asleep with a bottle of rum inside a local restaurant on Tuesday. Police were responding to reports of a robbery in progress when they discovered the 42-year-old man. […]
A man released from a Florida jail due to coronavirus concerns is back in custody for his suspected hand in a murder, CNN reports. Per the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, 26-year-old Joseph Williams has been arrested on several charges including second-degree murder with a firearm. Williams was originally arrested on March 13 for possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia. Yet […]
YNW Melly will reportedly remain behind bars despite testing positive for coronavirus. The 20-year-old rapper—legal name Jamell Maurice Demons—had filed an emergency motion for restricted release after contracting the disease at Broward County Jail. TMZ reports the motion was ultimately denied, meaning Melly would have to receive his special medical treatments while incarcerated—that is, after he requested the treatments from the Broward Sheriff’s Office. […]
